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The Dead Poet.
The )Oet's little pan is done,
The poet's work on earth goes on,
The hand thnt strikes the ringing chords;
The thought that clothes itself in words,
Tliat chimes with every varying mcoJ,
Tluit j;ives a friend to solitude;
In fLih or fire, in sniiloa or tears.
Wakes echoes for all coiiikig years.
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Shrices dreams and fancies, and fur love,
Finds wcrds to speak and strength to prove.
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THE NOiri'll STATK.
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1S80.
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ost) class matteh.
Grant's Great Mission.
A Patriotic Letter from aiiTx
. Co 1 1 federate G e 1 1 e ra 1 .
GEN. fiR ANT THE RIGHT 3IAN TO COMPLETE
mr. Lincoln's "paramount object" or
IlESTORING THE "UNION AS IT WAS."
To the Editor of the New York limes :
In a letter addressed from the "Ex
ecutive Mansion, Washington, Aup. 22,
1862," to the "Hon. Horace Greeley,"
and signed "A. Lincoln," are to be found
tbese declarations: "I would eave tbo
Uuion. 1 would save it by the short
est way under the Constitution. The
sooner the national authority can be
restored the nearer the Uni-jn will be
the 'Union as it was.' If there be those
who would not save the Union unless
they could at the same time save slave
ry, I do nut agree with them. My par- j
amount obiect in this struf olH i f.o I
save the Union, and
- j
is not either to '
save or destroy slavery."
The entire letter uiacih-sts but one
spirit, an intense, absorbing love of,
ami reverence for, the constitutional
"Luion as it. was, as the paramount !
good. Most unfortnuately for the coun
try, Mr. Lincoln was not spared to com
plete the great work on which h !
yraa set lO ClO. That misfortune WHS
intensified by having for his immediate
successor a man who, although possess
ed of great naiive ability, did not com
mand the confidence ol the dominant
section, and whose disposititiou, char
acter, and aspirations rendered him
incapable of that devotion to country
which blots out all less worthy consid
erations. The influences of .that Ad
ministration are still being felt in all
their'baleful consequences. When the
Confederate armies had surrendered,
and the mn paroled and Bent back to
their respective States, in all their num
ber there was nt one who felt any
interest in the political jarty divisious
of the Union States. All kuew that
slavery was aSolished, and the "Union"
declared indestructible, and. of para
mount authority. They had confidence
that the seceding States woold, soon
er or later, be made to resume their
place in the Uuion with such equality
of rights and privileges as were guar
anteed by the Constitution to all the
States aud to all their citizens. There
was neither intention por wish to med
dle themselves with the settlement of
the great Governmental questions
evolved by the war aud its result. From
LU13 niso uuu iupi tumi nueirukiuu
from political discussion and action
they were induced to depart by the
President of the United States, the man
who, of all others, up to that date, was
most detested, and who possessed least
of their confidence and esteem. It was
by the iufluence of his position aud
under his lead that the Soulh was led
to a reuewal of alliance with a minority-
national party. The good sense of the
South had at once decided that abso
lute neutrality in national divisions,
and rigid silence , as to the reconstruc
tion questions to be determined by the
Government, was both wise aud prop
er; but in an evil hour they gave ear
to the Presidential charmer, aud cast
ing away from them as cowardly a policy
not only right and proper, but which
was also coldly and wisely selfish, tbey
aroused and intensified the animosities
of war, and brought again upon them
selves consequences from which their
Northern xllies were sbeilded by the
immunity secured to them by sectional
location and interests.' Thus it is that
the South is this day held up as the
red flag of the Matador, by the one
party to rekindle the war animosities
of the controlling section, while ts
allies find it convenient to keep tberep-
rpsntntivp& in n Rtit f if nn ni 1 n ta lv
. - i i . o j
constantly remindinthemof their pow-
erlessness to resist aggression, and the
necessity and policy of being humble.
Such is the condition of the country 15
years after Mr.-; .Lincoln was cut off
from carrying to completion the "para
mount object" which he esteemed the
great work of bis life. That ''para
mount object" of Mr. Lincoln, as com
prehended and esteemed, by him, is in
us unfinished a state as is the famed
Washington Monument, whose unsight
ly appearance is the standing shame of
the country. The cold, hard, soulless
fact of a tTmouww;as established by
Gen, Grant at Appoinatox, apd all the
labor a&d tinkering since done upon it
has, like that done on - the monnment,
beau confined to nudergrband Zwork,
i -.V " jj- '
' wjtlioflt ope addption to giY i$ cornea
2Y FEDERAL UXWS1T MUST AND SHALL' BE PRESER
GREENSBORO, . C, THURSDAY,
! nt-88, or to el-vate
t to an ayx tower-;
; inj; above the
malaria resting at it a 1
base. Is there, ii all the land, not one
man. who has the will, and who is suffi
ciently htn;n in the confidence aud
afiVctious of the jx-oj leof the dominant
Staten, to carry with him al! the re
quired fupport to do the completing
work of Mr. Lincoln's "paramount ob-
Following Gen. Grant from bis land
ing on the Pacific coast to his depart
ure from Florida, it xeetuB impossible
to detect in his brief utterances refer
ring to the Union of the btates other
spirit than that manifested iu tbtt Gree
ley letter of Mi. Lincoln. lsGen. Grant
to be judged by his own utterances, or j
by the unauthorized declarations of
self-constituted champions of him, seek
ing, under his lead, to secure to them
selves power and place by perpetuating
tho.se sectional prejudices aud auimosi-
j ties which render the restoration of t lie
I "Union as it was" an impossibility?
! That fthicli to President Lincolu was
''tne paramount objct iu t bits strug
gle, "ami for uccooiplishiugof which ho
! declared his purpose to yield all other
J considerations, or make them serve as
, help, was as a palpable but soulless
' fact established throng!). GeD. Graut as
commander of the Armies of the Union;
but ,:war legislate," and the "Uiiion
as it was" had received such a sh. ck as
rendered it necessary to have it repair
ed by splicing into it the acknowledged
and claimed "results of the war." It
was plain work to fit in the acknowl
edged results; but there was trouble
and vexation in coming to an nnder
standing as to the nature.qnantity, aud
value of the claimed results, and in
coming to au agreement as to their
adaptedness to increasing the beauty,
speed, power, and carryiug capacity of
the old "Union as it was." To insure
to itself the co-operation of each de
partment of Government in carrying
into effect its full claim of war results,
the Republican Party, as the accepted
war party, per se, called Gen. Grant
from the head of the Army to become
! the executive head of the Government.
Of bis Administration, the New Orleans
Picayune, in a well-considered editorial
which appeared in its issue of the z'Jth
of February, thus speaks: "It is true
the horrors of reconstruction grew up
under his Administration, and his heavy
hand was felt througho'ut our dreadlul
aKony 5
but thousands of our people
have always looked at this, not as the
result of Grant's individual wish or de
sirc .lint wi...- tue adhesion of a
President to a polioy accepcea by nim
at the behest of the Kadical Part,' of
which he hud become the representa
tive. Hence, with many'there has been
a certain failure to impute to the Union
soldier the full responsibility of the po
litical actions of the President, based
up3n the idea th-at Grant, unused to
! civil life, looked to the members of his
Cabinet for instruction, and hence he
became the agent and mere instrument
of the ignorance and ferocity of men
wholsought to build up the Itadical
Party rather thau to elevate aud make
prosperous the country. .
Public sentiment here justly attributes
to Gen. Grant the marked change that
became manifest in the last mon-th of
his Administration toward our then
unhappy state; and now, in our pros
perity and restored freedom, many of
oar peoph cannot refrain from express
ing the kindest seutimout toward the
ex-President for his action in this par
ticular, while they, perhaps, almost too
readily condone the bitter past." At
the 'close of his Administration ' Gen.
Grant gave stronger evidence of his
owu more kindly and patriotic senti
ments than is conceded. to him by the
Picayune, lie distinctly declared that
the Use of Federal soldiers could no
longer be tolerated iu controlling the
people in the free exercise of all their
rights in providing for their local gov
ernment, nud he unquestionably intro
duced the "conciliation policy" an
nounced by his successor, but which
he, from bwing left without support,
failed to pursue beyond the formation
of bis Cabinet. That indication ol
Gen. Grant's personal sentiments and
wishes, and of his estimate of and sym
pathy with the naattained "paramount
object" of Mr. Lincoln, is fully sustain
ed and more unmistakably promulgated
in his brief speeches on, his routo from
California to Florida. There are ob
jectors, even within the Republican
Party, to Gen. Grant beiDg again called
to the Presidency, who assert that bis
Administration failed to give evidence
of that high order of statesmanship
which would have attested bis superior
fitness for the office, and justified or
excused the ttlort again to elevate him
to that high and responsible position.
The Picayune has well suggested the
answer to such objectors. Gen. Grant
was called to tbe Presidency in trouble
some times by a party to do the work
of a party leader; and having, with tbe
frankness of a soldier, declared iu his
inaugural that he bad no policy but to
give effect to the will of the people, be
did to thu close of bis administration
make that will as made known to him
through Congressional action, tbe rule
by ivbich his official conduct was con
trolled. The objection to Gen. Grant
as a specially-gifted party leader may
be well taken, but it is not as a mere
party leader that bis re-election now
Commends itself to the country. It is
further and more vehemently objected
that to elect Gen, Grant to a third term
would be to violate all the precedent
from Washington to Hayes, and would
result in the overthrow of the Republic
and tbe establishing of a despotism-,-
Tr(i8 -may be pardonable and even com
mendable, as party; slang, but it can
scarcely be dignified into respectable
nopsensc. ; Ex-Senator Jo we seenis to
bate made baste to take the lead i art he
effort gravely to consider -and ' refate
the objection and the disastrous conse
quences to flow from its- beifig disre
garded. The ex Benator lias bven care
ful, boweTer.Dot to trwpaM against
theHoration inunction, aNe tutor ultra
crejndam," for be does rie to the lerel
of the country, ' but contents himself
nith the effort to harmonize and unify
his party. It is very possible that
among his readers the- encce of tbe
ei-Siiator wouhl' ntt have been im
paired had he omitted his fling at Mr.
Je ff e r 8 o u 's "since rily7an dT E isf n ee r at
the purity of bis patriotism In his
party zeal, fbe tx-Seiiattrr 'only sees in
Gen. Grant au" instrument of success to
that party, aud the enjoyment of power,
place, and pelf bjr ita &ctire mauipola-J
tors and managers.
1 Tbett comes Judge Black as tbe at
toruey of tbe Democratic Party ,and,
taking issue with the ex-Senator on tbe
lower level of party, achieved tbe tri
umph of a more trenchant pen and of
superior ability, liat Judge Black, in
his zeal to perpetilat adherence to and
reverence for precedence, speaks as a
JefiVrsoniau Republican or State rights
Democrat of a pat era, wholly ignorinsr
the radical innovations of the last 20
years in tbe organic structure of the
Government, both as to fact and by
judicial construction. That able jurist,
as the adroit polemic, electa to "stick
in the bark," and to ignore the. great
legal maxim, that ftbe letter'of the law
killeth, but its spirit giveth life." To
talk of the dangenof a non adherence
to precedent now is like advice to lock
the stable after tbe. horse is stolen. i
Besides, all that there was of reason for
aud value iu the precedent whs secured
in the Presidential incumbents being
relegated to private life at the close of
a second term and Mr.' Jefferson him
self could not possibly have assigned a
reason for a private citizen, though an
ex-President, not being again called to
the Executive office, if bis age, bis men
tal and physical powers, and bis posi
tion before the country, pointed him
out to the people as the one best ca
pacitated to meet tbe exigencies of the
hour. There is no question of Gen.
Graut's being eligible under the Con
stitution, and there is no question .hat
it has been, from its. adoption to this
hour, always constitutionally left at tbe
discretion of the people to re-elect an
incumbent as often, as it was their will
and pleasure to do so. If it be so
fraught with danger to our republican
f, rin of tri ivi-r i I) a v a oii"
continued iu the xuxecuttvo ir a
longer period than two terms, or eight
years, why is it that with 15 amend
ments to the Constitution not one has
been proposed to .provide the proper
safeguard ? There have been periods
when the people of all sections were so
sensitive to the slightest encroachment
by the Federal authorities on the re
served rights of the States as rendered
it necessary for the National Conven
tions of both the great parties to indorse
the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions
of 1798-9 as the shibboleth of political
orthodoxy which was tocommend .them
to the confidence and support of the
people; yet even then no one thought
to provide against tbe startling dan
gers a third term , by proposing to
wall up, by an amendment, this vi
tal defect in the organic law.
"With how little of wisdow is the
world governed" was the sad comment
of a profound thinker and close obser
ver, although be had cot before him
the example of our people for the
past 20 years to force him to that
conclusion. There is no danger to
the purity or perpetuity of the
"Union of the Constitution" which cau
uos8ibly arise from the free exercise by
the oeoole of all the risbts and all thej
discretion guaranteed and permitted by
the Constitution. No individual, or
combination of individuals,. unaided by
an outside and superior power, ever
has or ever can subvert -the Govern
ment of a country until such subver
sion is rendered necessary and proper
in order to have it conform to the re
quirements of a preceding change in
the character and genius of the masses
of people subject to its rule. Neither
Gen. Grant norauy other citizen, elect
ed to the high office of President of the
United States, will ever venture on the
assumption of despotic authority so
long as it is the will of? the American
people to maintain their. Republican
form of government; but should the
time ever come when the heart of the
people is set to find a king, fto judge"
them, "to go out before" them, and "to
fight their battles," or "gods, other, than
the true God,."togo before" them, they
will be sure to find a Samuel, to anoint
them a. Saul, or an Aaron to fashion
them a molten calf. v
It is a confession of having lost tbe
i confidence of tbe country of the Re
publican Party to call upobGen.-Grant
to again lend to lttheproteeung.shelter
of bis great name, and to ; become a
party leader, only to give to tbat party
success, and to enforce its edicts. A
proper regard for- own fame, and an
appreciating 6ensejpf the dignified re
serve and of tbe catholic 6pirit of
patriotism which should characterize
an ex-President, preclo.de GeB. Grant
from consenting to. being dwarfed to a"
party instrument to do a party's pleas-
ures. Tbere is bnt one great mission
to w hich Gen. Grant may be well and
properly caUedjmdtbat'jiii8sion is to
take ud and complete that grand and
patriotic "paramount 'object' of Abra
ham Lincoln1. ! "Well may tbe people of
an ondrVided tJni6hv uuito t in "calling
the theai bead of " the armies of ' tbe
Union td take ripen bim'tfce liigh res
ponsibilities of carrying ori the cumpls
tion thff "paramount object? which "nn-
timely. deatb forped tb&t' bead oV h
VEDlAsntetfr Jicxsos.
APRIL -S. 1880.
armies'' old Commander-in-Chief, tbe
executive bead of .the 'Undn,Mo leav
arfibiabed.t It wail prove .the frra-d
crowning act of his eventful life far
Gen. GrantTo call on tiTs count rycatn
from Id slow leveVef svftl&fisl animosi
ty and party strife ; to r bis own high
leelofpure patriotism and true states
manship,, and reconcile them to tbe
liiudlj feejiegs an X fraternal relations
which can alone, accomplish Mr. Lin
coln's 'paramount, object-a Union
resioreiin spirit as well as fact. Can
Gen, Grant consent ; to "turn from such
a tniasiou- and tuffer himselt to be
blindly plunged into the cesspools of
party conflicts?, Would tbe people of
any. section 'be pleased to - have him
stricken with that Fiudicial blindness
which could alone move , hfm to svj:h
stupendous folly ? , For Geo. Grant
there is the work to do of a patriot
President; bqt- for him there is not
without degradation ' any place, as a
mere party leader. Although known
as tbo -leading journal among those
advocating the supremacy of the Re
publican Party, I am .induced' to send
this letter to the Times, from its being
conducted with more of liberality, with
more of ability, and" upon a higher
plane generally, than is common to
either the ( party or to tbe independent
press of the country. "
j. M. Withers.
Mobile,. Ala., Monday, March 22, 18S0.
Captious or Acts and ttesolu tions
The following is a list of tLe cap
tions of acts and resolutions passed at
the special session of the General As
sembly, convened. March 15, 1S80:
Acts.- Au act to empower the Board
of Corn ni i8sio ners.pf Cabarrus county
to settle with tbe .sheriff of Cabarrus
county, by compromising all outstand
ing unsettled business for tbe years
1871,, 1872, 1873, 1871, 1875, 1876 and
1877. ,
.To .relieve the. citizens of Burke
county from the operations of act pro
hibiting tbe.-driving;' of cattle west of
the Blue Ridge.
To amend chapter 79 of laws of 1879.
To amend chapter 239, section 1,
laws of 187f4 and 1875,
Concerning the holding of the Supe
rior Courts for the counties of Beaufort
aud Martin.
To amend section 23, chapter 70, of
the laws of 1879, entitled "An act to
raise revenue."
To classify the public roads of Bun
combe and other counties.
asegee River, in Jackson county.
To amend chapter 293, laws "of 1879.
To extend the time to redeem land
8oli to the State for taxes.
To incorporate the Durham Railroad
Company
To make the kilhng of live stock by
the cars and engines running on ra;
roads in the State indictable.
To amend section 2, chapter 118,
Battle's Revisal.
To provide for the removal of causes
in courts of Justices of the Peace.-
To amend seetion 1, chapter 20G,
laws of 1879.
Authorizing and, empowering the
County. Commissioners of Union coun
ty to apply their surplus railroad fund
to tbe school or geperal'fund.
To amend the charter of tbe Cape
Sear and Yadkin Valley Railway Com
pany. .
To amend an act relating to roads
and highways.
To authorize the establishing of
graded schools in tbe tpwnof Salisbury
and in the township of Goklsboro,
To change the time of holding the
courts in the Fourth Judical District
To authorize the Board of Education
of Edgecombe county to pay certain
school claims.
To amend chapter 257, section 1, of
the laws of 1879.
For i he protection of crops in Rowan
count'. ' .
For the relief of 'Beaufort county.
To amend the charter of the Atlanta
aud Charlotte Air Line Railway Com
pany. ' ' ' -
To amend chapter 83, laws 1879.
To provide a servant for the Supreme
Court.
To re-enact an act to rnn and estab
lish the dividing line between the coun
ties of Greene and Wayne. . '
Concerning the drawing of juries in
Wake county.
To incorporate thetownof Richlands
in Onslow county.
To allow L. M. Long, late tax-collec
tor of Halifax cnty, to collect arrears
of taxes, for the year 1878.
Tor .amend section 1, chapter 194, of
the laws of 187&-'77. . !
To amend section 20, of chapter 70,
of the laws of 1879.
To amend the charter of High Point,
in Guilford county.
To prohibit tbe sale of. .intoxicating
liquors within, two miles of Elk v die and
other churches lrr this male.
To incorporate tbe town of Aurora,
in the county of Beaufort.
To incorporate .i the Historical and
Scientific Society of Wilaiiugton,-Nortb
Carolina,
To amend an act to prevent live stock
from running at' large within JRowan,
Davie Cabarrus and other counties.
.-. Tjo amend an, act1 entitled' "An act to
incorporate t he Granville Railroad tom
pkny," ratifieaihkti3ih day of ; Decem
ber 1869L: ;' jU-t h--: ' '- f;, s:l-
Jti amend chapter: 232 laws of 187ft
In regard to the cobection ; of taxes
m-Raoeson county
jTot incorporate tbe town? of Middle-
burg, in the-countyof Warren. u
To incorporate the town of Mebanes-
villep iu Alamance county.
i ifTa nmervd thai revenne;law.:
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WHOLE O. 429.
Rebtting to roads and other
works in the county of Lenoir
public
To provide for the sale of the State's)
interest n tbe Western North Carolina
Railroad Company.
! To amend an act entitled "An act to
prohibit the sale of spirituous liquors
in certain localities, chapter 232, lairs
of 1879. j !
To amend tbe part of cbspter 232 of
tbe laws of 1879 which prohibits the
sale of. spirituous liquors, bitters or
buj iniojticaung annus wunm inree
wi9 of Cbowo Female Institute, j
To create s new township out of a
portion of Crowder s Mountain, Dol
lars and South Point townships, in tbe
county of Gaston. j
To amend section 8, chapter 7 Bat
tle's Rev isaL - . - " j
To amend an act entitled, "An act
to provide for tbe laying off of a Road
from1 Quaker Bridge, in Jones county,
to a poiut near Tar Landing, in Ons
low county." - 1
Concerning taxation and revenue. I
To amend cbspter 82 .of tbe laws of
1879 entitled "An set to provide for
keeping in repair the public roads of
tbe State."
To incorporate tbe town of Wake
Forest College, in Wake county.
To give to such contractors, laborers
and material men a lein for their ju6t
dues. " I - j
To amend chapter G9 of Battle's Re
visal. ' - j
. To prohibit tbe sale of spirituous
liquors within fivei miles of Hadnpt
Creek, Bethlehem and Oak Grove
Churches, in Carteret county. !
To amend section 14, chapter 117 pf
Battle's Revisal, in relation to widowis'
year's support.' I
For the better protection of naviga
tion in tbe waters of tbe Albemarle
Sound aud its tributaries. !
To amend section 1, chapter . 2G0,
acts of 1776V77, and to prohibit the
sale of liquors, within two miles of
Mann's Chapel, in! Chatham county,'
To incorporate the own of Randle
man's Mills, in Itaridolpb county. j
To Amend chapter 40, section 2, laws
of 1879. - j
To continue an act to prohibit the
Sale of liquor within two and one half
miles of Hawk's Chapel, . in Cbathaip
county. j , I
To amend chapter 137, laws of 1872
'74, entitled "An act to .prohibit the
sale ol liquor in certain localities."
'For the relief of the bondsmen of If .
J. Satcbwell, late sheriff and tax col-
To protect he fish interest in North
Carolina. 1 i
Resolutions: Resolution in behalf
of H. W. Miller. j j
Instructing the public Treasurer to
issue bonds to E. At Crudup, adminis
trator of Sen. Jones, the deceased. i
In relation to centennial celebration
of the. battle of Guilford Court -House.
In favor of I. W. Rogers, bite keeperJ
of the capitol and arsenal.
In favor of D. Wl Furman and John
C. Syme. 1 s " !
To pay S. T. Carrow. j
JTo employ counsel to aid the Gov
ernor in making contract with W. J.
Best and others.
Relating to the centennial of the
battle of King's Mountain. j
Of instruction to the Governor.
In relation to Tisdall Walton, pf
Buncombe county. !
In favor of Jsoah H. ,Rice.
Requiring the Secretary of State ito
purchase a map for the use of tbe Senate
and for other purposes.
We hear that Scott Caawford aiid
Daniel Crawford, two industrious wor
thy colored men, living near McCray's
btore, happened to a sad misfortune
last Friday. They bad a few days be
fore sold their last year's crop of tobac
co and bad the money in their bouse.
They went to the field to work and the
house took fire and burned op, leaving
them nothing save tbe clothes tbey bad
on. Alamance Gleaner.
An enthusiastic meeting was held'at
Mooresville Tuesday, tbe object jof
which was to provide for a grand gath
ering of the citizens jof that and con
tiguous townships, not only of Iredell,
bat also of Rowan, Cabarrus and Meek
lenburg counties, at some point hereaf
ter to be hxed. upon, on .Saturday, the
1st of May, prox., in furtherance of the
railroad interests of that section.
We bear it rumored that some in flu
ential capitalists, not wholly uncon
nected with the Charlotte and Atlanta
Air Line Railroad, are making arrange
ments to baud a branch road from
King's Mountain, orWbitaker, to Shel
by. Let her come and then we will be
apt to. have reduced freights. Shelby
Aurora. ,: i
Old Peggy Burns, an old colored
woman of this town, who peddles pea
nuts around for the accomodation of
those who are too lazytogo after them,
is tbe mother of 75 children, grand
and great-grand children, end she is
a strong healthy, young looking wo
man. and bids fair to live a number of
years yet- Cape 'Fear Banner, J
Tbo Kinley 1 Gold " Mines, located
about 18 miles j South of High Point,
were sold some days ago by Messrs.
Causey and Jones,5 to! Northern cap
talists, who enter Into possession; at
once. - Price not given. v 7
.The Ore Knb , Copper Company.' o
Ashe county. N. -G., have declared a
quarterly dividend of 2 per cent, put
of the net earnings of the company 'for
the past three months, the dividend
pay abl e A pril, 1st. : ; .
-Mr. A. McRae, son of .onr Postmas
terj has received from President Hayes
sn appointment Ito- tbe "West Pbin
' Mditarv Academy, WadesboroZtnW,
i A Wicked Kill tor.
- Ttla life o! an agricultural editor
that is to tay, tbe editor of a joar&al
which concerns itartf with agricaltur
most be a. -very pgiar nK Itlm
sgTicuitural patrons insist mpmm -con
f erring infallibility npoo him, sod ia '
holding bim strictly accoontabta for
its j exercises. From all parti of the
coootry, letters are writtta to s him by '
farmers thiratin for tnfonnation,
which he is expected to furnish in tb
next issoe or bis paper. " He, is re--qnird
to express opiatooa eooeertuag
the culture of abstruse vegvtahrea and
the jrearicg of raysteridos ?cattla, Ua
is expected to know whether tbaeyea T
should be cut oat of onions bWora. they
are, planted, whether pumpkin isea
ehonld be pruned in the Sprier oVb
Fall, and what it tbe best method of '
fcepbg moths but of Wiottr cucumbers.
If a cow is illtherd in point of milk,
tb agricultural editor is asked if ha
can' certify to the efficiency f SmtthTe
Mammalia Balm; and if a pig safTara
from frequent headache, depreuioo (
spiriU, and chilln ess of the hoofs, bait
required Ho prescribe for the animal.
If in any instance bis answers fil to
give sattsfsction, be receives a letter
denouncing him as an impostor- and
ordering him to discontinue the paper.
It is no .wonder that the agricultural
editor becomes a gloomy and discon
tented msn, and that he occasiosaUy .
grqws decidedly misanthropic. Nothing,
however, can excuse htm for deliberate
ly kind maliciously, diffusing misiafor
matioa, end when such mUinfcrmatiom
endangers the life of any one of bis
patrons, ' he deserves the execratiom
due to ono who betrays hie trait and
becomes a treacherous assassin. !
Of such, it ia painful to eay,v is an
agricultural editor, whose name, as
well as the name of whose paper, will
be withheld nntil it is called for by a
Grand Jury. This wicked person wai :
recently applied to for advice concern
ing a mule, and bis answer was beyond
doubt conceived either with a deliber
ately homicidal purpose or with a cyni
cal contempt of human life. It appears
that a person residing ia Missouri, :
whom we may call Brown, had an ail
ing mule. Of course, ho wrote V the
editor of his favorite agricultural pa
per! for advice though" most persona
will fail to see any necessary connec
tion between mules and arrricul tare.
This man wrote: "I have a mule which
became lame in one bindlegsome three
weeks ago. It seems to pain
biui very much. What is the matter
and remedy?" v
Now, we need not think it strange i
that this letter exasperated tbe editor.
Was it reasonable to suppose that he, f
rssiding in an Eastern city, should 1
know what was the matter with .a ;
given leg or a bertain Missouri mule?
A mule usually becomes lame tbrouch
injudicious kicking. If he kicks! a J
heavy mass of masonry, or the cheek
bone of a professional Irish patriot, the
mule may sustain bruises which will
render bim lame. ' Or if. on the other
hand, a piulo were to find a civil str-.,-...
ment, ana were to Kick at him, one or -
both hind legs would undoubtedly be
violently wrenched by the strain. Then,
there are various miscellaneous acci
dents which may render a mule lame.
How can an agricultural editor pre
scribe for a lams mule when no means
of making a diagnosis are afforded
him? The editor iu question, of coarse, A
knows in a general way tbe proper
course to be adopted when a mule be-
comes lame. The only safe treatment
is to shoot the mule, and thus put a
stop to unnecessary effusion of blood.
To say that a man takes bis life ia hie
hand who meddles with the bind leg
of a lame, and consequently abnormally
irritable, mule is a weak figure, ol
speech. ; To attempt to handlevthe leg
in order to apply remedies to it, is !
rather more dangerous than it would
be for a man to sit on a steam-boiler
carrying 200 pounds of steam to. the
square inch, and to endeavor to cat is
open with a cold chisel in order to ex
amine its interior. i
WTben the wicked editor received this
letter from Mr. Brown, and was exas
perated thereby, be conceived a most
diabolical schemeJor the punishment
of the writer. In the next issue of his
paper, be printed bis letter, and pro- k
ceeded to answer it in a crave and ap-
parently honest manner. He remark
ed: "To find the seat of the trouble,
sponge the leg with cold water." INot
content. with 4bis, be further advised
Mr. I3rown to "apply cold water; fre
quently, and keep wet bandages arpand
the joint, itest added the wicitea
editor, with cold and brutal sarcasm
"will be necessary. ;
There is not the slightest doubt that
if Mr. Brown undertakes to epenge bis . y
mule s bind lesr with cold water, ana to
kept wet bandages around tbe joint, be -
will Una rest necessary, ana ineviMDie. .
Within thirty seconds after the unhappy
Brown begins 'to handle tbat leg he .
wid find himself resting as he has never
rested before; When sympathizing
friends gather bim ap from the neigh
boring field and convey him, in the
shape of "remains, to his sfilicted
widow, they will understand that be ,
has finally rested from all his troubles, M;
and tbe wicked editor, as he reads, the
telegram announcing the sadden death, ,
of, Mr. Brown, of Missouri, by a male -accident,
will laugh- in tbe. nearest .
available sleeve On bis successful; vsn- t
geance upon an aggravating letter-writer.
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Such wickedness cannot go nnpan- ;
isted. ' Mr. Brown's death which has .
probably occurred by this time most j
not go unavenged. The editor; .who :
lured him within reach of tbe male's
bind leg is as guilty as though he had j
personally shot the unfortunate Brown. ;
An indictment can easily; be foand j
against bim, and the sooner it is done,
the more hope there will he "that his !
evil example will 'not be followed by ':
other agricnltnral -editors. T ; S
The dwelling-house and oathoases;
of Mrs. Vincent, who lives in Johnston 1
county,' were totally destroyed, by fire
Sunday night, In tbe smokehouse was
3,000 pounds of meat all of which was -lostilsleigb''
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" A mad dog excitement is prevalent
at Mooresville The result ' has" been
the killing of a half dozen dogs, i : ;?
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