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1 i Bros., STATESV ILLE, ' N. C. VbolesxlE Dealers General v Uerdiandiso. Largest Waiehbiis and best facili- ties for Van- "li:" rr"- ":-'-: dling 3. Dried Fruit, Ber ries, etc.. in the State. respectfully 'J r-5- ;-: Wallace IK Bros. lA August 27th, 1884. LIL SPAMOUR, 'It Vcait Inpure lltteriil ftr FilliLf Teeth, t TTtrk u Lov tf Getd T7trkcsa btDone. lira tt tine thtj jrij:: cjsaing. - P. LEE CLIN E, CIJIJTOII A. CILLCT, Attcmoylti JL Dentist . LE1TE8 FB88 THE SEA-S10L Wilmington, Feb. 5. My Dear Editor and Readers : This morning in the quiet of ; my "sanctum studio" I buckle on the wi5? . 9 though and (nstantlj 1 pass down the a Cape Fear .thirty mfleg W Smithiville; whin I inter the historic Jjalh? of memory and peodily return, through the record of thirteen months, to the evening when first X entered that town. That was a stormy evening for the initiation of a boomer to sea-side 'litei-C The winds were coming from the tea ;ard driving the while-capped waves, "like waring rows of cotton, against th century, beaten shores of thai loid .town the saH'spray from the rolling waters could be felt in the chilly air, for 'twas cold so said the shivering passengers from the well warmed cabin of the boat. l A ili slipped on jthev wharf the captain said to some crusty looking sailors and pilots : "There goes the msw preacher." ! "Does he ot sea sick V asked one ; "If he does send hist . back," i said another, or h wont dt to preach to sailors. But tbo new preacher went with them often ut on the ocean and was ner er sea-sick. - This might have had some infiuemce in promoting the religious succesa j which - followed vduxing the; year. ? As I walked to the shere on the tramway I see a deep red flag float- i ing in the- wind from the top of a tall flag pole. What does it mean ? Asailor answers, AWe can't go out to sea to-night ; the storm flag is u p and it. means, a. terrifio .. sttrm frera the, ocean. .The: storm has been moving from the northward for three days. If, from the top of this pole, a white flag is floating to th brqezf then rife means a storrn frem th"e land. A storm from "the tea is more dangerous, from the fct that 'tis generally more severe and tends to drive the Teasels ashore, hile those storms from the land drive the! vessel seaward;, thus saV jing them from wreck on the sand barv shoals, etc The wind , from the sea, when blowing a moderate gale, drive.' the vessels safely inte their pert. The wind frem land starthvels wet of port .on thair Teyage ta far distant Jandi. .Thus wi can easily'see how "it is an ill wind that Jlowanpbody good.", Tht wiad that raakeatho incoming sail or curse, will sake the outgoing one sbeut. How selfish we mortala are! Why can't we bo patient, r 'kmowing that a wise God is over-ruling all not tie one r i : -,yr Bat my ; reader may' ask". Who puts up those storm signals, or flags? All along the coast, at intervals f fifty er a hundred miles, ; or at all important harbors, the TJ. S. gov ernment have signal .stations, under. thetfrl the; iignal' Kffm ;deartmenq0f :the government.; yue tuco mwuui is situated at Smithville jimd iscen-nected.by-telegraph'-with all -other-statianaiong-th qoastfrom Flor id tOaWQl fiom.bfegoji t Wil4 mirigten, iind in order to secure ac curate observations from about 250 offices scattered all over the United States these officers are madi amen able to military discipline by enlist-ing-them 1n; the signal rcorpi of the army. These observations are taken at thealnrln8tailteWa8nington time) e fry "eight JW ndf thfugh the science of meteorology is iaits youth, 'tis wonderful .withwhat ac-- curacy the barometers ten tne con dition ef the atmoipIere 15 all parts of the country ; Within thirty min utes fromhe3 lime IhOobsorvation are taken in all these office they are reaJ andfc h IH?Wei sig nal efficer in Washington, wHo thus has a perfect photograph, as it were, of tke atmospheret;sfeJl.r5 aver the United States. V From this, table of information the predictions5 are made "for, thnev daynd vtjie in fomation' 'telegrapned to all'thoso fficwioTrardi which a storm is mov- img, This information the officer time aU ISifSfT trie railkaItr4tfifibei finihfBoa :tli?4Wthit xnoiit air U lightn than dry. l The wind al1&sviitl3t'Nbro'nb'ta alow rooeter that.it irota:lww7r to t light ataospbere. Twemy iour sfrri to travel from thellississipp river to the:At!:iio.ii50cat. Upon ing a storm the officer at once runs up the flag and sailors, in or out of port, take warning accordingly to disregard it is a great risk of life and property. Here again we pause to render thanks tohim who "doeth all things well." As a world of progressive humanity comes necessarily in con--tact with the storms whicb . benefi cially fill a niche in the natural world, and which; might impede,' to a ; great extent the inter-corn- j merce of riatiom, ii wise God meas ures out wisdom, j to man in order that he may know how to avoid the destruction to human life and prop erty which might; otherwise follow therg. The same being, who cre ates the storm, creates man al.o and equips him with a mind capable fco discover the law$ of the stom and hence find a way of escape from its danger, j Thus we see invention bridging the cleaam between intelli gence in man and intelligent design in nature. - I - , But again to the sea. I am at the home ef Junius Scrogs to spend the. night and we sit and chat ef other -days that we both have spent in Lenoir, the Athens of the "Old North State," unique in beau ty of situation and learning, until 10 o'clock. Then I am shown to a nice bed, . white as snow and soft as down, but I can't sleep. Why ? The sea, roaring loudly and steadily, keeps mef all night is a semi-con scious state. The roaring . grows worse as the winds increase to troub le the -waves, and I imagine well what all did I imagine during tht long winter's night f : My imagina-T turns were melancholy in the.- ex treme. I would thimk the waves are uttering a deep . and. moaning farewell to some drowning seaman who had been just broken loose from; his hold on the "poor eld stranded! wreck. , Again mj mind would pull at the elastic cord of imagination and I would find myself wandering. What if the waves: would gather ex traordinary force and leap out over the town v and sweep us all away ? Then, againj. imagination reversed her engine - and ran with quickest speed, along back the well paved track of memory,! and I found my self wishing I were again the inno cent little bey of twenty odd years ago and in my little trunnel bed when, in the sleepless hours of night, I could call out for p or mi and their replying voice would give me comfort. This, was a bright star I saw that night in! the cloudless sky of memory, and it led me to sweet reflection on the j'bright and morn ing 'star" that arises in the soul. Then turned I my " eye to the win dow, through which was brightly shining another morning star,' (the same old familiar :; star I ised to see when I went to feed the cows before day), which prophesied "the morn ing cemeth" arid lo ! 'twas aoen bright morning, ,aiid, eager to make my acquaintance with the old ocean Of which' I had heard so much, I hurriedly went'down to the beach. . ' Over the curving shape of the sea. the sun is rising just oina level with yeur eyes. How; dazzling his 4isc o'er . the glistening : water. ' All night long the winds have been com batting the. waters until now, at sun rise, , the tremehduous waves are dashing, splashing, . leaping, rolling and falling, one upon ' another, in terrific furythey seemed vexed and maddened, as they rage to and fro, "foaming nut their own shame." We are facing Nature's most awe inspiring pictures-standing on the snds and shells,', we look away to the orient skies,! where the sun is penciling tne back grounds of the great picture with a delicate pen of light dipped into the liquid gold of the morning. Tne soul is entranc ed, the eyes desire to linger on the scenes-nature's i masterpeice. Be hold tie waves that roll immediate ly in front, ,r "whom no'- man can number' and each seems crowned with the dissolved hues of the rain bow!wlula e ferl.the crown ; the glit tering ray of the rising "nn, tend ing and mingling Jfith the riling and faUingprajrfrom'inoit beau tiful vail .all resplendent withV the luite'r of conntlesi 4im?nds. I struggle, fer , language the . nind cannot transfer 'its impressions to paper. Bat here cotae tne ; waves; -chasing s each' other to tho shore Far at the eye can reach to the north, to the south, " tht 16ns lines coat I moving on, while. onl 'the prisn-Iike tigi bt eachi ihe'rtinbow tyj ; Old ocean seems, marshalling her forces for a tremenduoiis charge. on the fort of land, that holds in bounds.' Listen 1 far but her you the hear " the; echof.of command. sound of the artillery of waters, she gradually moves ! Surely contending powers of land and sea ar now meeting in a Waterloo Out there, an hundred yard from you, tne waves are tosseai an nun- dred feet'i height, with spoon like shape in front and with am ever hanging precipice af water that seefRs 'to threaten your destruction in a iwotent j"(I was skeered" about this time), but inst as she assumes her grandest altitude, an other , mighty wave fremi behind seems' te give her a stroke en the back ef the nes, while ypt anoth er, rbtreating from the shore, makes a tripping movement and tne moun tain pile of waters,- tottering, and reeling, fall with a dash and splash at your feet and, as if conscious of her defeat, spreads her delicately scolloped edge ef pure white foam gently along the shore, lover the sand, and amoag the shellsbut she is plucky, comes again, jj In our next the ocean will be calm and we will notice particulars. IP. S. -Just aa I finish this letter the post-man hands me Thb Topic. Its cheerful counteanncej enlivens me, but the cloud comes after the sunshine, and my eyes fall on the sad news that three good old men of Cald wel I h a ve passed to the i r re ward, ' 'absent from the ; jbbdy - yet present with the Lord." Of the three I knew Carroll Moore best. NobJe, generous man was he. I learned to love him when a boy, as he often spent a night at father when en his way to the commission er' meeting. O I that I could drop a tear and a flower en hi day ; but if all those t g-ave to-; whom he did a kindness could do the same, a floral mound would cove 'his gvave.; But he needs not these, fer his name is written in the "Book ef Life." Let us meet him there. . ' Hbbndoy "DTTLr, VIIT C0SJRESSI5 Br!3(!. The United States Senate 'Feb. 6,' passed a joini resolution accepting, the swords, paintings, etel, present ed to Gen. Grant by various govern ments. A bill was passed an thoriz imga retied list for privates and non-com missiened officers who have served thirty years in the jf"y In the House, in eemmittee .of the whole, some progress . was made on the river and harbor appropriation bill, and an amendment offered by Mr. Findlay wit adopted jincreasing the appropriation .for the Baltimore harbor from, $75,000 to $200,000. ,i Tkf CaHicUrsklp fltelit. . Morqanton) Feb. 7. To the Editor of, The Topic : Since Mr. Cleveland's election there has been the natural enquiry among the people as tt whether - the new Congress will abolish or in any wise alter, tho Internal Bevenne laws and , meanwhila one leading subject of talk here is who will be selected to administer' the laws' till they are changed, if changed they .are to be. j ,W hear that Mn' David Settle, a brother of th judge of that .name,; is to be Marshal instead of Mr. Ke ogh, and that Mr. Hamilton Jones, of Charlotte, is to takes 'Mr: ".. Jim Boyd's place as U. S. Attorney.; .If there.be aught of truth in these re ports and they are told on - the trains and in the hotels by men of repnte-the CoUectorship , in the natural course of things ought . to gravitate west of the Qatawa river, i Witheut any reference to political service in the past . or capacity .for party ' management in the future, but looking at. the matter , from "a purely bnsintsa point of view,, either George Sharper, of your county, or Saml cD. Tate, of this' county, ought to bo made Collector. li -'; ' ! "Ht'strrea hit party: best,' f who teryet hit oountryandtfriU; be tons4 that llr Cl6veUndft f 'bean ideal" of an of2co holder it a man bf the ' practical ' buiineis east' rather thin jth fixost brilliant and. succeu- fnl wtra-cr cpniity ounoer;,, : .7 TCin1 Taminxny will.ttnd c elegatibn,: ; !Twkey 0Ki4.4It5ly;f tJt jjookinj; crcsls-eytd ticsch; tthir becansa. the fomtr Ciislbr thi litt:r it abbnt ?to at: THE TERRIBLE U1CE. Lr. White, cf Kentacky, is not Afraid of tks Serseant-at-Arms but a Silver Easfs" ; . .Brings Him to Taw. . ' V ; : ? . , Blt.8an,k0onglBeiiort, Feb. g. The mace, the official sign of au thprity of the sergeant-at-arms .of the House, which called into use today to require Mr. White, of Ken tucky, to take his seat, has : been used very seldom in the history of the House. It is the first time for five years that it has been so used Ordinarily there is Irio necessity for it, and it is doubted by many wheth er there-' was any real - necessity for its use today, as Mr. White has been seated thousands, of times without it. . - Thef mace is kept at the right of the Speaker at all times when the Speaker is in the chair. When the House goes into the committee of the whole, and the Speaker leaves the chair, the mace is taken out , of the House, but it always is replaced when the Speaker or acting Speaker takes the gavel. The mace consists of a silver eagle about the size of ;a pigeon, fixed on a staff about three feet in height. It is understood that the subjecj; will be renewed tomor row by Mr: White, who will rise to a personal explanation. Mr. White will claim that a .cat outrage has been done him. ' Mr." White Tose to a -question of privilege but his first sentence, con vinced the Speaker pro tern. (Mr. Blackburn) that such a question was not presented," arid he requested the gentleman to resume his seat, . but Mr. White continued with - his. re marks. , The Speaker , directed the sergeant-at-arms to seat the gentle man, and Depnty Sergeant Hill Pi-oceeded to perforra;his duiy but without carrying his einblem of o33ce. . ' .- ' 1 Mr. White declined to Tecognize his authority, and Mr. Hill rushed for his mace and ; proceeded toward Mr. Whiie. who took his seat, but s who in a moment was again on his feet to a matter of personal pri i lege "When I was occupying my place on" this flor," he said, "the srgeani;-at-a.ms came to me, a citi zen, without the 1 semblance of au thority, and attempted to seat me." The Speaker pro tem.-The sergeant-at-arms went under the direc tion of the chair, the Chsir having repeatedly ruled that the gentleman was not in order arid requested him' to take bis seat, which , he persist ently refused to do. Applause on the democratic side.l ; ' "I desire to debate the question,'.' said Mr. White, 'ij s ; ; Mr. Hammond made the point of order, which was sustained fby ,the Chair, that, no appeal having been taken, debate was not .in order. , KOBESOH'S RSATAl IXDiAKS. 1 :"' Hamilton CcUillti Ttlls ef Tltia. CoU Cuneron in th AahcrtU ClUsen. ; I I. was much' interested the other day by a bill introduced by Mr. Mc Millan of Robeson, providing for separate schools for the, Croatan. In dians in Robeson county.uj I knew there were mahy people of Indian: origin in that county, but supposed they were of the same nature as the Seminoles 1 ef ' Florida,," wandering vagabonds, outlaws, " without name or tribe. . , How then was the name Croaton, a tribe of the north-east" Coast Of North Catolina, applicable to them ? So I went to : Mr. Mc Millan for information. f IIe is a man of intelligence and information, and he gives; me a history which is riot only interesting, but of startling historical importance! t : ' Those familiar with the' history, of the early settlement of North Caro lina t will recall the history, of, the lost polony of t John. -White. i .This vman!Jwiaa sent out by ; -Sir Walter Raleisrh. in 1587J to found a colony. une nunarea ana jseventy men, : wo-. 3 men and phildren were . left on Roanr 6ke i Islands White (the grandfather of ' Virginia Dare,; theT first ''white child f English bloed Iborn' m America) remained buva ie.wweelcs , with mt polpny, . returning to. f ling land, for supplies and assistance; : He Xeriuined abroad three Tyars, "for getting liia colony in r his interest in th'defense Of inglaSidiainsf the greaf ' Spanish raadi V When he , dijVntnxn, the colony : had disajK pearid, ieAtipg no" traco except the word J'CroatanMAcnt into thV bark f at reeo authentio' record .of k 'tti colony has ever been had. It disappeared from : history . as if . it never had. been. . ; r ; --; -' -- Now; Mr. McMillan says , that1 these Croatan Indians of Robeson county claim to ' be the descendants of the white colony, by intermar riage, with the whites. They say that , ,theirtraditions say that jthe people we call, the . Croatan Indians (though they1 do not recognize that ! name as that of 'a tribe, ' bnt only a village, arid that they were Tuscar oras), ; wero friendly to the whites ; and finding them destitute and des pairing of ever receiving aid froin England pursuaded ; them to leave the Island,' and go ' the iriain land. They interinarried with the whiles, learned the English language, and abandoned their own tongae. They gradually drifted away from their original seats, and at length settled in Robeson, about the centre of the county. The first deed extant for that county was issued in 1732 to Henry.Berry and James Lowry,' pro genitors of the famous Henry Berry Lowry. - ,' ; .-. . V ' Mr. Mc.Millan . says they, preserve the English language as it was spo ken in the days of Chaucer ; using many' words obsolete, or only spoken in the " rnral districts of. England, their pronunciation being also anti quated and peculiar. : They have only two sounds for the lelter "&," a flat one and a very broad one, , as for instance : -"fayther"for father,' "mon" for man ; or the same sound we give in ;"walk," 'ftalk, Ac. r. He says hey claim only the mixed blood of the white and Indians and . are indignant that. they, are charged with having negro blood in their veins, and feefyery sensibly the hu miliation of being classed as an infe rior and degraded people, when they have the j proud . consciousnass of believing through their traditions of being the purav and .unadulterated descendants of a lost ; colony of full blooded Eaglish people, and a noble race of aboriginals. ; .Certainly, if their traditions are true, , they have been subjected to .cruel usage,, and may reasonably rebel upon .-the in justice which has classed them with the vagabond creation . of all bloods and races. J Henry Berry Lowry was one of them ; and so were many I knew, whom in my ignorance I might scorn for their taint of negro blood. -. ;. - -..i'v.-.- ! . .- It may be added that these Croa tans never speak, or rather do not recognize the name North! Carolina. It is all Virginia to them, as it was in 1587.' (They were .staunch loyal ists during the revolutionary - war, owing' to their attachment to the home of theic white ancestry. ''. Mr. McMillan informs m that he is preparing an article , on this sub ject, which he has boon investigat ing ; diligently for some years, ' j for the "North American Review." j ; . He says the. bill for separate Bchools is due to the fact-that their, numbers (about 2,000) , andH.their sense of indignity at being n classed as negroes and inferiors, justifies such provision..' . s 1 u . s LEGISLATIVE TOPICS. V " : senate Feb.-9. r- Among the petitions,' presented was one from Mr. Hackett from Mulberry township, WilkeB county, asking that W. P. Absher be made a Justice of the Peace. . j Bill-to iriiprove law . of evidence made special order on its 3d reading for Thursday.? 1 .V ; . ;;UA ; !. ;. ; Passed third reading : To allow Wake to levy a special tax ; to allow town, of AVilsori to issue bonds'; to amend section 2832 of Code in, .re gard to killing deer ; to amend sec tion 2821 of Code in regard1 to lands adjoining stock law -territory ; to extend provisions of section 1680 of Code, in regard- to v time ' of Railroad Companies "beginning vwork in'.', the , oonitruction , of their, roads ; to amend f section T 5C0 ' of ' Code ,; to amend section 72 ef Cocte in regard to bonds of Superior Court" Clerks and Registers of Deeds, ,; ,..,.' ; Bilt to 'provide for;? heating the, Capitol building bv steam aad 4to' make necessary- repairs: was, -upon motion of Mrf Todd, recommitted f OvCommittep on ; public buildings j J-- : HOU81-iFeb. 9... ' Passed third reading To' allow ' 4 ,-ir,' ' if il' Ml.''! ' ' 1 jrenaer'icounty 1 10 Duua a coun hous t0 establish a gred school ' at Brevard' jr' to aineid sections 324 6 of Code ; to, ftmend . section;1082 of Code ; to repeal ch. 126, laws of 1879 ; in relation to gate3 . crossing highways to establish Obids town ship in Ashe ; to amend chapter 43 Code ; to allow Clerks of Inferior Court in Hertford, Lenoir, Meck lenburg, Halifax Ashe, Martin and xreaeii counties to i&&.e prooaie . ox deeds.: The bill to amend section 1848 of Cede sO as . to allow mills to take ton vy weigut msieau . . oj. measHre . was referred to the committee on agriculture . .' .. ) .:',-. senate Feb. 10. s ; Mr., Mackett presented a petition from Calvin J. Cowles and E. I W. Scott relative to the navment ef the State ebt. . : ''.:f;:-. 'Vi:.'. '':'- 'r Mr. Bower introduced a bill to: incorporate . ; Elk ' Park, i Mitchell county.- v :.: - : 1 Several hours were devoted to the 'discussion of a bill to authorize tho Governor to buy for the State Li brary ascertain number of Copies of Sloan's History of North Carolina, which failed to pass: . . '' -; house Feb. 10. , ,,. , Amonir thfl bills introdnftftd wa one to incorporate the town of Mor ganton. .,.-. ; 1 , . '! Bills , passed ; To amend - the, charter of Raleigh ; to raise a joint committee to elect trustees of tho University. 1 J - Bill , relating to State Board of Health was made a special order for, Tuesday. ' . . Another special order, tthe bill to increase the number of .judicial dis- ; tricts uom nine to tnirteen. came up. There were two - minority : re ports one suggesting, fifteen, tho ' "other twelve districts. - The debate pn the bill was lengthy. Re marks combq ; Pritchard, Womack, Dixon andlLeazar. ' -h;- :-.'"V -- .' HOW TO RAISE TOBACCO. Wflson Adraace. last year. I did not keep an itemized statement of the cost of the crop, but it will not exceed sixty -dollars per acre, ready for market, tfnd it Value depends entirely upon the manner of cultivation; curing and handling. "From - what I have sold -: I think my crop will be wOrth about ; wenty-fiye hundred dollars. , lost about nve hundred dollars from 1m- periect cures. Xne net pront jrom one acre when, well managed should nnt lie Ipsr fhnn nriA hnrn1rA1 rrtllirtt' and ought to be more. My brother, planted three and a half.; acre last . yeur huq win realize auout. veTca hundred dollars from it. Mr. G.' W. Ward near Battleboro, planted f eur acres last year and has sold the to- bacco from j two acres, for, two hun dred and eighty three dollars', after paving all expenses of sell in sr. Ac ' Mr. Wrd sold his tobacco with Messrs. T. P. Braawell A; Ron-at Battleboro. There, was about seven nundred acres 01 to Dacco planted in : Nash last year'and I knew of no one who is not pleased with the results. 1 consider the cultivation of tobacco belongs .almost" entirely, to small white farmers who do their own work; themselves - with the . kid , of their families. ; It is that clasn that has obtained the best prices and suc ceed best, but it will pay ny one who nlants cotton to nut a nart or. their cropjn tobacco, if tkey expect in fin what thev do wpII. but it irill ' it - t r not pay to raise poor tobacco. To lnnAA Ara ft- n111 AiAf uriV . AAtlftn crop as much iv. I expected, for tht trouble is over with cotton before the cultivation of tobacco count much and the cultivation of cotton is over before we have any' wors to hunt I, much. I shall continue tq plant 'about the same average of 6U ton and, tobacco ' that I did when I planted all ' Cotton. .Any good gray land,; well adapted : to cot top, that' high and dry is all that ia.required to take off the water is bestl ,1 would not ; ad vise planting tobacco ' after . cotton, it does . not grow on so .wen in the8tart.'o My experience is that any good manure' for gotten is good for ' tobacco' except ;swatap'j!nucV which I., have not ; tried and .'would not recoinmend in', large quantities. : Cotton seed, 'stable manure and all commercial f fertilizers i do . welL I used a special iertilizer for.tobscco, but could. see no differenceVin thrt arid, the. ordinary coUon fertilizer. : I would advise all, who . expect to go 'into, the .. cultivation of ". tobacco extensively to procure some exper ienced help . ....I--':.' ,.V ' - ' s ii '.' '" 'n m' ' ' r : un ine yin near uresion, iw?, r, train with two coaches and a f. : -ing car ran Off la bridge and till 1 1 persons, '. 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