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LENOIR, N. C. , WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1885.
NTJMBEH 7.
Wallace
Bros.?,
STATESVILLE, N. C.
WholesalE Dealers
Geneial Merchandise.
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Largest "Warehouse
and best facili
ties for han
dling Dried Fruit, Ber
ries,. etc.. in
the State.
Respectfully
Wallace
August 27th, 1884.
J. IL . SPAINHODR,
Graduate - Baltioara Dental Callage,
Dentist.
I Visa io Impure Material for
Pilling Teeth.
, Work as Low as Good
ft 'r T7erk can be Done.
; Patients from a distance maj
. j aroid delar by informing
Win at wnat time the y
J propbse.coming.
P. LEE CLIN E,
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Attornoy-At-IaT7,
BILL ARP.
New Orleans. I do not see
much-change iu New Orleans. The
St. Charles is just where it wa3 and
is still the centre of space. The
Custom Ilousy and C:muf Street are
still the landmarks, and the French
market looks about the same. The
river is some higher or the city some
lower, and some of these days there
will be a weeping and wailing at
least it looks that way to & man
f ronv th& mountains, and I ' reckon
that is the reason why nobody builds
fine residences in the suburbs, j There
may be some, but we could not find
them. ' They are all common aud
look old. ; ;
New Orleans is a peaceable city.
We never saw a fight or heard a
quarrel. We never experienced any
rudeness or neglect j or any extor
tion. We got a good room well fur
nished for one dollar and a quarter
each and took two meals a day for a
dollar more. This was at Vander
banks, a good hotel on the Eurone-
jan plan. The street cars took us to
jthe Exposition fire Iniles for five
jcents each, One cent a mile is
cheap riding, too cheap, for it kept
the poor mules poor. A man can
live here comfortably and see the
Exposition every day for three dol
lars a day. Twenty dollars could
notjbe better spent for a lew weeks'
stay here and a daily visit to the
grounds. It is condensed, concen
trated, illustrated education, land it
enlarges a man's conceptions of na-
ture and art. Every day winds up
with music grand music by a band
of 100 performers, all Mexicans. I
did not know they were such a cul
tured -people. Their exhibit, and
their music, and their good manners
have elevated them in the opinion
of the American nation. They love ,
their country and love to talk about
it. It is a blessed trait in human
nature that every people loves their
native land. It amused me to hear
the Texans brag about Texas, and
the Calif ornianVbrag about Califor
nia, and bo on with all the rest. I
bragged on old Georgia some too,
but I couldn't say much, -j They
wouldent give me time. These
Western folks talked so much about
land "and cattle and big trees and
high mountains and -waterfalls that
I kept silence and listened in amaze
ment. I had read about the big
tree, but a Calif ornian told me that
tree was nothing. That there was a
cluster over in Calaveras coun ty that
were over 500 feet high, and the
leaves of the trees were for the heal
ing of the nations. He said that its
name was the catalyptus, and the
juice from the leaves would cure
catalepsy and catarrh and cataract
arid any other cat. He deolarod
that the old she one had fallen down
arid it was 600 and 40 feet in diam
eter, and had a hollow so big that
I T - .1 - II i Tlx
sip men coma nue in aoreast ior uu
feet, and then four go on to 100
feet, and then two for 200 feet,
wjiere there was a knot hole so big
they could ride out one at a time,
"i never saw it," said he, "with my
own eyes, but that is what the folks
tell me," and he took a chew of to
bacco and waited- for remarks.
Well, , there are enough amusing
things from California. She does
not need any cxaggregatioiw Her
exhibit is wonderful, and so are
those from Nebraska and Dakota
and Kansas. I take it for granted
though, that they have done their
best, and so when I hear anybody
telling about still - bigger things I
am reminded of a man who listened
patiently to a Floridian telling big
yarns about Florida, and after a
while the tale-teljer paused and said:
"Stranger, you don't seem to appre
ciate ; yon don't catch on'' "No ;"
said the stranger. "I jam a liar
myself." - ; .
I New Orleans is a very curious city.
, When : Sunday comes the church
bells ring and folks go to worship ;
but not all the folks. Some of the
stores are closed, but not all. The
'. saloons and billiard halls and shoot
ing galleries and faro banks and
lottery agencies are all open and in
full blast. The racing went on as
usual, and there was a prize fight in
public and a chicken main, and the
theatre band paraded through the
streets in a band wagon and played
"On, Jinny is your ash cake done."
There are three distinct people here,
the English . and French and Ger
man, and they all jabber together at
each other, andlill think as they
please and do as they please. . Most
of the stores hare double signs, one
in English and the other in French,
some German, too. There areTmt
few negroes here, very; few. The
humble foreigners do most all of the
bumble werk. This humble popu
lation stay here during summer,
fever or no fever, cholera or no chol
era. They are born here and ac
climited and can get fat on malaria
and ! invisible aaimalculffl. , The
streets are filthy and the gutters
.awful, and they get hardened .to it
just like a man's system can absorb
opium until the drug does not affect
Km.' I asked where all these little
dirty streams went to, and they told
me they went away six miles to Lake
Ponchartain, which is much lower
than the river. The suburbs are
very desolate and uninviting. The
deep, black mud is every where ; no
carnage drives except to the race
course j no, feentle elevation to build
on r no nothing, but a few. limited
blocks of massive buildings for com'
ncrchl uses. Warehouse to ; re
ceive the cargoes from the mighty
river that is at once her salvation
aud her fear. My travelling com
panion pondered it all over, and re
marked with serious concern : -I
wouldn't live here for all thuy have
got. Why, I wouldn't give my little
hotel in Cedartown for the St.
Charles if I had to stay here and
keep it." - J s
Well, I don't blame'him. I am
homesick too, and could wish my
self sitting by the old family hearth
stone telling the children what I
have seen and what I have not. I
have seen no green grass,! no flo wers,
no trees in bloom. I have heard no
birds sjnging and seen no am to
shine since I left home. The weath
er is depressing and makes me ft el
blue, but we live in hope and will
bide our time. Hill Arp.
CEHSUBE OF JURIES.
To tije Editor of The Topic :
I shall not, I trust, be considered
unduly desirous to "rush into print"
if I find it necessary to write a few
words in answer to the charge made
by a person signing "Outsider,"
against the jurymen in the liay trial.
And since, in his answer to "One of
the Jury," the writer perverts the
latter's meaning, and endeavors to
force the construction that there is
a wish to deny the right of the Press
and the public to criticise theaction
of jtfries,it is necessary, in dealing
with him, as in dealing with every
uncandid person, to premise by be
ing precise on this point.
j I hold that no right is more im
perative than this, or of greater,
general utility. I concede to every
one, and in the fullest extent, all
the . privileges of a fair criticism.
But I concede to no one the right to
accuse, unless he can prove, and that
which this writer asserts of the jury
it is impossible he should prove,
because what he has asserted is un
true. As to his argument,-it would
no, I imagine, be very difficult to
show that, in jorder to make it what
it is, that which was evidence in the
case is illogically jumbled with that
which was not, and, therefore, that
deductions drawn from such treat
ment of a subject are of not one
particle of value. But it is not my .
intention, either in the present or
the future, to offer any "explana
' hon" to your correspondent. I read
the letter of one of my colleagues
which called forth his responsive
tiradel It was an explanatory letter,
and, I arii sure, both able and tem
perate. But it wa commented on
by this writer as showing that the
jury were conscious of being regar
ded as not "above suspicion." : Sus
picion ! suspected by whom, and of
what ? But that, of course, Is mere
follv.
lie fays, grand iloquentlyi that
"the jury had no moral right to al
low their sentimental instincts of
mercy" tdr guide them. Fairly par
aphrased this can mean no less than
that guided by their 'instincts of
mercy" only they arrived at their
verdict, and the plain inference is
that he pronounced them foresworn.
But in the exercise of what "moral
right" does he presume to say that
twelve men of his own county,
hitherto considered respectable, suf
fered any consideration to override
in their consciences the tremendous
solemnity of the obligation which
was upon them ? On the part of
my brethren of the jury, and for
myself, I deny this accusation with
the scorn of which it is deserving,
and I characterize it far too mildly
when I say that it is reckless and
untrue. It was not, I apprehend,
with "sentimental instincts of mer
,cy" the jury had to contend, but
with their opposite in the prejudice
which in the community, and even
in ' .the breasts of some amongst
themselves, had prejudged the pris
oner, and already condemned him to
death.
: I desire not, be it well under
stood, for the benefit of this calum
nious person, but for the satisfaction
of the very many of those in Cald
'well county whose good opinion I
value to say a few words in relation
to a misunderstanding which has
existed with respect to myself in my
connection with this trial. Two
customary questions were net asked
me when I was accepted as a juror.
'1st, Whether I had formed or
expressed an opinion on the case ?
I 2nd, Whether I had scruples as to
the death penalty in cases of mur
der !':"-::;-
To the first I should have been
compelled to answer that I had ex
pressed an opinion most unfavorable
to the prisoner, and that I believed
him guilty of murder.
J To the second question, as to the
propriety of the death penalty, .1
should have answered emphatically
that I did not entertain, and had
never entertained in my life, or ex
pressed the least reluctance on tho
subject. The opinion arose, as my
friends have informed me, from the
belief of some that in England,
where I was born, the infliction is
not sanctioned by its laws. But this
is, in truth,, a most astonishing mis
apprehension. In no country in the
world does death so purely follow the
sentence of the law,1 or so speedily.
But if tho question is one of mur
der jt is necessary that the proofs
should establish murder according
to its definition, "the act of killing
a human being with malice pre
pense." And that is just where, in
this case, the proof failed, and the
sole reason of an omission to convict
bv the jurv. I believe the time will
come when th.1'3 opinion is general ;
but not until men turn their minds
from the terrible tragedy, which is
all that has truly occupied theni, to
a proper consideration of tht! evi
dence, and all attendant circum
stances, i j ,
But to return. The word "out
siders" used by "one of the jury"
would seem to have caused deep
umbrage to your correspondent,
judging at least by his frequent re
currence te it between marks of
quotation. But I pray you, sir, to
permit me to assure himj through
you, that my colleague really meant
no harm, and should not be too se
verely blamed for not remembering
that perhaps one might be found of
capacity insufficient to determine
that it was a mere designation of all
those not officially interested in the
trial. The word indeed has a very
general significance,- and, as employ
ed by "one of the j jury" may be
construed to embrace a whole outside
world, in which it really does not
seem to me altogether unnecessary
tlj&t your correspondent; should be
reminded his opinions are not. of
even fractional importance.
COLLETT LeVENTHORPE,
Foreman of the Jury.
LEGISLATIVE WORK.
A Summary of the Host Important Bills
Which Became Laws.
Thv following' is'alist of the meas
ures which passed at the recent ses
sion of the legislature and j aro now
1:1 vs:
.Among -the important acts passed
are : To increase the number of
superior court judges. To permit
a joinder of felony and misdemeanor
iii an indictment where an assault is
included. The more effectually to
enable the board of education to
drain swamp lands.! To establish a
criminal circuit. Iii regard; to ac
tions against administrator To
provide for the erection of fences
around ftock law districts. To give
clerks of inferior courts the power
to probate deeds. Extending time
for settling the State debt. To ex
tend time for adjusting and renew
ing State debt. To incorporate the
N. C. Baptist orphanage association.
Making it unlawful for physicians
td disclose information disclosed by
patients. To construct fence around
Caswell's monument. To make se
duction of women under promise of
marriage criminal. I To provide for
the analyses of poisons is case of
death therefrom, f To distribute
copies of Code. The pension law.
To, establish a true meridian in the
several counties of the State. To
provide a road law for Mecklenburg.
To provide a road law for Cabarrus
county, for Buncombe and nine
other, counties -. and for Chatham
county. To enable railroad com
panies to extend their lines. Re
lating to the practice of medicine.a
To allow jurors to take written in-,
structions with them. Relating to
roads and highways. Further main
tenance of the University, j To pro
vide suitable rooms for Supreme
Court and library. To require the
registration of deeds. To prohibit
the importation of obscene literature.
To incorporate the confederate home
association. To enable administra
tors, &c, to certify in certain Cases.
To increase the commutation of
convicts. To establish a tax com
mission.1 To establish a State flag.
ToSr.protect the merchants of the
Stat&,To repeal so much of law as
exempts school committeemen from
road and jury duty. To amend the
mblio school law. To enforce col
ection of taxes on land bought in by
the State. To establish and main
tain .an industrial ;. school. To per
mit counter affidavits in applications
for continuances. To protect the
travelling public from drunken peo
ple. Concerning trustees and sur
vivorships in joint tenantcy. To
support the penitentiary ; the char
itable institutions; to raise revenue;
the machinery act ; the omnibus .
prohibition bill. . To exempt drug
gists from jury duty, To appro-
riate $10,000 .for; the orphan asy
uei. Endorsing the Blair bill. : To
lay off the oyster beds, " and provid
ing for the sale'of the oyster waters '
by the State. To make the disturb-1
ing of graves a felony. Concerning :
insu ance. j
The following r ilroad bills pass-j
ed : To allow the Albemarle and
Raleigh railroad to settle for con-
victs m township bonds. To incor-
porate the Reidsville and Dan River
R. R. Co. Amending the charter j
of the Goldsboro, Snow 11 ill and
Greenville R. R. To, allow the
Iiouisburg railroad settle for .con
victs in "bonds. To incorporate the
.Chesapeake, Norfolk & Carolina
railway company. To incorporate
the Oxford & Clarksville I railroad
company. To enable the Raleigh
and Augusta Air Line to extend its
line. Concerning the railroad from
Catawba county to the Tennessee
line, via Taylorsville. To incorpo
rate theRoarioke &. Raleigh railroad
company. To secure the comple
tion of the North Carolina Midland
railroad. To incorporate the Cabar
rus and Stanley railroad. To in
corporate the Pittsboro railroad
company. TTo incorporate the Cash
ie & Roanoke railroad. To incor-
' porate the Carthage railroad. To
amend the charter of the Atlantic
and Western. To change the name
of the Albemarle & Roanoke to the
Roanoke' railroad. To incorporate
the Roanoke & Tar River railroad.
To extend the charter of the Clinton
Wilmington to subscrice to tbe U. 5
F. & Y.'V. R. R. To incorporate
the Wilmington, Onslow & East 1
Carolina railroad , and the Mount i
Holly & Denver railroad. To assign!
convicts to the Carolina Central, j
To incorporate the Spartanburg and I
Shelby. To secure the completion
of the Western North Carolina rail- f
road to Murphy. v To facilitate the i
construction of the railroad to Dan- J
burv. To allow the Oxford and !
Clarksville railroad to pay for con-j
victs in town and township bonds. ;j
To charter the Reidsville & Danville
railroad. To incorporate the Cas-
well railroad. Io incorporate the 1
Mtrrfreesboro railroad and telegraph
company1. In relation to the mort
gage bonds of the W. N. C. R. R.
To authorize the hiring of convicts
to the R. & A. Air Line R. R. To
incorporate the Durham & Roxboro
railroad. To amend the charter of
the upper division of the Yadkin
railroad. ; To renew the charter of
the Roxboro railroad company. To'
incorporate the Southern & Western
Air Line railroad.
The following laws were amended:
Chapter 133, private laws of 1873 ;
chapter 330, 1883; chapter 125, 1881;
chapter 112 acts of 1883, private
laws ; chapter 160, acts of 1883 ;
chapter 70, acts of 183 ; chapter;
230, 1883 ; : chapter 234, section 5,
,1881 ; phapter 280, acts of 1883 ;
chapter1 234, acts of 1881 y chapter
26G, 4883 ; chapter 137,1 acts of
1873-74 ; chapter 140, acts of 1883 ;
chapter 25, 1881 ; chapter 73, pri-'
vato acts ; of 1 8G0-'G 1 ; chapter ! 28,
private acts of 1808 ; chapter 12G, v
1873-'74 ; chapter 40U, acts of 1883;.
chapter 1, acts of 1883 ; chapter 12,.
acts of 1883 ; chapter 52, private
acts of 1883 ; chapter 234, 1883 ;,
chapter 308, acts of 1883 ; chapter
48, acts of 1870 ; chapter 2G0, acts .
of 1883 ; chapter 08. acts of 1879 ;
chapter 320, acts 1873.
The following laws were repealed:
Chapter 337, acts . 1883 ; chapter.
126, acts 1879 ; chapter 215, acts'
1852 ; chapter 103, 1879, private ;
chapter 3G9, acts 1883, section 16 ;
chapter 12G, laws 1881; chapter
130, acts J883 ; chapter 2G6, acts
1883 ; chapter 123, acts 1872 ; sec
tion 27, chapter 228, 1876.
The following sections of the code
were repealed : 2832, 3425, 2830,
1248 and 3415. v i
The Code was amended af follows: !
Sections 2727, 1202, GGG, 3850, -28-37,
2004; 2327, 69G, 456, , 985, 1092,
324, 226, 2832, 1980, 2058, sub sec
G, of 985,2040, 1797 1798, 3415,1
2821, 3632, 3635, 2693, 69G, 1973, !
3748, 2829, 2592, 2705, 3737, 3377, 3
3427, 2837, 1110, 59, 2704, 677, 34-a
33, 3739, 2834, 1848, 2834, 1976,1
3648, 72; 3316, (vol. 2, , chap.. 29, !
insurance,) 501, 3288, 72, 3132, 36
67j 2020,-2824, 3729, 3260-'61, 3422,
519, 3751, 2747, 3, 2053, .828, 3GG7,
3603, 1594, 218, 3113, 33G0, 3622,
3577, 829, 2834, 2158. '
The following counties were given
the no-fence law; Alamance, Rock-
ingham, Edgecombe, Halifax and j
Warren, UoIdsbOro township, Wayne
county, Person-and GranvilleV Lin
coln, Vance, Stokes, Guilford, Bun
combe, "Catawba and Gaston, part .
of Madison, part of Orange and
Durham; part of Iredell, part of
Pender, -parts of Davidson, Robe
son, part of Franklin, part of Rich
mond. Among the banks incorporated
were: Raleigh, Raleigh Savings,
Scotland Neck, French Broad, Bank
of Wayne, Durham, Henderson,
New Berne, Piedmont (of Greens
boro), Citizens (of Reidsville), Mer
chants (Wilmington), Henderson,,
and Savings Bank (of Goldsboro.)
The following counties and towns
were . authorized to issue bonds or
levy taxes : Halifax, Wake, Union,
Cherokee, Bertie, -Martin, Stokes,
CHowan, Pender, New Berne, Ashe,
' Lenoir, Hertford, Sampson, Bruns
wick, Watauga, Stanley, Moore,
Columbus, Beaufort, Greene, Mitch
ell, Chatham and Person. V
.' The towns of Wilson, Durham,
Wilmington and Hickory ere au
thorized to levy taxes. :
Among the local act3 were " the
following : Concerning the city of
Raleigh. With reference to the
public schools in Raleigh township.
To authorize Wake county to con
tinue its special tax. To incorpor
ate the Raleigh road district.- In
relation to the no-fence law for
Wake.
; Commissioner ef Internal Revenue.
; Washington, March 16. The
White House was crowded all day
with callers on the President, and
among them : were many prominent
persons. Mr. Randall was one of
the first to arrive, and remained
with the President until the nomi
nation of Mr. Joseph S.j Miller, of
WrerftVirginia, for commissioner of
internal revenue was made out and
dispatched to the Senate. In the
nomination'of ex-Auditor Joseph S.
Miller, of West Virginia, to be com
missioner of internal revenue, Pres
ident Cleveland . appears to have
made almost excellent choice. J Mr.
Miller has just completed his second,
term as auditor of his native State,
retiring with the confidence and re
spect of people of both parties, as is
evidenced by the announcement in
our special dispatch from Wheeling
that congratulations are pouring in
upon him' without distinction of
party. He is a comparatively young
man, beings only thirty-seven f years
of age, but has been iu active1 polit
ical life since attafning his majority,
and is in the ; enjoyment of robust
physical health, ; which will be of
great service to him in his new posi
tion. Mr. Miller has a fine reputa
tion for executive capacity, j nis
appointment is of more than ordi
nary interest to Marylanders from
the ' fact thai; he is connected by
marriage with a Hagerstown family,
and is well known 1 in the western
portion of the State;
Elk X Roads, Ashe County.
1 A T -1, iu lode
To the Editor of The Topic j
Not-having seen anything in your
valuable paper( from this locality for
some considerable time, send you
a few brief lines. -
The mantle of white, which has
kept the earth wrapped so long, has
about disappeared, and old mother
earth, kind and indulgent as of yore,
will soon be in condition (if the sun
continues to shine and the weather
stays warm) to be again harrassed
with. plow, mattock and harrowj not
so much to produce the necessaries
of-ilife as the luxuries. " ! .
; The few warm days that we have
had have brought the farmers to the
fields and forests. All are busy pre
paring for a crop, j
j The health of this section is again
good. - :. : ; j
I Qn Friday last, at Elk Knob Oop
per mine, Mr. Calvin Shores was
cutting down a sugar tree and had
the misfortune of having his j leg
crushed from his knee to 1 his ankle.
Dr. I. T. Le m ley was . i m m ed i ately
sent for and found him suffering
with a compound fracture. Am
putation was performed by liim,
assisted by Dr. BlackbuinJ of Trade,
Tenn. Dr. Lemley read medicine
under that distinguished surgeon,
Dr. Shaffner, of Salem, N. C, who
certainly taught the Doctor how to
use a knife. More anon."! I). '
A Vigorous Foreign Policy, j
Washington, March ; 15. The
intimation already publicly thrown
out that the purpose of the admin
istration in withdrawing the treaties
sent to the Senate by the Arthur
administration is to "secure modifi
cations aud amendments more j fa
vorable to the interests of jthe Unit
ed States is correct. It is the ambi
tion of the President and the Secre
"tary of State to negotiate a new
treaty on the subjects referred to
in time for submission to the Senate
at tho Decomber session which shall
be of such a character as to com
mand favorably undivided public
sentiment. Mr. J. W. Foster, the
American minister to Spain, who
conducted on the part of the. United
States the negnotiatiens I leading to
the treaty with that country, one of
those withdrawn from the Senate,
has had several interviews with the ,
President and the Secretary of State,
and is now thoroughly conversant
vith their opinion aud desirest It
has beeu.determ ined by the Presi
dent to make no appointment to the
Spanish mission for the present, as
he holds that Mr. Foster will be
much more competent to re-open
thenegotiations with Spain than a
new. minister. Mr. Foster is ac
cordingly now making preparations
for his return, and will leave for
Madrid at a period probably not
later than two weeks from this time.
It is believed that he will have no
trouble in securing from the Span
ish; government the "modifications
which have been suggested as neces
sary to obtain the consent of the
Senate to ratification. '
" An exchange asks : "Is drowning
an easy death ?" We don't know.
Never been drowned.--Graphic' -
SIMPLE TRUTHS.
.1
To the Editor of The'Topio
President. Cleveland's inaugural ad
dress abounds in simple truth, but -to
our mind the following one most -immediately
concerns the welfare of
the government and the people, j
The President sagely recommends
that "it is the duty of those serving
the people in public places - closely
to limit public expenditures to tho
actual needs of the government
economically administered ; because
this bounds the right of government"
to exact tribute from the earning of
.labor, or the prosperity of the citi
zens, and because j public . extrava
gance begets extravagance among
the people. We should never be
ashamed of j the simplicity and pru
dential economies j which are best
suited to the republican " form of .
government and most compatiblev
with the mission of the American,
people."
- This noble truth strikes a respon
sive cord in the heart of every good
American citizen and contains much
more than first appears.
Applied to the affairs of. the na
tion it "limits public expenditures .
to the actual needs of the govern
ment economically admlnisteed,
which in these rife days of republi
can profligacy is what the honest
masses of the, nation are crying out
for. But this is not all. , The lea
son goes still further. "Public ex
travagance begets extravagance
among the people.' This truth is
so obvious it needs no proof from
us. Let the government apply the
remedy and soon we shall see, in
stead of so much extravagance, pub
lic economy begetting economy
among the people.
As a nation as well as individuals
we have much of the, "shoddy" and
pretense. Instead of carrying out
the plain simple forms of govern
ment vouchsafed us by our wise and
heroic forefathers, Washington un
der republican rule has been, made
to ape as near as possible the tinsel
and flummery of an imperial court
and has furnished examples of em
bezzlements, defalcations, failures
and corruptions to form a large part
of our nation's history for the last
few years. ' ,. ; -' -
But if we can read the signs of
the times, a mighty political refor
mation is beginning, and already we
can see the dawning of a "brighter
and better day for, bur country.
With a President so clearly com
prehending the true principles' f
honest government, and so. zealous
for the equal and exact justice of all
citizens in all parts of the country
aided by a cabinet whose private and '
public lives are above suspicion, and
who are ripe in experience and able
statesmanship, we expect a complete
reform of the recent corrupt and.
oppressive administration and in
stead of profligacy, oppression and
sectional strife, an early, return to
national peace, honesty , and pros- .
perity, and to this end let us, like
our noble President, invoke the aid
and blessing of Almighty God, who
presides over the destiny of nations
as well as individuals. X
; Letter Iron Clen Alpine.
Glen Alpine Station March i6.v
jGlen Alpine still is looking up.
Trade fair ' considering! the hard
times. Our merchants are receiving :
their new spring "a nil summer goods,
all of which they will sell on rea
sonable terj-fts. for cash or barter." ;
Our people are gardening and pre
paring land for corn and tobacco.' -
They have sown tobacco seed by the
quarts, or nearly so. They are pre-
paring for an increased crop of the
weed this year. We have here men
who understand how to raise it and
cure it right. Mr. Bowden, Mr.
KnOtt, Mr. By ram and Mr. Owen,
all of whom are experts in that line.
The wheat crop hero will certainly
be light, as it cannot be seen yet
without . close inspection. Corn
land breaks up fine and looks to be
.in fine fix for the reception of the
seed. : ' .. ' . '' :' . .
, Buildings ol' different sorts are
being,,erected here. f Mr. T. J. Per
kinscm and Mr. Owen are puttinj
up dwellings for W F. Bowden and
a Mr. Lee, from Hickory. Mr. Na-;
than Giles is finishing up a fin?
Hotel for Mrs. Jenkins. Mr. A. L.
Bright is having his new store hour 5
neatly painted up, and when finish
ed, will present a fine appeararc
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