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RESPECTFULLY
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August 37th, 1884.
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Umio impun BUterUI for filling teeth.
' Work as low as good work
can be done.
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rold delay bs infomimg him t what time
they propoM coming.
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CLUTTOII A. CILLCYf
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OUR KEW TORK ' UTTER
The Clorious Fourth 1 Brilliant Cdebra-ticn-ThB
Trade in Fire Works
German Singing Societies-Hot
Weather and Pelitics.:. ::
. ;w York, July 6.
To the Editor of TJie Lenoir Topicr
On the night 6 the gloriobs
fourth there was a fine sight here. I
got on a boat just after dark, sailed
down North River, then around the
city, up to the East River bridge,
then down the bay. , Music, a jolly
crowd and sky-rockets- on board
would have made it a good holidav
evening in itself. But that was as
nothing. On, both banks of both j
rivers there were long rows of col- j
ored lightsjjand from all three cities,
Jersey City, Kew York and Brook
lyn, as well as from Governor's Is
land, and Staten Island, thousands
and thousands of brilliant rockets
went up for two hours. Some were i
of the most gorgeous variety of col
ors.! j They, were of all shapes,i All
of a sudden you could see the Airier
can eagle burst in the sky with red
wings and a blue body. Then a
perfect shower of yellow and green
from another point would claim
your attention for a moment. High
above the long row of splendid elec-:
trie lights on the great bridge three
or four huge balloons of fire floated.
In every direction the heavens were
ablaze with patriotism.
This was not an unusual Fourth
of July at all, but the usual Fourth
here is a splendid thing. Then we
steamed down past Coney Island to
Manhattan Beach. There in fire
works the destruction of Pompeii
was going on. The spectacle is per
fect. The city lies peacefully in the
plain. Hundreds of people are in
the streets. ,They are enjoying a
holiday. The mountain in the dis
tance begins to smoke. An earth
quake rends the city, buildings all,
a flame tf fire comes oiit of the earth
and flare up through the water in
the lake." The volcano begins a
fierce eruption., rlts sides split wide
open and fronCjts crater .all colors
of flames issue. "The destruction is
perfect, and the noise is as the noise
of a battle. When .the buildings
have fallen and the city has been
destroyed and darkness covers it,
the flames sti 11 shoot up from j the
depths of the earth through the wa
ter. When all this has been repre
sented by the art of actor and pain
ter and firework, suddenly a portrait
appears in fire, and you recognize
Lord . Lytton, thft- author of ;the
thrilling romance about the destruc
tion of the ancient city. 5
The art of fire works has never
before been carried so far as to pre
sent these perfect and awful pictures.
When the volcano burst open and
great, sheets of flame came forth
with reports as of a cannonade, a
lady in the audience paid the repre
sentation the compliment to scream.
While this was going on, t from all
the neighboring hotels along the
shore-aud ( there j are dozens, and
dozens' of them----brilliant rockets
were making the heavens luminous
with patriotic fire of all colors. It is
a splendid sight on any night to look
at the long rows of lights in the
;three cities and on innumerable
boats in the bay; but to add to these
hundreds j andr thousands t otmany
colored rockets is to make the night
memorable from one year to another.
Added to all these, too, was the
sight of the great fire on , lower
Broadway which threw flames that
were not holiday flames high up by
old Trinity steeple and lighted up
the city to the foot of the island. It
. was the burning of the great build
ing in which the Baltimore and Ohio
Telegraph Company had its offjees.
And the damage done was not less"
than 1100,000.
"There was no speech making here
except a few private societies,
whose members dined together and
made short after-dinner speeches.!
The fourth of July oratory is left to '
be done in smaller towns and in the
country. Tammany had a public
celebration by oratory ; but it did
not amount to much. All day long,
however, T the business parts of all
these cities were deserted. It was a
perfect holiday. There was no trad
ing or business done. But through
out the residence part of the cities
fire-crackers and cannon-crackers
made a noise from midnight to mid
night that
was simply awiui ana
'All the public buildings
i i
deafening.
and thousands of private houses
were decorated with nags. All this
mi-de the s day., exceedingly -itopres-sire.
No one could see it without
feeling that the day had a meaning.
And its meaning was expressed with
the usual big emphasis with which
New ; York expresses any emotion
that seizes it. .
; ,The r trade-in fireworks is , somef
thing that is simply . , enormous.
Just before the 1 Fonrth ? the ' great
manufacturing firms do a trade that
throws,other kinds of;dealera in-de-gpair.
- On the evening of the third
and all day on the fourth, there are
peddlers of ral.qorta of scraekers in
the markets' vahdbn the.'street cor
ners. The men who usually sell
peanuts and oranges then sell fire
rThtyMJv-3e3 appli-lfire .works
ta water in some mysterious way.
At one Dlace down ton the- beach 4
they have a fountain which shoots
high up and falls in sprays oyer mer
maids (girls) frogs (men) and old
Neptune himself, whoarein the
water dressed to represent the char
acters they take ; at first the water
is light. Suddenly it becomes green;
then blue ; then red ; then yellow;
and so on and so on and on, chang
ing fom one brilliant hue to anoth
er. You smell gun-powder while
all of this is going on, but there is
no other hint that it is a kind of
submarine fire works. i
Infact, it is a great town this
New York is; and at one time of the
year if not at another you are likely
to see all the wonderful sights of the
world here. The big thin? this
week is the meeting in Brooklyn of
German singing societies from every
part of the country. They will hi tj.
a chorus in which there will be 2000
voices, all perfectly trained.) They
all drink beer and turn it into songj
you see. 4
It has at last got warm. There is
some fear of the cholera ; and every
body who can go has gone out of
town. Yet there are millions of us
left ; and if, you should wake up
down town some morning expecting
to see no body, you would find your
self in the biggest crowd you ever
saw. I
The politicians think that in the
recent Federal appointments made
in this State, the President has done
most excellently to unite all factions
ajid to give the Democrats a first
rate chance to hold the State for 3
more years. Caldwell, j
The University. I
NaxhrlUe American. . ' j
"The alumni of the University of
North Carolina will rejoice to know
that this old institution, so j closely
identified with the intellectual pro
gress of the South, is, under the
judicious and able management of
its learned and enthusiastic presi-
dent, Dr. K. P. Battle, rivaling the
fame which it attained before the
civil war. During that trying peri
od it lost the whole of its endow
ment, and started upon its career
after the : cessation of hostilities
without one cent. Dr. Battle was
elected president, and with the aid
and advice of a most efficient board
of trustees, composed of men re
markable for their breadth of uri-
derstanding, of whom the venerable
Paul C. Cameron is a fitting type,
this old institution began to climb
upward, and today it has not a su
perior, if it has an equal, in the
South." !
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Gen. Logan's Story about St. John.
Baltimore Sun. i
, ;Mr. ; Murat Halstead who was," so
it is reported, paid $15,000; by the
republican national committee for
editing the New York Extra, a cam-,
paign publication of the last presi-;
dential canvass, has just made rath
er a remarkable admission. He says
that he once asked Senator Logan,
the republican candidate for Vice
President, why the New York re-!
publicans did not buy St. John, the
Prohibition candidate for President.
General Logan replied that they
were willing to pay him several
thousand dollars, when it was dis
covered that while he might sell, he
could not deliver.. This is a start-?
ling revelation, and puts Senator
Logan in the awkward position of 1
conniving a. Dargams ana corrup
tion. It will be interesting to hear
what Gen. Logan has to say about
this statement
All the Rascals to Go. !
Baltimore Sud.
It is related on the authority of a'
democratic State Senator of Ohio, .
who called upon the President a day
Or two since, that Mr. Cleveland
asked ' him about democratic pros
pects in Ohio for the coming elec
tion. Ho replied that things were
looking fairly well, but that the
democrats could not hope to succeed
unless they had the small postoffices.
To this, according to the State Sen
ator, the President, looking at Postmaster-General
Vilas, who was in
the room at the time, replied, "Oh,
you snail have them j every republi
can must go.
Sara Houston's Inaugural.1
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The Texas Congress once took
exceptions to President Sam Hous
ton's habit of giving them his mes
sage orally, and .insisted that he
should write them out ; that the
habit of delivering them orally was
highly dictatorial, and lacking in
respect for Congress. Houston a
greed to conform to their wishes,
and, as the next - day was'; the one
set apart for the delivery, of ;his in-,
augural; he made his appearance in1
the halls of. Congress with a! roll of
paper in his hand tied with, red
tape and marked in large letters,
"Inaugural." He addressed them
with the roll in his hand, waving it
gracefully that all might see it, and,
on concluding, handed it with a low
bow to the clerk, and strode! out of
the chamber. On being opened it
wrs found to be a roll of blank pat
,! per. ': '-:h f :f :: h, ; -t, ; : j ; -
f'This world is all ' a fleeting show,
For man's llnsion; giyerx fjr r t r
The ladies walk the streets helow, '
But their hats ascend t heaven.
k FEW WORDS ABOUT' REXRT CLAY.
What the Great Historian,' George Bancroft,
has to say About the Great States- ;.
man In the Joly Centnry.
Henry Clay was of the san
guineous temperament. ''His na
ture," as he said of himself, "was .
warm, his temper ardent, his dispo
sition enthusiastic." He was of a
light complexion with light hair,
His eyes were blue, and when ho was
excited were singularly brilliant and
attracti v.. His forehead was, high
and of promise of intelligence. In
6tature he was over six feet. .Spare
a d long-limbed, he stood erect as
if full of vigor and vitality, and
ever ready to command. . His coun
tenance expressed perpetual wake
fulness and activity, ; .His voice was
music itself, and yet penetrating
and far-reaching, enchanting the
listener ;' his words flowed rapidly,
without sing-song or mannerism, in
a clear and steady stream. Neither
in public nor in private did he know
how to be dull. His nature was
quickly sensitive ; his emotions, like
his thoughts, moved swiftly, and
were not always under his cont.ol.
He was sometimes like a sportsman
who takes pleasure in pursuing his
game ; and sometimes could chide
with petulance. I was present once
when in the Senate he was provoked
by what he thought the tedious, op
position of a Senator of advanced
old age, and in his anger he applied
to him the two lines of Pope :
"Old po'.iliuiitDg chew on -wisdom , ", - '
A'l d totter on in business to the l-t "
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But if he was not master of the
art of self-restraint and self-govern-.ment,
he never. took hom with him
a feeling of resentment ; never stor
ed up in memory grievances or en
mities ; never harbored an approach,
to malice or a hidden discontent or
dislike. . . , -. i.
As a party leader he was impatient ,
of reserve or ; resistance, , and ., ever ,
ready to crack the whip over anyi
one that should show a disposition
to hang back, sparing not even men;
of as much, ability as himself,: ;
When he first became distinguish-,
ed before the nation, he astonished
by his seemingly inexhaustible phyf
sical strength ; and the public mind t
made up its opinion, half fabulous,
and yet in substance true, that hei
knew nothing qf fatigue ; that after
a long day's service as Speaker of the
House of Representative, or as the
leading debater when the House was
in committee and the session con
tinued into the night, he would at
the adjournment eome forth, as if
watching and long and close atten
tion to business had refreshed him
and left him only more eager for the'
gay society i of his friends. But
years flew over him, and this matt '
of an heroic mold, of mental activ
ity that could not be worn 'but, of
physical forces that defied fatigue, '
in his seventy-fifth vear could not
hide from himself the symptoms of
decline.1 ,'.':;!.; 1
Philadelphia, seemingly by some
divine right of succession, has ' al- 1
ways a constellation of men, adepts,
in the science of life, and alike!
skillful and successful in practice.!'
At that time feamuel Jackson, one
of the great physicians of his day,
was in the zenith of his fame, and
was well known for his genial kind
liness of nature as well as for con
summate skill in his profession.:
When Henry Clay was-' debating
in his mind the iiaturd of his dis
ease, and as yet had not qnitei re
nounced the hope of a ; renewal i of
his days of action, he soughtv coun
sel of Samuel iJackson. He. was'
greatly in earnest and wanted ' to h
know the truth, the exact and whole
truth. His question was, if , the evi
dent decline in his strength was so
far beyond relief that he must surely,
die soon. . He required an explicit
answer, without color or . reserve,
however unpleasant it might be for
the physician to announce an unfa
vorable result. Dr. Jackson made
a careful examination of his condi
tion, found the case ; to be ; a clear ,
one, and had the eourage to make to,
the hero of a hundred parliamentary
battles a faithful report, j -The great ,
statesman received the ; communica
tion that for him, life was near fits
close, not without concern, but yet,
with the fortitude of resignation.
He declared thahe. hajao dread of
death, but he was still , troubled by
one fear, which was probably sug
gested to him by the recollection of
the .magnificent constitution ,' with
which he had started in ' life. That
fear was . not of death' Ibut of th9
mode of during . he. Jia4A terrible
apprehension that " his , late iQurs ,
would be hours of anguislHn-a Idng1
agonizing struggle between life and
death ; this and this only, he said,
was the thought thai lay heavily on
his mind. , , . Dr. Jackson , explained
to him , the nature i of his malady ,
and; the smooth and, tranquil, chan
in which it, w&s to run and assured,
him with a sagacity which did not
admit of .question, .that, in his last
hour. he would dieaa. quietly. as an
infant . falls ; asleep , in its., cradle. ,
"You give pie infinite relief,' an
swered Clay, The chief terror. which
Clay left not ,4a . enemy behind
him,0 John Caldwell Calhoun began
nis national career as a ? member.' of
the , twelfth House rof ; Representa
tives. He took his seat in Congress
in Novembar, 1811. just two days
toojlate to give his vote for i Henry
Clay as Speaker. i 1
Calhoun was immediately drawn
intb the'clo8est relations with Clay,
alike from admiration of his talents
and agreement with his mode of
treating the great questions of that
dav. - -- ;: V.,:V " . . ;
He always remembered this earli
est) part of his public service with
E effect satisfaction. It was from
im I learned that he and Clay were
of johe mind on our foreign rela
tions, and that for their zeal in sup
port of the houor of the country
against the -remg-continued aggres
sioh8 of Britain, they two and others
of jthe House, of whom he named
only Bibb, were known at the time
by the name of "the war mess."
Twelve years later, the two be
came estranged from each other,
and the parts which thej severally
took corresponded to the differences
in their character. Clay was a man
by the character of his mind in
clined "to compromises; Calhoun
wais jn his logic unyielding, and ever
ready to push the principle which
he supported to its extreme results.
Inj 1823 each of them was put for
ward as a candidate for the Presi
dency at the ensuing election. In
vain did. the friends of Calhoun
strive toTestrain his ambition. Sea
ton, of the "National Intelligencer,"
taking a morning 'walk with him
near the banks of the Potomac,
struggled to induce him to abide his
time, saying : If you succeed now,
yob. will be through with your two
terms while you are still too young
for retirement ; and what occupation
will yon fiad when the eight years
are' over ?" He answered : "I will
retire and write my memoirs." Yet
Calhoun, moved by very different
notions from those which dictated
the restraining advice of Seaton,
assented to being the candidate for
the second place ; Andrew" Jackson
and many competitors being candi
dates for the first. It seemed that
all parties were courting Calhoun,
thfit jhe was the favorite of the na
tion ; while Andrew Jackson for the
moment sigtfallyf ailed, Calhoun,
wafs borne into the chair of the Vice-
President by the vote of more than
two thirds of the electors.
jf he political antagonism between
Clay and Calhoun never ceased ;
their relations of personal amity
were broken, off,; and remained so
for about a quarter of a century.
But hot long before the death of
Calhoun, Clay took pains to let his
own strong desire for an interview
of reconciliation be made known to
his old friend and hearty associate
in the time of our second ;j war for
independence The invitation was
readily accepted. In the interview
between the two statesmen, at which
Andrew Pickens Butler, senator
from, South Carolina, was present,
Clay showed genial self-possession
and charm of manner that was re
marked upon at the time and re
membered,; while the manner of
Calhoun bore something Of embar
rassment and constraint.! u
j Party records, biographies, and
histories might lead to a supposition
that the suspension of personal re
lations between Clay and Andrew
Jackson raged more fiercely than in
truth' was , the case. . Jackson did
full justice to Clay as a man of warm
affections, which extended not to his
family .and friends only, but to his
country . i;.- ;
Of j our great statesmen, Madison
ia the one whoJield5enry Clay in
the highest esteem ; and jn .conver
sation freely applauded him, because
on all occasions he manifested a fix
ed purpose to prevent a conflict be
tween1 th States ' H:
, tin' the character of Clay, that
which will commend him; most to
posterity is his love of the Union ;
or,! to take a more comprehensive
form of expression, his patriotism,
his love for his country, his love for
his whole country. He repeatedly
declared in his letters that on cross
ing the ocean to serve in a foreign
landj every tie 'of party was forgot
ten, and that he knew himself only
as an American. At home he could
be impetuous, swift in decision, un
flinching, of an imperative will ;
and yet m his action as a guiding
statesman, whenever measures came
up that threatened to tend the con
tinent in twain, he was inflexible in
his resolve to uphold the Constitu
tion and ! the Union, i - -'
1 7; ' ; 1 .Eivisk J cbsl ; vs;: ; v ;,
1 ChA-rlott E,' 1 J uly 3.John Bog
gan, the negro 'who criminally 1 as
saulted Mrs. Bruner, a respectable
widow, near Wadesboro,' was disco v-1
ered secreted in a! cave yesterday by
a party of 75, men,' to wnom-he con-'
fessed the deed 'and gave a detailed1
account of 1 his crime. His captors
then took him to.Wadesboro, and, at
2 o'clock strung' him up to a tree
near the courthouse. i! His body was
riddled with bullets,1 and V placard:
was placed on his breast,' which read :
''This man confesses the deed. Our
XXi. -' J.'-- X . ' t !,'
women mus. pe pruiec-eu.
Senator , Z. B. , .Vance, . who f for
some timet. has been ; resting at this-
picturesqueeme Gombroon, Bun
combe county CU .Jbaa been suf
fering from an affection of the neck;
which necessitates careful medical
attention .j An operation has been
performed,! since which hk condi
tion has greatly improved and spee
dy recovery is anticipated.
08, IX3EED.
Wilmington Star. ;
Mr. Mc Master, the historian (?)
doesn't admire the character ; of
George Washington. This ,is j very
bad for Mc Master and we are sorry
for him, as he reveals rather : too
much of himself in his criticism to
make a good impression on his con
temporaries. As for posterity Mc-?
Master needn't bother himself, for
in that direction the august Mister
Washington will hot be followed by
the ,queremonious! writer. Norfolk
Landmark. i V
We are reading the first volume of
Professor McMaster's History of the'
People of the United States. We
have not gone far enough yet to
justify a final opinion of its merits.
We may say this : that the book is
modelled on John; Richard Green's
great "History of j the English I Peo
ple ;" that it is interesting and val
uable, because it fills a gap and on a
new plaii, the period covered being
from the Revolution to the war be
tween the States ; that it is unnec
essarily tedious in places ; that its
style is far below .that of the splen
did work it imitates although it is
well written and readable ; that it
gives far more attention to the North
than to the South ; that its opening
pages are a close 1 imitation of Ma
cau lay's grand beginning of his
immortal historical sketch, and that
it now and theril makes a blunder
that is curious for a Professor in a
college of age and high rank. For
instance he speaks of '.' these molas
ses," and writes f'had loaned them." ,
We are not disposed to underrate,
the value or excellence of the work. ;
It fills a vacuunvand fills it well. It
is a work of importance, but after
reading nearly two hundred pages
we are constrained to say that it
does not come up to the high praise
bestowed upon it by Northern! crit
ics. While it is-manifest he is Nor
thern in sympathy, and is unable to
appreciate the grandest character
in history, he has produced a work
that was much needed and has done
it in the main in a masterly way.
We reproducethe disparaging de
scription of oui illustrious Wash
ington. He says. :
"General Washington is known to
us, and President Washington.! But
George Washington is an unknown
man. j When at! last he is set before
us in his habit as he lived, we shall
read less of thejeherry tree and more ,
of the man. Naught surely that is
heroic will be omitted, but side ; by .
side with what is heroic will appear
much that is commonplace. VVe
shall behold the great commander
repairing defeat with marvellous ce
lerity, healing the dissensions of his
officers, and calming the passions of
his mutinous troops. But we shall
also hear his oaths and see him in
those terrible outbursts of passion
to which Mr. Jefferson has alluded,
and one of which Mr. Lear has de
scribed. We shall see him refusing
to be paid for his services by Con
gress, yet exacting from the family
of the poor mason the shilling that
was hig due.. We shall know him as
the cold and forbidding, character
with whom no fellow-man ever; ven
tured to live On close and familiar
terms. We shall respect and honor
him for being, not the greatest of
generals, not the wisest of states
men, not the most saintly of his
race; but a man with many human
frailties and much common sense,
who rose in the fullness of his time
to be the political deliverer of our
country." ; . j
No one who loves truth desires the
deification of a hero or the. painting
of his portrait in false colors. The
great Cromwell wanted himself
painted as he was, warts and all.
While it may be true that a glamour
has been thrown around the charac
ter of Washington, and he had some
of the faults and peccadiloes of hu
manity, it does not follow. . that a
more familiar view of him would
lessen our reverence for him or alter
the estimate the greatest men of the
world have placed upon him. Wash
ington is confessedly the grandest
figure in modern history. So thinks
Boston's Robert C. Winthrop, ! and
so thinks the South's 'John W. Dan
iel. So thought the eloquent ! and
many-sided Lord Brougham. Read
the 1 estimate of the philosophical,
thoughtful, painstaking, penetrat
ing, judicial Lucky,and"then read
the detraction and belittling of
John Bach McMaster.
If the Princeton Professor is color
blind he ought not to be a railroad
flagman. . If he is character-blind .
he ought ; not to attempt to portray
the lineaments of a man whose mor
al and mental qualities were so ex
quisitely balanced ; who was accord
ing to the testimony of the greatest
and purest of Americans without a
peer ; who was the wisest man ; in
history. ; who was a hero, a sage, a
statesman who has called forth dome
of the finest strains of poetry of the
. modern Muse, and who . has , excited
some of the, noblest .eloquence that
glorifies our language. , Historians, !
philosophers, statesmen, poets. ra
tors have all, united in the opinion
that . the .roundest, the completest,
the r noblest historic n character is
George . Washington, a Southerner.
If Jd. McMaster is unable to ap
preciate Washington he is the loser.
He can never topple the-most unsel
fish and grandest of heroes from, the
high pedestal npon which he stands
by a consensus of opinion European
and American. ,
Qur LoTelady Letter.
Lovelady, N C, J uly
iTo the Editor' of The Lenoir Topic: M
As today is the "glorious 'old
fourth,'' a day on which every one
is expected to show his patriotism
either by firing guns, burning !fiie
crackers, making a speech or eating
a dinner, I thought I'd show my
patriotism by penning a few lines to
The Topic. In the first place I will
state at the .outset that 1 don't ex1
pect my article to be as favorably
received i or as extensively read as,
the .one, that was read and adopted
109' years ago. today. 'Gold and
silver have I none but such as I have
give I nrtto thee." ; : ",-,!
Mr. M. "F. Jones, of Hickory, bar
moved here and. is located at the
Wiley house and is engaged in the
mercantile business. Success to
him.w ' " ; ' ' ''""""
Mrs. Rachel Hayes has been dan
gerously sick but we are glad to re-
port her as improving. . . , . . .-.si
Mr. Crouch of Granite has jtfeen,
quite sick but is better. (
Mr. and Mrs. P. Gl Modre, with
Misses ! Annie and Johnsie, 'are vis-
iting relatives and friends in Ashe-,
ville and vicinity. May they have a ;
pleasant trip is the wish of their
many - friends. ' They have '" both
made themselves very popular in:
this commnnitrr (
We are j delighted (?) with the
running . of the mails, it was . so
troublesome to be wearied with mail,
everyday, j But there is one thing
we can't : exactly understand, ana
that is why our fast mail (?) stops
so long (?) fat these little flag . sta-
tions, and can't stop any at the wood,
stations. Will some of the railroad
officials please explain. It would be,'
so nice if they would stop just a lit-"
tie and let jthe poor, tired, hungry:
passengers (get a few 'huckelbernes,
and the conductors and other hands .
might get some too. , Obet. ( n
Our orth Catawba Letter.
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North Catawba, July 3."
; To the Editor of TJie Lenoir Topic: ' ,
i Probably a few items from our '
part will bd interesting to some. Our1
people are done harvesting- wheat.
AVe have been, making some inquiry r
as to the crop, , and from the most
accurate report gotten, we think
therd is sbmeteing like 45 per cent ' .
of a crop. Corn is reported as indi
cating, better than, for some years. .
Upland corn iajPficiUjC-nice, more
promising than for four or five years.
The tobacco crop," which is "being (
right extensively cultivated for a be- '
ginning, is fine. Among the crops
deserving special notice,' are those of t
Messrs. Jeff., W. Berry, L. C. and,.
John Brooks. Mr. Berry has seven ;
or eight acres on his farm, part of
which is ready to top, and we are '
informed that Mr. Brooks' is equally' '
as good. . jThe growth of cotton,. ;
which has been almost unparallelled ,
has been somewhat retarded by the t
recent cool'nights. Our cotton will
be blooming in a few days. We ex-
Eect that Mr. A. G. Corpening has
loom now! . The last account was .
he was expecting one every minute. .
Our neighborhood has been shock-,
ed during the past week by the'
death of two of Mr. James Hood's .
children. Mi-s. Hood and two more '
of her children have been, very sick, )
but are we are glad to learn, get-
ting better. The ages of the two
that have Idied are one and a half
and three yearsT .
Mr.. A. Kaylor's family have been
quite ill tods but are improving. We
have seldoi known flux so fatal.
It becojnes our painful duty to
Chronicle, j in this letter, the death ' .
of Mrs. John Clarke, who lived ' on
Michaux'sj Creek in Burke. - Sirs. V
Clarke was a sister to our couuty
man, Mr. Colman Craig, of Lower (
Creek. Sne died June 14, leaving '
li husband and two children, one of 1
which wan four years' old at her '
death. She was sensible of her death i
a number 0f di,ys befoie. she died (tj
and often expressed a desire to ft-.,
main with her children and friends
but said she was prepared to! leave' ;
this troublesome life. Her conver-j.
sation just bepjp jhajexpired was
truly affecting. She left a message
for a brotheV2!X.fe inl Biif.that was
full of christian .admonition and
sisterly love. As she' entered " the
chilly Jordan of death she was heard '
to say, "Oh Ihow'cold is the river
of death, but 'tis ' clear as crystal. ; .
All is, well, I shall soon be at rest '
over therel" ' Though our; words
seem as mockery, ' we would offer to
1I those, bereaved,' our sincere sym
pathyl.' Let us not mourn for those",
who leave 'such testimony.. V 'r ( m '
OU! how tweet U b to lle r! ',;!
Ia oar dear chr stUn land, t .
Wbcir grace can btl onrapiriUfly ' " "-' - ' ":
1 To jin aboya Utat Jotoub bappy band. . . -.Tit.'.
And how happy they moat be,' u ' n;.1'! ;'('.
" Who hara biiffeted old Jordan, tide ; , i , . f.
Who have left na to eternal gloriea aee, 1 J ' 11
Left oa standing on tiaie'a uuftniabrd td. . , :-.
. We rtill ara bound Uy-vnm ehaoglaa; earth.
While they're aoorning the. tyrant'a rod ;
We are expoad ta hanger and to thirst ; ' '
They're at home, Ohi yea. at home with Sad. ' . .
S f(! ,r,- !. -! rrbi;-.!
I "A, Chicago man U Planfieldini ' 'r
aesirea to leave nis travelling ) dsj
and overcoat while he walked to a
CI
i place twenty mJTes uTstant. He put
r them into a field unprotected 'from
thieves,- except by the signj amall-
pox: beware I and When he return
ed ther were right there in the !,
but they were twenty feet nndcr
ground, buried by health cfSccrs,
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