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V f Established in 1825. -JO US B JiVSSEY, Editnr and Proprietor. GfcZZSSBOHO N. C 1881. Tat Western North Caxolina Railroad- rrtlTCS VlSCS'S KEJODTOXB. Tim .jTi xdSOrOEY DODOK. AM AXO- nrxrrrat ip ncrisrir. 'the. Caarkxto Ooeerrer.l Iff tie statement Bide oa my ao i ticxitj by jcor ; reporter tiat the r?t&tore ot one cf the coramLsaioo. ! ,ft of the Weaiern North Carolina i'mdf to ibe application by the jM-pieei fcr an extension cf tine w tvsp'tfe. faiJ rod to rint Ick uvd reoo Hirer, htd been y!nfd bj irndf I gre til the rrtJcc!ar tt me .irans&cuoa a ilto tnowo to xae to tbt ibe pab ', ten:t&t jode if tbo charge wu JrrTfd. ' He ibswer of Co!. Acdrewicca ; ce to replj mere at length. ; Sid I !o take5 the occasion I totuce, tiitfij, tie history cf ibis ! mife trasiaetioo, ta there tie CT loscga ttuurcitu iiiCicwi.u the icpl? oforth Carolina , c:rtt to know. Inn ci tr. ta titiworlliy of co- t,tLe, fpibbiio'gd of Cot. An irtwi t;tn tlicrepAaciea te ttwa tL Ttry irortt cf the act of s8d the outeehaical language el tie reysrte,' hich he knew I hKL"(ued iu QX Cil cI tb iit I!cior, and tbo amall aar- dsub which Lia letter wa i3-jctd t( hTe been adornJ, I jrccrtd at once to lLachargt cilrtcd. abote alluded to. What liiieif'ae! I o.d the following U-pjj:'t: "la tjcr, my letter r ;:t:t! tt Governoraaa chalxaan eltta &xdt to inforo Col. An f t of oy change of - pcrfvoee?, i!ca fee did, as weir, I prtsace, ta H ej leUer to Dr. Wonb. There tu Bothiog improper in the way ta kich the intoreatioa waa otv ; uiard, the thing ccrapb!ned of be " ti tie ciccer la hichl)r. Worth ; tuiadeced to aign the exteoaioo, t ?cre etrfm y letter. This ia- ten acre r tea by Cel. Andrews, kt tt aj in Lin letter, 'Xow, bear tad1tat fhff fraud of which t Setter Vance aecnea me con&ista ; is oliUiaicg Dr. Worth's aignature :j ipiracceot hla (Vance's) letter. Wt a: letter, and to whotat Plainly, s; letter to Dr. Worth, informing La Hit I had changed ray par p4 of tigaicg the extension, for nxuna which I woold make known , 13 and rcqaeating hin, accord b. to ny recollection of its con Ua'J, to do nothing farther until I wr.hia. Tbneaicaple facts to be drained, then, are: Did be get tbt letter, or know its coatenta, prtrioca to algoiog the extenaionf IL Wocld that letter, If receired. Uve changed the doctor's action! M-SVa any action takea by Col. Asdrtvi to proenro his aigcatnre, he.'cre he coald leara ol that letter as Ua content! At to the firtt Ua pointi I cTer the following let ter, .which is cocclosife t ; . J. J ITmtt: ; ; t Mt tui Mt:-t"t of tU rab 4iMtUL;ik. CM tk lita Ur. B4 UUfl Mi ut4 t k ibt th mi t,iwt Iicsn Kit r tat lh Lu:v t.o. a4 tbt It m tad!p . 4lVUlb7hoU tT tli ZttlMQ m tLi Gttr J&ri bal 14 it UMiur4ti: -I urn uii;iuiw(rtBMatW Ub far i tipu f WmIns ortk CaxUba fs X ilr rj.t S"-; it rig tt:r l wiih h-j f NrU Cr I tcf I bt Boi ; frt. J onbu Aat mM Vf i 14 mrwi jr r'vrf j Tr, txijj. t v , J. II. WTll. Jow tow do Col. Andrewa di ttareti;,; tj the lotrtnluctioa cf tJLUwjog certiScat! "For the ficaAj musJ A-fioo. of.Mr.U ad ger, f.,u:e ti!t he deltrered to me twrtraorJartia' letter of the lath n Maj, aed that I read the pretiaaa to aigoinc the ex--w- J. M. NVocnL ? i24t20:b, 1S51. To Q4ie this ccrticat apply, oi the Colonel cheerfully pro- v.i to add, "Sow aa Dr. Worth Moa to hare had Tall knowl fdieaator Vance's withdrawal, foaadatioa has the Senator wr 4 indoaatioai, that soch T;.. lar Ia llcding to that the opinion that theaaalgn r ;e rrocrainating, to gain t vAi'onel doea me the honor Jt-at"iti4 enwortby of the r r. I ata sorry that I can Tv. qaally comptiuientary. "-rcuiige ia worthy ot tbel ; H cr cf tn concael, whobeld :r. orth was in fnoraoce 2 w.Worth -was in Ignorance . ;; . 1 oeter saw the letter . uot. Jtrrii wrote to Dr. .Vcvicf it, ontil the 30:h ol ;nit, tc d4y before the Coloners wuoa. Bo that the aborecer- VVopon which my charge jf Jed aa woold the Doctor's --ocy to the Tirtoeaof a patent '- u i"e 1 fooihel that .4i tJf iera of ao grand a cor-V-i3.4 lh nichmood and Dan- -.roaa ahoold allec that " .VITry ol a letter to A from n MtewUaCjp!e proof tbat the contents ct a leUer" written by 0 was alto known to A, although cot yet rrctifcd. , . . Having made good 'the. 1st and 2d pciats .enLraccd ia the isssew to-wit: that the Doctor was induc ed toafn the extension' ia igne ane cf cy Ict'cr, ctdthatbewonld not htTe ?:cJ it if tie letter had beea recelre la 'tine, let ta lock at the circaaatancea .crder .which it was beatea ia the raea toils d es tlcatioa. " Oa ' the12;h cf Hay, twelrodsys after the raeetios cf board la lialelgh, 1 addmse-d, tie lollowing letter to GuTerocrMarri; - WAsmaio:?, iiay iz; 13 l Gmrrmr T.J Jmrru t '' Ur Diii Bic-Cicjtci'jno'i eo.!a to toy kMM ilc cr m eating la KaJti(&. taBM n t9 withdraw nr cow. at to th nUMioi of li m uktd for by A. B. Asdrvva. rrUct. No' ftp p.'icattoa It lb asn liu jtl bn freoia4 aa AnJrawa ptmUd, an4 I aT rttMo to bLU" taat bod wlil ba o. I will explain foJIj whao I yci. afaao bi!, fiUaa aoUj Aairawa that I 4a not hold asyaaif boaod any longer ta rH b i propoaiUoa whea mad. Ii oczht ta kw at acx.- J will b at tama early ozt waak aoi m go orer tha work. wna yo. . - , y Yoora,-truly, Z B. Vaxcx. To this letter I receired the fol lowing prompt anawer: . lIXSCCTITa DsrAB-nrxsT, : I lUlelgh, 21ay 13ta ISSt I A Fav, tm CUaW, jrAi7a-, D. D4 Bin: I aa Ja ta raoaipt of yaara of tb l'lh laat., aaa. aar Informed Col Aadrava cf iM oonUata, and girea him lh totle rqaald. Ua Uooday, tt Ctb last. Col. Aaurawa praaaatad too wilk ika papae - prepared atrlaUy aa araaU a poo, wika all Ibm mmg- Kad aa9odaaat, nada aod algaed by ra W.P.Clyda, A.8. Bafont aod T. if. Lia, aaaif aaca. Xlawiabad tabara ll prawatad to vaeb of tbo alaaUaiaaara at 000a; bat I told bin t bold It uil w nMlttzialo lha work, aa tbat vaa oar adarauodloc. Ha will ao preaeol tba popor bu wa cao. ba got togalber, X kava raeaaUy baa a vary Bach oa toaraad with tba balief tbt tba. praaoat mwrrt ar aboat to bg!a work la oaroeal oa tatb llaoa of tbo rod aod I abail ro. arat to laara tbat yaa Avovo la your poa aaaaloo aay faeu t prvvo taat .they do ao ao lataod to act. If It tkall tarn oat that X am rif bt as to iLalr parrum, I troot tbat mo oaaaUao of raoaoaabJa tlaii tiaao aball praTani tboiff golag on wiia tba work. If ootbe oiber baai it aball tarn oat tbat I aa declTd aod tbat tbey da sot iaUnd to work oa tba Daektowo line, yea will Cad aa toady to do ny all daty la tba aaattar. X aa datrm!aad, aa far aa la ana lie, to karo thia road confuted wltbaat eoat or treablo to tbo ftut; aad I balUra by prcprr oaoaameot It cava bo doao To daetare tba euatraot fcrfaitoA throwa tba road baek apoo the Suta a tblcg I aboali b alow to do aa Mog aa tbera la a reaaoa abU proapeot af tbo wotk boiag done la any reaaoo able tiot. lata, - ! , Traly yoora. Tuoa. J. Jaarta. On the aame day on which I wrote to the Governor, bat at a later boor, I addreased a letter to Dr. Worth, (the one in qoeatioo, I applied to him for a copy of it, and be said it waa misplaced). Of its contents, I can state from recol lectioo, in which he confirms me, that It waa fuller than the one to Gor. JarTia, and requested him to do nothing farther nntll' oar next meeting. Oa the envelope," over my initials, was a request to Hr. Baia, chief clerk in the Treasory, to forward immediately if the Doc tor ahoold not b in Raleigh. ' The Governor's letter arrived by way ot Greensboro, at 1:30 p. mM and Col Andrews was Informed of its coatenta Immediately. ; By the retura mail of that day, which left Raleigh at 4 o'clock p. trn thff Gov ernor's letter, above , quoted, was ditpatcbed to me. I.ask a carefal perassl of it, as ' necessary to. ao understanding" of the sUoatloa. -2iow, Col. Andrews was la posses sion of my porpoo by, say o'clock, oa Fridsy the 13:b. If the neces sity ot obtaining the extension was so great thst without it, as Cot. Andrews says he told Gov. Jsrria that be ahoold be forced to atop the work" and refase to let oat the contracts advertised Tor, why was no messenger sent to Dr. Worth thst day! Gov. Jarrls bad time to write a fall letter to me and one to Co!. Andrew. It would seem, therefore, that the Colonel woold have bad time to dispatch bis mes senger by the same traia. I caa oaly conjectore the reaaoa why. My letter to Dr. Worth, having been written at a later bear on the 12th than the oae to the Governor, was diiMtched from Washington by a different route and arrived in IUleigb by way of Weldon, at 8 p. m- on Friday, the 13th. It wasn't received at the Treasarer c2ce otttil baainess boors next cay. There it waa opened and read thea forwarded by 4 o'clock , traia , to Asheboro, ao Mr. Bala says. There being no secrecy about its existence or contents, if any one spoke of It, I wiaa not to impate the slighteat Impropriety thereto. ',1 do not know that any one did so pear, uat 1 do know, at least Gov. Jarrls so told me. that some boors after the regular traia had left that day, bear ing my letter to Dr. Worth, a special engine left Balelgb, going lo the aame direction, on which was Mr. S. Badger, the agent of Col. An. drew, bearing the application for the extension of time and the fol lowing crgeat letter of Gov. Jar vis, heretofore pabllshed by Col. Andrews: Rauior, 2T. C , May II, 133L ITo J. If. ITarU .- Mr. Doab Era: Tea win remeal tbat. at tbo atoetiof; at tba eoaaiaeiooora of tbo Waetar Nartb Carol iaa Kail road. It waa areod by yoarealf, Gor. Vaaoa auad ayaaif tbat wa weald exUed tbe tine for tba eoapleUoa sf tbo road to Palat Rack aod Pifooa Hirer upe appUaatioo boiaf avaJa to oa, alzood by Clyde. Baiord aad Lcxaa, with the aneedoeat aog raatad by aa. Upoa tkla reoalao of aara. thrr bare sdrerUaad to let tbe rood to aoo treat froa Aakerillo to llroa Hirer oat tbo lth tnat. Tby praa nUd tone loot Mooday tba applicatioo for tbe ax taaeioa la tbo form aad elzood by tbe par- Uoa aa acraod apoa by aa, aa yoa-wlii aoa W aa ozaraiDAtloa of tba pa par ltaalf. Tbay bare doaa all oa lhair part tbat tb-y jrraod to do or wara required to do, and, for oaa. X propooo to do what I ay read to da.' . , . , ; i Got. Taboo wro(a ma yeeUrday tbat clreosataoeea lad eoxsto bla kDowladge icea aa waa bare wbicb lodaood blra to Withdraw bU aaaaot ta tba eztanaloa and ak4 rao to ao Infortn 'Col. Aodrawa Thia I at onoa did, and I fair It ta aboat lo er!oo!y rurd tba work. CToooraa Ibaf eaaaot lat tba road to contract or go oa with) tka .wwrk la a aatlafaoiory way OTil-ae tb-y baea aa - asaanujoo tbat tbey i:t ta a lowed to go on. TLeiu:tJoa tli.o imi ta be tbat wa bavatotaka the rerponaibHity to attend tbo Um at tbo ; rpoa! bill fy to atop tba work. ,1 ciiooaA.lo taka tbo raooni bill t to axtasd. lLa tima. Ifyea.ogroo wltb oaa, yoo can, la yaarowa war. aay ao to Aodrawa in wrf da. I bar almdy dona 11 ior nyaaii. . loon truiy, i (Sifaad) : . Tboa. J. Jaaria- : Thia sent pnrsaed ihia tjonrney across the country from the rail- road, oa Baaday beat the nail bearing ray letter, and procured the Doctor's signatore, on Sunday, in ignorance ot my letter." Remem ber, too, that the Doctor saya Mr. Badger told him Gov. Jarvis bad signed the application, whereas, the record ot the commissioners made at their Asheville meeting, nnderthe soperintendence of Gov. Jarvis himself, shows that the pa per was presented tu him and was signed by him on the lCih ot May, 1S31. . , ,i j 1 Now, was there not, ' in this, a doable deception practiced on Dr. Worth, and an advantage taken of him and me ! Was not an import ant and material fact concealed! A knowledge of wbicb would have prevented toe action that was taken. Was I not Jastlfied in saying tbat no lawyer acquainted with the cir cumstance coald ever give t favor able opinion as to the legality of the instrument thus obtained I t In the case of the North Carotin a Railroad Company vs.' Sreptrou.et a I. reported in 71at North Caro lina Reports, page 330, the court naes the following laagaage, " Bat there is another view which is de cisive against the defendants. It has been' said that th. I pUiuilflV board appointed three (3) to act lo the premi-.es. It vaa necessary that fAry koh1 all act toqttler? Aod if tt be said that 1 tbe act of sale makes the decision of a majori ty of the commissioners binding, the answer is, the principle still re maias for a still stronger reason, the two which constitnta the ma jority shoold ercf together. I farther maintain that oncer the act it is necessary In order to render the action of the two commissioners valid all three shoold be present when soeb action ts taken. Seethe reasoning ot Jodge Pearson In the State? vs. Lane, 4, Iredell, 331. ; It woold seem indeed tbat Col. Andrews himself is aware that tbe the extension is not legal, for it was presented to the board at its meeting-oa the 23d of Jane, ia Asheville was not acted npon and is still peadiog. It willbeobserved too that according to the conditions apoa which Gor. Jarvis signed ft, he could now legally withdraw his assent. At tbat meeting, fifty-foar (43) days alter their application was made for an extension of time, the commissioners found as a fact, aod entered it on their record that, " not finding tbe nomber of laborers on the work which Messrs. B a ford, Login tod Clyde, agreed in their application for. extension of time, to pot there, took no formal action as commissioners sitting together wo, etnn lha anrHr4 ttAn " U-rwi ft aa w ' g 1 It - Having now disposed of the per- sanal uatter between Col. A. and I myself, Jostlee to mjself . requires that I shoold speak pore at large with reference to my action as com missioner, it will be remembered that daring the year 1S79 serious oppreheosioos came to bo enter tained that, there woold be diQcolty la continuing tbe appropriations for the completion ot tbe Western North Carolina Bailroad. It had been on hand ao long and so many misfortune, not to mention worse things, had attended its construc tion, that rqany pesple began to fear it would swamp . the , party which undertook to carry it to com pletion. -These considerations in duced me to listen favorably to tbe propositions of Mr. W" J. Beqt for its purchase when he : approached me on the subject. I, believe it a favorable opportunity to secare the completion ot, that great aod im portant work withoat farther taxa tion, or political disquiet to oar people. . The negotiations tbenset on foot resulted as is known in the call of a special session of the Leg islature and the passage of the act authorizing its sate to Mr. Best and his associates. It most not be for gotten that the chief consideration of that sale was the building of tbe road from Asheville to Dacktown. At the time of the sate tbe great obstacle, the passage ot the Bloe Ridge, bad been overcome aod the cars were running almost! to tbe town ot Asheville. From there, tbe short line down the 'French Broad was a matter of easy accomplish ment, one-third being already graded. The Btate coald easily have finished it in ashorttime with her convict labor or Coald have foond other parties quite ready to take It either hands. Tbe great ob ject was to find parties who woold cot throogh the moaotains, 145 miles to Daektowo. As Is known, Mr: Best, by the desertion of his as sociates, was left unable to perform his contract. IIow .this happened It is not cow necessary to inquire, I will only aay that I had then, aod have now, the fullest confidence In his good faith. Finding himself thus unable to perform his obliga tions to the State, be finally suc ceeded in borrowing a portion of the money seeded ; from Messrs. ... I t ' . - I . ; GEEENSBOEO, H7 C, T7EDNE3DAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1881. uaiord, uirue & fjo. At his quest I went to New York tod aid ed bin to accomplish this as ranch as was in ray power. These gentle men disclaimed the slightest desire to assume Ur. Best's contract, bat expressed an anxiety for the con pletion of the road aa a desirable adjunct to their bo sin ess arrange ments. I at do time desired them or s opposed from their Ian cnarre tnat they cesired to become owners cf the road. Tbey. howere'r came into possession of it by. the failore of Ur. Beat to repay them their money in July of last year. Beloo taotas I waa to see this road fall into the hands of a corporation that had already done ao much to reduce North Carolina . to a state of com mercial fassalsge to an adjoIningJ Btate, by diverting its trade from oar towca and cities, ret so fereat wa mJ toxiety to see thia work completed that I determined to aid as much as I coald tbe assignees to prosecute it with all possible dill gence and energy, depending for the protection of oar people upon tbe provision in the act of sale, which forbids discriminations against North Carolina towns and cities on tbe part of the assignees. I soon foood, however, at least I came to believe, that they did not tuieuu , to uuuu tne xiacKiown ana tnese iney are said to be nego branch. In other words that they tiating for and will doubtless get. did not intend to pay the price for Even whilst I write, , it is stated in which the road was sold to them, the public prints that tbey have I came tobelieve .alsothatin .de- purchased the , Virginia Midland, fiance of the law tbey were deter- The result of this, if true, will pro mined so to discriminate against bably be to discontinue the work the interests ol oar own. people as now in progress to extend it from to rain many aod greatly iniare til. u y cegrees they , have secored con- trol of nearly every road in tbe State or leading into it west of Raleigh, They have now eo got the commerce of North Carolina In their grasp that they can crush to death all of it, except than portion which they foater for the benefit of Richmond. I came to believe also that thev did not intend to proeecote the work even on tbe French Broad line with the "dillgenceand energy" required by the contract, bat intended to take their time aod finish it at their convenience. The circumstances which induced mo to believe that tbey did not intend to boil J to Dncktown are many., In the first place the act was staled in my hearing at a conference in Septem ber last, between Messrs. Best. Clyde, Logan aod others,' in the city of New York, and waa not denied by aoy one present.' Another reason is found in tbe sworn testimony of Col. Baford be fore the Senate committee of In ternal improvements, in February last, in Raleigh, in which,- among many other intimations thrown ont to tbo same effect, Mr. Buford de? dared "tbat the parlies contracting with Mr. Best took the assignment of his contract with the State when it became absolutely necessary, in tbe manner heretofore atated, with the intention to carry it ont in good faith at far as the ability and inter ett of the cajyital they rcpreset tcould alloic? ' ' I . ' . ' Again, at tbe meeting of the board of commissioners in Raleigh on the 30th of April last, when Cot. Andrrws appeared, before it he handed ns his application for an extension of time with the remark, "gentlemen, I thihk I can;, say to yon that we have pretty trell made tip our miadt to po to J)ucltotcn f Aod still another reason was, that on to Jane of this year, almost all the wore done was upon the rench Xiroaa line. Lastly, tbey began to build tbe Dacktown lioe from Asheville as a narrow-gauge road, being advised, as Col. Andrews said, they coald baild it any gaoge tbey pleased. In support of my conviction that tbey intended to build tbe' French Broad branch at their leisure. I cite tbe fact tbat ao far as la known to me, from Joly, when tbey got the road, to near tbe last of May of tbls year, not a laborer except the con victs famished by tbe State, was apon tbat work, uoless, it might be a few skilled mechanics. As to tbe convicts being short ot tbe five hun dred which the State contracted to famish, Col. Andrews fails to state that Gov. Jarvis did tender the number that was deflcientand they were not received; owing, as was said, to tbe uncertainty attending tbe ownership of tbat road. Even if tbe whole number has been fur nished by tbe State, it was a well koown fact that tbey alone coold not hkve finished the road in tbe time required by tbe contract. Nor did they keep on the Dacktown lioe a force eofUcient to insore its com pletion to the Pigeon River by tbe 1st of Jaly, as required by the coo tract. In answer to tbe allegation tbat foor of the best months of last year were lost before they, took the contract, it is sofficient to say that the same force was at work during those four months as waa kept at work afterwards, up to the latter part of May of this year, to-wit, the convict force alone; and my modest opinion is tbat bot for tbe with drawal of my assent to tbat applica tion for an extension of time, and tbe threateoed danger of a forfeiture of their contract, there woold not now be aoy except the convict force on the French Broad branch, and nose on the Dacktown branch. In the matter of discriminations on freights aod charges, forbidden alike expressly, in the contract with W. J. Best aod bis assigns, and in tbe charter of the Piedmont Rail road, against North Carolina towns aod cities; against one towfi in North Carolina in favor of another; and against til roads connecting with tbe North Carolina road, time woold fail me to expose them. They are obvious aod glaring--each town and depot la the State from Raleigh " " iua uwn taje to ten, 1 have the aathority of some of the most prominent merchants ia Charlotte for sayiog, some, that thev pay themselves the freight on gooda aold soath cf this point ; others, that tbe freight! eo far Booth as Oolom- di are cheaper than to this point from Northern cities, and to sell their goods they have to pay this difference against them. And etill others say that whea they receive an order for goods from anv rvfnt ua mo caicru Aortn uaroim a road they can make no profit, except by filling the bill by ordering from the wholesale merchant in Richmond to be shipped -direct to their cnafnm. ers. I have in my possession freiohr bills ehowiBr the ratea bet Blcbmond and Asheville. N. Cl beC5 cents per bnndred pounds, and I have also a freirht bill in wnicn, oa goods coming to Char I lotte, from Marion to Statesville. a distance of 03 miles, tha char. are 11.14 per hundred nonnd. Similar statistics can readily be found anywhere in Western North Carolina, although we do not see them in mtny of our newspapers. xae uicumonaccuanmieUompany own or control all roads west nf I Kalefgh, with one or two exceptions. Danville to Mooresville. enf finer nffl tbe only hope of the people alone; I that line for a railroad, and com - pleted or not, destroying t. also the last hope of this section , to obtain a competing line. . Then the coils will be completely around as. We will be absolutely at the ; mercy of strangers. A foreign corporation will dispose of tbe wealth, if there be tny left, and dictate the policy of North Carolina. The fiat that taxes the earnings of our people issues from tbe city of Richmond, Bat recently an order was pat forth by one Haas, general freight agent of this corporation, forbidden tny freight arrangements to be made by what is called the Associated railroads with the Atlaotic aod North Carolina Railroad. Tbe crops of this part ot the State have utter ly failed, hut the eastern counties have been blessed with abundant harvests of grain, and if permitted reasonable freights would feed oar already suffering population. Bat one Wm. J. Best is in control of that road, and is trying . to baild another throogh the heart of North Carolina. The Richmood & Dan ville Company don't like Mr. Best, so this order issues, and tbe people of these parched and suffering plains are denied access to the abundant stores of their eastern brethren. The roada of their own State are made the instruments of their op pression. These things have in fluenced my conduct as a commis sioner of tbe Western North Caro lina Railroad and as a citizen.' I am aware, that by pursuing this course I subject myself, not only to the danger of being misunderstood by tbat portion of my fellow-citizens who can be made to believe that I am trying to stop the progress of the work, but also to tbe enmity of a vast corporation in the hands of strangers, who may have the power, aa they certainly have the will, to crush all who stand in their way.' I know that sach institutions have Insidious and irresistible methods of corrupting legislators, of suborn ing the press, and forcing pnblic opinion. I know fall well the dan ger I incur by attempting to thwart tbe purposes of one of these vast combinations of capital, which, deifying tbe spirit of gain, embody the very essence of selfishness and go straight on ta their object, re gardless of all considerations except those which contribute to success. I know bow powerless an agricultural people, of moderate means, spread over a wide extent of country, like tbe people of North Carolina, are to contend with such a power, . If I consulted my own ease or conveni ence, I would retire from the con test. Bot tbe representatives of the people, confiding in my Integrity and fattbfalness, chose me as one of their commissioners to superin tend tbe execution of this contract. I sbsll jostify that confidence, or try to do so, let tbe consequences to myself be what they may. Z. B. Vance. September C, 183V i . Then. ... "i i Then he sommer mornings were fall of singing birds, always waiting oorslde oar wiodows to help as be gin the day with happiness. Then flowers were born as if to accom pany the birda in their benevolent mission. Then all oar dreams were pleasant imaginings, Arabian Nights enteitiinments, frolio vis ions of untroubled joy. Then J one was the loogett and loveliest month la the calendar. Then we were never depressed by bsd weather. Then headache had no lodgment nearer than our neighbor's brain. Then personal rheumatism was un known to us. .Then insomnia had not been invented, and we were not obliged to draw upon the apothe cary for vials of aleep. Then we could walk twentv miles a day without fatigue- Then all was gold that glittered. TAert we trere young! According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer (Dem.) Mr. Foster is at least ten thousand weater in his own party than he waa two years ago- '. . V; . m i Tba Teatra. ' years are all alike. With ebildlike laughter . l I They fol'ow battarfliea with endleaa winga ; Jbej peep into the bird's nest : thev look after , - ii . . . White lambs aad thiuga. i i other pretty, little a can, in the first flash of their youth. 7 they briny us li . a ?r of Tiol w galUnt way ; Aad ah I what charming low lore-eonza t. they ainae i- .. j - - 1 ' From f leaf graen shadows, where -the . Wild dores stay t ; ... awaa , . ' Bat. aomewhat later, they show bearded And away tha aoTtha and boar the ane-ares aooat Ia tho hot flelda, aod: quite sraees I i il i - . . . f . f forget the They had ; of oldas others doabt. . - i ! ii do, no 8lEl Utr f 0D't and gather Tha. ecarlet frnit fa .nA th valine Or walk aboat tho withering wowda. with : ' rather j j A faded look, aad algh aeem forlorn. - Then they ait rery etill and watch the ember. i H . Behind the eartalna in aome pietared room, j i j While each one aomewhere in his heart ' ra members j.. The dew, the summer moon-rise and - tne bloom. Then conies the laat night-watch, the lonesome taperaj ice raw tears of quick said: 1 tha many, prayere in the morning Tha black lined columne papers. '! i i- And yes the many Virtues of the dead! 2ra, 8.M.B. Piatt. England at, Vorktown. Commenting oa the approaching centennial celebration at Ynrktnwn. an Ene-lish ionrnal I I opinion that there ia no reason why 1 an, invitation should not be extend- ed to England and the descendants of Lord Gornwaltus to take ' part in the etc. The suggestion is worthy tne irreverent humorist who deprecated the invidious distinction made by the government in asking i ts of Lafayette Roch- . . ' the descendants tmbeau and De Grasse, justly re- I marking tbat Lord Cornwallis con- tributed, as a matter of fact, the most of the glory to the fork town event. There were many agencies contributing to tht inspiring vic- tory. . Louis XVU of Franco, tbe descendant of a thousand years of I king s, with great (reluctance cave jrder to send his great nobles, household rerfments and the the order his household regiments and the flag of lilies to, lend grace and countenance to revolted democrats. lint me jumstry or ajouis was dominated . .. . . . . . I Dy tne longest neact ana the most adroit negotiator of his time. Ministers Maurepas and Da Vergennes were wisps of straw in the hands of Franklin. He walked throogh tbe narrow streets of Paris and tbe young spirit of democracy drew a free breath. He appeared in the resplendent ante-chambers of Versailles and the courtiers crush ed each other to see the nngilded agent of the new Republic. The King received him with formal po liteness. It is doubtful whether Loois didn't in hisj heart of hearts hate tbe rebel Minister as bitterly as poor old George HI. Louis, it is trne, brought him Be pearance of rejoicing i to an ap orer the American victories, while George III., making . no pretext, treated Franklin kindly. So far, therefore, as national comity enters into the question, we 'shoom do as well to ask England to joint not! so mueh in the celebration ot triumph over, a people as tbe defeat of a bad Min istery and a stubborn King. If tbe Yorktown affair in October is to mean anything, it will (mean not a vnlgar clashing of tom-toms over the mere brute triumph of force over force on tha (great Virginia seaboard ; it will be j rather the awakening of a profoundly peace ful reminiscence of the devotion, chivalrous ! and animating, which enabled tbe armies of a kingdom and a republic to push j steadiiy on to a conqaest ! whose results have been as profoundly beneficial to the conquered as to the '.conquerors. . Nor can it be forgotten, in recall ing those memorable last events of tbe seven years of patriotic effort, that England .made peace through the force of ideas and public senti ment rather than by the self ac knowledgment of the impossibility of conquering the colonies. King George was, even in 1 1782, the rich est sovereign in Europe. He bad all Europe save France and Spain to draw upon for troops and he had the riches! of the Indies to subsi dize his brethren, the venal princes, rulers of the helots of civilization. A liberal Englishman shoold, there fore, feel no more; reluctance to participate in the Ttorktown cele bration than he should in drinking tbe health i of William i of Orange, who was under any construction an invader and a stranger and dispos sessed tbe oldest line ol English kin its to take the throne Every year of our existence; as a republic has shown tbe wisdom oi tne separa tion of tbe two countries. In com- a a a a " a s merco we nave aiuea tne momer r ' a country, in war we are a cnecc to her enemies. In all that relates to the well-being of peoples Amer lea is an aid, not a menace, to the land irom wnicn we are separaieu,tuaui0r many years; that he ieelsJ as children separate irom lamer ana motner wnen tne marriage vuwo have been exehanged The cranks are becoming numer- ous m asmngton. ocarcwj.aua passses but some half-witted crea- ture endeavors to obtain admission mtO tne niie X10Ue ewmc cracked-brain plea orj another. The A AM VVa. - A nA o . i-ka a lilies t jiuiieuruijct; in iuw iwo noa i that of a crazy negro who went to the capital to kill all Garfield's - ! enemies, lie camea wnu uim a ii horn in whieh he intendetl to de posit the heads of his.; victims. - zl) ':.' -.A ;m : ; lA.-r-i :) ;. Mia TT.tK.Jl.t. ' The assembling of thellethodtste in jeenmenical CoonciL in LondonL marks another era in tbe religion woria eaca . as was last aatnmn marked by the; great PresbvreriarJ Council held id PhiladelDhia. I Tho gathering of tEa Metbodistr will b in some 1 respects -even ! a mien tier i demonstration than that was. From1 every habitable part of ' the world aeiegates nave jor some time been' teryi in. nty presence. ! The recefc pooring in. The real, tbepietyaodJtacl consisted of fotir Fanrebat- I f 06 wisdom of '.iMethodism wi 11 be abundantly represented by tbeibor booded leaders Who toIay answer to theroir-call in, the famous:. old City-Eoad r Cbapel. 4 Therft I are nearly five miUioos of Methodist Church members a moog the vaaioos 1! r - ' he world.. About twodczen differ- ent organlzatiobs are represented at the council." j These are not dob- trinally antagonistic, ; bat are 1 for the most part (separated br ired- grapuicai noes ana Dy unimportant l: , ! L . . T . amerences as management. i The growth been phenomenal. No religions rei - former was ever more thoroughly in earnest than Jiohn Wesley. -His simplicity and his eloquence secured him a large following. TheOhrirch' had fallen into each careless ways that it was ready 'for a powetto! awakening. ' At; first Wesley had no ide of formiDg hi sect or' denomina iion oi nis own.! xnere is no evi-1 dence that he hid an ' ambitionl to I send bis name down to posterity as tne ion noer or a new religious ' or ganization. had hoped to re. form the evils Which existed inr the1 State Chorch. Bat he found these too much for him. , : Being frozen out he cut Ioo8etromtheEstabli8hmebtI and in a spirit of the largest liberty of ecclesiastical freedom instructed nib followers as to the way in which tney 8aooId ift'tke the most of thi&jf fnlirrlAno wilcTiSkWA -. T a a. 2 A I mm a. li ' I rebgious privileges. . Kigidly raetri- oaicat nimseif in nis business las well as in his (devotions, be i incbl-1 cated in his associates a strict meth od in tbe manaffemenrof ' their church affair. Severe simplicitv j was one of bis leading ideas.' ''The I Methodists were exnected to ' be Promp and zealous in their religious do ties; to avoid quarrelingand ran- nmg into debt, and to dresa in a becoming maimer and ' without ros- rentauons aispiay. vvesieys wof a aa; , . a . a - k 1 began in 1730 and con tinned inirAtTni vlfmr nntil hia jibAth .V",' " ? .Mr ".. .. AyA- , l 8ee ooui tnirty thousand Methodists,' who were led and instructed by about three hun dred fally orldained ministers - and ! a thousand local preachers. Their hearts would - have sunk within them had tbey contemplated the possibility of gorgeous church ' edi fices, with i 8teeples and stained glass and mortgages and rented pews and paid Choirs, -i Had ' Jobb Wesley foreseen the gigantic debts incurred by jsome of tbe modern Methodist Book Concerns in carry ing on their publishing operations, or had he beheld a vision of the el egantly -appareled Method is t Is dies ot the present day on their road itd church, he would have thought his mission a failure and might have sought in the: bosom of the old Es tablished Chorch the rest which hi ?S wonM have , fieed There is no denying the fact thai in oar large pities Methodism isfa totally dirlerent 'affair from what Wesley organized. Its primitive simplicity is gone. Tho hearty ferj vor of the Aniens and Hallelojabs which spontaneously sounded trod the lips and hearts of worshipers nd I longer characterizes the servicej j The idea of the itineracy,' once so I rtonr tn the heart nf Wealevi is rvi I ing place to a desire for the perma nent settlement of pastors as in the; I other denominations.' The prefer j erence for an nneducated ministry! which was id former years considij I ered by Methodists specially 'jac-i f cep table toj the Almighty, ! 1 has: yielded to a uemand for complete' theological and literary training.! and in consequence to the establish! j ment of some of the best training ! schools in tbje world for the educa-1 tion of the tninistry. ' - i j ' 8 Take it altogether, the Methodism - :! of to-day is as diverse as possible from the Methodism which John: Wesley founded and which he f eft I when he had fought his fight, and finished his coqfse., Bat it is grahder! and broader! and more complete! It has accomplished a mighty mission ary work aojeng the . heathen. f it, baa successfully pioneered, among the. most remote and scattered Net-, tlements of jur own land.. .;';.Itf com menced its work in the plainest and humblest way and with the' most giant determination labored for immense success. . As its represen tatives meet in council tbey have the satisfaction . of knowing that tbey have done great things for the glory of God and the good of man-. kind. Col. Clay H. Conde, relative of Samuel u. Ulden i, was recentlyj Sadalia Demo interviewed by the badaiia IJC rra't. He skid that Mr.- Tilden waS looking yoiinger- and more chirpy; , ff hkd a youth ot fifty, arid is really only sixty-eight years Old that he kiipws more than he jevet did and knows it better ; that he 'if will tie a candidate ior governor oi .sew' xuiis,-au m.w M that he wU then unquestionably ie tne nornmee oi me uemoeraijc parij, mi ub cio-iuu, aim, ip uuj; not least, by a verj large majbritv . - a III i-.lntr AI a-ha- IrtlT HUT I - n iunc uii Col. F. A. Conkling, the exiSeh ators brother.' is suggested as a Democratic candidate for Secretary a a- . a a ! aa ... mrm a . .-.: j T oi state m jNew xora, to tbe matters of tof the convenience of trahsportal j f:.; ii j j ttyn. is; This box of electrid energy I ot 1 Methodism has J was handed to me bv Ml FnnrnI I 'with 1 n : I I f I , -... :. .ri'. : i -:M It'.f v: I Now ScricajNda 699 ' EaaaBaBaaaaaaaBaiaaMBaaaBaaaaaiM r t 1 1 1 1 11 1 A Ilighty Power. ! Sir William Tlionrosoil FJ R. jR.. of the University of Glasffdvri lias received from M. CahtfletFarareJof Xaris, the discoverer, la box I of I "electric j energy.w A gentleman: writes to the London Tmes as fbl-. low's I t'Tin 1VfrtnloT- lAaf iin Ttaija a paure battery, or 'pile Becondaire i I was charged with the electric fluid! direct from an ordinary Grov bat I tends, each about five inches In diameter i and ten incites high, forminpr d cylindrical leadfen teasel, I audi containing alternate Isheets df mUic lad and alumimrimV Wrap-J- ped in felt and rolletli into spirals wetted with acidulatetl water, and r "uim,iacei m a square wpoi- en box, measuring about dne etibfe foot,; and weighing sojme beyenty-' fije pounds. This was protected by a J loose Jvooden cover, through which thei electrodes In lend nrri- I r . r . T , s I rruaeu, ana were flattened down 1 with the obiect of fiulmiifriir tt m ari examination and iheas4iremenii at the! hands of Sir WilliamThomi)! soil. j I i ii rh "In about seventy-two honrsf frpia the time of charging the ! jiirl u Paris I had the satisfaction off presenting Faures ' rare offering of a box: of electricity intact. I This Ss! uie payenc compression withm the small siace of one cubic foot of a pejwer jLquivalent to nearly tone mil iiou iw.i j.ue- wonueniu oox is ndr depositel in the hibtiratory of i Glasgow Universitv. and . in beinr I submitted to a series.1 of tests' and measui-ements. The results of some of these made Sir William exclaim. 'Whyi it's a little giant I - The ad- vaitag0 to science aud humanity wbjichithis discoveryJ or rather the perfection of Plante's discoyery, is H ilfrfl'tlAil fV nflfriiwl A wVb -w m- Jh.J -. I destined to afford, are of suelijtran scenuent importance tnat we can V - ot for the present form ariv cor jredt - estimate of ifs magnitude, Whatever may be the nractical re- Nits obtained, I have the satisfacJ poii of recording that for tiro first M"ie to biv knowledge in the his tory of the universe ji box of elecJ. tn euejgy nearly-equivalent to:a hii hon Seet contained within less: tban a Mibie foot of space, l intact! v"u putenuai, uas oen iransponeui J - . - . Jl All X! i 1 1 ' a ' a: robi France or elsewhere- to Great Jritaiii'l -.h 4: R&ther Embarrassing ..jM'" Eha was a Terr little arlrl.' rii . 4 And as I beat and kiasod her. "There, that is for yonrself," I said, cA f An this is for your sister.'. Laat night I called in a friendly way ; , Soma aay girl friends were there. i And laugh and jest went gayly round, j.o banian weary care. . ': i , ' l Tbe little girl earns romping in, ! i ana unto me said ane, 'I dive that tiaa to 8itzor Bell I i'On left for her wis ma." -a A. . '. . a .L. i '-Mie uacou me lot v times, an' said When folksea 'onldn't see, j I knight dive 'em to 'on dost wait jTil We alone wis me!- . 1) , . I blushed!, and so did Sister Ball, The gay girl-friends ob me I j j I Wished the horrid, horrid things A thousand miles at seal The Judicibua Wifj. t ; i it A indicious wife Is always nib bjng off of her husband's moral na tore little twigs that 1 are growing! in wrong directions.) She keeps him! In shape by continual pruning. 1 It; ypu say anything silly she will 1 af fectionately tell yoa bo. -if you di dare that you will do some absurd thing she will find some means of preventing you from doing it. And ' hv far the chief Dart of all the com-4 lnion sense there is in this wprld be longs unquestionably to , woman J The jwisest things a' man commonly does! are those which bis wife coon- sels bim to do. A wife is a grand wielder of the moral pruning knife, If Johnston's wife -had lived there Would nave oeen no noaraiog up of orange peel: no touching 'all the posts in walking along tbe streets, no eating and drinking with ' die- gustlog voracity. If Oliver Gold smith had oeen married be never would have , worn that memorable L ! i .t .' .1 - - I . A WWTS land jnd'oaloas cont. Whenever yon flnuva man you know little about, oddly dressed, or jtilkiBg absarblyj or exhibiting eccentricity of manner you may be sure (that he ii not a married man,-tor the cor- cers are jrounaea on toe , little shoow ; pared awayin rnarried men.Ui wives generally snow more, than tjheir husbands, even though tbey way be, clever; men. The wife's taviceia jiiae iue oauaBiiaai aeeps i m ! j J - 11 X- t-.tf aA the ship steady. . SIHE3 OP THK 2:18 TEOTTEES the Breeders' Trotting Stud Book gives the names of 21 horses that were! j tbe sires of trotters with records ot 2:18 or j better,' op to the close! of last season's trotting. Of these RysdykV Hambletonian and hi sons Volnnteeri and iWalklll i 1 Ohief have two each; tb others being limited to a jingle representa tive eachj Of these eighteen sires of a single representative' in this class1 six being jost one third of t.t,o nhmhW. ar anna of Rjsdyk's nambletonian. The' others may De classed as i scatterinc WW " m.ii r are so baUy spht up in HlSCOIlSlIl that tliere mmL taifc f an in(ie- pendent movement in tharj State. I C!AwaSfW a 4e i mur 9f says the ,awWl CSLtvLB Car lOlWiuivij Boston . lferalit and you'll nna a at. a . ' sorehead7 1 Senator Voor bees thinks that Gen. Hancock wi 1 be renominated in 1884. T t ii - r t'i. f ii' -I i 1:!. i ' $ - i . .. In 4 v. it . . I. Aa 'f 3 I . r ,1'' ' i A' I- :! -''. 1-M. : t. if A'- i' -