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. - ,.(-' s Carolina w II 1 1 fi a if n i ii ii J i ii ; VV a ILlllllClLl yO. VIII. THIRD SERIES SALISBURY. N. C, SEPTEMBER, 20, 1877. aO 48 :0UIt MOUNTAINS AND INDIANS. 3 the traveler leaves Salisbury, where i,e is 7Q feet above the level of the sea, glides: over the Western hills, the s of the mountains appear above the loriJ?n H1 cooler breezes fan his face'. t siatesvillehe is 040 fett above the sea, noil tiis PPette row8 sharper, and he is spared to do justice to the elegant din net of ham, cabbage, fat beef, tender lanilvrich milk and hot peach pie. With t Mt!i knowing the name of the pro- nrietor, a man maj, 01 "S1 u,uu" :v mail Iliav rtt u, biii ,J u(1m-sc all hands and the cook: But pood fare ought to be the rule, for the trees are loaded with fruit and all the Northern strikers could find employment in gathering the grand and growing crop. Catawba valley is lovely with vast fields 0f rrrowing corn. Morgan ton is 1140 feet .above the sea, and Marion 1425. Now mountains seem to come nearer to IU- v, each Hher, and the valleys are growiu Tprv narrow. At dark the train and stage t iit St. Bernard's Hotel, only three wilcs from -the top of the Ridge. Capt. Spraue is heavily taxed ; but he bears it veil, und, after a good supper, puts the writer in a room with Rev. Dr. Hubbard, one of t he most able and illustrious of mod-, rn divines. Sorrv he was not retained in our State. Wish he could even now rJfiirn. If the St. Bernard did not furn- ish meals so uniformly good (with appe tit thrown in) the passengers would certainly complain of such an early break fast." Hut Swannanoih Gap is 2657 feet altyve the sea, and "bo we keep climbing till we reach the Ridge, and look -back aver the vast Sea of mountain peaks. Now we roll down the mountain frequently crossing the Swannanoih and often,gazing with hungry mouths at the cool springs mid milk-houses. . At last we are in Aslieville, and enjoying dinner at the ex relleiit loarilinr-hoiise of Mr. W. S. Bar- nrtt, formerly of Granville. Now Ashe ville is 407 "feet lower than the Gap ; but still it is mountainous and its cold dry climate draws many hundreds of visitors The town is lull of them, and you meet them ou every road, going every where Mr. S ..'( Sliekon has ar noble chest uui "mule, and is willing to lend him. Mr. lihtir has a buggy, and soon "Westward lio." Dinner at Turnpike and supper at Waynesville. So many! magnificent moun tains, m many waving fields of buek wlicat and corn growing together in har mony ! Delicious rest iu Waynesville. Alonely drive to Shoal Creek camp meet ing. Mr. Chooper preaches a good long smnon, and the Lord's supper is cele brated. But a few drunkards get up a ,ti;lit. Mauly "Hyatt stabs Cole Ashe, friends take sides and bullets fly and ladies run. - Still the camp meeting goes on. A quiet night with Mr. Enloe, at Quallatown. One word about THE SPELLING OF INDIAN XAMES. Many of their words terminate with an accented syllable which our letters refuse to RpellT The sound resembles the French iin, the English e, ee, a, ah, and oe, and Jet it differs from them all. James Blythe aud Will West say our ih will come near fr representing Ihe sound than any com bination of letters we can make. So they lsay Quallatown, but Kahlih. They do not say Tuckasege, but Tuckaseigih, making five syllables.-. They also say Oeoueluftih, Junaluskih, Swanuanoilu Xowih, Katagooukih, &.c. As our people now rjh;11 these names Jn many ways, confuRsiou often results. It would be wiser to spell uniformly as tlje Indian ad vise. INDIANS AT HOME. Sitting in Mr. Enloe's house, reading of Dr. Livingtone's travels in Africa, a loud 'li-oiigkh,' is heard, and there stands Will West. He hascome with Onolili (Black fox) to interpret a letter from Washing ton. After reading aud hearing the letter ia English and Cherokee, Will West is My to go iip ".Soco." Now Soco is from to 4000 feet above the sea. Its wa fer is clear as crystal, and its Valley is rich as the shore of our beautiful Mata muskeet. This is the wild mountain home f the Cherokees. They also follow the week down to Oconeluftih River. On this "the magnificent farm of Sawuuke (Fly Squirrell), the Chief. George Bushy olives here also, m his little cabin. has passed for a preacher, and swin- V1 "'""e men out of money. But a ite man opened a store with his capi tal, and very soon the white man had all th capital and left Bushyhead with a sad 'M'meaee only. The Indians have no ools now. Mr. McCarthy started four; 0lle ou Soko, at the Methodist church, one at Birdtown, in the Baptist church, one iu tl. r. - ' me vove n. . one in Macon, with Jim Kenvood's division, f.e schools did not But for some caus prosper, and Mr. Warthyw,, He now goes to ueaverville and the Indians are left in France. One" man Jim Crow, went 15 "'ie to see if his boys could go to Ox ford. Tlo AiA 1 1 OpOl) to nrr.li ..nQ These Indians e mainly on corn, . beans and potatoes. put calico button 8 ou their shirts, and feathers in their hats ; iu e Purchase of crockery they always 'm the gaudy. They sing well auu iisrn in nr!ihinir u-i i. m-rnt- etlencp Tl.;. 1: , iuch jeuuiug pieacuer8 are oiatk p , Tv,..-! n . n , m ? T-m t'teoJf 1 senwble- Ther admire w for his silence and circumspec In, aud many take that name. A wliite man waspreachingat Birdtown with David Owl as interpreter. He used the words "con glomerated," and Mr. Owl declared there was no such word in Cherokee, and call ed another man to be "linjruister." The Indians are semi-civilized, semi-religious, and semi-suspicious on account of fre quent swindles. j SWAIN COUNTY. This is a small new county. Thetrav- eler fords Oconeluftih, and takes down the Tuckaeigih to Charleston, anil there, he fords that also. The town is very small, and the Court House and jail are combined in one small building. With a weak jail and strong lawyers,-men accus ed of crime run at large, and no one dares' to hold the office of sheriff, because his first duty would le to arrest these defiant law-breakers. Charleston has no preach er, no church, no school. The Clerk said there was no school in the county : but another man said lie heard tlvit "Jo Up ton's gal was going to start one' up Ten nessee River.' So a county named in honor of the late President of the Uni versity has noehool unless "JoUpton's gal lias started one." The county is also iu debt, and has no money to pay for the trial of its-criminals in other counties. Here is the nucleus for a b.md of outlaws and robbers. But the county contains many good citizens and many valleys of very rich land. MACON COUNT V. Tennessee River rises in Georgia, near Clayton, in Rabun Co. It passes" North ward through. Macon county, N. C, where it is enlarged by several creeks : then it receives the Nantehalih and" forms the boundary between Swain and Cherokee But a river is itselt a public highway in the East. In the West the public road runs first on one side and then on the other of the rivers, and so they become very unsuitable for boundary lines. Moun tains really divide, and the- are therefore to be preferred for boundary lines. Ma con is a mountainous, but well-watered amLwealthv county. Its mountains a- bouud in Mica, now extensively mined and sold at seven dollars a pouud. It is fouud in sheets as large as a sheet of fools cap paper, aud cutr iuto panes for orna mental stoves and ranges. Macon people have recently received several hundred thousaud dollars for .Mica, and large sums are spent in boring the mountains. Some miners, iu following a shaft, rec ently found iu loose dirt a mattock, the irons of a windlass and several gads for split tling rock. A large oak growing in one of these ancient shafts was seventy-two years old. So it is possible that, when Roanoke Island was captured by the In dians, they" carried these tools to the mountains and mined for silver and other metals. Possibly they were carried from Jamestown, "Va. Be this as it may, the 4-ndians had iron implements at least 70 years ago'aud left them in the mines. 1 Near Macon is a large Indian mound, rising in the flat near the river. It has been open ed in a few places, and one excellent hatchet 'of superior workmanship has been taken therefrom. Corundum is also abundant in these mountain. But its value is mainly prospective. Occasionally glittering garnets and beautiful beryls are found. Mr. Cuuninggim keeps a good hotel, and-Dr. Love, Capt. Robinson, Dr. Gaston and other excellent citizens keep Franklin lively. From Franklin to Web ster the distance is twenty miles. But Cow ih Mountain lies between, and the road is long and steep. Blackberries are still irreen and red upon its lofty top. At Webster six" Indian orphans came up ready to start to Oxford. Several Indian men and women also came to see them start. All were hungry Indians are generally hungry, aud their dogs are hounds and poor as the chase could make them. Conveyance was needed," and a Confederate price was demanded, though Confederate money was not received. The traveler was at the mercy of one who "Spake," and it was done. But in Way nesville the scene shifted. The traveler attempted to pay for his dinner and for the dinners of his horse and orphans, but was informed that some gentlemen tiad come over and settled the bill. Noble and divine generosity ! Their names are not known ; but the Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward them openly. THE LONGEST RIVERS WORLD. IN THE The following are the largest rivers, with their extent : The Amazon, iu South America, falls from the Andes through a course of 2,G0O miles; the "Mississippi, from the Stony Mountains, runs 2,690 miles; La Plata, from the Andes, 2,215 miles; the Hoaugho, iu China, from the Tartarean chain of mountains-, is 3,260 miles; the Yangtsekiang runs from the same mountains, and is 3,060 miles long; the Nile, from the Jihel Kumrimbuutains, courses 2,690 miles j the Euphrates, from Ararat, is 2,020 mues long Volga, from the Valdais, is 2,100 miles ; the Dauube, from the Alps, is 1,790 miles in length; i the Indus,- from the Himalayas, is 1,070 . miles : the Ganges runs from the same n ! source, and is 1,050 miles long; ihe Orin swxi ti-nm Ti)f (tiwica 14 rim miioa uinir '. Xicr&r nr Wlinrra. ia 1 ftfl?! mila in - - - length; the Don, the Dnieper and the SenegaUreeachoverLOOOmilesinlength; the ithine and the Gambia are eight hun- dred and eighty -eight miles in extent. f From the Raleigh Obsenrer AX IMPORTANT REVOLUTIONARY PAPER FOUND. It has long teen known and lamented that so much of the proof of the part that North Carolina took in the movement that led first to the Revolution, afterward to the independence of the American States, was hid away in the private papers of our ancestors. - - A striking instance of this fact has just come to our knowledge in the discovery of a document that places our forefathers beyond question iu the very forefront of the movement for independence from British dominion. It fixes beyond a doubt that independence was the leading idea of the men of North Carolina as early as the year 1774; that if they did not declare it at that date it was from prudential motives alone, the co-operation of other States being of course necessary to the accomplishment of their purpose. The names signed to the paper are well known as those of the prominent men of their da' in the State audthegenuineness of their signatures can be easily proved by inspection and comparison. This pa per, it may be as well to state, is not a mere copy but an original, with the sig natures in the proper handwriting of the signers, and in some instances with the dates ot signing attached, ihe paper ought to be" preserved with the greatest care and photographic copies made of it. The paper was found by Captaiu Ap pleton Oaksmith, of Carteret county, on the 8th day of May last, while searching among some old papers at the house of Cicero Green, Esq., at Clear Spring, in Craven county, which house was erected and occupied by Mr. Green's great grand father. James Green, Jr., of Revolution ary fame. The document is in good pre servation, apparently in the handwriting of Richard Caswell, being first signed by him, and one hundred and eighty-five prominent patriots of the State, of Revo lutionary times, among whom are Willie Jones, Cornelius Harnett, William Gra ham, Hezckiah Alexander, Robert Irwin, Zaccheus Wilson, John Brevard, Waight still Avery. Joseph Hewes and John Sevier. The following is a verbatim copy of this precious document : DECLARATION. hWe the subscribers do declare that we will bear faith (sic) and true Allegiau to the Independent State of North Caro lina, and to tlie powers and authorities which may be established for the govern ment thereof; and we will, to the utmost, of our powers, maintain and defend the same against Great Britain, and all other Powers, Enemies to the United States of America. And this we do most solemn ly and sincerely declare without any Equivocation, mental evasion or secret reservation whatever." We regret that we are unable at this writing to present the names of all the signers of this Declaration. We hope how ever tobeabletodosoinafevda3"8. When it is remembered that the first Convention or Congress as it was called, that was held independently of Royal authority in North Carolina for redress of grievances, met on the 23th of August, 1774, and was held in Newbern, the inference is a strong one that most of the signatures were then and there obtained. We beg leave to suggest to Captain Oaksmith that it would be a most graceful act for him to present the document to the Historical Society of North Carolina. We know of no other repository so appropriate. With this document before them, sign ed iu 1774, declaring for independent gov ernment and a readiness to fight for it, no one need be surprised at the ability of the North Carolinians to conduct the brilliant campaign that culminated in the battle of Moor's Creek, in February, 177t, nor at the Mecklenburg Declaration in May of the preceding year. DEATH FROM THE BITE RATTLESNAKE. OF A On Thursday of last week, while a num ber of colored persons, both male aud fe male, were digging for medical roots in the Bee Tree range of Craggy Mountain, one of their number, named Elvira Seneca, better known as Vira Lytle, was struck by a rattlesnake upon her right leg, just below- the knee. Her screams brought several persons to her side who killed the snake, and then rendered the Unfortunate woinanall the help in their power. With the view of keepiugthe poison from communica ting with her body, a cord was tied tightly around the wounded limb, just above the knee. They then started for the nearest settlement, about three miles off, the wo man walkinjr. When about half way she became exhausted, and had to be carried. When they arrived at the nearest house some whisky was procured, and about a quart and a pint administered, but without beneficial effect. In a short time the poison penetrated her entire system, and she was a frightful object to be hold ; her body was swollen to twice its natural size, and her legs and arms were puffed to doable their ordinary propor tious. In this condition the woman sur- vived 24 hours, during time which she suffered the most terrible agony. She was a married .. but b Wa scpara. from her husbaud for several years. She leaves four children to the chanty of the world. Ashcville Pioneer. NEWS ITEMS. MORE ABOUT THE ELLINGTON GOLD DISCOVERY. The vein of gold which was found a week ago yesterday on the plaee of Mrsi David S. Ellington, has been further worked. A shaft has been sunk to the depth of twelve feet, and yesterday spec imens of the ore were exhibited in our office. They are finer even than the quartz which was found just beneath the surface. A considerable part of this is brown ore, and contains large quantities of irold. All the specimens exhibited were particularly fiue. Mr Ellington had taken some of the worser looking quartz and from it pounded twenty -four penny-, weights of gold, which was taken " yester day to the mint. Thus far the veiu has only been traced a distance of about fifty feet. Its average width is five inches. M. L. Holmes, Esq., of Salisbury, who is we suppose, the most experienced miner in the State, examined this ore yesterday , and was surprised at its richness, as in deed every one else who has seen it has been. Mr. Holmes pronounces it the best ever gotteu iu North Carolina, surpassing even the "finds" which have been made in years past at the famous Russel mine in Montgomery county. It is a matter of surprise to mining gentlemen iu this city that the vein should have proved of any depth. The first impression was that it was a mere pocket on the surface which would soon le exhausted, but the further the shaft is sunk the better the ore be comes, and the miue bids fair to turn out a highly valuable one. Char. Observer. Emmig kants roit North Carolina. The company of mechanics styled the "Baltimore Emigration Society," organ ized four weeks ago to see if thej could better their fortunes by engaging in agri culture, held a meeting last night at No. 282 East Monument street, A. Thompson in the chair, and W. E. Tegler, secretary. Several members have their names en rolled and the average attendance is ten or twelve. Out of eleven present last night ten voted to locate iu North Caro lina, the single dissentient only opposing the selection of a destination anywhere until more light is obtained. The princi pal objects moving to the choice of North Carolina were its propinquity to Balti more, a good market for the productions of their land, the smaller cost of getting there, and the country being old and more like Maryland than the new and distant Kansas, Texas, or even than Florida. The members paid in their weekly dues of wenty-five cents each, and appointed a i committee of three to get further in formation about North Carolina from Col. Beaslev. Baltimore Sun. Speaking of the recent disclosures of the open venality of John J; Patterson, United States Senator from South Caro lina, the Mobile (Ala.) livtjister says : "A deeper, more revolting scheme of frauds never was unravelled before a civilized community, and so clear, so palpable are the proof, all in the hand-writing of the guilty man that it seems impossible for him to escape the penitentiary, or, if it were in North Carolina, the whipping post." This would convey the impression that the whipping post is an institution in North Carolina. Such is not the cure. Would to God it were so. Call it a "relic of barbarism" or what you will, but there is nothing to equal it for the repression of crime. Char. Observer. Nearly all the people, and the editors especiallj', want it restored. Why not have it ? Let it be demanded at the next election. A SERIOUS CUTTING AFFRAY. Fayettevllle Gazette. Last Sunday a man was very seriously and perhaps fatally stabbed during a difficulty which occurred in this county, .it .Tudson's Church, two or three miles east of Cape Fear. It seems that Walker Pearce, the adventist, gave notice that he would preach at that place on Sunday afternoon, and at the time appointed a crowd assembled, whereupon Jesse Dud ley declared that Pearce should preach neither in the building nor on the ground, at which A. J. Hollingsworth persisted that he Rhonld. This led to hard words and then to blows, during which Dudley wna Khibbed eirht or ten times, some of his wounds being very serious. Deputy Sheriff Brown arrested Hollings worth at his house liefore daylight on Monday morning, aud he was committed to jail without bail. Goldsboro, N. C. Sept. 5, 1377. To the Editor of the Xcws: I have lately come across the following legal auecdote which I enclose for your Lawyer's column : "Vir. Harry Erskiiio. who succeeded Mr. Henrv Dundas. afterward Lord Mel- i ville. as Lord Advocate of Scotland, hap i . . f i i : , i i i - i. . f it iT ,,r. in an action. coni. V .V.-., V.. menced his speech in the following hti- ' morous strain: "Tickle, jay client the ""Mity ; were aimost driven into hysterics by the Jud"e replying: 'Tickle her yourself, Harry, you are as able to do it as V A Most Fatal Disease Among Cattle. Cleveland, 0., Sept. 13. A cattlej plague, thought to be a species of the Tex-" as fever, has broken out among the cattle in the surrounding country. Texas cattle this year are covered with ticks of two varieties, and the bite is poisonous to the blood. Many cattle are dying daily, and several cases of children having been poi soned by drinking the infected milk have already come to the notice of the city physicians. The beef is affected by the dis- ease but can be easily detected by spots The disease is thought to be infections. Schenectady, N. Y., Sept. 13. A num ber of cows have died in this vicinity within the last few days, of a disease thought to be infectious, and brought here by Texas cattle purchased at West Alba ny by butchers. The cows die within a day or two. Are Farmers Liable. Somebody has raised the question as to whether or not the farmer who sells supplies to his labor ers is subject to tbe tax of five dollars im posed on merchants, travelers, &c, and the matter has been referred to State Treasurer Worth for settlement, aud we learn by the Raleigh News that in answer to the inquiry, the treasurer states that if a farmer sells to his laborers provisions or anything else, at a profit, he is required under the law to pay the tax, but he is not liable to the tax on the purchases if the goods werebought of merchants in the State, they being supposed to have al ready paid this tax. Charlotte Observer. We would like to know what products of the farm will be sold without profit, and how it can be expected farmers can live without a profit on their labor. International Iiijle Match America Wins. Ckeedmoor, Sept. 14. The British team finished firing at the 800 yards range an hour later than the American! team. Grand totals: Americans, 3,334 ; Brit ish, 3,242. The Americans win by 92 points. This closes the international match. WATERY GRAVES. Tiro Steamships Collided in the English Channel and Xincty-Sijc Lives are Lost. London, September 12. 12 M. In formation of a terrible disaster in- the English Channel has just been received. The British ship, Avalanche, Captain Williams, from London, September 4th, for New Zealand, collided with the British ship Forest, Captain Loekhart, from Lon don, for New York, oft l'ortlaiut, and both vessels foundered. Ninety-six persons were drowned. The Forest was in ballast, and had acrew numberingtwenty-one. Cap tain Loekhart, the chief mate, and seven others were saved. The Avalanche had a crew of thirty-two and fifty passengers. The third officer and two seamen only were saved. additional particulars. Forest struck the Avalanche betweeu the main and mizzen mast, nearly cutting her in two. The latter sank immediately. The Forest, though utterly wrecked, kept afloat an hour or two. Three boats lanch ed from her, only one of which has yet been saved. It contained the twelve per sous already mentioned as saved. One boat has washed a shore and also sev eral bodies. Other boats, it is feared, arc lost. The Avalanche had sixty-three passengers, twenty-six 8ahon, seveuteen second class and twenty third class, most ly colonists. The accident occurred at half-past nine last night, seven miles off Portland. THE PROHIBITIONISTS. Boston, September 12. The prohibi tion convention organized and declared it would not affiliate with either the Repub lican or Democratic party. It adopted the following : Resolved, That we have in the adminis tration of our national arlairs, gentlemen whose patriotism and statesmanship we can trust, and that we most heartily com mend the course of our President in ad hearing to his promises, and putting into execution wise and expedient methods for the reform of our civil service, and the establishment of a permaueut union, peace and prosperty throughout our land. The resolution was greeted with con siderable applause. The Charleston Xeirs and Courier, in its annual review of the trade of that' city, notes the shipment of wheat with much pleasure, and perdicts that it is destined to become an important article of export. By the completion of the Port Royal Railroad wheat is now brought, without change of cars or breaking bulk, directly from Nash ville to the Savannah aud Charleston Railroad wharf on Ashley river, where it is transferred from the cars to the ves sels by means of movable chutes. The trade so far has been exclusively to Lon don, but there is no reason why wheat should not be sent advantageously in the same manner to any other foreigu port. Brigham Young is scarcely cold in his grave before prominent Mormons among them the oldest sou of Joe Smith openly preach against polygamy and advocate a separation of church and state. The tem poral policy which the intense individual ity of Brigham made possible will now fail, aud the Church of Latter Day Saints disintegrate even more rapidly than it m-ew. aud iu a few short years will be re- - m(,.lluerHi 0nlv for the crimes committed by its leaders, or as !owSn ue.uuu. Sax Fkaxcibco, Sept. 6. The present in dications favor the belief that the Demo crats will have a majority in the legislature, but the result is still in doubt. The count ing is very slow, especially in this city. NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE. Correspondence of the Raleigh Observer. New York, Sept. 6, 1877. So far as I am able to judge, the Sonthr ern merchants, of whom there are a good ly number in town, are buying very cau tiously, though all feel that there is a better prospect before them. They realize the fact, that people who have been for years economising to a severe degree are not going to drift at once, or probably for years, into their old habits of elf indul gence. A man who has been wearing his old clothes for twice the length of time to which he was formerly accustomed, finds that he gets along as well as of old, and will not 6oon change his habit. He may not, however, give np his segars or his drinks, any more than his wife may dis pense with a new hat or dress, she having 'nothing to wear;' but it is unreason ble to Expect lavish expenditures for some time to come. There is only one consideration that can make us regret this rigid econo my, and that presents itself to all eyes here every day, viz: that this economy is filling the land with unemployed people, who are driven to lieggiug for want of something to do. Yesterday two pitiable cases of real or pretended hunger present ed themselves in my office large men, decent looking, and with no appearance of intemperance. They said they had not tasted food for twenty-four hours. This was almost incredible, for I know how ea sy it js to get something to eat at almost any dwelling; but how would I or anyr one know that they spoke falsely t In the streets there are numerous beggars, men, women and children. It is hard to know what one ought to do in such circumstan ces. If you refuse relief to a worthy ob ject it is sad ; if you give it to an unwor thy one, it is not much less so. In old times, iu prosperous days, it was not so difficult a question to decide it was lest to give to all, since it was impossilte to distinguish between the worthy and the unworthy. An application of this legal maxim, that it is better that ninety-nine guilty men escape punishment than that one innocent man should suffer, may be made here. In the last. Christian Union I fiud, a strong article by the Rev. Dr. Wm. Aik man in favor of whipping for crime as practiced iu Delaware. He cites notable eases in that State, as evideuce of its good effect, one of which very much resembles the case of the gamblers who were public ly whipped at Wilmington, in our State, some twenty years ago for opening a faro bank there. They swore at the State as an uncivilized people, vowing that they would never set their feet in it again, which was the very thing the State desired. Dr. Hawks once expressed himself very strongly in favor of the gallows, the pillo ry and the whipping post as great props to civilization. Probably some of the com mittee of citizens who called on him at my house may remember the conversation. 1 have not .time to repeat it. He gave some notable examples, one of thvm grow ing out of a celebrated stage roberrv near Baltimore. I am clearly of opinion that the whip ping post ought to le re-established. It is sad to hear from Washington that President Hayes and his Cabinet are seii ouly discussing and condemning the in dictment of the South Carolina Radical rogues. Gen. Hampton could never have agreed that the law should not lie enforced against these forgers and thieves. He is a gentleman and a mau of sense, and therefore would -not have done so. He would have leen little less vile than they if he had. That the President aud his Cab met obiect is a melancholy instance o decadence of public virtue. A SPIDER'S FATAL BITE. Providence Journal. A week ago last lhursday morning Martha Ca'sar. a colored woman forty 7 years, of: and a wife of James Ciesar, proprietor of a restaurant at 116 Wicken deu street, was awakened from sleep by a stinging sensation in her under lip. and foun that she had been bitten by somed insect. As the rude cabin in which they live, on Balieoek street, is infested by numerous spiders, she supposed that one of them had crawled upon the bed while she was asleep. During the day her lip pained her severely, and at night it was badly swollen, and had turn ed to a purple color. She applied poul tices and such simple remedies, but the swelling increased during Friday and Saturday, and the pain extended to her head and limbs. Ou Sunday, Dr. Mathews was called and found that the poison had made its way into her system so rapidly that there were but slight hopes of her recovering from its malignant effects. However, he prescribed soothing medi cines and applied poultices, which reduc ed the swelliuir somewhat. On Monday Mrs. Casar lost the control of her limbs,, and was obliged to lie down on her bed, from which she never arose. On Tuesday she gradually became unconscious, and her face was swollen leyoud recognition, but she suffered terribly. She died at about 9:10 ou Wednesday night. ' A NOVEL PUNISHMENT. Tarboro Southerner.J His Honor Judge Cannon, was as much amused as the bar, jury aud spectators, in the court room on Thursday, of last week, when Dick Barnes, a-somhre-brown Afri can, convicted of larceny, was brought up for sentence. "Mister Jedge," says Dick, "will you allow me to speak a word ?" "Certainly, responded the Court, 'let's hear you." "Mister Jedge, I clar fore I npver tole nothin' in my life, Yepteu' a pig-tail s at hog killin' time, from my ole Missus, j some time without auy symptoms oi s is I ivfl ft hr. sin'. Mister Jed ore. I ! pending motion, which heJn tends exhibi- shall never forgit my puuishiuent. She sowed dat pig-tail to my breeches behind, an' when company would come she would make me come out and shake myself so dat tail would switch, and, Mister Jedge, t n 7 I felt so mean an1 got so tired ot dat pig tail dat I never stole nothin' sense. Dat's a fac." Three years in the State prison. : v - 1 1 1 : - HON. J0SIAH TURNER AT GREENS BORO. Mr. Turner spoke at Greensboro Tues day evening and night He had a very respectable and attentive audience in the court-house. The best men of the town were present at night. They applauded when he entered. A mau remarked that Joe Turner still had a hold the hearts of the people. He spoke of the rings that controlled the Legislature and ran news papers. In referringi:o the late war, he sajd he always believed that the Lord was on one side or the other; that if God Al mighty knew every sparrow that fell to the ground, he certainly had an eye upon tie government of men. That he had never seen that God was on our side in that war, he had never met aauan who acknowledged himself responsible for it. He said there seemed a fixed purpose in the minds of the people Tiot to pay the State debt. The politicians were afraid to discuss it. It was as if Addison Cald well owed I) i in several thousand dollars, and he should go to Mr. Caldwell aud burn up his stables and his barns and then call on him, Mr. Caldwell, please pay me what you owe me. Of course Mr. Caldwell, would reply, I owe you, but I shall not pay you after you have destroy ed all I had. And the people would say Caldwell was right. This was the view the people seemed to take, and the politi cians always shied the question on their, canvass. Bring them out vn it. Make them say what they will do. The Radi cals had the Legislat.ue from '65 to '70 and they had never touched it. And the Democrats had had it from '70 to 11 and they were as mum as mice. They had even been afraid to tax the people to pay the interest on the debt. Mr. Turner looks thin. With his two boys he has been digging the ground for a living. He works a long lean horse named Stonewall Jackson, a bull named Bob Lee, and has a big yellow dog called Jubal Early. He nis had no negro or other help ou his lit- . tie farm. Devereux, one of the boys, aged , cut fourteen acres of w heat and oats iiimsclf, and they have taken it by turns in doing the cooking. It was hard times it his house when one of the boys remark ed one morning, "Let's al) do without su gar." Bis wife never used it, but Turner was very fond of it, but he put it to the vote and he voted with the.lnjys and they ruled out sugar by-i unanimous voice. As Duffy, the editor of the Patrot, said to Mr. Turner : "Joe you showed enough grit on the Sentinel, but the most grit you have shown vet has been in the harvest field." And again as the other man said "Joe Turner still has a liold on the hearts of the, people." So heha87 liieds ville limes. Deaths in the Ministry. Rev. Wil Hani A. Hall was a native of Iredell coun ty, N. C. He died at his home, with his only son, in Tipton county, Tennessee, August 30th, 1877, in his 79th year. The Presbyterian public in this State will be pained to leanrof the decease of Rev. T. C. Johnson, at Concord on the 1st instant. He fell in the very prime of life, in the early maturity of his powers, at the sacred post of duty, glorying like Paul the Aged in the Cross of Christ and in nothing else. A. C. Presbyterian . Orange Women. One ladj' brought into town last week, and sold, fifty dollars worth of dried fruit. This would repre sent at the present prices and including the different varieties and grades of fruit, about 8(H) pounds; and this in turn would represent about 400 bushels of fresh fruit. She Mas no idle lady. Jlillsltoro Recor der. Those who deal iu the ardent "by the small," or otherwise should remember that chapter 68, laws of 1873-'74 forbids the sale of intoxicating liquor to minor?. A man in Wilmington lias been arrested and bound over to the criminal court in two cases for a breach t f this law. Eat. Xetcs Shoving the Queer. Columbia, S. C, September 10. Raymond Hall alias Pro fessor Raymond, from Mount Airy, N. C, and his partner, a man from Walton county, Ga., were arrested here Saturday, for shoving the queer. A largo amount of counterfeit bills was fouud in their possession, and sufficient proof has been obtained by Captain Radcliffe, chief of the police, to secure their conviction. Both are now iu jail. Wilmington Star: We learn that the rice crop is a little later than usual in this section the present season. It is generally cut about the 1st of September, whereas this year it has . not yet been touched, but the most of it wiir'probably' be cut ou or about the 15th instant. Perpetual Motion. We are informed that a man by the nameof John Johnston, of Johnston county, a very-ingenious me chanic, has invented whathe" and many others believe to be pel pefual motion. He I has constructed a larse model ot iron which has beeu continuously running for . ting atrthe State Fair. Iialeigh Xewx. Mr. Jeff. Fasher brought in five bales more of new cotton yesterday, consigned to J. J. Thomas, grocer and commission, merchant. This makes nine bales of tho j new crop received from Mr. Fisher to I date. liai. Xete. i i 5 i i i!1 i
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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