VOL X. THIRD SERIES
SALISBURY. N. C.? DECEMBER 19. 1878.
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Denton,- Texas, Nov., 1678
If.K.Ii.- .
t,vr. not times when the mind
VAU wore constantly with the past than
than f JU8t l,ave 1 bceu eleauins nom
Are,
OWa " .. anil u holi 1 .rl;lln-
me nrit .." "-M; - -------
-JLuudaud recognize no familiar relic
,i uo familiar laces and nothing
11 to remind mo of the jojous lirH and
.e, lam-ready to exclaim: . I
oiuswry ,lie bilck ! o1' CS,IT' wc
-To my old Carolina home!
v..f in respect to Texas, I must say,
. it-i many an oiwn tield for
!,Tasuie and for duty, which seems to say
1 w.i.fle mofaisc come and be happy.
. !. Itnrkv Mountains, so hi"h ami
blue, are beautiful vision ever before my
' I do-not reniciulierjprceisely the date of
BI;. it was just Uiree mouths ago to-day ;
awi this morning. deliriously bright aud
- ctiiT. blesses us, oue ami all, with good
- liraltband equal spiri ts. The weather, 1 am
Bine is more delightful than I ean express
jnlv an occasional spark remains in the
Are' place to remind us of the biting frost
f morn. You should have bceu with us
last evening. e nau a rare iwist in inc
ffay of a concert given by a strolling .sing
in "master," who chanced to get a class
.tl.U idace. It was on the style of a
half century ago, ami nothing, I am sure,
..,..,1.1 filial its farce and huiubugery ex-
t .tli urofuuiid respect and attention,
With which the whole audience seemed to
i;ut..n to t. In other wortis, u woniu nave
'been considered: mighty dull to those who
are accustomed to so mucli oeiier, uuno
... ,w,r. what, shall I say sinners, or ex
iles iu a strange land, it passed off well
enough. "Entertainments" in this com
munity are indeed seldom suid far between,
nd when there is any tiling to break the
niontonv, many attend more from curiosi
ty than'for the love of song or story.
" Another pleasure I enjoyed a4'ew even-
inKs'since was out on the l'rarie on horse
back. AVitli Mis. C. A., and C, for our
couvoy wt sallied fourth-over the long
Prairie grass. There every thing presents
Vsiugular -or rather au unfamiliar ap
jiiraiice to me. The evening wasshroud
ctVitl1 clouds, and the view was not so
kuutiful as wlieu resting under the bril
liant huu. You see only here and there
a group of scruby oak, which are perfect
ly devoid of the dignity and giandure of
our noble forest. The remaiuder of the
view was seemingly an eudless prairie
with an occasional irregular undulation
which hqoii diminishes into a smooth un
brokeu tract as far as the eye can see. I
wm constantly deceived in the nearness
of -objects, they having the appearance
f a close proximity yet.you -have to travel
ofteu miles before the object is reached;
and there seems to be uo briuging down
ef any thing in this world of wonders to
the oidiuary rules or experiences of pro--jKiriioiiH
and distance. 1 can give you no
idea of the Inanities of the prairie. They
appear one uniform jeieutioo of dueling
Iriglitness, when viewed under the rays
-of an unclouded sun ; so brilliant the nat
ural eye can scarcely bear the splendors.
Nut by degrees, as the sun goes down,
this uietalic luster is softened in to tints and
hues more pleasant and beaut ifuL to be
hold. The realization of such a scene. far
exceeds all efforts of the iku. Yet wheu
1 t-onteiiiiilatc the wild wouderous and
inconceivable beauty and graudure of our
L'iL'iUitic mountains, with their hundreds
of mow capped peaks glittering in the sun;
their lovely meadows; the deep immea
surable ravins;. the prairies with all their
beauties sink into niMinnnicanee.
In uiy rambles lately, 1 unexpectedly
found myself in one of the Denton eeme
teriow. and having heard tltere were two,
we made search, aud before despair over.
Uok us. found tho other. I am sorry to
say, they are in a most neglected Condi
lion. Only one is enclosed, aud the rude,
rough, rail fence which surrouuus it is
crumbling to the ground. It conveys a
sad language to the U holder, reminding
hint of his own mortality. 1 have beeu
told, that it matters ut w here the body
is laid, so our spirit departs in ieace and
receives a happy admittance into that
home beyond the skies. But tell me not
that here shall be my final resting place;
but assure me that it shall be under the
soil and rerdure of my own clime, and let
the air which hangs over my native laud
wait my spirit to its eternal home.
lue health of Denton has at all times
been good, but the few cases of chills aud
fever, of the early fall, have passed off,
and all aio much improved since the
irost.
Master T. was a few days since the
- hippy reci piau t of a pai r of red top boots,
anu vou would be awed by the dignity
- aud Mupurb manner in which he struts
arouud. It is euuallv anuisiuir to witness
the onslaughts of A. upon T., as Ue claims
"tat the buttoned shoes posses superior
f beauty to the red tops. The kind giver
may be ure that he occupies the largest
and most honorable seat in their affec
tions. "
Tlic business of Denton is said to be
Urygood indeed; and judging from the
Buiuber of wagons loaded with cotton that
r5 daily coming in town, one would nat
urally supiMisc it to be line. We wv.vv
iWQst agreeably surprised a few mornings
SUICC sit tli livimr ii'i.Hiti,. rt Mi.wt .1
.Iwiraud Ilargrave. It was pleasjint
hweedto seethe familiar face of oue of
ar towuswian. The visit though object
ynoably short was like au "oasis in the
desert," lam quite sure they "thought
questions asked was like sands ou the
seashorewithout number. A. B,
An
Occident Iieveal a ',nnn n Vim'm
T V V T9 WW V
Garb.
A tramp known as Frank Watson was
oadly crushed iu attempting to board a
flght train atXelsou .'reek Statiou yes
terday. The right hip was mangled. He
a taken to W. D. Kennedy 's and medi
caid summoned. When the doctor had
Utnined the injuries he Raid: "Why
-tins i a woman." Watson acknowledged
tiut lie doctor was right. She said that
mr i-hul
was Frances AVatsou, and
.tiiat she was
1 burned in IinriiAfAr. T-i
father was killed in the Southern
r&y. At the ago ofl 6 not many months
go she determined to take the garb of
J niao, so'that she could make her living
honestly. She has been a teamster, but
fet out of work aud luwl to become what
was, a, footpad. Louiaville Journal,
D1C AM A 1 X A COURT- ttOOM.
A Doctor Concicted of a Grime Which a
Wuman A vow.
A Scene Which Occurred in one of the yew
York Court Yesterday.
Xbw York, December 13. A dramatic
scene was enacted in the General Sessions
this morning, previous to the sentencing
of Dr. Bradford, couyicted of causing the
death f Sarah Victoria Con net s, by mal- !
practice. His counsel made au appeal for
a new trial ou legal points and on the ad
ditional ground of newly discovered evi
dence. The prisoner addressed the court
protesting his iuuocence and narrating the
manner in which he discovered his new
evidence.' While in the Tombs a young
woman visited him and remarked thatehe
had some little things belonging to ' Vicky'
Con tiers. He closely quest ioned her and
she admitted performing operatious upon
the girl. At this poiut the woman, who
had been sitting in court, rose and in a
thrilling tone exclaimed: "It is all true!
I confess before God and Jesus Christ that
I am guilty and this man is innocent."
Tho woman then made her way to the
side of Bradford and gave the details of
the crime. She stilted that it was ouly
after continued solicitations on th part
of the girl that she consented to perform
the operation and that she received there
for $G0. Frighteued at the consequences
of the act she took the irirl to Dr. Brad
ford, after making her promise not to tell,
returned her $10 out of the $G0 and then
left her in the doctor's office.
The woman subsequently gave her
jiame as Madame Uharardi clairvoyant.
of 1G5 Pierrepont street, Brooklyn. After
.1 brief conversation between counsels
J udge Southerland quietly turned to the
woman and remarked : "1 think we have
had enough of your story ; you have got
through your part of the play."
Assistaut District Attorney Boll ins, ad
dressing the court, said: "Haven't we
had enough of this ? This man has added
to his many infamies by bringing this
woman here to tell her lies ;" aud then
moved for sentence. Judge Sutherland
denied the motion for a new trial but
granted twenty days for exceptions. He
then sentenced the prisoner (who asraiu
protested his innocence) to tho State pri
son for fourteen years aud six months.
The prisoner, staggered by the sentence,
was condoled by the self-accused woman,
who'agaiu reiterated. Ins " iuuocence. Af
ter his removal Madame Cherardi left the
court, no effort being made to retain her
Injunction Issued in Favor of the Tax-
Payers of TI'flAe and Halifax.
i'roni the Kulelgb. News.
-Newbkkx, Dec. C In the case of the
taxpayers of -Wake-county against the
Sheriff to restrain the collection of taxes
aboye the constitutional limitation of AiG
cents on the $100 valuation of property
and $2.00 on the poll, Judge Seymour to
day giauted the injunction asked for.
A similar injunction was granted in the
case of the Taxpayers of Halifax county
agaiust the tax-collector of that county
The present levy in each county is alleg
ed to be 84 cents on the $100, and $2.52
on the poll, being 25 per cent, more than
the legal limit. In the aggregate it will
make a difference of several thousands of
dollars of taxatioii in each county; In
the first case W. H. Pace and Col, Walter
Clark apiH'ared as counsel for tho Tax
payers of Wake. The latter and E. T.
Clark were counsel for the Taxpayers of
Halifax county.
Leprosy in Xafourche Parish, Louis-
tana.
There is a questiou that frequently
comes up for uiscussiou among citi
zens of Lafourche, that is assuming
such projxrtions that it cannot be ig
nored much longer with safety. That
question is the incurable aud horrible
one of leprosy. Some twenty years
ago, as our information runs, a person
attacked with this disease settled ou
s
the lower port ion of Bayou Iafourche,
which was spread among the people
until now there are thought to be
Very nearly if not fifty lepers iu La
fourche.
lins Horrible disease lias been one
of the pests that have afllicted man
kind from time immemorial, but
which has never beeu prevalentenough
in any oue portion of the United
States to excite any serious apprehen
sions. But at this moment it is be-
iri nn ins to become a serious matter
to the residents in this part of the
State.
Our representatives to the legisla
ture should bring this question up be
lore mat body at its next session, m
0 -
order'to have an investigation, and i
found necessary for future safety, to
inaugurate steps to eradicate this dis
ease entirely from the parish and the
State. There was said to be one case
in this town, but the yellow fever hag
effectually bamshed that from our
presence, Acw Orleans JJemocrat,
CHRISTMAS ADVERTISEMENTS.
Invite the Ladies to call or send
CHRISTMAS
Is Almost Here
AND
has anything yen maywaat in the r ,
Confectionery Line.
Call and see me before Durchasincr. I
have hist received a solcndid lot of French
and American Candies, Itaisins, Figs, Cur
rants, Citron, Nuts, Oranges, Cocoanuts,
Pine-Apple, Mince-Meats, &c. Also a full
inc of GROCERIES. All of which I will
sell very cheap.
G. M. BUIS.
J.B.McMEELY,
MmM Commission MerctaL
Consignments solicited. Quick sales and
prompt returns is my motto. I will kIho buy
produce of all kinds. A good supply of Moun
tain produce constantly on hand, such as ap
ples, chestnuts, cabbage, cranberries, buck
wheat, flour, &c., &c. Lexington Flour a spe
cialty. Chrintmas Turkeys, call and eet them
before all are sold. Call and examine my
stock of Flour and Mountain Produce before
purchasing elfcwhere.
DON'T FORGET
Before making your purchases for
Christmas, to examine
Alex Parker's
large and well assorted stock of
CONFECTIONERIES, TOYS, ETC.
Next door to Kluttz's Drug Store,
Main Street.
SALISBURY BOOK STORE.
s
Fine Gift Hooks and Fancy Goods.
WHITING DESKS,
Glove and Handkerchief lioxes,
FANCY PAPER IN BOXES,
ALBUMS, POEMS,
aid a Choice Lot of miscellaneous Gift
Books in splendid binding. My selection of
HOLIDAY GOODS
has been carefully made to suit the times
in quality and prices. Don't fail to call
and see mc.
G. AV. YOPP.
I CAN Always Save a little Money
By Going To
7. WALLACE'S STORE!
V. Wallace is Selling His
Remaining STOCK of
AT COST.
If you can find any better Liquors
than
W. H. KESTLER
KEEPS. SUCH AS
Jamaica Rum,
ALL KINDS OF
RYE WHISKEYS;
Wines, Gins, &c.
Corn Whiskey, 50 cents per quart.
Also the finest
Oysters in the Shell
Served in any style
V. H. KESTLER.
Dec. Mth, 1878.
FOR ELEGANT PRESENTS
GO TO
J. & H. HORAR
Their store is well filled with Jewelry and
SiWer Ware. Elegant Ring, Watches and
Chains, nil it able for present. Silver Cupa,
Napkin-Ring, Spoons, Kniyes and Forks,
Card and Fruit Baskets, &c dc, all of the
Client quality, and making very desirable
ChrUtnia present. At o a new lot of Clocks.
Be sure and call on ' us we insure superior
goods at the lowest figures.
J. & II. HORA H, Jewelers.
&ilibury, N, C,
Holiday
Good
0,000 HID !
V
their orders for all knids of Confections, Fine Chocalates, Bon Bons, &c
See our Business Locals in local colnmn inside,
CHRISTMAS TREATS!
AT
J. N. B. JOHNSON'S, tAgU
In the Old Mansion Hons building, where
you can get BaHey' Best KecUGed Corn Whis
key, over 2 yean old, at &QTBU per quart;
Bailey's Best Kye at 75 cents per quart; and
Tobias Kettlers Best Brandy, over 5 years
old, at 75 cents per quart. Also
BEST HOME-MADE WINES,
at 50 cents per quart.
EGG-NOGS AND EGG-FLIPPS
made to order and taste. Give me a call.
CHEAPEST HOLIDAY
I ever had. Fine Paperties, &c. Be
sure to call and see.
C. PLYLER.
Oil! I SAW IT! WHAT T
Why, that
BERNHARDT & BRO'S.,
Is the place to purchase any and every
thing you or anybody else aiay want for
CHRISTMAS
or any other time. There you can get
STAPLE AXD FAXCY GOODS
of every description. A social selection of
beuntitul Jewelry for Preseuts. A splen
did stock of Handsome Shawls, Scarfs,
Ribbons, and Wraps of every variety, all
low dowe, at
BERNHARDT & BRO'S.
PREPARE for the HOLIDAYS
By Calling on
J. F.1. BROWN
For all kinds of French and American
Cancies, Canned Goods of every descrip
tion ; Nuts, Toys, and all kinds of Fan
cy Goods usually fouud iu a First-Class
FRESH Bread & Cakes
Baked Daily at
J. M. BROWN'S-
VALENTINE & SON,
BARBERS,
Returning thanks for past patronage, re
spectfully solicit a continuance, warranting to
GIVE SATISFACTION !
Call on them in Ilenderson'n brick building,
on Innisrt street and get a good Christmas
Shave.
GO TO THE CHEAPEST
FOR root
Christmas Sifts fir your CMliren
AJST FRIENDS.
XL W. Price,
Next deer to National Hotel, has a full
select stock of Teys, Fruits, Candies,
Nuts, Sweetmeats, French Confection
eries, ice. Keeps constantly on baud; a
full stock of
FAMILY GROCERIES,
at lowest prices. Fiuest CIGARS in the
city for the price. Also
CHEWING TOBACCO.
All cheaper than ever. .
AT THE
WATCHMAN OFFICE
A FULL STOCK OF
FOR
LETTER HEADS,
NOTE HEADS,
BILL HEADS, and
CIRCULARS,
Also 9 very superior Envelope,
printed to order at $3 per thousand.
o
for variety.
C0L1E RIGHT HERE
AND
SAVE MONEY
by purchasing your Christmas Confection
eries from
A. G. HALYBURTON'S
Cteap Grocery & Confectionery House,
At the Old Mansiou House, corner of Main
and Inniss Streets, where you can get
good Fresh Fruits, Candies, (French and
American,) Nuts, and: all Varieties of
Sweetmeats, Fresh Canned Goods, &c,
&c. in fact every thing that is kept in a
FIRST-CLASS GROCERY STORE
Can be found here, at the Lowest Bottom
Prices.
A. G. HALYBURTON.
KLUTTZ'S
Chrisfmas Qiffs.
ELEGANT TOILET SETTS from 75
cents to $2.50. SUPERB VASES, from
35 cents to $2.50.
DELICIOUS PERFUMERIES, 10c. to $1.
Fine Box Papers and Envelopes, from 10
cts. to $2.50. Pocket Books, Rubber Rat
tles, Toy Paints, Lamps, &c. Writing
Desks $1 each. Au elegant line of
TOILET SOAPS,
POWVFIiS,
PUFF POXES,
COMBS,
ItlirsiIES, dr.
A splendid line of goods at the very lowest
prices. Do7t bnv till you call at
KLUTTZ'S DRUG STORE.
PHOTOGRAPHS !
PHOTOGRAPHS !
All work guaranteed to give satisfaction.
Call and examine mv work.
C. W. C. WOOLW1NE.
From the New York Observer.
CHILDREN 0F-MARTYKS.
DESCENDANTS OF SCOTTISH MARTYRS
IN NORTH CAROLINA.
In Iredell county, in the region be
tween the Yadkin and the Catawba
rivers, we fell in with a fragment of
au old volume, with the title page
gone, and mutilated at the end by
whom written or published we know
not giving an account of tiie martyr
dom of many persons in Scotland in
the reigns of Charles II. aud James
II., when in twenty-eight years, from
1660 to 1688, 18,000 persons were
put to death in various ways in de
fence of the Solemn Lea true and
Covenant, and Christ's headship over
the Church.
In looking over the list of names,
we were struck with the fact that
among them are the very names of
the Scotch-Irish emigrants to this re
gion, from 1740 onwards: such as
John Nisbit, Archibald Allison, Wm.
Thompson, James Stewart, Henry
Hall7Robert Gray, Whitelow, Nich
ols, Wharcy, Smith, Wilson, Martin,
Lawson, Wood, Harvey, Miller, Gon-
;er, Johnston, Fiulcy, Cockran, James
Robertson, John Potter, Skeen, Mar
shall, Graham Mitchell, Clark, Mc
Eweu, Jackson, Watt, Sample, &c.,
&c. It is paid that these same names
prevail in Pennsylvania, where these
Scotch-Irish sojourned awhile before
they came to North Carolina.
It would seem, then, that we have
here to-day the lineal descendants o
those who loved not their lives unto
the death; but were drowned, hanged
shot, beheaded, and their heads stuck
upon poles, their bodies chopped in
pieces and scattered about in the days
of Claverhouse, &c. They were wor
thy descendants of such an ancestry
l ins win appear in various ways
They were an intelligent people, and
labored to educate their children. One
old lady says that her parents said
that they would do this if . they had
to live on corn-bread and go with in
sufficient clothing. As soon as they
had erected a log church, or even a
stand for preaching, they placed the
school house beside it the country is
dotted all over with the sites of these
buildings both English , and classi
cal schools. In one place the ereat
Mosea Waddell (D. D. afterwards),
when fourteen rears old, born and
brought up in this country, taught
large school, consisting of boys
uch older than himself, on the same
spot where Marshall Ney taught fifty
years after.
Dr. James Hall, D. D., who came
rom Pennsylvania with his father in
1751, and settled on Fifth Creek near
where now Bethany church P. O. is
on uon s Atlas, was Highly mtlueu-
f . 9 a . 1 a tm I
ttai in promoting education, lie grad-4
uaiea at jrrincetqn fjollege in 1774,
he first of the name of Hall who
graduated there; was ordained at
otatesville 1778; then .fourth Creek
church; went to General Assembly
sixteen times ; was Moderator of that
body in 1803, in which year he re-
ceived from his alma mater the de-
greeofD. D. The only man from
he south ot the fotomac who was
present in New York in 1816, at the
formation of the American Bible I
Society.
We have not space to speak of the
schools which he established, espe
cially the Clio Academy ou Snow
Creek, ten miles north of Statcsville,
from 1775 to 1787, which nearly fill
ed the place of a college. But we will
mention one of his measures for cir
culating knowledge. It was a singu
lar circulating library, owned by a
joint stock company, and had as many
lots of books as there were shares of
stock. They were all returned and
drawn out again every three months,
on the first Tuesday of February,
May, August and November. There
were no books in the place of deposit
except at these times. They were
then laid on a revolving table, with
as many divisions as there were books.
At each meeting they appointed a
chairman secretary, and a committee
of inspection. If any one failed to
return the books in possession, or had
injured them, he was fined according
to the amount of damage; then, when
ready for re-distribution, the table
was turned equal to one division, and
each member would have befoie him
the next lot below what he had before,
and in the course of time each oue
would have hadmt every lot of the
books. These meetings were held at
John Nisbet s store, the greatest cen
tre of business in this county, lono-
before the court house was located at
Statcsville (1790), and that store is
still standing. The books were oriffi-
nally of a solid and useful character,
and had a creat influence on the
-
minds of the people. It is said that
when the first set of books had been
read through and sold, and a new set
purchased, they were not equally sat
isfactory, and they were sold out, aud
the library broken up about 1828.
We meet frequently with some of
these books, and others brought here
by the first settlers when they emi
grated theological, scientific and
classical and these show what kind
of people they were.
We found a copy of the Geneva
Bible with Beza's notes to the NrT.
printed by Christopher Barker, 1615
at the same time that he printed th
first edition of King James; Watts
Glory of Christ as God-Man, Boston
1795 ; a large octavo volume of the
commentaries of Rev. Wm. Perkins
the old Puritan divine; Sermon on
the Mount, eleventh chapter o
Hebrews ; Episte of Jude, third chap
ter of Revelation, &c. ; "A Discourse
on the Damned Art of Witchcraft,'
Ex. 22, 18, Cambridge, England
1618. Also his "Free Grace of God
and Free Will of Man," in Latin
I Oppenheim, MDCX ; Piseator's Com
mentary ou Luke aud the Acts, Lon
don, 1596 ; a volume of Dr. Evcred'
sermons, 1652; "The Vanity of PI
1-
osophy and Physic," a very learned
work, with the title page gone ; Pas
cal's Thoughts, Edingburg,MDCCLI;
The Reasonableness and certainty of
the Christian Religion, by Robert
Jenkins, London date torn off a
very valuable work, and worth re
publishing. A large volume of Sermons by Bis
hop Tillotson, 50 or more title page
rrrttlO tliA nt lift Aon tli rktvmlul Z.tU
, .November, 1578, before the Honora-
1 s
1 1 ti t-,
bte House of Commons. Bishop Bev-
erage's complete system of Divinity,
London, 1711. An edition of Calvin's
Institutes title page gone very old,
yet rebound and well preserved:
paging only at top of the right hand;
page, and the numbers of the chapter
on the left; one volume, small quar
to about one hundred leaves of in
dexes, and tables of contents not ppg
ed, and the end. -
Vincent's Catechism, G lasgow, 174 1 ;
Davie's Sermons ; Prideaux Connec
tions. A larire volvme of the worlca
of Isaac Ambrose : LookiW nntn
Jesus. &c London. Ifi7-L Kv
.
blank page is filled with family re-
cords of different owners, for perhaps
a century or more, from to ioa
chiefly the Pattons and K"nnr Cu.
motheoria Pueritis, a learned work oa
philosophy, London, 17C5. "The
Messiah," a kind of religious romance.
fine edition ofLivy, by Ruddeman,
Edinburg, 1751. A couv of Vimil
in use at the Clio School a century
ago. A good many learned works on
geography, some going back to the
ime when North Carolina was bound-
ed on the west by a part of Terra
Artica. Morse's Geography, Boston,
1796. Locke on the Understanding,
loth edition, London, 1768. Edwards
on the Affections, Philadelphia, 1794.
Stilling-fleet, Origines Sacrae, 1663,
London ; "printed by B. W. for Hen
ry Mortlock, at the sign of the Phce-
nirin St. Paul's churchyard, near
the little North Door." Lowth's Eng-
lsh Orrammar, 1789. Wollebin's
Compend of Theologo, Cambridge,
England, 1648; in Latin. Exposi
tion of the Thirty-nine Articlesrof the
Church of England, by Gilbert,
Bishop ofTarum; London, 1746.
Witherspoon's works, Philadelphia,
1800. Greenhill on Ezekiel ; small
quarto, title page gone, very ancient ;
supposed to be the first volume of the
five volumes ; London, 1645. Ames'
Corona, Latin; Amsterdam, 1628.
One hundred and seventy-three ser
mons by Samuel Clark, D. D.; Dub-
ui, 1734. LutherVN. T. in German
with 55 wood-cuts of the antique style
of the art of engraving, Nuremburg.
.Uictiouanes of Baily, Dyche, Johnson,
Walker, &c.
A fine edition of the works of
Horace, with full concordance; Lon
don, 1722; seventh edition. West
minster Catechism, by several minis
ters of the gospel ; eleventh edition ;
Falkirk, 1792: written 1753. There
are leftjn the country a few of the
old settlements where the families
have not been broken up and the
property has not changed hands. There
we find book-cases full of old English
works. If we had time it would be
iuteresting to trace through whose
hands many of the above mentioned
books have passed, and to learn what
professional men have owned and
used them. In the opinion of men
capable of judging, Iredell county
ri. C, has been the nursery of many
great and good men. It and other
counties not far off contain the dust
of men in public life, born iu other
States of the Union, in England,
Scotland, France, tc.
They who had and used such liter
ature asTnentioned above were not au
ignorant set of men ; they laid there
tho foundations of many generations,
aud their works follow them.
E. F. R.
Cool Sprin(!, Irideix Co., X, Cl
October 4tn,
A movement will, judging from the
tone of the State press, be made during
the session of theuext General Assembly
to secure a general No Fence" law. The
practical test of th is matter, iu a county
whose people are so thoroughly common
sene as those of Mecklenburg, cannot
fail to show that under favorablu condi
tions, which undoubtedly exist in almost
all the counties of the State, the law is
exceedingly beneficial. There are it is
true, two sides to the question, but on
the principle that those measures are
wisest which confer the greatest good
upon the greatest number, the law is a.
need of the State. The outlay on fencing
i one of the largest item of agricultural
expenditure, if not iu the way of money
certainly iu that of labor. Yet thia out
lay is made yearly and there are uo pros
pects of abatement save in so far as legis
lation may intervene. Nor will such
measures be harsh, as might appear at
first sight, foi diminishing the expenses
of farmers, the Agriculturist will be able
to dispose of the fruits of their farms at
lower rates. It is hoped that the ques
tion will be fairly met aud considered in
all its aspects, and if it be advisable then
let it be out to a t,.t i?7
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