North Carolina Newspapers

l o catl; See first page for deferred articles and IT i ' . Mr. S. A- Harm i teaching a class in Inmansfip at the School Jlouse near Wk Grorp Cemetery. ' ; . I i . o : ' . TllE individual who swapped hats with 0jrievilpt the Methodist Church, Wed t!;lii? iglt, is requested to call at the i-fThe flif nds and ; acquaintances of Dr. TohD J. -V Son, hhoiciij i a prucwciug hvsician'at Uoid urn, win see in anotu- 2 nace,.Wi notice ui ucatu euu i ui ctcli oifjjis life, the doctor made many krni friends in the community where he 'If- a!oldsbr4 reports 100 con vera t here, lMrs.Tiiftlie, a blind Quakeress, is con- Uiafc successfully, a revival meeting rfjjisjt JPainter, ; still lidding meetings hjjliei Mltliodist Church herd, has been yUssei 4itii jover580 converts..; U :: i i i v-'fvl -r-o-5- : r"-" ? ,1 The norscrr! inch are active. The bus- ia molt be cood.m. we nave liaa sev eral '": canvassing! the town and comity Stably,! Franklin Davis & Co., Rich vbsm&, : Vfrii and Hoopos Bros. &. Thomas, vUilll, Teun. S By,tlie way,have we , ono ii Rowau With the business qual- jficationsj to maKB ui imeiesuug busi- I"! ""J i 1 o I Animalcule. few days -ago an iiiuirantshovrman exhibited on Main fiireet, ; Jjt Sets a peep, a small drop of ater nuder a powerful microscope. -Ami il wonldfsurpri&s persons not ntali dotibt fiil f their existence", to "see the wiggle tail like aninialculaj darting about, quite clutent ijud-happy " their "rivers of Waters." j ' ; I r - : : o I MrJI.IW. Ovebcash writes us tlmt he Was not 4'Teted for eiubezzleinent of P. 6. fand.-s'and that our correspondent W. djdiim' niastice n tatiug; the matter j i that. wliy. A letter from Mr. O. says hi 4owea the govennnent $33,20, and; ilstead of $330 i paid $79,01). If any bwlj has1leen embezzled I am the man, 7 be; --i, STIie short of, tliu matter is Mr. O. fell M., btfiindAvith the government as P and one of his securities caused his arrest ia order lo s;ive himself from damage. -f:. II.': i -. , '; o - .- Tho- Machiue Shop aud Foundry of tie Mouse. Meroney is agaiu in full opera tion!; Tte capacity of this establishment bike a wide range; in all kinds of wood, brass aul iron work. Their facilities c&able them to acceiit large orders on !rt time aud at very .moderate rates. tr. I. l'Meroiiey superintends the bnsi n'ft' lit person, ndhaving4iad experience i fully competent ftr the position. tVe hare now .twv? Machine Shops nud FouiidiiifH in successful working. Mr. E. H.arsfhi establish meu t s csiaousiiiiieiJb 111 uie .itirui in the v ..i yaruoriie town; ts very complete and ttrus 0u work of excellent 'quality and 3ii mil - - 'A i. -i ' - .1 r TiIE 'IIAlrtiTltIO.,, Uooe. Pavneand i4iiQn,iiaye launcned ret-KiesMy mtotiiese cjusien if single blessedness have estab llfilied a! bachelors' hall do their own cooking. &e. What a fate! Eor n long m6 tJiesegents1 have leen djoing their Ut, plying Cupid's arrows yigpnmsiu all directiouss, but it seems the girls don't tike to 'em like they ought, l'avner, in a tit of despair, sent his cat, "Tom," to Mocksville, where he might be regaled, while the4 master vows eternal seclusion. We feet su re these gents cannot stand this depression lotfg.r mid we earnestly hiope the: fair may devise a clever strata gem sgainst the "den" and oust 'em. o- McsiciPAL ELECTiojCrbtiiV present appearances weshall have a large number f candidates for Mayor. It will be seen two havei' aunounced themselves, and rnm6r adds 6 -- ; to-the number three or fonr others. i -I It Is iiportant that a suitable man shduld fill this office. It is a responsible place, apd' he who fills it must exert an ltflaeiice on the social, moral and phys itat interest of the community either for poouor evii, wiietlicr he intends it or not ; jfn, hene, no citizen with a proper re- anlfohese filings can afford lo lie (Uiumercnt ou the sn bject. We propose a U)h meeting t be held at the Conrt hmi8e Friday niglilj Aprit JSfor the pur koe plf-harinonizing contiictiug opiuions, iaiy"''""1" a suitaoie cauuiuaie ,ior HliepTac r t '1' -O- i. MoeksTllle Items. f I kiiow we have some friends among yom subscribers who will be glad tofhear nccwiniiiill - i...'..i ...ill. iJx H.w "V Vu success w nit our pur J,", unage " ot- liouge, as some of our Salisbury frieuds term jt. Well we mean to Gouge on until we will be ready to in cite our friends to iCome to see us and e.ou,e "fy vag of MooresriUe X. C., on the ; iron horse, f Tie work is rapidly going oip near town, aud about forty hands t iVorkbu the first mile fins side of the nver that portion of the work is sliper Uiteuded by Mr. Vm. Barrow of Winston :''-Cm ijio is "the jright man in the right place,, 'e already Me the effects of even hope, f a R. II., jour iebple are going ip wfcun earnest. - "The old Maids" couutcnauce brightens ni more and more everyday . Messrs. Call and Howard havea "w saw a uu grist nun almost reatiy fpr work. We alsd have a writing school in opejalioqi and 4 Thotograph Gallery f'wf&o; &c. The severe cold snap has killett our fait, and early trdcrutu lklui butlr uiflrlv. . . I ' " - - m j mj . "o nave quite an accession to our coun- v. tue way or storekeepers. Une ex- Wttorpne ex-pi-esidentbf a college and i wo doctors of Medicine in' chaige of bernnieut distilleries. More hereaiter. uMocksvillA MstrL-f Anrtl H llauf kt7h f ; BacoiJ78 ; loik 5c F, lour, ier cwt. yWl-V i aieal, per bushel, 50c j Uimi t) Wteat 1 ; Butter 15c ; Eggs 10c j "rglinm :loc j Cotton 8&fci ; Chickens fll.5perdoz.J psidedrij Xurkey s 6()75, each. A I'. TTood Leaves. The peach crop will be an entire fail ure, the cold of the 3d and 4th liaviiiff ! :-T.r i ?JZ?- tlVi-'T- A 'V'1"" vi up is ecnuuBiy iiijuiru, juuii wo iiujw some are not killed.! Ice In abundance the morning of the 4th. Good .time-to lay iu a supply of thermometers about as low us they will get this sea on. v . Enochvllle Items. Very. cold weather (iere last week. --All the fruit killed, asd early wheat is badly hurt. : , J;''..- -j :s ' ' vv.w There is a good' deal of Railroad talk here lust now. We learn that the last Legislature has amended the charter of the Charlotte and Taylorsville Railroad uompany as to allow a road to be built fronts Mooresville to Wadesboro. ra Concortl. Now, f this road is ever built a better and cheaper j route could not be laid out from Mooresville to Uoncoru than by Enoch ville. The country is lerel near-I ly all the way and but one stream to crpss-, eminently successful ettort, of "Nimrod, and the distance is not more than 22 J r-, in tlie btst-: Watchman, to fix his ex miles. This is a high.! healthy, cle'an. san- act scat us "in the animal kingdom, and uy place, with good 1 water, equal to the mountaius. We have here a good graded nuiuui, one cuureu mi iuo Tillage auu i others of the various Idenominationsr sit- nated from one to two miles distant; and a prohibitory liquor "law extending two . .? 1 1 i i ti i uiiicn c.ivii iujr , nuu 11 we iiau uienutiui i tajrea of a railroad. Enocli ville would be one of the most pleasant places to live in iu the State. r w. Lexington Dots. The statement', published In various pa- Xers to the etiect ; that our townsman; Gen. Leach, fell and broke his leg in Washington Citv. seems to be a mistake. rue nubwuiieu uuiv Kiisiib snntiu. ? The town commissioners have at last taken much needed rteps- to make our town more ornamental aud pleassint, by neiiiug out a nufuoert oi siuiuo, xrees ou andiear Mainsrreet. ; The March House is full to overflowing, a number of pleasant boiirders all the way frtm the metropolis and other cities of the Empire State, forming part of its inmates.: It seems to have a decided ad vantage of 1 he other hotels. " " Silver Hill mine, operated by Mr. J. H. Jones, is producing valuable ore silver and lead in quantities that ensure a fortune to its owner, ;aud will, with the othervaluable uiines of the State, when more fully developed, make North Caro lina the California of the Atlantic States. I Toe. South River Ripples. , Gardens are iri need of raiu. "Although we have had some7very nn favorable, weather recently, the Iruit is not all killed. The farmers are busily engaged in plant in;', tobacco raiser are preparing tor a large crop this year, : 'M,V doubtless, will hear from South River soou, A necessary prevents us trout uiviug nun our views litis week. "Bouquets, lasnes and mo-las j sen are all appreciable i A boat, rule on aeconu Ureek is an l in - I possi luli ty , though: n ot for l;ickf water i A gentleman ; in tlus iieiguborliooii, a exv -Ui'y stbee, iMiugiit a pig and it being quite late when he arrived, at home with . , i .1:. i .:i r it. IIo ,,t it iu 8,i10ke house. A bar- l-el of molasses with a stop-cock in the I right jMisitiou for the pig to raise by' rub- I bing against it was raisett. 1 he next morn iu! the pii was found Wading in niolas ses. - . ' Our Representative, Mr. II. CBost, was highly entertained -on last TuesIay night by a baud ot sereuaders, accompa uied bv a la r ire number of the citizeus of Franklin township. After a few pieces of well rendered music, MrTB. was called upon for a speech, which call was an swered iu a speech of one hour's length,' which gave much satisfaction. . The citi zeus were then invited to partake of the good things that had been prepared, on a lew hours' notice, by his hospitable wife, after which theyretwed to their resiec tive homes. i. S. b. 'J Gold Hill locals. Nothing of special iuterest has trans pired in or uear our village for some time past: our people as. a general thing are of a quiet disposition ; not disposed co uis trust but rather! promote each other's in terest. ' Our peace .officers have so little business to transact that they often for get that they are J. Pi y The little grave in Liberty Church grave yard is still opened to public gaze and ceusure. ; i i. ! There has been several Cases of Diph theria in-aud around our village during the past few weeks Hone having proven fatal. There is a good many cases of Ervsiiielas anions the adults, aud some cases have proven fatal in the aged and infirm. The wheat ci promisiug. nud ep is looking woiidertuiiy - bids lair lor a oonntiiiii harvest. Oats not quite so well, Having suffered more from the severe freezes the past winter Many of-our farmers are planting corn, but from appearances to day we think they will wish that they had waited a week or two and given their grouud the secoud breaking. Died : Ou Gold Hill March, the 9th, Mr. Eve Ann Vandiburg of Puerperal Fever Aged 'IT years, i She left three little children and a husband to mouru her loss. ,- " i f Died: On the! loth March, Mrs. Cath errhe Smith, of the same disease. She left seveu little children, the oldest thirteen vears old with an invalid husband. Died: Iu Morgan Township on the 29th of March, Jonathan S toner, of Erysi pelas which is prevailing as an epidemic several old nuu nits I w v i .. - ..M...n! -futrtl t uvwrul nor. sous, j - I .. Died : Mrs. John Earnhardt died sud deulyi on Suuday night, March 30th, of diseiise of the heart, with which she had beeu a sufferer for a number of years. Died: Little Lizzie McCarns aged three years, died April 1st, of Pseiulouieinbru- uiMis Croup : was afiiicted only tuirty six hours, but suffered iutensjly all the time. - Died : Ou Saturday the 29th of March Mr. Paul Cruise, well kuowu citizeu in the neighborhood of Organ Church. S. Mr Orren i Turner. of Rocky Monnt, died very suddenly last Friday week. He bad iust irot up from dinner and taken a wjit on his steps, when he fell dead, , Charlotte Ob. f r For the .Watchman. THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION. Sin. Editor, In this glorious era, when scientiHc research and achievement blaze forth with such refaljteut Grandeur, while the versatile genius of man seems but to toy with the most abstruse problems iu order to evolve new discoveries, and ren der subservient to hi will all nature and nature's laws, I am reluctant to call in question any phenomenon, howeyier in comprehensible it may. first apin-ar to my senses. ' You remember when Nabal fed his numerous herds ou Carmel, and the little Jewish boys drove the indolent ass ;over the hills of Caua and Gil boa home to his master's barnyard at eventide, or stoned him from his: vineyard at noon day, that the age, though not wiser then thau-now, was one of. miracles; for this same emblem of stupidity, embodiment of slotb, and trite representative of bass and impudence, was gifted with the iow.- er of speech In these times, you have no counterpart, to tins extraordinary and supernatural accoinprishment. if you ex cept the-Uborious And prolonged, i but render it more emphatic and irrefutable by proclaiming it in an endless string of iiuc, losreau oi simpiy writing nis cog noraen in. three uou-cabaHstic Roman let ters. a11qw a temperance reformer could so effectually evolute or metamorphose, .sii is.- j...- !! uuu uu live, is lucompaiiuie WllU my idea of the'doctriue of metempsychosis; still, J cau not doubt. Enpnssant, I notice that a sort of second edition of Mohammed has emenred from hici cave in the classie hills of Iredell, and altiiough he may have been lying up there for fitteen years, dreaming dreams, seeing visions, consulting familiar spirits, and even having tits, yet, judging fi-om hisen choiie style, he will not be able to cope with the irrepressible Arab, in stamping his creed npou the world, or iu dictating i book of Koran. Hie labor, hoc apt est, for a backwoodsman who seems to know uo more about polite literature and svllo- rtstie reason i n r than scientists do of the peiTeVnity.of the dog. Wheu I scan care- fullyhis array of crude logic and splenetie- jargon, 1 am inclined to wonder whether he lias not already been feasting to excess on some impure meat, deadly weed, or adulterated drink, as a sort of apish set off to the poisoued mutton ou which the enmired Jhwksh fill Hih foiiiKlnr f tli Moslem fiiith. If lie neither feeds on over- seasoned meats, nor drinks manipulated whisky, he doutbless chews the intoxica ting weed : It is said tobacco makes its victim nervous, pevish, sententious, aud mean.- JJut 1 must ou ! YY bile the argu ments of wise men, and the thrusts of big ones, must be met or dodged, there is no time to dally with or listen to the rattle of pop-guns. And then "Iredell's" cuti cle would not remain whole uuder the mi he has merited and which he may yet receive should it become neces sary to winnow tbe clian from the wheat. Niuirod, Jr., and Iredell have excited the contempt of temperance jicople, aud the menruieut of others, but they have my profouud commisseratiou. "More Auou9 continues- histame sei mou in that same strain referred to in my last article; and of all the ridiculous as sumptions, erroneous conclusions, and reckless assertions,' I ever listened to. coming from one whose writing bears the l in pressor intelligence aud culture, I think Ills excel i. lie assumes that he has the license sale and use of intox icating liquor to be financially ruinous, a great moral aud social evil, the "cause ot a large part of the erime of the land ; and further, that society has the perfect right to rid itself of such social evils, aud pro hibit such occupations as are injurious to the welfare of the coiuuiunity. 1 protest that there is more in his assumptions than what he has shown. 1 admit that whisky drinking is an evil, but, at the risk of be ing charired with advocating the bar rooms 1 deny that the sale of it is, when authorised by law. So long as it is made men will drink it. aud it is far better to hare the sale of it con trolled by law aud confiued to the hands of men whose interest it will be to con form iu n great measure to the wishes aud prejudices of society, than to have its sale -carried on b5 sneak-thieves, blockade- runner8, and wholly irresponsible aud graceless vagabonds : which would be tho result of withholding license and dossing up the bar-rooms. I understand from re liable sources, that the good people of balem aud Winston, where prohibition has been tried for years, are seriously thinking ot licensiuir bar-rooms as a means of checking or abating drunken ness. Here the opposite course is talked of by experimenters and busybodies. It has not been shown that the sale or use of liquor is financially ruinous. Ou the contrary Just as every other article of com merce does, it f urnishes occupation to idle idlers, is a commodity of trade, and a fac tor ot wealth, it is not the' prime cause of a- target part out he crime of the laud Tq ; affimi it, is to deny that siu is innate ia the, human heart: To affirm it, is to declare that liquor is the cause of original sin. Who is prepared to make such state ments f David, the mau after God's own heart, 'declared he was conceived in sin. Paul, the greatest of all the Apostles, the peerless logician, the wisest of his age solemnly asseverated that' there w a 1 1 i ft i tlju , tu Tiltiin'-thtf- flesh. 1 have uot t,lc 8 .e lequi8it4J toenter into n dis sthlatioii td show the , origin or cause of crime; but n siugle observation which all well jiosted people have noticed, will serve to refute thoissertfbu that crime origin ates in. or Is intensified bv whisky. The United States aud England are the great whisky driiikiug countries of the .globe. In Spain there is comparatively no wins ky drank ; ueither is there in Turkey. Yet where, will you find more crime, and tha of a more atrocious character, than is jer- petrated5 in these too last named coun trie8l And so, if you will carefully ob serve, it is everywhere. You need not go out of our own country to hud that where I local option laws prevail, and self-righte- ous teetotalers rule, crime is more trequent and of a more heinous character. There all the devilish ingenuity -of mi nate sin neems to be caTS-d into requisition to in vent ways and mean to clothe crime in i--.w., u.v. France, the great liquor: drinking coun tries, are the most prosperous. I chal leuge the tempeauce leaders to deny these statements. ' ' : ; ' , More Anon says moral suasion, the in fluerice of the pulpit-, and the gentle offices of the gospel, as a remedial means iu the mitigatiou of the evils of whisky drinking are objectiouable. i irst, liecause whisky dealers aud habitual whisky dnukers wil not go to church, aud will not allow them selves to be approached oil the subject of their occupation or habits, lhen prayer is of none effect. It has no power to sat isfy the yearnings of the guilty heart for divine mercy or favor. It has no power to bring iu the erring children of men to the fold of the Lamb" of God. Worship through prayer is a delusion and a snare. Is not this the logical deduction from More Anonta NiremiscsiTTIe Ttells ns" in substauce that the gentle influences of the gospel 'of I ithe ' Lord Jesus Christ arc uot capable; of reaching men and effecting their actions;, unless tliey wilf of their owu volition, go! to church. To believe such doctrine is1 jto upset the main ;. pillow iu the Christmu faith. -All thing may be accomplished. by jiraycr and faith, or the writer has leeu must woefully ; niisled in tie teachings of the New Testament Scrip tures. The prayer of a righteous , man availeth much, says the good book. ' The Savior said looking forward to the time when He would have perfected his minis try and atonement "Hereafter ye shall ask ine nothing, but whatsoever ; ye ask the Father i in my name, He will do it aud in abotlier place He promised, Whatsoever ye ask tlte Father in my uame, I will, do it.? The author of the Philosophy (of the Plan of Salvation says: When; tlni supplicatiou is for spiritual blessiugs npou auother individual, two minds are blessed by the answer, the in dividual prayed for, and the individual who prays Is uot this an incentive suf ficient to make the Christian pray for his fellow's' good t But the uwer of prayer is too generally admitted and has beeu too fnHjueutIy deiaustrated, to allow of any one's beiuji jmisled by More Auou's strange logic. Au 4 1 do not hesitate to assert my belief that such religious meetings as that which has beeu in progress at the M. E. Church in this place of late, will do more good in one; week to mitigate the evils of whisky drinking in the, community than the ranting! of all the temperance fanatics with their focal opt)ou. laws in full force cab do u ofae year . The second, objec tion is, as ktated b MiMre - Auoh, that the laws forbid the commission of other evils but not thitt of whisky drinking, j This is about as hijne as the fiist objection ; for the law! cjiU only punish at most the re sult of these evils or the, crime growing out of them the mere abstraction aud it will just as well apply to whisky. If it produces crime, as is alleged, then it is punished; in the effect, since there are laws for alii crimes. Now, More Anon is tot satified) with the pituishiueut of the crimes which he alleges grow out ot whis ky drinking, but he wants a law to pun su the act or drinking, by depriving meu f their right to indulge if they choose This conclusion is n resist able, let, he las t he ell rout el y to assert that it is not the nn pose ot the temiierauce folk-to dictate what a mail shall eat or drink. He wants i law to punish whisky drinking to pr vent men from engaging in the traffic simply because be and a few others have: taken up tlie idea, just as the old witch burners did about witchciult, that it is a great cvil,j Is there any difleience iu the spirit j which , calls for this prohibi tion law and that which actuated those who framed ami enforced the following Old Pui itaii Law's f 1 copy a few by way of sample : I No one shall be a freeman, or give a vote, unless lie be jcuuvtru-d, and a lueiuber in frill coiuinunton ol one il Uie-uiturciug alloweu in this Uoimiiiun. ' i "No Quaker, or diHsenler from the ep(ahlih- ed worsliijj yf liiiitiuin,liali be alloHtd lo give a volf lui llie elev lion of magistrate or anv officer. k "So ftnid or lodging Tiff 1 1 W offered to a Q taker, Adamite, or other hervlic-, "If any person turns Quaker he shall he nan- i.shed anu net .be sunereu lo leluru, but on ain of death;, j! v "No priest' shall -abide, in the Dominion; he shall be bankslied : and u Iter death on liM re- "1'riests may be seized by any one wilhour warrant, f ' "No one to cross a rjyer but with an author ized fertyin.m o one shall run on tbe 'Nabballl day, or walk in his garden, or elst vvhere, extent rev erently to and In. in ineeUni:. ' 2o one shall travel, ik victuals, make eds sweep house, cut hair or shavei on Hie Subbatli davf. - " "No woman shall kiss her children on the Sabbath or la! iiifi day. , . None slidM buv or sell land wituout per- mission of the seUt-tmen. U'ltOKoevrr wears clotlies tritumed with gold, silver hr bne laceUive 2s per yrd, shall lie presented by the grand jurors, and the selectmen shall I.-x the citieiider 3001. estate. "None sluill .read common prayer books, keep Christina or set days, eat minced pies, lance, idav card; or play on any lustrument of music, except Ike drum, trumpet and Jews harp." Since there seems to be no difference in the spirit of the prohibitionists and iu that of those who made the almve laws, is there any telling what the local option ist will demand next, should they succeed in punishing meu for drinking, by closing up saloons, and starting whisky on -the run to Davie aud other places ? The next move may be a re-adoption of the old blue code; who know8l 1 hey seem to have learned little from history, or they would uot be so bent on force .measures as a cor rective influence. Many instances might be cited to; show the utter worthlessness of coercive, laws to correct evils, real or imagiuarv. or to juake men adopt the custom, or habits, or endorse the opinions of their more numerous oppressors; iut the want of space forbids. I must be per mitted, however, touive one extract from a .winter who has ; studied well the whole theory of government as well as the na tare and physiology of man : "Nations, as well as individuals, sutler troni wrong do ing. Governments convulse and cripple their power, ami -shatter their constitu tiona by acts 6f injustice. It seems lo me that nothing can be Hiirer to end iu dis cord, war &ud bloodshed thau despotism. Let ptiv Inklyjof organized men prevent some other men ironi enjoying ine privi leges they brmg;lte to themselves, what more uatijial than for those oppressed meu tbcoiisiiire for the assassination, or, at least, overthrow 6f 'their oppressors ! What iui ilie a more jdangei ous element uvueipetlplelvfhairllie existence among them ol another neonie. wno. iur some feason not' fonnded u1ou justice, are de noticed as jnotas good, not so intelligent, not so capable iu any sense, aud for which they are denied pririteyeS in the pursuit o happiness iwnicn meir more powenui neighbors maintain for themselves t Can we reasonably i hope to outlive conspiracy, war. and 1 bloodshed, till we taKe our neighbor by the hand rather than by the threat T Considering the amount oi con ceit in the world, are any of you quite sure von are anv bet:er or more intelli gent than the man you are holding your hfbot upou 1 aud if so, is it not clearly your duty to take vour toot otr, give uim aueip . t i .... - -ai. ing hand, land the widest opportunities aud incentives for culture t" If mau would ouly see his neighbor's rights as clearlv as he discerns his owu, she grand luilleuuiuui would soon come. More Anon regrets that they cannot expel the enemy from the State just now, and seem td think that it will not be Ions? before ! thev will be able to do so. Were thev! able to-day to prevent the sale of : liauor i in ! the State, that would not make It riarht. or Chilstniu, or wise. 1 requireil ueaily a century of agitation to educate the world ui to the stupuuiy o ensairins in tlie wild religious; crusades aud vet the evils resulting therefrom were nlmoat eoual in number to the millions who were nrerailed noon to eugage iu them. , The Plantasrenets and 'I udors ruled Englaud with a rod of iron, and. wrote tftefr history in blood. For more than a century the prisons we're too email to hold the victims of the inexorable tvr- anny and malice of the Tudors. There w'ere iIIetanctuaries!, to. which iei- Ie tied from tlie vile; emissaries of the doiHlthirstr rulers, mid ilitr nPr tiii.i by fugeCw(ia essayetl trfescjlpethe tyrauuy, the torture, and ruiu with which they were beset, on every hand. If there were those who tied from these sanctn- arief because of the irrent iiumberf refu- jjees, they were prompted mainlv by fear oi tueir wiCKed rulers to be found iu the company of so inanv bauned neonie. If Salisbury should ever, become a jcity. - of miige ir tue, oppressed , for similar reasons, though ' their, persecutors" and pursuers be those who pas under Hie mild name of leniperanee Refia mers, the wnier would welcome them with ? open anus, no mairer uy wnat vile names bigots called them, jnst so thev still had euergr, spirit, aud- mtelliirence euouirb left to make good citizens, and learn bv cnariiyvana kindness to love honesty and truth, and ierhaps become J virtuous and Lbristiau. , PnoonEss; . Fw the Watclimao. PRDHIDITIOX IX SYLISBURY TOWX- ' SHIP CONTINUED. The proposition: to adopt a local pro hibitory law, in - Salisbury township, has awakened uite an excitement among the friends of license, and thev have begun to "calli names," and attempt, by force of mere assertion ;to., contradict statements made on the liiost reliable nutlmHtr.- It may iust here be suggested that when a statement is- made iu an argument, the proper course of an opponent is to bring out (us testimony, if he .wishes to over throw it, uud not simply to "outface" the u u plea sa nt fact ; or to. adopt the small boy a policy of defence and offense, by- say ing "you're another.11 It is hard argn ments, and not hafd words that couvince the jtulgiueiit. . And just here, it mav be admitted that leading articles in reSjiect- auie journals, mat have passed uucliai lengeil for 'mouths, may not be the best possible authority, but it ia at least as good 4ivif not better than, the unsup ported word of a newsjiaper correspond- eui, using a now ae guerre as a ' screen And now since "Richmond is in the field" still offering choice of grouud and weap ons to any one who may choose to. meet In , I propose to examine iuto Some of the arguments. alleged against prohibi t ion; both in tlie papers-aud -out of them. une oi ti:e Hist arguments alleged is that , . I PKOIIIBITIOX HAS BEEX TRIED HERE and has proved n failure. The facts are as follows. Twenty-four years ao the voters of Salisbury adopted what was called the "Five Gallon Law," that is thev allowed nothiu" uuder five gallons to be sold iu the corporate limits it the town. It seems that the town commissioners of that (lay .were enemies ol the lawj" and iusisted on putting tlie aw to a vote once- a vear. The frieuds t-f the law resented this action of. tbe com missioners as unconstitutional and re fused o go to the iiollsin 1857. Of comse the olher paity went, and the prohibition ceased. The county court tit ouce grant ed licenses tor hve bar-rooms in! fealis- iiiry. And though there were infamous ileus, just outside the town limits, where inuor could be procured, the sober and intelligent iieppleof that day thought that gmxl was dine even by the vfive gallou aw," Hut the law now proposed is a greater restriction, banishing it beyond the township limits, in all quantities; and by the co-operation ot other town ships, it mav be banished, in time, be youd the limits of the county. But just now the proposition is to begin at home, and work outward.' Another assertion is that 1'KOHIBITIOX IXCREASES 1RUXKEXXESS, and tempts men to break the law, and be uiltv of falsehood m shielding them selves. The first answer to this is a flat denial. It is not true that the pnOhi- tion of an evil, aud the removal of temp tation, -increases the evil. The Iord's- prayer teaches us to say "Lead us not iuto temptation." And I make the "as sertion," that an open bar-room, and au invitation to join in a glass is a tempta tion. But still further, as an evidence that prohibition does not increase drunken ness, we may cite the .fact that the good citizens of Salem, Winston, Greensboro. Mocksville, Statesville, Newton, Morgan ton, Gold Hill, aud other towns, have adopted prohibition, and have cluug to it, year after year, belieting . that it was a good tiling. .Are these people all fool I are they mistaken about tlie etiect of their owu laws T Does a casual visitor, whose ear has been tilled by some sore-headed friend of license, know more about it than the intelligent jieople who observe for themselves t . "Actions speak louder thau words," applies in this case. Hut let us exaniinj some cases in detail. ' GOLD HILL ' T T ? a is a town in ivowan connrv, aim us peo ple, together with its Mayor, are well known to some of our -citizens.- A gen tleman of this city, who was once chair man of our couuty court, testifies that about twenty -five years ago a large payt of the criminal litigation ot the county arose from Gold Hill preciuct. . These were tho days of bar-room license aud nuart sales. Two years ago, by act of Legislature, the sale of liquor was prohib ited in Gold Hill. -It is now reported on tlie authority of its intelligent and effi cient Mayor, that the improvement in sobriety and industry has been so great tiiat a uumber of the enemies of prohibi tion have become its friends and advo cates that a mi m hereof persons who were idle and intemiierate in the days of license have become iudustnous and law abiding citizens, providing a tleceii np mii t for their families aud that there is now but one man in the place who drinks to excess ! ! XEWTOX, , iu Catawba county, situated in a region distillers abound, has been a pro hibition town since the days before the war ; aud a more orderly, industrious and thri viu? neonie are not found in western Carolina. And they are in earnest alxmt thtdr law. A ueirro barber not a great while ago conceived the notiou of making . -.ill:.... l;,.ti..r inonev ov surrepuuouMj eniing n.ji.w. iu Xe'wton, biit it was not1 long licfoie he fouud himself iu "durance vile" with leisure for. repentance., . .NORTHAMPTON is a large county of 14,000 inhabitants, lying on the Koanoke, next to the Vir ginia liue. This county lias 8,000 col- med iieople and only 6,000 whites, fcoiue .....w ...r,. id I-rislsttire prohibited the sale f liouors in this couuty, and the people, white and colored, havO never asked tor its repeal. Why f Tlie fact is tu.t il ii to n tv exoenses have been rer duced more than one-half, iu five years, .m.i tin. Tt miii:il diM-ket. which -used; to t:ik nn nearly a week to clejir, s now j!! iit in 1irh than adav. "By tht-ir rnn'io ahull i know them." Let tlie colorwl ieople of Kowan kuow wlmt their brethren on the Jloanoke are doing, and- it iney lite the resuiUp imitate their ex ample. . ; Ar, , . . A VCW EXAMPLES FROM ABROAD may here Ihs added. A si in cut from n Lutherail liewsiMper states that. " Th! clerk f' the f circuit court of Eltrinla county," Illinois, reports that there has not lieen'a licensed saloon in thateounty ior over tweuty-nve yeai-s their jail has not averaged more than oue occupaut a year, the county never sent but one man to the, penitentiary, nud he was sent for killing his wife, while, he was drunk ou liquor ohtaiued from a: licensed saloon in another" couuty: The nauoers avir.r- about three or four a year and their taxes are inirry-two er ceut. lower than In the adjomilT comities, -.where , liceuse . lrc- vaiIs,,:There is little . driukiu s except near a licensed saloon on the con Hues f an adjoluing county. : The court dockets occnpj but four, or, fi ye days a year,' and the people are much pleased with prohi bition: No doubt it pay haudsoaiely in that couuty. . , . j . .', PKOUIBITIOX , IX KEXTCCKY. reliable religious jourual, not secta rian,! states that last vear no liceu.se was granted in Trimlde ; cunty, . Kentucky, and to-day there is not a bar-room iu the county, 'not a criminal case on the docket, uot n cnannal in jail, not a pauper in the poor-house, and in a crowded town on court week, not a drunken man section the ftetreets, and no hnslciud or father return ed ; home ftoi tnirhteu hi familv bv brutal "violence, or shame tlieni by "his maudlin levity and drunken nonsense. Now look on. the other side of the picture. Auderseu couuty, Kentucky, grants li censes, and it has two murders, and sev eral arrests iu oue week, t Jefferson coun ty (including Louisville) grants licenses. and has over twenty-murders or attempts to iu aider iu a year, rulaski couuty li- censes, and it has ten whiskey murders in a few1 months. Scott county licenses, and its docket is crowded with crimes aud of fenses. . : BARXtJM, THE GREAT SHOWMAV, has been called the "Prince of Humbugs," and jierhaps mauy other. hard names, but like lieu Butler, he has never been sus pected of being a fool. In a late speech in" Philadelphia, speaking of the waste of iutemjierance, bejsaid, "If hey would give him the money spent in Philadelphia for intoxicating drinks, he would eugage to pay all the city taxes, all the excuses of the police, and courts, and prisotis, all the cost of keeping the streets in repair, and of lighting the city lamp, ali t ie-ex-peuse of sustaining the schools and cliurchesof the citv, aud would give to every man, woman and child in the city two uevv suits of clothes every year, and toould make money by doing if." Au intel ligent city official hearing this declara tion said, "he tcoald not only male money, but would get rich by doing if." These tigures would not answer for Salisbury, but they would probably meet all the expenses except the suits of clothes, aud leave a liaudsome remainder. I have thus given illustrations showing both the evils of liceuse, and the benefits of prohibition. The facts mentioned, esJ pecially from a distance, have ' all been Eublished in reputablw journals, and ave passed unchallenged. Upon the principles of . the Baconian philosophy, the establishment of the general truth by the induction of particulars, these par ticulars establish the general truth that tltc licensed sale of liquors is a great evil, and the appropriate remedy is prohibition. THE JIAIXE" LIQUOR LAW. I have , reserved for a place near the close of this article, an account of prohi- 1.:.! t .1... u. ...... r T.. oitiou iu. iiiw ouiw; oi auaiiie. in Jiuy 1878, '-Dr. Cyrus Hamlin, of Bangor, t : 1 1. 1 i.- . .1 i. . i . mauie, piuuisiieu a unci aiucie iu a Quarterly lieview of the highest respecta bility, upon the Maine law and its oper ations. Ihe whole article ift at the dis posal of , the earnest inquirer, aud the Lditor of the Uahhman will secure it tor such person, from the writer of this arti cle. The . following facts are gleaued from Dr. Hamlin's review article. For tweuty-eight vears, with the inter val of one year, the sale of intoxicating liquors, except for medical and mechan ical purposes," has been prohibited bv law in Maine. The act was passed by the Legislature in 1851, by a vote of 104 to 5U; : After a . ear oi two, the law was repealed,, with the most disastrous con sequcnecs: Reformed drunkards relapsed, and liquor shops were multiplied iu ail directions, the veudcrs beheviug that a mine of wealth would be. found behind the liquor bar. The people were soou alarmed at tlie terrible change, and called for the re-enact uient-of the law. Then wishes were resiK'cted, and the re-euact- ed law has been often amended, aud im proved siuce, by , constantly increasing majorities ' in its' favor. I he last strin gent addition , was made to the law in 187, without a dissenting voice. What ever therefore people at it distance may say of tlie law, the-people of Maine have full confidence in it. t. Dr. Hufnrin says,' that immediately af ter the law weiitkinto operation, .three- fourths -of, the -drunkenness suddenly ceased. Another" gratifying effect was the great diminution of crime. Some of the couuty jails became alwolutcly. empty. Iu one very populous county, four months after the law was passed, there were but five prisoners m the jail, and three. of then! were liquor dealers imprisoned for .Violation of the prohibitory law. , Another fact is that before the adop tion of the law, there were 2,000 places iii'the State, where liquors were sold to the amount of (10.000,000) ten million dollars annually. But after the passage of the law, there were 100 county agen cies selliug $100,000 worth annually. Before prohibition wits adopted the av ers ge anil mil cost of liquor was $22,t22 pel- each inhabitant. Now the average is about 15 cents er inhabitant. Or allow ing" one million of dollars for the secret ami surreptitious sale (and few persons would estimate it so high), and the actual average would be $1.75) one dollar and seventy-five cents per inhabitant. Siich are the financial results of the Maine law,' in a quarter of a century. Intelligent observers declare- that there has been a corresjionding improvement in morals, intelligence, in agri. ulture, in road, schools, household decoration, ar chitecture, etc., etc. No doubt the ordi nary progress of the age is resjionsible for much of this improvement. But suiely the ten millions annually saved in the way; of sobriety, and added to their re sources, would make a wonderful addi tion in a quarter of a century. It tconM aggregate 250,000,000. And what an improvement might we not see in North Carolina, if the six or eight millions au- n mill v mvested in intoxicating drinks Were exjiended upou roads, cImoIs, aud iuiproveim ht in agriculture f ; ul ' ' MOUE LIGHT i what our people need. In these arti cles ithe writer, ha endeavored to "turn on the lurid.'? and show his fellow citi zen! what others are doiug, and what are the ibeuetita ot prohibition. If a pian uutiiig tiger were prowling around 'our foWn. devouring from four to six citizen ayear, hinJering the labor of hundred and impoverishing onr neonln 1 tn . Am twenty thousand dollars n year, our eiti- r'vl tcu wouiu rise, aud-orgauize, aud de. stroy th inpatiate monaer. The sale nf intoxicating liquor i doing more evil L uiaii Jhat, andyet the iietifde are not . anmse,!. When .will they attend to thia-1 luqioitiint matter t ' n t "PROGRESSIVE LOGIC.T ! i But Progress seetna u 1m vrr mnt. M. ereised about a terrible list f prevailinit t i evils Ian? aud noroim. the body uf mZl ciety. Here i hi logic; After quottaW my BehtencealHmtchwingsaihKinsliecaiiW? i' they tempt men, lie vaulta to this coucln-! , ion-f'TIen whytiu the name nfi com-H'l nion sense, dont yon chwe up the bawdv- t Iiisefetc., etc! Then lie liiniit wit u gluttimy, and tobacco chewingud reads,! K a homily ou those subject. The argu'f meut4reduced to a syHogi is about, q All jevils should lie pn i dowb. 4 iitskey drinking u an evil. lhenwhv. in the iianip nf viiimA. seusedont you put down ghittouy, to- ' bacrojchewiiig aud other erilsf - ,iAVef propose to do one thing, iuid he tries to get us to do another. But 1 sub. 1 mit aa auswer to theie repeated efforts t- divert attention from the subject. ... 4i (1). Christian minister and church 1 memlers do exert their inflnence to re.'"-' strain alt these evils and if liffireM'i f would mingle with them -lie wmdd tlnd -. that the existence of all thesA vii 1 grent burden to their consciences (2) .lSoine,oftliese evil are uow'pro- ! hibited by law. Progress knows' that 1" they pist, either bjr the . counivaticH. of authorities, or in spie of their utmost i i vigilabce. Xone of themare licensed by law, as irhiskey is. i - (3) .! It is imiMissible to restrain tMimeof-1 them by law. 1 It would , take . two detec- , tives and a major over each rslilJ in" prevent the glutton from gormandizing. f ConceVning tobacco, erhaps Progress know how it is himself. Tobacco does not dethrone reason and make madmen, ' however filthy and iujurious to health it ; may be. By the way, 'Jlore Anon," not beiugf 'addicted to the weed," will johrM Progress in a crusade against tobacco, as i soon ajs the whiskey question is- settled Imt would rather not undertake too many ' tilings at once. ' - - r V .f. ! (4).The laws of our couutry having . provided "local optionn as a mode of re-'" f dre8sibgthe great moral, social and tinan- c cial 4vil of whiskey driuking, . it doe :r seem that it would be n shame aud a siu ; tor those who believe it to be a great evil, C not to exercise their rights as freemen,. : and tlins save the property, lives, and the' ,r souls frf their fellow meu from destruction. : But there are many rjioiuts . to which answers may be required, aud there is no -room for their discussion in this paper-' so . Moke'A.vox. For the Watchman. ! Temperance. - t Mui Editok : It appears that many- ; have fakeu in hand to set forth iu ordo' 1 alignments beyond the potfer of any man to gainsay or resist, in all cases the grog-shop seems to stand iu connection ! with the great transgression. Aud the7 wisdom of the world says, Jt should bo removetl far away, so that no unfortunate soul in ages to come, will stuuible over ; it iuto eternal jierdjtioii. However sweetjy rucJi thoughts may liMlge' !n5:t 4 benevolent mind, there grew in Eden a ( fk uit forbiddeu-v-pleasiint t the eyes, aud J and a tree to be desired to make one wise. Tlie -serpent used this, for the ruin of the !' worhl- And yet we "hrtve no accoant of atiy oider ever being issued" for its re- moval. lhe juice ot the same or a sum- -lar fruit uow being distilled, is plensaut to thd taste of mauy anil. much, to be de sired to make them wise, aud strong, and brave. Now, all who are diviuely called ' to accomplish the world's salvation, have the revealed Word, the pulpit, the print ing press, and the lightuiug of heaven at:, their command. Aud Jest they should 4ack itnything else, they have the promise' that cbeeted tlie Apostle's heart, coming direct from the mediatorial throne, j "Jiy grace is sufficient for you." j - '". Iu the depths of antiquity strong drink was a great evil. ' Noah got" drunk, and, every, sou of Africa wears the stain of the disgrace to tlie present -day." Lot 'got ' drunk and acted very badly. Aud nuts could infer that Cain was druuk wheu he slew' his brother. But Abraham Wail tempted or tried in another way, Joseph iu another; while the Lord Jesus Christy was tempted by the devil in iersbn. ! The instrumentalities employed by tbe grett adversary of men for their destruc- tion change with the age and fashion of the wbrld. Some arel ensnai-ed aiid ruiu f d byithe grog-slioji, the card- table, the theatre, the ball-nsmi, &c. Others.. fall au easy prey to infidelity or some form of false religion. Now,- to remove any oue of these evils by : legislative. ;eoact menty would bo like cutting off tho hydra's head. ; .. . We! have or claim tii nave in oiff midst an institutioif iierfeet in all ittfjuiris.--.lt was built upon a rock eighU-en -hundred vears ago. its laws were enacMru iu ura Councils of eternity. Ita glorious Arch itect declareil that the gate officii slioubl never prevail against it. It has walls great !and high !nnd on these are-placed watchmen clad in the whole armor ot God, and lieariug the sword of the Spirit, - ; . . l I a . 1 . i. ..ii it-,. . wuereuy tucy areTiuie- to queucn uu ino Serv darts of satau. Wilhiu rhis. sacred enclosure the young are to be, traiiieil up in the why they fdiould go aiid ' tlie' old fitted for heaven. ' i ; ; Well, if prohibition can d airt god my neigh borhoMl ouglit to have had it long ago. - Almost in sight otmy iioiyte, uituisters ot the, gosK i exercising uiestly fuuctii.nis through piotestaut laml, have lived drunkards, ditnl In- glorpins, .and uever.aii angel b wiug flat tered in tho great, sauheui ini. y Boi the warfare rs ilrawiug to a cUws The last day of battle is dawning. The armies are marshaling in the fields And now the great question at issue shall the Christian or satauiu banner wave; victoiious in this day's si-tting sun f -! I Unclk JostirA, AN.N0U.CE31EMSl i AIlTinnouncementM undtr ihi head will be charged at the same rat of InMinei iocaU, v'u : 15 cent pr line fur lt iiiMsrtion and, 10 cnl per line for ea h additional insertion. i, 1 hereliy announce my-stli cxnditUte for mayor of SalUhury, at tlie tlti-timi to be htld on the 5th of May nexL K. IVick. J 2i:4u - . ' " i I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Mavor of the town of Salhbury, ! April l, 71). J. J.STEvVAirr, 1 Nof person evev heard of an accident re ultiag from the use of Pratt1 Astral Oil. and no one can produce a sample of Uio genulue pil that will not give the clearwdy softest, siud uioe Steady light that is po iblei to be obtained from an artificial source. J. D; GaskilLt, Agenj,, BERNHARDT BROS., are Tow rev- x lug their Spring Stock of UhJV, His, full and select in'ladies' snuf aud com plete inHhe lines of staple mercluiudise. xJ -.