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V - ft :r. i. -i !p. i " ' ' ' : i i '. -i ' ' : ii; ' - . I . , . ! j , ' ' '' - ' .1.1, . , . ! ' . ; i L PC A b. TvTreet to team that oor Lexington ir-siomlcnt is yery sickr Hope lie uiay .irw'SUOII 1 - 'The preceding! of the R. R. meeting held Fn ofhfillc, noticed fcy our . correspond- rnt ; t that place, came too late jor mis pa ,n..rr. ActiuEXT. Mrs. Elizabeth - 8 . 3 t' tv Silicl, va'a connneu iier hi me ueu ever ILi. ie fell 0" her side, and was pain- ;-ww " i : . i , i. ri i : 7 j. pgjjUicK was at Meroneys' Hall last town reports considerable damage to wheat i t- jjjfila fwhich JIock aoouc tne wneat neias. I He killoa over fifty of them at six shots Ithey b'gff' on th wheat -and pick the grains . r il.i. 1. stasia ii ' ' ' ' -o- pa. Hill's Bio Hen Egos. Dr Thomas Hjjlll priilis hlmnelft jut a little, on his sue ifce in lh poultry line f and pawing his place ji!n the country, a year or two ago, we saw dock Rafter no of young brood around his premi ii-iuM nf sri-eat baaiity. B;it he lossc a little of , nj, wind in tlU line by presenting to the ir four ben Ijk whifch weighed only 14 ounces Mr. r Ht1" Graham also prides himself on chicken fend the like, and lays on our table a evv fpont a Bramah and Mala cross we igh- : ins 4. ounces even. . The Mendelrtsiion Quintette Club gave one I of theirjHhlendidi entertainments at Meroueyis' I llalhj Saturday j night.' They liad a good j i auJience. comprihing the larger part of lovers ''hml lull fur I Ffp Ini'lpmpiif"!! if llio ; evening ier ilall wopld have-been litterally The repiitalion cf this club has not packet tieen over! drawn by the newspapers; for once liiev have fallen short in conveying an ade quate itiel of real merit. Indeed, the perfor Pawnee mMt be heard to appreciate its excel- 'Jente. 3. i . ? i -o- Com.MCEmEsts: We acknowledge tickets T irnrml inn . t . . r il io me coxnraencemeni ai unapei 4ih and 5th; Troili Sreensboro Hill. JiHie Female (Jllege, May 23tl and 29th, Monroe Ili&ti Sclfool,. June 6th ; and Irom Simonton Female Qollege, May ,30th. x IThe'pa4 year, nolwithstanding the hard 'itlmes, pems to ha ve been a prjperous one i fot our (liools atid Colleges and the annual (1ommeriement8 areJprepared for aiid looked f forward itp, with! a ! greatly improved spirit of f clieerfnl fiope for the- future. This U highly i grHtilyini lu Hie frieiids of education every- . where. -t-o- f lcrEnott Couinjis in session- tliis week. XJudge Sehenck on the bench : but owing to ! tie lllnels of his Horror, it did nvt fairly 'r if.;!.:. i ... ! -.mninienfe ; business until vestenwv morn- y cases or importance have leen iK'fiire fwress. . lav, to e court up to the tunc ot going to Vf were jij the Court House yester ieaT tlije witnesses in the case of the jf Static .riJlikirgeHs Wood, f.r filse swearing. jih liicltie testiinony was decidedly cross J on questions in whicd there should have . -I i ' ! iS : - T ' i yen agreement, or a semblance of agree ; ibent at the least Franklin Zephyrs. Wehvc had several very rainv davs. and ; General Greeii" ik rampant, causing a lieav 3 iemandn Mrj Hi A. Atwell for those snlen- di44)ule shovel! plows sold by him. t j The I riins have caused corn, oats and y'gardenftruek'1 tit. grow rapidly, but the ef feet uj)oh cotton has been bad,-as muchof it t I Comnlunion services were held at Frank- Hn on ajt 'Sabbatic conducted by Hev. M.r. ovd,isistcdJ)y Iiev. J. Rumple, Friday J '.and .Saturday.-1 -J, Mr. jhn Y. Rice, has the finest stock of fQiogs in hese par :s. They arc fat, sleek, and I '11 justfairlyuiake your-moutlx water in I anticipation of future sausages, to look at I jthtta. j fie keeps but few usaually keeps ; them iragood pasture and and ''tends1' Tl11- Whit a contrasttetween those 4; stye8 nP t,lc remarkable breed of nones, with I 'fWll tioh attached jto one end of them,usu- ajly seeq runnipat large in tbe commons. I S- i Wicrf we get jtlie "Stock Laiw" and keen joir hogs in good pastures, and attend them, as Mr. Rice does we can all have -such as Enoch ville Items. 3I.AY 19th, 1879. - . 5 1 ! Rev. ohn W Rumple, of Philadelphia, 'K k l"r.',ierP fne second time on the a a jsuoaia oi this tnonth. if A. tlsti and Wds Blitch to the tide annearnnrp. of thnf ? fr . - i-iwt wi.ine village. , -- : 1 1 ' equent gentle showers during.the Jjpast wpk has revived vegetation very mucU, Wheat ;rops looking very fine.. j5 i ! We had a railroad meeting here last Sat ;day,the nth; The' proceedings of the ; ; meeting areeni to the Wutcliman and other . : -f Ppcrs for publication. The people of this j place apd vicinity are fully awakened to the t; I'prtknce of this enterprise and will make ; determine4 I effort to secure the road. l 'wFks hence another railroad meeting - il111 beheld hfrp, and Mr. Moore, the en f SPDeerif Mobrpsville, is expected to be in 1 ft attcnnce andjaddress the people. aiogrolbdg about three miles-west of ; - Pl!iec, some white men and negroes got into a fismtd as to which one coHld lift a L fne tnoit. and; ill er,A.A in n fin.hf f1n -I fj."' An k;i6cked three negroes down puananasrtike. S. 31. Fur, Esq.-, has fW ll&estiL'atincr th nmfter. and it nn- peawi Hut th akingprc of himself. y W. For tle Watchman, eJ vontra-?A Summingup of Ximrod. The, Vobust and matchless effrontery o; f l. f . iu ins st-caiieu ouuimiujr uu Ifff Mr the last JVatch man, exalts him to me JU i lie v ." -w wu, livered very effective address on the iroIiib jti f the liquor traffic The Lll wirjfwcll tilled, and! the speaker was Atqueiitjy applauded. : ,i - 1.1 ; - ; o m- V- i-S . i- Bli . '- i r.- wya among pettytogging chicaners and ' i v lm the premium chromo for lilpaj pleading" and logomachy. His t ;a."wc Is not Tin tn th niirL- nf. rolinn ! li.l . 1' ;- r - . - . . 1omacy, to; be sure but as an exiert sub Terter nd repudiator of clear tut facts, atn: scope for inverse deductions he is P . sucqpss." He pays a sorryi compliment l a 1wn "eati however, when he says that opposed to Ins mode of ptfMoting temperance have proved nothing except th-'ir ability to defend anything that4s bad, when he lames that there is not a line fn my articles other than denunciatory of f evil. How any man can so stultify himselfjs in conceivable 1 ; But as he his "gone in to win,? at all hazards, right or. wrong, even 4o.the extent of "stooping to conquer" it is -not surprising mat ue snouia preiena puruunu ness, to enable him4o pui scales on the eyes of others. His 'quotation on logic is. in Y- self, good ; but i wholly out of place and pointless as used by nun, except as ablincL One who depends wholly on autocratic as- svrnuu, miuuiu jioi ucKie our risioiaiies overmuch by such allusions, and would show discretion! at least ' by giving 'tis a rest," as it werei on logic Reference to the "Blue Laws" is supererogation.! The love of donv- ination and arbitrary dictation exists now, s ..i i I i,. j i . i ; an it ui vtv uus, uucuangcu in essenee oni modiued in demonstration, by the advance ment of general knowledge and liberty. JVien ot overbearing dispositions now, as m the past,i will, under like circumstances. show similar developments. -Nimrod is. I himself, a very jfair, though rather impo tent, illustration or this, j After some mock heroics of "daring' .any one to say some tilings tnat have already been said and prov ed and others that no one can or would say, ne proceeds witri ms bluster, in several a are to say " lasues oi intimidation lor the vacillating. Loud, positive, but unproved assertion from men of large mental calibre, fine culture and higlr position is, not only ineffective; but insulting to thinking and in dependent minds what, then, can be said of the unsupported cantraad rant of such a mental pigmy as Nimrod has proved him self to be? Noone has denied the evil of the liquor traffic, but rather proved the reverse : we merely claimed that a proper regulation of it was much better than none. But Nimrod ignores this issue, and aware of the efficacy of pretentious diet with the ignorant, claims I victory, and cackles lustily, before his lums natura ot an egg is half delivered. What NiniroJ '"dares io say" can startle no one, knowing that he "dared to say" thatJ'Progress" vtas hired -by the 'liquor dealers! That Ue '"dared to say" that Iris atrocious parody on a chapter of the Bible was a paraphrase ! That he dared to say, with emphasis, that l ani h neutral;" and, ea ger to shine, even in absurdity, hot-alls me "the neutral champion."! The ground is not apparent from whieh he "dares to" fling the taunt of "iteutrqF at me. No one could be more in earnest for the promotion of sobri ety than I have! been in this discussion, least of all he, with; his ostentatious flippancy, and entire lack of candor and taimess. The only shadow ofi a pretext for such a sneer, was in that I said, I care not, personally, how the question is decided. Must there be then, a personal interest, scheme or pur pose to serve, "an ax to grind," before one can be actively interested in the common weal ? I had the good of the youth, especially, at heart, to arouse me into active opposition to the oft exposed sham and curse of "surface prohibition." Niiiifod has ears (no doubt of it), but. hears not; eyes, but sees nof; 'and for the very obvious reason that he does not want to hear nor see anything but selt-emanations, and shouts with reckless disregard of facts and reasoning, -w holly enrapt in the ecstacy of self-worship. I also said in reply to the 'compliment of Miss Atwell, that I did not aspire to be a leader; and. I would counsel Nimrod to be like unambitious, and to seek his fitting place among the baggage wagons, in the rear of the army of progession. s By an inadvertence of mental hallucina tion, he gets this description "a vast shad owy and tangled inaze-of interminable wil derness," iacked on to my articles instead of hisown first pHienlity,--rthe foxhunt. Nim rod knows tech that he has been"' terribly used up, but hit knows the value of cheek, audso.Tets on" otherwise; in fact lie is like unto Mozis Add urns' injuu rubber ball, "The, harderj you do throw him down, The higher lie do bounce !" The title to a work is often difficult to select, and, without an index, is but slight ly indicative iof the contents. "The only route to sobriejty," was clearly defined to those whose convictions were not sealed up by prejudice oij ignorance ; and, like "surface prohibition!' ctiuid have been pointed out, literally, in a lew sentences. I did not make the side issues.! but simply met and repelled tliom nlrtmr llw rftllto TM-imr wnra manv and foremost a,mong them was the senseless assertionthat i drinking was the cause of nearly all crime : I denied this and proved that all real crimes, against society, were, in motive and execution, purely sober work. There is no need of-a recapitulation of these and other co-relative issues. I presented ivelT defined und truthful.il lustrations, drawing conclusions as clear as sunbeams. As a full endorsement of this, there stands the significant fact, that not one attempt was made to contravene any of them They were as unassailable and im pregnable as is the rock of Gibralter to pea shooters. And now he comes boldly out, in the, face of Utter discomfiture, to give a semblance of moral support r.nd comfort to those guilty of the vile crimes and rascali- ties-that 1 tearlessly uncovered, by tacit con nivance, breaking the scent, and cloakingso bercorruptiony,bvconcentratingattention on his screen for an increase of drunkenness UiiUvi - ouiv. ;i vuiuiitvn . What hope is there for the promotion of common honesty in the face of such studied, artful perversion ? Well did Demosthenes depict the nature of such doings wlien he said, "You need not wonder, my country men, that we nave so many robberies, when we have thieves of brass, and walls ot clav. I presume that Nimrod bases his insolent "summing up on the hope that the issues of the Watchman containing the temperance discussion have "gone the way of all news papers" and are so, non est. lie is mistaken To them I refer all who are in danger of be ing blinded by his "summing up" travesty. As it is time to wind tip my "summing tip" of Nimrod, I will state, that all the bit terness and asperity intused into this earn est discussion of a matter of common weal, is attributable to him : he has been the com mon mischief brewer. Therefore, it is not just toward the greatiiody-of "local option advocates who, with grave dignity, rehash. warm and serve up the same old mut ton to take him as a fair exponent ; for he and the like, exhibit a gross appetite for slander, whose craving needs a constant supply of garbage, from the usua source "thev sav a shrewd creation, seldom an entitvl All that is",nccesary for their howl ins is a smattering, of erroneous informa tion, as much mental force as a second class soap-peddler,! and the wit of an under wait er in a country tavern. s . I doTiot know, nor care who Nimrod re ally M. His attitudii and utterances make the man I have been ("summing up;" and from these I Would suggest that, here-after he? should discard the" Nimrod attire and adopt that of the Weasel as more consonant with his aim, land characteristic of his style of huutmir. f W. II. Neave For the Watchman. THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION. Mr. Enrron, In your paper of the 24th April, More Anon seems to have closed his eerie? of tamscrmons on Prohibition in Salisbury Township. This last production of his is simply an apjeal for law for force to trammel the rights and lilerties of menj toVcrush evils, to stop sin. The pleas of More Anon are (he same that have been U3ed in all ages by the domineering, by the tyrannical, by the persecutors of the human race.. - Every ser every slave, every war, every cruelty, every drop of blood that has been thed since the death of Abel to the present day, has felt the force of, and bad for its justification, similar appeals ; and those who have made them have sought to mitigate their crimes j against humanity, religion, and liberty in the epxjdous plea that the greatest good of the greatest num bers was the real object which controlled their actions, It boots nothing that the world has grown wiser and freer under1 the law of love, charity, and kindness. Jt availeth nothing that civilization, liberty of thought and conscience, derive all their im petus from this tame law o Jove, from the teachings and enunciations of the Saviour of the world." What is our boasted civiliza tion stripped of the gospel of Christ! What is it worth if force must still take the place tof thp PTinoblinsr nnrl snftenlncr inflnnrM nf Hhe gospel of peace? The Mosaic dispen- sation, the age of arbitrary measures, of law and force, was superseded when Jesus of .Nazareth gave to the world the New Testament scriptures bearing the seal stamped with the crimson of his own heart's jblood. Murdered by the Pharisees. Why ? ignorant ot tue tact that they were but car out the ' preordinations of Heaven. they crucified Him because His religion did not suit them because He was, as they al leged, a glutton, a wixebibbek, a friend of publicans aud sinners. But, says the Mil ford Bard: What a glorious, yet gloomy moment was that ! The world was redeem ed; the accumulated sins of man, w hich had been darkening his destiny from the Eden era to the Christian, were now wash ed away by the blood of Him, of whom an elegant writer observes, that with the very spear which they crucified Him, He cruci fied the world. The very implements of their vengeance became the trophies of his . a. i 4 A. 4.1. - LA1 - A e 1 . victory. ai uiai moment me sung or aeatn was obliterated and , the triumph taken fiom the grave. At that moment the'idol tumbled from the Pagan temple, and the f.e.mis of its superstitions vanished forever. KTheongues of the heathen oracles, which for ages-had held dominion over the intel lect of man, became silent, and their inspi ration was eclipsed in the glory of the gospel of God. While the last words yet quivered upon the lips of the dying Saviour, the mighty revelation, was achieved, the law became void, the mysteries and man dates of Moses passed away, and the new dispensation commenced. That dispensa tion, that gospel, was not for the few, but the many ; not for the virtous alone, but the vicious. The miser lowing before the golden god, the monarch seated in grand eur on his glittering throne, and the beggar bending beneath his woes, are alike the subjects of its denunciations, alike the ob jects of its offered mercy. let-ior ine last eigirrecn nunured years there have been Pharisees, bigots, and loo's, who have been yearning, and pleading, and even lighting for a -higher law. They have retarded progress, civilization, the Christian ratifcion. They are blinded to everything but self. They can see no good in any measure, creed, or thought, that does not emanate from their own minds, or meet the approval of their fanatical clique. They ridicule even civilization itself sometimes. Now, civilization, says a write, considered by it self, pure and simple, is a beautiful, a glorious thing. The injustice, the oppres sion, and all the foul abominations that haunt modern society, are the result, not of a spirit of civilization, but of the lack of it. We may say that a little civilization is a dangerous thing, in the same sense that we say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. It, gives powejL to.individuals and corporations which wielded by a savage spirit, produces .enormous evil. The his tory of the world has thus far been simply that of the power of civilization on the one hand, invading and overcoming barbarism on the other. In the crash of the conflict we can form no just estimate of the glorious results that civilization is capable of when she shall have fairly conquered her 'herit age. More Anon says it is the imperative dutv of society to protect itself from bad habits, &c. So thought the Puritans when thev were burning witches and scourging men for walking too fast from churcli. and for vanous other nnaginarv crimes. 1 admit that society has a right to protect itself; but there are many methods ot protection r Against certain evils, law and torce may be resorted to. Against others, kindness and charity are all that is necessary. And now, says More Anon, to show that the moral sense ot the whole community regards the traffic in ardent spirits as an evil, we Jiave only to remember that it re- quires a license to sell it. ' JUirabile dictu I i - -m 1 a Is not this oleaginous ? Amounting almost to the real essence of that scorbutic and scrofulous quadruped that was filled with the spirit ot the devil and sent plunging in to the waters? The Legislature of North Carolina before the last, passed a law re quiring a tax, a license, from every trades man, every drummer, &c, and until within a tew yestrs the State has required a special license tax on all luxuries, silver ware, pi anos and carriages. Did the moral sense regard merchants and tradesmen as I evils ? or was it opposed to men's having luxuries, it they could anord them ? Alter I this startling information, he goes off into ecstatics, aud gloats over the fact that a supple Legislature, at the instance ot Pu ritans, bigots, busyLodies, has prevented the sale of ardent spirits on election days, around churches, school houses, &c. This is denominated public sentiment. Senti ment, indeed ! It is a vile travesty on lib erty, a mockery of right and justice, for a few men to combine, in the legislature or out of it, to force presumptuous measures upon a constituency whom they have not first consulted, to draw imaginary lines to bind 'the privileges of men, all, too, in obe dience to the whims of the sclfrighteous. Even tbe garrulous and sapient Nimrod Jr., referring to this substitution of unauthor ized force to prevent men from doing deeds1 at places where the teachings of the Sav iour under proper ministration could be used to better effect, flops his wings and chuckles. " These so-called sacred precincts of teeto talers, .are spots of exclusion, blots up on the statute books, an outrage upon public sentiment, upon Christian liberty and intelligence, in this the enlightened nineteenth century, aud agrees to a dot with the domineering and exclusive spirit of meddling Puritanism. Within my recollection ardent spirits wervi not only sold on election days, but iven away, not from bar-rooms merely, but from barrils with their heads knocked out, oa the corners of the streets, and there was not more real drunkenness then than is to be witnessed now on such occasions : and elec tions were purer and freer than they are in tlrese times. This meddling with private righ;s makes matters worse every time. It has always been so, and always will be while human nature is the same. It is said that for nearly five hundred years there were no divorces in Rome. The people thought the lamily hearth too sacred for publ.c tribunals. Under this arrangement, Rome swallowed upone nation after another, until thev began to adopt Greek law for the trovernment of the familv. when her marriage system entirely broke down, and Rome soon ceased to be the mistress of the wo.IL In the days of our fathers, ifuld pjeo- pic will b accepted as authority by the whis key crusaders,it was customery for nearly ev ery family to keep spirits sitting on the side board. 5very member of tle family par took of H when he desired, and- there w'as less drunkenness than now. - ! I But, Mr. Editor, anterior to, and at the advent of the; jSavionr,-there existed ; a sect among the Jews known-as Pharisees, whose religion Qonsisjted in a strict observence of rites andjcereroonies, ritual law, and of the traditions of the elders. They assumed to be wiser, j holier and worthier than; other men thin other Jews. This sect was de nounced by the Saviour as loud prayin" hypocrites, busybodies. That this denuiv Ciation was just, coming from that prophet ic soul and tiiost illustrious incarnation, divinity 'i self,; no one who is not an ignor ant infidel or) a .blind atheist, will doubt : Yet this tmgddlysect has existed and con tinued toj ply; its vile avocation of intermed dling, disturbing and persecuting others, under various heads until this day. For several cinturies it was known as Pharisees. It passed! under other heads and crew in numbers hmtilj the "Middle Ages," when we ! see ii sweneu into a great army ot Crusa ders, and the world was crucified anew and deluged ivith strife, and blood, and plagues, by their jwild. excesses. Later, they were known as Planlagencts and Tudors, and, as has been remarked by an able writer, "it appears that they had never felt a senti ment ofjpityj humanity or 'love. Their hearts, to use an expression of Horace, seemed tb be surrounded with t ripple I miss. Nothing jcould move or make them relent. This race had never loved, never wept. Henry VIII. caused the heads of the beauti ful women he had married to fall beneath the axe of the headsman. Elizabeth con demned her lovers to death. It was she who used the terrible phrase, "God may pardon, but I never will." Nothing found favor with them ; neither love, vouth, beau- ly, sirengui, virtue, science, or rank. An ne Boleyn, Jam- Grey, Mary Stuart, Sir Thomas Moore, Buckingham, Susex, Essex, the uiOstj noble, graceful, charming, adora ble wompn, and the bravest, and greatest DKU,tlierao -worthy of respect and ad miration alljalikc placed their heads on the fatal block to gratify the malice of the de mons. -"ext they are known as witch bur nersL Puritans, and still tltey curse the worW as! Puritans, miscalled" philanthro pists, so icalled Tempetam c reformers, local optionists, intermeddlers, busybodies sticklersjfor law, for forre to correct evils to mate men Christians!" Thus ignoring the gen tje influences of the gospel of peace the teachings of the Saviour. Even min isters of ithe gospel step out of the. holy sanctuaries of God and take up the sword, placing themselves in antagonism to, and treatingKvith contempt the words of Him who said that he that taketh up the sword shall ierish bv the sword. Thev go out on the hustjngsfand, with grimace and much babbling, attempt to substitute law for re ligion, force for kindness ami charity, war for pcaci', add engender hate where love should rlignl Yet Love is the chief, the ru ling, the: onljr sustaining pillar in the glo rious and ever blessed plan of redemption coneeivejd and executed by the Almighty in His infinite mercy for the poor, benighted gentile race.! Under Christ, love took the place ofilaw,i of force, and charity and kind ness the! place of hate and persecution. How a Christian can thus ignore the spirit of the gospel jhose essence is' peace and tolera tiong, apd disreard the lwceepts and exam ple of the founder of that gospel,is tomy mind, irreconcilable with consistency and truede votion. j If le'aders,teachers,elders,preachers. would impress their exam pie ujNm the listless masses, jind; beget for the Christian religion that respect 'and veneration to which it is entitled consistency is not ouly absolutely necessary, but it must be coupled with ceaseless demotion to the fundamental prin ciples and doctrines laid down by the sav iour tor the temporal government of man. and hr ultimate salvation. 1 his is the more necessary now, since they can Only speak as men, there being no longer such a thing ai inspiration or the gift of prophecy Yet thcltrulv good man wields an influence in the elevation of his fellows and the ton ing up Of society that is almost incalcula b!a. Iti is bhly the faithless, the hypocrite, the babbling, domineering Puritan, that brings reproach upon the Christian religion and prevents its progress. Hay ward, in his Book o( Religion3,estimates the followers of Mohamined j at one hundred and forty mil tions. It appears, says Foote, from statis lics that the spread of Mohammedanism has been greater proportionately than that of Christianity ; for in the seventh century there were ionly about forty thousand ac ceptingjthe religion of the Arabian prophet, while there were twenty-hve millions ac cepting! that of our Saviour." In the eighteenth century, according to M. Laffon de Ladeba't,: there were two hundred mil lions of; Christians, by w hich it appears that the followers of Mohammed have been more active in proselyting than those of Jesus )f Nazareth. Hayward attributes this to the; bitter dissensions and cruel an imosities that reigned among the Christian sects dissensions that filled a greater part of the East ; with carnage, assassinations, and sudh detestable enormities that render ed the Very name of Christianity odious to man Who doubts that the domineering, spirit that is to be witnessed to-day Puritan; every w :iere, in the pulpit, iu the State- house, on the hustings, is the real cause of the slovy progress the Christian religion has made?: Who doubts that this same spirit is the tontroling power that moves the whiskv crusiiders and is struggling to make men eat aikt drink, think and act, in obedi ence to; its1 mandates ? These Puritans are as insatiable as death. Look at their pleas in this jlocal, option contest. The whole of More Anon's last article was pleading for law, t'oi force, to put dowri drinking. Why not pu d(iwn dressing as Well, and why not ask fori a law tb make everybody go to church on iSlunday and pay a certain sti pend t boot i Such a law would be nq more ijnpi-oper than the one he asks for. lie admits that there is law now to prevent the bar-kebper from selling drinks to the minor,) to prevent the selling of ardent spir its on jhe ! Sabbath, on election day-6, on days of public speaking, ar.d yet he is not pntisfiekl. ! He wants a law to prevent the sale entirely, and to prevent men from drinking. - Is not this insatiable, domineer ing PiMtanism ? and can any one tell where their demands will end ? But the world movesjin spite of them, and I believe the dav will t ome when these whisky howlers will b looked upon by all good Christian, as misguided philanthropists, if not ene mies tp the true teachings of our religions Thej- make a big ado about drunkards' orphans. There are ten bastard orphans to one left by a drunkard. Let them search the orphan asylums, the towns and villages, and sec if this statemenlis not correct. Let them look over the list of burials of poor little Orphans paid fr u.v the Phlic in this town lor the last fifteen or twenty years and perhaps they will leam something. Agitin, as a general thing, the toper's children are not so liable to turn out drunk ards as thbe raised by strict teetotalers. I have a great number in my mind's eye whomj V: could name, wrere it preper, to prove it his assertion. Further there are more children left to be taken care of by public; charity, whose parents were teeto tftlerafthitn those whose narcnts were drunk ards. LbbU over the town and compare the condition of the families of the much abus- Jed and snecj-ed at topers with those who arc " ' i? I '7 re Sooa tor nothing, and see which predominates and I which isl the worse off. Yoa will be surprised I , ; ' ; Some men ,caii't drink whisky. It is no credit to them to abstain. What credit U it to a woman to be virtuous, if she i3 never tempted! What credit is it to a teetotaler if Ilia haa A.t. f J . m I line has no desire for drink t TV i rnlv i tho$e who are temnted that Atwrv Mt i ior withstanding the temptation 'And I none Imt.Hm nnFnrnnt iT I 1- - ... . ... ' - and tempted, can fully realize annreciate MlMOonfene. and rtaUaned at Carib u,iJ; .V7. "PP151"6. aRe. where he remained until the 10th of Ai,ril 1 711?' : sneeA T nX IXo " orow-peats, Eff?:?d e"deavo to throttle men by ?TAoi. -1 . e inemr better- 13 not Christianity that tries to rrnsh out 1 , . i i- i the desires, the habits, and appetites of men, .UUUB.. i.,CJ( uv evii in ine.r tendency, by law. Manas a reasonable beins:, a Chris- i.. 1 . . .V3 - I "u "eeuiau, can oniy oe controlled bv an 1 appeal to his hieher faculties. ThnA hn see the temperance question in this iidit and Use the rentli nn1 nil i.-r.l nd all powerful means Civen them thrnno-b ru;..f!.n I are; indeed, the eood Samaritans. And I believe, when the last of Adam's race shall put on immortality; when the sun shall pass wiuu me raciuc siojmj to rise no more Vaea all the sister nint.i hva oMrrA . When wrapt In Are the realms of ether elow. - UTMW V VVJ A Ana Heavens last thunder suaies tlie world be- 1 lOW. I i , i j . , . - , , loud enjable reclaim of wel- come in heaven th.-it will Plirvco 1 , .,, ; "r c,so uu mar win echo throughout the grand cornders of space, to the good Samaritans Uv,v aicii worus nave oeen cliarityi love ed his rnneral in the Methodist church. Broth and kindness, and who, ignoring force, have er .Harris bad many friends in North Carolina never ceasodjo minister to the unfortunate; who will deeply sympathize with his wife and aud lead and guide them in the spirit of daughters, who" are so sadly bereaved. May xiim w ho rendered up His life for the sal- vation of sinners. Progress I For the Watchman. Witches. XI r, T7 . r,.. . .... . . I doltnotforthp nnrnrv nf o-tti;r,r. in fcelt-detence. i am caUed, very unjustly as I Solomon, In the neighborhood or HelUg's Mia, hav e been for years trying to hit me with the but end ot tnelr learnmsr. Their vanity of late has led them to seek aid of the "Watchman." One light soul even dared the ehariot of the -48unn In Concord, in order U) empty his vial or wrath on m.r devoted haad. It tuiUK, a wiweu man. some or ine tate lssueof klnir seems that they do not give their names to the ed itor. v en, pernaps tney have forgotten them. It so they ou,'Ut to be christened over again. Bui there may be otnef reasons for not giving them, ot a strictly personal nature ; for the value of many lit erary proauci ions is lost, the moment the writer's name is Known. 'the sin charged against me is that ot having my sick horse doctored and cured by what is called tue practice or "using for " And certalnlv a man has u right to defend his own property, even at the expense of an ugly snarilDg witch. Ah to witches I would not say positively that I ev- v. oa vine jut; ihuic, uunocr, na j s ii uai Uf ill h- ... ers nhniit. hpre tav i.hat thpv .,-! thu niv.io fa mio uuimi tut' in in ina times. Ana most or the preaeli so far as they have read it. I don't suppose any man ever read It all through. But some people try to tell me that the witches nave an been killed since tbe Jiible was made. I caji recollect hearing old folks say, that one Dr, l otton Mather used to burn them over somewhere about JSalem. But the other day a man went down the road with raois to sell. He was as sharp a-s a brier, having beeh fed on razor soup all his life. And he said that they burnt such only as did not nave sense enough to repeat the Lord s oravrr: that all the worst In that way escaped under a cloak oi rengiou ; ana some or them were now living, mean enough to steal the wool off a deid sheep. Well, now, I want to show exactly hovr the mat ter stands with me In contrast with others. So that, If I am a witcn man, it may be clearly seen, that there are many others of the same sort. I Relieve in the doct fine of "using for," call It witchery or what you may. Anl I can show It up beyond all reasonable doubt, that thls Is the behef and prac Uee of thi.s surrounding country. A few weeks ago, on Sunday, according to Drevl ous engagement, I went to the Lower Stone Church. This Li, I believe, the largest and strongest church of that denomination, and aU ecclesiastically on tbe square. i nere i naci promised to meet the man vwr.o had dotrtored my horse, and topay-hira tor it; Hence I went expressly for that purpose. And so if came to pass, after I had paid him and we were sitting to gether on the steps, one of the Elders of the church came up in great trouble, and said one of his horses, Just out there a few yards from the door of the church, was possessed of mime kind of demon, grievously tormented, and desired him to go and east it out. So he arose up immediately and went out wit h the Elder. In a tew minutes he came back aud said the horse was perfectly well and eating grass. This was all right and proper, a Pharisee was cured exactly in the same way. The man "us- being uage. nut, then, here is the point. My horse ing for" lays bis hand on the horse's nose, and rubs It gently to the last spinal Joint, three times In suc cession. And during each manipulation be repeats Just loud enough for the devil to hear : "Jerusalem, thou place ot skulls, where the Lord Jesus Christ was crucified, rwhere His side was pierced, from whih Issued water and blood, may this be good for all worms and cholic. In the name. &c." After this he strikes the horse three times lightly In the flank with his flat, and unless the sickness Is unto death, tue cure is luinieaiaie ana complete. Gkeen Ki.ler. Statcsville Letter. May 15th, 1879. Dear Mr. Editor After such a long spell of drv weather we are having real refresh ing showers to gladden the heart? of all who are interested in the culinary department for to tell the truth we have been having min-htv nror livlnor nn tliia war- fnr enmp p - . , - ' , ' Tlmn nml irprn I wxrl limn tr tn lurn fcnrirtnc .....v, v..v. """"j, Dv apprehensions that it w as going to continue, lmt iirn lilirli rrivlvitil ,n cmrifa friM,r nifli a hniK that iti. lonrr wo e.ni recrnli nnr flnnp. . ' O . . I ." tite on something better than "not luck." Our "little citv is ouite livelv now. Pic : - nics m anticipation.- excursions manned. college couiuienceuient and concert near at hand - Last Saturday, the 10th, was olreerved here as "Memorial Day." At the appropri ate hour the Court-house was crowded to overflowing. Mai. Robbins delivered the memorial address in an appropriate and happy style. The "Roll of Honor" was then read, alter which the procession was formed, and marched to the cemetery, head ed by the br.n 1. The choir sang very beau tifully "Cover them over with flowers " The decorating committee of young ladies pro- ceeded to deck the graves of the fallen he- roes, literally covering them with flowers, whilst the band played a solemn dirge, The exercises were closed by the singing of the Long Metre Doxology, and the iened lo tion bv Rev. W. A. Wood. Glad such davs do not come often; they bring up too many sad reminiscences of the saddest and gloom iest days of our lives, Well, did you know I wa3 mighty "stuck up" with the poor "Widder Green's" la ment in one of your late papers? She ex pressed mv sentiments exactly, onlv I have no, arrived at her awful condition ready to 'shuffle off this mortal coil," because of the wonders under the sun and of gossip- pers in particular. But it is just so ; true as preaching. Everybody knows more about you than you do yourself, and the wav thev have of meddling with other people's affairs is a caution. In my opinion it is one of the crying sins of the day, and I have been racking my brain to see if something can't be done to renidy the evil. Suppose we have an indignation meeting and have all mothers, school teacl ers, editors and busvbodies generally to at tend and "devise ways and means" by which the young and rising generation can be trained to have some higher and nobler aims in life. But I don't believe it would Ar -a t5t if mrw1 - lr vnn ? " J Am glad to see the temperance question so largely discussed in your paper; hope it may do great good. Wishing you much success and prosperi- ty, I ara A Coxstant Reader. Death of Rev. Williamson Harris. Wilmington Sun Correspondence Allow me the rpace in the Sun to announce the death of a good man. Rev. Williamson Harris died in Carthage, Mo4 April 10, 1879. : Mr. Harris waa bom in Montgomery coun ty X. C. Jur 2oth 1823. He profeed relig ion in early life. wa- for a number ot years a useful member of the N. C. Conference, "M. E. Clmrcli South. In 1S51 or 135-'i he located I removing from North Carolina to Norfolk, Va.: . Ia 1 867 or 1S6S he weat to Cumberland City, in Maryland, and establish a MethodUt Uburcltii.lle then' joined the Baltimore Uon- ferenee, his congregation going with him in the M. Er Church South, and was stationed l Blackbiirg, Virgtuia, where he remained four Jea"1 - ' In 18o be wa transferred from U,1U V"",''",' o the lir Hcit, and atationtu at itnlurMlAJ a thA f.a - J "eleo Montana, by Bishop Marvin. When M , ppomiea m venvtr, ioioraao, ana from llrere be waa transferred to Soulh-we4 1.: .. j. ,rv -.-...- - ., .-I - the Carthage JSeraaya; "Thus it will W wen that here U a life truly illustrated of the trial 'of the man who wrrendered every- Udng far the nobU work of tbe Methodist ministry RrL. 1.. .v;An r - , mvvii milieu va nuwu men, bnt here is an example that will Mand re- coruea upon me Recording Angel'a book Tar grander than hundreds of .those to whom I i 1.1.1 n . ... .. mn " l'u oone nonor. .uu Jue-waie i over, and he ha not lived in vain : he ha done n utJ Sod use of the talent God gave V""."11 "entered into thejoya of the Lord. During Mr. Harr'u' residence in thia clX he b,w T C"001 f"1en(,, ,of yry one : W.h V.tf hw e3EC ,enl hm!1? ca,e grief that ia cxprrwed by all to-day, en the ? street, in hnsintse houts, in family tirrh m lv too plainly tt!l in what estimation ill vvuinv.1. x iiaa wc iicvju iil BPL-ak lur uu; good mn was held iy onr p.-p!e. He leaven z r 1 a i 1 a. w wue nu iwo married uaiitfiittrs .in. r roe- man of Colorado, aid Mrs. Smith of Favette -M . v ' ... . . . . - . Tine, ue w nunea wim Mason tci honors in "Cedar Hill Oraeterv," after his Presiding Elder, Rev. J. B Landrelh preach- we rdy when the Master calls, L. S. Bubk JRKnCAD, April. 28th. Commissioners' Meeting. Jiaj ln MOto. x reseni ine Alayor. conussionera juicu wine, bnmhdeal, Wiley, Kluttr, Murphy, AlcCorkle & Horsh. The Board proceeded to the election of offi cers for the ensuing vear. R. F. Rogers was elected Clerk. - V. L. Rankin M. L. Arey T. H. Vanderford M J Crawfurd J J Bell " Treasurer " Tax collector " 11 ay, weigher " Cotroii weigher. " Sexton. J M McCorkle Attorney. Jno A Murphy & R W Price wire elected Policemen. Messrn. Wiley, Smithdeal and Mnrnhv were appointed to make a contract with tl.e . Gas company for the ensuing year. r ,u -is . i ... . , " PP was gnieu permissionu, erect a in.u6ian..aiuiecorner oiMaincYii.nis.?,ireei8 on paying the ujual privilege lax ui u uui- I lars. Ordered that the operation of the peddler's tax be suspended on ihe oOih ofMav for that day onlv. Ordeied that all questions pertaining to Sal aries &c be considered at the next regular meet ing. Ordered that Messrs Smithdeal & Richwine be appointed a committee to contract for and purchase 12 good 4-gallon well buckets for the town. Ordered that the Clerk purchase for the use Gf the towrua book in which to keep a list r . . j . r of audited and approved accounts. Ordered that the Mayor be given the enlire supervision of the work on the streets and the Commissioners on each Ward be an advisory Committee. The Mavor announced the following standing Committees: On Finance, Messrs. Wiley, Kluttz and Smithdeal. On Cemeteries Messrs Murphy and Horah. Ordered that the Clerk procure a book in which he shall record and arrange all the or dinances of the town. Ordinance XLVIII was amended to read as follows Be it Ordained, That the owners of all Boars, one month old and upward, shall be subjected to a fine of $o, if said Boars are permitted to run at large on the streets. Adjourned till rnday June Cth 18(9. , B F Rogers. - C. B. C. DIED. On the tenth day of May 1579, at the residence of Mr. W. F. Lackey, near Back Creek Church Kow- an County N. C, Mrs. Barbara Barr, In the ftsth year or her age. She has been a constant memoeror Back Creek Church, about forty-seven years. She leaves one daughter out of six daughters and one son Also many grand cmuiren ana menus to mourn their loss, but their loss is her etetnal gain. V. V. L. MARRIED. At the Episcopal Manse, May Tth, Woodleaf, this I v v - . zt . . .7. . . . . . . - .. i countv. bv nev. it. wuuam wctmore, j. a. uaiiey, i Esq.. and Miss A. 8. Wetmore, daughter of Rev.n I UCU. il. ,1 tUlliUiV, V. kJ. TiTrnnTrinci T -v r A T nT TTirikT XS UDXXM jOO uuuau utiumin. I naKUAi.iai daroawb ; i i a large assortment oj DOLL BABIES and Toys that lam offering at and below N. Y. Cost, Secure these now and save a heavy per . Also FAMILY UliUUnlilr.anewanafresii stock, and Confections all cfieaper titan lheeheapet. Low prices and first class goods umy motto, uive me a trial, and besatificd A. C. HARRIS. Price's old stand, next door to National uotei. PRESIDENT HA VES cannot veto the fact that THE0. BUERBATJM keeps the The Best Stock of Fancy Groceries, Cham pagne Cider, French Candies (fresh every week), Fruits iu season; Finest line of Ha- vnnua ana Loniestic cigars iu towu. Call aud see him. Important to the Farmers. The "sea Fowl" Glaxo reduced in price to 450 lbs of Middling Cotton per ton. Fanners desiring a tirst class arti cle can now procure the well kuowu "Sen Fowl of J. D. Gaskill, Agent, Salisbury, X. C. PARSONS SXJ7FF, Still .increasing!, in favor; Try it. It is nuld and pure. For sale by J. D. Gaskill. Call and examine my work. All pictures are guaranteed to give satisfaction. Chil dren should be brought to the Gallery in the morn ing. Picture Fiuinea. 16:3m C. W. C. WOOLWIXE. PRICE CURRENT. (Corrected by J. M- &ox oi Co.) May iZz IC7;. Cottox firm Middlings, low do lli 1 i stains Bacox, county, hog round 0 74 Butte it 152Q Eoos 8 Chickens per dozen $1.'0(2.C0 Coax CO Meal moderate demand at CO Wukat good demand at 1.001.10 FLOOli best fam. super. 2.75 Potatoes, Irish 7$ Osions no demand 75 Lard 810 Hat 30 Oats 40 Beeswax " 20 Bl.ACKBEltRIES rpi.RS, dried m SUOAR 10lffl 4- ; tol 1 My Stock of Good in this Line in complete ftpr ll Spring Trade. Having secured the ls4r vicea of an Artixtr. fmm Rahimnn i nm 4 i - 5, ill 1,1 r TBLMMING DEPAETMENT, Ij feel justified in saying that Tcan run tbe raosMaftiidious jlaste; ami will guaranty nU faction in alii orders intrusUd to ne. (To Ladies, in the City and ConnUyyl.woold aay, call and examine my Stock before boring eWwhere. MRS. . A. OREENTIELb.. fKORTII 0A;ROLiNAvVScj!MoC0CMV j , Datiusox j County, J Fall Term l&?9, John !. T?iiaoAn ' W'm fitu.1r. ' ; ' a : batu and N. $. Higginii, The Christian Gold Jdiniue Comna- AttacbmenL ni operating under the name and style of Riussou, Stoekbam & Higgms. Dfu. In this case U appearing by affidavit, that the defendants, John C, Raussou, William Stockham aud pf- S Higgins, are non-resident of lliU State, or keep themslves so concealed therein as to avoid the ordinary process of law upon them, it is tlurefbre ordered thata pub lication be made for six ronsecutive week ia ihe "Carolina Watchman," a newspaper pub- i-li.-lied in t he loWn of Salisbury N.C., notifying said defendants to appear at the next Snperior Court to be held for the County u Davidson, at the Court House in" Lexington on 1st Mon day in September, 1879, and plead answer or demurr in an action commenced by atlarhment by said plaintiff against said defendant for the . recovery of Six Hundred and Sev.enly-four Pollars and cents for lumber, provisions and merchadise furnished sn id Company flo- -ring the years $t and 1879, or judgment will be taken as confessed. -- I ' i c p. lowe,' a 8. a ! By E. Hexlev, Att'y for Pl'ff. 27:6w:pr.f $7 ' ; ' ' 'i XORTH C'AROrJlNA, ) Ik SCPEK-IOR C0URT,r Rowan County, April SOth, 1879. J , EbenW. Hoivey j r. - - W. F. Buckley, E, L. Abel, Jr., II. E. Spa done and L. Bi Curly. . In this case it appearing to tire satisfaction of the Court that V. F. Buckley, E. L. Abel, Jr., and II. L. Spadone are non residents of this State, it is; Ordered that publication be made in the Carolina Watchman, a newspaper published in Salinburv. for six consecutive weeks, commanding them, the said W. F. ...v.., ...v..., .... Buckley, E. L. Abel, Jr., and If. E. Spadone. to appear at the term of wiidCourt to be hPin lit IhO I .AH.hilBo in VoliwKi,.- nn " - - - vMi-v - a 'i a so VII a J VII UV 9th Monday after the -Uh Monday in Septem- ner, iy. and answer the complaint that writ be filed during the first three days of said term, or in default thereof the plaintiff will apply to Ihe Court for the relief demanded In liis complaint.; J.M.HORAH, Clerk Superior Court Rowan Countv 29to3r The Mexican Dollar. What is the difference between the Mexican dollar and Tablets Buckeye Pile Ointment? One does what it promises and the other does not. The Mexican dollar says, "1 am one hundred cents;" but when you come to invest it you find it; is only eighty-five. Tabler'i Buckeye l'ile Ointment says will cure you of Piles;" and Upon trial it is found to do so in every case. It makes but one promise to cure Piles; aud does w without failure Price 50 cents a bottle. For Bale bv C. R. Barker, Salisbury, N. C. ' ' , .. Coussens' Compound Honey of Tar has been so long and favorably known that it need no encomium, for coughs, colds, sore throat; hoarseness, etc., it affords speedy relief, and is a most pleasant and efficacious remedy honey and tar being two of its ingredients. ThepkiM of the chemist, and the knowledge of a phyi cian were united in its preparation, the result being a compound which is the favorite rente dy in this severe climate, and has no equal aa a cure for coughs, colds, hoarseness, bronchitis, croup, etc. Use Coussens' Honey of Tar Price 50 cents, r or sale by C. R. Barker,' Salisbury, N. C. Xoatii Carolina, V In Superior Court, Rowan Counts, 20ih April, 1879. John W Fritk. Adm'r of John CjlUup, Plaintiff, Against . . Samuel Can up, Susannah Goodman. Camil la Goodman, Margaret Canup, George A Ca nup, James W Canup, Henry A Canup Tboraa Lj L-anup, and feu rah L jLannp Ithe last (wo minors), Vina Campbell (of abarrua)7 Wil liam ('ampbell, David Campbell," Sally Green (Stanly), Sophia Kirkpatrick or her heirs (in I ndiana), and Laleb Canup a hem (in llhnou), ueienuanis. ; Petition to sell land for assets. Upon the affidavit of the Plaintiff, it ia oi oerea oy tne Murt, mat publication be made I in the Carolina Watchman for six successive weeks, notifying Sophia Kirkpatrick or her ' I heirs, and-the heirs of Caleb Canuo who are t non-residents of the State, to appear at the of- fice of the Clerk of the Superior Court ofsaid i county, on Monday the 9th ilny of June, A D, 1879. and answer the complaint which ! has been filed in the above entitled action, and if they fail to answer the complaint, the Plain till will apply to the Court for the relief de manded in the complaint. Witness J. M. IfORAn.a i Clerk of the Superior Court, Rowan county, j KERR CRAIGE, ttoriuiT at NATIONAL HOTEL, Cortlandt Street, ! - NEAU BROADWAY, ' t NEW YORK. IIOTCHKlSS & POND, PuoPHiKTons. On The European Plan The restaurant, cafe and lunch room attach ed, are unurpafted for cheapnesa and excel- lence oi aerviee. UoonwiU eta. to2 per day -$3 to 10 er week. Convenient to all ferries and cay tailroada. - New Furnitnre, New Management 13: ly. o Street's National Hotel 0 ' .ii RALEIGH, II. C. U 8. R. STREET & SON, Owners and Proprs. L ' i-i- GASTON HOUSE, NEW BERN, N. C, 8. K. STREET A .SON, Proprietora. The undersigned haviirs purchased the Na tional Hotel! property of Raleigh, opened the 15Ut Marcn,jlHy, that we-known lloiue lu the public under their management. ' They rr ferlo their pat managrmeld of tie GaiKon House aa a guarantee that thetrayirlliig public will find the National, in their ham??, up to the aiabdard of n firnt dam Hotel, jThe aenibr. Mr. Samuel tL Street, will remain in charge ulSiOaiiton'IIoiisf-. The jnalorMf. Wiu. J, U t ' Hud''. c aioHal Hotel. , - i I - - -U 'l :-i , i -li'i'il -i 1 - : :t1 i t a- .1 H J! 3 A T T ? .H'!i fli l :! i mmm -is "2 J V