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1 . - . - . . . . 1 Xirow After the 1st Uy of January, M ItLe lalMcriptfim price of the jftcZ&V v rLL rear. - payment awaits ninttvijk MM . - oavuient delayed li nioulha. 2.50 vr, o ftitWere 136 pupil in t! 8l&rey CeU School. - t. hi j rpUKD. Aaall pal of SsrlftgScsIci f iro yooiif men indulged fa ft 3rtiff jjtln Street, hi WeU&csI-Huhcr ft arc indebted to Col ATTCXt), OCX delegate Ji i vi Apru5iiauvea, S-P tT-. 9 T s ' " .. '! . ! I . - . - - - Several letters from cstecaed eonx .Ufants unavoidably omitted. Some of f'.-wr o ' ixe Stock.- Mr FnuiH Brown litis in liver r etabhis Ute fljet lot of horse utf e feeu for uuuty a dajr 17 in uuni . J. Y. Barber, while handling a iHs, me Uay last week, waa accideutly In the palm' of hi left hitnd.. Fortu naiHy, the nmzzle of the pUtol was rest against his haud-f-the ball only buried 'lUwi f iu the iksli, w lucii bo gouged oat .i' pair of scissors. .1 , j o- Jfoiso louter-has Imjcii tdayins in M winners Opera House, riuco Tuesday night to the great delight of our citizens. Illr f rendition of ''Rosalind in As you likejtit" was much ieujoyed, and pro Doaficrd "well done' by our critics. UW 11. Leake as Jaques, was tbe admint- tlonipi inc aiuueucc. - s- tTy Play "Lady of Lyons" to-nisht, tad pn Friday uiglii, will give us Zlacbelh Wbiich will be quite a treat to our citi zeiiifas they seldom lmre an opportuuity ring aiiyiiiiiiK ironi DiiaKespuare. ... . e ' ni . , o 31itKn.-tThe fire, Monday night, al- fortletl another proof of the trtcfScfeucy of the fire tlypai tnut of the city owing to , the scarcity! of water. AH the well in the jieighborhood of the School House iM-nied to be elthw erhausted or the iii ? turea out of repair. Water could only b obtained small quantities and at -top great a distance to bo of much value. We llave no remedy to suggest except to wjir housekeepers to keep wellfi-xturea ij Cd repair against a suihleu ciaergeti ty like thi. - ' " Lisjt ef nnclaitucd let teea remaining in tlje. It Office at Salibarj N. C, Janu xsfy jltli, 1880. One for each of the fol- 1 ; 1 ' 1 I ' j W'rsons;j u - l)rl J J Cliiiidian. W J Bniwn. Ilenrv uin. Fill lloldioaser. John Enrn- ljlWm t A CnubIefT J Waller, M V UjjijJ John A Caster, P 1 Cauble, Jas. E lluvrjaan. John Setseri Cap Stewart, L M Tiiri'Ulger, Joe Meaniub, Jieaiiah Pinkston, Mis: 5, husuu Biddings, lias Amanda E Nash. Jfiuikmey Mowery, 'Mis Florence Tre- l?r. Wlien called for, pleaao say, advertis- d give late of list. D. LI Buikui.e, P. M. Sal sbury, . C. i 89. tlauisay, formerly of the Land- Ijjarfiin, his graceful valedictory, bows liidiself out iu the following sad aad mel- auchr sf vie : "M rop the curtain, an d pass away.' o cant iroagfutf wlijr fee tnafsta'on Waking the tiling go so bad we all liked KsmsilijC .'.and regret his withdrawal but wecafi't get over that sad terminus, if ;We,wej near enough; to hiui-we would iMfyf. uclpihe luiUttfr Jbj chanting Cur ii consolation this requiem : x 'MilI'Msinaway! " "Tit U ittih ou HoweTi that bloom at en :Wuiv ! Thei prither away in tiieir glory and pride; Thbsh sneechleas. thev mm n Ar.h IV Ihnstr nf ttm Amv 5Miaiife like our bloom is fast nassiu? .. . . . - - , Afray. awav. oain!f awav. r S " 0 - f. The fire alarm was sounded wrly i. Monday eveniui. and very soon it ! as'dilcovei ed that tho building near Oak Cemetery, known as the Town House (occupied by SalUUurj Scfiool) raou Are. The ftreruen everat companies, including the Hook! nd Ladder company, wet quickty i u . j r 4' -j I fwij oa tlij ground and did all they euuld to t the spread -of the flames. The fTobacco Factory of the Messrs. '(?!&. Luun, stood in dangerous prox- i M"uv ui mo most. criLicai inomeiit a 1 . .. . L- 11.. A . ' .1 A liti Cliango hi the course of tlio wind, was blow iue moderately, preveut- u i n m,S"t otherwise have-, been a se oss. ' 1 1 tie school House and a of books and appan.tus were en- estroyed, and the" saddest part of t it was Diobablv set on fire: f 9lghat the present writiug there .Weii is no ?e against any one. t"ib ' . O n'4 -si for tae Watcluaan. Age of Trcea. iiR pitor: I have lately heard of the n i IF wr.AlAIij uvui a mm mi , UlillC On aipnminirrrnn. X'f V (!f..f.. Uiat Uiere is not a tree in North ifgBfcwesr of Raleigh;, a, hundred Jrs old that strikes me as extraordi Jar?' pave oa heard of the statement ? i? 1 re Jou irepared to believe it t d havfeiately felled some oak trees 2 ft. IJffyi across the stump, which, cstiiua uy the number of rings from the heart Jj Tff. appear-to be more than 120 Td; ' WM nfcnred by two old - S IT tSrD that tlly wero certaiuly that vn-t- They were cut in what is said to be T'iuai torest. I havet few oaks of tho ud, tit the same .woods, between li - '.''l tol Slit) s :i'f urnvm M'Aueu 1 tpely d It it. ilia i 1 r " V ncros3 u,e .!MnmPr- as oia t &p jrnu T The nuntlier of rings. if Cm ir)iT war of ascertaining Ui wiivf cuu uiuic; ill t l llf y I W ICO (f trera. "WouIJ no doubt indicate Xa &) ot& the loueafe lived tree of this ecUDtt T &aa doea it grow satil death t 0n$ d &9 Teoerable oaks in West ward vaajrccntlj cut offtlie paveiueat, comer ot FUbsftad Fnltoo ttreetf, lythkh was tuypesed to be V over J 00 years: old, but ftod only 75 well defined circleai We ro fer other pointa of the above to 'more ob- cri'sst and better informed readers. -.Wood Leaves. J Ah, Zephyrs," yoo flld not; Qtt your "lawful fence" at Usil TI.. rm.mrnmil i about Ue beat thinff that cduld have oeen Uooe and all aliould acquiesce in it. Consr, entue, Scotch Irish, that' a little too bad ! To appolntel the dijr and hoar lor Umt wtMUXis and have the ueraoos ridaavverai miles throngii tlte liuud, ouly ta Cud tUe expectant Uridtgi ihjwi but tw bride. Wavea,n rise and expiaiu at ozxcbl i9tSkl- silver watch, of considerable ?? ,pt Third Creek near Oa tUI. It wa dtscovered with the cnain wrapped rounu a busli, liangiug the North Carolina Indians, occupying rif o vet the. water, by. a little boy seven yeai-s teen towns, and havimr twelve iijindrcd ohl. Who lot it, and how ii tot tlicte, fighting men. The whole Indian population are as yet ituatdyed iuetiu. j of North Carolina, in the year 1700, not Died on the morning of the lOth inst., counting thej Catawbas, on the Southern at tho Uottae of iMr.'.T, Locke Thompson, borders, or the Chcrokecs, leyond th? moun- Sr., Miss Margaret Smith, after; a liuger- iug illness. M. I --' ' Euocliville IteiiisL The town authorities have been doing n good deal ot work outs our streets lately. rho people of this community are now preparing for the stock law in earnest. A party of professional fox hunters ran a fox (as they supposed) one morning last week tor several hour, wheu to1 their as- toiiisliinent they found it was' only a cat they were after. I 1 J Ti-r nomiL. Hit t.i.of. nn.lATf. vr. ant are iu earnest about the! proiioaed , Uailroad from Taylorsvillc to Wadesboro, but Concord seems to thiuk that one raiM. road is enough for them. . dtev. W. S. Creasey preached his first sermon at llethpage, uear this place, last Sunday. The -congregation, which was very large, was mueh pleased new preacher. - with the Married at St. Enoch church. January 7th, 1830, by Hev. J. S. Jleilig, iMr. J. A. Slop and Miss Mary S. WrightL Buried at this place, January 0, 1880, a two year old $hild of Mr. Adison Kiely, KilinUtonville. Tlie funeral services were conducted by Be v. David Browli. i. t..,.,..... ii ijjn I an infant of Mr. Alexander . 1 :"Xrw.r ""VM and Mrs. So- phia Bost. W. Franklin Zephyr A. M. Hall, Esq., packed at his gin, J301 bales of ctton this season. 1 Oar aged and esteemed neighbor, Mrs. Mary Hall, has, for seveml weeks, been X'M&V ill wifli i aiitrii'A ti-tiLr nf Vkrikatjfaita i- Wa.- ..... .in. i. ..1- i . lt J i ... , , J. , W e are having very. remarkable weath- er for the seasui. Every morning since cliIst day of Del-ember has li foggy. Ihrre is an old saying that lor every fog- gfaioruiag in January them will be frost iu May. a have no fault in such things; however, we will see what we hall see. lACeasant aud veiyv hcayj rains fell on Hurt day night. j The wlieut crop is bulking exceedingly1 fine, owing iu a great uu-asuru to the mild- uess of the winter. Ur. Cliaries P. Shnmtif la beeii ap- ptliitl and qualiiied as towufehip coti- stable. He is a young man of energy and I we iitiiiK win maKe a goou omcer. Last Monday tho County Commission ers met to consider the petition jof Frank lin iu the matter of making Second Creek a lawful fence. Mr. J. H. Miugus appear ed iu behalf of Unity aud proposed a compromise. Ho reported thai lie had seen the parties along the creek on the Unity side, and that they all agree to give ranklui the right of way to baud the I fence Mi their lands. This proposed com- proiuUe is sufficiently reasonable and liberal on the part of Unity. Consequent- I V, the whole matter of the petition was laid over, till the next regular meeting of I the Board, by which time our committee hope to complete the compromise to the satisfaction of all, and have the fence complete. - ;l It is saU that the Unify neoole hi the whole western end of that township from the Wilkcsboro road to the railroad and np the Scotch Irish liue, desire to feuee in with ns. It is a fine opportunity for them, and w hope they will do so. Show your hand now, friend "M. W. K. F, .. - -N Not Ready to Die.; Not long since, we f earn, a' reverena oia . . . .. ... . . . . .1 lanu marie m the ministerial world, located in ireueu, was on Ills way lo iUOCKSVHie, when he overtook an Irish pcdler,' who ap- , . . e , peared weary and worn. The man of God in Iredell, was on his way to Mocksville, s - had com passion on him, and proposed, if his bundle could be stowed away m the I Kiict,,t tn lot him rifl. ac thw tr. wti osvi t J v- I go.BS . a. way, iu luercuaa . .. rr-i. a ? i a 1 ueanny agreed, ana was soon seatea in tne vehicle with the minister, who,! after the lapse of a few minutes, natural y enough cnMM. K- ..,K5.t . k;u h.-,v. pin whs iiiq oui'iitii as. eae vr wtsu tav.ms v v c , i llicsaivation oi souis. in tne coarse OI his remarks, and probably to clinch some argu- mcnt. Drevionslv advanced, he kked thelpeaches and bear venison; and a dance. tr.W r nMM.t.t. J 1 - 1 T I ' va uviiwuai;i(; i ate juu ,1 ... a am w - a Is reauy wr- uie t uniorxunaieiy, tins ques- tion was propounded just upon entering in - to a wood (a fit place for murders.) which struck thejbreigner with that force peculiar 1 vu ,ue qu-w AAiuem.an, ana nesiay- ed not to answer, but on the impulse of the moment jumped from the buggy and took to his heels as if Old Ilarrv was iiftPr him "Come back ! cbme back !" the nreacher .. .......... . cried As through the wood the pedlcr hied; VyinuF uM.iv . lviuv utioa iiuuiu inl . I j J f I A. I t ' 4iT 1 .A A!ll . X" -w ,, S, But Patrick erideotly did not believe this, for each call was only answered by a great - er activity in his legs and more noise among tin dried leaves and twigs, and he continu- . . . " , w"u.'uu en to increa.se nis speed until outof sight. The merchandise (which the poller .con- sidered as so much trash lrfc) was left behind, and knowing what else to do with it, took it to left it in his declination with him, and cuarSe o merchant, to whom he t!d the tale of his adventure as above narrated, with the request that it be given torthe owner on application; Whether r no the good were ever claimed, we know¬, but wf f doubt not the Irishman thinks he made narrow ips with his life,' and tesls of the adven ture with great guatol ' 1 1 It '- ' " " ft'" i? ROWAN COUNTY ' IN THE DAYB. THE ABORIGIXCS. . BTJ. It .ft The earliest inhabitants of thi country known to the Europeans, were the wild In dians of tne Catawba, Wqccon and. Sapona tribes, with the ETcyau wees, on the ftJwhar rie river, and the Occaneecbees on the Eno. These were stationary, ox at least had tlieir home here. Bat over, the whole country, from the great lakes, on ike-North jto the rivers of Carolina, tliere roved hunting and war parties of Harona, IroquoU, Sinnagers or Senecaa parts of tlte jgnmt Five Nnt ion? of the Tar and Neuse rivers dwelt the Tus- caroras, the most nunerou and warlike of ta,n w estimate! at about Hve thousand. -Ir' Lawson speaks of the iiuliaus of rsorth Carolina, as a well shaped, clciiu-tnadc people, straight, inclined to Ikj talilof a tawny color, having black or hazl-l cyea, with the white mafbledby red streaks. -They were never bald, but had little or no beard, and they allowed there nails to grow long ana unirimneu. in intir gait, tner were grave and majestic, never walking back ward and forward in contemplation, as the white people do. They were dexterous and steady with their hands and feet, never let- (ting things fall from their hand never stumbling, able to walKon the smallest pole across stream, and could stand onthc ridj-c- Ple (? 1,ou,?ea,ml oA unconcernedly over 16 gaoie ena. liuc wun ail tneir uextenty, . " . .- lar labor. Huntinir. fishimr and f5?htin? were gentlemanly accomplishments,! and in these lenterprises the men would undergo any amount of fatigue; but the hoeing, dig ging, and all arduous labor was left exclu sively to the women. 1 Like the inhabitants of the Mauritius, as mentioned m Bernardin St. Pierre's; "Paul and Virginia," they named their months, bv some outward characteristic, as the month of strawberries, t lie mouth of mulberries, the month of dog-wood blossoms, the montl of herrings, orlhe month when the turkev gobbles. Ihey liati lew religious rites, vet nicy uiiereu rs iruus, ami me more senous . ar ms a ei, . i . i of them threw the first bit, or Anoohful of eaclt meal into uie ashes; which they con sidcred equivalent to the Englishm'aUa pul ling on Jus nat and taikin": when I he sat down to meat. The best view of the theological and re Iigious opinions ot'tiie Sapona Indians, who dwelt on the banks of the Yadkin, is that giyeli by "Bearskin," the -Sapona Indian hun ter, who accompanied the Commisiinenrt)f Virginia ra rimninir the dividinjr line lje- tween Virginia and orth Carolina, in 1728 USccIIist.Div. Line, pp.50,ol.) In sulstance, "e stated that thev lelitrel in one supreme Go,( who Inatk. tjlL. v.nrlll a Um,, tinc . o1Hi SUuerinteiided th sun maai ami tjiat Ie Jmm1 nia,lc nianv ,vo,(is beHire. That God ts ood. and lovea nd i Pmh uiakinstliem rich and healthy, and safe from their enemies, but nunishinz those who cheat and tell lies with hunger and sickness, and allowing them to be knocked In the head ar.d scalped by their enemies. lie a'so sup posed there were subordinate Qods, or evil spirits, lie believed in a future state, and that after death the good and the bad start ed off on the same road, until a flash of lightning separated -them, where this road jt( j to forks into two paths. The right hand path charming country of perpetual spring, where the people areevcr young, and the women as bright as stars and never sold. In this land there is an abundance of. deer, furkeys, elks and buffaloes, ever fat and q:en tle, and trees forever laden with fruit. Near the entrance of this fair land a venerable man examines the characterJof all, and il they have behaved well, he opens to them the crystal gate, and allows them to enter, Thev who are driven to the left hand find la rujrged path that leads to a barred coun try of perpetual winter, where the irrnund is covered with eternal snow, and the trees bear nothing but icicles. The inhabitants are always hungry, yet have nothing, to eat rexcept a bitter potatoc, that prives them the gripes and tills the body with painful ulcers. The women there are old, ugly, shrill-voiced. land armed with claws like panthers, with Allien tney sc:raicn tne men wno laiptoiie enamored with them. At the end of this path sits a dreadful old woman, on a mon strous toad-stool, . with her head covered with rattle-snakes, instead of hair, striking terror into the beholder as she pronounces sentence upon every wretch that stands at her"bar. After this they are delivered to huiee turkev-buzzards that carry them off to their dreadful heme. After a number ot vears in i una puiaivi f . fti. y aaa s ui i i vii lhviv mhw tKid tMiFrratiiptf it a w m.aa rlrivan l . lr t, worjj. anti notbr trial i?iven to them. Gross and sensual as this religion is, it enmrace me cniuiuui jkmuis ui ucnti in God, the distinction between riglit am wrong, and the future state ot rewards ant pBtii&mtfflti But these c hildren of natur embraces the cardinal points of belief in a n. 1 . 1 . . . i . . . t . j inu d nunishments. But these children of nature had very few acts expressive of religions feeling, and those of the rttdest kind, i Law son in Ins travels, IHisc. n. U. n. oo) was Li.A-.i a ' At.. Ur jn coinrocmorati4m the plc neriumeu 10 wiuiews sukiult uhs nr..swsa tifal harvest of corn they had reaped the summer before, with an united supplication tor the like plentiful produce the year en- 8"ng- i ins cereimray uo not seem i - ii i Hr. ftr .-hlreMea. hot ennui! of a feast f "loblolly',' i. e., mush of indian meal: stewed i neir music was maae on axnra consiruci rr,, . . . . ' . . a dressetl deerskin, and with gourds having corn in them. It was a masquerade, and their visors were made of gourds, and their eaas were pienuiuiiy .uornca wun j xeatn- I am fiama trim r Ka r wxrumm fi1 frMaf Ii -vAm tJed to tbrfr j and 8mall hawk l)e3 about their necks. Modern civilization has I not yet adopted the bells and gourd masks of the Waxsaws, but tnere is no telling what 7,roST".. n,B acc"IV.Pil'M, ,u.u,ai: V1": 1 uuu. ih men uancm inc iiicu ngurcu uibi ' a -l k m Vrgt I ftUUUt B1A UCCCBCIVC I1UU1 . 1 IIUUII UC 1 il.m.in ... tnimmiAltAn. .Aa. 1tA J v.. rr!. . I- At.- . m9 BMW IHVUIlA.UUUt HtiVl lllb panied by acta so unbecoming and im pure as 1 render it highly immoral and corrupting. In addition to this worship of dancing, ' nJ'A. VTX1- I ,anerei addicted to the practice of saenfemg chick en cocks to the god who hurts them, that is the devil. (Hist. N. C. pp. 97, 98). But the I roilcd up in dressed deerskins, and carried With them wherever they went. Anion" compared with his only visible objects or reverence aniong the a I Indiana were me minea 01 tueir uncesiors the mifiister, notl .9l1 nf thp;P ciii.f m-Lirh' tf. vt . j, - ------ , .... .. ... j - some of the tribes they! had a buildingcall-j ed a uQuiogoon,n in which they kept the bones ot their dead kingsv and, as Mr. Law-i son says (p. 4) tlieir -lUois," where tne King, t lie conjurer, and; a few, old men, were j'wont to ispeud several dsyt at a tune,'ia practicing aecxet and inysterioua relijiouj rites. r': Our country abounds in scattered relicai of this departed race, in the shape of the Blue Bint arrow beads, fragments of pettery. and especially! monads of earth in various place. A gentlemen '.or imrs couaty ofan-j dquarian tastes and, aceomplishn.snt8 re ports that there art several mounds in Davie dnunty, sup posed to contain 'relic of the Indians. Tuere H also- another artificial ipound near ML. Pleasant, beside. a small stream, some sixty eet iu, diameter and six; i tecv wgaj iHit; not containing ant Several mounds' abounding with retl ies are known to exist In Caldwell toanty! (jhic orjnore have beenl found in MontgomJ ery county, near Little Hiver, and it has been reported that large vases, or sarcophagi have been recently discovered In one of them In that m4 region leautifuTly dressed Quartz mortarg, supposed to have been used for grinding aid mixing their paints have been found. Thsec siivaires were in the hab4 of pamtlng their faces and bodies' before going into battle, that bT-thrfr hldeoar aw- -I a! 1 1 . r- . . ... iHwrancc iney inignc lerruy ana demoralise tlieir enemies. And it can scarodj be doubt ed that this painting was used as a disguise, that it; miht !not be known bv tht enemy who was the stayer of their fatlen warriors; for the law o" -blood j revenge" prevailed among them, notjnuili unlike that of the ancient Israelites.! Hence it might prove in convenient to be knoWh as tlm slayer, as it was a fatal thing for Abncr to le known as the slayer of tlje light-footed Asahcl. 'In addition jto these mounds. Mr. Bald win, in his "Aacient America" (p. 24,) men- tions uIIarrisoa Mound'' in South Carolina, four hundred aud Eighty feet in1 circumfer ence, and aften-feet high. This mound is attributed to the "Mound Builders," or an cient Toltecs. A still larger "Mound," has rei ccntly been brought to public notice through the columns of the; Salisbury Watchman, sit uated in Old itowan County now David son about eight miles from Salisbury. In many resets Una is a work of considcrablu interest, lnth as to its situation and charac ter. It standsj within dne hundred yards of the Yadkin River, at the point where Law son seems to !cat ''Sapona Town," on "Sa-t pona River," iear the Celebrated "Trading Ford."As this lies in !the ancient territory of Rowan, it vstill require a more particular notice. The Trading! Ford," is so named because it was oh the ancient "Trading Path," leading; from Virginia to tho Cataw bas and other southern! Indians. Col. Byrd in his History of the Dividing Line, (1728.) describes this -Path"i as crossing the Roan oke at Moni-sejep ford, thence over Tar rivcrj Flat river, Little river, Eno, through the Haw Old Fields, over the Haw, the Aram anchy, (Alamance) and Deep river. The next point, was the Yadkin river, where he snys "The soil was exceedingly fertile on IhhIi sides, alnuimling in rank grass and prodigiously hjrgei trees, and for plenty of lisli. fowl and ycnisoij is inferrior to no part of the Nortliciju continent. There the Tra ders commonly lie still for some days to re cruit tlieir horpes' ilesh; as well as to recov er their own Spirits. jSix miles further is Crane Creek, so named from its being the rendezvous of great armies of crane, which wage a more c-uJ war at this day with the frogs and iishj than they used to do in the days1 of Homer. About three-score miiea more bring yovi to the first town of the Ca tawba, called Nauvasa, situated on the banks of the Sante (Catawba) river, lie ide- this- town tliere are five others lie! on g ing to the same nation,' lyiivsr all onthe&ainc trean, witliinjthe, distance of twenty miles. These. Indians were all called formerly by the general name I of Usherees. and were a vfkrv iiti'jtfPrtiKf Afi.1 tin r ikiaiit iwnnli ...... r,.. but arc now (1728) reduced to little more than four 'hundred fighting men, besides wo men and c hildren;" (Hist. Div. Line p. S5.) Speaking of tlje Sappohies, or Saponas. Col. Uyrd remarks that they formerly lived upon the "Yadkin River:," not far lielow the moun tains; thus placing them exa:tly wliereliJiw- son puts thenij thonuh he calls the river by another name, . e. "Yadkin," insXead of "Sa pona.' When! these Indians hail lMome re duced in numbers, and no longer able tore sst the incursions of the Northern Indians Iroquois or Sehecas tiiey resolved to form a combination; or fusion of . the Saponas, Tioteros, Keyauwees and Oceaneechces, fbr njutnal defence and protection. 1 wo or three years after Iawson passed here, that is, about 1703J these consolidated tribes re moved from Carolina into Virginia, and set tled at Christiana, ten miles north of the Roanoke (Law win p. 83. Div. Line p. 89.) After remaining lu re 25 or 550 years they re turned to Carolina find dwelt with the Ca tawbas. (Div "Line p." 89.) Col. Bvrd de scribes these Saponas as having "something great and remarkab.e in their countenances, and as being the honeatest as well es the bravest Indians he was ever acquainted with." "Col. Spottewood the Governor of Virginia placed j a schoolmaster among them to instruct their children, though from the shortness of time they were under his tuition, he taught: them little else than the much needed grace of cleanliness. It was these; Saponas that occupied the important post near "Trading Ford," whn the Trading jCaravans, with their goods packed on s hundred horses, stopped to re cruit for live or sis days, and doubtless to trade with the; Saponas and their confeder al cs. Of the transactions at that deserted metropolis, we have no. records. Tradition says that at "Swearing Creek," a few miles beyond Sapona, the traders were in the hab it; of taking a (solemn oath never to reveal any unlawful' proceedings that might occur during their sojourn among the Iudians. f The "Indian Hill," as it is now called, standing in sight of the N. C. It. Road, apout a half a mile in front of Dr. Mearcs's residence, wasevidently once the fort of the Iadian Town of Sapona. Besides the pot tery and arrow heads, and chips of flint ly ing' on its sides and base, the older citizens remember thai in their boyhood they were accustomed to find lead there, in the shape of shot, bullets, etc. This lead was either dropped by the traders or the Indians, in their early days, Or the fort was the scene of some unrecorded conflict between the Sa ponas and Iroquois after the introduction of tire-arms, ur it may pc mat inaian ruii was the scene! of some old-time shooting match between the sturdy marksmen of the "Jerseys," in the forgotten days of a past generation. !r j The origin of this mound is surrounded with more doubt than its use by the wild Indians. It contains ten or fifteen thousand cpbic yards of eartl some of it carried from pits a hundred yards or more distant. This would require; with their rude implements ajid dilatory habits, a hundred workers for aj half year. Now there is nothing better known than the im providence, lark of fore sight, and especially,detestation of drudgery, that characterized the ("gentleman savage." rf done Uy the Indians, it was the work of the women alone; and this fact suggests tne existence of a large and powerful tribe,some wjhat more civilized than the wild Indians. And though it is not commonly held that the Tbltecs. or Mound-builder penetrated so lar east, as the Atlantic slope; till it ki possible that in the distant ages when this civilized race.-dwelt in the valleys of the Mississippi and the Ohio, there mat have lcen some sol itary out-statipn or colonies between the T illey of the Mississippi, and the Atlantic Ocean. TTVhen the "fchtuaslitish" la. dian succeeded ia overpowering their more civilixed rivals these inouad on which woodea or sdobe temples enee stood, woald lie in ruins like the mounds markina the site of Babyloo and Nineveh.. Ia proccaef time, the wild Indians would ulilite them as sites for fans, or refagta from the flood In closiag, 1 mar be allowed to meatioa that about a half-mile this side Trading Ford. Uield Trading path Urns off, rom the preaeat road towards the south, and that It crosses Crane ? Creek' somewhere in the neighborhood ot "fincing Hill," ratmias perhaps a mile souths east of Sali.bury, and so on to the southward, between Salisbury and Dunn's Mountain. Along this palli, before civilized men dwelt here.' caravans passed to and fro, visitiag the lied Men ia their towns, and telling them gun, powder, shot, hatchet, or tomahawk, kettles, plates, blankets, 'cutlery, brass rings and other trinket Parallel w this path the great North Carolina Rail Road aow rushes oa bearing the commerce of the nation. And it was along this same path Chat emigrants from Pennsylvaaia aad Virginia Una . te pnuriato Old Riiwaa fa the Cm half of the lest century.. Of tho wtiUfpcak la our aaxt article. r.n .mum ' u-' OBITUAUY. Diet i in tliis c.tr. 3d Jannarv. ' iflao Mre. Marriti Dayton Uxton, wife of Mr. W. T. Lintou, and daughter of the lata Dr. Samnel Reeree, ! nged 27 years, 3 months and 21 day.-1 ; ? : The deceased was a native of Salisbury, wierc nearly the whole of her' life was spent1, and with which community all her dearest associations were identified.. Her youth was more than ordinarily fresh aud pmitit ; ,aud her caudid, kind and geuer ous nature gayq her a corresponding po sition iu the esteem of all who knew hex. Her snbarqnent life has been cheerful and happy, characterised by strong devo tion to her family aud friends. She was reared iiuthe Presbyterian church, but since her marriage has been a consistent member of the Episcopal communion Mrs. Linton's b'eafth commenced failing about twelve months ago, and she gradu ally declined. For sometime before, she anticipated death and gave special atten tion to preparation for her departure; aud ere the time was at hand, was ready and waiting, fully assured that it was far better to depart and be with Christ than td remain here. ' She frequently spoke of It and always with a confident hope of entering into that rest prepared for those who love the Lord Jesus Christ. Her de parture was peaceful aud happy, aftbrdiug to the loved ones around her, the sweet est possible consolation in the heavy af fliction falling on them. "With joy shall I behold the day That calls my willing soul away, To dwell among the blest : For, lo! my Groat Redeemer's power Uufolds the everlasting door, Aud points uie to His rest." Salisbury, N. C, Jan. 14, li90. Iu Salisbury, N. C. Jan. 14th 1880, Al tera brief illness, Matt. J. Craufnrd, in the 2l)th year if hi age. Mr. Craufurd was a native of Wilt shire, EugJ, aad descended from an old and honored Scottish family. In the course of his short life he had aexuired a knowledge of several practical pursuits. He served a term of four years at the business of gas-fitting, iu Qlas glow, Scotland,' and; also learned the business of practical gardening and grape culture, in Wales. He came to America in 1874, and was employed in' gardening at Mr. Wiley's, In Salisbury, aud then for a term at Mr. l0ter Hairstons in Stokes county. For the past year he has had charge of the Salisbury gas-works. Wherever he has been ; in this country, he hasgiven perfect satisfaction as an honest, skillful aud reliable person. He established in this community a high character for industry, sobriety, houesty and truths, being quiet and peaceable in moaner, aad in lan guage free from the use of all improper and unbecoming terras. Those who knew him had perfect confidence in him. Upon religious subjects he was somewhat reti cent and timid, but daring his last ill ness he expressed a fixed faith in Christ as bis Savior. ' On the 14th of Feb. 1879, at the resi dence of Dr. Wm. A. ilurdoch, he was married to Miss Etisa Rappitt, of "London, Eng who, with tea 'fefant ' child a few days old, aurvire to mourn their irrepara ble loss. May He who is the God of the fatherless, and Judge of the widow com fort and sustain these bereaved ones, and cheer the heart of the sorrowing mother, still Hving in Eugland, and enable her to bear with submission the sad news of the death of her youngest child. ithough quiet and nnprereuding in manners and life, this community sus tains a loss iu the " removal of ono who bejr.iu to bo a useful citizen, and whoso promise of future usefulness was bright audj encouraging. J. R. St. Louis to the Sea, Georgia papers are filled with the re ceni leasing of the Georgia Central Rail road to the Nashville, Chattanooga aud St. Louis Railroad, by whkh a direct route fioui St. Louis to Savannah has been secured. Col.' E. W. Cole of the Nashville Road, is the new Southern Railway King. He controls nine hun dred miles of the direct route and eleven hundred more iu tributaries. Col. Wad ley, jof tho Georgia Ceutral, ami ex-Gor. Joo liown, of the Western aud Atlantia Road, are in combination. The Oceania Steamship Company, between Savannah and New Nork, has also been leased. Passengers will reach Savannah from St. Louis iu thirty -six hours aud freight in four days. This iaevidently a very strong combination, aad on its perfection Geor gia, t'eutral stock jumped from seyeuty: seven to over ninety. Col, Cole,' in an in terview, declared his purpose to popular ize! ifhe road, aud by securing more through freight to lower tin local taiitl. Iu an iuterview with Gen. Alex ander, of the Georgia road he gave assurance that no ruinous comWitiou or discrimination shall be practiced. This is tery reassuring. It remain to lio seen whether CL CowiU ctry out bis pur- yH : m: Tte UrxUed excloxive of Alaska, eontaJna mora Uita tao hundred thou saad aquare miloof workabla eoal beds; or eight time as lsr as the available eoal area of all tha test of tho world. . Jast nowlTr. Seytaoar appears to' be the : most promluoat esmtUdata for the Iocratia tomiualioo foe President. Ia the ercal ; jaf; hj SMMnimskn Mr. Hendricks could well afford to take the atcond place ou tU tkket Boston roumisAiv iniAju) feom. IR. L. lloael. of Uootreal, Canada, cer USed, Sept. S7, 147yr that he had suffered terribly from dyspepsia, and was com pletely Cared by fc&iug Warner's Safe Bitter. Haasjsr Uy appetite is good, aud I new aaJSur ao iaceorenience - from eating ttasrty meal.- These Bitters are alio apoeaUla fbr all lUu diseases. . . JanitaApl . PRICE CURRENT. -: ; (Corrected by J. IX. Kbox & Co.) December IS 1879 Corros firm good Middlings, It Middling 11 12 ! ' low do 1011 ; I stains 8,9i Bxcox, county, hog round 8t8J li utter 20(4 4 Eogs . .' , 1012v CntctESs -per dozen $1.0(0,2.00 CoiN New 0C1 MKi,motlerate demand at- 65 Wheat gowl demand at 1.2Cfol.S0 Flouh best fam. 3.7 extra ' 8.r0 ' Super. .t5 50 50 LO 4042 2021 ? Potatoes, Iaisu OsIoks no demand ' Lard Hay Oats BkIeswax r Tallow Blackuf.rrtes Arrives, dried - ScGAn 1012 Chew Jackson's Best Screet Navy Tobacco BUSINESS LOCALS. DON'T FORGET IT COME AND GET YOUR Plxotocrapliia. C.W.C. W00LWINE, I HOTOC.RA I' HER. Just received at A. C. Habris' a fine lot of No. 1 Cioans and . Fbencu Candies. mn SALE VERY LOW A good new rUli ly repaired Carriage and Double set Harness can be seen at W. M. Bark er's shop. For term apply to H. M. Jones or 22m. J. D. Gaskill. Letter and Note Heads, Bill Heads, Cards and Exvelopks printed to order at very low rates. Call at this fi.ee. 353 , TIME TABLE WESTERN II. G. RAILROAD : Leave Salisbury GOING WEST. 6 05 A. M 6 59 7 25 811 906 9 G7 10 10 10 39 11 22 12 09 . M 12 35 i VI 57 1 44 2 28 3 01 3 46 4 01 4 10 P. M. 3 30 3 07 2 40 I 51 I 12 46 12 23 P. 11. II 2, 1021 y ; t)33 8 45 7 57 7 44 C 16 6 00 A. U. Third Creek Elm wood Statesville CaUwhs Stsiiott Newton .... Cuaava UietPry leard .... iMorganton .... Glen Alpine.... Bridge water.... Marion .... Old Fort .... Etenry SwsnhanoaGap lllsck Mountain Coopers Arrive GOING EAST Salisbury Third Creek Him wood Stateoville Catawba Newton Conova Uiekory I card Murganton Glen Alpine Ilridfewaier Marion Old Fort llenrj Swsyuianoa Blaeh Mountain Cooper's trains run daily, Snndayi excepted. Train going West will break ft at States ville and dinner at Henry. Train gin Kaxt breakfast at Hoary and dinner at Hickory. J. W. WILSON, President. HALE'S WEEKLY. , On Tuesday, the 7th day o( October, 1879, and in the City of RaUlgh, the undersigned will com ruic tbe publication of i i DALE'S WEEKLY, A jNOftTII CAROLINA DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER. TIee four worda convey all that a column of ProHpevtti could tell : the good of the Slate; the success of the party which U the life of the State and the country ; the publication of all the news; thee the object pioHvl. Tliat he Can do the lal and contribute to the Grt aild second, Uie wihw-riber does not a fTect to doubt. Tlt people havtset their eal of ap proval nMn his paat and he does not doubt the future. Hale's Weekly will be printed from new and beautiful type and on fair while paper. The price will be two dollar per annum. No name will be upon its mail books without pay ment an a no paper will be ent after expi.4 ration of the lime paid for. . I 1 P. M. HALK. Raleigh, SePl. 15, 1S79. PA BSOXS 8XFFF, SjiH prreaKig m favor. Try it. It wild and pure. Fro Bale hy y. D. Gaskill. BURIAL CASKETS! L I hv instreceivet and have on exhfe bithai in tho lioom Above the llnrthmr- Slot of MeKsrs. Crawford Si Taylor a vc- -ry Handsome Assortment of Burial Ca. ' kets to whkh public atteuttou is invited- VERY NB AT STYLES. Carefully Maleanl of rariHi (in.l. JtVilJ . ba jold low. l'ersou- wi-l.iug ny ati'g of ll kind should call and we iliein. J ,nn prepml -to Undertake ami furr.iKh evrylldnr rmiilr- 1. B3i.Siecial allentiontn Pnwrvinff P-" diea from Dim;ulorinc.3La 4 hav U-. tl ulut h personal experience in thj line Si.d flet sure iOV. 20. ISl'J. . C:lra "1C0BHC00K SfOVE." W1XLIAMS B20V7N ( Haa the exrlnsive sale nf this eelebr.lod i - Cook Stove aud thev are coinu t,fl Mik'lut caices. - -7.1 r - - 1 JUST RECEIVED Saplin ChiTcr, Red Clover and'Oichsud Grass, Seeils. Come and buy before Ihey rise. At Exxiss Drui Stoit. MOTE PAPER, LETTER PAPER , Envelops, Lead Peucil's, l'ens, Slatex, Red, Black, Violet, Blue aud ludellible Inks, Copy, Memorandum and Poi'ket Books, cheaper than ever known before at Exxi'. -TO ARRIVE A lot of School Books will be sold very cheap at - Exxis VISITING CARDS, PLAYING CARDS. Chalk CrayonsrRu8siau Hath Soap, Car- none .oap, Miiphur feoap, Vasaline Soap, Rose Baby Soap, AUatean Soap, Tiadh Brushes, Hairaud Nuil lru.shes,CoarHeanl r lue Combs very low at Exsiss'. 7:tf. i . A FINE JERSEY BULL at mj stable. A rare chance to cross j our stock with the very 'best, vuntJi all ought to embrace. C. PLYIaER; 0:3m. , '. PIANOS & ORGAN St rs 0 FROM FACTORY TO PURCHASEH. I EVERY MAN HIS OWN AGENT Laitdea A BalM1 Orand IairlMtle Rale continued until Nov. i, i8a. OulTaTc4 the kind ever occrssfullr earned oat la Amerina, S,OOU tnpfrb Inatramenu t factory rt'f t Imtraettoa and Ad vwrtlvr utniit. New plan of elHn)n ?ll(5tUI Y CftnUdeait t3tn SmUthijpptidlrtcttHalwterr tttvch:rt.. MUs. M'l fn&u lint Imt'i nttt to uL Oalj Inn 6n i , nUUtoatMijlu. WAM), ? ct. iv jjact,, Square Graad, tirj. OaUAN.l, 9 top fS7; lfS7l 3op. ltrnopCae.SS'fci jewf nanoM)mr, durable. O years i years iruariintee daya tent trial. - Purhaeracnoice f no tat Uut- and HOO different rtyle. loio t:ii ajtaraiaiic ciud 01 ioc purcnawrs and aecnr a Inatrument at wliolettaie rmlea. SM-cla) terms to Mmic Teacher t, Chtirchtt,antl l'utor$. Address for Introduction Male circular, 'f LUBDEN & BATES, Savannah, Ja, 0:2m. t The Besl Paper ! Try II ! 1 1 BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATE. S.llh Veai ' .. THE SCIENTIFIC A&EIUCAW. : Tint kcikntihc Amekicaw Is a large Ftrst-CUua ' Weekly Jcw.p-jper oi sixteen jwges, printed uitlif most bftauflrat style, rioriwely Illuhtrated with spleudl'l eiigravlngis represeiitlu tae ut Actlluva uons and the most reeent an ranees In the Arts and Sciences; Including .New and Inter tuir Ibvlo la AgrtcnUur Ijrtleuliure, the Home if.na tseattri, Medical i'lf gresH, Social Science, Natural biMury, Uor40ff)', Aiironomy. 'i'he M't vaiuatole pf-.-iil'fl papens t eminent wrttc-re in ail departments gt Hct ence, wilt be found in the HcUutifU A n.vrkau.-1 Terms, ?3.20 p r year, $U60 half year. Which Iwliules poKtapr. Dtscontit to Apents.1 SfnT Kle copies, ten cents. Hold by nil ewndealerS. J-.e-jnitby jKiKtal order to MJSA ii CO., I'ouiiMhers, sT I'urk Ktnv, iie,w York. ' r s PATENTS. In corrnectlon y.1th the Set Musk & Co. are Solicitor of American and Foreljfn Patents, liuve bad 35 j ears expt-rleiR-e, and now Uave the largest entabilshiiifnt fn tne world. 1'atents ol tuiuedoul4ie bealteimii. AoecUl notke ia mad a iu the .sW. nt 'ific A met ican of all Inventions jm! ruled tbrouyli this Ajft m y, with tae name and residence of the i' liente-. Uj the Immense Un ulatloa thus given, public aUentiou is dim ted to the laerUs ot the uss patent, und &des or introduction oiito ea ily efftttl. . - Any pi rsin who has made a new dhfwery or In vention, can uHeertaln, free vchnrn whether a pat ent can probably le obtalnod, by writing to Miul Co. We also wnd . our Iiaad Hook about th Patent Laws, Patents, t'aveaia. 'iTade-arlts, their costs, and how procured, with hlnu for proemlnj; advanctti on inventions. Aadit-sji tor the laper, op coneernlu? Patents. - , j - MUNN & CO. 87 Park Row, Nl Y, Branch omce, cor. YJi Hh-St-t, Wuihliitou, U.IJ, r:aw JAMES M. GRAY Attorney and Counsellor at LaTj SA UHBUll r, Ar. c. I Oflice in the Court Hon so lot, nextiiloor to .Squire llaiiliton. WiU practice in all the Com -tn of the State. i . i Blacteer aii HesSersnn ,j Attorneys, Counselois j and Solicitors, j - SALISBURY, nq - ; - i i .fun ivii .79 -tt. Mort'ffaiTB Dftfifls fnr Rft! 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Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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