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t - . . 1 1 ll; '';!: - ! . ' J ' it 1- NEW TEIISIS. , ,'.... I.... T- l FrdBi fenil alter uie ji ujr ui January; .subscription price of the Watch . .J fiiirt.. . y HI W " Oee;yar, n.iid Iii advance. $1.50 1 I i - payment delayed 8 mouths, 2.00 payment delayed 12 mouthsj 2.50 i: , o Mrf W. H.'Ke8tlr naH in Proration a L,,,ui!ie tciepnouf , iuu ciet;uicuy--u f !' : Si- L . .: frV- 1nl 1 t ra. o- v fnsi). A -very .small cold rinc Uivcu; rplt may be had by description, t'tiiyflicc.;- - -1 Tl pas Company has generously do natedlS'Q months salary ($80.00), to the Widow of Mr. Crawford, the late suerin iendrt;of the Gas Works. 'Y w! notice in bloom, violet,' hyacinth's, u crocuses and spiral f : V J . ... "Garden sass" is j to make a Allowing, -'-and the Itloef jrds are flying around the martin 'boxer--8" evidences, oi the salutary et- fect-tW J" WllUtTS. ; : V ' : o ' Tiik Grave of - Hood. We return tltanlp to Prof: A. W. Perry, of Sedalia, Mo-rpra- copy of his song, dedicated as trilifte to tlie memory of Gen. Jno. B. Hood who died August a')th, 1879, of yel jovr fever. His last words were: "We Lay dislodge the enemy," Is publish d bjf the composer. I'rice do cents. jCo-operative AssotAffCtion. iii na Grove" Co-operative S Htiety will ovn ITnll. liolmniccting in China G Lsatarday,. Feb. 28th, 1880. Tim enrolled bembeVs are especially reo nested to at- r ' t ttndJand the public are also invited I f Uy order of the President, cfiiiyth, 1830. C. A. Mil leu. 41 J:---' 1 " - n -'' " . Itlsl of unclaimed letters remaining he if ft Oilico at Salisbury, X. C, Jt m the iiu. V). Locke Anderson, Boyden Hartmau h'm.ri llenroy, Adolphus Brown, Wm UJecorps, Hill Goodwin, Clayborne Peu Hletofi,! Iick i Craig, Henry B Tuttle kiwillFostei, Alinon Borden, T. M eolored.) M M GT Shorrs, Mrs Agnes Inil gm; date of-list; b. L. Buixgle, Salisbury C. P.M. o- lltoc airis niaaoot metal, handsomely ; v.iuu, .uib iiyouici oio . iasiiioueu, long-to-tic-reuiefu bered 'oariMrs Mary Crump, Miss Mary But- corn shucking. . One of which ouly North er. Miss Marian Nicron. Miss Jane Carolina, cau boast. This took place at ti&M, Miss X6ra Barnhardt. VilmF rn J? C1' fiJil' , . , John t. Cotton, who resides a short dis- r lfen called .for please-say advertised, tance from Flnrwtown. F,mK. in t.i.A ,,f. t, ! ! rx v. i was noc-uniu nine in the evening the , Fip Dextal Cnm.-Our popular pe,,, cease their coming, and jby that ; entit, Dr. J. F. Griflith, has lun.ished time the reader can lietter imagiife than ! .iiofece wjtli one of 'fWilkerson's Im- the writer describe the vast throng that i .rarU ' Dental Chairs," at a heavv cot. as preseiit The large piles of coin scat f -.-wM. J . - ' . . . . Jeixid about the yard were all surrounded. . . ; .. . . :. . . I"" i ..u . 4 -r. . . I brdHcngaa.ng his Immls from the I- ttieut s; mouthy It is very unique and lamisonie, an4 adds greatly to his oflice, brhiehl bv-the-Jwav. is iu fine condition kir i kii i.J ; ,....., ;,. r ' 'J ucav uivuvt ii viuilltd A XI I i. - v i . -. . . . tufi DrofessionJ nun rnnfrnstjt- vjistlv intii NvLatur peoi I Fr" : j i have been accustomed to n past years "O -I For Fifty CeiltM : V O Will send, post-paid by mail, to any address, a box Pf beed wort 1 sit vet:ii! Si. rn order to at. tenur tradef and that every oiie may pe induced tojriv our frarden .S'm1k n iriaU'tT)ie loX contains one package each W Qmun Sicett Corn, Webb's Perfection f) bxceitior JAirtjc lat Dutch (Jabbage, Iwy Pod Wax Bean. Nectar Muskmelon: icq mammoth atemielon, Jetc French -iLT.il- ....... - . ' . rmhjmi luiaisn, Acme Tomato, Mam-oth-ilubrnl tWbct The backets are full aize. mid he 10'varioties are put up iu a neat box. mU luiikes u very attractive n resent to ij One who has a farm or franleii. f!.ihi- ogne for ltO, free. Address, " n1 i; . ; iS. Y. Haixes & Co.. 3ftJj 1 41 XoiUi Front St., PhilaPa. 4S Antiquarlab Excursion; AstUift hixuttt.A ai,2 i, . . . sue to tie waut u.i n .ir. . . . oSfferT 01 our cltlzonsr tired with a laudable ir . 4 Lue aniKtuan.m lore ol itowa n coun K'W'f V'te an excurt-lon to Sapona Town, to ex K IW rains and seek tor reUcs of Its former gran- VXlir. i 'W. TTI'lttuij .. wl. II.,. I i p fciiinh ihem, and their opluUms, we may bMLtH1' "1 complimentary way, by tlie names of LnFti . 7 auu soomtea. And as digirtng "Jug would be a Uttte labortous for as en- i.mir . l' " our i'o anu wnnai not veryoug- !PWULUF:l;leafi! V". fiT Oi l m I li-l vtti ItS jarned alung a sapper and miner, armed lOtlB . " nettle. JJfUlOCTllUS aiui AI1S- iw fl A! . . y aua S"tt lnU" labor, but Socrii- diiJ,tl''yed aC thc rlver- in lhe ni,n time the TnioVi11"1 iw0 Parallel trenches, one, half way iLr.tl01110" dae ul the mound, and the other ' Knrtl?2lt.or;o.r.tP- Tucy tnen measured the woiulmd foundlt u be about 60 yards In dlaine- 1 fhPie tca feet nlffn about ten yards T t.ai?elur vt ttlQ level surface at the top. jnvJH Ipwer trench deepened without yielding rhi rjS?5' cxciePt how and then a small fragment of ViT..;vi'rj-Ut;mocrtiU3 lost the merry mood for Wali riim' hi the early days of Greece, and lliuTr disposed to weep than to laugh at this Stiu ?r mankind. But the timely arrival of wratejjand his factotum restored hope. Soon the 1 shir rP' b,iln 10 J'ieW hidden treasures In the Atfi2?.t& UCil itnd broken pottery. That bone, said Efclwfctl1 a. niula no, It Is radius, or ulna 1 for ?iy .nKTvAt any C11. Ic 13 ne 01 tne ni bones. bffrhnV1 Urates laid a short bone on the back of Oarferf iS'iwStn tfie Hrlst and knuckles, and de wafe nf te be its natural plaee. But as cue bone ; nwiy as thick as his middle linger, Uesh and 1 1 m liLratiu'r tBougnt it belonged in the bou Urelrn ot.-Presently a large piece of bone was 'mnui& nd "Ptuocrltus was sure that It was the 4 W6eS!'l5Un,ntt, e blp. Very soon some iiired:tuat unmistakably leionged to the Uawurff. wlJte and black, was perfectly famil ISvin 4 8?are Ml back bone." so that was tottesraiiit'iJi!3 aPParance of some long slender mvnSS1 crowd, particularly as they were Stnd SSL?1 S?. a? Aon appeared. "e Jfc"?tTr ernaps iey might be the tibia of l itJeMrBHa P"1 I ! cnnde. Pif t?1t and tne Philosophers regained ! 5UllTiSLla Judgment at Uiegbt Of tlUsia- ??ffc tibia of Sr't.S SnS ;SKu tadita-f?01 the' Roanoke, and -probably lav bur- - NTrih- acred 8011 of Virginia. Having found kPed thifhS a OI tte spinal cclumnlt wm I ,t by pushing northward his cranium would I ifrwuiIir i-M .l4L arcn was vain, istlll. this OBeif th cemetery of tne Sapona Indians, tASSSSSiSL DhRao .?v,uii these were found sicitejl, ana tritnea in sil fc plush. The ties of corn whiskey, excellent brandy, ilralor can make all the adjustments and the cheerful appearance of the Colo (thlrtlaiiiur number), without stooping I,,d'luado al hilPly, and drove dull care liS "Atiupr111 U1 lua mcu uo aciueveu uiat N: Tin2!?: Tai-se Indians practiced erema-1 snlendid victory were from this State. I PCTbfhifiS!lFiu.uo ground, luid wood and onith top of them and set MS on tire. 1 rua. thlA wiiH tint. i n w.-mon ; pi e, nor yet the method ot Hindu sutteeism. But m.Kht not the noble Kcd-maa have an original way f f h1 J .KWliy not? "poo this view ol the bub- 7"""' "l nayiJeni auu miner declared th.it up t-he bodlea ot their dead. 't- """ aoouc tuts Ume Aristxnle remembered th&r ,Tu Z. , UIU urne Aristotle, remembered that numan sacrlaees were offered up In the great temple r!ftS victims of a horrid Buix-rKtitiTm TJrZ, .tit MS? fiSifVve cried out that Clie nearpfni n ismf th.v.j.'iA.i."" t::. i,ii v. . . J. Aifciu uuew uvea uIA by i10"111 rite as human sacrifice . . c"c luc cruwu ior a moment, nut Soon another idea was suggested : One of the excavators f P1 ol rea RUDsUnce not much unlike that It was of the adode speciea. and that straw or rrasa had been used to bind It together. Upon this UemOCrltUH Innilt nvl vllcthsr Ihu TnHlani . scendants of the lost tribes of Israel, and had learn- u.u u v . iiiuiii oncK. wiui straw in Egypt! Thereupon Aristotle announced the various theories of the orlgli of the Indans,-such as the "lost v..uw uicuij, uio rucuituu meory ana tne -Auaouc-" xneory, amrnuajf tnat the two former Were -Utterly absurd and iintpnatil onrl thni ka - i W IHviNtVIWf DUUtUlHI tUU latter, though incapable of proof, was the most imumiuic auu luuutuuu iul uiese Bpecuiauona are omitted for lack of time and space. Larger pices of red clay, or adode bricks or tiles were throws out, and after vainly endeavoring to lay them around, ro as to form a sarcophagus, or funeral urn, the subject became puzzling, i tome one suggested a brick-kiln on the spot, but the idea did not take. A little more thought and-examlnation showed that the bones were broken, many of them with sharp edges, some of thetn charred, mixed wltb CharCOAL UMhea anrl hltu nt elay tiles or brick-bats. What could this ail meant u wiia uiictuius Ansioue rememoerea mat a dis tinguished writer on this subject had stated that the Indiana always burned and burled the bones of ani mals, before they left their camp so as to prevent we name uuiu ocrin uuaes 01 wieir staugtereu kltKlred, and thus be frightened awayifrom the eountry and ruin the hunting. Besides this, some of the Blender bones, and others mlghtij be bear bones, or buffalo bones, eracked to get tlil? marrow out of them. It was also 'remembered that a .un bone of some kind of a tish. and the horne y lbeak of a bird liad been found mixed up with the other bones, When Aristotle had announced these facta, Socratis declared that lew to be more satisfactory than any sappers and miners at once saw the polnfspeclal-l 111- K A .KW I. 4 . I I .1 . , 1 iy nuu uauiw revcreuuy uanaieu:;tne sup posed bones of the one-eyed king of Sapona. In fact It appeared that the red-adabe tiles had been a kind of hearth at he king's grand-culinary depart ment, and the hpnes were charred and burled re mains of his regal entertainments. When! thatldca took hold of the minds of the antiquarians, they be came satisfied to explore no further, but to return home at once, happy with a day's relaxation and social converse. As the shades of night igathered over hill and valley, they rode quietly into Salisbu ry, ready as soon as the fair spring weather becomes really permanent tq explore further In the famous ialand of Akenatzy. ; V4dette. ' - ! - ., . , - - I Flagrgtown Letter. . Jan. llth,!1880. Editor Watchman : 1 What I honestly predicted in rny last communication, I have the pleasure al though it' be strange to say has f turned out the reverse ; for, your trusted, tried and true correspondent, "s'enm," ia still here among Us having most certainly awaked from his Hip Van Winkl4 sleep, undnot "slmftled off this mortal Coil" as many were forced to believe, after a pro per consideratiou of the liiatter. Thanks Ikj to the liuler of our destinies,! aud to and ever gracious and loving Providence. The greatest event of the season, and the jolliest time had" yet, so j far in 1880, occurred last Monday evening iu this vicinity. It wasn't a leap year's par ty, nor a dance, nor a concert, u6r.a re ception to General Grant, but a regular ternoou. the irood citizens in this vicinitv commenced wending their wav toward the old plantation home of the Colonel. It huul wlmt. u-ith h. .t:mni..f... nnA..asl v "'"ii'o U. auniouced. W -all' rc-imiti?! to ihe iar awav. At ten m riu. Arfiiinf Kimnpr iestive board, which was laden with choice meats, sweets of all kinds and a true rep- resentatiou of the culinary artJj, It was sucfl a 8Plead "8 only the hostess of the uiuusiou was capaoie oi producing, ana ... i i: , ..11... i ... . r . . 1 l r i : miiiij ncic iiiv ciiuiiiiuit-i;is snoweieu uj- on the kind-hearted and faithful lady w!k inr-Mucii over me uuusenoiu. n is neea- lfR til Kltr that: Mlti nwinul I'liiia i lii.. na ,f nirir-ivfr iwtm ir i tin nrfitiuvit cihiu-wi j - i , . , . l0nff before the elosf. of rh d-.v J J,l n1An came the most interesting part of the oc-cassltHi.- The good Colonel was carried upon the shoulders of the assembly around the (intensive grounds and tinally into the house where He:ttel hr the. finel ulu has iotimeved SO l;ltliil- with him fiir rom-ai : t l j . - j -, wueu tney receivea cue congratulations oi those present. Then came th time for departure, which was reluctantly taken. The host and hostess thought aud ex pressed iu language nearly as plain. To all aud each a fair gooii-night, And rosy dreams and slumbers bright. If was a success, and the Colonel must have had a thousand bushels, of corn more or less. . J No more news from Flaggtovn for the present j and all that I desiro ik tat here after yim open up on the "deVil"! on two g's in Flaggtown, don't rob usj in that style, I pray you, for our town is growing and we waut to have itpclled correctly before it becomes a "household j word," so to speak. More next time, j ! Titot Marx. Th"devil"Jsnot to blame but the "boss" Arr tlie omission of one g in 'Flagg town," aid he hasbeeu expecting to bring his correspondents out on the subject. He happens to le well acquainted witli-the locality, and remembers the broad-leafed flag which grow so abundantly iu Bea- verdam, aud also the beautiful paving stones (slate) which are found in that stream land the adjacent hills. These were of sufficient importance to suggest the 'nanie MFlagtown, (according to Webster) but not of 'Flaggtown." We want more light. j Kixo's Mountain. The people of North Carolina, and particularly of t! le mountain country, have a genuine inter est in the proposed centennial celebration of the hotly contested and decisive bat tle that was fought oni King's Mountain. The scene of tlie battle is very near our , "j i, State line but a little within thobounda .- --. j rio of Sont.h f;nwlinn .-r If thk tin l.o.l ? the- battlefield; would ,been -wiUiin the limits jof North Carolina The necessary eteps to cele- ......... . . i I uraie me spienuiu victory mat was won ' ... . i L n October 7th, 17S0 one hundred years . . t , . 1 .! ' ago next-October have ben taken and it will be a fine success, no doubt. I North Mo tlieir plu-i for,4 0J" j ( I ROWAN COUNTY. ' " BY J. XL ' . ; THE FIRST EUROPEAN SETTLERS. The earliest settlements in North Carolina were made on the coast, along Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds,7 and near the mouth of tlie Cape Fear riverr In a map of the in habited parts of North Carolina, made by John Lawson, the surveyor general, in 1709, we see Jhe outlines of .the settlements. The line commences at the mouth of Currituck inlet, and sweeps round in a semi-circle, crossing the Roanoke at Aconeche island,! passing by the head of Pamlico Sound, crossing the Neuse near the mouth of Con tentnea creek, and so on east of where Fay etteville now stands, to the Atlantic, thirty miles south of the month of the Cape Fear. The population was then less than sereu thousand (Hawks, toI. 1. p. 80.) In twenty years more about three thousand had been added to the population, and there were five small towns: Bath, Newbern, Edenton, Beaufort and Brunswick. Of these Eden ton was called the Metropolis. Inthe year 1729 thc King of Great Britain, according to act of Parliament, purchased seven eights of the territory of the Carolinas from the Lords Proprietors, for 2500 pounds lor each eighth part, j But John, Earl of Granville, the son aqd heir of sir George Carteret, refused to part with his portion, and his lands were laid off to him, extend ing from latitude 35, 34" to the Virginia line, and westward to the south sea, or Pa cific Ocean ! It is within the limits of Earl Granville's lands and on the western portion of them that Rowan county was situated. The Royal Governors of North Carolina were as follows: George Burriugton, 1731-34; Nathaniel Rice, 1734 a few months. Ga briel Johnston, 1734-1753; Nathaniel Rice, 1752-3; Matthew Rowan, 1753-4. During the terms of these governors the population rolled upwards and westward, county after county being set off as tlie land was occupi ed. Bladen was set off from New Hanover in 1734, Anson from Bladen in 1749, Rowan from Anson in 1753, and Mecklenburg from Ansonin 1762. Of course population was in advance of county organizations, and there was a sufficient number of settlers in thc territory of Rowan, previous to 1753, to de mand a separate county government. But it becomes a difficult task to ascertain when, and from whence, came the first white set tlers. In his Sketches of North Carolina, Col. Wheeler says: "Rowan was early settled (about 1720,) by the Protestants from Mo ravia, fleeing from thc persecutions of Fer dinand the second ; and by the Scotch, who, cfter the-unsuccesi'ul attempts of Charles Edward, grandson of James the Second, to ascend the English throne, and .'whose for tunes were destroved on tlie fatal field of Culloden (16th April, 1746,) had fled to this couptry; and by the Irish, who after the rebellion of the Earls of Tyrone aud Tys connel, in the times of James the First, were forced to leave the country. These, or their ancestors, previously had come from Scot land, and hence the term Scotch Irish." ( Wheeler art. Hotcan County,) It would be difficult to crowed more mistakes into one short paragraph, than arc found in this brief accountof the settlement .of Rowan. First of all, Ferdinand the Second, Emjier or of Germany, reigned from 1618 to 1648, more than one hundred years lefore the time required, and the Moravians, or united brethren, did not appear in Moravia until 1722, in England in 1728, in' New York and Georgia in 1736, and in North Carolina, not until 1753. Again very few of the Scotch came to Rowan directlj, but to the Cape Fear section, and not there in numbers till some time after 1746. It was not the na tive Irish, after the rebellion of Tyrone and Tyrconnel, who came here, but the descend ants of the Scotch whom James I. had placed on their escheated lands, who cante to Row an. They remained in Ireland for more than one hundred years, enduring many trials and disabilities during that period, and then in the early part of the 18th Cen tury emigrated to New Jersey, and Penn sylvania, and from thence to North Carolina. The earlest settlements in Rowan of which we have any accurate knowledge were made about 1737. Dr. Foote.-in his Sketches of North Carolina, states that the Scotch-Irish began their settlements in Shenandoah val ley iu Virginia in 1737, and in North Caro lina soon afterwards. Some scattered fami lies followed the Trading Path and settled in chosen spots from the Roanoke to the Catawba. As the Indians were friendly, and the caravans of the traders frequent, it would be but natural that emigrants would be attracted by their glowing descrip tions of the fertile prairies that lay between the Yadkin and the Catawba a land abounding iu game, and whose streams were stocked with fish, and its flowery meadows affording pasturage, for their cattle. (See Foote p. 188.) Fortunately for the settlement of' this point, the Clark family, who have resided on thc Cape' Fear since about 1745, have preserved memoranda, showing that as ear ly as the year 1746, a family or a company of emigrants, weut west of the Yadkin to join some other families that were living sequestered in that fertile region. (II. 189.) Thus .it appears that there were settlers, families residing here previous to . 1746. They would scarcely think it necessary to enter lands in a region where all was open to them, and if they did, their deeds would be recorded in the court of Bladen or New Hanover, of which Rowan then constituted a part. It is worthy of notice that there was once a settlement, and a church of thc Scotch in South Rowan, called Crystal Springs, and in the old minutes of the Prcs tcrian Church, Crystal Springs andSalisbury are represented a3 asking tlbr ministerial supplies. This church was about ten miles nearly south of Salisbury, near the residence of Dr. Paul Siftord, and iu its old grave yard lie the remains of the MePhcrsons, the Mahans, the Longs, and others. Since 1812 this church has not leen in existence, as it is said that at that time the members were transferred to Old Bcthphage, about .eight or ten miles west of Crystal Springs. But the Scotch-Irish ! were probably the most numerous and thc leading people of thc settlement, lhe old Records ot the Court here show the names of many of these old families, some of them now extinct, such as the Nesbits, Allisons, Brandons, Luckeys, Lockes, McCullochs, Grahams, Cowans, Mc Kenzics, Barrs, Andrews, Osbornes, Sharpes, lioones, McLauchlins, Halls, with many others whose names are as familiar as house hold words. But along with these Scotch Irish immi grants, and settling side by side with them, there came settlers of another nationality to,whom Rowan is no less indebted for her material wealth and prosperity. These were the Germans, or as they were familiarly call ed the "Pennsylvania Dutch." They - were of course not of -Dutchor sHolland extrac tion, but Germans from the Palatinate, and from Ilesscn Cassel, i llessen Tlomburg, Darmstadt, and the general region . of the upper and middle Rhine. Prominent among these for its histor; and the numbers of its emigrants is the Palatinate, or "Pfalznas it is called 'inithe maps of Germany. This country lies on the western banks of the Rhine, below Strasburg, and along the east ern boundaries of France. This beautiful land is watered by numerous small streams, the. tributaries of the Rhine, and is divided by aange of mountains, thcllaaidts, run- njng from north to south. Manhcim and Speyer (Spires) are the two principles cities, situated on the 'Rhine, I while Neustadt, An weilcr, Zwei brack en, Leningen,are among its towns. This Pro? ince was the theatre of many bloody and atrocious deeds during tlie reign of Louis the fourteenth, of France, a time when! such great generals as the Prince of Conde, Marshal Turenne, Prince Eugene, the Duke of Marlborouglt, and Wil liam, Prince of Orange; won glory or infamy o the bloody field of battle. It was in the Palatinate that Turenne sullied his glory by aa act of the most savage barbarity in lay ing waste the! country with fire and sword, reducing two jcities and twenty five villages to ashes, and leaving the innocent inhabi tants to perish of cold aud hunger; while thjc unfortunate Elector j looked helplessly ojl from the walls bf his palace at Manheim. Ahd a few yean after Louis again invaded the Palatinate1,' and laid the cities of Mentz, Philipsburg, Spires, and j forty others,' with numerous villages; in ashes. "Thus this lit- tty principality, whose inhabitants by their industry ana peaceable habits had made it the most thriving and happy State in Ger many, was literally turned into a desert. Ravaged by fire and sword, and trodden dkwn under the iron heel of despotism, the wretcneu innauitants were lerceu at last to itave meir ucauuiui country ana seek: a home among ( strangers I Their first place oij reiuge was tne actnerianas, where a lib eral and Protestant government afforded them a safe asylum . j jFrom the fNetherlancis many of them found their wiy into England, w'here Queen Afine gave them a safe refuge from their enemies. But England was itself a populous country, and the English government dcter mjned to induce as many of the Palatines a3; possible to jcross the Atlantic and become settlers in the1 American Colonies. In that brpad land they ' could find comfortable holmes, and by their industry they might niake its deserts blossom! as the rose. Some of them came' over with 0c Qraffenriedand Mitchell and found homes on the lowef wa ters of thc Neuse, where a New "Berne wduhl remind: the Swiss portion of the col onists of the old Berne they had left behind thi'in among the Alps, j Others found homes in the State of New Yort, and others still in I Charleston South Carolina, and along th banks of theOongaree and Saluda riv ers. Many others from this general section of Germany settled in Lehigh, Northamp ton, Berks and Lancaster! counties in Penn sylvania. Finding this Country thickly set tled and good, land to bo secured only at high prices, in a few years they turned their attention southward. " IUre Earl Granville's lanjds lately let off to him were offered at a cheap rate,! and the climate was much nioe mild than in thc homes they had cho sen! in Pennsylvania. The first arrival of Germans in Western North Carolina, in the boikndsif old Rowan is j believed to have taken place about 1745, jt hough it was five years later that the great body of them came. The stream thus started continued to flow on for years, 'many of them arriving alter tne revolutionary war. They travelled with their household goods and the women and children in wagons, the men and boys walking and driving their cattle and hogs before them. iThey came side by side with their Scotch Ifish neighbors, sometimes set tling in the same community with them. and at other times occupying alternate belts or sections of country. Thus we can trace a German stream through Guilford, David son, Rowan and Cabarrus counties, and just by its side a stream of Scotch Irish. But as years passed away these streaois, like the currents of the Missouri, and Mississppi riv- ers, nave minjjieii into one, resultin in a mixed race of German-Scotch-Irish, jwrpet uating thc virtues and- perhaps also the weaknesses of all the races. . JJlr. Bernheim, in Ins interesting work;jon German settle ments in North and South Carolina, has given a list of names, found in common use in Pennsylvania and in N. C, such as Propst, Bostian, Kline - (CI inc.) Trexler. Schlough, Seitz, (bides,) IRhcinhardt, Biber, (Beaver,) Kohiiiian, (Coleman,) Dorr, (Dry,) Berger. (Barrier,) Bchringer, (Barringer). To this list may be added ether; names familiar in Rowan county, such us Bernhardt, Heilig, Mcisenheimer, Beard, Mull, Rintelman, (Ren- dleman,) Layrle, (Lyerly,) Kuhn, (Coon,) Friese, Eisenhauer, Yost, Ovcrcash, Boger, Suther, Winedff, Cress, IWalcher. Ilarkey, Savitz, Ilenkel; Moser, Braun, (Brown,) and many others familiar to all our people. The German settler have generally been remark able for industry, economy, and the habit of jiving within their means and not get tinginto debt.! During their sojourn here of a century anq a quarter they have passed through the ordieal of changing tlieir lancruajie. As the laws were written and expounded in Ens;- lisli, and all public affairs conducted in that language, the Germans (were incapable of taking part, iu most eases, in public affairs. Heiiice letting public affairs alone, and at- t j .i icuuui! to iiieir none interests, tney sur rounded themselves with well tilled farms. and adorned their premises with capacious barns and thrashing floors. Who has not seen the immense double barns, with wide double doors, to admit a fourhorse wagon with its towering load bf hay, or straw or wheat; and the thrashing floor, where the horses tramped out 'the wheat, and the "wipd-mill" blew thc chaff into the chaff houjse? And jtrho has forgotten the long stables where the cows were yoked to the troughs, each oine knowing her place, while theicalvee were tied to a trough at the other wall? But the "Pennsylvania Dutch," has almost ceased to be heard on our streets where oncte its quaint! tones of mingled German, French and English were so familiar. The dtaject is gone jbut the accent and the idiom stil linger on iany tongue?, and the tradi tions and folkilorp of .the- old world still floV in a deep kinder current in many fam ilies. I ' ' ' " Not long after the' Scotch-Irish and Pennsylvania Germans came into the terri tory of old Rowan came another people that have added muh to the wealth of the State, I mean the Moravians or United Brcthern. These! neonle hurchased a tract of 98.985 acrc8, called thy "Wachovia Tract," in what is now Forsythp county, but originally Ro wan. This was in 1751. but the deed for the tract was jsigned in 1753, and in thc autumn of this year twelve single brethren came from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and bean the settlement of Bethabara. Beth any was founded in 1759, and Salem in 1786, Frieidbury and iFreidland, in 1769 and 1770. In J804 the well-known Salem Female Academy was founded, at which many of the fair daughters of the South have been educated. j Along with 'these settlers from Ireland and Germany cme,Trom timelo time, others of English, Welsh and Scotch descent, who haye mingled with the firmer in working out he destiny of ld Rowan thetuother of ( counties. . 1 ; ' i -"'' Although Rowan was not settled by cav alier or Huguenots, or by the aristocracy of old world society, she has good reason to be proud of thd early pioneers who laid here the feundations of their homes. They were menjand women who had; suffered for con science sake, or j fled from despotism to seek liberty and - happiness unrestrained by the shcklcs-of a wprLout j civilization MOTHER, Til IN OF THE B ATTLE tliat is !eing waged ly Worms against the life f your child. There is no high t of rest with them!; they; fight to-kill. Sbri ner' Indian Vermifuge will annihilate theni. Only 25 ceuts a bottle. : Fortaeyatchinsa. Ago of Trees; ;:. j jMn. Enrroit: In the last issue of ronr paper, one of your correspondents raises some questions on the above subject f u iv jr reier to your readers to be answered. . ; - - ": ; . 'As to whether there are any trees in Western Carolina 100 years old, no doubt there are myriads of them. A black oak iu the yard of John Finley, near Wilkes boro, was not longr since pointed out to me by au aged lady as having been, from authentic traditiou, about the size of a man'a body in 1775, when the place was settled by the Gordons, whoso dwelliu" was built on tho snot where the preseut one stands. It is evidently a tree of the original forest, as no pioneer would have planted an oak for oruament when they were so abundant j and apart from the traditiou, it must have been of considera ble size in those days, tor a small shrub near the door would have been J cleared away. It stands on a high hill in rather thin soil, and is not Tery large, scarcely three feet through, but begins to show decided marks of age and decrepitude. It must be over 150 years old. A compan ion tree, near it and much like it, was broken down by a storm three years ago, being weakened by iuterual decay. In Wilkesboro, also, is still to be seen the old oak on which Cleavelaud used to make the Tories "thumb Vie notch," as he called it, while he whipped patriotism in to or deviltry out of them, about 100 years ago. This tree is uo doubt 150 years old, and yet shows vitality and vigor, as if inspired by the memory of the bold deeds done under it. Shall it outlive that lib erty whoso birth pangs it sawl I I have mentioned these because they are well known to have been standing much more than a century. Many oaks in our forests are evidently as old or old- er The oak is probably our longest-lived tree, though most likely the black oak; for I believe it grows more slowly, and slow growth means long life. They all grpw some, as long as they live and leaf; for the aunual running of the sap adds a ring, such as are seeu iu the trunks of moat trees. On our high mouutains, ma ny oaks are found quite large in diameter at the base, but tapering very rappidly, and of small height The sap runs annu ally and expands their trunks as else where, but tho brevity of their summer forbids their shoots to lengthen much, and so they are shorn of their normal al titude. I saw ou Negro Mountain, in Asho county j a very remarkable specimen of this sort in a white oak over two feet through near the base, with large limbs branching out three feet above the ground, and both the trunk aud all its limbs ta pering 6o fast that the whole was scarcely 20 feet high. It looked like it had tried hard to get up in the world, but fate was against it. I could not forbear taking off my hat to tho squatty old fellow and ex claiming, "I honor you, sir. You have done what you could under hard condi tions. Fit emblem of many a noble soul ciampt and kept down by adversity.!" There are some very old poplars iu the country. Near my native place in Ran dolph county stood a poplar, till lately, which old people say three men with out stretched arms could hardly span iu 1305, as those reported who then tried it. It has chauged very little in looks or size iu the last forty years and 1 do uot know for Ihjw much longer. Being hollow in the centre all the way np, it was from an un reported period a favorite home for coons and other varmints. Old hunters of a by gone time had chopped into its hollow on one side. But it was reserved for "young America, with their usual irreyerence for venerable things, to cut down this old patriarch of the woods recently in pursuit of squirrels. What i autiquity to a boy when" he is after a squirrel, rabbit, or 'possum! But still its huge trunk looks like it might lie there till long after the youngsters who felled it are laid low, too. Ancient trees like this are generally found standing in places where the damp ness of the grouud or some other local cause saved them in their early days from death by tlie Indian fires, which used-to kill most of the young trees and kept this regiou formerly, as the pioneers reported, very thinly clad with timber. ''Here and there, however, by luck or chance, a tree would escape the general destruction, and some of these still stand, thc grand-fathers of the sylvan family. It is easy to distinguish them, and they are very old. lhe English oak lives o(KJ years. It is very haidv and of slow -growth. Ours probably does not live so long. But I have no doubt some could be found 300 years of age. Are tho years of trees shown by the number of concentric rings in Us trunk T Undoubtedly. This is proven by many tests which any intelligent observer an apply. For instance, look at the stumps of several healthy trees newly felled and near together, where tho trees must have crown under the samo conditions of cli mate, soil, and moisture. Beginning at the outside and tracing inward, you will find such a correspondence in the thick ness or thinness of tho rinns which tally in date iu all the trees, as very plainly to show the similar lunueuce of similar. sea sons upon their growth. An observer can easily count back in this way to the Tery wet summers or tho very dry ones, espe ciallv iu trees which crow ou high aud dry- uplands, where tho different effect of raiuv and drv summers on the trees is more marked, of course, than in places always moist. I have often amused my self, in inr rambles, counting back' on stumps to the notable seasons J rcniem bcr. Almost any fresh stump ou high eround will serve the purpose. Trees like other plants grow faster when they have nlentv of rain, and often die from T - t f drouth. , Another proof of the correspondence of the rnias to tho vears when they were formed, is found in tho- change which oc curB iu their character at whatever date and during whatever period the tree is in any special condition, as of blight or in jury, or the removal of a thick forest around it which retards its growth. The number of rings will tally with the num ber of years in every such case. The date when old land lines were run arcdjnarked with an axe, is found to correspond with the rings which have formed since the wound was made in the tree; and no mat ter how this may be grown over, by chop ping in you can get the evidence. Blocks riven from line trees arg.uot uncommonly, brought into the Court-House to show by their rings the date of a deed, or grant;, this principle in regard to the growth of trees being so fully estauasnea by observation that it is recognized and acted upon in our courts, and evidence based upon it often has au important bearjng m the trial of land suits. Some species of trees have these rings so indistinct and ill-defined that thuy can not be counted with accuracy. Rutin the piiie, and most of the oaks,and many oth-, ers1, they-are distinct and easily ; counted I and furnish perfectly 'truthful testimony as Ui the trees age. The only misfortnne is that you have to destroy or greatly m-' jure the tree to discover it. . ' ' But l snail weary your reauers, aua so must $top this long rigmarole which I be gan with the intention of making but a' paragraph. My only excuse for prolong wig it is that I am passionately foud of trees, which seems to me almost sentient witl spirits to feel and thiuk and wliuper. i T wish they could talk aud tell us what they have seen. I have some old acquaintance- among them whicli seem like dear friends. ; , Duuid: -' StatesTiile.Jau. 17, 1830. " : MARRIED. At the home of the bridnV f.ntli county, Dec. 23th, 1871), by Rev. J. A. Liinn, Mr. w illiam J. Moore, of Anson Couutj, N. C, to Miss Lucy J. Trexler. . At the residence of Mrs. Sarah C, Mil Jer, Jan. 14th, 1830, by Rev. J. Alston Ramsay, Mr. D. R. Russell, and Miss Julia Josophine Miller. ' v On the 13th day of January, 1830, by A. LI Hall, Esqr., Mr. David B, Gheen, and Mrs. Locetta J. Elliott. - - 1I0NTEEAL HEABD FROM. R L- Mosely, of Montreal; Canada, cer tified, Sept. 27, 1679, that he had suffered terribly from dyspepsia, and was com pletely cured by taking Warner's Safe Bitters. He says : My, appetite is good, and I now. suffer no inconvenience from eating hearty meals." These Bitters are also ja speceific for all skiu diseases, - JanltoApl PRICE CURRENTT f Corrected by J. M. Kkox & Co. j December 22 1879 CarTQ5 firm good Middlings, VT4 Middling Ill1 low do stains Bacon, county, hog round. BuTTEtt Eoos CuicitKxa -per dozes Cork New Meal moderate demand at Wiieat good demand at Flour best fam. extra I super. Potatoes, Irish Osions no demand LAnrj Hat TallJow Blacxbekries AppiiEs, dried -Sugar 10iH 8i9i 20 1011 $1.50a2.00 6061 C5 1.251.S0 ' a.r.o 3.25 so - CO 89 50 4042 20(21 67 1 56 1012i Chew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco LOCALS. DON'T FORGET IT j COME AND GET YOUll i Fhotoeraplxs. C. W.C. WOOLWINE, FUOTOGRAl'IIKR. Just received at A. C. Harris' a fine lot of No. 1 Cigars and French Candies. 5y 3P 6Pgpg?n5?"V,X? ' STfin SALE VEKY LOW A goiHl new lUil h' repaired Carriage and Double set Harness can be seeu at W. M. Bark er's shop. For terms apply to f I II. M. Jones or 25m. J. D. Gaskill. Letter and Note Heads, Billheads, Cards and Envelopes printed to order at very low rates. Call at this ffice. 35 3D WESTERN !l, C. RAILROAD Leave Salisbury Third Creek Elm wood Statosville Catawba Station Newton .... ConoVa .... Hickory ..... Icard .... Morgan ton ..... Glen Alpine Bridge water.... Marion Old Fort. Henry . Swanbanoa Gap Black Mountain GOING WEST. 6 05 A. M- 6 f,9 7 811 9 06 9 57 ' 10 10 ! ' 10 39 -1122 12 09 12 & 12 57 1 44 2 28 3 01 3 46 4 01 . M Coopers Arrive GOING EAST Salisbury Third Creek El in wood Statesville Catawba Newton Couova Hickbry Icard" . v. : ' Morgauton Glen Alpino '" ' Bridgewaier. j , Marion , . Old Fort flenryyp - .- .-: Swannanoa Black Mouu tain --': Ooper's . 4 10 P. If. 3 :! 3 07 2 46 J 51 1 f, J24 12 it" P. M. lifi 10 27 t) 50 9 Xt . 8 45 7 5f 744 ' 6 32 . - 6 16 0 00 A. Trains run daily, Sundays excepted. Train going Went will break fust at Stat e ville and dihucr at Uenry. ' Train goimr Eat breakfast . at Henry and dinner at Hickory. . r : ' J.'vT; WIL30X President HALE'S WEEKLY OiijTuesday, th7th day of October, 1S79. atid in the City of lialeigh, the underaigned will eoniraerice tlie publication of ! HALE'S WEEKLY, j A NOKTn CABOLINA DEMOCRATIC .- .b.'irv-- NEW8PAPEli; " ' ! : 1 These four words convey ail 'tliat a column of PrqpeeWis couhl tell - the gfwd of the SCatf ; the success of the party which is the life of the State and tie country : the publication of all the news ; theae .lh objects piopoed. That he can do the IsAt and contribute to the nrst and second, the Bulwcriber los not . affect U doubt.) Hie people haveaet tlieir neal of -ap- provai; upon nis past ana ne aocs noi u ouui the future., r!T, "HP Hade's WEEKT.T will be printetl frr m new id beaaliful trpe3 and on fair wli(e paper. The pritre will he two doMarn per nhnni. 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Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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