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x-THIRD SERIES SALISBURY, N. C, SEPTEMBER 15, 1881. 110 48 The Carolina Watchman j FT VBUSHEP IN THE TEAR 133. flUCE, L0 IS ADVANCE. ACT ADVERTISING BATES. , lv i 1 February so, 1380. - ! h . wih em's sin's em's I2m'g ..., i - , S.0d 12.00 ; 15.00 ! 18.00 4 i 25.C0 '40.00 t)ae tft Tbreeior for 3.00 4.50 6.00 11.83 13.15 do. (Ipi , 75.00 HEMBER THE DEAD! DEALER IS Momiiients, Tcmbs and Gravestones, ; it enbles V.. i ra.iicA marbKf-worKtr, u ennuies e m ' V r 1 . ,.f wort from the roe" T? .Ai. r,,r.ai p:horate in an artistic Hill 1 ' 1 - - ' " - Kb I sVarantt that perfect satisfaction ffieMvWte the mo .exacting patron-. v.-ii in, illumine nir . v-, . 1 1 I, . Msine. as I Will sell at the very low- j i L I -r.,m01tf mV RIOCK ami iliw i a 1 1 g4 . . Designs iu el etiraate for any desired work inl 10.1 tlliia..--" - ' x ... iL.Vri,ihfd on appncauoi., i ' II'. t i . s r ni MeNee.y'a re- I BC IHI V ' to , ..-. K- r... Match y. 1881. iAllE SELLING 1 PORTABLE FARlA "AH D FACT0EY ALSO Mm ir Cartiflges ! I and Caps. j j I ' ALSO Iti Mt EIFLE POWDER mk j. ffakfewapnsffagons. l iOj our own and Foreign make and H I BUMS, f iflrroja the Finest to the Cheapest . Efc Belttiii, Ckipa Moi m J ;! Horse Bakes, &c. : Salisbury, Jan. 0, 1331. ly , i . . ' Z B. Vasce. W. II. Uailey. . j. VANCE" :& bailey; AITOXNJYS XSO COUK3ELLCRS. iC w4,i- C'HAELOTJE, N. C. - 'f 1 ' - - " '. - Practice In Sj)renie (-onrt of the United BtateaV Supreme. Con naf Jforth Carolina, fderi tJourfs, and Counties of Mecklenburg, -t'afcdrp, Vnion, Gnston Kowan and David o, tcft0ice, two doors e8t of Indepen dence 5q-anre- 3o:tf J.M. Jtc-COBKLE. . , :A ... . THEO. F. KLUTTZ. McCORELB 8c KLUTTZ, 'ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS, r .... Salisbury, "Nr C. . , iOfioe on Coum-il Street, opposite (lie Comt Uoue. - . 37:6m 1 XEancfcAioE, L. n, CLEMENT. ! i'- CRAIGE & CLEMENT- ( H I- " - f SlUSBb'BY.N. C. IS81. i ITTORjYEY AT LAW, j SAtisnuilY, N. C, .Prjctices in the State and Federal Ax p.BMisf ait Hsiierson, luornoys, Gounsclors -ttor f h - SALISBURY. C. Jiirt 179 tt. - - SEEDS S3 BEST 1 QQl ssslool u TH rota m pet them fc tvi.T; . ti Cart for Cl. 1 MT4ErLAiDIi:TII .fc HOH:lim..ni Pa. - , - $8.50 $3.EO fu.OO 4.5a, 6.25 7.50 6.00 7.60 11.00 7.60 9.00 1. 13.50 9,73 1125 10.E0 15.15 20.50 25.10 24.23 K3.75 4J?5 I raffpi 1 ..j I - I 1 V I 1 V I F.MOTfflff there are many things connected thelre- ra-TTftV - lyfwiSl withwhich the people of North Carolina mu-Mism oiit to kuow- i mMWIm i leasing over, as unworthy ot notice, fhe iP91 "quibbling of Col. Andrews upon sniall itMMt discrepancies between the very words of WilM'M tbe a-of 8ale ad t110 ""technical lu WSM?J!i'&fiM ' euasre of the reuorter. which he'lcunw'l 1 1 CRAWFORD MO. -. : i i II! LAMDRETHS' 901 1(11 POETRY. JAte r. vr. Was ft not- said by some great aage That life is au unwritten nawf We write our fate, aud when old ace . . . . O- ' ur ueatu con.es on ! Wo drop the pen! For good or ill, from day'to'dav. ' Each deed we do, each word we say, Makes its impress upon theclay Which moulds the mind Of other incn. Aud all oar acts and words are' seeds Sown o'er the past, whence future, deeds Spring up, to form our it heat or weeds ; Aud us we've sown So reap we Jtheu; TO 'COL. A. H, ANDREW On the Subject of the Western North Caro lina Kailroad and the Extension of 2)'ne for its Completion by the Commissioners. t To the Editor oi The Charlotte Observer. In the statement made on my authoii ty ny yonr reiwrter mat the siguature ot one oi me commissioners oi tue western ri North Carolina Kailroad, to the applica tion by. the jisstguees for an extension of time to complete said road to Paint Hock and Pigeon. Hi ver, bad been obtained; by Irand, 1 gave all the particulars of the transaction as then knuwn to me so t tat tlie public might judge if the charge was deserved. ' The answer of Col. Andresws compels me to reply more at length. Aud 1 sliall also take the occasion to trace, biietiv. of this whole transaction. LUl LUU X. 111 I L It. 1 n-nn trtx if f ha t w lowing, and the small sarcasms with which his letter wa3 supposed to have t been adorned, I shall proceed at once to the charge of fraud, above alluded to. What is the issue! I used the following language: "In fact, my letter requested the Governor, as chairman of the board, to inform Col. Andrews of my changi? of purine, which he did, as wellI presume, as of my letter to Dr. Worth. There was in thing improper in the way in wl(ich the information was obtained, the thing complained of beiug the manner in which. Dr. Worth was inducedlo sign the ex-reusion',-""fn ignorance of my ietier." rIhis issue is accepted by Col. Andrewc, for he says in his letter, "Now, bear in mind that th? frand of which Senator Vanco accuses me consists in obtaiuing Dr. Worth's signature in ignorance of his (Vance's) letter. What letter, and to whom ? Plainly to my letter to Dr. Worth, informing him that I had changed niy purpose of signing the extension,! for reasons which I would make known to hill, and requesting him, according to my recollection of its contents, to do nothing further until I saw him. The simple ficts to bo determine l, then, are: Did ho get that letter, or know its contents, previous to signing the extensiou ? 2d. Would that letter, if received, have changed the doctor's action f 3d. Was any action taken by Coh Andrews to produre his siguature before he con h learn of that letter and its conteutsT As to the first t wo points 1 offer the following letter, which is conclusive: i Asueboro,'N. C, May 19, 1831. lion. Z. B. Vance: i My De.au Sir: Yours of the 12th : reached me on tne 17th. On the 15th Mr. i Badger came hero and stated to me that the railroad company had advertised to let ut to contract to Pigeon Kiverl for the Ducktowu line, aud that it was in- dispensable that they should havethecx t ensiou at once, aud that Governor Jarvis had, signed it. 1 signed as follows: j "I j agree to the extension of four mouths' l time for the completion of West-era North ! Carolina liailjoad to Paint Itock and Ifig- eon River, as stated in the withiu paper, ; provided that it in no other respect affects the original contract with the Slate of : North Carolina." I hope 1 have not play- ! ed the devil. I regret that I acted with - out your leing present. JT icon Id certainly have not signed if 1 had rebeivedyour letter j before doing so. j " lours, truiy, - - j J. M. Worth. Now, how does Col. Andrews disprove this ; by the introduction of the follow ing certificate! 4'For the personal satis ; faction of Mr. Iiadger, I state that he de j livered to me Governor Jarvis's letter of f 14th of May,J881, aud that I read (the j same, previous to siguiug the extension. August SSh, 1031. J. M. WORTIJ." To make this certificate npply, of course an isHue had to be made for it, so the Colonel cheerfully. proceeds to add, "Now as Dr. Worth is shown to have had full knowledge of Senator Vance's withdraw al, what foundation has the Senator ifor his insinuations, that such knowledge was designedly kept from Mm"! In alluding to that part of my interview in which I jex presscd the opiuiou that the assignees were procrastinating, to gain- time, the colonel does me the. honor to say thatNt is unworthy of tho Senator." 1 am sorry that I caunot be equally complimentary. This poor dodgo is worthy of the Col oueL, or of the counsel, who held jhis pen just about ! 1 did not say that pr. Worth was iu iguoranee of my withdraw al i I did not say that Dr. Worth wai in ignorance of Governor Jarvis's letter, but of my letter. I Deversaw the letter wllich Gov. Jarris wrote to Dr. Worth, publish ed by Col. Andrews, nor heard of it, hn til tbe 30th of Angunt, the day before the colonel's publication. So that Wie above certificate has about as much taj do jth the fact upon which my charge was based as would "tho Doctor's testimony to the virtues of a patent corn sheller. I jam astonished that the legal advisers off so grand a cui ppratiop as the Richmond Aud Danville Uailrpad should allege tLuit he delivery of aleUcr to A from Braa like amnle oroof that the contents of a letter written by C was also known to A," although not yet received. Having made good the 1st and 2d points embraced iir tins issue, to-wit: that the Doctor was induced to sign the extension in Ignorance of my letter, and that he would not have signed it if the letter had been received in time, let us look at the circumstances under which it was beaten in the race to its dstiuation. On the 12th r Mav, twelve days after the meeting of the board in Raleigh, I address the follow ing letter to Ooverncr Jarvis : . Washington, May 12, 1831. Governor T J. Jarvis M V.Deaji Sir : Circumstances coming : to my knowledge since oar meeting in Raleigh, iuduce me to withdraw my con- ; sent to the extension of tiaio asked for by : A. B. Andrews, president. No legal ap- ; plication by the assignees has yet been j presented as Andrews promised, and I have reason to believe that none will bo 1 soon. 1 will explain .fully j when I see you. Xf Hilii lflii!. liluneii niitiFv Aixll'i'U'a tJl:lt T ; ought to, know at ouce. I. will be at home eaily next week and cafrgo over the work with you. Yours, truly, ; Z. B. Vance. , To this letter I received the following prompt answer : Executive Department, ? Raleigh, May l3th,Jj3dl.S Hon. Z. B. Vance, Senate Chamber, i Washington, D. C: Dear Sie : I am just in receipt of yours of the 12th inst., aud have inform ed Col. Andrews of its contents, aud i;iv' en him the notice requested. OiiMoriday, the Dth inst., Col. An urews preseuteu me with the paper pre pared strictly as agreed upon, with all the suggested amendments, made and signed by Messrs. . P. Clyde, A. S. Buford and T. M. Logan, assignees. He wished to have it presented to each of the commissioners at once; but I told him to hold it till we meet to examine the work, as that was our understanding. He will so present the paper when we can be got together. 1 have recently been very much en- vwutuw vuv vviivi itutv iasw i v o uv j owners are about to begin work in earn- ; est on both lines of tho road ; and I shall regret to learn tuat you nave in your possession any tacts to prove that they do uot so intend to act. If it shall turnout that I am right as to their purposes, I trust that ncTques tion of reasonable time shall pie vent their gpiug on with the work. If on the other hand it shall turn out that I am deceived and that they do not intend to work on theDucktown line, you will find me ready to do my full duty iu the matter. I am determined, as far as in me-lies, to have this road completed without cost or trouble to the State ; and I believe by proper management it cau ba done. To declare the contract forfeited throws Iho road back upon the State a thine: I should be slow to do as long as there is a reasonable prospect of the work bciuir done in any reasonable time. I am, Truly yours, Thos. J. Jarvis. On the same day on which I wrote to the Governor, but at a later hour, I ad dressed a letter to Dr. Worth, (the one iu question, 1 applied to him for a copy of it aud he said it was misplaced). Of its con tents, I cau statd from recollection, in which he confirms me, that it was fnller than the one to Gov. Jarvis, and reques ted him to do nothing further until our next meeting. On tho cuvelope, over my initials, was a request to Mr. Bain, chief clerk iu the Treasury, to forward imme diately if tho Doctor should not be iu Haleigh. The Governor's letter arrived by way of Greensboro, 1:30 p. m., and Col. An drews was informed f its contents imme diately. By the return mail of that day, which left Haleigh at 4 o'clock p. m., the the Governor's letter, above quoted, was dispatched to me. 1 ask a careful peru sal of it as necessary to au understanding of tho situation. Now, Col Andrews was in possession of my purpose by, say, 2 o'clock, on Friday the 13th. If the ne esssity of obtaining the extension was so great that without it, as Col. Andrews says he told Gov. Jarvis "that he should be forced to stop the work" and refuse to let out the contracts advertised for, why was no messenger sent to Dr. Worth that day! Gov. Jarvis had time to write a full letter to me and one to Col. Andrews. It would seem, therefore, that the Colo nel would have had time to dispatch his messenger by the same train. lan only conjecture the reason why. My letter to Dr. Worth, having been writleu at a la ter hour on the 12th than the one to the Governor, was dispatched from Washing ton by a different route and arrived in Raleigh by way of Weldon, at 8 p. ru., on Friday the 13th, It wasn't received at the Treasurer's office until business hours next day. There it was opened and read and then forwarded by the 4 o'clock train to Asheboro, jsO Mr. Bain says. There beiug no secrecy about its existence or contents, if auy one spoke of it, I wish uot to impute the slightest impropriety thereto. I do hot know that auy one did so speak. But I do know, at least Gov. Jarvis so told me, that some hours after the regular train had left that day, bear ing my letter to Dr. W orth, a special en glue left Haleigh, going m the same Cl rection, on which was Mr. S. Badger, the agent of Col. Andrews bearing the appli cation for the extension of time aud the following urgent letter of Gov. Jarvis, heretofore published by Col. Andrews : Raleigh, N. C, May 14, 1831. Hon. J. if. Porta : Mr Dear Sir : Yon will remember that, at the meeting of the commissioners of the Wrestern North Carolina Railroad it was agreed by yourself, Gov. Vauce and myself that we would extend the time for the completion of the road to Paint Rock nod Pigeon river upon appli cation being made to us signed by Clyde, Buford and Logan, with the amendments suggested by us. Upon this promise of ourR, they have advertised to let tho road to contract from Ashoville to Pigeon riv er on the 13th inst. They preseuled to me last Monday the application for the the extension in the form unit signed by the parties as agreed upon by us, as you will see by an examination of the paper itself. They have done all on their part that they agreed to "do or , were re quired to do, and, for one, I propose to do what I agreed to do. Gov. Vanco wrote mo yesterday that circumstances had eoine to his knowledge since he was here which inane him to withdraw his assent to the extension, aud asked me to so inform Col. Andrews. This I at once did, and I fearj it is. about to seriously retard the work.; Qf coarse they cannot let the t oad to contract or go on with the work in a satisfactory way unless they have au assurance that, they will be allowed to go on. I The situation then seems to be that we have to take the responsibility t extend the time or the responsibility io stop the work. I choose to take the responsibili ty to extend the time. If you agree with me, you can, in yoor own way, say so to Andrews in writing. I have al ready done it for myself. Years truly, (Signed) Tnos. J, Jarvis. This agnt pnnued his journey across the couutry from the railroad,on Sun day -beat the mail bearing my letter, ,ud procured the Doctor's s gnatore, on Sunday, "in imorance ot my i letter." Re member, too, that the Doctor jBays Mr. Jamfbatl sigued eas, tne record of the commissioners made at tneir Asueviiie meeting under the snperintendauce of Gov. Jarvis himself, shows that the pa per was presented to him and was sigucd by him on the 16th of May, 1831. Now, was there not, in this, a double deception practiced on Dr. Worth, and an advantage taken of him and me? Was uot au important and material fact con cealed f A knowledge of which would have prevented the action that was ta ken. Was I uot justifiediin saying that no lawyer acquainted with the the circum stances could ever give a favorable opin iou as to the legality of the instrument thus obtained ? In the ease of the North Carolina Rail-, road Company vs. Swepson, et ni.,; re ported iu 7lst North Carolina Reports, page 3T0, the court uses the following lan guage, "Bat there is another view which is decisive against tbe defendants. It has been said that the plaintiffs' board appointed three (3) to act in the premises. It was necessary that they should all act together." And if it he said that the act of sale makes the decision of a majority of the commissioners binding the answer is, the, COIU1HI3 prineip Rtrone le still remains and for a still r reason, the two which constitute the majority should act together. I fur ther maintain that under tho act it is nec essary in order to render the action of the two commissioners valid all three should bo present when such actiou is taken. See tho reasoning of Judge Pear sou in the State vs. Lane, 4, Iredell, 334. It would seem indeed that Col. An drews himself is aware that the extension is not legal, for it was presented' to the board at its meeting on the 23d of June, in Asheville; was uot acted uj.'on aud is still pending. It will, be observed too that according to the conditions upon which Gov. Jarvis signed it, he could now legally withdraw his assent. At that aieetiug, fifty-four (54) days after their application was made for an 'extension of time, the commissioners found as a fact and entered iron their record that, "not finding the number of laborers ou the work which Messrs. Buford, Logan and Clyde agreed in their application for ex tension of time, to put there took no for mal actiou as commissioners sitting to gether upon the application." Having now disposed of the peisonal matter between Col. A. and myself, jus tice to myself requires that I should speak more at largo with reference to my action as commissioner. It will be remembered that during the vesr 187i) serious appre hensions came to be entertained that there would be difficulty in continuing the appropriations for the completion ot the Western North Carolina Railroad. It hau been on had so long and so many misfortunes, uot to mention worse things had attended its construction, that many people begau to fear it would swamp the party which undertook to carry it to com pletion. Theso considerations induced me to listen. favorably to tho propositions ot Mr. XV. J. Best for its purchase when he approached me on the subject. I be lieved it a favorable opportunity to se cure the completion of that great and im portant work without further taxation, or political disquiet to onr people. 1 he lie uotiations then set ou foot resulted as is known in the call of a snecial session of the Legislature and the passage of the act authorizing its sale to Mr. Best aud his associates. It must uot be forgotten that the chief consideration of that sale was the building of the road from Ashe villo to Ducktown. At the time of the sale the great obstacle, the passage of the Blue liidce. had been overcome and the ears were running almost to the town of Asheville. From there the short line down the French Broad was a matter of easy accomplishment, one-third beiug al ready graded. The State could easily have finished in a short with! her convict labor or could have found other parties quite ready to take it off her; hands. The great object to find parties who would cut thro' tho mountains 145 miles to Ducktown As is known, Mr. Best, by thedesertion of his associates, was left unable to perform his coutract. How this happened it is not now necessary to inquire. I will on ly say that I had then, and have now tho fullest confidence iu his good faith. Find ing himself thus unable to perform his obligations to the State, he finally suc ceeded in borrowing a portion of the money needed from Messrs. Buford, Clyde & Co At his request I went to New York and aided him to accomplish thi9as much as was iu my power. These gen tlemen disclaimed the slightest desire to assume Mr. Best's contract, but express ed an anxiety for the completion of the road as a desirable adjunct to their busi ness arrangements. 1 at no time desired them or supposed from'their language that they desiied to become owners of tho road. They however came into pos session of it by the failure of Mr. Best to repay them their money iu July of last year. Reluctant as I i was to see this road fall into the hands; of a corpo ration that bad already done so much to reduce North Carolina to a state of com mercial vassalage to an adjoining State, by diverting its trade from our ojvn towns and cities, vet so great wa3 my anxiety to see this work completed that I determined to aid asmuch as I could the (assignees to prosecute it with all possible dilligence and energy, depending for the protection ot our people upon the provision in the act of sale, which forbids discriminations against North Carolina towns and cities on the part of tho assignees. I soon found, however, at least I caiuc to believe, that they dd not intend to bafld, the Ducktown branch. In other word! ; that they did not intend to pay the price for which the road was sold to them. I came to believe also that in defiance of the law they were determined sotodiscrim inateagainst the interests of our people as to ruin many and greatly injure alM By degrees they have secured control of nearly every road in the State or leading into it west of Raleigh. They Lave now so got the commerce of North Carolina in their grasp that they can crush to death all of it, except that portion which they foster for the benefit of Richmond. I came to believe also, that they did not intend to prosecute the work even on the I French Broad line with the "dilligence and energy" required by the contract, but intended to take their time and finish at their convenience. The circumstances which induced me to believe that they did not intend to bnild to Duck town are many. In the first place the fact was stated in my hearing at a conference in September last, between Messrs. Best, Clyde, Logan and others, in the city of New York, and was not denied bv anv one nresent. .Another reason is found in the sworn tes-J wuiuuj ui vol. Buioru oetore the Senate committee of Internal improvements, in February last, in Raleigh, in which, among many other intimations thrown out to the same effect, Mr. Buford declared "that the parties contracting with Mr. Best took the assignment of his contract with the State wheu it became absolutely necessary, in the manner heretofore stated, with the inten tion to carry it out in good faith as far aa the ability and interest of the capital tfuy rep resented would allow." Again, at the meeting of the board of com missioners in Raleigh on the 30th of April last, when Col. Andrews appeared before it he handed us his application for an exten sion of time with the remark, '-gentlemen, I think I can say to you that we have j!rer ty icell made up our minds to qo to Duck town " And still another reason was, that up to June of this year, almost all the work done was upon the French Broad line. Lastly, they began to build the Duck town line from Asheville as a narrow gauge road, being advised, as Col. Andrews said, they could build it any gauge they pleased. In support of my conviction that they in tended to buitd the French Broad branch at their leisure, I cite the fact that so far as is known to me, from July, when they got the road, to near the last ot May of this year, not a laborer execpt the convicts fur nished by the State, was put upon that work, unless, it might be a few skilled mechanics. As to the convicts being short of the five hundred which the State contracted to fur nish, Col. Andrews fails to state that Gov. Jarvis did tender the number that was de ficient aud they were not receive; owing, as was said, to the uncertainty attending the ownership of that road. Even if the whole number had been furnished by the State, it was a well known fact that they alone could not have finished the road in the time re quired by the contract Nor did they keep on the Ducktown line a force sufficient to insure its completion to Pigeon river by 1st oF July, as required by the contract. In an swer to the allegation that four of the best months of last year were lost before they took the contract, it is suCkient to say that the same force was at work during those four months as was kept at work after wards, up to the latter part of May of this year, to wit ; the convict force alone; and my modest opinion is that but for the with drawal of my assent to that application for the extension of time, and the threatened danger of a forfeiture of their contract, there would not now be any except the con vict force on the French Broad branch, and none on the Ducktown branch. In the matter of discriminations on freights and charges, forbidden alike ex pressly, in the contract with W. J. Best and hi3 assigns, aud in the charter of the Pied mont Railroad, against North Carolina towns and cities; against one town in North Carolina in favor of another; and against all roads connecting with the North Caro lina road, time would fail me to expose them. They are obvious and glaring each town depot in the State from Raleigh west has its own tale to tell. I have the authority of some of the most prominent merchants in Charlotte for saying, that they have to pay themselves the freight on goods sold south of this point; others, that the freights so far South as Columbia are cheaper than to this point from North ern cities, and to sell their goods they have to pay this difference against them. And still others say that when they receive au order for goods from any point ou the Western North Carolina road thev can make no profit, except by filling the bill by ordering from the wholesale mer chant in Richmond to be shipped direct to their customers. I have in my possession freight bills showing the rates between Richmond and Asheville, N. C, to be 65 cent3 per hundred pounds, and I have also a freight bill in which, on goods coming to Charlotte, from Marion to Statesville, a dis tance of 67 miles, the charges are $1.14 per hundred- pounds. Similar statistics can readily be found anywhere in Western North Carolina, although we do not see them in man v of our newspapers. Tbe Richmond & Danville Company own or control all the roads west of Raleigh, with one or two ex ceptions, and these they are said to be ne gotiation for and will doubtless get. Even whilst I write, it is stated prints that they have purchased the Vir ginia Midland. The result of this, if true, will nrobablv be to discontinue tbe work now in progress to extend it from Danville to Mooresvillc, cutting olf the only hope of the people along that line for a railroad, and completed or not, destroying also the last hope of this section to obtain a com peting liae. Then the coils will bo com pletely around us. We will be absolutely at the mercy of strangers. A foreign corporation will dispose of the wealth, ifthcrc be any left, and dictate the policy of North Carolina. The fiat that taxes the earnings of our people issues from tho citv of Richmond. But recently an or der was put forth by one Haas, general freight agent of this corporation, forbid ding any freight arrangements to be made bv what is called the Associated railroads w'ith the Atlantic, and North Carolina Rail road. The crops of this part of the State hav utterly failed, but the eastern counties have been blessed with abundant harvests of rain, and if permitted reasonable freights would feed our already suffering population. But one Wm. J. Best is in control of that road, and is trying to build another throngh the heart of North Carolina. The Rich mond and Danville Company don't like Mr. lesi, so mis wuv t , . f ... hJ hatched and suffering plaius are de nied access to the abundant stores of their eastern brethren. The roads of their own State are made the instruments of their op pression. These things have influeueed my conduct as a commissioner of the Western North Carolina Railroad and aa a citizen. I am aware that by pursuing this coarse I subject myself, not only to the danger of being misunderstood by that portion of my fellow-citizens who cau be made to believe that I am trying to stop the progress of the work, but also to the enmity of a vast cor poration ia the hands of strangers, who may havCpthe power, as they certainly have the wiBgjki crush all who stand in their way. I know that such institutions have inaidi ous and irresistible methods of corrupting legislators, of suborning the press, and forc ing pablic epinion. I know full well tbe danger I incur by attempting to thwart the purposes of one of these vast combina tions of capital, which, deifying the spirit of gain, embody the very essence of selfish ness and go straight on to their object, regardless-of ll considerations except those which contribute to success. I know how powerless an agricultural neople.of moderate means, spread over a wide extent of coun try, like the people of North Carolina, are to contend with such a power. If I consul ted my own ease or conveniene, I would re tire from the contest But the representa tives ef the people, confiding in my integ rity and faithfulness, chose mo as one of their commissioners to superintend the exe cution of this contract. 1 1 shall justify that confidence, or try to do so, let the conse quences to mvself be what thev mav. 2LB. Vasce. September 0, 1881 MISCELLANEOUS. A bald headed man writes to the New York that he restored his hair by rubbing his head with brine nightly. In the morning wash off in pure water tho coating of salt, and apply vaseline or some other emolient in small quantity, but use no soap. He says he has never kuowu it to fail. We note this for the benefit of baldheaded men. lb. A young woman in Brooklyn, aged 19, who was determined to get married, but couldu't wait to be asked, took the fellow she wanted, got him boozy on beer and then trotted him off to an impromptu par son who tied the knot and gave the girl a certificate. But the boy didu't seem to take iu the surroundings and instead of recognizing the fact that he was a marri ed boy wheu he sobered up trotted oil' about his own business, oblivious of the ceremony in which he had participated, and the girl had hint arrested for aban don nient. lb. The Carolina Rice Mills. In conse quence of the largely increased production of rice iu this immediate section the present season, Messrs. Norwood Giles ami Pem broke Jones, proprietors of the Carolina Rice Mills in this city, have decided to increase the present capacity of their mills nearly double, hoping thereby to keep the rice thus raised iu our own market, to sepply our home trade, and also to send clean rice to the Northern markets. Wilmington Star. o.- Hancock' Opinion of Arthur. Boston, August 24. In the cars, on his way to Portland, Gen. Hancock was. asked his opinion of Gen. Arthur, aud with much warmth replied that he was an able, patri otic, high-minded gentleman, and in the event of his being called to the chief mag istracy would discharge the duties with but one purpose, that of benefitting the en tire country, and that people might rely on his judgment with absolute confidence. Cj.pt. Kjkkland's Condition. It is learned with much regret that Capt. S. S. Krrkland, who B:;me time ago had his leg broken while prospecting for the surrey of the Spartanburg aud Rutherford Railroad, 13 threatened with pyemia from the wounds caused by the fractured pieces of bone en tering the flesh of thc-lcg. Capt. Kiikland is in Lincolnton. Blue Ridge Little. Sisri::.siox or Placer Mines. All the plr.ccr mines iu this section haveeith been forced to suspend work entirely on account of the drought, or have been much hampered in their operations. Ev en at the Brewer mine in Chesterfield, S. C, where the water supply was consider ed inexhaustible, work has been snspend- pd until more water cau be had. Charlotte Observer. A Marvelous Gold Disco very. Deadwood, Dakota, September 2. Mar velons-gold discoveries are reported from the Central Hills, thirty miles from this citv. A vein four feet wide is said to con tain tunre nrecious metal than quartz. It i K.-nM thai it runs 150.000 to the ton iu the foundation. This mine was formerly under bonds to the Homestake company The Artesian Well. Dm ham Becodcr: On Monday the well was J ,430 feet deep. The augur is now working in a hard rock, from the appear ance of the debris brought up, gneiss; bnt it is so mixed with fragments falling in from sides, that it is difficult to say what it is. The tube is now filled with water to the depth of 1,200 feet, part of which coming from a small veiu at the depth of 600 feet. Abont 1350 down a stream of strong brine was cut, the evap oration of which left a saline iucrusta tion. Below that ficsh water was again struck, but not in sufficient volumne to reach the surface. Mr. Dickinson is pre pared to expect a full flow at any moment Fifteen hundred feet of iron tubing have been bought, and will be let in this week to enable work to go n without infer ference from the water. . It is the height of folly to wait nntil you are iu!led with disease you may uot J jr n tht frlv RvmtoiUH bv Par- cured during the early syiutows by Par ker's Ginger Toaic. Wo have known tho sickliest families made the healthiest by a timely use of this pure nicdiciye -Ob. augHscpH j - . The YosAciors Carp. Mr. Fred. Munrler has iu a small pond on his pines ou the outskirts of the eity three German carp ttlyrh Le calculates will average one and three quarter pounds. In the same IKUid were placed kit November quite a number of trouti Tho latter tlsh have entirely disappeared having nil gone to, fatten the carp which were so small win n they were put in that Mr. ''Mnnzgqr never Z dreamed the three would clean up the iiume.use majority of the trout CharlotU Observer. ' Tvphoid Fever. Mrs. Sabi ina Ilager, aged about 55 died Sunday night of ty- phoid fever Audi was buried yesterday. Mr. William Jlry au and Mr. Thomas polk each lost a ehild : Sunday : from, typhoid, and iu additiou to this there were two deaths of colored women Sunday nignt, although it is not stated that either of these died with the fever.TIieri aw ak " so quire a number of suflerers with ti- . phold throughout the city. The drought -is attributed as tho cause. It is said iha drying up of the streams and pools and exposure of the filthy mud at the bottom is prolific of the malaria which causes the fever. vCTwirfore Observer, r Destructive Fires in Brunswick. The fire iu Brunswick county, briefly! al luded to in yesterday's issue," was at last accounts proving very destructive, and had gotten entirely beyond control. It was mainly located between the -Lower Town Creek road and the old Smithville or -Brunswick road, about seven miles from the "? city. Yesterday it was in the neighbor- hood of Mr. Henry Drew's place, sweeping j nearly everything before it and destroying many valuable trees, naval stores and other property on the lands ofDr. J. D. Bellamy, Coh T. C. Mcllhenny and others. Tho i whole neighlorhood, including women and -children, have been fighting the Urn for the last day or-two, and Wednesday night Ce1. Mcllhenny hired twenty tiands and sent" them over to assist the force already bat tling with the devouring ek-ment, but it is -thought that nothing short of a heavy rain j which we don't scemjiki-ly to get sootr will check the fi.m:cfjn their Mork of destruction. We hear that one man lost as many as 40 b irrels of turpentine. Wil m ing ten JStar. Kindness that Puid, In the fall of 1870 a voting and CP destitute Irishman named Thoma McDermott came to Roundout, a stranger without money orTriends. A young mechanic named William Mar tin, who was lit work on the Dike, gu?ve him employ meat and belnend- ' ed him. McDermott confided iu him, said he came from England and that lis relatives were wealthy. In the spring of 1S79 he went to work on the Delaware and Hudson Canal, oc casionally visiting this city. About a year ago an Lngiiah lawyer arrived here and inquired lor the whereabouts of McDermott After sonic difficulty lie was found and informed that a wealthy uncle had diexl without chil dren, leaving his entire estate-to Mc Dermott s lather, who, however, be iug also dead, it had descended to him. Thomas went at once to Eng land and took possession of the proper ty. He died on the 23th of March last and wi led his entire property save a few small bequests, to the j. . i . . . i i- young mechanic oi tins city auu ins wife who had taken compassion upon him when lie was in destitute circum stances here. The inventory otJLhe . estate is $7,850,000. A prominent STcw York lawver left on Tuesday for England to have the willed prop erty admitted to probate. A Hint for Orciiardists. One of the w orst enemies the apple orchard has to contend with is the codling moth, which, unless dealt with in a vigorous manner, if very apt to de stroy the fruit of the orchard. The pasturing sheep in the orchard, when the fruit approaches., the ripeuinc s;a p propria te to trietr.seives tne early decayed fruit that falls, and thus keep in cluck the worm which docs all the damage. A. it. Whitney, of Franklin Grove, Kce county, III., the largest orchardist in the United States, having 45,000 bearingirecs, remarked at the recent meeting of tha American Nursry men's Association at Dayton, that he couldr not, get along at all in his orchard without sheep. "While the fruit of his neigh bors, who do not keep sheep, suffers badly, his apples are smooth, sound and uninjured by his moil e of preserv ing them from the enemy. An Illinois paper asserted that "there is one jackass in our Legisla ture,", and before noon of the day ou which the item was published the edi- tor received note from every mem ber of the House, including the Speaker, telling him to- retract or look out for libel suit, each member regarding it as a personal hit. The man alluded to was in the Senate. Jame P. Moore, a prominent at torney of Greenville, S. C, desperate over lses by gambling, committed suicide yesterday by taking chloro form and laudayum. He had gam bled away about $2,500 of funds that didu't belong to him and a warrant had been hsued for his arrest, hearing which he took his life. Ctar, Q6i, r " - i -' , 1 i i 1 I -' i - f ;1 i . . . . . . v- 11 - Ml i t . -1 - r - v i 1 1 c - -' '.4' - 'V x : i 1 1" -'I - ? '- t : .... Mi ; f . - f - u - . ' t' i - 1 - ? ' S . t . . - ! i i - 1 1 ' - l.-f : S ' S s. " x