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SURGEON DENTIST.
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from 4tl. Mo ..l.iy ro S.i ir t jr
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Ha n'imt'! praHicc at Kniu-l'l ail V
D'-clfuiU- aconti.mantx of liU 1orinr
jtfiirtir.e. ,
oct 25 ly
p K . K . A . WKLt E lt,
Profbssor of Music&ModernLanguages
Tkkms: Pjji'ifi $:", 00 per t'rm of ten
wm-IHYW'hx fwr wivk. . V mc; cultuiv
$20 ()')'i;r term of rm weeks;' 2 lesson-! per
'wiVk. 1 SinjjinS i' cbiss ltn cl.ics in
the German anfl French languages accord,
i to Jiiunh'-r f p'jpils. .
Dr. Jfrltt-r will b.' in town at t!e liriirg s
IJ.u-e on Mmlay ai.d ThiifS'l i v of each
JAMES W. LAN' CASTER,
Attorney at-Law,
! WILSON, N; C.
. 0:li in tbe Court Hon-. .
Practiu" in u'.l. the c-mrU ("xccpt the
Inferior Kvi- t of Vi!.n c-mi?y)J a id will
jivr rnii;t H'tci'i'Hi to 1;i4m!'S i-iit.rotf d
to him in Wilrjon and aij iniiig c )iiiitic..
j W. HLOtJXT, 5
Attorney -at -Liaw,
Offi:
Public Spi;irc, r-ar of Court
ft Ml (.;.
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TJLLUUY.
ATTORN EY-A T--LA W
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Will pracUcn in Nash, Edrjecr-m'K! and
WiUon coinifi. ' . ' I J
Spncitl attention sfie-iii t j cUeo,tion iii
any portion of the Stale, i tl4-:-m
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WILSON COLLEGIATE ; SEiNARY
(FOR YOUNG LADIES.) '
WiKon. C.
Rpst talent employed 4n all departments
Situation unusually healthy.
Roar d per session of 20 weeks, including
fuel;, liirhts and furnished room $30,00.
Ot!i,rr charge moderate. ;
Full Session begin September Isf .
For catalogue or information, address,'
j : - J. B. IlKEWER, Principal.
Wilson Collegiate Institute
FOR BOTH SEXES
STRICTLY NON - SECTARIAN
For years the most successful! school in
ElSreril! Carolina. The best advantages
and lowest rates. Healthy location.- Able
and Experienced Teachers, j l iuc Library
and Apparatus. fpac-ioiis 1 Bui'diiig, A
pleasant -educational homo. .
Average expenses, $1S0 per year. Mu"ic,
I 1.5 extra. Scusi-.ni extends from fir-t
Mondayl'n September to tirst'Thureday in
J une. Address, for Catalogue, -b.
II ASSELL, A. M., Principal,
jlylS tf Wilson, N. C.
LIVERY & SALE STABLES !
NJJW HORSES, I
NEW HARNESS and
r NEW VEHICLES.
nar the"mrkct house, o aoidbaro tret in this
u..i..t..)inn a. liverv and rsio fuidipp.
WiRion and adjoininc coutis that . e will b
Ttxif at all tmes to nil their orders lor tin:
Horses Sc Mules
ai th rcrV lowest price for cash oroa time.
Horses aiid vehiol will be hired moderate
Horses boarded bv m nvciih or meal erv cheap.
We utke plraaare la djuiwiiK our stoct, i.w
voaU he slid to have our friends .call to see u
vrl;ea they come lo town.
! SUGG & EDWARDS.
VUobJn. C. Oct: 21 m
pLOUn ! MEAL ! ! 'LUMftKR ! !
lam low pieparetl to rlnO .wheat and
corn wltli as little water ami 1 at short
flint is can be done at any nulUn? estab
lishment in this country. Twill Knrantee
to my custouierdr as Rood flour and as imich
as eood meal and'aS much a .can be waue
of the Rime wheat awl com any where else.
Sawtd lumber furnished at short noUce.
-Comejina try me and be blessed.
. i . Respectfully, C. . ti'-
. jan 30m3iu. ' V '1 - L'". - : :
DnTr A GEN f S -
Jray. w a N T B D .
We Waut a Umited nnmher of cUre.
. t such will plseanv vbat
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ihe whe-iDeanibMmee-ne apry. .
ow 1 :frT k . fill A. kvd a; k:vA vlLx-K:-lf ' '! p.-iuii
VOL. 10.
The Wilson Advance
UflJAY.:.....
."APRIL- 9, 1SS0
. . At Rest. '
One m ic tisc ripened rear wnfoldi .
-Irr pennons,-old eiuh)"sd;
' And were the grand oaks tempest tossed
Lift up'baiv anus, cbmindnion holds
With-IIiui who thus a bound ljos set
For hum'ati lo.igiii;j aid regie:!
While blessed Host, In; fdumber deep
On drooiiing eyelid lay a hand,
And spreading white wings o'er the land
Mid stars eternal' vigik. keep
', 'Till sleeps sweet inOuctiCc shall ccslo; o
-Thy earth-to fruitless once more!
Thu-i the full year so lightly rounds
IKr tlni.-hed inefd of work, and stands
K xultani; 'tlion'i hrr f ldcd hands
Assures u that all peaco ab.muds,
And pnst all longing and regivt "
Is the. fair goal her sould lm set!'.
Howr diff-rent we! Wc treird)liii stand . r
On our grave's brink ami orii'iging clingr
To all the transient hope which lling
The ir fitful lights along the fit rand,
And 'till our fctar of life has set
Cheat us with longing and regret
Oh! type of everything Divine .
. i)ear Xattiic draw u closer yet ,
And us where no Tain regret
Can our unwilling souls confine, j -
Aod fold us in 1I13' fond embrace, I
Whtn wc shall inert Death face to face!
" , For the ADVANCE.
"DID MAN SPRING FROM
MONKEY ?"
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A ItKPLY TO 'GBESREF.N'
POXY.
BY OUTHO
Your tliftory of the ; creation or tie
vclopmont of man. while it I.as some
iilausible points, is singularly defectirt
in giving no account of the spiritual or
immaterial part virtually ignoring the
imimorlal principle or soul, anl ascribe
in nothino- to the constitution of man
but wkat is the result of p!iysical law.
It furthermore) implies thaf- man is just
now. more full developed than at any
other period " of his history ; making
him inorallj', p'sically, and intellec
tually Ijetyer than; when he first came
from thehands of his Creator. Now,
it is very" well known that the present
system of christian theology is based
upon the fact that man is a fallen crea
ture ; and to deny the fall, is to sap
the "whole foundation of our sj'stera of
religion, make the death of Christ a
farce, and his atonemcHt' the most
gigantic fraud ever perpetrated upon
humanity. . 'Man is not - what God
made liim. Were the scriptures silent
on the Rubject, all reason and common
sense would at once declare thut it is
impossible that the inGnitety perfect
God could make a morally imperfect,
niUclilesd a corrupt an'J sidful 'leing.
Yet God is the maker of man, and he
tel'fc lis 'lb fit he made him in his own
imago, aud in his oVvn likeness ; it fol
lotrs, then, that man has fallen from
thkt state of holiness and perfection in
which he was created. Of no creature
but man is it said, that it was made
in the image and likeness of Go I
Now, as the divine Being is infinite,
he is neither limited by parts, nor de
finable by passions ; therefore he can
have no corporeal jmage after which
maJe Ihe'body of man.
Tie ima",e
and likeness must necessarily be intel
lectual ; Uis mind, his soul, must have
been, formed after the nature and per
fections of his God. Tbe human nvnd
U still eudowed with the most extra
ordinary. capacities; it was more so
when issuing out of the hands of its
. 1 t ... 1 1
creator. T he text tens us ue was iue
work ofELOii'ni, the- divine plurality,
marked here more distinctly by the
plural nowns rs and oun;and, tD show
that he was the master-piece of t God's
creation, ail tho persons m th.e God-,
head are represented as united in coun
sel and i?fTort to produce this astonish
uvr creature." Adam Clark.
. Reasoning, or the deductions of the
muid from facts aud arguments, I be
lieve, is conceded by the most eminent
i.irkt. in furnish better evidence cf.
J :
trsth or falsehood.
than the direct
testimony of witnesses;-and while wc
have the advantage or you oy one
witness, (ihe'acoount in Gtsnesis) ad
as-.voa baso- jfouf theory uroa facts;
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LKT ALL THE-EXDS TU&U ADi'ST AT DE TIITCOCXTR Y'S
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WILSON,!
jand logical deductions only if we can
present frets, and equally good reasonj
ing from those facts in addition to our
witness then, an ' imp.trttsjl judge'
should yield to quantity, where tho
quality of testimony is the same. The!
first fact to which T shall direct your'
attention is, that evil exists in the
j. world; and as your philosophy can
imakc no pretense to having discover
ed any enucleated, primodial cell, from'
which was evolved the pain, the sick-;
j ncss,: the anguish.rand all the multiJ
tudinous forsiis of distress to which we!
know humanily is subject; and as the
revealed word prior to the- fall of rnan.
makes no mention ofany such crea
tion, t ul Imme'rliatety upon his trans
gression, tells him . "curoed is the!
ground for thy sake," and as it were,
opened the Tabled trinket box of Pan
dora, from which the woman selected
an ornament of pain, that has baffled
the art, the skill, and the science of
philosophers a j pain the utility of
which, no sensible man- will admit a
pain the cause of which, n answer has
I yet been given save that in Genesis
a pain from which, no female is ex
empt who obeys the command of her
God, itnd docs- no violence to the in
stincts of her own soul a phiolorji
cri -pain an anomalous non-descript,
obtriiding itself without welcome upon
t!ie rich and tiie poor, the great and
,he lowly, the intellectual and the base ;
so, it is the inevitable result of right
reason to take. us' back to the fall, and
blind indeed must be the man who re
fues t!ie only answer to a known fact.
The most ultra 'sceptic cannot doubt
that God, or the forces of nature if he
prefers it, could have made every nor
mal function of the -animal ..body . not'
only painless, but! pleasant. The ,bu- I
man lifeiirt ' exert? a force equal to
in.-iiy hundreds of tons, working with-
o'ut ;?: .oymission da' and nigh; for" a
" lifetime, yet. in health, .'we are
n?t even sensible of having a . heart. k
The process of digestion carried on by
the cooperation of the most important
organs' in the 'body. is a process of
work, yet the work is wilnout fatigue
and without paini. The whole com
plicateil machinery of waste and re
pair is run so smoothly and so noise
lessly, that every particle of the human!!
frame, is removed and replaced by
ney material without our beiag sensi
ble of the change; TlU only inexplic
able and solitar- exception is the pain
of'-lhe 'curse, and for this pain science
is a sealed book, j physiology" 13 dum,
and pathology lias no answer.
The punisment'of infauts is another
unaccountable fact on PcientiQc grounds
alone. That much of the pain, sick
ness and misery attached' to the nur
sery is the .result of ignorace and care
lessness, no rational observer can
doubt, but no known law, nor viola
tion of a known law of nature, can ac
count' for idiots, raonsters, and the
maimed. Accident; cannot come irto
tho count. Chance is outside the pale
of both science and theology. The law
of hereditary transmission does not
account for alf'the anomalies in nature,
and as yon base! jour religion upon
facts, and logical sequences drawn
from those facts,1 it '-behooves you to
accouut either by nnalysis-or sj'nthesis
for these, and many other' inexplica
ble things in nature, berore you attach
the stigma of falsehood, to what a big
part of the christian world believes to
be ttc revealed word of God.
Thera is a bright andintelligent lit
tle boy living in this county now, who
came into the world bound hand and
foot felted with a cord, which ampu
tatod most of his fingers and toes, some
of which were several months in heal
ing, ant1, even now are tender and sore
depriving him of the pleasures of child
hood, and rendering him unfit for
many of the duties of life. Taken as
a whole, the most thoroughly logical
dissertion ort scientific theology that it
has been my fortune to read, says this
of punishment and sin : "The punish
ment of sin consists in the consequen
ces of sin. These form s penalty most
adequately heavy.. A sin without its
nnntshment is as impossiDie. as com
r lets a contradiction in terms, as a
cause without an effect. Punishment
being notihe penalty, bat tH result of
sin. being not an arbitrary and arti
fical annexation, but an ordinary and
logical consequence, r cannot. be. borne
b)j other tkm the sinner" According
to litis . the crucifixion of Jesus iras co
lunlshmont or else Jesus wVsa" sin
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"V1 "u -
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siii to be a' baby? The fame writer
J sas,. suffering, perhaps evea biu is
In. C, IRTDAT,. .APRIL 9 1880
snl ill! upon ie m'Joor,- pitiful sul?
terfue r Why notaccept the fall, and
then the entailment becomes a logical
conseqaence. Theq:;estion .might be
asked, if all tfiis puaishment came
. - ' k .V. - . ; . . j. .
through the traneTfcssipn cf our firt
parents, whv is it so unequally dis
tribiued amongst men?. The bright
little bov above mentioned ni;ht r
bel against his deformity,, end not be
able to see any jfusficein it he might
wish to know what sin lie had commit
ted, that he should bear such a burt'i-
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em. Paul answered that question
when he wrote bis Cplstle . to the . Ro-
raaus, aud his Answer- is" as, satis fac
tory as any that has ever been made
since. '-J-cob have I loved.' but Esau
have I hated; '-Shall the thing form
ed say to him that'lorined it, why hast
thou made mc th'ts?" ' I
Ask yourself the serious question,
'does this (your) reasoning conflict
with Christianity9" We wpn't call yon
hard names we have no creed to
serve but truth yet, we think you are
on the, wrong track. Your philosophy
ignores the creation of man pcrfec.
and upright ignores the tall, and lift
no use for the alouement. It fails to
1
explain sin and its punishment, denies
Revelation and withdraws hope. ,It is
the philosophy of despair.
THE RAILROAD QUESTION
SYNOPSIS OF THE REMAHMKS OF HON,
W. T. DORTCII, IX THE r SENATE, ON
THE mOPOSlTIOX OF MR. BFST TO
rVRCHASE THE WESTERN NOHTII CAR
OLIX A RAILROAD.
I have no objection ' to the sale o
the road to Mr, Best or any one else!
upon sufficient consideration and witlij
ample - guarantees for its- completion
to Paint Rock and Ducktown. I think'
the consideration is inadequate and
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that be offers no guarantees that be!
will comply with the contract. lie
proposes that the State convey to him!
the road from Salisbury to Paint Rock--
worth $3,000,000. and that the State
furnish him SOOcoa iicts 5pr five years, at
about the cost ol supporting and guard-j
ing. them; in consideration of which he'
says he will complete' the road from
Asheville to Paint Rock, a distanccof
fort)Tfive miles, one-third of which is
graded, and that he will build the!
Ducktown route, 13 5 miles, and give!
the State 550,000 of mortgage bonds.:
Qn reference to the hill, it will be seen
that it is contract all - on one sidej
and that the State has no security that!
he will comply with its terms. One
of its provisions is that if Mr. Best
conjoletes the Paint Rock route and
puts the road from Salisbury to Faint
Rock in good condition, and supplies
the necessary engines and rolling
stock, at a cost,not exceeding $850,000!
he shall have a legislative lieu for said
amount in case hofail3 to carry out!
his contract. Another provision is'
that he shall not be responsible in;
damages for violation of his contract,!
and upon fail rtre to-comply with it,!
that the State shall refund to hits said!
$350,000. ) i
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Every one knows that if he surren
ders h-s contract, which he can do at
anj' time, and demand his $350,000,
that ijie State cannot and will not
refund tbe amount and tben Mr. Best
will sell the Toad under his lien and
purchase it. He we ill thus become the
absolute owner of the Paint Rock
route, which is the most valuable rail
raod property in the South being the
gate-way of the? immense freights
which will come through the raoun-
tains from the great western States.
lie will never build the Ducktown
route, and there are no guarantees in
the bill to force htm to do so. That
roote does not belong to the State,
but tJae t'lle-is in Clayton and Smath-
ers, in 'trust for the creditors of the
1 .
jvesiern division, whose claims are
about $50,000. It is true there are pro
visions in the bill that he shall build'
to Pigeon River a distance of twenty
miles by the time he completes to
Paint Rock; but he .Can easily evade
them. Besides, he can purchase the
claims of the croduora uoder.the Clay
ton and Smathers title foreclose it,
and become the owner of the entire
Ducktown route and any forfeiture
would enure-to Mr. Best himself. -
I have no doubt if-this -bill becomes
law .Mr. Best will- complete The Paiat
Rock: route and them become tbe
owner f it as stated to the exclusion
of the Slate, I have nb doubt this is his
purpose and time will showv If Mr
Ikst should build to Pigeon River, he
t lose nothing as the' road5 to thiti
rWint Cflh be cheaply, built andl wiii be
THY GOD'S, AXD TRITU,S.
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vi'uablc feeder to ; the other route
which he will own. . j
Mr. Best will never build the entire
Ducktovra route. Ma-dc raj predic
tion. .
The supnot&rs of the bill
!
he
will; do s in gootl faith.
Then whj
not iusert a proviaiou in the bill whic t
will force bim to do it- I hve offered
an amendment requiring Mr, Best and
his assigns to forfeit , all he raav ex
pend on any part of the rodd in case
he fails to build the eutire Ducktown
- t - - - ' j.
route. . :' " j
. If he is bonest iu ,. his purposas, what
objectioa can he have to - such provi
sion in the bill? I have been represen
ted as opposed to the Ducktown ronte ;
such is not the fact. I am as anxious
to s0e it bailt as any man in the State.
Adopt uiy amendment, and if Mr. Best
intends to do what he says.! he will
accept the bill thu3 atne nded and you
will get the Ducktown road. If he
refuses, you will sec his purpose never
has been to build it, but to -goble up
the Paint Rock route.
; My purpose has not been to strangle
the bill, but to offer such amendments
as will secure the State in her rights
and force Mr. Best to build the Duck
town route.
I have said that the State is to sap
portj, clothe and guard the 500 con
victs, and that Mr. Best is to ! repay to
the people a cent by way of taxation.
You will thus have completed the most
aluableroad in the South j withou t
further taxation, and when completed
must pay, and Mr. Best and associates
see it, otherwise they would net want
it. i
If Mr. Best gets possession- of this
road, he will have the power to tax you
and your posterity for all i lime to
come by way of high freights without
ability to help j yourselves. I repeat
I have been represented as ! opposed
to buildino-the Ducktown route. Such
is not true. The b.ilt introduced by
me merely repeals the law so far as to
put the convicts on the Paint Rock
and leaves it in full force In ever)
fother respect I hare said -elsewhere
.aud now repeat it, that so soon as the
convicts complete the Paint Rock route
and put the road in good Order to
Salisbury, I would put them to grad
ing tho Ducktown route, and when
graded it may be mortgaged ;to pur
chase the iron. I have said often,
and now rt'peat it, that a revolution in
public sentiment will take place in less
than three years after the completion
of the Paint Rock route. So great will
be its income it will be able to render
aid to the Ducktown route, j
I have said ljefore that the State
has no title to "the Ducktown (route.
Several of my friends who are; present
recolleet that when we received $"25,
000 in compromise of the Florida suits
that I advised the Board of Directors
to use it in securing title to the Duck
town route. j
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I hae been charged with separating
from my friends on the questions in
volved in this Best bill. T have not
separated from them. I have not
changed my opinion or position. Some
of my friends changed their position
on this qaeslkm within . tbe last few
weeks, and 1 4I0 not attribute to them
any improper motive, and most cer
tainly thev cannot blame me if I have
no; seen cause to change. I repeat I
stand just where they all stood np to a
few weeks since. J
Allow me to quote from the report
of my friend. Major Wilson President
of the road, to Governor Vance, in
January,! 879,. see public documents
No. 14. page, 4: - j
'The work of grading and construc
tion down the French Broad to the
Warm Springs of Tennessee Hiie can
be done with greater facility by! a poor
ly equipped force than any other line
ever located through a mountainous
region, for the reason that the loca.
; tion is made along the sides of precip
itous blufls, running parallel with the
river, and the material dug or blasted
out will have to be removed but few
jfeeV As the work approaches Ashe
jvillel public attention throughout the
country is being attracted to this Hoe.
as forming an inevitable link, not only
in the great lines connecting our sea
board with Tennessee and tbe Missis
sippi Valley, but also in the prbjrcted
jand partially completed chain 'that
wiil connect Charlestob and Savannah1
withLoui8ViHe and Cincinnati. It may
'not. therefore, be inappropriate to m-
Ivoke the'i&fiaetice of your Excellency J
to induce the General Assembly to1
retain for the State exclusive control
of Uiis" portion of our road, and listen
to no proposals from, other corpora-"
NUMBER . 1 1
T
lions to tssiat in its completion, and
thereby acquire a partial control of it.
u even the t ighi , of free transit for
trains.) j I feel co6daiti that, under
tbe solo ownership : and management
of tUe
ficient
5iate. it ViU yield a profit1, suf-.
lo meet Us mortgage bonds and
preferteii deht of the State, aad at th
same ti
me furnish ineaus to extend the
maine
inc.. to the southwest"
I stand by these words of our Presi
dent and Engineer . All of our public
men have doue so until within, the past
few weeks. ! Who has changed? j
; Tlie Ducktown ronte cahnot b bailt
so cheaply, unless it he tfue; as as
serted by the Secretary of State in his
circular.! in reply to ray speech, before
the board, that there was a natural
road bed from Asheville to Ducktown.
I am sure no other human being ever
discovered that natural road-bed but
the Secretary,' and! I would! advise Mr
Best to ,j secure his services as "Chief
engineer. If the Secretary continue
to improve An engineering kill, he will
soon r'i fal Eads" and Count! DeLeKseps.
It is known that as' a member of the
Board of Directors' of the' Western
North Carolina Railroad, 'representing
the tax payers of "the Second Congres
sioual District.' that. I opposed the
propositions of Mrl Best. It is known
to you that as each proposition has
been rejected, he has offered better
tfjic State the amount notj expeeding
$125 per capita, tlius getting thair
labor forj nothing; besides, 'the State is
to pay ilie oxpense!of conveying them
to Mr. Best and the expense of for
warding their provisions, building
stockades, &c. The entire expense
to the State will considerably exceed
$125 per: head. j j '
The State has j received $121.50
clear net profits -over all expenses
paid by her for every convict employed
oj j.he Western North Carolina Rail
road siuce the year!l876, not in cash
but! in a
which a!
legislative ! lien on the road
1 say is perfectly good.. See
the report of Major iWllsonJ President
1
and Eii
gineer, and the message of
Gov. Vance to the General Assembly in
January,! 18.79 public documents page
The result of Mr. Best's proposition
will be that the State's convicts will
build fof, him the Paint Rock
route :
that In will piy the Sta'to nothing
j r J ": .- 1 6
them beyond, support, and that
for
the
State will pay hi:n full value for their
labor, fn other words, , we will pay
him for the labor of bur convicts where
as he should pay us,; ! j '
My opinion is that tbe State should
retain her entire! railroad Imio
from Beaufort harbor to the Tennessee
line, but if she sells .part she should
sell the whole, and thus sever her con
ncction for all time to come from rail
roads You canuot take the railroad
question put of politics. by selling one
road, arid leaving ctrthe pepplo a debt
of about 1 1 ,000,000 tinder compromise
act of last sessions, contracted for the
building of this road before the war. '
The pepple will ask why Jon have
given away ona road worth $3,000,000
and the labor ol 500 convicts for five
years and have left a debt of
$1,000,000 conlractedjor bailding this
road, with nothing to pay it 1 but their
hard earnings. They will ask , why
you have 'not employed these convicts
on some work belonging to the public
her roads and highways. Why you
have not employed them in bringing
into market tbe thousands of acres of
valuable swamp lands kr the . eastern
counties, j belonging? ! to The , pobfic
school funi, to educate the! children
of the State, instead of giving away
their labor to Mr. Best for! nothing.
acd then paying him full value for that
labor. They will ask why you' have
charged your owa citizens, tbe private
stockholders of this companj, $236
gross andT$121r50 net for each convict
per annum and .thn let, Mx. Best
have them1 for, $125, just abont tbe
amout the State will pay jfor their
maintenance, guarding, &cn besides
cost of transporting j them, building
stockades; &c 'A. '''".,: " :t t '', - A
We arej told by. some who are press.
ing the sale to Best within' the last
few weeks, that oar entire railroad
property is worthless. - Why; did not
these person's make this discovery be
fore the debts for building them were
fastened on the people? Why did
thry oot tell us so before the State
bought thia road in ; 1875? - Why did
tiey wait! until the people hod 5ald oct
in taxes j $550,000 for bat
ding
this
road through the Blue Ridge
and al-
most in sight of the Tennessee line?
jrjy have i tbe people beea j thus de
ceived and imposed on by men who
proclaimei when they were coalracting
One Sqnar 3 Tonths,
One Square 5 Jlontht,
txr
One &iu .11 rocths, .-.4 .11 A
LlbraJ deliictlf made for lxirr tVixm
Transient AdrertlsemenU Cttertt $ tt Tea
Cetd per line.: ; ' , C . ,
these debts that the - road wouli pay
Every eflon has been made If Cisrj
ing the value of this proptrty wlUUtf
the past few weeks to prfcteai corope
lit!on. and thus allow Mr. Rut to
get it for little or nothing. T ' bate ..
never before benfxl of a person nivHg
property for sale - procUIftlng' to (tee'
wanting to purchase that It was worth
less, -- i - ,' " ' t .
1 have said that I wished the State
to retain her property,' but It U takl
tho people-wUl not aabsltt3tlsUxa
tion. - rTLU crrr,baa;bL3i-UJ h
favor of completing this road to" Paint
Rock on the Tenneise' line; onJr
twenty-seven mjlss of ithrcU bfyondl
Asheville is to grade. I have intro
duced a bill repealing artrawe taxing
the people $70,000 per atfrrffrt Jbf -tfS
purchase of iron and fequlrtng "the
convicts to be put on the Paint Sock
route,' which the can cbrirp'Steitf
tweive months, costhrg ihe'StaU' $H,
ci'Ofvr their. maintenance. The Blattf
beie.g compelled, to fifafnar?f them
som where, she had best employ
lliem in building her own roitl Itbaa
give their labor to Mr. Bt Uf bttt!f
him a road, an4 wheti thff r053, ttrall
be graded to ' the vlcmtfy v of j Paint
Rock the bill gires the drrectorff ptweT
to contract for the iron anil ntcessarp
rolling 8tjck. which will thus - noi cost
terms to the State. It has been ft-
ted on this floor by Senator faVorl tfg
the bill now before you" that the Stale
is indebted to me for obtaining more'
favorable terms. I am unxftf oMlg
tions for these favorable reoftrksV but
the credit must be shared1 by the. other
directors, constituting a majority of
the board, who stood- by nHs aW fdl!
do RO. !j
If the bill shall become' a l4n I and1
Mr. Best shall fully comply with Its
terms and build the Ducktown routa asr
well as the Paint Rock, I sliatf rejolc
with my western friends, wBoie feiV
irigs I filly appreciate.
A Go4 Heard
There was a great ma iter arrtbpj tki'
Jews who made tbe scholars" oonsidsf
and tell him what a man stbilftJtjifsys4
keep. One camd'abd'salQ1 thkf therei
was nothing better than1 a" good eye," '
which is, in their language, a iiberaf
and contented dispoiitlon. Anotktr
said a good companion as the J best
thing in the world. A 7 third1 flrdf ".
good neighbor was the best thing he
could desire ; and the fcrrVth' referrrfS -a
man who conld foresee thiols to
come that is wise' pei'aoi; 33trt
last came in ono Eleazar, and bt tai(
that a good heart waa 'better tharf
them all. - ,
True, said the master r 'thou hast
comprehended in two wordV alV pirt
the rest have said';' for he that hath a
good heart will be conUntsd cad ft
good neighbor, ahd'easil eiV Wilt U
fit to be done by him. ; ? ? " 1 . ;
j Let every man, then, eeribbiljr labo
to find in binisel . a sincerltj. aacf
uprightness of heart at all times, and
that will I give him' abundance cdrrtr'
labor ' . '
Judge, everelyr , (IloVdb' jotf
know the defendant is a' rdarried raaa?
Were you' ever at hie " house? jHoJ
sir. Do'you know bim personally? A
No, sir. j fto yotf Imotf btVwIfef ffoi
sir, Did anybody eter , tell yei they
were married; No, sir; but . when I
see a man and wo mi a come to- the'
same church regularly for' three' years!,
occupy the same pew, and Have a by ma
bock n piece to'sTng out of, tdosttwizt
to ee no marriage CerttSca ibfaf
them. 1 can sweif to their relation
all the time. YtrfjctJTot plaiatiX
- An Ivisbrpan who bad been
long time vat one da!f net by,; tie'
parish priest, when tbe following eon.-:
versation took place : ..'Well, Patrick
I am glad" to fee that yoo hats rtSOT-,
ered. Were ott' not ' afraid to tittV
your God?" 0h, no; joor rf rercnet !
It was meetin ther other party thai .
was afeared rt!' replied. Pat.i A I .
Gentleman to street A'rab 'Aln'tf
yon ashamed df yourself, uiing year :
fingerir in blowing your cose? r i " '
Boyi "Did y er expect me to tUrtf '
me nose with me lers?
Greet; all the brethren. eayi Bt-'
Paul, witlr holy kiss 'Now,' why. :
says the Chicago JotfJSmttl o iaany
pasort misinterpret - the word brctb-
renr A ; : -' '
An Illinois girl's toast : Tbeyenng'
men of Atserica Their armrerir'sr
pvrU our arms their reward"; 2 tl
men ; fall in
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