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V m. ( Ar*i»ea;ni at Old Fort 7 p it* -I t
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11 «. m #a*/f<»r Old Fort leave# jlaily •ac*|*
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PROFESSIONAL CAROS.
W. W. N.ENfMINC,~
ATTORNEY JlT I,AW.
'\<| Malta, JU; C.
\1TILL practice in the coiuitiea ofJfhdJowerJ,
TT Mitchell, ytafty, Mediaon, Bfeneoml.e
and Burke In the Supreme ponrt of fliTth Car
oiioA, £>i«trict Co ’rt or the United State*.
Office hifineti ntteiidi-d tof t Marion vblle ah
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8AMUEL H. REED,
ATTORNEY AT L1H,
A»kerUI, 1C V. .
PRACTICES In lU ted«r«l »ndj Hup<rlor
Cntrt, of the Suit. -I’r. inpt ^nltenliot
In til lm«lne>i entrUllwl to M, etrt. j OSct la ;
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V. O. CANDLES.
1. B.JJCXTpll.
CANDLER & $UXTO^J
ATTORNEYS |lT tAW,
Awl Solicitor*' i*~ ^tnkru^^j/, i .
j ASHEVILLE, ;jjN. C. ij?f\
FRAOTIi'E ill the State aiil feiWrajfmirt*.
Claim* collected |ln <11 pirta of Xorth Car
olina. . i s! |'1 j >/-, .
MELVIN E. CARTES.
' JOS. a. ADAMS.
c A UT K R &, A|D AMS.
attorney** at ^aw,
ash KVILI-K,: N, CW, j
PRACTICE TtXJETHKlf IX THE X^ouri*
of the Eeveiith .jndhii^ District' in th«
Federal ourt*. at AiriSlitvIl e£ and in,jJw> Stt
pnind iJouIrt at '*'%>' wl:l igt/fc apo
dal attention to case in Bafokruptey^mi te>
the collection of O ahu* in eery par*,; of. the
:Atat**.
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priori Uh»» in llif Supifnxe ami BupiM inr Opj*»D 0*
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tier in'nil 'lie enurw Noel*. Cijgo.la,
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
NATT ATKINSON,f
Ali.rftey »t L*w,?.jA»li»|ii*le K.
v, ill uttfiili-H towl ’.nieinesh^ hla
p,;,iL .1.liijiil i-I... t'.a, I' lii’l.sar ^tii<l Salt*
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(it llOER A OmHIEII,
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will nrncr'u**• i«» tin* Cami.ties a Wextern, ^ottH
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0., jaaciit irt ibfYau^ieA « r lUierOlw^Jlay,
Ma. au, and Jacksan.
JAMES J. OSBOKWR,
Attiirnty-Ar-fytK, .jj -
. and i^AL .ESTATE AGEN| \
>-.y- Practice. l" «:» C«urU at Wrtl‘'
Carolina, I $'■
JlEXnERSQXriLLE, K. C,
*. B. VA*C«. I P A. BOwilA.
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: AITOHSM* AT MW, ||
< hnrlotie, N.\t'. f?
llnvlntr iwwoelatcd tltein-etve* topether, *>}>
practice In tM OomtaofMc«!tlfiil>nrx. Irptrll.
Gaston, Rowan, Cubarrua and Lidnn, aiMIUi
the I'rlirraland Supreme t’aartt.
State.
I<>4rrail and HMpre*ate -
■ Claim* Collected Everywhere Id the
OKVTIMTM.
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DENTKIT,
ASHEVILLE. NORTH CAROLIN^.
OIBm at hit residence o» Milo Street. Suath
of Public s^aatc. I [’*“
D"i.&rLo.l.k?L’i?,t2S.'.;r
to tire eltizensof AsheviU* and surToulU
Inif country. BatUfiictkm poranteed tnjwn
operathma perfbrmed,. •!■%- ;l>fltee oyer Rdy
A Mlllanl’a Store. , | Hoctia-to-ly,
DOCTORS.
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We gall your attention t6 our , stock of
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HARNESS?, WUU'S,,& blankets,
Of all dewrliitlonK, which they am selliug at
wholes#^* amp retail, at prie# to {
suit; the times.
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C. fgRUCE,
Architect,
AND IbITEUI^IENDENT Ot
1 / Knoicille, Ttuneitee.,
Will famish lottos sieelflcatlou* ailtl 4*^*
pur Court Houses, School Buitlll&ys
Churches, litres ami Private RetU
• 't dc.ices, ' [ . ;
l'or»"5' p*rt of. the tUiintry, and eopciiaUod
the erection | orheti deeiredt 1 ‘
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Aftf, Brandt#*, Winer, Gin* $ Ouw«.
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DR3. QftCENE, LINDLEY
AND BENTCEY’#
6IEAT FAMILY MEDICWES.
ton W OF BlOOD DliEASBS.
Dr. Greened
for ail Fit*, Spasms.
Corydal
Fit Dure
ittid ConTttWon*,
Hrdlratrd Weary, tor Conglw, Cold*,
Bronchitis. Tender Lungs, 4o.
W«wnei«te W^r-clWr. for Neuralgia, R^eu
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AanMatt WF a Fell Cer»* Ceta^
* '1 ■’ ten* Traehen, ■ |i '
l gEMI-AS NTTAL TERMS.
Voitlon la refrilqf camtjtam.$11 to #20
Eta Sir; Ideidt at*! Kipreec*...-* t p#
Euard.'rselaslre vaabinf aad tifhta„.Sd6 j00‘
Hltdc~rPUno, Cmo* or Geltat.120 #0,
rtf a dlsUafuiahcd German IProfcaeorjJ.D. Roller’
<Jn*-halt the tuitfnae aad tone *1 day Mndea^;
• retailed la airaaoa. T- , !
01 Bo*W«b—Oa^Baadrrd Dollar* laadraa^at!
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Inscribed to thb mbtnory of Curtis, T. G.,
son of Dr.-M. and M, A. K. Roberts,
who departed this lift Sept. 24th,
A’,.r>., 1873, aged 3 years
. anil ^6 months.
A little angel ctupe a down,
To stay awhile V*
It was embodied In a ehUd+
' A child of love and mirth.
He stayed, straegb thought, with us content,
Tho'his home was not here;
Metliiuk? he oft' Would roam away, ,
: To be With angels uear. i
I often saw celestial beams
Of glory from Id* eyes,
I I,ike rays of light. In silver sheen,
Arising; to tile allies.
j Sin ne'er detiied ills ruby lips,
In himlliere was; no wring,
! And all the Incited plains Df life
j Could not etie.liant him long.
I Death snitched this little gem away;
He's gone—oh 1 • cruel pang!
j Lot t In t|ie solemn hush of death;
| He's lost’, the echo rang. - -
Tlie deep and sable shades of grief
Oer-liang us like it pad; ,
| Oil. had We known lids heavenly guest!
! oil! this angelic call!
! Awsy from human sight lie's gone,
Again he cannot come; \ J
\ lht wears a sparkling diadtsn ;
j He's not lost - hut gone home._■
!hkawcii»s« fob fossils
Ji n Igtcre-ttug Geological
1 . .HariitlloB.
j rinhADELrnu, fx., Mov. 22, 1873.
M'lt. K. Ml Furman : I
Ikar Sir A-.cprding to promise, I
1 hastily write ail amount of my recent
| trip to the,W. st. I accompanied a sei\
! entific party that w*nt th explore a por
tion of the: country? in the vicinity ol
the Rocky Mountains. Our object was
to.obtain some of tile wonderful fossils
which are found in,that region, and to
procure specimens ;of the plants and1
i minerals which nboiind there.
We first; went tj Fort Undger, in
Wyoming. ‘This plu(t? is about 900 miles
west of Omaha, ambus 7,000 feet above
the sea. It is a vas| desert plain, many
hundred miles in exl£nt. A fort on the
I Western plains is not a very formidable,
looking affair; not inch as might be
supposed to inspire rpuch terror to the
Indians. A few log houses, a store and
a stable, often comprise what is called
a fort. Life in a Western fort is about
as dull and monotonous as life on the
ocean. As it seldom |ains in Wyoming,
very'little : vegetal1 In' is seen, except'
the sage and greaso-wood boshes.. These
grow about three feet high, and are so
unsightly that they afford little relief to
the desolate appearance ofi the country.
A few scrubby cottonwood trees grow
on the margins of th« streams, and very
little grass & seen except ion the mead
ows. .Tha breams (f wator are very
far apart, and they 4re auppliad from
the jnolting snows oh the; mountains.
Many of the Rocky Mountain aommits
are more than 14,000 feet above the
sea, and they are perpetually covered
with snow. We saw no crops growing
in Wjroming; i
We were supplied from the Fort with
a wagon anci tents, Uiul camped out
while hunting for fossils, as the country
is not settled. The greatest difficulty
experienced in travelling in that country
is the scarcity of witter. Sometimes
travellers are obliged to canty a couple
of day's supply in casks for the use Of
both'men and horses.* The changes in
temperature are very great In July
during tha day, the thfifniometer would
indiqate 80 dtjgreesin ihe shade, and,at
night water ! would freeze in a basin
near our tent,,' I was told that high np
on the mountains there is frost every
night in the'year. A large portion of
Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Wyo
ming was once the bed Of a fresh water
lake. ; When (he Rock]! Mountains were
' upheaved, the bed pf this lake was also
npheaved, 1 This lake 'abounded with
multitudes of Urge turtles, crocodiles
and lizards. Suit water fishes came* into
:the lake to spawn, and' many of them
jhavibg ditd there, the Current of water
carried them , <to certain places1 more
abundantly than to others. They were
afterwards covered with mud and sand
tp a great depth, and I will presently
give you a pnmf of it J After the ele
vation of the lake bei, the mud and
.late*
mc( s/nds tones. The erosive elements,
jochi* lainj frost and wind, during*
long pbriod of time, operated vigorous
ly in.tearing down these rock*. In an
eientUimes these forces operated with
Bucb ipofcer iy» to teaf down the-plains
into valleys many mjles wide, and many
hundred feet deep. The solid granite
i>f thf Rocky Mountains is, in many
placed eroded into gorges thousands of
feet dbep. iThe rounded granite bould
ers resulting from this erosion have
been Mattered in grept profusion over
the pWios.; Near the mountain* they
are seer, in size about as large as a half
barrel; while at the distance of tihirty
miles from their baseoiot many are seen
larger than four or five inches in diame
ter. At a distance of 40 miles from the
mountains tills drift is deposited over
the plains to the depth of five or six
feet. ‘It is owing to the presence of
these ^oki se pebbles and boulders that
the streams are fordable, as the soil re
sulting frorq; the disintegration of the
sandstones oil the plains make quick
sands Of the post formidable character.
The erosive! elements,, while tearing
down 6ie rocks, have exposed the fcssils
in many places in great abundance.
These owes, being petrified, are more
durable 'than the snndstono rocks; in
feet, nfiny of them are as smooth and
as wel| defined as recent bones. In
many: places'fn Wvoiping a Oart lead of
fragiiirnits of fossil tuiitle shells couild be
gathered, in fe short time. The fossil
bones t^e usually found after they have
been We ithefcd out bf the | rocks, but
occasionally they are'seen fast in. the
solid rdfcks. On ono occasion the skull
of a large animal was found with the
jaws grinning ferociously out of the
solid rack. ' -
When this .lake bed-was elevated suf
ficlentl| to make a swamp bf a large
portion of it, then rhinoceroses, tapirs
and maSy other animals roamed about
iii great-abundance, a-v their bones are
npw frbquehfly found. Within a few
years ataut, ‘fhree hundred species of
mammels, seventy five species of rep
tiles, (fed seventy-five species of
fishes hwo been found. Nearly a.l of
them af» new to science, and Ull of them
are noW extinct Some of the saurians
or 1iza^i| were of enormous size. The
skeleton bf oiie of them now in the
Aifedeo# of-; Natural Science in this
c:fy, measures fifty febt in length, and
others have boon found much longer.
Qne of - the feost wonderful animals
ever diStpverijd hero isof the rhinoceros
family, (pd v|as first; found- and do
scijl.od; m Dij. Leidy near Fort Bridger
last yeaff life has named it the Uinta
therium:- It i| a rule in natural history
•that ahijbals With tusks have no.horns,
but f hi ^formidable monster had two
tusks1 about a foot long, and also three
parrs of lorn*. We fopnd quite a num
ber of th0 bones of this beast last Sum
mer. -,t r;
The <feat deposits of Wyoming and
Colorado are bf much more recent origin
than tlife coqt beds east of tho Miss
issippi river,.tne former being of ter
tiary age, antji made from plants and
trees containing much bitumen. This
coal is highly bituminous, and isof vital
importance to the Union Pacific Rail
road, a* it would be Impracticable to
procure wlod at a reasorianle price for fuel
in their bhgine*. At Rock Springs, in
Wyoming is a coal mining population
of several hundred people. The water
at thahplfice (Cuusuitable for drinking
and cookfeg purposes. The town is
supplied f ith.Jwater from Green river,
fourteen miles IdiBtant, and it is trans
port^ on’ cars;! If any event should
cause an interruption in the running of
. the traiustorfe few days, the population
would be obliged to move away.
We spifet a few days at Salt Lake
City. ThH elevation of this place is
about 4,000 feet above the sea. The
streets are lipsd with trees, which are
1 irrigated tyy Streams of water that run
in nearly fel fli| gutter*. The gardens
are also iwafered by the same source.
The Salt Lake Ya'ley is bounded on the
east by the \yaSatch mountains, which
rise from $000 to 7,000 feet above the
plain- ?aR Late City: lies at the base
of the rofnrii tains, which are perpetually
covered jwtlh enow; and they afford a
never-afijing eupply of pure water to
the* valley below; It was a novel eight
in Augu*t, .when the thermometer was
above 90 dfgrees, to seesuch huge piles
of snow on life mountains only a short
distance ofll l ;
The Watatfh mountain* are very
steep and ragged, and nearly destitute
of trees; jThe mountains afford, the
limestone rqcks that bear the silver ore*,
which are principally argentiferous ga
lean. 1 \ J f 1 ./ 1 ;
, The smelting Operations in this val
ley are oondHcted- under great disadvan
tages, as tht tertiary coal is so highly
bituminous that it cannot be coked.
Charcoal Is therefore used for smelting
purposes. Th|s is obtained from Wye*
ming, The: wood is hailed from the
vicinity of the Unita mannntains, many
miles by die;!, to the railroad, and th‘p|
burned injto VionL. f It is transported bjj
rail aboiit! 1Q0 miles, to Salt Lake Vaf
ley. On sonant of the great cost of
charcoal, thddow -grade ores are no(
■melted. <Ifo;fnel|was cheap, a hurgf
amount p£ stiver could be, extracted?
from these orbs, i i ' ; , I
It is mthef remarkable that very four
Mormons arCepgaged in mining enters
prises! I wsS informed lhat not more
than one-fourth of the Mormons pas
aeas more than one ] wife. Jrobiic |eu
timent and the great expense of main
taining several families are skrijrly
operating against the, perpetuatipg of
the “ plurality iiistitiitidn,” iBeveinf of
Brigham Youngs daughters ■ are mar
ried, ami it is said thati they stipulated
with their luisfcamU that they shotdd
remain monogamist*; • ; %
The Wasatch .moutitain streams affeid
abiindant means for'irrigating the crpps
in the Salt Lake Valley, Neyer befire
did I observe such heavy crops of wlrtsat
and oats as thoe* uLthis valley. I" ridt
alscj grows in great perfection, but. jhe
trees must be irrigated.; f j!j
Many of the houses is this valley Sro
built with bricks mSde if mijd aud hot
burnt. As it seldom rains there, tt^se
hotiBea are very durable. j ,
Ih company j 'with Dr*. Leidy 4iid
Chapman, I went onia nbyel fjshing.yx
cursion near Green River City, in Wjjjsq
miog. The only hotel at thisjplace i| a
frame hflilding of the style of soinaol
the moat'unprelyhdiUg dwelling hasps
in the vicinity of Asheville. | We eu
gaged a guide named Johnson, anal a
pack-mule, to carry Our : fishing tackle,
Iuncb, and canteens Of Wateit and Ao
carry the fish hack from the fishing
_a.. .1 D .. 1*. ■■■. *^1 f It rtf iu t a As.
ground.
o_ Before; we w> ift the? distance
of a mile, our mnle manifested such In
dications of laziness''that the united
efforts of, all four1 of ps were (titled iAto
requisition to iiicluceHhe'atiimp! to pro
ceed. J; Henry j Johnson, tlje driver,
took the lead, pulling vigorously with
the halter strap over .his jhonlBerl T tu
rn ule took tbe second place iifj the pro
cession, followed by the rest of t}ie
a. One punched, him with an ufi
i; another whofloned hip w illy a
barrel stave,(as rticks.do not grow theye)
while the third pelted him w;th stenls.
This was a scene worthy Of the attention
of a photographer. IP rot Leidy, of the
Medical University of Pennsylvania, M
D.—Mule Driver/ llenty Chapm.ui, of
Philadelphia, M. D,—|Mufe Driver; add
your humble correspondent, A M. L
L. D.-r-Master of the; Arts of! Licking
Lazy Donkies, all ’ vigorously j engaged
in the occupation of mule coaling. • ;
After travelling abdut a mile, and as
cending an elevation of more than 3<j0'
feet above the valley, jwe arrived at the
fishing ground, aiiq unloaded pur fish
ing tackle, which; j consisted of" a pick,
shovel, hammers ajid chisels. ? Johjnsdii
proceeded to dig pith the pick iu tip
side of t' e; hill, arid we spOn obtained!*
sighted the little ipaiitiei They were
reposing in a -veih of iijduiuted clay
which lies horizontaliy;, and the erosiop
— L & L « 1 MA ,1-a U .s .1 '/Itft.an.vif il L/im 11 t llit '
of thefroeks had pxpdeed them on the i
*1. _ * _ 1* hill - ■ ■ ■ . t ll *• 1 ful
side of a high h It, 'with nearly lOt)
feet of sedimentary Jroqks QVer!yjn|
them. 1 " - ‘
The impression* of jthe fish are'11
beautifully’and perfectly(preserved ii
the rock that theiii speties can easily hi
• i . \ - ■ mi. ... t L ‘..l.. L*»l U
identified. : They
rings. Johnson s
which we split out.
ref nearly 'all hart
n’liariled out a lo(,
with Our hammer*
and cliisels. In ;i he 1 course qf a le,
hours we obtained -, ri load-of salt water
fish
h, more than 6,0(10 feel above the a<-8
<1 2,000 miles dintarSt from jt. Till;
shalds accompanying this'.fish bed sri
so highly bitnminois t|atfrom!a tori of
it several gdlons ofpilsan be distill ’d,
Oitr guide Johns in Was dressed itf
deerskin pants, shir* and moccasins. N(|
textile fabric encircled him, except l.i*,
hat and the sowing thread. Many o|
the mountairiecr8 dress in this style. Aj
conspicuous Sight ih all the villages onf
the line, of the Union Pacific Railroad|
in Wyoming, is the gpai\ quantity ol|
empty tin fruit cans lying about. A.-ij
fruits and vegetables ai$ npl cqltivatt-cf
there, the demand for .them in' cans is*
verify great; the greiitef portiotiYofthem!
is brought from California!: I
In Colorado the principal mining jo-j
calitiea aye at Central City,and poor go-;
tovin. These towns nrpdohated Hi deop!
' gorges, which have!been eroded in the
Rocky mountains. At Central City the,:
or*h afe chiefly auri'erdbs iron pyrites,;
while at Georgetown they are mostly
argentiferous pyrites slid gilena. The;
sanie difficulty is here ’Experienced in
obtaining a cheap fuel for ^melting tihe
ore*, thongh the tertiary coal is founo
at the mouth ed the gorge or canon at
Uolilen City. ; ■ S
Ths|Rocky feionntaiiwarii not covered
with soil as abundantly,as! the! moun
tains of North Caroitna.1 The prolusion
of vjegetation and the namorous streams
of water which characterize your motto
tains and add such a chirm to the ace
nery, aro: almost wanting among the
Rocky pountaius; in fact, I; have never
witriessedianywbere elseiSuch charming
scenery as that to be oh*-rved in your
Western counties. The soil of the
plains in the-viciuity uf the Rocky
mountains is welt adapted for producing
good crops of wheat, oath} potatoes, &c.,
where the elevation does' .not much ex
ceed 7,000 feet above' the Sea. Grass
will grow well even above that -eleva
tion. All that is wanting, is a supply of
I water for irrigating purposes.; i The
mountain streams would 'afford the
means of irrigating a large !portion of
the county adjacent to them!. In Colo
rado several stock companies! have dug
irrigating canals, and thejr lease water
privileges to farmers at so annual rent
of about a dollar and s quarter per acre.
The farmer feel* no concern about a dry
Beason, nor does he ffel any ‘apprehen
sion of rain when cutting his lpy or
f;nun in-harvest time; he safely should
« happy there. ’
vy 11149 -MJ Wyoming. we ouaisiuuiuiy
met; a while binder, trapper or Jw^pr,' >
who bad emigrated there,beforethe quo-11
struct ion of the Union Pacific Railroad.)!
Not having much choice'in the sejefctiou V
»f a wife out there, many pf them kdve \
taken squaws for matrimonial o6nib|D;
ions. I ’have seen squaws who,.haw
|Un v b ovvu ov[w>* "w " ww , / i » »»
lived with white husbands at lean 26 •
years, and have entered their cabtee^Ut
the iuvitation of their husband* I •
never could induce one of them Mntelk 1
to rap. Yours, truh
^m/wiLIXJok.
-4
BBKVAUB.
Ini company with Col. A. T. Davidson,
we left for Brsvaid Chart on Monday
of the term. That night w* staid with
Mr. Andy Miller, at whose; house-tre
also met Rev. Mr. Towles, of the Prtk
hyterian Church, Hendersonville, bro
ther of our old j frjetid J. M. Towlee, pf
Raleigh, and daughter. After a moat
pleasant night, Wjs left early nekt apart*
jng,,arriving at'Brevard before dmnvr.;
Being nearer the top of the Blue Ridge 1
we fhand the “ burg " decidedly iooL
. Mrs. Gash, atj her bospitabth, hjoniiy
like hotel', took jus in, and treated up all
most cleverly. £ome of the lawyer* *
liaye been in the habit of stoppibg with4 J
Mr.,Erwin*u>f Brevard, but a few wechs f
before Ite wrote them that he “expected '
a storm’’ about Court Week and other «*
conveniences, aud preferred not to take ,
guests this time. That estimable gen* i
f;
tleinan, we learned, has recently gotten
an accomplished ilady of oar sister Stale
South Carolina, to keep house for him.
This ought to have j helped the Citise,
but he tiionght differently. Mr. ErWiu
bus the grntuiations of his many friends,
and hopes that hie “ storms ” may air
Ways have “ silver linings.” ; '
Judge Cloud pomducted Court, as he
has ridden Judge Cannon's circuit this
Fall. If all he true we have heard, th#
Judge rode the Bar as well as the cir
cuit, In all kindness, we would suggSit *
to his Honor that he is guilty of gru$- j,
discourteous, even; offensive conduct; to
members of the Bar, at times, which is
decidedly objectionable, and severely j
contemned even by the people. We ,
are satisfied that Judge Cloud is sincere
d honest in his: purposes, thoroughly
impartial as a Judge, and altogether
w ill meaning; but this could all be *
si .own quite as well in a wanner not set j
u ipleasant, to'say the least. V'
There were several cases of import- •
aSice on the docket, all of which, we he*. ‘
lieve, were continued. Mr. Juliua'Pobrp. 1
indicted for the [killing of Mr. Duckr* -
worth, recently, was removed to another i
county for trial, oU behaff ot the State, f
The sympathy of the community Seemed’ ^
to be with Mr. Poor, all regarding the ^
shooting |saccidental, friendly intiiiiacy ||
only known to exist betwwen the parties
before,
Wednesday we liad a meeting
citizens >n the inforest of the Westefn
District Agricultural Society, to isolicit!
subscriptions to stock, &c., dec.
; Eliajh Allison was called to the
land Mr. John Anderson acted as]
of the
Rev.
Chair,
Secre*
; tary. . ;
Col. A. T. Davidson, being called oei,
mate a most interesting speech iaW*’
half of the Society. ;We have heard-th#
Colonel in efforts which were Very able,'
but his happiest hits are in his off-hand1
speeches; and this was one of thetb.' •
The result was, a livePy interest in-the
1 Society was iroused,and we there Se
cured $125 00 in sjubecriptions. ; .. ; ■
Messrs. Allison, Bishop, nnd Sbnford:
were appointed a committee to solicit
subscriptions. We expect to hear good- i
Cows from the nOble little county of
vanin. : '• ii;
Brevard is a prosperous place, ns* *
ifgood pchool, and energetic business men.
Messrs- Gash Bros., R. W. Hume, -
prWiu, M. B. Cooper, are the prominent
•merchants. These gentlemen aw liberal
’|ind public-spirited! ; i ; j1 ' ;
j Mr; B. C. Lankford, the efficient
(JJounty Register, who also clerk* for
SGasb Bros., consented to act as agent’ *
jjor the Citizen. We ezpect,. through
diis influence and that of many other'
friends whom the
lE'ransylvanifl, to lwiir most favorable
u-eporta soon, :
: Messrs. Woodfi
Citizen claims *
I/:
& JlcLoml, Cob
Pavidson, Col. Colemjan, E. H. Menp-.
pm and M. E.- darter, Esqs., pf thin,'
place; .Capt, Tate, Garland Fergus**,,
and J. C. L. Gudgej*, of WayneaviUe;.
Gen. Henry, Solicitor, and Kope Ella*,' 1
E«q.,of Franklin; J. J.Osborne,H/Gt'*'
| Ewart, H. T. Farmer, P. Stradley, Shop* i i
j iff Taylor, of Henderson, aid the local
[ h»r, were in att<m«l*nefl