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RALEIGH, I a. SU I RDAV, JMIHH 23, 1872.
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THKSEXTINKI,
UfCt'CMfS I HUM ALL.
The 'dx.g Vrry, U)jp(.rtt4 b? money
. . n hv peopl. by i Hi i h'lders,
is i . .v to defend nay felou or dt
t mite r .'lontfing to the party. Waint
!.-( Ilanf attempted a ikf.-nrc of 'Bill v
(.hdrrn-n in the matter Y iKirr' mule
.V-vc. if the indictment agtiint Hender
vi t ' te;ilin th mule win i!l fi. under
Mr Hum -sell knows that onvutn.n lor
niuY stfuling wnuid nl ha -ddti mtjvh
... tiir fidiuin of Billv'n rrmrjr.er whcrr
he r well known. Mr. IUnr it wt'll
fiw.irr o(" the fn t: that mnny of th most
r. -m ctrtbit' men of hia (Hanes'i sci.ain
tii..ic srtfre in 'Mn r .nit that Hi'iidt-rson
nt to be In iii'V, d ta oath.
Siint I.rwis i" awre of the fart that
Mi'r Hi i t v Smith has stated I hat h voter!
Jftii myr.' women drnfuwd in mt o's clothe.
Sniut 1,4 wis is an ire "t the fait thai
M tjor Smith fiHinhiU-ntly leaned the North
( aroint litilroad at a I'M of neailj
$2.01)0, OOO to the nt ite, ami that hr- madr
t'.c W.-tv tor hi own bnjui k-a.!i , ye
Sjin I.' H i4 dure not puUlutt it. 1 f r
i . wi aili.'fr-n to it. Ii" hr should iiirli:lL-f
in proMT rfittiii'l)t U ll the U-.te and
J h.it oi n. u 'li Hi. i)- Souili's ev-j-h-n- i
t'H H W Mllil PC (11(1
i. .in. I.his aiul hi.
ilvin .) HKm, iur
klvin lll(M.'HlIi ill .
.,,:..;) r. . !. .:?
I in- ii.i-'. -I. f- !; '
I'rtry lil.iki . ,l lit I
ru ponl jiiinUr. ('
nr.l in the Vr-vy, iK-ming tlmt he
iin:ii.(M.i I'rvwi. the w-riiM' !' tbe North
.irnlili:l r.. 1 ! rnntl lompiltiv t"T . Ul!rtl
ph. Ht.cn ol l"s lun.l.. We nlhiiil rorret-teil
a- t iiiM...tb.l , liut lie rt-&im-d Im1
Im- w ft ilt-t'.iulti r to tin- amount ot
Hi h Ml i ii alioin ii a, any niii.itl.H ht'ivireto
th. i.impitny 4 tirrt' .'ie tlioiiMiiiii. ol
il.llir iiiiwiiif( It wiil.l have been
anriKt the p.inriiih-a of the party for
H; ,-Your Horn Uill to have diuiMetl
In. n lie tlierelore !lowe.l him tn re
.i r i Ca!viu in hi. card to Baiat
1 In- Sts riNEi. lorharKi- for the hun
ilnitlh t.uio that the cauw of nit "ill"
iin-al,i ' the misuse of the con.panyV
tti.in-y I slate tieie. pointe.il , that th.
N urt l ( aioliiia It iilroad ( oinpany ha
ii- i. r '..nt one cent by my managetueut.
W- - w in Calvin and S.nt I.ewia, th.t
U ii.! th..- iu.m.on. You il.l(je the iwiui
W'r mv j. hi were . defaulter, and thai
t.!!v Miiith, the president of line road.
ii, ..I.- ii,.- . Inline. Vou were ucd ly the
. lu.p.ii) on your bond to ilraham cwrt.
ai.,1 paid JIHHI of the money yuu nw
withhold. UK from the ri inpany.
If the luuiator rould clear up thi
whole uiatier, Iheu what ul..ul the indict
niont an liust hiui in Waka conrt for n
tortinn. This law n quirea the postuiMtei
to live in the city The postotilce ia le
tlmn ninety yard, from the court
house where the county coinmia
M,,n.r. nieet. Whito Clvin was
county rmnmiiiouer, h poved mile
age
lor Kuue nixty m.lea tmvut, wnen
he
V.
b ,t
had tr.-eled
.lk.i verd
li.. , l.-tk . i
n:...'ty yards or lean
i t.i see the ludictnieul,
old not 6,.d it. II.
th .iii.'lit on,
Cul.ld . n ti,
rtw., lawyers llad it. Wi
t.ir it. but thry d4.ii
hiving it
Where is the indictment, and
what dcfoi.ee ill Sni.it I.evi i. make for
his new fiim I, Calvin .1 Ilojer8?
Calvin i a belt, r man th.ni in
st of hU
party. id we wete content
lo let bill!
'nme but for hi. putting hiinaclf before
the public and .Itempting to ahflw that
we were guilty of falehood in rallin
hun defaulter. We repeat, C.lv.n waa
a ,l, faul:cr, and after being sued, paid up
two thous.vnd dollars ti the company.
THE XITUATIQX.
The Caldwell boaid of couinitasionon
of the Deaf and Dumb and Blind Insti,
tution atill hold the 000 illegally
drwwn by them tbruugb the agency ul
his Accidency. What are they going Ui
do with it f I it out af. intereat tor the
b nsfit of the state f Do they propose U
divert it from tlflr purp.ae for bich it
ww appropuatad I D they prupuM to
r, udrr themselves Hab!e, Ky tbe detention
of this mroey, to iiroaccution in a crim
in il court ?
The Caldwell board for the ponitcn
tury have 00 iu hand. Sheriff Gibb
tl-ugi. ttwai pftur, U--r, Frad
en. k L'.ng The brard refused to racciva
-id teri bi-n. though they bava $o,00w
drawn from the treasury for that purpoa.-.
Wa append a copy Vf the note ad -dresaed
to Mcasra. Hrro and Allen of
the bvard.
V'Aiiiftloroii Hora.
Raleigh, Mafch H W7
Tj Jtrh Allen T John H. Harrmm ;
iitxTLvmvM I am the aberi ff of Hyde
county and bava brought ui the peotlen
'narTisT rR-drtrtr hmfr -twn-ti
to Hie peniTerrtiary fir two year
ftit iarvmy. Ttw p aitantiary board ap
iinted by lb Itgiaiature refuae to take
hi.u ltMUK the? bare no way f feeding
Urd bare iVOOO to fwd mctx prtaeneTa.
I mA. that tou reniva htm or autbonae
await further development of the uofor
tuaate difficulty growiog out of me inan-agem-'nt
of the penllentiary.
epctfully,
HENRY ft. GIBB3.
Sheriff of Hyde lotioty.
Tbe answer to this note was, We
can t do aoything with the priaoner we
rtn't get into tbe penitentiary ouraelvea."
The governor playa dog in tha o anger.
He will not fwed hia radical frieod. Rev.
Fred. Long, nor will he let olbexa feed
him., Tb goravor doei not tppaax to
an i ions to ratea btmael of tba Loaaiic
jLsjflaa ti of Qi4 other ioaUtuUouft.
Wa tupptiae ihe re fur tba jtomnor1
i
rua-id. newvpe t-Mkmor Cot will wit
fait VP iTtrtirt t.iTrnot Cstdwvft aad his
co pi.ratfrs for drawing money ille
gally fi.-m the ireaaury.
A MANLY LKTTF.K.
Cs-iu- I City one of the fonndera of
the rr'ibhi an jmr v. aent to the late con
tention n! the I.U'ThI rt-publiCM) in Mit
touri an nble ictt'i irttu which we make
the follow mg t-i' r-rtrt
Hiv r U iiig de,i, I reait ith tlx
tue eariicstnnw tlliit I tli l it tiistttu't
the ntt-nit of the Grant conspirators to
flui'juate Uicnouth, ami Lo uiitKt) u pro
viiicial lor all tnac lo rnorej than Kouiau
iiitptTi li-m
I letioinKe the attcnipl to weaken ns
b a atiidu-i ioi( of airuiix ttie black
against lii 'ea. I denouner i he dufstns
o bnrbiri7in ut tv th- corrup. irreMui-
iitile iui- ot men from th North w ho
iiHve no oitiinoD iutereMt in our affair ;
wl.n tii vide aur people and waate our
siiltatainf,
1 denounce, the attempt to rvver-1 the
natural or.i i utthinu, by utiitjrrtmif. t
conaiii utioiMtl changes and in(f-nio(Liy
. n'rivi d Um'r. iii iuielliKf,nre mid pr
I rty ol the "iuih to ignorance and pau
pii-tn.
I denounce th enmity of the Grant
rule to the iudi w ti d'-ncr (if Cuba. bijeaUc
Litte know Unit ( uta mu-t, in inLereat,
innllv rivitate toward :tnd In ion g to
l the rtmth.
-iriincuta iu the liitlita
I denouin'e ti,e tif potion, favoriti m and
coir u pi ion anil proM:ript.on if the Grant
-tdiniiutt ration.
I denounce the wheme ol itiibjecting
men and measure (u the aide enl of re
electing a mihtarr (bieftain.
At laH and alwve alt I protect Birninst
the uncoiiPtittitioiirtl and diHpiiii titter
fcrence with the right of peacenble a-aetu
blmfe Wiethe ballot bcX by the frequent
and alarming use if tbe cartridge bo.
The lenouiinalion and re election of
Grttnt is to consolidate all thei usurpa
tion? and abuses, and Ui open a hiliw ar
to the overflimw of all our Uleitiis.
Mr Clay conchiilen by ret oniineudin
that Uie conventi.tn frame a platform ac
ceptable to the patriots of the eountry
and augment a standard bearer in whom
the people have confidence.
iiASKHcrrcr a imxiuha
tion
We copy what follows from the Sal is
bi i ry Ki m inrr. T h e Kin n nrrt it will
Ue aot;nt i- U a-ttfmg th sute dbt b)
rt'pudiution .
One of the ciuwa v hv it is difficult
to obtain immigrant lor North Carolina
the ruin v. hu ll has Ucu brought on
the ftbite thioUgli radu il tiiieuinnage
ment.
The fin inciul chanrrer of North Caro
lina is at a veiy low ebb. Foreigners
unwilling tu immigrate ti a country
Xboie l'nds are haw ked al -ut at a mere
amig. ('apitalists will uot invest their
money in a state where a huge pub! it
debt haa ben piled up the payment of
which would baukrupt her citizens.
Wttere high usea are diaproporfiouaU) to
tbe value of the real eat ate, it will be iui
pmMtibleto convince prudent men that it
will be a god inveatiutiua to purchase.
Hals i$h AVtfi.
The Awi in the above pointed rotmuks
baa made a good nrgiiiiieul m f ivofo re
pudiation. Perphtipa it wan done nn
inteutionaly, still the fact is nt afTccted
bv it What the has said is true to
the letter. It is app oint to every reflect
ing mind.
But while the Vic has grtpbicajiy
poiated mrt he rrrt.'tfial ta tfie "Uine of
immigration," the curte of tbe slHte, and
the great barrier to praptrity, there ii no
remedy auggetd. We a.e all aware tliat
thn evil exists then what is the remedy i
This is the important question.
We huve heretofore endewvored to
point out the way of our deliverance
the remedy for the great evils with which
we are afflicted and tbe more we tbink
over the matter, the more thoroughly aie
we convinced that there is but one safe,
sure, and effectual way only, and that ta
repudiatum.
The Aeva says that the public debt
cannot be paid wit hem t bankrupting the
people. This is emphatically true. And
we tbink it questionable, whether the
entire property of the state and people
would be sufficient to settle the ut
(.landing claims againat them, were they
forced into bankruptcy to-morrow.
The SorrHEXn Mctbodist Cnmcu.
An interesting article in legard to the
Baptist church having appeared in the
patera, in connection with the notice of
the approaching Baptist Con veaUon, it i.
thought that the billowing note m re
gard to the large Methodiat fraternity
would be tqually entertaining to the pub
lic. With the Methodist., as with the Bap
tiais, a nepiration occurred 27 years ago.
on the .ubji-ct of al ivery. The supreme
frfcUlatlve body of the Soutfictji ekafeb.
the Oencral Conference, ni, ets rjiiadrea
niallt. The multiplied inufeta and
poDueroua narbinery of the church red
der the aeasieot of tbia body very long
they continuing aUiut a month. Tbia,
together with the large numben thai
roaipose the conference, preclude the
bope that wt .hall aoon have che pleasure
nt aousrt .ining them,, in oar charming
mtaent i .y. Thr few piaaaa untiia.
Eaatera .lope that are large eaoogh lo
entertain it without undue aacrinV.
Tbe total number of Methodist coramu-
auiAkanu.,.in. tha, Cmlai State is. alwul L
,70,!U . Th nuinlmr ta, ativa fcauhatn
branch ia about 727,50Qt to which, if
added to other branches of Methodists in
the southern auiua. we have probably
Counting diffent aocietVea In Sorth
Caroltaaa, tben arw between 100,1)00 and
E. Church Soii'U) alooe ainWing Se.e0.
There are probublj 12,000 traveling
and between 15 000 and 20,000 local
Methodist minislei-s'io the United State..
Eta bracing the missions u the various
departments of tbe church, tbe aggregate
a umber of Methodist conantunicaata in
the world nay be put dawn at 4.000.fKl
Allowing, as tuual, five o one, we have
20,000,01)0 Metltodut population oa the
globe, Jwva
The Empress KHsahctb of Austria i.
universally admitted tu be tbe handeotnert
princess in all Uuropc H. strongly . re
sembles the Americau type baauljr, so
IstvritsfiaTar.
1 w-jh mt 4 fat tlw wwwwrt y
l
with UUUd arnta ami allow Uo. Cald
weti, "it her tn atarrw or art t tiWrty
tlm-e humltwl ornvtrtl lelona daw in
the piiitenttary. The cnnvicU are la
c!ie ronfinemeot let they ahouhi riae
up nnd at ay their koep rt btfre the Uour
of huicrr nnd starvation arrives. Thry
are nn hort ratlofia, aVthe governor ia la
forim d We p pmt it iatbue the Comma
nl'y were taking U jm U.r their own pnt
ttt tiD and aaltty Jbeae tel'HU must
nl ie starved nnr tuual thev be allowed
to erape aUtrvution by niuidrnog tUeir
kcep-ia. I,et then- be a town mwtieg,
and a deputution of citizena appointed
to wait on the governor and the penlUn
rjary board f irunt-w to know Im what
ej'reriH theycxpect to proced. It is
too Im e when the calamity cornea for the
peopb- to a-t. If the flght rntinuea oit
the pre.Mint line lu-t ween t We? governor
and the board, Mar vat ion or telnaae nf the
pjia'iUt iH ii iut soon follow.
KKSti. til
Gen J,onn-tiei-t h-u reained as anrrev
or of custom- at New Orleans. Ha r
fu ea lor er to h hi olTl -e tinder Grant,
bo au-te iir.-iiit and the carpet hag Govern.
or, V.trntoiil li , h ive ))!!(, and Koiigatreet
ta
I, j. w it !. tin
i p. I l.,.(K.-r
afcjaJkv.-aVidt rh
Uy'iJatlLUl lV lTl lf,:tnl to roljgn
oi he la MheimML; with vYiriruiutb, and
laying p ana hy wlllctl hr IS U makl
more m int-v b) d-'-rtin than by ad
tiering to (irnt (Jen I.ouHtre't waa at
uoMy lor a. c -aAe'in and wai aaJudgeHet
tlealld Judue Kodinau. ( ullko the two
jiiilgra natue,l, he tought it out at the head
of Ih. annv of Virlh.-rn Yiiginia, until
the ho.1 ur.n annelid, led. Me atood ou!
after the surrender far two year, ag.io.t
the opprcaaora and plunderer.
of bis wet, on and peop'e. He
viewed with crn and indignation
the plunder of North and South Carollua,
Georgia. Tex ta and Louisiana. At a
time wheti his late comrades in arms were
.bout lo thrust the hands of the greedy
caip. t baggers from their pocket., Long
9re't 1'iiiied the oblier. with aoaaaignahlr
motive Im it neept an office worth $.'U.00t
a ynr Ii lmgatniet had been a (Quarter
m-.-oer i-ii.n..)i..igi,: Umlman, the army of
Sw' V - !..tef,t fufinvr loigipt.
or overl.wik oi r indtiet. Kvery man who
tought undeT him and every true woman
who-M aou ell under his lead will have
rea'ii t, ev.-ern.e I. i nieinory for hi.
dl tUiel, R p.,iill, .1! i, p. i-taey.
We ,oinin. nd in the attention of our
readura a comui'inication signed "B in
thi iue of tUe Slntinki,. t is tn m the
polished p'-n of a di-stmgushed citizen,
brought up under the influences ot the
(ialci school of politico and manners.
B fore thu number of the Hkntinki. roach
es our reader, the old flales house will
ha.e been raifd to its foundation stone
The Skmiski. office, once the aanctum
of tbe ehk-r Jafw, llrat editor of the Ral
eigh Hegitter, is next marked for destrue
lion by the spirit of cily and progressiva
improvement
It in with fueling of aadnea and aor
rir" Itbil' e haVe w ithe-i'ti, Ttorii day to
day, the destruction of this venerabh
tnanmon, hrtilowed by so mnny memories.
The Sr.N 1 ih!T, is puUiahed in the
oftii : of the old iieyitUr. If the
master wnrktimn employed in d-stroyinp
ihe old t'trii e wilt auy his band until Au'
gu--t n-xt, m we uot venture to hop
Uial history will record the fact that tbi
Sf.minki, haa leeu instrumental, in tome
good decree, in restoring the true princi
pi of constitutional governments and
c-fflual integrity, as advocated and ill ua
trated by the editor of the Ktgiat and
Xatiunal JntelUgtntvr in the better days
f tbe republic.
The en:.' ot ( lark rs. fetanly, aqys the
Newbtrn Jjurn.iX of Commerce, is likely
to co ui e bark upon its luventora to plague
them. According to our reading of tbe
law we do not aee bm the judge can
d-fVnd thetiiMflves against it. or get jm of
lt-n)ea it be in Ihe wa) recout mended
by e Im)- to Mr. Clar, who waa troubled
by an "ugly cu?umu r.M
Tbe story ia.hat Mr. Cla had reclaim
ed a goat from thu toriueuta f a group of
boy, when the goat unuuuilfuf of blsob
ligationio to the great atatem n, turned
upon him. Mr. Clay accepted tbe situa
tibn end seized the got by the bornf,
pressed him down to the ground time
after time., until the pnces became very
trrnilIeo.ne and fatiguing -it waaV an
eiubarraaamg situation uutil oo of the
'bojvlnigursted a rnneily by eavMrug oot,
"VThy don't you let go, amd run, you
darned old fool r
" CooJiti ('oNViiTio?!. The CowaerVa
tive and Democratic citizens of. Wake
OOJOty will hold a conveatioo at the
. ' J.
APrt1 tor the puiposw of
the approaching mala ConvrxUoa, at
Qraetwboro. and to form a mora perfect
organization for the coming canrpsugn.
CL.airu.en of township committees are ra
juested to hold prim ary meeting! ia tbeir
renpective towiuhipa and select delegate
to attend-this (county) coflvantioo.
u. n. Daxm,
Ck'm. CuuHty zcvtit CommittM.
Proeaor Uibbard, a Connecticut elo
cutionist, while daaivaring a lecntr at
Montreal, waa suddenly deprived of inent
ory;. II cannot tH bw own bum or ra
COuU hit faail.
.
for fce Smtlnet
CauaiYUJixv.CajiUift W-&
itarch lath, U71
IfaAEa. Editom: Will you allow me
tpice la yoor Fotoann la w-Sn kimwn
m uiougni oi Biiue. t ail whom U may
mtcrawt. Tkcr ta ao doubt t4at Tfj
014... om.n .ad chilj ia Uf uU UI
HK IS Wtf WHIIKU
iff..r k lb. tU Tbe qUMoi. h,r,
.n, h,. cm ,11... chtuir k. 4.1k
If Mw cluue dniiiol, nj th iwwnr
they vserriae that powep'with Uiat osuiioo
and piudeoce which becomes all in, a
. . ' ... .
everywhere ui riervlM. This change c.n
only Ih- made by eiecting gowi uien to
enact laws, and honest uw tu administer
U,em. Iet us put a good man in Uis field
as a candidal ui nil the gnbcruatorial
chair, and lot every maa that wishes
peace aud prospority to our downtrodden
and most grievoualy outraged people.
rany hi ui. poll. Ul A UgUM SBU OlCCl D .m.
Let .very man look out lor .neb man.
Such qualities sre fuuud ia the person
of the lion. Win. M. Khipp. who lias
always honored the poaiticui be held. Let
hits be uomiuated and elected, aud all
will be well. He i. not a Bhipp of war but
of peace; a man ia wtwHa even the most
radical of r.djcais must fHifeas and ac
knowledge coofldeuce, and whom all
uiodvraie men of whatever political cut
will aupporl. Ws do uot know how this
arranguuieut would meet Ule feeling, of
Im honor, tmt we bve no fears to make
the proxisilion, from the fact that we are
sure be would yield to any arrangement
1I1 -it would ori.ig. or l.ae a lendem-v to
l...ffiM,iiarA-.aispfc...'t-ifc..M. h iMnnr i L
, V
mrtrlfctd and- , rarr ereH .wh
-lot, blill.l w. may eipect U. and said,
in the li ivtu of iriumpu. Gd speed the
dnv.
Ivt-t us hear from others. If a better
man can be el hi ted we will yield our
proposition aitn Join In the eua0. I lie
illation is some distance ahead, but let ua
ctMnnieuce in Ume and fight with a w ill to
win, arid the victory will be ours. The
nduals are sounding tbeir trump and
are rallying their fLrcca, yea they have
beat the long roll and are on the march,
.oid if not confronted will march to a
fin nous victory. IX us at oue man. fan ly
and honestly miet thtnu, and manly battle
lor the nliU We can best tbetn . let us
do so. Let us again aee the day Mat
men s rtvbta are protected and aw-
nghu honored. W. 0. li.
CLERICAL MORALITY
Isinneis .re too apt lo rejoice 'over the
tall of saint., and to all iw the immorality
f tbe clergy to fall as a stain upon the
hurch. Thi. should not be so. The
Vrch is o oha rfaiu.(' bjr the immo
rality of the clergy than the emiy of
Northern Virginia U by the political de
basement of (Jen. Longtreet. The clergy
are among the best and moat useful men
of the earth. What would society be
without them, their church., Sunday
school and Sunday teachings t
We bear of many clergymen as well as
laymen who defend or attempt to defend
Dr. Huston, of Baltimore. Let ths Doc
tor go and take with him ths party con
demnation of the church, and its mem
bers. When this is dene, the conduct of
tbe execrable Doctor afTucla the church
and religion ouly as did the Unuoa of
Judas the other disciple.
Adiec Gen. Hill, of the Southern
ems, thus takes Wets of th SutesviUe
Amerirttn
AiroTBF.it MoDKavri Enrron eon a to
ORAM. Tbe moderate faction raised
quite a rumpus when we charged that the
moderation .lang waa disguiaed radical
ism. Uut the leader of the faction, Mr.
,ewi Hanea. if now the editor of the
radical orjjan at Italeigh. Mr. Drake ol
the Hutcsvile Antrrimn billows in tbe
footstep, of hi. captain. One by ous, th
lost shocp ar received into ths biassed
radical fold. Good by, Mr. Drake !
Uood bye, nioderatien I
ARE WE TO BE KNIGHTED BY TOM
8'. 0TT.
"Angel, and mfnlttsrs of grac aVtend tut'
W .lluded yesterday to the patronizing
attitude of ths Memphis Af)il. which
grandly offers to rejuvenate, reiavigurau
and reinvest the .tale of Virginia with a
large sbars at thai poHticai, nnaocial and
intellectual authority which once made
this common wesjth prouiincnt among the
states of this Cnion, and gsve her people
" a patent of true nobility.
We beg leave with respectful emphasis
mark foal ws do sot say with indig
nant scorn to decline the honor of being
rejo vacated, Vstnnswaasd, MMnvasleU ad
raatored by Tom Scott I
We protest igalnst iy "peea nf
nobUity " which ar to com from this
source.. We spurn th Imputation that
Virginia can be asdacaai froca the tallies
inf 0-org Waahingron by the policy of
I Tom Boott WAWei- fVyiawn.
UOWL! OH, TE BADS. HOWL!
Wban Buchanan, th sheriff of Jackson
Oosaty, wa arraated a a defaulter, under
an act of th present geaaral sssimbly,
th radical press how led terribly over the
ruin that democratic office-holders were
bringing upon th eountry, and were
partituisrly jvjbilaot -eror Uns 4eW
catiom, Ming suck hraV' -
"caught in tbeir own trap," etc.; but
n,rW Ifiil ieBN BtmiDer. radual
sbsrifj 0 Ikat coaaty, aa4 who: waa eir
candidate tor the asm office at the last
election, has decamped, baring given our
present suaYiff th -w-ltp wha-1irr-rested
BinT' tnl I OTmaaSTtsf tsait-wir
rants, and who, out of tha goodness of
bis heart, had) allowed him to go to hi
homsj under th. promis sf reluratng,
now" w ray tfiaTTh''' aforesabT TistStir
has left us for " parts unknown," with
atufceoseril fox inartv Ma thr.sl
huw agtiasl his sad . hMswswtk form
ettliog with ti state fur tales collect
sd in 1M0, and with. wit pending in
this county against him for failurs to set
thj bit county taiea we bear not a word
(ram our radical cichaoaea. about It
from' th length of snsne amrr facea we
aoruionall. se oa oar strceta, and whose
ftuik ta Jasaa hooaaty aaal devotiwa to
radtcaiiam caused these to sign a cartaia
dacumeat knows as " aherjT. bod,n wa
ar led to beiisv thai hit departara has
beta th cans of mi gr'tf amang th
" faithfuL" Jem is saw " holding-over
bat with the di.rn.sslswn abov. referred
to it ia " ever th left." Wffl annw
brother " rail O Wr aVriO CUi-
for th Sc-otinel
-Tim - uLD- gal pi um:
Thry are (ehtig rt fbrwn; ami it will.
i in a vry lrief time
wliohv dieanitrar troui
(tiiT mttisl a utie at the oblevt- aud moat
KlMt.r..' I-. n.ln,nrL . ..f ...,r l.u.in id.l !;..
: . l . n.., f,,n ..r i.
twri im tlmt oid houe ' How manv men
,.; ..i., . J . i
J0i j h
j V WW i. thM h))UM., , h. wri, of
j. . , ... , - ,
VHU IBTU
veoeniUe. not oulv iu
years, but for the universal respect ia
which they were held by the community
in whi. h they had so lout; lived with
which tiwy were so thoroughly identified
in in let eat and sympathy, and which tbey
both so well adorned by ail the ..tributes
which elevate, d.guity and illualraUt hu
nun nature. The mental photograph is
m-sn upon mr memory, the well-aet.
stout Knglish hgure,with the unmistakaulu.
race anil look 01 intelligence, honeaty and
resolution of the oue, and the gracious,
seif-psaeMied aud ladylike awuuers and
address 01 the other, could never be for
(rotten when once soen. Then, too, I
think ot the elegant and generoua hospi
tality, in the olden style, which they so
liberally dispensed to friends lor so many
year in that aame old luanaioa, while
their ready chart' 1 for all that were
needy w a proverbial. Then there CHnes,
too, to the oitud the recollection of tbe
sweet poet, Mi,tymsry, their life-long
triena, whorn lltey lett.iu li,uglana, w hen
comiwll. ,1 t. nee troin noliticsl tierwcu.
tions, t,i r, ach, ihrouuh many tnala and
travela. a lain! ol ei ll and religion, htieriy
ihai ,v,4 " t )ldhy4UJi,, hey jrf, '. ,lh
BaJ .,,,,' IT Mlor,
in KutfUl ,lf lbt , knuvu .,
lUguter, winch he suba-iuentlv satab-
liRtie,! at bi. new home io thi.city,in Ot;
tolier, 17UV, and which be su long aud
succeaslblly conducted in tbe spirit ol
that noble liberality emtaodied ia its
motto ot " Ours are the plana of fair, de
hghtiul pesceunwarped uf party rage,
to live like brouiera.
The editor, of the " Reqater" attracted
to their support s Urge portion of tbe
peet ami intluence ol ihe best and purest
men in North Carolina. It was tbe recog
mred oruau of the old n publican party
during aud after Uis wai of 181 i, aud ol
the whig party from its organisation till
Its niial dissolution.
rhen we tluvk of r inlier Ames ereal
speech ou J.,y'a treaty, which tbestudeut.
ileliiili e . to apeak on the rostrum at al
the collein in the Union, and which was
so faith, ally reported by Mr. Uslos,
when it was delivered in the old Cougreas
st Philadelphia, and when " uutri hand
was indeed a rre art in this country.
- Anst pen again cornea up to aar'ory
.KTwlVa.' wis Jo wuou so worthily
UMC.-wwie,l tle edi tonal mantle ol thr
' liaUigh Regultr" a geutlemim in even
sense of the word. Need 1 say more to
commend hi. cherished memory to hi.
cotemporarie in North ( arolina, where be
was so well known -s.id aomucb tieloved I
Mi Ineiiil. in earlier and belle dsvs tbe
sssociste of the beat and most distin
guished men of our state in your time
I leave you with the recollection of
many happy day. .mmt together is social
eommanion and political sympathy.
And he, too, left a son, now in our
midst, to illuaUatethe virtues of a worthy
sncestry -on whom, at au early age, the
same editorial ruantl fall for a while,
though cow thrown aside. Of this ton
sad lormer inmate of this same "old
house" it may lie safely Mid thst tbe fruit
is not lees than the nomine, and that
North Carolina will never forget tbe gal
Isnt soldier who Ua,k hi. Ufa in his hand,
in our great oat trial, lor a cause we be
lieved U oajuet, and who proved laithful
t th and.
Ia that old family mansion, now to toon
to pas away, I have enjoyed scenes ol
Biirth and pleasure, in the joyous glee and
happy sport of sweet children, some ol
whom were near and dear to me, all as
aembled in evening play, and encouraged
by the smiles and cheery words of parental
alTectioo. But other and sadder scenes
have been there, too, in that old house.
Love romantic love s brief and bapp)
wedded life and then death a sudden
startling death on the battle Held and
soother in the tick chamber at
home, and tbe fearful .ufTering of sicken
ing suspense for loved one far away in
ths tented field or bloody fight t
Ah ! I ramemlier me, ot a young and
Jorely maiden the impersonation of uo
selfish love - the admired (if all who knew
her a ministering angel, who patted
away a wilted flower, with ni.ny a tea.
on itt blighted bloom and early Erase.
BW J would not draw aside th veil thai
shrouds th tad memory of ths dead or
the hallowed grief of tbe living. As long
at the names of Csoieron, aud Anderson
and Gales, are mnemliered in our good
old (tate, (and haw lotg will they not
be I) thee asourafui thoughts will crowd
th atestoriss of kindred a ad friends whea
they think of the " eld Ualet bowse."
But whaa. ws look al that " old aonas.''
as strotsg haa da an ttwnag it dewe, etir
thoughts By aVaBotber and greaisr eky
W thtak iaroluotarily of "Oalea A
Bettoa " and the eld Katieaai Intelh
grocer " of Washington. Who. nf ordi
nary iuforoiation, in all thia wide-spread
republic, haa not beard or read of then 1
Jn. Galea Ju sad Win. W. ,V!"n.o tin
oldest ana and counterpart in uersooal
appearance, and the other, a gentlamaa
- sans peur et tent reprucDe, tue protege
and futur too-in-lsw of our own and reo
rated Jo. Galea, br. These were the,
worid reaowaed editors ot th "National
Intelligencer V mitkh for mora tbaa the
third of a caury published th political
igepei of the bint sad purest mea of this
nst.ua. iy earliest racoUectiont are as
oeiaerdi with thia greed uid jotttaal,
wiicb, wiui im - tutuugh Jtsistat," ws.
tot rev aad years together, aa booaeuold
words ami of th buz beat authoriiv under
We recur with pieatur even Bo-w to -the
trancbant ana eihsunite leaden of (Hies,
sod think with cherished metmiricaof tht
evrt gmtal entilethe model character
beat no, while the open heud.d charity
ami aoerrms novpitainy of tiotn were at
ass i sr be wit efl, Aad their acauaipjjished,
wives, too. How Tivtdlj I recall the
brilliant gathering of great, statesmen
sad the faatou in art aad sciuic and lit
erature, at th o'ld " Beaton mansion " in
Washington, where tbe distinguished
yVsjeas,
Mrs. Bettoa, was tbe cynosure
even in the later period! of her life, of re
ined society ready wit aad intellectual
emeneaoe. .
Oaieeand Beaton were the aaasneiatea
and friends of Madison, Monroe, the
younger Adam, and several nf their sac
eaaaort ia the presidential chair. They
were th co tern p. varies end oompatkioas
of Lowed.s. Caere, of Caatoa, and Ma
eoa, of Cslbouu, Cl.y aod Weiwiar, aad
f n ,ordI aod McDugUi, aad Rirbour,
and Manirnm, of H,uthard. Benton and
ti.st n.lej tne t.ai.j ana ipuminated ttu
annals of crmgTW ftir mors than hsff I
ewstiry Tteey 4ivt at a Hmr rni were
nurtur.il in a ach.xd, when the spirir of s
purel p.ilitical plulnsnpby, s higher
tstesnianship sn.l a more elevated tone ot
social intercourse brought leading men of
all and of opposite opinion, togef hr, and
when tmtltmm know hew Is ijiffer like
mtuews and still tie frna: (lairs and
Seaton, and the National InlfUigenrfr
am tbe battle they fouirht in its bnl
l.aat roliiinns, Mr the cause of ronatitu
tioi.al freedom and well regulated liberty
oe reiurmDered w title we have a Lit
torr lelt and a friend of law and order to
ad its page. '
But we iorliear. The fleld of memorj
hloh it opened st the mention of the
names snd linu of Gales 4 Beaton, Is
too wide and rich and tempting to enter
upon in this mere memorial notice of the
old Oalea house, however closely Id en
tided they may be with iu past asaocia
tiona. Ws could say much more we
might not to hare aaid less In view of
the visions which past through the vlaU
of mewiory' aa we took on tkVnrUiiiSnt ol
that nl.1 house. The work of destruction
goes bravely on. It will soon tie fluishsd
snd tbe structure which ws the dwelling
place of the goiai and true, for three
generation, of men, will know its found,
tiim no more forever Krom the window
where I ante hurriedly thi. memorial no
tice of the venerable msnaion, I see the
workmen, a ihey throw down brick by
brick, and test off plank alter plank, and I
ihmk ho I. tile tli, -v nek "f the hallowed
iiiein rica that ei.ahriue it. ancient walls
Hut the ai.irir irt un.iLreas. wuulaJu wav
VHimmy rrfte - WW.TrtffaTion W Hie f
fwmght tea sbery loarrni w tss niii.
of the old Italia boliae. s besutiflll Tern
pie. dedicated to charity tv an ancient
snd noble order blaroned in it. hiatory ol
beneficent died, from the remotest sges.
pnarlaiming love to all with peace on
eerui ana gooa win to men.
B.
CANDIDA TRS s. PLA TfOHltfL
Just new and it ia a noticeable sign
in the political firmament the Ataerieaa
people sppear to be mucn more concerned
about candidates man ptauarms, particu
larlv in connection with th presidential
election of lS7s. Among the cat
which ban contributed to diminish the
popular reverence for " pletlerma," two
have chiefly operated, via., tne cnaractw
if many of the platforms wmco nave
been put forth, and which have proved
nothing more than mere bundles of plat
itudea and glittering generalities, and
secondly, the facility with which, in thi
hour at success, the pmmiaes, ripivs or
imnliod. in these manifestoes of party
faith enjcL-tiiaUr!1 Ueafrreotte o.
disregaroe.1. 1 efortunwtely f ,r the boo
esty of our pwlitic, it is getting mon
snd more to lie iind-ntt.,el thst platforms,
alter all, are on'y inteoded lor iuimediat,
and ten, rv ,rarv effect : that thev are not
so much definitions r plcdjct of political
faith as tbey arc political devices- meant
catch Totes campaign document".
which after the election may mean some
thing or nothing, as occasion renuirrs.
We can all remember when the case
pparentfy was otherwise, and wh. n thr
eniiment. " measures, not men," or in its
leas alliterative, but mors seductive form,
princi tiles, not men," ws Inscribed on
every party banner. Looking hack, how
ever, to those " good old times," we great
ly fuar thst there wss as much of a delti
sin or . sham in the importance formerly
attached to party professions of faith as
there i. now in tlic profession, themselves
Traa.lated out nf ths political dialect 'to
which it belonged Into homely vernacular
Rnirlish, the sentiment, " principles, not
men," too often meant that the personal
tneas or iiiialincatiiin of candidates for
office was s matter ot minor importance ;
that Uie preservation or the parry sn
uremscT at all harard. and at any cost,
even at that of the election of men noto
rkxisly unfit or corrupt, but who were rv
pared " sound on the goose, was tne
p.rsmount considention.
Wt sre not sure trial tne nresenr temper nr
the Auiericsn peotile is not an improvement
on sll Ibis. I'rincipk is not ueotssartlt
et sight nf, because tbe value and ha
purtanee of men a th erahodiiaeet anti
rspreesntative nt prioeiie art atso prap
srjy meognised. VVhstsrsa- of truth then
IS IB l US eitl mesial m swu apfrwoiaiawi
but with an important qualiftcation. Th
is parallel to that of another gener
ality with which Senator .Carpenter, ia
debet the other day upo the Preach
atant question, sought to atop th BWHIth
aad silence the arguaseat ot nanttor
Boliun. Treating the inveetigatioa pre
awaed bi Senator humner aa oneealoula
ted to raise a question between our owu
government and that af Germany at to
the Sdslity with which this sonntry had
bserved tbe obligations of neutrality in
matter of th alleged sals of govern
meat arm to French agents, th Wiscoa
tin tttoatar said that tbe tree maxim in
all such os rs foe every patriot was " oar
country, right or wrong. Mr. Bchun
happily turned tn appiteauoa or tne
mas io against Mr. ( aroaater, bf prawapr
tv arreouiut It. but with the eiplaaatKan.
- our country rigm, u ancne ngnt, ana n
J " . t 1 . t. . 1. i . t ... M it
wrong, te oe set rtgnt. on m tne maxim,
" nnuciulan But mea nrovided the atea be
worthy sanoaenttof lbs priadpies they
pnrfees." This taenia tu betae drift, of
nwbHe oplntoa and (retina: just bow, aad
beace-we And that greater- solicited than
asaal it fait upon th subject of suitable
sssdidauss for th prasttieaey. It It K
longer a qusstloe of Hading a sua wiui
aegatlve reonrd or anna at all, nut raiaer
wlio ta the maa who, frast bo. rwsotd, Is
likelv to command the largest aasssareof
Pupular eoofldeocs, and to oooceatrats
smuarbnsistu' ta gresiesfBunnis arswa
vering and nncertaia vote f It is no lohgW
thudarfc aorar" B the SottoeBl atabkal
that is atostHhebj to ia taaarasidsawiai
steltes, bat who among toe public oasaef
the oOMotnt . bv his ha.swaa.aight aad hoe-1
tscy aaf iaa-aciaw, snd Wt approred seIwT' a a, tad -was taken
as a jTiiiMibMai(4 w slrtswrabeit i mil to Willi
th sosUeevd and stewhat diseerdsat
of oppositioa. t'poe lb satwtt
to this ueestiua it assr ua saieiy aaid
chiefly, if aot efl.gaS.aeT, Sti
chaocsa of us trad act ns; a new mruae af
sslniiniwuatisa- rsleoa- la aUnh. ltTTS.
yet trie auetii,a maef be sraaeo a-a4-
spoiidl 1 ia. twiatinali je of Judge Devi
and Ooreruor Parkas, at Columbus, Ohio,
bv the national tabuf reiorm ooayveatioa.
ana only be latmnted aa aienlttive ia the
ay af aa answer, aad atiaetusMr wttbaJut
rsUttaJ.ieauVaare ealaastaaea ap aad
(Bderasd by aume of the mar import tat
poJiUcsAorganiiattoaa up com hiaatiene ol
fry. owsk
Th mortsH. remain, of Aaron Burr li
i. ... ..i rl ar i
in Mts B'"tvj IJHMtM,
here, a tew veer ago, a monument oi
martila ws erected by stealth aad at
gtit, by whom it is unknown, but other
tnknowa persons kav muulated to
hafk
Ti: Ml'I.K Nn l j
lion w ii. , . .f,, ' .i.li- t a'.
M ll.ell fl Oil i I. .Ml.,
rM-tti 'T 'r. f . ,:
l no I ,lr.'. ,. I i
.in ni .1; . i ir- i .
iM-nv.,ti,,n. Y, ;,r Ui
d'lU.lshinit in llit co
lkre an- - i,l to '
maaons, , l.-'V," . -
ill o.r j;lill'f l,vl-e
, 1.
II . I-, 111
I' ,r , ;. - t. Etw,
' ".i -V, TTf. r.
- i , ..I.. ,,t. n d
,. i, :i.,ii.v ver
unt . i1 even tiv
.0 in,., 'lliiiati d
li . afe.l
ei c I: j; . Imcj.ih,-
.Ar Ol'di 'li. n
i'-r ouuht c.r un .
i, l iIh-iIi . ,ly l,
thertf wa.. no l.elc,, .
over tin- territory 1 1
to la' g.M'd neit, r. n I
fonn and ke, p ui a !.
1', ,oel , r ,, r to .,
lor I si.,)s, n, e t tli
the .tale ia now iu a more
t til ;.!!,, .17 1 ill
joiv ii-owiur and
l.,tfiU U.14UI111C.
proeiierous ri. u, lit., ni
if timber, Iniiil
an, I aliwi.es are an
iu ih.p point . by uorth
have a. It led here since
nuslly aliipil I
am capilaiia.M wl.
the war, ki.d put up . xtemive na mills,
which line of trade alone hH,m.1s .inplov
ment to in my of the ci.i.t-ita, snd Kivea
Impetus to ail oli.cr bm-llieaa J he col.
sequence ia, larm acoaioiii. are made lo
the population and iiinterlnl rca.iurees .!
the town, which now numbers oicr three
Ihotiaand illllabltanta, and It It continues
to sdvance in the same ratio, that it has
lone during the las. the icurs, it must
noon lie one of the moat linortal d. ots
for trade in the state. 'I. here i. dailv
iminiiniraiion with Norfolk bv fleam
b,ml, and tran-iKirtat.on being ch..p, the
place niuat flouri-h I olitv r.-lti.-ilned one
night in paaMiu.; .hn nifh, and hence tiad
very little .ipiKirtn.iii v ul c.uii a-.ni,' tor
ihe Temple. One l.rolbcr atar.ed a lint bv
taking $1IKI worth ot stock, and the whole
matter was left in the hands ol Itio Ov.-r-
wy,-tnnenrmsi9i
V5eWt
creaaini; the list, and I have tH doubt but
That rmiell Wirt rntrnllT tw srri-.mp1fri"
e.1 in Ei...ilieth t'ny.
1 he next morn.ni; aler a p',-aaaiit drive
of aiiteen miles. I iraclo-d llerttord, in
Perquimans county, nil, re 1 iejind a lode
in waiting. The bieilin-n I'nTied out w.U
aud gave me a giawl siilHH-iiption, ilorthe
site of the l.xlge) snioutit.ng In XJAtl.
Tbi. will be doiihllcM. largely incre.aed
under the insnagement of the ert'n lent lo
cal agent, brother T. O, tSkinucr, who
promised aot only Ui finish np what I h.td
to Issve undone, but to visit a lodge iu
the neigh borhtMHl, wl.i.l. I had unwit
tingly ie.fl out in making my apioiiit
menta, explain our plana and give the
brethren an opportiiuily of taking aba-k
in this important etiietpric.
I shall have to v.it Kdcuton and Ply
mouth again eomcl,iii aa mv notices U,
h.ith these ol
.'ea tailed 1,1
reach the prop
er cilticers m.u uuoitli lo h;,e ihclinlca
called together'. No cum aaainir was done
in either plane, llnnili my iinaaiou was
i-xplaiiicd lo a few ol the brt thuu. who
urniiawl to wdk for .ii tuple. . J lie
iisve uoa ailliacnplioli ol $ lO waa t.ike.i al
Plyilloulh, but wimethin ni'lic will ..'.i.cly
lie dwiie at each ol tlie.e p., nils. 1'ly
mouth hli.iwrtflgna of il.Mrrr". and ...ih nn
Irom theitl.cu , .f the war. She had not
yet recovered, uinl but lit tie ia doing iu the
way of new buildings. The old custom
home is at ih ..landing, and sb.iaacii.len.'c
of hard tigliiiiig in l.ali.-.libuihoud.froiii
the large, holes in the walls ui,.de b) can
oon bail-,, turowii by . lajth feder
ai aud Coutidcrak-a. at diitei.ni
times. The pro., .pal trade ol lint
plac it thing!!, aev.ral uiitiion. being
ported annually. i he Halting .Mi-real
Is also considerable and brings much
money to this po'plc. Troi!,!uil. ot
tresh herring, are nn being daily blrp
pad by steamer to riaukliu D,-hi on lit.
Hlar.kwater riv. r. to the northern market.
fbe " main run" as it ia called, has 111
yet commenced, and if any of our high
landers wish to see the n.liing operation
in these regions, they should not go down
until after tiro ftnrt of ArrrH, when the
season may be said to be fairtv open. The
fisheries in the Sound region of Nortli
Carolina bring untold (huiHanrl of dot
Isra to this people, and a good ft.hery, I
presume, is far more valuable thau a first
Is cotton plantation.
From Plymouth I went to Windsor,
the county acat of Bertie county. A
small steamer named Kotnla phes I h re
times s week lM-tam'n the-a: two i.
Thi. boat ia eutiinly twi auiall I .r tin
trade on the line, bring only 40 feet long
and 13 tone burtbeo. T he ow ners, M.wsra
Askew, are, I understand, making prrpa-
tlooa to buil( a laiate b-at which the
expect te Buish and have ou the r.mu
In a tew moot Us Ther is a good lodge
at Windsor and the ufh.iers are endeavor
ing t tieoouse nroflcicut iu luu weak. The
subscnutioa taken here wa not so targe
at 1 bad anticipated, havini; heard that
Bertie was one of the most flourishing
counties in the tla'e, that it had aulf.ud
less than Its neigh ...rs during the war,
aad that it was, financially apesking.
well est But the ntiiu-ns told ase
I had bsea mismf a-nml, ibstihey being
a the border, bad aulfered more than their
aeigllbors. It was court week hern, snd
to suits of the snow storm, s goodly uu.n
her of citUent were in attendance, and
eery one termed busily en k aired at tome
thitg. I aot iced several Uitncro wagotu,
from Granville and other counties, and
sach ao had uinmsra ia -eunndsnet
f'hswinc tobacco of variuua irrada. sold
readily, and t my .urMis many negroes
might be seen w.lkinir wll with several
pounds of the weed tor home use. They
ail seen led to hare a little spare change,
and ws alt know that Ham bo is -hard
rrp " when he r.o'l boy whiskey and
tmsarco. There was ejs much speriils-
Itoa la horses and mulea. -
very line, and some very poor horses. The
pries ranged from 3 up to $i00. The
IS borss though, was, I thought, on itt
last tegs, and pro bah! v some good bams
ritan took oompaaairaa on the pr beast.
beegntlttotllllortbehlcle. 1 hs.uhserip
Uoa te tae I ssn pie mails st this pi
amoaatad to tlSO, but the secretary
aWevaeeewv t4- wa he wftiM.eejl stows
tn nbtaia 1UO mnr
" IB0 ' P"'
eWl Speller I Ferry, w here I obtain
i tu Hon, ta
MartSa county, to maul a lodge. This
trip th the tittle boat was rather novel.
But eery pleasant, I iauurise, io onod
owisg to a tresh, cold wiad which ws.
Diewinei, ana wncnever a crooa in sow
,.Jr. tued;,
ahead. I suffered with cold, but on the
whole; the trip wss Interesting, ttfd I
learned mach concerning the manner of
obtaining timber from the awampa and
lowland, bordering on the Roanoke river.
It it t very deep and a bold ttresm, and but
for the sadden crooks the Urgent steamers
might go several miles higher than Hill's
Ferry. Lorn tier men from the north com
here and buy the trees standing in the
twan.pt, bar them cut into proper
lengths and let them remain on the.
ground haul a frsMitt comes, when they
ar floated out tu the river, and foriood
Into Immense rafts, ia which comnWo
they are ennflned by strong bolt, and
Cbaift tutlil u$c.e! uaantity it vir
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t4ined for s shiiinient.
The rait ia thru
nfl tisiisphrtedto all p-ni.ta Uor!h. . ven
.wnine. l ccllifi.leutl. lw.ii
. ii c W twwd ore brtrrr ttBiba oT
r'wii. the r!, than the a.h, pine
J p.ess ami JuoiuA of Kawtero North'
u-oima. I tudv. (bat it M snperiw lt)
that ft.un(! la the fsieai. Maine, or th;a
t.mlH-r would not be n,Kht for that
maikot. Th.se large s'icks..re bought
for alHit M r.t. ,. ,, A(
I Ins pn.u these I.,,,, sverage alamt
-ach. Thu would Mom cheap for ,:
valuable trcs, but l,en we take int..
,r eiK iiseol traii.fa.it
lion II i. better to a ll at home lor the
.,..ii maa take the rwk of thi,.
....
'if. il laniatoii is a small
v.llaij,.
containing WK) or 1,000
inhabitants.
..... In ,mpii,nt iKiint
l"r the shingle business, rivalin,.
even I'll mouth in this branch ef tra.,
His llge j, iB m douriahinir cond.ti,,,,'
id the nu mbers are attentive to their du
ties aa Masons. A conditional subscrip
tion was made to the Temple stock, but
I will not nan.e the amouut until I hear
d. finitely from these brethren. It ia ar
tm th.it aniietMn;; Hi be done, but how
much cannot .leculed on until il.
next n,ular m.Ung. Do your best, ,e
iuaa..i,,f WilliamsloB, that Kkcwaikev
l-.lge may not l ,ind thereat in l.,I
doed.. I uke thi. opportunity UieApni
my heartlrlt K-a(iind. to these bwhn-n
i ain.i lavora ry,lred, aod eapw ially to
brother llatton lor valuable attention. ,i.
Hamilton, when I was sick and n., led
the kind BfhYe of mme fr,rr living
illianuion on wheel,, srnved at Hum
HU, alter a pleasani d.ivo of .l.,i
(nd-Thnt n Lorhrn had Im-.
ro.rn.-d me. that th. mTZr&mmk-'
AiaUerwl iW h was- dmed rmfwwtWW --
to cllm enough to trs. sact biiaiuess, and
I had to leave the whole business in ll,,
hands of the local agent who mar brio .
the .ulii.-ct up at the nnt meeting'. Tie
tnrms on the road from Williamson 1.. . ,
Hamilton show signs of thrift ou the pa t
of the tanner. If I may (udoe from th,.
large be-ap. of coin.l I ,w in the Held.
Latrnaive preparation, art. being made
f.r a large cot t, ,n crop, which is flu- im,!
dependence of this people. The tcm
denc.si slong Una rimd are gem rally
belter than in in oat sections, and ex
hib.l svideuc,. ,,f loiuier wealth and
proa,rit. Martiu ia doubtless one
of the wc.lthi.ait tmnntiea in the stab,
and with an improved system of lub.,r
and the proper application of the rich
marl te the sell, must become one of th,.
iiiot Important cotton growing ecli .n.
ToDr Watts, of Hamilton, I return tliatik-i
lor kind at Ion tiona, which will long U
rciiinnibiiriid with gratitude. From this
poiut I joumejrsd trie next day w Scot
'and Neck, In Halifax county, where I
,.,e. una young ana nourishing 1 odge on
t irdaytuellth ulf. Although autfeni g .
much io IkmIv, I explained, bri.tlj our
plans, and offered to the brethren an . p-
portunity of exhibiting their love Tor Ma
aonry by tuliscrihing to the Teniple.tiK-k,
and most liberally did they roapond. In
a few minutes tl.OSO worth wsa taken, and .
I do li -Here this amount will be very largely I
im r t I by memliers who were shsent oil
this i tcsaiou, who need only to have thu
plan tplsiniHl, to respond also, aa did
rhnr ellnw-membeT.. In a few Tram
this will be one ol the most s.iUtsnt.nl
Lodges In the state It is loomed in .m
of the finest section. I h rough which ,
have yet traveled in this state. Thr
much wealth here before the war,
,iid, from .ppearaticca, tim.-s an- nenrlv
" as of yore.'' The dwelling, aretupeih,
snd look more like city n,at....'Ds than
oountry rei.donce. Thu i.a peoploofcul
tivaiion of a high order, aud I came to
tbia-conclusion from the taale exhibi
ted in the ar .ngemrnt of their yards anil
ganl.ns, and the beautiful chun h where
i bey worship. The church yard i. taste- ,,
fully arranged, yj the do, ;n and dire,
this nf that ooiinoisrur artist, the Itcv.
Mr. ( heahire, whose .kill in thia depart
ment, may he so. in many cbuicli yaids
snd flower g irduiis in different suctions of
ths state.
The trade of thia place It very rmisid
able, and nothing but railroad facilities '
fire wanting to make il an important bus
inrss centre. To the Masons of Nu. IM, I
say, go on, btethren, in your noble work,
i disseminating the principles of our an
cient and honorable order, throi.glio.it
your beautitul neighborhood. Let- Tem
perance, fortitude, prudence and ju.lice
be your cardinal virtues, to "direct and
govern in all your acta, and my word for
it, your lodge so lately started, will prove
a power for eood which will be irresisti
ble. Msay thanks are due and hereby
tendered te all the brethren for their kind
nets to me when akk, but especially to
hrotber Fanner, more familiarly known as
Ihe "fat secretary," ho bad all the
trouble with the AGENT.
CoitrriiaT PBtt.AifTH-nw.rr.--Ths
treatment of tbe boys at the Perkins In
stitution for the Blind ia Uosten haa re
cently attracted attention in that city. It
it stated that the worthy taperintctnlcut
of the fettttutioa has been la th habit of ,
planting tbr By svery birui:i, at soon
as they get up, into an Ice cold bath.
Physicians hsvs protested, but the sujiet
Intendent wwt sure h knew all about it,
and that the boy were sll the t letter for ll.
Meanliiu tome boy. ran away, otliera
cried all night in anticipation of thn
morning"! ordaaL Ona boy bung himself.
Th boys begged th trusters to change
thasyateat. But th eld obstinate at the '
bead of tffairt bad bit own way, and
very morning tbe poor lit lis sightless
creature, were tortured to carry out a
theory. The superintendent never took
these baths, nor did the teachers, except
oa cation. Finally tbe mother of a
blind boy rebelled. She went to tho
papers and th went to Uie legislature,
and the maile it eitrtber bow hvtn tlm
barbarian of th institution. Now they
graduate; th water, but tbey duck tlm
bey whether they will ar no. This in
k Crrv o TwauTt nvB TaVutsitD U
WoLxmn. On January 10th aa earth
Snake destroyed the city of Brhemacha,
luasiv Accord ing- to ths official report
oh bundrtd aud eigliteen pefaoni were
killed and forty four wounded, but all
th inh.bitsnt were left without shelter,
t hemacka it, nr rather waa, a city of J.y.
000 iuh.biLants. aad lies oo th. road Iw
tween Till is and Baku, at the foot of tie
Cwuraef.n Mnnntafnt, abont seventy live
mile, distant finsw ths Istter city. 8el.-.
machs it Ml feet above tbe Caspian
and J30 above th Black Sea, and wa
formerly the seat of government of tho
Province, which, however, oa account of
tbt frequent earthqaakoi in that region,
was tiausii-rrvd, aUiut ten yean ago, to
Biku, .intl.c Caspiin Sea. The inhshi
Unta of Bohemacht :.- rrrly .ll Aimo.
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