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THE WILMINGTON POST- W. P, CANADAY. '.Proprietoxv - WILMINGTON. N. C Fukday MbENiyo. Tec. '4, J I. j K Oft TH CABOLINA POlJTlCS. The political affairs of the " North State are somewhat complicated, bat h.r teems to be a fair prospect that they may be strengthened out and a united front be presented to the Bour hnna There are the. Grant Republi cans and the Sherman ;Bepublicansr th Xeoch men and the MoU-uanaday men, the Prohibitionists and the anti Prohibitionists, the county government men and the State-centrauzition gov The State Executive committee fa presided over by Dr. Mott. Colonel Keosrh was iormerlv at its' head. There is no question upon which the Repub licans need be; divided. The anti Prohibitionists carried the State by a maioritv so overwhelming that the mi nority does not count. This questioa is therefore settled. JSo Republicans should be tabooed because of his views thereon. No . ReDublican should at' temnt anv further In behalf of the Pro hibition policy:' because it is out of the question to carry it. This question be ing settled, there can be no profit in other dimensions. Every Republican, then, can be the equal in rights of every other. The divisions within the party over the Presidency are now out of .date. Opposition to the "common enemy is the only test. Not how to ex communicate Republicans, but how to win Democrats to a liberal political policy, having in view the destruction of the Bourbon organization this is the duty ol the present. Dr. John J. Mote, the chairman of the State Executive committee, now. in the city, is of the opinion that a lib eral policy can be carried out in North Carolina, as has been In Virginia. This will require the cooperation of 1 all;Republican elements and aa entire oblivion for- all past dinereuces within Ihe party, v - lhe country will expect such a re suit. As to the leadership in North Carolina, that cannot be. made from without. Let it be determined . by events within the state, but let it have ,4or its following "all who are opposed to the restoration to power ot the Bour bon Democracy in the Nation V'-Ra lional Jiepubuean. The national Republican is right about letting the : people of the state decide who shall be the leaders. - In fact the Republicans of North Carolina never intend to allow any man or set of men to "boss" them, they are iude pendent and adopt their own leaders "but those leaders must submit to be in structed by the Republican masses..;, It is a party of a hundred and twenty - thousand sovereigns. And bad will bs the fate of any one man, or dozed men,4 The great masses of our party are per fecUy. united, there is no split or divis iou in their rabte; they have almost to ,a man toted? against Prohibition and intend to folllw it up, and take advan taze of the split in the Democratic ranks on that question, and it will be a verr prominent feature: in the next campaign. The Democrats first took the election of local officers out of the haads of the people and the next step was to prohibit the manufacture and sale of spirits, then the masses arose In their might and defeated the bill by 119,000 majority, about four votes out of every five were cast arairist it, and now they will not trust men who were la favor of such proscriptive legisla- tion. And the people intend to go still further and force from power those who advocated centralization of power at Raleigh, and the repeal of the pres ent law of appointing local officers, so that each township can manage its own local affairs without being dictated to by one man or a set of men at Bal eigb who they have for county com mission ers, magistrates, school commit - teemeo. &c There are no Grant Re - publicans, or Sherman Republicans, pr Keogh publicans, or M0 Repaou- cans, or vanaaay xtepunucana. -bus there is to-day ia North Carolina a 120.U00 of the very best men in the btate who are Republicans from the purest of motives, they followed no oae - longer than he walks ia the path oil Republicanism equal rights for all men. The party is at this time far better united than ever before, and they will sot be divided by the selfish mo - tives of anyone man or faction of men, and we hope the National Republic will nuke a note of this . The Republicans ox this State en dorse Dr. Mott In bis liberal policy and will follow him ia ' the matter of re claiming the sule froa the bourbon Democracy, ia fact Dr. Uott U a gts iiomin at Terr hlrh culture and su- nerlor ability, and believes ia ea - forcing the wUl of the majority of his Mrtr. And as Ion? as we haTa saca a xaaa at the head of the stale ecanlfc tte thcro will be no danger of bossts. raor. w. II. ilooac Is oakics Terr eaccnt rcruMuvtavvc Mie. ma tu 4Cctx8 i-ictiacy, and his acceptable eciaL TheRtaACirt TcipW.the XbZUr 11 aata saattet? We , lT. TZTZ 7v v atKw Ikrathe trorGol. u knew Itittr. Thtral are C CafUWlu Cec aeabeni bcro, d eTtral other rr Bea ncr tlcn as tn IX r. T. . ut teae, we iaCeit t tcrcsoftlsrtacUctcf Ai::r.F.nit.ns, T7. IIxr2, lw. He U Dr. wocre, aci sUte tUt he Us tii - L're, a II. Zlt iJUu D, Vt t f: T .ettry.rtSirU:)c-.r. Dr.-.s j - rlcrx r.T. A. I! lit. t i a cia ef tttra I M acra c n. v.!.:n Cos. ::. UaaUr. Cu U f.f ' f " c? (t K!tattTtrUta!crtAi:V if tarJta - n. C.tta, li U Tux. C IL Ilan, I v ,li!t, t-.l e are Tr?y r Ititur t- ? r---- r- v.. C - r -1 ' -r' 4 f . - 1 r ri,. " I - - . . . ,r F - - a ,. ... 3 u i... . j v . ' ,! ". , .,.--..'- .... - . 1 ... - ouiuw,;.juuM-n. uutuui5. Tbeqaestiod of wbatparticalar Eeries of text-bqpks to 8e i n . our schools, is I now, a it has always; been, a. perplex inglone; 'Tbat any one aerie should I eomtiae in itself the excellencies neces sary to 'make it eiclusively the book for schools is, in onr mind, quest ion able. The only real test of the practi cabilily of the tenets of an author mast i come after all from the school room. ' A class of politicians may accidentally select a good book; but they are more liable to select a bad one. Henee. we are opposed totally Jo any ! class pre- scriptlon. - to any legislative juggling or chicanery in this our dearest right, I which we must insist upon, the placing la the bands of oar children, other than such books.as we know to "be pure in tone, healthy in morals, and practically the very best in the advanced methods of presenting, not theories or issues, but the solid facts we find so necessary they should early possess. For they must necessarily; become producers instead of consumers ata very immature age. These remarks are. suggested by the fact that, it has come to our knowledge that during the pastry ear wholesale changes in the books have been made in certain .localities in this stale, not at the instance of the teaChera or the re quest of the patrons, but by local Boards who are egged on by the poliucians at the Capital no doubt, whose interest in perfecting a so-called uniformity Jn the direction of certain publishers, is laud able;) but when we consider that the changes frequently have been . made and are being urged in all sections of the state at this lime, from a well-tried and practical book to one whose merit. if it has any, has not the recommenda tion of the teacher?; we feel it our du'y to denounce such action as a flagrant outrage and oppression which .should "it upon those engaged in it the se verest condemnation of all true friends of popular government and popular education. We protest most emphati cally in the name of the free peopleof North Carolina; and in the name of the thousands of our children who must depend upon the public schools as a meaus of education, against any such "star, chamber" impositions, By whom and upon whom- has authority been conferred to force teachers against judgment; against the judgment of parents and guardians; against the in cunations . and wishes of students: to use a certainjaeries of books and those only T i The history of the new school law before the General Assembly, shows that not even; that body dared obey the behests of the powerful "book lobby" and insert, si was sought to be done, a clause conferring i any such power. Every proposition to this end was de feated br actual vote and because of the persistency of the lobby we came very near having do school law at all. Bat in order that the few who were in terested in this matter of state adoption of. text-books might not suffer final de feat, the State Board of Education took thr subject in hand. . Governor Jarvis, as President of the Board, previous to its first meeting, if we mistake not, after the passage of the law; and under cover pf that section of the bill which allows I the State Board the simple privilege pf j recommending, not adopting, a' Series of books to be used in oar free public schools, invited certain vhUe teachers to tender their suggestions as to the I books best suited to our wants. The Board met, received these suggestions and proceeded at once to name series of books. And,ls it now appears, the Board arrogated to itself absolute and arbitrary power in the premises and tferough the pliaut machinery of irre sponsible local Boards throughout the state, is proceeding to enforce its dictum, Wa say irresponsible because the peo- pie. are denied any and all right of 1 choice hi the selection of these who are 1 to administer the school affairs of the respective townships. These are the excature. county comomioners waom i w pwpio wen uentcu me uiga pnvi- I lege of choosing, but who were ap- pointed by a set of gentlemen called I magistrates ia each county who were l aot elected by the free rotes of a, free people, but appointed by tne legisla I tare. Thus, one by oae the Boarboa I Democracy has robbed tbe people of I their rights aatil 'Bow it enters our 1 homesapproaches our hearthstones I and would violently snatch from us the, I UxX deaxtst t$l of having a yoice la I the education of our owa children. And, just here, we must stop to no tice another little action io connection vita this qucation. - Ia aakiegihe sug gestioa oi teachers, catensibly to better enable the Board to make a suitable telectioa of text backs, Grernvr Jar- 1 tlslaltosether Ignored the eatire body I of 4t colored population of the aUte. I Not oae of taeir may able teachers wxa consulted, nor the edacationil In- lercst cf tie rata talea Itto accouaL And why this? Have they no men and wcsta'jtsscs taca capable ef advhls; lability and long exrerence in tb Jeaacational work and would rank; do- servedly high io almost any; assembly of education. - Bat Ibe Governor and Li ftar Chamber" 'Boat J thoarht it beneath "their dignity "to consult the as to hU interests in this qqjs'.ion, and proceeded to fix upon' him jiat such books as they might tee proper with no alternative on his part. He toast use these booksor none. He is to hare no opinion no voice in the matter whatever. Are tuch hieh- minded, intelligent, honorable gentle men as we have above named, and suoh great leaders as the Hons. J.!ll. Har- to, J. E. O'Hara, I. . B. Abbott, Col. Geo. T. Wassom. Col. Geo! L. Mabson. Hon. Geo. W. Price, Jr., Hon. E. R. Dudley, Hon. F. D. Dancy, Hon. J. H. Williamson.1 H6nr"Hueh Oole. Bishop J. W. Hood, and others, will ing to stand contentedly by and see their race their offspring thus robbed of one of their dearest rights? We be lieve not. The lSboks which it is demanded shall be thrown out of our school to please a party and to enrich the pub lishers who are the pet3 of the powers that be, are, we expect, satisfactory; they ae pure and he althy in tone, as we can attest, and are free from all sec tional references that could make them objectionable to any one. Can it be that this is a crime, and that we should be compelled to foster the' claims of publishers whose claims ar based up on their . imprint., bavmz: onlT the names of Southern authors in them? xhis, m itself, should be sufficient cause to put the stamp of condemna tion upon eyery book that is pressed Upon ' the people contrary to their will, and we call upon all teachers . and friends of education iu the state to loot ' well to their interests and their rights. There is nothing in the present law.no more than there was in the old one. which underwent some changes at the last ses sion of the Legislature, that makes the use Of any particular itext book- bind-' ing ormandatory; the books named by the State Baard can only be recom mended under the law and their use is optional. We do not intend to let this matter rest, but will' have something further to say on the subject at an ear lyi day something regarding the char acter. of these recommended books which a State Bureau of education in sisU shall be used, whether they are such as we want or not. OUR TKIP TO PHliiADSLPUIA' Tuesday evening at 6.23 we took the train ; at the Wilmington and WeTdon depot for Philadelphia, to attend a meeting of the National Council, arriv ing there at 1 o'clock Wednesday.-: We had time to take lunch before the Coun cil was called to order by Gen. J. B. Neg- ly, of Pittsburg, Pa. A very large repre sentation was present frflm the states, and after the regular order of business was attended to, th9 old olhcers were unanimously re-elected. The meeting was one of pleasure as well as business. A large number of the leading citizens of the nation being present. Appro priate resolutions were passed, concern ing the death of General Garfield, who was a member ef the order. ; A resolution of confidence in the in tegrity of President Arthur, and pledg ing him the support ot the Council in his arduous duties, was unanimously adopted. A committtee of 46, one from each state arid territory was appointed to meett at Washington early in January and ; tender, these resolutions to the Presidtnti 'Able speeches were mad j Gen. Negley, Gen. Grovner of Ohio, Col. Cook of Washington, D. C, Hon. J. E. Rryant of Oa-, Mr. W. D. Forton of Philadelphia, and others. The Council was found, on i a thor ough investigation, to be in a prosper ous condition, and increasing fery rap idly ia numbers. President Arthur has m memberoftbe Coou for maBy years. Among the Vice Presidents are such tneir as Gen.: Grovner of Ohio, Hon: W. E. Chandler of New Uamp shire, and Governors and Senators. We left Philadelphia at 12,30 W ed nesday bight, arrived at Washirgtoa on Thursday morning at 6LS0 and re mained there unUl 11.33. whea we boarded the train for home, arriving here Thursday night at 11 o'clock. We met ia Washington. Dr. J. J. I MoU xhomas N. Cooper, who were ia fine spirits. Dr. Mott had just re signed the day before and had his life long personal and political friend, Mr. Cooper, appointed ia his place. Dr: Mott bas been ia cce many years, and was tired of racial life, therefore he rrtired and haJ a, Hronal friend sp- poiatcd ia his stead. AVe hope . Mr. Cooper will sncceel in fLUiag the place mm ' HlUr.mt. a. It Ifivtl IWti IA the party ani the business comaaaity. He U a good and clertr geatiesaa and a business maa of mpccUble rrpata Uoa, thertfare we may expect a reliable U. 8. IKTEBJTAL EETE3TCE, Collector's Office 2d Dts'T, N. Cl j j NewBEEBT, -K CL. L5C. 12, 1881. Eprroa Wilmijsgtos Post: : . - -.SIB: la your issue of the 11th inst; you say: "We have received i.iforina tion that Collector White has a Demo crat as Deputy Collector at Halifax. This we state on information which ap peart to be reliable. We desire to know of Collector White, of Newbern, if this is the case?" rV Allow me to say that your informer is entirely mistaken as to the Deputy OHe-ir in Halifax being a Democrat. For further confirmation of the fact I that Mr,.Capeil is a good Republican, 1 1 refer yon to Hon. O. Hubbs, Hon. J. E. CHara and other gentlemen of promi nence, against "whose Republicanism'! there is no suspicion. I fail to see the object of your in formant in thus assailing Mr. Capelli uniess it oe that ne warns me posiuon himself and resorts to thit method to make some cheap capital for the fur therance, of his own interest. - 1 I would like to knew how long your informant has-been a Republican, if at an. Very respectfully, E. A. White, Depoty collector's Office. 1 Weldok, N. C, Dec. 12, 1881. J Son. W. P. Gxnadati, Proprietor TTii- mington Pott? :;' - " r " My Dsas Sir: Beinsr a subscriber to your paper, acd in perusing its valu able columns of the issue of Sunday. Dec 11th, 1 notice a communication, or at least that information had been received that Collector White had i Democrat as Deputy Collector at Hal ifax.' I: would most respectfully refer you to Hon. J. E. O'Hara, of Halifax county, late,-member-elect to Corgrew from Second District, but subsequeutly counted out by Democrat returning board, as you were done in same man ner in fat or of : Shackelford, as to whether lama Democrat or not, and also to R. C. Kehoe, Esq., Deputy Col lector at Large, Newbern, Nr C. I have no doubt but that my Demo cratic friends would like viry much to have ine removed as I am the ontv white Republican in my town, which contains over one thousand inhabi tants. In justice to myself I would like to have this matter corrected. ; I am, with much respect, . W. II. Capell, " Deputy Collector. We 'publish, below a letter ffom Hon. JasT E. O'Hara, concerning tbe question of the politns of Deputy Collectors of Internal Revenue of Hali fax " county. We are etad " to hear that this gentleman is a ilte publican and we mAo no apologies lor publishing the editorial paragraph in our last issue. e run a Republican paper and belong to the Republican parly . and.' have been so.long accustomed to certain Re publican officials of the State Appoiut ing Democratic Deputies that we the luore readily belieye such reports and shall centinue putliahing such infor mation whenever we believe His relia ble. And now we will 'eave our friends O'Hara, White and Capell to be t .keo care oi oy me renuemea who aire us the information. After saying how ever, that we believe we have done Mr. While and his Deputy a favor by pub lishing the rumors if not true, was cat culated to injure them both. I lEs field, N. C, Dec. 13, 1881. IF. P. Canadoy, Etq., Editor )Vmig , ion Pott , - J; '.,.vf Sir: In the Wilmington Tost of the 11th inst. I find the following "We have received information uat CollectorlWhite has a Democrat as Deputy Collector at Halifax-. This we state on information which appears to be reliable. We desire to know of Col lector White, of New Berne, if tLu is the case-M While I am" not authorized by Mr. White to answer your query, about a matter over which the rosr has no control and which I deem grat uitous on ita part. ' I however deem it sa act of justice to Collector White and hi deputy, Mr. W. II. Capell to say that the person who gave the ai leged information. lseither ,a rouL or a lul a iooi. ir uuatnr atn-ui a " - a matter of whfch he it ignoraator a liar for stating thst which is aot true. Mr. Capell was appointed Deputy Collector for the counties of Halifax, Northampton and Hertford by A Thou, rowers, the then Collector of ihe District and predecessor of Mr. WUi:e, at my request aad t soIm ilation, and I am not aware that either Mr. rower or Mr. TThite has bad any reason to re gnt the appoialmest, yoar iaf ner to the contrary aotwithataading. 1 m ofepiaion that CoUecter White l at least iateUlgeaca enocgh to manag S ae f f aSttrs of his oScwlthoai the imposed talk of yoar.iafraur. Mspia yocJeUl rabliah the f re- tMBj, I amirt yery rt?peciraJy, . Year tbslt. serraat, i -J.E.O'Haa. ruxt rcoacrsa op uutu vin- tilcrtillzg IittrrciUaa Ccrcctattx tae txtearrt3ctad Ce&ftretM I'-wtJ tl&trzri titfer; y-.r : i 'i r-. r t lis tr ; el '- z perhaps remember that I tt Ji c:r&r , cially of ihe temperature cf he -.ttili 1 Tbis .induced a number of person frsa I rn: mtn mt.rn Vorlh n.mi;n. ..4 1 purchase many thousands of walnut lre?s j standing ia the, forests, civics prices ranging from one t dollar to twenty-five per tree. In fact, one zaaa agred to pay fifty cents for eacV tret he might decide to take, and resold the j privilege, to another for ten dollar per tree, jwUhout ever removing., one of thempAa Englishman told a friend of mine that a sioele walnut tree whica he removed from Madisod county to' London was sold there for f 1,276. The walnut trees are sometimes found core than six feet ia diameter! The walnut timber, however, constitutes bat a small portion of the forests. Buckeye and maple are abundant. i ,4 but the forests are mainly composed of I immense white oar,, chestnut, poplar, 1 hickory, and ashJ trees, and also ia I localitiwi of Iwhit. lnL r,mW. laurei, iuu hi ur wtw, ur um i ....1 J vl-L JS . - "O .t there will soon be as great a demand Us there is now for the walnut. Asheville presents, I think, the best iMttioa in thu vertd for factorifw for I the construction of railroad ears.; for. carriages of all kinds, and every sort of household uirnitnre. The . jnrenca Broad river at Asheville has twice as much waterlas the Merrimac at Lowell, with a fall of sixteen feet just at the edge of the tow'D, in tact, within a mile aitiia half or the Court Uoase The laud along the river is favorable for a canil and buildings. - Three railroads diverge from this point, and a fourth will; probably reach it within twelve months. Timber, therefure. to aay amount, can easily and cheaply be de livered. Would It not be better and more profitable tc have it worked op there than to send it to Londou or even ia Philadelphia to be manufactured and returned to tbe south for distribu tion ever the country, id the form of household furniture, Tehicles, and rail' road cars? '' i Let me, however, speak of the state generally. For several years' after the close of tbe war tbe swamp lands and river bottoms in the eastern part of the ftate were depressed in price, but of late they have been rapidly recovering their value, it is estimated by well informed persons that scarcely a twen tieth part of the swamp lands o! the itate has been reduced to cultivation. These lands can be purchased, cleared, and drained for aoout fou per aro. When cultivated they yield froa fifty to seventy five bushels of corn per acre. Tiaose i.uai ustb uru cvduouwuit cul TT I A B II 1 tivated for 1U0 yean to corn are not at al impaired in their fertility. Taking suty . bushels of corn as-the average production, and putting It at the low price of fifty cents per acre (it is usually higher), the crop per acre will be worth tM. This land, being level and light," is bo easily cultivated that fO per: acre will nay the expense leaving a profit of f 23 . per acre to tbe owner. This w0u!d be 50 per cent, per annua on the investment. . H- :t - IWhile every part of our state will produce some species of grapes abund- autly, the light soil of the eastern par. ot; the state is especially suited to the production of the f&cppernour and several other -kinds of Era pea. Ta lands, being very generally nnderlaid with rood marl, can be made prodno' lite in cotton and grain, but can prob ably be made moat profitable whea set iq vineyards. A Uerman, rrelicbe by name, to whom we gave the premium at, Raleigh for the best Scuppernong wine, told me that he could make S.000 gallons to the acre of this wine aa easily as he could' 400 gallons in Germany, and that ne cowid sell it for twenty-fire cents a gallon at a profit, France had some years ago 8,000 square miles ia oa VuT . -.r v ?T ww uiic vu iu cuiutmwd of grapes, and have remaining aa amp'e portion of territory for all other needed productions. . ' 'i " One reason why our wines are not better is that those producicg them eaa sell them when new at a price equal to f if srtH file ! wtvaa m amJ a. D"e "ducement to keep them u .ul they become good. I paid last summer at home l per bottle to new, duced in some portioas ot the sutl sweet wine, made of the Catawba grape No eoaatn la the world offers greater rn my county, jiuncomoe, ion, PladvaaUg both to the laborer aad the haps, remember thu this grape origi-1 taalUllesTfor amcnltural and maa. natedia that county. Had that wiae beea kept two or three years, it would aououess nave oeen tery rood. At xT. , liV. ltT w i Mr. Mahler as good wine as 1 havat lasted withia the last twelve mosths. prVa if A rrAswi Ina l a I si m ie-eA am 1 I three years old. GoL Wharton Greer, -irr""? ' whe bas a vineyard of 130 acres aear f ayeueville, told me that he had real ized nearly ft.OOO last year froa four acres of the older part of his vineyard. nen snca proa is can re macs, per-1 ; sons win wonoer wny more wiae m sot a a . m. maae. war people, bsving bean so J.Tvi A7 U they must plant cotton or cons, so aa aa get an immediate return of saoacy. As it requires a few years to get vineyards ia good condition, they fail to attempt grape culture. Of course, if each far mer would arrive to get an acre ia grapes daring each year, la a abort tine he might realise a gojd pcoll. With r rower cffjrt. Nona Cuc'Im ?lil:JS?llr Looed gutee ooij comeaxsaw , jj Iae groaiag el fiat tcbactw latla IT! i fr, . 7 r,.-: . . . loaanry. A rTtf JT,111 Ls.1 cleared. caUimeJ arj ,?corf4 rat ia isarkcS ft tiT! ,3? tUtcaa at fmrat be procured at Asbe TT!?Si if.Hvf axe.auadjy wl, yn la eosae - sfww ew tj i i. . f aU, , t m w - - mw w;j ct arena la km rroitua aerts i tie tsi tt;-- taait, and accords-1 tL im cxzxzm prpona, ettxl to ty acres cf arrr-t-aeottoa laad. Tba IxU Us tte pfodsctitaa of ttla tz izttn kara wisSua : t2it Uat tirte ytars itrra frra llperarreto f-crcr tre la arrtlv nL'tK bit e5 cit ars ia t j c 1 1 i fc-td 4 laad la tie fciaslCa c. - kit as yvt.ita Ctu-tJLla Cs ir Ui td tit ejt; t scil-r: ti c U lU'r i t J - " 1 tzz: I:- -;- lit J I . J . V . . . it i . . - can be fauni eti the faca'cf tie rlobe ! Square miles la one baly which, f hen H things are considered, is equal I . tkT V. .ut:. T . s I 1 . ' . s . . . IT If. 1 (JUU11UM. - . & Mil W IPP 1 f table and. mineral produc- tionj .fiof. Shepard, to whom former- i ly t utti to sena many minerals, said ' thai I hen was a neater variety of rain- j erals irv a circle of fifty miles around juneviue man. ia any other snot on the globe as Tar as he knew it.. The two counties of Mitchell and Yancey, in which thirteen years ago, I had seme mica taken out, it is confident- is asserted, iurnua more than half the mica of the commercial .world, while other counties j furnish some at paying rates. - Ia the rear 1847 1 discovered corundum in blocks ia Madison coun ty, which was; exhibited at the London World s Fair, and was much sought af ter by mineralogists. " Now the ; best corundum mine in the world is worked ia llacoa county by Dr, Lucas, whose piiimi fri fceaiiiiTT A aji TtTj we ajaaV av was iuau t2n2 tha Chester emery mine in Mas acquaiatanct I made while he was man sachusetts. tie has obtained a number 1 ae crystals, out of which gems are Wt9 years ago X got in the ad '":T.rw r ------- - mtich 1 bad cut in this city, and which Prof, Bhepard declared to be the fi oest American ruby he had ever seen, i You I doubtless are aware that the corundum 11 .ft lJ.i I l . .1.. r?"1 u5 iubi biowm Hwpnw diamond, furnishes next to it the mostJ Tamable gems. I bave seen ennngh of it o feel confident that some of the lo calities in the state will, when thor oughly extmined, aff rd not only ru bies, oat also fine blue sapphires. Ori eatal emeralds, and all tbe other known colors of this -mineral. Of the gold, iron aaJ copper mines I need not speak, except to say that there is a steady in crease in the operations in them. Many of the newspaper correspondents wh write from Atlanta state that Worth Car olina makes the. best exhibition' of anv 01 the states,at the fair in that city. Tne question may be asked.; Why is ; r ------ it that, . with all these , advantages, tbe forward progress of the slate has not been pretei? In answer! would re mind : you that at the close of the war,' ia 1M5, our: people found two-thirds of tbe property of the state destroyed, thirty thousand of the best men killed, and many disabled, working tools worn out or wasted; and most' of the horses and horned cattle gone. In addition to (hi, number of resiles a"d half Wild negroes rambling about and de stroying what little livestock and poul try was left. Our ieipleet resolutely to work and escaping starvaiinu. Each year' since has Isuud them tmproving tsfice of North Csrulma siiiCd lh war has not been t-xcelled, creti if it has been t availed "br anr other iuLhf rn state.! This result has b-eu almost en tirely due to our own people, the enii nation iotoitas vet beinir . ithsa4. in number scarcely equal to tbne whu left tbe sUle during the 6rt two or three years !. that succeed d the wt ixv one reus io or leaving iuu time, and some arc gioit it uum other states as well -a from Euroiw. V. ben HT : I I . . i in this city I do not as t-fteu as I uaed to do have the question ftic' to me. "When will it twsaf f.r M.rllirrn man to go into your suie? Dbtlei" more (ban, fifty ihuuwad mtrii Inun northers slates have ikk'U in our terri tory since the war, UJ I wer he-rl that any une of them had lec KeateU with, iociviiiiy. Alaiy who .hv at-t tied among u are ding ' wrll. anl ea prea tbemsel ves as well saiitfi. d. t The condstioo of the near rce has been materially Improved .They are ia the mala orderly, and do renerall 'work enough, to support thmstrlre, while a lew are srquinug' property.. The percentage of crime in .Vurth vr olin will, I think, compare favorably wita tuat or the states generally, and life and property are as safe aa they are anywhere . else. The climate of North Carolina has many varieties io hta 600 miles of length i but probably 1 ior neaitn, comiort. and the Dumber of i m Bfouitctiona t baa no en'ial. its fruits apples, peaches, melons, graoes, dtc-cannot be excelled. ; iu eastern portion Is noted for its immense pines, cy press, juniper, aed many other trees, caaoot be surpassed for the vsrlety and I . . . wbii its nraaie ana western sections I sue or m trees, vr ha lever is grown in any of the states, except perhspa, sugar I fr4 ti,. eT7 k! r.,.M. Jt I facturiag operationa 1 1 r-ilroads are I t!n. r.iHt .t.K.i .t . h.. l.t nt.t.t-rw..v. wi... tk... ir.v waahiBgton, with elevated plateaus scd f...ri....A...i..:M 1 1 tv. flMmnm.n. .r I wnue some or tbe most remarkable are waiting far suitable edifices. At the Wars rjpriags ia Madison county they claim to be able to accommodate 1,000 nsiiors. i.ae siiaauoa or these prings is a most remarkable and beaatifai one resembiias Jla iu, sarroandiogs bat I eTo:ezcemesEauia Germanv. A rn It i .nn.t.r..M --1 i teat he had assisted la exam la log asd eocatiegsaors than t30 mineral spriags siuatad la a space of five or six hun dred yards la eiteot, not more than ei-ht Biles from Asheville. The spot is e kaadsemethat if aocometodatioas wtd fratiied there many would re sort t It. The aassbey of vlsteu ia AsbeviUe dariaa tbe vast sss tser was stated to have aatoasredto t9tl thoaaaai. Wiih iu lacrtaaed raijoa4 facUitiea It aad other points ia Cm saouatala will have math larrrr lai wear taw centre UtU sUtiWra I aUte aad aaviax the best aimer di c-' wiabenpiilysettied bytbe I wis ek t eacape the eaatmer beat.- I Tbos-a all ttecarrwata aai UlUen ia aosva ltacca bo&h store aad dwet- LTmmm rmaily beta rrt:i f.r aa meta as txi rvr crat cf is cottftf their rmxiaa. fa taaf aTaraaa aad triads are a! UJt rs;U:y Ui:t If tla tbatrs mi al txxtr airatsa, - It c-v'.t MUU lrr m r. 1. , 1 i i La l n CrmiM s t se U Vrvrt taim crra i3tg irf I i:s Jurm a4. a4 X wi!4 t t tils brasca Jt li iifli".-' c : t ! ? . r rsy isrrrrl j " ' I . , tntw, tiAt tt 1 frse V X "S m--'-" js jiwa ih mt " "UBW,r "c- ErnnswSrt rttC-tjr r. . . A u wi. g .fil ' . IIM : "f h K A. T -u ...ni, u. rt.wi.iy Crlr U ttkh : Wrn rm.Ll Btetifr E W. TjW rTe nrr., D. L. RurH.W. If. HanuWg. F. M. Galtowny and Kniutnn GaIIowst. L B 8wio, clerk Buperior Court, gST E. W. Taylor, 11. Swain, a p. r?walB, H.K. Ruark, register of deeds, gave H. and L. Brunhild. R. IL Wescott, county treasurer, gave J. L. Wenrou and others. The officers accounts were all aa 1 1 ed by the commissioners. The coualy fiaanc was found ia very e xeelitnt condition. 11 - The letter of Gen. W. N. Taft, which we polished last week, we should have stated that we took it front the JWi cao of Su mter, 8. C, a very excetUat and ably conducted paper. We apolo gls to our conlexrporary for (he em's sion, and hope the paper and its editor ill be prosperous. ; ' Coffee drinkers should read the ad vertisement in another column headed Good Chfee. - 4t J NEW A U V ESTISEIITINTS, PROCLAMATION, SHERIFF HANGING! j am NOTTSEsucnirp.mrri will lilhbanasorasl ' . Paper Hanging Of say uiiu In lb 8Ut. I ! Shades Of ll kin- nCitilttl. Th rrlVl in ihaaifct. UPHOLSTERING AND BEFITT 1ST CK f ol.l rarallae tlutr In-thf mum iiWi,i mtniicr. . i . VkU col. rxmIs sod pi duwa. T'A'KNTv YEAWI K 1 TKltl KXll i;(H)fS ANO WOUK C1UAKAN ; . ,IEEl. ni;j,i wnii K, Market UtWivtt 31 sad 41 irt. D'.tS-U Coal and Wbod! n o itp tTAi i v t rn fcT . wwaiu os vi ai uHtr best Qnailty RED and WllirK ASU iWOODr oak. : - ASH, ! UOlITWOOl,A . Very lw. 8iwrd tut Mevre or le letf Kikks by . J. A. 8PKIX0ER. nr SO-1 1 CLODC 0ALOON! qait. Jim mcuowa9 a'lixnraawt tb ton Vbtaey for Iks Majr V O'y. rtM frr, Oya&rta, m ; Cktt , JCt at 1 ... f 7f r tvmjtumt ad earpue4 I tA? fra If vt", tg m tHr M r tk4 l-y M kmatUr swshtAW i . hmmI il l Vak Ik SW piuuouta ad has Finiic. T . . ... .- 8y t nun ctans itcjs at i akt riM tky ir .saesti swy tfertr ' r My kan wtk SMfbs mw;svAti.Tat- s ' " hi mm wrxrn rr jrnRTti cuciA. hao km iw rr- i -e - nMMtt mm m lt ' krm smmm ml iaiiaa fcuce : su. iwr 1 '" - ' V-i turn " IM Fmim'lt mmf iwurMM ml m .rT- MMCf m s. a mm- 7.?t ,ZZl t.M tmruummj ZZ - t- W4V SA J,,,'-t. r if mt M i '"7. " J t , .m-rnxm ..- rTV!-JL imf-- Z'. ' I r e l '" it ,
The Wilmington Post (Wilmington, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 18, 1881, edition 1
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