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V ! SI t t w a.ha;.yi !Vi.r?-fi?'tJdk V 41 ill- c 1 i lT't?l-.:I ( I. tl . . r.l Mil Je: By ?; M. fllis.'1 T jif rf'H T"----T jiuLs-? -iJjJ?li J'-' M i 1 iiM i 1 ' 't'? ''y -1 OTFICKt ii ii i KavettevlUe St., 8ec'ond Floor Fisher Budding. Advertisements wQl be ilnaerUd for One Dollar per square (one inch) for the first aitd fifty Cents for each subsequent puhleaUon. , ' R.TR8 O SUBSCRIPTION : One copy & year'mafled postpaid . f . One copy tlx months mafi poptrpaid, . Contracts tor advertising for any space or time may be made at tha omc4 of the ia oo 1 oo RALEIGIl IEGISTSR, No tine entered without payment, and : no paper aeiil after expiration of time paid for. VOL. I. RALEIGH,, A. ( .. WEUNESDAY, APRIL J, 1884. NO. 7. Sseend Floor of FtoherlBufldteg, fayetterllle It ;. Street, next to Market House. anannnnVnnniannBl ....7I "-r " i r : -' 1 r - - : : Siitii r,,i. -iufl '.ifT' ' '!' ' ' iwi .i'-u:i ' f. - ( ATTHBBAB. - : ' l' From All The Tear JUwad. t- " Who speaks for this man?" From the great i white throne, . Veiled i it roaeate doada, the voice came forth;. ;: Before it stood a parted aoal alone, ' f And, roDIng east and west, and south and north The might jr accent summoned Quick and dead: "j Who speaks'f or this man, ere Ms doom be said?" f -. ; i-.Jkv ..' -p: t -i .. it-- - s Shivering he listened, for his earthly life Had passed ta dull, tm noted calm away; He broughjt no glory to its daily strife, No wreath of fame, or genins fiery ray; " Weak, lone, ungtfted, quiet and obscure, Bjorn m the shadow dying 'mid the poor. La, from tha solemn concourse, hushed and dim, The widV prayer, the orphan's blessing rose; The'-strugjjfler told of trouble shared by htm, The lonelyv of cheered hours and softened woes, And like a chorus spoke the crushed and sad: ' He grave us all he could andwhat he had." And little words of loving kindness said, And tender thoughts and help in time of need Sprang up like leaves by soft spring showers fed, In some waste corner, sown by chance-flung seed. In gratefu I wonder heard the modest soul, Such trifles gathered to so blest a whole. , tices and jirecedents. la the discliarge of ; his duties as Speaker of the House of Repre- ; sentatives and as President of the Senate, ; he i disnlaved , an ahilitv and lcarnin? ! equalled only by those other two great ! Bat t To. Tl, TXT XT11 4 A UMliS OUU UCK.JH T T . J1U1UI 11. ilUU LIT say this Of a man is to give him unuRual fitnesa fbr jjolitics ; for the great parlia mentarian and the great lawyer occupy the samel relations to their respective voca tions politics and !avf I The road of the politician most frequently" leads to the State Legislature of the National Congress, in both of which legislative bodies he makes the safest representative who has made himself master of parliamentary law. It was this power that enabled Samuel J. Randall the great Congressional parlia-, mentarian, to successfully resist the blows made by a Radical Congress against the persons and property of the Southern peo ple, i Mr. Robinson having made himself a thorough parliamentarian, has added vastly to his political power' and represen tative value. ' . - DAVIDSON COLLEGE. A TRAVELER'S NOTES COLLEGE OF THE PRESBYTERIANS Preabvterian Colleire Ita Good Work Done and to be Done. ' THE DISPERSED ABROAD. North Carolinians wk nave lIdethilr IKacrk and Sustained, the Pair Pame of their mother la Distant State. O yet by cjirramstanceV fetters bound,5 The store so little and the hand so frail, Dt but the best ye can for all around; Let sympathy be true, nor courage fail Winning inipng your neighbors, poor and weak, Some witness at your trial hour to speak. ROBINSON. A SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND CHAl OF ' , , ACTER ae Worth Carolln Tr lalatar A rlan Carolinian TheroBfh A Wise Leg Parllamenta James Lowrt Robinson was born in Macon county, North Carolina, in the year 1838." He attended the common schools of the couijty and the academy at Franklin, and then entered Emory and Henry Col lege but circumstances prevented him from remaining there long enough to com plete a regular course of study, and he re turned home to engage in mercantile pur auita. y : 'In May, 1861, he volunteered as a pri vate in Company H, Sixteenth North Caro lina Vofuntewa. At the reorganization of the Regiment in the spring of 1862, he was elected jCaptain of the Company in which he had Ivolnnteered as a private. During the wart he participated in several engage ments, among .which .wexe the battles of Cedar Mountain, of second Manassas and of Seven Pines. , A severe wound received at the latter engagement disabled him for active servicer and he was obliged to return home to recruit his health. When the Confederates ceased fighting he again, went to merchandising. lathe year 1868 he was elected to rep resent ilacbn county in the representative branch of the Legislature. His first expe rience as a legislator developed his love of constitutional liberty, and we find him firmly opposing the bill to suspend the wrif of! habea eorpu. He was reelected in 1870, 1872 and 1874. In 1872 and 1874 he was chosen Speaker of the House of Representatives, and discharged the deli cate and arduous duties of his office to the entireatiafaction of the country and the Legislature that had chosen him. In 1876 he was elected to the State Sen ate by the District that embraces Macon, Jackson, Swain, Graham, Clay and Chero kee counties, and. was complimented by being fleeted President pro tempore of the Seiatej. He was again elected to the Sen ate in 1878, and upon the promotion of Lieutenant-Governor Jarvis to the office of Governor; he was chosen President of the Sfcnalfc It was while oerforminff th du ties ofj this position that he gave the cast ing vote in favor of the bill to give. aid to the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad. He had been true to the interests of North Carolina, and equal to every, emergency j that had arisen. It was natural and right that the people of the State should give expression to their approval of his course, and they-did so in 1880 by electing him Lieutenant-Governor. As k legislator he was ever watchful and intelligent in his efforts to promote the best interests of the State. The whole -St afej ahd every section thereof, and her everv interest, had his "best thoughts and most earnest work. It was his suggestion, as thfe writer is informed bjr those who ought to know, that gave creative form and -life t! the eight normal schools four for the whites and four for the blacks which are now so successful, and which have be come such important factors in our com mon school system. But while devoted to the vjhole State, his own particular section received his especial regard. The counties nf Rftvwood. Jackson. Swain. Graham, Cherokee, Clay and Macon owe him a debt of gratitude 'they cannever repay, ..The writer has " the authority for saying so of; a man who has himself much to do with! the Western North Carolina Railroad and Whd has been thoroughly familiar with tK iomalation affectuu? that'road. Were he to mention his name no one would doubt his opportunities and competency to judge of tliese matters. It has not been a month sincje that man was heard to say that if the people of these counties knew what Robin son had done for them, they never would falter in their gratitude or be unmindful of it. To all famifiar with the legislation concerning the Western Road and its perils for Ithe last sixteen years, it is well known - that it was the Ducktown line that wad its incubus, and that so often came no near destroying it.' More than once strring men in the State proposed to cast .tl i?n nit nd leave the counties above named to their fate. It was recognized an easy matter to build the Paint Rock line, and one within the reach of the Company itself, without appealing t6 the people of thef State for help. To build the Duck town line was supposed to require years of time and milliona of money to be furnished by the State. Hence the tempta tiok to cut off that line was very great. Tofkeep this line in all the legislation and pis8 of the Company npon equally favora bW terms with the Paint Rock line was no small task:- Once discriminated against, Do one could say that its perils would cease short of absolute bandonnient.- While never antagonizing the Paint Rock line, he was always watchful and jealous in his rWniinn to tbu Ducktown. line. Other n,imliH wcr faithful workers for this lin!e,, but none of them wilj hesitate to saV that Jambs, L. - Robinson was their leider. The ueopla .of these counties are now witnessing the results of his labors th ranid comuletioa of the Ducktown line. So- generous a people will not forget hirn. :. , : v ! .. ... bne of the strongest points in the politi cal' make-up'!, pi Lieutenant-Governor RoBursox is his unusual , and thorough knowledge of parliamentary law, its prac Correspondence of the Buugb Register. I have read with no little interest the biographic sketches being printed in your paper of prominent citizens who have in the past or now are shed ding honor and renown on their na tivity, and i whom rvery properly (and I hope successfully) you are holding up for the encouragement and imitation of the 'rising generation, now buckling on their armor and preparing for the great battle of life. I proposofrom time to time to contribute my mite to your good work, as opportunity and information may occur, by furnishing short sketches of some, who thouerh ''to the manor born,'', have wandered from home and i made a name and proved a blessing to i other communities, and in whose name and fame our good old State can indulge in I merited pride. In a recent work, giving a history oi that wonderful city, St. Louis, Missouri, and someof its representative business, professional and literaryvmen, who have, contributed in no small degree to its suc cess and present greatness, I find honorable record' of "several from North Carolina. The first sketch I quote from is of a native of the-City of Oaks. The historian says: WILLIAM M. M'PHEETERS, M.D., who for more than forty years has been a leading medical practitioner of St. Louis, was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, December 3, 1815, and was the second son Of the Rev. William McPheeters, D. D., a Presbyterian clergyman of great promi nence and ability. Mr. McPheeters was educated at the University of North Carolina, and subsequently studied medicine . under Professor Hugh S. Hodge of i Philadelphia. In 1840 he graduated from the medical department of . the University of Pennsylvania, after which he served for a year as resident physician at the Blockly Hospital, Philadelphia?- Upon relinquishing this Eosition, he removed to St. Louis, where e arrived October of the same year. In company with Doctors Pope, Moses, John- i son, and others Mr. McPheeters assisted j in establishing the first public dispensary i west of the Mississippi River. 1 hese gen tlemen also inaugurated many important reforms, and brought to their chosen pro fession a devotion and skill which marked a new era in the medical history of the In Stanljr Conntv. As far back as 1770 the Scotch-Irish Presbyterians of - Mecklenburg county se cured a charter for a college to be known as Queen's Museum J and though that Ven ture failed,' and several others, successive ly, they did not desist from their purpose to provide for the education of their sons. As the frnit-of this perseverance, David son College was organized in March, 1837. True to their' ancient traditions, these Scotch-Irisjimen believed that intelligent piety is the only piety worth' having, and so as a direct means to morality and re ligion they pressed the teacher close upon the heels of the preacher. Founded by Presbyterians from a sense of their own needs, and always drawing-a large part of its patronage from Presbyte rian families, the College is expressly un sectarian, and is designed "to educate youth of all classes without any regard to the distinction of religious denominations. " Hampered by poverty, Davidson strug gled on through the first twenty years of its life, doing a work of which it has no cause to be ashamed; it was a 4 'day of small things," but a day of earnest en deavor as well ; and then came an opportu nity to show what its capabilities were. A legacy of a quarter of a million dollars wasTeft to the College by Maxwell Cham bers of Salisbury : and the trustees imme diately addressed themselves to the task of enlarging its scope and its facilities for the higher education. They put up new build ings, added new professorships, bought new apparatus and new books, and" laid out large plans. What might have been will never bo known ; for before the new measures were complete came the war, and the collapse, and the destruction of the endowment. When the fragments of the wreck ' had been gathered up, the ample buildingSj the apparatus, and securities worth about $7o,UUU were louna to be available, and work was resumed. Though crippled by this new poverty the College has never lost sight of its ac cepted mission to offer an education which, as far as it goes, shall be of the very best. Recognizing itself as a college, adapted to do college and not university work, it has kept its six chairs filled with the best men to be had, and has insisted on a high stan dard of instruction and graduation. The stand taken by its graduates under the new regime, whether as teachers, preach ers, lawyers, or as post-graduate students in American and European Universities, shows the honestv and thoroughness of the work done, and vindicates the wisdom of the authorities in refusing to undertake the impossible; An effort is in progress to increase the endowment, and if this succeeds, new pro fessorships will be added, and the scope of instruction in the institution enlarged, still maintaining its character as a college, with no pretence of wishing to do, or of being able to do, the work of the great ! universities. To these its students will continue ta be sent when they wish to, j secure professional training in any of the t departments of an academic education. Davidson desires to succeed, and David 1 sofa will succeed. HALIFAX. RANDOLPH COUNTY. city and State. The high esteem in wmcn Dr. McPheeterswas held by those most competent to judge of his professional abilities is seen in the fact that he was early chosen Professor of Clinical Medi cine and Pathological Anatomy, au af terwards of Materia Medicaand Therapeu tics, in the St. Louis Medical College, in which position he; served faithfully for folirteen years, and until he left home to join the Confederate Army. He also oc cupied the same chair after the war in the Missouri Medical College, from 1866 to 1874, when he retired from the professor ship to accept the position of Medical Director of the St. .Louis Jiuruai lue in surance Company, From 1856 to 1861 he was Surgeon of the L nitea States Jianne HosDitaT at St. Louis, and for a number of years was physician in charge of the 3Ied ical Wards of the St. Louis Hospital of the Sisters of Charity. For eighteen years, (from 1843 to 1861), he edited with great ability and succjess the St. LouU Medical and Surgical Journal in which appeared numerous, able articles from hid incisive pen, among them being a history of the cholera epidemic in St. Louis in 1849, which attracted wide at tention, and proved "a valuable contribu tion to medical science. He is a member of the Obstetrical and Gynecological So ciety, of the St. Louis 3Iedical Society and of the Medical Association of Mis souri ; of. the two latter societies, he has been President. In 1872, at 'the annual meeting of the American Medical Associa tion, held in Philadelphia, he was elected Vice-President of that body. He is a member also of the St. Louis Medico Chirurgical Society, and has been elected an honorary member oi tne state jneciicai Associations of North Carolina and Ar kansas. ' During the late war, Dr. McPheeters' sympathies were with the Southern Con federacy, and for three years he served as surgeon in the Confederate Kjmj, filling many important positions, among them that of Medical'rDireetor on Major-Gen-eral Sterling Price's staff. At the close of the war he returned to St. Louis and re sumed the practice of his profession. (Dr. McPheeters is a man of such decided christian characreivlhat a failure to refer to that fact wonM, under any outline of his life, be conspicuously incomplete. For many years he has been a ruimg .ciaer in the Pine Street, (now tne urana Avenuej Presbyterian Church in which position he has served with marked fidelity. He was the first President of the St. Louis branch of the Western Society for the Suooressibn of Vice. Dr McPheeters' learning and skill have won for him a wide preputation and the confidence of the entire medical proiession wnerever ne is,iiiuwu, while his unswerving; ; devotion to the duties of religion has endeared him to thousands who hate received at his hands, not only remedies! for the "ills that flesh is heir to," but also spiritual advice and consolation Methodist Advauce. J During our sojourn in the county, we traversed a good deal of its territory, and we have no hesitancy in saying that we saw more substantial evidences of general enterprise, thrift, prosperity, and hopeful outlook in all material interests of its people, than any section of the State which wejiave seen in twenty years. All things considered its advance is really astonish ing. ; Randolph," we believe, leads all other counties of the State in tlie number of her cotton mills, there being seven or eight within fifteen miles of each other. Whether the number of her spindles and looms equals Alamance or not. we are not pre pared to say, but. our opinion is that they do, and even out-number them. All these mills run on full time, pay their operatives remunerative wages, and seem to be in a most prosperous condition. ! The improvement in agriculture is most j marked, both in extent, modes of opera- j tion, implements, tools, and results. Broad j fields in every direction sown down in j cereals, present the appearance of being j cultivated with as much care as the family garden. There is great improvement also in the style and character of architecture. The people are building new and better houses in every direction. New and im proved breeds of cattle nd hogs are being Correspondence of the Raleigh Kbobtkr.J March 28, 1884. Last Saturday morn ing I left Wadesboro en route to Albemarle, on board Howell's Expres8,-?iw the U. 8. Mail hack. I will not attempt to describe the roads ; suffice it to say that by walking part of the way, and going through the woods to avoid the worst mud-holes, I Jat last arrived at Norwood, one of the best if not the best place in this or any other State. Here I met many old and true friends, and of course I decided to stay over until Monday. NORWOOD is a thrifty, progressive village of about 250 inhabitants and is steadily growing. I have never seen a better place morally or socially. One hardly ever sees a drunken man or hears an oath on the streets, and the' Methodists, Baptists and Presbyteri ans all have neat, comfortable churches. The Norwood High School, under the management of Maj. L. A. Andrews and Prof. W. B. Phillips, is doing a good work for this section, and is in a prosperous con dition. About seventy:five students are now enrolled. The citizens of Norwood are solid, subi stantial and public-spirited. The one thing lacking is a railroad, and it is to be hoped that the locomotive wilLsoon awaken the echoes among the blue hills of old Stanly. With railroad facilities Norwood would be one of our most progressive towns. Mnndav mornincr. in romnanv with Rev. j , - i . T. J. Gattis, an excellent Christian gentle man, I proceeded to ALBEMARLE, where Judge MacRae had just opened the spring term of Stanly Superior Court. I did not hear his charge to the grand juw, but those who did hear it commended it very highly. The good people of Stanly were very much gratified by the rapidity with which his Honor dispatched business. While all were given a fair hearing, no un necessary delays were permitted. Two recruits were sent up to the penitentiary. One was a white man who had been pass ing alternately under the names of Davis, Jackson and White. The Judge gave him ten years for having stolen a mule. The other was a negro who had borrowed a lit tle bacon from one of his neighbors with out saying anything about it to the owner. He will have to serve the State two years. The negro girl who poisoned Captain Bennett's child was brought before the court, but her trial, for sufficient reasons, was postponed until the next term. The State docket was disposed or and the civil docket taken up Wednesday even ing, when I left. Albemarle is gradually improving. The people are kind and hospitable. ALBEMARLK ACADEMY is an honor, not only to the town but to Stanly county, and no one man has done more to advance the cause of education in this section than 'the Principal, Professor H. W. Spinks. v The school is flourishing; about one hundred and ten students are in attendance, notwithstanding the hard times. Besides the Albemarle and Nor wood schools, the academies at Big Lick and Palmersville have been doing great good. Stanly has improved rapidly since the war, and although deprived of railroad facilities, she is keeping pace with any of the adjoining counties. Her resources are almost unlimited and not one out of ten of her. inhabitants has ever dreamed of the possibilities that lie before her. Almost every agricultural product can be grown here; the finest wheat in the world can be raised in Stanly, while cotton of a superior quality can be produced, .to say nothing of corn, oats, sorghum, tobacco, fruits, grasses, etc. The county is also very rich in min erals, and I trust some of her enterprising citizens will take immediate steps towards hsiving the vast and varied resources of the county well represented at the State Expo sition next tall. The Democrats have a largo majority in Stanly on a full vote, but for several years no county conventions have been held and the party has become somewhat disorgan ized. It would be well for the State Ex ecutive Committee to give this county a little attention and get the party. thor oughly reorganized for the coming cam paign. No man would be supported more heart ily for Governor in Stanly than Hon. R. T. Bennett. E. R. Wood. A PROSPERING COTTON COUFtTT.' EnfleliPa Proarlty 'and Proapeeta Polities, Cok rnsHt Steaaaan A eoo Ola Ranaana yam. . , . j . The Oldest Town. introduced. Tor fine horses, the county has always been noted. Intelligence is becoming much more general, and of a higher order. The peo ple are becoming to be reading people. We think it safe to say that the circulation of current literature has increased a hun dred fold in the last twenty years. In keeping with, all this, there is a correspon dent improvement in the personal appear ance of the people -neatness of dress, etc. The morteaffe; which has become so well-nigh universal in the eastern and southern sections of the State, and which is ruinous to any people or interest, is scarcely known among them. Under such circumstances it is natural to suppose that the comity is in a healthy and prosperous financial condition. ' The sheriff of the county said to us, as we remember, that there Were only forty eight insolvent tax-payers in the county, (we may be mistaken in this) and that there were seven townships in the county in which there was not a single insolvent tax-payer ; and that he was satisfied there j would not be a single insolvent (neaituy man) in the county in another year. We think it altogether probable that no other county in the whole State can produce such a record. I t . - .1 v -1- Mr.Tilaen. i A Thriving Village. Davie Times Correspondent. : ; Calahaln is our capital, and is a flour ishing little, village and can boast of more musical instruments than any in tne county. We do not claim that ours is the land of lunilk and honey, but next vo it; we do gay that we make ' more sorghum to the square inch than any other poor section in ihe State. We will hail with delight the advent of "the blackberry season, but our bonanza is. in the chinquapin crop. . Another, .newspapejc maj has been, to see Mr, Tilden about the Presidency, and he, too, was told, "I cannot accept." Never theless the scribe found Mr.- Tilden in such fine physical condition, striking out from the shoulder from each shoulder, in fact and capering so nimbly, on both feet, that he came away impressed with the belief that there .is no reason why the head of the old ticket may not be in as good condition in 1888 as now. This is bad news for gentlemen who want the second place on a Tilden ticket, A pleasant. Invitation. New York Sun. ' The oldest town in Texas, and,, it is be lieved, in the United States, is Ysleta, sit uated on the Rio Grande, and near El Paso, the chief town in the county of that name. It has a population of 2,500 souls. The place is one of peculiar interest, alike from its age, its people, its architecture, its ag riculture, and its general products. It is a well-established historical fact that a Spanfcsh military explorer, named Corando, visitta the town in 1540, and found it then a popular and prosperous civilized Indian community. He was immediately followed by thrf Franciscan Friars, who erected a church and established schools. Ysleta is believed to have been a consider able centre of population centuries before the visit of Corando. It is not a little cu rious, considering the advance of civiliza tion from Europe, that the same race of people exist in the town to-day that exist ed 350 years- ago, and that they are en gaged in the same agricultural and me chanical pursuits as their forefathers at that period and for ages preceding. Among Enlightened Polk. New York Herald. We recently gave in these columns the figures showing that during a . period of little more than twgnty years 1860-82 a hundred and seventy persons were tried in Massachusetts for murder in the first de gree. Of this number only twenty-nine were convicted and only sixteen hanged. In Connecticut during a period of thirty years-M 850-80 of the ninety-seven pris oners tried for murder in the first degree only thirteen were convicted of that crime and not more than seven were executed. There were a hundred and eighty-five homicides in New York city during the four years ending with 1877, or an average of nearly one a week. During the same period there were four executions, or just one a year. The number of persons tried for murder in the first degree in the city averages about twenty a year; the number hanged does not average more than two o three, - Gubernatorial Timber. FayettevllIeSun. Major A. A. McKethan will in a short time have in full operation a coffin factory at this place. -He has made one of the boxes ; any one wishing to test it can call and try it. Watchman. Just now while the newspapers are talk ing of Gubernatorial timber, I wish to say that we have a first rate piece in Rowan, and am pleased to mention the name of Kerr Craige, Esq. Incorruptible, able, earnest, faithful and trustworthy,; in my opinion there are few if any better. Correspondence of the Raleigh Register. Ektield, N. C, April 5. I must thank you for the pleasure I derive from reading your paper. You must excuse me for say ing that, according to my way of thinking, it fills the bill of a real live newspaper. Aside from good, solid editorials, it fur nishes good general reading, and interest ing newa matter from all sections. I take it that you desire to have short accounts of what is going on in all parts of the State, and to let the people know what is going on in the political and social world, and I propose tp give you a line or two from this prosperous town of Enfield. which is wide awake to her own interest, and the welfare of the State, and has the Wilmington Railroad running like a streak of greased lightning through her main street about twenty tunes a day. We can get along pretty well if we can keep you Raleigh city folk from capturing our people, for you have commenced this larceny Dusiness by appropriating to your-r selves our best and most prominent citi-r zen, Spier Whitaker, Esq., who is now recognized 'as pne, of your best lawyers. The farmers are hard at work and are tak ing advantage of the present fine weather. This is one of the finest farming sections in Eastern Carolina. A large quantity .of cotton ii grown in this section, and Enfield is a fine cotton market. Our. people are very much interested in the State Exposi tion, and we will put our best foot fore most. If all pur people had. their heads and hearts Bet pn it like our enterprising countymattC. W. Garrett, Esq., I rather think the Exposition would be monopo lized by Halifax county. Business is very brisk here and our mer chants are doing well. In fact, everything looks promising. . . Our people are beginning to talk politics as the time of holding our convention ap proaches. There is quite a strong feeling in favor of ' Capt. Octavius Coke of , your city. He would make a strong and vigor ous campaign. He has served the party well and ably as Chairman of the Execu tive Conmittee, and gave his time and money to advance the interests of the party. My own impression is he is the most available man the Democratic party can nominate. Major C. M. Stedman seems to be the coming man for Lieuten- i ant-Governor. I think he would be the j most acceptable man to this section. I was much amused at the way your Wilson editor put the Ransom and Vance editorial. which you copied in your last paper. Ransom, you know, was raised in this immediate section. Dr. Matt Whita ker, his uncle, and after whom he is named, lives near here. Your Wilson article reminds me of a story, published some years ago, of his first appearance in politics. The occurrence took place in this town, and after reading the Wilson article f went to look up the paper con taining the occurrence, and was lucky enough to find it. It was written by a correspondent of the Obterter when under your management, and I send you that part referring to my friend Ransom's first political speech, and I am sure it will be enjoyed by your many readers which is as follows: Enfield in former times was the great camping ground of the old Whig and Democratic parties. It was at one of these great political gatherings that I witnessed a scene, over which I have laughed a thou sand times. . The deservedly high and dis tinguished position attained by the gentle man of whom I am about to relate a truth ful incident, will shield me from his cen sure when be sees it in print, for it was on this occasion that he took his first step in : his ascent to the pinnacle of his present ' fame; each difficulty surmounted, each I obstacle overcome, was but the stepping i sione to ms present mu iiure muupuB. But to the story. It was on a warm I August day during the Scott and Graham campaign in 1852, when thousands were gathered at Kntleld to hear the great w nig speakers, Jimmie Jones, of Tennessee, Gentry, Alex. H. Stephens, and others, no less distinguished, who were to be present. A large arbor, covering nearly an acre of ground, had been made. I, in common with many others, from the neighboring town in which I then lived, made my way to Enfield. But when we arrived, we found no Jones, no uentry, no Stephens, and General Alfred Dockery, David A. Barnes and M. W. Ransom, were pressed into service. Gen. Dockery and Mr. Barnes spoke before, and Gen. Ran som after dinner. When dinner was over, the immense crowd reassembled to hear Gen. Ransom. I recollect his handsome appearance, even his corn-colored pants, the first I ever saw. It was. his maiden speech, he had just been appointed elector, his opponent being the late Gen. U. u. a. Branch. Gin. Ransom had made a secret arrangement with Sheriff Lane, (known only to Lane and himself, and that Su preme Being who gave existence to both,) that just before he commenced his speech, that he (LaneJ should fire off an old hol low log in the woods near by. Gen. Ran som had carefully prepared some happy remarks to accord with the booming of cannon, and to associate therewith Gen. Scott's glorious achievements on the fields of Mexico. . , . , He-seemed to be remarkably slow in commencing his speech, .and many vhia pered, "rWhy don't he start;, what is he waiting fori" After waiting as long (if not longer) ; as propriety could allow, he arose and commenced as follows; "Fellow-citizens, I am happy to meet you on this interesting occasion. Pleasant recol lections crowd," upon me to-day, I. feel thai I am among my people. , It was near here that. my boyhood days were spent. Near here reside my relatives and friends, and I see now those before me who take in terest in my welfare and prosperity, and bid me God-speed in the voyage ox me.' Just here a man was seen in his shirt sleeves emerging in great haste and speed from the woods, and proceeding faster and faster towards the crowd, and, nearly out of breath, he stopped just at the edge of t he great mass, it was Lane, He shouted at the toD of his voice, (and I believe you could have heard him at Whitaker's Turn out.) "Matt! oh, Matt! for God's sake stop ; I can't get that d d aid log to go to save my life." Of course there was a great roar of laughter, but the General bore : it well. He made a fine speech, and pleased everybody. I never shall forget tha effect, when, after referring in. eloquent language to the military career of Gen. Scott, he pulled out his handkerchief, and wiping his eyes like one weeping, he said & . ' "Think, f ellow-eitizens, after all this that k Demo cratic administration brought him from Mexico, in chains to' be tried by Court Martial." I believe that if Franklin Pierce his opponent, had been present, they would have rode him on a rail. Col. Herod Faison, who was a man of remark ably fine sense, said tip to his dying daf it was the beet speech h had ever heard. Dr. Whitehead, oar. great county Demo cratic wheel-horse, swore and cursed about that handkerchief business for years after.' And Judge Saunders, Democratic -elector at large who ' came along and made I speech a few days after, said, "it wa an, infernal lie about . Gen. Scott's , being brought from Mexico' in chains, Whether Mr.! Ransom or Mr. Anybody else iaW td the contrary notwithstanding.'? Well, I must stop. I have mada this letter already too long, and it is , late and I must give some repose to fhe Weary limbs Of TRATELIJtB, 1 Ita :' C!P5mrjE. . . IttRT TMsACC COCHTY. Ita Pal Its -Ita Black Mountain Station. . Ashevffle CMzemJ ' ' - ' ' Five miles west of the Swannanoa tun nel, and 13 miles east of Aaheville, lies Black Mountain Station. The station is destined to grow up into a pretty village, perhaps .a large .town; for thV location is a oeauiiiui one, on a pretty piateau rising from the valley of Flat Creek, and sur rounded by tile very finest mountain scenery. At present there are only a few families living here. ' The greatest achievement of the Station is the erection of a fine hotel by Mr. Stepp. This is one of the finest responses to the demand for good hotels along the road.; It is a fine two-story building containing fifty-two rooms, and will be finished in time for summer travel. From hence the tourist can make his visit over a good road to Mount Mitchell, or other points. One promise i of future prosperity and growth is the mineral character of the country. Gold veins of value have been found within a mile and a hail oi tne sta tion. A mica mine is worked just oppo site. Mr. Dougherty has a fine deposit of Kaolin. Copper and iron are found with in a radius oi a mile. One of the most ap parent causes which are to operate is the proximity of the magnificent timber wo near by. The abundance of hug logs of poplar and walnut lying by ready for ship ment, the piles of locust pins, the banks of sawed lumber, prove how near Black Mountain Station is to the source of the great forest wealth of Western North Caro lina. A rail road, contemplated to the Black Mountain, and eventually to be built, will pass through timber wealth of great value, and will also develop a rich pastoral and agricultural country; and with fruits and minerals will lay the foundation of a pros perity which will make Black Mountain a point dependent on its own resources, but a rival to no other point. , And the whole valley of the Swannanoa will also be dotted with its flourishing towns. , Cooper's is growing steadily, and has its powerful in dependent resources. JLoag'e will claim its share in improvement, and there will be a chain of towns dotting this valley worthy of its beauty and fertility. T CROHX1T. Ita Ulameat erwwtn Entrris a.gna Pf ertty Praanacta -Tha lUMWiai tnay Sanae Cnriaaltiea Gave at. . New York Sun. The States of Colorado, Delaware, Flor ida, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont have less than one-half the popu lation of Illinois, but have the same num ber of representatives in Congress twenty-two. Eight years ago North Carolina had as many representatives in Congress as New York. North Carolina now has nine, or one less than she had in 1800, while New York has thirty-four. The State of Nevada, which has two Senators and one Representative -in Con gress, has not so large a population by 917 souls as the city of New Haven, Conn. Two-fifths of all the newspapers and periodicals sent through the mails by pub lishers at pound rates are mailed at New York city. , The thirteen States of Arkansas, Cali fornia, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hamp shire, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia, with an aggregate population which does not exceed that of New York alone, have twenty-six United . States Senators to New York's two. Virginia now has" Th same, number of Congressmen she had In 1790, when there were only 65 members of the House. There are several Post Offices in the country at which the annual salary of the postmaster is only $1. - Postal cards cost the Government 54 cents and 4 mills a thousand. ; . . From the five States of New Y,prk, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Ohio, the Government derives one-half of all its postal revenues. During the past ten years the Govern ment has expended nearly $70,000,000. in caring for the Indians. The total number of Indians attached to agencies is only 246, 0p0, and of these 60,000 in Indian Territory, 7,700 in Wisconsin, and 8,000 in New York are supposed to be at least partially self-supporting. . LiaBt year tne rost umce ueparnnenx used fli.OOO worth of ink for stamping and cancelling letters. The . five States of Delaware, Colorado, Florida. Nevada, and Oregon combined have not so great a population by 100,000 souls as the city of New York. Yet New York city has but eight Representatives in Congress, while the five States have six teen, besides their tfiPSenators. In tb fiQ yean eadiag Jane iSO, the Government's disbursements for pensions reached a sum which exceed try six mil lions of dollars the disbursement for all purposes in the yeai '186ft. The Government has sold more than two hundred million dollars worth of public lands in eighty years. . -: ; In: the lastf twenty years the Government has paid for interest on the public debt the enormous sum of $2,089,000,000, a -asm which would defray all the expenses of. the Government, excepting k interest . on the public debt, for nearly nine years to coma, at the present rate oi expenditure; awiior -: Granvill county wa formed in 1746, and waaaO called from tha name of the owner of the aoU.,J 663 Charles IL granted to Sir George Carteret and seven other noblemen' a charter for this region with anch mbrej and ft wa called Caro- linn fox th King;, In 17X9 these proprie tors, except Sir George Carteret, who waa afterwards created Earl of Granville, sur rendered their franchises to the English down.11' ' '' -,v-'- " This county ttea north of the centre of the State, admitting Virginia. Oxford, its county-seat, is the terminus of the Oxford & Henderson Railroad, and is remarkable for ita intelligent population. - me soil is- ot two kinds: (1) red heavy oil, (2) light sandy land. , The former lies mostly in the northern and northwestern parts of the county, the latter is in the southern portion ; The former Is product ive of wheat, oatss, ryap the graaaea, eorn, red heavy tobacco, and cotton; often pro ducing , without stimulus twenty bushels of Wheat to the acre. ' Coon the latter soil k grown the celebrated; Granville bright yallow or go4d-4eai tobacco, that-aomei-times .sells far on .dollar f a. pound, and, after analysis by the great chemist Bunsen and Others, Is pronounced devoid of nico tine Lands' in this-section have advanced one hundred per cent, in the pastten years. A farmer, raises , aix.i to.. eight hundred pounds of this fine tobacco o the acre and hauls to market in one wagon drawn by two horses enough of the weed to net him six hundred dollars. - ' ' ; . The county is undulating, in some parts hilly; and in these regions, which are mostly northern, are found splendid lands for pasturage.' To the superior combina tion of grasses ia northern Granville is at tributed the inimitable fine flavor of the mutton, said to be the finest in the world. Here also are found mines of gold, iron, whetstone, copper ' and granite in great quantities. These mines are not yet de veloped, except the Gillis copper mine, which is pronounced by Professor Emmons, formerly the State Geologist, to be of great extent and excellent quality. Before the war Ae; Lewis gold mine was worked with profit -f The cost of living in Granville it very little. Board from eight to twelve dollars a month; chickens, twelve to twenty-five cents apiece; fresh pork, seven to ten dol lars per hundred pounds; meal, sixty cents to one dollar per bushel. The air is fresh and invigorating, the drinking-water pare and healthful, the cli mate salubrious. No standing water ex cept is a few euU-ponda, and hence no malaria. The Tar river fiows through tha county, but is not navigable. Many streams and brooks fertilize the soil and empty into the Tar and Roanoke riven. Oxford rivals-Durham in the sale oi leaf tobacco, has one of the beet male acade mies in the United States, an excellent fe male college, a capital high grade female boarding school, and also boasts of the Oxford Orphan Asylum, a noble Institu tion. Commodious churches ef all denom inations dot tha sounty. In the county are three iron foundries, one sash and bund factory, two dogwood fac tories, four very large tobacco warehouses and many tobacco factories. The people, raised among the hills, are large in size, of a Saxon hue. and are strong and healthy. The county debt baa been fended and is now about twelve thousand dollars, and is being rapidly liquidated. . Lands sell for five to eight dollars an acre hi the red lands, and for fifteen to twenty-five dollars an acre in. the sandy lands, and the tendency of the price of land in both sections is upward. The county is rapidly growing and ita script brings dollar for dollar. The popu latiori as a whole is one of unusual energy, thrift and intelligence. ' (Wuiniiijrtoa Beview. Seventeen miles from' Wilmington, in Columbus county, on the Carolina Central Railroad, where less than two ahott years . ago stood a wilderness, is located the town of Cronly, and there ire the works of the Acme Manufacturing Company. .This company have erected three large estab lishment at that place in which commer cial fertilizers, pine (straw fibre and oil,, and cotton seed oil; are manufactured, Each department is conducted in a sepa rate building, especially constructed and adapted to the business to which it is de voted, making three manufacturing estab lishments in all, each of which is 150 feet long by 50 feet wide land two stories high, ' with the exception of the cotton seed oil milL which is three stories high for about half its length. j , The ground for this enterprise was first broken on the 15th, of December. 1882. although the company did not secure its charter until ApnL, )888. The officers of the company are. Mr! W. Latimer. Presi dent ; Capt. Henry Savage, General Mana- Sir; Mr. H. : G. Latimer, Treasurer; and essrs. Cronly A Morris, General Agents. Tne company started with a capital of $152,000, although a capital ef $1,000,000 is authorized by the terms of the charter. They own a tract of 2,500 acres of land, on tne surface of Which grow unlimited forests ef pines from the leaves of which the fibre and pine oil is made, and under which are inexhaustible deposits of phos phate rock, of every variety, and large beds of blue marl," such as has enriched the soils of New Jersey until that State has been made a garden spot of fertility. The factories are situated directly on the line of' the Carolina Central Railroad. They give constant Employment to about 100 men, who live in the village which has sprung up by the magical wand of capital in the well-directed hands of energy and enterprise. The location is very healthy, being on an elevated plateau, a short dis tance from Livingston Creek, a tributary of the Cape Fear. The village is regular ly laid out in squares, and contains now about 20 houses, besides a store, a post office and depot, in which there is an office of the Western Union Telegraph Company established. It ia contemplated to build a church and achoolhouse at an early day, the grounds for which have been reserved and laid out' ( DKSOCBATIC DOCTRINE Aa Deftaea ny fere. Blaeku "The fundamental nrincinle of a true Democracy is expressed in the Jeffersonian maxim: 'Equal and exact justice tp all men ; special favors to none and this must be especially observed in the exercise of the taxing power, not only in tne state, but the nation. We demand, therefore, the repeal of the internal taxes as being un necessary, oppressive, injurious to particu lar classes, and attended with corruption. We are in favor of taxing foreign imports, for the purpose authorized by the Consti tution, namely : to raise revenue sufficient for the legitimate Deeds of the Treasury, with incidental protection, encouragement and reward, equal; and just to all classes of men and all kinds of lawful business, in cluding manufactures, agriculture, ' and commerce in all their branches. " And resolved further, That the Federalist-Republican party having seized the Presidency in 1876 by force and fraud, and retained it in; 1880 by wholesale cor ruption in the .elections, those historic enmea, together with the great questions of administrative reforms upon which the people so emphatically declared their will in 1876, are in the judgment of this com mittee the real issues to be determined in the Presidential canvass this year." Terk Pa.) BetohtiioM. j SBtADK OP HAM JOKES J If amaaea Lansn, a Hearer rEHxabatbCitv Kcoaora. Another case in point is the bewilder ment of old brother Haughton, of Eden- . . - , . ton, wno - coma pursue a legal iniricw through all it devious ' meanderings witl the unerring scent ef a Mood-hound, when he listened impatiently to the etory of "cousin Sally Dillard," and cried out in anger: "why dont the dam fool of a Judge let the witness go on with his testi mony; he ia not being cross-examined." Tne Presides 1- rned the Taalea. 9Kany Call," V' Detroi Free Press.) " I cant jess git f rew my head how dose business men can. borrow money on call an was make it nav." Brother Gardner explaining at the market yesterday. "De odder day I borrowed two dollars ; of dat Mister Browiwon Grove street, an' I waa jess dat fool 'miff, to want to. show off . a leetle, so I tole him I wanted to borrow dat two dollar ; bill on call. Well, what von a'pose happened P ' ' ' :.' " ' "He didn't have. any. two dollars to lend VI called out one of the whitewaahers. 'You got de money, and Jumped de town P put irifa second. ; GemlenV 1 knows dis town, , an dis town knew me,. stiflly replied M. Gard ner. ' ' I believes my money is as good as my word among de beat business men in Detroit. No, sir: I tuk de money, went home, an I hadn't been In dhouse ten minutes when dat Brown com along, an' sang out : . . " 'Brudder Gardner, t Fze calling you Tze calling over de fence for dat two dollar bill!' " Dera, dat money waa on call, an dere he wea calling for it, an' I had to hand When an ole inan like me hex Chicago News. A good story on Senators Allison and Cameron has leaked out. Last year these two Senators were ns thick aa three hi a bed, and in the natural course of events got to running around together pretty late at night One night they Were out till an unusually late hour, and , as they wended their way homeward Allison ruefully sug gested that it might be a discreet idea for them t .agree upon a story to tell their wives explanatory of their tardy arrival at the domestic hearthstone. ' "Oh, pshaw," cried Cameron, ' ' that's easily enough ar ranged; we'll tell 'em we've been visiting the President; every body, knows, you know, that the President is one of the all- this fib on the ladies. Mrs. Allison and Mrs. Cameron accepted the story so ami ably that their hasbands gave themselves no uneasiness whatever, and even neglected to advise the President of the part he would be expected to play in the deception in ease there was any inquiry made about it. Le and behold I the very next Friday evening, while? attending the reception at the White House) with her husband, Mrs. Cameron remarked very naively and very sweetly to Gen. Arthur : "Mr. President, I feel as if I ought to reproach you for having kept my husband out so late the other evening." I "Out so late? The other cveningP cried the astonished President. "Really, madam, I do not understand you." "I refer to last Wednesday night," replied Mrs. Cameron;, "the Senator and Senator Allison were here, you remember, till nearly three e'clock in the morning." President Arthur was about to enter a general denial, when he observed Cameron standing behind his wife engaged in the wildest kind off dumb "show, which in dicated, $hat fhe jSenator wanted the, Pres dent to take a tumble and help him out in this particular racket. It being a cold day when President Arthur isn't up to every variety of snuff,- he immediate! em ober, nearly thirty-five years if expenses could got hia mind made up to have f ned ovtwra Delimited wwiiatuMjy were in ibou. 1 ;1 th hawk from the hand-saw. A. hi M .fefeiaara Ma back widout and, smiling, said to Mrs. Cameron: "Ah, regard, to ceremony." ,.: . The Pnblle Bent. New York Herald. Owing to the small ' payments dm-fagM March on-account or pensions tne- reduc tion of the debt was Targe, being $14,t88," SM. rnis maxes a rorai reuueuon accom plished . since last June of $61,828,898. Owing to the uncertainties attending the needs of the Pension Bureau, it is impossi ble even to give a general estimate of what may be done in the next three months, but ! it will be reasonably safe to say. that the figure of $100,000,000 will be reached and Calnnany. . A whisper broke tha air A soft light tone and low, i . - " Yet barbed with shame and woe. Ah me! a quick and eager ear Caught up the little meaning sound; : Another voice had breathed tt clear, And so it wandered round From ear to hp from Up to ear, Until tt reached a gentle heart, And that it broke: An Ola , w York Tribune.) ; , , The furniture of the St Nicholas Hotel is going 1rgoingl and within a day or two that famous old inn,' so well known to all American, will itself be gone. Noth ing will stay down-town in New York per manently except the wholesale trade. Re tail shopa, amusements, cluba, and homes are all drifting toward the Harlem. The St Nicholas has Only yielded to fate, and it preserved its good name until the last; Old New ..Yorkers, to whom memories of the past are not unpleasant, will regret the disappearance of one more landmark.' f? " . ; - ' . 'i tu't Col. Higginaon at te. the Went' madam, I think the less said about that last Wednesday night the better," That was non-committal enough, but it satisfied Mrs. Cameron, land a for her husband, why, he felt the weight of years had been lifted from his! souL But the more the President thoug it of the matter the more it bothered him. He did not like the idea of being talked about as an all-night man, and he rebelled against the growing cus tom of having the sins of erratic Senators charged up to has account. He meditated and executed a terrible revenge. At the very next State idinner, at a moment when he commanded the attention of all present, he told the truth about the Ajuson-cam- rn matter, and depicted, the deception ita most hideous .light. In vain were Allison's pleading noda and winks, and ranfSUj mull ivvav vnw v. blushful Journal that he once heard a knot of elder4 expostulations and hysterical coughs the ly gentlemen oyer their brandy and Water truth came out jand there was great laugh- in a club-house ' lamenting that ' women I ter, while the ladies wno bad oeen imposea would ruin their constitutions by drinking f npon roundly green tea. i spouses. upbraided their derelict
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