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VOL. I.
RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1884.
NO. 11.
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Salrigh Agistor.
iliCT BYGONES BE BYGONES.
! I Chambers' Journal.
Let jiygones be bygones; If bygone were clouded
By aught tbaFoccasioned a pang of regret, ,
Oh, ;let them in darkest oblivion be shrouded;
Let bygones be bygones, and good be extracted
- Fjrom ill over whieh it is folly to fret; ,
The wisest of mortals have foolishly acted
The kindest are those who forgive and forget.
Letj bygones be bygones; oh, cherish no longer
Tjbe thought that the sun of affection has set;
Ei'liiwed for a moment, its rays will be stronger
If you, like a Christian, forgive and forget.
I -
Let! bygones be bygones ; your heart will be
j j lighter, ,
yhen kindness of yours with reception has
! met
Th flame of your love will be purer and brighter
. If, God-like, you strive to forgive and forget.
Let begones be bygones; oh, purge out the leaven
, ( f malice, and try an example to set
To jot hers, who. craving the mercy of Heaven,
Are sadly too slow to forgive and forget.
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Lei bygones be bygones; remember how deeply
To Heaven's forbearance we all are In debt;
Thiey value God's infinite goodness too cheaply.
Who heed not the preeept, "Forgive and
forget.";
fellow (could not live long." He was
greatly pleased to find that his visitor was
the same patient, and was astonished, as
was alsq Dr. Stone,- the eminent physician
and surgeon, to see so perfect a recovery
from so fearful a wound.
"Cis wise and.ti. Jt'Uorgixftjaor Captain Andrews tried twice to
rettrm-Ma Id command, but both times
his strength gavesjnjxe Jcarned
of General Lee's surrender he uterfy wmpletion of both branches of the rail-
to
ANDREWS.
THK INSTRUCTIVE STORY
gether in special session, by Governor Jar
vis, to consider ;the proposition. It is due
to that sagacious Chief Magistrate to say
that he has always seconded, aided and
furthered every jeffort to complete ithe road.
The offer was accepted and the road was
sold to Best and his associates upon terms
which secured the State against loss ana
which were thought to provide for the
Of tli Life of Great Industrial
. Leader.
The glory of " the stump " is beginning
wax dim in .North Carolina. We. are
gradually ' learning tho lesson, which, in-
ucjed, Sallust taught many hundred years
a-io, that doing well for the commonwealth
more honorable ana more to be encour-
k'd than mere talking welL This rapid-
growing sentiment in uonor ox me ieaa-
crs of the new industrial development of
tint' State is a most cheering sign of pro
gress. Among these leaders no one has
borne a more conspicuous part, or labored
with 1 more unremitting industry for the
upbuilding of his native State than the
srihjeet oi this sketch.
ALEXANDER BOYD ANDREWS
was born on the twenty-third day of July,
1941, in Franklin county, near. Franklin
ton. He is descended from prominent
iiiul honorable families upon both sides.
His father was William J. Andrews,
who had moved from Edgecombe county,
aid shortly afterwards moved to Hender
son and was a leading merchant of that
vjllage. His mother, Virginia,' was the
daughter of Colonel John D. Hawkins, of
Fjranklin county, and her mother, Colonel
Andrews' grandmother, was the daughter
of a stalwart Scotchman, Alexander Boyd,
of Mecklenburg county, Virginia. It was
after this maternal great-grand-father that
the boy was named. . Another great-grandfather
j Colonel Jonas Johnston, was a revo
Hitionary hero, who was wounded in the
historic battle of Moore's Creek during the
war for independence.
He was the second son, having an elder
ijrother, John, a boy of fine promise, who
died in Norfolk of yellow fever in 1855.
In 1852 his mother died and his father did
riot long survive her, and their eight chil
dren, four sons and four daughters, were
U'ft to the care of their grand-parents,
Colonel and Mrs. Hawkins. Never were
orphans more fortunate in their lot. The
influence of the grand-father and grand
mother is clearly marked throughout all the
subsequent career of the children, butmoie
especially that of Alexander. He attend
ed school until his seventeenth year and
especially
fused to remain longer at home, and dis
obeying his physician's orders he reported
to General Joseph E. Johnston's command.
The end soon came, and he was paroled
with the surviving veterans of that gallant
army at Greensboro. p
Like all the rest of his countrymen,
Captain Andrews returned to see his in
heritance gone,, fields lying waste, labor
disorganized, capitalized wealth destroyed.
Nothing remained but hope and' labor.
Casting about for some occupation, his
quick Eye noted the break in railroad
transportation by the burning of the
bridges at Weldon and Gaston, and he
made proposals to the officials of the rail
roads interested, President Lassiter of the
Raleigh & Gaston and Colonel "Sanford of
the Petersburg Railroad, to lease, equip
and operate the ferry at Gaston. Terms
were agreed lipon, the ferry leased, boats
purchased, aha the scheme put in opera
tion. " Both the railroads and the con
tractor! were benefitted under the contract.
In July, 1867, Dr. W. J. Hawkins, then
the President of the Raleigh and Gaston
Railroad Company, who had quietly ob
served and thoroughly tested the capacity
of his nephew, offered him the position of
Superintendent of the Railroad, the duties
of which were then very comprehensive,
embracing not only a supervision of trans
portation,, freights and passenger service,
but also repairs and construction. During
his eight years' service the finances of the ,
Company under Dr. Hawkins.' wise man
agement were placed upon a substantial
basis, and by their joint labors many miles
of the Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Rail
road were built. In September, 1875, Dr.
Hawkins tendered his resignation, on ac
count f the condition of his health and
the demands of his personal business, and
Captain Andrews soon thereafter also re
signed to enter upon the fields of labor in
which i his greatest services to the State
have been performed. .
The 'Richmond and Danville Railroad
Company, seeking a Southern outlet for
its increasing - business, had leased the
North Carolina Railroad. At the time
there was serious opposition to the lease in
the State. It is true that by its terms and
under its provisions the value of the stock
of the North Carolina Railroad Company
has greatly increased and the pri vate stock
holders have regularly received their six
per cent., dividends. The State has been
enabled to refund the bonds issued for the
construction of the railroad and which are
a lien upon the State's stock, upon terms
which; will eventually enable the State to
pay them off and secure the stock free of
encumbrance. . We can see this now, but
at the time of the lease the Richmond and
Danville Railroad Company was seriously
distrusted.
Captain Akdrews (not long thereafter,
by appointment as Aide-de-Camp upon the
staff off Governor Z. B. Vance, becoming
Colonel Akdrews, which position he
still holds upon the staff of Governor
Jarvisj) now became the leading repre
representative of the Richmond and Dan
ville Railroad Company in North Caro
lina, filling the position of Superintendent
of th North Carolina Division. This
Company had learned his worth and power
in their frequent conflicts with him as an
officer of the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad
Company.
To the discharge of his difficult and
responsible duties he brought the fidelity
and industry which are an integral part of
1 1 1 X II X 1 lilt. I1C W M(.M..J -"
PERSON.
A BRIGHT TOBACCO COUNTY
And a Good County In all Reapecta.
roady"lhe!ne j to Paint i?ock and the
other to Murphy- --Under the contract
work was to .begin by May-Jipou, thirty
or the contract was to be forfeTte."TD"ufns
Mr. Best's associates forsook him, and by
the middle of lay he found himself una
ble to advance; a step or raise a dollar.
The situation was desperate, not only for
the road, but ajso for the Democratic par
ty that was responsible to the people of
North Carolina for the sale. Colonel An
drews was applied to for help. He laid
the matter before, the members of the
Richmond and -Danville organization, but
found them lukewarm. Earnestly insist
ing that they should at least lend Mr. Best
some money fojr immediate work, Colonel
Akdrews and Messrs. Buford, Clyde and
Logan advanced fifty thousand dollars for
this purpose. 'Mr. Best being unable to
repay the loanj- not long thereafter all his
interests passed by assignment to the Rich
mond and Danville syndicate, and the
Western North Carolina Railroad Company
was reorganized. Not long thereafter, in
1881, Alexander B. Akdrews became its
President. For nearly four years he has
devoted his untiring energies to the prose
cution of the work of construction. He
has inspirld the courage of his associates,
has struggled through heavyfinancial dif
ficulties, has surmounted engineering im
pediments which would have appalled a
weaker determination, and always and
has gone on building his railroad;
John W. Cuningham.
Roxboro, the county seat of Person
county, contains about 400 inhabitants,
five stores, two hotels, two tobacco facto
ries and one " warehouse. It is central to
the county, is fifty miles north of Raleigh,
thirty from Danville, twentv-five from
NORTH CAROLINA FISHERIES
On tne Eastern Rivera.
Superintendent Worth in April Bulletin.
The 'river' fisheries of North Carolina
yielded, according to the census of 1880,
as follows:
I
PRODUCTS SPECIFIED.
Pound
Taken.
I Value to
Futftermen.
.a heTat rl He Cd ang ald teres of the railroad with the .interests of
and was generally popular. . Atthe home the State and to aid - the budd nf up of
of Colonel Hawkins his training was of
equal value. He learned habits of obedi
ence, promptness, method and industry,
jind perhaps to some extent -also "uncon
sciously imbibed a habit of enforcing obe
dience and impressing bis will upon others,
which have always characterized the man.
In 1859 General Phil. is. Hawkins, tiav-
-i . j . i "r 1
anir a large raiiroaa contract on iuc diuc
kidre Railroad in South Carolina, selected
jhis young nephew to fill an important posi
jtion under him as purchasing agent, pay
master and ereneral superintendent. His
ieafly training became apparcntdn the faith
fulness with which the young superinten
dent performed his very responsible du
ties.
At the first bugle call for volunteers in
April. 1801, young Andrews was among
the first to offer-his services. He joined
the iFirst North Carolina Cavalry, then
organizing under that gallant and distin
guished officer, Col. (afterwards General)
Robert SRSnsom. He was soon appointed
second lieutenant and his promotion to
first lieutenant rapidly followed, In J ulyf
1862. lieutenant Andrews became cap
tain of Company B. Captain Akdrews
"participated in all the memorable cam-nais-ns
of Stuart's, afterwards Hampton's,
Brigade, and bore himself with unflinch
ing couraee upon every field. On the
twenty-second day of September, 1863, at
.lark's Shon. Madison county, near Char
lottesville, there was a bloody (engagement
L between the Confederate cavalry lorce,
niimherin about two thousana, ana tne
federal forces under General Kilpatrick,
numbering about six thousand. Into this
1 mttle the First North Carolina Cavalry
only carried one hundred and thirty men,
so rreat had been the losses in their pre
vious engagements. The Adjutant of the
liesriment. who participated jn the fight,
wrote to the Favetteville Olterver, a short
while afterwards, as follows:
'While checrine on his men the gal
hint Cantain Andrews fell, shot through
the lungs. No braver or better man has
fallen during this war. He was univer
sally beloved." " '
The wound was indeed a desperate ne
and might well have been regarded as
mortal, the ball having passed directly
through the left lung, and in its way out
injuring the spine. He was removed to
Liberty Mills and thence to the hospital at
Gordonsville, where he was placed under
the care of Dr. Schultz, of New Orleans.
In reply to his eager question he "was told
that there was barely a hope of his recov
ery: but his indomitable courage never
gave way for an instant and he declared
he would recover. Dr. J Schultz did not
continue his personal cae of his patient to
the endjDf the slow convalescence, and
hud lost sight of the ultimate result of the
wound. Years afterward . Colonel An
drews met him in Jew Orleans ana
the towns alonsr the
railroads under the control oi tne system.
Without the cooperation of the railroad
authorities the growth and prosperity of
Reidsville, Durham, Winston ana other
towns must have been seriously retarded.
Colonel Akdrews was afterwards ap
pointed to the office of Assistant to the
President,' which he now holds. He has
seen the corporation whose interests he has
so faithfully represented grow into a
mighty organization, controlling lines of
railroad from Alexandria, Virginia, and
from West Point on York River, converg
ing at Danville, extending through Greens
boro, Charlotte and Atlanta to Binning-
ham. Alabama; witn a line aiso irom uiiar-
lotte to Augusta, ueorgia, ana tne cross
lines between these in Northwestern South
Carolina; with lines southward to Golds
boroi and westward across the Blue Ridge
to the Tennessee line in all, some two
thousand miles of railroad. ' In all its pro
gress in North Carolina he has been a po
tent ; factor, sometimes sharply criticised
and fiercely opposed, but always laboring
to unite the destiny and the prosperity of
the railroad with the development of North
Carolina. And all the while, though Ire
nnentlv contending for opposing interests,
he has enjoyed in a marked degree the
respect and esteem of a large portion of
the leading men 6f the State from every
section and of both political parties
But it is in connection with
ex
pressed his feelings of obligation to him
for the slpill and care by which his life had
been preserved, and asked the Doctor f
he could recall him as One oi his army
' patients. Dr. Schultz tried several names,
and finally said, " Well,! you can't be An
drews, a young officer from North Caro
lina who, I remember, was shot through
the lungs. 1 never saw a man try harder
to live, but I was satisfied the poor youn
THE; WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD
that the srreatest work of Colonel Andrews
hB i len nerformed. The story of this
magnificent scheme of internal improve
meat forms an important chapter in the
bistorv of the State. In 1855 a liberal
charter was granted by the Legislature for
"the purpose of constructing a railroad 4o
effect a communication between the. North
Carolina Railroad and the Valley of the
Mississippi. " This is not the place to re
call the .long story of the troubles of the
railroad. The work was stopped by the
war. and after the return of peace the va
nous unsocial aimcumes uy wuitu il
surrounded proved too great to be over
come. In 1875 it was sold under a decree
of the United States Court, foreclosing a
mortgage, and the State became the pur
chaser at the price oi $sou,uuu. iuc
money to pay this was raised by the issue
of that amount of State bonds, secured
also by a mortgage of the railroad.. The
company was reorganized and continued
under the controlbfihe State, and a strong
effort was made to complete the road.
But by the end of the year 1879 it became
apparent that the effort was beyond the fi
nancial ability of the State, unless the money
should be raised by an issue of bonds, and
to that policy, after the disastrous expe
perience pf 1868-'69, the entire people
were unalterably opposed. The rolhng
stock had run down, the rails were worn,
thd condition of the road-bed was bad,
and an agitation to cut off the meagre ap
propriation which naa Deen maae to con
tinue the work, was inaugurated in the press.
At this juncture Mr. W. J. Best, of New
York, made a proposition to buy the State's
interest in the Western North Carolina
Railroad and to complete its construction,
and the General Assembly was called to-
now slowly, now rapidly, tunnelling here,
grading there, spanning this gorge, dodg
ing that rocky knob, but always further
and further west. During all this while
the "condition of the road already built re
quired constant outlay for improvement
and repairs.
From being at first reluctant guarantors
for a few thousand dollars, the Richmond
and Danville owners have been converted
into enthusiastic admirers. The indefati
gable President has strengthened their res
olution, and obtained their confidence,
until they hare already spent upon the
railroad more, than two millions and a half
of dollars; have built the line down the
French Rroad, to Paint Rock, connecting
our systems of railroad with that of East
Tennessee; have passed Waynesville on
their way to the waters of the rushing Ten
nessee, are ascending the Balsam Moun
tains, and will ere long be crawling up the
rugged sides of the Valley Mountain on
their way to Murphy.
And now has the, contract been per
formed, and ..how has i North Carolina
fared ? The State has been secured against
liability for the $850,000 first mortgage
bonds, and the interest has been regularly
paid. . The bonds given to the State in
in payment for the convict labor done on
the railroad between 1875 and 1880 have
been paid off in cash,rand six hundred
thousand dollars paid into the Treasury of
North Carolina, while the tax-payers dur
ing the year 1884 are freed entirely from
State taxation. But this is not the greatest
part of the price paid. They took a prop
erty covered by a mortgage for $850,000,
have paid $600,000 beside, and have spent
. . . . . . . . .
two millions upon tne wors ; ana now tneir
.contract compels them to build to the
mouth of the Nantahala River. The work
of construction is being continued on to
Murphy. This road must be built over a
mountainous country, with a sparse popu
lation, and the expense of construction
was necessarily largely beyond the ability
of the State to incur. This is the price
paid and to; be paid for the road from
Salisburv to the time mage, ana omit Dy
the Company on to Ashcnile and down
the French Broad to Paint Rock, which is
already valuable and will increase in value
hereafter.
The engineering difficulties, the doubts
of faint-hearted friends, the opposition of
many ignorant of their own real interests,
the dangers of hostile legislation, the
clamors of the ignorant and the envious,
all have been thus far successfully encoun
tered. The greatest dangers lie behind,
met and conquered, and the goal, though
not yet reached, is encouragingly In view.
It is not too much to say that to Alexan'
der B. Andrews is in large measure due the
great development now abroad in Western
mortn uaroiina, wnicii came wiiu aim 101
lows along the construction of the railroad.
These are the true heroes, the men who
have turned their energies to the develop
ment of the matchless resources of North
Carolina ; who build np the long-neglected
sections ; make high places low, and hew
a pathway over mountain fastnesses for the
iron rail of commerce ; who make it possi
ble to ouild .up cities like Asheville, the
"Queen of the Alleghanies"; who fill ex
position hatl$ in Atlanta and Boston with
the wonders and products of our great old
State. To men such as he is let due honor
be ascribed.
Colonel Andrews has also taken great
interest in the Atlantic and North Carolina
Railroad, and for some years was officially
connected with its management.
In September,' 1869, Colonel Andrews
was married to Julia, daughter of Colonel
William Johnston, of Charlotte, N. C,
and has five Children. . In 1873 he moved
to Raleigh Jwhere he has since resided.
He brought! with him his devpted old
grandmothe, to whom he has always been
so' strongly attached, and shq made her
L j V! ).i. lntV in 1fi7.
UUlllv W1LU 1UUI Ullbll UI.1 vt.nbu u vtv.
Colonel Andrews has never sought
political preferment, though he has always
contributed liberally to the campaign fund
of the Democratic party, of which he is a
zealous member. He has been Alderman
of the city of Raleigh whenever he would
consent to serve, is a director in various
banking and insurance corporations, and
has always interested himself in everything
that tendsjo. build up his city or the State.
Of agreeable presence, and strong will, he
always impresses himself upon those with
whom he is brought in contact. If op
posed or thwarted not apt to conciliate,
yet ever ready to meet an advance. Loyal
to his convictions, he has never yet failed
a friend r quailed before an opponent.
am"? twpnty-ignt f rcrnOxford, and
is twenty miles from the RichlftdQd
Danville Railroad.
The principal streams are Hyco, Flat
and Tar rivers and their tributaries, and
the lauds on the first named are famed for
their fertility. The principal productions
are tobacco, corn, wheat, oats, rye, clover,
potatoes, sweet and Irish, apples, peaches.
cherries, grapes, berries, etc. The chief
money crops are tobacco, wheat and corn,
ana the bright yellow tobacco is raised
here to great - perfection, perhaps as
fine as any produced '; anywhere in the
world. Wheat and clover of a fine quality
are raised and there are a number of very
superior grist mills in the county. The
soil and climate are well adapted to fruits
Of all kinds, and apples, peaches, pears,
grapes, cherries and berries of the best
qualities are produced in great abundance
and variety.
The minerals of the county have not at
tracted the attention which they deserve,
but their importance has lately awakened
an interest among foreign capitalists.
There are indications that very rich veins
of copper and iron ores, of superior qual
ities, are found in a number of localities.
Iron and copper will doubtless be yet
mined to profit. Gold, graphite, kaolin
and .corundum are also found, good build
ing stone abounds, and also the best clays
for brick and pottery.
Truck farming can be pursued to ad
vantage and melons and all kinds of vege
tables are produced in large quantities and
of the finest varieties.- There are no bar
ren districts, very little land that it will
not pay to cultivate, no malarial sections,
and a comparatively small area that is sub
ject to disastrous overflows.
The face Of the country is rolling, but
little broken by abrupt hills, never flat,
but beautifully undulating, easy of culture
and adapted to the highest improvement.
The highest elevations arc Haga's, about
1,000 feet, and Roxboro Mountains, so
called, with scenery picturesque and beau
tiful, and interesting alike to the pleasure
seeking tourist and to the botanist and
geologist. The air is salubrious, the
water pure, the average duration of human
life is long. There is no more healthy re
gion on the globe, chills and fever being
scarcely known.
The price of the best lands is from $10
to $15, the average probably about $5;
the farms are generally of moderate size,
the county being remarkable for the com
parative equality of its industrial popula
tion. It is well suited to farmers of small
means. There are no great inequalities in
society. The masses are thrifty, intelli
gent and moral.
The principal religious denominations
are Methodists, .Baptists, jrnminve ana i
Missionary, Christians, Presbyterians and !
Episcopalians; and there are a number of j
good high schools, while the common sys
tem has always had here a vigorous root.
Game and fish, abound and more deer
are found here than anywhere else in this
region. There is no section better suited
to fish culture, and the capabilities of the
county for clover, for fruit, for fine to
bacco, for a dense, thriving, healthy and
happy agricultural population are not ex
celled anywhere in North Carolina.
Perhaps the most distinguishable char
acteristic of the county is the absence of
extreme inequalities in soil, in society, in
the distribution of wealth. The face of
the country is everywhere diversified and
pleasant. There is hardly a nook or corner
in which a desirable business site may not
be found. There is no want, no alterna
tion of dense communities and of sparse
and poor neighborhoods, and the popula
tion is eminently rural. The fine tobacco
is of an extreme type, but its culture, like
all other pursuits, does not require much
capital, and the intelligent, industrious
laborer can live and prosper by the work
,of his own hands.
Alewlves (commonly call
ed herring)
Shad
Sturgeon
All other species
15,530,0
3,221,263
436,900
1,714,025
142,784
329,569
18,094
74,503
20,893,1881 ft 564,950
HOW THEY &IVE IN MACON.
Tobacco Mica Cyclones.
Col. Cameron, in the Citizen.1
Including'f75,6Q2. pounds of black bass,
300,000 pounds of catfish, 430,000 pounds
of perch, 770,000 pounas of stRpea jiass,
and 39,025 pounds of mixed fish. '
The product of these fisheries is handled
chiefly in the months of March and April,
a portion of the fishing, however, being
done in the months of January, February,
May, and some also during . the other
months. The principal method of capture is
SEINE FISHING,
by which term is indicated more particu
larly in this instance the haul-seine method.
These are distributed over a considerable
area of the State, being used in all of the
principal streams and sounds. While a
very considerable number are -operated on
the Neuse and Pamlico rivers, the more
important are used- on the Albemarle -
Sound, chiefly about Edenton. The larger
number of haul-seines of the river fisheries
are laid out by a number of oarsmen who
carry the net out in flat-boats or batteaux
which are made at the fisheries for this
purpose. In hauling the majority horse
power is applied, windlasses being used
on the shore. As the Albemarle Sound
fisheries are perhaps the most perfect in
the world and a subject of great pride and
gratification to our people, it may be well
to give, a brief description of them in this
connection. There are about a dozen and
a half of these fisheries above and below
Edenton where seines more than a mile
long are operated. When a seine is to be
shot its great bulk is heaped equally upon
two steam flats of fifty feet length, eacl lOf
which is provided with an eight horse en
gine and side wheels. When the start is
made, the boats, carefully made fast to
gether, steam away from the landing,
making a direct run to the distance of one
mile. When arriving at a buoy, known as
the centre bush, they part, one going up
and the other down the sound, dropping
the seine in a crescent shape. When-the
ends are dropped each steamer pursues a
direct course ashore paying out several
coils of rope which is made fast to thS
ends. When they reach the shore the ends
of the long lines are carried to drums on
the shore by horses and the drums are
operated by two stationary eight-horse
engines. The seine is then slowly wound
in. The hauling of these seines is carried
on continuously, night and day, during
March and April, except Sundays. About
forty to sixty hands are required to each,
who are divided into two sets, one lot
being used to haul the seine and the others
for preparing and shipping the product.
As many as half a dozen of these seines
take 20,000 shad and 1,000,000 herring
Tne Uw of Apprentices.
RAILROADS.
FACTS AN 9 SPECULATIONS.
Chatham Record.
For the information of those who may
not know what is required of persons to
whom apprentices are bound, we will
state that the law (see section 13 of
chapter 3 of The Code) requires that the
master shall provide for the apprentice, as
follows: "Diet, clothes, lodgings and
accommodation fit and necessary : educa
tion in reading, writing and arithmetic :
six dollars in cash, a new suit of clothes
and a new bible, at the end of apprentice
ship." Boys are bound until they are 21
years of age, and girls until they are 18.
There would: be fewer criminals and less
court expenses to pay, if all the idle 'and
vagabond children were bound out to dis
creet persons to earn an honest living. In
every town there are swarms of little
vagrants growing up to become inmates
of our jails, who ought to be bound out
as apprentices and have the opportunity
of becoming useful citizens. Many of
these children have no parents, and some
who have parents would be better off
without them. The law makes it a duty
of the clerks of the Superior Courts in
their respective counties to bind as ap
prentices "all orphans whose estates are
of so small value that no person will
educate and maintain them for the profits
thereof; all infants whose fathers have
deserted their families and been absent for
one year, leaving them without -sufficient
support : and all infants whose parents do
not habitually employ their tune in some
honest, industrious occupation." If this
law was enforced there would be many a
child bound out. who might become an
industrious and respectable citizen instead
Of a lazy vagabond or hardened criminal
Macon county suffered nearly as much as
Jackson county by last summer's drought,
and farmers are put to great straits to get
through until some of the crops are gath
ered. They have no tobacco like the ad
joining county, Swain, to bring in money.
But I learn several farmers will make the
experiment, (or rather revive an old in
dustry; for many years ago the Silers, the.
Trotters, the Van Hooks, the Mondays
and others came into Macon from Person,
and other old tobacco counties for the
purpose of raising tobacco ; and did raise
it, and manufacture it, and trade it off
into other States, one wagon going off to
far away Texas, and never coming back ;
j this was before the days of bright yellow),
amongTfierrMcK.oy who is preparing
to plant quibFT'eKljMj miles from
r ran Kiin. - "-w. t
The only thing that brings money inTflS4 l
county or diffuses it among the people is.
mining. The Corundum rnines of Dr.
Lucas are still prolific and lucrative. Sev
eral large mica mines are worked by cap
italists and others by private individuals.
Mr. C. W. Bowers is without doubt more
largely engaged in this work. He has a
very valuable mine at Burnington, near
the? north end of the Nantahala Mountains,
and another near Iola, four miles from
Franklin. A mine near the top of Wayah
Bald on the Hayesville road has recently
been sold for $30,000. This mine is up
near the top of the mountain, about 4,500
feet above the level of the sea.
I saw a sheet of mica to-day 16 by 16,
the largest I ever saw. Mr. C. G. Shep
herd told me to-day of a piece taken from
the once celebrated Beasiey mine on Uowee
Creek which is the largest I ever heard of.
It cut 24 by 34 inches. In" the family of
the Rev. Merrett Rickmacfis a large eight
day clock, the front of which is filled with
a single sheet taken from this piece. The
mine was very prolific in 1872 for a while,
but was thought to be exhausted and was
abandoned; but work is about to be re
sumed. I heard to-day of a fact which contra
dicts the theory that cyclones cannot occur
in a mountain country. On the same
Tuesday that Newton was devastated, a
genuine cyclone, originating in Graham
county, passed over the Briar town settle
ment among or along the base of the Nan
tahala Mountains,' striking the point to
which I refer about 7 p." m. One of my
informants, Mr. Foverter, tells me he saw
the cloud as it approached, the peculiar
cyclone cloud, appearing to him, he says,
much in the shape of a man, then taking
the form of an elongated balloon, intensely
luminous, and throwing out constantly
from all its sides, vivid streams of light
ning, moving with 'frightful velocity, now
touching the earth and obliterating all its
path, now rebounding and passing harm
lessly over head, then again descending
and renewing its destructive course.
Houses were taken off, large pine trees
taken up by the roots and set down hun
dreds of yards away, orchards twisted
off close to the ground, and the fruit tum
bled and interlaced in inextricable ruin.
Large hail fell, in one instance a man be
ing knockea senseless by the btow oi a
hail stone. No lives were lost. Mr. Fo-
verter's account is corroborated by several
I with whom I talked.
The Facts Home-made The
. tlonui Imported.
Specula-
. ,
NOTABLE DEATHS ABROAD.
naenae.
more mica Than Corn.
The Court Corrected.
Tilde n Once more.
Brunettes Not Coquettes.
. ' f Harper' for May.
They say the brunettes are arch coquet teg,
That they break the hearts that love them.
But that eyes of blue are tender and true
As the sky that bends above them.
Ah ! but you will find love is color blind,
And he comes with as little warning
To hearts that lie back of eyes that, are black
As pf those that are blue as the morning.
For he comes and goes as the free wind blows,
That asks not as it passes
If It touches the heads of the rosfes red, .
Or violets down in the grasses.
" . :
So all the coquettes are not the brunettes,
Nor the maidens with golden tresses;
They are those unto whom love never has come
With his kisses and fond caresses.
Baltimore Sun Washington Letter..
It is understood that the Americus Club
of Philadelphia will attend the democratic
convention in the interest of Mr. Randall,
and the Tammany people will be there
simply as lookers-on, and with no purpose
of undertaking to dictate the action of the
convention. If there should be any mob
pressure brought to bear on the democratic
convention, it is anticipated it will come
from those interested in Western candi
dates', but this is only in the contingency
which absolutely and irrevocably leaves
Mr. Tilden's name from the list of candi
dates, for it seems to have become so thor
oughly recognized as scarcely to merit
nuestion. that if he will be the candidate
no other name will .be presented to the
convention. A democratic Senator said
to-day that in all the-conversations on that
side of the Senate "chamber it was univer
sally agreed that Tilden would get the
nomination by acclamation if he would
only speak the word. A Massachusetts
republican of orominence says Mr. Tilden
would get from 20,000 to 25,000 votes from
repuoiicans in mat piute, wuo uui gaau
ly seize the opportunity to show their dis
approval of the fraud by which he was
deprived of the Presidency. Mr. Tilden
has never committed an error in his politi
cal calculations, and he has no doubt him
self that, should he consent to run, he
would be triumphantly chosen over any
nominee the republicans could put up.
Arkansas Traveller.
Old NelscPatmore was elected Justice
of. the Peace. He could neither read nor
write, but his friends assured him that
such accomplishments were merelv side
issues. One day Jack Maine sued the
commonwealth for false imprisonment
He employed excellent legal counsel and
every one inougni ne wouiu; sureiy gain
his case. When the cause came up for
trial the Judge said :
" Young man, de 'dictment says dat yer
wants damages fur laise 'pnsonment f
v That is exactly what we want, your
Honor, ' said Maine s lawyer.
"Uh.huh.'1
"And we think, your Honor, that we
are entitled to fo,000 damages."
"Uh, huh," handling his papers.
" We claim that Mr. Maine's imprison
ment was false.
" Uh, huh. "
"And, we can prove it.'
"Uh, huh. Genermen, yer
man's-prisonment Wuz false?"
"Yes, your Honor."
"Uh, huh.. He went ter jail didn't
he?"
"Oh, yes."
"Uh, huh. What am
false? Suthin' what doan
"Yes, sir."
Wall dis man went ter jail,
fack, ain't it?
"Yes, your Honor,"
"Dat 'zisted, didn't it?"
"Oh, yes."
"Dat wan't false, den. De 'cision o'
dis cou't am dis. De generman claimed
ter hab been 'prisoned falsely. De proofs
shows dat de State didn' perten' ter put
him in jail, but did put him dar. De
cou't hoi's dat dar wan't nuthin' false
"bout idat. Now, f de State had perten
ded ter put him in jail an' hadn' done it,
dat woulder ben false 'prisonment. I'll
jis sen de genermen back ter jail, an
fling de lawvers in de cost."
Acheville Citizen.
Jackson county feels cruelly the effect
of last summer's drought. The farmers
have nothing to sell and many are buying
corn. The condition in many parts of
the county is that of actual distress. Lit
tle tobacco, which is the main crop oi
some of the Western counties is raised,
except near the Swain line, though several
parts of the county are well adapted to
the culture ; and we do not see why Ham
burg and Canada townships may not be
come conspicuous in the production of a
very fine grade.
The southern part of the county has
suddenly come into prominence as a mica
producing region. I he mines in uashiers
valley have been worked for some months.
Lately discoveries of great value have
been made in Canada township, and also
along Caney Fork and, above and below
East La Porte. The largest sheet we have
heard of 18 by 16 was cut out of mica
on the lands of Mr. Woods Zachary, and
we hear of much that cuts 10 by 12. All
this is of extra size and good duality. It
is remarkable that, as in Mitchell, all the
profitable workings are exactly in the
. . . . . . ,
spots opened by the mysterious aDongmai
race who left these among the very few
traces of their existence; Deep forests
cover.these old mines, and modern sagacity
would never have led to the original dis
coverv of the treasures. Either the
mound builders were gifted with an ex
traordinary endowment, or else the con
dition of the country was very different
from what it is now less of forest and
more of exposed bare ground. But from
whatever cause, they always found the
best veins; and modern research, in no
instance that we know of, has yet found a
permanently profitable mica mine.
In a Sleeplng-Car.
say dat de
de meanin o'
'zist, aint it?"
Dat's a
Chicago Herald.
"One of the funniest incidents 1 ever
noticed," said the sleeping-car conductor,
was a woman looking for her tusband.
She erot on at Fort Wayne late at night,
and said her husband had telegraphed her
that he would be aboard and she could
come to his section. I told her there was
no man of that name on my car, but she
wouldn't believe it. She plainly intimated
that I was lyinir to her in order to sell an
other section, but finally she settled down
and cot in her berth. About 2 o'clock in
the morning I saw her get out with only a
shawl around her shoulders and tiptoe to
the other end of the car, where she tried to
climb into a berth occupied by a man who
was doing a good deal of snoring. She
stuck her head in and says: William, is
thatvou? William 1' The man jrrunted,
when she poked him in the ribs and told
him to lay over. But the man didn't lay
over he grabbed hold of her and yelled :
'Thieves! Conductor! Porter! There's a
thief here I . Porter ! ' Of course he roused
everybody in the car, and heads were
DODDed out of all the berths. There was
the poor woman in her night-dress, and
the man in the berth holding tight to her
and velline at the top of his Toice.:; I in
terfered as auick as I could and told the
man I guessed if he would calm himself
he would find his wife instead of a thief.
' 4 It's a lie 1 he shouted ; my wife is in
San Francisco." ? ;,
" ' Madam ' I savs. ' you have.undoubt
edlv made a bad mistake. What made
vou think that was vour husband? "
"She was just ready to cry, but she
managed to say: ' I I didn't think there
Another man livins that could snore
like mv William!'"
Murphy N earing the Would. To all
probabilities the .Western North Carolina
Railroad will be completed to Murphy
some time during next fall. Wammgion
NeicH.
The iron is already on the track of the
Murphy & Marietta Road six miles this
side of Jasper and only seven miles of
grading yet to be done, and only two
small cuts to be made. So with seven
miles grading and track laying of thirty
four miles, we wiilr be in direct communi
cation with all southern and southwestern
thoroughfares, which we think only a few
months will consummate.- Highland hn
terprine. "
KifiTvrnxn Sr. , Djkviiii! Roait; Mr.
George. S. Scott will retire from the head
the hrm of (ieorge . Scott & , Co.
bBTcersy-iliJBroad street, -on May 1. He
will, howeverTeffiaina special partner in
the firm, which willhereafter be known as
Thomas W. Pearsall & C Mr- J- B
..... ' ... a i-i.
Houston being the company. jftrvVul'1
represents the controlling interest inth
Richmond & Danville Railroad Company,
in which he is personally a large stock
holder. It is his purpose to give the greater
part of his time and attention to the af
fairs of that road. The office of the pres
ident of the company will be removed to
this city, and it is probable that Mr. Scott
will be elected president before long.
iVw York lime.
Cape Feab and Yadkin Valley Road.
To the citizens of a large portion of
this county, this road will be of especial
benefit, running- as it does a distance of
thirty miles within its borders nearly
one-third of the entire distance between
Fayetteville and Greensboro: and after
traveling over all the road weunhesita- gentry.
tingly assert that the best fanning lands
along its line are in Chatham. Nowhere
else did we see such fields of wheat, oats
and other crops, and at nearly every
station in Chatham we saw heaps of sacks
of flour ready for shipment, from last
year's crop. There are five stations in this
county, as follows, viz: Egypt, 43 miles
from Fayetteville ; Gulf, 46; Richmond,
53; Ore Hill, 58; and Siler, 62$ miles
from Fayetteville and 31 from Greensboro.
Staley, the next station from Siler, is in
Randolph, but only half a mile from the
Chatham line. Every station is ambitious
of becoming the most important, and at
each several stores have been built or are
building. At every station that we saw
quite a number of the men, women and
children from the neighborhood, who had
come to see the cars go by a sight that
they had been eagerlv anticipating for
many years and we rejoiced with them
at their long delayed hopes at last being
realized. Chatham Record.
James Riveh and N. C. Railroad.
If the trade organizations of this city
should be inclined to devote their energy
and capital to the promotion of an enter
prise that would open up an independent
Southern line, operated in Baltimore s in
terests, they would find a promising oppor
tunity in the route recently examined for
the extension southward of the Valley
Railroad, by aa experienced engineer, at
the instance of the promoters of the James
River and Porth Carolina Railroad. This
company, having its headquarters at Lib
ertv. Bedford county, Va., proposes to
I build or promote the building of a road
from Big Island, on the Richmond and
Alleghany Railroad, to Walnut Cove, in
North Carolina, a distance of one hundred
and twenty-five miles, at a cost which, it
is estimated, wU not exceed two millions
of dollars. "At Walnut Cove," says the
Bedford Sentinel, "the James River and
North Carolina road will strike the Cape
Fear and 1 adkm V allev Railroad system,
which is now rapidly building a line from
Wilmington, via Fayetteville and Greens
boro,' to Mt. Airy, a distance of two hun
dred and forty-five miles, with branches
from Fayetteville to Bennettsville, S. C,
fifty-seven miles ; a branch up the V alley
of the Yadkin to Patterson, eighty-five
miles, and shorter branches into Randolph
and Stokes counties, N. C. Ninety-seven
miles of the main line are constructed, and
many miles on these branch roads are in
process of construction. Thus will be
opened up a large portion of the richest
and most enterprising section oi JNorth
Carolina." The chief interest, however,
of this enterprise for Baltimoreans lies in !
the proposal ot the projectors of the James
Kiver ana jjionn Carolina nauroau 10 iur-
nish through the Valley Railroad, already
at Lexington, a good route from Baltimore
to Atlanta and the great Southern trade.
From Lexington to Big Island the route,
as already stated, will be over the Rich
mond and Alleghany. Passing from the
latter point through liberty, in Bedford
county, it will traverse the virgin territory
east of the Blue Ridge to Walnut Cove,
in North Carolina, and thence with the
North Carolina Midland to Mooresville or
Statesville ; thence to Lincolnton, over the
Carolina Central, to Shelby, where it will
meet a road to be built jointly by the
Georgia Central and Carolina Central, be
tween Shelby and Spartanburg, and finally
reach Atlanta through the Georgia Central
system. The latter system is now seeking
a northern outlet, and would doubtless ex
tend a cordial Welcome to Baltimore capi
tal engaged in pushing a road southward
ly to meet it.
I
Death of,tne Most jpamona Dai
A cable dispatch announces the death at
Marseilles,of Marie Taglioni. The famous
dancer, known in the early part of the
century as the embodiment of grace and
beauty, Whose statuesque symmetry excited
the admiration of Charles Lamb and Leigh
Hunt, had 4 wonderful history. She was
born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1804, her
father being an Italian, who was first
dancer and ballet-master at the principal
theatre of that city, j From her fourteenth
to her seventeenth ypar she danced in va
rious Capitals of the Continent, making
her formal debut in Vienna at the age oi
eighteen. Agile and beautiful, she was
received with thunders of applause. The
public went mad oyer her, and she was
dubbed the " airy-jfooted enchantress."
The triumphs she achieved in Germany
and Italy were ratified at the Paris Grand
Opera in 1827. Taglioni's method has
been described as being equally removed
from the all-too-studaed grace of the older
school and from the! voluptuous abandon
of thedances of Spain. It revealed a .
poetic insight of a rare kind. The slender,
elegant figure, waving like a lily on its
stem, was beautiful j without any trace of
S8 materialism, charming without any
in Parw'fif years, j Her ecstatic praises
sounded on '4? Mne were reechoed in
overv ptl bTfittCPPe. In London she
electrified the vast"!068
thronged to greet iher. She retired m
1847, having married Count de Voisins,"a
French nobleman. A son is a distin
guished French officer, a daughter r the
wife of a Russian prynce. In the Franco
Prussian war she lost her fortune. Re
taining her courage nd spirit, she went to
London, and in a modest house in Con
naught Square taught dancing and deport
ment to the daughters of the nobility and
Death of a Great Noble,
i
The Duke of Buccleuch, whose death
has just been announced by the cable, was
one of the four or Ive greatest nobles in
the world, and merits, both on account of
his personal Worth and the historic inter
est attached to his name, something more
than a passing notice. His Grace, fifth
Duke, was born in 180C, and succeeded his
father in 1819. He married at the age of
23 Lady Charlotte! Thynne, daughter of
the Marquis of Bath, and leaves a numer
ous issue. Although on this side of the
water we heard but) little of the deceased
nobleman, he was in truth a power in the
State. Haying lost. his parents early, he
was brought up by his accomplished uncle
and aunt. Lord and Lady Montagu, who
combined in a rare5 degree high birth and
high breeding with moral and intellectual
qualities of the most superior order. His
estate, which hac been terribly embar
rassed, was, during his minority, cleared
by the admirable management of Lord
Montagu, and he succeeded at 21 to a mag
nificent heritage which to-day cannot re
turn a revenue of less than a clear million
and a half of dollars. The .Duke was a
descendant on the female side of the
Scotts of Buccleuch ; on the other side he
came from an "officolor" branch of royal
ty, being the grandson of the unfortunate
Duke of Monmouth, the son of Charles II.
and the celebrated j Lucy Walters. Inter
marriages since Monmouth's day with the
great families of Montagu, Queensberry
and Marlborough have made the Buccleuch
estates large. The dead Duke owned the
greater part of three Scotch counties, and
it is said that no proprietor knew his terri
tory better personally. His properties
were admirably managed. Both he and
the Duchess worked hard to do their duty
in their state of life their household was
regarded as at once the greatest, the most
hospitable, and the best managed in Eng
land. The humble as well as the high
were well cared fori. The Duke held office
under Sir Robert j Peel's Government, at
that Minister's earnest request, but in ac
cepting it, reluctantly, stated that he felt
that the proper management of his vast
estates was more than a sufficient occupa
tion. His son, th4 Earl of Dalkeith, who
now succeeds to his father's great respon
sibilities, is an amiable man, of quiet hab
its and indolent disposition. He is mar
ried to a very charming and beautiful wo
man, daughter of the duke of Abercorn,
head of the great ifamily of Hamilton.
New York Times.
Bice and Haau aa Cooked In the Sout h
A South Carolinian in New York Post.
For a family of four one good sized cof
fee cup of rice is sufficient. Wash it in
cold water two or three times, rubbing it
with your hand, and pick out any grains
oi rough rice xnai may ue in . rui in an
earthen pipkin with one an a half times
the Quantity of cold water, with a. little
salt, mat is, to one cup oi nee one ami
a half cups of cold water. Cover, and bou
slowlv. until all the water is gone and lit
tle dimples appear in the rice. laKe on
the cover and put the pipkin on the back
oi the range, where it win Keep noi unm
all the moisture has evaporatea. uonT
stir it or disturb it any way while cooking,
unless you want a poultice.' Kice, prop
erly prepared, makes the most delicious
bread, waffles, fritters, ana gnaaie cases.
How we cook hams down south.
Weigh your ham and wipe it with a damp
cloth. Make a stiff paste of cold water
and flour, and with your hand cover . the
entire ham with the paste an eighth of. jan
inch thick, f Put the ham thus covered
with paste in a pan on a spider: w two
mnffin-rincs: pop it in hot oven and bake
front fifteenJ to twenty minutes for each
nnnnd of ham. If the ham is under nine
pounds in weight fifteen minutes for each
pound is sufficient; if over nine pounds,
twenty. ; Being put in a hot oven the paste
immediately forms a thick crust round the
ham, retaining all the juice, and when
done the skin comes off with the crust,
leaving your . ham lovely to look at and
most delicious to eat.: .
Tike Hay Crop's Meaning.
New Yiork Tribune.
I was talking to an agricultural im
plement builder during the week, who
has been, in the j midst of the apparent
decline of things! extending his works.
Said I: "On what principle do you ex- "
pand your business?" " Upon the increase
in the hay crop," said he. " Hay is worth,
on the average, probably $10 a ton, and
we make, say, 50,POO,000 tons of hay per
annum." "Heavens!" said I,' "that
amounts to $500 .000, 000." - "Of course
it does," said tpe builder: "but you
must recollect that hay is. probably , the
second crop of importance in this country
corn, I suppose, being the first. You
can always get rid of your hay, because
you can feed it (into beef, and the beef
can be exported if the wheat cannot. My
machinery not only cuts the hay and keeps
it turning after it is cut, ad that it can
speedily dry, but it stacks it at the rate of
a ton every tew minutes, tne garnering
machines carrying the hay to a platform
apparatus up which it is carried and put .
in the stack. Ih some portions of this
country hay commands only $3 a ton, but
I think it will average f 10 a ton ail around,
and there is note too much of it New
York State leads in the hay crop, and
Pennsylvania comes next." ; ''
"By nelr Fralta."
Rockingham Rocket.
When the present system of county
governments went into operation, this
county was' in debt to the amount of be
tween eighty and one ! hundred thousand
dollars. It has been in operation since
1878. The railroad bondeodebt is practi
cally paid, the last bond except two (and
it is known where they are) haying been
cancelled at the ast meeting of the Com
missioners. The floating debt of the
county is bow teas than $1,000, and the
money4s in hand to pay ifei "A new jail
has been built and enclosed at a cost of
$5,000. Various bridges have been built
and repaired in different sections of the
county, and at the J low 'cost of $314 a
most excellent bridge has been built over
Little River at Smith's Ford, below Stan-
back's mill. Besides, there is now $1,000
in hand to payjfor contemplated repairs
on our courthouse. In' the tax levy for
county purposes next year, there will be.
at least twenty-five cents reduction on the
$100 valuation cjf property. So much for
Democratic control of affairs, as contrasted
with Republican rule.' Later on we pro-
pose to show this more particularly.