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VOL. I.
RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1884.
THE DAWN WILL COME.
Edward Oxenford.
The night may-be dreary and sombre and Rad,
And swiftly may speed the wild rack in the
sky; i
The ocean may roar on the wave-beaten shore.
But the dawn of the bright golden morning is
nigh:
The tempest. may gather, and thunder may roll,
And the frighted birds hide from the light
' ning's sheen '.
But-far in the East, from its slumber released,
:The dawn of the bright golden morning is
seen ! .
The bitterest sorrow may gather around.
And banish the smile to give place to a tear;
But Time will relieve all who tremble and grieve,
For the dawn of -the sweet saii ling morning is
Then do not despair. O ye weary and sad !
Bright days will come back, ami the night and
the rack
Will flee when the dawn of the morning Is
nigh !
WORTH.
A SON OF THE PEOPLE
And Their Faithful and Honored Ser
vant. Very few people of North Carolina are
unfamiliar with the name of
tR. JOHN MILTON WORTH,
State Treasurer. Most of its adult popula
tion have seen his sturdy form and marked
his simple Quaker manners and benevolent
expression. He is a North Carolinian of
North Carolinians. His people have lived
in the Piedmont section for near two cen
turies, and each succeeding generation has
been noted for industry, honesty and neigh
I Mrly kindness. His father was David
Worth, and his mother's maiden name was
Eunice Gardner.
His brothers were all successful men of
business. Jonathan Worth, .Legislator,
Treasurer and Governor faithful in all, as
his truthful epitaph recites was the most
distinguished.
Sprung from such a good stock it was
natural for Br. Worth to play a promi
nent and usul part in the affairs of his
day. He was chosen by his district, when
' a young man, to represent it in the Legis
lature. He sat in the Senate forthe coun
ties -of Stanly, Moore and Montgomery i
one term, in 1842; and for Moore and Mont- j
gomcry two terms, in 1844 and 1848. In j
1848, "when the whole State watched with j
anxiety the vote of the Senate on the bill to !
charter the North Carolina Railroad, be- !
cause on the fate of this bill hinged the j
question of progress and improvement, ;
Dr. Worth gave the last affirmative vote,
making a tie, thus giving the casting vote j
to Calvin Graves, the President, and assur- J
ing the great State line, which to-day tra- i
verses its plains, its hills and its mountains, i
The Strong sense which has guided him to
right judgments on the real wants of the peo
ple stood him in good turn on this momen
tous occasion. His vote and active influ
ence lent to the building of the great State
charity, the Insane Asylum, was as honor
able to his heart as it was to his intelligence-.
Dr. Worth then retired from political
life, and gave his entire attention to the
practice of his profession and to mining.
He was successful in both, and to enumer-
. ate his good . deeds, such as only a con
scientious physician and kind friend can
do, would be to set forth the journal of
his daily life. During the war, by his ex
ample, liberality and constancy, he sub
stantially aided the soldiers, encouraged
the faint-hearted, and did charity for all.
The two gallant sons "whom he gave to the
- service 'proved their devotion with their
lives.
In. 170, when the Radical Riot of the past
two years had aroused the people to send
their most trusted leaders to redeem the
State from ruin and disgrace, Dr. Worth
was returned to the Senate, by the counties
of Randolph and Montgomery. Again in
1872 he. was sent to the Senate by the Dis
trict composed of Randolph and Moore,
and, as chairman of the Committee on Fi
nance, made strenuous efforts to settle and
compromise the State debt. The equitable
settlement of the State debt became the
object of his closest study and deepest-consideration.
In 1876 he was nominated without op
iK)sition for State Treasurer, and was
elected by a large majority. !
When the creditors of the State were '
disposed to have, a fair and reasonable set
tlement of their claims, and the State was i
in a position and condition to offer a proper i
and business-like adjustment, a Committee !
on the State debt was raised. Itwasmade
up of such Senators as Giles Mebane, Frank
Caldwell, Bledsoe xf Ashe, Bryan and
'Lyon, and such Representatives as John
I.! Brown of Mecklenburg, R. B. Davis of
Catawba, Charles Cooke of Franklin. N.
P. Foard, William E. Clarke and Wil
liam H. Orchard. -This committee held
its sessions in the Treasurer's office, and
had the benefit of Dr. Worth's advice
and suggestions, and the full information
which he brought to the subject. The
-t of 1879. to compromise, commute and
settle the State debt, accomplished the
great desire of his heart. It relieved the
St ate of its burden; and enabled it to be
Dine again prosperous and happy.
He recommended to the Legislature the
changes in the laws by which the mode
of settlements of Sheriffs with the Treas
urer was made convenient and inexpen
sive. The saving effected by this, and the
law recommended by him creating the State
Treasurer ex-o$ieiy Treasurer of State in
stitutions, equals very nearly the entire ex
pense of- the Treasury Department. He
has accomplished a great purpose, but in
doing it he has not-neglected the minutest
details of his official duties and has been
c. ireful of proper economy.
So in 1880 he was again nominated by
acclamation for Treasurer, and was elected.
lie has borne his part in , the material
re volution that has gone on in the State,
and by his foresight and; good manage
ment has built up not only one of the mast
successful cotton mills in the State, but one
of the most thriving of our manufacturing
villages. ' ,
If the people of North Carolina who
have experience of his past wisdom and
fidelity wish his services again, they can
Command them. iHe does -not seek the
office, but if his naane will add strength to
the cause of an honest and just adminis
tration of the people's affairs the cause
of the Democratic party Dr. Worth will !
cheerfully give it.
We do not have great trials and sharp
ngonies and heroic works to do every day.
It is very small strokes that make the dia
monds -shine.
In judging of others, a man often err
eth, but in examining himself, always
laboreth fruitfully.
GOOD TIME IN CATAWBA.
Newton's Commencement and Church
i i Fair.
Correspondence of the Raleigh Register.
Catawba Coukty, May 27, 1884.
Catawba High School for males and fe
males is a well known institution at New
ton, Catawba county. It has been in suc
cessful operation for many years, first as a.
male school, bu for the last few years
there has leen a female department also.
It has done much for the development of
Catawba and is destined to do much more.
Its buildings are large and commodious,
a new three story brick building having
just been completed within the last year.
! Its principals are Rev's. J. C. Clapp and
J.. It. roil, with a corps of competent
teachers. ' It is proposed to make it a
regular college soon, and a canvasser is
now in the field soliciting an endowment
fund. Now is the
TIME FOR COMMENCEMENTS,
and Catawba High School opened the sea
son on Tuesday and Wednesday of last
week. May 20 and 21. Commencements
here have always been largely attended by
the f needs of education in neighboring
towns and counties, but this year the
crowd was smaller than usual on account
of its being commencement week at Ruth
erford College and Conova. The young
men in their declamations and the young
ladies in their concert acquitted themselves
honorably and handsomely. The concert
was said to have been lietter than ever be
fore. With such a teacher as Miss Sorber,
of Pennsylvania, and the young ladies of
Newton, it could not have been otherwise
than best. The address was delivered by
Hon. R. F. Armfield, of Statesville. It
was a splendid discourse for young men,
impressing them with the fact that
PLUCK AND PERSEVERANCE
will make a man, whatsoever may oppose.
He held up the late Dr. Craven as a model
that all might follow and paid a glowing
tribute to the memory of that great and
lamented man. I started out to write
about commencements and church fairs, but
I can't help saying here just a word about
politics The people of Catawba have al
ways thought a great deal of Colonel
Armfield, but now more than ever and
would like to have him nominnted for
Governor.
At the same time of the commencement
there was another important and enjoyable
entertainment going on that of
: a cnrncH fair.
inaugurated by the Ladies' Aid Society of i
the Methodist church. It was the first
thing of the kind ever held in Newton, so
it was much discussed beforehand and
everybody was on the qui rice. Its object
was to raise funds to aid in rebuilding the
Methodist church, which a cyclone re
cently carried away, and of course it was
liberally patronized. The large hall, in
which it was held, was beautifully decor
ated with evergreens and flowers and lit
erally packed with articles of use and
beauty, and when lighted by numerous
swinging lamps and Chinese lanterns, it
was indeed a scene of enchantment. The
young ladies looked their sweetest and of
course talked their prettiest, and chiseled
many a poor fellow out of his last quarter.
Everybody was highly pleased and enter
tained. The lover of beverages was sated
with lemonade made by a preacher and
dispensed by a handsome "Rebecca"
from : a miniature well decorated with
evergreens and roses. The big fat man
puffing and blowing with accumulated
heat could easily have it dispersed on pay
ment of ten cents for a plate of ice cream
of which there was an abundance and of
the nicest sort. . The utilitarian could not
grumble, for the important and useful ar
ticles for sale were too numerous to men
tion. The epicure was perfectly at home,
for there were dainties and delicacies of
every description sufficient to satisfy the
most whimsical taste. Those of a fancy
turn" of mind could not fail to be suited,
fior there were tables full of tricks and
devices of decorative art. The rollicking,
fun-loving, kiss-me-quick girls and boys,
and even those of a more serious tempcra-
tneqt, had almost concluded that
CHRISTMAS HAD DEPARTED
from the old rule of coming but once a
year, inasmuch, as 'they were having such
a I' hog-killing" -time. But the best
feature of all is that they made it pay very
Jiandsomely, haying realized $200 over
and above expenses. We young men con
'dyjded after it was over and we began to
count out our remaining cash that it was
a good time for fun, but mighty hard on
lean, pocket books. a I.
ABOUT THE LITTLE FOLKS.
A Woman's Chat.
A dejected and forlorn boy of alxout ten
years old confided in the cook the other
day; he told her if his mother asked for
him to say that he did not care for any
dinner. As he expected, his mother came
to look, for him just before the dinner
hour, and was surprised to find that,
although there was company and some
extra dishes of which the boy was fond,
he did not wish for anv dinner. When
closely pressed as to the reason, he said in
an embarrassed way, " Because I haven't
any manners." The poor, self-conscious
boy was certainly "under conviction" of
his sins, and his mother was impressed
with the thought that too much fault had
been found with him at the table. I sup
pose it is a fct that there is a period in
most boys' li-jes when they are honestly
awkward; thajt is, they are naturally so,
and scolding 0r fault-finding, in the com
mon sense in which that term is." used, is
not the remedy; it is rather to be found in
a kindly explanation, and above all things
in that strong incentive which a good ex
ample frequently supplies.
' Happy is the mother whose children
cling to mamma, and give her all sorts of
confidences in that tender hour before
they go to sleep. It may seem like a bur
den sometimes, when you are tired, and
particularly tired of noise and talk, to
give the children that hour, but you will
never regret it. In all their apparently
wrong-doingsgive them forever and eter
nally the benefit of the doubt. .Let them
feel absolutely certain that there is one
person in the world who will appreciate
the force of the temptations as well as the
weight of the wrong act. It may be that
to render this blessed result possible we
women are given the smaller brains, and
that we have an innate power of maccu
racv, and that we do not greatly purpose
to be entirely and coldly reasonable.
At Sunset.
F. W. Boitrdillon.
' Oh! there are golden moments In men's lives,
Sudden, unlooked for, as the little clouds,
All gold, which suddenly Illume the gates
Of the lost sun.
Oh, pray for them! They bring
No increase like the pains of sun and showers,
Only a moment's brightness to' the earth,
Only a moment's gleam in common life,
Yet who would change tbem for the wealth of
worlds ?
THE "FORTY-mE."
x
THE NORTH CAROLINIAN AT THE
Discovery of the losemlte Valley.
Correspondence of the Raleigh Registek. )
Franklin, N. C, May 20, 1884. Mr.
James M. Roan, whom I mentioned in
the paper giving an account of the first
emigrant company that crossed the plains
to California, was one of the party which
discovered the wonderful valley and falls
in California, called Yosemite (a misnomer,
however). In this paper I furnish the facts
and incidents of that discovery as narrated
by him.
During the summer and fall of 1850 the
Indians commenced the ruthless murder
and robbery of the miners in the Mariposa
mining district. Life and the proseeution
of mining enterprises became so uncertain
that application was made to the Governor
for assistance to repel those terrible Indian
incursions of murder and robbery. In re
sponse to to this application, the Governor,
instead of sending troops, commissioned
James D. Savage with authority to raise a
battalion of- mounted volunteers with in
structions to proceed against the Indians.
Very soon three companies were raised and
tendered to Major .Savage. Mr. Roan was
a member of Company A, of which John
Boling was Captain. William Dill was
Captain of Company B, and Kirkin-
dall Captain of Company C. The battal
ion consisted of about three hundred men.
Major Savage proceeded, with as little
delay as possible, and Almost without com
missary stores. During a vigorous cam
paign of six or eight months, he succeeded
in subduing, capturing and carrying to the
reservation in San Joaquin all the Indians,
as he supposed, of the surrounding coun
try. But horrible .depredations were still
committed, and the wonder was, who did
it. It was a mystery. When a mining
camp was struck no one could tell from
whence came the blow. The mystery hung
over the camps as a dark cloud, producing
unrest and a sense of uncertainty. At last
an old friendly Indian came to Major Sav
age and proposed, for a reward of blan
kets and beads, to tell him who did the
mischief and to pilot him to their hiding
place. Major Savage accepted this propo
sition and proceeded to choose sixty men
from Company A, of which Mr. Roan was
one, Captain Boling commanding, and set
out with the Indian guide in search of the
marauding band. They had a rough and
perilous march of three or four davs, swim-
Dg ne
south fork of Merced river, and j
to the mountains which were i
coming
capped with snow. The guide, however, j
led them up to a certain pass.- " On reach- !;
ing the summit they found the snow from I
two to three feet deep. No sooner had they
reached the top than they lyeard the roar i
and thunder of thd wonderfal falls, and !
saw spread out before them the
GRANDEST SCENERY OF THE WORLD. j
Looking up the valley they saw what j
appeared to be smoke. Some of the party
believed it to be spray from the falls. But j
Major Savage thought differently, and j
Captain Boling detailed Roan, the Indian i
and two others as spies to ascertain the j
facts. They reached a point from which i
they could see the Indians sheltered under
shelving rocks with fires in front. There j
was but one pass in and out of that singu- ;
lar valley, grooved and sculptured out to ;
the depth of several thousand feet. If
Major Savage with "his force descended to !
the valley the work must be a very decided
one, for a retreat back up the mountain
would be very difficult, should they meet
an over-matcn wun tne inaians. Jiajor
Savage's force, however, consisted of men
inured to hardships and toughened by
camp-life, and now goaded on, if needs
be, to heroic deeds to avenge their mur
dered brothers, and secure a sense of safety
in the mining camps by the capture of the
savage foe. Nothing daunted, the' brave
little band descended to the valley below,
and, crossing the river, made a vigorous
and determined dash at the Indians, who
had no chance of retreat, for the back
ground consisted'of thousands of feet of
rock wall. With scanty munitions of war,
and huddled together under the shelving
! rocks, mefl, women and children, the Inr
dians made a feeble resistance, and the
battle was soon over, the Indians asking
quarter. Major Savage now ordered the ;
guide and interpreter to tell the Chief to i
come out to himself that he might know j
him. A very old Indian walked out and
said he was chief, and demanded of Major j
Savage to know what he wanted. The
Major demanded immediate and uncondi- ,
tional surrender. If this was notfgranted, .
the Major assured the Chief he would
slaughter the last one of them. The Chief
asked the Major what he would do with
his tribe if they surrendered. Savage said .
in replv, we will take vou to the reserva
tion in San Joaquin Valley and put you to
work.
The Chief agreed to the demand,
i i i,i .i j:.:
and said he would surrender on condition
that Major Savage would remain two or
three weeks that he might get in and not
leave behind his squaws, who were on the
mountains gathering acorns. The Major
agreed to this. The Indians were imme
diately disarmed and the captors struck
camp and placed a guard around them.
The old. Chief, when things were a little
settled, asked Major Savage a great many
questions where he came from, who was
their chief, how' many belonged to his
tribe, what country they lived in, etc. It
was developed during these questions that
the Chief had an idea that the whites were
children of the sun. He evidently regard
ed them as a superior race and looked upon
them with a sort of superstitious awe".
Then the Major's time came to ask ques
tions. He asked the Chief, How long have
your people lived in this country? The
Indian replied, Always ever since time
began. Again the Major asked him if he
had ever seen any of the white tfile be
fore; if any white man had ever been
there before? To which the old Chief an
swered very emphatically, you are the first
white man who ever made tracks in this
valley. Major Savage then asked the
Chief the name of his tribe. The answer
was, "Ohumitee," which is the Indian
name for grizzly bear. Again the Major
asked him the name of that place, those
high waters, and the reply was " Ohumi
tee." This, no doubt, was the correct
orthography the true name of the place.
But there was a clever little Yankee who
had followed along to pick up everything
of interest for a San Francisco paper (who
ever saw an expedition of the kind unat
tended by a Yankee quill-driver?), who, in
his eagerness to get off an account of the
wonderful region, could not wait to settle
the orthography of the name, and wrote it
YOSEMITE
(pronounced Yo-aem'i-tee)i The cause of
this haste in writing was, that Major Sav
age had to detailmen to return to head
quarters, sixty or seventy miles distant, for
commissary supplies, and our friend (the
ankee) desired to send his account to the (
mining settlements to be mailed. There J
can be but little doubt as to the true In
dian name and its orthography. It should !
' preserving the
the signification
of the name. The time will come indeed
it has already come when the American
people have cause to i egret the anglicising
of Indian names of persons and places by
which the original dialect and orthography
are ignored and the signification obscured.
The snow storm increasing in violence,
Sylvester, the pack master, who returned
to the mines for supplies, was greatly re
tarded in his progress, and it was two
weeks before he returned to Major Savage's
camp in the valley. Before Sylvester re
turned to camp the supplies of provision
were exhausted and the men reduced to
the necessity of eating acorn bread with
the Indians.
The entrance to the valley was effected
in February and the party remained there
five or six weeks. The squaws and strag
glers having mainly come in, Major Savage
determined on moving out. The Indians,
while they did not manifest a disposition
to rebel, still seemed reluctant to leave.
The place was invested with many charms
to them. It was the Eden, the Paradise of
the tribe, and they left it, no doubt, witfi
many regrets. The Indians marched up
the pass, and when the summit was gained,
a halt was made and whites and Indians
alike gazed back for a time upon the grand
panorama the work of nature's God.
Finally the old Chief, who had been gazing
as one transported with visions of the past,
wept and smote his bosom, saying, "It
will kill me." The order to move forward
was given and the Indians bid farewell to
"dhumitee."
They were marched to the reservation in
San Joaquin ( "Sanwaukeen") where the
old chief survived but a short time, having
died apparently of a broken heart.
Such was the discoverv and such the
means by which that singular and wonder
ful locality, the "Ohumitec', was brought
into the possession of the white man a
locality so grand and upique in its topo
graphical features that it has In-come na
tional ground and has an unrivaled fame
the world over.
Mr. Roan, who has furnished me with
the material for this paper, was by far the
youngest man in the company which made
the discovery, and is. perhaps, the only
survivor of the discovering party. If so
he is entitled to some national considera
tion. Should he be the only survivor, as
indicated, he ought to be the keeper of the
National Park. The brave men who dared
all and braved the greatest perils to reach
the golden land, and staked their lives to
subdue and wrest it from savage dangers
and make it a great domain of national
wealth, deserve well of their country.
Mr. R. can, no doubt, identify himself
as the same James M. Roan who belonged
to Company A mounted volunteers com
manded by Captain John Boling. and that
he was one of sixty chosen men by Major
Savage for that expedition against the
marauding Indians who proved to belong
to the "Ohumitee" tribe and"" who were
captured in the "Ohumitee" valley, as al
ready narrated. If. that expedition with
its results was reported to the Governor,
either by Major Savage or Captain Boling,
it ought to be found amongst the. State
papers. If the muster and pay roll of
Company A w as filed it ought to be found
S likewise. There are other means, how
ever, of establishing Mr. Roan's identity
: with Mariposa -eounty ami that section
; about the time that Major Savage's expe
dition and discovery took place. When
Mariposa county was organized J. M. Roan
was elected the first county assessor and
filed his official bond. Two or three years
later, ho was elected one of the county
supervisors and filed his official bond. He
afterwards leased the sheriffs office from
the sheriff -. nd tiled an official bond. Four
or five years from the organization, Mari
posa county was divided and Mr. Roan,
from his place of residence, fell into the
new county, Fresno, and was elected its
first supervisor, when another official bond
was filed. In the Fall of 1859 he was
elected to represent Fresno county in the
Legislature, and served out his term in
that body.
In Mr. Roan's public and official rela
tions and his identity with that section of
California, we have a volume of collateral
evidence- to substantiate what he says of
I the expedition and discovery of the Yo
Semite falls and valley, and to strengthen
his claiir.s to governmental consideration
in connection with the keeership of the
National Park. Mr. Roan is a trustworthy
citizen of Macon county, a North Caroli
nian, and a gentleman. C. D. Smith.
A SENSIBLE OLD MAN.
"Branch the offshoot of Anything, as of
- a river." Wonvxtrr.
Harper's Drawer.!
The educational advantages enjoyed by
the bovs and girls of North Carolina dur-
! ing the earlier decades of the present cen-
. . i? i , t j mi
tury were oi a very nmiieu Kinu. i nere
were, however, at that day, a very few in
stitutions of learning whose reputation
extended beyond the limits of the State,
and whose standards of education were
among the best. Notable among them
was one located at the seat of justice in
the county of B , which still maintains
its reputation. A certain planter, resided
in a contiguous county, whose eldest son
had attained to the age when at the pres
ent day young men are fully prepared to
enter colleges, whose education was sadly
deficient. What he had was acquired by
occasional and intermitted attendance at
the "log school-house" in his vicinity, at
such times as an old-fashioned school
master "taught and birched" the boys
and girls.
The father of the lad in question, pos
sessed of ample means, determined that
his son John should be placed at the afore
said school in the village of A; and ac
cordingly' accompanied bv his son, carried
out his intention, leaving him with ample
means and prepaid tuition under charge
of the worthy principal. On-taking leave
of his son he was informed that monthly
reports would be sent him by mail of his
son's progress in study, etc., etc. At the
expiration of the first month the report
was accordingly sent, and" a note, as fob
lows, accompanied the report: "When
you placed your son John under my charge,
vou forgot to direct what branches you
desired him to be put in." This note of
reminder rather confused the worthy' old
gentleman, whose own education barely
enabled him to read and write (the latter
by no means an easy task for him). Con
sulting his wife, and after with her read
ing and -re-reading the report and note, he
replied thereto as follows:
ScH. We got ywre letter and see you want to
knowe what branches we want John put inter we
doant care what thay nr so you keape him outen
Tar River . 8.
Truth the open, bold, honest truth is
always the safest, for anyone, in any and
all circumstances.
That state of life is the most happy
where superfluities are not required and
where necessaries are not wanting.
be written "Ohumitec,
pure Indian dialect and
WACCAMAW LAKE.
THE FISH THAT SWIM IN IT
And the Bait With Which They
Caaght.
are
f Walter L. Steele.
Onj the line of the railroad leading from
Wilmington, North Carolina, to Columbia,
and just thirty-four miles from the former,
there is a lake covering about twenty-five
square miles, which is a favorite resort of
the anglers of that section of country. It
is nowhere more than fifteen feet deep,
and generally its waters arc as placid as
the features of a sleeping beauty. Black
bass, chinquepin-perch, warmouth, white
perch, bream, grindles and other fish com
mon to that latitude abound in the lake
and its tributaries.
The writer has often had rare sport
taking most of these varieties, and in en
joying them upon the shore after they had
had the culinary attention of his old
friend Einchcn K. one of the salt of the
earth whose art in fishing was only ex
celled by his capacity for preparing the
fruits of his line for the delectation of his
palate.
Artificial flies and jointed rods and reels
were, in my time, unknown to the simple
people, who lived hear the lake, and the
common red worm, the grub, a hair line
and a long light rod of native reed an
swered fully all their wants. Of course a
"dug-out," or canoe made of cypress, was
a necessary addition to the equipment. In
the open water among the bonnets and
grass, which grew upon the margin, and
in the little creeks which discharge their
waters into the lovely lake, the disciples
of "the gentle art" whiled away many a
pleasant hour drawing the fish from the
dark water, and looking forward to the
time when they should return home,
"The expectant wee things toddlin' stacher
thro'
Tomeettheir dad in flitcherin' noise and glee."
The name of this beautiful sheet of
water is Lake Waccamaw, pronounced
Walk-a-maic, and at Flemington, a station
about five hundred yards from its northern
bank, is a well kept hotel presided over
by Mrs. Nick Carroll, who succeeded her
mother,- Mrs. Brothers, well known to the
travelling public as the keeper of one of
the best eating-houses in the South. Here
ample accommodations can be had, and
Nick himself is often willing to pilot his
friends around and show them the best
places in which to fish.
A few miles northeast of the lake there
lived, several years ago, a fisherman named
John A ways, who had the happy faculty
of narrating his piscatorial exploits
by giving full flow to a vivid imagination,
and who sometimes indulged in such ex
travagant tales, that the falsity of them
was patent on the face of the statement.
He had a brother named George who was
his equal in these peculiarities, and when
the two set their heads, they could invent
stories of their sport in Waccamaw Lake
which required the most thorough credul
ity to believe them. That man- was indeed
unfortunate who attempted to describe his
remarkable success with the fishing tribe
when either was present, for he soon had
to hang his head in very shame. A cler
ical friend of the writer was on one occa
sion, several years ago, the unhappy vic
tim who was immolated upon the sharp
racks of John Aways' satire, when, in
sincere joy, he was telling of the great
number of fish he had taken a few days
before in the dark but clear waters of Lake
Waccamaw and its feeders. Bufc to our
tale.
The clergyman, whose name was Duf--frey,
lived about eighty miles from the
lake, and being fond of fishing (and what
good man is not? Old Izaak Walton said
that the Lord had never made a better or
more innocent diversion) had visited it,
and indulged in the quiet and contempla
tive. pastime. He had been quite success
ful, and loved to tell of the joyful sport
he had found. He may have followed,
sometimes, the angler's liberty, and given
a roseate hue to his performances; but he
was full of the pleasures he had had, and
loved to sing his joys aloud. On his way
home he had to travel a few miles bv
steamer on the Cape Fear river, and while
sitting in the cabin dilating on the glories
of Waccamaw, the aforesaid John Aways
happened to be one of his auditors. Old
Kinchen K. was present also, and being a
man of much humor, and desiring to see
what John could say, he quietly whis
pered to him and told him who our hero
was, requesting that as soon there was a
hiatus, he would tell the preacher some
thing that he had seen and done at the lake.
The idea "jumped with the humor" of
John, and he watched for an opportunity
to enter into the conversation. Our cleri
cal friend had to stop momentarily to get
rid of an accumulation of tobacco juice,
and John lost no time in availing himself
of the chance. With a drawling voice he
said.
"And you'se been to the lake, stranger,
has ye?"
Was there yesterday, said tne
preacher.
" Ana did ye ketcn many f ' said jonn.
This started the preacher again, and he
had proceeded for several minutes in his
descriptions of the charms of the lake
when he ventured to ask John if he had
ever been there.
"Me been thar!'" says John; "why,
stranger, I helped make that lake, and
there ain't narry scjuare foot in it that I
havn't wet my line in."
This whopper somewhat took our
preacher off his high horse, and he there
after became only a questioner, John hav
ing the right to the floor.
' What fish do you like the best, Mr.
Aways?"
" Wall, for frying, when they are a
leetle corned, give me the blackfish (grin
die), but for biling I'd ruther have the
trout."
"What do you think of the white
perch ?"
"Wall, they'sc tolebul good, if you
could just get 'em to the pan soon enough,
but they'se rotten before yon can get 'em
off the hook."
"Are there any large trout in the lake,
Mr. Aways."
Large trout, did you say? Why, stran
ger, whar do you live?"
" I live in Stoningham."
"And do you know Sam McGethan?"
(Old Sam once lived on the banks of the
lake, where he was well known. He had
removed years before to the vicinity of
Stoningham.)
"I have seen him but have little ac
quaintance with him."
" Wall, I saved his life onst."
"You did? How did that happen?"
"Has ye ever been at the Big Creek,
just about where it runs in the lake."
" Yes, I was there vesterday."
"Wall, it happened thiH way. Brother
George and me, we heer'ed that there was
some famous big blackfish in thar, that
was a breaking folk's hooks and lines ; so
we was in Wilmington and got the black
smith Pollev to make us a hook 'bout the
size of your finger, and we bought from
Dawson some plow lines and a bar or two
of lead for a sinker. We got some dry
tupelo-gum roots for corks and, as we
had just killed a mutton, we took some of
that for bait. A'ter we got thar, we cut
a black-gum saplin' for a pole, and cut
some forks to hold it up. About a hun
dred yards from the mouth we flung the
hook in and I staid thar a watchin' while
brother George went furder up to Mc
Gethan's house. A'ter a little while I be
gun to see a nibble, and 'twan't long be
fore the cork went under. I just let him
have.it long enough to git it full in his
mouth, when I got hold of the pole and
.fotch a fillup when the hook stuck. I
tugged and tugged, but couldn't budge it.
I hollered to brother George to come to
me, for I had ketched the grcat-grand-daady
of all the blackfish. When he
come and cotch hold wi" me, it began to
give a little, and a'ter a while as we backed
out on the shore, it come to the top of the
water with its mouth open. And I swar,
I seed two big toes sticking but, and by
'em I knowed it was Sam McGethan. We
drug the fish out as quick as we could,
and I told brother George to git out his
knife, for old Sam was in a bad fix. He
ripped the fish open, and shore enough
out come old Sam a-smilin', and saying he
was much obleeged to us, for he was pretty
near gone. He told us he slipped off a
log about a hour before, and something
swallowed him. Says I, ' Brother George,
old Sam's mighty good bait, spose we try
him again?' So we hooked him on, and
in an hour or so we had ketched two cart
loads of the biggest blackfish and trout
you ever seed. Now, stranger, didn't I
save his life?"
By this time the audience was in a yell,
and our poor preacher found a man who
could beat him at the game of big talk
and give him a long start. He has never
been known since to volunteer any stories
in regard to Waccamaw Lake in the sec
tion of country where John Aways' yarn
has been heard.
The news of his discomfiture reached
Stoningham a few days after the arrival
of our hero, and just as he had finished a
glowing account of his trip, a gentleman
who was listening turned to another and
said : " And do you know Sam McGethan ?"
When our hero heard that fatal inquiry,
he dropped his head and timidly asked,
" Where did vou hear that big lie?" At
this a shout.of laughter went up from all j
who had heard of the steamboat
and our friend had business in
locality.
And so endeth this chapter.
What are Rlchett.
William L. Marey
William L. Marcv, the able Secretary
of
State under President Pierce, used to en- j
joy giving the following forcible illustra- !
tion of what constitutes riches : i
"To be rich," said Mr. Marcy, "requires j
only a satisfactory condition of the mind.
One man may be rich with a hundred dol
lars, while another,in the possession of mil
lions, may think himself poor; and as the
necessities of life are enjoyed by each, it
is evident the man who is the best satisfied
with his possessions is the richer."
To illustrate this idea, Mr. Marcy re
lated the following anecdote:
"While I was Governor of the State of
New York," said he, "I was called upon
one morning at my office by a rough speci
men of a backwoodsman, who stalked in
and began conversation by inquiring ' If
this was Mr. Marcy?'
" I replied that was my name."
" 'Bill Marcy?' said he. I nodded as
sent. "Used to live in Southport. didn't ye?'
" I answered in the affirmative, and be
gan to feel a little curious to know who
my visitor was, and what he was driving at.
" 'That's what I told 'em,' cried the
backwoodsman, bringing his hand down on
his thigh with tremendous force; ' I told
'em you was the same old Bill Marcy who
used to live in Southport, but they wouldn't
believe it, and I promised the next time I
came to Albany to come and see you and
find out for sartin. Why, you know me,
don't you Bill?'
, " I didn t exactly like to ignore his ac
quaintance altogether, but for the life of
me I couldn't recollect ever having seen
him before ; and so I replied that he had
a familiar countenance, but that I was
unable to call him by name.
"'My name is Jack Smith,' answered
the backwoodsman, 'and we used to go
to school together thirty years ago, in the
little red school-house in old Southport.
Well, times has changed since then ; and
you have become a great man, and got
rich, I suppose."
"I shook my head, and was going to
shook my head,
contradict that impression, when he broke
in
"'Oh! yes you are; I know -you are
rich ! no use denying it. You were Comp
troller for for a long time; and the next
we heard of you, you were Governor.
You must have made a heap of money,
and I am glad of it; glad to see you get
ting along so smart. You was alwavs a
smart lad at school, and I knew you would
come to something.'
"I thanked him for his good wishes and
opinion, but told him that political life
did not pay so well as he imagined. 'I
suppose,' said I, 'fortune has smiled upon
you since I left Southport.'
" 'Oh, yes,' said he, 'I hain't got noth
ing to complain of. I must say I've got
along right smart. You see, shortly after
you left Southport our whole family moved
up into Vermont and put right into the
woods, and I reckon our family cut down
more trees and cleared more land than any
other in the whole State.'
" 'And so you have made a good thing
of it. How much do you consider your
self worth?' I asked, feeling a little curious
to know what he considered a fortune, as
he seemed to be so well satisfied with his.
" 'Well,' he replied, 'I don't know ex
actly how much I am worth, but I think'
straightening himself up 'if all my
debts were paid I should be worth three
hundred dollars clean cash.' And he was
rich, for he was satisfied."
Fifteen.
From the French of Millen.
Last Hallowe'en she was just fifteen,
And slim and rosy, with big black e'en.
And all admired each budding charm
At the nightly dances at the. farm.
On the earth that day the white snow lay;
All but the father within did stay,
And round the fire-place each one stands.
At the flames warming reddened hands.
By the window was a looking glass,
Near a linnet's cage, and the girl would pass
To smile at her image mirrored there.
Thinking that no one was aware.
But granny spied the trick and cried,
Scolding half and half in pride;
You'd have us think you re.watching the snow,
Well, you're not bad looking as girls now go."
The girl blushed red, and tossed her head.
And, pouting, to the old woman said:
" Is It only now you tell me so?
Some one else told me months ago."
MECKLENBURG.
THE GOODLY LAND
In Which Scotch-Irish Dwel'.
William Johnston.
Mecklenburg county is located in the
southwestern portion of North Carolina,
north of the thirty-fifth parallel of latitude,
about two hundred miles from the Atlan
tic coast, and one hundred miles east of
the Appalachian range of mountains, and
is bounded on the south by the State of
South Carolina,and on the west by the
Catawba river. According to the obser
vations of the Government Signal Station
at Charlotte, its mean annual temperature
for the four years past was 60 9-10 Fah
renheit, with a mean annual rainfall for
the same period of 49 77-100 inches, while
its mean elevation above tide-water is 770
feet. These conditions contribute to give
it a delightful and healthful climate. Its
area comprises about 313,000 acres. Ac
cording to the census of 1880, its popula
tion numbered 34,299, and'of this number
the whites have a decided majority, and
control in all departments of the county
government. Of the entire population
only 277 are of foreign birth. The county
was originally largely settled by Scotch,
with Irish, Germans and English inter
mingled. By the census of 1880, the value
of farms in 1879 was $3,382,544, and the
estimated value of farm productions ; was
$1,451,470. The appraised value of prop
erty for taxation in the county for 1881
was $6,355,327. For 1882 it was over
$6,500,000. These assessments are much
below the actual values. The real value
of the personal and real estate is estimated
to be over $12,000,000. But two other
counties in the State show greater value of
farms and of annual productions. The
natural soil is very fertile, consisting of a
loam from two to eight inches deep on the
uplands, with a much greater depth on
the branch, creek, and river bottoms. The
subsoil is clay and is capable of the high
est degree of improvement, being less lia
ble to wash, and more retentive and ab
sorbent of fertilizers given to it, than other
earths. The surface is undulating and in
places hilly, but rarely ever too steep for
the use of the plough, even on the hill
sides. Half a dozen creeks with their
clear streams run through the county,
emptying into the Catawba and Yadkin
rivers, and giving much rich and produc-
disaster, j tive land to its riparian owners. These
another i streams furnish the power for many mills,
; located upon them, for sawing lumber,
: grinding wheat and corn, and for other
, purposes. The Catawbaf river alone, twelve
: miles from Charlottej has a fall of thirty
: five feet in one mile, and is capable of
running millions of spindles in sight of
the growing fields of cotton.
The chief productions of the county are
corn, wheat, cotton, oats, rye, clover, lu
cerne, orchard grass, turnips, beets, cab
bage, potatoes (sweet and Irish), apples,
peaches, pears, cherries, strawberries, peas,
beans, and almost every variety of grain,
grasses, fruits and vegetables grown in
the temperate zone. Of the leading grasses
clover, lucerne, orchard grass, etc., will,
with the same culture, here yield far more
abundantly than in any State north of the
Potomac river. No better grape region is
to be found this side of California than
this section extending west up to the range
of the Alleghany mountains. Many varie
ties of nativegrapes are indigenous to this
i section, including the Catawba, while
j nearly all the cultivated grapes of other
I countries, as far as tried, grow luxuriantly
and yield abundantly, and are less liable
i to curcullia, and diseases incident to other
localities. The latitude, mild and genial
climate, give longer seasons for the growth
and perfect maturity of cereals, grasses,
grapes, and other fruits, than the condi
tions of higher latitudes, a killing frost
rarely occurring before Nbvember. Farm
ers are giving more attention than ever
before to the culture of such products, and
it may not be long before their wine may
vie with the best vintage of France and
Germany.
The country is well adapted to raising
horses, mules, cattle, hogs and sheep. The
abundant yield of grains and grasses, with
the short and mild winters, greatly facili
tate their raising. It is not unusual for
agriculturists to produce from thirty to
forty bushels of wheat per acre, and one
hundred bushels of rust-proof or black
oats on well cultivated lands. With the
present loose methods of cultivation these
results are much above the average, yet
with the intenzire system of farming they
are destined to become near the average in
the not distant future. The agricultural
development and capabilities of this county
are not fully realized or appreciated by
even its own intelligent population. Im-
! proved breeds of horses, cows, hogs and
sheep are rapidly supplying tne piace oi
the old stocks. This is particularly the
case since the enactment requiring all stock
to be fenced in instead of inclosing the
cultivated fields. Lands sell at from seven
to twenty dollars per acre good farms,
with dwelling and all necessary out-build-
mgs, at from fifteen to thirty dollars per
acre.
The forest growth comprises all varieties
of the oak white; tyack, post, red, etc.
and hickory, dogwood, ash, maple, wal
nut, pine, cedar, gum, elm, cherry, etc.,
etc. Many of these are valuable on ac
count of the lumber of commerce manufac- I
tured from them. After the clay, the prin- i
cipal rocks are granite, silicon, ,late,
quartz, trap and cojiardite. These are not
in sufficient quantities to interfere with
proper tillage except in very rare instances.
The principal minerals are gold, copper,
soapstone and barytes. For over fifty years,
the gold mines have been famous for their
yield of rich ores. After descending below
water-level twenty to forty feet, tie ores
of the veins are converted into sulphurets,
and no complete process has yet been in
troduced and established by which the
gold, silver, lead and copper can be elimi
nated. A perfect process for separating
the valuable metals from the earthy sub
stances would prove invaluable, and de
velop many of the richest mines of the
continent.
A large capital is now invested in these
mines, some of which are being success
fully worked.
Manufacturing is rapidly increasing;
grist, flour and saw-mills exist on the
creeks and rivers. In addition, steam mills
are being erected near the forests. One
I cotton factory is ia operation and others
! contemplated.
I The system of agriculture is improving ;
the mower, reaper, drill, new ploughs, and
other implements, have leen successfully
introduced. While cotton is still the lead
ing production of the farms, labor is find
ing other and greater variety of employ-
ments. The mechanical arts are inviting
fields for skilled labor, more of which is
required to supplv the hundreds of agri
cultural, mechanical and domestic tools
and implements, made of iron and wood.
now imported from other States, with the
woods and iron ores in profusion around
us. The freight saved on those manufac
tured here would be a good profit, with th' 1
raw material in close proximity to the fac
tory. Inexhaustible beds of iron ore are
within thirty miles and coal within one
hundred and, fifty miles. x
This county contains four towns David
son College, Pineville, Huntersville and
Matthews besides the citj of Charlotte,
the county-seat, all showing commercial
life and activity, and affording markets
for the country. Charlotte, called after
Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg, has a
population of over eleven thousand, and
does a large commercial and manufactur
ing business. It is noted for its schools
and churches, as is also the county gener
ally. Four railroads terminate at Char
lotte, and 6ne passes through, making six
lines that radiate in different directions to
the centre, leading directly to Washington
City, Richmond, Norfolk, Wilmington,
Charleston, Augusta, Atlanta, and East
Tennessee. The free school system is in
operation, offering education to all, the
white and colored being separate, while
many high schools and academies are in
the country and towns, with two graded
schools in Charlotte containing an average
of over one thousand scholars.
The people have ever been distinguished
for their love of liberty, law and order,
education and refinement. Queen's College
existed in Charlotte long before the Revo
lutionary war, and Davidson College, now
so flourishing, is an institution that the
lovers of learning very justly admire wher
ever its thorough curriculum and able fac
ulty are known. Perhaps no county in
the South is more devoted .to the cause of
education and religion. The Presbyterians,
Methodists, Baptists, Seceders, Episcopa
lians, Roman Catholics, and Lutherans, all
have their churches, and worship God ac
cording to the dictates of their consciences.
The early settlers of Mecklenburg county
were exiles from civil and religious tyran
ny. Impressed with the harshness of mon
archies, and deeply imbued with the prin
ciples of civil and religious liberty, they
transmitted them to their descendants.
These principles were also developed in
the Declaration of Independence for the
county, proclaimed to a large assemblage
in Charlotte on May 20. LT75, aijd in the
first republican form of government, adopt
ed by the people for the county on the
thirty-first of the same month.
This section is located hundreds of miles
in a southwestern direction from the At
lantic Coast, with extended forests inter
vening, and is sheltered from the north
and west by an elevated mountain range.
One may visit many portions of this' Con
tinent, and when he considers all the con
ditions existing here calculated to make
life agreeable and happy, the almost entire
exemption from great, and sudden meteor
ological changes, storms, hurricanes, cy
clones, the complete exemption from
cholera and yellow fever, and nearly so
from pulmonary diseases, equable and
mild climate, pure spring and well water,
fertile soil, mineral resources, water-power
and varieties of timber, grains, grasses,
fruits and flowers, intelligent and moral
population, school and church facilities,
he will find no country more inviting than
old Mecklenburg to the intelligent and in
dustrious emigrant, who will at all times be
cordially welcomed and generously re
ceived by her people.
Arkansaa Ways.
Houston Post.
Arkausaw? Yes, yes, I've been there.
How did I like the country and the people ?
Just listen to the recital of the facts at
tending my brief stay, and then draw
your own conclusions. Five or six yearV
ago I was agent for the celebrated Blank
beer, and once, while en route to Texas riit
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, stopped
over at Muscogee and took the stage to
Fort Smith, to meet a carload of kegs just
shipped to that place. Having made ar
rangements with Y. Sc Z., to handle the
lot. I requested them to tap a keg and t
hold themselves in readiness to do a big
biz on my early return from a stroll 'in
quest of topers. Going to the postoffice,
about two hundred yards distant, I found
nineteen native Arkansans strung out in
single file. Removing my hat, and facing,
the crowd, I snid :
" Gentlemen, I am the general agent of
the famous Blank beer a beverage guar
anteed to cheer and to inebriate and hav
ing just introduced it in this section and
being most anxious to make its superior
merits known, I extend to each and all of
you a cordial invitation to accompany me
to Y. & Z.'s, there to drink to our mutual
and better acquaintance."
Then Babel broke out, and among the
loudest of the unanimously favorable re
plies to my timely invitation, I distinctly
heard, " With pleasure, Colonel."
"Thank ye, Jedge, kindl
" Drink seldom, but under the circum
stances " I
" Have a chaw, boss? It's "
" Fine country, this; mild climate; fer
tile lands "
" Want a pardner?"
"Hope you'll locate."
Including myself, there w ere just twenty
of us.
" Y." I said, "give me a beer. Gentle
men, what will you take?"
"Whisky straight!" shouted the nine
teen native Arkansans, and, by Gambri
nus! take it they did. Ark an saw ?-!-!-!
- RELIGION AND BUSINESS.
The Avenue and the Street.
New York Post.J
Dr. Newman yesterday, commenting on
the panic which naturally supplies much
material for pulpit exhortation said that
'religion doesnot interfere with business
life, nor business life with religion," and
wished to knoV "why the idea of hostil
ity between the two was so prevalent."
We do not think it is prevalent not
nearly so prevalent, in fact, as it ought to
be. The great trouble of the day is that
religion does not interfere enough with
business life. In Stalwart circles in parti
cular the separation of religion and busi
ness has long been painfully evident. It
is too much tne custom lor ousiness men
to leave their religion up town during
business hours. It is told of one of our
prominent financiers that being reproached
with some sharp , practice in Wall street,
as unbecoming in as prominent a professor
of religion as he was, he said, " up town
I endeavor to do my duty to God, the
church, and my family, but down town I
have to take care of myself." It would
not be a bad thing, in fact, if the financial
"shrinkage" in some way affecjted the
churches as well as the financiers, and if
some T)f the cutting down which goes on
in private houses as a consequence of these
crises, operated on the gorgeous buildiBgs,
and the expensive lots, and bjgh,-priced
music, and pews, with which o much of
the war of religion against dishonesty is
carried on in ttis city. "Njg V1
Good resolutions are like horses. The
first cost is as. item of less importance
than the keeping.