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'1 " tor '?v9r i s.iijc.v. ' ir verm THE CONSTITUTIOH OF OUR FATHERS. I .m; SOUTHERN" MAN, OF S OTJTHERIsr IRIN"OIPLES."-Ex-TJ. S. Senator Jefferson Davis. TARBORO', N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1875. NO. 26. VOL. 53. M0 1L 11 If II II a! I I 1 1 (3 GENERAL DIRECTORY. TAR BOKO. Mator Fred. Philips. Commissioners Jesse A. Williamson, Ja cob Feldenhelmer, Daniel W. Hnrtt, Alex. McCabe, Joseph Cobb. Sicbitary & Treasurer Kobt. Wbite inrst. Chief of Pouce John W. Cotten. Assistant Police Wm. T. Hurtt, John Madra, Jas. E. Simonson, AlUmore Macnair. COUNTY. Superior Court Clerk and Probate Jude sl.. L. Suton, Jr. Register of Deeds -Alex. McCabe. Sheriff Joseph Cobb. Coroner Treasurer Robt. H. Austin. Surveyor John E. Baker. Standard Keeper P. 8. Hicks. School Examiner. H. H. Shaw, Wo. A. Dugvn and . 8. Williams. Keeper Poor House Wm. A. Duggan. Commissioners Jno. Lancaster. Chairman, Wiley Well, J. B. W. Norvllle, Frank Dew, M. Exem. A. McCabe, Clerk. Id AILS. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS NORTH AND SOUTH VIA W. W. R. K. Lt Tarboro (daily) at - 10 A. M. Arrive at Tarboro' (daily) at - 3 40 P.M. WASHINGTON MAIL VIA GREENVILLE. FALKLAND AND SPARTA. Loave Tarboro (daily) at - -Arme at Tarboro' (daily) at - - 6 V. i. LODGES. TIm Nights the Plce of Meetiuir- Concord R. A. Chapter No. 5, N. M. Law rence, High Priest, Masonic Hall, monthly convocations first Thursday in every month at 10 o'clock A. M. Concord Lodge No. 08, Thomas Gatlin, Master, Masonic Hall, meets first Friday night at 7 o'clock P. M. and third Saturday at 10 o'clock A. M. In every month. Replton Encampment No. 13, I. O. O. F., A. Heilbroner, Chief Patriarch, Odd Fel lows' Hall, meets every first and third Thurs day of each month. Edgecombe Lodge No. 50, I. O. O. F., J. H. Brown, N. G., Odd Fellows' Hall, meets every Tuesday night. Edgecombe Council No. 122, Friends of Temperance, meet every Friday night at the Odd Fellows' Hall. Advance Lodge No. 28, I. O. G. T., meets every Wednesday night at Odd Fellows' Hall Zanoah Lodge, No. 235, I. O. B. B., meet on first and third Monday night of every month at Odd Fellows' Hall. Henry Morris, President. CHURCHES. Episcopal Church Services every Sunday t 10 1-2 o'clock A. M. and 5 P. M. Dr. J. B. Cheshire, Rector. , . , Methodist Church Services every third Sunday at night. Fourth Sunday, morning and night. Rev. Mr. Swindell, Pastor. Presbyterian Church Services every 1st, 3rd and 5th Sabbaths. Rev. T. J. Allison, Sta ted Supply. Weekly Prayer meeting, Thurs day night. Missionary Baptist Church Services the 4th Sunday in every mOLth, morning and night. Rev. T. R. Owen, Pastor. Primitive Baptist Church Services first Saturday and Sunday of each month at 11 o'clock. HOTELS, Adams' Hotel, corner Main and Pitt Sts. O. F. Adams, Proprietor. Mrs. Pender's, (formerly Gregory Hotel,) Main Street, opposite "Enquirer" Office, Mrs. M. Pender, Proprietress. BASKS. Bank of New Hanover, on Main Street, next door to Mr. M. Weddell. Capt. J. D. Cumming, Cashier. Office hours from U A. M. to S P. M. EXPRESS. Southern Express Offlce, on Main Street, closes every morning at9 o'clock. N. M. Lawrence, Agent. HOTELS. YARB0R0, HOUSE, RALEIGH IM. C. G. W- BLACENALL, Proprietor. RP" Reference made to all travelling gen tlemen. GASTON HOUSED South Front Street, Newborn, IS". C S, R. STREET, Proprietor ATLANTIC HOTEL, INorfollc, Va. R, S. DODSON, Proprietor. Board, First and Second Floors.per day, f 3.00 Third and Fourth Foors, 2.50 Special terms for permanent boarders w M. HOWARD, LU G G I DEALER IN DRUGS. PATENT MEDICINES, ftO,, SrC, SbC. Next door to Mrs, Peuder'a Hotel, TARBORO, N C. Laaer Beer & Wine SALOON. EEPS eonstantlv on hand all the Fine IV Wines and Liquors, Tobacco and Cigars, next door J. A. Williamson's. ERHARD DEMUTH, Nov. 27. tf. Proprietor. GRPD, SQUARE & UPRIGHT Haye received upwards of FIFTY FIRST PREMIUMS, and are among the best now made. Every instrument fully warranted for live years. Prices as low as the exclusive use of the very best materials and the roost thorough workmanship will permit. The principal pianists and composers, and the piano-purchasing public of the South espe cially, unite in the unanimous verdict of the superiority ot the 8TIEFF PIANO. The DURABILITY of our instruments is fully established by over SIXTY SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES in the South, using over 300 ol our Pianos. Sole Wholesale Agents for several of the principal manufacturers of Cabinet and Par lor Orirans : prices from $50 to 1 600. A lib eral discount to Clergymen and Sabbath Schools. A larce assortment of second-hand Pianos, iprices ranging from 175 to f 300, always on aand. ' Send for Illustrated Catalogue, containing the names of over 2,000 Southerners who hive bought and are using the Btleff Piano. CHAS. M.STIEFF, Warerooms, No. 9 North Liberty St., BALTIMORE. M. D. Factories, 84 & 68 Camden St., and 45 & 47 r rcrryst. J une i,-ti. MISCELLANEOUS. PAMLICO INSURANCE &BANRHV6 COMPANY, Of Tarboro, TV. O. -:o:- Capital $200,000 00 OFFICERS : HON. GEO. HOWARD, Presidest. CAPT. JNO. S. DANCY, Vice President. JOSEPH BLOUNT CHESHIRE, JR., Sec retary and Treasurer. DIRECTORS : Hon. George Howard, Jesse H. Powell, Hon. Kemp P. Battle, Wm. S. Battle, Capt. John S. Dancy, Capt. T. H. Gallin, Matthew Weddell, Elias Carr, J. J. Battle, Joseph B. Coffield, Wm. M. Pippen, 0. C. Farrar, John Norfleet, Fred. Philips, John L. Bridgers, Jr., :o:- THIS COMPANY INSURES Dwellings, Stores, Merchan dize, Farm Property, and all classes of insurable property Against Loss or Damage by Fire ! at local board rates, losses promptly adjusted t" All and P d ORREN WILLIAMS, Supervisor of Agencies. Taiboro, March 19, 1875. tf Jas. E. Simmons, JPitt Street, EAST OF MAIN, HAS IN STORE AND for sale Wardrobes, Bureaus, Washstands, Writing Desks, Cane &" Wooden Seat Chairs, Extension, Centre and Leaf Tables. Towel Racks, Rockers, thiltls Basket Chairs. ALSO A LARCE LOT OF Mattresses ct? LOungos. All Cheap for Cash. W3" UNDERTAKERS BUSINESS all its branches promptly attended to. JAS. E. SIMMONS. Tarboro, N. C, Mar. 2G, 1875. 3m Seaboard & Roanoke Rail Road. Office 8upt. Trans., 8. A R. R. R. Co., Portsmouth, Va., Jan. 1, 1875. On and after this date, trains of this Road will leave Weldon daily, (Sundays excepted) as follows : Mail train at 4:00 pm Nol Freight train at 4:00 am No 2 Freight train at 8:00 a m ARRIVE AT PORTSMOUTH : Mail train daily at 7:15 p m No 1 Freight train at 12:00 m No S Freight train at 4:00 pm Freight trains have a passenger car attach ed. Steamers for Edenton, Plymouth, and Landings on Blackwater and Chowan rivers, leave Franklin at 9:40 a m, Mondays, Wednes days and Fridays. E. G. GHIO, Supt. of Transportation. ESTABLISHED 1865. Tarboro', N. C. PRACTICAL WATCH MAKERS AND JEWELERS, DEALERS IN Fine Watches, Jewelry, Ster- lin Silver and Plated ware, Pine Spectacles & every thing else in our line. Special attention given to the Repairing and timing; of Fine Watches and Regulators, We fiurantee that our work shall compare favorably in efficiency ana nnisn wim any in the Land. We offer you every possible guarantee that whatever you buy of us shall be genuine and ust as reDresented. and you shall pay no more for it than a fair advance on the whol sale cost. We have made in the handsomest manner Hair Chains, Hair Jewelry, Diamond and Wedding Rings, all kinds of Fine Jewelry Gold and Silver Watch Cases, etc. Our Machinery and other appliances for making the different parts of Watches, is per haps the most extensive in the State, conse quently we can guarantee that any part of a Watch or Clock can be replaced with the ut IN CII AMBERI AIN 1 RAWLS most faculty. janzz-iy NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. N. P. BURNHAM'S TURBIXE WATER WHEEL Was selected, 4 years ago, and put to work in the U. . Patent Office, D. C., and has proved to be the best. 19 sizes made. Pri ces lower than any other first-class Wheel. Aampblet free. Address. N. F. BURNHAM, York, Pa. Speedily cured by DR. BECK'S only known and sure Remedy. JfO CHARGE for treatment until cured. Call on or address Dr. J. C. EECE. 112 Jota St., Cincinnati, a Actual Business College, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. The Oldest, the Largest and the Best Boilneit College in the United States. Prof. J. M. Phillips is in . charge of our Actual Business Department, and in daily attendance. Our Illustrated College Journal, with Beautifully Flourished Eagle, sent by mail free of charge. Address E. K. LOSIER, Pres., Baltimore, Md. Je q a A per day at home. Terms free. Ad- jv v-" dress, u Geo. Siinson & Co,, Port- land, Jle. A WEEK guaranteed to Male and I I Female Agents, in their locality, f Costs NOTHING to try it. Particu lars Free. P. O. VICKERY & CO.,Agusta,Me. Advertiser's Gazette. A Journal of Information for Ad vertisers. Edition, 9,600 copies. Pub lished weekly. Terms, $2 per annum, in advance. FIVE SPECIMEN COPIES DIFFERENT DATES TO ONE ADDRESS FOR 25 CTS. Office No. 41 Park Row, New York. GEO. P. ROWELL & CO., Editors and Publishers. " Worthingtou's Cholera and Diarrhcea Jlcdicine." Office of Purveyor General for State of N. C, Raleigh, N. C, June 23, 1862. Dr. Worthington's Cholera and Diarrhoea Medicine has long enjoyed a high reputation in this State, both in and out of the army. Respectfully, E. WARREN. Southampton Co., Va., Dec. 15, 18C9. This is to ceitify that I have kept and used in my family for upwards of twelve years Dr. R. H. Worthiugton'8 Cholera Medicine and can safelv say have never known it to fail in any instance for the purpose it is recommen ded. BEN'. E. POPE. 'Everybody's Vegetable Cathartic Pills.' Botdtos, Va., Dec. 1st, 1S73. Gentlemen I have been a great sufferer for several years with Liver Complaint and general debility, and at times troubled with immense pain in the regions of my liver. I have had the attendance of the best medical men to be had here, but without any perma nent relief. I was at last advised to try "Eve rybody's " Pills, and I feel no hesitation in saying that one bottle did me more good than all the other Medicine I had taken before. I now feel entirly relieved, the pain having left me. I have a good appetite, and what I eat agrees with me. I have no hesitation in say ing tkat I owe my good heath, and perhaps my life, to the use of" Everybody's " Pills. Very respectfully, E. A. DAVES. March 12, 1875. 3m WIIITIM & MAM, Proprietors of the Model Cigar Factory, No. 1445 Main St., Xticliiiioiitl, "Va. Sold last year 1,200,000 CIGARS Of their own manufacture withont a single complaint from DEALER OR SMOKER. Therefore, if you want a Good Sm01s.e, Buy do other than Whitlock & Abram's MAKE, and you will have the WORTH OF YOUR MONEY. SOLD BY EVERY DEALER, Jan 29, 1875. tf E. T. TOOL,. C. A. POOL. W. B. POOL Fool Brothers FASHIONABLE BAR, miliar (I Rooms, OYSTER SALOON, Barber Shop AND Cigar Store, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. W E HAVE ENGAGED THE WELL known caterer, JOSH MOTLEY, to take charge of our RESTAURANT, and we will guarantee for him that our old custom ers qan always getauuou, syu akk mkal at the shortest notice. mrl9-tf CHEAP I Very Cheap A number of new and sec. ond hana PL ANOS 4. OR-O- A N B on hand for sale cheap for raah TUNING & MUSIC ana by install ment. Every NEW PIANO from this fthla house Warranted .to possess all the im provements claimed by manufacturers gener ally. Frices reasonable. Terms accommo dating. Correspondence solicited. aug31-ly .4 LL persons having Cotion Gins OUT OF . REPAIR, should have them put in prop er order during the summer months. By doins: so they will get a better job of work done, also on more reasonable terms. No pay is required until the crop is made and ginea. uive me your oraers ai once. GEO. T. WILLIAMS, April 30.-1 m. Tarboro', N. C MISCELLANEOUS. THE FAVORITE HOME REMEDY. Is eminently a Family Medicine ; and by be ing kept ready for Immediate resort will save many aa hour of guttering and many a dol lar in time and doctors' bills. After over Forty Years' trial it is still re ceiving the most unqualified testimonials to its virtues from persons of the highest char acter and responsibility. Eminent physicians commend it as the most EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC For all diseases ol the Liver, Stomach and Spleen. The SYMPTOMS of Liver Complaint are a bitter or bad taste in the mouth ; Pain in the Back, Sides or Joints, often mistaken for Rheumatism; Sour Stomach; LossofApep tite ; Bowc!s alternately costive and lax ; Headache t Loss of memory, with a painful sensation of having tailed to do something whirh on.rht. to have been done: Debility. done ; yebility, Low Spirits, a thick yellow appearance of the ffcSumD.dCOTo!lCntotBkea Sometimes many of these symptoms attend Z SSSfSS1 S uCE$ seat of the disease, and if not Regulated in time, great suffering, wretchedness and Death .. ' - For Dyspepsia, Constipation, Jaundice, LaTis!lSnsoyr. whe.reiQ m7 "ply was a Bum, &o., &o. The Cheapest, Purest and Best Family Medi- Manufactured only iy ni.iM WnrlHI J. 11. ZE1L1N & CO., I Macon, Ga., and Philadelphia, Price, f 1.00. Sold by all Druggists. Piedmont Air-Line Railway. RICHMOND & DANVILLE, RICHMOND & DANVILLE R. W., N. C. DIVIS ION, AND NOP.TII WEST ERN N. C. K. W. CONDENSED TIME TABLE- In effect on and after Sunday, May 30, 1874 GOING NORTH. STATIONS. Mail. Express. Leave Charlotte 9.24 p. m. 5.55 a.m. " Air-Line Jct'n, 9.32 " 6.20 " " Salisburv, 11.58 a. m. 8.34 " " Greensboro' 3.00 " 10.55 " " Danville. 6.20 " 1.12 p.m. " Dundee,' 6.30 " 1.20 " " Burkville, 11.35 " 6.07 " Arrive at Richmond, 2.22 p. m. 8.47 p.m. GOING SOUTH. STATIOSS. Mail. Express. Leave Richmond, 1.38 p. m. 5.08 a. m. " Burkville, 4.52 " 8.35 " " Dundee, 10.33 " 1.14 p. m. " Danville, 10.39 " 1.17 " " Greensboro', 2.45 a. m. 3.58 " " Salisburv, 5.27 6.16 " " Air-Line Jnct'n,7.55 " 8.25 " Arrive at Charlotte, 8.03 " 8.33 " GOING EAST. GOING WEST. Mail. STATIONS. Mai!. L've Greensboro', i" 3.00 a.m. .Arr. 2.15a m Co. Shops, c. 4.20 " L'vel2 51 " " Raleigh, 7.50a.m.5 8.42p.m Arr.atGoldsboro,! 10.27 " L've 5.30" s NORTH WESTERN N. C. R. R- (SALEM BRANCH.) Leave Gneensboro 4.30 p m Arrive at Salem 6.13 " Leave Salem 8.42 am Arrive at Greensboro 10.33 " Passenger train leaving Raleigh at 5.88 P. M., connects at Greensboro' with the Northern bound train ; making the quickest time to all Northern cities. Price of Tick ets same as via other routes. Trains to and from points East of Greens boro' connect at Greensboro' with Mail Trains to or from points North or South. Two Trains daily, both ways. On Sundays Lynchburg Accommodation U.. ot O OO A KT rrira at Burkeviiie 12.43 p. M., leave Burkeviiie 4.35 A. M., arrive at Richmond 7.58 A. M. No change of cars between Charlotte and Richmond, 282 miles. For further information address S. E. ALLEN, Gen'l Ticket Agent, Greensboro, N. C. T. M. R. TALCOTT, Engineer & Gen'l Superintendent. FOR NORFOLK AND mllE Steamers COTTON iU.AJNT and X PAMLICO connecting with the Old Dominion Steamship Co., afford the most direct and the quickest time for shipment ol produce lrom all points on the River. Through isms oi lowing given irom an noints on Tar River for Norfolk, Baltimore, v u iinnirmia. flew lorii. anu ijubiuu. rru- duce is covered by insurance, if desired, as soon as Uius oi i.aamg are signea. Shipments by this line go directly to des tination without delay at .worioiK or asn ineton. The COTTON PLANT makes close con nection with the Wilmington fc Weldon Rail Road, and gives through isms ot leading irom all landings on tne Kiver at tne lowest rates dunm jii.i4o sumo. Washington, N. C, Jan. 29, 1875. tf NEW FIRM I mRE undersigned having purcnaseu tne IRE undersigned having purchased the I entire interests of w. a. Bssett, are now picpui :rr: r- have an agreement with Mr. W. A. Bassett ny wmcn ms services prucurcu v we respectfully solicit the patronage of T. W TOLER, T. C. BASSETT. 6m TERRELL & BR0., DEALERS IN GROCERIES AND QTAPTF TVRV ftHfYnft DliirLiii jjn i ituujjo, 1UU1U OllCClf Near the Bridge, TfWtoozro, INT- O Sept. 30-ft 'tUr -&I jiuiiyiw jmaa4a.iiipa. Friday, July 2, 1875 For the Southerner. Home, Edgecombe Co., N. C, June 16th, 1875. i Messrs. Editors: With your permission, I have one more reply to make to " Cadets. " Gentlemen : Your communica tion which appeared in the South ernes a tew weeus since, set out with the assertion that you had no intention ot entering into any diss cussion with inyseit, ana ivntherto-partictpate inthe public exercises; that you were drawn into a reply Dy what, in your own selfassumed su- per tor Know leagejou. were gracious - ly pleased to style " a flowing dis play of ignorance" quite elegant language. Now, in regard to the first sentence of your arrogant bom- bastie effusion, I have to say : 1st. That I had no other means of judg- ing your meaning than by your words you will will not deny that f hrt oni-iswwl rrAMtv-isA ?n 1. I "v otui.cuv.o m vwui uitk article contained a reference to the manner in vyhich our Trinity Col. lege friend snatches the pen;" and hat was.1 10 from thi3 if not that you intended your communica- tion as a reply to our own ? 2nd. nil inat vou most lngionously tailed to Hoiving display of ignorance, ,Uc7i JiiaJi toned words 1 can't refrain " . from repeating. So far have you fallen short, fit vrnir rmrnnon thit I , fs.uu VU you have not only convinced all "rational minus ot your own ignor ance of what exists in your own State, tut you have also convinced all true Carolinians, who have had the misfortune too see your commu- nication, that you and they have quite dinerent meanings for the word "true." You expressed no little degree ot astonishment that I should compare our commencement with yours, to which, even the great University ot Virginia yields the palm. Astonished, tor sooth, that I should tell the truth simply the the truth and nothing more. But in reality, I instituted no comparison whatever between your commencement and ours. Read my letter again your memory is at fault. You gave a detailed pro- gramme of yours. 1 simply stated when ours would be, who would preach our sermon and deliver our address, the condition of our build" ings, grounds, &c. Do you call that a comparison ? But for your in struction, (you need to be instructed in home affairs) I will now give you a detailed account of what took place on tne occasion or our commence ment. In reality, our closing ex ercises began on tha 30th of May. Ihe clerical members ot the senior class, two in number, preached their graduating sermons, one at 11 o'clock, a. M., the other at 7, P. M. On the Saturday evening following, eight members of the Freshman class declaimed. On the next day, Sunday, June 6th, at 11 o'clock, A. m., the Annual Sermon before the Theological Society was preached by Rev. E. A. Yates, of the N. C. Conference, M. Church, South. On Monday evening, June 7th, eight memDers oi tne oopnomore uiass declaimed, followed on the next ? r.: l .fit. : eveDiDg uy mx. iuemuers oi iiiejua lor class, who delivered orations, Wednesday, June 9th, the Annual Sermon before the graduating class was preaened Dy Bianop xi. M Marvin, D. D., of St. Louis, Mo., in connection with the dedication of the new Chapel, which is doubtless the finest in the State, and no doubt will compare favorably with that of the worldrenowned " Va. M. I." j.uai, evemiig m ijuauus. tue Annual Address before the Alumni Association was delivered by John Li. Webster, -sq., editor ot the iteidsviiie iews. ine next day, Thursday, 10th, was commence- ment proper. Graduating exercises commenced at 1U o clocic a. m., and occupied about three hours. After an intermission ot halt an hour, the audience expected to have the dis- tmguisnea privilege oi listening to a Literary Address from the hps of fg m08t eloquent man in America, , , , .. unless one of you gentlemen is more so. Dr. Munsey was the man, but he failed to be present, and Bishop Marvin who is said to be the finest preacher in America filled his place, ... i. ..i-- i i i: nigni iue usual party compim mentary to the graduating class, took place in the old Chapel and Literary Halls. Then for a few hours we threw asida tha stndv of . , , . . f text dooks and resigned ourselves to some omer pleasure, i,nougn we found it not in "dancing. ihe LoY(i j3 tne rocK Up0n wnictl all true christian peopig should repose ; education, rehned manners ana good morals, are the foundation of sue cess, and this is the age that de- mands men ot talent, refinement, good morals and mental ability, not facetious, fastidious and sentimental scapegraces ; not those who. are con- stantly conjunng up visions of fast ywmfj ladies ; not those who allow balh and jances t0 absorb not only iV : 1. . 1.1 L i. 1 i ineir wiug m'jugms, uuu vsu ttieir areams. l am not personal, I had forgotten the music by the " - Salisbury Cornet Band, for notwith standing, "he who has no music in himself, is fit for treason, stratagem and spoils." It -would be auite a s'upi" fellow indeed who would stop iu iiBieu at a uauu wueu lie was one of Carolina's or even Virginia's fair daughters to talk to. In all my knowledge there are no young men who would be guilty of such slack gallantry, unless it be "Cadets, and I only judge that they would from tho sample I have had of their treatment to one of their own sex. I shall not attempt to say whether our commencment will at all com pete with yours or not, 1 have my fears, specially tf either of you are but 1 will venture to ask one ques tion, is it any thing to be ashamed oi r or to be Derated by those who know nothing in the world about it ? Let me advise you a little, you are young and you need it. Make it a rule of your lives never to meddle with other people. You may be very good " Cadets" bat such as rubbing guns and folding tent cloths are your fortes. You are out of 1 V x. x vvui ouueiea VfllCU YUU iilLOUJUb to ridicule Trinity College or any othi er college ia North Carolina. As to the "distinctive character" and " sPecific ork " f Trinity College, ihey are somewhat different from these of vour Institution. This, . . -w - ..." gentlemen, is a Colleae. in which are taught the various branches of .Literature, Science and Art. Our instruction is notsnecial unless Tiv - , , the election of the student, but broad. Iiroritl nnrl thnrnnnli flftinr J " - VVlVUliU, UlllUi our young men to meet the general demands of the age as well as tbe " special needs of the South." We have no "Lex non scripta," which is so common to military schools, which, as you say, stamps itself up- on the memory, character and lives ot " Cadets. 1 fear it has been stamped upon my friends, and will probably stop at the Virginia Mill tary Institute Our Trustees comprise many of the first men of our State, whose ability, even you would feel a deli- cacy in doubting, 1 shall be too busy durinc the re- mainder of my vacation to prolong this discussion. But if you wish to renew it next term, then " Til be with you." For the present, I bid you a re-i specttul adieu. Marcius Slacksleve. Col. D Wyatt Aiken, iu Rural Carolinian for lebruary.J . 0n9 Cause of Southern Poverty. First, then, I assign as one of the reasons of our continued poverty and want of progress the fact, that we do not produce enough of what we eat or wear, and buy too much on a credit. To present an elabo rate argument in defence of thi3 position would require a volume. Une or two pracaical facts will uf. fice to prove my assertion true, and the answer that every farmer will rrive when annlvin(r th idea tn hs own case will corroborate these facts. Ia 1859, the South produced over five million bales ef cotton, of four hundred pounds each, which sold at an average of eleven cents per pound, realizing less than $250,- U00,UU0. In 1869, the cotton crop of the n . . r . south was less than three and a half millions ef bales, four hundred pounds each, and sc Id for an average of twentytwo cents per pound, realizing over $3UU,UUU,UUU. Ihe cotton crop of 187d reached considerably beyond tour millions ef bales, and sold for less than $275,000,000. And this has been the history of our crops annually in the past; have we any reason to anticipate inac similar enects win not follow tho same course in the future ? Then if all the cotton pol- icy, or a large cotton crop has actu ally tended to impoverish us as people, who will assert that the same policy will not have similar eflccts upon individuals. On paper it can be easily proven, that cotton, as a crop, will pay bet ter than any or all other products iiut these figures are lar more un reliable than the oft-abused labor of the Country. There is no. ques tion but that individual farmers, : u..m. having lands peculiarly adopted to the growth of cotton, can net more I money erowine cotton and bovine their breadstuffs and provender than li .... f . i i Dy cultivating a diversity OI crops. Uut it is an egregious error to think. that because A. B. or C. can do so, therefore every Southern farmer I ran nnranA tho s . Jt" ' w pating the same result. inrougn a series 01 years, re- gardless of the price of cotton, (I reiterate here what 1 have often asserted before in these pages,) on ninety-nine out of every hundred Southern farms, it is cheaper to grow oats for plough animals that I to haul corn from the nearest depot because oats will follow cotton with J no cost but the seed and harvesting both otwhich can be paid for every winter in the mutton that can be fatted on the growing crops; it is cheaper t0 raie all he 0'rk the i i , r i iarmer s iamiiy can consume an nually than to buv bacon at ten I cents nnr nnnnrl? it ia dhoanor tn I sr tr-- f" - 1 grow a pound of wool, up to a cert tain number of pounds, than the same number of pounds of cotton; and it is cheaper to grow anything that can possibly be grown upon the farm than to buy it on a credit. Few farmers understand properly what is meant by 'buying on a credit.' They know they get the article and pay more for it than if they paid the cash, but they never once calculate the premium or per" centage they are paying for this privilege of getting time or 'credit.' Let me illustrate. The average farmer may raise meat enough to do him till the 1st of April. By that time he has to buy, but having no cash, though goed credit, he 'goes to the store.' and buys bacon at 15 cents per pound, payable 1st November following. He learns the cash price is 12 cents per pound, but necessity compels him to buy on a credit. He thus pays 2 cents per pound for the privilege of buying on a credit, or oneisixth the price to be paid, which is simp ly 16 2-3 per cent per annum for the usq of money. But ihe buys in April, and has to pay 1st Novemt ber, only eight months' credit, and thus pays twentyfive per cent, -per annum for the use of money. What farmer can afford to do this and live ? What is applicable to bacon is equally so to corn, hay, flour, implements, and every article tho farmer buys on a credit. It is estimated that the average increase of the agricultural wealth ot the united btates is about four per cent, per annum. The average anv Southern State, annnal r nee the war ha3 not been one per cent. Indeed, some of the States have travelled the other road, and are it !IJ !,. I now loss m ine wnaerness oi deDt: aim tuerc 13 no more potent cause 1 for this conditian of thino-a than that of buying on a I credit the necessaries of life to en- able them to grow cotton, and this, too. verv freouentlv at a nosh that, exceeds its market value. There is an infatuation about this cultivation of cotton that amounts to an hallux cination. Can there be nothing invented to so far dispel it as to in duce the Southern farmer to live more within himself and less at the mercy of the Shylocks? Origin of Odd-Fellowship. Extract from a letter of Grand Master Tompkins, of Alabama. Plutarch speaks of a society at Alexandria to which Mark An thony and Cleopatra belonged, and denominates it " Odd or Inimitable "5 Livers" which possessed many of the essential features of Odd-Pel- w.n?r, p -r., iof have authentic data. that, this nr.. traniration wna hrnnt h SirMn ... . . O J " A'-I'W iUttllVU AACLUU0 under tha .teel harniM n.rl rlanV, ing of knighthood from France into England, and was nlantd in th J rrJiietU ; t.a from which sprang the Manchester Un tv nf Enr sh O.IrlxFellnwsrun of the present. -j o r While we do not recognize Man coy as authority on the history of Odd-Fellowship, I hare no data at hand for controverting his assertion that "a lodge was instituted in Connecticut in 1799, and one in Baltimore in 1802.' Nor have I any inclination to do so. I think it not unlikely that even in the col onial history of this continent emi grant members of the Manchester unity may (in otner isolated cases as well as those referred to) have sought to organize lodges under the authority of the maternal order in London. But I respectfully deny that these had any connection whatever with our Independent Or der of Odd-Fellows of to-day. This latter was indeed organized bv Thomas Wildey and his five great and good confederates in the city of Baltimore, on the 26th day of April, . - . . - ... ) . . r '1 1819. It holds no fellowshiD what - ott uh the AfaBoeto. UrT al- i..t, f,AnA 4-v luuuSu , same BuorMum w moral prmoipie " ,? , c . J "ul .. C1Ctucu,' V1 cardinal virtue. JN either does it recognize, nor ia any manner atfah ate with other off-springs of the unity now being disseminated to so larsre an extent amon?r the colored citizens of the Union, north and south. Our Order, while as old in spirit as the eternal hill.9, or the immutable principles ot right or wrong, is nevertheless in its mater nal organifm of American birth. It is indeed peculiarly an American institution, and with its half million of zealous votaries ; its twenty mil' liens invested in deeds of human benefaction: its annual increase of fifty thousand ; its growth as well as its promise of the future, mav .1. " v i.u.t .( j. i j- , . , A V W MMVft VDV11UBVVU it is fostered, and from whence it has long since gone back to the Old World -as the cherished child of modern civilization and of American virtue. A Contented Editor. Ihe following story will serve to illustrate at ones the character of Mr. Black (who died in 1855) and . u. ivu v. uwu wrvni 1 cle m its palmy days : M Mr. Black was a great favorite with Lord Melbourne when the lat- ter was Prime Minister. His lord ship esteemed him, cot only for his great learning, his wonderful mere ory, his apt illustration of every topic of discourse by an apparently inexhaustible fund of anecdote de rived from the most recondite sour ces, but for his simplicity and Jcmi homie. John Black was a modern Diogenes in everything but his ilK nature. On one occasion Lord Melbourne said to him, " Mr. Black, you are the only person who comes to see me who forgets who I am." The editor opened his eyes with astonishment. . "You forget that I am Prime Minister." Mr. Black was about to apolo- gizc, but the Premier continued: " Everybody else takes especial care to remember it, but I wish they would forgot it ; they only rememv ber it to ask me for place and favors. Now, Mr. Black," added his lord ship, " you never ask me for any thing, and I wish you would ; for seriously, I should be most happy to do anything to serve you." "I am truly obliged, " said Mr. Black, "but I don't want anything. I am editor of tho Morning Chroni cle. I like my business, and I live happily on my income." "Then, by Heaven!" said the peer, "I envy you; and you're the only man I ever did." at Gea pWi Lsa says of the f g m " following is the full text of General mtzhugh Lee s speech at Norfolk on Mondav niht. the oc ' ,e:nn ne ft, e -mwii. r, mxxcs Fellow-Citizens of Norfolk, Ladies and Gentlemen : I come forward, m response to your calls, to thank you for this very flattering recepi tion- 1 vrent t0 Boston as a guest of your own " Artillery Blue?," not because I expected to have a pleas- ant tnP and a good timc ut 1 hope for a higher, holier purposefor tho good of our State, our people, and all sections of a common coun try. Oh ! how I wish I had time to tell you of the reception accord ed to us by those people of Boston ot the enthusiastic crowds that greeted upon every occasion how the streets were lined with people out their welcomes to us, and bidding us welcome, thrice weU come. I wish I could Btop with 1 1- X- " J en.ugu w give you some r 7 TV"eresH0S ,nc e 3 of our trip. How a sightless sol- dier told me' " General, your boys Put mJ eJG8 0Ut DUt 1 am 9lad 00a wnn hnro in Ann mirlof Krvnr on I j til aSeu Seu"euiau SraPlnS una mj f ands m ld e raI', 1 lst W0 S.0n! the war-the Only two i had but for public consideration fnd for the n5tlon 8 S00.1 a,m "Y "J"- J"-' PT" time time. How my hand was shaken by people whose overflowing heart3 prevented a single word of utter ance. Do you know what all that means ? It means at that end of the line precisely what the outpours ing of your people at this end of the line to meet us upon our return means, viz : That the people of this country havo taken this matter of reconstruction out of the hands of the politicians ; that the crust which r j t i, t ti V '" "u 1Qast and the men of the North and South are at last allowed to sec each other face to face. An Earthquake at Sea. The ship Ilamlin of Boston arrived at tnis port early yesterday, witn a I cargo of sugar consigned to H. L, I Morening &. Co., from Manilla. Her commander, Captain Koss, states that - J.A IT T A 1 3 - 1 6 BJ- uu " uuo wuea m lamuue 19 degrees 16 minutes, longitude 57 degrees 51 minutes all onboard felt the shock of an eartnquake which lasted M1 tea minutea Daring this time there was a heavy sea run- ning, and in different places tho wa- ter appeared to revolve in circles like a whirlpool. When the dis turbance hrst began tho sea was quite smootn, but as tne snocJc increased in violence tho waters became corres pondingly agitated, terrifying those who were on deck and arousing thoso who were sleeping below. Suddenly the vessel received a shock as if she had grounded and a peculiar rumb ling noise filling thejair. Simultace ously with the shaking, tha sky as sumed a dull, leaden hue. The at mosphere was also thick and hazy. During the continuance of the shoclr, control of the vessel was completely lost and the slliP "fased to obey the UB a? wmu at the time, yet the vessel was tossed I aoout as tnouen m tne midst oi a It J i 1 1 li a abou gale. The Captain describes the uphoav- ing of tho waves aa similar to what would occur u a series of heavy sub marine explosions had taken place. Tho duration of tho shock was long enough to enable those who were below to reach the deck and witness the unusual sight. After tho distur- bance had subsided, the sea again became as calm as before. The ves3el stained no damage and her X- 1 i i. -UI 1 her 5j0oo boxes of sugar wero thrown
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