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, J. & W. B. SEALS.
THE GAPE FS&R AND YAD
KIN VALLEY RAILROAD.
No. 2."'
By exanjin'nt; hs map of North
Carolina it will bo seen that almost
Yithout exception our rivers have a
general courss iroia Nortk West to
Saath Ei3t; witness the Jloanokrt,
the Chwan the Tar the jSTeuse, the
Cpa Fear the Yadkin and the Ca
tawba, and it will also be observed
tW-t betvreen esicjh of thase-streams
.... t
is a table laad er dividing r'd-i,
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which,: f eoHrse fellbyrs the etnc
geral direction. Aleri .tiise
dwidiRg, ri'ias ere' natural road
ways waieia erly ira ,'.!4la. .kiitsCy of
Viae state ere atilkgiS 'ifew- n!ke'"cn
'strtct ions -cf bih riaiii
lo'.vd t'ftese Tinges' tfift3. sf 'she
facilities :.:.55?a ifcar &oatamnetioQ
in the ;4bieu' ((eir.w.ttJar 6 Sine or-esa-ed
; on aceoaRJuji: tlbip- grades
&;id H:n' Wl-WtcMjjru3j(i. b j
cauie they " :ra k thtt . d;trectio'.
which trad a seefSft ewer . &ztsi ia nod
to follow, that is .wTi'ui ssr paralel to
the, -cross of tiaa ;streaQ, or, as we
say ia-thii . part of th w.irid. with
theHay ot the land."; Our Nor tiv,
C ii'oii :i a system of i.ti I roads niuit,
then, run" .North West and South
Est. ' In riiy torm-iv letter uist.-tian
wa m vie of n iov c'tarcered its
1852 'tartiy.4:lVbm the; town of Fay
etteville nndranrjing westward, or
rather north wadtward, with the
old plank roaos and the. rivet's. J Al
tcr..var;ou3.'yjcissit.ddeft and a $xi:
cession of n-ntovrard fortunes," it fi'
jval iy, by act of the Lislati-e of
1879, changed its naoiiV : to the
OjpaFVf and ; Yadkin : Vu'ley R '
Iv, after Kaving copaUda'ed vpith
what was known as thi Ot e Knob
a:id Mt. Airy II, K. C. 'ic ia to
this road as now organized. ."that I
wish to call the attention ot thae
;
intL-fastcd in a state evstem of in
ternal iuipi'ovementa. ' Tiie t;:rand
ultimate object ol' building this, road
is to make a lino of narrow iattj:e
road of 3 lebt sruage from, the citv
of Wilmington , by- Fayette ville
Greensboro, Walnut. Cove, Jones
villc, and Wilkasboro, to Patter
son in Caldwell" i-county, thence
tbrWsrti -.Wktauara br Mitchell, ac
cording as f 'jture develppmsnts
raav 'dictate? i.u the direction of ths
Cuinberlad.Gap., 'Another. branch
of the road- starts off from! the main
stem near German town, ia Stokes
county, and rniis to Me. Airy iu the
nortiiem part of Stokes, thence
through Alleghany to Ore Knob, in
Ashe, ,
The State of North Carolina owns
eleven fourteenths. of the stock and
now has two hundred and seventy -
lire convicts at' work grading the
road. Of these ono hundred' and
tortv are at work about fiiteen miles
cast of Greensboro and about one
hundred and thirtv-five are North
West. Oaly about tea miles : bs
low Greensboro remain to bo grad
ed and then the, whole force 13 to
be put to work 011 this end of the
line until the point of divergence of
the tranches is reached, when the
hands are to be equally divided and
the two lines constructed pariposnu
to their western termini, i -
Financially the company is in
good coudition and if tbo people
along the line will but do their duty
niKdimculty needb3 apprehendeahand,. and twenty-ninft 'dollars,
in equiping- the road a tast as 'it j bjng a? dividend on stock held by
can be.gradcd ready for the rails
Beginning at Wilmington,: let- us
follow"; this road it hrbughunl v&
length and see tvlilatsort of a coun
try will be developed by it," .and
whit t'radst' 'it ui ay expect: to 6U3-:
tain it, and finally .what , etfoct it
vVilI have upon th3 business: of the
estate, and the eourmeieia! future of
onr principal seapjort. FroirnWil-
mingtf n II13 rOad jpasses along, the
wobij valley ; of ithe' Cape Fear
ibrofgb the rich equities of
Hanover, Brunsvyickj Bladen- and
Cumberland : thence from Favette
ville through iioroett,' Moore,
Chatham, Randolph, Guildford and
Stokes, in .vhich county the road
forks, one .prong go?n"---p the Yad ;
kiu river through Forsy the, i Yadkin,
Wilkesv Caldwell, Watauga ' or
Mitchell, toward the Cuiiiherland
Ga&, -The other proa '- will ' pass
through. Surry. .'Alleghany, and
Ashe. Thus it "tvill be " seen that
the road will run ftou the largest
and most flourishing ae'a ' coast cit j
pi our state north wct with fbc
fiver valleys and the 'conrsa of tie
streai3 the route, la id out by na
ture, and one whieu experience and
obsarvation both prove Ui be cor
rect Foom F.iyettevijlo ty Wil
mington, ilia comp Kiy'-crHins will
carry the rich products of the Cape
Far co ispoied in part of cotton,
rica and corny." Id addition to these
heavey freiglVts, mint be jided the
carrying trwde ' of the naval store
I'busmesa, Hgreg-jting . in the couris
i iiits year'tens of .thousands -of bar
re i of turpiotioB, rosin, and tar.
and millions' of feet of the finest
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lumber in tlw world, the 1 nuibor
sawed from the. celebrated lon leaf
u i ne.
E. JONES.
Ga-rSald's Lstter of Acceptanca,
. . AS IT SHOULD BE.
To the. Hon. Gehrge Jrulie Hoar
and oikerSy, Committee of the JSra-
tianal Republican Conuentivn ;'
- -Qentlemkj My norniiiatiou by
your CSoaventio'h" at: piagO; vwjss
unexpected. I did not depir(e it ;"1
bad not even c uitempiuted the pos
sibility of its huh)? made-' A very
UKiioe; recollection ol events m
J icy own public career lett;'o-room
in my mind for 4I10 supposition thai
the political party with which I
am acting could, under any circurn
s5tr.ces,. risk its supremacy upon
my candidature. After the mo
ment ot weakness in which i c n
seated to allow my name to; go be
fore the delegate?, uiy first irapuKe
ws 7to withdraw. That impulse
has recurred with augmented
strength at various times -during
the past five , weeks. It is still
strong withiu me. Netertheles?,
it having b;en rcDrescnted to me
that withdrawal at this' timo is im
possible, I have reluctantly decided
to accept a nomination that was uir
songhf hud un coveted, aud to enter
jnto a ' v-anyass which mv better
judgment declares to5 be hopeless.
Io accepting the nomination ot the
KeDubiic n;parry to b President
of the United States, I expressly dis
claim responibiiity for the rtsulr, if
'iinfavorabfe to that party. . r
' Having candidly defined my po
sition in regard to the canvass, it
eeomes proper for me ' to tynch;
with equal candor, upon the lead
ing issues that will engage the at
tention 'of, the people during the
next tew months.
In Jnnve, 1S68, as is shown by the
record, and as is declared by the 're
port of 'the Republican investiga
ting eommitteeV known as the Po
land Committee, I received from
?kj. Oakea Aaies a check for three
me in the Credit Mobilicr'Dt Amer
ica; In the confusion ota 'trying
momect I "swore that I had never
owned such stock and never receiv
ed aach divfdend. When it was
shown, that : the money in questiotj
nad been paid roe, beyond trie poh-
jsibility d a doubt,' I rt quested Mr.
Oakes Ames to consider it a'loah.
I now respectfully ask the voters of
the United States to: take ' that
view; QlthU.WQiio ad let
go-a a loan. .. v : 1 1 . -
On thel'itbof ,Jnlyf 1872 jfbj Jan
interesting coincidence . just eight
years ago to-day I received .from
a firm of ! coqtractyia inlereated sin
proenring an appropriation; by ; th
ewmtnittee of vhich l was chairman
a check tor, !5,C00; ' Wliei.tuis
transaction was investigated, five
years later by-a committee ot Con
gress, I swoVo'that the $5.000 was
Hot a" bribe, but a fee. Tfe fact
that 1 hisd, never renuered ' to this
firm ol contractors any terviee3 of u
legal nature is one which,; in my
opi nionh it is ueitlje r just nor, gener
ous to bring up alter all this: lapse
ot time. I thtfrj'iore respecttully re
q.uesf the vtifers of the' UYited
States to adopt my view of the five
thousand- dollar trai'isaei ion, and let
it go as a fee. ' !
. Tn February and March, 1S73: 1
wm largely iustru mental in eftect -
ing the pisenge of an' lippropriation
of about $2,000,-000 for the J! batk
pay ot Congressmen, i I considered
this amount wh ieh thus canie into
my liands a welcome i addition to
my slender income ; ; but when I
fooud tha the measure was .edicus
to-the country, and likely to Siflect
the political ln:u of the Uobgress
men concurred- iq it, I mado haste
to-covar. the ..entire sum intj the
Treasury. I was . one
half dozen. refund.
ot the .first
I now
specttully ask the voters of the
United States to take my riew t ot
that restoration ot; the people's
money, and let it go as a virtuons
act. , . r j -
There arc no doubt; other ques
tions jalloeung mv personal .charac
ter which wiil .como . before ine
couhtry ; those rhich I have speci
tied seem to tno to ibe' amoDg tha
most important. My earnest jdesi re
;s that, whatever course politilical
disciicsion limy take letween now
and . November, we may be spared
a campaign of calumny:' 1 ?
' On the other hand, if culture aod
classieal attainments are: to ihv
any weight in the contest now ope-uing-if,
as has been ;rtceutly sug
gested in the speeclil ot a: ' distin
guished .Massachusetts Senator,
the echoo'maater is Tyrteenaof the
terrible pacs ot Salamis, inspiring
the Aihe.nian Old Guard by com
bingcut his long p locks in ? the
presenco of Egyptian hosts, I shall
be found at the front of the Repub
lican column, carrying confidence
to the hearts oi voters by. the cool
i.ess vith:whic!, ia the hottest .of
lhe fiht, JL bhall biting out from
time to time some ot, the, treasures
ot a cultivated mind. ( r
. I remain gcuilemen, yOur fellow
citizen," . t ;. ;'-
A. QAKFIKLL. ? .
Mentok','6 , July 12, 1880. ,
EowSlia Gotliim, ; "
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NAOU'S VAIN ATTEMPTS TO ' ISOAPE
TIiE'Wll)OW'sMATEtMO"aiAL6"SABKS, ;
A Detioit justice of the peace
was the other day interviewed by a
Woman . about ibrty-five - years of
go-e. who announced ithat she' would
bo married on a certain night at.her
tarte-honse, and his Honor. had
been selected to come out and per
form the ceremony. She asked
how much, the fee was, and. paid it
and took a receipt: j Business cau
eluded.Sr'h.e sattlown, filled a short
clayspipe with tobacco and indulg
ed in a smoke. . i . ; " r -V
Yt a .won't flunk loo on" Jhis ?"
she said, as she.rose to go, after pt
hahsting the contents oi bcrl pips.
: '6h, no--Il be tiiere sure " 1
'So'il l,and Etfllho, or:ril know
the reason why .Hi-'s beoa a claw
ing off a little-lately bat I'll make
bim toe the4aiark, 6fee it I donV'.
vl hope' nothing unpleasant will
cr," cbsevved th Qonrt..
' hope s.y,too,,bat I'nf going to
ber, pi epared ibr a ecririimage jnst
t became. . Yon alwajs "bacli the
yeakel sex, don't yon.?" . . . ' -
;Y yeg,' toftly itplied ;tjij jcs-.
tice, , . . ; ': . ; . -:
i,, do I, a ad I guess-'we'H be
all righr -DonTt forget .be dato4"
His JIoor went oi a?t night,
prepared to-perform the csreuaonj
wjth - '-promptness and. goodwilf.
Ho found about a dczen persons ns
sembled at 'the "house, and the wo
man looked goigeons under tl&
light of three - ken-sense lamps.
She had Ker pipe going,? ai:d her
face was covered with a biaDd
smile as the shook hacda and said :
"Takei a cheer. : .The vold man
isn't here yet, but I'll send for him."
Then, turning to a boy in the. room
she continued
bamue1' S and tell the eld man
it,s t?mo o come in and be ." spliced.1
Samuel depared on bis. errand.
and after the Jupse of ten tninatt-s
ho returned and responded :;
"The old man js overdo Martin's
He? got his boots of! and s whi?
tling out a wooden cat, and I don't
believe he carts two cents about be
ing tparried to you or auybo'dy,
else " . - .
The widow refilled her. pipe,
t ook se v er al 6 1 rong w hi fl?, and
j tbtn said to a longlegged farmer
re-lwh itemed hungry lor the bridal
feast';.' ' '
"Jiloses, you go over and tell
Noah I want him 1' :
Metes departed. He was absent
ten intnhtes, and !the,n Ibungeid in
and said : : ' " '"''''"- '' .' '. - '
, "Sys he is quite comfortable
where ha is- j Gnefs he isn't on the
marry very much." ; ' '
4'4adge,"- began the were an, as
f he;, looked around for her bonnet,
yon play a gams of foX"-ar,d-geese
with MoseR while I go over and see
about this thing. . There's ; going
to be a marriage here to-night,(and
I'll bet a new horse-rake on it !"
She ws absent about twenty
minutes, and then reUrned in com
pany fith toah. He bad neither
coathor.bat on, and only one' boot,
arid both were panting for breath.
"G-go ahead, Jude!" she gasp
ed, as she hauled the groom, into
the centre ot the' roTm. uHe
heard rae coming and got out and
run four times around the orchard,
but here he is." .
'Do you want to marry this , we
man Vf asked, the official, as he gave
Noah a lookifjg over. v
. ''Yaas3 was the blunt reply.
"Then , why did! yon run away ?"
" 'Spose'I'uv going to'give right
in the first thing ?" demanded the
indignant. Noah. "I'll go and fix
up and come back." '". " . '
.kNo, darling ; no yon wontmy
pet am.ethyst I", chuckled fba wid
ow. , '.We'll be married right here
and now, boots or'n o boots 1" ' ;
She crowded binV against the ta
ble;. Moses stood' behind ' the 'pan
to render any .needed aid, and the
knt wa3 soon ied. ; As. soon as
the ceremony was over Noah skipp
ed cut - ot tbebak door, but o one
pursued. The ; widew. called 5 the
guests to supper and remarked
Sit risrht down and "doht worry
about the groom.' l'v e been niue
vears working him up to this but
he'll be a little baahlul for a, few
wks tb come. . Have some of this
roast pig, Mr." Court V'psrrtii
Free Press , . ' - .. '
'Sleepless nights tufd cheerless
days will be prevented if yU'U6e
Dr. Ball's Baby1 Syrup o-induce
sleep and coin posars tor the Bvby.
Pi ice 25-cents,. .. iyi-v
The 1'orest and Stream, hai it. "To
preeerve health use Vv timers Safe Kemo-.
diess These" are ; almost of '? uii.iaculoujj
power in : reuvoving diseasts forr which
rec cniEDfrEded. ' j.h- worutierful. curative
xi valitlt"lhy eie in-estcd l vouched
.. bx teas of tousacia-' -
" Yesterday and ti-Morrow
' "Hole on dar," sajd a colored
man. -hailing an acruan tance
ilDoesyer croes de street ebery
time yer sees me ter keep frnm
payin' dat.bilir ' . . , ...
, I ;No, I doesn't." 0 ,
"What fur den?"
! uiler keen frum hpin
01
"Mr. Napoleon," said the credi
tor, ''I lent yvr ten dollars tliree
weeks ago.. Yer promised ter pay
me. De Vdder day jou said cat
?ieman yer'd pay me ter-day. Votv
What'fe YCr jrr.t ipr av"
' I ol'n.n ? 1 - t-r- , f
gettin' er lack ob flotofy an' my
honos mixed."
"How's dat?" - " .
"Doan yer know 5 at" de udder
d ay all de time m town1 was chan
ged? Da fonn' dat de time was
wrong mi' da sent t:ff an got what
da calls a transit apparatus, tirc
den all de watehrs aft' cloeks, h:l
been overhauled. Hit had? been
foun' dat our lime js gis bne cay
too fast."
''.Dat's got nuthin ter do wid my
money," , f - .
' 4'Conrte;it b&b. I premised to
pay yer tcr-day. De oberhanliu'
ob de lime shows dat dis amt ter
day."' tiTTJ.. J l'i '.;'
juow uvjej yer maiteoair
: .' Why, his is ter-morrow. Doan
y'er let? Lemme tell yer, et yer
gc.es ronn'.djs town showin' , sr ch
i gimruce oh fiotofy de people will
laugh' at yer."
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f-, iwi, ucu J6 er iue iey iy
rae?" - '--:'. . ' i'.'."-
Jrs ez foon cz wft .kin git lhe
time. 6t th ightened np. Da's woikin
f hit now. - Jts tke my advice,
fnr el de people ocstgits inter dar
ob knowledge won't change hit; -Jfron
the little Beck A ah) Ga-
Rul es efcr Livirg. 1
I am no docter or pill vendor,
yet 1 have bad a guod long life and
a happy one. May I nof, there
fore," just give ray f imple rules tor1
health, in the hope that ,som
t raveler on the npor down .hiil ct
life may look at them and be bene
fitted by them'f I have prletictd
them for many years and they ha
done me goodj and they may du
good to others. Thc-y are inexpen
sive and may eosily atiandoiied, if
they cause any harm.
i IT
JL aw xi tuu ruugngu cio - LUUtl2
as " possible.-. A plant will not
tbtire withdut thesuubeam; much
lass aman. .
"lirBreath as much fresh air a
your1 bnsiness" will permit. Tliia
will make fresh blood; but it will
never be1 found in the foui walli ot
your building. Beneath the open
sky, just therej and only, there, - n,
comes to yon. . J
v; '111: Be stricly temperate. You
jcanoo: break organic law or an
other law, with impunity. ; .
IY. Keep the feet al ways -t;l
and the 'Head' copU Disease Kr
death - ? begin f? at tbo feet n..
commonly than we thiok. '
' Y. Eat white bread " when v jc.i
cphnot get browu bread. 1
-VI. .. If. out of order se whiih
o.t the aboye rnlts yon have not ob served,
then rqb you, self all over
w;ith a towel "saturated: -with- salt
water; and; well dried, and bwg'u
upou tho r riles again- . - .
VIL. Look over on the bright siJ-r
wnicu is lhe . heaven, side of jii
This i far better than medicine.- .
Thece eeveti slmpio rules, gooK
for the validyif rightfy -'obseryto,
would save,, L apprehend, ag c :
deal of paii prolong lite, ana -v
far fcs health goee., make it Wo. U
haveg. V, HetWL. ' ' ; . . - -.