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Wt J. STUART, ?r,nLW ITHEET BKEWER, Eauori .WVB&DAY) MAHCBV....21, SG"AU eoiiimunicatious sent furnubli i)on iii fhe CabthWinus iiiiut lie atvom )anid Wh' V 'lMpbnuible fuimv. ' i'lo not jrixu tbe name, for pnbUc&liou, btLtouij ' jj WE are glad to see the people in different portions of the County, ire JmDgfng forw ard the names o tons lor the vaiioui ollices WTnV'oviflnvxi election, correspondent EurrALO, - gjes Is U i ' names of Geo. S. Cole and V&8.. J. Worthy for the Legislature. JJoth of these gentlemen are' well qualified and-would make good OUR DUTIES AS CITIZESS. We, people of America, are sur rounded by blessings and privileges l'6-H such asjw nation on earth has . ever before enjoyed. We have free speech, free presf, and free action, so far as justice and honesty would desire. We are allowed to choose our own rulers, and our system of zovernmmt is such, as enables us, to rid ourselves of any officer, who is not honest and efficient in the (FWharire of his respective duties. O I With ruHi privileges, and a lich and productive soil we have made greater progress than any people on the globe. Our churches and schools have increased, and cur mechanical facilities are almost be per 6 be Our sug- t?nrpftpnf atn'Pa. 1 Wphfit-p nli-ntv fc.i-.f-,, - ' .- ,4 i. ' vond a parallel. Our commerce of, good men iq Moore County J . ,, . , , men who have worked hard fJr the N1 favorab 7 wUh thi'! Democratic" nartv : and men who should receive some compensitiou !tV the, hands of. their party. Who j has foujfrt harder than Col. Si. A. Seavtell, and at a time wRen 'no one else would shoulder the '-load" that js, face the Republican party ''afr.that time.' We are for the peo ' pTeV choke, and want to see a fair ?.a,nd. equitable Convention one thit will express the sentiments of thc Democratic party at large. We Vartt the people to speak out in the "jinlnmiiA .r flirt it nTfll niTI 4 V riwhlch is specially devoted to the vJnterests of the tar-paying people. j 'Mr. Cole and Col. Sea well are both ' : gdod Democrats, and we hear both "of Ihem talked of for the Senate. We are willing to trust the iriter- ; est of Moore County to either one. ? They both deserve something. Mr. Worthy will run ns well ns any - man. we think in the County, and is fully qualified for a Siht in the .' , next Legislature of NorH Carolina. "i , ; TO OUR FARMERS. - The latest news from the' East i; is not encouraging. Grave appre " hensions of serious complications , are entertained. It now seem to p; be & questioli of doubt whether the proposed European Congress will - meet or noty mid if it meets it is equally doubtful whether it will accomplish theresults intended and . detired. What the result will be. ft. n rA aise the price of bread-stuff, t;,t, nd provisions of all kinds, and to greatly depress the cotton and na i ! ::val slp're markets. We especially calltlieattention of our farmers to ' these facts for the purposeof warn ing them against embarking too e?tensiveiy in the culture.of cotton to the exclusion of grJn crops. Moore County, on the whole, is not a cotton producing county'; yet .there bus been'a steady increase in "the quVn tity of t he staple p rod uced . hcre for the last six or eight years, . .. and -from information received ' ''-through correspondents and other ; wise, the farmers in some portions . of the county are now makiug preparations for a larger cotton ' r roptban ever before. Experienced (armors say that the' prices now rolirrgj will not pay the cost of pro t duction, and if a war is inaugurat ' ed involving spieral of the Euro r peap, powers, the price will inevi tably be much lower than at pres. enk" The policy pursued by the i;; South since the iur in planting cotton almost to (he exclusion 0I v -J ieveryth&ig .else,, has been ruinous ,; Vl in the extreme land has served ' -. 3.u5rat'y .tp; increase the weight ofi I '. '10 unancial burden under which we have been groaning for several ' C years. , Jt is customary' for men ng"R"Sr n enterprises in every other department of industry to! Iirst ..f .1 no rt lif.r iintinn. nnH it is hp v find ..y f , J the pover of conception to pre dict what a people we can be. lint while our hearts become ani. mated with the prospects of so bright a future, and we can almost realize a fore-taste of the happiest naiion on earth; wo should take an impartial view of things present and things about to come, and thus see-if there is not certain duties resting upon; us whereby we may perpetuate to future generations, the blessings we now enjoy. Is it not true we have as many wicked and demoralizing influences to coun teract as any government in exist ence. As a nation advances in knowledge, and in wealth, history shows that crime and corruption also increase. Then would it not be well for us as the progeny of such a noble ancestry as our forefath ers were, to prepare ourselves to combat against those evils, which are likely to impede our progress, as a moral and religious people. Are there not certain duties, which individually, and collectively we, as citizens must discharge? Per haps we all see and know our duty, and can form good resolutions, but the difficulty with us, we never act. A multiplicity of evils may exist in our midst, such as we know are poisoning the well springs of so ciety ; and we go heedlessly on, ottering no resistance. They are Determine to accomplish s k li duty some good, for ourselves, our coun try, and our God. We are all, too much inclined to pass these great and momentous evils unnoticed and seek to drive away the "cares" and responsibilities" of life by a loose turn of mind. We dd not consider our obligations for the perpetua tion of our manifold blessings and privileges. JYe see churches plant ed, school-houses reared, and manv otlvpr .institutions devised for the good of humanity. And do we ev er think that those of our fathers who have done so mucl tcr our improvement have and are passing away? One by one they die atid are gone. Their places must be filled by the rising generation the young people of the couutry. Our churches, Sunday schools, day schools and other elevating enter prises must be sustained. Let as many "new depaitures" as there may be, arise, amoug the infidels. free-thinkers and depraved sons of Adm, the fact is too evident that such progress as that will never improve the morals of society. imai would society be, destitute Of the instrumentalities we have named ? If is had enough as it is. Takeaway our churches, our Sab bath schools and other institutions, moral and relidous. mi,.!. GO TO . WORK, YOUNG MAN. The Austin (Miss ) Cotton Plant) gives the young men of the tiroes the following good advice: "The present age seems to be very prolific in the production of numbers of young men who, have, somehow or orther, educated them selves up to the belief that they were. created to make their living by doing nothing. Every city, town and village in the land is filled to overflowing with young men who are idle, hunting clerkships, or some place where they hope to ob tain a living witriout worR. Nnmbers are hanging around, living from hand to mouth, spong ing upon some friend, waiting for i vacancy in some over-crowded store, and when a'vacancy occurs, offering to work for a salary that would cause a shrewd business man to suspect their honesty, and when remonstrated with by friends and advised' to go to work, they nvaribly ansvyer, 'I don t know what to do!' We would say to those who want to know what to do, co to work": there is work enough -'to do by which you can earn an honest living and gam the respect ot all those whose respect is worth seeking. Quit loafing about, waiting and looking for a clerkship in some store with a wheelbarrow load of goods. Get out into the country on the farm and go to wprk. What to dot Why, here in. this Mississippi bot tom, there are thousands of acres of virgin growth awaiting the stroke of the hardy axman, and thousands of acres of tillable land that needs only the work of the sturdy ploughman to yield its tren sure, richer far than the mines of the Black Hills; and yet you say you don't know what to do! Go to work go to the woods go to the fields and make an honest liv ine, for wh have in our mind's eye numbers of you whose? talents are better suited to pickingcotton than measuring calico, to cutting cord wood than weighing sugar, to keeping up fences than keeping books, and to mauling rails than dishing out whiskey by the drink ; and we can assure ypu that the oc cupations you are better adapted for are much more honorable in the eyes of persons who respect is worth having.' The above containes some well timed and practicable remarks. There are too many young men who want easy positions want to live and "cut a swell" but have tint. prvrsv and nerseveraAcfi evej: has a plenty of good farming lands and we are sure there is not a more honorable calling amongst the va rious vocations of life than farming. There is no class who can live so independent as the farmer ; nor en joy life more agreeably. This is a business in which there is always room. No young man need fear that it wi'l be stocked like the legal medical and other professions. Then young man why waste the best days of your life in deciding what to do. Pull off your coat, roll up your sleeves aud shqw to the world that you will make, an honest living and become an hon ored and useful member ol Society. of availing bimsetfof the laws of Lis country made for p protection. 1 be object of f courts u to protect the weak from tbefiolence ot the strong ; the pr.moiioD bf'ght and the preven tion of wrong, a to fiord speedy jus tice ; but bow por'j are these objects accomplished waa the means are placed beyond the read of toe masses. In actions id deb', the delay and .-.08 ts of the ett are more than the a- mount sued fj; then pray what does the plaint ff gJi even though he recov ers bin debt. Then the aidant of expense upon the County ariingfrbni feeding sometimes as high as tweltt prisoners is enough to baukiuot the ieat of counties and cover them with deo. We need rief and we must . have it. we can do blefer if we will, our peoplo have been gulfed till tby are afraid to veotui.e in. shinning bey 11a oa one nana they uuiortaqtelv rao into Charvboyis on the titheiJ VVa need more speeuy J ustice mod cour-'s. How delisted" were the peasantry of England upon he establi hmect ot tne i-ourt of NiJPiius, by which they were relieved froi going up tb Wes'roiui-tei where they toad been forced to attend perhaos for tears, without having their casea d ciustanw with what animation does theMf,med l-.istirixn describe their lise, protrfesOrbip6"'' lne'r n"a' emancipation from their shackles of ser vitude, tlie (if graded condition of serfs aud villians U tbe bberties of freemen VJhat ay fhwe of our sister counties in which Infarior U'mrts have been es tablirihec' ? Quod, without a single ex ception that jwe have beard of. Then we say if they, are neede I aiiy where K is in Moore, there the Docket i never cleared. Tw week9 term courLbefo;e list, two weeks term last court, ami still over a weeks work remaining on the Docket. And acain under the new di vision with onl one week allotted to us, bow will we navigate J Necessity ttjou mother of Invention come to our rescue. NuNClUS. March 19thl878. therefor? to stay at home until some fu ture day, when tbe conditions will be more favorable for making fortunes here. POPULATION. The population of this section is alto gether different from that section of Carolina, com i osed of Moore.Richmond, lobeson and Cumberland Counties There the Scotch element prevail. Here the popu.ation is ecb ctu for nearly eVery nation, Kindnd, t'ibeand tonjrue bas its representatives. This eclecticism his is advantages and its-disadvartages. t cannot be said that, there here is one lxni, o-'ie faith, one Daotism. l'here is adversity of seniimeut and eveij caste o' society. FLORIDA T0CBIT8. It was once t-aid that westward the Star of Eirpire winged its fl:eht. Now it can be truthfully said that Southward the Star of hinpire wios its fiitiht. Day after day the trains cn the great Atlantic and Gulf Road are loaded dowp with passengers from ihe North and great North West seeking health and homi s in South Georgia and iiiore espe- cia ly ic the Sttte of Florida which now seems to be the great centre of attrac tion, both from the orth ana est. The State of Florida has what is known as bureau of emigration which by judi cious management is bringing in the tide of emigration from al1 sections of the' world and thus developing all the latent power of the otate. In, this con neetion Messrs. Editors, allow me tn at-k the q .estioii why is not the Old North State more ze.dous in bringing in the powers and people from ahroad to develop hfr resources ? there is plenty of room in CroHua for all good men of all professi ms. Let her therefore citch the spirit from her sister- States ol tne South and bring them from afar to build up her wa"e jdaces and develop her sp'etdid lesoutces. Your correspoB dent must close this present communi cation. Long life and succass to tne Cartuaginian. May it piove Bble--me to its couutry and may a race yei unborn cherUh it as abomehol l God? Traveler March 13th, 1878. Only within the last twenty five years has it .become extinct. As has already been stated, the chief source of income was their! livestock. The chief markets for beef-cattle were Norfolk and Bal timore, to which places large herds were driven yearly, yielding a handsome profit to the owners. Bridges not being so numerous then as now, the cattle were made to swim across the streams. An amusine incident is related of some drovers from this county. Coming to a river, the female inhabitants of a village on the opposite bank turned out to see the cattle swim across. Their presence frightened the cattle and they refused to ad dled was compelled tajjearrjrai witch a distance of three, miles t&r -attend at njidiHghJ revet f the - terhood ; that dirriog the orgies he stood tied tr a peach " tree, : and these being ended", waa refwenreted and rode back to the praceot Urta5 ing; that for reverai days bisbaoda and feet were sW from th travel -a , over the gravel svattoaea during his equine existence. The witch in this case was an old woman who , Hyed only a few mires from Car-. tbage. Of course tbe abore eotrfd have no existence only at a Jreanv but no reasoning could make tnia man believe so, which ahowt th powerful hold his superstition had) upon him. To send toaneignoorov vance. The herdsmen tried to per- the first day of May was an nnpar suade the crowd of admiring le-1 donable offense, as some ill-lucK or males to retire, but without sue- misfortune was expected to follow; cess. As a dernier resort one of Education and a-Jnore general the party denuded himself, plung- diffusion of scriptural knowledge ed.into the stream and, made tor have almost entirely dispelled inn the oi-tposite shore. This caused superstition,; bat ; there are; tu an instantaneous stampede among traces of it which crops out occa the fuir spectators and the cattle aionally. 1 Only a few days ago. quietly foIloweJ their roaster to noticed a silver quarter-dollar bus ( rn mnpr snore. iiie i r i u mai npnnmiT nr hit iroiu iui hwb j For tbe Carthaginian. Letter froin South Eastern Ga. Atlantic nd Gulf Railroad. Messn Mitois As the Cartha ginian has tiund its way to tnat por.iop i if the "Sui ny South known as aouth Eastern Geo-gia, it ;8 1 ut just and fair that it send ack a veport of the land it has visited. Those of your retders who are living a uid the hdls and vales of Moore migh like to know what is going on in that )ait of the wnrld, wbere ihe Empire Siatp ki-ses the "Land of Flow- mi . ... ,1: . erg. Hie VJAHTHAOIian uas iubi with a kind rectp' ion out here, both at the hands ot native Georgians and wan de.inr Carolinians. In fact it. cou d not be otherwise, as the CARTUAG'SIAN comes with that Paiaphernalia whic must couioaand revpect. It comes clo'hed with all thai dignity and refiue mi ut peculiar io genuine North Caro lina. It is far above the average In point merit and mechanical skill orthy the liberal patrona-e sheen market was CharUstoo. S. I nf n rilsin. Koneat farmerV J SSied C. whither laree flocKs were him if he tKouchtit posiesTeHkn driven yearly. It seems passing talismanic influence. He replied: stranee. that a rceion. which one oh no. Iam sometimes troubled tr - i hundred years ago, furnished by its with a fluttering at the heart, and spontaneous production a beauti- was told that wearing a piece of ful sustenance for large" numbers silver thus would relieve that. I of horses, cattle, sheep and hogs, don't know that there is any good should now seem so barren, espe- jn it, but I know there is no harm.' cially where so much of the prime- The Scotch are a people of strong val forest remains. In the pine prejudices. With them friendship bottoms and flats on the upland is gome more than a name. It is a the Reed grew in such luxuriance reality, "the cement of two as to entirely conceal a horse trom minds. As an instance ot strong view at i he distance of only a few attachment between individuals I feet. Acorns and nuts abouuded will mentibn the case of two Ten in such great abundance that hogs erable Scotchmen in this wooty, were fat the year round, even in Strong Jno. McNeill and Archibald the month of March hogs were McKenzie. who manifested sueh an The following is No. 9, of a Be-1 often killed in the woods netting affection tor each other, that they ries of articles which appeared from 120 to 130 lbs Ihe decline were 8eldom separated. . ,Wnere ot tnis oouniuui range wassuuuen one Was you migni expect iw uu and rapid. The Keed died out ex- the other. They worked, ate, Slept cept in the8wamp8, and the white- and hunted together, and. it was oak and other acorn producing their mutual request to be buried varieties aecnnea, so mat in me together, ineir remains iif nuo short space of two years the teem- DV sjde in the grave-yard at Union ing tlocKs and tierasowinaiea to i Presbyterian cnurcn nve-muea mere remnant. Just across tne south ot Carthage.- itowLAKD. Cumberland line, there is a basin , .... Known as "Calf-bottom" where it .. : 'rTLT"'.. is said forty calves were dropped School. in one nisjht by a herd belonging This School waa established by the f n Af r Tnn Mr-Mu nMhslt npltffl- SSt JiCBlS Uture IW WW lOCBVCB 1U borhood. From this circumstance Uhw ton k more suitable place I 1 1 of iteraiy Im CORRESPONDENCE. For the Cabthaoixias. Inferior Court for Moore. Messrs. Editor?: The mag stratus of our county some months past conuit ing upon the propriety of establishing an Inferior Court, wisely concluded to post pone their final action, upon tbe sub ject Lr future deliberaivms, at least uutil they could have the benefit of the experiei.ee of sister couaties which had adopted the measure. After having received the desired in formation, and that the new machinery works harmoniously abroad and that there can be no. doubt as to' Its utility and economy, we urge upon our magi--tratc the upediei'cy of -meeting and rendering their decision on this mat tcr. 1 Some of our people have long ago dispaired of getting a triil in our Supe rior Courts and abandoned treirsuis. i ii ... . . . I . . v 1111:11 .r i. i y w : . i,uuiii. ute vcost and thn " " " oucieiv is cor-ini:... .j . riitfi..J.....l....i ii - t proximate tne margin of rro(ii, but' 1 " an tj-esecorrecUl to our Cjnrt tloose term alter term, Vour farmers as a class seem to "o I ,ve "i"lu'"Cl's 0ieratiii'? against the vi vim; V .. it blind, without stopping to in-T Uul these li, . quire whether it will Ly to nra I "fW ,1"'ur. ' predominateand ; 3ucW a bale of cotton 7a lTf ZT ia-. ;; 845. which thev "MiTnnt- 'ii , ' ef .k )f a" -Vlized nations I more than $4U; 'w whether , tTT" f , ' pay to cultivate an acre o 1 ' Uwn let U,e men of Lnd st a cost of SS 0.0 ZcZZ? T f - crop that will brins only 5 in ti,- t0llH"-r- A complete refornia-v.- ,m kr. nrh..V , tlie ,Wfl-mtcome, may each r. a(iuii3 uas oeen rso Ve to who make ' :. e!f 'uhing. money from grain and meat u.uatfv J r.lu"0n.8. tumble ind f. :;j v'i that the farmers who It our -lm9tt inAruu In l,n.l ...i -i . . iV i.iiu, Willie mo COt- ion planter; who usually handles a targer amount of money, is oftener in debt and under the necessity 0f borrowing. Make cotton if you will, but first provide amply for grain and meat. theijw we will ,ve the consolation to' "o , we did our duty. Slav w teach not only by precept but by j example. Association has a wreaii power, et us inm-ile with the pure and good. Take life's duties as thev ' world Our duties as citizens." pay their Hotel tills, clients pay their witnesses and "lawyers, their expenses, fcr two weeks at a time, acd all for what ? Only to go back home and cotae ogiia next Court, pay their wit nesses again and re-fee the lnvyers; this is mighty nice for tlie lawyers but death to the client. Now is it not perfectly patent to every reasoning ci'oulat ng mind, that undt-r th id state of afT.iis the very end-, fur which courts of Ju-tice were estab lished, aru (Jefeatel? Th joor man cm hae no fchowinin the Judicial tribuua's of Lis country ; he is at one. deprived of that great exponent of f ee American c tizenship, tlie riht of trial bjforc a J ury ot his countrymen ; he cannot enter and Hiaiouio a suit in Court rom term to term, heuce he must sub mit to the iasults, oppres-ious and im SOUTH EASTERN GEORGIA. where the Carthaginian comes weekly as a welcome ues is in that p- rtionof the State of tieo'gu which adjoins the Stau of Florida. Itsciimate is aiild an i gen tle, aud would no doubt compare favor ably with that of Italy or t'l'e Suuth of France. It is beautiful spring out here now. Tbe fruit trees are all in full b'oom and the !oret has a train laid aside its winter dress. The farmers are a I busy planting corn and prepariog forth crop of ISIS, Tbis section of the State is comparatively new and was sparsely Bett ed until the great Atlantic and Gulf red brought in the tide of eiuirati m and civilization. The general appear- ance ot the country oat here is quitf similar to certain pur ions tf the Old North State. There is but little under gr wth except in the hammocks and marshy place.. The suiface of the ground is covered with a kind of b ue wire grass similar to that in the neigh borhood of Fajettevilie. It must noi be inferred trom this fact that the land is u'aturally poor ant sandy, in many ptai.es a rich loamy soil is concealed be neath this mass of yrass. There is not much silica in tbe soil, but it is highly "impregnated w.th limestone an 1 yie ds well where industry and skill are com bined, fbe pjne tree is the king of the forest out here you very rarely see the massive oak and stately hickory, it is nothing but pine, pine and round pine at that. This feature is at present at tracting large numbers of Carolinims who propose to amass fortunes out of the turpentine business. A traveler fr m North Caroliaa in passing over the Qui road can almost imagine himselt home again instead of in outh 6e rgia. For at many of the stations he cau in nate that vapor wbion is familiar to tar heels. Five or s x years ago t'ere was not a turpentine still in this- sec ion of the btatfi. bat to-dy, there is about futy along the line of this road and . its blanches. The turpentine business with few exceptions is conducted aluio-t exclusively by Carolinians. Your cor respondent hardly eer travels over the line of the A. & G. ltilroad without meeting some familiar face from the O.d North State, This fact reminds as ot a speech delivered some years ago in Cai olma by a school boy at a public exam ination. The subject of bis speech was -'The Scattered Sons of North Carulina." They are certainly scattered in this sec tion jou may nod out lure, many grey beaded men and women native Georgians who claim that their ancestor: were all from Jortli Carolina, itefe iiig to the fnrpenline gain, your co espoudeut will state dispassionately for the beuefic of Carolinians that there is no monry to be made in Georgia now by wurki'ig turceatine. It renuius vet a. question of time to prjve whrtuer or not ; those who leave the old State and come here to engage in it are goin to 'A pos-i ioBs of hia more powerful and wealthy neighbor.-, without any means be beacfitted or nof. It is good advice some months ago in the North Car olina Gazette, and are inserted here at the request of a large number of Moore county citizens, who did not(see them as published in the Gazette. Editors. Moore County. No. 9. The manners, customs and mode of living which obtained among the first settlers of the county present a striking contrast compared with thoseot the present day. 1 hen dwellings were built of logs, with floors of earth, usually containing but one room which served trie pur poses of kitchen, (dining-room chamber and parlor. In the dwell infgs of some of the better cluss the noors oi piann niaae oy nana with the whip-s;iw. Thpir chief wealth consisting in flocks and herds, they paid little attention to the cultiva tion of the soil. Their asricultural implements were df the rudest kiud and few in number the prin cipal plow for turning the soil be ing a bar and point of iron with a wooden mould-board. Their prin cipal food consisted of bread made of Indian corn meal, milk, butter, cheese, beef, mutton, &c, with venison and other wild game, of which there was a great abun dance, feeding little or no grain to their stock, not even to their horses, ic required but a small area of land to produce corn pnough for bread. They had no stables for their horses, but open enclosures in which they kept them during the interval of rest at noon. Iu the evening they were turned out to graze. After the work season was over, the horses were turned out in the range, and were not looked after any more until the beginning of the next work season.' During this interval they became, wild, and were cap tured every Spring very much on the same principle that sportsmen capture birds by means of nets. A pen or enclosure was built at a con venient point with wings diverg ing from the only opening left and the horses once forced within these wings were easily driven into the enclosure. In the southern portion of this county there is a small creek known as "Horse-Branch," having taken its name from the horse pens in its vicinity. The late Neill Cameron, Esq., (father of W. P. Cameron, one ot our County Com- missioneis) relating the experiences of his bovhood, said : "The first thing on Monday morning was to hunt up the horses in the range, which, often, was not accomplish ed before ten or eleven o clock, and after a hasty breakfast made on skimmed milk aud cold corn bread, from beneath the crust of which the cockroaches were scam pering, he -was off to plough." Tbe wild breed of horses used in those days were, more hardy and longer lived.than they are now. The fact that there were no pleasure vehi cles in those days, and horses did but a small fraction of the service which they do now will io some measure account for their greater longevity. The wild breed was propagated for a number 'of years. a . . t lit-.--. I Jk imm. alone may be inferred this magm- w- . a ,arJ.a tude and importance of stocA mm- fitory bailding 85x70 feet, erectd for in in those days. school purposes, which "7 well for- That portion of the county lying tisiied in every particular for ihe buii south of McLendon's Creek, in- ness There can be at least six reoita- ?hv. .VP Rtf Jf Th w pooV-Mc- 4 L.na Jiayd tn thUhatldin atopoa, Vm. tvevrrr, ijainirfrif, MTflerol 5j)fing have in the Normal department about and partof Carthage and Bensalem 56 students, 35 males and 21 females. townships, was settled principally We have from' Moore county. Mr. W. by Scotch and Scotch-Irish, while r-hlm8. J-A. Tyson, W. T. Ty- the northern portion was settled by ' D; C T W' TuJor' a u 11 j fjarrett and H. C. f vsoo : from Bar- Amencan-born citizens (called Detr McNeill ; fmm SamponT O. Buckskins, it is said, because they K. Rohiuson. Ge W H-rrin. , fm wore tro wsers made of dressed Chatham, A. W, Marab ; . from Kiob- oucKsKin). i here were, however some Scotch families scattered through the northern portion of the county, the McQueens, Mc Leods, Melntoshes, Griffiths, &c. The Scotch and Scoth-Irish here as elsewhere made substantial citi zens, distinguished for enterprise, industry, good morals and general intelligence. They have been de nounced as aclannish people, but their fidelity to their own race was without exclusiyism and selfish ness. They are not, however, without faults and weaknesses. There are those who do not think it incompatible with their religious vows to dispel dull care. . "VT bumpers flowing s'er."' " nor gees That melanholcy sloth, severe disease. Memory confused, nl interrupted thought ; Death's harbinger, lie Intent in the draught. And; in the floerg that wreathe 'he spark ling bowl, Fell ad lerg hiss, and poisonous servients roll" Others, like the late venerable McGregor of your county cannot be restrained by religious creeds from " shaking the light fantastic toe" in the giddy mazes of tbe dance. 44 They may session and they may sesftion, but (when sound of violin or Bagpipe is heard) Mc Gregor is on the floor." 4 With such, of course, religion is a kind of movable attachment which can be donned or doffed at pleasure. The obi Scotch were quite su perstitious. They believed that there were people living among them who had communication with the prince of darkness, and were endued with power to inflict injury at will without the possibility of detection; and it is no compliment to woman that ihese powers were generally ascribed to females, as mention is seldom made of wizards These witchea, it was believed, had wonderful powers. In accomplish ing their evil designs, 'they were supposed to assume the forms of inferior animals, such as rabbits. and were proof against leaden but lets, being vulnerable orrly by balls made ol silver. A man well known on Little River, fully believed and frequently affirmed by an oath that he had been metamorphosed into a horse, and being bridled and sad mood, A. E. Quick, and D. P. (Jilcbrut : from Foisytbe, Henry Williams; from New Hanover, Joseph Haw; from Hrumiwick, Fraiu Davit and Abrom Hatikiog ; vfnm Perquimans, J. C. W bite ; from Leboir, J. W. Co Tbe remainder live L. and about FayaiteriTle. These htvinn had fie aco s to tbe Howard School, which bas been in op peratioo for the last ta years, art of a fuperior grade of Kbolarship to those from other eouotirg, and rank Srat im tbe Normal S0WL. Our aoliooj is di vided into three classes : Senior, Mid dle and Juator. The Senior Class num. ber eight inetuberp, who are"' supposed to finish their course here this term. J hs class U omposed of original mam bers of tbe Howjrd School. Gov. Vance accompanied by the mangeri and others, visited this acbool n t long si nee, and aft.r aa introduc- . tion by tbe frincipal and receptioQ by tne scnooi, tne uovemor ro and aaao ns a short practical speech, which fu carefully listened to by all under tbe ' sound of his voioe. He apoka of tbe great necessity of our striving to im- . 1 V . prove ourseives 10 oraer tut we my become good, eiiixea. b4 provide, m far aa practicable, for tbe edooaUo aad elevatbo of oar people. He spoke very niguiy 01 our rtiacipai ui good ou eiplinariaa and tbe cleanly eonditioa in which be found ..the builiax.M4 nrf rouoding groandu ,We MUd,TM vvjry gUd, to know that ow Uovrnot'" bas proved to be oar friend tad baat Ukeu such important steps rfc trying U elevate oar people. Feeling booored by 'U and the Lezialaturea valaabla effort in our IWvor, fecliog honored by bit visit, feeling honored by bia valoab advice, in behalf of my race ,' I agaii tender to him my eager thinks for the pist, and requent fib praowoe agait while (as ng, if eoovenieot. T Tbe first trm of our acbool will clots tbe26tb of April next, tod Iamglai to say our Principals, Mr. Robert Hants aod Mr. C. W. Cbesoott; bit Assistant, are excellent tescberaasd I ta satk fki that they kave d sckarged their doty to the best of their ability tad ia a thorough practeibla msaae. Taeaa gent'emen I am well toqaainted with, ' perfect gentlemen ia every respect. 'I bate beeo sn-ler tbe pertoatl instrto tioa of Mr. Harris .for a part of tbe last four yean tod am satur&ed we eoold tot have found V better Principal for oar school io North Ctroliot;- We will have t publie examination daring tbe last week of oar school ted we eord'ully invite tbe publie to attend oar closing exercise. Very respectfully, March 9, 1978. IT. 0. TTSOS. - V
The Carthaginian (Carthage, N.C.)
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