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..Editob FAYETTEYIIiLE, N. . a, DECK U: J 872, Fonnxi ttANCEvwill soon 'cease to i be o Tirtueif ; certain ;me"n : and - papers continno tbeir Jmprndent . andnnjas tifiable attacks - on JudgeMerrimon. It if not to be expected tbat - all men will bet pleased: atntbe', same :lbing.--Bat it'ean certainly :no good to the Conserfatijeartj to abose bim-bbw. Oar whole party voted tfor him. last August forJGovernpr,and he certain; ly madel W fi ne t impression witb tbe people.J-We feel very certain the peo ple are fr him no tpb ;T?berelisyet so evidence that be bas misrepresent ed tbepartyor pbapged his principles. ' Tben-be ris tbe; same -noble,able. honest man'Va' all! so orondlv voted for if-'Aip:to.'jrj9T.a8Vaf:4b 4 . . t . NortbCarQHna7.wbytbis bitter, abase of J udge:Memmon? by." the .Charlotte Observer iti& N f.i In all riou8ness: Wej.ask; ybat 'have 'these papers done. id r tbe. OoiiserTati ?e par ty ? 5 Didibey really belong to it; six months ago VTe do not object to bold, independent opinions bat when Abiuei8';o0piQde3v,ivitb' no visible ob ject bat malice or to gratify anger, it then bas nop3ace in our party J-creed or platform. 1 i ; Let tbia useless quarrel stop . or at least not Xe attempted as a party meas-i nre. Individuals may quarrelif they wish, bat for one, we- shall not con sent to se sacb base charges and Vile epithets heaped so an justly on Judge Herrimon or on his friends in Ihe Legislatare. Ve,do,uot offer nor de , cline a quarrel on ibis subject, but for the cood of allt .tre ask that such abd- , bit language'be a! once discontinued.' The matteHref iVb;n6sBncl' tte will bet our tiottoni 'dollar'thaf tbe ConsorvatiTo party ,of the State would to day stt8taid tbe election of fMerri mpn. None of as bate Vance, but we like Herrimon better, and Bare enough we haTB jo unttoovf ienifbah; before you bring yourselves into ridf cale. ' ' Telegraph. We ugain nrge tbat renewed effort be made for telegraph line from bere to Kaleigh. Not a day .passes bat that oar business men lose r by not having prompt and latest in formation of the markets. The line .will pay. -Times are not like they nsed to be? phis i is emphatically, an age of progress. Wfe -"are satisiBed that if $2,500 or $3,000 of stock ; be raised in Fayetteville, the line will be put up. 4 Let as have k! meeting,'' make" up a subscriptibnj:and appoint a committee to communicate with tbe railroad ofH cers aiid tbe Western Union Telegraph Company. jA'fair. and business move bas not yfct .been '.made for it. We need the. telegraph, can have it, must have it. . -j Hesitating. People very often hes itate abont a thing .when , thejr have doubts about it. Recently our former friendNelV McKay, the solicitor, told us he was "hesitating" whether to ac cept the place as Judge in Buxton's place, as it was thought Buxton would be appointed to the Supreme court by bis Kadcal friend, Gov. Caldwell. It vuru uu luat' oeiiqer xnxton nor McKay' wfts appointed, but both have ample, timer for '.'hesitating". . When Neill run for Copgress last summer and got beaten; -he "hesitated" about resigning the solicitor's office. A man by tbe name of Guthrie was so certain luioouuuiui tuice LuaL ine re pigned his Bankrupt office to get it. But Neill.;besitated,'solong that poor tr a t brie got disgu sted an d at once recalled b fa VeVfgtfation an d got 1 Jo dge Brooks to put bim back in Bankruptcy. 'c jo t,0 "Mrewu , giance to wards Go tb He with those :b)ae oyes, una "nesitated SzNATJtT-Uple offered a joint resblci lion to amend tbevotfstitotion 'so iis to elect President Vice-President and Senators fy direct vote of the1 people; One bpjir;p atinet session. It is stated on .the48 1 reel ' that the Cabinet decided to support Pinch back as Gov- M. J. HcSWEEN,. The bnor.'jE Ilpxti is near by and vrbat have -you don'a brwhat bavo you fXot to show for 1872j? We aro in the Labit;of talking much , abcut tho im porerishment of the Southland of tbo xcbodls, the ; money, tbo energy so gre'atl needed "by J our people I yVe yearn for rail reaps, fine farms,, thrift and plenty." -; - i - t.HaVe.we done all we could, or all that" we cbnld reasonably do, - in 1 1872 for ; these objects or Tor -j any one ; of them ? . If we have, then we have done our . duty, bat if fiot,; then another long; Tentful and propitious year bas been wasted. :How js your business 7 - ' ''Have yon made or lost money at tnrpeqtine ? We think it will puzzle yoa:UtQ i- Answer .tbis, qaestioni Has your farm yielded ;yoor necessary pro visioiislfor next. Tear,-1 and a few bun-, dred'dbllars of , clear money from cot ton besides ? If not , yotir year's work iiadoiybtt bnt littltsbd. ; The, sign's of th. times look just bow1 , like money is getting tighter and scarcer; Business nere and elsewhere South as duller than usual at this se& son.QThere is more and more neglect of farm i ug and all heavy wojk',:an d in creased effort to traffic or get a living or fortune by lighter duties. ! There are more stores, more agents, clerks, conductors, and irregular day laborers Richmond and Danville B. B. At meeting of. stockholders of this Voad in; Rfthnond Ilth tnst.v.Presi1,, dent AJ.lS. Btjford made i his annua report from wbicb we extract the , fol lowing to which is appended 'part o the proceedings: ' e 1- : ' ' THE ROANOKE VALLEY RAILROAD. CThis property,' comprising an entire iengm oi ; iiy-ivyo miies, oi waicu thirty-one miles have the grading 'and masonry complete, as heretofore re ported to the stockholders, was during last year .purcunsed oy parnes in frieadlyirelations to this company, and placed nt our disposal. ubReque.ntiy to that period it has been transferred. entire to tins pou pan y upon- urrang mental made wit.h "the communities locally iuterested in it, , to provide in ard of jtp con striiQtion, . cbiefly . by do i nation', the amount of about $9.d;000;; JUU84 companj uoqerrasiug 10 uecj the completion on oivbefore the Jst o Jauuary, 1874, of the 1 i n e t fro m . Key 3- ville. " on this company s road" to Clarksvillo, on the Roanoke river, distance of .'thirty-one miles, of which ten miles were constructed ready for tbe rail,: and. large and -valuable work done at other points. .During the past summer Jhe company basbeeq reerularlv reorcranized according to law. under the former stylf and desig nation of the Roanoke Valley Railroad h Company, and under the official direc tion of the same persons who are now president and directors of tbiscompa ny, and, arrangements made for, com mencing the work of construction, with jfti.yiew to its prompt completion - in accordance with the. agreement above referred to. , During the, past -fall about three miles of track have beon laid,ajidjiecently a contract. has been entered into on .satisfactory terms with Robert harvey, Esq., a .well- known and experienced contractor, for the construction ;and .completion of the entire unfinished work of grad-. nation, masonry, and tresthng, .be tween Kfcysyilo apd Clarksvillc ..on or befqre tho 15th: d,ay ofNovember, 1873. This road, whQii completed to Clarksviile only, in jaffording trans portation and its.consoQucBt develops mept to one of the most productive and desirable districts of this ' Slate and of ;Korth Carolinafl will 'unques tionably; bring within reach very yal u a b 1 e access i o n s . o f b u sin e s t o : Ih i s company's road, s well-as to the com mercial 'community at its eastern ter minus: A hen built, being almost ex clusively tho prppertyvpf this company, and c mnecting directly with its main line, its operation may be greatly ecoh- 1 1 1 'L.i.j i : omizeu, anu ils coninuuieu uusincss made a reasonable source of profit to this company on the cost of comple ting itf'.i I ." '.f's' :-.' J; THE NORTH WESTERS NORTH CAROLINA R. R. ' . ' :r . t . 'tT. -This work leaves t the company main line at Greensboro', N. C., .and exteinis vestward through one of the most fertile, and productive districts of that State to Salem, thence the company's franchises-extend west and southwest as largely as any" probable future demands will require. v ' i From i.Greensboro ; to; Salem, the work of craduation, masonry, and supplying cross-lies had been ;about msuea rauring ine year,iio u.; cu ring tho rear 1871, the company be ing unable to continue the" work to completion, made proposals for its transfer "in effect; to this company, ape n 'terns deemed reasonable, , and j on oar undertaking: to havo it J fully: completed and pat in operation within a , reason able f : rio d. r Th o val u a oi the line itself c "T ;7 contributor of traffic,' together our: then nnECt tled relations Av1;h other ror.da south of GreensbbroVommended the' use lulness" and jvalco of Itliia connection strongly toHb e 5 a an age m en t, an d the ar ra n gem en t.-wrs n b z t au t i al ly .agreed on duriritbaC ar. ' " " V", Oh the; 29th day of II arch, 1872, r a final, contract 'was entered into be tween the two. companies,: by . which this cpra p any und er too k ' to ; complete and riritf lriopfSation thcroad'from jGreeri8b6rJtdSalem,.ia distance of twenty-nine miles, in consideration of the issne and delfvery to this company' of; 1,600: shared being a. majority of the" whole of its capital stocky i and also $500,000; being the' whole issue of the first mortgage I bonds '.of the? Norths Wf stern ITorthA Carolina 'Bailroad Ctompany which h ad bee nth erctofore? duly authorised by s law.v in. accord ance therewith thef stock-and . bonds 'have been srpd; and delivered tor t fi-hr co hi panynrt tb e woflc : Gt 4 ts com pi e t io n comm e n ced , d u r i n g the Ipast falhT' Abont ona Imlf of the track Isdow laidanditha wor-k continuing aai actively as practicahlo and will doubtless shortly be complete., Two of the dcotn buildings required" are finished, and the remaining ono (at Salem) can be: completed in a view weeks. ; ' J- ; '- wii ;-uU- A copy of the agreement refeiTed to is-herewitii submitted ibr ipfbrmation and reference The! value? of this property ka this company on; these t e r m s - a d r t h e . ci rcu ms ta n ces ' u n de r wjiich hi acquisition was made, pen, dr it ail .important addition to this company '8 resdurces; and &n essential protecton against certain contingent co!m petitions injthat direction hereto fore afld possibly still contemplated. : ; it 0RTncRpLiN Aii4tI,R0 AD This road isbeing scoessfullybppr-' ated nnder, tb.qiCpnactipT lease t.of SeptenberAltlil !l87tlt fu(yf , reported tor Ktlier 'sQck holdgrsat their an n'ujd nieeting (?t Jas.t? Ji' as, a di vision of this cnpa'sljulend und, eCAn9nicatprga.iziiiion, 'adapted com jlanias tbpr qo.nti;9l 1 1 og: ( bperato r , asrwell'SjitUl t other lines with! which : jtf Jias valuable, .business connections X0iPrAn5te ,its useful n ess ; to ,iii,e 1 eg rn, piu n les. sc r.vc s , ,qnl tQiseciire . jts,coniu'ucd, prosipenty as j Qsses jt hta taji rates! r.pVeyAi Cat the rtime-'-dtotlcn80wh4a-beeiw Sare f u 1 v r e vf s ed . tri ad mB re tf n 1 fornit and I materially modified' passenger rates being reduced aoout twenty ner cei.t..and tho "averacro of freiurhts very: nearly av much. Its business although not;fully sustained during some periods vi me jjuso year, uas produced results that verity amply the anticipations heretofore expressed inai. ine propenv ihuuu win uu ecu sustaining, and with' a full and sue cess ful development of all its s legiti mate connections, as existing ana contemplated; will become and con tinue v reason ablv remunerative for tho cost and risks of its control , and eminently useful to that and the ad jaeent States nbrth; south, and west of it as a public highway and artery of commerce.. , , ' THE ATLANTIC ANP RICHMOND AIR UNE RAIL WAY. - - - ? ;This great work, now fully recog nized &.& essentially . important and valuable to this company and its con nections, and ofalmo3t paramoutrne cessity to their future prosperity and protection, 4S being rapidly oomple ted. Casual and unavoiuaoio causes o f de av. insenarabiv inciuont to a m work of. this magnitude, have pro rented the orveninffv Ot the entire line by the end of tne current year, as anticipated. It is not now doubted that its entire qompleuonjcan 00 ettected ia f the spring of the, ensuing, year.- At present, cigtity miles on tne south qta or: Atlantic -end of the tine have been completed -arid opened for traf fic, and about sixty miles on the north' ecn or Charlotte end. J? rom Green villc and Spartanburg, S. C, points on the middle division accessible by rail, track has been completed, ready for use, to the aggregate extent ot.thirty five miles. The residue of tbo line is cither completed as to graduation and masonry, or. so lar advanced as 10 oi fer no interruption or detention to the work of erecting bridge-structures and of track laying, which is now progressing with all the dispatch that tho most energetic supervision ana direction can effect. The indications of development of local tariny agri cultural, manufacturing and mineral, " I mm.-- - m on tnis j'oatf. promise oetter returns than have been heretofore anticipated, and with its almost nnrivalted ad van -tages for a connection business, must, when opened and organized, establish promptly' a: com man ding position as an" in tegral part of the Piedmont-At- anuQiuorougniare, wmuu h is uiu in terest and purpose of this company to estiiblisJi and maintain. To carry put this pnrppso, and in such manner as to avoid; the hazard 'of .losses' by delays, both of tho.basirics3 to he derived r.nd of tho capit.ih.lrcr.dy 'embarked in tho enterprise,' tl o Board have co:i: ! red itmeccssary to xucept a "transfer to tbi3 company of the contract for tbe completion of tho' road to Charlotte, ori -i n ally rVr.d b" tt i th P. ; P . Die !: i n so n and afterwards ariigned by biin? to U. D Barclay; and thus to undertake" to secure both its early and economical completion and its future control: as proprietor; -This was doneUby con tract'of the ,25th of May, , 1872, ber tvfe'efftliscttmpanyand i the other wark j isj now : being Yprosccuted ; and wiUba&m raeut :it? bccame(-ncces!ary for , this company toextond its; credit - and employ;; its , resources .. of machinery and materialjjn pushing this work of construction and - equipment, which has been ;done to such extent' and4 in such vmanner tas twas .considered les sen tial to tbe best in terests of both companies. , wA;copy of saidt contract f isr filet in4 the office ' of tWercomoartv for information aiid refrence. 1 THE aomL OUTLOOK. i i The present year has been" the most abundant in all the productions that contribute largely1 to the business that has occurred for several ;yearsv past. iFrom a point fifty milps south and southwest , of .Bichmond, thence throughout the entire Piedmont re gion penetrated by yonr 'lines, uud beyond, the harvest has been a gen erous one, and the rewards of. labor compensating and encouraging. In the; distribution of the&e increased productions your roads vvilf share cor-' respondrngly with tbe producers in lhe profits and relief which they must afford.. A.bealtby immigration, composed chiefly: of ar4 sturdy, inde pendent, and jndustrions class of f ricu 1 1 n ralist s, xd rawn from the Middle and Eastern Slate?, Canada, and -Europe, is begin nipgJstoa'dify but effect ual to occupy the Vacant ; fluids and homesteads that wvr and poverty abd despondency had .'so; largely created among .tre. - 'Mineral deposits5 and manufacturing facilities of great value hitherto bnkuowii or' unused, wi:h in re ach of your lines of road,' arc at tracting the attention, capital, and etiteVpi ise of those who are accustom ed to cr ea 1 0 p r i v a t e .and p u hi i e-..w oa 1 1 h tWm even an. inferior material. From these re?our(:es'aid Hhe tide-of con--n cot i o r a 1 busin ess' w !H c h , 1 v ft wi 1 b o u t co 1 1 st ra I h t ; nT a s r.sdo h cptl c e n t ra t o u p f . j .1 1 hopeful ardoj that the. workj.and use- iuiuc8s. 01 l no improvements vjou control will be rapidly and profitably magnified, , and with ,an increasing ratio for generations to come. These results are not. to : bo attained or ex pected, however, without patient and persistent labor, intelligent enterprise, unremitting energy,.' And pluck that perseveres to the end. ' This company, for' several years past has, l?ecn . boldly; prosecuting a policy of developmentr . A .necessity the nccssity of s jir-proscrvation, and of fulfilling faithfullyits 'highest du ties to its own interests as well as to the public--required it. 'Extraordin ary difficulties surrounded its incep tion, and unnecessary ones have beon since superadded. Most of them have been surmounted, and all of them must and will bo. Tho result will be that which always follows well meant and well directed labor and enterprise faithfully and honestly and manfully adhered to success! And-;if .the measure of it be small at first, and its progress slow, its continuance ,is the more assured, and the benefits and blessings to . those who have labored and waited for it only, the more per- mancnt. s The officers and .employees of the companjr have, almost without excep tion, co operated faithfully with the President and Directors in an efficient and successfbl discharge of their re spective duties. Reports rom the Engineer and Superintendent for tho Richmond and Danville railroad and the North Car olina division, Examining Committee, and Auditor, were submitted. The :reports were, on motion, re ferred to a committee consistincr of Messrs. Isaac-Davenport, Jr., Thomas B. Doe, B. F. Garrett, D, J. Burr, and William H. Simms. ' v On motion, the meeting took a re cess until half past 2 o clock. AFTERNOON SESSION. The meeting was called to order by the Chairman at 2:30 P. M. REPORT. OF THE COMMITTEE ON REPORTS. The committee to whom was refer- aed the president's and' other reports unanimously approved of the plans and progress indicated tnerein, and nad no recommenoaiion 10 mage tome stockholders other than an earnest prosecution of tho work and its con nections as now conducted under the management of the Board,, Thcy.cx- pressed tintire satisfaction with what has aired;" beer done. I ; On i.u.lif1 c-T Colonel V. .Go;-- d on , ' t h 0 f 0 1 lb v; in j' amend n cat v r. ofTercd : - :, i -.'': - : " ' "llcsolvcl, Thr.t so much of -tho re port of the President and Directors v referred to tho Itoanolro Valley, tho "Northwestern North Carolina, th Norths Carolina. :and tho IZichnond. V and Atlantic Air-line -roads i3 diaap. ' proved' by tho stockholders; that all contracts hcrctoioro mauo . ior cquip) ping and puiiuing saurroaus, or. ior n -m trausfer of -their .interest to thid company, or this campany incurring any obligation on accouni 01 eaiu roaus, , , is fn judicious and illegal, nnd tbo rf nard fib al 1 tat e ' sach " steps as sbaJl conform to the opinion of . tho'stooli-' holders as herein set forth." ; ' y r v,; ' yfia motion of Colonel Gordon a ecale ; vote was called far with the fillowini resull: Ayesj 763; noes, 29,91G;;80 the amendment wasdost, aud the report of '4 the committe was then adopted. - ' j On motion of Colonel Buford, it vyt resolved that nine directors of this company, instead of five, asat present, with. tbo. presidenty ;Bhal) onptijuto themselves a. board to havenll1 things ' done that are proper to1 be done' bys the company except otherwise prof id . - ou uy tan. , t - . . 1.;. - g y- Destructive Fire at .the Flfth-ATC 4 ' .nneJlotcI, New York. New Yoke, December 11. A firer occurred last night, at tbe Fifth-Ave- nue Hotel, onginattng 10 ine elevator leading to.tbe lanndry; Id the cock-loft " domestics, sixteen bodies have been found burned bay ond recognition v The bodies were found near tbo only 111:11 u r v m mm w mm n a . - w -. m mm n mm mm la m.M window oitii0 Tuonif wuicu was oarrea. Toe -only mens 01 escape was tne ' stairway, which was in flames; so tbe -i' ' victims had to remain in the room in wait for death. ' It : is hoped tbat -many dfedwhile aslp::t :V r i,,'J v '' New;York, December ILtJp to 2 ; o'clock this morning twenty-two todiws had been recovered. :None -of the fir& iiundred gnesls nf tbo "hotel aro ' ' reported, injnrrd. Tho' loss by. fin and water is eat;mat -drift! 100,000 -The smoke 'i vtin' Kbffocnlingf--aml'' Ibe-.--floors of the - hotel iwery llrenct)lT7 with water. - ?The halls were filled Vi th. . bfgapo. The clothing of the seventy' or t-ihty -s rv.aht's ' who .'escaped f Ut " " I IIIIIUUi i MIM llir"ilMM lill 171 I Iirj lilt ' nitnrp. which vMnnd ftf l4()0.000. in ruined. t . . , ."' ; LATER. - ... . 'New Yobk: Ilrcember 11.-JEIevenA bodiHS of tin victims from Fifth Ave- hue Hotel are at tho Morgue. . Oa!y two havo been r;conizcd. Alf givu evidence of lerrible HufTering. Miry lleanj one of tbe servants at tbo hotel, is at Bellevue Hospital, hav- ing been injured by fAl'iqR thraofthta fire escape. She states when thQafarra (J of firo was, gi i en sue run and knocked at nearly? all the doors of rtbcT other ,l servants an d burst open two ofthetnv She' then tried to get down stairs but , , th o sin p k e a n d fl a m es. d r.o ve h er ; back, , , when, with M iry Tiirne r ood Bridget . Ourtis, sbe broke open a sVylightarxl jot on the roof, remaining. there until the firemen rescued them. :;e J .j ; ? . If is now thought .that only eloron girls perished. 1 . Mr. Griswold, one of the iproprie tors of the hotel, emphatically denies any delay. in sounding the alarm. -Upon the disepvpry of tho fire, three ser vants were dispatched, to wake the girls, and prompt measures were taken to alarm the guests. , ' An Arab legend gives the following account of the discovery of coffbo: M Toward the middle of tho fifteen tb" century a poor Arab was traveling jn Abyssinia, and finding' himself weale and weary from fatigue, he stopped! near a grove. Then, bolrtg in want of fuel to cook his rice, hcut down a tree which happened to'bo covcrc.il with dead berries. His ,irieal; being: cooked and eaten, tho. trareldrdfs '', covered that the half burned 'berries ' were very fragrant.1 Ho'collcctd W ' number of theo, and . on crushing- -them with a stone, .he found that r their aroma increased- to a great ex tent. -While, wondering at; this, ho accidentally let fall tho substanco im a can which containod bis scanty supply of water. Lo, what a mira clel The almost putrid liquid was; instantly purified. Ho brought It. U his lips; it was fresh, agreeable, -umj(; in a moment after the traveler had., so recoveied his strength a id onergy as to be able to resume his . journey. The lucky Arab gathered as many berries as he could, .and, having ar. rived at Alden, in Arabia, he informed the . mufti of his discovory, That ,, worthy divine was an inveterate op! um smoker, who had boon suffering , for year from' tho influence of lbii; " poisonous drug. He tried an infusion of the roasted 'berrieSi iahd was so delightod at tho recovery df. bis rown vigor that in gratitude to tho trco bo called it cahuab. which in. Arabic gig- r. . : .- -
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