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RALEIGH, 1ST.' C., TUESDAY,, SEPTEMBER i ,185 VJ
VOL. 1.
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Origin mt 11 &n Another Version.
. iThis time by "Darwin,' in Harpers. "
CHAPTER I.
Twas a lovely summer morning, in the
year 9001 before Christ. The woods of
Senegambia were clothed in their fairest
costume, the lovely birds were chirping
and singing their morning lays ; the sky.
was one vast sheet of blue everything,
in short, was full of sweetness and light,
except the lovely Lady Adeliza de Chim
panzee. She was in the dumps. Moodily
she rubbed her shoulders against a huge
palm tree, and, while performing this act,
heaved a vast sigh. Just at that moment
her mamima dropped from the tree above
her. " . '
"My daughter," said the Duchess de
Chimpanzee, "why that sigh?"
"Ah, mamma, look at me.'said Lady
Adeliza. "See how different! am from
the rest of our tribe. See how white I am
becoming." '
"My daughter," said the Duchess, lan
guidly, as she seated herself on a conven
ient bowlder, "you should be proud of the
difference. It is a distinction. We are a
higher race."
"I don't know, mamma. See what lit
tle caudal appendages we have. All the
other folks can hang from the trees by
their tails, but we are compelled to sit on
the limbs."
"We are advancing, my dear. You are
whiter than I am. You can talk in your
mouthy I could not until middle age.
Your grandmother, as you know, can only
grunt it. You are moving to a higher
sphere."
"Well, mamma, none of our folks will
marry me," said Lady Adeliza, pouting.
"2s o, my child; it has been decreed that
there should be a selection of the fittest in
marriage. We have offered you to the
Prince d'Orang Outang, who is even whi
ter than you are, as his wife."
."Oh, mamma," gushed the Lady Ade
liza, "that's splendid! .Will he come
soon?"
"Restrain yourself. People of high
blood and short caudal appendages never
get excited. . lie will be here in a short
time." :--
Lady Adeliza went away to look for
cocoa nuts, and the Duchess sat on a rock,
and reflectively scratched her head.
chapter it.
The Duke de Chimpanzee was chief of
a very large tribe. If he had been in the
show business he would have made an
everlasting fortune. lie had but one
daughter, the Lady Adeliza, and as she
would inherit the live stock over which he
ruletl, youths of the neighboring tribes
desired to marry her. . Her parents, how
ever, desired that she should be, if possi
hlp th fountain of a new race, to which
ail their traditions told them they were
working "up. They determined that she
should wed the Prince d'Orang-Oulang.
The Duke proposed the matter to the
Prince. -
"Aw ! said the Prince, as he adjusted
his eye-glass ; "is it nice?"
"She is beautiful," Replied the Duke.
"Aw !" said the Prince; "give it much
stamps ?" . f
"I shall give her all Ethiopia," replied the
Dake. - "
'I will aw step down, and aw
look at it," murmured the Prince, care
lessly. "Bv surprise, you know."
This was agreed upon, and the Duke de--
pjrted. . '
The Prince knew his worth. He was
quite white, and was not troubled with
the slightest particle of caudal appendage;
but Ethiopia was a big prize, and he re
solved to win it. One week after the Duke
had offered his daughter, the Prince started
for Senegambia with the intention of look
ing at the fair face of "Adeliza.
- CHAPTER III.
The Prince was " wandering through
the woods of Senegambia, gayly singing,
I would be a butterfly, .
Born in a bower,
when his eyes fell upon a lovely chimpan
zee sitting in a shallow brook, sucking a
cocoa nut. She was the loveliest creature
he had ever seen. His heart was touched
at once. He raised his eyeglasses . and
stared at her till her eyes fell in modest
confusion. , . J
"Fair chimpanzee," said he. "wilt
not not aw tell me your aw name?"
" "Adehza, whispered she.
The Duchess de Chimpanzee, who had
witnessed the meeting from behind a clump
of bushes, chuckled, . and slid off on her
left ear.
j. Adeliza," sighed the Prince, "thou art
aw beautiful. Wilt thou aw marry
me?"
The Lady Adeliza threw the remains of
-her cocoa nut at the head of a chimpanzee
who was loafing in a neighboring tree, fell
into the arms of : the Prince, and gently
murmured, "I am thine." -
They were married in great splendor.
The lit. Rev. Bishop Baboon, assisted by
the Rev. Simiader Ape, performed the
ceremony..; The , bridesmaids wore their
natural clothes. : The choir sang the love
lv antnem. "Monkey Married the Baboon's
Sister." .Lady Adeliza and her parents
rubbed noses, and then the bride started
on her tour on an elephant with one trunk.
CHAPTER IV.
The seasons .changed; summer lapsed
into autumn, autumn into winter, winter
into spring. Then there was a great re
joicing, for 'the Lady Adeliza gave the
prince an heir. . The child, however, was
an anomaly in that region. It had no tail;
it had flat feet; it had a white skin ; it had
no hair on its body. All the wise men ex
amined it. It was not an orang-outang;
it was hot a chimpanzee ; -evidently it was
a new species. Then a family conclave
was called. " What shall we call it T
asked everybody. The Duchess de Chim
panzee, who wasjanguidly makiug mud
pies, said :
. " Let us call it man."
Kow Tmt Senate Will Stand. Wash
ington, August 24. The (Senate now
stands thirty-nine Republican - Senators,
thirty-tl-ree Democrats and three vacan
cies, which will undoubtedly be filled by
the seating of Democrats. v This will give
the Republicans but a narrow technical
majority of three;1 counting all the disaffec
ted Republican Senators as Republicans.
It is easy to see that the Democrats will
soon have centre) of the Senate; as the Re-
. .. a . . . rv a. . a;
publican senators irom Doum. varouna,
Alabama, Arkansas and Florida will be
succeeded bv Democrats. World Special
. A young French wife lost her aged hus
band, two months ago, alter he naa lain
helpless with paralysis eight months. Soon
lifter she appeared at the Paris Maine to
announce her intention of marrying her
cousin. . "I beg your pardon, madame,"
Bays the clerk, "but- the law is "peremp
tory in forbidding a widow to remarry till
ten months alter ner nusoana aeatn.
"But those eight months of paralysis
don't you take them into consideration ?
- WINSLOW. Ia FavettevUle. N. C-on Son-
day afternoon, Edward L. Winslow, ajfed abont
&T icara. He wu the son of the elder Edward
Lee Wlnslow, late of FayettevUle, once a proml-
neni genueman oi tnas piace
FIN LAY. In Wilmington, N. O, on FrMay.
AnKost S4th. Kobbbt Finlat. In theMth year or
hU age. Deceased was born in Paisley, Scot
land. The riiiaaina wul be interred at Bocky
Point. . '
McGIHT At her residence, m' Thompson's
township, Robeson county, July llth, Mrs. bCSAn
. jhcuikt, in tnejxn year ox ner age. . . i -
BTTRsnstLL. AtScTDt. W. Ctr after a ion aad
'wasting sicknesa. April th. I87T, Mrs. Katb
Kcbsku- aged W years, the beloved wle of W.
W. BosseUutd daughter ot B. N. and M. U Bole.
...... SEPTEMBBR 4, 1S7T.
JtORTB CAROLINA. AT GETTYSBURG.
God knows we would not pluck a single
laurel from the brow of Virginia to add to
the honor of our own State,' but her own
laurels honestly won we insist that North
Carolina is justly entitled to wear. Our
Virginia friends, however, do not seem to
agree with us. The capacious brow of the
mother of States and of Statesmen, in their
esteem, is the only one fit to wear a crown,
and a capacious brow it must be if it be at
all commensurate to the greedy maws of
the children of that respectable old dame.''.
But not to waste further words, CoL
Waiter H. Tatlor, of Virginia, had just
come to the front with an account of the
battle of Gettysburg, in which he claims
that to Virginia alone belongs the glory of
that fatal day on which all: was lost save
honor, and corning from Coloflel Taylor,
a gentleman of most estimable reputation
in private life and General Lee's Adjutant
General, the statement is Inexplicable to
us save upon the ground that the average
Virginian is never willing to admit that
another State is entitled to share honors
with his own. !
Colonel Taylor does not indeed claim
that the loss of the day was owing to the
action of North Carolina troops.1 He sim
ply goes out of his way to land Pickett and
his men at the expense of the other troops
engaged in the assault. In his opinion the
assault as actually made, was from the
first but leading a forlorn hope that no
one had a right to expect to result in
anything save honor and slaughter even
if every man marched in line untu
shot down, m .To throw the blame of
the disaster therefore from General Lee,
Colonel Taylor asserts that the assault
was not made as ordered or intended to be
made. After perusing this narrative, which
we print in another column. Virginia
editors, especially the Norfolk j Virginian,
rise up and announce first that the "myste
ry of Getty sburgis at last solved," second,
that his subordinates are to be blamed, and
not Gen. Lee himself, and third and lastly,
that Pickett's Division did all that was
done and that "Pettigeew's Division and
the Brigades supporting it faltered and
finally retired, leavmgJJhgairnage and the
glory of the day to Pickett's magnificent
Virginians. " All of which is, very nice and
lacks only the element of truth to make it
an affair of great . honor to the Old
Dominion. It happens, however, that one of
the four brigades constituting Pettigbew's
(Heth's) Division, was a North Carolina
brigade, and two of the three brigades sup
porting it were North Carolina brigades ;
and the statement that these : brigades, or
either of them, did not share to the' full
with "Pickett's magnificent Virginians"
in glory and carnage, is simply untrue.
We followed General Lee with unques
tioning faith when living, and we revere
his memory when dead, but we are nbt
willing that even in solving the Gettys
burg mystery or any other mystery of the
war that undeserved censure should be
cast upon North Carolina . troops. This
Colonel Taylor has attempted to do. It is
we trust needless for us to say we regret
the necessity that is upon us to come In
collision with our Virginia friends, or
with any, friends for that matter;
but the wrong sought to be done North
Carolina is not Only a grievous one and
..."
one that we ieei sure uenerai l.ke
himself never would have endorsed, but
one not to be submitted to m silence.
There were three North Carolina brigades
that took part in the grand assault at Get
tysburg, and as to the conduct of each of
these brigades it. happens to be in our
power to present proof from gentlemen of as
undoubted veracity as Col. Taylor, and
whose' opportunities were far superior to
those of Col. Taylor for knowing the facts.
CoL Taylor, though a Virginian, was not a
"magnificent Yfrgtnlani'' that is to say, not
one of Pickett's men, and we believe, took
no part in the assault, while Major Engel-
HABI7, the Adjutant General of Pendbb'b
Division, and Gen. Lane, commanding
one of Pesder'b brigades, and Major Locis
G. Young, of South Carolina, Gen. Petti
geew's Aid-de-Camp, were actual partici
pants. Gen. Lane, , though ' a Virginian
by birth and now by residence, was then
in command of North Carolina troops, and
a citizen of our State, and we venture to
say, as magnificent a Virginian as any in
Pickett's command. We proceed, there
fore, to show what these three North Caro
lina brigades did, as follows : ! -
pettighew's brigade.
Speaking of the conduct of this com
mand Maior Louis G. Yocng. Aid-de-
Camp to General Pkttigkkw, writing "On
the Rapidari,"iFebrury 10th, 1864, says:
"On the morning of the 3d July, Gen
eral Pettigrew, commanding tietii's Divis
ion, was instructed to report to General
Longstreet, who , directed him to form in
the rear of Pickett's Division, ad support
his advance upon Cemetery Hill, "which
would be commenced as soon as the nre
from our artillery should have driven the
enemy from his guns and prepared the way
for attack. And I presume that it was in
consequence of this having been the first
plan settled on, that the erroneous report
was circulated, that Heth's Division was
assigned the duty of supporting that of
Pickett. But the order referred to was
countermanded almost as soon as given,
and General Pettigrew was ; Instructed to
advance upon the same line with Pickett.
a portion of Pender's Division acting as
supports. ' - -v- ,: ;' - -. ,
' - "la the alignement of the division, Pet-
tlerews Bneada, under tJOlonei Marshall,
was second from the right, and it, with
Archer's, advanced promptly" and in good
order, in continuation oi incKetrs line.
The distance over 'wnich we had to ad
vance may be estimated, when I state that
the fuses for the shell used bjkthe artillery
stationed immediately in our front, Were
cut for 1 miles. The ground over wnicn
we had to pass was perfectly open; and
numerous fences,' some parallel and others
oblique to our line of battle, were f ormid-
abletnpedlmenirin'nwrr'wayr The posi
tion cr uxe enemy was all be could aeaire.
From the crest upon ' which he" war in
trenched the hill sloped gradually; form
ing a natural glacis; and. the conformation
of the rround was such that when the left
c oar line approached -:hi works, ; U
must come within the are of a- circle, frohi
Which a direct;1 'oblique and "enfilade fire
could be, and was, ' eoncentratea - upon it.
TUKSDAT,.
Under this fire from artillery and musket
ry, the brigade on our left,1 reduced almost
to a line of skirmishers, esve way. Petti-
grew's and Archer's Brigades ' advanced a
little further, and in perfect continuation
of Pickett's line, whichs arrived : at the
works before we did, only because they
jutted out In his front, and because his had
to move over a considerably shorter dis
tance. 'The rieht of the) line formed by
Archer's and Pettigrew's Brigades, rested A
on the works, while the left was, ox course,
further removed, say forty to sixty yards.
Subjected to a fire even1 more fatal than
that which had driven back the brigade on
our left, and the men listening in vain for
me cneenng commanos oi omcers, wno
had, alas, fallen, our brigade gave way
likewise, and timvltaneoHdy with it. -the
whole line. The supports under Major
General Trimble, did not reach as far as
we had. - This repulse, to Judge from rei
suits, was fatal to our cafnpaign im Penn
sylvania, 'and the troopj engaged in the
charge of the Sd July aret buuneable. for
having retired without orders; but you will
perceive that they had tb pass through a
most trying ordeal, and it must' remain al-
1 S . f ' 1 .1 A
ways a seaiea question wnetner or not
Cemetery Hill could have been taken with
the forces engaged. In this battle, Petti
grew s Brigade, ' notwithstanding the dis
advantages of impaired organization, caused
by its heavy losses, especially ot omcers,
did as well as the best, and that no troops
struggled more fiercely tb gain victory, let
its fearful losses attest. ;On the morning
of the 1st July it numbered from 2,800 to
3,000, on the 4th. 835. : 'All the field offi
cers, save one who was captured, were
killed or wounded; and the brigade was
commanded, after the repulse from Ceme
tery Hill, by Major Jones, of the 26th reg.
iment N. C. troops, what had been struck
with a fragment of shell on the 1st, and
knocked down and stunned in the third
day's fight. General Pettigrew was pain
fully and severely wounded; two of .his
staff were killed, and Lieutenant W. IL
Robertson still suffers fnm a wound which
deprives the brigade of his valuable servi
ces. On the 1st July, C&pU Tuttle, of the
2Gth regiment led into action two lieuten
ants and 84 nitjn; all of the officers and 83
of the men were killed or wounded. On
the same day, company C. of the llth reg
iment, lost two officers killed, ! and 34 out
of 38 men, killed or wundedj Captain
Bird, with the four remaining, participated
in the light of the 3d. tf these, the flag
bearer was shoVand the captain brought
out the flag himself. Well does he deserve
his promotion.. These 1 give as examples
to show how persistently our men fought.
The losses in several other companies were
nearly as great as tbesej but to name them
or give a list of the casualties, would be to
lengthen out my account beyond your de
sign. 1 ne official reports are doubtless re
corded; and the roll of jhonor, enlarged to
receive the names of the many good and
brave your brigade lias contributed, will,
when . the history of the wart is written.
embellish its pages with brilliant examples
of noble sacrifice and heroic deeds.
In the engagement of the list July, we
lost no prisoners. After the repulse of the
3d July, the enemy advanced a Heavy line
of skirmishers and captured some of the
brigade, but to the majority or these no
blame is to be attached; f
Lieutenant Colonel John R. Graves, of
the 47th regiment, whose courage has fre
quently elicited comment and praise, would
not permit those of thiee of his regiment
in his hearing, some 150 men, to retire,
telling them to await the arrival of the sup
ports, with which thy would advance ; J
they were then within forty yards of the
stone fence, but the supports never reached
this point, and the Lieutenant Colonel and
his men were taken prisonersJ
LANE S BBIG ADS. I
General James IL Lane writing to the
Richmond, Va. Tinux says in the issue of
llth April 18G7 1 1. K j -
Next morning General Lee appeared in
front of my line, recorinoitered the enemy's
Eosition and when he 1 as about to leave,
e remarked that "he'necded ' more troops
on the right, but that he did not know
where they were to come from." Soon
after I was ordered to leave Thomas and
Perrin to hold the roail they were occupy
ing, and to move my own nrigaae ana
Scales' to the right,! and report to Gen.
Longstreet for furtheii orders, j Gen. Long
street ordered me to i form in rear of the
right of Heth's Division, ;theri commanded
by the lamented Pettigrew this division
was on the left of. Ifickett I After I had
taken this position, Ma.' Gen. Trimble,
who had Joined froift the ' Valley of Vir
ginia, relieved me of the command of
Pender's Division. My position was soch
as to prevent my seeing the first move
ments of the front line there being a nar
row strip of interven&sj woods but Gen.
Thomas, who could Bee from his position
in the road everything that was going-6n,
on the left, informed me, the next day.
that BrocKenboroughjB brigade, which was
on the leit or uetn'&i Division, aid not aa-i
vance further than! the road ; and that
Davis brigade; which, was next to it, push.
ed forward, inadvaiiee of the general ltne,!
with too much ' litrpeluosity, ana was
driven back. ' " ; I 1 j -" ;
The remaining brigades of Heth's Divi
sion were Pettigrew's and Archer's ; but it
will be remembered - that the greater part
of Archer's brigade! and General Archer
himself were captured in the first day's
fight. When General , Trimble ordered us
forward, we advanced and took posi
tion on the left of fhe troops that were
fighting, and wben ihe ! right of my brig
ads was . within a short distance of. thj
stone fence that-was used by the enemy
for .a breastwork eiy bi-htacle was now
the extreme .left of the attacking force
one of General Longstreet'a stuff came
dashing through a hot fire with orders
from General Longstreet to move my com
mand rapidly to theleft, as the enemy had
thrown out a nanKing iorce in mat direc
tion, which was already pouring a destruc
tive fire into us. S On ordering Colonel
Avery, of the Thirty-hird North Carolina
regiment, wiucii was the leit or my com
mand, to face to the left for the purpose
of meeting, this flanking column of the
enemv. he replied.! "My God! General,
do you intend rushing your men into such
a place unsupported, and when the troops
on the right are falling back ?T, . Seeing
that .it - 'was useless! to ; sacrifice so many
brave men. I ordered my command back,
and in accordance with: orders from Gene
ral Trimble'. , who i was leaving the field
wounded, I reformed ,, in rear of the artil
lery. .: , ' . I. '.,. , ,"'... ;
I know too well what it is to be a soldier
to wish to : do iniustice-to any command.
and I regret to see that the historians from
my native , State 'are ; so ivery partial to
Pickett's Divisions In the many publish
ed accounts of j the third J day's fight .at
Gettysburg, not ad. allusion has, ever been
made, that I am aware of,j to rny brigade
and Scales'; and now that Mr. McCabe
puts forth his boot as history, and makes
no mention of us, I feel that it is ray duty
to inform the public that Lane's North
Carolina Brigade was. there that it fought
on the, extreme, left of. Longstreet a line,
that it remained oh the field as long as any
Other portion of lhat lino and that it dis
played the ' samel bravery that it did at
Spottsylvania Court House on the, 12th of
May. which calls forth such a compliment
try notice from Gen. Early in his report
of that battle; aad -afterwards .'at iteamfe
Stationi when- - Gen.' Lee told ; me .. that
"North Carolina had cause to be proud of
such troops.'.' ? Gen. Lee's remark, in front
of mr lino on ,,the morning - of the 3d of
July, points, I ibinki to (the true cause, of
my failure in, that afternoon s assault .:..-)
W;lBCAlis RIGAD rf
Major Enoxlhard, then Ad j ulant Gen-
6X81 of PESDiB'sDitlsIori, undnow Sec-
retary of State, gives at our request his re
collection of the facts. ' He writes as fol
lowsr WiHi-vj:
Office op Secretary op State, '
Raleigh, N C, Aug. 29, 1877.
Messes.., Editors: Your note calling
my attention to an article in the Pbiladel-
?hia Weekly Timet, from the pen of ' CoL
Valter H. Taylor, General Lee's Chief of
staff, descriptive of the ..battle of Gettys
burg, is at band. I regret to read the fol
lowing in speaking of the third day's fight.
In his generally correct and impartial ac
count of that great battle : "While, doubt
less, many brave men or other commands
reached the crest of the height, this
(Pickett's Division) was the only organized
body that enteied the worEs ot the enemy.'
'When I recollect the gallantry, and the
achievements pt Lane's and Scales'. .Bri
gades on that occasion, whom the fate of
war ' had temporarily placed under - my
charge. It would be criminal in me to per
mit this statement to pass unchallenged. ; '
It will be recollected that on the ad ot :
July. Malor-General Pender was mortally
wounded. upon the eve or the battle oi
the 3d, Major-General Trimble assumed
command of the Division. Two Brigades
of the Division, Lane's and Scales', were
formed in rear of Heth's Division. These
Brigades had been fighting for two days,
and were not only tired, but their casual
ties had been large.. . General Scales, hav
ing been wounded on the 1st, was not in
command of his Brigade. -;'
When the line of battle moved forward
the second line kept but a . short . distance
in rear, and before the advance had passed
over one-half the distance to the enemy's
works,,! the second line united with the
first, our right touching the left of Pick
ett's Division. v i " ' M
In this order we moved forward, subject
to the terrible fire from the enemy's -artil
lery and infantry in front, and the enfilade
fire from the batteries from Round Top on
the right, until we reached the Federal
works, which, from the formation of Cem
etery HiU. projected just where the left
of Pickett's line and the right of Pender's
(Trimble sj united, lo the right and leit
the hill receded, and neither the right of
Pickett's nor the left of Pender's did or
could reach the Federal works,
The troops of Trimble's (mainly Scales'
Brigade) and Pettigrew's commands,
who took possession or tne enemy s
works, were fully as well organized as
those of Pickett to the right of us, and did
not leave until ordered by myself, when
we saw the extreme right of Pickett's Di
vision give way, leaving the leit or his
Division and the right of Pender's; unpro
tected. I write of incidents of which I was an
eye-witness. The wounding f General
Trimble before we had reached the ene
my's works,, and of almost, all the field
officers of our regiments near me, and the
necessity for Gen. Lane to look after the
left of the command which was unsup
ported, placed that portion of our troops
of which I speak under my special care,
as AQjuiani-uenerai ui me uivisiuu.
'lite point at which the troops with me
struck the enemy's works projected far
thest to j the front, and consequently we
were the first to reach them. I recollect
well, my horse having been shot, I' leaned
my elbow upon one of the guns of the
enemy to rest, while I watched with pain
ful anxiety the right upon ricaett s ex
treme right, for upon its success depended.
the tenablencss of our position. Surround,
ing me were the soldiers of Pender's,
lieth's and Pickett's .divisions, ana it re
quired all the resources at my command
to prevent their following en maue the re
treating enemy, and some did go so far that
when we were compelled to withdraw, they
were unable to reach our lines, the enemy
closing in from the right and left. , We
remained in quiet and undisputed posses
sion of the enemies works for a full half
hour, the men, flushed with victory, eager to
press forward. But when the right of
Pickett's Division was compelled by the
overpowering attack upon its right flank
to give way, the heroism wnicn naa anven
back every thing in its way being unable
to withstand the natural barriers which
protected the attacking force on the flank,
there wasnothing,lcft for us.to do but to
surrender ourselves as prisoners, which
was much' the safest course," br'withdraw
in confusion before the converging lines of
the enemy,, those in our immediate front
not having rallied. Our loss on the re
treat was greater than on the advance, but
we retreated in good order, and long be
fore darkPendcr's Division presented "a
shortened but a solid and determined line
of battle, behind which General Lee made
Jiis preparations for retreat, , 7 ' 4 '
1 have written mis nasty pote witnno
wish to provoke controversy.,' I noticed a
similar statement in the magnificent ora
tion of Major J: Wi Daniel, before' the
Southern Historical Socsety lq 1875, and
thought ; then I ought to notice it,' but it
was neglected on account of pressing busi
ness necessities. I submit it 13 not : just
for officers' who were engaged In that great
battle to publish statements, some of them
aemi-vllMjuu, iu ictuu iu luc kui uui ire ujr
troops not under their immediate; eye,
without consulting with' those who could
give them full and correct Information.
At the request of the commander-lu-chlef
I wrote the 6rBcial report of the part "taken
by Pender's Division during the thre days
battle of Gettysburg.' This request
so unusual In military annals, implying as
it did the confidence ot General Lee, Is
now remembered as the proudest incident
In my army life. ' I refer to ' this fart to
show that". I was Id a. position to' know
whereof I write, and haq the official recog-r
nition of General Lee thereto.
I fear we, have been too reticent in, our
State in . regard to the achievements, pt
North Carolina troops. ;;; While we" dld oUr
full share1 of the fighting during the war
we have riot been so' forward in fighting
our battles since. At least let us demand
justice oi musts wuu uu wni-c .
; Jos. A.' Engelhard.
. We again express- our regret thatColo-
nel Taylor has stirred up so heedlessly
this old 'quarrel, arid with at least the
means of acquiring better information at
hand we must express our surprise also.
It is evident that CoL Taylor had CaptJ
Young's report before lam,' f or he . quotes
from it, and it is evident also, that he had a
report from Gen. Lane, for lie quotes from
that too. V And doubtless, too,' he had seen
tue report -Juoauu . ujr, uiayji auitvJiAJJ,
for that also must have passed through, his
handfl." In "the face 6C all these- -things.
towevcr''t4 'deijberatelyputs forth' td.;thq
, world t as a : fact tiiaJt.JPioKBTs pi vision
was the- only - organized command that
reached trie enemyViMki ai Gettysburg;
all tho'otlier roopsth toot pjut jn the
assault according to. his statement haying
first faltertd aud then vfinany retired'
W'thi ijharge.' ''f" 3
. With the greatest reverenee for General
Lee; and itti shtilcient.' respetfctVlri
ginums.1th.Qrdlnary and. "tpakaVR6ailt
we respecifillly: submit that . ihe mystery of
Gettysburg-fefcot ttf be 'solved by ri"y re
flectiori' tipdV iiie conduct of the i&bps en-
gaged In thoigrand; assault .onM
day' Our Viiinia friends' must' be con,
tAnt b Bhm''thia ' fataP honor? of 06ttvsi
opouzetbenUjcAoe charge at eitys&urg
sd1 far as the troops engaged ill ft,- wa
jlouhUesfl n0RQ, pf , , the w.prld'a petkjlpda
SM'o's. TATWB7 jjay'i'iibut! it
was made so by North' Carolina 1 daring' as
weU m by that of Tirginia.'1 v -
A DEAD-BEAD ADXiyiSTRATZOX.
home i very severe rebukes I were adminis
tered to us a few ' months ago because we
were unable to. see. the propriety of dead
heading The Observer to the President.
"ye did not see the force of the rebukes,
though any lack of strength in the reason
ing was amply supplied by the vigorous ear
nestness oi the language used.' . When one
of eur gushing friends of Hates proclivi
ties, down East, for Instance, told us that
Mr. Hates could not intelligently admin
ister . to the ; wants of the people unless
he.knew what their wants were, and. that
he could. only know their wantq , by;
the diligent perusal , of . newspapers,- we
sajR. that , our , cotemporary , was , talking
Ihf -usual good, sense.; : ;Andr. when it furth
er informed us that in this enlightened
age even . merchants found it necessary to;
read newspapers, and many of them too,
so as to transact intelligently their trum
pery private j business of buying and seifc
ing goods, we could still see that our co-
temporary was far from overstepping the
modesty of nature. But the, deduction
was not,' and is not yetv plain to us. No
body pays the merchant a, salary to trans
act business. - Yet the merchant does pay
for his newspapers. , The people pay Mr.
Hates a very handsome salary to transact
their business, and find him besides. If Mr,
Hates then finds thai newspapers are neces
sary to qualify him to fulfil the duties he has
undertaken, and which is paid 'to attend
to, why should not Mr. Hates pay for his
education? Why should tee be expected
to instruct him for nothing, and find our
selves ? V Decent clothing is also necessary
to the proper discharge of the Presidential
office. But v that' 'does riot justify Mr.
Hates in calling upon the dry-goods mer
chants throughout ther country to" supply
him dead-head with coat arid breeches, , and
we incline to think that if he did the reply
would be that they would see him well,
say, in Georgia costume first. ' This i.s the
way the thing presents itself to our mind,
and if it be a Bourbonish presentation we
cannot help It. We were raised to think
that when people wanted other people's
goods, especially if those goods were news
papers, the way to get them was ' to buy
them. -We'' learned the ; lesson ' yocmg,
and, Bpurbon-like, we have riot forgotten
it. , . " . :
But it is not only in the matter of newsr
papers, that Air. Hayes is a aeaa-neaa
PresidenL The railroads and the hotels,
the steamboats and the coaches, come in
for their share of use, or.abuse by an ad
ministration which evidently believeVthat
it can eat its cake and have it; that it can
draw large salaries from the taxidden
people to, enable it, to live decentiy tfrid
pay 4s way as it goes in a liberal and pro
per; manner, and then go its way without
paying. JNow to us an this seems uis-
gracef ul, and we are inclined to say some
ugly words about it ; but we do not wish
to draw upon ourselves any more outpour;
irigs from those vials of wrath which are
held over the heads of us Bourbons tq
keep us from stirring up sectional strife
and precipitating another war between the
North and South, nor to give occasion to
our : aforesaid Eastern brother again , to
rebuke us by the, solemn declaration; that
however the hot-heads of , The Pbserveb
people may be for War, his, "voice is still
for Peace !" And further, and mote to the
purpose, we fiid the work so well done to
pur hand by one of our Northern brethren
that we will show our "conciliating''
(that's the fashionable phrase, we think, j
disposition by1 copying from the Brooklyn
Eagle. Its Editor is a man after pur .own
heart, a Yankee with whom We can "con
ciliate" to-day and to-morrow and the day
iter that. We shake hands .with ,him at
least in the spirit, and if he were , within
reach we could throw ourselves upon his
bosom - and . weep, . our Eastern brother
could do the same by Mr. Hates, ,. anq
then the country would undoubtedly be
safe. The work of conciliation would be
complete. - , j .-,; . .
, i .... .,, .: . . - ... . i
' From the Brooklyn-Eagle. V i
The President and a piece Of his Cabinet
with the persons accompanying them, will
complete their free and talkative tramp t
two weeks, to-day. The country has be
come informed, from various authoritative
sources that on this journey- none '"of the
persons, from the President down, has
paid anything or been charged anything
The nulroads, steamboats and coaches they
have used have been cost tree. The hotels
they have stopped in .have presented ino
bills... A fortnight of-, travel,.: extendin,
over hundreds of miles, has .produced no
expense to .any oi the . party. , Deadhead
ism as a tact nas necome so raminar to
the country that it no longer, produces a
shock to find, what our Repupncan friends,
(confounding the engineers with the
machine.) call . " the r Government"
engaged ; in the business. 5 -Indeed,
President urant, wno accepted eve
rythlng from a - bull pup ,.to a" library.
which he scorned to read, would seem to
have set an example' that his successor and
associates' are realiyhnproving on. j MrJ
Hayes has: already ' "done" -New .York,
Philadelphia, Boston, , and. now pretty
much all of. New England as a dead head.
and has taken a large number of persons
with him each time, on the same principle.
Indeed, three Boston hatters have won as
much advertisement as the numerous land
lords who have entertained the "Admims-
tion." Each of thS three referred to, and
who shall not be more particularly referred
to; presented .. Postmaster .General Key
with,: "a new- bat and compliments," and
that raying, and wordy Helot has, worn
them in succession, being careful to set
them down, ' while making -his powerful
speeches, in - such, a place and manner as
would enable the reporters to see that the
maker and builder , is Smith, or whatever
his name may be. -'The reporters-have fn
no instance taken the bint or. the hat. 3
Of this Administration habit of dead-
headiHg it can be said .that , the-general
jublic sense Is indifferent to it, j ust be
cause tne general public sense is apt to be
Indifferent to matters that are not practi
eel but whieh .are, purely matters of, good
taste,, it-can be iurtner said, however,
that cultivated' men and women of '- both
parties, a number nbt large but influential,
are not at alt indifferent , to the habit. It
was habit which reduced respect for
iresiaeni urant, who naa 11 largo margin
of ' great achievement to gamble on and,
dissipate, nji itia hftbltithat reduces if it
doenoti entirely quench,, a very especial
sort of respect which' "it is very' desirable:
Mr.! Hayes, '-as fc' President:' with"itc-per4
aonal record bf greatness,' and a President
by sufferance aagainsthe-willand vote
of the people, should cultivate as assiduous
ly at he can. The mflrmity,'however, will
never be corrected tmtil n Executive la
secured iwba: isla Jarge enough niaa to
realize that , he cannot, afford to junket
round without paying' his way, and that
is" just becac e he is the Exemplar as well
as the Preeif jt t of the United States, their
itbu viuz,ei tin weu aa meir luuiei magis
trate, and if t he ought to be more care
ful than any )f her person in the Union tol
put himseu , filler favor to, no man or cor
poration, rjt ti keep -himself independent
of all by aft p jieg nothing at their hands
for which k 'does not : pay.- Thijs ; self-re-spectf
ql coij of persorial manliness and
good tx&mi I will have to be postponed,
until Execu 28 are chosen of a very dif
ferent sort f; mental and social material
from thatpl fifbf .'whieh' the Republican
party has h Jn t its Presidents.' -. Already
the repress i ive junketing .vices of the
Grant 'and ejiricoln CaWnets are being
adoptee! by'; f Hayes Cabinet; ' ; f s ' ,
.Aside frQF.il hese free trips and free feeds
! . 1 .1 i A t rr 1 1 . 11 111 m
m wnicn. 3 t .-fjayes oas ;perBonauy ; iea, ,
Mr. Sbern tsJs been taking two revenue
cutters. at i l ifxpense of about $300 a day
edch, to tlt4 pjeasnry of the United States,
an rbund ftf i coast, making what he has
been please; ) call ugntnouse mgpections,
but "happ Siig in" at Long Branch,. Cape
May, NewJ Jftj New London, Portsmouth,
Martha s y fevard, lsie or Shoals, - ana
Portland ei c it in time "for the balls and
hops and pt i;uets that had been arranged
in his horit weeks ieforehand. 'At the
same time,! ff fc iShermah's, inspection was
so much, of i t (access that he succeeded in
knocking jo le, in the first revenue cutter,
the Grant! i ha disabling her permanently.
Several Seij: liri of the United States, -with
ex-Secret4E iiv)besdn, the Blames land
others oni Jd; have also been , cruising
round the iat;in a United States-man-pf
war at a-ii Semment expense of, nearly
$1,000 a durfapd about every member of
the Cabinet? j-ijjxcept Dick Thompsbn, who
does not se hi able to stbp this use of gov
ernment ii- pis for ' private persons and
purposes,! j laji been darting. . rutner ana
thither over 11, country "U. ti." ana Dy
so much Jq fing himself and his office in
the esteem! fjjthe thoughtful men and wo
men of 'the; tiaited States. - Ve , -. .-' '
. There i ' desire among the oeoole of
the Ihiitedtfites that their officials should
not have . . i fxooa inner: 7 n ut mere is a
very stronr - d pire among the more reflec-.
tive andj.1 iffilned' people of the i United
QfotQo tlioi WoTiinfr a trctnA timA". AhAii
officials Jl ?m set a good example, iiot
bUU'Mt.uiU'B v - f-, w U u . . , kt. -
one which ti jaks thejTocation of a tramp
differ frortl pleasure of. an.Administnu
tion only t JM fact that the tramp does,
at seasons trfjyt lor his ; way in work, and
in the .frin eh that the Administration
openly get It ?e; best pf everything' for fao
thing, wh l ips tramp furtively gets what
little he "ft Jt, fThe mere spectacle, in these
times, offl (President' andhis Cabinet
paying thj f fway,' and paying it liberally,
would be j ieducation in a very desir
abte degrd 4 p5 direction to all grades of
society in. hi jUnion, , almost as good an
exampleaT M jeforegoing of these junketing
and a stea yladherence to the public busi-
Jifi.'n !J . si. ;J . : i
ness. HJreHiuenii is iwiue a
much-inf ialkry and thrice as much in
ollnwaiuu': l4x Vlt ffrpat KtmiiIivm nf
the past; j faid f or all they , used, and
maae no ft; 1, ana especially no corpora
tion." thei ijteditor. Most of the Cabinet
officials Vjjsenof fortmie. ' All of them;
are paid j tf pes considerably larger . than
who yet 1 w iage to .takfe their period of
rest and1 i fcteation, during a part vof the
summer; ( ptj vo pay lor it. wxujuui. ium vr
embarrast pi )nW ; The whole deadhead sidej
of the la jrfesidentuiltrip has been.,. piti-i
IUL 11 1) ,B! fentuauy sure 10 uc uenioraiiJ
zing. Ct ;il. Hayes use "Tom" Scott'd
private 1 4 icy: all overi the United btates
and . witil ind ;Tom ! .Scott's subsidy
lobby ? ! r iarqr ior iavoros me ruie rouna
the worif fM it is-a law rulers are a little
more stn erinti
iy bound by than any other
But wl it is to be said of the other sides
of the lai mip? - Has Mr. Hayes, have his
Cabineil 'ef talking down tb silly and ll-t
literatejsVfincea, or is- the sort of , stuff
they hav! 4Hx!en speaking for two weeks
tne dcsij- wvjpan ao, wnun - mey iry very
hard? jlf life! Brooklyn aldermen - make
better id jses than the President of ... the
United, f Jiites has, . been making. Any
"local p dibjer'' in ,this town can rest se
curely ii) l!fact that his "license to ex-j
hort" w ftj be taken from him if he per-;
petrated ttj platitudes Mr. Key has been
getting i jf,'; at way stations, in response to
verted p jigal who is more than content
wjth thonsks that the swine do eat. At4
tomey. ;irei!al Devens has blundered and
floandei '5as : he was thought juite inca4
pable 'i J ; j'dblng.- - Mr; 1-McCrary seems
to ha'v "sijrjy dodged speechmaking and
to have) ift Idenly lef t the party. Secretary
Evart4f MSMbeen "chaffed' before the
whole e. ttHry, and finds his price of ser-i
vice- tot joy paid to Mm' by Mr. Haycsj; in
efforts'! j be pleasant which ' suggest , the
movemf lylM . an elephant in a quadrilleJ
and whj to nave taken the form of "iriak!
ing f pn 'of Mr. Evarta . "big words," in
Mr.:. Ej own house, tb a crowd outj
side.. : pr inaa who was ridiculed, was
the Seq jtiry of State of the United States,
wbo'w jS-jhowing his resplendent hospl-j
tality 'tj ; ne ruler of the greatest people
on eart) jjhe aforesaid ruler, at the samel
time, 1 i?g his best or worst to make
an' ain jej Merry Andrew 'ef himself
at the;, dpense of- the characteristles ot
his ha For it this , reason or . some
other, f jl-f. tEvarts himself has been jiu-1
der a p Wiess of flattening out. His "ad-j
dressed ; jave been such as to show tha
he holt fl fis audience or his situation in
undjsg jfffidcontenipt, for he has delivered
drivel Icbringing which or the equal on
which Vhini tie would, soundly punish
his so Vhx are at school'm Concbrd,
we leat jrem a- 'dexterous advertisement
of a pj c?0f learning which the reporters
have i lerted in their accounts'. The offli
cials 1 Mel have neither ' riiade speeches
l.i . : .1. : J 1 1 .1 . 1 1 -
worm; f ping: nor uispiaycu uie equauy
necesa ' art of showing - that they knov
rj- J5i'.;j 1 Li
now;-3. n i ayoiu -. maaing bucbcucs. jur
Hayei hiisf exhibited "himself and hehai
trottel . Tor jitf his associates with5 absolutely
less g ci arid-dignity than mark the resulf
when. W ciirtain is tana ud and the conven
tional ?t rpUpe". is seen in linen, cork and
sables Ruling the - first order ' of the ' in
terloci idfej or vmiddlecrnQn. 1 Decidedly
"the t fernment" does better at the Cap
ital.; - Hief press takes r. better care of its
action i there than it can of ; iu ords
Abroai i M- large family, everv niember of
whict ji wadely -scattered. ' Aily grand
fatbet jia a blacksmith." "I was not born
here r iuse riiy father moved West, before
I wasf Mn." "I know you are glad and de
sirjouj aee"me." "Naturally you want tq
near. jjjv.oice. "m give you a general,
heart Buckeye shake" these are "sentU
ment) ir&ki fall from "the President of the
Unit J l States as easily' ; as words worth
ntterf ig, ;and worth "preserving - have
.raueii j:iroux;-.; some;,oif ma preaecea;
sorslrtiiloauerice is1 so easy to ilr. Hayes
thatl jig; "ought to ' guard ' against itJ
Wisd; Oi is 60 abundant with his Postmasi
' ter t. tieral- that, -he ought to . Bubs'itute
some kfpg forit, . as a rarity., - Ah the, mati
ter, V JliWhich we' 'comment without the
least julrpoee of partisanship, is one that
conoi m I the dignity of Ihe people and' the
Adnv Mftration athme and the reputation
Of jbt jli abroad,' we hope all journals and
aHT jcimen will .find means to suggest
and i 4 free - the ' fact that the President
and I si 'Qflacials should..either .pay- theii!
Hsuent ifosy throHghout... the, country, oi
soeef 43 w. - better Vet circulate themselves
hyp) piographarid express themselves:by
lhi iyea' alphabet, All for -their own
grM dKKl.and-for the greater good of
?1Al jiight-hour-laW agltatiori is now ou
) kuw a . w auuu uwwyi
ihw )s(tiot to' shorten the hours of work,
rem) naerea Dy tne persons wno are bixiv
I CALIFORNXA WATS. .
' ' ' ' . - - ' ' - ' -
The-papers contain a! report of a very
interesting trial in Los Angeles, California,
the other day, the case being Ketohuk vs.
The State of CaTifornla, with i Messrs.
Gonu & Blanch aed as attorneys for plain
tiff, and Judge WfMTEY for defence. Mr.
GorLD called Ketchum and asked: "What
becaine'of Lachehab?' Witness "He was
hanged by Judge Widset and some other
persons.'! Judge Widiiet' "quickly "arose
and drew, apistorfrona' his pocket, and
holding the muzzle . down, addressed
Ketchum substantially fis" .follows: "Yoa
say I murdered! a man 1 I, You lie, yon: per-
ored villain I I was in Jhe .'couhty court.
room trying a case at the time Lachenaia
was hanged, arid knew; nothing whatever
about it. ' If ' you andj your' crowd ' are
armed to assassinate or! murder me, draw
your pistols and go on." j Mr. Gouxd' 'We
are not armed. Judge WrDNET 'Then
will put away my weapon, as I will not use
it on an unarmed mani" The' case then
proceeded' without interruption until the
noon adjournment, when Judge Widket
asked Mr. Gould if his party Intended
coming armed or unarmed in the afternoon,'
as he would be governed entirely by their
actions. " He said lie only wanted a fair
Bhdw; "but did not intend that any one
should get the drop on him. Mr. Gould
make no definite promise.' - '.' 1 r ' 1:
Evidently they hayela way of their own
of transacting business ' in the courts of
CaMfornia,' as ' they ' price had perhaps
have now notions of their own' as to mati
ters under the regulation of the church. 'L- ,
Some twenty years ago a North Carolina
friend who had been one of jfche first emi
grants to California in the days of the gold
excitement paid a brief visit to his old
home and family on the Cape' FearJ
Many were the anecdotes he told illustra
ting me social status of California, where
industry,- ability and courage had won
him high repute and fortune. ' One we re
Call as specially indicative of California hab
its. On a previous visit to the States he had
married and taken his wife to California
with him. '"When it jbecame necessary to
baptize 'baby, a celebrated Chief Justice
of California was one of the sponsors, and
felt it "his 'duty and pleasure to1 make
the baby a baptismal present He did his
duty, and according to his lights, he did
it welL The baby's present was the hand-;
sorriest and most expensive pair of du-
elling pistols that money could buy in San
Francisco! '' " '' I ' " " ' ' ' ' '"'" '!
; OUR MAIL FACILITIES. j
Calling attention a-few days ago to the
constant complaint from all sections of the
State of the decrease' of mail facilities and
the inefficiency of much of the service that
is allowed to us, we copied from, the Ma-j
con "Advance and i the : Asbeville CtUteni
some indignant ' remarks as to' recent
changes in Macon and Buncombe coun-j
ties. '- As to ' these we ' learn from
the Department that if is true that the very
important office at Aquone was discon-
tinned on June 25th, 1877, but for the fol-
owing rcason: ? ! The postmaster appointed
lad failed "o qualify; there was no other
applicant for the place; and as no postj
office can stand upon the books of the D&j
partirient withi a seeming existence and yet
without a head. - there was nothing tq
do. in ' the' case? but discontinue : it,
It ' baa: however.1 ' been ; lately re-ew
tablished, ' - with ' A.";- B. Munday afi
postmaster. In Buncombe 'country we are
informed,' the office J : at Granville was disl
continued April 25th, 1877,; but it has alsd
been're-opened. r It was discontinued bej
cause the postmaster traded in postage
stamps, and at" the; time' of his dismissal
there was rid ! applicant to fill his place.
The office ? at f Laurel jtotb ;waa
discontinued In f consequence of -- the
sariie 5 violation of " the " law. as ' tcj
stamps. ' The'bfflce ' at ' Riverside was dis-j
continued because the postmaster failedj
to make his returns in accordance with the,
instructions of the Department, the penalty
for which is removal.' These ' offices; wej
are assured, will W ptomptly're-estebushedj
as soori as interested parties 'present fo'the
Departrierit the'1 names - of prper personal
to serve as postmasters.' ' "JU ' ' ' 1 " ' . j
t Thb silver question will ; command ati
tention at the approaching session of Con
gress. The ChicagoTjir-05oft desiring
to- ascertain the drift of - Congressional
opinion has addressed a circular letter tq
varipus members of Congress asking them;
to indicate their position on the subject of
remonetrzing silver, and has received re
plies from 197 . Qf these 131 1 favor the;
repealing of the law of 1873 and restoring
the silver dollar to its old place in theourj
age. ? Fifteen "favor remonetizing jVith1
conditions attached, " eighteen oppose r&t
monetizing, thirty-one : are undecided ariq
two decline- to- answer. 1 These- answer!
represent every State and' include' thirtyt
one oenaiors -ana 100 - neprescni.au vt4
. - -- . - 4 Irftr . T A '
Of the latter 113 advocate
the
1
measure
and thirteen oppose It. -
U 8
I
ritlj
Jost as Mrs. Gajnks i stepping out
the courts, another widow walks in wit
a suit for the modest sum of , thirty milt
lions pf : dollars. . Her name Is Miller,
and she claims two hundred square mile
in, : -West " Virginia ud Kentucky. Tfai
city of Lexington; Ky., and much vali
ble coal and iron property are embraced
the claim. - Mrs Millku claims as hei
of her graudfatBer.'Joicr YbusG, whoi
near the close of the last century, invested
a few thousand dollars in the patent lands
pf the State off Virginia. -rS..
' 1 he JxjrsDfos estate, which has been scj
long talked about in this country, and as,
to which id many conventions of heirs have
been held, lias turned out to be a dehisiori
and a snare, Hr.'. BsmrAHor writes from
London to a friend in . Virginia that; be
knows nothing whatever of. ( the so-called
J-eskisus estate, nojr. does he belie ve in its
existence. He1 would not give a penny!
TvwtnWcfgmri fnr thfi frflfi gift of all the
rights of all the cliimants. 1 .. ,
; f.1 Tn Perinsylyanli coal 'company has ro
fused the demand of its' '4,000 employees
ior increased compcrisatioh. and the strikri
r seeriis' Uk'el trf gd n "for peeks' longer
it Is starvatldn; not m6b violence, that
00W most tb be feared; in the coal regions
of ortheraPennjyivmifc"' ' j
Fauiss is doing its terrible work In
China as in India.. Lack of . rain has pro
duced that, in India ; too, much rain has
brought the Chinese to grief. "The damp
huts of the rural population around Pekin,"
says a foreign journal, Vare crowded with
weaklings who have just been abje to sur
vive the pangs of, starvation, but aire too
feeble to combat the fever, which u aggrai
yated by the. pestilential gases arising
from the dead bodies that have been wash
ed out of their shallow graves dug while
the frost was still in the ground, f. i
Tme Chicago' Timet publishes a review
of the fall trade, which shows that busi
ness in nearly every line - in that city is
mere active than at any time since the
panics . There is an unprecedented rush in
the chief staples, and a general revival of
business in the Northwest Is apparently
near at hand, "-'.i ';:;: v . ' v ? ;
LETTEU FHOU SAIOFSOIf COUNT",
Correspondence ot Thk Obsxrvkb.
Habbeix.'sSxobb,N. C, Aug. 24,1877.
- Messes. Editoes : Please publish the
few lines in order that your many: readers
may Know, now the ".Lower campsoniana"
are progressing. . Unlike our sister count v..
Pender, all is peace and quiet not sp
much as a dog fight to excite our dormant
curiosities., 1 Corn looks veryj promising.
The potato crop will doubtless bo short.
We understand that some of our farmers
have planted a superior quality . of corn
this jseason said corn is knewn as the
"Fanners'.- Favorite" and we are told '
that it will produce 112 bushels to the acre.
The seed was sent, we hear, from Spring-,
field, Illinois. It has been stated that all
live "Patrons", will be furnished with a
few grains of this princely corn the ensuing
year. Hope it will prove beneficial to the
farmers. The dog tax and no fence law
are. the leading ".topics in this vicinity.
Without any comment upon either at pres
ent, I will state that your correspondent is
in favor of both.
1 We hail with much pleasure the viuits of
Thx Oskbvxb. ' We glory in its nerve and
backbone, and unhesitatingly pronounce
It the people's organr-the leading paper in
the BtateJ It is just such a paper as all true
Democrats admire. How a Democrat can .
be an admirer of Hayes is a mystery.
; ; We are thankful, too, that Tub Ob
servke takes such a deep interest in agri
culture and. education. The great influ
ence it wields in these ' two branches is
worth more than its subscription; We
hope that the day is not far distant when
education will be more sought after than at
present. ' ' -' ;' '
j ProL J. H. Mills with a chapter of Or
phans will be with us bn the 12th of Sep
tember. I feel quite Sure that we will not
be behind in contributing to this public ne
cessity to these poor orphans. Air. Mills
deserves great credit for the efficient man
ner In which the business of the Asylum
has been conducted, and he ought tore-
fceive all funds possible to aid him in push-
mg rorward so noble a work. .
,,-Wishing you Godspeed in the noble
cause which you have espoused, that of
advocating Democracy, Education, Agri
culture, etc, we come to a cloee.
.Yours, Kappa. .
: LETTER FHOITC CASWELL.
. ' tCorrespondence of Tns Obskrvkb.
Yancettille, N. C, Aug. 25, 1877.
Messes. Editoes : Col. L. L. Polk,
the Commissioner of 'Agriculture, visited
this place yesterday, aud addressed the
farmers and other citizens upon the sub
ject of the agricultural interests of the
State, and other kindred subjects connect
ed with the duties of his office. Owing to
the very busy -season, there was not, 1 re
gret to say. a general attendance of the
farmers. - The address was an hour or
more in length, and was listened to with
profound attention. I shall not attempt
even an outline of it. Suffice it to say,
that it was eminently practical; character
ized by an amount of common sense and
executive talent, convincing all present of
his thorough acquaintance with the duties
of his office, and his high qualifications for
the discharge of the. same. He is certainly
the right man In the right place. I regard
this organization aa the most important
that has ever been organized in behalf of
the agricultural interests of the State, and
anticipate results that no one at present
can anticipate., -
The corn crop in this county is very
fair. The tobacco crop, though perhaps
a little over an average one in acreage, does
not promise to be a fair one, owing to
much of it being late. K
. -"' ALFALFA. ' :
r , t Correspondence of Tax Obsxbvxb.
; .; Fatetteviliji, Aug. 23. 1877.
Messes. Editoes : I would ' like your
correspondent Alfalfa of a recent date to
forward a specimen of the leaves and flow
ers of the Alfalfa to Col. L. L. Polk,'
Department of Agriculture, by letter for
examination. t Alf.
Robeson Small Gbaix Gkowing. J.
C. Hargrove, Esq., a successful cotton .
planter of Uobeson county in this State,
raised this year fifty-six bushels of wheat
upon three acres, an average of 18 J bush
els per acre. A.- R. McPhail, Esq., of the
same county raised this year M bushels
per acre on two acres treated with
moderate quantity of Guanape., On a half
acre manured with 25 bushels of cotton
seed he gathered eight bushels of what.
Zack Fulmore, Esq. j from a three acre
lot highly improved gathered in 187C 15
bushels of; wheat per acre. . The same lot
planted in sweet potatoes after the wheat
was gathered produced nearly 500 bush-
els.
From a two acre lot in Robeson county,
deeply plowed and treated with lime and
cotton seed ten thousand pounds ot oats
were gathered this season, 2J tons per acre.
The same lot is planted in sweet potatoes
.and the yield will be severaUmndred bush
els. - v : - S' '''
A farmer in Marion county, S. u., re
ports as the result of his experiment: f.orty
bushels of wheat grown on one acre of
land highly, improved. Another farmer
reports twenty eight bushels on one acre.
varouna jrarmer. '
The Mails the People Need. Let
the press continue Its demands for more
mail facilities, we nave no interest in
fast mails. Our people who, at best, can
get their mails but once a week, don't care
a straw whether the mail- from New Yerk
reaches Raleigh in 24 hours or 00 hours ;
or whether mail trains make ten miles or
forty miles an hour. ; What concerns them
is horse mails, suikr mails, back mails;
and what they ask is more of them, more
post omces and more routes. There is not
a single post office on thp road from here
to Plttsboro, a distance of 30 miles; there
is not a post office- between here and Stag
ville, 18 miles, there are not more than two
l. ... 1. . - 1 . it ' : 1 . . t
is but one between here and Roxboro. 24
miles. rThese arespecimen instances, and
taken at random. No doubt every paper
can furnish a parallel. Let all join in the
demand. It is our right, WUaboro Re
corder. . ,,- ' '. '
Chawok of Name.' The name of the
postouke la Lincoln county called "Casta
nea Grove? Jiaabeerrehanged to LowcsoiUe
Since the ; discontinuance -jot . "Cottage
Home P. O.jJLoweaville has been doing
its business. D. .A. Lowe, Esq., is the
postmaster at Lowes villa. Charlotte Dem.
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