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C0MMI8SI0K, COLLECT RENTS, prepare land papers, ouy notes, mortgages judgements, county -script and other claims wake small Loans on good security and assume the general man agement of estatw. " . , ' ;,'-4'- s NO SALE, NO CHARGES;: ; ' , BZSTOFRZF EREXCES , jan2ly A CAROLINA MARTYR. THT5 ILiIFE-HISTORY OF RAN DOLPH ABBOTT SHOTWELL. , Pilsrrim Fathers landed and Puritanism was rocked in The Thrilling Story of his Unjust,Im prlaonment ; His Brave, Manly For titude Is Told In Stirring Words. A correspondent of the Edenton Enquirer wishes to draw a veil over the life of Shotwell and the editor of the Staie Chronicle answers him so eloquently and tells the story of his life in a way so much calculated to inspire higher thinking and nobler acting that we publish the greater part of the article, believing that such lives, teaching the lessons they do, should always be held up as ex amples. Editor Sentinel. In what sense was Randolph A. Shotwell a patriot? Those who have read this paper injury months need not be told ; to others a short history of his life will have a value and an interest. Randolph Abbott Shotwell was born in West Liberty, Va., on the 12th day of December 1848. In his vins there ran the blood of the Cavalier and the Puritan. His fath er Rev. Nathan Shotwell, a Pres byterian divine was a native of the Old Dominion, a true son of that noble commonwealth. His mother's maiden name was Miss Maria Ab bott and her birth place was in the State of Massachusetts, where the where ts New World cradle. Brought up by a devout father in a quiet village in the good old orth odox Presbyterian way, Mr. Shot well wus early aware of the duties and responsibilities of life. Without incident these years .of preparation for college were years that made him the stern and un yielding honest man he became in life. He was sent to Media College in Pennsylvania, where he was when the clouds of a civil war broke upon the country and rained down its tempests of woes. When the news went forth that the meii of the North and South had met in mortal conflict, there was a longing in the heart of Mr. Shotwell, yet a youth, "On the muster roll of glory, In his country's future story, On the battle field of glory To consecrate his name." Is there no patriotism in the fact that this young man, at school in a NorthernCollege,with only two dol lars in his pocket journed South ward to join himself to the army of General Lee? Is it nothing that reaching the Potomac he captured a skiff Irom a Yankee pickett, and in his attempt to cross the river, was discovered, his boat shot to pieces, and he narrowly escaped with his life ? Is these no evidence of pat riotism in the fact that lie partici pated in seventeen battles before Peace reigned? Did it require no courage and daring to lead the sharp shooters in the fatal charge at Get tysburg? "Rambler" may not think so, but Secretary Seddon, by order of President Davis, tendered Mr. Shotwell a special commission "for valor and skill." It may be that "a veil ought to be thrown over" his escape from his captors, his attempt to return to the Confederate lines, his re-capture and his confinement in Fort Deleware; but we believe that every patriot in North Carolina will love to remem ber the bravery and daring of this gallant young officer, who in defense of his country could welcome death as sweet and pleasant. ' But it is not so much for his bravery in time of war, brave as he was that we love him most. It is for the fight he made for Right in the so-called piping times of Peace, and his vicarious sufferings that gave him the the strongest claim up on the affections and gratitude of North Carolinians. Up to the day when lie was re leased from Fort Deleware prison, Capt. Shotwell had not pressed his foot on North Carolina soil, where he was destined to do his - life work and have such punishment inflicted as to make many call him the Martyr of Reconstruction. In 1868 Capt. Shotwell's father moved to Rutherfordton, and when he had laid aside the sword forever and was to fight his future battles with the "mightier pen," he went to his father's home to rest a few weeks, and look about him for future work. In 1866, in partnership with Mr. Stephen D. Pool, he commenced the publication of the New Berne Jour nal of Commerce. ' In 1868 he re turned to Rutherfordton and estab lished the VinSieator, through the columns of which 4 he denounced in most scathing language what he call ed the "red strings and renegades" of that section. , In 1870 he estab lished the Asheville Citizen, and a few weeks, later was - shot on i the streets of Asheville while caning TJ. S. Attorney' Lusk for -: an insulting reply to editorial strictures in the Citizen. In October of the same great is his journalism and enter the legal pro fession, Capt. Shotwell returned to Rutherfordton to enter upon the study of law. 3?hen followed the scenes, which embittered his life, shattered ; his hopes and in a large degree terminat ed his ambition. He belonged to the Invisible Empire so it was charged and he never denied it. In North Carolina no defense of the Ku Klux Klan is necessary. All men know that the organization flisthad the best objects" in view, but that the time came when excess es were committed. Thegood work performed by the order, in the days when there was no law, was ap plauded; the excesses were regret ted. It was born of the nessities of the times and while such an order of to-day would deserve severest de nunciation the conditions were dif ferent then. About this time the Klan did what was unlawful and for this act, when Capt. Shotwell was not pres ent and knew not of, he was arrest ed. Before his arrest his friends urged him to follow the example of others and leave the country, but his reply was that of a noble Ro man : "No; I have done nothing, neither have I said anything, except what the best interest of the people required. I shall remain and defend my course with my honor and my life if need be." So long as there is an ex-Confederate soldier in North Carolina, so long as men teach their children that the performance of Duty is higher than all else, so long as hon est men dare to do an honest deed honestly, these words will be spoken as a memorial of the courage and bravery of Randolph A. Shotwell. "Cast a veil orer them?" Heaven forbid! There is inspiration to the young in the recital of the deeds of Mr. Shotwell and in the repetition of the words of this brave man. Let the story of his life be handed down from father to son ! Let it be told ever in North Carolina as an inspi ration to deeds of heroism and to a life of self-sacrifice ! But, because it is so sad a story, we would love to throw a veil over what followed. But it tells of the sufferings of Mr. Shotwell and must be told to show how claim on our admiration. Without capias or warrant he was arrested on the 5th of July, 1870, and thrust into an iron cage (7x10 feet) with three negro felons and three white murderers, where he was kept two mouths, the authorities not even allowing him to have t:ie deli cacies prepared and sent by friends and loved ones at home. Oa a bright September Sabbath, (the second day of the mouth) when all the air a solemn stillness held ; when church bells were calling to the house of God ; when business and the prosecution of. the civil law itself was suspended ; when men turned aside from the busy toil of the week to commune - with their Maker on such a day the gallant Randolph A. Shotwell, in the face of the tears and prayers of his ven erable father and the united plead ing of a town, was handcuffed to a chain with six others and marched over the rough and rugged road 30 miles to Marion, with a hooting jeering, sneering rabble ot white men ana negroes tollowiug on horse back, with instructions that if they were overtaken by a rescuing party "to shoot and kill the prisoners." Much can be said iu palliation of some of the unlawful acts of those in authority immediately afterthe war because of the turbulent times, but there are no words sufficiently de nunciatory to characterize that bar barity. From Marion, Capt. Shotwell was brought to Raleigh for trial or rath; er for sentence, for it had already been determined that he must be punished. It mattered not that the ablest and most brilliant lawyers in the State appeared for him, asking nor accepting reward. Among them were ex-Gov. Bragg, Judge Strong, Col. T. C. Fuller and Judge Fowle. It mattered not that the voice of 'the people of North Carolina went up as if from one throat, asking his dismis sal. It mattered not that he swore, with directness and truth, of his in nocence. Neither, not all these things could avail, and he was con victed, Judgfe Bond presiding. "Done to death' by slanderous tongues." We make no charge against, the court or jury. The simple repetition of the facts tell more trumpet tongued what was the character of its proceed ure than any "words can do. He was convicted, or rather he was sentenced to the penitentiary in order to make an example of him. On the 5th day of October, 1870, he was carried to Albany penitentiary, undei a sentence; of eix years imprisonment: and a fine of $5,000. How he was treated inhis prison-home ; what indignities were heaped upon him ; how because, when ill, he was Compelled to drink acid -from a. tin cup, cankered by its con tents, the drinking of which -caused every day for two years he was com- felled to march to his work, forced to eephis hands on the sroulders of a negro criminal Who marched before him ; how in the winter nights, when the wind whistled around his cell, he was compelled to wear his working clothes tc keep warm ; how in enforc ed silence and downcast eyes he was made to work, to suffer, to bear in his body the punishment of others and how under these trials and persecut ions he bore himself go , bravely, no words can tell. He was offered re lease upon the dishonorable terms of turning traitor to his menus, and al though his punishment wa3 well-nigh unbearable, he opened not his nioutb, and his knowledge was as a scaled book. Although kind friends sympa thized, alone he was compelled to tread the wine-press. ' After ten years, in response to a united and urgent appeal, " President Grant issued Capt. Shotwell an un conditional pardon, and once again he stepped out into the sunshine a free man." But a shadow had been cat athwart hi3 life, and he came to take up the burden of life again with an im paired constitution, the horrible recol lections of prison life and with embit tered spirits. These were barriers hard to beat down, in the way of suc cess. Coming from the prison-cell and looking around him to find an open ing in which he could earn a subsist ence and flight with the pen the bat tles for truth, Capt. Shotwell returned to North Carolina a few miles only from where he had been arrested and in November, 1871 , conjointly with General D. H. Hill began the publication of the Southern Home. In 187( the year that witnessed the triumph of Democracy in North Car olina The Democrats of Mecklen burg electing him to repre sent them in the State Legislature. He reversed a Republican majority of 8G0. This was his vindidation. This was the expression of the confi dent of the people irj his bravery and honor. He did not make a conspicu ous member but a faithful and honest one. His place was in the sanctum, and in January 1878, he moved to Raleigh and became editor of the Farmer ana Mechanic There is no need o speak of the ca reer of that paper of its struggles for existence, of its fights against wrong in high places, its unparalelled brightness and freshness as a news-giver, its devotion to those principles that burned themselves into the heart and brain- of the editor. They are too well known to need comment. His untimely death and sad burial are fresh in the recollection of the people of North Carolina. No editor, certainly in the recollection of this writer, has been so loved, and the death of no one has .brmight more genuine sorrow. Shall the story of the life of this brave and just man whose actions "Smell sweet and blossom in their dust," be forgotten ? Shall a veil be thrown over it? Every parent ought to read it to his children, so that 'they may be stimulated to noble resolve and brave deeds. The fame of Mr. Shotwell must not die. His valor must not be forgotten. His courage must ever be held up for the emulation of youth. His devo tion to the South and its institutions give him a lasting title to the grate ful remembrance of Southern people. No ; the day must never come when any man, unrebuked, can speak dis respectfully of a man who was bo much that is noble and true. The people of the State will erect a monument tt his memory a tall and pure shaft, emblem of his strength, grace and purity. But the recollec tions of his devotion to right, hi3 up right character, his unselfish abound ing love for his friends, which in life gave him a place in the heart of all true North Carolinians, will ba fresh and green when the granite monu ment which will have marked his grave has crumbled into dust. year, having decided to abandon every tooth in his head to decay ; how State's Rights North and South. Not to restrict the question to Mr. Tucker and the Hartford Keening Post, we invite any republican news paper to point out what differences exist between the view of States' rights now held by representative Southern Demzcrats and that held by Northern Republicans who constitute the Unit ed States Supreme Court. The South ern Democrats hold that such -Federal legislation as the "Kuklux Act" is unconstitutional, but so also do the Northern' c Republican jurists. The Southern Democrats hold that the theory upon- which' the Civil Rights Act-was hased--that- Congress may "take the place ef the State -Legislature and supersede them": is "absurd" but ".absurd" was.thejexact word ap plied to this theory-by the Northern Republican: jurists io .declaring - the Civil-Rights- Act J Void." There have been times when . the opposing views of States' righU held by "parties con stituted the main line of division be tween them, and a good many Repub licans Appear to think that the old . line still exists. The trouble is that they have not read the decisions ren dered ; byjhe Supreme. Court.af their own party. New York Herald. - Send for a sample copy of Thb SENTINEL. - .'; - " ' ''JEST A LEETLE DEAF." A NORTH CAROLINA sTORY IVY A NORTH CAROLINA WRITER. Buncombe County is - Visited by a Stranger A Cora Shut Icing and the Comical Courtship of Jalvie Rickson. . Written Especially for The Sentinel BY O-'lI. Miss Urelie Spraggius was pretty and young and hearty too, and her rosv cheeks : dl'd laughing, brown eyes nwle. mV a' bov's heart go pii-.i-jut', aim uiere was iiou u ooy in all Buncombe county wno would deny that. But alas ! Poor girL she j was just a little deaf. It you do not know all the woe contained iu that announcement yon my consider yourself but slightly acquainted with this life's ills. Jakie Rickson had -come into the neighborhood from a distant state to visit his grandfather. Now his grandfather was a neighbor of Squire Spraggins and the Spraggius boys came over and invited Intti to a corn shucking to come off the fol lowing Tuesday. Jakie had hail a glimpsoat church of brown-eyed Urelie and so he thought ha would like to go to the corn shucking. But luesday seemed a long time off. Jakie was voting and he had a 7 r O very curious feeling aboat his heart whenever he thought about Squire Spraggius' pretty daughter. Monday evening he plucked up courage to ask his grandpa for a horse and the old man, who was really very fond of the boy, said : Wall boy, ycr kin take my nag, but it haint every young whipper- snapper git a ride on her. V bar ye goin' ' Jakie blushed. He was young enough and honest enough for that he blushed and he gave his ear a little jerk and said : "Down the road a piece, gran'pa. It's a purty evenin', en I thought I would like to try the nag's pace." He was not deviating from the path of truth It was a lovely ev ening anil lie was very fund ot try ing the pace ot any nag - h e cou Id mount. He soon had the horse saddled, then he went to the end of the piaz za and scrubbed both face and hands, "slicked up" his hair, and drawing from his pocket a bright, blue neck tie, somewhat the worse for its rest ing place, he put it on and mounted. The little nag, gentle enough for the old master, knew well enough when young bones were on her, and though Jakie held her in, until the road turned, they were soon dashing along. "It's two miles to Squire Sprag gins' and the sun's an hour high. I don't want ter go in. I'm jistor goin' ter ride by thar accidently on purpose," he said, and laughed aloud in his glee. The road lay in the valley of a creek and was as level as if the mountains did not ljft their regal heads all around him. lie flew over the road until he came in sight of the Squire's house, then slackened his pace to a walk, as if he had no special object in view, and all day before him. He kept his eye oa the porch. Yes, there was the Squire, and and yes ! There was Miss Urelie by his side! and Zeb and Cling, the two Spraggins boys at the gate. Of course the boys stopped unharnessing the mules, and of course Urelie put down her knit ting, and of course the Squire laid down his newspaper, and so they all saw Jakie. "Hello! Rickson" cried Zeb, "Whar you goin' this time a day ?" "Good evenin'," says the Squire, "Wont ye 'light?" "I don't low I ortcr" savs Jakie, taking off his hat to Miss Urelie, with a bow as fine as a city boy's, and blushing as red as a peony the while. "Gran'pa ji?t let me try his nag a leetle while an' I'm afeerd he mought think as how she's throw me." The boys laughed and the Squire too, and Urelie, she knitted awhile, then she smiled then looked up awhile and then down at her knit ting, and with every stitch she en tangled poor Jakie's heart the more. "Well, anyhow yer'e cummin' to the shuckin' ttrmorror evenin'," said Cling. "Lots u? folks 'ell be here, en thar'll be that many purty gurls "you never seen the like uv down your way." y Jakie cast a most 'admiring and acqutiesccnt glance towards Urelie, to which she responded with another of those be wildering smiles and the boy was speechless for a moment. Then re covering himself he gave the nag a jerk and said: . "Well, a good mornin' to yer all, I'll see ye sure yesterday evenin'." to which blundering remark the boys responded by roars of laughter. They thought it was a jokej. -, 1, All the next day he loaded about the house and cast nneasy glances at the clock. , - i - " .7 At last four o'clock omf. lie put on his Sunday coat and a red cravat, gave his auburn hair a fresh oiling, blacked his boots and off lie started. "I don't low ye're goin' fur work Jakie, but mostly for show? I 'spoze yer a goin' to help the gals chiefly? Wall, yer aint homeen chaps will take on arter the gals w'en they'se young. Go head my boy, an' luck go wid ye !" jakie's heart lx-at high. 1I along the road as he whistled or sang, he saw parties on horse back and in wagons bound for Souirc Spraggin's corn-shucking. U hen he reached the house the yard and porch presented a lively scone. JIc lost his bashfulness in lis eagerness to get near the admir ed Urelie. Zeb," he said, "I dunim ver sis ter, ncr none of these ycr geyurls." "Un, never yer nun , I 11 gin ver a knock-down, souare in a half a minnit. Urelie, cum yer," he said, pulling the blushing maiden by the sleeve," hole's a fellow wants yer rcquaintance." Urelie dropped her eyes, and held out her plump hand, and poor Jakie quite overpowered by this unexpect ed privilege gave it such a squeeze that the bright eyes filled with tears. By dark the shucking had begun by the light of great fires built upon stands and the work, or frolic began with songs and shouts. Jakie got near to Urelie, and apart from the crowd and was very happy, though as yet they had dis cussed only the people around them, and the corn they were pretending to shuck. At last a silence fell on both. Jakie was thinking to himself: "Now, I have to go home next week, I believe I hue this girl, and I'm agoing to say so. Ef it is only short metre, I guess I kin cum So he i little closer to her and said : "Miss Urelie yer mighty purty." She looked up and smiled and this emboldens him . "Ijistell ye yer eyes is like brown dimouds, an' I'd like for them to belong to me so I could sec 'cm all tlier time." "What yer say Mr. Rickson" ask ed Urelie, quite unembarrassed, but a little annoyed because she had not heard a word. She looked so particularly be witching lust then with the red light of the pine fire glowing on her face, that tins time' Jakie put it stronger still : back an do it over agin." plucked up courage and got 'I Miss Urelie, 1 love von an' don't you forget it." and he look ed lovingly at her, waiting her re ply. "Git niorc corn ?" she asked all innocently, "Oh no, les stay here, we ye got nough to last awhile, and she smiled at him again. .laicie was getting excited, lie would make her hear. It was the Hiss the boys wore untieing, no thought. Aiiss i .ireiic mars an awnu loss again, and I know vc didn't hear me, 1 said," here he drew as near :is he dared, "I loved you and I want ed yer to know it. Here a small boy who had been shucking quite near them, without their seeing him, threw down his ear of corn and rising up to his fullest height, loaned his hands on U relic's and said in high knee "Oh, 'Relic he done , shrill tonc aid lie love ver THE CONFEDERATE CHIEF .IKl'FKRSOX DAVIS IS SAlO TO MAKE SKRIOUS CIIARGKS Against Kx-Oovernor Curtin The Pennsylvanlan Denies Them and tien. Pryor Doesn't Believe Mr. Da vis Kver Preferred Them. -fVo;i the Philadelphia Iltrald. Piiii.apfxpiiia, Pa., July 18. Your dispatch reached me just as I was leaving my home to come here. Accept my thanks for it. There is not one word ot truth in what is said to have been uttered by Jeffer son Davis about me. I never par doned a desperado with the under standing that he would assassinate Mr. Davis, and I had not the mon ey personally and could not have A taken from the treasury the sum he il leges to have been the reward, which he states to have been 100,- 000. During the war I represented the unanimous disposition of the people of Pennsylvania to maintain the government by honorable warfare and not by assassination. Tho.se who know me will not believe Mr. Davis' announcement, and it is sur prising to mo that he should, in so public a manner, accept the in for mation given to him by an anonyj' nious correspondent. It has not been my habit to correct nepapor allegations, but as this is contained in a paper f the influence i f the New York crdd, I deem it my duty to make this emphatic contra diction and denial, not only for this charge, but that I never resorted to such means for conduct of the war, so far as I had any agenev in it. A. G. Ci-K-rix. A MKMllKU OF TllK I'O.NFKBKUATK l'oX;Iil'S TAKKS NO S.'1'Ol'K IN T1IH TALK. General Roger A. Prvor, who was a member of" the confederate congress spoke to a IL rdUl reporter yesterday of the dispatch in which Jeflerson Davis was represented as charging that a plot was laid by northern ollicials during the war to assassinate the president of the con federacy. General Pryor denounced the story of tho alleged assassination "ridiculous on its very face." "Did you ever hoar of any such attempt?" was asked. " I never Heard of tin ces here detailed." "Do you believe then "Xo ; because 1 do any person holding a responsible position in the north would hire an assassin to come down and kill Mr. Davis, and because I have no evi dence that Mr. Davis made these ."tateiui'iils." "If he did make them would you believe them?" 'Wo; 1 should believe lie was mistake n in supposing an attempt was made to assassinate bun " ere you in a position at the time referred to, to have heard such an attempt?" "les. 1 was in iuehinoiid as a member ol'theconfiyl'Tat:' congress.' The narrative does not sound like Mr. Davis. Ho was not a boastful man and there is a tone of bragga docio in it that is not characteristic of him. An attempt to assassinati the president ot the eoiilederacv would have been heard of and would have shocked the whole confederacy My belief is that the article is a fal) rication or an minute J. l. pattkrson. f. v. r.vrmiKON. PATTERSON St PATTERSON, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, WINSTON, N. C, XT1LL I'lt UriCK IN all Hi..- STATK ami f T KlmIithI Court. I'oi.vi'yanei' atnl all other 1ih! instrument mi-ret'tly utxl mnnitlv drawn. Ileal Estate sold on commisi-icui, Cof lection of claims maUe in all part of the state. All business iiitriintcil to tlieni iil receive prom.it ami faithful attention. Ollice over Vaughn A lViier' store. "o-ly A Rare Opportunity -TO SKCliilK - FAMCY ROULTRY AT LOW PRICES. 'lie iiu.lernea is efcinR out his entire stock nl' lA-sUt P.nili lutt.s, lMynmulli ltek-, Lanshnnp, lJrvvii WiiiUi Leghorn. Also :illl voiim? chicks ol'the above varieties. E's tor hatchint; itt re.luce. rice.s lir balance of season. Write for what vou want to j. i. y IjM kk, 2-tf. , Elizabeth Citv, X. U. cireiimstan- i to be true ".'" not believe exaggeration. two times. Poor Jakie! Urelie knew now, but so did a dozen others and there went up a shout that over-whelmed thvin both with confusion. Urelie droppi-d her corn and rushed inlo the house, while Jakie sought refuge iu a wagon at the other end of the barn-yard, where he remained until after supper. After some time he heard Zeb calling : "Jakie ! I say, Jakie! Jake Rickson I got a message for yer ! Ycr better speak." Jakie only too eager to end his exile and suspense, got down from his hiding place and said sheepishly : "Well Zeb prig gins, what ycr want?" "Why, 'Relic sent me to tell ye she begs ycr parding. She didn't low ye was goin' ter talk that away and she's a leetle deaf any ways. She's powerful sorry yer got mad." "I hain't mad, an' I never knowed she was deaf. I love her, I do, an' I hain't a goin' back on that, that's sartain. I can't go back up ter the the house fur them boys ter laugh though so whar's my horse? Tell Miss Urelie she may look fur me termorer an' then I'll bet ye she'll hear me." And Jakie did go back the next day, and he did not have little Sim to interpret for him and before I Christmas, Urelie Spriggins became Mrs. Jake Rickson though she was "jest a leetle deaf!" A business man proposes to turn the Catawba river through Charlotte for $110,000, or $11,000 per mile. He claims that it would be worth more than a dozen railroads to Charlotte. The President anl the Doctor. President Cleveland gave the conn try a touch ot human nature when, wanei'ing through the grounds of nis .sister's home, bare-headed, ho espied the old lamily doctor passing in ins buggy, culled to him, and he hasten ed to the loud to greet the well-re membered and esteemed friend of his early years. The doctor, after an ex change of grectiug, invited the I'rea ident to ride out into the country with him to the house of a patient. The invitation was promptly accepted, al though the day was hot. H hen they arrived at the place of destination the doctor' visited his patient and Mr. Clevelaud engager! in informal con versation with members of the family in front of the yard about farming matters. Imagine their surprise when the doctor came out ot tiic house and made the farmer's family acquainted with the fact that they had been talkiug with the President of the United States. 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The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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July 21, 1887, edition 1
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