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The: Smithfield Herald.
VOLUME 5.
SMITHFIELD, JOHNSTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, MAY 7. 1887.
NUMBER 47
CAROLINA CAROLINA, HEAVEN'S BLESSINGS ATTEND HER.
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New Oki.eaxs, La., April -J").
Jefferson Davis has replied to
tlie cominunicatioii of (ieu. Beaa
regard animadverting on the re
marks of ATr. Davis delivered at
the time of the unveiling of the
statue of Albert Sidey Johnston
at Metairie Cemetery in this
county on April G. The Presi
dent of the late Confederacy
says :
"In my opinion the only mis
take of Gen. Johnston in relation
to the battle of Shiloh was in not
personally making the order of
inarch from Corinth towards
Pittsburg Landing, for which his
large experience in the move
ment of troops peculiarly cjuali
fid him, instead of intrusting
that duty to Gen. Peauregarrl,
his second in command, and who
had seen comparatively little ser
vice with troops in the field. If
in litis way. as appears by con
temporaneous statements, a day
was needlessly spent in the march
it was a mistake ith serious con
sequences, '1 shall not notice in deta.il
the self-laudation of the long
a onmunicat ion under review, but
will merely say, that if Gen.
Beauregard was the author of the
plan f battle; if he was present
throughout with the troops who
fought it; if he was on the field
when .Johnston fell; if the enemy
had not been driven from point
to point, and if Gen. Beauregard
throughout the whole of the day
before, as well as after the death
of Gen Johnston, did direct the
general movements of our forces,
and did after the fall of his chief
actively press the attack so that
the right and centre of the ene
my began to give way in confu
sion after Gen, Beauregard had
assumed command, and if the or
der to retire was not given until
after an attempt to make a con
certed onslaught had been made,
but which, lie states, was desul
tory, without spirit or ardor, and
failed in effect, and if it was not
until just before sunset that he
ordered a cessation of hostilities,
then many eyewitnesses of good
repute have greatly missed the
important fact in regard to the
battle f Shiloh, and ( specially
as to how a victory was well-nigh
won and how it was forfeited."
"Mere assertion will not rebut
that mass of weighty evidence
which lias been adduced. 1 have
no disposition to enter into his
controversy, and did not mention
General Beauregard either by
name or official designation in
my remarks of the 6th inst. He
undertook to make plain as a re
ference to himself What might
have been generally supposed to
belong to some staff officer, but
he knew the rightful owner, and
claimed his own .and proved that
it eould not refer to anything
Which happened on the field of
Shiloh. Ft would have been more
pertinent if he had shown tha.t
tln order of march had not been
the cause of delay in the arrival
of the troops at the point of junc- 1
tion."
lKia'C R 4TIC ;o SSBJ; fSiifi-
Kentucky is Democratic to the
heart's core. She cannot be di
verted from her Democracy by
any kind of specious side issue,
nor by the discouragement of
the times, albeit so full of mis
leading phantoms, noryet by the
lack of a head and a policy in
national affairs directed by the
instincts and sustained by the
traditions which brought the
party of Jefferson into being as
the party of freedom and prog
ress, which developed it under
Jackson as the party of the
Union and of the people, and
which, after years of wandering
through the wilderness, restored
it to the nation and itself, under
Jilden, as the party of the Con
stitution and a reunited country.
The need for its existence, and
for its resolute maintenance of
its principles, was never greater
than it is at this moment. The
land is racked by sophisms. The
air is full of dissonant clamor.
Ism is the order of the day.
LiOV isrille four ie -.To tf t n c I,
Item.
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R OS i: -CO 1,0 It El SOUTH i:R!V
I'ICilRKK.
The trade and manufacturing
journals are constantly dwelling 1
upon the -statement a fact wo,
may suppose that the reported'
prosperity in the South is "solid."
We may accept the statement ae
true in so far as the manufacture
ing interests are concerned, bui
not true as to agriculture. Tin
increase in manufactures is to
great extent ofring to the influx!
of Northern capital. The men
in the North are always on thej
alert for investments that they'
think will pay. They have large'
extra capital and they are for
putting it where it will yield six;
per cent, or more. It would bej
interesting to know what pro
portion of the increase in manu
factures was from Southern cap-j
ital and what from Northern.
The Southern people are spil
ing off the lands and woods and
mines, but the "big money" will
be made by those who buy. The1
organs of trade and manufactures
are writing with exceeding con
fidence about Southern prosperi
ty, and if you will listen at them
you will find a most flourishing
people. They point to the in
crease in the production of cotton'
and yet every Southern man ol
observation knows that the cot-'
ton planters arc bv no means as
well off now as they were four
years after the war ended. The
organs of traffic and manufac
tures write in glowing terms of
small farms and truck farming)
and growing home supplies. This
is laughable. The truth is that
thousands of farmers look to the
North for their hay, bacon, pork,j
flour and meal. There are thou
sands that buy their butter, lard,
vegetables and canned goods.
This is the fact but you will not
learn it from the. manufacturini
organs.
The merchants, farmers and
editors are ready to laugh ovei
the rose-tinted pictures of South
em orourress in the Baltimore
Journal of Commerce, Te.it'dA
Record and other similar publi-:
cations. The merchants knot
that the farmers are carrying a
big load of debt, and the farmers
know it.
It may be that hereafter tin
South will do better that it will
grow home s applies andengagti
in raising many crops. It may
be that mines and cotton mill;
may become so numertnis ana
flourishing as todecome rivals off
New England and XewYorkaiuh
Pennsylvania. It may be fhaa
Northern manufacturers and min
ers may put more and more caph
tal in Southern ores and cot toil
mills. It may be that farmers
much more important than fchl
other classes may learn by cx
perience and may make cotton it
less cost and may realize largei
prices. We hope all this mayl
come to oass. But at the pres-
it is all nonsense to talk about
great prosperity and excelleni
financial health. Says the Te.rl
iitc Record:
'I lie no..!i- li;iv- i.vrmd Inm lm yl
exiitiivii.-i- iIkiI ilu-ieis n lanuiblo Mr$siijS
in attd : bat 1 be earth hnsWR their fW:e
contains far nre endurinir and Imnorahlc
vrraiih i!ian 1 hat which was roi rcscnt' d by
a s' ii!c 1 ) is'.iiiun In Ibv years t he
ve:i!
1 1 ..n
Hi . !ii Smmui has increased mure
lo -. )-; a. uhi'e th" iKiiitilatii n ha
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ci'ii'Mii'ii
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atcd niacv linn's nv.-r 1'i-r the loss nf'slaVi
property.1' Such a statement is absolutely
mis-leading. There has been no
such increase. Virginia, NorthJ
Carolina, Georgia and Texas ar
certainly poorer than they werej
ten years ago. The people are
more hardly pressed than th;y
have been since the first two'
years after peace was declared.'
That is the testimony of thosej
who have the best opportunities
for knowing. There can be no.
solid prosperity when the farmers
do not prosper. In North .Caro
lina, we know, that as a class'
they are not prospering. As long1
as mortgages are used to fertilize
crops and cover lands ; as long as
corn cribs are kept in the North
west, wheat fields in the same
section, and smoke houses in
Cincinnati and Chicago ; as lohg
as money is so high and they are
compelled to buy supplies at
from ten to twenty per cent, hi
excess of what they could buy
them with the cash ; as long a
cotton sells for eight or nine cents!
(it is a little higher now, whei
the farmers have none on hand,1
and what for sixty or seventy!
cents and tobacco at half formerl
krates, how can there be substan
tial and assured prosperity. Wil.
War.
li o t ITEMS.
The farmers are quite busy
anting cotton and rubbing the
tnd from their eyes these windy
rys. They are preparing for
te battle which is iust ahead.
rming to be victorious with
neral Green, for their success
ends on this great battle.
four young teachers from
ht worth went up to be exam-
a few days ago. This is
tit we need. Hurah .for old
pitworth.
lie boys of this section had
an enjoyable time Satur
evening April 23 rabbit
Ling. 1 guess tne rabbits
uht, if they thought at all,
times had come.
he writer is very much pleas-
think that whiskey has
fe down at Peacock's Cross
Is. For times seem quite
?rent. There at church last
' day was a very plesant time.
tte a number were present to
:r the good sermon and the
sic by the Xew Hope Class.
P.
CLATTOJI DOTS.
m last Monday the 25th, inst.
Jiad a lovely rain. It rained
Bly nearly all day and we im-
lie that many farmers were
iy grateful to see it. The
ns are alive with active "plan-
b" since for almost every one
planting his cotton now.
i c t o r i a" of Huckleberry
ns is sick, we are sorry to
Rrt.
rs. John K. Guess, of Gary is
sing her daughter, Mrs. M. G.
rley, near Clayton.
tometime since, Senator Home
taged a negro, Ben Allen, to
d a chimney for him. Ben
a job elsewhere, and failed
tet around by the promised
; so Mr. Borne hired another
to build the chimney .and in
llding it he failed to run the
iiel straight, which caused it
san against the top of the
Ke. Ben came around as soon
le could but, in passing the
ie, he saw the chimney was
It. He went to Mr. Home's
where there was a crowd of
"Well1' says he ' I set4 you've
nhe chimney built '."' "Yesr
Mr. Ft., "you staid. so long
ould'nt wait for you.
kWell" said Ben, "I thought
were a man of means."
?na tor "I am sir. Why ?"
mi "Xufliin, sir, only I see
himney's got a lean on your
nother groom and blushing
He will soon bow at the Hy-
Beal altar.
irs. Jas. T. Pool, of C try is
ing friends in and near Clay
very bad fire near Baptist
liter yesterday. Between two
three hundred pannels of
e and over fifty cords of wood
fcroyed. The fire got out from
kds working in the new ground
ilr. Wm. Sanders.
G.
TO BE EXIU.HED.
ie remains of Peter S. Ney,
taught school in the Wes
part of this State during
arlier part of this century,
.0 be disinterred, by request
Or. Lyman Diaper, President
lie Historical Society of Wis-
sin, and the skull examined
wee if it had been trephined.
p object is to establish his
htitv with that of Marshal
, the commander of the 'Old
ds' at Waterloo. Thare are
y that believe that the Mar-
Michel Ney, and the peda
e Peter S. Ney, were one
the same. History states
Marshal Ney was shot at
rs, December 7,181 5, t there
many who believe that the
ers that fired the volley dis-
rged only blank cartridges at
feir commander, and thai Ney,
who feigned neath managed to
escape to this country, where he
took refuge in the mountains of
X or t h Carolina. Wilmington
Review.
BncklenN Arnica, Salve.
The Best Salve in tbc World fur Cuts.
Bruises Sores, Ulcers, Salt Kbeum. Fever
rcs, Tuttcr. Lbapped lliinus, Cbilbwins,
orns, and all Skin Kruptiuns, and posi
vely cures Piles, or no pay required. It
I gaarnteed to giv perfect satisfaction, or
loney refunded. Price 2o cats per box.
iX. Sale by T. K. Hood.
TIIETBl'E INTEREST OF THE
The farmers of the country
must look after their own inter
est. All along they have allowed
others to attend to their matters
or to neglect them. The Star
has again and again urged upon
the farmers the necessity of or
ganizing, of combining. The
legislation of the country, or
much of it, has been inimical to
their interest. They have toiled
and worried, but low prices, bad
crops, and high taxes have kept
them poor. This is particularly
the case with the South. Add to
these causes for failure and dis
tress the unwise way in which
most have farmed it and you need
not go far for the real cause of
the great depression of the farm
ing interests. The mortgage sys
tem is ruinous because it forces
the farmer to pay from 1 2 to per
haps 20 per cent, more for his
supplies than he could have
bought them with the ready cash.
Then a failure to raise home sup
plies such as bacon, bread and
vegetables has added to his em
barrassments and increased his
despondency.
Everybody knows this is a true
bill. Only the organs of man
uf'acturesrs and Protection fail
to understand it. Mow long shall
all this continue? Are the North
Carolina farmers determined to
go on repeating the failures and
follies of the past ? Will they
persistently persue the same un
wise and un remunerative course ?
Will they still neglect to organ
ize for the united action ? Money
ought to be cheaper in the South.
It can be got in the North for 5
or 6 per cent if the leading farmers
of the country would unite and
tiike the proper steps. Money
in private hands in the North to
day more than - J or 4 per cent.
If they could lend on good col
lateral to the Southern people at
o or 6 per cent, they would glad
ly do so. Farm supplies bought
at 5 or 6 per cent, interest would
be the first step towards indepen
dence. Between supplies at pres
ent prices and mortgage at that,
and supplies at cash rates there
is a fortune for the industrious
and economical farmer.
The Louisville Courier-Journal
has recently considered a
phase of the "farmer's need" that
it is well not to overlook in this
view. It is the failure of the
farmers to look after his products
after they are ready for market.
They do not know the ins and
outs of traffic and commerce and
what it costs them to realize
porper returns for their products.
The Courier -Journal says :
"Tbcy spend all their time in produc
ing, and devote too little time, if any st
all jo studying upon what the law nv.
the politicians are doin for them. Thev
should work less in producing, and mor
in reading, and discsusins the things whieh
the law-making powers of the country shv
about. If thev should thus lose half a
year's crop of corn, wheat, tobacco, cotton,
and the rest, they will make morey by ii
provided they thus learn what is the mat
ter with the laws, and adopt sensible reso
lutions to use their irresistible power i
correcting the hws, abuses, frauds, and
crimes upon them.
"The tariff and coinage laws are taking
from them and transferring to other nior
favored classes about one half the marke:
value ot their crops every year.''
If they understood the effects
of the War Tariff they would
throttle it. Ii they knew how
it robbed them they would coun
tenance no politician who favor
ed it. They have the power
and they do not use it. They
are robbed openly and every day
under the forms of law and tliey
are indifferent, heedless, ignorant.
Well says our Louisville contem
porary :
V!i;i! a it&smne and d-.sjrae.1. t lici eioiv.
if the farmers, with ali iliis p.iWer in their
hands, eontiiiu m b- MW;d every year
of half the proceeds of their industry, and
ti he made thu mart', serfs to the extent of
half their working time for terrain iivi
ledired ela.-es. Nor should tin iarim-rs
be. afaid ot f9femg: r li - remedies mtrded
to eni-f lit'- tjn-ii il iiis rd ih.-ir eia-s m tile
most, ra' ieal and vsulute niamie.-
The proposed Convention at
Atlanta is the first step towards
emancipation. If that meeting
is governed by wisdom it can be
the instrument of doing very
much good. It must look at
economic questions from an en
lightened sta.nding-poiut and at
the same time with reference to
their own partictdar interests.
The Southern dailies are much
divided as to the money and tar
iff questions. About half prob
ably are advocates of a gold stan
dard and of a War Tariff. They
are the friends of mannfaeturers
and monopolists in this and not
of the great farming interests.
They will mislead you if you lis-
I ten to tiioir plausible arguments
j to show that the royal road to
! wealth is by heavy taxation,
j The Courier-Journal says :
' it they should compel the artisan in
dustries to cine down to the same bed
rock of production which they themselves
occupy, a would be worth five hundred
million a year to the foreign trade of the
nation. If they should compel a return
to the money standards and free mints of
the Constitution, it would accomplish more
than any other measure possible to human
w isdom to distribute prosperity and the
blessings of industrial equity among all
classes of producers, whether in the shop
or the field.
"To farmers, it has become an instant
issue between vigorous measures of self
defense or a perpetual scheme of robbery
and eonfisscaiion by the band of their
own Government. If they neglect their
self-d jfense, all other classes will n gleet
it. It is therefore not a time for dalliance
and dilly-dallying, '.;ut concerted action
and individual effort are imminently nec
essary. ' Wilmington Star.
H V il M Ui rii AS HEG 9IER-
The part of Meg Merrilies had
become so thoroughly identified
in the public mind with the fame
of Charlotte Cushman that it has
been almost a surprise to find it
attempted by another. Hut we
can think of no one better fitted
to the task of reviving it than
Mine. Jauauschek; in many re
spects, indeed, the part is peculi
arly adapted to her strong and
bold genius. She achieved a
very distinct success last evening,
holding her audience fully in
hand by the magnifient strength
of her impersonation, and elicit
ing from it frequent and enthu
siastic applause. Her Meg Mer
rilies must be accorded a place
with the best of her characteri
zations, and may be fairly set
down as a very pronounced and
important addition to the great
dramatic creations of the day.
Her impersonation excels in dig
nity and force of characterization .
She draws the lines that set forth
the gypsy queen in a. very im
pressive manner. If you feel
something less of the womanli
ness of the character. Something
less of the tenderness and the
pathos with which we till remem
ber Charlotte Cushman to have
imbued it, you are on the other
hand, powerfully moved by a
possessing sense of its dignity,
its grandeur, its almost superhu
man force. In fact, the superhu
man quality seems to a great ex
tent to dominate it, and gives to
it an absorbing interest and an
impressiveness peculiar to itself.
You see and feel the power of a
distinct individuality that not
simply rises superior to its sur
roundings, but even seems to
disdain them altogether, Mme.
! Janauschek's acting fully carried
1 out her work along the lines of
j her interpretation of the eharae
i ter. Broad, massive and bold
was hex picture, and energetic,
; determined and full of dramatic
, fire her acting. The death scene
j was effectively managed, and
I even after the audience remained
to applaud. Boston Post.
Tils: EiUtti a fiU A II ROOM
ISI ISM'.
A gentleman was in 'Athens
Friday who brimrs us some Ibnir
expected news from Birmingham,
; Ala. He says that one day this
week $1,500,00 worth of paper
: went to protest, and real estate
: is feverish and excited and in no
! demand. He says the people are
j greatly excited, for they realize
i the fact that the predicted col
laxse is now about on them and
; it will ruin thousands. This is
the first serious fiuaiirial disaster
that has come upon Birmingham,
and it will doubtless be quickly
followed by others that will prick
the bubble of fictitious values
and bring property in the place
down to its legitimate price. Our
j informant further says that the
ore found around Birmingham is
only fit for stoves and piping and
can never be made into steel.
This, of course, renders it unfit
I1 for steel rails, and greatly con
tracts its sale--Athens Banner.
Typhoid. Scsirlet him! Yellow
Fever, firing Uipiiturria,
Smalt-po. tholeru ele.
Darby Propholactie Fluid will destroy
tbc infection ol ail fevers and all contagious
and infectious diseases. Will keep tlie at
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