_The Gastonia
_^ __ 0»votod to tho Promotion ot Homo and tfco IsUitMta Ml Oh County.
Vol. XIX. {rX^aSd r*^riwri (jastoula, i\. (]., September 29, 1898.
MAJOR JONES TRAVELS
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
By Major Joseph Jones of Qeorgia.
l.ETTEB X.
FlLr.ADlli.i-T, May 28.
To Mr. Thompeoo—Dear Sir—You
Buy ba auro I waa tired when f got
book to tha Exchange after my visit to
Fell's Pint last night. I couldn't help
hilt think how J had been tuck in by
that bocolnAlilo little match aeller. and
I felt rite msd at tnytelf (or belo alch a
fool.
I had a fust rale npixlRe for supper,
and by tha politeness of Mr. D.irtoy —
who, tween you and roe, Is one of the
chsvuraat fellers I’vo met with sense J
left Georgia— T got a invitation lo take
tea Ic tho lady’s supper nuns. Ton
know when the grand caievcn was tn
Ploevllle last year, the manager
charged a trip extra fur adcalUln peo
ple when they was feedto IbeunnltonU
Well, It was w <rth ths money; and If
Mr. Dorsey had chanted me double
price for catiii at the lady’s ordinary
aa they col! it, I wouldn't grutohla'a
bit. Thor waa a heap of ladys at ihe
tabU, raegio from little school galls up
to old grand mothers, all dressed out as
Use as a Addis, and looking as pUntsin
and happy aa tho Georgia galls do at a
Fourth of July tmrbyoue; aod alch a
gsbbln as tbey did keep 1 never hear J
before. Jest over opposite to ms was
a brldlo party from Virginity, what
had Jast been gcttln married nod had
coma to Maltim.irw to see their honey
moon. It waa really a ioterestin par
ty. and it almost tuck oiy appetite
from me to look tit ’em they waa so
happy and ao tovlo. They waa only
married ’bout a week. and of course
the world was all inootic sblac and
hiimmiD-binla an l roses to tlinrn.
They felt like thor was no other inhab
itants to creation, and that all that
was beautiful and bright sud
good ou earth, was male far their en
joyment alone. They had their brides
maid and groomsman along, and two
or three more youug ladys and gentle
men. Thn galls was all monstrous
handsum, hut tha brtda waa tho hand
sumsat of ’em all. Para gall, aha
looked tort o’ pale, and couldn't cat
much aupper for tookin at her husband,
anil be drunk his lea 'thont any sweet
mi a In it, jast cause she looked in his
cup with her butlfui soft eyes.
They pat mein miud of the timo
when I wee married, and of Mary, nud
by the tlroo (upper was over I whs u
homesick at the ro itchier. Stgtre is
good for tlm blues sometime*, and 1
smoked til my lieil whirled round to 1
couldn’t hardly hold roy list on, hut It
didn’t do m« not the least bit of good;
to 1 went to my room and tried to find
in the arms of Morfyus a substitute (or
(Ite arms of her who U a great deal
dearer to me than any thing else In this
world.
I didn’t git much time (or sleep for
dreamln all night, and when I waked
up In the roorotn, Hansum *nd the
second gong had rung and if I w.ta
gwloe to Flladtlly In the oars l better
git up rite off. Weil, out ( got, and
dressed and weal down to breakfust.
After eatln a good breckfust 1 ax'd for
roy bill. Mid Haoiucn bruog down my
baggage. Evyry lime I looked at llan
sam be was grlnniog. but a* soon as
lie seed me looktn at him he straitened
up his face and sort o* pretended to
servtoh hla bead. I couldn’t think
what was the matter with the feller;
and when I looked at him pretty hard
lie grinned as much aetusay.it woe
the strangest tiling In the world to him
why I couldn’t understand bismeaoin.
Blmeby, vrban 1 was puttin my change
in my purse. I s|reeled what was the
tastier. ‘’Thata It; ain’t It IUosum,”
sc* I, handln him a quarter. “Vesslr,
thank you sir,” sea ne and he grlnued
mors’n ever, and if you ever semi a
u?ly nigger iio was one.
when I wss reddy to start, I went to
the door to see if they had put iny
trunks on the waggon to take Uwui to
oars, and rlta la the middle of Ihe hall
I met a chap standiu' with a big paint
ed label on his bur/,urn what bad on it.
“Boot Hines,’> la big, yaller letters.
Thar ha stood, like a sentluel on qoar
ter gaid, as stiff as a post, and as 1
sralked by him lie kept turnfn round ao
his sign waa all the tiraepn tItw. When
I cum back that he stood In the same
place, with bis bands down by Ills side,
and his bed up, lookin' me rite in Hie
face. Thinks I, be mnst bo a deaf and
dumb man what blacks the boot of the
establishooeet, and than he wauls mo
to give him sum cliaoga. Well I didn’t
know nothin about tbs deaf and dumb
language, and as I didn't have ne
slato and peeell bandy, r begun to
make signs to him by pintlu’ at roy
boots, and thee at him, and theo doiu
my hands like I was IrVusliln’ a boot.
He nodded his lied. Then I tuck out
mv puree and made a motion to him
aa much as to say, do Ton want sum
money, and he nodded hie had agin
twice. Poor feller, thinks I, he can’t
dun nobody, and must lose many a
debt srtiar people’s always gw I ne away
la a burro so, B» 1 banded him a half
dollar. When It fell in bis band he
opened hie ayaa sad started like be waa
look by surprise. “Thank ve. sir,"
eea bescrapiu* bis foot and bowin'his
bed like astmppln’ turtle; “thank, ye,
•Ir.” see lie.
i ou mar oeiwnd Hint act m« b*ek
Ilka lha mltchelf.
••If yoa ain’t dum.” tat I, why dldnt
you apaak beforo.” era f.
><I had nothin to tpuka of.” m« lie.
“Couldn't you tad you an the boot
hlarker f" aea I.
“T’d told ya lliat,” aea lie. “but I
thought you could rad-, and where’*
the uae of keaptn’ a do* and doin' onea
own barhlo’,” te* he.
Tuck in *r'n. think* I. If f ImdnH
thought ha wua a dum man I wouldn't
giii Ida but a arTunpaaoa aebow.
It waa 0 o’clock, and I waa amted In
!l« oan on my way to TUIndelfy. The
road runa rlta tlocg In tfea edgt of I ha
elty, near lha ware**, and give* a
body a pettiy goad Mat of Uw
[ hoary blanm part of Baltimore from
thr baslu clear out to Kell's Tint, on
1 Old Toaru.
After we cot out of the rity lltey
took out the horse* and hitched lu tba
old st ram !t el zebut, arid it way we a eat
rsitle-te-kUak, over einbankuieuU and
througti cuts soross Oddi and over
bridge*, until w« was soon out of site
of Balttmore. Tbe mornlo was dark
and cloudy and Hr* grouud »aa wet;
•o If w« lost any tiling by not havlo
brighter akiea mul a better view of the
tannery we made up for It by not luvin
no dual to choke us b> detli. Tlila ia
a butiful railroad, nnd tint car* is
as comfortable a* a roekln chair with
arena to It. Yon lialnt got to bu
bumpin noil crowd In up together lu
the testa like you do on aouia roads,
for rrery man has a eomfoi labia seat to
lilmaelf; and another thing that I liked
v«ry much was that tbe sparks ain't
•Iwnyt duitin’ about your face, and
llghtln' down when yoo ain’t apertln'
nothin' and burulo your clothe* t>IT of
ion.
1 begin to Hud It a grout deal odder
hero than It »«i In (Jaorgla when I loft
liomft. We had rummer In I’inevjlle
more'll a mouth ago, and everybody
bad Bardin vegetable* ou their table*
atid my corn wa* mora'u knt* high
before 1 left. Here ther ain’t hardly
a Kngliah pea to hu secu sud the oorn
Htflit mililu It still on duly to sheer tho
bird* from pullin' np the sprouts. Hut
In that line of bianesa they can beat ue
all boiler, for I’ve seed two or three
•ksercrows ataodln' about lu tba corn
Quids bars that wouldn't only akaer ell
tbe bird# lu CnurgU to death, but they
wouldn’t leave a nigger ou the planta
tion In 24 hour* after they wer pat tn
the Geld. They looked more like tho
old lioys in regimental* Ilian I can
think of.
The rood panes through a rather
thinly popllsted country, tnosl of the
distance, till It glti to tlsver-degrais,
whar it create* the Susquehanny Klver.
After that It goes through a country
that keep* gottlo bettor am! batter, till
«e git to Wilmington, Del., which ft a
biittlul town oil the Urandywine Klver,
bout 3ti mite* from Filladclfy. llo
tweeu Baltimore and tba Susqcelmuny
we crossed ovci aevarsl rlvera, ou
bridge*, tome of ’em cnoro'n a mile
long, but tber ain’t no changiu’ only
at UisSusquriiaacy. which we crossed
In a bntlfut ttuamboat to tb* car* on
lire othor side. From Wilmington all
the way to FiUad*!(y, we were In sight
of the broad Dataware on our right, on
the banks of whleh. and as far as we
could sen on the left, isooc of the hand
somest agricultural district* in the
country—the houses lookin’ liko pal
aces and tho farm* Ilk* garden*.
When the car* got to the depo, they
wa* surrounded m usual by n regiment
Of whips, lint Filladclfy haukman
behaved themselves pretty well for
men in their line or Msnrt*. Tber
wasn't raotr’n twenty of ’em at m« at
m* nt one time, and nono of ’em didn’t
’tempt to take my baggogo from me
whether I would let ’em bare It or cot.
Soon as 1 got so that I koowed which
eeod I was standin’ on, I took u hack
and druv to the United State* Hotel In
Ohestnut atreet, rite opposite tho old
raw head and bloody bones, the United
State* Hank.
After dinner t luck a walk op Chest
nut street to the old Stale House, wh*r
tbe Continental Ougree* made the
Declaration of Independence. The old
btldiu stands whar it did, and the
dooming is lliar. upon which the feet
of our IlevoluUotmry fathers rested;
but whar are limy now ? Of all tlie
brave hearts Dial throbbed lu them old
halls on tli* 4lb of July, 177G, not oue
now Is warmed by the poise of Ilf* !
Ou* by ou« they bavo sunk down Into
tber graves, leavin » grateful posterity
to the enjoymont of the civil and re
ligious bios*ins for which they pledged
tber • ‘lives, ther forties aad ther sacred
houora.” I felt like I was walkln on
consecrated ground, and 1 couldn’t
help bat think that If too* of our
member* of OongroM was to pay a oc
casional pllgri mag* to this Meek of
our political faith, and dwell but fur n
few hours on tne example of the
worthy men who one* waked the echoes
of these halls with liter patriotic elo
qoehce, they would be apt to go back
wiser and better politicians than they
wa* when they cum, and that we would
have less soand and mor* same, lees
fur Buttcum and mor* for the country
in titer speed** In our Capitol at
Washington.
After lookin' aliout tb* ok! hall, l
wstit upstairs Into tbe Steeple, whar
the bell still hang* what was cast by
order of Congress, to proclaim liberty
to the wortd. It la cranked and ruined,
and like tbe walla In whleh It liauga,
tho monuments and statues nod
palntlos, and every other relic of them
daye. it remains * silent memento of
the post, and ns such It should to pro
served ns long as the metal of wkleh it
Is needs will etlfek toxethcr.
Altot laklo a good look at It and
read in the Inscription on II, I went up
higher lu the etreple and tuek a look
at the clly. Well. 1 thought thar wa*
brick and morter •rmtsglt Bitdrr mjr
eyes at oee ttm« when I was on the
Washington monument In DeHImnre;
but, »lr, Dullloiorr, large an It le. ain’t
a prlmlu to Fill* deify. I coold see
nothin but one rtaronl mate of honors
on ever* tide. On the eeet, I could
see the Delaware, whut divided the
ellv from the house* on the Jereey
elde, but on the north and eoutli, It
was ImpoaalMe to aee the read of 'ea.
Tliey etretebrd out for allua. kntll
you couldn’t tell one from another,
eod then the confused mast of chlm
MJt roofs and eieeptee, teemed to
cnlugle In the grey nb.riir* of tlie
smoky bcrlcun. Tim ttrarta run north
aod tooth, eaet and waat. at right an
gles. aa strait and levrl a* the row* In
a cotton patch. The fact la. I oaa’t
comivirc the city to anythin* else but
one overlaslhi’ bl* chose hoard, cor
•fed with (ikoes. Tbc cliurchc.* with
steeple*. answerla for ensiles, ilia
KtaUibouao, Exchuu** and (Hhnr puWlo
blldlna for kluge, the llanka for bish
op*. the Theaters and Hotels for
knight*, aud so on down til you cuts
to tbe private houses, which would do
to aland for counter*. The only dlfl
cully to the comparison i* llmt ther
ain’t n3 rooui to inovo—the game beln
completely blocked or checkmated ev
ery artmr, except roand the ed (♦<•*, end
wnar ther te now und then a square
l»ft for a pabllo walk.
1 was stsndni tlimr ruioicatlo and
uronderln at tho great oily wh at wae
stretched out at my feet and thinkln
to myself wliat a hasp of liapplncaa and
uiIict/, waaltli and poverty, virtue and
vtoc It contained, aod how if I was a
Asroodcua what a inlerestlo panorama
It would sfToid me. when the fuat
thing 1 know’ll I cum In a aoc of
jumpfu spang oft the itlcnplr into the
trretop* Iwlow. WLaufft went some
thing rite close by me, with a nolae
louder Ilian a Crty-elx pounder, that
made tlx> old steeple totter and creek
os if it wee gwtue all to pieces. 1
grabbed liuld of tho ralllns and held on
to 'eai with nil u>y might, Ull 1 tuck
seven of them aliOrrd llcka, every one
of which I thought would uoclt my
eeuaee out ol mo. It jarred my very
luards, and made me so deaf 1 couldn’t
Lear myself think for a owrr after
wards. Como to nod out It was the
town clock atrlkln In the steeple rile
over my heed. It wae a monstrous
lucky thiog for me that It wasn’t no
l iter, for I do believe If It had boon 10
or 11 o’clock It would been tho delh ot
me.
As soon as I gut itbln tn tmyil l cum
dnwu out of that plans and went
through Independence Hqusre. what's
right In the rear of the htatobouse, to
W ash I ngiou Square. This is raid to
be the heudsumoat public square In
I be world —It certainly Is the bsnd
sumrst 1 ever seed, and I do blievo
that ou this occasion ther wasu’t that
spot ot earth on tho whole globe that
could compare with It. I don't mean
the square itsnlf, though that Is hand
sum tnuff In all conscience, with it*
bollful graveled walks, lie handaum
grnss-plate, its shady trees, and elegant
Iron fence, that would eoet more Itself
than all the houses la 1’inevillti—hat
what l mean Is the scene wbat I saw
in tbe square.
ir mere was one i ao believe llier
was Ortaao hundred or two lliousaud
children in lira square ut the same
time, all rnnsln from 2 to 7 and d years
old, dud alt dressed In the most butlful
style. Thar they was, iltlle galls and
boys, all playln and movln about in
every direction— some jumpln the rope,
tome rolllu Loupe, here a party of ] it Lie
galls dsucin the pnlker, and thur au-j
other playing at bnllledoor or tb» |
graces— amnn runnin races and no rue
wnlkiu. aomn of’em butlful aa little1
Conpide, and all as merry nnd sprightly 1
oe criekots. It was a kind of juvenile
awoi'Se. as they call ’em here, and I
uever did are any little createra that
seemed to onjoy themselves ao much.
1 never seed so many children together
before in all my life, and it a.ecned to
ma tber wasn’t a sleklr one among
’em. Perhaps the sickly ones couldn’t
come not when the wether waa ao cool.
Hut it they was n fair apeuemeu of the
children of Fllladelfy, then T can say
Uter aint a city In tha world that can
beat her for liandsum, clean, wall
dressed, hoellby-lookin children. Ther
was lobe of nurses among ’em to take
oaro of ’em, and now and then you
could arc a pair of little nigger* tryln
to mix In with ’em; but It was no go,
and the pore little blaokyshad to Burak
round the comers and look on like
pore folka at a Trolling, and little chil
dren not beiu sultlclenUy educated yet
to suable them In discover their equals
In the sable deaceodaote of Afrfos.
While I waa laokin about In the
squie who should I sew but the famous
Count Darruty. w hat was out to Ptne
vllle you know about two years ego
tnctureln on Crrecc. Thar lie was
with the iwme old shaggy locki and
big muatsche, standln near a group of
servant gaits, with Ida arms folded,
lookin on in tha attitude of Bonaparte
at 8t. Ilellrny. I’jor old feller I
couldn’t help but pity him. when I
thought what terrible vicissitudes lie
has passed through erase lie waa la
Georgia. You know wheo he luft
I’lm-viile he told ns wo would hoar
from him Id the papers, and to loss
than a mouth we did hear from him
shore snuff In the l’ickyune, what gin
a account of that terrible cnconntsr ha
had with a cowhide la U>e hands of
earn gentleman In New Orleans, whose
lady didn’t uaderstaod Greek snuff to
enable Iter to appreciate his foreign
manners. The Count don’t treur so
much jewelry now a* he nee to la
Georgia, and hta clothes look a little
seedy. Bot he’s tbo same old Count
In every other respect. As soon ns be
seed me be relaxed the austerity of hie
mustache and went out of the square
Uimeby the swolrse was over, nnd
the nurses begun to gather up thor
charge* and prepare lot gwine home.
The merry laugh and song soon dlod
away, nnd troop after troop of little
people Bled out of the gate* In every
direction, until the square waa entirely
deserted
It waa tea time and 1 want to my
hotel, dense ten I have rlt yon tills
letter, luformln you of my arrival hern.
I’m gwlne to bed early to-ulgbt, and If
It don’t rain to morrow I’m gwlne to
taka m surly start and tre whnt Fill*.
deify*# made out of Wore Lite, do
on more from your freort til doth.
Joa. Jpwm.
(To be oontlonei next week.)
•Mae
UuIiIhiiv Tlimw.
The editor deelrea tn cnngrnluluta
J. J. Allen, the oner 1‘rlnalpel of
T.nulihiirg Mnlo Academy, upon lila
good WiM In adopting Wnbeter’e llluo
Week Speller In Me actiool. l*rof.
Allen to the "champion" apotler ot
North Carolina, and It to to tho old
"Uluo back,” that It* atlrUrate* a
greater portion of hie profletouey (n
Uito Una. When a boy hu learned to
ap*n (Tory word in oM "Woe back." In
to pretty wall op.
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Util Arp In AlUnla <-V'UKul,.n'.
"time small of nil tl.al livmnn lieert* tn li.ro,
T*«ut luirt wbicli Ung« or lam een muw or
•wfi'."
Dr. Johuion never wrote u sadder
truth than that. It cornea home to
every man, woman aoil family. Neith
er klngi nor preaideute nor law* can
Rive ua iwuoe of mind, good health or
happioea* at home, uor oan they pre
veut It. They oaunol bring the rain
or the drought or lUo peatllenoe or atop
It when It cornea There arc tome
Ihluga In tbla life go much bigger lluiu
prealilenla and governors and laws that
we ceaae to regard all human opprea
aiou. When a family la broken up by
diaeord or Mo or abatoe it la a graaler
calamity to them then war la to a na
I Inn
Mnw rent m>) it d<1 wmry »lk« room
w»(.-»c >o»e—lovo- w loiurr uv*.
Hr*;
Uut rmtltL'u by the cruel ankr of dnom
lu rorpw U.4 on tint trwHa "
Wbat Mi) awful picture U tkaaat I
Tho corpse of loro shrouded aod ruf
nited lu the family room, but never
burled or removed. 1 waa rumluutlng
about this becauao I bare a latter from
• disconsolate roan wbo upbraids me
lor tclllog lit* girls not to marry until
they are tut* of a good buibaad. tlo
aayi: “Wbyuot extend your caution
to lhayuuog tnru, for my eml expert
ence is tbat tbe «irl* are more caprl
etoua and oncertem than the l»y« V I
thought Uiat [ had mad* • l>S|ipy
choice, but toy wlfa Itaa gono away
and left me nud tbe children that she
bore to me and our home are desolate.”
Well, tbat ia bad and tad, but It la
oue ease among a thousand. Ia feet,
it is Hi* only uuo I am hoard of. Tho
contrast to It la nnuUtsr lotter from a
distressed mother wbo bogs me to help
ber Hod ber boy—larr darling boy—who
enlisted in company B, Twelfth Uni
ted States Infantry, and was sent to
Santiago and ahe lias beard nothing
from him since tbe tilth of July, wlteu
bu waa lyiug lick in the hospital. Sira
has written him often sines then, bat
never s llnu nor a message from him.
“Ho waa always good to writs to uni,"
alio aajra, “and loves toe dearly, and
now I am almost heartbroken. I saw
In the paper* Shut bis regiment had
lieeo sent to Camp tVikoft. but where
la my boy ?"
I wonder how many of Shota c.i*es
there are and who is responsible for it.
Tbs darling boy is dead, 1 reckon, bat
I have written to a friend in New
York to visit the oamp and leant wbat
be can. There 1’ ttutiilug I ft for tliese
bereaved mothers now bat to weep and
wall—wait for death and the resurrec
tion. Tbe glad reunion of mother arid
child in heaven I* enough to make
anybody get religion.
There is I rouble at our buuar-, too
just uow—a trouble that man did not
cause, and we tear man cannot cure.
I do not like fo write a aad letter, but
trouble live* sympathy, and most
everybody love* to give tt. Sympathy
c st* nothiog, aud is worth mom than
money to those whoa* beurt* are ach
ing. Fer four long, noxious week*
our little orphan girl ban teen wasting
and bur tilug with a fever tliat ere ms
impossible to break, and Ibo dear little
patient child grows weaker every day,
and never complain*- For three win
ters we nureed her In Florida, and *h«
was getting strong and growing In
stature and la girlish beauty—the Joy
and comfort of bsr widowed aeother
thc light of our house, and all wbo
know Iter love ber. Whui nan w# do
but pray and plead nud liopo ? Already
we are trying to see tbe silver lining to
this cloud—tbe wstooms Unit she will
give ns when we cross tbe river if she
ahnuld die and join the angels.
Rnt enotitb of this. Mow wbat
lessor.* shall w* learn from all ths hor
ror* of Uil* four mouth*’ war? <>oe
occur* to tue; whenever a suIdler Is
elek In the hospital tbe officer in charge
should bo required to acquaint hi*
family bv lotter or esrd nvsry day of
Ms condition, and if lie dies, to make
known the manner aod place of his
burial. Every hospital sliould keeps
register of lbs oasis end raaldenoe und
neirsst kin of every soldier received.
Why should tbia mother Imv* to bunt
In hslplsa* Ignorance for bsr son • If
be le too sick to writs, wby should nut
somebody be detailed to writ* for him ?
I am not now arraigning those who
virtually murdsrgd buudred* of oor
boys, but there should be some hew
army regulatloes for tbs next war. nr
also the volunteer syets* of whloh 1 la
nation hat boasted Will tmv* to be
abandoosrt. Ko man wbo was at
Oamp Thomas will aver volunteer
again. 1 hop* that Oulonel Howell
will accept tbs FrsoWent’s appoint
ment and take a part In tits investiga
tion; no Otter selection could hav*
beso made. H# knows fro® **.
perlanc* wbat war la, and wbat estops
and hospital* should be. U* Is a Ulr
man, co user rati vs aud fearless. I
have known him Intimately from aarly
men hood, aad am bold to say be would
make a competent and reliable Juror In
any oseti, aod would render a just ver
dict without fear or favor. If any
white-washing Is to be done, lie will
expose It atid ibe nation will I mar of It,
W« MM that ao»u of tha Xaw York
pap»r* art vary funny over that negro
winch kiwlng bwalnueo that *u porpa
trnted lu Vliginl* ky nnrtharu truopi
In inning through. Un* P«p*i any*
limy look tha colored wmoliao by our
prlaa and kland and hugged then ad
llhllarn, and It momml to lie mutually
agraealtla. They did »'» karoo thing
hare at Omertvlltr, but tho nomber id
wrnebei nwar Uiaoura waa very limited, i
Not mam tban half a doacn rwoaivyd
tin oaeulatUo* aad erobraoM of tlmlr
nortliero friend*.
Wall, aa Mr. Uaeolo onooaaid about
the high kicking of tbu Uallet girl. «I
reckon Umt Utcw folk* who like that
aort of a thing And It to ho tha eery
thing they do like." Tboao arc tba
kind of aoIdler* who aught to ha arat
“ -'• ' __ i. ILL.'! ■
I to Cabs and I'or to fUco. For there
are 300.000 dark tea In Calm and 100,000
in Porto ltlc.1. ami they have amalira
m*t*t with Coolies anil Indians and
Spaniard* eo Ion* that their wrlyee will
be opeo to receive new lorere. A
writer lu the New York Him wye
tbeee laUnde will be an Kldoradc foe
our Southern notntes, and predict!
thnt within a yoar alter peso* aod
•inlet U MUbllahed uotlew than 3,000,.
UU0. of our Southern negroe* will at
■raW and laltle there where they cun
do nothin* hut
Rut uoluaMu auMr
And nrtii* upon tho sale*.
Wall, we can (pare about that many,
hut I predict that ilia exodus will not
oome lo pane. The typical Southern
ivrero won't go anywhere. lie had
rather etay here and be lyoehad or go
to the chalu-gsng than go North to the
Yankee* or to Arrioa with Blebop
Turner. The good negroes (round
tUl* part of Uio country wlto have fam
iil*a are content, and those wlio have
hoaea around CartaravDIe wouldn’t
•lei them to anybody. They am a
earloui people. They don’t like tMi
Northern friends, but will ruU with
them and for them at every election.
They claim General Grunt ei their de
!!*.?*•* *na Jr<XJ caw’t make one or them
bellotre that Gruut was a slave owner
op tv the very day of l.loooln’a procla
mation of freedom.
Uat still we esu hardly do without
them, and I bad rather bare Uncle
Sam aod bis wife, Auot Amt, and
lhair children to work and oook and
wash for my family tksu to take my
ebuooes with while servant! from the
North. Aod so we are not worrylag
over the negro problem, bet U work
out its own solution.
TUOMPAOX AID WAUMA
Aik* iVtkMH, ««MHC I*
HiM.
Uuftrlutto Uowmr,
It wa» tli* irooy uf fait that wheu
Dr. Cyrus tbompaou, cieereUry of
but*, returned from Concord, wliere
bo Uad bold up th* sohrieiy ol lb* pres
ent administration In contraat with tba
druakueaa ut Democratic administra
tion* past—gibbeting Hal Ayer as tbe
only member of the present administra
tion who drinks liquor-be sbootdban
found that during hU absence bis own
clrrk. A. D. K. Wallace, had baea dis
covered helplessly drank behind tit*
water cooler tu bis office. This retri
bution a* to Dr. Tbomiwoa. As to
Mr. Wallace.no case could b# mors
pathetic than bis. Kor many years
lie has not been a drinker. Lately a
cloud baa corn* over fits wife’s toind,
and after committing lirr to Ilia Insane
asylum at Ualeigli aud going lioas to
h» little cltlldreu be felt tSo burden
greater than tie could bear aod for sur
ceaao resorted to drink. These things
he has said lu a published eard, which
Is calculated to touch a heart of itons
il Is priiiful to allude to ths Incident.
Mr. Wallace is entitled to the tender
eat aympatHy, and w* would not trust
far the ui*u who, for puliHcal or uthcr
i re*sous would seek to make capital of
Ills tall. He may Im forgiven but upon
Dr. Thompson tbe occurrence reacts
twice. Ho gloated over tbs Infirmities
of other men, and almost before Mis
words were out of Ills mouth they cams
back to hlui. UuaiMog like a Fbarl
t*e, of bit own rlghteouausss and that
of bts owu confrere*. be turns to Oud
In his own office the Ha for which bs
so freely condemned others. Hut that
Is not all. nor tbs wont 10 far as Its Is
cocoernsd. II* summarily discharges
hit unfortunate clerk and parades to
th« world the reason why. It was
Wtllsoo’s first offence, lsstend of
throwing the mantle of L-bsrity and
the arm of sympathy about bins; In
stead of selling him on bts feet sod
giving him another chance, he throw*
him off. for one offence of which many
a better mao Use been gallty, and
'rumpHv his infirmity to tbe world,
men iwktl* leaking to make a virtue*
of bl* own meanness and hard-hearted
ncaa.
It It no pleasure to dltcumsucb a
case as this; men’■ personal habits ay*
largely their oonoern. aod area In th«
case of puWie men they become tab
jeots of legitimate com moot only when
tliev 1 ulerfee* with the discharge or
public duties. Hut Dr. Thompson has
forced the issue, and while It is Im
poarible to resist the temptation to
remind him that curses Ilk* chicken*,
com* home to roost. It 1* fair to say
that In his usvtment of this uu fort li
mits man, he lias showe bloyelf
deficient In that Christian charity
which wo old much adorn * assn of
his high profession.
■' _»' ■'
Kevrauklullut Start** Wklpa Tint
Wkrt* W«Mk.
WaSaatMTn Maawws* r-lMnlHrcnovr.
The borne of llenrsasntatlv* Charles
H. Martin, at l'olklon, was tbe sosos
of a lively Itttls scrimmage lest Sunday
morning. Tbe fact Of III* occursue,
as we learn them, are as follows: It
seems that Isaac. Mr. Martin's &-year
old son, was washing his face when e
colored girl (daughter to Mr. Martin’*
cook) oamo up sod put liar foot In the
basin. This sags red Isaac sod h#
struck tbe girl and the girl atrnek him
back about this llarte Mr. Marlin ap
peared on the scene sod slapped lb*
girl. T!i«o Mr. Marlin'* anras osme
uu sad took lb* gill's part, whereupon
Mr. Marlin gars the ourao a drubbing.
Xail the oook took a hand la the
torlmmsge. with tko result tbash* too,
fait the weight of Mr. Martin’s right-1
ecus wrath.
Am K«l«n»rMalff rriiwhl
Thar* an faw man non wMi awake
anc rutrrvrlalng thaw J. R. Carry and
Company who (ham no palm to near*
ilia bant of ereryililijg In thtlr tin* for
their natty corlonter*. They now
I Itare the raluuMw agency for Ur.
Klag“»K*w Diacovenr for foaaum
I tloj, Oouaha and Ootdr. ThH t« tbe
wonderful remedy that I* produHog
I aoeb a furor all own the eoealry by Ka
, aiaay atarttlu* earna. It abeolotely
I cure* Aaiiiina, llreuebltla, lloirteiteut
; and all affaothtna of lb* Throat, Cheat
i and Laac*. Call at uborw drag More
and net a trial botlla Inc or a regular
alee far 00 eeot* end 91.00. Ooerau
| teed Vo ewe or price nfudal.
A good mut tough drill go Um
round* do nog a campaign, moot of
them being jokei, but hem la om that
ii true la every detail.
One dey lut week * frteed of Cay
tain Partita, of the MoLeenevlUe ico
ttoa, went to aee Mm. Daring the
ylelt lie laid to the Captain :
»r^ok here, let me maka one more
appeal to you. Yon are now an old
mae. You have lived aa upright,
botnet, clean Ilia. Toe went eff to
the I’opulliU like a lot of other good
men, but ea thing* now etaad your
piece le bick to the Democratic petty
areeng your friendi.
“f believe the RapnM leans ere gotag
to oominne you next Monday end for
lieeven'i take don’t let them do It.
hoe will be defeated, heetdee bevleg
I your very life worded not of you nod
I will never get over It”
The Oapttiu, alwan u erect u an
arrow, itreighteoed himself up to bli
full heljthth ana aald :
“No «lr; I left yoa all for good. 1
could sot go back K I wanted to. I
attended your contention (be other
day la Gnautljoro and aboot-tbe diet
maa I mw eitllac back big aa life waa
on® Bradabaw, a maa who waa a
Palmer a ad Buckner elector, who
made ayaecbee for than aod baa bow
pokad book luto tbo Democratic party
where-yon fellow* will have to taka
eats of bim. I auppoae yoa kaea al
ready made arraii reman ta for bim to
canvas the ouunty. No, air; I can't
do anything like Vila.”
Tba fan Bloat part of It it that Sam
U a candidate for tba daunt* on the
vary earns ticket with Captain PerMa
-hla tender. Uio head of bit ticket,
•tid bo mint be obeyed la all eeeeatiai
lea la res of the campaign.
Uaptatn Porbla baa not been eeec
•loo* ibe eonveutioa by the party with
whom lie bad Uw oooveraaUon and It
te nee likely lie will be aata If be can
avoid It
TkaTkrMlIil^. Ikal Bmt rk.
•UMIIt Laaduuua.
The principal polota made upon the
Democratic party, and the ground*
upon which it lott power In tba Male,
were, that it bad enaetad an unjust
and unfair election law; that aalarla*
aud fete wan too high , that the gov
eraawnt wm being too •xtravagsntly
conducted. Any on* of Uuan la a «*
ilona ebaraa and If Una. ahoald be
sufficient, (a tba abssooe of some oaun
ter-belmiclng influence, to defeat any
party. Lvt us lirlffly examine the**
alleged wrong* and sea wtiat ha* bans
done a boat Uwm.
U oder thi Democratic elccOoo law,
conreirulug which It wa* said that It
denied I Ho voter a free ballot and a
fair count, the ftui<ml«u defeated tba
Democrat* in ISM, overwhelmingly,
wresting from them both branches of
lire legislature and electing every
Judge voted tor. Could that liav* been
done It lb* Uw bad been framed solely
in lbe Interest «f the Democratic party
and wltb ibt purpose to deny a fair
eiectloo to Uw opposition * Tbs qu*t
lion Is not worth arguing. Our reader!
aaw elections bald under it far twauly
years, with both parti** equally repre
■euted In lb* judgaa and poll bolder*,
and they know it wa* a fair law. Tba
(ualunista replaced It with on* under
which minora, convicts aud nay otbrr
dlaqnnllflnd class can register, and
Urn the burden bf proof Is upo* Uw
cUUlnuger to get the Illegal name of
the boot- an almost impossible thing.
Salaries sad fa**, we ware told,
war* too high. Mot one baa boon re
duced. On the contrary—to olta on*
Instance—the law* have been so
changed that Ilia Secretary of State
now has an office far more valuable
than It aver was before. It I* worth
M.OOO a year— more than that of a
United Slates Hen*tor—and the pres
ent incumbent, that delightful scream
er, Dr. Cyrn* Thompson, who need to
go over the State declaiming against
tba too high salaries and fa**, and who
1* atUI going about telling of lb# worn
of the people, baa not baas known to
tarn Into Uw Treasury a dollar that
wa* hla by law.
The Democrat* ware too extravagant,
wa war* told. Look at the figuns—
they are from tbw record :
riBSflasnSflg
ThJ^ifl^i^riMi^iTwta'llrear
Of the Democratic pasty.
"Y* asrpsnta, ye gaaaratlco of vi
per*, bow can y* escape tba damnation
of ball tn
liftm WUh■ in.
Ooccor* Time*.
WewUU to keep It proaleeotly be
fore lha pcopla Mid Ux-payor* that Dr.
Thompson, Um gnat mogul of Poya
lira and fualoa. MlmlUad la htaapooek
liar* that Um faakm gnrorttmeot of
Um State bad sprat In Ita tkroa year*
of control aaro than two hundred
ibouaaod dollar* more than tka Dome*
unit* spent daring tholr la*t Uir**
yeare of control. Tbo Until 1* they
mat orar Wx»,ooo moro. When la
Um loforia la that T Than war* no
ostra MM*aa aad no building* erect
ed—It took thl* amount to roo tbo
n ternary txpraao* of lb* gorornoMot.
Tbt* la Um crowd that wa* golag to
luaugarat* reform, going to Imnroe*
o* ike extravagant Democratic admlo
I*tration, no they raid. How m*«h
morn reform l.k* tkla do lb* p«c*d«
waat t If Urny make raoh a reoced
tba lr»t olianoa they got at too tr**o
ury, what will ba tbo NMH of another
leotouf power T WO I tbo people ra<
dor** their exirovagaora » If rear I
men tm Man In*.
YnelceBk' r.B*»lme.
IWe who own mawnrw and raa
ssFaarrr saaa
brnUior, of Ctorar. made a amehtat
pay Nr itartf lam Mar, aad tble you
*xp*m to cm aa ranch oat Of It *0 (bey
dWIeot jrenr.
11 •
Oamuaieitd to Ik. CkutuM Otiwnr.
T&tt&gusncLrgttv*
sarfc5SKSwaswatw.«
A tkmlfaan lady la nahMeMa M '.
yg^Mgp&ss
SSp™==
an at the cosnaurDd who afw^i *
«rat «m oyer.ictited lo rLifaSBpS.:
-iSSsK SWISS
>«U bar daughter Ml prkMkaa herit
!ri.2riS2i*S£?as5s
W» owear. wm yon aak Mate yeyera 5»
! l he Uitoty or tMa poetic ralfa t
| _ „Waijmw.WATT.
i no*. JamreH. Poo, of.,
•pending too day la the etty.
loot returned from ■ tear "
Ventaro port of tto Mote _
• political revolcUea la to
that eecUeo of the atria. _
tM an ocmlag took to the
emtio tarty to a aa ben nod be
than U oot the (Ughteat doubt
too J leaoorate wig poll nan voUele
Uia Vest Uian they have polled before
etooeUMH
The proepacte far tba Hoaioecaoi ora
are oocoiog back to tba Hemnnianj
•token, tool,
Oar day lari weak a yeeog lady ef
tote city returning boat at mm ef
Newbern’s pubUa atresia, earns to
ertose tone negro man stood on tto
e I de w»i k u auob a way aa to ekatioet
the way. Ttiey made no effort to tnoTe
ao as to let tor paaa.
Vo white mao waa to Tiftw die
taaoa. Tba lotaotloa of tto eegnua
waa probably U compel the yooeglmly,
wto is rodrod hot a girl. •‘Maadtog
with relnetant rest, where the etmam
and rteer man.'* to peas briwaaa them,
dto ohoee to leave tba walk to order to
pern amend them.
As abe did aa aad neetod a point
opposite tto three negroes, one of Vm
Mouse. Mein* what to eonsidarod
•*airm" t.» the young lady, riratotod
oet and stooped her In tba fee* !
Sbe rtaohed bar home aa quickly aa
poarible nod toM what had oooorrad.
To make tto Bettor mere appalling. If
pomlble, tto young todr la aa orphan
and has ao aatoral projection, fa
there a erhlto man la North Carolina
who does not wMh to waa naar when
tins blow was struck T
Kmsj OOswrur.
Al two Democratic ralllee tori weric,
opo at Qaldavllla and one at Laurel
Hill, tbe ooerohwe were opened with
prayer, eltcr which man and —«own
Joined to siofiDj tto patriotic air
“tlta Old North State
This le tttticg. Thla le a campaign
that Involves tar Bora thaa tba trJ.
utopb of political prlaelplaa It o«f
oeraa the aafaty at Use borne, tto pro.
taction oftbo woman, tto olvtUuUoa
of tto raer, and the dteeot govern meat
of the State.
Let the good people everywhere In
voke tto Mornlnge of Almighty God
npoo tto offerte bring owde to restore
toed rover*meet peace aad traaqoli
Uy to tto commonwealth, sod let the
good women to opd to Join their
buatoeds and toot tore to mlUwg
patriotic airs to the prayam of Ohrio>
ttaoa and the iamb of ***>*.
Tto Whtu toon’s rallies are aa traly
agaoelm for good goysramaal aad tto
ptvosrvaUoti of vlrtoe and saarality to
nay craeade aver staged Her (to agbft
tog of the poop)*.
Tha Saltatory ontrwy»adaat at tha
Charlotte CMmrrrr, ta Ma latter ot tha
tataraat will ha fclt la tha
anooeacemaat that ICnj, W. A. Oath*
ria, aI Darbam, will taka tha eta my lav
white icy ahartly. Ha wit)
make teaaahaa la tbla aaatlaw,
pnfeakly one la Bowen oonatj. Thta
lofaramtloa oemea to yaw aenanaw
Maat from •• Bngoaatlaaakta •oawe" .
Mijor Qetktla wan tha poyalar Phww»
Hat ea/ndtteta Car Governor la UN,
ao4 whan ha ayaaka U thaaa wtw aap
parted Ma la that — ankla ate
pel an tbay will ha twrltiM that M la
tlwa forail jlaaaat wbjto am to aaita
ffcivft7nixi#nt to
Oath ria la am aT tha mat aMtoUna
etamy eyaakara la tha State.
Oood taoke are iwaity lam ikaa ikta
drew, depend!** aatimy an a healthy
condition or ell tha rUal <***•*. it
tha liter le taaetava, yaa hate a WH>
oualook, tl your etamah ladlaotdarad,
yaohaaa ahOtada kwh; tfyaar Mate
maale la dlamda*^J — ^ a. -- — ta—_-_^a a
wn ■ dilwMtnw, fW MTV • aTMfUC
lank; U yaar hidawra era alhotedTyaa
win hate a yteelicd look. Swatpad
tt-vaSBESHUl
Altaraattte aad Taadi. AeteAnmly
NldetJ. l,y Oa*a I