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Home and Democrat,
CHARLOTTE, N. C. V-
Correspondence of the Home and Democrat.
New Yobk, June 19, 1882.
Editor Home and Democrat: 1 see by
your last paper that I filled more space
in it than was reasonable and proper. f I
must endeavorOnot Jagain to"'offend am
not likely to do so just now, as my time is
engrossed in filling an "order for six " or
eight thousand dollars worth ot books for
a Public Library not in North Carolina,
I am sorry to say, though ordered through
one of North Carolina's "dispersed
abroad."
A. T. Stewart's farm' at Garden City,
on Long Island, 20 miles lrom the city,
U tnrninrr out to be verv profitable. This
year there are ninety acres of potatoes,
300 acres of oats, 500 acres of corn, 300
acres of rye, 40 acres of turnips, 10 acres
of carrots and over 500 acres of grass,
Thpr ar 800 sheeD on the farm. One
- &
hundred men and sixty horses are em
ployed. It is a remarkable property;
many thousands of acres of barren land,
almost & level as a floor, with neither
trees nor grass, hare been made beautiful
and productive, with schools and churches,
hundreds ol dwellings, thousands of trees,
rich grass and flowers, and such crops as
stated above; and all made and still
owned by the Stewart estate. Truly have
they made the wilderness to blossom as
the rose. So far, doubtless, the outlay has
been creater than the income, but it will
o
not remain so.
It mav bo that "a rose bv any other
4 mm
name would smell as sweet," but every
book oublishur knows that the name of a
bonk has much to do with its success
"Quiz" gives the following examples :
"The titles are sometimes amusingly mislead
Inff. Purleu's Diversion have caused acute dis
appointment to the searchers for something light
and Hiuurfinir. it bi im? one of tbe toughest books
ou grammar, enlivened by Latin explanation
When Urban Bees was first published, it was
purchased bv niny an enthusinstic apiarian. It
is a biography of celebrated men who flourished
und;r tue ponsificate of U.bn II , whose family
device wa a bee 'When Mr Ruftin conceived
the noble idea of reconciling the diff renccs of
Protestants and Papists by his own unaided
geniiiH, h published a pimphlet On the Constitu
tion 'of SUepfolda It had a good ruu among the
moor and fanners, but was more provorutive of
Drofanitv than oietv. Edcewortb a Unsay on
Lish Balls prov-d. as an investment, a dead loss
to breeders. M'Ewen on the Types (of Christiani
ty) was at a book-stall warmly cor tested for by
a burlv Sctlih farmer and aiournevman printer
It fell to the farmer who was greatly chagrined
to find that he bad bought a book of sermons, in
siead of, as be expressed it, a "book upon tups"
("Cotttd ram) The printer was thereupon
offered the book at bis last bid, but having be
come by this time cognizant of its contents,
naturally declined to purchase.
In our own experience. I have known
several mistakes in names. That very
remarkable book "The Comet," by the
late Haywood W. Guion, of Charlotte,
failed of great and deserved popularity
DecauHt! ib was wencioiiji oUljjc .
about those heavenly bodies which people
expect to find treated of in a Geography
of the Heavens, whereas it is a curious
theory about our owii earth and the flood
It still sells, wherever people come to
know of it. Then the late Hon. W. B,
Reed, insisted on calling his delightful
book "Among My Books," the conse
quence of which was that he helped to
sell more of a far inferior Boston book of
the same title than of his own. And ray
friend, Mr. Conison, christened one of his
admirable novels "The Odd Trump,"
which was recommended to its readers by
a Western editor of course without hav
ing read it as the best description he
had seen of the gambling hells at Baden
Baden! about which the book said noth
ing. Amusing mistakes are sometimes
made in ordering books. The latest that
has come to me was for a copy of "the
Odes of Horse, in English verse." This
order was not from Gen. Grant, who
"talks horse," they say, but not poetically.
' The dog-catchers have commenced ope
rations in this city; on the 10th the first
basket of the season was sunk in the
North River. It contaioed 230 dogs,
thousands will follow before the dog days
are over. There would be more sheep
raided in your State if you would set the
dog-catchers at work there.
In England it is stated to be quite com
mon to see girls walking the streets with
canes in their hands, and with their hair
cut short like men's. It is not stated that
they had cigars in their mouths perhaps
that was taken for granted.
The Director of the Aqnarium at Berlin
lately feasted his family and some invited
friends on a breakfast of scrambled snake's
eggs. An Indian boa-constrictor laid 55
egg", from 30 of which the nauseous dish
was prepared. "The eggs have no yolk
but are filled with a grayish-white liquid;
the shells are neither hard nor brittle as
in birds' egg, and, after being emptied ot
their cotiteuts, resembled pieces of leather.
The taste was likened to that of mashed
potatoes mixed with lice. All the guests
but one partook heartily."
There is truth in the following :
"Oue of the favorite forms of supersti
tion, and one which has most distinctly
survived, is the belief in omens, which
till command a sort of half faith among
the uueducated. Man is naturally soego
tistie aud so preoccupied with his own
destiny that be fancies nature cannot be
wholly indifferent to his individual lot,
and tries to read the riddle of his fate in
her mysterious pages, discerning omens
for good and for ill id the ordinary pheno
mena that surround him. The omens of
evil are more numerous than those of good,
as there has always been a tendency in
human nature to take credit to itself for
its successes and to let fate and the stars
be responsible for the failures."
A woman - in Pans, who was in the
habit of making violent political speeches,
and .whom it was proposed .to banish
therefor, escaped that fate by marrying.
Her temper does not seem to have, been
sweetened in consequence, for when a son
was born to her recently, she proposed to
bestow upon the infant tbe "Christian"
namesof Lucifrtr Blanqui Vercinzetonr
"Lucifer," after the Son of the Morning;
"Blanqui," after the Veteran conspirator
who passed most; of his life in prison and
avowed his intention m the hereatter
(should there be a hereafter) to conspire
against God (if there were a God,) and
Vercingetorix, that gallant young Gaul
who gave Caesar his solitary check at
Gergovia and was so beautifully pinned
by the great Roman captain at Alesia.
The officials' have declined to register
these names, because they are not in con
formity with the provisions of the law,
which allows no name to be . chosen that
is not in tb Gregorian calendar or in an
cient hist Citizen Negro and his
spouse ha . o.-.. ried the case before the
Minister of the Interior, insisting on their
right to call their child what they please."
A poet says:
"Lips may deceive, but perfect truth
Finds glorious speech in honest eyes."
Sometimes I Indeed it may be safe to
say that the expression of the eye is more
to be relied on than that of the lip. But
neither is infallible. I once heard a lady
describe another, who was a coquette, as
having "educated eyes," with which she
drew men to her without the slighest idea
of honesty, or of anything more than a
passing flirtation.
A crusty old fellow once asked, -What
is the reason that griffins, dragons and
devils are ladies' favorite subjects for em
broidery designs?" "Ah, because they
are continually thinking of their hus
bands," was the lady's quick retort.
When a man begins to go down hill, he
finds everything greased for the occasion,
says a philosopher, who might have added
that, when he tries to climb up, he finds
everything greased for the occasion, too.
The aristocratic ladies of Paris are in
love with a new fashion, that of wearing
entirely black under-clotbing. "From
head to foot," says a correspondent, "the
Parisian lady appears when divested of
the outer robe, as if just emerging from
an ink bath, tbe stockings of black silk,
the slippers of black velvet, the stays of
black satin, adorned with black lace, and
the petticoat of black Surah, frilled around
with a stiff mousse of black net." II.
N. C. NEWS.
Gov. Jarvis has been elected Presi
dent of the Society of the Alumni of Randolph-Macon
College.
Mr. Tyre Glenn has been appointed
Deputy Collector by Col. Cooper of the
6th District, and assigned to Yadkin coun
ty. His headquarters will be at his old
home "Glen wood." Winfton Republican.
Wm. Taylor, who was convicted of mur
der at the last term of Burke Court for
the murder of his brother-in-law, and sen
tenced to be hanged, has escaped execu-
tirp t ho BuntPnco -mniUted
to imprisonment for life.
A Democrat suggests that the late
Liberal Conventions was nothing more
nor less than a tin pan attached to the
tail of the Radical party, to make that
mongrel run the faster in November. A
pretty fair definition of the concern. Ox
ford Free Lance.
Burglar Jailed. Lewis Thomas, col
ored, one of the burglars recently arrested
at Durham, turned btate s evidence and
was brought lo our jail lat Saturday by
deputy sheriff Farthing, for eale keeping.
To the credit of Chatham this is the first
inmate of our jail since Spring Terra ol
superior court in March last. Pittsboro
Record.
The Judicial Convention for tbe Second
District, nominated, for Superior Court
Judge, Capt. Frederick Philips of Tar boro.
Capt. Philips is a native ot Edgecombe,
about 43 years of age, and a lawyer of fine
reputation. Mr. W. C Uowen, nominated
tor solicitor ot tbe second district is a na
tive of Northampton, about thirty-two
years ot age.
James R. Howard, a youug colored far
mer of Sampson county, has recently pat
ented a new plow for the cultivation of
cotton. Howard and his partner, Bunting:,
another leading colored man of the same
place, claim that this plow will be a very
great saving in the cultivation ot cotton,
saving at least 60 per cent in the plowing
and working of cotton. It has an arrange
ment of choppers which will weed the
grass out of the cotton as it is plowed.
A Bold Robbery. On the night of the
9th iust., a negro woman, a stranger in the
community, came to Mr. M. L. Harris
seeking work. Mr. Harris employed her,
and that night she got into the house and
stole all Miss Katie Harris' clothing
leaving her own. one also secured Mr.
Harris' pantaloons, containing all his
money, from under his pillow. She had
drugged tne cotiee prepared tor supper,
but fortunately none of the family drank
any. She took the early train for Salis
bury, where Mr. Harris went in search of
her but without success. Concord ISnn,
Nominate the Best Men. The Wil
mington Siar ha some timely remarks in
its issue ot the 12th inst., on the necessity
of nominating the strongest and best men
as candidates of the Democratic party in
the approaching election. In this opinion
we entirely concur. We have got to
make a strong fight next fall against a
combination of elements, and to put up
men ot doubttul fitness nr popularity
would be to court defeat. The Star eays
in relation to candidates for the Judeship:
"The Democrats cannot afford to run
tor a Judicial office any man whose char
acter is not above all suspicion, and who
has not a lar better record for honesty,
sobriety and good citizenship than cer
tain Republican Judges had in the past,
and who were so bitterly and, so justly
withal, denounced by the Democratic
papers. The Republicans will be sure to
scrutinize' the records' and life of the
nominees.'
Decision- in Gciteau's Case. Justice
Bradley, of the United States Supreme
Court, to whom Guiteau s counsel applied
for a writ ot habeas corptis, bled a denia
of the application with the clerk of the
court. Justice Bradley holds that the
Court of the District of Columbia bad ful
jurisdiction of tbe case, and that no reasons
exist for granting tbe writ.
-
me ssew xork festival in aid o
the Russian Hebrews realized about fifty
thousand dollars.
HISTORY OF CHARLOTTE; N. C.
WRITTEN FOR THE
Si
Charlotte i'Home and Democrat y
': "BY MRS. H. M. L I?
- On the 4th of-September, thevGovernor
eft Maj. Phifer's and returned to Salis-
v m T a
oury. ajjrnner s son John, wno was
one ot tne subsequent signers ot tne
v'ecklenburg Declaration of Independ
ence, was fully growu, twenty-three years
of age, at the time of the royal Governor's
visit to his fathers house, lie married
the daughter of bis neighbor,, Capt. Jean
Paul Barringer, the fair Catherine. His
-mother was Miss Margaret Swartzwelder,
and as Capt. Barringer also married a
Miss Swartzwelder Catherine Swartzwel
der I think it possible that the young
couple were first cousins.
On tbe 12th of September another re-
view took place at oausDury, ana iov.
Tryon, accompanied by the troops which
be had collected, left tor Uilleboro, where
he arrived on the xist, consuming, lor
some unexplained reason, nine days on
the journey.
The air of our western country proba
bly did not suit him. as tbe next record in
his diary states that, three days after his
return to Uulsboro he was so ill that he
lad to give the command to Lieut.-Gen.
liutherford. But the people were willing
to do him every honor, for, in this same
year, a county was laid out and named
Tryon. . The troops when under arms for
the suppressing of the rebellion of the
Regulators were under the command of
the following officers :
Major-Generals John Ashe and Thos.
Lloyd.
Lieutenant-generals J ohn Kutheriord,
Lewis Herr De Rosset, John Sampson-
Robert Palmer, Benjamin Heron aud
Samuel Strudwick.
Majors of Brigade Abner Nash and
iobert Howe,
Colonels Alexander Osborne, Edmund
Fanning, Robert Harris, James Sampson,
Samuel Spencer, James Moore and Mau
rice M oore.
Lieutenant-Colonels John Frohock,
Moses Alexander, Alexander Lillington,
John Grey, Samuel Benton and Robert
Schaw.
Majors Martin Phil'er, William Bul
lock, Thomas Lloyd (junior?) Walter
Lindsey and John Hintou.
In this list of names those of Martin
Phifer, Alexander Osborne and Moses
Alexander were Mecklenburgers.
Notwithstanding these warlike prepara
tions, three years elapsed before any ac
tual bloodshed took place, lhe battle ol
Alamance was fought on the 16th of May,
1771. Gov. Tryon reported to his gov
ernment "The army under my command
amounted to npward of eleven hundred
men, that of the rebels two thousand."
The people of Mecklenburg had been
loyal up to this time. But they had be
gun to waver in their allegiance, and al
though in arms on the King's side, and
believing rebellion to be "the sin of
witohcralt," they had too strong an in
fusion of British blood to bear wrongs
patiently. The officers ot the Western
Detachment of Tryon's army saw the
growing disinclination amongst their men
to fight their friends and countrymen for re
sistance against oppressive laws, and Gen.
Waddell, who was now in command de
termined to withdraw from the contest.
The following resolution explains the
BItUilllUU '.
Gen. Waddell's Camp, )
Potts' Creek, 10th May, 1775. j
By a council of officers of the Western
Detachmeut. Considering the great su
periority of the insurgents (Regulators)
n number, and the resolution of a great
part ot their own men not to fight, it was
resolved that we should retreat across the
Yadkin.
William Lindsey,
Adam Alexander,
Thomas Neel,
F Boss,
Ilobt Schaw,
Griffith Rutherford,
Samuel Spencer,
Robert Harris,
Samuel Snead,
Wm. Luckie.
But while the older men were simply
withdrawing from the war waged upon
their own countrymen, the younger and
more impulsive spirits were beginning to
cross the rubicon, and engage in active
rebellion. The "Black boys" immortal
ized themselves by destroying a train of
government wagons, loaded with ammu
nition, on tbe road between Charlotte and
Hilisboro. These supplies had been or
dered up from Charleston to Charlotte by
Gov. Tryon, and there detained for some
time on account of the refusal on the part
ot the citizens to hire their wagons and
teams for its transportation. At length
Col. Moses Alexander, feeling bonnd by
the promise he had given Tryon, in per
son, in 1768, managed to procure wagons,
and sent on tbe supplies to headquarters.
t$ut a party ot Mecklenburg youths were
on the am vive. They knew well whv
the older citizens refused their wagons for
such aservice and with the hot impetu
osity of youth, determined that the pow
der, flints and bullets should never read;
their destination. The first night on the
journey the heavily loaded wagons, with
their military guard, encamped at PhiferV
win, tuxieen miles lrom Uharlotte, and
three miles from where the town of Con
cord now stands. The young men who
eugaged iu this daring act of treason
were James, William and John White,
three brothers and sons of James While,
one of the first settlers in Rocky River;
William White, a cousin of theirs, Robert
Caruthers, Bei jamin Cochrane, Robert
Davis, son of Andrew Davis, one of tbe
first settlers on Reedy Creek, James Ash
mere and Joshua Hadley, and William
Alexander ot sugar Ureek. After paint
ing their taces and hands and dressing
themselves in Indian costume, they rode
to tbe camp where the wagons containing
the military stores were guarded. The
guard was easily routed and then they
proceeded to the joyous work of unload
ing the wagons and making a pile of their
contents, which James White set fire to
by firing his pistol into it. In his eager
ness, however, he placed himself too near
to the dangerous heap, and in the terrible
explosion which, followed he was 6truck
on the head by one of the staves from a
powder keg and cut considerably. The
noise which shook the earth for miles
around was supposed to be a clap of thun
der, by the neighboring citizens. But
the Magistrates of the county soon learned
differently, and the Sheriff, Col. Moses
Alexander, took such measures as tbe law
required for their arrest. Our histories
state that he was assisted, in his search
for the Black Boys, by his three brothers,
John, Jacob and Darnel. But this must
be a mistake, for his own descendants say
that he had no brothers in the colony, and
that he was the only member of his family
who came to North Carolina. Two ot the
culprits became alarmed at the Governor's
proclamation in regard to them, and de
termined to take advantage of the terms
offered, and made a confession. They
were half brothers, Ashmore and Hadly,
and strange to say, met each other face
to face on the threshold of Col. Alex
aoder's door, each being unaware of the
purpose of the other. ' S.
Together they made, the statement,
which;was to crown themselves"- with jq-
iamy, Jand bring down upon theiri own
heads the, l m precation Which they had o
voked when they took the oath of secrecy.
Col. Alexander heard their statement aud
then said, "By virtue of the Governors
proclamation you are pardoned. But,"
he added, and we can imagine with what
contempt, "you. are the first; who ought to
be hinged.", i t I i ' ?
Tbe Black Boys, finding themselves be
trayed, fled some to Georgia," which was
then the "far west" the extreme limit of
tbe white settlements on the Atlantic side
of the continent.. The Spaniards were in
Florida and Mexico, and , had trading
posts at various points on the . Gulf of
Mexico.
A few years afterward Col. , Moses
Alexander died of that fearful disease
which seemed, about this time, to be the
scourge of both hemispheres, small pox.
It spared neither prince nor . peasant
Lewis fifteenth of France died of it in. 1774,
and other royal families of Europe were
almost destroyed by it. Inoculation had
been introduced into England iu 1721, but
they did not avail themselves of this
remedy to any great extent. ; Vaccination
was made known by Dr. Jennen s book in
1798. Many scientific men of modern
times denounce tbe remedy quite as much
as the disease. They assert that as im
purity of food, clothing: and habitation
produced the disease, so cleanliness of
clothing, food and habitation will prevent
it. Aud they make the appalling asser
tion that just in. proportion as the prac
tice of vaccination extends, so do . lung
diseases extend; in other. words, that vac
cine matter is an animal poison which us
ually developes tubercular consumption.
Poor old Dr. J enner, if he can look back
into this world, what horror he must feel
at the amount of suffering and mortality
he has caused. Had he studied and be
lieved in the physiological teachings of
Moses, he would not have fallen into so
disastrous au error.
In 1771 the battle of Alamance was
ught; but the men of Mecklenburg
whom Gov. Tryon had taken so much
pains to organize into military companies,
did not fiht ou the King's side, nor. yet
on the other, lhey were in a state of
sullen disconteut, not quite prepared for
open rebellion, but detei miued not to kill
their countrymen. Gov. liyon reported
to his government, "It bas pleased God to
bless his majesty s arms in this province
with signal victory oyer the regulators."
He added iu a postscript, "Gen. Waddell
was obliged on the 19th (battle fought on
the 18th) to retreat to Salisbury. The
Regulators surrounded his forces and
threatened to cut them in pieces, if they
offered to join the army under my com
mand."
Two or three months later, Aug. 1st,
he became aware of the state of feeling in
this aud the adjoining counties, and writes
"Intelligence having been brought that
the counties of Tryon, Mecklenburg and
northwest part ot Rowan, were medi
tatiug hostilities, it was judged proper by
a council ot War, that a strong detach
ment from the army should march through
these parts, and compel the inhabitants
to take the oatb above mentioned, and to
suppress any insurrection among them."
This oath pressed upon the consciences
of our citizens, alter every other tie which
uounu inem 10 ine motner country was
suudered. They were not a people who
were accustomed to accept and obey bo
much of God's law as suited their pur
poses and reject the rest. Their pastors
were not like that British clergyman
whom Ruskin tells about; who visiting
at the house of a wealthy usurer, omitted,
in the day's lesson, the clause in regard to
usury in the 5th verse of the 15th Psalm.
The whole of this passage reads thus :
"He that sweareth to his own hurt and
changeth not he that pulleth not out his
money to usury, nor taketh reward against
the innocent; be that doeth these things
shall never be moved." The usurer iu
question was making as great a mistake
in finance as the unfortunate Dr. Jenner
did in medicine, and his preacher could
have pointed out this mistake had he him
self believed the Bible. But the Scotch
Irish clergy did believe tbe Bible with
what little light they had, and were
willing to "swear to their own hurt and
change not." And when the Mecklen
burg convention of the 20th of May, 1775,
assembled in Charlotte, in sore distress,
to consult with each other what they
should do for their own protection against
wrong and oppression, this oath stood be
fore many ot them like a wall. But one
member of the convention I wish we
knew his name made an address, stating
that "allegiance and protection were re
ciprocal ; and that when the King de
clared the people out of his protection,
their allegiance ceased." Another, taking
up this line of argument, added, that "no
such oath was ever absolute, but always
conditional," and pointing to a tree stand
ing near he said, "If I Bwear to do any
thing as long as thw leaves continue on
that tree I am bound to do it as long as
the leaves are there; but whenever the
leaves fall, the oath is at an end. This
reasoning would not hvye been deemed
god by those who believed in the divine
right of kings, but happily, they were
agreed on that point- and proceeded to
enact certain resolutions and by-laws.
to be continued.
.
Bishop Lyman's Appointments.
: July 20 Thursday, Lenoir, Caldwell
county.
July 21 Friday (p. in.), Hickory, Ca
tawba county.
July 23 Sunday, Morganton.
July 25 Tuesday, Marion, McDowell
county.
July 27 Thursday, Rutherford ton.
July 30 Sunday, Tryou City, Polk
county.
Aug. 1 Tuesday, Flat Rock.
Aug. 2 Wednesday, Henderson ville.
Aug. 3 Thursday, Calvary church,
Henderson county.
Aug. 6 Sunday, Warm Springs.
Ang. 13 Sunday, Asheville.
Aug. 15 Tuesday, Brevard.
Aug. 17 Thursday,' Cashier's Valley.
Aug. 20 Sunday Webster, Jackson
county.
Aug. 27 Sunday, Waynesville.
Holy Communion at all morning ser
vices. Collections for diocesan mis
sions. The grave of General A. P. Hill,
in Hollywood Cemetery: Richmond, Va.,
has nothing to mark the spot where
rests tbe remains' of this brave soldier.
A little green mound is all that can be
seen, whilst on an opposite hill stands
a Ioftly marble shaft over the grave of
Jeb Stuart.
Good beefsteak is only three cents
a pound in Texas. A good place to emi
grate to.
Investiga-
To the Board if, Trustees of the University'l of
: y iNorth CarOluw, June 1, 1882. '" ; !
J lAt -j a meeting of the Board of Trustees
of tlie.UoJversitQforth Carolina held
at the Executive offi6d in Raleigh, in Jan
uary, 1882,"a committee, consisting of
Messrs. W. LT Steele, C. M. Cooke, R. B.
Peebles, N. H.D. Wilson and W. J. Yates,
was appointed to visit Chapel Hill, ex
amine the accounts ot the ?TYeasurer, the
mode of managements of the -Institution,
and its general condition, and report
Upon'the same '"to theBoardT during " the
week of the annual Commencement. ,
The faculty gave the committee all
facilities for the performance of their work,
and explained the mode of instruction pur
sued in the different departments of the
institution. The committee are fully per
suaded, from all sources and means of in
formation, that the general plan adopted
and carried into execution is : far better
adapted to the ends which the University
was founded to accomplish, than any sys
tem heretofore practiced. :...,--.
The mere fact that all the young men.
employed as assistants at the State Agri
cultural Bureau to aid in the analyses ' of
soils, fertilizers and waters, are recent
graduates of the University, who have
shown their capacity to do creditable
work, demontrates that, in this , depart
ment at least, the instruction is more
thorough than it ever was in its history.
Indeed, it may well be doubted whether
better facilities for the acquisition of this
branch of useful aud practical learning are
offered at any college or university in the
entire South, or surpassed by many insti
tutions in tbe country, even where they
have had such advantages for a high
standard as are not possessed by our sec
tion, lhe undersigned can say with con
fidence that, when he was a student here,
no graduate, whatever his rank may have
been, could have gone into a laboratory
and made such accurate analyses, as are
now made by those who passed their
pupilage at this institution, since the estab
lishment of the present system. Iu this
single department, therefore, there is
every reason for confident hope that the
present aud future generations of our peo
ple will derive great and substantial bene
fits, worth far more than the cost of their
production. The advantages are so plain
that all men can see them.
Iu regard to the other departments,
much of a bimilar character can be said.
Every one of them is of great value to the
public No intelligent man fails to recog
nize the importance of the classics to a
liberal education, or denies that such an
education is essential to the highest type
ot civilization.
Because the beneficial effects are hot so
readily seen, it is not to be inferred that
gootl is not done. In the physical world
the blessings to mankind which come from
heat and light and moisture are known to
all ; and yet there are other causes, lets
distinguishable, which are of equal value
in the production of what our wants re
quire. Such may be said of the influence
exerted upon the estate of mankind by cer
tain branches of learnir.-g. Tbe study of
the languages, of history, rhetoric, meta
physics, mathematics and the natural
sciences, is a valuable adjuvant in the
management of the practical affairs of life,
and cannot be neglected, or even subordi
nated, in any institution which under
stands, its powers as an agency for the
good or me numan race. The methods
adopted and practiced, in all the matters
relating to these subjects, are just such as
experience and observation have taught
to be the best "for the diffusion of know
ledge among men." The professors and
instructors are not only learned in their
several departments, but devoted to their
work, and understand the art of practical
rather than theoretical teaching. They
recognize the fact that their success de
pends in some measure upon gaining the
respect and confidence of the young men
under their charge ; and, accordingly,
their demeanor is such, that all the
students feel that their teachers are men,
lully endowed with human sympathy,
ready to assist in leading them up to
knowledge, and to treat them with the
courtesy and kindness which is a moral
duty. This begeffra corresponding obli
gation, and harmony between faoulty and
students is a natural result.
lhe Department of the Students. It
affords the committer sincere pleasure to
be able to speak iu commendation of the
general good conduct ;and gentlemanly
bearing of the young men connected with
the University. It is not to be expected,
that when numbers of youths are col
lected together from all parts of the State,
free from the restraining influences of the
family association, no instance of disorder,
or even of flagrant infraction of the law,
will occur. The home circle is not entire
ly tree lrom such cases. But the commit
tee feel warranted in saying that the con
duct of the stndents, as a whole, is very
gain. Ihis gives much hope for their use
fulness in future life ; and no little of this
excellent behavior, ihe committee believe,
is to be attributed to the kindness of the
faculty, and their inculcation of such moral
precepts as tend to the elevation of the
human character. Gentleness, coupled
with firmness, will always beget more
beneficial results than harohness. An ap
peal to tbe honor and inate sense of right,
of a young man, will do far-more towards
restraining him from the commission of
wrong, than an appeal to his fears ; for
we may all be "led into the way of truth,"
but we cannot be driven into it. We are
happy to say, that we believe the seeds of
kindness sown by the faculty have yielded
most excellent fruit ; and the young men,
themselves, deserve credit for the assis
tance which they have given in the pro
duction of this result. Both faculty and
students are entitled to congratulat ion.
Other Matters. Besides the Bchools to
which we have generally and specially
referred, there is a Department of Law,
under the direction of the Hon. John Man
ning, a graduate of the institution, and for
years a successful practitioner. Your
committee took occasion to be present at
one of his examinations, and were pleased
to note the progress of his class. Much
good may be reasonably expected to come
from this department. The teacher is
learned in his profession, and has the
capacity to teach his students with thor
oughness. - . . - : . . ' .-" V
Chapel Hill is net surpassed by any
place as a location for a shool of law, and
we believe that this is so plain, that but a
short while will pass, before many young
men will avail themselves of its peculiar
advantages, who are in no other way con
nected with the University.
The School of Medicine and Pharmacy
is under the charge of Dr. Thomas W.
Harris, who is also a graduate of the insti
tution, and who, after graduating at a
medical college in New York, pursued his
studies for two years in Paris, France.
Report of 'tie; JJommittee of
uommeuuaoie, and demonstrates that they
appreciate the position which they occupy,
aud the objects which they came here to
tt tJ-.Z. oo o man who has
ized his many facilitieforAthec4ation
of learning, and is abnhdantly capable of
imparting full instruction to.; bis, clasi?.
V Y?nr committee feel gratified in saying
that the University has met, and is meet-
.11 iU hlirratinns which lUSt meu
will siv it owes to the public.
All -i-, .
It has
facilities for teaching, and its faculty are
capable of teaching, all which is needed
in university education. With the col
leges and schools of the State, it can raise
North Carolina to the place which we
ought to occupy, and w hich ; tef ore many
decades shall have passed,1 we will occupy
among the States oft the Federal Union.
It should be its aim, and it is its aim, to
enter with vigor into a final and noble
contest for the production of good in the
moral and intellectual education of bur
people, without heartburnings arid jeal
ousies, desiring triumph, not tor jhe sake
of its glories, but for the blessings ; which
it confers. ' , .
It is but just to say that Messrs Wilson,
Yates and Peebles, members of the com
mittee, who have been detained for rea
sons beyond their control, reached Chapel
Hill before this report was written, assist
ed the chairman in its preparation, and
fully assent to the substance as well as the
viewd which it expresses. . .
The moral tone, pervading the institution
is worthy of all praise, , and parents may
feel, with entire confidence, that their sons
will be as free from temptations to dp
wrong as they would, be at any similar
establishment .either . within or without
the borders of the State. In the religious
services in the Chapel and iu .the several
churches in the village, there is a distinct
recognition of the Christian Religion, and
its doctrines are regularly taught in one
of the schools of the University, as not
only essential to the life which is to
come, but as a means of preserving the li
berties of the people,and otherwise advan
cing their temporal welfare. This, with
the other advantages of the institution,
which have been partially enumerated,
renders ' it worthy of the patronage of
of this and other States of the Union.
Trusting that this report discloses a
state of affairs gratifying to the Board of
Trustees,' and that these guardians of the
University feel satisfied with the conduct
and capacity of the faculty, who have it
immediately in charge, the undersigned, in
behalf of the committee, has the honor to
submit it for their consideration.
WALTER L. STEELE, Ch'n.
: Postage Stamps. The bust on the one
cent stamp is ol Franklin ; on the two-cent,
Jackson ; on the three-cent, Washington ;
on the five-cent, Taylor ; on the six-cent,
Lincoln; on the seven-cent, Stanton ; on
the ten-cent, Jefferson ; ou the twelve
cent, Clay ; on the fifteen-cent, Webster ;
on the twenty-four-cent, Scott ; on tbe
ihirty-ceut, Hamilton ; on the ninety-cent,
Perry. - - .
GOLD MINES TO BE SOLD !
Pursuant to the terms ot a Mortgage to us exe
cuted and registered in the Register's Office in
Gaston County, North Carolina, Book No. 2, and
Pages 268 to 271, we will sell at Public Auction,
at the Court House, in Dallas, in said county, for
cash, on Tuesday, July 25th 1882, that valuable
property known as the "LONG CREEK" GOLD
MINES, including the Asbury and McArthur
Mines, and 590 Acres of land on which the Mines
are located ;' Also, a Steam Engine and Fixtures
erectec thereon.
IUfrronoo ia ixim1 to (k Registry of eaic! Mort
gage for a full description of the Lands, miles
and bonds. Other particulars will be furnished
on application to the undersigned. . .
W. P. BYNUM,
THOS. GRIER,
June 2, 1882. 6w Mortgagees.
WARM SPRINGS,
Western North Carolina, :
Is now open for the reception of visitors. Finest
climate and scenery on the continent.
Panzello's Cornet Band from Philadelphia,
will furnish music The Hotel complete in all
its appointments. Railroad and Telegraph offices
on the Grounds.
For particulars apply for circular to
HOWERTON & KLEIN,
June 9, 1882. 2m Proprietors.
Wool-Carding and Spinning
AT
LINCOLNTON, N. C
The undersigned are now putting: np a Wool
Carding and Spinning Factory at Lincolnton and
solicit the patronage of the public. Their Ma
chinery is new and of the most improved style,
and they feel confident that they can give satis
faction to patrons.
Wool will be received at the Factory or Depot,
and promptly returned to customers.
J. G. Shannonhouse A?ent at Charlotte.
PHIFER & SUMNER.
April 28, 1882. 3m
A fresh stock of Warner's Safe
rfver and Kidney Cure ; Iodia; Bromidia; Scott's
and Baker's Emulsion Cod Liver Oil, just re
ceived by
R. H. JORDAN1 & CO.,
May 19, 1882. Druggists.
HAVING REMOVED
TO
Corner College and Trade Streets
(L W. PERDUE's OLD STAND,)
and adding to our already large Stock of
CORN, FLOUR, HAY, BRAN, MEAL, STOCK
FEED. "
A FULL LINK OF
Choice Family Groceries,
. at bottom prices.
We are ready and will be glad to serve our old
friends and the public generally with Goods in
our line as LOW as the LOWEST, and respect
fully solicit a share of your patronage,
A. J. BEALL & CO.
April 21, 1882.
KALSOMINING.
We invite your attention to JOHNSTON'S
PATENT STANDARD DRY SIZED KAL
SOMINE and FRESCO PAINTS, knowing
that they meet the wants of Painters, House
keepers and others throughout the country.
They are carefully prepared from the finest
selected raw materials; all of the ingredients are
thoroughly incorporated, and they are offered for
sale in a finely pulverized condition, simply re
quiring to be mixed with water, to fit them for
use.
They are made of the PUREST WHITE, and
in gradations of all the leading and fashionable
Tints, Shades and Colors ; thus adapting them to
all tastes and uses. The advantages of our pre
parat:ons a e manifold.
They are ready for immediate nee, requiring
no experiment whatever, as the color and quality
are determined before they go into the hands of
the consumer. They can be mixed and used by
any one, : . ' r
Thty can be applied with the greatest ease and
facility, and when dry will present a smooth,
rich, and even surface, which will not rub or
scale from the wall.
If used according to directions, they will work
well upon an absorbent surface ; hence the neces
sity as heretofore, of preparing walls to stop
their suction, (except in extreme cases,) is over
come. They will save the waste of materials and los
of time common with the old mode of mixingU
produce desirable tints, etc.
They will keep for years, without change in
color or quality. . ' . ,
They are the only cheap and available prepara
tions for the purpose in the market.
WILSON & BURWELL,
April 14, 1882. Bole Agents.
' Comparative Cotton Statement. "
The following is tbe cotton statement
for theyeelc pending Jane 16 :
1882.
mi.
Net receipts at all U. S. ports
Total receipts to this date,
Exports for the week,
Total exports to this date,
Stock at air U. S. ports,
Stock at all interior towns,
Stock at Liverpool,
Stock of American afloat for
Great Britain, j.ii) f
12.95ft 90,,.
4,559,055 5,577405
32,512 38 4G2
3,285.708 412310
400,850 4032C1
35,221 60oS
906,700 906000
8 71,000 s 134,000
Liverpool Cotton Circular. .
This- week's circular; of the Liverpool
Cotton Brokers' Association says : Cotton
haft been in good demand ; latterly it
quiet with a : cheaper tendency. For
American there was a fair request, which
was freely met. - The long stapled hag
been very active, with advancing prices,
Sea island has been in fair demand, and is
generally d. better, futures have been
steady, but have declined l-64d.
New York Cotton Futures.
"The Post's. cotton report says; Future
deliveries were in moderate but sufficient
demand to enable sellers, strengthened by
favorable Liverpool advices, to advance
prices 5 to 6 100 above closing quota
tions. At the third call July brought
12.18; September 11.97 ; October li.se
November 11.41. . '
dFVThe room in Francklyn cottage
Elberon, in which President Garfield
is closed and draped heavily with mourn
ing. In this condition it is stated it will
always remain.
COTTON YARN.
A consignment of Cotton Yarn, assorted num
bers, from the Columbia Factory, N, C, the
best in the market, just received, at
, . : J. ilcLAUGBLlN'S.
May 26, 1882. -
BURGESS NICH OLS,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
FURNITURE, BEDDING, &c
' I have now in Store a well selected stock em
bracing everything found in a
Pirst-class Furniture Store,
Such as Bedroom and Parlor Suits, Lounges,
Tet-a-Tets, Whatnots, Marble and Wood Top
Tables, Dining Tab es, Washstands, Bureaus,
Wardrobes, Book Cases, &c.
CHAIRS of all kinds and cheap Bedsteadi
at prices to suit the times.
1 respectfully solicit a shire of patronage.
- ' - ALSO,
COFFINS of all grades kept on hand rcady
tnade. :
No. 5 West Trade Street,
J;n 19, 1882 ; Charlotte, N. C.
, ALEXANDER & HARRIS
Are making a tremendous sacrifice on Dresi
Goods. They propose to close out their entire
stock of Dress Goods.
Our stock of Ladies' Misses and Children's
Hosiery
Is entirely too large, and must be reduced. Ic
order to do so we intend to Bell them very cheap.
We will offer 6,000 yards of
Figured Lawns,
At prices the lowest ever reached by such goods
in this market.
We have now the largest v stock of Persian
Lawns, White Linen Lawns, French Nainsooks,
Masalias, Bishop and Victoria Lawns, Piques,
etc., ever offered in this market.
LADIES
Who like to look at pretty Goods will find our
Wnite Guipure Embrodiery, Nainsook Edgings
and lnsertings, Swiss Edgings and Insertings,
and Hamburg EdgiDgs and Insertings, the largest
and prettiest ever seen here. They are simply
beautiful. .
House Furnishing Goods,
Such as Table Damasks, Colored and White
Table Napkins, Lace Curtains, Table and Floor
Oil Cloths, Carpets, Cane Mattings, Rugs, etc.,
can be found in great variety and very cheap.
Don't forget that we are leading the market on
Staple Goods, viz: Bleached and Brown Sheet
ings and Shirtings, Prints and everything wanted
in that line. , . .
WHAT
A beautiful line of Ginghams you have, is the ex
clamation of all who have seen them. Prices
low.
Oriental Laces,
Italian Laces,' Lauquedoc Laces, Torchon Laces,
Bretaona Laces, Antique Laces, Spanish Laces,
Guipure Laces, a tremendous stock.
Gentlemen
Wishing a ready-made Suit, or who wish their
measure taken, can do so by calling on us. We
have an elegant line of samples to select from
and if you are not pleased you need not take the
suit.
ALEXANDER & HARRIS.
; April 21, 1882.
PRYOR'S OINTMENT
' ' IS A SPEEDY AND SURE CUBE FOR
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Atlanta, Ga , Aug. 25, 1877.
After an experience of twenty-five years in sel
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' BEAD THE TESTIMONIALS:
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Troup County, Ga.
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From the relief experienced in my case, as well
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3 THOS. B. MORGAN.
Troup County, Ga.
For sale by all dealers in medicine. Price.
Fifty Cents per Box. Sent by mail on receipt oi
price. Dk. J. BRADFIELD, Atlanta, Ga.
For sale by T. C. Smith, Charlotte, N. C.
June 2, 1881. '
HT" Johnston's Ready Prepared Kal
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WILSON & BURWELL, Agents.