Carolina Watchman

              the carolina watchman vol xi7.~-third series salisbury n c december 14 1882 no 9 the carolina watchman established in the year 1832 price s1.5u in al'vam e „, mmm \ i i a i .....«■ i i frsfe stomach - nemembrr th.it stamina tltal energy thr hfr-principle or whatever you n«v work when euch an riwrgency £?« u ™. ipply for hostetter'a almanac for 1683 _ t§tl is *--« 2id w fciiodksruov n'e,prcs't wm.c.coakt scc'y ' a home company,seeking homo patronage siroai prompt reliame.litallj perm policies written on dwellings uiuins payable one-half cash and ba w e've moni li j allen bs0ww a*t salisbury n c of rhpii sllpffelsiih scool books school supplies novels and stationery 45:li errors q youtbi aliknti.kman ivli.i suflered for yearn yum nervous 1'i.iai.ri v pkk.mati i:i dkcay im all '. in eilvcls <>( \ out li in indiscretion will ■ >■ - , ivt'i i i l liuninnitv send ; rce to ' , who need it t in recipe ami direction f*»r making the i:i i remedy liy which lie wms icn-.i sufferers wishing to profit lij lie ail : - .■ \ i ■; i ii-e nan in ■■ ' hy idd i v--in_;in • cuili lonce john b oiil'kn • j<):1 v cedar st new york t remember the dead ! monuments tombs cfiso great reduction in the prices of harbl moniunents and grave-stones of every description 1 cordially invite tlie public generally to an inspection of my stock and work 1 feel justified in asserting that my past experience under first-class wurkmeu in nil ilie newest and modern styles and that tin workmanship is equal to any of the best in tin country 1 do not say that my work is superior to all others 1 iiu reasonable will not exaggerate in or jci to accomplish a sale my endeavor is '•) please and give each customei the val "■ l every dollai they have with me prices 35 to 50 per cent cheaper than ever offered in this town before all at once or send for nice list and de m^iis satisfact ion guaraut'd or no charge the erection of marble is the last work nf respect which we pay to the memory lepai ted friends john s kutciiinson iiiry n c nov i l~-l mm to dbtqrs iuu of are l reby in : ! : ■ • i ; -' . find savi ' - ' tl .... : of that 2 3 crawford & co the following article u copied from the new south mainly to correct a number of errors which cuuld uot be corrected in that paper a small cabinet of ores from north carolina minks editor new south in fulfillment of a promise made some time ago i scud you by freight a small cabinet of thirty specimens of minerals gath ered mostly in rowan county you i of course desire to know something of their history and the locality from ' whence they were taken ; or else they lose the greater part of their value : a specimen of any mineral no matter i how valuable or beautiful creates lit ! jc interest if its source is unknown i proceed then with a brief descrip tion in the order in which the speci mens are numbered : no 1 — iron and copper chalcopy rite sulphurets carrying gold in com bination from the gold hill mines 14 miles southeast of salisbury the vein stone is a combination of the sulphurets already mentioned and quartz seams intermixed with argila cious slate which is the principal rock of the formation 1 his i.s colored . with chlorite and is generally inista i ken for talcose slaie on this property gold was first dis covered in 1842 it has been worked with tolerable regularity ever since has changed hands several times the bullion output changing with the dif ferent companies some of them fail ed while others made money from ! the mostreliable source i am informed that the property has produced between three and four millions nearly ap proaching the latter this amount will exceed the cost of production but j exactly how much 1 am unable to ■ state the property is now in the hands of a large english comp.ny with capt win treloar superintendent they have expended large amounts in : placing the best and most approved machinery and amalgamating appara ; tus on the property and are pushing ' forward the underground workings as rapidly as practicable the most important work now going on is fork ing the water from randolph shaft — 750 feet deep with 900 feet drifting and tunneling they are also clear ing what is known as the old field shaft no 2 auriferous pyrites from the ileimer mines six and a half miles from salisbury this property was prospected and worked to water level before the war and lay idle until the north carolina gold mining and re duction company purchased it sever al years ago they have a fine plant of machinery for hoisting and pump ing and also elaborate concentrating works the property is developed to the depth of 16*5 feet with over 400 ft et of drifting on vein which is bold va rying from two to four feet in width l'hey have recently let contract for sinking 50 feet deeper the concentrates from this m<nc are chlorinated at the chlorination works of the company situated two miles south of salisbury the company have not made known the amount of bullion produced yet the mine is con sidered a paying one and the contiu uance of their expensive operations justifies the conclusion the value of this ore by fire assays varies from 12 to 40 occasionally running much higher no 3 the ores from the bullion mine are very similar to those of the iteimer in fact they are considered a part of the same fissure extending to this property only a half mile distant the bullion is owned by pennsylva nia capitalists who have allowed the mine to remain idle since the fall of 81 there is a fair plant of machin ery which would be in better condi tion were it in use it is considered a valuable mine no 4 auriferous sulphurets slight ly arsenical from the southern belle mine six miles south of salisbury property has only been prospected to a shallow depth and with the aid of a small plant of prospecting machin ery boston capital controls this property which is now idle and has been since last spring those who know the mine claim that it is valua ble while the inactivity of its owners indicates the contrary no 5 6 and 7 thee three speci mens are from the dunn's mountain mine three and a half miles south east of salisbury 5 is gold-bearing copper and iron pyrites b red oxide of copper and chalcopyrite j 7 brown ore and sulphurets last considered rich — showing iii pan a nice color i of v i 1 gold dunn's mountain is owned by a gentleman in new york and is worked with private capita ; ruiue well equipped with modern in.i ichinerv and fair underground explo j ration the present work is that of 1 ui derjrronnd development and mr j ]). stewart the superintendent is ! confident of pern anent success of the j mine the yield of bullion has been fair yet hardly sufficient to meet the tost of production as a great deal of mine is supplied with a fine plant of i machinery and also build in vats i for the separation and concentration ; of their ores no 24 auriferous and argentifer ous galena from the welbnrn trine in davidson county a new company lias recently taken charge with mr i e s cald well superintendent ap prove machinery is being placed and expected to be in opearation in a short time no 25 clay slale auriferous py rites from stith mine in davidson county only partially developed nu.2g brawn honey-combed quartz stained with earbonite of iron from unexplored property owned by dr tomlinson near trinity college in randolph county no 27 amethystine quartz and crystals from davie county no 28 green carbonate of copper and malachite from ashc county no 2l magnetic iron ore from ashe county no 30 cubes of iron pyrites from montgomery county these specimens will serve to show the general character of the ores of this section as a rule the ores are brown or decomposed sulphurets from the surface to warter level where the sulphurets of both iron and copper are found in a perfect state this fact accounts for the abandonment of many mines which have yielded free gold we/1 until this trouble at water level w.is encountered this is caused by the refractory condition of the nn dccomposi-d vein matter the gold being in chemical combination with sulpburets and can only be extracted by smelting or chlorination the last process being most too expensive for our low grade ore ; in fact it is a question whether any process has yet been discovered that will render the working of north carolina low grade sulphurets a profitable undertaking rhe discoverer of a process that will fully meet the difficulties to be en countered in our lean sulphurets will have his f r ine se u oil by examining the specimens you observe that iron and copper pyrites frequently occur in combination which faet does not lessen the task of extraction where these two sulphu rets are found together there is a strong tendency for the whole mass to become cupriferous to an exclusive degree as depth is attained which f.ct ma uho bi cittd as a rea.-o fbrthe desertion of deposits supposed to be only auriferous when discovered and opened on the surface there is probably more said and written about north carolina mines to-day than ever before it may be taken as an indication in our favor the better known the resources of a state the more probability of attrac ting intelligent capital let me ay just here that capital alone will do us no good from a permanent legiti mate business standpoint it is thor oughly necessary to have intelligent superior labor ; i he shoveling of the dirt and cracking of the stone may be done by ordinary labor but it must be directed by an intelligent and practical understanding of economi cal mining many mines now lie idle from ignorance wl.ile others have deserted cabins am filled up shafts from mismanagement and fraud t k bruner salisbury n c nov 30 o captuked but killed joe ross the murderer meets hi fate — how the vamdcn pursuing part sur rounded him and lie is killed before he will surrender — he confute the camden party which p.imed thro this city monday nij r ht and returned tuesday in pursuit of joe ross alias james wilson the double murderer were miccebsful after all learning that rimm wiis in hiding in the neighborhood of ivy's mill lancaster connt-v with other citi zen of the vicinity to the number of uventy-firc they surronuded ross in his hiding place and he was captured after being fatally wounded wednesday after noon about half-past six o'clock he died about ."{ o'clock yesterday morning the circumstances of the pursuit and capture is learned from mr shelly haile of fort mil , ue abont as follow the caniden pan after leaving char lotte coutiuued on its way through lan caster county s c near bellair ihey iuqnired directions a to their road from an oid negro man working in a held and incidentally mentioned that they were in pursuit of ross whom they described the old man told them lie had seen such a man : that he had come to his house and asked for bread and had theu taken the course towards ivy's mill encour aged to a new hope of success in tlu-ii mission of vengeance the party set out tor the mill ihi.s was on wednesday ilm1 the iut lligi nee that ross was in hid ing thereabouts was telegraphed from itock iliil and publish d iu the jon hi ' j . sterday mm iiing ivy's mill is on the calawba river i half mile above the month oi liltn sugar 1 ( u ; k ju.sl above the mill is a ucn bluft overhanging the river behind which is a considerable tract of rough broken i g o ind ii<-;e it ia said u<»s hid hiniseli v hen fieeiug fi in justice aftei the com i >~; in of the ii unegnu murder i:i prov idence township this count . some yenrs iui it wasai oiw concluded that ross had again soughl refuge iu this place \ !• was >.» surrounded tii it ese <• iviis ini posaible and preparations were '■■ i.i made for making n thorongli search of tho rocky gronnd lint while these preparations were in progress the double mhrdeker's doom as accomplished in an unexpected and dramatically tragic manner mr alouzu lltmtley lives upon the bank of the l'a tawba nuderneath the bluff npon which ross was hidden mr hunt ley w ; is aware of the seareli for ross had secured all his bouts so that the escape of the murderer in that direction was impossi ble and was sitting in his house with his wife awaiting the ij-enouem-ent of the search suddenly a low very black and heavy set negro with a protruding brow and a retreating forehead entered the open door and asked excitedly to be set across the rirer it was ross and mr iluntloy waa conscious of tho fact in a moment he sprang to the corner of the room where ho had placed an old army mn»ket heavily loaded with duck slier * hai»ing the gun towards rons he demanded his surrender in his desperation ross sprang towards the muzzle of the mssket , and attempted to seize the barrel he miscalculated his reach and caught the ; projecting rain rod of the old fashioned piece and turned half round in his efforts to tear the gun from mr huniley's hands all this took but a second and the gun j was discharged almost at the same mo ; inent with the muzzle almost against the small of noss back he fell frightfully wounded and unable to rise bur still alive and conscious mr ilunlley bound the wounded felon securely and leaving his still un terrified wife who alone had witnessed the des ' peratu scene to guard tho prisoner set off to inform the searching party itoss was taken to an unoccupied honse known as tho old hagan house two miles from ivy's mill on the charlotte road here he lay throughout the night suffering terribly he was nursed care i fully by his half brother jack ross who ' as stated in the journal tuesday accom panied the party from caniden in pursuit \ he was very juiet in his suffering and ; displayed no bravado in dying he seemed aware that death was inevitable and to a thoughtless and jocular sugges tion by one ol the young men of the par ty which he overheard that he be killed to end his suffering he replied let me live for 1 haven't got long 1 know no physician attended him and the minis trations of his brother jack and those of the members of the party whose pity j caused them to forget the atrocity of his crimes were all that illeviated the death ! of this inhuman negro the brutality of whose two murders is unparalleled in the criminal records of this country he died shortly after 3 o'clock a m ■ his remains were taken to caniden in accordance with the telegraphed wishes of mr j d mcdowell a brother of the victim of the last murder so passes away a criminal who for three years has beeu successfully eluding justice in north carolina by fleeing to south carolina j and whose reappearaccs or supposed re appearances in mecklenburg have re peatedly terrorized the colored people of the city and country and whose death ; yesterday was occasioned l>y a repetition i ol his first atrocity the murderek's cokfessiox while he was dying in the old hagan ' house messrs w j cnreton and jno estridge took down sonic of his confes sions he made a statement of the circum stances of the hennegan case which are already familiar to the public but said further that ed harrison a negro who was arrested at the time of the inquest of the affair but who was afterwards re leased was more guilty in the murder ' than marshall baxter who was hung for it he also stared the circumstances ol the mcdowell murder saying that he bore malice toward mr mcdowell over a difference in the settlement of hoimh busi ness affairs ; that he had killed mr me j dowell by striking him unawares in the back of the head with an axe while he mr mcdowell was at his ross house and that he had been assisted in hiding the body in a ditch and covering it with j brush by his ross brother in law ros ! it will be remembered wan also accused of firing of mr rufus wcddington's barn in providence township four or five years ago he denied having done this but said he knew who did do it he declin ed to say who it was howerer a de position was obtained by messrs cure ton and estridge which the journal hopes to secure for publication born on a train capt john gee conductor on the rich mond and danville road had his nerves put to a severe test on his last trip to this city by the nn usual erent of a birth in a passenger car the porter called capt gee's attention to the strange conduct of a woman who seemed to be in trouble and didn't know what to do and finally communitcaiiig with her through an oldcolored woman who was fortunately on board the truth dawned upon him with staggering effect he drove all the men out of the car and when the next station was reached he telegmjied to the station ahead for a doctor when the train arrived at that station the doctor appeared and capt gee stood guard at the door until the votes were counted the passengers were then admitted and each one chuckled the little red faced cherub nndei the chin and named it ov er si dozen times before the station was reached where it and its mother were to alight a xaii eatix do . mr '■> • ■ lor had a fine pointei pnp i months old to die v stcrday i he d ; » si«k foi alx'nt two weeks and a half and all the efforts made to restore it to health were in vain several v terinan wir genus were consult 1 imt none ol them could form an&idea as tn ■•■ hat was the mutter with it when it died yesterday mr taylor detrnnined on an autopuy and ( r ; ..- the dead dog open fo i d about i»:>e-f:»ui t!i i»l a pound ol shingle nails in its stomach which the pool pup had been trying to i it i i i»vei i ■ weeks - 1 vi.-'c journal kluttz k be1lii ' leading dealers ix dry goods and groceries new stock off clothing wwmmmmiim mmmm large assortment of ladies clcaks and shawls ladies hats and trimmings men's hats and caps boots and shoes a specialty we keep the best made agents for coats 1 spool-cotton new supply nf5 cent tin ware full stock of glass and table ware com^^vvv 1 8o srr cofl £' teas ' hict - p«ft canned fruits pure lard corn bran meal new orleans molasses and syrups c full assortment of family medicines including quinine one and three fourth lbs cotton sacking at 9 cents new ties at 1.75 per bundle three ib cans tomatoes it 15 cents over-coat8 t 2 go 33o s t 1o eta su s ar try it be sure to see our goods before you buy we mean to sell u 1 gooda at the very lowest prices buy and sell all kinds of country produce w w taylor ii f tkl\s i y " v - ! - 1882 ami i j bostian j salesmen a bud medicine man how are the colored voters coming on out on onion crrek !" asked an aus tin candidate of a dnrkej with a load of hay dar's a heap ob wick ness out dar among de colored folks what is it malaria i reckon diit'8 de name of the stuff hit am snmfin what he got from de drug gery shop what stuff are you talking about !" de stuff a white man out dar puts in his watermillions to keep de colored folks from uiistakiu 1 tlieni for their own water millions 1 yes indeed if the democrats of this state and many of the republi cans are pledged to do any one thing more than another it is to do all they can to abolish the miserable corrupt ing internal revenue law — charlotte democrat the washington post thinks it it morally certain that judge kelly will fail utterly in his efforts to abol ish the liquor taxes perhaps so but if the democrats do their duty he will nut if the north carolina delega tion abide by the pledges of their par ty in tiiis slate they will vote again.-t the whole internal revenue taxes — charlotte journal grandpa the sun is brighter in ram mer than iu winter is it not yes and it's warmer ami enjoys better health why does it enjoy better lu-.tlch f " because it gets up earlier he who doe his best however lit tle is always to be distinguished from him who docs nothing faited of january next two good mill men for i twenty stamp mill must have had experience with silver plates and must fur nish tir>t-ha-;s references as to ability and honesty a permanent position for good men a ldress the iiaii.k goj.d mining co itaile's mine i o lancaster s c 6:3w administratosrs ilaring taken nut letters of admii tion on the estate of the late win m kin cai'i deceased i will proceed to fell i pub lic sale on the premises ■"> miles w salisbury on tue-<lar decemlter t h%'2 thefollow : ng personal property wheat oats corn horses enttlc t milch cows hogs leaf tobacco two '-' wa^ans one buggy and harness a tun mi lathe farm ins implements honseh kitchen furniture and other article not enumerated termt ca-h fnrtlior notice a persona having claims against said win m kincaid dee'd are hereby notified to present the same to me on or before the tli daj of november 188:3 or this notice will !.■• pv.i-1 in bar of their recovery and ail kts«ins indelrted to the sai'l deceased art requested to make immediate payment nov oth l^s2.-4:<;.v " the 8e south tin ii industi : ■.' pa : v ■■■: carolina is a 23 rolnnin illustrated mil on ■ t f n in !. man ■ p forth c:i ■ - artm positively ti adymc ! • ddkess i edward a oldiiaiti i p blackmer s taylor having purchased the (_) f as well as the interest of r r crawford of the firm of r r crawford & co wo are dowj^prepared t nnpplj oui customers with all kinds of i agricultural ifflpleme in addition to the be*l selected stock f 11 a li i w a r e in tlir we alao handle rifle and blasting powcl . unit a full line f milling supplies 33f we will j duplicate any prices n w.s.buri1ei sitltil oct r ». 1832 50:1 gent`s fine work a specialty bootj shofs a cafters money was squandered in the man agement of the first few years no 8 specimen of ore from the undeveloped property of mr o v ; pool in this county it is of the same . general diameter of the other ores — riilphurels of iron and copper in com bination carrying a per cent of gold ; some little hematite orcnsionally found in the gangne no 9 brown ore and nulphurets from the rowan mine ten miles south cast of salisbury mr l graf new ark n j is the owner i'he prop erty is jn>t l>eing developed thus far only prospecting machinery has been introduced indications are fair and the management is hopeful — confident of a paving mine xs'o 10 this specimen is a rich free milling brown ore from gold knob ten miles southeast of salisbu ry gold knob is a large property embracing three mineral tracts explo itation and prospecting work has on ly been done by the proprietor mr frank williams the ores here are mostly low grade yet of sufficient value to pay if worked on a large scale no 11 this is a beautiful specimen of honey com bed quartz sulplmrets and hematite iron from the dutch creek mine this is also a large pro pert lying about ten miles southeast of salisbury it has been equipped with some machinery and developed underground to a considerable extent mr j c penninnrton president and j j newman secretary live on the property and have superintended all the work in opening up the property they have spent most of the money used in thoroughly opening the mine and not in profitless surface show they expect at an early day to intro duce effective apparatus for the man ipulation of their ores no 12 sulplmrets from the'spring vein on the dutch creek property no 13 auriferous sulphurets from the new discover aline three and a half miles southeast of salisbury this is a new property and is just now be ing opened and a force of hands is engaged in tunneling and drifting on veins of which two have been en countered in the new cross cut — one very rich the management seems satisfied with the prospects machin ery is soon to be placed no 14 brown ore and partially decomposed pyrite from unexplored property owned by mr geo long near salisbury no 15 sulplmrets same character as i.s generally met with in this sec tion from undeveloped mine owned by dr lloseman near salisbury no 1g this is a specimen of green carbonate or copper — a sedimentary deposit of recent formation ; having been taken from the old tail nice of the gold hill mines many of the so-called mining experts would place this specimen along with the s»di m*m)ts of the laconic system to which system nearly all the metalliferous sediments of this state belong no 17 sidt-iite — an iron ore — found at the gold knob mine but it is rare occurring in white quartz on the surface in that locality no 18 steatite soapstone acoarse variety injured by the presence of red oxide of iron ; yet may be used for hearths chimney backs and such purposes it is found a few miles south of salisbury no 19 copper ore chalcopyrite and azurite from the union gold and copper mine on the line between ll win and cabarrus counties jus-t below gold hill it is a valuable property but has been idle for some years it was an ante-bellum corpo ration that worked it last no 20 is a magnetic iron ore slightly titaniferous from the harris mine in davie comity attempts to work this ore before the war failed because of the presence of titanic acid this objection has to some extent been overcome in modern works no 21 prof kerr state geologist calls this ore chalcopyrite prill and says that it is 33 per cent copper it is from the famous conrad hill mine in davidson county this pro perty is also rich in gold it is among the best equipped mines in the state and is destined to become one of the most productive mr v s clayton well known in mining circles has charge no 22 argentiferous galena from the silver hill mine in davidson county this is one of the oldest and deepest mines in the state and its re sources are too well known to require comment here it is said that the ga lena from tins mine was shipped u iliehmond during the war and manu factured into bullets for the confed erate service without having the sil ver extracted in which case i luii u'js carried a perccntum uf silver well worth the saving no 23 galenite carrying silver copper zinc lead and sulphur and is from t lie silver valley mine of david son county the company working this property heve recently sol i the entire out-put of tiie mine for the next three years to a large smelting company in swansea wales tiie 1 4 op l f%iyi fs&*4 > i / j_r • m - l >