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ilie uarolma watcnman ix third deeies salisbury f g november 22 1977 r 5 vv shout j e k md ll mill h he ■; . music tone us and ii .' ow s hue mot ning dew s sins . i i 1 1 . i iy . embling sin en nu vvati i -< . u li are than i then , is the sid'iiinnl chain ion w roughl uu madly thoughl ■i er -: rain was foughl .' m.l a uu ■mi i band : tu threads 1 ei i the spidei >- eat es nm ■; the leu \ es a iii moi bond had been . ; \ em - and then is ambil ion's pile rose so high againsi the - ky . o'ersliadowing all in und the while \\ iih its proud ooiist might vie .' a shadow s shade a < n d-house made ily children for t heir play : lh air-blown 1 < il i lolly swells mav \ aunt ,! - a few shoi i years and then where i the mighty gi ii !' • h i ung i lu hi arl ■■iii tori tire's art vuil made il f el i bat ii -; relief i in hand couhl in er impart .' torni that's burst ami . lone ii . worst . then h fl the heaven more clear : a nighl mare dread with morning fled ihese m row s uow appears i ; - and th.u whal of your life remains the smiles and lears of ol her eai -. i m's joy -. of sorrow '- pai us an hi ion's hopi s and feai * _ a aa',i-i i ilea 111 to-llllj they seem which memory scarce can trace ul - lie y've sei shall time nor y i lii i nil \ ell'aci .' i ef .-,...'.'.,. ■_ him iimi'hwi-i __ iii'i i i i ial " ** i-r"m rnftwwi i i he following is scarcely au exaggera tion of the waul of deti rniinal ion and wisdom displayed by sonn p rsous in giv ing alms the 1 it mrs jane w — was t-ijually remarkable foi !- indim ss of liearl and absence of mind one day she was accosted by a beggar whose stout and healthy appearance startled in . into mo ineutary doubl of i he needfulness of char ity in tiiis insta ice why exclaimed the good lady you look w ii able to work replied the supplicant but 1 lei-ii deal and dumb these seven poor i ined lis v . -,-.: i he iving bim i elief w il h i liberal hand he nienl ioned t in ki red o . did thai i he pom mau had in i n deal and dumb for ■evi '" why ."' was the quiet ti - ... sw . . . il un so scribe the dramatist met his match in a nobleman ambil ions of gaining a literal .. ini by prow ; from w horn he re ceived the following cut ions epistle sir i have the honor to propose to you to associate yourself with me iu the com posil ion of a drama your name will lhe side ol mine ; you alone ■osing the i a , ami 1 alone di fi i iii the . if tl ■ou shall h e ali i lie prolil ■-. foi i « ■." i li ive ;. he n m 1 to hai togi , li and iii ass : . ore unable to ace pi y our ven i n d the . orrespond ence with : mi 1 hat e re ■m note of refusal to uniti :;• labors vou are at liberty nol to understand \ oui ow n intei set . ii tue a hoi se .; - com iii nf sonic attractions aud something of a i into the bargain aft r a libi ral ■; had bi en made foi lady i her ial ber mr m . ; - i , taken a pai ; icular fancy i a lii ; i in n . d manded thai i liouhl i.e thrown into the bargain and upou a positive n - thc match was broken off after a couple of yeai -, the parties accidentally met at i country ball : mr mewins was quite willing to renew the < ngagemeul ; the lady appeared not to have the slight est recollection of him sun ly yon not forgotten me said he what fir mewins he replied 1 had the honor of pa ing my addresses to you,abou1 tv ye sago «] remember i a person of thai name she rejoined ' who paid his addresses to my father's brown mine j gov vaxce at columbia ludience present enthusiastic re ception of tin governor his speech re i , f • ■' ii ith *;,■at applause columbi \. s <'.. n-.v i ith 1877 the fair grounds to-day exhibited a scene of life and animation reminding of ite state fair there are large num in attendance and a greal desire manifested to hear gov vance's address ai 1 o'clock < lovernor vance accompanied hy governor hampton and many promi ii.-ni gentlemen including the committee of the agricultural society ascended the stand and after the vociferous applause whicb greeted them had to some extent subsided gov vance was introduced to the audience by gov hampton and pro ceeded to deliver his address of which we give i pretty full synopsis as follows . rov v \ n'ce's address afti i x',,1 usual salutation he began by saying : there is a destiny resei v.-.l for the people ofthe older or atlantic southern states the part they will be required to perform is in my judgment of prime importance to the future of nol only our common country bul of the english speaking race thai part consists in whal is called sometimes with a sneer conservatism the checking and steadying of ihe extravagaul and precipitate ten dencies of our anglo american democracy this uncertain progression the weak side of all popular government has ex hibited a more dangerous development in these american states than perhaps in any other portion ofthe world xo where are thc sober checks of conservatism so much needed so absolutely essential to the preservation of tbe very elements of liberty every circumstance of uur eon -\ , •',- and stimulates our progres sive dangers and the still small voice of homely prudence is drowned in the roar of the v heel - •■>. inch the nal ional i ni rgies ■■■■'■i.i motion we glory in our untiring strength in our limitless power when i in the gelds of peace it is our pride thai we excel all others when we - en among oi i el cs il is a bal tie oi giani s and even vi hen ivi steal il is ith a collossal unity and on a scale of national magnificence thai shames alike the petty larceny of the christian aud the turk occupying the broadest and most fer tile strip of this earth wliich spreads be neath fin tempi rate belts of tin mm "..<-- two great oceans aud comprised of more thau thee millions of square miles in extent nol yel more than half subdued to civilization thc field of wealth and teal power v hich the vista of the future discloses i grander than anj \ hich ever old roman or spaniard gazed upon ii contemplation has bred a wondrous energy ami a prophetic instincl which evinces itself not ouly in greal deeds aud greater boastings bul in a most reckless disregard of moral means and a nee dan gerous contempt of consequences in the ma jor pari of the union this feeling char acterizes the teachings imparted to fhe voi ■■. ... _ hoy ._* ta-.i il i uo directly thai ii is more important to ac quire a dollar than t un lerstand id ! the free i lood bough i in ". ' ich enable him to earn dollar and protei t him in il enjoyment till evi , hi -" ing refrain i tmg in his eats i to develope*1 something in i ... . is to be made from the press . the school room the hustings the ros the si ■.. room the v ork-shop nnd i he li re ide comes i hal ceasele ■■- i i the exhortation to develop noble and generous qualities of the soul the personal and national integrity are left to the formal dribbling - of the r school or the ; i efuucl binary rout ine of i he pulpit and the inculcations of the greal principles which underlie and i.i our liberties are heai d only occa sionally from some da in proi or's '. ered with tin air and manner in which wc vonld i co irse on tin an cienl fossils and siberian w hal -;. u i-call ims in i.t her words our progi - - i - uol ■progress : o e are ■. pending - ical development !<> i he neg intellectual and moral we a the \ ine for the production of v ood and leaves to the tie i of the •\ .- are building cil ii s rai ■op to < and amassing wealth but we ire building no such bulwark to protect free govern ment on lhe eon i rary vve ha i e cu si erne ol the i ncti nl ones dow u . i . . am pled tbem in the mire and othi rs we are anding to the musty cabinets of the curious never strike for c institution thoy say . i r politi - don't pay tl r let us d velope some • ' rich \ ei ily i say so too let us indeed gel rich nol only in housi - and land , in flock - and herds in cities and own in ships and steam vers d highv m .- aud gold and silver but also in the unspeakable riches ofthe free dom wherewith our an estors made us tree in the knowledge of our rights per sonal aud sttite and above all rich in the courage and integrity to vindicate them so rich in these virtues it fact that an attempl to organize a free legislature by the use of bayonets and to constitute a sergeant of the guard a judge of the election and qualification ofthe members thereof shall blow all amei iea into a vol canjc flame which like the fearful looking for of judgment slmll cotnsume the ad versary its author instead of feasting him in the high places of europe and america and will give hitti the eonfine j 1:11 iu ofa dungeon instead ofthe freedom ni tm ancient city my word for it my friends these are the trtte riches of an american citizen to struggle for these things is the lesson which should be taught our children next after they are able to lisp our father who arl in heaven.'1 the absence of these teachings ill result in the utter perish iug as i has already produced the serions wounding of liberty and uow to tlie destiny to which ihave announced thai it was my opinion yen had to fulfil : the chief business of these southern atlantic states is and will for gi aerations continue to be the cultivation ofthe soil and agricultural pursuits the tendency of these employments is decid edly conservative looking at the liis toi i - of the great < lern.au families il may be said thai whilst cities and municipali ties have been foremost in assisting free institutions rural aud agricultural com munities have ever been most steadfast in maintaining and conserving them the enjoyment of corporate privileges early taught their possessors in the towns the importance of establishing also the rights and liberties of the nation al least hul the spiril of gain and the love of change also welcomed approach of tyran ny and overcrowded population gave birth to riot social disorders and the demagogue the personation of all dangers to law iiiul liberty lt is yet so from the crowded alleys and dark by-ways of our greal cities abodes of hunger and crime comes forth the direel enemy with whieh oui institutions must contend the evils prophesied by lord macauly have come upon us long before our vast western plains have been filled up and whilst there arc still homes to li iia<l almost for the trouble of squatting npon them and bread for the sowing of the seed the war i againsi property has begun on a scale re i quiringarmies to resist it and communism the incarnation of despotism and social chaos is opeuly established iu the laud i now the sword may temporarily check ! bul cannot easily subvert this spirit the word is evil as an instrument of govern ment its communism is evil and one evil cannot are another moral remedies are alone permanent ut<l creditable to our civilization this rein ■d is found in thc ballot-box whilst il be kepi pure and is conttotleil hy conser vative influences we are safe thestron hold of conservatism and of law is in the homes of those who till thc soil aud live upon the fields firm as the everlasting hills says the proverb aud the inhabi tant of these hi or plains acquire some thing of the stability of his homestead lu the very nature of his occupation ih man ofthe field is also a man of stability and peace to him we look for resistance to new aud untried thiugs for the pre servation of old landmarks when rh.i deluges the city iu blood or wraps its pal aces in flames when strikes stop the ! wheels ofthe factories paralyze the arm of law uiul invite crime to come forth to his carnival and artful demagogue stir the fires ol ruin l selfish ends then in deed do the eves ui iill patriots turn to vai d the hil ce cometh oui tn iigl h theu iii.i -.. 1 do wc look to the men of the fields to mniie up full of the teachin s of tin ir fathers and fresh from the purify of tlieir firesides and their communings with nature to overcome the promptings f evil and misguided men to restore the strength of the law aud maintain the freedom and justice of society and in con sidering thc causes whieh produce com munism li is a fact of whieh we cannot lu too proud that whilst ri aud labor outbreaks were convulsing society and destroying millions of property among our northern neighbors lasl summer and fri liten d executives were clamoring for the 1 united states army nol a note of trouble was heard from the potomac to new orleans ! could nol bul see the contrast and feel the blessed effects of re lying upou a conservative agricultural people during the fiercest period of thai significant commotion the governor of north i arolina was cooling himself ou thi hills of his native county of buncombe i the seen i iry of state was enjoying him self al the warm springs and the tr as - - ■the shade of l\x apple trees in randolph eounty and the nia : chinery of each department w a mflii i ■:■' 1 worked by three boys two jusi from j . ■. . i l.-f'i and om uml rgraduate home for i the vacation ! i'll e disease of social trouble wtis not there because the predisposing causes i were not there " ur land is not filled with money rings stock jobbers and huge ! monopolies and accumulations of capital to grind labor into dust and drive the : working man to desperation whore hi has i to in slaughtered in the name of order i whilst denouncing the spirit of lawless i i.i ss il is also well :.» denounce those l.y j whom oflfences come set your faces againsi them too my friends and lei them lind no favor with you at the bal i lot box the governor alluded to the great statesmen and patriots from whom we have imbibed our ideas of freedom and of law and to the advantages possessed by the southern states as an agricultural people removed from the temptations of densely populated and manufacturing dis tricts as affording inducements to the practice of virtue aud cultivation of a love of liberty t stimulate you to the performance of these high functions and to ask you to contemplate with zealous pride the grand position you really hold in the economy of our american politics is my task to day he would never rell them to grow more cotton they raised too much already — the more they raised the more they be come dependent on western meat and bread cotton is not king but we learn ed during the war that meat and bread is labor like letters is a republic and no one product of labor should or can be unduly exalted without detriment to the general welfare the condition and the future of the late slaves now the laborers should en gage our serious attention ii was a dif ficult problem to solve 11 i-\xx uds upon the agriculturists of the south to solve the problem and to make them usefnl fac tors in the promotion of our national prosperity for one i am willing for the sake of putting them as a part of our own people nndi ;• the control of our own opinions to do an 1 liing consistent with the preserva tion of the purity of 0111 blood and of those social distinctions which our anglo saxon prejudices in support of nature have established 1 doict want four mil lions of uneducal rd half civilized enemies seatetl in the very midst of our southern homes controlled by enemies more hos tile a thousand 1 iles away 1 do want these four millions however to be our i friends te id us to till our fields to think j as we think to feel thai their interest is our interest and urs i theirs to sustain the law in the maiutainance of life libi r ty aud prosperity and by a miii'.ra alli ance with the land give strength to the conservative element of our society the address was listened to with greal attention throughout and the governor was frequently iuteruptcd with bursts of applause wiliuingt a star the causes of defeat general longstreet attributes the de feat of general lee al gettysburg mainly to four causes : i . the absence of his cav alry 1 geueral lee's over-confideuce in his troops 3 thc failure of ewell aud a 1 iiiii to sustain longstreet's charge on the becond day t general lee's less of bis usual mental balance li may be so gen heth says it was owing to the absence of stuart with the cavalry ( olonel walter taylor says il was owing to stuart ewell aud longstreet gen lee understood i fo be because mainly he was deprived of the use 1 ii.i cavalry gen la h;i d a very high opinion of north carolina's greatest military hero gen w 1 fender he said after pender was dead that he ought to havi been one of his corps commanders gen heth reports this conversation : in speakiug of thc figlil of the 3rd of july t gettysburg general lee said : *! shall ever believe if general pender had remained on his horse half an hour longer we would have i:;ied the enemy's posi tion burke blade we wen i up ia v .-■!; to see wilson's niggers pull thai engine over the blue ridge and they did ii stripping the locomotive salisbury to its lightest weight seventeen ions they struck oul along the stage road laying t temporary track before them and drag ging the engine by means of three long ropes attached in front after them when the machine was pulled up to the end of this track they took up all behind aud moved is forward when another pull wa inad a and so on until the top was reached from this point to make the descent on the other side they had to put on their / tiding bad straps but thc engine was safely plai ed in po ition on the i rack in the western approach to tin main tunni i this i the li i locoinol ive en ine evei west ofthe blue itidgeiu xorth carolina raleigh uegi ' r thelisl of insolvents allowed sheriff duun for the year 187(3 011 account ol taxe unp id ou polls and property amounts to 83,223,3 there are fourteen hundn 1 aud forty font polls returned as insoh ent and property to the i amounl ■f 335.38 which had been givi u ! in and could nol be found to satisfy the i tax then line in progress _ f \. 0 couvicl ■1 alli ed respectively george lord and wash -,,; lion e aped from the managers of the narrow guage railroad 011 tuesday night the former was serving oul ti i sentence of live \ cars and the ial ter a sentence of three years and both had j been made trusties but a sho time be 1 fore they left e hayue i a is of iredell county has been appointed store keeper and ganger of internal revenue for the sixth district of this state those that indulge too much in the superfluities of life shall live to lament > the want of its necessaries cut flowers may be kept fresh for a fortnight it is said by dissolving sal ammoniac of chlorchydrate of ammonia with the water in which the stems are put in the proprotion of about 75 grains to one quart of water from lhe scientific american a wonderful 1 x v e n t 1 0 n speech capable of indefinite reception from automatic records it litis been aid that science is never sensational iimt it is intellectual not emotional bul certainly nothing that can be conceived would be more likely to create the profouudesi of sensations in arouse the liveliest of human emotions than once more to hear the familiar voices ofthe dead x r science now announces that this is possible and can be done that the voices of those who departed be fore the invention of the wonderful ap paratus described in the letter given be low are for ever stilled is too obvious i truth : but whosoever has spoken or who ever may speak inio the mouthpiece of the phonograph and whose words are re corded by if has the assurance that his speech may be reprodno d audibly-in his own tones long after he himself has turn ed to dust the possibility is simply st tut ling a strip of indented paper trav els through tt little machine the sounds of the latter an magnified and our great grandchildren or postei ity centuries hence hear us as plainly as if we were present speech has become as it were immortal the possibilities of the future arc not much more wonderful than those of the present the orator in boston speaks tlie indented nip ol paper is the tangible result ; bnt this travels under a sec ml machine wiiich may connect with the telephone noi only is the speaker heard nui in san francisco foi exam-pie but by passing the strip again under the repro ducer he may he heard to-morrow or next year or nexl century his speech in the lirst instance is recorded and transmitted simultaneously and indefinite repetition is possible tlie new invention is purely mechani cal no electricity is involved u is a simple affair of vibrating plates thrown inio vibration l.y lhe human voice il is crude yet but ihe principle has been found tim modifications aud improve ments arc only a matter of time so also ate ii possibilil ie other than those al ready noil d will a u ier wi itingbe a pro ceeding of the pa-i .' why not if by simply talking into a mouthpiece our speech i recorded on paper and ourco , • i adenl can l.y the ame paper hear us speak vre we to have a new kind of hook there is no reason why tiie orations of ear modern < iceros should nor he record ed and detachably bound so iimt we can tun ii ■■indented elips through the ma chine and in ihe ipiiel of hum own apart ments listen again and tis o pen as we ill i the >■!..-, a ul words nor are we restricted to spokeu words music may he crystallized as well imagiue an opera ui aii oratorio sung by ihe greatesl liv ing vocalists thus recorded and capable of being repeated as we desire the invention the credit of which is tlue to mr thomas a edison should not be confounded with the om referred to by us in a previous number and men tioned in our correspondent's letter that device is illustrated on anoiher page of this issue and is of much complicated construction mi edisou has sent us sketches of several modifications and diff erent arrangements of his invention flu te wi shall pi o babl y publish in a fu ture llllllib ,'. '/'..- he i litor of the s '■■.. iftc . i .»> rican : in your journal of november '!. page 273 you made the announcement thai :>;•. rosa pell y and professor marey have succeeded in graphically recording the movements ofthe lips of the vail of the palate and thc vibrations of the larynx aud you prophecy thai litis among other important results may lead possibly to the application of electricity for the pur pose of transferring these records to dis tant point hy wire was this prophecy au intuition nol .. ily has ii i en fulfilled to the letter hut ill more marvelous results achieved by mr thomas a edison tiie renowned i :. cl ieian > 1 mm-\v jersey who lias kiud l ly permitted ine to make pnblic nol only the fact imi : i ,..'■■in randi 1 r edison it ' he course of a set ies of extend ed experiments in the production of his sin iking t lephone lately pei fleeted con ceived the highly hold and original idea of recording the human voice upon a strip of j in ■!'. fi om which at any - bsei enl il mm li be automal ically re-deliv ered with all the vocal characteristics of i the original speaker accurately reproduc i i-.i a speech di livered in the mouthpiece ' of this appara us may fifty y ears hcuce ':. . after the oi iginal speaker i dead ' be produced audibly to an audience w iiii j suttieicnl fidelity to make the voice easily recognizable by t hose who wei i familiar with the original as yet the apparatus is crude bul is characterizi tl by thai wondi fill simplicity which seem - :-> be .. i;ii of till guar invention or discovery the subjoined illustration although nol the actual design of the apparatus a used by mr edison will better serve to illus trate and make clear the principle upon wliich he is operating a is a speaking tube provided with a 1 mouthpiece c — ; x is a met till ic diaphragm which responds powerfully to the vibra tions of the voice in tin center of the diaphragm is secured a small chisel-shap ed point 1 is a drum revolved by clock work and serves to carry forward a con tinuous fillet of paper having throughout i its length and exactly in tlie center a raise i i v-shaped less such as would be made by ' passing a fillel of paper through a morse ; register « ith the level constantly depress ; ed the chisel point attached to the din phragm rests upon the sharp edge , | raised boss if now the paper be .: rapidly along all the movements of the diaphragm will be recorded by the in dentation of the chisel point into the de licate boss it having no support under n tit is very easily indented : to do this little or no power is equired to operate the chisel the tones of small amplitude will be recorded by slight indi ntal aud those of full amplitude by deep ones this fillet of paper thus receives a n cord ofthe vocal vibrations or air waves from the moveineul ofthe diaphragm : aud if i can be made to eon uii ate the same motion to a second diaphragm we shall not ouly see that we have a record of the words but shall ha re th m re-spoken ; at d i thai - - ini diaphragm be that of the transmitter of a -; caking telephone shall have the still more marveh n - per formance of ha ing tin m re-spoki u and transmitted by wire ai th sai ne to a distant point the reprodu tor is very similar to the indenting apparatus exi epl thai a in re delicate diaphragm is u the , ductor i has attached to its ■a thread n in li in i in u is al tachi il lo a hair spring ii upon the end of which is n v-shaped point resting upon the indenta tions of the boss j'he passage of the in dented boss underneath this poinl causes it to rise im fall with precision thus contributing to the diaphragm the u tioi of the oi iginal one and thereby reud the words again audible of con edison at this stage of the it v 11 gnds some difficult in reprodi liner articulal ioi . bul he i quil bj re iilli - obtained from his i efforts iu his predicl ion ... the apparatus in practical operation with in a year lie has already applied the principle of his speaking teleph . . . there by causing an eh - ro-magnel operate the indenting din in agm and \. i doubtedly ' . to 1 1 msuiil as . madi upon the 1 ior ol the semi i u washiu ton to n'ew fork ri . same in v w ')'■-■:', auti 111:1 id by means ol speaking ti !< ihi . ■it iu the editoi al eai of evi 17 ■.,. -. . in new vork in view of the pr inventions already contributed by mr edison i there any one who is 11 . to gainsay this prediction .' i i am satisfied it will be fulfill i ,.; that too ,;; iu en rjy date edward 11 j uin ox elei ician mine s '.. tl by worhi n 1 ':. dwoi •!>. 1 akota nov 10 thursday last the miners employed the keels mine under contrator coulee took forcible possession of the mine account of uou-paymeii1 of vagi ir contractor the miners are still ii session of the mine having res ted the sheriff successfully and refuse compro mise of any kind except full and com : te settlemeul of i heir claims they an se curely fortified and well armed and iro visiom i to stand a monl h's ie . i izens of i utral city near '.' i.i mine is situal i are iu pa with tin miners ii is feared bio id ill be shed be foi e a setth nu nl can be a a al i o'clock :',,',■■■■i ning 1 be 11 ed i p ii d circular invoking public ; in pathy in their behalf aud position \. hich is bi ii fl , thai ■con trator eves tin in >":..'. it for ibor . ci if m f !' vill 11 ii pay i hem ami hold 1 be mine for 1 he same * on ble excitement exists over t be sil which is tii main topic of conversation throughout the see ion — ♦«_»- * loncord sun : jann - mo rise . zen of 1 iom ; mills this 1 going into 1 barlotte lasl rt'ednesd i ■i his wagon md . bah ol cot . dug th e t rack ol tli ■. i . . his wt n . is struck bii an engiiii was ruutiin : up the road a ii.-ii on acconnl ol the deep cul of be is uol si en by him until his on the . rack to pie ■. and i be bale oi con alum ; ty yards into an ad jo m v mot rison was thrown e em bank ment and a negro mau v ■1 him im er auothcr the uegi u wa - kuoi . - ed insensible and remained u l t inse m r j.iorri ui escapi d in othei thau a 1 ii1 lises the telephone has ne vol i i ii.i iniore tin 1 n ere in the former city tli x onic temple trail iaii ti v vork had under threi 1 r ers the first pice niitti d was a eon t solo luster of ni '. "■. , and broke faintly on i be ears dience it provoki d gieat app j w mcanei ny of jersey * litj . a tenor solo from mat tha 1 eeeded iiy mme belle uole who sang several soprano - were quite distinctly bet rd tin wonderful exhibition wasco success j'al xi-n-s how much pains have tho • us which uever happened ! wail . ' till trial . come j v *'; :' '-•" *■' . day h ir schmidt 1 to gel tid of - ■- head aud thn h liim the ani ls il rope stone and he . tied to get ;'; ' the boat hismasti i*,however ','': i * bul as tin ed he lost his pati n .-. and him « ith i ;,,.,.- ':. lie ei ing a i»1s ..'.:.. 511 : h m '" -.;..: peab ;!\ kya '' : ay y the . urn nt the dog's life was gpan d we an happy to -..;. . - i'ooke on i certain oci asi in •' ;; i li al the time bcriffof loud . ex -.- fieh the mosl andai . inal thai ever we mi an tooke received l ''•''■;.::... , si iiiii ,:. : i do niy busi 1 ■■'• thi ' i-oal of every des i thai may be tired of ... but a - 1 am ■|! h i .:.,' of till i , li ndon il may happ ii opportunity of attending y in i hi.h case i will uswer i ... ,,,„./ to complain of my emlea oi - to serve y o.i -.«.._► a oronto globe . - | . d into lumbei .. vcton . been were turning over 1 - _, j.s ,\ ■il of a hole ii ; id bled and ■■- " he had 1 raped 1 ing t nl up .*• as tin ourth or '. ■i-i sition ;!' '■■-'■ha • ': . or sixty feet i , . . ; ' i he made im bs to . \ x -.'\ . the tree - il ion of ot in 1 ugth be i "' ' r pi ici in • inch he wa - imbedded . and '-'■iia did he live . | 1 1,0 lir . . . . ■.' a la m al ■• y ail ■■■:'■■him on a great n . ho was a 1 ehai . - ■i asked to bei i cased an interview the : ■. . ■ut ini i ie il arrival mi i in ■n bi ing i obliged to den i rsell the ph asm i ol hi - i company bceau ,.'. n , .-/ ,'<;." a b if five yea rail | road w ith his si u-i of i o and n half | ,\ eai . ! raw ing her up a foot . tool he ■ed himself bol li , he *. i ine and . . : . . . . . , ie puffing opped and called '■■■ork id in t moment after " i n an i i iphia."1 . b a u s - . and at flu . icav ■.-." tii li . • op ' • i hal v iii d i i be ha re cen ■eft inch dii i " i . ( olorado and lift h bhody not o men tion the oi her - i parishes i'he dem ocrats have twi nty-four states including rent si new vork in nnsyl vaniti : i 1 1 n ri texas i eu . ■. '. l a mighty ret - il 117 i . do . thai ; im-thirt in . : - hi for iliu fai - ■.:.-', ; , , mon ths ml i way en e h ii '. let e till . . :- im . ■- ■• . ' ish it i , ll pic fael .' a g'-ntle ini ■: - ..— a is dri .'- ■- i the the little i.i ■: ' :.
Object Description
Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1877-11-22 |
Month | 11 |
Day | 22 |
Year | 1877 |
Volume | 9 |
Issue | 5 |
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Creator | T. K. Bruner |
Date Digital | 2008-12-29 |
Publisher | J. J. Bruner |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The November 22, 1877 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers. |
Language | eng |
OCLC number | 601564805 |
Description
Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1877-11-22 |
Month | 11 |
Day | 22 |
Year | 1877 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
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FileName | sacw12_005_18771122-img00001.jp2 |
Date Digital | 12/29/2008 10:33:37 AM |
Publisher | Hamilton C. Jones |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | An archive of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers. |
Language | eng |
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ilie uarolma watcnman ix third deeies salisbury f g november 22 1977 r 5 vv shout j e k md ll mill h he ■; . music tone us and ii .' ow s hue mot ning dew s sins . i i 1 1 . i iy . embling sin en nu vvati i -< . u li are than i then , is the sid'iiinnl chain ion w roughl uu madly thoughl ■i er -: rain was foughl .' m.l a uu ■mi i band : tu threads 1 ei i the spidei >- eat es nm ■; the leu \ es a iii moi bond had been . ; \ em - and then is ambil ion's pile rose so high againsi the - ky . o'ersliadowing all in und the while \\ iih its proud ooiist might vie .' a shadow s shade a < n d-house made ily children for t heir play : lh air-blown 1 < il i lolly swells mav \ aunt ,! - a few shoi i years and then where i the mighty gi ii !' • h i ung i lu hi arl ■■iii tori tire's art vuil made il f el i bat ii -; relief i in hand couhl in er impart .' torni that's burst ami . lone ii . worst . then h fl the heaven more clear : a nighl mare dread with morning fled ihese m row s uow appears i ; - and th.u whal of your life remains the smiles and lears of ol her eai -. i m's joy -. of sorrow '- pai us an hi ion's hopi s and feai * _ a aa',i-i i ilea 111 to-llllj they seem which memory scarce can trace ul - lie y've sei shall time nor y i lii i nil \ ell'aci .' i ef .-,...'.'.,. ■_ him iimi'hwi-i __ iii'i i i i ial " ** i-r"m rnftwwi i i he following is scarcely au exaggera tion of the waul of deti rniinal ion and wisdom displayed by sonn p rsous in giv ing alms the 1 it mrs jane w — was t-ijually remarkable foi !- indim ss of liearl and absence of mind one day she was accosted by a beggar whose stout and healthy appearance startled in . into mo ineutary doubl of i he needfulness of char ity in tiiis insta ice why exclaimed the good lady you look w ii able to work replied the supplicant but 1 lei-ii deal and dumb these seven poor i ined lis v . -,-.: i he iving bim i elief w il h i liberal hand he nienl ioned t in ki red o . did thai i he pom mau had in i n deal and dumb for ■evi '" why ."' was the quiet ti - ... sw . . . il un so scribe the dramatist met his match in a nobleman ambil ions of gaining a literal .. ini by prow ; from w horn he re ceived the following cut ions epistle sir i have the honor to propose to you to associate yourself with me iu the com posil ion of a drama your name will lhe side ol mine ; you alone ■osing the i a , ami 1 alone di fi i iii the . if tl ■ou shall h e ali i lie prolil ■-. foi i « ■." i li ive ;. he n m 1 to hai togi , li and iii ass : . ore unable to ace pi y our ven i n d the . orrespond ence with : mi 1 hat e re ■m note of refusal to uniti :;• labors vou are at liberty nol to understand \ oui ow n intei set . ii tue a hoi se .; - com iii nf sonic attractions aud something of a i into the bargain aft r a libi ral ■; had bi en made foi lady i her ial ber mr m . ; - i , taken a pai ; icular fancy i a lii ; i in n . d manded thai i liouhl i.e thrown into the bargain and upou a positive n - thc match was broken off after a couple of yeai -, the parties accidentally met at i country ball : mr mewins was quite willing to renew the < ngagemeul ; the lady appeared not to have the slight est recollection of him sun ly yon not forgotten me said he what fir mewins he replied 1 had the honor of pa ing my addresses to you,abou1 tv ye sago «] remember i a person of thai name she rejoined ' who paid his addresses to my father's brown mine j gov vaxce at columbia ludience present enthusiastic re ception of tin governor his speech re i , f • ■' ii ith *;,■at applause columbi \. s <'.. n-.v i ith 1877 the fair grounds to-day exhibited a scene of life and animation reminding of ite state fair there are large num in attendance and a greal desire manifested to hear gov vance's address ai 1 o'clock < lovernor vance accompanied hy governor hampton and many promi ii.-ni gentlemen including the committee of the agricultural society ascended the stand and after the vociferous applause whicb greeted them had to some extent subsided gov vance was introduced to the audience by gov hampton and pro ceeded to deliver his address of which we give i pretty full synopsis as follows . rov v \ n'ce's address afti i x',,1 usual salutation he began by saying : there is a destiny resei v.-.l for the people ofthe older or atlantic southern states the part they will be required to perform is in my judgment of prime importance to the future of nol only our common country bul of the english speaking race thai part consists in whal is called sometimes with a sneer conservatism the checking and steadying of ihe extravagaul and precipitate ten dencies of our anglo american democracy this uncertain progression the weak side of all popular government has ex hibited a more dangerous development in these american states than perhaps in any other portion ofthe world xo where are thc sober checks of conservatism so much needed so absolutely essential to the preservation of tbe very elements of liberty every circumstance of uur eon -\ , •',- and stimulates our progres sive dangers and the still small voice of homely prudence is drowned in the roar of the v heel - •■>. inch the nal ional i ni rgies ■■■■'■i.i motion we glory in our untiring strength in our limitless power when i in the gelds of peace it is our pride thai we excel all others when we - en among oi i el cs il is a bal tie oi giani s and even vi hen ivi steal il is ith a collossal unity and on a scale of national magnificence thai shames alike the petty larceny of the christian aud the turk occupying the broadest and most fer tile strip of this earth wliich spreads be neath fin tempi rate belts of tin mm "..<-- two great oceans aud comprised of more thau thee millions of square miles in extent nol yel more than half subdued to civilization thc field of wealth and teal power v hich the vista of the future discloses i grander than anj \ hich ever old roman or spaniard gazed upon ii contemplation has bred a wondrous energy ami a prophetic instincl which evinces itself not ouly in greal deeds aud greater boastings bul in a most reckless disregard of moral means and a nee dan gerous contempt of consequences in the ma jor pari of the union this feeling char acterizes the teachings imparted to fhe voi ■■. ... _ hoy ._* ta-.i il i uo directly thai ii is more important to ac quire a dollar than t un lerstand id ! the free i lood bough i in ". ' ich enable him to earn dollar and protei t him in il enjoyment till evi , hi -" ing refrain i tmg in his eats i to develope*1 something in i ... . is to be made from the press . the school room the hustings the ros the si ■.. room the v ork-shop nnd i he li re ide comes i hal ceasele ■■- i i the exhortation to develop noble and generous qualities of the soul the personal and national integrity are left to the formal dribbling - of the r school or the ; i efuucl binary rout ine of i he pulpit and the inculcations of the greal principles which underlie and i.i our liberties are heai d only occa sionally from some da in proi or's '. ered with tin air and manner in which wc vonld i co irse on tin an cienl fossils and siberian w hal -;. u i-call ims in i.t her words our progi - - i - uol ■progress : o e are ■. pending - ical development !<> i he neg intellectual and moral we a the \ ine for the production of v ood and leaves to the tie i of the •\ .- are building cil ii s rai ■op to < and amassing wealth but we ire building no such bulwark to protect free govern ment on lhe eon i rary vve ha i e cu si erne ol the i ncti nl ones dow u . i . . am pled tbem in the mire and othi rs we are anding to the musty cabinets of the curious never strike for c institution thoy say . i r politi - don't pay tl r let us d velope some • ' rich \ ei ily i say so too let us indeed gel rich nol only in housi - and land , in flock - and herds in cities and own in ships and steam vers d highv m .- aud gold and silver but also in the unspeakable riches ofthe free dom wherewith our an estors made us tree in the knowledge of our rights per sonal aud sttite and above all rich in the courage and integrity to vindicate them so rich in these virtues it fact that an attempl to organize a free legislature by the use of bayonets and to constitute a sergeant of the guard a judge of the election and qualification ofthe members thereof shall blow all amei iea into a vol canjc flame which like the fearful looking for of judgment slmll cotnsume the ad versary its author instead of feasting him in the high places of europe and america and will give hitti the eonfine j 1:11 iu ofa dungeon instead ofthe freedom ni tm ancient city my word for it my friends these are the trtte riches of an american citizen to struggle for these things is the lesson which should be taught our children next after they are able to lisp our father who arl in heaven.'1 the absence of these teachings ill result in the utter perish iug as i has already produced the serions wounding of liberty and uow to tlie destiny to which ihave announced thai it was my opinion yen had to fulfil : the chief business of these southern atlantic states is and will for gi aerations continue to be the cultivation ofthe soil and agricultural pursuits the tendency of these employments is decid edly conservative looking at the liis toi i - of the great < lern.au families il may be said thai whilst cities and municipali ties have been foremost in assisting free institutions rural aud agricultural com munities have ever been most steadfast in maintaining and conserving them the enjoyment of corporate privileges early taught their possessors in the towns the importance of establishing also the rights and liberties of the nation al least hul the spiril of gain and the love of change also welcomed approach of tyran ny and overcrowded population gave birth to riot social disorders and the demagogue the personation of all dangers to law iiiul liberty lt is yet so from the crowded alleys and dark by-ways of our greal cities abodes of hunger and crime comes forth the direel enemy with whieh oui institutions must contend the evils prophesied by lord macauly have come upon us long before our vast western plains have been filled up and whilst there arc still homes to li iia |