The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-04-30
THE FISHING BUSINESS.

THE FISHING BUSINESS.
A correspondent writing from Windsor,
BERTHE county, says:
This fishing business has turned ont to be
GRAND success this season. The catch is i'm
meuse-ope seine on the Sound caught over
6 900 shad and LOO, 000 herring at one haul.
That story looks like it ought to be scaled, but
there is nothing fshy about it, assure you.
The owners of the various seines are jubilant;
the negroes, who do the work, brag, as only ne
groes can brag; their allowance OF 1hiskey is
Increased, wages are tending upward, and the
Bureau is for the time forgotten.
That your readers may form some conception
of the extent Of this interest 10 the counties
bordering on the Sound, and on the rivers flow
ing into it, will state that by an estimate made
by a very reliable and intelligent lawyer of this
place, the amount Of money obtained from this
source this season, will scarcely fall short Of
s750,OO0. Out of this, only the seine, rope,
salt, and whiskey are brought from abroad;
everything else is manufactured or produced
here. The barrels are made during the winter
BY the small farmers, are the casks tor "sfrik-
ing" the fish So that the amount Of clear
money by which the aggregate wealth of this
section is increased, is really very large, after
paying FOR every necessary article 10 conduct
ing the business. !:
A peculiar feature 10 the fishing business, is
the presence 10 this section Of large numbers Of
wagons from Cup the country" trading off to-
baceo and spuff for fish. These wagons come
from clean beyond the line of the Richmond
and Danville railroad, in Virginia, ard from as
far west as Gulford and Forsytbe counties in
this State; and I will venture to say, that had
Sam Slick ever had one encounter in fair
open trade, with North Carolina tobacco wag-
oner, he never would have published the me-
moirs of his exploits through Yankeedom and
Bluenosedom, so completely would the couceit
have been rubbed out of him. Then to see the
quantities of fish these up country mep can eat.
I: is editying. After watching WAGNER and
his boys eat breakfast yesterday morning, l
could not help advising him to start small
seine on his own account while down here, just
to keep his table supplied. The man himself
ate fifteen herring, finished off with late full
of shad roe, smoked his pipe after breakfast,
drank three half pints of new dip, and then
went to sleep in his wagon. Why shouldn't be
weigh $50 pounds, and why shouldn't he have
good conscience for the balance of the day?
DEATH OF HON. r. NJ. SAUNDERS.
We regret to have to announce the death Of
this distinguished gentleman. He departed this
21st inst, after protraeted illness. He had
men in the country have filled larger measure
of usefulness, or occupied more or higher posi-
| tions of prominence and trust.
Judge Saunders was born in Caswell county,
in March, 1871. In his early manhood, he
| removed to Tennessee. where he studied law
under the Hon. Hugh Lawson White, and was
licensed to practice 10 1912. He then returned
| to North Carolina aud was elected to the House
| Of Commons in l815-serving until 1820-and
| was speaker of the House in 1919 and 1920
In the latter year, he was elected member Of
Congress and served until 1927 In 1928, be
was elected Attorney General Of the State. In
1888, he was appointed by the President one of
the Board of Commissioners to decide and allot
the amounts due citizens of the United States
for injuries by France. as settled by treaty of
July 4, 1881. In 1881, be was elected by the
Legislature Judge of the Supreme Court, but
resigned in l84G, on being nominated as the
Democratic candidate for Governor in o2posi-
ton to the Hon. Juo. NJ. Moreheae. Many of
our readers will remember the memorable can
vass of the State by these two gentlemen, as be-
ing perhaps the ablest and most excited ever con.
Quoted in North Carolina. In this contest, Judge
Saunders was defeated by about 5000 votes.
In 1911, he was again elected to Congress
and served until 1915. In 1916, be was ap-
pointed, by President Polk, Minister Plenipo.
Tertiary from the United States to Spain, where
he remained until the latter part of 1849. In
his official capacity at this Court, he made the
wellknown overtures to Spain for the purchase
OF Cuba, which excited so much comment at
the time.
In 1850, he was again elected member Of
the House of Commons from the county Of
Wake. Subsequently, he was again elected te
the bench of the Superior Court, which position
he held up to the close of the war, since which
time be has been entirely Withdrawn from public
life, and has been gradually sinking under the
weight of years.
Gen. Saunders was, in his palmy days, one Of
best criminal lawyers that the State has pro-
duced. He was gentleman of great force Of
character and much native kindliness of heart
ln private life, he was exemplary and above
reproach In his death, the State has LOST
another Of those distinguished sons, the loss Of
so many Of whom, within few years past, she
has been called upon to mourn.-Ral Sentinel
AN INCIDENT WITH Pretty MoRAL..-A
scar-worn ex-rebe. soldier, who drove q team at
tached to heavily loaded lumber wagon, las
Thursday, had the misfortune to get one of the
wheels into deep gully on one of the bach
streets in town, which brought him to stand
In vain he struggled, solitary and alone, to sur
mount the difficulty; nor did any one of the nu
merous passers-by offer him a helping hand
Finally Federal officer, "a captain of the United
States army whose name we would publish if we
knew i,) came along. and perceiving the wagon