Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-09-02


About three miles from town 1oyertool- IL
Jerry Smith and Mr.. Disn1uk es; and trav- F.
eled with them to Mt. Covineton p 8 miles
from 4anceyville, where we arrived about
sunset Here Wilkerson turned off to
ward home, Smith and lnyself went On tn !.
my gate, within half a imiies efomy house
which was about dusk. - odl shasasss a:ss,
... For the journal
The Election MATTERS II, .svcftevI,f4 ~
Magnldcent Crops fsaa Cum r,erIrsrrfIa rYcx.
nett, Moore and oIIAtfisa.s, -Ayvesrey,, e.
RniirOad-The Proposed Extension. ia
FArETrEy1L1r, n. c. Aug. %, 1870 d.
Dear Journal :;r-7I left your pleasant civ
last Wednesday for a little quiet perspect.
ing in and around Fayetteville. aud. the
neighboring country. I took passage III,
on the steamer D.. Nurchison, one IL Il The
staunchest, as it is one Of the fastest, OF the
many good boats noWap plying Sbetween
Wilmington and Fayetteville. .ta We left
your city at p. NJ, and arrivele ct Fay-
etteville ct a. N. the next morning, hay.
ing made the run of 100 miles in Just Is
hours, including all stoppages. To Cart.
Alonzo Garrison, the commander of the
Murchison-who ranks with the river
travelling public, with the Venerable Hurt
I am indebted for a thousand and one Of
those little attentions that 50 elTectually
relieve weary travel of its many cares and
annoyances.
have met with many old friends at this
place, and have made some ncw acquain-
tances. The town has undergone but lit
tie change, during tho past year, although
its worthy people ARE still energetically
engaged in talking Of ''ihe good time COM
ing" The wonderful results Of tho recent
election, and thest;H more wonderful crops
rofithiS year are also attractive themes, and
1T is upon these two facts that the. people
here base go many of their bright hopes
for the future. If Fayetteville is not now,
as it once was, the very soul Of enterprise, !
it is not that the energy Of It's people has
become thing Of the past, but because or
the great financial and political disasters
that have befalIen1tha State, undor ! Radi-
cal rule and ruin. Bat u foryent athank
God, has gone mp from every hertcst heart,
and we know that the end Is nc hand. Tho
sun again shines upon the sacred spot OF
the temple of Osiris, and from the ashes
left behind him by Sherman. there viii yet
arise new PhWnix-za new Eayetteyille-
"a new people. .r- ... aa. ,s.-., 49,.
Since my first arrival here have been
on short run up through tue counties-.
of Cumberland, Harnett Moore and
Chatham. Everywhere, The people and
the lands alike arc smiling with pleasure.
The good news has travelled fast and well
aud everywhere throughout those counties
the people are still intoxicated with the
| glad tidings of our great political con-
quest. Add to this the fact that such
wonderful crops as those of 1870 were
never seen in this section and You can
form some idea OF the joy OF the people
and of the thankfulnese that beIieVe they
| all feel for the Inerciful guidance OF tho
Hand that has led us through The storms
of the night. have c0LVaTsed quite freely
with a great many Of tic people and l. have
! yet to hear one man complaln OF hls crops
First, there was an enormous SEield OF
wheat and then came an abundance OF
oats, while now corn and Cotton and to.
| bacco, two former iii cSpCciai,-arc
such as our farmers have never before
known to bless their lands. But it ig
upon the orchards that the clouds seem TO
have most effecthally dropped tlcir fat
ness. Fruit, of all kinds, is in the most
profusejplenty. phe apple and the peach
trees are loaded with their riches, and
1
the weight, while the ground under thetrees
is burthened with the falleufrIut, vi ich is
SO plentiful that it is gathered and thrown
| to the stock,go frequently left to rot
where it has fallen. anl sorry 30 see
| that but little enterprise is shown, here
abouts, In gathering and drying this fruit.
Many, q very many little comforts could
thus be procured for the Winter house
| hold bat which will sometimes be lost
through the improyidence OF the Summer.
| The affairs of the Western Railroad, I'M
the management of President Jones, still
drag their slow and weary length along.
A trip on that road, a few days Ell ee, nm
der the care of my old friend, Capt. j. II.
| Marsh, the conductor, evidences the fact
| that there is bat little change on the line
from Fayetteville TO Egypt. Nv oFh1 has,
however, been begun on the proposed e1-
! tension to Greensboro, but IT runs, thus
| far, but short. distance above Egypt.-
There Is now, L think, but little fear OF its
ever reaching the former place, as strong
hopes are entertained here that it's course
may be again. changed and directed on
the originally projected route,-to Sails
| bury. This is the proper terminus for it
and for this the people of Fay ettevillc
| and Wilmington should concentrate their
energise. At Greensboro it would only
play second fiddle to the Piedmont Road,
| while freight would be gobbled up within
! teu miles of Fayetteville and sent on to
! Richmond and the North. On the contrary,
it would connect at, Salisbury with
both the North Caroline, and the
North Western North Carolina. Bail
roads, and would afford a natural outlet
for the West to the sea coast and Whining
| ton. If something decisive is not effected
this Fall, however, the benefits of the
Road will soon be entirely lost to WI
1nington and to Fayetteville also.
From the little observationsI have beer
enabled to make, I ara satisfied that the
colored people will soon take kindly to
the changed state of political affairs. Since
the election they have heard little, or moth
ing, of the great bug bear, reduction to
slavery, and they are beginning to believe
that the. whites are really their friends.
Some Ito of thcm are employed as Labor
ers on the extension of the Western Il. r.,