Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-09-08
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The Junior Editor of this paper has re-
oent-v returned from a visit to the interior
o: this State. His reception every where
was pleasant and kind, and al OF the
| friends with whom he met seemed to vie
with each other in the attentions shown
him.
A short and hastily written letter, from
Kittre.rs Springs. which was published
here last Sunday, gave some idea of his
experiences that far on his journey. but
beyond that We have published, as yet, no
record OF this. suffice il to say, briefly, as
| follows:
The crops along the line of the Will
mington & Weldon r. R., and on the
Raleigh & CASTOR r. R., are looking very
we'll, and it is said that the alluvial coun-
ties in the eastern part of the State yieid
richly this season. In Warren, Granville
and Wake, tobacco is looking finely, corn
is Indifferent and cotton is WY poor. In
Chatham county, there are good crops, IN
different crops and decidedly poor crops.
The drouth told there very severely. In
some sections Of the county. there we're
i
during period OF six weeks. The cat
and wheat crops were a most a total fail
IRE, while corn, cotton and tobacco
will fall short fully one-third. The fruit
crop. too, has not been good one. Peach
es, it is true, have been plentiful, but
there were very few apples, and this fact,
of course, adds its mite to the general dis
tress.
In regard to political matters tho pros
pect is not near SO gloomy. The Conser-
vative party are still the masters there and
not all the false assertions of the Radl-
cal press, headed by the Raleigh Era CT i
make it otherwise. Chatham gave over
700 majority for Ship in 1870 and over
200 majority against Convention in 1871,
but this Issue was not taken up as party
question by the people. Some of our best
friends in that county opposed the meas
ure-men whose political record in the
past is unimpeachable and who acted and
voted against the measure from oonscien-
tious convictions of right. Among the Sc
} we're such leading Conservatives ex
Gov. Abram Rencher, James Fl. Headen,
ESQ.,, and George P. Moore, Esq
the last member of the Convention
of 1866 and of the Legislature of that
: year. We do not presume to question the
motives of these gentlemen in the OPP osi-
ton they manifested to the measure.
A thorough and effective CANVAS was
made in the county by Hon. John Man
,, ming, Jr., Messls. j. 81. Haughton, j. j.
Jackson, M. Q. Waddell. Fl. A. London.
Jr., and others, but it was found impossi'
bio to awaken the people to full spprecls
ton of the great issues at stake. All sorts
of frauds and subterfuges were resorted to
by the Radical ring in Raleigh to defeat
the measure. A troop of U. 8. soldiers
were paraded through the county, from
one end to the other, the homestead was
declared in danger and the rights of the
negroes were to be invaded, should the
Conservative party succeed in remodel
ling the Constitution. those who were
engaged in canvassing the county fc.esaw
the result that they could not avert. The
polls were counted and Hon. John Man
ming, Jr., who was last year elected to
Congress was defeated for Convention by
majority of 277, being loss. to him, Of
nearly 1900 votes. Still, bis popularity in
. the county is greater, to-day, than it has
ever yet been.
Yet, in the face of these facts, there is
no doubt of the strength OF the Conservs-
tive party in that county, and the next
Gubernatorial campaign will show that
Chatham is still faithful to the good cause,
and that she will give a majority of at
least 800 in favor of the Conservative
candidate.
| AS bad crops end political measures
have thus far occupied this article, it may
be as well to say here that some of our
observing friends in Chatham seem to
think that political affairs always exert an
1868 and 1870 bad crops followed upon
Radical victories, a1d in 1859 and 1870,
with Conservative triumphs there came
good crops to the county.
The Eudor Iron Works. located near
Egypt, aud which were worked during
the war, are to be removed to Loekville.
The company ;s nov engaged in clearing
out the river between Buck horn and the
Gulf, rebuilding dams, repairing looks,
&C.. SO as to facilitate the transportation
of coal from the Gulf and from Egypt to
Lockville, and iron ore from BuckhiiI.
L0ckville being about mid way between
these points.
A company of Canadian capitalists have
recently visited Ore Hill, in the Western
part of Chatham County, where are located
large iron mines, from which immense
supplies were obtained during the war;
The Canadians proposed to purchase one
half interest in these works but would not
pay the amount asked, which was some
$500 600. Ore Hill, which is said to yield
some of the best iron to be found ia the
South, is about II miles above Egypt, the
upper terminus of the Western Railroad.
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