The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-29
From tho Land OF Pitch, Tar, and Fur.
IL. pcnfine--FayetteviI
CORRESPONDENCE Of the Richmond Dispatch.

g. FAYETTEVILLE, n. G., May 81, 1872.
You leave Richmond at $40 a. NJ. by rail,
and, barring accidents, land III this village at
800 That night. You dine ut Weldon and
supon whatever you may happen to have in
your carpet-satchc. The mail "facilities"
are such that papers and letters are longer i'll
coming, making the trip in from two to five
days. The Daily Dispatch of the list and
22d reached here on the night of the 25tb,
and were delivered from the poSt-olficc yes
tcrday morning. With such mail arrange
mcnts and no telegraph, you will perceive
that the place is Il little secluded. Baltimore
dr,lmmers mostly penetrate.
The town is pretty, and in the main pros
porous. The streets are wide and shaded
with splendid Gins and Il bold creek winds
through tue centre. The old resident white
population, mostly descended from canny
scotch settlers, arc heightened and thrifty.
Situated in the centre Of the great pine re-
zion of North Carolina, its exports are chiefly
spirits Of turpcntinc ("spirit>," as the ma
tives call it, resin, and some cotton. "Spi-
ritS having been" up "for two seasons past
money is plenty, and all goes mcrriW. The
turpentinc-gcttcrS pay S25 month and board
for laborcrS. "Culce," who is most ntlmC-
rols, is always flush. drinks wlliskcy, and
spends his money freely.
Baltimore drives Il large trade with the
place. furnishing il, among other merchandise,
with very Indifferent flour and "Old Virgil
MIA Rye WliSkey" at eighty cents gallon.
There is much whiskcy drunk here, but APP
pic Jack, the native beverage. i not dcSpised
nor neglected. Politics are Il good deal
talked. Several citizens take and read the
Congressional Globe | saw Il gentleman,
| an old citizen. in the street yesterday morn
ing with Il very tai! white stoycpipe hat, and
on inquirinS learned that he was all for
Greeley.
The country negroes and poorer class OF
country white folk come into toWnin rude,
dininlitiyc carts, drawn by stump-tai bulls
not much larger than bi|ly%oat5. Not llll-
frequently you may see twenty of these turn.
outs together in the business part of the
place. Every country negro owns. or us.
pircs to own, one OF these animals, which has
given rise to the saying here that "Freedonl
is fine for niSgcrs, but hard on little bulls.
The market is poorly supplied with meat,
vegetables, and fruits. The beef reminds
one of the latter days of the war. Straw
berries are scarce, and about rs big rs buck.
shot.
There is n shady old cemetery on the east
handsome monuments, among them one
erected by the ladies of Fayetteville in honor
of the Confederate dead. Reading some OF
the Inscriptions on the tombstoncs, | was
struck nv the qlIaintness OF one, and on learn
ing its history found new interest in it. Mr..
John Crow, Il native of Scotland, after years
spent in navigating the ocean, took up his
residence in Fayetteville, leading here quiet
and prosperous life, and dying, greatly es-
teemcd, in 1857. During his life in Fayette'
vile, in allusion to the peaceful and pleasant
Iiarbor lie had found it, he penned the follow.
ing, which, as singularly appropriate, his
children have had Inscribed upon the monu.
mcnt they erected over his grave:
st crossed the seas till WAS tr'd z
TO gain some port long tcsrd; /.
r From rocks nnd shoals this place scem'd clear,
SO In peace have anchored here"
The Lowry gang, the outlaws of the
neighboring county of Robson pronounced
RobersM), are still much talked of, and
opinions are divided as to whether Henry
Berry Lowry, the outlaw Chief, is really
dead, us has been reported. The weight OF
evidence seems to be in favor Of his death. l
fancy I detect sort of State pride among
some of the country people in the bold ex-
PLOTS of these bandits and thewide notoriety
they have obtained. / heard Judge"
from Robson comparing Henry Berry, the
bandit chieftain, who single-handed has
killed twenty-five men, to Rob Roy Nc
Oregon. -
On, and since the 10th instant there has
been plenty OF rain here. -.-.~--- RICHARD.