Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-09-05

beauty.
But all things must come to an end,
and SO must this letter, the last you
will ever receive from me dated at this
place. Should I live to see another
Summer, you may next hear from me
from the midst the North Carolina
NORTH STATE.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENC OF |
THE JOURNAL.
From s. Over in AnsOn''-Big Rains |
-AnsOn County Cotton-The Hack |
Experimentation Rocks |
Cave-Very High Embank Ment |
WadesbOrO-MajOr Fladger-The
Sensation of Last Week.
DEAR JoURNAL:-Having just re-
turned from Wadesboro, we are pre-
pared to speak from observation of
matters and things over in Arson.
The cotton crop on that side of the
river was very fine up to within fort
night ago. The continued and heavy
rains caused it to shed badly, and have
greatly retarded its opening. This time
last year many people had been pick
ing cotton long enough to have O good
deal ready for market. Arson county
is quite famous for the good quality of
its cotton; it brings one and half
cents more in the New York market;
not for the fineness of the staple, but
because the farmers over there manage
to get it out clean and white. The corn
crop in Arson is only tOlerable; and
since fodder-pull'ng time the excessive
| rains have ruined most of what little
| has been pulled. Yesterday and day
| before were bright, clear days, and the
| business offodderpulling went on brisk
| ly, but last night, about one o'clock,
| there came heavy rain, accompanied
| by perfect storm of wind, hail, thun-
| der and lightning ; SO all prOcrastIna-
ting souls, who put off till to-day what
should have been done yesterday, and
''didnt take up their fodder" find
| themselves the worse for its loss this
morning. 1t is a pleasant ride from
| Rockingham to the ''head of the road"
it lies through such a pretty country.
First is the bridge over Pee Dee, which
| there flows through ttUo channels :;
| then along the road side are great
blocks of gray granite for piers and
trestles, from native neighbOrhood quar-
ries. lying profusely around. A cover
| for Pee Dee bridge is now being put to
| gether at Rockingham depot, whence it
will be taken on platform cars to the
| river. Not far from th.. railroad track
at Cedar Greek, near Lilesville, is Buz-
| yards RoOst Cave, a natural curiosity :;
| and another, an immense Rock, richly
worth a visit from those who love Ma
ture i'll her sublime moods. Between
Lilesville and the head of the road is
an embankment siXty-two feet high,
which makes one dizzy to look
down it. The train will soon be
running its nearest to Wadesboro !,
Mrcc-luarters of mile such a
pity it can't go Immediately
by the town; for, like the roads the
| hack now runs over, those three quar-
ters will be the toughest part of the
way. Wadesboro is a pretty, some
what old-fashioned, picturesque place;
remarkable for its refined society and
intelligent women. Though it's popu-
latinn hardly equals that of Rocking
ham, itssupports the Herald, a spright-
ly paper, edited by Mr.. Josh. L. James,
n WllmngtOnian, and it's own venera-
bic dty"s. There is romantic story
told of the first settlement of Wades-
|
Of the Revolutionary war, in the days
of Wing and Tory, a certain Colonel
Wade being robbed of n horse by a
Tory enemy, pursued him till almost
giving up the chase i'll despair, he ar
rived about sunset at the hill, which
now forms the northeast entrance of
the town, overlooking three counties
an area of forty miles. Struck with
the beauty of the surrounding lani-
scape, Col. Wade scanned it closely,
| discerned far away the curl of col
umn of blue smoke against the rosy
evening sky, and mentally registered a
VOW that if he recovered his horse
safely he would lay the foundations CT
Il settlement right there. He went on,
overlook the Tory robber. had a strug-
gle with him, in which the Tory
WIS kille1-came back triumphantly,
novel his family and founded Wades-
boro' Cedar Rock" Flat Rock"
aud "Carrs Mount are all points of
interest near Wadesboro' worthy of
| the tourists inspection. Cedar Rock is
most beautiful, being singularly
adorned with growths of fluffy cedars,
a bright stream meandering through
| its granite veins, falling in a graceful
cascade. Leaving Wadesboro' in the
hack very early, one gets to the ''head
| of the road and takes the train at
half-past six. Major FIadger, the
conductor pro tcn,., is certainly one
of the most graceful, polished, agree
| able gentlemen it has been our fortune
Co meet in a long time. He was an
eminently successful teacher at Lilies
vile for some years built up very
large, popular school there but was
advised by his physicians to dis
| continue teaching on account of
n wound through the lungs,
received in his country's service during
| the late war, he having volunteered
,nader age. We were glad to learn
| that he will be conductor on a regular
| train on the Carolina Central next
Winter. This road is being pushed
forward now very rapidly; we were
told that eleven hundred hands are at
! work on it. and that the route will be
open to Charlotte sometime after
Christmas.
We hear, as we arrive at Rocking
ham, of Il most atrOciOus murder, COM
mitted on the body of the toll-keeper,
at Cheraw, named Wells. A Richmond
county man, Mr.. Jim Wade, happen
ing to pass over the bridge in buggy
Will oloUCI, ooOlI .sIVCA, StcllS
the dead man, was detained in Cheraw
till next morning as n witness.
August 2Sth, 1878. INcoG.
Paul de Cassagnac, the famous fight
ing editor of the Paris Pays, who has
killed eighteen men in duels, and has
one to kill next month, has been offered
place on the Weekly Mountain. Six
editors have died with their boots on
during the past year, and the proprie-
tors confidently expect that first class
salamander like Paul, will be a little
durable.
The Philadelphia EUening Bulletin.
editorially, is of opinion that the price
Of coal will he high this winter. The
vast coal traffic of Pennsylvania is now
almost entirely in the hands of few |
gigantic corporations. These under
took in the spring to regulate prices so |
as to prevent a stagnant spring and !,
summer, and IN Overcrowded autumn !
traffic The mode adontad 1vos to in