The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-14
THE OLD NORTH STATE.
White Men in North Carolina Five Hun =
dred Years Before Columbus DIseOv-
cred America.

White Men i'm North Carolina Five Hun =
dred Years Before Columbus DIseOv-
cred America.
Congressman A. NJ. Wadden, OF
North Carolina, delivered his lecture,
at Wake Forest college, on Oct. Is, in
which he attempts to show that the
state was settled by whites five hundred
years before the discovery of America
! by Columbus. The Wilmington Journal
gives a brief report of the lecture as
! follows: Mr.. Waddell insisted that
| five hundred-xaaEs before Columbus
was born, the -. III discovered and set
tied North Carolina and called it Great
Ireland. In support of this somewhat
startling proposition, the lecturer showed
| that the EsQuimaux informed Lief, the
son of Eric the Red, in the year A. d.
1000, that white men lived south of
! Chesapeake bay; that the chronicles of
Ireland prove that at this early period
christian men inhabited Hvitramanna-
land-the White Mans Land-now
North Carolina that when Amades and
Barlowe visited Roanoke in the year
1884 they found among the aborigines
children with blue eyes and auburn
| hair, proving their Caucasian descent,
and that the natives of this region
spoke the Gaelic language and claimed
that some of their ancestors were white
men and "talked in a book" The future
| historian of the state was urged, before
entering upon his pious task, to ex-
anime with care the records of northern
! Europe, the cOtempOraneous narrative
of voyages, and the archaeology of the
Icelanders, and he would most assured
ly find, by the aid of these "northern
lights" that the history of the old
state begins long before the period usu-
ally assigned to it. An eloquent ap-
peal was made to the state pride of his
hearers. Hypsometry had shown that
CarOlina's mountains were IOftler than
any others east of the Mississippi river;
geology had proved that the first gold
ever deposited was to be found in her
sediments the testimony of the rocks
had established the fact that created life
first made its appearance within her
borders; and now, to complete her
glory, we find that she was the first
dwelling place of Europeans on this
continent. In conclusion, the speaker
said he felt double interest in his sub
ject for besides being an enthusiast in
his devotion to his native state, he cher
ished an ardent affection for the Emer-
aid Isle, whence his foFefathers came
and when, in vindicating North Carroll
ma, he once called her the Ireland of the
union, little did he then think that he
was only giving the old state her true
name, the name she bore nearly thou
sand years before.
"JoHN PAUL" IN NORTHAMPTON
Northampton is a pleasant little place,
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people are fond of playing " Checkers
and only drink by medical prescription.
Yesterday, I met Mr.. James wandering
round the streets. In reply to my ques-
tions he said he was looking for a doc
tor; didn't think he was much sick, but
felt as though he had better take some
thing. He invited me to walk along
with him. After strolling about the
town for the better part of the after
noon, we came to a store where an es-
cutcheon bore the inscription "Todd's."
Mr.. James stepped in and said he
wanted one. Mr.. Childs leaned over
the counter and said, "You want
what?" "a tod" said Mr.. James.
"Will an Index Rerum suit you?" said
Mr.. Childs. eff it's a square drink it
will," said Mr.. James Mr.. Childs
handed the thing down from O shelf,
and it proved to he square book. Mr.
James had heard of cOcculus indicus as
an ingredient in liquors, and evidently
got Index RerUm mixed up with the
other drug. The "Todds" of the sign
turned out to be books by the late Rev.
DR.. John Todd, who, from the number
of his works, might, indeed have been
christened le-John Todd. But his "In-
dex Rerum is an excellent book for
any man to have who ever has facts to
arrange. And Mrs. Paul says it is handy
to write down household recipes in.
The Rev. Mr.. Minley, who went out
to Africa in 1869, has returned He
thinks he converted one heather, but
isn't sure, ms the convert would insist on
keeping fighting dog.