Wilmington journal., 1876-01-07

nOssessea so many OF them has "iue
range. and if not touch of that hu
man nature that makes us all AKIN Is
at laa.t t.haract cteristic of the entire An
oio Saxon race to which the settlers OF
the old thirteen original States 80
largely belonged. There are six of the
old thirteen States that have a larger
nroDortion of their children within
their borders than North Carolina, and
SIX that have a smaller proportion. OF
all the old States New Hampshire has
been most unfortunate in losing her
children. So great indeed has been
the emigration from the Granite State
that she docs not retain within her
borders two thirds Of those born there
in. Virginia and Connecticut are next
on the list of sufferers. New York and
South Carolina come next and side by
: de, Rhode Island is next, and then
North Carolina, who keeping three
fpurths for himself, has given one
FOURTH to the Union. Mex. comes Mas
sachusetts. Maryland, New jersey.
Georgia, Pennsy lvania and Delaware,
in the order in which they are named.
Ouly seventeen per cent of the natives
of Delaware leave their State.
A NOBLE ST. Louis LADY
Among North Carolinian in st.
Louis is one good la3y born in Ware Il
county, who will be gratefully remem-
bered by many even who have never
seen her. She will [ trust pardon me
Cor referring to one Of her many acts of
kindness A confederate officer, a Ma n
in one Of the North Carolina regiments
was badly wounded in the, fatal charge
at Gettysburg, left On the field a. dead
captured and sent to Johnson's Island
as a prisoner of war where he remaint d
or twenty long months. He was
without clothing proper for such q
innate and Of course without means
- get any Bat in course oS time the
gooa lady heard that he was prisoner
and sent him an abundance cf warm
clothing, shs and her friends being
efficiently in favor with the Federal
authorities to secure Ito safe transmits
sion and delivery. What would have
bpcome of tue poor prisoner during
those bitter cold winters without such
Il timely addition to bis wardrobe, suf
{ ring as he was from a frighful wound
Gud only knows. As it was ne seemed
llrnost as walking skeleton wheI- he
rcturned-aud yet it is christian duty
to love ones enemies and pray fol
those who despitefully use US. But
that has all passed away and Northern
men and Southern men look upon
each other now with love that it is
| truly beautiful to behold-a love that
is indeed passing the love of woman.
ALONG THE ROAD. POOR LAND AND
| PLENTY OF CHILLS.
Leaving St Louis in the morning
on the St. Louis and Iron Mountain
Read, We reached NJ alvern about day
light next morning, having passed
through Lutte Rock the capitol of Ar
kansas duriug the night. Carolinians
may think they know something about
poor lands and sparse populations but
they cannot appreciate their utter ie-
norance of such things until they pass
over the st. Louis and Iron Mountains
Railway. There is little or no popu-
lation and SO far as can be seen moth
ing TO induce ore to settle there. The
land is rough poor and rocky and the
timber small short and scattering;
certainly this description is true af-
ter passing Iron Mountair rs long as
day light lasted. And next morning
after reaching Malvern the same poor
descate barren rough country. loomed
up aronnd us far as The e, @ could reach
Nor do the people who live here look
much more prepOssesolng than the
country tney inhabit, for this is un>
dueetionablv land in which chilis
most lovingly do lingar. Indeed it
has never been my fortune to see a
people that the agne had so plainly
| marked for it's own save in that lovely
State Of Florida where according to
popular apprehension the breezes are
ever as the balmy breath of Spring,
where the flowers are ever blooming
ard the birds ever singing. Illir os
ohills. and Missouri agnes, and In
diana shakes, are said to be equally
bad, but I have never seen them But
perhaps a little incident that happened
| 4
give a better idea of matters here
than anything that can be said we
were standing in the street
talking to one of the merchants
when II wagon with chickens passed.
Reference being made thel eto with the
comment that the corn crop must be
very poor one, or the chickens would
be fatter. the merchant piled, "You
are mistaken, the crop is good one,
but the chills are so bad this fall that
the farmers are not ahleto gather their
crops" / tell the tale as it was told
| to me
! EVIDENCE OF REFINEMENT IN ARKANSAS
Bnt iii spite of all this, the Arkansas
traveller mnst be struck with one very
grateful evidence of refinement and
cultivation, not often met with else
where, nor in such degree, aud that
is love for flowers. From Malvern
here, a distance of twenty-five miles,
We pas sed not a single honse, no mat
ter how humble and unpretending,
that did not have boxes or pots, or
swi nging baskets continuing flowers
of c.nn tolt or another. And it would
be maiifesi'y unfair to judge Arkan-
sas as it would to judge Florida and
he Carolnas, by small sections that
happen TO be stricken with ague. In
| deed there is doubtless no State in the
! Union that las not more or less of it's
| orao I.1,re, Il Will, cliIls an5 fevarS apI