The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-06
A Noble Son Of New York.
NEW YORK, Sept. 26. 1881.

l had the pleasure Of spending an
hour, = few evenings ago. with Mrs
~.Stonewall' jackson and her daughter
Miss Julia, who were al the New York
Hotel, on their way to visit. by invita-
ton, their old friend Gen. A. G.. Nigen,
at Monticello. n. Y. Not only on &C
count OF their relationship to one OF
the two great Generals of the great
civil war, where they interesting 10
me. on this hrst occasion Of seeing
hem, but their own cordial manner
and bright coUntenances and brighter
lnteilecis made the interview one TO
he remembered. But besides all this,
Mrs. Jackson is the daughter Of the
venerable DIR. Robert II. Morrison, still
surviving in his Sith year, who was
the Minister in the Presbyterian church
in Fayetteville when | went there nearly
81 years ago, and of whom [ have most
pleasant rssollections. She is 4 niece,
too, Of Gov. Graham, that model, intel
~lectually and physically, Of a tue
North C~arolinian. And she is on her
way to the home Of one of the strongest
Northern men with Southern princi-
ples,' as well as Southern feeling. and
manners, that | have ever met with in
these parts. He was not a war Demo
GRAFT" during the civil war, but be-
lieved in justice to the South, and
stood firmly by his principles whilst
the Dlxes and the Dickinsons, and
hundreds of thousands of other North.
ern Democrats who bad encouraged the
South and promised it their aids,
backed down aud were among its fer
ce.t eLemics. In this respect he was
like the late B. L. Moore of Raleigh,
who was opposed to the war and eve
hesitated to say so, though standing
alone in his opposition. His neighbors
knew that he was sincere in his views,
and respected him the more for his in
dependence in maintaining them Wills,
Mr.. Niven, Z leading man in his section,
Of great ability and unblsmished honor,
was expelled from the State Senate fol
disloyalty. His nsighbors had sen
him TO Congress and to the State Sen,
ate-a higher honor in this State thar
Congress, as Senators represent a Target
constituency. He has outlived all that
-outlived all save his principles anc
bis honor and his religion, and is calmly
awaiting that summons which an octo.
genarlRn knows cannot long delayed
and against which he would not rebe
if he could. In person and bearing
MI. Niven bears a striking resemblance
to John Stanly--small of stature, but
every inch a man. | never heard hin
deliver = speech and know not whethsl
he possesses the powers Of Sarcasm
which used to make fools cover in oul
Legislature whenever Mr.. Stanly was
member from the borough Of Newbern
bat he looks so like it that [ should b
sorry to come under his lash.
II [ be not too garlulous, let me add
that at the New York Hotel, with Mrs
Jackson, were a host of ex-rebeis
among them Gen Joe Johnson, Gen
Pope Walker of Alabama and his wife
= descendant of the Picketts, forlnerl,
Of Arson county, n. c., aud as ardent
Il North Carolianian as ever | coult
wish to meet. j. Hale III letter t
Fayetteville Examiner.
Gen. Niven land his brother Thoina
is like unto hlm) we'll deserve thi
praise. He Is q true and good mar
During the war he wa besieged in hi
own house by q mob, but beat them of
Since the war he has given 500 ever,
year to the Confederate orphans HON
At Charleston. ED. f. & NJ.