The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-13

We observe that the Governor mes
sage alludes 10 the owners, they,
and those - whomsoever these De
How would it do to have one OF
Secretary Evart's long spun sentence
wire wrapped for a new Atlantic cao.e:
The To5occonist states that Mr..
Don Gillian will probably hang out his
Law single in Henderson.
The boundary lines for the new
county of Lee" have been arranged.
aud brought to this city and as the
slice taken from Wake would leave us
a Democratic majority, many person.
favor the proposal. But 1t ls hardly
likely to succeed
Ng-The Editor has been confined TO
his room the greater portion OF the past
week, with unwritten, but very bitter.
"reminiscences OF Albany Prison celis);
heuce has been unable 20 give much at
tenrion 10 the present number. hap
ply our friends In various quarters are
beginning to find their pens, and much
OF our space this week Is demanded by
the Voice of the People.
1T Is curious that nearly Cwlce the
depth of Snow fell at Greensboro. and
along the y. &. X. r. to Charlotte
than anywhere else In North Carolina;
though there are counties standing
$40 feet nearer the altitude of "Eter-
nal Shows" Gentlemen from Yancey,
from Haywood, Clay, Alexander,
Wilkes, BuncoMbe, etc, all speak of
or ) inches of snowfall, whereas
along the Il. s. ID. K. r. at the foot OF
the Piedmont, more than 9, or TO-
some say l2,-inches of snow fall.
There is a very prevalent opinion
among the Northern papers that Y. ).
Commissioners OF Agriculture LIE Due
is a goose They make ne end OF tuu
of all his projects including his 1000
acre Tea Plant farm. But never mind,
a person who tries every thing Is pretty
apt to strike upon a good thing IN the
long run. And who cares for expenses
so long az Uncle Sam pays for 1t.
Copying from the Newbern Nut
SheH. we gave last week an account of
the shooting affair at Greensboro, which
possibly does injustice to DR.. Null, the
wounded man. Our postscript an
~nouncing his death was based on a des
patch received by a gentleman in Raj
eigh stating that he had died the pre-
vious night. Without rejecting Oh
Mr.. Foard, (for we are now at sea as to
the facts We incline to think that Null
has been wrongly censured in this mat
ter, and mainly because of former af-
trays.
We have often alluded to the re-
markable ~homogeniety of our North
Carolina population. In very many 10
~calities such as the Cape Fear, the
Neuse, the Albemarle, the Salisbury.
Charlotte, and Cumberland sections. the
same old names and families that were
noted in the DAYS of the Royal Govern
ment, before the first Rebellion, are
very much as they were. But we con
fess to some surprise that the census
tables Just received should show at this
time, Is years after the war, so amall =
number Of foreign born citizens. Thus
We find only 2 In Stanly, 5 in Cherokee,
9 In Bladen, 10 in Lincoln, ii in Burke,
IA in Onslow, Is in Union, etc. There
are, however, $50 in New Hanover, sos
in Mecklenburg; and nearly as many in
Wake; Buncombe l2s, Cumberland
199. Other counties average 20 70 the
county.
Although unable to go out upon
bys, and places of gossipical gathering.
1t IS a pleasure for us to meet our
friends, known or unknown, subscribers
or not, when they have leisure to call.
Among those who thus gratifed us last
week are Bros. Robinson, of the Win
SION Leader. r. H. Cowan, Of the
Wadesboro Times, Cameron Of the Re.
corder. Woolley of the Albemarle Cen
fury, with his genial young Represen
tative. DIR. Julian A. Turner, Senator
Davidson, of Asheville. DR.. Austin, of
Yancey, Maj. G. w. +. Harper Zone of
the Caldwell stock). Edgar II. Walker.
Esq, the leal, and bright-witted young
member from M~ecklenburg, Col. j. f.
Lindsay, of Nash, w. II. Mcclure, OF
Clay, and oilers who called during our
several days absence from the Office,
but whom we hope to meet soon.
A resolution instructing our Con-
gressmen to vote for the National Edu.
citional Bill has been introduced in the
LIE ,islature. Ifpassed it should have a
proviso as follows -
Provided the Bill be amended In
such name as shall secure to each
Estate the right to select lis own tex
books to be used 10 the schools"
If no such declaration be contained in
the bill, the Radical authorities will as
sert las some of their organs already
have done) that the employment Of
Northern money to educate the Rebels
entails she right to prescribe Northern
school books particularly Histories /;
which will teach the young Southerner
to hate the memory of his martyred
father and brothers who died that the
South might maintain the government
their forefathers founded.
The absurd rumor ascribing lunacy
to Col T.. DOMAIN was doubtless a neat
specimen of what the WesternEditorial.
mind considered a good practical Joke"
In fact the very day we first read of his
being locked in a private asylum by
his friends, there came to this Office a
Chicago paper with a glowing account
of his railroad schemes. By yesterdays
mail came the ST. Louis Spectator with
an original article by Donan, and a local
notice follows: Sol. p. Donan has been
in the city for several days. making pre-
parations for an extended trip to Mexico.
He will probably start about the middle
of January, and will be absent from the
United States six months or more. He
goes with a distinguished mineral expert
to look after the interests Of wealthy
South American mining company" It
is safe to say that when sharp-eyed shar-
pers like Palmer, and others. of Chi
cago, expend large sums in fitting out