Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-10-17
a aEyOLUrIoNARY TO- -.
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Oiution r. Memu5I 8.

Oiution r. HemuiI 8.
At more than two tai ds the distance
from the At.anuc To- the Blue dge.
less than thirtv miles from the south
ern bOu Diary of North Carolina, IN
the midst OF ii roll ny plain. writes a
Charlotte, \. g.. cores Ondent of
TIE Ac1D yOTh iO,', is sifu ded Cha
lOtte, the cap tai Of Meckien pu y rOun
~, Il city OF nearly ten Thousand IN
babitHnts. The tRO prime pal streets
cross cash other at rieht an D 3 IN the
towns very center. from "a Ch point
the Ian { SinJ,. y - riiIijaliy ia every -,Ii-
rector. CnIrlDt viii be c:t'ie Heith-
er beautiful NOR pretty with IA very
strong empuas =. Nrvrrjhe eSS, IA tine
springtme, ~ hen The mud has Dir ,sd
up and us place ha< mo- set been taken
by clouds o Iei dust; when "a letves
are fresh AMI yoUny OH the ire s. when
the Z 'Ses have sn le,i; when one may
see, peril cps, the finest pOIuG al
white ussum coVls striving 10 We
lt>elt IN the deep : T eu the u'a p
nOIia bvfJre you know it VDu have
committed ourself So much as 10 have
exclaimed, Cha lo.te is q lovely
pace. In 81 few days, proba by, you
are sorry for t.
Tie town may lie entered bv SIX
ra.lrO IDS or bv amy ene o SIX. if the
trdH eIpr Is net of eng O-S. NJ disp0s
ti'n. So there Is ea~y AN d rest cum
mullcati9n with limos; every part of
the country. it is upan the most di-
rest ruHtr from New York % New Cr-
leans, thou III. vtu 10 lack OF eutcr-
Prise sOmew.. ere. and o. CO operation
with Other cairo systems. 1t IS sew
crII hours SLOWER thuu the Att ,nt C
st iiHe. 80 that northern Al ,lls rr,icn
New Orle n> bs CuaIi. son and SI~
vanuah. Until about ye1rand Il hall
agu there WAS OHlN Il roundabout can
Hrcriuu W tn the west; uOW the Fen Ia
Broad ruUfe MAKES IL direct, and Un4v
few days s.ncc ] rad a notice ttIa5
through train was SO ~ to ne ru1 be
twrer Chayl sjOn-tui lousy lli. The
compiler ON Of TINS rosie VIII haslen
the del elopmcnt o. tse mOuuttiu
region OF this stalr. winch $ destined
10 b, come one al tne ri-uest a.d most
favored portions % the country.
Few regions of ia land are richer
in hiStor . RIM .sceu~-s than west
ern North Carol m, ant of western
North Carnnna MT the Least interest,"
ing mentor es cluster aoo t. tuiS self
same city. Here IIe Fourth Of J,Iy,
1875, occurred OH the 2J.H of Mtv,
177j; aud NOW the eIerI'IF accepted
anniversary of oar natiuuat M q
pendence IS cnnSt4ere nj of
''darkies day" wh lr THE wll les ceie-
br t. the IT rr D,rCndty q. Amazon
liberty in Neck euuurc county.
Historians nave been sn-u.arly
neglectfLl of This incident. Bancroft.
] am told, Iu ms earlier ed tiun CON
siderrd 10 worthy only or contcmp IT,
Gus poOh-VOOh, though later he udtuit-
ted IAN account OF the proceed hgs; and
in letter written White q, .reseuting
our government at the $50 ,rt at st.
j mes, 10 gCutlem. widely knO "a n
in Gbis state, Ee made himself Il com
panIOn of its authenticity. it IS un-
fortunate tHat ti;e ORR ind dncInent
was destroy I'd with the hOu-s al Gen.
Dlvie. whose name shall presently
have further mention. But testimony
enough ha- been brnu thJ to prove bd,
Yond doubt tha' the honor accorded to
Phil lde Dhja as the era Il az American
freedom belongs by better ghL 10
Charlotte, except in So Tar as the az
ton taken here was local ia its char
acter. the Rev. DR.. LMiI.rF, pastor of
the First PRESBYTERIAN Churoh here,
who has m ale n very careful stuty OF
the WhO,e matter, Is enthusiasts i.alIV
cOn!ideut that moth nw has 8esu claimed
for the Macklrnburg declaration That
is not capable or yer iictt on. Two
anus ng hiss OF gossip attach to the
subje {. IrOnas Je lef>OI Is sud 10
nave been greatly colc rnri al the
Sink ny milIr Is of uI7 o. IA prfduG-
ton and that Of when. we ~ret>, OF
which iC IS Iurther alleged that he
knew of il prev nu- y. aHi buiiG as
on IT'S model. Franklin. it is pretty
certain, had the matter brOu Eht To his
notice IA iI45.
The behavior of the patriots at Lex
ingtOu AMI one, ri nus a counterpart
ia TINS region Th5 brtFec, ~lsrWu HeTo
did not lead SD C.e ,rly to ian 5JorIanG
results and IS There ore less widely
known AMI talked about. bIt tI.s resIs-
tance made 10 CORNWALL Showed th6 g
Piedmont arm rs Iu nave been made
OF firm stuff. $50 hot reception "a
the noble genera receive tiiut ne
deemed be h Ell ran UpOl ii ''huruets
nest. which ep tibet ives IN the ntms
of the iniiitars rompau, az this town
the Hornets Nest ridrmeu. Eater
ING Charlotte from the west, has whJie
army was for some IN uuleS held az
bdV UV Il sm al torce. 81 al t-Nc.se-i bug. -
an En.l sh historian SAYS. twenty a
number under command OF Col,
VIII am R cnari~Oa Day q.
While ihe Br t'sh were encamped
here a f3rtg NJ party Was sent ouJ ore
day t4ward tsie CItlW bb AT '--sle.
IutN Fe - s yn nIlt-s 'J1sI. tHe suidlers
were husy collecting plumber when a
hive al bees was UY T5urued. The iu-
hab tants OF wh.cr. toud of Utterly Is
their owners, syers for the ,ueCe as sue
C IS al In putt NJ O. ili2hi the or.uY u
the atenS. The command ,ng utfi sr.
"a p0rtk, nor g Eugli~hma - siOoJ
in tue cottazr dlnr 'a15hIug heartily
az the ge-tJi-s~~ AMI 0utcr.es o. the
rnut..d men. BnL while 10 langha.I