Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-01-20
Farmers Allience-The spscial-rax Bonds
Rsilroai NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Jarvis's Letter.
Especial telegram to tho Dispatch.

Court Is q STOCK lODDlng OpSrhllOh SOilch
up by New York parties, who desire to
see the bonds advance in price so they
can unload at the proper time.
Track-laying on the railway from At
lanta to Monroe will begin next week, II
/ is announced.
/ Solomon Einstein 81 Co., dry goods
merchants at Goldsboro', assigned yes
/ terday to Solomon Veil Assets and
/ Liabilities are unknown.
The people of Goldsboro' are consider
/ ably concerned about the delay in COM
/ pleting. or in fact beginning, the water
works there. A great deal of material
was delivered some months since. 1t is
expected that persons connected with
/ the construction company Will arrive
there next week.
/ Ex-GovernorJ arviss letter from Brazil,
expressing his opinion that the lack OF
concentration of opinion upon some one
/ person as a candidate for Governor is an
unfayorable sign, certainly attracts much
attention.
A prominent Democrat said to-day
that he believed the contest, if so 1t
may be called, is narrowing down until
/ it is mainly between Charles NJ. Sted-
man and Waiter Clark. Since Mr.. Jar
vis's letter most of the public talk Is
upon this subject.
The delegation of representative Demo
Gratis of this State which went to Wash
ingtou last Monday, composed mainly Of
members of the State Executive Com
mittee was well received at Washington.
Several of its members addressed the
Ways and cleans Committee on the now
pressing question of revenue reform.
Corn is reported as scarcer in Jones
county than in some years. Crops in
that section were not up to the high
average in the State generally. North
Carolina will buy less corn and forage,
too, than for many years.
Three cargOes OF steel rail for the
Atlantic and North Carolina railroad are
now unloading at Newberne. Rapid
work in the way of improving this road
is in progress Most OF it is relaid with
new rail.
Mr.. l.. T. Tillery, Of Rocky Mount,
was accidentally shot while haunting in
Craven county day or two since. He
was in company with brother-in-law, a
young son of Mr. Gerret Vyne, when
the latter's gun was discharged by acct
dent, most of the load entering Iillery's
back and shoulders. His injuries are
not considered serious.
The farmers manifest a desire that
cotton-seed meal, marls, and other fertlli-
GERS on the market shall be Analysed by
the State Chemist, just as guanos, phos-
pilates, &C, are now Analysed. They
also wish to secure the detection Of food
authorizations of all kinds 1t is likely
that the work of the fertilizer-control
system will be in the course of the next
year very considerably broadened A
great deal OF work and excellent work is
now being done. The new State Che
mist. DR.. II. i. Battle, fully answers all
the high expectations of him. He tells
me that he has more work than lie can
do. lie has one assistant less than
formerly.
There was quite a gale at Southport,
near Wilmington, Tuesday night, in
which the schooner Mary went on the
oysterrocks. There was "A gale of wind
last night, but it was off shore. The
weather was bitter cold and the wind
made it nearly unbearable. The tenn
perature here this morning was - above
zero.
DR.. J. ID. Bryan, 4 prominent physi
clan OF Robson county, was severely in
jured by fall at Lumberton yesterday.
The citizens of Fayetteville are taking
steps to secure the erection of a public
building in that now enterprising and
thoroughly reawakened town. Con-
gresham McClammy has introduced a
bill for q S7j, GOO structure. 4 commit
tee of influential residents viii 80 to
Washington to press the matter.
VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA.
From time to time in this correspond
ence illusions have been made to the
pleasant business and social relations
between Virginia and North Carolina,
than which no States are more closely
knit and drawn together Here are
proofs Of the feeling, two original letters
written in 1861 by the then Adjutant-
General of the State, John T. Hake.
Under date of April 18th General
Hake wrote Colonel ID. II. Hill (after-
wards a noted generaD, commanding
him to organize the "First regiment of
North Carolina volunteers" and said
The seat of war is the destination of
the regiment, aud Virginia, in all proba-
bility, will be the first battle-ground. /
The services OF the regiment will not ex-
coed six months, but the men should be
prepared to keep the field until the war
has ended. The regiment will be moved
into Virginia as soon as possible, but |
will not be led into battle until the field /
officers are of the opinion that the men
are fit for such duty. You will order an
election OF field officers ON Friday the |
Sd day Of May. The cause of Virginia /
is the cause Of North Carolina. In our
first struggle for liberty she nobly and |
freely poured out her blood in our de- /
fence. We will stand by her now in this |
our last struggle for independence.
On the 10Th of April General Hake |
wrote the following letter to Captain r. |
Il. Ihrie, Of Pittsboro', answering GER
tain questions propounded by commit !
tee No troops are needed at Raleigh /
except such as are willing TO march to |
aid Virginia. The military law does not |
require that a soldier shall remain in SER
vice ten years, and that he can be trans
ferred to the southern army. ltrequires /
that the volunteer forces shall serve |
during the pleasure OF the Cover
nor, In or out of the State, and that he |
will have the right to order to any point /
when needed, unless sooner disbanded |
by law. The battle of North Carolina /
Will be fought in Virginia, and the volun-
teer forces of North Carolina will be |
needed to aid Virginia to resist the in
yasion OF the South by the North. The |
South will be easily victimized if each |
State shall refuse to aid the other. The
State of Virginia nobly sustained North |
Carolina in our Revolutionary struggle,
and We Will all defend her now in this
the last effort for independence.
II is expected that track laying on the .
Carthage railway will begin February LIST.
All arrangements to that end have been
made. By March LIST the road will be