Morris tribune., 1891-01-14
Incidents of Travel in North
Carolina.

Incidents or Trav6i IN North
Carolina.
RALEIGH. N. O., Jan. Z, 81.
EprToR MoRRIs TRIBUNE:
AS was stated in previous letter,
we were in attendance upon the sec
ond Southern States immigration Con-
vention at Asheville, last December.
circumstances compelled us to travel
part of the time alone. Furthermore,
being almost stranger among the
delegates, as well as on new line of
travel and at new place, we were
enabled to see and hear some things
which would not be seen and heard,
or would have passed unnoticed if we
had been in large combany of old ac-
quaintances.
A ride of three shundred and fifty
miles carried us from our home in the
pine woods, to Asheville in the noun
tains of North Carolina. A large part
of the ride was ON the main line of the
railroad, taking passengers from New
York to Asheville and Hot Springs.
Among those passengers could be
seen representatives of all classes of So
ciety. Our attention was drawn to a
party of ladies and gentlemen with
whom pleasure seeking was evidently
systematic and serious business. A
seeming pardox, and yet fact. They
had been spending some time at
point in North Carolina where north
ern shooting club has established its
/ head center of pleasure and recreation
/ No knots of lawyers over an important
legal case; or party of legislature over
important bills; or company OF Chris
tan ministers over evangelization OF
the world; could have attached more
/ Importance to their outfit or could
have planned their work more system
atically than this party of pleasure
seekers had apparently planned their
excursion. At point for change of
cars, the patriarch of the party charged
the ladies to look after the lunch lone
of the younger gentlemen to look af-
ter the palace car; another to look af-
ter the baggage; and 81 will look after
the dogs"
: At the hotel, we often found our
{ selves at table with parties who though
strangers were making acquaintance
> with each other. Old wartime &C.
! quaintances were renewed and inqui,
red after. We thus heard very inter
) esting statements which give us light
{ from southern side.
/ A scientific reason for loss of an inn
, portant battle by the Southern army
: under Lee, was given. One wing hac
: been engaged two hours before the
other wing waiting to hear the guns
q that the battle was on. Reason: I
J was just after a storm, and the gun!
f which were to call the idle part of the
: army into battle was not heard though
e only two miles distant. Observanf
: persons know that sounds are trans
h mittd much palmer and farther, befor'
: than after storm.
: One gentleman inquired after al
3 old acquaintance who was persisten
n and perpetual "arguGer." He CAV
g this incident to illustrate: In one o
r the early engagements company o
.Rebs" had cornered few :'.Yanks.
: The Captain shouted "Don't shoe
f them but take them prisoners" ON
man with his gun to his shoulder, an
: swered back 'sToo late, Cap'n.' HI
: brought down his man without killing
: him; and on claiming him as prison
v or, Immediately commenced an argu
! ment with his prisoner as to justnes
e of war; closing with good sound be
6 rating on the wickedness of coming
3 here to take away our homes"
D The same gentleman said he was il
D ole of the so-reported famous bayone
charges. The only bayonet he say
] used was when beardless southern
e boy told sturdy Yermonter to let VI
y his prisoner or he would stick him
J 'sThe Vermonter did not Let up, and
; the boy stuck to his word and stucl
a the vermonter. That was the only
bayonet charge which saw"
We observed a man showing 6
i. heavy repeating rifle to a knot of on
( lockers. 'It is sure at 800 yards
| and will kill man at milk" was his
praise of the weapon, '1t looks as
: Though it had been through the war
t remarked bystander. ut did; it be:
|. longed to Yankee; it belongs to him
II now. I borrowed it of him"
j On eur return trip, we fell into the
> stream Of boys and girls going home
from school for the Christmas yaca;
: ton. j. z.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
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