The Charlotte Democrat., 1896-03-06
Capt. Ardrey at the North.

| over bis trip, and went on to say:
In company with Mr.. Cramer, I ar,
rived at Washington for breakfast at the
Metropolitan, where we met our congress.
sional representatives, Mr.. Woodard and
Mr.. Lockhart. The latter is very ABLY
| representing our district, in q quiet but
forcible manner. He stands very high
| in the House and is ever watchful and
fully alive to the interest of his State and
district.
"My business led me to the Treasury
Department to see Hon. r. E. Preston,
Director of the Mint. He expressed quite
an interest in tine Office at Charlotte, and
made special inquiry as to the gold de-
velopments in the Appalachian section, and
was gratified at our report. He is q man
equally as kind and courteous to his cub
ordinates as to his superiors, and he pos
sesses the rare gift of making you feel at
home in his Office. He introduced me to
the Supervising Architect, who has the
care and preservation of all the public
buildings. / asked him to have our house
painted and fixed up; that it looked dingy
and dilapidated and was not in keeping
with our progressive city, nor it's adjacent
buildings, the postofice, First Presby-
l.
speak of the court house. He heard my
application respectively and promised to
give the subject bis attention.
II went to the capitol aud heard the
Senate discussing the Cuban question.
"The next day ran down to Mt. YER
non. 1t is q typical old Southern home,
and we'll kept and in good state of pre-
servation.
ION Saturday l went to New York to
see our North Carolina boys in the Bel
levue and the College of Physicians and
Surgeons. found them all getting on
nicely. With them visited the colleges
and hospitals, aud heard DR. Flint lecture
[ saw 900 patients receiving gratuitous
treatment in the Vanderbilt clinic. They
informed me that it was the daily
average attendance. 1t is blessing to
the poor that We have some rich men,
and such charities are living and lasting
| monuments.
SUNDAY morning we attended DIR.
Parkhurst's church, and heard him
preach plain forcible sermon. He uses
his manuscript to which be confined him.
self closely, and was clothed in his min
isteral robe Every seat in the church
was taken up. The windows were full
above and below, all standing room oc-
cupied, and many went away for want of
space. He seems TO be the sensation of
the city now, and is regarded as the great
moral and is reformer. We visited
the places of general interest in the city
among them the United States Assay
Office where we saw Uncle Sans gold
and silver by tae millions. The melter
Mr.. Marsh, once lived in Charlortte, and
inquired about many of our people. Mr..
TORY, the assayer, is q friend of Capt.
Wilkes, and inquired for him. Wednes-
day it showed all day and was bitter cold
80 we were in doors, but the boys ins
sisted on my going to the theatre aud
said l would not be in it in New York if
did not 60 to the theatre. l thought
they knew more about the city than [
'Burmah' and The Prisoner Zenda.'
II left New York Thursday morning
in the snow. It was very cold, and
got higher appreciation of our nice
warm, genial Southern climate but they
know at the North better how to pro-
tect themselves from the cold Their
houses are much closer and their clothing
| heavier.
81 stopped over in Philadelphia to visit
the United States Mint. Being in the
lines, through the superintendent and
manager, l got into the inner court or
behind the counter. They had sent the
gold to New York but were coming silver
dollars at the rate of eighty per minute
on each machine or stamp, and they are
all operated by females So / was con.
vinced that women could dispose Of money
faster than men. In the Treasury De-
| partment the most expert accountant are
females, some of them counting as high
as eighty thousand dollars day, and are
held responsible for mistakes they MAKE
30 l was informed, and must detect every
counterfeit bill. But back to the Mint
and silver coinage: did not dare to
ask if it were free and unlimited coinage,
but did presume to ask how long they
ran and the assayer told me they ran
every day and coined the gold on the
same machine. They were coming PEN
MES by the peck. They are IS per. cent,
copper and rs per cent. zinc and tin.
81 was particularly attracted BY the
nice farms in Pennsylvania, New Jersey
and Maryland-clear of stumps and
rocks and enclosed with hedge, plank OF
wire fences. The barns are large and
fine and nearly all painted red. Some
of the corn was still stacked in the fields
and they seemed to have full barns. They
work small farms and work them we'll
They looked much better now to me than
they did when visited them with Gen.
Lee in 1863 aud 1864, but we were in q
hurry then and was not looking after
the farms-only the matured crop.
"Finally back to Washington and !
finished up my work heard the Sem
ate discuss and pass the Cuban resolu.
tions. Senators Butler I, nd Prichard
were engaged in the vote on the Cuban
qustions, but I am indebted to them fol
marked kindness.
81 had long talk with my old briga.
dier general. W. R. Cox. He is looking
we'll and still has deep interest in affairs
in North Carolina" Observer
The Gracet Stree Baptist church
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