The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-07
SOME "REMINISCENCES OF
RALEIGH In OTHER DAYS
Dr. Kingsbury Writes of Some Well-Known Citizens
of I845 and Thereabout. N. c. Books.
Granville LAWYERS


George Singletary, who married the
beautiful Cora Manly, daughter of Gov
ernor Manly, afterwards Colonel in the
war, losing his life in battle, also at
tended. l had forgotten another Well
known citizen, who also attended-Wes-
ton R. Gales, editor of the Raleigh
Register, and brother of the greatly dis
tinguished editor of the Washington Ma
tional Intelligencer Joseph Gales. Among
the boys who attended then and became
able and eminent were: Edward Ora
ham Haywood, William Lawrence Saun-
ders, and David NJ. Carter. all of whom
became Colonies in the great war. What
congregation in any church in any town
in North Carolina ever contained so
many men of mark and usefulness? Re-
member that the old church, a plain
wooden structure. was small, and the
congregation didn't average more than 200
of 225, 1 would say? Rev. DR.. Richard
S. Mason was the rector. He had learn
ing, ability, but was not particularly
attractive as a preacher. In fact he
read his sermons in a sort of monotin-
Gus hum-drum tone. He was an excel
lent man, highly respected, and rather
absent-minded | remember a funny
for it is genuine. The good Doctor went
to church. forgetting his sermon, which
was lying on the table in his study He
sent his eldest son. Dick, in search of
it. Dick entered the study when his at
tention was arrested by curious COM
bination of wheels, springs, ETC., for his
father had been trying for sometime TO
discover q perpetual molten. Dick be-
asRaaff SV, nd
utterly oblivious of time and the SER
mon. Result. the sermon arrived too
late, much to the annoyance and dis
may of the preacher.
While writing of Raleigh reminds me
that a list of the really distinguished
men and women born in that town. but
who lived elsewhere. would be interest
ing. 1 regret 1 am not able to furnish
such list. l know of but four Or hVe.
| mention President Andrew Johnson, OF
Tennessee: Chief Justice John l.. Sneed,
of Tennessee (who was born, l believe,
in the old Rom Saunders home on Hills
boro street,; Col. William Il. Saunders,
Judge Roulhac. of some State, south of
North Carolina; Rev. DR.. William l..
Lacy, and possibly Rev. Dr. Samuel Nc
PEeeterS.
Not long ago, l was asked for a list
Of North Carolina Books. and the names
of the authors. Not having a full col
lection Of native works, and not having
access to a well-stocked public library
of such products of North Carolina
brains. / could make QUA very imper-
feet list. l give such as | recalled, but
others can extend it largely no doubt;
McRee's Life of Judge James Iredell, one
of Washington's Supreme Court; Hawkes.
History of North Carolina; WheelerS
History of North Carolina; Moores
History of North Carolina; Hannis Tay-
lor's work on Constitutions; l do not
remember the exact title, not having
this very able, valuable work in two
volumes; Spencer's Child's History of
North Carolina; WaddelIs "Colonist
Officer" Schenks' volume on North Caro-
lima; Wiley's North Carolina Reader;
Wiley's Theological Work; E. w. Gill
liam's "1791-A Tale of San Domingo"
Edwin Fuller's Sea Gift and Volume of
Poems; Judge Walter Clarks volume of
addresses: Translation of Constants
Napoleon, in three volumes; his edition
of the Monumental Histories of North
Carolina Regiments, ETC., in five volumes;
Cicero w. Harris's The Sectional Strug-
gle; Sketches of Prominent North Caro-
linians, by Jerome Dowd; G. l.. Hunters
Sketches of Western North Carolina;
Clement Dowd's Life of Vance; Goodloe's
Birth of the Republic; Miss Fannie Fish
eCs ("Christina Reed') novels; DR.. Henry
E. Shepherds History of the English
Language; Leonard Charles Van Mop
pens Wonders Lucifer; d. Worthinton's
Broken Sword" THE Old Plantation"
by Rev. James B. Avirett; The Leopard's
Spots, by Thomas Dixon; Life of Nathan
iel Macon, by Cotton; 10. Sewell Jones's
Defence of North Carolina; Jerome
Dowds Life of DR.. B. Craven; volume of
addresses by Swain, Hawks and Ora
ham; two volumes of Sketches of North
Carolina mot exact title), by Dr.. Caruth-
ers; Weston's Historic Doubts as to
Execution Of Marshall Ney, of France;
volumes of Poems of Theophilus H.
Hill; Henry j. Stockard, Boner Mrs. w.
]. Clarke, Miss Stockard. and 1.-The LIE
gend of the White Doe" by Mrs. Cot
ton.
Let me turn to Granville county next