We think time will prove the wisdom
of the Governor's course; the people are
in bad codition financially, but it is not
so bad as has been thought. To have
heard the people talk in the poor man's
relief meeting held here some time ago,
would have made some think that suf
fering would have been extreme before
now, but such is not the case. We are
glad to say that preparation for another
crop arc being made, and the prepara
tions are better and more advanced than
In many years. Many laborers have
left and more will leave, but there is
THE OLD AND THE NEW YEAR.
whipping is a just mode of punishment n orth Carolina s right to speak. We have said good-by to 1880 and
which, if the fine system be done v,,
away with in certain cases, leaches the his adopted home, nor yet contained the ing. May we walk together in peace and
We offer
the entire reading matter space on the
outside pages of our paper this week
to one ai tide, the speech of the la
mented Henry W. Grady, delivered
before the Boston Merchants' Club
only a short while before his death,
and which very likely cost him his life.
