PILOT ~f[OUNPA][N. ],'rom the New York Oilservel', SUNSET ON 'PILOT MOUNTAIN. BY MISS E. A. LEH~iAN. 1Il~~[J~~ pm~~s i: r~~~~o~:~~~IJ'!'t~':t~:~~ ~~aMn !~r1'I~~u:~ii' :';~,;h~~ ~~'l f,:s~u~WJ~: ~~'}':~t ~f~~~arlr.mafh~h;'~~~:li.. ~~:::~~!@:ril:,fe~c~r.~ge ~~:tl~'\~fih 1~~~a~l~it~VS;::t~i~ T'~~d¥~~j,::~!n~~e Ngf.f~~ u~~~i~,e tJ"~!~~.·~~~eF;:~er~ ~~fJ~'1'h:~d hboe~~~~~~ S~~e'ii hunting. The Blue Ridge begins the grand lIlountaln scenery of Western North Carolina, and the Pilot stands lis an outpost or fortress. guardlng'the approach to the wildest, 1Il0st rOlllantic sc~n.ery ensLof the Rocky Mountains.' It stands .. a sentincl.to guard tbe cllcbanted1!l'ound,l .. The shadows slanting west~ard, no';v assume A' hazy outline e'er the evening glowu' .",- Engulfs and .closely wraps yon rising' nioon. The··crim~on flashes of t):1e setti~g 8IDl . Glow from the windows of the mighty' dome, As if,the giant of the castle lighted·up Hjs eveni,ng fu\ls,,'oodquaffed his evenjng cUP: I<'antastic shadows fliCKer to Rnd fro, As fahey mist-wreaths,curling, come and go. The grand old Pilot stands, maJestic and,subllrne, A kingly prese'nce,;'frown~ng o'er the hills of time; He reigned supreme; father of myrind .rills~ 'When Judah's star arose on ..orient hills'; ,. He stood, a dread ambassador to lreaven from earth, When'morniilg starS' sang. chorals to her birth; His purple shadows frowned 0'I}r rOCky. dell E're Tyre arose or Priam's city fell! , While Old World splendor faded il'lto night, Or New World forests hailed the dawning light; He stood alone, a mighty beacon high, _ Telling the weru-y wanderer" Home is nigh," A hoary. priest l~e sits-enthron~ in state­ With'Sticerd6tp,1 stole and je\velled plate: .. Ruby, carnelian, -topaz, amethyst, . J aspeJ:, . chalcedony, . and sardonyx, Rich tints con1mingTed, until, all aglow, A violet splendor covered all below,; W4il.e far-up_ rocky steeps r()flect th,e light, _. ' And lambent tongue-flames leap from height to height. UpOIi his' castellated brow the evening star Beam.s· clear .and bright,with glQry from ufar. _ ThEHnist-robedhills kn~l tp their great High Prie~t,' In dim confessional, frol'll' great~ to least; .. And nature's choral_anthem rings meanwhile Through every woodland nook and forest aisle, 'fhe wailing minor of tlie sad-voiced pines "In:\Kyrie Eleiso'n'" sweej~'-chinies,-:- Until' the moon's ,:'ioft benediction gently falls, A~ld)l;light's dark mantle shrouds them in a pall. The moon now beams queen regnant of the sky, A,ssuines. the sceptre Which _the sun ~ays by j Orion leads the, bJjlliant, starry host ': , . Wit~ st!1tely' tread', ~ey cl~mb the. shinIng cope;' 'WhIle, 1ll thll centre ,oLthlS star-ht d9me,. ", " 'rho~ stan(i'~t oh~Ol1ilt! grand, bea~tiful, alone. 'fhe calm and restfutstrength thy presenee gi~es Iinbues me witli 'a ne,,-;born strength to' live, The everlasting hillsLWlth soothing art, . E'er still the puJses of tny restless heart,- And I am raised from el,!-rth to heavert By strength aJl(l <,aIm Cll!lnrancc througll thee given ~ • ,,_IF 'h 9* I·, ." I .. i, I: GUIDE BOOK 01' CONT.ENTS. l'.AGE Introductory, 2 Discovery and Settlement of North CRrolina, 3 N. W. North Oarolin~ The Moravians, 4 Wachovia, 6 First Settlement-Bethabara. 8 CONTAINING Indian War-Bethania, 12 Salem, 17 Winston, 30 Counties- Forsyth, 37 HISTORICAL SKETCHES Stoke.s, 43 Surry, 48 Wilkes, 50 OF THIC Alleghany, 52 Abhe, 53 Watauga, 55 Caldwell, 56 Catawba, 59 MORAVIANS IN NORTH CAROLINA, Bm;ke, 67 Mtlchell, 70 Alexander, 7iJ I~edell, 71 A DE80RIPTION OF THE OOUNTRY Yadkill, 73 Davie, 73 Davidson, 74 AND ITS Rewan, . 77 Guilford, 78 IJ Rockingham, 80 84 INDUSTIUAlj PURSUITS. Caswell, ----.--- APPENDIX. Salem Female Academy, 85 Moravians-Revolutional'Y War. 87 Washington Visits Salem, 92 Who are the MorRvians, 93 Frederick William De Marshall, 97 , / First Settlers and Heads of Families, SALEM, N. C. L. Y. ,\: E. '1', BLUM, PRI:NTKBfl. Remarkable Events ill Moravian Settlements, 103 • 187S. 'fhe.Sparlding Catawba Springs, - 10 Distnn('('s from Salem to 8e\'eral Towns in N., W. ~. C, .jri ( {! GUIDE BOOK North- Western North ·Carolina. CHAPTER 1. DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT OF NORTa CAROLlN.~. This State was settled as early as 1584, by Sir Walter R:tleigh, INTRODUCTION. nnder a grant from Queen Elizabeth, for the possession of such lands as he should discover, not occupied by a christian people. Two vessels were fitt.ed out under the command of Philip Amidas ~ and Arthur Barlow, who left England April 27th, 1584, and an­ In this little Guide Book we purpose glV1l1g suoh general chored on the beach of Roanolte Island, July 4th of the saple year. It is a singular coincidence that this same date, nearly two cen­ information as will be of interest and ben'efit to the tourist, emi" turies after, became our National birthday. grant and general reader, embracing desoriptions of the features Various parts of the present Htate of North Callolina had been of the country, its products, industries, sohools, &c., as far as we . explored by settlers of Virginia, and here and there might be _n precut'e them, as w~ll as brief historical sketches. found, in the midst of friendly Indians, small clearings of the white man, who had fled the religious persecution of his native . A considerable portion of the book is devoted to the Moravians country or the tyranny of a colonial governor. in North. Carolina, Salem, Winston and the tobacco interests of 1''- The permanent settlement was not made, however, until March this ~~tion, which is al';lne worth the price of the book. 1663, Wm.Drummond being appointed Governor, under the J.. ords " Propriet.ors, to whom the King of England had granted letters patent of "all the territory bet,ween the Atlantio and Pacific Oceans, between the 31st and 36th paralells of latitude," and to be called Carolina. These eight proprietors wel'e- Edward, Earl of Clarendon, Anthony, Lord Ashley, George, Duke of Albemarle, Sir George Carteret, William, Earl of Craven, Sir John Colleton, John, J.. ord Berkeley, Sir William Berkely. These proprietors for a long time ap!'ointed the Governors, by whom the Colonies were sometimes well, sometimes ill managed, but still continued to increase in numbers and to expand in cultivated -lands. By the influence of Lord Granville, son of Sir George Carteret, who died in 1696, the General Assembly passed a law in 1704, by which the Church of England was acknowledged as the established church of the colony, and received privileges which were denied to all dissenters. This intolerant law produced frequent tumults among the people. In the beginning of the next century a new element was introduced into the colony by the arrival and settlement of a considerable number of Germans and Swiss. Of the 30,000 Germans who had left their own country to seek their fortunes in the Far West, about 18,000 eventually 4 GUJDE BOOK Of' NORTll-WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. 5 setU~d in Nort!l C":roJiua .. Ahout the same time, Christopher, Baron de GrafJenreld, receIved IL grant of 10,000 acres of land improvements in their settlements which eventuRlly would prove on the Neuse and Cape Fear rivers, and settled there a body of ben!'ficial to the whole colony of Permsylvania.' Hence it seemed 1,500 Swiss emigl'ant5, by whom the town of New Berne was desirable to induce them to make s€ttlem("n~s in other countries foundl.'d. The seat of government was at that time in Edenton. also, and invitations and ~ffers of various kinds soon came in calIl.'d 1\0 in 172() in honor 0: Governor Eden. ' .' ' , greater numbers than could be complied withr.for want of means In ]755 the boundary-line was run between North Carolina and and men. The most acceptable offer sl.'emed tliat of Lord Gran­ Virginia, and in 1738 the southl.'rn borders were more clearly de­ ville, President of the Privy Council, who was the owner of a very finl.'d, the people of South Carolina having already in 1719 revolted large ~ract of land in North Carolina, of which he offered Count from the feudal sway of the lord proprietors, and expl.'lled their Zinzendorf 100,000 acres Qn very reasonable terms. " governor. Westward 'the exte,fit of this colony was as yet quite At Ii Conference of the Brethren, held in 'Lindsay-house, London, undefined. Novemher 29th, 17fil. it was resolved to accept this offer. The Both on account of the rebel~ion of the South Carolinians, and leading idea of Count Zinzelldorf was the following,: He desired also on aecount, of the comparatively small revenues to be derived that his Bre!hren might not ,onl~ pave an opportunity to be of from these transatlantic I.'state8, the lol'~ proprietors accepted the spiritual bl.'neflt to such persons as in process of time might settle proposals of the home govl.'rnment, and In 1729 surrendered their in their npighborhood. as well as to gain access to various tribes claims to the crown, recl.'iving in return the '!um 61' 2500 pounds of Indians, snch as the Chl.'rokees, the Catawbas, the Creeks. and stl'rling each, excl.'pting John, Lorti of Carteret, Baro~ of Rarnes the .Chickasaws, but his maih object was to acquire the possession at't,Hwards Earl of Granville, who concluded to retain his eighth qf a larger tract of land where the Moravians might live undis­ part, which was laid otHor him in 1743, adjoining Virginia.