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THIS FAPEK I v rjXASE NOTICE. . . We will be glad to receive coiniaunlcatlca from our friends on any ana allButjccta of general Interest, but ' r Tne name of tne writer must always be fur nished to tne Editor. Communications must be written only on one side of the paper. . ' Personalities must be avoided. And it Is especially and particularly under stood that the Editor does not always endorse the views of correspondents unless so stated in the editorial columns. NEW APVBHTlBCa C2JT3. OPERA .HOUCE. : ONE NIGFIT ONLY, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1880- , , . r SURVIVAL OP THE FITTEST Uolossal Qaiety Company ftrry ennlnj, Sunday, except p,:fl. T.JAMES, Editor and Prop. . prTIONf. rOSTAQE PAID: R(U six months tLOO. Three 'LsLua ime month, 35 cents. ... Mrrpd br carriers, free 9 1 HJDi vr wiu fc ., Aar rArt of the city, at the above -HCnW per week. rates low nd llberaL Lte!1.-riaer will please report any and revive their pper regularly. vol xi r WILMINGTON, N. C. SATURDAY. MARCH 31, 1888. NO 78. Em ,1 j The attendance at Mr. Pearson's ye ulden days. meeting last night is estimated at j 3,(XXJ Two thousand repaired to tllH j A Quaint Bit of History Some Acconiit inquiry room and there ere .1 con- I or the Laying off and Settlement of the Versions. , Ancient Town of Sinlthvllle, now Those members of the Fifth Street I SoutIPort- M. E. Church who hold "talents ! A friend has handed to us an old f ft. i...r. ,.t . i naner. recentlv discovered, wnicu v n.-- lilt" irnrni n lie rw i ' f ' ., i. ir iiir unirjn. ui me new i.nWititthepnmiand r.hnmh .nrn rpmiPMl ti'r.tnrn riio'vrill be found of much interest to 'C iUSutVtt.wue to-morrow afrernoon at 3 i i".my of our readers. It is a narra- u" Taactt in imic. il"uec" : o -lock at Class Meeting tive wriiten ny an oiu-tnue resiuem. .lXnrZVin.i . ,. - . jofthisity.-llr. Joshua Potts, for- . - - L TTKiTti Tf I j meriy a leading citizen oi wnming- ft SDOM D8 If lUiOuI lLhh,,l,slnoffwforwent;ton,untllt is a clear and succinct 7 Liofa ! livery establish.n-nt, comer Third acconnt of the first settlements at oa niir e tut 0 WHOSE 1 ..v.. ..w..,. , inmivuie, now oouuipon-juiiu uie i .liJr-i ill 1 111 illIIH-J 41 Mil l,fiS5'lii' ?BA BENEFIT f?k 'n- r cblldrpu it U ratt In 'rt ij'tarmlett. No UanCer from To-Ill "T !iVr laKlnc. Cure- Colic. D!- ! jt . , lilllonsneu. ilon. 'o Ioks nth buiinexa offers a desirable investment to any one wishing to embark in it. i terUh Cold. Invalid and . Httr Sunday. uorrow ends the lomr Lenten The penitential season closes to-nltfht and to-morrow ushers in the rwrOkl Will liUU a iuy ,uau.vv tctodTonictheycanne. A little J glad Easter Da v. Kaster is called tSS" vSiorffihSrEoweTi! the Queen of Festivals and it xv ill be Uit 1IT4II. . ij..-.uni Llllll V.IIT9. OI'INIOX. . puviriAXS and Kjt nercr bc atle to K wrcubte conpouml that would, tad tffcu!r tS U"r V f"0? m4 i ii m tr.e aid (ins lead of weak- OlSI u,""-",, rrrrt c 0i I y item X. Ucmx, m o.. WwUnctoo. Ark. Xxrkcof Cnninent Lnk for Oie red T-klMArk on front of WrrPr, and the ln4 stature of J. H.Zcllin dt Ox, la it-UoaUwie. Take no other. I .Wville.Vi"!.- ilnjorStetlman wrs Lsu-hiiol teaeher just after the war. Ill U not bad training for a Oov truor of North Carolina to h'ave '1 .l.f wli.kl i.nr in his life. The il (llAtl V"V www- i.iorv our Chiff Executive shull kuo w i.f tin practical methods of teaching Wl of oar krhool system generally letter for the people. Etluca- ti..n L our firt anU greatest interest. - lU.iK piiuples hives, rincworni. I' tUT. and all other manifestations f iinimre b!ool arecnretl by Jlooil's Kirsiiwrilla. St. JIrk,i Foster. Morning prayer will be said aud a sermon preached beijinnin; at 11 o'clock. The celebration of the Holy Kucharist begins at 12 m. ChiUrens nervice at 4 p. m. Vespers jmd ser mon at 8 o'clock. All will be cor dially welcomed. The Ilev. 'Joseph T. Quartes. of Lani;ley, S. C, will assist the Hector. TO XtW ADVtRTUSMKXTS. Ltttu H Vnicv- Hats 31 Km-Xf" floods tffti Hr.t-Ultj clay. ntmiitoCE -The Latest . rc ViuiK-injinond Dyes Kr(iMux-. lure Chance vt U of X Y WIL S 8 Lino NYWiult llKRAtn ITesldentlal Year Cua,f of sunns Iya NY Wll s S Line tynimt J Fox New llllllnery Estab- Fatal Accident. Josh Crowder, a colored brake man employed on th C C. K. R.t while coupling cars at Hamlet, this mornini; hal one of his le-js cut off by the train below the knH. lie was sent to Wadesboro, his home, ami tlied there at 2:1.1 o'clock this afternoon. Hay's length 12 hours and S3 min- I?t shoes for boys at French & The receipts of cotton at this port foot up: U bales. Janvft tomorrow afternoon at 22 -mutes past 6 o'clock. There will be a sunrise meeting at 'UhStreetir. E. Church to-morrow orniu. 'arols will be 1 sung from the of Luke's A. M. K. Church to- f .orrow morning at G o'clock. You ill find. n very nice line of '' Heavy Jeans Drawers, at 50 apairat the Wilmington Shirt "tory.No 27 Market street, J. .--bach, pr0 t Tyoun-folks will take notice At there will be an Easter Jal itl St. John CliurchMPi1 rn vXi Tuu.v ternoon.at 4 o'clock. n atiaiiAsion a .. to i. liarw.1 v,; "i v tenia win uo lv?ea.bat there will be no charge i . eTctcIea and EyecLaMee AJncetooM .r,.l t iv juuu. l ii Ptr S 'Pectacles vou sbnulrl Ut All. COt to take mor tnrmf A.'tiT u iv has ,ost to the eve thA7 proportion that you a f artJ,1:01. of crease, will cause farr u tl ,,lffer Ier than Is ne hcvT ?ai,.v.cuse of prcma- VThr- fe eaa von i r iTani,h'or the ,uon ' ,Q the cttv wi ri f Sons, nev ,.. i Mock. 1 lDK Pi Week, -x'ay.U e,lnesila andThurs- '.niof,.11 Holy. Com- .....irini ui 1 1 Y. 31. C. Ao-iittion. There will be a meeting held at the Wilmington Library Association Rooms to-night at -S o'clock by Mr. Claus Olandt. of New York city, for young men. Mr. Olamlt is a Y. 3L (!. A, man, and has been meetinthe. Associations of Haleigh, Newborn, Kinston and Charlotte. All mem bers of .the Y. M. C. A. here sliould attend. Personal. Capt. Jno. Parry, Superintendent of the Pishopville U.K., is in the city to-day and will spent! Easter with his family here. Mr. M. F. Hufham, of Still PhiiT, was in the city to-day and paid lis a pleasant, visit. He says that the freshet in Dlack river, as well as in the Cape Fear, is v.ery ligh. He thinks that the fruit growers in bus section may get half a crop of peach es this year. Pleasant Kcniling. Somebody writes to the Raleigh Chronicle a very pleasau't letter about Maj. Stedmau, giving an inci dent in his career which was never known to us before, simply because the incident is based upon a deed of charity done by him, and of these he never speaks, almost literally ful filling the Scriptural injunction not to let one hand know what the other hand doeth. The letter alluded to comes from the far West. It is dated at Jackson, and savs: Jackson county is solid for Sted mau for (ioyernor, and 1 think it echoes the sentiment of tin? adja cent counties. He is beyond ques tion the strongest man tliat is spo ken of. In the first place he is auable can vasser. Secondly, he has no record save that of a gallant soldier in the time of war and mindful of the bst interest of the boys that "wore the gray in time of peace. I heard a gentleman say the other day that u few years after the war Major Sted man happened to be at Marion, Mc Dowell county, when the homestead Of an unfortunate crippled Confede- inhabitant of rate soldier was sold at execution sale, and that Major Stedman purchased it at $1,000, took the deed to himself and told lavinir off of the town. Mr. Potts has been dead more than 80 years. There is no date to the narrative and it is not quite complete, but yet it will form quite an addition to the scant history of this section. It? is entitled: "An Account of the First Movement, or Essay, to Establish a Town near Fort Johnston, which has at length been accomplished, un der the name of Smithville." The narrative itself is as follows: Matters, even of consequence.have soiuetimesoriginatediuore by chance than by design. A number of in stances might be recited. It was the case relative to Smithville though a place not yet of great ihi portance. The first movement hap pened as follows: About the year 1786 Joshua Potts, the writer hereof, then living in Wilmington, was taken sick and by medical attendance had got better but, notwithstanding,still coutlnued yerv weak and a loss or appetite, kc So it happened that his old friend, Capt. John Brown, who had been master of a packet that plied betweeu W.huington and Charles ton, meeting me one day, asked me to take a sail with him in an open boat down the river, saying that the salt air might recruit me, &c. Accordingly, debilitated as I was, I proceeded with him down the river Clarendon, or Cape Fear, in an, open boat, being at the time only able to sit up. Capt. Brown had put on board some eatable refresh ments, but I had no thought of par taking any. Wo had not proceeded farther down than opposite the New Inlet; when Capt. P. asked me to eat something. I listened to what he saiid and discovered an inclina tion to partake of such cold colla tion as lie haul set forth. My appe tite returned and in a day or two I felt myself braced up by the effect of the solubrious breeze trom the sea.althouirh 1 was exposed in camp ing out, &c, for at that time there! "were only two or three pilots' houses! on the bank. I returned to Wil mington in a few days, perfectly re covered. I was at that time single, but in a year or two more became a married inan and in summer season deter mined that my family should retire from Wilmington to Fort Johnston and there experience the cool and healthy sea breezes. Accordingly, I carried mv then small family down to the Fort, and rented the loft of a pilot house (Joe Swaiirs;, where we were all stowed away, breathing health ami rough pleasure. While thus liviug a fisherman's life, I received a letter from John Huske. Kso.. of Wilmington, then in low health, on the subject of having a town laid oil on the level, near Fort. Johnston. Mr. Huske wished to reside there for the sake of his health. This letter was dated Wil mington, October 18th, 1790, and it is herewith enclosed. No. 1. Mr. Huske would have called the proposed town Nashton had an act of the Assembly been passea con cerning which intelligence shall hereafter be triven. Mr. Huske was the first mover of a town near the fort, snd V, myself was to become the operator. 1 stepped olT the ground from the old fort southward to the first small creek. The distance was shorter than what was wished. I according ly wrote Mr. If uske; notwithstanding I was prevailed on to form a peti- tion to be circulated tnrougn Bruns wick county, setting forth the pray er of the inhabitants that an act of the Assembly might be passed for the establishment of such a to n. The said petition accompanies the report. No. 2. J. Potts having writ ten said petition was applied to for it )V Charles Gause, Esq., a leading innaouant oi urunswicit couuiy, who undertook the exhibition of it. in order to obtain subscribers' names. This was performed and in troduced to the General Assembly Johnson as well as the surrounding I Lilly Clay's Gaiety Company. lyS .taA h P"Perty of the- State j There will be but few more en OF fii Crt r I .l linn nnl fhnf nAWAn I alone the netirinner bad rellwl nn tertainments at the Opera House for the grant alluded to. I ! this season, and the next in order is Capt John Brown and Joshua that offered by Lilly Clay's Colossal Fotts determined, however, not to aa;, rv...,., o.. i nhn.r, k ,.1 ' f-it.. - ; Gaiety Company, on next Saturday any molestation, proceeded to occu- j night. The Boston Pout says: py as a temporary residence for j A magnificent audience assembled Summer and Autumn, each :a few at the Oakland Gardens last even- square feet near the shore, and ac : ing to witness the inaugural produce cordingly proceeded to have each a tion of a serio-comic operetta called cabin formed and framed in Wil-1 "The Little Devil's Revel." The mington and procured a sufficiency"! title, like the opera, is catchy aud of boards and shingles to complete j expressive, and at once made a luost t h employed a pettiianger this ; favorable impression'. Probably the is4he word bnt wpareat a loss as toi strongest item in the new produc its meaning.--Ed. and put on board f tion is the ex tremly sweet hariuon- tne irames ana otner materials oi i izmg oi voices uearn in tne cnoruses, both houses, engaged carpenters, ; in which particular this city has not with their tools, and both families heard anything to be compared, to of said John and Joshua, ith plenty j it. The harmony of the seconds j the party whose homestead was which in that year sat at Fayette sold that he only purchased itjville. for him; that a short while thereaf-l The whole intention! was unex- ter theaid party died, and Major Stedman luade a deed of gift of the tract of land to the widow. I have heard many such deeds that emanat- pectedly opposed by Gen. Smith, who was then a member of and for Prunswick county. It was said he supported his negative role on ac- ed from the noble and generous f count of two orthree pilots who had heart of Maj. Stedman. Tluit is the built their houses, by public permis kindofaman we intend to make , sion promiscuously on said landr-as the next Govemorof North Carolina t it was. ho ever, he had influence out of. of provisions, &c, all together 'went on board the lighter at Wilmington, arrived at Fort Johnston and there landed the whole.. In a few days afterwards, we had erected each a Sumuier house, in a temporary manner, near the water, between where is now Mrs. Wade's and the beach. The said two houses, or camps, had not chimneys of any kind and only rough shutters to the windows (no glass), the whole of the sawmill roughness, as a plane had not been used about them. Our two families, however, were thus coarse ly encamped; and instead of a kitch en our cooking-fires were made among thick bushes, near hand, which screened the inconvenience of the wind, buf rain would sometimes moisten our cooking, arfd depreda ting hogs would run '.. off with our hot cakes in their mouths. In this way our two families en joyed health, cool breezes and a coarse way of living several Sum mers. In the meantime Captain B. and myself became expert fisher men. " : i- During these rugged scenes there was no to n laid off, and only a few neighbors, pilots and their families. The first twelve juonths had 'near ly expired after the failure of the bill at Fayetteville and the General Assembly were next to sit at riew bern. AYho should come into my cabin at the Fort but the same old Mr.. Charles Gause whose business was to get me to write and renew the petition for establishment of said town. I remember reminding ,Mr. Gause that any such, attempt must be of no use, as hb doubt Gen. Smith would onnose it as before. Mr. Gause reolied in a positive voice thai if: I would copy off the, petition he would advocate it as betore, ana that Gen. S. should not be sent to the Assembly unless he .. would use his endeavors to have a suitable act passed for tlie intended purpose. (The election was then pending.) Conformably to the request of Mr. Gause I then wrote 'off a new peti tion, much after the tenor of the first. " i The venerable old man mad,e his word srood. Gen. S. was elected, went to Newbern and assisted to get the act passed and which is here with enclosed. See JNO. 3 passea at Newbern, November session,. 1792. The writer hereof remembers hear incr Gen. S. say. when he returned from the Assembly, that on his mak- incr a motion and offering the bill for the act Mr. Macon or some other respectable member made an obser- vation that many applications nati been acted on for different towns in the State, but that few, if any of them, had succeeded; that the said worthy member said, as Gen. SJ had aDDlied in behalf of this petty town, it should be called Smithville. as if by way of derision to the applicant, should the town (like many others) not succeed. 1 f . ' The next desirable object was to secure my attention and services in laying off and beginning the neces sary operation to form the town; see a letter from Gen. Smith, dated Belvidere, January 29th, 1792, No. 4. By reading over the first Act of Assembly, No.3, it will be teen that the town was to consist of one hun dred lots, .with streets and squares; that each subscriber should pay for ty shillings, or four dollars, to the State, for each and- every lot of half an acre he might determine, but no One person should suDscrioe ior more than six lots, that many might have a chance.. ' !? ' Thespian of "the town was at lencrth sketched off bv Gen. Smith and J. Potts, and the lots numbered thereon; from No. 1 to No. , luo. Meanwhile all the lots were sub scribed for !r The manuscript closes very ab ruptly just here. It is evident that the altos and the tenors was simply exquisite, more especially in the crescendo and forte numbers. Such a volume of rich, melodious strains could not fail to win repeated rounds pr heartv applause, and this magm ficent feature alone will serve to i draw thousands daily to the pleas ant paths of Oakland's verdue cov ered lawns. Fine Linen Bosom Shirts for 39 Cents Worth 85 Ceft&. 1: Shrier. at No. 16 North Front street, will sell on Saturday only, March 31, Fine Linen Bosom Shirts for 39 cents, .worth 85 cents, also Fine Silk Scarfs at 19 cents, worth 50 cents; Boys' Suits, ages from 13 to 19 years, at $3.30, worth $5.50; Children's Suits at $2.50, worth $5.25; Walking Canes at 10 cents worth 50 zents; Stiff Hats, light and dark colors, at $1.25, worth $2.50. 4 1. SHRIER, The Old Reliable Clothier and Hatter, No. 16 North Front street (Purcell House.) i Sign of the Golden Arm. there was more of it but it cannot be found now. Nor have the documents referred to in the narrative, ' and which accompanied it originally, been found. - k - Sunday School Service. H There will be an elaborate Easter Miss Hattie J. Fox, at the corner of Second and Dock streets, has just received a large lot of the latest styles in millinery, fancy goods &c; to Which the attention of ladies is in vited. ; 3O-t0VELYLADlES3O Presenting the Grandest Galaxy of Fea- iure unQerm eon. NOVELTY'S CROWNINGDIADEM Apollo in Edort OR THE LITTLE DEVHfi MVft Go Where th Crowd Goon ! lie tapir Want it, ftejUtefc Eire it- Reserved Seats at Heinsberger's Boole Store. 1 . men. 31 sat frt sat New York s Wilmlnsioti Steamship Vol ) - PROM PIER 29, EAST RIVEK, ,NEW YORK Located between Chambers and Roosevelt stsu At 3 o'clock, p. M. "J EQUATOR ... QULP STREAM. . Wednesday, April 4 ...Saturday, April 7 FROM VTLMINQTON- BENEFACTOR.. EQUATOR...... .....Friday,-April ...Tuesday, April 10 Shippers will please note the fact that the steamship Equator, Capt Nelson, will sail from New York on Wednesday next, April 4th, as ad vertised in this issue. They have caught the bank rob bers, Cross and White, in Canada, and they will be extradited on the charge of forgery. Services in St. John's Ch urch to morrow at .3U a. m. and 11 a. m. Sunday School celebration at 3.30 p. m. NEW AUVEttTISB MKN'f 8. Easter Egg Hunt. rjnfcERE WILL BE AN EASTER EGG HUNT in St. John's Churchyard on Tuesday afterJ nxn. at 4 o'clock. Admission 10 cents. Re- freshments free. men 31-2t TEW JVIILLINEBYESTABL.ISHMENT Corner Second and Dock Sts. Just received by Express, a laree lot of the Latest Styles in Millinery, Fancy Goods. No tions eta. wnicn win be sold at very reasona ble rates, a call is respectfully solicited. No trouble to snow uooas. mch31-2t . MISS HATTIE J. FOX. Tf A RARE -CHACEi FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR Desirable Real Estate, A LIVERY BUSINESS IN GOOD SHAPE. Twenty Horses and all necessary vehicles. &c, to carry onthe business. Thirty regrular Boarding Horses. Good run of trade. Stable new and' centrally located. Apply to K CJ.;OKltELl. mehSIlw i Nf?w Yrk & Wilmington Steamship Line. From TJew York 1 i Through Bills Lading and Lowest Thro Rates guaranteed to and from points In North " and South Carolina. ; . - For Freight or Passage apply to , .1 . H G. SMALLBONES, superintendent. Wilmington, N. C THEO. E. EGER, Traffic Manager.' New York WM. P. CLYDE & CO., Genl Agents, mch 31 35 Broadway, New York. For Tabernacle. -yyAGONETTE -WILL LEAVE EVERY Evening at 6:45, corner Fourth and Nun, down Nun to Front, up Front to Tabernacle. One will leave Ninth and Market at same time, down Market to Front, up Front to Tab ernacle. v , -Fare for round trip 25 cents, f . l mch27 3t T.'j. 8OUTHERLAND. Wilmington & Weldon Rail Road Co. 1 I l J H k, jaq. .Ml . OFFICE OF SECY AND TltEAS; - WILMINGTON N. C.; March 23, '88 , JiHREE AND A HALF PER CENT. INTER- eston the Certificates of Indebtness of the Wilmington Weldon Railroad Company has been declared by the Directors, payable on and after April 2nd, 18S3, to all owners of Cer tificates of record on the Books of the Com pany of this date. . i-r , The Transfer Books will stand rinrai tmm - Mareh 26th to April 2nd, 1888. inclusive. JAS. FPOST, Jr., . Secretary and Treasurer. mch26 3t W. & W. It K. do. The Lateot. Second Eegiment Waltz, FOR PIANO. Dedicated to the North Caroluxa State Guard By I. Ii. gkrenewald. For Sale at HEINSBEKGER'S mch 26 BOOK AND MUSIC STORE." T DuBrulz Cutlar, Jr.; ATTORN EY-AT-LAW;,-'- . 114 PRINCESS STREET, ' v WU.SH 3TOT0X, X. C. mch 26 lw of St. PauFs E. Luther L. Church in the ;ffiIntflaSanBgsl Trest'ftcpsj, "tiwii uic uuuimj t yjjwuiomr xaujviuu, can. 2xLut -m JTARKET BFTWKK1C ' KPrnvn - . r ill Memorial Building, at 3 .will sail from New York on Wednesday next, sufficient to stothe proceeding in j o'clock to-morrow afternoon, and at Aplil 4tu. shippers win please take notice: Again, he has never ben against Assembly, and thus ended the pros-130 o'clock the Sunday School of in building of the W N. C K. . K.. j peers of a town at that time. gt John Church will have their ut-on th c-ontrarv he and other Some people in Wilmington, and - . , . . Lfiiii.i...,n..i..... r.".-..s.i.i vir 1 Kuiii.r. usual haster choral services, ine th l)tiltl flu fmif rtirv liaa mirl aafHa-i s!j- a nAnnh Wihnin-touians furnishel the W. . others hi Brunswick countv. being . usual . Easter choral services. a, N. . R. R. iron to bring the road j disappointed in their expectations public are invited to both. ' 1 of a town were said to have imputed , : : . mch 31 H. G. SMALliJONES, - . Superintendent. Third street ri " ; JOHN WILDER ATKINSON, President Lends money on satlsfaeton security.' -Pays Interest on deposits. . Isempovrcred to execute Trusts of all kind h M at . "'irrcu at n I.-- . " 1 '-,u- the Enclishsnr. 011 Fort to Henrv Station t'l tlon wl take il i,.- 1 hl 'wll rounty when thn roal .ouUy uiorrW.. u . ., I HigHi 10 the state, and the state a,on M U adinlni. T ' 1 ? :va!t, u to anything to ex 1 " it. aucn acts the people remem- I oer. - For Sale. the opposition of Gen. 8. to the- Wiggins' store has been . caase .not of pilots, but that n ima ,tU ... c ftUr f f uobsr. -not been previously consulted in and ;,,7:;: ' ",V 'rwv: ; . . ,v abOUt the business. irniHiUinoirfUiwui miiciujiug Now, so it was that the old Fort in the Daily Review. . tachsstx CHAS. F. BROWKK. O. K. H0IXIX63W0KTH . ;L chas. p unowned O.. COMMIS' : "IfTUOLESALE GROCERS AND iff . slon Merchants- - no N. Water Street. ONE FINE MULE. ' " " J. A. SPRINGER. ...'Wilmington, N. C. '-aiaents sohclted. xzhZilndrx, t
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