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cfei0 -4 1 Ii Si ! 0 r. Ii f 'fX-H- is. it' - f ' v'r :"- t: . 6 - ' : (' S mi ten oyi nsx of The WintfitGi'idci kind ieithejtet Jl?iai chase aqds CommereeXis-forpgn must be a suitable pof t,3.o:aJbrie descriptibnf tIUlaFtj ot liaenton ;is . ie nest nisitpnc " point to'erecofdeSfe The e3cajE$ldteHpf Bthetettle '. ment of Eden ton f ismoppjt but as early, as 165$;ee-CjalT . considerablexaevelDphnou this ppmt ; tbe ease of access bF 1am 4 - A 'V -inn i- ri-iriivf Ani '-W land and-watery f 6r adventurous settlers having ;madec it ' a Xpcal I ; Amorigits ijaany rtam :iit' was; mentioned as ' Port of noke, and pecause of its tertiMty it; waspnsidereUhgrto of the province. . The crees"anot rivers surrouname the town were the highways, of travellers, and f reighti-tKeTwMas owsed. Fish . abounded, in- the waters, ganie in the forests. The woods . . well . timbered withf pine, oak, cypress and j aniper were e mpur- pled wifkirich cl usters of d el i- cious grapes; the prc loaded with f ruitSr 5 and triei generous eartn wun sugnt culture yieiaed abundant crops of grain. Free as the air about them, gentle in their ; manners, the , wo men of this province shown re splendent with the graces of na ture, and Lawson ;wrote in 1708 thai the women are the most in dustrious sex) in the pface,' rhak- ing a great deal of their cloth of their own cotton, wool and flax, so they have no occasion to run into merchants debt or Jay .their money but in stores for clothing.": i "The .inhabitants visited and traded oftener. i n boats than in other.vehicles, ; being so familar wthhe par ; .and .they could spi ekd with dext erity to' the windlthe sails .. of almost any species of craft " MSweet ieon ll loveliest viflage of 1 the. plain; yp t-St' Whbre health and plenty cheered the j jlabourlng swain, P-M x :-ifJ:: t Whre smiling spring its' earliest visit .. paitf, . - ' xy jj;;: ( And parting . summer's " lingering blooms delayed." ' : ' " Commerce Daring Seven- ' 1 teerith Century. I recordecunnthis entury. ; ;; U'i'i'Frony yekr 169k: Nprtlif roHnaleg latere bcjdy was called a , Parjia ment, frota 1693 it was called an Assemblvi" ::' - : oney Was t very scarce, there-' foreUradebvas criedonr: chiefly by birter,d quit debts werdof ten. paid in market-1 able, kticli of cbuntry prod ace. ?amaVes in law? were order ed bVthe Assembly to be paid in deskirj, hides and furs.: Albtaarlk:s insulated position, the wai of commercial fariltfri paaturesin5Wbicnnutnberless tflechicfcQttevicS seekers of ambitioixand avari to 15Je-?firstr "'---rrvfcSi Ki"JK?r5..v 'Si-h---'i:- -JV,:---. ' extyentisg.ri &f6ribpijiS rrt?..A i-giai; quantities or tar, tiiwuic stcj-. ; cum, rJgef3oairjf3; thissaiearsl burg wrote in his Diary at Eden- ton.tti toHqwing : x Tobacco is icfoliarim giiim uici uuciiiis snip inai. wnicn is wnajnjeieaser tnians do riot get Jhe profits j are reaped by the Virginians le. sameis the: case with hoes. ieWareta Vert &to Vi rcii iia. sraugntered, saltedi up, exported ,and sold asirgima-porki r U is taken tq ixest lndiVsd t xum, sugar, molasses, ':;etc'.V wtHeablirimhs Buyaying v-Atlhis ttme :money? is not Scfremferi3-ht people contented. - Pursuits are becoming; diversified;, there is more activity," men are becom ing speculative and commercial. : Frpm.y a767jto Aug. 1772 money was received from 'Coun try puties"" on rum, wine and spirits to the ' amount of : - . .. . . ..... 3867, pounds. - The ship Amelia in July 1768 cleared with an assorted cargoj among which were three bags o f cotton, the first cotton ever shipp ed fro m this port. . .From January 1774 to 1775 the principal article exported to the coastways and to the South ern ports of Europe, Africa , and tb e West Jnd ies, :, were . tobacco . common and green tar, pitch, urpentine, Staves and headings, pine planks, boards and - oak lumber, oars, shingles, raw deer skins, ojher. skins bacon beef and pork, Indian corn, bread arid r,;:vpeas and beans, twheati ierrings and other fish, flatx ; seed, wax, tallow, resin, rice, potatoes, honey, snake-root, hoops, and i - . -- ' - ' - . . - .-j'...?" f hirty pieces pf mahogany. : , -."In 1771 eighty-five; vessels wjth frojMa seven hundred . arid thirty one, and three huiidred and seventy- pneroen entered and cleared this port, ; and- in 1772 ninety five vessels : with, four hundred and fifty-eighty rneiv and in ?1773 ninety-n ine. vessels with fpu r hundfed and twenty-four hien1 About the time of the Re vol o l tidnBdenton had a good foreign iradejrttKQserpriricip Rn this were Messrs. Bichard and Thomas Brown rigg Robert Arm jstead,- Benjamin Russel, :Alex MilleriJJohn Jliittlelahd llins7 en' Dickinson V Some of the ships saUing werethe 'Ster -B;tsjr John Liberty' C -Two brothers " anc Jifary and na.. nr&Piiiardrtelatesiari uiriterest irief ifacti cbricSiinff the4 fisfctrbrB rulstatitTD01tItS wajari-firt-5n f uoajcJKnacpliWrin lumberayesplj Tffis'shiplciheia mercrrant s vesseiatfieaSivv Hett the: disiabled vessel ;arri yed in her ijfnepoihr Rieharp!jfir silver tankard. Uooii which -1 ffrialioiij prosperity to; North; JCarp PjtiKebthJsrdcsr Atteri iJuai would triorimport any East ilndia f-r.5v.g-. K-'.-jt.iL rJ.''- goods : Pr - British- mahnf actUrersi jior exporifeptGreatf firitirSBB: WDaccoprtcniarturointimeorilopb unjr:puier aniciesi tana even t pu r women sqi they -ouldfiriot dnngante-tit 7?:: Captiine;reldtl0jf roliBprdeux -' : f-Jf-arti-C.' 'AS---iV -.!! rc vj 'V.' ft. ,'ji. ..- :t : ianfhtsjfe,1!!) StuartvidahtirloarllB were;; ed that no porki beef rice, moMt pasorbacjonbe allbwed:jtbtfee exported except in return for saft arms or ammunition actually imported in this.province. i : : In 1794 SchoonersWilliam'si Industry," "Two Friends" and sloops sailed from .this point to Baltimore and Philadelphia: ' In 1799 there were forty-three arrivals and as many departures. The exports from this port in the y t ar ending September 30, j 1794 amounted to 50,646. I t ; At the end of the century, we find it to be the golden age of social enjoyment and . prosperity in North Carolina but oh the high seas American ships were frequ ently subjected fc wrong and ' in 4 dignities by British J cruisers, which seized theif cargoes or crews on various pretexts. f The pirates on the coast', .the dangerous coastways 1 and the uphealthy climate were the chief hindrances ; to the growth (of Foreign commerce during this,1 the 18th century. :,'";' ;v", Commerce. During the Nine ..teenth. Century. There was at this period of our history a. good : trade! between the Vest Indies and several of, the Eastern towns;' Edenton,- the most important, was largely, en- gaged in the shipment of staves; tar, pitch, lumber and provisions, importing salt-arid : tropical stores in return ; all this was j ruthlessly stopped by, the" erribargo laid yby (njgresiiiThis extremerf iriest ure iauea co pnng cngiana tq any surrender . tojsearch; the tans were resolved for indemnity for the past and security fOr the future, -war ,"was , d eclared ; r :wh eii two kindred nations wa5tedrblo6d and treasure in a fiuitless Ouarrel; TSeismaVSwiSpCaTi to prove of great benefit xto . the1 iasterri;cbjhtey was vet un4 finished, so all vessels .; bound to ticy w c c4 ctacugcrs n nis suip port, sometimesAten atay s In March -l776a IaW was pass- end ofitheear : there were thirty: ltf5 rtanrprs tr ro on: . f1819thcfirsf Isteambbaf :iLMdjbu!fe JItasUseos:a"fer n Edenton and " uln6;carriehej fglf he:trial trip . was . ma"de igg hours and Vfie OTinutes, .i-.i7..... - -j ot twenty miles Its tujejis stiiipreserved Sit wstejtdered ir resident Monroe town in 119, for the pur- Wr V inspecting the ; loww $ojii Sn TefeFence tO' inland stliifllf819 SP many r schooners, sailed to ; and roik our port to Savannah; Phil - apeipnia, -narieston W ew ' lork, ?ort, Baltimore, outh Lu J3ermuda:Islarids,tuadd .tojgsi Some, of these vessels verlthe schooners i RliaaKfh M rnor Brooks, " Emaniiel,w lrbHne andiMary,; nm!TbithaM'Bix Sisi ritonlpdentonnd f.S'ivii."iiiil'' '? A lt-' Hi '--Ji'l-H.,v-?,-vi:',. - rorriria21st tO rillthther6ea eigni arrivals . ives came dreinjwttsria Island of Martirji4ueK,lSt. :Barts and'the Wpst Indies, ' r . 4ln 1829 1 jonei hundred and twenty yeksels earned in. - Forty three from these foreign ports the West Indies, Malaga, Gibralta, St.: JBarts, Ypadiz, -Turks Island; GuadalonpeMartinique, Madeira St; Thomas and5t;"Johns. In 1830 one hundred arid tsev en vessels arrived. Eleven came frpm-foreign: ports. ; , 5-; In 1831 fifty-five vessels arrived Eleven came from the West Indies. . '.-'iy', y;y y ,: After hostilities had ceased be tween the two countries, fit seem ed a great thing to the people of the coast to once- more enjoy the full benefits Of trade and comV merce v A.11 foreign commod ities were very scarcp and costly. Salt was made on the seacoast in lim ited quantities, but of very in ferior quality. It Was very grati fying to the people to see the stores nueo wun gooas ot every description! and commerce become brisk? againin 'f82ii5fp ; I The Estimated val ue of export in 1S27. wis $5,000,606 front ; the AibemaTle Section . alone ; but sad to relate "this" prosperity is fallowed by the record that Edep ton continues .with Halifax to lose importance in the march of events, many villages surpassing them in inhabitants and jtrade.":: sherirnoorts" in t!82S "2 were all manufactured goods,, whiskey. salt; rum and wirie while the . ex perts" consisted of corn, ; tar slaves, turpentine5 and cotton. So; great was the production of com tnat;v rnree snip-ioaas went but in ; one weekv to " Southern Ports. : ' In 1830; KpWOaroHnahad rridre hjppinjinMthe bast irig trade than ahothWate except Tirginia andtpi:bmm Albemarle alone : employed five times 'as. much .shipping : as be- arovais ana aeoartures trorrc thi fnear'Edenton became a matter, of consid erable interest, seihesihg sed for tmV work. As many as 300,000 herring and 13; 000 shad Ply-lhave been caught at one haul; The amount invested was f 300? 000 giving employment for: two months ri n V the . Year to about 5000 hands and 200 (Vessels, con suming annually about 100,000 . - f r 7. 0 'Mr nernng. r In 1836 the Dismal Swamp Can al was completed and "read y or traffic The trad e of the; own was soon connected : by ? a new water course with the outer world X :The dangerous voyage? hrough - the inlets and out into the ocean i : were by " degrees abandoned , and almost all direct trade with th Je ed. vOur. commerce then became chiefly inland our goods i were ordered from Baltimore and Nor folk, but the want of regular post routes limited the. mails. The Albemarle.: Steam NaviW- tion Company had Iher boats 'ply ing between here . and Franki'i n yaftjetbre theWar3Sbme ot the boats . were " I'tie otag,r means , ; ot transportation here to virgin iaf save ; by J stage coach. V-v- ' - ' i' - " In 1861 came the cru el war, when fields no Jongeir bore the '- . : ! ' ' " ,! ' j . . I ' narvesc to snip iNortn,,wnen commerce - became men, when fathers arid brothers, clothed in the immortal gray, left home to give not to sell- themselves for right, while ! the "women - spun. wove and fashioned garments- for the children j at : home;- and all honor to the! men of Edenton," who sent the church bells to Ilfchmond, that they might ; be cast into cannon for the .defense of the country; lin response ;to Beauregard's call under the lead- ership of William Badhamr Cruisers swarmed along the whole coast, and it became a matter of great peril to send out any comriiodity by way of the ocean. 1 his lead to a scarcity of. salt, sugar, coffee, molasses, aud everything which . had been fcrrherly imported from Europe or bought of Northern merch- ants. ' ; - . . y y-'Jy' The war over, the blockade lift ed, theSputh : jbegan' t o rise from devastation. C. The fields were again: cultivated, the products shipjped. North. introduced into our waters the first pound net, thus'symplifying thf fishing, industry . InTSTQherst telegraph, line was 'brpughfEderit 188fthl: Noffol k Southern : kail- rdad jopned kto tLden enabling .her. people to ship their product by rait-to JNortolk instead oiDy.sauD.oar. ' Iri;18B8 t heBranln ing Manut facturing f Cpmpanyjs Edentbh x mariu factulmgipine lurhel oed:to,Noithern:market&- plrl861the,i Edentori;3Ice Cbal Storage Com pari v was es tapitseyrriahuj quantiUespfiueev whicrt wasso beVieficial :; tor-the . ? fishermen? in pxeservirieandt-snTppine'- Doll .Ml, UIJ.11 CI 11 , U1U i now js the shipping of; eotton, v ' ' V lumber, ; fish, trucW melons, and ; . poultry. ' - At the close of the i nineteenth centurygaimighfy ahgehasil : metcjthejtravfel ofir S,1 bur little - town. . Steatriand " electricityhaveum space. - -"Tfieirqaii; reached from he 3 seato'' th"e - ; ' mountain barriers. " Frprrr rhere"t. ; " to Virginia rush-the vehicles of v ; wealth and' pleasure; and instead yiyB&y PlMyy 'of the wagon: train toiling slowly we see the miffhtvittn?rteH Km . y with speed cbmparibleltb ttiat of 1 the hurricaiiebearingiBu of V produce whih would have prov- ,J ed to our ancestors , as'fi zed and movable, as the : everlasting W hills."" ' t 1 ' ITe writer wishestb f acknowV edge the kindness of friends who i have lent books and -paniphlets and :gi?en .;f acts concerninthisyfefS subject. : : - :-.S.'?t1i'".-:i..VS''A 't.-., i"-'-.-'-;'-'-U. I! reneesljweref found omlf ?c ell's Life and "LetterVsVN a.Reader: Dr JDillard "Historw of Edentoh aride itet-&yiro'jttjiiS' W heelers Wiml'MM Siftihrfs 2tW er; filled his .m&'yykS 7 -1 Supday:l M xi PaufParker isspnin at S I pisses xju i;y. ..iw atlie. ana.xi eine,.;. . -rr 23j,rairridas.h Suhdy?f i ;RbuntreegYillie . rjes,tpairl nXTStC- andWalterBameSj;! few days at his home in Lewiston. . . - . '- .' Mr. Archie?Lassiter accom nied Miss Allie anrito (Middle Swamj;Sujriday-e.y Mr.4-Lin;::::Rouritree Mattie Byrum called ;to see . Miss f '7 7 Eva:Barnes late Sunday evening. . ' . - It- Mr. Percy :? Hobbs accompanied 'W$&-m miss rean uenton , nome - irom Oak Gfrove Sunday evening- j -7,: Mr. . and Mrs. Lewis Parker of "Z Famco, ; spent Sunday , evening . ; with M rs. M. E Jones. --,7 7 ; - , J . fl M?s.T.vBeampa home Thursday Jrom Portsmouth V, V where shehas been , visiting ,her ; ' . '--y ' grankWlcen Messrs. Vernon . Beam on jaifd Willie Baines were put dear1 ! hunting;Sunday;mo M r. Clyde Benton called to see,,- . i '777777 ". Miss Blanche Lilly Sunday night.. -: . x- b Messrsi.-,yernon JBmon; Vernol Ho'kard'werehe guests j -sty bf'"MissiMinnie"'-Smadl;tSunday ':;L S:"' ?' . . ' . ... - ;.. - -i:.":'?5-. 7-0gy ;- Miss-J Dixie i $aunders wasin- ' y 7 tbwri Monday evening. ; . .;.; Miv J;: Jones piPpiftsrributh', : f v spent Sunday witli v his . mother, r -' Mrs. M. E. Jones..' r M rJRobert.Parker bf, this place.; . ' i v 27 diedpnFriday;Juheil H. Butler conducted the-funeral 7 - Saturday evening J3e vvas a sac- t) 2 cessful-member of Oak Grove years;bragendIes;m fri ends to mourn his loss. I - Mr.;Henrv;Ellis died on Satur- I dayJurieth neighborhood and was buried on ; r punday;eyenings For This Coloon Casli I lifted vanceS ipr i weess. ; Aaaiuonai lines pro rata. COOK: WANTED? !WvM& tf cfmritlAppj y-AyyJy- OfHce?bf lb emttlej Observer 7a:I:-' 'y ';" 7. ('"V -3". ., si Li5?-x -A- I '"""' - -;,:. -7'-: ':
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