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NORTH CAROLINA FZSST TRAGEDY AT ROANOKE. Coming of SrrrLYs Ship Richard Greexville to the Rescue Finds Colony Abandoned. W. C. Allen, In Wilmington Messenger. Reidsville, X. C., May 18, 1S98. Lane returned to England in June, having embarked on .Drake's fleet the 18th of that month. Had he remained a week longer, the colony, in all proba bility, would haye been successful ; for Sir "Walter Raleigh, much too thought ful and noble to neglect the men he had sent to Roanoke the year before, had equipped a relief ship loaded with sup plies, and dispatched it to Roanoke early in the year. This ship, laden with provisions and good cheer for the colonists, was com ing np the coast of Florida at the time Lane embarked for England. Toward the last of Jun3 the supply ship came into North Carolina waters and cast anchor at Roanoke. The commander was astonished at not receiving a wel come visit from some of the colonists ; and so dispatched a part of the crew ashore to learn the whereabouts of the colony. After having been gone lor some hours they returned, reporting . that the colony had been abandoned. Others went ashore and searched in vain for their countrymen, but only the forsaken settlement could be found. Having satisfied themselves that Lane and his men were not on the island, and haying received intimation lrom the natives that they had gone away over the sea, the relief expedition re turned to England. Thus it was that the connection, which, doubtless, would have made the settlement at Roanoke a permanent one, failed to be made ; and a week's delay caused the miscar riage oi the project. About two week's after the departure of the supply ship. Sir Richard Green ville, who. had been cruising among the "West Indies ,in search of Spanish ships of war, stopped at Roanoke on his way back to England. He had led the colony to Carolina the year before, and now came to see how they were faring in the new world. What was his astonishment to find the island de serted, the crops neglected and the fort going to ruin ! For days he searched i ? jt iit i . .1 . aingeniiy ior ine seiuers, dui at last came reluctantly to the conclusion that the settlement had been abandoned. Unwilling to give up the land which England had possessed, like a true Englishman he resolved to maintain by rights of occupancy. Accordingly he asked for fifteen volunteers from his crew, who would bs willing to stay upon the island until another colony ould be sent out. Fifteen men were tnus landed with supplies ior two years, instructed to hold possession in the name of Elizabeth, queen oi Eng land. With these instructions Greenville's fleet sailed away leaving the fateful lit tle colony behind, the first sacrifice upon the altar of Carolina colonization. Nothing is known of this history af ter leaving Greenville's ships further than the story told by an Indian next year to John White, who led the next colony to this state. It will be remem bered that the enmity of the natives was first aroused when the village of Aquascogoc was burned by the settlers on account ol the theft of a silyer cup. This enmity had been shown several times during the year, and Governor Lane had been compelled to resort to strategy more than once to defeat con spiracies against the colony. This enmity Sir Richard Greenville was ignorant of, or he would have hesi tated long before leaving the little company so poorly protected against hostile attacKs. As it was the devoted company staid, little dreaming of the terrible fate awaiting them. The following is Governor White's story about them related to him by a friendly Indian the following year at Croatoan : "The next day we had conference farther with them concerning the peo ple of Sicotan, Aquascogoc, and Pomi- cok, willing them ot Croatoan to certi fy the people of these towns, that if they would accept our friendship, we would willingly receive them again, and that all unfriendly dealings past on both parts should be utterly for given and forgotten. To this the chief men of Croatoan answered that they would gladly do he best they could, and within seven days bring the Wero ances and chief . governors of those towns with them, to our governor at Roanoke, or their answer. "We also understood of the men of Croatoan, that our man, Master Howe, was slain by the remnant of Wmgina's men dwelling then at Dasamongenenk, with whom Wanchese kept company ; and also we understood by them ot Croatoan, how with the fifteen English men left a.t Roanoke the year before, by Sir Richard Grenville, were sudden ly set upon by thirty of the men of M. L. Yocum, Cameron, Pa., says : I was a sufferer for ten years, trying most all kinds of pile remedies, but without success. De Witt's Witch Ha zel Salve was recommended to me. I used one box. It has affected a per manent cure." As a permanent cure for piles DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve has no equaL E. T. Whitehead & Co., Sicota, Aquasogoc and Dasamongen psnk, in manner following : "They conveyed themselves secretly behind the trees, near the houses where our men carelessly lived, and having perceived that of those fifteen they could see but eleven only, two of those savages appeared to the eleven Englishmen, calling to tbem by friend ly signs that but two of their chief men should come unarmed to speak with these two savages, who seemed also to be unarmed. Wherefore, two of the chielest of our Englishmen went gladly to them ; but whilst one of those savages traitorously embraced one of our men, the other with his sword of wood, which he had secretly hidden under bis mantle, struck him on the head and slew him, and presently the other eight and twenty savages show ed themselves,' the other Englishman perceiving this, fled to his company, whom the savages pursued with their bows and arrows, so fast that the Eng lishmen were forced to take the house, wherein all their victuals and weapons were ; but the savages forthwith set the same on fire, by means whereof our men were forced to take up such weapons as first came to hand, and without order to run forth among the sayages, with whom they skirmished above an hour. "In this skirmish another of our men was shot into the mouth with an ar row, when he died ; and also one of the savages was shot into the side by one of our men, with a wild fire arrow, whereof he died presently. "The place where they fought was of great advantage to the savages, by means of the thick trees, behind which the savages through their nimbleness defended themselves, and so offended our men with their arrows that our men, being some of thern hurt, retired fighting to the water side where their boat lay, with which they fled toward Hatarash. By that time they had row ed but a quarter of a mile, they es pied their four fellows coming from a. creek thereby, where they had been to letch oysters : these four they re ceived into their boat, leaving Roan oke, and landed ou a little island on the right hand of our entrance into the harbor of Hatarash, where thej'- re mained a while, but afterward depart ed, whither as yet we know not." In the foregoing paragraphs we haye a clear recital of the tragedv that was enacted on the historic island of Roan oke. The account, however, still leaves us in the daru as to the ultimate fate of the company. Only two were killed in the combat with the Indians, and the others "retired fighting" to the water's side, and embarked upon the sea for safety, taking on the four that had gone off on a foraging expedition, and who were not present when the attack was made. What became of these thirteen men? This question is as pertinent as the same question about the colony that came over under White in 1587, a col ony which disappeared from civiliza tion so completely that the world has been in darkness until now as to its fate. The record of that lost colony, however, will be more fully given later. Only surmises can be given as to what became of these men. That, howeyer, is hot worth anything to his tory, and can only help to satisfy the human mind in its vain attempt to ac count for the mysterious. It is certain that these men Knew that there were friendly Indians at Croatoan, the home of Man teo, for t hey were well acquainted with that Indian chief, and knew his fidelity to the Eng lish. After being driven from Roan oke island by the hostile attacks of the Indians, as relatel by Governor White, they fled to the "little island" near Hatteras ; and, endeavoring to coast down to Croatoan, were overturn ed in their frail boat and engulfed in the deep. That seems to be the opin ion adopted by most historians who have written upon the subject. Cer tarn it is that they were not at Croa toan when the Englishmen visited that island the next year and if they had been living, in all probability they would have been there. Thus closes one of the dark chapters in the attempted settlements on the North Carolina coast, a chapter full of mystery and disappointment. Noth ing can be said to relieve the mystery more than the fact that when the next colony came, in 1587, a skeleton or two were found on the island, supposed to be those of Englishmen. Also there wereyisible traces of a desperate struggle. . A darker chapter even than that is yet to be related, a chapter unique in American colonization. That will be the subject of a future contribution. A peculiar accident happened in Stokes county a few days ago. Thornt Smith was climbing a tree to the nest of a large owl, when the bird attacked him, tearing out one of his eyes and nearly doing the same injury to the other. Goldsboro Headlight. For Over Fifty Years Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Sybuf has been used for over fifty years by mil lions of mothers for their children while teething, with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the . gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little sufferer immedi ately. Sold by Druggists in every part of the world. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for "Mrs Win slow's Southing Syrup," and take no other kind. ' 4-21-ly, 1 YANKEE DEWEY. Utica Press. Yankee Dewey went to sea, Sailing on a cruiser ; He took along for company Of men and guns a few, sir. He sailed away to the Philippines, With orders for to snatch them, -And thrash the Spaniards right and left, Wherever he could catch them. And Yankee Dewey did it too, -He did it so complete, sir, That not a blooming ship is left Of all that Spanish fleet, sir. Oh, Yankee Dewey, you're a peach, A noble, gallant tar, sir ; . You're "out of sight," you're out of -' reach, We hail you from afar, sir. Discipline, Selected. The young men of America, bora to an inheritance of individual freedom are hot subjected to as much discipline as regulates the early life of young men in other lands. In some respects the freedom they enjoy is useful, for it helps to make them self-reliant, and yet they sometimes suffer for the want of a little wholesome discipline. The fact appears to be that discipline of some sort is needed by all men. Some provide it for themselves ; to others it must be applied by external forces. The American youth, as a general rule, learns at an early age to control him self, and hence is less in need, of dis cipline than the youth who is by tra dition and custom necessarily a depen dent. This is true of the American youth in general and in time of peace, but the advent of war introduces new conditions under which discipline be comes essential, no matter how intelli gent and self-controlled the individu als to whom it is applied may be. Some ot the yonng men of America are learning this lesson now, and they find it a hard one to con. They haye enlisted in the service of the United States, but they are not ot seryile dis position, and they have not yet been trained to obey orders without ques tion, They are disposed, therefore, to make conditions upon which they will serve ; that they shall have the officers to whom they are accustomed ; that they shall be kept together in existing organizations, and that they shall be moved as a body, not in separate com mands. The first lesson they receiye in the kind of discipline that rules an army is that they cannot make a Con ditional enlist. They must enter the army unreservedly or not at all, and, having entered, they must obey orders without hesitation or question. The sec ond lesson they have not learned, but it will come tojthem in time,and then they will become useful members of that yast machine, an army. The experi ence they will gain will be of great value to those who come out of the conflict unharmed, morally and . phy sically. The discipline of army life serves as very useful training for those whose lot is either to command or to obey In civil life there ia not that rigid ob servance of rank and authority that must be maintained in an army organ ization, and yet the principles that govern an army are similar to those which should rnle in business. The mam principle is piompt obedience to those in authority. The young man who returns from the war Well discip lined in this principle will be an ex cellent servant and a .good master. Military education in time of peace partakes ot the laxity of civil life, and though useful in its way, does not have such a marked effect upon the conduct of young men as the severer discipline of the regular army or of the volunteer army in time of war. Occasionally, of course, discipline is abused by in competent higher officers, but as" a rule, it is employed for the benefit of all the members of the army, and i necessity commends it to all intelligent minds. The well-disciplined force moves as a unit, and if wisely guided each mem ber does his share of duty for the com mon good. This is the ideal condition of effective work, and the principles of discipline may, in a modified form be most usefully employed in civil life The first duty of the young man, how ever, is to learn to obey. When he has acquired that lesson he will be fitted to command as well as obey. Baby Law in France. Tribune. " - - A law has just been passed in France forbidding anyone to give solid food oi any kind to infants under a year with out the written authority of a qualified medical man. If there were a similar provision for the protection of infants elsewhere, those frequent verdicts of "Died from improper food" would not be returned. In France, too, the long rubber tubes of . feeding bottles are forbidden ' under " heavy penalties Everywhere people are warned not to use tbem, the reason being that it is impossible to keep tbem properly sterilized. 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Mr. Bancroft, whose duties led him to investigate the facts of North Carolina's history, has recognized much that the people of this State have accomplished in the cause of human freedom and in the vindication of rights ever held dear by free-born citizens, and has, in his immortal pages, chronicled some of the events that mark the advance of North Carolina upon the highway ot civil liberty and religious development. But, unfortunately, the people in this State have been so isolated from the great centres, have had so little communica tion wit h the outside world, have been so destitute of those channels of inter course that belong to more favored sections, that the great important and unquestioned facts of their history are unknown to the people af other States. While the skirmishes of the New Eng land States are known and read of all men events of earlier and of quite as significant character that happened in North Carolina are only known to gen tlemen beyond its borders, who, like the late Colonel Peter Force, of Wash ington ; Mr. Bancroft, President Well ing and a few others are fond of his torical Investigation or have been led by some circumstance to explore some of the partially known historical terri tory that belongs to this people. In view of these facts it becomes an in teresting question what North Caro lina claims and what can be established beyond all cavil or question ? Briefly thus : That the first Englishman who ever planted foot on the American conti nent landed on Roanoke Island in the month of July, 1554. y That the first child born ot English parents on American soil was Virginia Dare, who was born on Roanoke Island, In 1585, after whom the county of Dare is named. That the first resistance to the stamp act was at Wilmington, N. C, in 1765, That the first blood that was ever drawn in the defence of the people's rights and in resistance of tyranny, was at Alamance, on May 16, 1771. That the first meeting that was ever held in any of the colonies to declare separation from the British command, to organize for armed resistance, was in North Carolina, in the county oi Mecklenburg, in the month of May, 1775 nearly fifteen months before the national declaration. The Horrors of Absinthe. Temperance Cause. Paris' absinthe is made by simply pounding the leaves and flowering tips of the great absinthe, along with an gelica root, sweet flag, or calamus, leaves ot dittany of Crete, star anise seed, and a few other aromatics. It this were all it would be well for France, but with all this many other adulter ations are practiced. The man drunk with absinthe is olten seized with a painful sense of something forgotten or omitted. He is to do" something," knows perfectly well what he is to do, starts to do it, and, just at the moment when it is to be accomplished, torgets his intention Perhaps he finds himself in some ridic ulous position in a store without knowing what he went in for, on the steps of a house- forgetting what he rang the bell for, in a cab unable to tell where he wanted to go. The first warnings are the develop ment of a violent temper, decrease of physical strength and muscular quiver ings, the hair thin and the face wrink led and sallow. - 'The Frenchman at this stage is aged and feeble before his time. His beard is white and his back is bowed, while his wife is straight and young. One often sees couples of this sort walking on the Parisian boule vards. . Horrid dreams introduce the second stage, and a constant exaltation, varied by fits of mental depression and anx iety, which require constantly increas ing quantities of the diink to exercise. The digestive organs are finally com pletely deranged, and the drug which temporarily produced appetite in the end destroys it. The horrid dreams ot the night becomo terrifying hallucina tions of the sight and hearing. Then come giddiness, brain lesions, paralysis, idiocy, and the grave. I was seriously afflicted with a cough for several years, and last fall had a more severe cough than ever before. I have used many remedies without re ceiving much relief, and being recom mended to try a bottle of Chamber lain's Cough Remedy, by a friend, who, knowing me to be " a poor widow, gave it to me, I tried it and with the most gratifying resultsT The first bot tle relieved me very much and the second bottle has absolutely cured me. I haye not had as good heajith for twenty years. I give this certificate without solicitation, simply in appreci ation of the gratitude felt for the cure effected. Respectfully, Mjlb. Mary A. Beard, ClaremoreArk. For sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co. ' . W. H. 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