Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-05-11

Il;u first Wits uaidsn Name 80 Nseuvainss hs
second Heritage That aighs Isssolisd asoaed HI.
stoa by moonlight and nsxe aosnsne N es.pey
vi:h Nr. Strong lookA vish vsosssssoa On Ne ed
cssslc vbcrs sSs LEGISLATURE vssd 10 msst u b
nov boarding. house Nothing nov rsmsns q
CaxwcIrS town rvsidroev On he Nsusa. ssespt .
maple tree. which begins to show signs Of .tsesy.
From Kinxsoa I came to Voltsbosoukh, thence 70
Rocky Mount, shsncv 10 Tawbesoash the torn
wbsrv the convention Of 1uakps rxs met IN lss1 10
form Gvsni Lodge From some insesasi;sa Oh
tanned at Marlborough. end The eoavsntioa 80
called to meet al Fayetteville BY Union Lodge 81 an
earlier period bot q majority Of ell tho Lodges IN
the Stale were not represented The coovensica I'D.
iourntd to meet 81 TawbofouSh. AZ this place
obtained invaluable documcais iron my aasiqasrsan
friend the Hon. H. 7. Clark.
Marlborough b one Of the most beautiful sovns
have ever seen; there Is . mosy ss@sssi display Of
taste and architectural beauty than in any teun IN
North Carolina In front of the Court House
monument Il erected to tho memory Of Col Louis
D. Wilson, who died in Mexico but whose remains
arc intcrrri in Edsccombc. county 10 which he
gave, a. his monument declares. The bulk Of bis
estate len Marlborough sooner than designed.
and len Il with rrSryt
From Marlborough came 10 winases. Berthe
county.
From Rocky Mount via Ta~boroash 10 winsises.
the Rad should have bcyn familiar to me. yet sueh
arc the improvements In farming and buildings u
was not u tooAcu a. W u Ncrv tfaNettn& w
strange land Seventeen years ago started ous tn
to the world Schoolnsstcr. and Psovidepcc cast
my lot near Windsor. In Berthe. As I neasvd The
Oak Grove AcadSm,. and bvhsid the buildinx
through the branches Of the trees, and thoaght Of
the fi,y smiling faces and happy hearts, vas &C.
crstc,ncd daily 10 meet, wss scss,bly reminded Of
the sentiment,
TIE ,vssr.<sios Of yes.s .s sssa-
I dismountsi and looked through the window into
the school-soom. where fps tvo years my voscv had
been Law. Hut the Children we're not thssv; they
had grown up TO be men and women. Semv are
rejecting honor on the history q other States
whilst some have passed away
To The land of ID, lcar--
leaving children who in many respects wminded nc
Of their svntlc and loving mothers. I spent near
week amongst my old scholars sni fFiess. snd Il X
set down as ono Of the happy weeks ef NY life.
Whilst in the county VISITED The Oaks. so long
the hc'uc AMI now tho grave Of William W. Cherry.
man whom ] loved al hrst sight. and whose mem.
ory now rvvCrc. I san HE portrait in the parios
Of my friend Joseph IL Cherry, ESQ, uho nov re.
sides at tho Oaks.
In company with nv friend r. n. winxsea, Eco
I spent day at the Fisheries. Rsmerabsrin< shat
Porte Crsyou had sail sbeu, the illfaservd sPses
mems Of female beauty TO be found there. 20 werv
fortunate in having for our companseus two 81
NoE,h.Caroliuas farv<t daughters vho sslsa much
TO the pleasures and epjeymvnts os the day. and
have no doubt enabled the svutlsmsn mosv sscvvss
fully TO preserve their c,,aniuity of temper. freer
some misunderstanding re we're eonpelled 10 fe~
the boat t~o % three miles down Cschoe CrvSk
then some half mile OF mile down The Cashie river
lie never hal handled an car; had not in "a years
\ The crCvk was crooked and had fosks sni rrpa-,
either onc Of which might have carried tss TO Cam
bu>kcnncth. for what Know. Coats OF and at ]
was the w"g,i \ few strokes. and The nsxt niaat
the loat was floating stern fosvupst. amidst shout
u laughter and song. ESpsfisnev Is great teseh
CT; We learned TO row tesvthSr. and soaa TsrrapiI
Point hove in sight There &c saw the h.hsrus'
make four hauls. AVERAGING about loo herrin<s g,
shad and one sturgeon. After . h.h frr. ve vet
carried in boat four miles To Capshssrss ON
OF the largest fisheries on the Sound; but the h<s
ring were rcrvrr>c and VIC did not srr the q,ssuti,
landed that VIC expected or de>ifvd We ks Caps
hearts, and after sail Of some seven miles rcsshs
our carriage. and by or O'Clock reached hons
trcd but happy iroa, the cxhilaratnx scenes of III
day. lcA Berthe with NSrvt Friend W. scepss
panied me to Tcrrapin Point, whsrs &c parted
hope to meet soou.
The Court House at Windsor vas huils under III
Colonial government and has been bot lilte slssrve
portion Of the iloor l. ssill of brick. Two Of th
streets arc still named King and Queen streets
From Windsor came TO Tsnspin Point down ID
Cashic On the steamer Alice; amer which. us uvr
up the Roanoke 10 Plymouth. where I found th
Curlvw bound for Eirn,on. and as cannot leav
here Tor three days, will eiosc; promising 10 sri,
something from this cd colonial town IL