Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-11-08

the same horse was hired by the same per
son but was not returned according to prom
Use. On Saturday. Mr.. Wigle, attached tt
Captain Ms stable, while on hunt for TIT
horse, came upon him in a yard near Tren
ton, where dozen or more men we're con
gregated. He did not think it prudent t.
| claim the horse, and returned home with
the intelligence Yesterday Captain nj. an6
Mr.. Wigle came upon the parties at the de
signated place, but instead of getting the
horse they nearly lost two others in theil
efforts to save their own lives. The gang
alluded to, pursued them nearly ten miles,
but did not overtake them. Captain Now.
ers saved himself but lost his horse and in.
| jured a couple more.
In consequence of this outrage, and OF
| an application of Mr. 0. s. Colgrove,
| Whose cotton gin was recently burned, six
| men and sergeant of the q. S. regulars
stationed in this city, leave this morning
to be stationed on Mr.. Colgrove's planta-
| ton till he gathers in his cotton crop-Mr.
Q. furnishing the soldiers rations.
In this connection we may mention that
Captain Stubbs has made requisition for
forty horses and equipments to mount a
portion OF the troops here for patrol duty
The horses are daily expected. We trust
the troops may succeed in capturing the
Ne,cbe1n Commercial.
SOLDIERS GRAVES. The Winston Sentinel
expresses its qualification at the care and
neatness with which the graves of our sol
diers, who are buried at that place, are pre-
served. 1t says, speaking of visit to the
Cemetery, that neat white palings enclose
the space of ground allotted for their burial
place, and each grave is carefully boxed
around, and furnished with head board legi-
bly, marked with the name, company, regi-
ment, and State to which they belonged,
and the date of their death and there,
too, were fresh flowers spread upon them,
the votive offerings of kind friends to the
loved and lost.
CoTToN.-Carteret county will send to
market this year, says the Newbern COM
naerci0I, at least 1000 bales of cotton, whilst
heretofore she has sent almost none.
CHARLOTTE, Charlotte is growing. The
Times says that there is an hundred appli-
cants for houses in that place, and that the
supply is far short of the demand
The LATE LIEUT., EDWARD S. SMEDEs.-
The remains of this brave young officer,
who was killed at Spottsylvania G. H., on
the 18th day of May, 1864, while acting as
of the 5th n. G. Troops, [Col
Garrett, were received in this City on Fri
day afternoon last.
On yesterday afternoon the funeral obse-
quies took place, and there was a very
large and general turnout of our citizens,
of both sexes, to do honor to the memory
of the noble and lamented youth. The |
time for eulogy has perhaps passed. More
than two years since he laid down his life
for the cause to which he was ardently de-
voted, but it may not be amiss to say, even
now, after such lapse of time, that there
were few young men in the Army of North |
ern Virginia of finer qualities of head and |
heart than Edward S. Smedes. Of singular
candor and gentleness of nature, of unwav- |
ering and conscientious allegiance to duty, |
of winning and attractive manners and of |
gallantry, he was decidedly an
favorite with his regiment
The funeral cortege, as it moved from |
ST. Mary's school, (the residence of his
father, presented a strikingly impressive |
appearance. The hearse containing the !
remains was preceded by quite a large body |
of eX-Confederate soldiers, some of them |
his former immediate comrades, and fol- |
lowing it were perhaps hundred or more
young ladies of the school and the city,
each bearing chaplet with which to crown
the young soldiers sepulture. Arrived at
the Episcopal church, which was filed to
its utmost capacity, the solemn burial SER
vice was read by the Rev Dr. Mason, when
the procession, increased by the accession
Of hundreds of citizens, moved in the same
order to the City Cemetery, where the final
rites were performed. After closing the
grave, it was literally covered with flowers
by fair hands, as was that of q younger and
equally gallant brother, Ives Smedes, slain
at Charlottesville, by whose side he rests.
The whole scene was beautiful and touch
ing.
On the afternoon of the 18th of May,
1864, the writer of this assisted in commit
ting all that was mortal of Edward Smedes
to rude soldiers grave on the field where
he fell His then sole requiem was the
roar of musketry along the still contending
lines. Yesterday, how different The
peaceful Sabbath-the ritual of the Church |
he loved-the solemn swell of the organ
the grateful offices of friends and the |
presence of family-the floral
and the dear soil of home!
Raj. Sentinel.
COTTON PICKING ON THE ROANOKE
The cotton pickers of Halifax county, |
have been busily at work. We have re- |
Gently seen statements of cotton picking
elsewhere, and now give statistics before
us of work recently performed in Halifax.
On one plantation fifty hands averaged
295 pounds q day-aggregating 14,75O
pounds. On another plantation, thirty
seven hands averaged 2S8 pounds, making
a total of 10, $50 pounds Still on another
fifty hands averaged 294 pounds, aggrega-
ting 14,7OO pounds. Betty Smith bore off
the palm, having picked in a day 757
pounds. Maria Smith picked 626 pounds,
and Henry Smith picked $40 pounds
Hurra for Halifax. Fifteen negroes picked
OH an average of $50 pounds each, they
being picked hands, or experts.
THE UNIvERsITY.-In compliance with
resolution passed at the meeting of the
Trustees of the University, in June last,
the committee appointed to investigate the
affairs of that institution has just closed
their investigations, after several days ses-
sion, at Chapel Hill. The committee will
make their report at the annual meeting in
December, in this city. The committe was
composed of Hon, W. A. Graham, Chair
man, Judge Battle, VIM. Eaton, ir., Col.
ID. d. Ferebee and Hon. S. I. Phillips.
MILITARY CoNN-TSSTOS 1T will l,a ramon,