Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-11-01

improvements nave ulaQe IQe IOAAOhAnS oP-
pointments, VIZ
WILMINGTON AND WELDON RAILROAD
John John N 70 fleet E %S eco Directors
Edw'd Kidder, New Hanover,
4. A. Mckay, Sampson, State PROXY.
CAPE FEAR AND DEEP RIVER NAV. co.
IA. London, Chatham, Managers of the
7 \ CIacc 6 Cape Fear and
" r. cox Wake, Deep River Navi-
s. Mcneil, Harnett CATION Co.
Dr. B. F. Arlington, State Proxy in the
Wilmington and Manchester Railroad.
ALBEMARLE AND CHESAPEAKE CANAL
CoMPANY.-The annual meeting of the
Stockholders of this Company was held last
evening at their Office in this city.
His Exeellency, Jonathan Worth, Cover
nor of North Carolina was present, and a
large number of the principal Stockholders.
The following officers were unanimously
elected for the ensuing year:
President Marshall Parks.
Directors-M. COPYRIGHT Pa; J. NJ.
Richmond. n. IA j. White, n. Y; ThoS.
V. Webb. Va; L. FL. Chandler, Va; b. T.
Simmons. n. c.: L. Thompson, \. c.; L.
]. Jarvis. n c.; D. ID. Ferrebee, \. G.
Norfolk II1yinian
ROANOKE LANDS.-There are upon the
banks of the Roanoke River as fine farm
ing lands as can be found any where-those
of the Mississippi bottoms not accepted
While great portion of it is not at all sub
iect to overfiOws, unfortunately there Is
much that is A.; yet, there is no doubt, it
could be reclaimed, by the means of levys
ut as small an outlay as were many acres
that were once covered by the freshet5 of
the Mississippi. These lands having for
centuries been subject TO periodic inunda-
tions, the consequence is that by the de-
Of no e ia fhp
has become very deep and the strength of
it is Therefore inexhaustble. Why people
Will therefore move 10 distant places to
seek lands upon which to farm when these
acres of the richest, which with little out
lay, could be placed in state of cultiva
ton Is more than we can sec. We hope
public attention will ere long be directed
10 this fact and the habit of emigrating i'll
order to obtain rich lands will cease.
williamson EcpOSHOr.
Gov. MoEEHEAD.-A meeting of the
members of the bar, in attendance on Gull
ford Superior Court, was held in Green's
boro', on Tuesday, for the purpose OF pass
ing resolutions of respect to the memory
of the late Jno. NJ. Morehead. Ralph Cor
rell, Esq, presided. Hons. John Kerr,
Thos Settle and J. II. Mclean, and Messrs.
r. + Dick and Thos. Ruffin addressed the
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tinGGished deceased.
THE CAPTroL-The Halls in the Capitol
are being put in thorough order for the
meeting OF the Legislature. What be-
tween the hanging of handsome gas fix
lures, new carpets, re-burnished desks, and
renovation generally, they present an APP
pearance every way creditable to the State.
All the work las been carried on under the
general supervision of Mr.. Secretary Best,
and reflects credit upon his taste
Gov WORTH.-His Excellency, Gov
Worth, arrived in this city last evening
from his visit of inspection to the Abe
marie and Chesapeake canal.
Raj Sentinel, 27H inst.
MAsr-The Salem Press says that the
white oak mast has never been more album
liant, within the recollection of the oldest
men, than it now is A great help in time
OF need, the corn crop being short.
CLEAvELAND ARGUs-G. w Whitfield,
ESQ, Editor of the Cleaveland argus, hav-
ing been elected to the Legislature. has
withdrawn from the editorial control of
that paper. He promises to leave it in able
and efficient hands.
NORTH CAROLINA DEAD AT MANASSAS
1t. Col. Fulton, Sgt. 3. B. Copeland, Co.
d, DIST Lit. ID. z. Jackson, A. r. Rutnor,
Go. X ; \. D. Shores, LIST Bait; S. A.
Blackburn, Dist; forty-two graves with no
VIM. n. - Whitlock, W. G. P, H. g.,
I J. Jones, died Sept. 10th, 1861; thir-
teen nameless graves.
CHRISTIAN WULFF.-In the Cemetery in
Beaufort, on marble tablet, one an anti
Iue looking head piece of grey, moss Gov
cred stone, surmounted by marble cross,
IS the following inscription
TO the blessed memory of CHRISTIAN WULFF,
Captain in the Royal Danish navy. Born in
Copenhagen, in Denmark, July 81, 1910; died in
Beaufort June 7, 1856"
''He is not here but risen
The deceased is represented to have been
Il pious member of the Lutheran Church,
a good officer, and a noble hearted man.
He arrived at this port, accompanied by
his sister, Henrietta Wulff, in an English
barque, in June 1856, intending to travel
through the United States. Being i'll, he
took lodgings in Beaufort, at Mr.. Kings
Hotel, where he received kind attention
and medical aid. But he hourly grew worse
until the appearance of black r0nlu III pro-
fusion, disclosed a frightful case of yellow
fever which soon terminated in DEATH
He was buried near the Methodist Church
where he still repOses.
The Olnely broken-hearted sister returned
to her home IN Copenhagen, and sent out
the monument for the tomb. As time
relied on, her sorrowing spirit yearned for
the spot where her brother slept and in
1873, she piously resolved to make Pill
Erimage to his tomb She was a good
scholar, and wrote English well. In a let
Ter dated June 1858, to lady in Beaufort,
She said : - need not tell you how often
my thoughts are wandering to that far dis
tant place where my dearly beloved brother
reposes in God, under the shadow of that
weeping willow you planted at his head,
and the rose bush at his feet
In August of that year. at Hamburg. she
embarked Oh the Inflated steamer austria,
for America. The steamer had four or five
hundred passengers on board, and when
tar out at sea took fire and was burnt to the
waters edge The details of that disaster
form one OF the most awful chapters in the
history of the sea. While the flames were
spreading Miss Wultf, and Il lady who WAS
travelling with her. seeing they must make
choice between a horrible death by smoke
and fire and a less painful one by drowning,
chose the later. and, embracing each other,
they leaped into the sea together and were
seen no more.
BEAUFoRT, Oct 25th, 1866.