Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-07-05
STATE NEWS.

i Our DEAD.-On the 18th party was held al
the Masonic Hall in Hillsboro' for the benefit Of
the Stonewall Cemetery Association of Winches
ter, Virginia. Notwithstanding the inclemency
of the weather, the attendance was large and the
success very gratifying. Colonel Davidson OF
Charlotte delivered lecture the objects of the
Association, closing with beautiful eulogium on
! the ladies of Winchester. whose constancy and
tleyotion to Southern soldiers remained unshake
through the terrible gicssitudes and ordeals OF
seyentysix invasions by the armies of the two sec
tons during the long struggle Could those
blessed daughters of love and mercy have heard
the loud and hearty cheers that rung through that
/ old building, to the Ladies OF Winchester, "
they wonld have known and felt how Southern
love remembers. The great good mature and gen
tlemanly decorum of the Agent of the Freedmen s
Bureau, was generally remarked. He manifested
genial, friendly interest, and won the sincere
respect of all who observed him.
Ga,: tFN r. TVcdci,no,.
BISHOP PAISE.-Passing through Person county
recently, visited the birth place of the beloved
and honored Bishop Paine Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South. 1t is plain, neat cOun-
try residence, about fifteen miles from Hillsboro
In front of the house stands the largest tree [
ever 1t is gigantic white oak notable in
the section as the tree around which the British
stacked their muskets in the Revolution, and be-
meath which the courts were held for season
after the end of the War-sO much larger than the
trees around it, it reminded me of the good
Bishop, whose early childhood sheltered by
its genial foliage, while the luxuriant orchard
around it suggested the fertile usefulness of him
who for scores of years has been nursing immortal
plants in the garden of the Lord
| In an almost impenetrable copse of the plum
and CEDAR south of the main building, found
tomb Enclosed with a wall and covered with n
broad slab Of marble, bearing the name of lady
who died in 1921, aged 2T, the wife of Hon. r.
M. Saunders. The inscription seemed singulary
appropriate in that dark shade as the evening
shadows slowly darkened the lingering light Of
day. The inscription was, ..-
Though lost to sight, to memory deer
From information received, Judge she was
sister OF Bishop Paine. The locality is still known
as g Paine's Tavern" or 'Pane's Ordinary it
having been for many years resting place for the
weary traveller. Cor. N \. WodcAmaa.
The BUREAU.-Extensive observation in differ
emit parts of the State ustifes the assertion that
the Freedmen doing well almost everywhere
except where demoralized by the influence of in
discreet and incompetent agents of the Bureau
Facts and figures would prove that the good con-
duct of the Freedmen is directly the square Of
the distance from the office of the Freedmen's
agent. wherever said agent is radical in his no
tions.-|0y. Neac York Watchm0n. s.. ".".
MORE COTTON BLOSSOMS M j. Edwards,
Speight,s Bridge, Green county, has sent to
MITCHELL Allen IL Co., O cotton blossom taken
from plant 81 inches high. It was plucked on
the 9th June, and is claimed as the first of the
season. Mr.. Edwards is behind the times with
his blossom, though his stalk is the highest yet
heard of in this neig hborhood. Mr. E. says he
has plenty of stalks 80 to 35 inches high, and
wants to know if the Craven or Pitt farmers can
beat him ?-New. C0nsmercioL