Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-05-17
STATE NEWS.

! In reply to the numerous letters submitting
applications making suggestions relative to tht
Peabody Educational Fund, beg leave IN thi:
1st, That by resolution of the Board of Trus
tees the fund will be devoted TOR the next two
wears to primary or rudimental education among
the necessitous in the Southern States: within
which time the accruing income and forty per cent
Of the principal of the fund may be GO applied.
| 2nd That the Rev. B. Sears, D. D., Providence
Rhode Island, is the agent Of the Board, with
whom correspondence may be held, as to the most
eligible means of eifacting the benedcent object
in view and that as early his prior engagements
may allow Doctor Sears will visit the States of toe
South to acquire information, and commence the
work committed to his charge"
Hillsboro, May 7, 1867.
DEsT1UTIoN IN THE STATE.--The Hon. d
NJ. Barringer, Chairman of the Relief Com
missioners appointed by Gov. Worth, in
acknowledgement of aid received from the
city of Baltimore, states that, although he
was well acquainted with every county and
town in the State, he had no correct idea,
until personally engaged in this good work,
of the distressing extent Of restitution III
many parts OF the States. Details would
be narrowing. All the charity SO n0bly
given by those who are able, abroad and
at home, with al the assistance from the
proceeds of the Congressional fund for
| those in absolute need OF food, to prevent
/
| through the agency Of the 'Freedmen's Blu
reau,' cannot but partially supply the Ut
gent necessities of the destitute and Will
only furnish a temporary relief. The rava-
| ges of war, the want of rain and the paraly-
| ling uncertainty Of our situation SO long
| and so fatally continued, have left desolate
many a fair field and brought misery and
abject perjury to many q once bountltul
and happy home. But, with the blessing
of God, QUE own industry and the noble
spirit of our people, we hope to prosper
again beyond the want OF charity from
friends, except in generous sympathy and
cordial good will.
WILLIAMSON AND TAIBoRo' RAILROAD
The persevering efforts OF the friends OF
his Improvement have been so far success
full as to have accomplished a sufficient
subscription to thecapital stock to authorize
the organization Of the company.
An adjourned meeting OF the subscribers
was held in Martin county on the 9th III
timO. Joseph ID. Biggs, Esq, Was chair
man and ". A. Weathersbee Secretary.
A statement was made by u. W. Bagly
of the number OF shares of stock subscribed
and the amount paid in. The meeting
was addressed by the Hon. j. Il. Stubbs,
Col. S. w Watts and j. Edwin Moore, If
ter which the books were opened ard fur
ther subscriptions solicited. It was sub
seQuently reported that the number of
shares taken and the amount paid in were
sufficient to authorize the organization OF
the company In accordance with this,
resolution was unanimously adopted re-
questing the stockholders to meet at the
Courthouse in Williamson on the 25th
instant, to organize the company under the
charter for the construction Of q Railroad
tr,, o1I,I an bof To tn
ton on the Roanoke. Thus, this work may
he regarded as having been placed in posi-
ton to becOnsummated ct some day which
we trust is not far distant
HOME MANUFACTURERS see album
dant evidence OF the growth OF manufac
turing interests in the South, and it is a
matter for cOngratulation that North Caro-
lima promises not to lag i'll the race for SUI
periority in that respect It may be that
some years will elapse before such agencies
of wealth, on an extensive scale, can be
placed in successful operation in our midst;
but o beginning has to be made, and it is
gratifying to find individuals among us dis
posed to inauGurate enterprises of the ma
ture referred to. Raleigh may justly lay
claim to the possession of mechanics who
are, in their respective departments, equal
to the masters o. any other portion of this
country. 1t is only requisite for capitalists
to show readinE SIS to aid capacity and skill,
and our people to display willingness to
sustain home manufactures, to ensure the
growth Of our towns and cities, and the
commercial, educational, monied and NOR
al greatness Of the State
At our very doors we have enough to in
deX the future, If liberality and energy
abound. Messrs Williamson & Co., are
successfully conducting their plow manu-
factory and agricultural ware-h house and
if not defeated by the suicidal policy Of our
own people, Mr.. Charles Cook & Bro. will,
at an early day, manage one of the largest
saddle and harness manufactures in the
South. They have mechanical skill and eX-
perience sufficient for the undertaking, as
any one will be convinced who has local
pride adequate to the task of inspecting
the harness and other work made up at their
establishment on Hargett street.
But this is only us the drop in the ocean
a grain of sand on the seashOre-tO what
may be accomplished if we will be more
practical than heretofore and profit by the
sad lessons of past life. A thousand and
one new fields Of industry will be opened
old ones will be extended and become more
profitable, and we shall know prosperity
heretofore unimagined, If we only work
with q will. Let us, then, leave impracti-
CGi, uLpIOuCaDic concerns 10 OLnoES, DIG
for ourselves choose the royal road to
wealth and independence.
Raleigh Progress.
FIELD FOR ENTERPRISE. Allow me through
your valuable paper as a public journal, to
call the attention Of capitalists, colonial
tiOnists, emigrantS, &C., to the fact that in
the vicinity Of the Roanoke river in North
Carolina there are from 200, 600 to 100000
acres of the best land lying idle for want Of
laboreTs, most Of which can be purchased
at nominal price, and that tirst-class farms
are for sale. The original owners OF large
landed estates invite buyers to call and ex-
anime their lands. capable Of producing a
bale OF cotton to the acre. Without labor
ers, those fertile lands must become viii
derness. The Roanoke river is a great
highway, aflording easy communication
with Norfolk. Contrast the present with
the future, when those rich lands shall
again send forth their annual fruits to your
city, and she in return sends up her farm
ing implements, merchandise, &c, by thou
sands and tens of thousands Here truly
is a field for enterprise.
Corr Norfolk ,J0ug0M