Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-01-03

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many who had been indulging in "nog,
and they seemed to be in good humor ant
"spirlts. Our city was crowded with ne
groes, who congregated in groups talking
| and laughing-but we missed the violir
and the banjo, and the usual hilarity will
which Christmas was wont to be spent by
them in the good old days of slavery, whe1
they would come to the city with every
thing,they wanted, caring nothing for wha
the morrow would bring forth. Alas
alas a change has come over the spirit oi
their dreams, and no doubt many of them
felt the cravings of hunger as they walked
listlessly about. What thoughts will crowd
upon the memory of the Southern people,
when comparing the present condition OF
the negro with that of the past. With
some one to care for him then, he could
enjoy his Christmas, knowing that he had Il
kind and humane one to protect and care
for him the coming year. But all is over.
He must look out for himself, and if the
little amount of money he had about him
was spent in enjoying the day, where would
more come from to buy the necessaries of
life 'Tis picture that would make the
friend of the negro pause and think, for he
is certainly going down, down.
Charlotte Bulletin, 9th.
CHRISTMAS. day passed off pleas
antly, and the fine weather brought out
throngs of persons into the streets, on
enjoyment bent. The young people, es-
pecially, seemed to have merry time of
it, and, notwithstanding the hardness of
the times, Santa Claus, Judging by what
we saw, was as liberal as usual in his
largess.
The D. Q. Is. were out ir the morning,
presenting a grotesque and ludicrous ap-
pearance, and attracted a large crowd of
juvenile followers.
Services were held, in the morning, at
Christ Church EpiscopaD, and an inter
Mason. In accordance with the appropri-
ate custom which prevails in the Church
of England, the church was handsomely
and tastefully decorated with evergreens.
The music on the occasion was excellent
particularly the chanting of the beautiful
hymn, "Hark the herald angels sing.p'
Raleigh Sentinel, 27tb.
RALEIGH THEsPIAN ASSOCIATION. N.-This
corps gave their third representation, at
Tucker Hall, last evening, to a good audi
ence. The beautiful drama of "Grand-
father Whitehead" and the laughable farce
of ''That Blessed Baby" were produced
with great success. All of the members of
the Association acquitted themselves hand
somely, displaying the same capital appre-
citation of character which we have hereto
fore noticed. It is seldom, indeed that
renditions of so much excellence, amateur
or professional, have been witnessed in this
city.
It is the purpose of the Thespians, we
learn, to give series of entertainments,
next week. embodying change and variety.
We trust they may be the means of raising
a charitable fund, which will be of great
benefit to the suffering poor Of Raleigh.
Raleigh Sentinel, 27h.
During our recent trip into Virginia we
were pleased to see that much wheat had
been sowed along the line of railroad, ex-
tending, we suppose, in the country gen.
orally. A great deal of plowing for other
crops had also been done, and the farms
appeared in fine condition for this season
of the year. We observed that great at
tention had been paid to ditching of bot
toms and arranging hill-sides to prevent
A custom prevails there of run
ming numerous "water farrows" in the
wheat fields to drain the land in wet
Statesville american.
DEATH OF OLD CITIZENS. Ns.-We learn that
two of the Oldest citizens of Wake, resi-
dents of the northern part If the county,
died a few days since-Turner Pullen and
Nathaniel Dunn. Mr. Pullen had reached
the age of 9S. Mr. Pullen was once Sheriff
of the county, and we believe had served
in the Legislature. Raleigh Standa'd
THE NETHERCUTT MURDER. learn
from Sheriff Colgrove, of Jones county,
that Mrs Nethercutt identifies the clothing
found upon the robber GARNER, who was
shot by Mr.. Bratcher at Bachelors Greek,
as that of her husbands 1t would seem
from this that GARNER, atlas Aigle, was one
of the gang who murdered Col. Neither
cutt. The negro Patrick Artis, who is in
Jail upon his own confession Of being i'm
plicated in the Nethercutt murder, refuses
to give further names of his accOmplices
He admits that the men recently arrested
in New Bernc upon his evidence, and who
were subsequently, released, had nothing
to do with the murder. His stories are
very conflicting. New Berne -Repu6.
M1sCEGENATIoN.-AtG Greensboro, N. c.,
a party of negro emigrants entered the
cars. In the party were two very pretty
white girls. Investigation resulted in
learning that they were the daughters of
an English gold miner in Guilford county,
N. c., and had voluntarily left their home
as the mistresses of two coal black negroes.
They are destined to Vincennes, Ind, and
Xenia, Ohio. Much indignation was man
ifested by the white passengers, and threats
of lynching the negroes were INDUCED in,
but not carried out.-Correspondence n.
Y. Herald.
TOURNAMENT AND BALL AT Snow HILL
A Tournament and Coronation Ball came
off on the oath inst, at Snow Hill, Greene
county, and we learn that its success was
all that the projectors of the festival anti
cipated. Some twentyseven knights en-
tered the ring and gave the usual tilting.-
Several Sir Knights received prizes, and
Miss Fanny Mahoney was crowned "Queer
of Love and Beauty"
DIR. J. W. Jones delivered the address te
the knights. The DR.. gave brief historic
review of Knight-errrantry. and closed by
drawing parallel between the duties o
the old and modern chivalry. In alluding