Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-05-29
D,.,,tc, of North Carolina starving

I # our Executive Committee act.
; District of North Carolina starving.
Mrs Moore a Boston lady OF much lntelllgence
IA hmm ,uity who has spent the winter III tha'
part of North Carolina iying between Dt autolS =.
4 rchead itv and Washington, makes an earnest
-..rraI for f.od 20 be cent to the poor people OF
= discreet who are literally, she says, starving
death, and multltudes OF Whonl must ule " -
rper before harvest unless they ca1 have rellt1
81. brings a moving letter from Captain Trans
u Wit. well known and highly respectaoIe, GU
lsu Of Massachusetts,, who has lunloeI esq
r-st near More'c cad Ilty, Which we puollsh IN
d.. bone that the humanity # our citZens may be
a.. we'd TO send three or four hundred bushels OF
Ii al once 10 their 7. mel
CAPTAIN DE Wits LETTER.
WHITE OAK DISTRICT,
CARTFREr COUNTY, n, G May 10, 1865
To oar .ttIO'o citiztnS, N0'fh
=. make tins al tOr help 1or the lalniehlne
-ror tits district aud the adjoining counties OF
nd Ouslyw There are many families IL
the region named, white and black, actually and
sl-O utely destitute of food, and VINO 90 not TO-
n ~ k,ow from whence they shall obtain their
~. II meal EODle sre dependent on their daily
I4yor for the support of themselves and families,
b. the difficulty OF procuring employ ment renders
tlrir eus ri. teGce very Pre- csrl"us. These need
C.-asional aid Others are striving 10 raise corn
and other products for thei. famlAes, ana IN many
il rauces must have help soon, or they Will nave
= abandon their crops II they can nave nelp ior
:; f,.w weeks thev can then support themselves.
Bread! Br, ad is the present distressing cry OF
,n.p women and c. idren Frequently they labor
al day without morsel OF 1ooa. one man f soIu
,rfIdren-had tasted food bat once III four days,
and he had been forced by distress aud munger TO
a.g u tue potato, he had planted II Is ire
ruanty the Case that families are Withoat lOou lor
l $50 or three days, OF have but very Shall sup
:: Corn. prorerlv and judiciously distributed to
those deserving ala, would lie all that Is required
f. helm many fal lies to II comparatively cOmfor-
Idle coudition. starvation is staring many in
tine face Can they have help? II so, 1t should
rendered speedilc. ] will take the trouble TO
distribute it if sent at Morehead City, n. o.
Very respectfully, + DE VIII
Messrs Murray, Ferris < Co., OF ~ south streets
; " York, are satisfied of the truth OF these rep
I sent ations and Il ~ co to receive any cOntr1bu-
tluns ii at NAV be offered, and will deliver every
/ 2. = to Captain De WitIs order at Ae"bern, n.
I by their line of steamers, free OF charge. ANY
money received they WILL invest III coEh alu oeH''
/, rec of charge.
We clip the above from the New York
i Ereninq Post, with some surprise that the
information of so much suffering in dis
trict so near at hand, and almost within
! sound of the bells of the city of Newhern
/ should come to us first in a New York
paper. We would be almost induced to
. doubt the statements OF the letter did they
not bear the undoubted endorsement of SO
rospectable firm as NItssrs. Murray, Fer
I rs & Co.
The country embraced in the appeal
contains some as fine lands as there is in the
safe, with large negro population. The
section of country lying between Newbern,
Norehead City and Washington, is one of
the most fertile in the State. and
~ l.; So 10
become the richest agricultural portion
Of North Carolina. Since the war the in
abitants made most earnest effort to
carve out Il new county and presented
claims based upon population. fertility of
soil and extent of territory, which proved
efficient to convince the House, and was
defeated in the Senate only by the person
al influence and popularity Of the distin-
ruished presiding officer of that body, the
senator from Craven. We do not hnow so
much about the neighboring districts in
Carteret, Jones and Onslow, but presume
that the whole is fine farming country.
This section has, however, during the
past year or two, been the scene Of many
anu SIuSA ONtAS'SoSS ny LuC AOC0'
Murders, arsors, robberies and Iarcenies
have rendered both life and property IN
ale, and neither civil or military anthori-
" seems able to check crime, and in but
very few instances, to arrest the guilty par
ties. The want under which these people
are now suffering is, We suppose, the re-
suit of this lawlessness, as well as the indo-
lence of the laborers.
But we should now rather deal with the
-esults than with the causes. And since
here is suffering among any class of oul
citizens, we are glad to learn from friend
who has before placed US under obliga
tons, that the appeal which we publish is
being responded to in a very substantial
N amer. both in money and provisions.
The offering is being made in style at
unobtrusive as has been the appeal The
firm which has taken the trouble to pre-
sent and urge the necessities of these PEG
pie upon the charities of the North, deserve
the thanks of our people. We trust their
exertions will continue to meet with sue.
cess until the urgent needs of the suffering
section shall have been provided for.