Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-09-24

trial of horses which are desired to be en-
tered at the Fair.
The Premium List, which is full, and In
consideration of the fact that it is the first,
: is very liberal, has been published and is
being very generally circulated. We hope
those interested in the success of the AS
ISOLATION will give it as extended clrcu-
lation as possible.
We know the liberality with which a
portion of our citizens have met this en-
Iterprise and the care and zeal which the
lExecutiye Committee of the Association
have bestowed upon their labor, and we
feel warranted in saying that all will be
dome possible to make the grounds and
buildings acceptable and suited to the pur-
poses of tho Association. OF course much
will be required to make them all that is
desired and intended, but their improve
ment will be the aim of the officers OF the
Association and tho work of time. We ale
sure it will in short time be in overy way
worthy of the great objects of the Aesocia-
ton and an ornament to the liberality of
Wilmington.
In the meantime let us all. Farmers,
Mechanics, Merchants, Editors, Profession
al men, and citizens generally, take pride
in arou sing proper feeling among all
classes of our people, and endeavor to
make the First Annual Fair of the Cape
Fear Agricultural Association in all res
poets worthy of the Association and of the
State.
| A RemIniseenee Of Approximation
John II. Cooke.
We publish tho following interesting
communication as tribute to history, and
as part of the record of one who, though
not a North Carolinian by birth or adop-
ton, vet carries with him the love, the re-
spect and the gratitude of her citizens,
and has honorably identified himself with
the history of the State as commander of
one of it's most gallant brigades in the late
war.
The subject Of this notice is the son of
Brigadier General P. st. GEORGE Cooke Of
the United States army, a native of Vir
einia. General JOHN r. COOKE was born
III uIiSSOuI13 VI kOtdtC5 "O Luluhb LILO
mother is also a native He is now about
thirty four gears old Born and raised in
a garrison it Was not singular that be should
have soug hit soldiers fortune. At an ear
~ age, 6y his ODn efforts, he obtained
commission of Second Lieutenant in an
infantry regiment of the regular army,
and served with much credit with it in
Texas until the beginning of hostilities in
| 1861. He at once resigned his commits
sion and gave his services to the Confed
crate cause. Very soon he was put 10
charge of Light Battery of Artillery, in
command of which he remained, with the
rank of Major, until May 1862, when serv
ing in North Carolina, The generous, I'M
selfish, but inexperienced officers of the
9th North Carolina Infantry, at their re-
organization sought from their command
| ing General the selection for them of a
Colonel COOKE was recommended, and
although stranger to every man In the
regiment, was chosen its Colonel His
| subsequent career proved the wisdom of
the selection. In June, 1862, with his
regiment, he was ordered to the Army Of
Northern Virginia, and at Sharpsburg won
his promotion, receiving from General
LoNGsTREEr, in his official report, the most
complimentary notice. At Marye's Hill,
in front of Fredericksburg, he was dan
gerously wounded, almost at the same in
slant that the lamented COBB received his
death wound. He was again severely
wounded at Bristoe Station, and was hard
~ we'll when the Army of Northern Vir-
ginia surrendered.
Our space does not permit us to detail
the course of General CooKE's service. He
was with the Army of Northern Virginia
from just before the seven days battles
around Richmond, until its ever memora-
BILE dissolution at Appomattox Court House.
With every earthly possession gone, except
his two horses and his honored sword, he
separated from his comrades in arms to
seek his young wife and child. They went
to their former homes, he to make home,
viii CHI he wished to find among his friends
in North Carolina. Fortune declared ad-
versely to this desire, but he met adversely
with the same courage and patience he
had exhibited on the field and in camp,
and bore misfortune with equal forlitude
and hopefulness.
We shall leave to the truthful historian
the duty of doing Justice to this chivalric
gentleman, accomplished soldier and de-
voted patriot When North Carolina's
soldiers of the Confederacy shall find
record for their doeds of heroism and de-
votion to country and principle, tho name
of JOHN r.. Cooke shall claim and find
place among the noblest. Our State will
point to him, her adopted son of the bat
field, as proudly as to those nnrtured
upon her own breast.
The letter is as follows
COOKIES BRIGADE,
Camp near Appomattox Court House, Va.
GENERAL The fortune of war having rem
dered our separation inevitable to- some time,
We, the officers of your Brigade. desire in this
and infY1 hn,r 70 TO