Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-12-05
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With aia~ BACK COuntrs-.The Wac
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Troubles About Taxes. &C.. Ac..
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Troubles About Taxes. &C.. &c,
BEA'FoEr, n. c., Nov. Doth, 1873
DEAR JOURNAL The visitor WHOM
business calls to this burgh i'll tn
winter, having previously partaken 0
the amusements and festivitie. afford
cd so freely during the summer month";
to the p!eaaure-bent citizen, can wei
appreciate The feeling OF him "wb.
tr"adS some banquet hall deserted.
Tie depressing effect of the complet.
change from crowded hotels, streets
c1.!2vened with parties bound on fish.
ing, sailing and picnic excursions, and
ball rooms filed ca Ii night with youth
and beauty, to bare rooms, empty
verandahs, and idle boats, is too great
t. admit at first OF IA proper apprecia-
ton of the thriving trade done with
the back country and the outside
world
The steamer Z,Iiac is kept regular
ly at work coas twise during the winter,
while occasionally cargoes are to be
had for other steamships and sailing
vessels. The shipments are cotton,
naval stores, shocks, slaves, &c. nc
tice that one firm has built up viii,
the interior quite large business in
oysters, fish and wild ducks, of which
latter two articles there are said to be
an unusually large quantity abound
ing this season.
The arrival of steamer, the passage
Of some "corn cracker" bound South,
or the occurrence of wreck in the
vicinity, create almost the entire topics
for discussion during the autumn
and winter. The usual monOtOny was
broken into last Saturday by the APP
pearance off the bar of the steamer
Iacca'nGtr, OF your port. Quite an
excitement was created by her setting
her colors, while coming in, in order,
as it subsequently appeared, to salute
Fort Macon, some one calling Capt.
Salverson, our worthy pilot, from
church to say that the UyacconaaU was
ashore on the bar and had colors fly
ing for assistance. The steamer, I am
told, is III attendance on vessel
ashore near Bogue Inlet, and returned
there on Wednesday to that point,
having been detained from Monday by
bad ;, htner.
The british bark T-orbadou,.. IS
days from Liverpool, anchored off the
bar last Mould y evening, dnring what
sailors call :. living gale OF wind It
WAS extremely doubtful in the minds
II many OF the citizens whether she
w,,n'1 :.di,- Tie gale o::t in safety, but
81, 81. t.itre next morning, pitching
and tossing in the angry sea The
Captain reports a very stormy pas age,
having sustained six succe ssive gales,
and in fact his vessel bears evidence of
hard usage. About two weeks before
his arrival, the galley was washed
overheard and the cabin completely
Quilted by sea which boarded INN
while laying to. His provisions were
also ruined and the water casks stove.
A supply Of food and water was OBJ
tanned f,om IN American ship bound
to Boston, bnt this had given ont on
the Saturday before his arrival, and he
vas compelled to make port, gale or
no gale.
The 1ro,hac1o1- brings out 800 tons
and cattle, designed for stock raising
you Will doubtless recollect, that put
into Beaufort short-handel, about a
year ago, the Captain, who was also
owner. liking the place so well that he
remained there the whole winter
The people here seem to be in great
trouble about very onerous tax i'm
posed by the county for the purpose
OF meeting the payment of bonds is
sued 0is't- Le1lunt as subscription to
the A. K n. G.. r. +.
The country people are afraid to
come to town for fear their boats will
be levied upon. OF course you know
in Carteret boats are used in lieu of
horses. the entire business, as we'll as
travelling and visiting, being done
with them. | learn, however, that
compromise IS in process Of adjust
ment which will afford the needed and
desired relief.
notice the presence here OF q. Il.
French, Esq, rnmor has it, in connec-
ton with the bark spoken of. 1t seems
that her queer action i'll remaining
here six months last year has caused
some suspicion among the authorities
that be. ". W. G.