Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-07-01
Our Cambridge Letter.

DEDICATION OF WAUGH CHAPEL, A. NJ. r. CHURCH
"A HUGE INFLUX OF ooLORED FoLKs-sABBATH
SCHOOL Pto-NIos "A SINGULAR MISFORTUNE
| ovERTAKRs A YOUNG oLEBGYMAN-PRoePERITY
OF CAMBRIDGE FEMALE sEsuEARY-THE 4rH OF
| JuLY-LooAL BREvfTIEs.
Especial Correspondence Of the Commercial
CAMBRIDGE, Nd, June 80, 1878.
Our town was flooded with colored folks last
Sabbath week. the 22d inst. The steamer Caam-
MON from Baltimore. with several hundred colored
excursionists, reached Cambridge in the after
noon. special excursion train which was run
over the D. & D. r. r.. also conveyed many
hther. The occasion Of such an extensive in
gathering was the conservation of new and
| commodious African III. L. Church. styled
Waugh Chapel which has recently been COM
pleted and which will, doubtless. rival in neat
ness and capacity any colored sanctuary on the
Peninsula II is substantially constructed of
brick, devoid of any lavish ornamentation. The
excursionists were quiet and orderly, and des-
pite the crowded streets no disturbance
occurred to jar the customary tranquility
Of the day of rest The dedicatory exercises
continued until the afternoon, being begun in
the morning.
Last week was one OF Sabbath school pic-nics.
On Tueeday Zion NJ E, Sunday school passed
pleasant day on the banks of the Choptank,
near the handsome residence and on the farm
of W. Wilson ByTn, Esq. On Thursday, the
children attending the Sabbath schools OF the
M. Il. church South of this town. en- loved trip
to Hurlocks Grove over the d. 4 d. II. r.. GO
ing up on the morning train, lunching at the
grove and returning home in the afternoon
Various games and amusements on the grounds
delighted the little folks.
Apropos singular misfortune has recently
ooccured to Rev. VIM. l.. Evans, ,theIyoung pastor
OF this latter church. He has been rendered in
capable CT utterance, probably superinduced by
severe cold, and thus incapactated from dis
charging his ministerial functions. He left Cam
bridge on Wednesday last for Baltimore to
consult the well-known physician, DIR. Donaldson,
who cured Bishop Lay some time since Of sim
liar aitliction. We have been advised since his
departure that he has partially recovered his
voice through the fundamentally of severe
electric shock, and it is hoped after spending a
| few weeks i'll travelling, he may return to his
| charge here, where he has many lwarm friends,
| fully restored.
The annual report OF the Trustees Of the
| Cambridge Female Seminary is a very encour-
| aging one.and speaks favoraby OF the progress
OF the pupils in the various branches Of useful
| learning, the refinement of their rSanners and
the uniform propriety of their department.
Under the'able management f.Prof. j. +. Baugh-
or and his efficient lady assistants, this insti-
| tuition, which has beautiful and healthy loca-
| ton and is very accessible by cars and steamer,
has now been established upon a solid sub
| structure, and should the number OF students
continue to augment, additional buildings will
| no doubt be at once erected.
On the 4th OF July, the Odd Fellows OF Berlin.
Worcester county, Md, propose holding a de-
monstration on no inferior scale. We under
stand there will be present or 10 lodges. T.
N. Williams, Esq formerly of this town and
now principal of the Laurel (Del.) Institute will
deliver an address upon the occasion.
The steamer High!dad Llgh is advertised to
make an excursion from here to La Belle Grove
on the 4th.
Tho handsome new barge, which has been
building for some time past at the Oarsake ship
yard, at the entrance OF Cambridge harlor, it is
rumored, will be launched on the same day
slight fire in town on Wednesday. Damage
triiling.
grand sabbath school celebration will also
be held at Hurlocks Grove on the 4th, upon
which occasion extra trains ever the d. 4 D.
road will be run. Sabbath Schools are invited to
attend in body or to send delegations.
During the past week our farmers have been
busily engaged in harvesting their wheat, which
promises an abundant yield
The dorchester Republican appeared last Sat
urday as a semi weekly.
Mosquitoes are too plenty for comfort here.
The corn is sadly in need of rain. VIDI.