Wilmington journal., 1876-06-30
NORTH CAROLINA.

l
The CapItOI and University.
+ The New York O5sCrUcr of n rccel
issue. under the above caption
! has the following interesting article, ]
is from the pen of Roanoke" til
non de plume as we learn from til
Raleigh Sentinel, of that clever an
accomplished gentleman, Rev. G. Ii
Wiley:
In 1862 Gaspard de Coli2ny, the re
nowned admiral of France, sent an ex
pedltion of two vessels, under ,JeaI
Ribaud, on voyage of discovery, the
real purpose of which was to select ;
home for himself and his persecutei
fellow Huguenots in the wilds of tht
New World, should they be unable t.
protect themselves at home. Ribaud
landed near the present site of St. Au.
gustine, Florida, explored the country,
and returned with glowing accounts
of it. The admiral, charmed with his
reports, determined to found colonI
of his Prot estanS countrYmen, and id
1864, sent six ships with 500 emigrantsl
under charge of Rene Laudoaiere1
They landed safely. built a fort and
called it Arr Carolina, or Fort CARROLL
ma, and christened the whole country
Carolina, after Charles X. TWENTY
years after, when Sir Walter Raleigh; Isl
colony, under Raj PHI Lane, was first
established on Roanoke Island, Queen
Bess, SO charmed with the descrip-
tions which had been sent to her court
ordered the country to be called V1r~
ginia, in honor of her virgin self; and
the name Virginia superseded that of
Carolina, until that was revived by the
patents of her successors, and was ap-
piled to the territory south of SO deg. !.
and 80 min.
The history of this colony is one os
the most romantic and Interesting, and
filled with heroic incidents. Those
Frenchmea proved themselves men of
unyielding faith, iron will and uuench-
less courage. Raleigh's ships entered
Hatteras Inlet, 1854, and it was, not
till nearly one hundred years AFTER
wards that the pioneers came in sight
Rott6 Carolina has been slow in its
growth from the first, but she has
been sure. All over her soil was sown
the seed of sturdy commonwealth,
and, unexceptionably exempt from
large foreign immigration, hers to-
day is the most homogeneous people
the States of the Union. The |
principal stream of blood that flows |
her veins is not Anglo Saxon, |
but Celtic, Scotch and Scotch Irish. !
They are the men who maintained |
civil and religious liberty at home |
when all others contended for it we're |
subdued. They blew the dying spark
again into a full blaze, and trans |
planted in the virgin soil of America |
the tree of liberty. to whose protection
and culture We owe its benign fruits
to-day.
On the 22d of july, 1884, Sir Walter
little fleet entered Hatteras |
Inlet. What heroic attempt was his |
to people this magnificent domain; |
what a sad fate was his: his crime waS |
his patriotism. History has fully vim
dicated and avenged him. No name |
aside from Washington deserves to be |
more identified with American history.
IL is we'll that the loveliest city in North |
Carolina perpetuates his name and |
honors his memory.
Raleigh is indeed beautiful city, |
in some parts New Bruus- |
wick and New Haven, though in |
natural beauties, in the grand old oaks |
and towering elms, surpas sing any |
place we know. As the capital of the |
State it is the centre of political in
huence. It's State House, OF granite. |
in the Doric style, is one of the best |
in the country, and is surrounded by |
q beautiful enclosure of forest trees
and evergreens. A fine statue of
Washington, by Canova, stands on the |
south side. Here are three leading
seminaries and the State Deaf |
and Dumb and Insane Asylums.
There are ten or twelve churches,
supplied with an able ministry. The
is building custom
house and post office, of solid granite
at the cost of $500, 900.
A ride of twenty eight miles by rail,
and then ride of twelve miles by
stage, brings you to Chapel Hill and
the University of North Carolina. The
University grounds are grand, the
bu ldings in good order. and the old |
oaks and elms wear classic look. |
fhis was the first commencement un-
der the restoration: for the University |
has been restored to its legitimate |
sphere of usefulness, and it is now |
hoped that 1T may rise to its former |
position among American colleges. |
There was no graduating class. The
young men, however, OF the literary
societies acquitted themselves with
honor. Hon. A. NJ. Waddell, NJ. c.,
delivered strong and eloquent ad-
dress to the young men on the
Changed Economic Relations Of the
South and the Duty Of Her Youth III
View of Them"
Hon. Robt p. Dick. Judge of the
U. s.. Court, delivered an admirable
address on the GAnglo-American."
Judge Dick Was a consistent Union
man throughout the war; and the Sc
lection of. him at thi, first commence
meut, under a democra ratio Legislature,
ia significant. His ipostropLe to the
country and appeal to be true to the
union of States, received hearty eD-
plause from an audience intensely
Southern.
The degree of D. ID. was conferred
ON Rev. Evander McNair of Arkansas
and Rev. Joseph Q. Huske of Fayelte-
ville, N. G. The Trustees are deter
mined to do everything TO restore the
University to its former prestige and
prosperity. Ii has a grand history.
Under the pSesidency OF DIR. Joseph
Caldwell aud Gov. Swain, it exertcd
a widc influence aud sent out men who
became renowned in church and state,
such as Bishop Hawks, Francis Hawks,
Leonidas Polk, James K. Folk. Thos-
H. Benton, Graham, Badger, Cling
r4&NFanon of1 a h0of xubnca aln-