Morning journal and courier., 1881-04-02
Price Four Cents.

are two irregular boat lines between it and Baltimore, and regular mail line to Frank lin, Va, where 1t is connected with other sec tions of the country by means of railroads The latter route is mostly used by travellers on account of it's regularity and promptness The court house, over hundred years old and built by the English Gas can plainly be seen from it's architecture and the mould of imported bricks), shows but little of it's age in comparison with the modern brick buildings that are near it. It occupies but a small space, but there are two places partial le connected with it that add much to its beauty, one being "the Green, " a fine large piece of ground, one hundred by three hun dred yards, immediately in front of it and gradually sloping down to the Sound. And it is beautifully shaded in the summer time by the many elm trees, which are the principal trees throughout the town. They do not, however, acquire the magnitude of those in the New England States Five hundred yards towards the southwest is the old resi- dence of Governor Eden, an old frame build ing erected in 1759, as the figures plainly show.
 The condition of the colored population is medium, and their struggle for education is not as great as I have Seen it in some parts of Virginia. Politics certainly seem to mar it somewhat and if their attention were less ln that direction and more turned toward ed ucation the place would be much better off, Farming and fishing are the leading occupa- tions, and several keep small shops. But upon the whole the people very industri- ous, many having homes of their own and one or two owning large farms.
 The public school system has been in ope- ration for twelve or fifteen years, but the pu- pills scarcely get further advanced than the fractions, Fourth readers, etc, etc., before they have to quit going to school and turn their attention to work. Free schools run about four or five months in year, leaving the remaining months for work
 The county in which Edenton is situated is quite productive. Last year it produced much to it's credit. It is about thirty miles long and eight feet in width, and has about 1928 square productive acres. while the rest is unfit for much use of any kind. One-sixth of it's whole area is nothing but swampy land and in many places unproftable to lumber getters. One-third of it is very good soi while the remainder is mostly forest land 3, 800 bales of cotton 450, ,0OO bushels of corn 1000 bushels of wheat 20, ,OOO bush els of oats 800 bushels of rice; 15O, ,OOO bushels of potatoes; 500 bushels of pea nuts; 275,0 ,000 pounds of forage; 10000 packages of garden truck" From the Albe- marie Sound and Chowan river, 90, 900 shad and F, GOO herrings were caught in addition to many other fish.
 I was told to look on the northwest corner of Judge Heath's house and I would see two pieces of leather which were nailed there on the eve of the secession of the southern States They yet plainly to be seen, and may have perhaps served to hold the good old United States flag, which the judge was in the habit of displaying every day, as his manifestation of opposition to secession and adherence to the Union l. C. N