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vIRGINIA,s GOD-DAUGHTEw.

Romantic Page from Ante-Rev-
OlUtiOnary History.
The arrival of Lord Duumore in New
York prUmpts the Richmond State To- re
call a romantic episode in the history of
virginia that occurred more than en- =
fury ego. The great-grandfather OF Lord
Durmorc was before the Revolution the
popular representative Of Great Britain rs
governor Of Virginia. The vicegcrel
msnsi1n vas then in Williamsburg the cap
ital of the Old Dominion, aud Cfiicial life
there was patterned as nearly as possible
after the royalty Of e. gland. Lqdy Dun.
more's receptions, attend. d by The gentry
from miles around, were unCquallcd il,
their splendor by anything Of the kind in
America. When the Lord Governor and
his lady bad reached the summit Of their
popularity daughter was born TO them.
The House of Burgesscs was in session at
the time. The next day it passed reso-
luton bfgging the GuvJTnor's permission
to claim his infant daughter az the god
daughter Of the colony Lord Dunmore
promised that the child should be called
Virginia, and the chairman Of the commit
tee Of burgcsses STATED that resolution
hsd been passed appropriaiing sum Of
money to accumulate during tie girFs
minority, and to be settled on her upon
her coming OF age, b. which time 1t
would amiunt To Gl0O,O 600 Lord
Dlnmore accepted the kind cff.r of tie
House Of Bn'gesscs, and the child was
christencd Virginia Murray in the old
church near Williamsburg. A few years
afterwards the Revolution occurred. The
i al Of Duumore endevored to stamp OUT
the seeds Of rebellion, and becoming ms
much hated ss he was before loved by the
colOnisis, be was forced 20 a; with his
family to England. Much Of the subse.
quent history of Yrgiula's granddaughter
Is unknown, but the fact that che was left
on the death q her father totally un.
pr yidcd for she herself communicated 10
"a letter addressed by her many years after
wErdsas Tnomas J Fl rBon, tEen presiden,
q the UuHcd StatoS She recalled tho
circumstances undcr which she became
tue daughter Of The state, aud the prom
ICES made thu, On reaching Der m lrity
she would receive fund Of one hundred
thousand pounds sterling Her appeal 10
the honor ard generosity Of Virginir clos
cd as fpIly"s NDw that my father is no
more, ain Cerlein in,y sud you viii
remember what mcriied your esteem in
bic character and conduct, and forget that
which ostrfg'd your hearts from $50
honor bic man, But SHOULD you not,
you are too j15t 90 visit what you may
deem The sius Of The father upon bic luck
.o.s dsBghtr'
What reply w-s ma!c 90 his spDe ] Of
frg.uiat difc tcdd .urh,uau1kDowr.
bot ihcrs can bee 100 o ub uaa. sns receive
90 no MONEY. would ads s,v.rsI uf..
Lone o. tEe debt Of Virginia ii lais claim.
bnd She cciusJ iui.r,st Uad not been Ua1
"a ny 'hc events ~ tne X YUuiiou.
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AGAIN THE uoYS II rLuE

viii HAVE Their Annual later
mingling, see their OId COmnnu-
deTs. aud taIk rn Old Times.
washington tltc Place and Week
after sex; The Bate.
Tue Preparations in rrog-css for the re-.
union OF the Army Of the Potomac I'm
Washington are such as To IL
sure most interesting programme and a
thoroughly eDj ,yable time. The Pres
ldent and Cabinet, and Generals Grant,
Sherman, Hancock, Sheridan, Mcclellan
and SicklOs are taxing personal inter, st in
the event, and will not only lend the hon.
or OF their Distinguished preeeuce. but i'm
every way are doing all they can to make
the reunion of 1883 memorable.
The Baltimore and Ohio Is as usual 20
be found in the front WHEN noble a
cause lie to be advanced 10y Zee and liberal
reduction in regular rates Of fare Round
"Trip tickets will be on sale at all stations
west of the OHIO River on May 14h and
II b, and east of the Ohio River on May
18th. These tickets will DC good to return
up to aud including May 10 b west of the
nv r, and May IS h east of the river. The
rate will be one aud one third the regular
fare one way for the round trip, and tick
cts good on all trains making the
stops.
The reunion ohecivancCs commence on
"wednesday, the 18th, with grand parade
OF the veterans Of the celebrated crops of
the Army of the Potomac. the Fret, s. C p
oDd, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Eleventh
Twelfth and Nineteenth, together with
the U. $. regular troops, District Militia,
CcrmaDderies Of the Loyal Legion and
Posts OF the Grand Army of the Potomac.
l. will be very imposing array, and tho
review before the PRECEDENT and the most
famous military chieftalns Of the couatry
a notable feature. Subsequent TO the
parade the different corps will meet at
designated centres for the transaction Of
association business, and later In the af.
ternoon all corps viii meet together in
the N.tionl Theatre. All will meet
again Ia the evening at the same place to
Listen TO tho Grafton and poem, the latter
10y the noted newspaper correspondent.
George Alfred townsend. Addresses will
follow by distinguished officers. On Thurs
day the Public Buildings will be visited,
and 10 the afternoon d llphtful trip
made to the resung-rldoe of George Wash
ington NJ Mount Vernon. In the evening
there will be grand banquet and inter
change Of "reminiscences Upon the
whole, the two days will be reple,e. with
enjoyable events, and the soldier boys
with their friends Will have about the
tin> s. time imaginable.
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Ai.ION nURE,s PISTOLS.
Formidable Pair OF weapons,
with one al which tfnIniIton
was KILLED.


A writer in the Louisville Courier ou--
nal says:
Some weeks sgp l ran across perhaps
the most famous aud fatal firearms on this
continent-the superb Guiliug pistols Of
Aaron Burr. They are bon, breaking
brace of the first carbre, and the proper
~ Of Capt, Brent Hopkins OF this city.
One of these pistols fired the ball that kill
cd Alexander Hamilton at Weehawken.
II is identified by long, deep notch it,
dented on the handle The pistols were
made NY Mortimer of London, England,
and were imported by Burr AT the close OF
the Revolutionary war Tue BARR L. are
thirteen inches long and carry an ounce
ball. They are fiat locks, aud the pans
for the priming are lined with gold, and
tho touchhOles are pushed with the same
metal They are hair triggers, and shoot
with great force and accuracy. The locks
are very superior and Of exquisite mechsn-
ism. The pair came into the possession
of Capt. Brent Hopkins, the present owl -
or, through his uncle, Capt. Sam Goode
Hopkins OF the Forty second Regiment of
United States Dragons, who purch ascd
them from Burr in Washington city In
the winter of 1918 or 1914, paying $500 in
gold for them. Burr remarked at the
time That he would not let any one else
have the pistols, as he had used them with
Hamilton.
The weapons have surely a blood stain
cd history. They have been used with
fatal effect in eleven duels. Among the
sarguinsry combats, Pettis of Virginia
killed Biddle on Bloody Island, near st.
Louis Edward Towns of Virginia killed
Frcnchman near New Orleans Capt.
Sam Goode Hopkins killed Spanish {. unt
near Madrid, Mo-; Hugh Brent killed
man from Georgia on Diamond Island be
low Henderson, Ky, They were used
severol times in Virginia, twice 10 South
Carolina, and more than once i'm Kentucky,
with deadly effect. Robert Triplelt of
Owenbboro shot the old lawyer, Phil
Thompson, Of that city, through and
through with one Of them, hut, strange to
say, Thompson recovered, and grew as
fat AS a bear. Henry Clay and Capt. Hop
kins were fact friends, and the former was
to have used the pis OILS in one OF his ducIs
but they arrived day too late.
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DYNAMITE.
Its Invention and History, and
How "a - Made

EAOW a. ~ .u1ue.
Dynamite 10 one OF the many products
or combinations Of nitro glycerine, and is
abe ut thirteen times rs powerful ne gun
powder. The discovery of this dangerous
aud potent explosive was made in 1913
by Ascsgne Spbrero, then a pupil in the
laboratory of Pelou u, the eminent French
chemist, who devoted twenty years of his
life 10 the investigation of the chemistry
Of ollie and fats.
Dynamite was patented in the United
States May 20, 1868, the patent Icing
granted to Alfred Nobel of Hamburg Ger
many, assignor TO Jnhn Blndmann of San
francisco. II consists Of combination
OF nitro glycerine with substance Of
great nbsorbant power, such. for instance.
as fuilers' earth or rotten stone. BY this
composition the explOsiyenees Of The nj ro-
gIycerine ia controlled, as it were, and the
compound is capable Of withstunding all
the ordinary dangers of transportation.
while at the same time its cxpl, siye power
is mol lcssened. TIE process of manufac-
ture is very simple. You take certain
proportion CT nitric and sulphuric acid
and mix them with certain other propor-
lions of glyceriDc, which is the essence of
lat, to make the nitro>glycerine. To make
dynamite you only n ICED 10 mix nitro gil c.
crime with some absorbent material-ful
lers earth IS the besi--tO have dynamite.
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I osT RECORD NOTICE.

state Of West ylrginia, fy.:
Alta Circuit Cuuu held In rnd for tbr
County n Preston, on lhc lin cav "a
d cembcr, 1852. John r. Pecfce.
We
Joseph RfzH, EIwaI n Mcdonald
l.aac Parof aud Joseph V Williams
On % pou'ioD under chapter 1850 tb.
hre 1i 1871, cutifl.d 'Aa Act o. sure,.,
ia" ."-i records ~ Preston & 1nfv.
Gorge 81. M.G.oe, C.mEisagr,t
trt'Inrd uu3.r sHd lcf, having hereto.
i"re ma1e hH hnm report herein. og .no
N"n'' ihe petitioner ~ nis crunlcI. 3D. b.
fi.r'a iDli said report be- fl.d as of tl.i.
dfyah1 iha' notice boz puHit-b,d BOZ rarl
newspaper printed Boz tns g. unity. 0Uce B.
"cck Tor twelve successive woke. of Mo.
ming o' faid report, aud requiring aG or
sons Interested therein. % apDpar before
Ais court ou fhe Oh day Of zoe n.xf icr1..
gno 90 what D, necessary o. protect tb,I
IL'nuats.
Pr'yIIel Cos. such notice may coo.i.f
70 70 copy a. t.Is .ic-i published b. af.f..
.aif
a copy ium lug rccnrd.
Tee,
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Cl.rk.
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NOTICE TO FARMERS.

EyASsvuLE WOODEN FACTORY,
EVANSVILLE, W. VA March 81.
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wooden goods. We give the
Highest Market Price 70. Wool.
aud sell goods very low. We do manu-
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Farms for Rent ard
Lands for sac.

The undersig ed has several farms fer
r Mt. lie also offers 10 sell his unim &,
proved ihhds IN lots To suit purchasers
At low figures All on liberal credit.
no''I WM. g.. BROwN
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1883-12-01
DIPLIN COUNTY,.
The Semi-TropicaI Region of North
Carolina. and Some of its Industries.

sJ,ectdt C1rresJ,orsdence Of The C1rorfele.
DrpLIN COUNTY. November 2S While
at Dupiu court last week your CORES
pondent saw on exhibition map OF the
sugar belt of North Carolina. by Major ".
l.. Young. the ubiquitous and irreprcssible
Duplin canal man. giving what h believes
to be an area IN which Sacchordtum. or
Louisiana sugar cane can be grown with
profit He makes Smiths Island. a. the
mouth Of the Cape Fear River. the focus
OF the area. as at that point there i never
anv frost. This sugar belt extends on an
average sixty miles inland. and has semi
tropical climate, which offers the most
favorable winter homes for Northern in
valid5 and tourists known. Near a hun
dred thousand of these Northerners seek
winter homes in South Georgia and Flor
ida annually. when Southeastern North
Carolina offers advantages in MANY re-
spects superior TO any other section South
for winter resorts. \ large portion of this
sugar belt is as warm in winter as Jack
sonville. Florida, and has wonderfully dry
atmosphere; a large portion OF this area
having less humidity than any other point
east Of the Mississippi, and It being pre-
ciptated in quick rain falls. The people
Of this greatly blessed section have evil
IDENTIFY slept for century, not even dream
ing Of the important fact that they have n
climate and soil equal in every respect To
molasses. The cane grown here ripens at
a height from four to six feet, even to the
bud. while in Louisiana several feet Of the
stalk fail to mature.
Mr.. r. NJ. Middleton, of Warsaw town
ship, in Duplin county, has made to the
acre 2 go pounds of sugar, and l2O gal
Ions of mOlasses in one season, and Mr..
Mr.. William Brice, of Rock Fish town
ship, in same county, on upland, by eX-
treme fertilizlng, has continuously for the
past eight years, made to the acre from
1000 to 200 gallons Of molass9s.
During the month of May, 1881, Mr. A.
Fl. Morris, of Teacheys, in this county,
discovered in the woods what he thought
to be remedy for the cure of hog chol-
era, and after being thoroughly tested by
the farmers Of this neighbOrhood for twelve
months. and its virtue and success as a
sure remedy for that dreadful malady be-
ING established beyond a doubt, he placed
it upon the market. and has since shipped
$500 packages to the Northern and West
ern States. He Informs me that he has
also handled and shipped to Northern
markets during the present season 10000
pounds of botanical roots, and 200, 900
pounds of vanilla, famliarly known as
dog tongue.
Duplin is settled by an industrious,
thrifty and enterprising population, but
the most serious obstacle to the advance
ment Of this section, as is too greatly the
case all over North Carolina, is the want
Of sufficient number OF good schools,
and the lack Of enthusiasm i'll the people
on the all Important subject Of education.
The time is not far distant, however, [
trust, when the people will be thoroughly
awakened to a sense Of their duty on this
subject G. NJ. c..
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1883-12-01
..I'M AN OPTIMIST.r -
And SO are we all and Here are a Dozen
Reasons why we Should be.

And so are we all, and Here are Dozen
Reasons why we Should be.
One OF the foremost men in North Car
Olina, a man who goes everywhere and
who knows everybody and whose opinion
is quoted as an authority, writes to The
CHRONICLE the following in private let
ter:
/ am an optimist There never was such
a railroad man in North Carolina before as
Colonel Andrews, manufacturer Of such
unanimously acknowledged success as Col.
Holt, such pronounced commercial and
manufacturing success as the Blackwell
Tobacco Company there never was such
numbering firm as Jackson Il CO.. OF
Gates county, who have five saw mills. two
of which have a capacity Of $1,000 feet
day each. and who have a private narrow
guage railroad thirty five yniles long. per-
fectly equipped, to transport their lumber;
there never were before such public schools
as the Graded Schools at Wilson. Colds
boro, Wilmington, Raleigh and half a
dozen others.
There never has been a time when our
people, forgetting those things that are be-
mind, pressed forward so earnestly and
successfully for the prize OF successful com
parisOn with the most successful people
elsewhere. | may not have exhausted the
list, but | have mentioned some things
II YOU choose to write it out, perhaps these
things may be of service.
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improved upon, By developing wings in
form of a star, rather than in the form of
a Greek cross, devOting one or two wings.
for instance. to the bazaar. one to cotton.
one to timber and wood working. one to
minerals and TO the art Of working metals.
and 80 on. while in the centre OF the star
being higher structure. (without the sec
ond floor. which | think was mistakenly
put into the Atlanta building) vii! give
you a grand hall for its various uses.
Do not let the architect or the con>truc-
tor reduce the thickness OF the material
from plank to boards; if you do You will
make great mistake Let some Of your
fine clays Of beautiful color be powdered
and combined with -ilicate of soda to wash
the interior walls OF this building with
brilliant tints after the manner of the
Fisheries Exhibition Of London. and you
will have good effect, while you will
measurably defend the wood from fire. Do
not permit ANYTHING like a basement to be
encumbercd with rubbish and be sure that
every part Of the structure which is used
for dangerous operations, like cotton gin
ming, i thoroughly protected with auto
matte sprnklers; an apparatus by means
OF which fire sets on its own water. puts
itself out, and tells the Watchman where it
is or has been.
Had not my name become, in some way
incOmprehensiblet to me. connected with
the development of North Carolina, it
would perhaps have been otflciouS for me
to present the subjects of this letter in
such very frank way; but since the peo-
pie have Of their own motion set me up as
an authority regarding the resources OF
your State, must put the whole case i'll
my own way, or else perhaps attain a rep
utation for higher wisdom by saying moth
! ing at all. Yours very truly,
EDWARD ATKINSON.
No
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1883-12-01
TIE REPUBLICAN CAMP,
From Which Nothing in Particular Can
be Heard Because There is Nothing to

Hear.
Special Correspondence Of the Chronicle.
WILMINGTON, November 2S.-To at
tempt to speak with authority about Re-
publicanism in North Carolina is a pretty
hazardous thing for me, or for any one
to do: it all depends on the bosses, OF
course. But the bosses, ] have reason to
know, have begun to think good deal
about next years campaign, and even to
talk not little.
The downfall of Malone in Virginia,
and the sorry plight of the Liberals in the
other Southern States, have given Liberal
ism in North Carolina black eye. Mr..
Price, in consequence, need hardly be
counted among the possibilities for Cover
nor. General James Madison Leach, like
wise, who beyond a doubt has had the
STRINGS of Gubernatorial aspirations
within him, is for the same reason, as we'll
as for many more, case OF ''bOrn dead
DR.. Mott might under ordinary circum-
stances be put in the same category. But
DR.. Mott has money, and he has a news
paper, which now will have a pretty Wig
orous existence in the hands OF Mr.. La
than. He will make mighty stir among
the bosses, and the result will be very in
teresting to watch. la other words, DR..
Mott may be the Republican candidate for
Governor next year.
But the chances are in favor of an old
line true and faithful Radical. Here the
preference is for Judge Russell, aud the
Cape Fear section will work for him. The
impression prevails, however, that he will
not develop any strength in any other part
of the State And there is a suspicion
that the bosses elsewhere will not allow
Mr.. Russell to have plain sailing. From
this part Of the State, therefore, the only
daylight that can be seen. is that Judge
Russell's friends will work hard for him,
with hope, no doubt, but hardly with a
good chance to win.