The Penn's Grove record., 1888-04-14

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MIR. EDITOR. The past week has
heen one or markr! Imprisonment IN
all branches ut the fishing Industry rs
The largest catch vi fish has been taken
in the history of the business here.
As high rs 1900 slad have been taken
from one pound net at II single fishing.
In general good prices have been real
l2ed, and many have already made Il
! good season. Sturgeon are coming III
iair numbers, but the bulk ot the
cabete is yet IT, be nude. The wrathci
is all that can he desired, consequent
ly, all are in general happy. In my let
ter OF March 26th, a typographical ct
rOr in the word two, makes Il lieXagon
II fourteen sided figure, mislcad OF SIN.
In my last letter ! promised il lie.
scIiption Of the National Cemetery.
aud Hampton Normal school The
Cemetery is situated on the south cas-
TEN side Of the Normal school grounds
and is separated from the soldiers
Home By Il narrow inlet of tie llaml'-
ton Greek.
The lOt is an irregular figure, of
many sides, containing II acres OF lev
FL land; was purchased by the Govern
ment i'll 1867 for the sum OF S.3U6.
Upon entering the main gate, all visi-
tors are requested to register their
names. About $50 feet from the ell
trance is Il mound upon which the flag
staff stands. Facing this mound on
either side, is Il large Ca non planted
| vertically as a monument. Here the
| road branches off to the right and lett.
Near tie centre of the ground is an
imposing solid granite monument, %
feet high, erected through the efforts
of Miss u. l.. Dix, of New Pork.
This monument stands in the centre OF
a circular grass plot, "A feet IN diane
ter, which is enclosed hy all non fence
the posts being 3 inch rifle cannon and
the pockets musket barrels with bayou
cts fixed. There dre no mounds uyer
the graves, and were it no! tor the long
straight rows of low head Stones, one,
would not know they We're graves.
The graves are arranged i'll double par =
alell lows, feet to feet, with paths five
feet wide between the headStulItS,
The total number of intermel,ts are -
U9S known, and 40 unknown. AT
this particular season it presents ii
most beautiful appearance, and every
thing Is kept III perfect order.
Passing from the Cemetery the next
place of interest is Hampton Normal
and Agricultural Institute. This In.
s~titution is situated about two aud Il
half miles from Old Point Comfort, on
al estate of one hundred and twenty
acres, once known rs Little Scotland
and during the civil war known us
Camp Hamilton" the base Hospital
of The army of the James. where as
many DIS $1,000 sick and wounded In
ion soldiers were cared for at one time.
The estate was purchased in the sum
mel OF 1867 for the sum of SIS, 1000.
After erecting the necessary buildings,
the school was opened in ApIii lists,
wi Ia ttf1 nAt Gallthll re .,t,fl I ,I., tau,.l,.,S
The Institute was incorporated IN June
1870 with Il board of seventeen MEM
bers. 1t is undenominal but strictly
religious in its training.
In March 1882, the General Assem-
bly, Of Virginia passed an act, giving
the institution one-third of the Agri-
cultural College land grant Of The State.
Ii share Was one hundred thousand
acres, which were sold in May, 1872,
for So, uUU. Nine-tenths of this money
in invested i'll State bonds, bearing
six per cent. Interest; the other tenth
has been expended III the purchase OF
additional land, increasing the SIZE of
the farm to n hundred and Linety
acres. The interest OH the funds which
is promptly paid by the State annually
amounts to $4,000, none of this money
can hs used for building purposes 1t
supplies about one-tifth of the running
expenses Of the school.
The Institution also has a grass and
grain farm of six hundred acres, about
four miles from Hampton which is
marked by students. The entire prop
erty of the school is now valued at
about 500, 900, most OF which has been
raised private contribution.
The aim of the School is to give the
Negro and Indian races Il class of in.
telligent, earnest practical teachers;
the demand for which is yearly iucreas-
ing. The first Indian students we're
admitted in April 1873. Those were
selected from the Arapahoe, Cheyenne
and kiowa tribes, Success with the e,
led to further efforts in their behalf,
and the number has yearly incr eaSed
until at the present time, there are l2i
both X being represented. About
600 negroes, and 500. Indian students
are admitted annually. Glasses may
be visited each weekday except Mon
day. The work shops may he visited
any week day. Inspections are held
every morning, except Sunday and
Monday, at SIS.
With this much by way of introduc-
tion, the visitor fist enters the offices
OF Tie principal and treasurer, which
are situated in a plain brick building,
facing Hampton Creek. and hullt in
1882. n guide is secured, after regis
tering, and IL visit To the Library ana
Reading o comes first in order.
Here are many curiosities of African
and Indian origin, neatly arranged i'm