The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-04
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~lieutenants, near which are the re-
mains of a colonial fort erected long
before the revolutionary period. On
the opposite side OF the river is the
most conspicuous landmark OF the
Cape Fear river, Big Sugar Loaf, ncs
the camp and play ground of the
Coree indians who made forays upon
the plantations of Orton ard Kendall
and who were destroyed by he STRAIT
egy of King Roger Moore. a few
hundred yards to the south near the
river landing was the inn and ferry
house kept by Cornelius Harnett, the
elder. On the north within sight are
the remains OF Tryon's palace behind
which is a. field still known on orion
plantation as the old palace field. upon
which occurred the firm armed resist
ance to the stamp act. Beyond this
belt of timber Liberty pond. a never
changing lake of white spring water
which mingled on its margin the blood
Of friend and foe in 1775.
Memorable says Colonel Waddell,
for some of the most dramatic scenes
in the early history of North Carolina
as the region around Brunswick was
being the theatre of the first open
armed resistance to the stamp act on
the 2Sth of November, 1865. and not far
from the spot where the first victory of
the revolution crowned the Americans
arms at Moore's creek bridge on the
9th of February, 1776-its historic in
terest was perpetuated when, nearly
a century afterwards, its tall pines,
trembled and it's sand hills shook to
the thunder of the most terrific artil-
lery fire that has ever occurred since
the invention of g~un-powder, when
Fort Fisher was captured in 1866.
Since then it has again relapsed into
its former state, and the bastions and
traverses and parapets of the whilom
Fort Anderson are now clad in the
same exhuberant robs of green with
which generous nature in that cline
covers every neglected spot. And so
the old and the new ruin stand side
by side in mute at~testation of the ut
ter emptiness of all human ambition,
while the Atlantic breeze sings gently
amid the signing pines. and the vines
cling more closely to the old churo.
wall, and the lizard basks himself
where the sunlight falls On a forgot
ten
ADDRESS BY EUGENE MARTIN,
ESQ.
The reading of Mr.. Sprunt'S address
ELECTED the most hearty applause and
when the w~orshipers had blended their
voices in the singing of an appro-
pirate and patriotic hymn, "God Bless
Our Native Land" the benediction was
ollo III pCOpIC poSSSo ool
Of the old ruins to the adjacent grove,
where Eugene Martin, Esq, delivered
an address in which he recounted in
glowing language n fluent ann
the stirring incidents connected with
the fall of Fort Fisher, the lombard
ment of Old Brunswick and the other
events of the civil wal which added to
the historic interest of the ruins of
ST. Philips and environments.
Following the address by Mr.. Martin
there was a general scattering of the
people about the grounds ION pleasure
bent" n about 1:30 O'Clock picnic
dinners were spread and heartily en-
ioyed.
After dinner a number of convey
anceS We're, through the courtesy of
Col. K. NJ. Murchison, placed at the
disposal of the Colonial Danes and
their friends, and very pleasant drives
to various places of interest about Old
Brunswick and through Kendall and
Orion Plantations, were greatly en-
joyed by many. 1t is safe to say that a
more pleased company of people never
left a picnic grounds than those who
boarded the steamer Wilmington at
st. Philips pier about 4:30 o'clock for
the return trip to Wilmington. En-
route to the city ice cream and other
refreshments were served gratuitously.
This article ann be closed without
an especially merited reference to the
admirable and successful in
which the ST. Philips committee labor
ed for the success of the pilgrimage.
To Mrs. James Sprunt, the chairman,
is due an especially large share of the
credit for the success attained, her
energy and boundless hospitality hav-
ing permeated the entire event and,
as all her associates on the committee
avow, really made the day the delight
full round of enjoyment that it was.