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THE yiLMINf.TQy JflFHKM Wilmington, nvjj - KHiDlY JUH- O. 1871., From Anion County "on- for Convention. A correspondent at Lilesville writes us that, at ft township meeting tield at that place on "last Saturday, Hon. Thos. S. Ashb was unanimously ana enthusiastically recommended as the nomineo by tbe County Convention, to assemble on Satur day next, aa delegate to the Slate Con vention. - Thb ablb and unanswerable opinion of B. F. Mooee, Esq., in favor of the consti tutionality of the Convention Act, is justly attracting general commendation and en dorsement. We have not a doubt, if it tfere submitted for signature to the Ear of North Carolina, but that it would re ceive the concurrence of nine-tenths of the profession. Mr. Moobe's argument, independently of its logical force aLd per ipicuous statement, has the merit of being entirely disinterested. Pearson. .Rodman, Dick & Co., after having previously re fused to give an opinion on a , question which might subsequently be brought legitimately befofe them, ' volunteered a dictum on the Convention Bill, because thoy Bmeit danger to their "bre?.d and butter." It was a graceless and mercenary proceeding, and is, in itself, a strong reason why a Convention is desirable. As a cheap means of purifying the judicial eharacter of the State, if for no other con sideration, it should be bad. Edward Conlgland, Ktq. The announcement of the Sa.isbury Old North State that this gentleman was op posed to the call of a Constitutional Con Tention has brought forth a prompt denial in a card published in the last iesuo of that paper, as we felt sure it would. Mr. Co nianiND is not only not opposed to the Convention, but would regard its failure as a pnblio calamity. His voice and in finance vill be freely given to secure its assemblage. There is no truer citizen in North Caro lina than Edward ConioiiAxd, and al though but one in. public life, and then as a member of the Constitutional Con vention of 1865, no one would make greater sacrifices for the public welfare, and none whose labors have been more freely contributed for the guidance of the people of his county. We felt sure in this contest, bo pregnant with veal or woe lo the people of the State, that he would not remain a silent or indifferent tpectator, bat would be a hero in the strife. The New Hampshire Muddle, The Legislature of New Hampshire, which meets to-morrow, will find itself confront ed with various delicate questions, which now engage the thoughts of both parties. The Governor and Railroad Commissioner are to be elected by the Legislature, and its complexion depends npon the turn a few vote may take. The House of Repre sentatives is composed of 329 members, divided as follows : 161 Democrats and Labor Reformers, and 1G1 Radicals, leav ing 4 classified as Conservative Republi cans, elected by Democrats, 2 of whom ore expected to vote with the Democrats for Governor and Speaker. The Senate is mora " mixed." At the last election the Democrats elected six, and the Radicals five of tho twelve Senators. Since then one of the Democrats has died, leaving the Senate a tie, with that and an other vacancy in the First District to be filled by tho Legislature. The Radicals contend, under a technical construction of the Constitution, that either of the two opponents of the dead Senator must be chosen to that vacancy, although one of them only received four votes in the entire poll. The Democrats, on the ether hand, claim that any person in the district is eligible. The interpreta tion of a Tew words is to decide this inter esting question, and for once tho Radicals are strict constructionists to the finest point of a letter. As the Senate starts with a tie, if the two Conservative Republicans join the Democrats, as appears to be indicated, they will have a majority of three, and elect Mr. Weston their Governor, fill tho vacancy in the First Senatorial District, and refer the other, which is m dispute, to a proper committee to determine the legal question. Thus it will be seen that the political organisation of the State govern ment rests upon the fidelity of two Repub lican votes, to their promises, which is not altogether the safest of reliances. Disenchantment. A cotemporary speaks of the present pe riod in history as an era of "disenchant ments," in view of the number and magni tude of the illusions that have perished in it. The designation impresses us as both hiking and true, and, while applicable to the world at large, is as peculiarly apposite to the condition of affairs in our own coun try. For instance: The Congress of the United States, backed by a powerful politieal organ isation, has contrived, through the agency ofJLts necromantio wand of " Reconstruo tion," to dispel the fond and cherished illusion, which had existed for ninety years, that we were living under a written Constitution," which explicitly defined the powers of government ; that there was such a ihing as a Federal compact, which guaranteed some few rights to the Skates that could not be engulphad in the capa cious maw of Centralization. By another motion of the magic instru ment, prtsio I black is changed into white, and white into black, so that all the dis tinctions of color are dissipated in an in Btant. ,The old chimera, which, some Low or other, has prevailed through nearly all the centuries since the flood, that in mental and moral aptitudes, in civiliza tion, and in capacity for government, the negro is the inferior Si the white man, is dispelled as summarily as mist before the rising sun. While these mighty disenchantment, hive been programing, on a large scale, in qux great national theatre, a. (series of minor exhibitions have been going ( n upon the merely provincial boards. Men who, a few jears ago, saw a beast ia the negro, for example, have been poundedln a melalUc crucible, and have come out be lieving him a model of manhood. Very small men, too, tave emerged as statesmen, orators and sagos. "Rebels" have been commuted into "loU" ineo, and scoundre's into saints ! . The next lifting, of the political cm Uin (may we not, with good reason, hop. ?) promise to disclose an extraordinary spectacle nothing less than the disen chantment cf the enchanters. Just as Acron's rod swallowod op those of the magi of Egypt, and utterly confounded their devices, we trust that tho prospect is good for. seeing that old wonder-worker, the people, rebuking the modern empirics, and restoring the grand idea? of the Past ! Prgcd in humiliation, unshaken in fidelity to principle by contumely and wrong, devoted to the prisciples of Con stitutional liberty, though shorn of most of its bletings and privileges, the true white men of the South have proven them selves inaccessible to the bribes and un movad by the oppression and menaces of the party in power. Amid all the crucial tests to which, for five years, our people have been subjecto3, those who have tur rendered their integrity, and Crooked the pregnant hinge3 of the knee. That tbrift miht follow fawning," aro few in number, and, for the most part, utterly insignificant end disreputa ble, personally. For this the people of the South will stand out In as bold relief, in the calm and equal light cf hi&tory, a for their valor and endurance during the war. In most instances of military subjeotioD, recorded by tho annalist heretofore, the conquered have shown a lamentable facility in adapt ing their views, and even conforming their habits and tastes, to those of the op pressor subordinating their prestige and convictions to a mean desire to purchase immunity by servility. We have such an opinion of the tenacity and honesty of the masses of our people, that we do not believe that forty years of political vassalage could so far demoralize them as to make them relax their detesta tion of Radicalism, as illustrated in this day and country ! "Order Rilgntln Paris.- Tho dreadful struggle is at last over. Order reigns in Paris as it occa waa said to reign over Warsaw. It reigns over the smoking ruins of one-fourth of tho city over the corpsss of sixty thousand vic tims over the panic and woe-stricken survivors of those who fell in an iniqui" tons cause, and to whose bloody fate even the tear of sympathy will be refused. Pity may be extended to those miserable, mis guided wretches who blindly followed the advice of designing dingogues, and even to tho stupid fanatics who believed that they fought for the cause of humani ty and universal liberty. But for that larger portion of the army of the Com mune, formed of nearly all the ex convicts of France, and all the thieves of Paris swelled by all the outlaws of Europe for whom the burning of Paris over the heads of helpless women and children was only a pastime and a revengeful gratification there can ba no sympathy, and there ought to be no mercy. A sinking contrast exhibits itself be m 1 . m twern tms jfarisian reoemon ana tho in surrections of 1830 and 1848, which were the real work of the people. In the latter not only private but public property was strictly respected. Tho people were in full possession of the Tuiilerief, the Louvre and all the public buildings and offices; but the insurgent who would have dared to steal the least trifle or to apply the torch would have been shot without mercy for bringing dishonor upon the popular caus?. In this rebellion plunder of public and private property and incen diarism have been the leading features. it cannot l3 denied tuat the insur gents fought recklessly at the last bour; bat it was with the rage of despair rather tau the firmnes3 of intelligent courage If we refuse them the prais3 of true bravery, it is not from a desire to add to the obloquy already weighing upon them. The reports of their owa chiefs show that be fore the last conflict, in which they fought with a ropo around their neck?, it was im possible to bring them up to a square fetand-up fight against tho Versaillists. Military bravery is found in all nations, and is universal among tho French but surely it could hardly bo exoected from the assassins of defenceless priests, wo men and unarmed prisoners. It is time that crimes such as they have committed should no longer be considered as political offences, and they as possess mg some sort of belligerent right. Let them be punished as common criminals, ; l .3 - I-.it . .... . iUBccau vi ueiug ueiu up as pomieii mar tyrs, and there will be a hope that they will find no imitators in the future. But the late insurrection brings a fear ful and memorable lesion, to be medi tated and weighed and improved all the world over. It was essentially a social, we might say, a servile war. It was the rising of the poor Bgainst the rich, and it disclosed such depths of class hatred as to make one shudder. It i3 this class-hatred which explains why the Parisian masses fought better against their countrymen than against the Prussians. They would not fight to defend the property of the rich, but they were willing to dia to take it or to destroy it. There is in Europe a school of Sophists, unfortunately too large and too widely spread, whose doctrines have jat enough of speciotrsneas to attract the poor and the laboring classes who are nnable to de tect their fallacy. According to these men property is theft, capital is the dead ly enemy of labor. All the restraints of religion and morality are fetters npon hu man liberty, and God himself is a myth. Fatherland and family are bat antiquated prejudice which must give way to the more liberal and elevated ideas of the uni versal republic, in which free love and a i ooramunity of goods will bring about the eldeaiawbicjj riQbody will bayeto work and every one win do ncn. adsuiu ae are such ideae thousands even, hun dreds of thontunds in ranee, jcrjgiaau, Germany and Italy Lave adopted them as thtir creed and threaten tho very founda tion of society with rain. It is to be hoped that the inevitable development of their dee'rine, as just sen in the maasacres and conflagration of Paris, will open the eyes even of their blindest followers. When a political party dsnj God nd morality, it is vain for it to erect other altars. It my, for awhile, make a shjw of worshiping honor or patriotism as its idol, but one after the other ia hurled into the mirr , and nothing remains but the impure im age of tho "Republique Roage," stained with wine, and blcod and debauchery, and fina'ly oonsumed in the lurid flames of its own kindling. Kt tn Brute." Experience has taught ua to expect nothing tave cowardly vitoperation and wanton wrong from the Radical parly, whether at the North or the South. From the organs of that party, however, which professes to be the champion of constitutional government, the upholder of the rights of citizens and the defender of the sovereignty of States, the oppressed people of the South have taught them selves to hope that if they did not receive justice they would, at least, not receive in salt. In this, we regret to 6ay, we have been mistaken. For the past ten days the tone of the New York World, one of the most promi nent papers, if not the leading organ of the Democratic party at the North, has been such that a decent respect for their manhood forbids the people of the South to subuii to it in silence. It is beyond dispute that in the present mixed political complexion of the North ern people the united South holds the bal ance cf power. It rests with us to say whether the nomineo cf the Radical party or tho nomines of the Democratic party shall be tho next President of these United States. The Southern people aad the Southern Press have, in unmistakable terms, an nounced their purpose to cast their vote for the Democratic candidate; and, not only that, but ia addition thereto, to leave to our Northern and Western friends the selection of that candidate and tho shaping of the platform upon which he shall stand. In other word?, we have plainly manifested oar purpose to allow oar Northern friends to conduct the coming presidential cam paign in their own way, upon their own plan and under a leader of their own se lection. All we propose to do at the South is to cast the Southern electoral vote for the Democratic candidate. In return for this we had a right to ex pect to be treated with at least commoo deconoy by our Northern brethren, and to have our fe-linga respected and our prejudices eavod from insult. Wo still demand this. We demand it as due alike to our common manhood, to our common eanoiiiv before the law of our m party and to the large electoral vote cast by ua. We t-hall submit to degrading vassalage a3 members of a common party no more willingly than we shall submit to it as citizens of a common government ; and the sooner this fact is realized by such papers as the New York World, the better it will be for the unity, harmony and sue cess of the National Democratic Party. We make no threats and do not desire to be 83 understood. We simply state what we believe to be the purpose and feeling of the Southern people. We approve and endorse the "new departure." We believe that in it the Radical party can, and will be defeated, and that without it, it will be successful. We believe that scarcely any amount of iuso.lt and contumely can prevent the Southern people from voting for the man who opposes General Grant. We see too plainly that in the defeat of the prty of which he is tho representative man, lies the only hope for the preservation of the equality of each State in the Federal Union, the preservation of the right of personal liberty and the preservation of the right of loral self-government, and seeing this we will not allow anything to turn us from our steadfast purpose to use every effort in our power to briDg about that defeat. Bat while we give our Northern friends to understand that such is our purpose, it is as well that they should also understand mat we ao not propose to suomit to ineuit j in silonce, and that we are not ignorant of j the respeotdue to a united Southern elec- toral vote. We beg leave, also, to suggest whether the contrast afforded by the utterancas of such Republicans aa General Shekaian, Sen ator Schuez and Senator Tkumbull and others, when placed side by side with the following from the New York World will have a tendency to attract Southern men to the candidate supported and en dorsed by the World: "There is eirUrity ia one point between th e secessionists of this oountry under Jefferson Davis and the communicts ot Paris under their hjdra-headtd leadership. Both misused, dis graced, and finally desecrated a good idea. The creed whioh Southern nnllifiera perverted beyond recognition and then dishonored by re bellion was that of Jeffereoa, Madison, and Sam Adams." "Speech is free in this country for poets and orators or the "lost cause, bat they cn have no nauence or control in shaping tbe issues of 1872 or ouwird till by baptism and good works they ehow they have put away forever the dead and dismal past and submitted to tha discipline vi iiiw pany. . L. - Jefferson Davis and his abettors promoted oondition of things among the raline Doliticia&s "To car nostrils the "lost cause" is a stench. ana we sees 10 duxj is oat oi oar signt. ' It is not grateful to our feelings now, no matter wnat our opinions oi mm may a have been, to hear Jetfjcbsoh Davis spoken of by our friejid, as " a bankrupt politician, a blundering old man," " a also prophet, who on former occasiona so egregionsly deoeived and misled the South ern people to thsir rain." We cannot help hinking Mr. Davis has been unfortunate in the use of certain expressions recently, or rather, wo regret that be has not main tJaa'iaql?i.ka tfleao. oa political I . i r t Mm J3 subjects, for the reason that nothing he could say could, by the plainest English, be made so plain aa not to be misrepresented the South : k. nnr roinot f.-r him is too creat, and j our rememb.-asce of his pa t services too freeh, too gratsfal aud too reverential to hear him villfued witbout resentment. It ia not eoothiog to the feeling? of Southern men to bs likened to aucu sav- j s-ucb sav- age3 as tho Communist of Pan?, a wnose brutalities and atroci'its the world is even now shuddering with inrmr. Sontnem men are not yet prepared to hear with pa tience, from their friend-, at least, that they are rebels and responsible for the late war. In the ncstrils of Southern men the lost cacse," as they understand it, has noTjet come to be a " ster-ch," ncr have they jet lost that instinct of humanity, whether savage or -.iviliz-d. that prevent t men, though thry may have put their dead out miugi- -u-j j . of Ritrht fmm nnictlv teTinz tucm re viled and insulted. We indeed bctry our dead, but the idea of dec'aring, or allowing others in our preence to declare, that thry are a fctanch in our nostrils ia simply revolt ing. As free men, pose easing the right of suffrage, we oannot quietly submit to be told by thosa who ask our suffrage, and who cannot succeed without it, that re "can have no inflaenci or control in shap ing the issues of 1872 or onward," until we have complied with conditions they desire to impope. If we are to take no part in shaping the issues of 1872," it must be for the reasou th'at we decline to ap poar in tbe National Damccratio councils, and not because we are excluded there from by our Northern brethren. ,We ap prove the "new departure," but we utterly repudiate tho interpretation sought to be given to it by tbe World. Bladen Conatjr. At a meeting of the Conservatives of BUdrn county, held at Elizj.betb.town, on the 31 inst., Mj. R, M. Devane was en thusiastically and unanimously nominated as the candidate for the State Convention. A full report of the proceedings of tire meeting was received list night, but too late for insertion here. They will appear to-morrow. ScrBEioK Court. The regular term of Superior Court, for New Hanover county, His Honor, Jadge Ilusssll, presiding, convened in this city yesterday morning. There i3 already, a large attendance aad the business now before it, threatens to extend oyer tbe entire por tion of the two week's of the term. Tbe following c impose the Grnd Jury: It. T. Bowden, Foreman; J. W. String field, W. E. Larking John Hoopar, Henry Moore, E. W. Georgf, W. L. Jacobs, Wm. Cromwell, W. D. Sprkman, T. R. Coivin, W. M. Hausley, Geo. F. Tilley, Newton Morgan, 0. Schulken, Reuben Everett, Anthony Do, C. O. Pridgen, Elijah Wil liams. The morning was devote 1 to tbe usual charge by His Honor to the Grand Jury, which wa short, yet clear and concise, and to the preliminaries necessary on the opening of Court, and the afternoon business 'was began in earnest. The follow ing cases were disposed of then: State vs. Peter Picket and Joe Picket, colored, receiving stolen goods. Not guilty. State vs. George Washington, colored, lareeny. Plead gailty. State vs. W. J. Bivens, abusing stook. Not guilty. Supbbiok Gotjbt. There was a large amount of business transacted at the Court yesterday, and the docket is being rapidly cleared off. The following oase3 were dia posad of during tho day : State vs. Anthonj Foster, colored, as sault and battery, guilty, judgment sus pended on payment of cost?. State vs Geo. Poisson, colored, larceny, guilty, sentenced to 2 jears iu the Cmnty Work Houss. State vs. Edward Swar, colored, assault j and battery, not guilty. State vs Julius Ev ans, colored, lareeny, gailty. State r. Obed Scott, larceny, not guilty. State vs Wm. Wads, alias Penn Wooten, killing etock, guilty, sentenced to ( months in tho Work House. State vs. E. P. Walker, peaoa warrant. Cae dismissed at defendant's coats. fitite vs. Thomas Cowan, calore3, as fault and battery, net guilty. State vs. rhi!. Green, colored, larcenv. gailty Sfc Rachjl Hooper, co'ored, larceny, r,la&d tmiltv a - State vs. Geo. Wright, colored, assault and battery, guilty. State vs. Fred. Pickett, colored, lar ceny, gailty. In addition to the above there were about 20 cases of trifling misdemeanors disposed of, es also three case3 for retailing without license. A he Conservatives of Sampson county will hold primary meetings in the several townships for the purpose of electing dele gates to a County Convention to be held in Clinton on the 30th day of June, for the purpose of selecting a suitable candidate for the Convention. m i . ! auu primary meatmgs win De nem in the respective townships from the 15th to the 20th of June. Let every man who "prizes his liberty and loves good government attend. By order of the EXBCUTTV- CoilMITTE. A New Hod Carrier. A most ingenious invention is in prac tical use at Ford's new opera-house, on Fayette etreet, nearEutaw, raising bricks and mortar to the upper stories. It is in the form of an endless iron ladder, made with linksrevolving'.around cylinders above and below, worked by a crank and cog wheels. The hods each have a stout iron hook attached, whioh serves to hold them on the rounds of the moving ladder. Above they are taksn oft and the empty hods are sent down on the descending rounds. The contrivance eaves the carrier from going np or down ladders with hods, and facilitates very much the delivery of ma terial on high scaffolds. Baltimore Sun. Two : bovs were so badlr burned bv a fire-damp explosion at tbe Bricklev mines. Minersville, Pa., Thursday, that they died ueii ay. A GAUIBSTKR'S BRIDE, How a FMcUaUng Blonde vraa JUost and Won Twenty t housand .Dollars far a. Diverce -A. Double 37 at-rlae and a Dnptd Fktbcr A Uguc from Heal The scene in Piatt's Hall. There is a ball going on. Oar "aristocratic circ'tV (are ot represented, and la crerme de la crcme is absent; but tbe moneyed interest has Bent its representatives. Diamonds iflah, silks rustle, eatius shine, aud tbre- lore W8 arc? peruap?, jasuueu ia faying jera cc9) rrearable. There is a blonde (there in fact, there are several ; some i natural, otners aitincia;: me wiier me prettiest generally, and a great deal the more lively to talk to. There is one blonde there with vary blue eyes and bright hair. She is surrounded by a crowd of youths of the period, with boots that are too small aid gloves that aro too large in the fingers ; with hair that is too shiny acd ejej that are not shiny enoagh ; with conversation that is too suggest ive of cheap tobacco, and wit that is not sug- - ?e en';u8h of OhesterflelJ. But they are somewhat nonplussed by tho behavior of the belle of the evening. She is distrait, and lacks her usual vivacity. Site s.ecs to regard them all ritheras a bore thun otherwise. Fred trits hid soitest blandish mciits in vain, and Tim's carefully -selected witicic rns fail to provoke a smile, cr even t eommud that attentiou which Tim fesls he Las a rigLt to expect, eeeitg that he paiJ for the ball ticket aud the hack, and will have to economize for a week, and brave out his wa-hrvroman for several days icnger in ordr to make up for it. Whither wander tb030 blue eyes so inces santly this evening, so thai even the act that Mits Tilly Pjgeontots has a new style of bronze boots on, or that Miss Hattie Gadabout has had her old dress made over again, fail to receive more than mo mentary attention ? It was a cate of love at first sight ; fir in the uiuhcr corner of the room stands a young man. A gambler but with a lovely moustache ; a sport but with charming eye3 ; a faro dealer but beautifully dre.sed ; a Bboit card player but with such a dear figure. The blonde is smitten ; the bport sees it ; for certain contingencies of his profoision are apt to render the eyes srmrt their hands, toe, we have been told. He is c-uttous, however sports usually are. lie itqaire s of his friends around the room : "Who is the little girl in the corner tbers, in the blue drees and big panier, f ir hair and pink chetks ?" He is told ; the icforma tion seems satisfactory ; au introduction saon follows, aLd palpitatisn, mutual ad miration, and arraugements for future in tercourse, fill up the remaicdir of Miss Carrie's evening. When Miss Carrie found out tho social status of her lover, and how she liked it when the found it out, we cannot tay, pre cisely, bat it is reasonable to suppose tbai she wa3 not very much thecked ut the discovery, since a beautiful sport and a pretty blonde might have been seen al most every afternoon afterward in a photo grapher's gallery, seated in cIoe proximi ty, ad a mosi cnfidenti! and alioetioo ate manner, upon a lounge for hours to gether. At least, they might have been seen had not the -friendly and h-uddomaly feed-pholcgfapher taken care that nobady sbouli see thin). It progressed in this way some time, the young lady's fafher a rich old "merchant prince" f course remaining in bli6ful ignorance of how his fair young daughter employed Ler time aud her thoughts. Finally, the clirxux of all real love scrapes was reached, and a secret marriage between tho sport and the blonde ws tbe appropriate c:jclufio of a c'andeitine courtship. Still, all things went smoothly, at least to all outward appearance. Before long, however, a cloud appeared upon the hori zon. It came from New York in tbe very definite ibape of a live, healthy man of business, occupying buiuess relations with Carrie papa, Ihe .New Yorker saw Car rie, fell iu love with her, and when he sounded her papa upon the .ubject felt that he already hid a blue-eved little blonde for his wife, for her rapa smiled graciously npon him and intimated that Carrie was as sensible as she was beauti ful, and obedient withal, so that there would certainly be no difficulty about the inatfer. What' then must have been the astonishment of the paterfamilias and the chagrin of the business-like lover, when the young lady mel the matrimonial pre lect with a blank refusal, and expressed her decided desire that the subject should not be brought upon the tapis again. Ex postulation were of no avail, and so storm- mg, stampeding, ana threatening were tried and with better effect Carrie with a nooa oi tears coniesseu uu, and papa stood aghast. .wow papv saia tne sensible young lady, "there is no uss making any fues about this the thing is done. The only thing is, how it can be undone so that-1 may be able to oomply with your wishes." Papa listened attentively. She proceded: 'I am sorry to say that I have already reason to believe that my husband is tired of me. and would not be unwilling that I should ba separated from him. Do you buy him off. Make him consent to a di vorce. Give him what money ho wan?s and let him go, and then I can mrry th rich aud prosperous JNew xorker. He will know nothing of this affair, cor will a iv one elee." Papa saw the common sense of the plan, and m&tantly set r.bont the exe cution of it. Several interviews were had with the jonng gambler, and finally, for and in consideration of the sum of 20,000. he allowed himself to be made the subject of a divorce, and soon after, the youn? and accomplished Mis3 was announced to be engaged to Mr. , a well known New York merchant. isri ii ? . a ne coarse oi tms iru love ran as smoothly as well oiled wheels could make it. The New Yorker wastdl atttntion Miss Carrie was all softness, grace and am iability. The charming mysteries of the wedding trouessau were iu active progress; the jiancie fairly glittered with gems pre sented to her by her devoted lover : but seven days intervened between a New Yorker and matrimonial bliss, when one morning a thrill of horror and dismay ran through the household Miss Carrie was missing ! The way 4,voung Lovel "cele brated Christmas eve when the " holly- branch shone on tbe old oak wall was nothing to the style in whioh young New York flew around when he received the in telligence of his affianced'a disappearance. Quite innocent of the horrible ruspicion that fillad her father's heart, he could as sign nothing but some terrible tragedy or hideous atrocity as the cause of the young lady's exodus from the bosom of her family and his arms, and it was not until paterfamilias received a ctrtain let ter from the country that he became aware of the true state of affairs. Then the ce lerity with which he picked cp his traps and departed for the Empire City was "a caution." The letter was from Miss Car rie, and simply stated that she had 'changed her mind," had remarried the handsome gambler, and had reason to think they could get along very well on $20,000. Paterfamilias raw it was no use to continue his opposition any longer, and so he did what was perhars the wisest thing that could be done in the premises. He told the young gambler that if he would give np his sporting habits and turn business man, that he (paterfamilias) would make him his buiinesi aesnt in New York, and help him on in the world. This he readily agreed to do, and those who know him think he will keep his promise and do well in the new sphere. The young couple are now in New York, and so ends tbia little piece, I Ban. 3Fna9WC9 wmiace, .HORRIBLE TRAGEDY 1 OHIO. A Discarded Lover Shoots Down a Girl' Fth t, Mather and . Urothtr Stee Kicspti by Leaping from a Window. From the Cleveland Leader, My 29. The mo4 horrible murder which has been perpetrated in Northern Ohio, uu ap propriate crowniu? horror, waa pt-rpeta-ted on S-turday atiernoon, iu Ruhrield, Summit county, abuut twenty two miles from this city. A jouog ran i.amd tinn ier, while living at his hm, m .Uichtg-ic, became ttf.q'iaiuttd with ai.d eiiucuoitd of a young lady named Unice uaigett, d Richfield, Summit county. She waa about 22 years of age, he 28. She returned to this State something over a year ago, and last fall he paid her a visit, being well re ceived by the family. His vieit in the family was prolonged, the attachment be tween him and Mist Gargett strengthened and intensified. When he returned home t3 Michigan he kept Up a correspondence with her, and endeavored to obtain the consent of her parents to his marriage with the daughter. Tho Winter paesad, and ia the Spring he was mfoimed ibt THE MART. I AGS WAS lilPO BIBLE, peremptorily ordered to deeist from all further correspondence, and to give up wbater pretensions h hd to iar gett's Laud. This aroused the demon in Uis boioou. He swore he would Lave Ler or slay Ler, aLd used eveiy means in his power to executo his threat. Last week be concluded that all cndtavo.'S to obtain her in marrirge would be tirelt ss, and he het iibo-;t to take her life. He came to this city and stopped at the City fiotil, wbcra he look the stage for Richfield Saturday. Arriving at his destination in tho after noon, he repaired immediately to the house of Mr Robert Gargett ard asked where the daughter was. "It makes no difference where the is," answered the father, "you cannot see her." "I will tea her," aid he, or I'll kill all of you." The lather hereupon ordered him to leave hij premi ses, and Hunter drew a revolvtr and fired, hitting the old man in the head. The old mu fell, rendered insensible by tbe wound, and the mother, who was standing near by, cried cut to htr daughter : "he has killed xoub father, fly ! rY Tie daughter ran up btairs and the mur derer aimed at the mother, hooting her in the head and causing instant death. As the last echo of the report of -the pistol mingled with the moan of the dying moth er and ceased vibraung ia the air, the fiend shrieked that Lo would kill all of them, and rushed fcrward toward the stair cftsa where the daughter had disappeared. The lady'd brother, Rodney, here grap pled him, and a violent struggle ensued, one employing every energy to liberate himself to fclay a defenceless and loved woman, the other bending every energy to save a life of a sitter. In a minute the bloodthirsty mn ttiumphed. He leaped fcr.h from the clutcht s of the brotLer. auu raising his revolver, firo i at him a shot that put him beyond the power of interfering. Ridoey rushed into tho 6treet frantic from his wound, and ran about filling the air with bbrieka and sere-anas, tbe life blood trickling from his wound. In an instant he vr&s a good dis tance from tho scene of the trrgedy, A large crowd gathered about him totally unable to comprehend the meaning of his cries, and soon moved toward his house. where th bloody truths became but too apparent. In the meantime, the daughter, hearing the eecoud report of th pis'ol, and seeing her brother fctagger through the streets, LEAPED FROM A SECOND -8 TOBY WINDOW into tho street, and sought refuge in a neighboring house. An eld lady, in whose house fihe entered, sosreted hr in a celltr, and tbun return d to her front door, iuat iu '.ie to meet the bloody murderer on the threshold. He demanded admissiou, and was refused. The bravo woman stood before hf r door, barring the passagw wy and btou ly refusing him admiitanoe. Ha bere again declared hi purpose to kid the youug woman, mincliog his threats with the most unseemly oathn, and saying that she should either wed him or die. The crowd gathered around, and he then said he would shoot himself, and then raised the revolver to his head, to let it fall harm less to bis 8ido. He then aimed the wea pon at a young man in the crowd, ntering a threat, but aid not fire. He reeled about for a moment or two, pointing his revolver at every one who came near, and finally moved from the house. It became evident now that Hunter's plan was to assume in sanity, and he at once began to play this p?rt as a closing scene in tbe dira tragedy. A mother lay dead ba'hed in her blood, a father was mortally wounded, a son was rendered wiid and insane from a shot, and the author of v 11 this crime now began to enact the role of a madman. With the Siren-shooter iu his hand, four barrels loaded, he mingled with the excited throng o-IIing him-elf a murderer, and extending his blood-stained band to all he met. "Shake bands with mo, said he: "ssehow it seems to shake the hands of a mar-d-rer." "I was determined to kill or marry her." "If you don't thake hands with me I'll sLoot you." "HCEIiAH FOR A MUBDEBER." With these and other cries, he stagger ed about the streets, compelling every one to shake hands with him, and finally wan dered batdc to the house where lay the dead moiher and tho wounded father. Several attempts were made to arrest him, but to all who approached him he preserat ed the deadly barrel, an 1 they shrank back. Here, in front of Mr. Gargett's house, a man from the crowd slipped be hind the murderer and threw him to tbe ground. An instant later he was bound, the revolver wrenched from his hand, and all power of doing harm taken from him. In this ' position the murderer averted that he had drank a great deal, and was even then under the influence of liquor. He tried to vomit, and said be had taken poison from remorse, and wanted to kill himself. Neither assertion was listened to, for it was clear that he was not under the influence of liquor.'and if he had de sired self-destruction, it could easily have been obtained by the loaded revolver. The excitement existing among tbe crowd was intense, and a strong disposition was manifested to fcacg the murderer atenco. without trial. The friends of law and or der, however, prevailed, and Hunter was placed in confinement to await a judgment for bis damned crimes from twelve jury men. The wounded son, on behold ing him, and understanding the terrible crime that agitated the bosoms cf thoss around him, attempted to GRASP THE MURDERER of his mother and the destroyer of the peace of bis family. He was restrained. ana the thought, of the crowd turned to the wounded and the dead. At o'clock yesterday morning a messenger arrived at tne central Police Station with thetidin of the murder, and enquired for the offi of Dr. Thayer. Citizens of Richfield had sent for the Doctor with the belief that by his aid the wounded man could be restored. The Doctor arrived yesterday during the forenoon, and proceeded at onoa to ad minister all the care that nrieal and medical skill could suggest. He has but utiie nope or tne recovery of the father, and the fate of the son depends more npon nil own conduct than anything else. Xi he can keen aniet and calm, he will prob ably recover. The father has a bulletin his brain, and may live for some - days, tbQDgU tbwe in eierj probability tht tbe o iiuuflD ui unmri win iDicceo ab'nt h'ta ! bi?f re long. Y-htrday Proseiuticc A i.ucriuu, OI Aaron, With r,f er c in y omotrs, t-rrirea iu t.icJnVlt post mortem examination of the bodv f the mother and a coroner's inquest hJJ. Jhe verdict wan in accordance w,.h the abote facts. Hunter was taken to Akron to be confined ia jil. On the way he converted freely with Lis guardian, seating that be did wreig to shoot the fther and roothf r. nd nuly ja fended to kill tho iugbttr. He intira ted t.vt he wan itneOttSJiun of what I q doing wlitn ih tttner refused him adoais-iun,-aud pf-eaif d tj b- preparing th Bi,y fr e uotioLml insanity. Tue latuily cf Mr. Gargett bad resided for many years in West Riohtfeld, where the crime was per petrated. They had here amassed quite a fortune, and lived content, enjoying the esteem of all their neighbor, who now mourn the loss d-ath has mado among them. Hunttr was of Michigan, and a he ia cf a highly respectable family. Return ot ttae Bleai . Canqaet at the C lob lion ms. Geo. Mitchell's gun, Owen BreLnan, and the remainder of tbe Blosais returutd to this city on Saturday. Tho gan was taken to the St. Nicholas Hotel in a carriage-. Alderman Mitchell walked down. The hour whs so early that but very few ladies were at the depot to meet Mr. Bn nnun. A'drraan Mitchell brought a wigwata with him. It is welt stocked, and will be tut up in the hall of the St. Nicholas s eooa as possible. In the evening tbe adventurers wer eu tertained at the Blossom Ciub. The Blos som Club was also entertained by tLo ad venturers. Owen Brennan told iho r06t marvellous stories of tLo alkuli country .A J " CI I and Mitchells hsu and Indian t-tories raised tho hair on John David- n's bead. Alderman Mitchell caught au Indian in the Yossmite Valley, while nvhiug iu the Mer ced river. He didn't bring tha Indian home with him. . Mr. Mitchell says that tha b:g tices are very big. Their trunks aru eeerl miles iu diameter, aud one et t;mm is abjnt to be tunneled by a railroad oocapauy. If ooe may believe th-j atdermn, tho o trees aro much moro remarkable than hs g ntrally been believed. The bark on the tres, ho sayr, is tlree quarteis of a mile thick. Grubs as big aa whales and ant as larpo as elephants live in tbe bark, and terrify all who behold them. The cones on tLcse trees, the alderman avers, are larger than beer-vats. Fortunately none of these cones fell while tho blosocms were visiting the trees. Owen Brennan told a wonderful etoryof the snow on the Sierra Nevadas. He Slid that on one side of the cars could bo seen strawberries as large as watermelons, wLi'e on the other side the snow would ,be piied up thousands of feet. Those sitting on th-) right of tho cars would swelter in their birt .leeves, while the se on tho left would rbiver in their overcoat.- It ia evitleot from what Mr. Brennun says, hat Ctlifor oia hes a wonderful climaif. Mr. Brennaa ays George Mitcholl only shot one bird wi ile he was gone, and tLat wks a rii g ai.Ud snipe. He shot it in ihe Ycsemite Valley, near the Merced river. The fal-s of the Yo8ri'e, according to these gentlemen are much higher than has been soppos-d. Tho alderman says that he timed a log as it wt-ut over the Bridal Vail fall. It was four Lour and tbirty-six minutes in falling from the top to the bottom of tbe caur-ct. Mr. Miich rll thinks the fall at least 120 miles h'gb, bat Mr. Brennan be ieves tLat th y ure much higher. It is evident that cot one- half of tha truth has heretofore been t -Id about these falls. Mr. Brennan and Mr. Mitchell, it is said, will piolih in bok form their adv mures iu Yog'-mite Vaiiey. Such a book would be a valuable addition to American literature. At midnight John Davidson's band sere naded the party. Tbe music waa delight ful, and eo was John Davidson and the champagne. Everybody was happy, and o was Owen Brennan. An immeuie bouquet was presented (o Mr. Brennan on behalf of the Udies of Fifth avenue. It waa inscribed: "To the Handsomest Biooru of the Blo sois." Mr. Brennan tcok it homo with him. Mr. John Pyne will poon present to Al derman Mitchell and Own Brennn two illuminatod copies of the "Life and Ad ventures of Baron Munchausen." JV. Y. Star. A. Rich Marriage Seven Handled rtiaa and Dollars In Present. The marriage in New Yotkon Wednesday evening, of Mr. Arthur Ambrose Maginni?, of New Urlean?, to Mifrs Mry Amelia Tweed, daughter of William M. Tweed, the well known New York politician, bus been announced briefly bv telegraph. To marriage was a notable afT-ir, as riob, if coi far richer than the celebrated Ovidio diamond nuptials which created eo much talk semt years ago. Trinity Chapel waa the scene of the Ma-giiinis-Twoed naptial?. and the streets for blocks around were filled with carriages, white the ohuroh was crowded lo excets. Afterwards, when the married couple pro ceeded to the e egant Fifth avenue man sion of the bride's father, they re ceived their friends, standing under a mag nificent marriage bell of japonicas at the end of the leoeption room. Th parlors and stairway and upper rooms were all decorated with natural fl weis f. cm Mr. Tweed's hothouse at Greenwicu. Tno floral decorations were most profuse aud in f xceilent taste. In an enclosure at tho foot of the sUira, on tbe reception fljor, was stationed a baud of mueio, which dis coursed promenade mu-io during tho first part of the evening, and afterwards played dancing airs. The wedding presents, given by a larga number of friends, were displayed it. oe ot the upper rooms, and must have muuut ed to the valao of over S 700 000, and pre sented an appearance of brilliaucy which can never have been equalled in munifi cence. They comprised all sorts of jew elry, with diamonds enough to stock half a dozen stores; silver sets in profusion acd almost evcrvthiner that the lucsnnitv or the human mind could success in the line of presents. The room which contained this magnificent display was thronged with tbe guests, who feasted their eyes on the brilliant contents. The bri al trousseau is described as hav ing Deen "the riobest ever produced in New York, and fit for a princess." The wedding dress alone, which was of white grossgrain, with a prodigious train trim med with point lace, cost $5,000. It took one oi the nrincinal fashion pstablkh- ments in the city two months to complete the whole trousseau. Movement of Operations Soatbward. The New York correspondent of the Philadelphia Reoord. writiner under date of June 1st, says: "There is considerable emigration of mechanics and others to North Carolina from this city, through means of specula' tive land companies, who have bought cheap tracts aud divided them np into small farms and village lots. The settlers who passed last summer and winter there all write favorably, and have given a good impulse to other adventurers. There is, witbout doubt, a splendid field for fettle ment and prosperity in the South, and tha plan adopted of settling in colonies, where Ihe advantages of schools, churches and sooiety can be at once realized, abolishes all objections hitherto offered against emi gration to tbose, regic-as."
Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
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