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THE WEEKLY NEWS. THURSDAY.. ...APRIL 18, 1872. A. J. BURTON, Associate and News Editor. ,' - ' t -E."C. WOODSON, City Editor. ' LOCAL MATTERS. SHOOTING AFFAIR IN THE STREETS OF KALEIGII. ": QUE NT BRY ANT SHOT DO WN AND MORTALLY WOUNDED THE TRIAL BEFORE ?THE MAY ORJOHN MARSHALL WOOT EN, THE DEFENDANT, HONO- , RABLY DISCHARGED. Wilmington Street on yesterday eve nirig was the scene of great and intense excitement, occasioned by the shooting f Qucnt Bryant by John Marshall Wooten, Esq., a quiet, pea ceable and respectable citizen of this city. Mr. Wooten was standing in front of the Bar room of A. N,- Upchurch convers ing with several friends, when Bryant -came up, partially intoxicated, and at - -once commenced a series of abuses upon ; Wootcn.and referring to an. old difficul- tythat occurred between them several years ago. in which Wooten' was .-charged 'fwith using insulting epithets towards his (Bryant's) mother. Mr. Bryant was persuaded to desist from his abuse, and taaen by Mr. Upchurch, in the store. He soon returned and re ncwed his attack upon Wooten. repeat ting the charge of the ' insult to his . mother, when Wooten . refuted the ; charge by giving him the "lie." Bry ant attempted to strike, when a police man interfered, but getting loose he again made at Wooten,- as one or two witnesses, testified, drawing his pistol at - the. same time. ; Wooten, who had re treated far enough, to draw hisypistol, fired one shot with, a Smith & Wesson repeater, the ball taking effect in the abdomen and J. passing - downward lodged in the lower intestines. He was taken at once to the office of Dr. Mc Kee, Jr., and thence to- his residence, -where all available aid was rendered that surgical skiir could devise. '. -; At 3 o'clock, the Mayor's Court was opened in Metropolitan Hall, owing to the occupation of . the Court; room by the Registration Board, and the great jusli that was made to witness the trial. ;The , defendant was represented by : Messrs. "Busbee & Busbee; no council lor the prosecution. Several witnesses" -.were examined, who, testified to the facts as above stated. Dr. McKee, the attending physician of the wounded - .man, was brought upon the stand and subjected to a regular Whorton trial" examination, by the Messrs. Busbee & Busbee. to show that the wound id jit fatal Brvant was not necessarily of a character. ; While the Doctor reserved ; his opinion on one or two questions, yet enough was elicited to show that the wound being of a mortal nature, serious doubts, are entertained in regard to his " recovery. The counsel made a short speech each upon the facts as deduced from the evidence, when the Mayor discharged the ' prisoner upon the groVnds that be acted as any good citi zen would have done, id self-defence. The decision was received with trer meridous applause, and Mr. Wooten" was heartily congratulated by his many - -friends who bad anxiously awaited the result of the trial. A striking incident connected v vith this , .circumstance is ,that Bryant was shot ina few feet of the spot that he is reported and believed to ': have shot and killed Wiley Saulfc, for which he was tried and acquitted. v : Revenue Items. Total amount of ttaxes received by U. S. Internal Reve nue; Collector from this (the 4tb) Con gressional District for the 1st quarter of the present year, ending March, 31st is $75,826.29.; This, includes the amount r in full, on all taxable property. The ' amount received from whisky alone, manufactured inj the District is $1,- 619.00. , i ". V- .,: The amount received from tobacco alone,' manufactured in the District is. 1 $73,000. iv ' : Te gross amount that has been rer ceived in the District and paid over to the U. S, ? Treasury by Captain, t J.t Young, the Collector, since May 1868, Ns $2,150,300.00. t - v . Not Fob jok."a liook store man in town" advertised in Turner's N. C. ymtac, that 1812 soldiers, their wid ows txu2 orphansjwereeniitled to a pen sion of $8 per month, and they, as agents, would procure pensious for a .moderate See, &c. J J J. , Thev on yesterday received letters jrnjt" three -good old rebels" who I ;,ought they might be one of the eighteen hundred and twelve, asking for information. ' " j - T - Death or an J!stimable Citizen mp FnAKKijii. Weare pained to re- cord the death of Joseph J. Hayes, one ot the most highly esteemed citizens 01 th omintv of Franklin, who breathed his last at his residence in that county on Tuesday last. Mr. Hayes was the brother of Col. Simon G. Hayes of this city. He was about fifty years of age. ne was a gentleman of sterling worth and deserved popularity, and will be sadly missed by his neighbor and rela tives. - r: : Warrknton Items. The old town is dull, but " live enough." f The County Jail is empty -not a 'single inmate. - - - , Mrs. SHzabeth Mitchell, daughter of the lae Wm. Person, Sr., and mother ol Mrs. Prf T. E. Wilson, a native, and for a long number of years a' resident of Warren county, die'd a short time since iin Memphis, Tenn. - Tdb New North" Carolina Histo ' it?. Col. John H. Wheeler, the author of Wheeler's History of North Carolina; i now Deputy Marshal for North Caroli na for social statistics in the Census Bureau at Washington city, is preparing matter for a Nw History of North Carolina - Grand Mat Festival. We ac knowledge the receipt of an invitation to the Grand May Festival, at Weldon, Alay 14thj the occasion of the opening of the New Emry House in that place. The News will be represented. . y-r. y. . ' r A Good Appointiiknt. J. W. Hor- " ion, Esq.. has been appointed yard master of the Raleigh & Gaston R. R to supply the - vacancy occasioned by the death of hisr father, Captain Jeptha Horton. . ,' ' ' , ' .'' ; t Dobbin, a , little . son . of John L. Holmes, of Wilmington,1, fell -from a poos Tjhey are a nuisance, especially those of the Taurus species. We be-, lieve , every! third yard, in -Raleigh is supplied with thiB unnecessary, useless and dangerous to-life-and-Hmb nuis ance. ThesY animals are now recognized by the Statute laws of :K. C. as prop erty, and every man has a right to keep twenty-two upon his premises, but we deny the right of any .citizen to turn them loose in a yard. and open the gate to the same. On Tuesdai night we bad occasion to visit a very r smote point of Eastern Ward, at a very late and un seasonable j hour. We can conscienti- ously assert that we were set upon by at least one hundred and seventy-three dogs, of ev jry conceivable species, but principally of that formidable breed above named. ; ' At the corner of Fayetteville and East Davie, we were almost paralized by the appearance of one huge specimen, that would weigh almost as much as his fat master, wjaq1 followed us down the pail ing till he came to the gate which was standing open here is where the ' skeer1' came in, and here was the starting point of the most excitiosrace ever known on Davie street. I : What we object to, is this : We are 1 unwilling to be running foot races over this city at night, tor the amusement of every blackjrnoutb, stub nose, big head, short tail dog in it, and we hereby warn the owners of said animals to either keep them chained, shut thei gates or look out for a first class dog funerHl at an early day. WiutiKaTON North Caroxina Life Insurance Company. We would di rect the special attention of the readers of the News! to the advertisemen t ; of. James D. Brooks, Esq., General Super vising Agent of the Wilmington, N. C, Life Insurance Company . We can confidently recommend this Company to the public, because we have the per sonal acquaintance of a number of the Directors, and know them to be men of the highest character and moral worth. The Company has been re organized by electing Col Robt. II. Cowan, Presi 'ent, Col. JnW Wilder Atkinson, Vice President, F II. Cameron Secretary, and Dr. E. A. , Anderson, Medical Director. Apaong the Directors, we find the names of the leading mer chants and capitalists of Wilmington, such men as j. A. Willard, A. ,J. De Rosset, Alex. Sprunt, C. M. Stedman,, F. W. Kershnen, and others The name pf ' the President of the Company, Col. "Cowan,, is" familiar as a househpld word in this State, and is a synonym of honor, social worth and unblemished integrity.. The VicePrps ident, Col. Aikinson. is a son of Rev. Thomas Atkinson, D., Bishop of North Carolina, and is well known asj. a first-lass business man, as is likewise ; Maj. Frank j Cameron, the Secretary.' Indeed, it would be difficult to select in ; arty city j a bollecon of officers . of greater ,merit( and better reputation than those who direct and cojutrol the Wilmington Life Insurance Company. The Company has displayed much judgment in the selection of Mr. James D.' Brooks, als General Agent. Mr. Brooks super-adds to his qualities as a high-toned gentleman f fine social position, and 'excellent character, the peculiar talents and 'tact requisite for success. in his position, being a young man of prepossessing manners, untiring energy, filtrate . business habits, and well-known integrityv We are pleased to learn that lie has made his head ! quarters at the Yarboro House, in this city, and will make Raleigh his home for the present. ; The Company which Mr. Brooks represents, has peculiar claims upon our : people, to which we refer them in the advertisement. I ', ' ; r A Large Dry Goobs House in Nor folk, Va. In (mr new advertising col 'umns this morning will be found a card from Messrs. Shelton, Blamire & Co., of Norfolk , Va, We hare recent ly examined th( elegantj large and va ried stock now on exhibition at this es tablishment, and could say much of what we beheld there, but the follow ing extract from the Virginian of that city, pf Saturday 'last, explains more fully what we'wpuld say than were we to write it Says that journal, spcak 'ingof his house!: "The extent of this deservedly . pop ular establishment is really astonishing to those not familiar with it, and we are glad to stately that with a fine, close trade at home and. abroad, which they are constantly extending, they are now prepared to offer greater inducements than AVAf. Kafva a n rl ora 1 1 i a ana enn at- hibitins attractions never before offered. Tne first floor of the spacious building is devoted to the; retail business, and is divided into departments, each of which is extensive andlbomplete in its display. In the dress goods department, . we no ticed a variety of fine and medium class goods, of which, as a specialty, ; is .mnch of the DODUlar style known as the "Dolly Yarden," hundreds of styles i cf silk poplins and silks, all grades and shades of alpaces and mohairs : while in lisrhter eoods. piques and French cambrics in exquisite patterns abound. Their stock of white goods ' is suited to the season, and tne assortment is perfect, while th hearts of the ladies are daily delighted with the rich as sortment f real ace collars, cuff, hand kerchiefs, edgings etc., of every style and at all prices; v "The second floor contains the whole sale department, where an immense stock of goods is on hand, and which, notwithstanding; the heavy drains ot a laree country trade is kept constantly renlenished. Oa this floor also is the pattern department, me ieature 01 me honse. where a ladv is kept constantly employed in selling Butterick'scelebta ted naper patterns lor all kinds of ladies' misses and boy'aear. j This portion of the establishment is admirably arranged lor convenience, fjemg pigeon-holed on three aides of the room, in which holes are nlated over 4.000 worth.of patterns, each size of shape being within reach in an instant I "The firm consists of Messrs. E. W. Shelton. E. B. Blamire and Thomas O, Woodward, all gentlemen well known in this community and who have estab lished a hiffh reputation while building np a magnificent business.' They buy their coods only1 from first bands when practicable, and jhaving a fine trade are enabled to sell eoods so closely as to Compete snecessfullf with ' wholesale houses North." , , Thia house njakes a specialty the making up of ladles dresses, and under tha thorough system they have intro duced into thia department it is only necessary for ladies in the 'country to lend tbeir orders, and they can be sup- Here.anb There. ' " - : j The march of civilization is onward ward like the slow but intrepid Bleps of a mule to a peck of oats. ? A paper out West offers to publish the obituary poticcs.of .delinquent sub scribers free of charge 1 ..An Irish editor says there is no earth -ly reason why women should ot be come mcdipa men, . Since ladies have taken to wearing newspapers lor bustles, publishers com-: plain that their lair gubscribeas are more in " arrears "; than 'ever. A printer but West, -whose office is half a mile from any other bu:ldingvand who hangs his sign on the limb of a tree, jadvertises fori an apprentice. He says: j"A boy fromithe country preferred." j An editor and his wife were- walking out in the bright moonlight one even ing. Like all editors', wives, she.was of an exceedingly pbetic nature, and said to her mate : ''Notice that moon ; bow bright, aind calm, and beautiful !" j" Couldn't think of noticing it," , re turned the editor, " for anything less than usual rales a dollar and fifty icents tor twelve lines." ' I ' -4- ANOTHER REVOLT AT THE ! . ITENTIARY ! PEN- The Cause Attributed to the "Rule t or Knin" Policy ol the Radical Party I ', SOMEBODY BESrONSlBTJE FOB THE BLOOD OF ANOTHER HUMAN ! O IS IT! The circumstances attending the in vestigation of j the Penitentiary by the' late Legislature of North Carolina, is fresh in the public mind, as is also the lawless course of Gov. Caldwell, in attempting to! oust from their position, the Board of Directors created by the Legislature, and placing in their stead his own party favorites. 'Tis . well known, too, that in the embroglio that ensued the convicts confined in the Penitentiary wejre apprised of the rife contentions on the outside, and deluded by the false teachings of the Radical party to which they belonged, believed they would be aided by the party should they rebel against, the existing author ities who they knew were Conserva tives. Their, plans were accordingly arranged for a general revolt, .and at the appointed j time they attempted its "execution, when, by tlfe superior dis cipline : established by the present officials, the rebellion was crushed, but at the sacrifice of the lite cl one man, and the permanent injury to the limbs of others, whose blood now rests on the conscience of those responsible for its causey. This severe lesson had its effect and for awhile all went smoothly on at the Penitentiary. un Monuay , last, at the oncmnr or Wake county j Superior Court, Judge I Moore instructed the Grand Jury to in vestigate 'the charges, contained in the evidence of convicts, principally, as con tained in the printed legislative inves ¬ tigation report, and to send tor convicts if necessary, to ;. givex evidence. The Grand Juryf at once proceeded to the duty assigned . them and convicts, day after day, were brought to the Grand Jury room, as ; witnesses,-to convict the Penitentiary Board of Directors,xfor feeding them on cats, rats and dead hogs, when it la a well known fact that good bacon can be bought at a less price by 100i per cent, than either i cat orrat meat. But this is a digres sion. These convicts being taken from the Penitentiary and again brought be fore an investigating committee, Court or jury, had the effect of stimulating the inmates to the belief that their party were sun at woric to release tnem; ana, since the first day that these convicts Were ordered before the Grand Jury, the officers of the Penitentiary have ob served a disposition among all the con victs to re bell and revolt : and the revolt yesterday was looked for and expected, and though they failed as to concert Of action, and the revolt qmckly put down, yet it is expected and be lieved another attempt will be made at any moment., j The circumstances attending the re- volt yesterday, cap be briefly summed up, as follows : yesterday (Jf nday) was the regular scalding and wash day. Captain Hall,' the Deputy Warden, was superintending this work in the cells, . He was ap proached by a Icolored convict, Austin Mingo, sentenced to ten. years from Franklin county, for burglary, who commenced using abusive and insulting language towards the Captain. The Captain at once ordered the overseer to place the man in confinement, which he proceeded to do, but before be got to the cell, the convict seized the overseer, wrested a stick or cane 'from his hand and was getting the best of it, when Captain Halt ran up, but the convict gathered a rock, and said to Hall, "You put me in tne shower ' bath yesterday, and now I am going to kill you,'draw mg back with his arm to strike, at the same timej at this moment the Captain caught his eye j and with his piercing gaze, seemed to thwart his purpose. The guarq, ODserving iue uimcuiiy, came iu a' double quick at charge bayonets; ituVipn thi pnncirt tnrnpd nnon thm. throwing his stone, with great force, at One of the guard, who raising up his gun warded off the blow, which un doubtedly would have broken his skull. He was bayonetted severely in the left breast and thigh when he surrend ered. He - was taken to his cell and Dr. Johnson summoned, who pro- nounced his wounds of a ' serioas na ture. ' . ' ! . -i The above are the facts in the case. We have endeavored to give a full, fair and unbiased statement of the ' whole: disturbance, with all the circumstances connected therewith. Nowt is for the public to say who is at faulty and who will be responsible for the bloodshed J et to come, unless these poor deluded, oyal leaguers, arc relieved .of the im- pression T.nat it is uie purpose ana in tention of their party to release them. I The Trial' of J. Marshall' Wood ing, Before Judge Moore He' - is Again Discharged. On the evening 6f the funfprtunate occurrence, of the shooting of Bryant by Wooten, and after the acquital of the defendant Jbf the Mayor, he was arretted upon a bench warrant issued by Judge Moore, and brought to trial yesterday morn ing at 10 o'clock. Messrs. F. IL & C. M. Busbee, appeared for defendant, and the prosecution; conducted by Solicitor Cox and Quent Busbee, Esq. .i The i same witnesses testified to the same facts as before the Mayor's Court on Wednesday, t J udge Moore after- a brief resume of the testimony, gave his opinion thai defendant acted purely in self defence, and discharged him from custody. . ;: r---'- ' x-' . For the Dal'y New, i Meeting in Chatham. . In pursuance of previous notice, a meeting of the Conservatives of Cape Fear Township was held at Lockville, on the 6th inst., for the purpose of ap pointing delegates, to attend tha State and District Conventions, and to or ganize for the coming campaign, ' On motion. Captain J. N. Clegg was called to the Chair and Mr. Z. T. By num appointed Secretary. ' ' The following resolutions were intro duced and unanimously adopted : 1 Resolved, That we are unalterably op posed to the dishonesty, corruption and extravagance exhibited by the Radical party in their administration of the State and National Government, and do call upon all good and true men to cast 'aside -party prejudice and unite with us in our efforts for reform and re trenchment. . '. y' Resolved, That the late General'As scmblj are, entitled to our thanks for their great reduction in the expenses of .the State; government, and their efforts to relieve oar oppressed and impover ished taxpayers. x j Resolved, That as law-abiding citizens, we denounce the late efforts of Gov. Caldwell - to eiect the officers of the Penitentiary and Asylums, as being an illegal and unconstitutional exercise of arbitrary and unwarranted power. , Resolved, That we ! hearti ly advocate the adoption of the amendments to the Constitution proposed by the Legisla ture, as'being best tot the interests and prosperity of the whole people of the State. : :'" J Resolved, That we do most earn estly recommend, as our candidade for Congress our distinguished felbw-citi zen, Hon. John Manning,. Jr., as one who triumphantly bre: our Jmnner in the contest two years ago,who was the first to raise his voice-in the Halls of Congress in defence of an oppressed people, and who deserves this honor from the people of this Congressional District as an acknowlegement of their appreciation of his -untiring and manly efforts in this behalf. . V ; Resolved, That' we recommend as a suitable person for State "Auditor, our Worthy Representative, John Worn ick, Esq.:. , . '- -,':r4 '" - 4 The Chafrman appointed the fol . following delegates, viz : " Maj. J. W. Scott,' J. W. Minims, Capt. L. R. Exline, Sandy Brown, A. J. Bynum, and Charley , Harrington, and on motion the Chairman and Secretary were added.) "j . Messers S. Gunter and J. H. Minims t Were appointed as two of the County Executive Commute. J i Messrs. J. N. Clegg, R. H. Faucett, A. J. Bynum, J. W. Scott, and W. S. Gunter were appointed a3 the Town ship Executive Committee. . ; . , J. N. Clegg, Ch'n. Z. T. Btsum, Sec'y. . ' " - " 1 . A Son Disinherited Romance of Real Life. The . Lancaster (Pa.) Express says : .1 Twenty years ago, Samuel Wise, 6on of Christian Wise, residing at Millport, Warwick township, this county, left home without giving notice to any one, leaving a young wife and child behind him. Years rolled on, and yet no tid ings of the lost son, husband and father. Ten years ago last February, Christian Wise, the father of the missing man, died ; but before dying he made a will, wherein he declared (that if the son Samuel should return home ten years after his (the lather's) death, he should receive his share ol the fortune, a very considerable estate ; but in the event ol his failure to return, it was to go to the sister in addition to her own share. On Monday, a gentleman' called at the Caldwell House, this city, armed with power of attorney from the long-lost son, who is now, and has been all these years, . in Arizona. xThej agent finally succeeaea in nnaing oamuei s sisier ai Rothsville,"and she told him all about the will. He at once returned to this city and consulted the Register of Wills, the search revealing the fact that he was just sixteen days too late in other words, the claim came in just sixteen days after the expiration of the ten years contemplated in the will 1 The attorney of Samuel Wise, the missing man, was delayed on the Union Pacific railroad by the snow blockade, for a period of more than one month, and Samuel thereby lost his fortune. The missing man has proved recreant to his first wife and child, haying married a woman in Arizona, by which union; he :ias another 'child verily, truth is tranger than fiction. j --- i Several members of the Virginia Leg islature have been bound; over to the Federal Court,, charged with holding office contrary to the 14th Amendment to the Constitution ofi the United' States. : ' ; j : . The Southern Express Company no longer transact business on the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Rail Road, be tween Norfolk, Va., and Bristol, Tenn. General Merrill Barlow, a lawyer and politician of Cleaveland, Ohio, and Ad jutant General of that State during the war, is dead. , ; ' - f . . r- William Mink, of Gloucester Co., N. J., fell backwards on a circular saw, which cut a gash seven inches long across Jiis shoulders. ,, I It is rumored that fotir Jesuits have left Rome on a recent mission from the . Pope. - . The second trial of Mrs. Laura D. Fair will take place in San Francisco on the 24th of June. - - , .The bell of the first Methodist Church, at Atlanta, Oa., fell, causing a loss ot $15,000. . : Charles Chamberlin has been arrested in Philadelphia, lor beating his wife with a cotton hook. "r There are 300 students at Washing ton and Lee University, Va., and 270 at the Virginia Military Institute. AJ white man giving his n'anie as Wil-' liam B. Clark, has been arrested in Nor folk, Va., charged with forgery. XA new postofSce has been established at "Granite," Chesterfield county, Va., Mathew Hall being postmaster. The aqnuar.se'wion of the Sunday School Society of the Viginia Confer ence is in session at Lynchburg. : - - - : - Mr. Joseph-A. Bilissly,,ot Portsmouth, Va., Celebrated his golden wedding last Saturday. Mr. William Ford, of Richmond, Vs., . who was a soldier in the war of 1812, died a day or two since. - V -: ' G. B.Davis, a blacksmith of Ports- mouth, Va., has discovered the art of welding copper. I Rev. H. B. Cowles, who sustained in juries by a recent fall at Warrenton, Vsu, has nearly recoTered. . ' The steamer Kafraria will carry 18,- 000 bnshels ot oysters from Norfolk, Va to ba replanted in France. ; . TATE MATTERS. ' Our friends throughout the State will place us under obligations jf they will furnish us with any items ol news that may transpire in their respective sections, as we desire to make this de- pal tment specially full, v. . Two negro children have recently died in Hdlsboro from measles. Durham has ten tobacco factories in operation. ,. ..' ? Wheat is very fine in portions of Catawba county- T - Mrs. Noah Barringer died in Ca tawba county last week. Iledell county has appointed dele gates to the Greensboro Convention. .1 Asparagus has made its appearance in the Newbern market. . ' The "Old ReliAble" company will be in Wilmington next week.'r Herring arc very plentiful, in the Newbern market. . Goldsboro is itgain the dinner house on the W umington and A eldon rail road. , - : The wife of Mr. Joseph Bryanof Wayne county, who was so badly burned last Friday evening, died on Saturday. T. M. Argo is' named by the Repub licans of Orange for the office of Secre tary of State. ' A , J: M. Justice, of Rutherford, is re commended by his Republican friends as a candidate for Secretary of State. George Whitfield Read, Esq., a lead ing member of the Danville (Va.) Bar, is dead. 1 The roof of a dwelling in Wilming ton took fire on Wednesday afternoon, but was soon extinguished. Arrangements are being made in Wilmington for several picnics on the 1st of May. It is reported that Henry Berry Low rey's bcdy is being searched for by a party from Lumberton. . .An effort. is being made to organize an amateur minstrel troupe in AVU-. mington. : SsiALL-rox is increasing in the town ot Washington. Three deaths have oc curred from this cause. One hundied and seventy-nine deeds were recorded in Halifax county during the month of March. . , William Walton, a notorious thief, has been captured m Halifax county, and committed to jail. Z It is stated that many persons are leaving some of our Western counties for the North-west. V , F. G. K. TiCKNOK, arrested in Wil-" imington for lorgery, is still in jail awaiting a requisition from the authori ties in Richmond, Va. , r An excursion, under toe aiispices of the Odd Fellows, will take place on the. 25th mst. from -Tarboro to Washington, this State. ' John Dial, colored, formerly one of the Robeson county outlaws lia3 been taken to Smithville to appear as "State's evidence" against Calvin Oxendine. Two negroes, Armstrong and John son, became involved in a difficulty in Newbern,on Monday night, the former receiving a stab;with.a knife which will probably prove fatal. ... Dr. H. F. Murput, of New Hanover county, has recently invented a farming implement which combines the harrow, chopper and plow," intended fr'the cultivation of corn and cotton. A colored boy, in the employ of Col. Cantwcll, of Wilmington, succeeded in breaking open a desk, which, as is sup posed, he thought contained money.' Not being successful in his search, he captured a p.ir of pants, and has not been heard in i m since. ' ' A m"eetiko of the Democrats and Conservatives of New Hanover county will.be held on the" 23rd inst., for the purpose cf appointing delegates to the Greensboro and Congressional District Conventions. The Grand Annual - Reunion of the Roanoke and Tar River -Agricultural Association will take- place in Weldon on Tuesday, the 14th of May. . On that day the New Emry House will be opened with a festival. A "rock mud dle," which our Roanoke friends know so well how to prepare, will form a prominent feature of the occasion. The - Democrats and Conservatives of Tyrrell county held a meeting on meeting the 30th ult., for the purpose, among others, of appointing n i n ; delegates to the Greensboro Convention. Bartlett Jones, Jr., Esq., being Chairman and James A. Spruill Secretary. Lphraim Leigh, J. H. Thomas , Jas. F. Davenport, E. A, McLee and Edward -Parish were ap pointed a committee to report resolu tions for the consideration of the meet ing.; Resolutions wera adopted de nunciatory of the corruption of the Republican party, and arraigning Gov. Caldwell betore the bar ot public ojun ion for his action in regard to" the peni tentiary and the two asylums. All the resolutions showed the true spirit' of Democracy ; The meeting was address cd at some length by Hon. T. J. Jarvis, L; C. Latham and Dempse'y Spruill." A county Executive Committee and dele gates to the State and Senatorial Con ventions were then appointed. At a meeting of the Democ Conservative citizens of .Stokes county, on the first inst., Isel F. Hill, Esq., was called to the chair and Dr. John Pepper and C. M. Lasley appointed Secretaries A committee, consisting of the follow- ina gentlemen, was Appointed to draft resolutions: W. W. King, J. G. H. Mitchell, J. W. Spainhour, James Rier son, Jr., S. M. Hughes, G. E. Moore and C. W. McAnally. S. B. Taylor and J A. Burnett addressed the meeting, The resolutions passed were of an ap propriate character, denouncing theccr- ruptionists and declaring the willing ness ot the meeting to co-operate with liberal honest Republicans to. oast them and elect a President pledged to hon eatv and economy. Gen. A. M. Scales was declared their first choice for Gov ernor and General J. M. Leach,' the second. The following persons ; were appointed as delegates t the State and Congressional Conventions, consisting of five from each township, to wit : Bter line Adams. Dr. W. E Lash, C. W. Mc Anally, Benj. Bailv, Dr. W. W. WiUiers, W. W. Kin, j.- A. Burnett, J. B. "Vaughn, J. M. Covington, H. R. Car roll, J. C. Blackboro, L. W. Anderson, G. W. Webster, J. G. II. Mitchell, Dr. R. D. Hay, L H. Nelson, Wm. Smith, Lewis Thomas, G. K Moore, Thomas Martin, Dr. Frank Pringle, J. W. Law- son, Dr. J. L. Petraa, James Riersoo, Jr. A. P. Jessnp, Jno. L. Smith, Dr. R. F. Moir, IL T. Smith, S. IL Hc-hes, I. W. J. M. Smith, Esq , near Fayetteville, raises tea.. ; ,s The Court House Square at Louis- Ibnrg is to be cncl sed. v f PviMPO aT Okl A.mMAnAA ?n a71!vA betli City next wetk. .There are seven schools at Rcky Mount. t . - The Virginia Telegraph Company intend extending their line from Alex andria, Va., to Wilmington. . The loss by the fire at Halifax on Wednesday was 2.500 : insurance $600. John J. M. Colliss, of Nash coun ty, died a few days since in the 53rd year of bis g. . Mrs. Margaret A. Stephens, of Le noir county, died onthe 8th mst., of consumption. Fires were in the woods in every di rection around Wilmington- on Thurs dav nijilit. The route for the Fayetteville and Florence railroad is being, surveyed. N. C.Dawson, Esq., an old citizen of Fo'rsythe county, died last Monday. Anson superior Court convenes on the 22d inst.- Several citizens of Forsythe county left, a few days since, for California. A mad dog was seen a few flays since near Salem. SamesHeaton and Duncan Holmes, colored, had a fight in. Wilmington Friday night. , v The body ot a woman was found on the 10th inst., on the beach at Fort Macon. " Edgecombe Superior Court, Judge Watts to preside, convenes on the 29th inst' , . The political disabilities of R. P. Waring, Esq., of Charlotte, have been removed. Judge Henry was to have sentenced the Adairs for murder, last week at Henderson Superior Court. . C. W. Johnson, of this State,, was the successful Knight at the tourna ment near Norfolk, Va.on Friday, John Price, confined in Buncombe county jail, and who made his escape, has been recaptured. Judge Henry is suggested as the Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor. La Rue's Minstrels will . entertain Salisbury on the 11th, 12th and 13th i msts. ' ; ! ; " Col.. Hakes, formerly editor of the Era, is now in the law office of W. H. Bailey, Esq., of Salisbury. ;- Joel' F. Hili. Esq.,' of Stokes coun ty, is spoken of as the Democratic can didate for State Auditor. Calvin Lowrey, charged with the murder of ex -Sheriff King, of Robeson, : has been baptised in jail. Fatetteyille is afflicted : with mumps; there have also been many casfs of pneumonia. - Laurinsburg postofiBce, Richmond county, is closed, there being no post master. Efforts are being made for a tri weekly mail from Banford to Carthage, and from Fayetteville to Harnett Court House. Davis G. BarrWt, of Nash county, committed suicide on the 9th inst., by taking one-third of an ounce of mor phine. . : . j - tt A mass meeting, was held at Rocky Mount on the 8tb inst., fur the purpose 'of devising means by which they could have a road to Nashville, Nash county. The colored free schools of the city of Wilmington have a Tegular attend ance of about three hundred though ! more have been enrolled. At the term of jPitt Superior Court- which commences next week, Judge W atts to' preside, four capital cases will be tried. W. W. Rosser and Miss Sallie Jones were thrown from a busgy in Halifax county a few days since and -badly bruised. i A fire near Columbia.Tvrrell county. entirely destroyed the store and .stock of goods of Spencer D.. Wynne; In sured lor 3,S00. r j The Local of the Rocky Mount Mail has been shown a monstrosity in the person of a negro baby. It is eight months old and weighs forty pounds. Capt. Exum Lewis! . of the Wil mington and Weldon road, was caught between two cars at' Enfield on Wed nesday, and received painful, though hot serious, injuries. The Rolesonian has the name of Major Jessie R. McLean, of Harnett, at its masthead as-, the Democratic candi date for Superintendebt of Public In struction. " Calvin Oxendine has been acquit ted at the present term of Brunswick Su perior Court of being implicated in the murder of ex-Sheriff King, of Robeson county, which occurred in 1869. It is contemplated by certain parties to erect a brick hotel in the town of Halifax, on the site of the old hotel building. A neat brick law-office has just been completed on the same lot for Messrs. Ulark s Mullen. v . . ... . .. The Rohesonian says it is reported that the remaiping members of the Lowrey gang have .disappeared from ScufHetown, and it is thouijlit that they have left the country. None ot them have been seen since the departure of the Herald correspondent. ( Wilmington, tto Governor Caldwell lor the pardon of Jerry Johnson, white, confined in the Work House of New Hanover county for stealing a gun. He was.sentenced to twelve months im;.ns onmnet of which ten have expired. The Democrats and Conservatives ot Yadkin county, held a meeting on tha 21t ult.. tor i be purpese of appoint ing delegates to the Greensboro Con vention. CKA. C. Uowles presided and J. S. Hampton and J. A. Lilung ton acted as Secretaries. The compit tee appointed for that purpose, consis - tini: of Isaac Jarratt, J. U. Mailer and A. N. bmiih, reportea tne iollowing : Resolved, That we are opposed to Radir calism, misrule and public extravagance. Delegates were then . appointed to tl.e Greensboro Convention. The Wilmington Star sajs: Under a recent decision ot the Supreme Court of the United States, the collection of taxes Tram the Wilmington and Weldon Rail road Company for all purposes was ille gal, and the Chairman of the different Boards of County Commissioners, in the counties where such tax has been col lected .hare been instructed to order the ipeirnt refunded. Tb -"""t r- - ' : O'Conner Convicted. 'r - LOSDOS. April 11. . The case ot Arthur O'Conner. the as sailant of the Queen came up. in Old Bailey4hi luorning. The prisoner made an Ineflectual attempt to with draw his plea ofuilty to th charge of assassination of her Mijety, with nti i gatiug ground of insanvy. The jury was empanelled to crKpnwi. int. ihe mental condition of the prisoner. O'Connor's father was sworn in biajson's defence ; he testified that be (the fatheY). was the nephew oi Teargus. O'Conner, and that several mimlwra i his family, besides the prisoner, were insane. The accused, he stated, was very studious when a child, and fell into bad health, from which he had suffered ever. since. The prisoner was wounded in the head in I860, atd rvceived injuries which rendered him Unsensible for some time. The witness further testified that his son was never connected with any political association. . The jury was satisfied as to the sanity of the prisoner, and brought in a verdict ot guilty O'Conner was then sentenced to , le imprisoned for twelve months at hard lalorand to receive twenty labes, lion. William M. MeDonxaUs Ad dress to his Constituents. - Toronto, April 11. lion. Wm. M. McDougtll addressed his conststuents at Almonte last night; he condemned the scheme for the- Paci fic Railway now being carried out by the Canadian Government, as involving enormous expenditures, and 6aU they had better relied more upon water com munication and American railways; He next referred to the treaty ot Washington . He said it was just pos sible that Great Britain, and the United States might continue to differ about their constructions ot the treaty, in wtfich case Canada would not be called upon to take any action with regard to it, but from recent information, it seem ed to indicate that the differences would le settled and therefore the " matter would come betore our Parliament. . It would be a fatal mistake for Parliament to refuse to confirm the treaty to which the head of the Government had at tached his signature. If tho Dominion of Canada is to remain a part and par cel of the British Empire, we must sub mit to the consequences of that position, and must be ready to d our part to wards .carrying out any arrangements that may have been entered into be tween the mother country and foreign countries. We cannot remain as a part of the empire and act as an indepen dent nation. We must be willing to allow the Imperial Government in its dealings with the United States or other foreign countries to make such bargains as they, in their wisdom and in accor dance with the public opinion of the Empire may find necessary, and we must acquiesce like good, subjects, and put up with the consequences. ' Mr. McDouall was quite .ready to dsscuss i the propriety of u political change if it was found that o.ur .posi tion was an embarrassment to ourselves and to the . mother country. He was quite prepared to consider .what was best, wisest and safest course for us to take, but in Parliament they could not discuss this question. They must then deal with things as they were ; they must recognize Cau'ada as a part of t he British Eaipire; the maritime provinces were satisfied with the fishery clause, and he considered that the importance of the concession made to the United States in this matter had been greatly overrated. As to the navigation of the St. Law rence, he said be held that it would be an advantage to Canada to allow Amer icans equal rights on that river, and that i,n point ol international law, they were entitled to it any way. I He argued Imperial Government was alone respon sible for the treaty j - -- : i The Survivors and Dead Bodies from the Oceanns. " . St Louis, April 12. The steamer Belle,"of St. Louis, has arrived here with 28 survivors and 7 bodies, of persons who died during the passage. The books and papers of the Oceanus, also the list of passengers, are lost. George Constable and wile, of the Noyce Circus, are missing. The dead on the boat presented a horrible appearance, their bodies being swollen and ' many of them of the color of raw beet, their skin having been entirely scalded off. Those not otherwise desig nated are not- injured. The engineer said that he went on watch but a few moments before the f xploion, and trivd five guages,. in all. ol. which he found plenty of water. He then walked back to get a cup of coffee and in five min utes the explosion . occured. Robert Chew, one of the 'proprietors of th Atlantic land Pacific Circus, saved himself by means, of a plunk. He thinks George . Constable tik wife, circus" pertoT-mfcra, from California; .Fiank Slate and Frank Williams, also circus men, were droa&ed. George Ketbeley, first engineer, who was on watch when theexplosion occurred, says the boat had just struck a bar, the engines " had been stopped, and he glanced at his watch to note the time when the explosion occulted with a terrible force; one of the boilers was blown back to Eylanderk. and the whole forward part of the boat, includ ing the. pilot boue Texas, and forward State room, were scattered right and left.' ' k. :. The boat took fire, instantly, and the startled and half nude passengers who were not killed a wok: to. a terrible reality. But one boat was left, and that was' badly broken. The officers did all they could to assist the passen gers. Captain Reeder and . bis clerk Henry M., Worsham, gathered together the life preservers tnt were left in the back part of the cabin and distributed them to the half disrrac ted pasenj;era. There were bot two females on, board, Mrs. Constable and ehVmber maid; named Wallace. The Second Comutroiier has given an opinion that the bill now Ijcfore Congress for the payment of bounties to troops enlisted under the President's pi o tarnation of May 3. 1861, applies to Volunteers who enlisted lor three years, lietween the dates named, viz : lie tween May 3 and July 22, f8Cl. r: Ransier,. negro Lieut. Governor of South Carolina, and three or four other negroes from that State, on the way to . I -V " :! . . C .1 themselves into the sleeping car at Ao gnsta, Georgia, and remained on it until they reached Atlanta. ' The ground on which the State' De partment is atleged . to have requested the recall of M. Bellouet, French Charge d' Affairr at Washington, is on accouct of an investigation, of the French arms inquiry, i ' " Two boys, aged thirteen and fourteen"' , m f ji a t r ran. Dccuae idyoitcu id souugb it ui New York, when one stabbed the other. aew.ro; from w l bich he is not expected to re cover. A meeting was held in St. Louis, Mo on Saturday last, for the purpose of raising funds for the rebel the wants of Gen. S. Cooper, Adjutant General of the Southern Army. Several subscrip tions were made, a committee appoint-'? ed to receive subscriptions and the pros- pects am that a considerable" amount '' will le raised.j' "- .:: i. ... . : j - v In a letter to his brrtthir-iii law. Dr. Jaynes, l Springfield, III., Seuator Trumbnll fully rnit)ntits4 himself Ito the Liberal moyenunt, and expresses the I opinion that the nominee ot the Cincin nati Convention -; will be the next President, . j ' - ' ' '" i .)'.'. - ' r .. .... . - .1 - . Captam Chatle n. Dinimock.of Va., ha-j gone t Gettyabnrg, Pa., s agent ot ; the Ladies' Holly wcxkI j Memorial As sociation, in 'order to make arrange ments lor the removal ot the boIics of the Confederate dead buried thtre, to Richmond, i- .. I , .i- In a conflict between Messrs. James M. Don nan and J. W. Johnson, 4 m in ttrsburjr, the former was wound the leg by a pistol shot and the received & wound on the head. utter . The two principal streets of Hope dale, Vs.. just bej ond the cily limits of Richmond, have been named llllhert and Walker, alter the Governoi of that SUte. i y Dr. Marvin and Samuel Boyd bave been sentenced, in Omaha, for causing' the death, by abortion, of Miss Olliver; ' of V ootl river, Nebraska. The former, was sentenced to three and a half Iveara imprisonment; and Jhc .latter t months. T' Some one fired a nidto! shot- over Republican procession in Columbia, . C, Thursday night, from the Columbia Hotel window; The Republicans forth with mobbed the hotel, smashed all the windows, and! would have sacked it but tor the interference pf federal troops. John R. Reynolds, of Philadel ;hilV - put who bad been employe! for some time in tho Theatre Cotnique, Peters burg, Va., died recently in that "city of intemperance.! - r-..' 1. j Botlf branches oftlin Ohio Legisla ture have possod a bill providing that the reading of newspaper reports of a crime shall not render a man .inioih- petent to sit as a juror in the case. Th. DiKtnrt f'oMrt nf tlin ITii States, which j has been in ' sessmn Lynchburg for two or three weeks, adjourned. I 1 ! has ' Miss Edmonia Moon, of Albrniarle cimnty, Va., will sail on the 17th inL, for China, she having been appoint cd a Baptist Missionary to that country. 1 . The Virginia Agricultural Society will hold its next auiiunl fair in October, commencing on the 29th and continu ing four days. , ' . - The colored citizens of purpose, celebrating the Richmond ndorition ol the i ilteenth Amendnu-ut tc the Constitution of the United biatvs. The New York Journal of Commerce and iflanda rd 'suggest a revival ol the " whippingpost fr a certain class of offenses. " '" There were nineteen deaths in R ch-V mond. Va., during the week ending last Saturday, and on hundrel and two -during the. Month of March. ; ' Negotiations will soon commence be- -tween President, Thiers and Count yon Armien lor the complete evacuation of French territory by the German troops. About sixteen hundred immigrants arrved in New York the past week -from glance and Lorraine, destined jfor thqest:,. j.f : ; - Rev. G. L. Petrel, of Greensville. Ala . has bien callexl to the charge' of the Washington Street Presbyterian church, fcjerfcuurg, ya. thd lody ol Nel ; Jack son, who wiw drwoned some tni since in tne Ap Eomattox river at ecu cecoveredj retersuurg, as It i4 rumored that poison has bWn 6 - i fouud in thetitomacb of the last of the Lloyd children, in Ix:ebnrg, Va. St. Louis h mis hA a society t in pa.vin tb to raise fu nis a to . nn Imj French War 'debt. Frafik Fuller and Xotinan Fitch arc the M to the Jrknt con vet Mr BMood v. i died on suddei ly at Old Point, Va., Mo- day afternoon . 1 tte has gr uro Oh. iuau Bank of Vichna htd ailoin of T.OOO.OOOrrJnts toTu ev. "Hehit Hungry," Mm Wilm. r, -land's novel. Im Injen ifrMnitfizt-d Helen DE'e.i . , i ; The! public ) ;lio ! at Clarke and Uachipgham jciuntie,Vi., have mntis ana have -ii pt.iidfIJ. : A UdjrTiil AleXHiidria, wa tlivorcl Uil Thursday; a' ' married again IIm same Evening. 1 i HI 1. Repfrts front all 'parts ofVirginiJ regard to the wheat crop ae favor 4 ' The measles and mumps have atUjt eovthcl People are leaving Wythe county, yc, for Teixas, California, Kansa and otjlifr Thd "Black! litth Coal Jlmiflir (ra- has l:if oraamz''! in Hicli vh. i r .. , v. r Swamp Angel ; or, rtie .s i a Jiemyi correnruiiiit.r l. laved lO iVw lork by the uw- i denied Mint a coldness rs uetwctn Presfdi-ni" Ci mnt and General IT.k.A'l. P. Jobp Hfa. ii dout'tful whellit-r Rcpulirans "iff KiigUnd are hi ileal 1- Twejnty-two Communists, under tence S lestfi. ae in pnon -t - liles. "rt4fe. 1 Iti ilenied ih t Kin Iiui. of varia. is' betrothed to 'a dMUghteiaf Frederick Charles, of PruwiJ. Prince! PUtiburg, ts valueit at 17,&CQ, 000. 'More than HOOO jn-ople visited Kff- ide the TMutt win't-r. The Titl.fxirne t-Uimsnt iil le tried in the on tl.i Court of i ien's Bench in Jane . ctiaiger il fotgrry awl pctmrv. 1. O. ol F. bad a grsod festival The in'J'ommouiii Va., im Frtlay mgh4 . The l-ridge across Flint river, at Bail , G,; has been wavhed away. I f itl 'J TltejSandersvir.e Georgian has leen pur-haed by Benjamin V. Holt Thiers tain constant consultation in regard! to the fortification of France. I ' ' M.Jl,.,' -- - ruion deh-g ites ti'it-i , . ' Danv" mondi The! vintui being rell Sister. - ; It h
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