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WlXiMHSTGhTONIPOST
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TEURIBLE IIUBBICANE.
OK LIF AN P .
a, Feb. 20. -
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Hamlet, N.
A cyclone passed over
the Carolina
Central 'railroad near
Polk ton last
night, destroying every thing in its way.
Large; trees, houses and fences were"
strewn in every direction. Its course
was east, passing Lilseville eighteen
milts up theTce Dee river. At Rock
ingham, it struck a village on the out
skirts of, the -town, destrpyiug fifteen
hou-ies, killing in its" course tjwenty
three people and wounding many more
ylt is reported that seveal colored peo-
pic wre killed on thu Pee Dee
I From Kockingha'ai, it still pursued an
easterly c'ourse,n"assinir between Man-,
ly and Keyscr. on the Raleigh & Au
gusta railroad, deslrojing everything
in it 8 way. . " ' -
A party from Lilliogton, in Harnett
county, says tat it paed near there,
killinir six persons. It was at one time
io four miles of Hamlet. 'Hail accom
piiuitd the storm and was two aud a
hall, by two inches thick.
' ' . Charloite, Fob20. "
A storm accompanied by h.iil struck
Chester, S. C, fifty miles south of here
last niiiht. The roofs of the bank and
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many stores we're torn off. The Calaw
ba Oil Mill, Baptist and Presbyterian
Churches aod many private towellings
were wholly or partly destroyed.
Freight catB were blowu from, the track
to the llepot platform. The dmage is
estimated at $50300. The storm was
vpirv violent hero and tcok the roof
from Biddle's foundry. ' r
THE STORM IN WAKE-
The'wind in the course of the storm
Jast night reached a velocitj of sixty
raid per our. Ac Rogeifs X Roada
the iuuse 6T Geofe0 BSCebVeaaa blowtf
down. lie was crushed to death; hjs
aged mother was struck on the head by
a beam and nade blind; her life is de
spaired of. '
" Near Cary every chouse on Mr. Sor
rell's farm was blown down, and he
was severely hurt, it is reported.
: New Orleans, February 20.
A special from Columbus, Miss., says:
A severe tornado passed through the
lower portion of this county yesterday
doing great damage to houses and
dwellings- On some plantations not a
single -house was left standing. It is
reported that one life was lost and many
persons wounded."
Macon, Ga., February 20.
A heavy wind, raid and hajl stcrm
was reported (ram 3 to 5 o'clock last
evening in various sections of the state.
The wires are 'don in m'auy places,
making it dificultHo obtain dctafrsr: No
loss "ot life is jet reported in this vi
cinity. Considerable damage has been
done Xo fences, forests and buildings.
Atlanta, G A., February.
Report reach here of adesiructive
cyclone' passing JVom southwest J-o
northeast along the western edge of the
state, -by Rome, Cove Spring.-Gartefs
and Jasper. At'iJoton several school
children were?killed by a falling houso.
There have beea several deaths at Cove
Spring. -Many persona we're' injured
much property destroyed wherever the
cyclomr touched, -
itepol't ol Cnpt. dabriQltsipu.
Capt. Eric Gabrielson,' commanding
the United States revenue steamer
Dexter,( has made a report to the Sjec
retary of the Treasury in regard to the
assistance rendered bytha vessel to
the wrecked steamer City of Col Qm
bu?, off Gay's Head, on the 18 th iost.,
full particulars of which have already
been published, including the gallant
conduct of Lieut. Rhodes iu rescuing
the two last bodies, which had been
frozen to the rigging. .The Dexter,
withthe assistance of the lifeboatfrom
"the shore, took from the wrecked
atpampr twentv-one uersous, two of
whom were dead; when found, ' and two
more ofLwhom died after reaching the
Dexter. Capt? Gabrielaoh says that
the conduct of the ofiicers and creiTon
this tfying occasion was highly, com
mendable, each, performing- his duty
with alacrity and efficiency, and he es
pecially commends to the considera
tion of the department Firat Lieuten
ant W. D. Roath, Second Lieutenant
J. VV. Rhodes, an Third Lieutenant
V. D. Kennedy, as bjave and exem
plary in their conduct on this, occasion;
also First Assistant Engineer A. F.
Rockefeller and Second Assistant En
gineer C. W. Beckwith, both of whom
were assiduous in their care and atten
tion to the survivors. -
Meeting or the Union Veterans
n- f t Association.
At a meeting of the Union Veterans
Association, held on Monday evening
last, the President, Col. G. L. Msfbson,
in substance, deliyered the following
address. We will not do the Colonel
the injustice to attempt a full report of
his excellent addes, but let our read
ers fill the vacuum '
Col. Mabson. in substance, said that
tihe organization of the 25th Army
Corps was a grand event in the history
of the negro in the late war, as the or
der issued on the banks of the James
river by our gallant Weitzel, will show.
Comrades, I will read it, ,for this is an
original, handed to me on the field
before the final fight which ended the
war. y ; ... . :. ' . ' :-
, This order fnspired us to fight, for
we knew thit our liberty was at stake.
Digest the noble sentiments therein,
and let us in our civil life improve our
selves by iivfng up to, and obeying it as
we did in thetime of war:
r'HApi'R8, 25TH ABMYvCoKPiS, V
T Army of the James. )
In the Field, VA.,Feb, 20, 1865.
Orders:
- In view of the circumstances under
which this Corps was raised and filled,
the peculiar claims of its 'individual
members upon the justice and fair deal
ing of the prejudiced, and the regulari
ty of the conduct of the troops, which
deserve those equal rights that have been
hitherto denied the majority, the Com
manding General has been induced to
adopt the Square at the distinctive
badge of the 2Gth Army Corps.
- MTherever danger has been found and
glory to bfe won, the heroes who have
fought for immorta'ity have been dis
tinguished by some emblem, to which
every victoryjadded a hew lustre. They
looked upou their badge with pride,
for to it they had given its fame. In
the homes of smiling peace, it recalled
the days of. courageous endurance and
the hours of deadly .strife and it
solaced the moment of death, for it was
a symbol of a life of horoism and self
denial. The poets still sing of the
"Templars' Cross," the "Crescent," of
the Turk, the "Chalice'' of the hunted
Christian," and the "White Plume'.' of
Murat, that crested the wave of va'or,
sweeping reaiatlessly to victory. ;
Soldier-: To ycu is given a chance,
in this Spring Campaign, of making
1 1) is badge i m m or tat. Lethi s to ry reco r d
that on thr banks of the James; thirty
thousand- freemen, not only gained
their own liberty, but shattered the
prejudice of the world and gave to the
land of their birth,. Peace, Union and
Glory. l Godfrey Weitzel J;
Major General Commanding
Official.
When we offered our services to the
Uniou we had no mUitary knowledge.
We hud to rely ron such iuformaiiou as
we attained in va few short weefes of
camp life for a successful career as
soldiirs. v
Comrades, fraternity is essenml to
succtss in ail societies. Then let us be
uuited.
Let officers and numbers full val
u& Vfc-Jn5J.Jtia upon
them an4 do their daty'lviUtfut fear or
fAvor, for I am fully persuaded ca15f
as faithful sentinels we stand on guard,
as we were wont to. do in the days of
camp life, we shall be able tor rotect
and advance every interest of ourselves
arid families.
I consented to serve as temporary
president. I do not desire to be placed
at the head of our permanent organi
zation. Let us begin to think of one
to lead, whom Ml will follow fqy I am
of the opinion that we can advance our
organization; better if we all pull to
gether, l am satisfied to be a member.
I went into the army as a private. , I
am willing to associate with my com
rades now as a private ; Let no dissen
sion arise to divide us, but with un
broken front let us repel all attacks
made agaiust us, both as soldiers and
citizens. - . .
Col. J. S. W.:Ejiglcs was then intro
duced, and spoke as follows :
Mr: President and Comrades:
You are aware thaSfbeiBg preceded by
so uistinguisnea a speaker as , our
worthy president that it must place
your humble servant 'in & somewhat
embarrassing position. But good soldiers
never refuse duty, aud of course I must
stand at my post.
iv.ll of my comrades are cognizant of
the fact that on the commencement of
the war it was giyen out by some of
the white soldiers of the Union that
this was. a white mau's war and a
white man's tight. But God moves in
a mysterious way, His wonders to per
form. God so ordered it that the white
menTcould not preserve the Union, for,
Mr. President and Comrades, you who:
read the papers and heard the whispers
of those dark days, can well remember
that the Confederate forces, were hold
ing their own about as well as the Fed
eral forces were. Yes, vsir, the Union
army would gain ground one day and
lose it the next. One army was about
as victorious as the other. But let's see
what caused a turn ot the tide. I say,
comrades, what caused the tide of vic
tory to turn in the Union's favor? Wss
it not that the great minds of the north
were forced, by the reverses they were
meeting daily, to assemble in council
and decide that they needed help?
Whose help did. they call for? Why
they called for the help of the colored
volunteers. But there was some doubt
in the minds of the northern statesmen
and army ofiicers as to whether the
negro would fight, j Well, they tried
him. Now let's see whether he fought
or not. What does our national ceme
teries tell? Why are over 50,000 col
ored soldiers laying beneath the sod
to-day? Why are their bonea bleach
ing in' the dust to night ? For the
privileges we are enjoyiDg to-day.
Civil rights, political rights, soldiers'
and sailors' rights, and religous rights j
and we propose to protect those rights,
let come what will or may. Let - weal
or woe, let us survive or perish, we
will maintain those rights.
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, TltlD
" Yes, w say that they did fight, and
we are not the only ones that says. so.
What did the southern people say alter
the war was ovei? This is what they
said, "If we had only armed the ne
groes we might have gained one inde
pendence and slavery would, nave ex
isted in the southern states a hundred
years longer." But I doubt this very
much, for while we were slaves we were
not fools. Let us see whether they fought
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or not. now was it at -eiersourg,
New Harket Heights, Fort Harrison,
F'air Oaks, Deep Bottom, Fort Pillow,
where they were, butchered after they
surrendered. At Fort Sumpter where
Sergeant Carney after! being wounded
draging his leg after him said, "Boys
the old flag has has not touched the
dust yet." How was it at Fort Fisher,
at Sugar Loaf and near Wilmington,
at Northeast station, at Cox's Ferry
and at Richmond, and hundreds of
other places too numerous to mention j
now.
Freedom, we hear them err,
Freedom, or leave to die;
They meant that word, -.!'
Not as we do In party shout,5?
Thejr wjllingly gave their RDirits out. .
Then we say, never in field or tent
Scorn the black regiment. f i
' - Capt. Geo. E. Berden,
'ft Secretary.
Is tncen Victoria Mrs. Brown.
After all it would not be very strange
if it should, turn out that Quean Victo
ria was really married to the late John
Brown. Widowed . Queens are very
much in the habit of doing that tort of
thing." Napoleon I's Empress- Marie
Xouisi who had hr her veins the
proudeat blood in Europe, with no in
termingling of, any stream,, less than
royal lor hundreds of yealfs took up
with aGerman officer named Von Neip-
perg, whom she made major-domo of
her palace, and after he had secured a
divorce from his wife, married him nior-
gantically, and bore bim several chil
dren. Queen Maria Christiana, of
Spain, after the death of her husband,
Ferdinand VII) conceived a passion for
a private -in her Guards an' illiterate
man named Ferdinand Munoz, whose
parents kept a small tobacco shop in
his natiye town. She was married to
him secretly and bore him 10 children.
H-r daughter Isabella II,, after sustain
ing tender relations with a number of
distinguished men about he court, final
ly established a more permanent alii
auce with a peasant born man, who, it
is believed, is the father of one or more
of her later children, and still lives
with her.in her present abode in Paris,
ostensibly as a maior-domo of ' her?
household. "
Queen Victoria is a Guelph. Through
her veins runs -unrelieved by any
higher Or purer stream the thick, mud
dy blood of that course fibredTfamily.
.Despite her wen ordered me, iqdoes
not seem possible that the great great
granddaughter "oT George xtnff greats
granddaughter of George II', the grand
daughter of George III., the daughter
of a, man who -(lived the mosaf h:s
life in concubinage, the niece of such
m?n as William IV,' and George TV.,
and the mother otPrince Albert Ei
'ward :ould escape, if she were a le
gitimate child, having in her nature a
predisposition to the lower and coarser
things -of life,J which would be likely to
manliest itsell in just such a union as
this wth,a great, strong, two fisted fel
low, who was constantly about and
around her, carrying he back and forth
between ber carriage and house, some
times from one room to another, and
whor as she tells us in her book, fre
queatly carried, her pick-a-back across
the s.eams they came to in their walks
through the tocottish highlands.
; Queens are but women after all, and
Victoria is quite as likely as any other
widow to think thafeto
- Persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of inoDious a tubbornness.
It shows a -will most incorrect to heaven,
and that she was just as much entitled
have a male comforter to her declining
days auv other lady ot advanced years.
She is entitled to great credit for
having so successfully contended against
her hereditary tendencies as she has.
We should not expsct what would be a
miracle of self-restaint in a descendant
of the Georges. Exchange.
The Human; Wolf.
The man who baa no other vocation
in life than to pro upon and defame
his own species: who uses the talent
and ability which God has given him
to seduce arid trap the unwary, leaving
them scorned and loathed and cast as
wrecks on lire's tempest-tossed ocean:
and who, if need vbe, ill not hesitate
to drape about him the holy mantle of
Uhnst to accomplish his hendish aims,
and think it is no sacrilege.
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Scientists are still putting forth the
ories regarding the recent red sunsets,
but no satisfactory solution has been
given. If the sun is modest enough to
blush when he retires at dusk he should
be accredited with the virtue he as
gumeS, even if he possesses it not;
uity Items. ?
M.T. H. McL' Green, who has betn
qaite sick, is on the streets again. .
Ross & Lara wants 100 men at, the
Keystone quarry. See advertisement.
The best grade i of peanuts were sell
ing at $1.60 per bushel in this market
during the past wee -
Mr. T. A. Darby and family, who
have been spending several weeks with
their relatives in Wilmington, have returned.
Dr. H. S. Norcnm hasreiursed L : o
after an absence of uca :x:zztx ?'
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MrV Hardj Hicks, rforrserlf cf tl. :
City, but now of Morganton, ditrr C-V
000 in the Louisiana state ictssy tt ib
recent drawing. v t.--.
At a meeting ot the .7ilciir- . -
Light Infantry, held a few nights lIl..
it was decided to adopt the helmet hU
prescribed ior the State GaardV ,
Rev. A. iM'Oonway, of the;Firsi
(colored) Baptist church, who has been
quite sick, was sufficiently recovered
to fill his pulpit on Sunday last ' ' I
There were six interments .in Hz
rious cemeterits of the city durlr 41
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week ending on Saturday last, cf i
four were white and two colcr ' .
The brig p. G. Packirdsc! i,
Ponce, P. B. oavj Friday yit,
ward Kidder & Son were the shippers.
The store of Uessrs. Lockhart' &
Croom, on South Front street, was bro
ken open on Monday morning last, be
tween midnight and day, and robbed
of a considerable amount of groceries
and provisions. No clue to the perpe-
tors.
This is Washington's birthday. Also
the anniversary of the occupation oi
Wilmington by the Federal troops,
which occurred on the 22d of Februa
ry, 1865.
The Wilmington Light In-
fantry will parade during
i
the after-
noon. ' I
The bteainer North State took her
final departure for Georgia on Monday
night last, where she has been pur
chased, and
where she will hereafter
he Altamaha river and its
Captain R. P. Paddison,
be run, on
tributaries.
who is part owner, will have commaud
of her. !
The Young People's Association of
St.Paul'a Evangelical Lutheran Church
gave a very pleasant entertainment at
Rankin Hall, on Tueeday'night last,
consisting of vocal and instrumental
music, addresses, recitations, etc l it
was largely attended, and evidently
appreciated! 4
Mr. Nathaniel R. Fowler, an old
citizen of Wilmington, died in this city
on Monday morning last, after a long
illness, aged a bout 70 years. Mr. Fowler
hid been a great sufferer from a linger
ing disease and had long been confined
to his house. He was gently esteemed
by those who knew him;
The Bosaian Barbae Daemar and the
"BrorweatiBrrB- wencleared
from this port on SacLlay last, the
former to Antwerp and the "latter to
Hull, England, with cargoes of nayal
stores valued at $8,724. Messrs. Pat-
erson, Downing & Co., and Robinson
& King were the shippers,
Deputy Sheriff Geo. W. Murray left
for Raleigh: yesterday morning, haying
in his charge Gaston: Davis, Boyser
Davis and W H. Gibson, all colored
convicted at the late term of the Crimi.
nal Court and sentenced -to the Peni
tentiary, the former for four years and
the two latter five years each.
The Norwegian Barque Gieif and
Schr. Mary L. Dunn cleared from this
port on Tuesday, the former for Ros
tock, Germany, and the latter for
Bridgetown, Barbadoes, with cargoes
of naval stores and lumber valued at
$6,899.77. The shippers were Messrs.
E. Peschau & Westermanh and North
rop & Cumming.
An attempt to rob the store on the
corner of Fifth and Walnut streets,
was frustrated Thursday night by two
Officers of the police force, who discov
ered the thief in the act of prying open
a window with a chisel. He jumped a
fence and fled nocipitately, followed
by the policemen, who gave him a long
chase, and fired two shots after him
but without effect. ' .
The Howard Relief Fire Engine
Company celebrated their 28th anni
versary on Wednesday. Speeches were
made by the Mayor, Chief of the Fire
Department and others, and the exer
cises were intersperced with vocal and
instrumental music. The festivities
wound up with a splendid collation and
a trial of the engine in the afternoon
and a ball at Germania Hall at night
In the midst ot the storm of Tues
day night, the alarm of fire was sound
ed, and added to the feeling of uneasi
ness which prevailed. 4It was generally
feared that a terrible conflagration was
about to afflict the city, but it turned
out to be nothing more serious than the
burning of a large pile of dross back of
Mr. Alfred Martin's distillery, bn the
west side of the -river. The Little
Giant engine was sent over, notwith
standing the roughness of the river, to
prevent the fire from spreading. It
made a big blaze and frightened people
badly.
EEBRUAI1
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CPois
mewhere in
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sgent, - was
&t the pur-
-urest of the
jrght In-
3lvingthem
:y preserved
. ;f the swvi:
Iltheii nnv
r only adopt
:s necessary
itedt Smith
"eoesdayhe ?2ntral road
.:el Wades
point where
:.';'''
rtt the body
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to
're
rro,
the riv'r opposito Otange ? street doc-T,
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and was towed into the .slipthjs foot
tified as that of a notorious individual
why always styled himself as Annie
Ga?ton, and who insisted upon dressing
partly in the garb of a wbttian. He
was well known about wn,aUdwas of
ten a butt for thridicule of theyoung
pedple. He was missed from the house
of Reuben McDonald, on Second steet
about two weeks before the body was
found. The remains , were buried in
Oak Grove cemetery. ' ''. ' T
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Auuual Mectiug.
The annual meeting of tre Bank of
New Hanover was held in this city on
the 14th inst., when the following gen
tlemen were re-elected a Board Direc-
tsrs tor the ensuing year: - 0r M. Sted
man, G. W. Wi
liams, Vrvl. Gore, D
Atkinson, E. B. Bor-
MacRae, J. W.
den, Isaac Batei, R. R. Bridgers, J. A
Leak, H. Vollers and F. Rheinstein.
At an ensuing meeting" of the Board
of Directors the; following were elected
officers for the ensuing year:
Isaac Bates, Pn
G. W. William
sidftnt.
Stephen- D. Wj
er. .
At Chashier,
Jr.
W. L. Smith, Jr
B. G. Empie;
J. V. Grainger
R. Shaw.
Clerks.
y A Small Fire
On Monday morning Jlast a shed on
the premises attached to Messrs. Nor
throp & Cumming's mill was discov
ered to be on hre.' The, engines weie
quickly on th spoWbut the flamevhad
attained such a hriy' on account
of the inflam!? acter of the
that nothing cou .
Capt: R. H. Beeo
ie to save it.
-a.
ment'of the shed as a receptacle for his
tools, blocks arid tackle, ;&?., ,whieh
were all burned.-i Messrs! Northrop &
Cumming lost about $250 Or JSOOh on
the shed and : the hay and; straw, and
Capt. Beery about $150 4n hia toolsj
etc . upon which tbsref was no msu-
ranee. The fire w
posed to have
been caused by t
ness of some
tramp who had s'
ight's lodg-
ings in the shed
Tuesda
Lorm.
ibis section wa
rSSited by a severe
i s
orm on Tuesday
night last. Here
the gale did no damage, and Smithville
was also exempt in. this particular. Up
the Carolina Central road, however;
there was not only a great loss in the
way; of property, but a Jearful destruc
tion of life. The cyclone prostrated
everything in its course between Polk
ton and Hamlet," many houses and
fences being blown dovVn. 'Near Rock
ingham it blew down fifteen houses and
killed twenty-three persons and wound
ed many morlj Along the Pee Dee it
is reported that several colored persons
were killed. Near Lillington, in Har
nett county, six persons a A reported
killed. At various points in South-;
Carolina the destruction to property
was very great and some lives were lost
The L.uth.crau Cliurcli and its
Pastor! ?''
At the annual meeting of the con
gregation of St. Paul's Lutheran
Church, held a few evenings since, the
following resolutions were passed by
the body endorsing in the strongest
terms the able pastor, who is minister
ing to them in holy things; -' f
Resolved, That-we as a congrega
tion hereby offer our beloved pastor,
Rev. F. W. E. Peschau, our heartfelt
thanks ior his earnest and prayerful de
votion to his doty in preaching to us
the true Gospel of our dear Saviour
Jesus Christ, i
"Resolved, That as he gives entire
satisfaction to the whole congregation,
it is the earnest desire that the friend
ly relations between pastor and con
gregation will continue to exist, and
that the pastor and his beloved family
will remain with us as long as he lives"
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year; Elder C. Schul
ken; Deacons J. D. H. Inlander and
M. Ratbjen; Trustees H. Vollers, C.
YonKampen and J. W, Duls.;
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Single Copies 5 Cents
The attention) of persons desirous of
securing homes on easy terms is called
to the advertisement of Mr.'5 James
Wilson, in anotherJUcolumn. i :
"The Joys of Life," Emile Zola's
new book, is in press and will be
shortly published by T. B. Peterson &
Brothers, Philadelphia. It is the
great literary , curiosity of the season i
being a grand nor el of passion, whose
powerfuUntercst lies- in its truth and;
pathos. The heroine's experience,
hile fraught with sorrow, yet has its
b right side, and throughout her career
she fully realizes "The Joys of Life,"
from which circumstance the work
takes its name. . i
Reputation, with . posterity ' has ever
been esteemed, one of the most pow
erful - incentive to deeds of heroism
and one modern school of philosophy
r ecognizes as the 'only I traeJmm$rtaUv
ty-olfeaa' f llii nr-bcacjeht
f 3-3 or hia 'ry iituous actions If,
hpTTc izft : lha t fabric of our civilization
were seen tobe: iottering, itis plain
that this particular -stimulus to virtue
would fail. H Bat "Is is our Civilization
Perishable?" The question is asked in
the North America?, Review for March;
by Judge J. A. Jameson, who consid
ers the several agencies by which the
overthrew of the existing civilization
might be effected. In the same num
ber of the Review there is an article of
of extraordinary interest on "Agricul
tural Politics in England," by William
E. Bearr editor of the Mark Lane Ex
press . "A Defenceless , Sea-board," by
Gen. H. A. Smalley, is a description of
the unprotected condition of the har
bors and coast cities of the United
States; and though the author employs
none of the arts of the rhetorician, his
statement Cannot fail to awaken the
people of this country to the import
ance of being in peace prepared for
war. "Neither Genius nor Martyr," is
the judgment pronounced upon the
wife of Carlyle by Alice Hynemane
Rhine, whose contribution to the Car
ly lo controversy is characterized by
much force. In "The Story of a Nomi
nation," W. O. Stoddard recounts .the
hither to unpublished history of the
means by which the nomination of
Abraham Lincoln for a second presi
dential term was brought about. Other
articles are "Literary Resurrectionists,"
by Charles T. Oongdon; "How to Im
prove the Mississippi,'' by Robert S.
Taylor; and "The Constitutionality of
Repudiation," by u. H. Chamberlain
and John S. Wise. Published at 30
Lafayette Piace;, New York.
. Since tholast issue of our paper the
following cases; have been tried and
disposed of by the. Criminal Court,
which adjourned on Monday last :"
State vs. J6hn Fisher, larceny. De
fendant submitted and was sentenced
to the house of correction for six
months. i
State vs. A. J., Craig, bigamy. Case
continued.; " -
State vs. Edward Howell, false pre
tense, i Defendant to pay costs.
State vs. Frank Nixon, larceny, De
fendant submitted and judgment was
suspended on payment of costs.
State vs. El'en Watkins, 'larceny
Deiendant submitted and judgment
was suspended on the payment of costs.
State vs. W. H. Gibson, false pre
tense. Defendant submitted and was
sentenced to the penitentiary for five
years.
State vs. W. Larkins, assault and
battery. Defendant found guilty.
State vs. W. Larkins, carrying a con
cealed weapon. Defendant submitted
and was sentenced to the house" of cor
rection for three months.
State vs. Walter Williams, larceny
Defendant recognized in the sum of
$50 with security, for his -appearance at
the next term of the court. :
Stale vs. L..H. Hines, larceny. Dis
missed; the prosecutor to pay the costs.
State vs. John Giles, assault and bat"
tery. Defendant recognized in the sum
of $100 to appear at next term and pay
half the costs. '
j
State vs. Stephen Livingston, lar
ceny. Defendant submitted and judg
ment was suspended on' the payment
of costs. -
State vs. Boyser Day is, convicted of
larceny. Defendant sentenced to; five
years in the penitentiary, i
On Monday morning Mary Davis
colored, charged with the murder of a
small colored "girl named Tercilla
Flowers, of Crlambus county- who had
been living with her, was before Judge
Meares on a writ oi habeas corpus, upon
an application for permission to give
bail for her appearance at the next
session of the Criminal Court. Messrs.
Russell & Ricaud and Marsden Bel
lamy appeared for the defense, and
Mr. Solicitor Moare, assisted by Mr.
J. T. Elliott, for the State.. The ap
plication was granted and the amount
of the bail fixed at $300.
NUMBER S.
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The Wilmington Light Infantry has
been ordered out for'parade on Monday
next for regular annual inspection by
Inspector General F. H. Cameron, of
the State Guard, who has notified Capt. '
Beery that he will be here for that pur- .
pose.- ; ,V ''.:! . . r.
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Arrest of a Robber.
Reuben, Thompson, colored, was ar-
rested Monday night on the charge ot-
breaking into and robbing the store of
Mr, A. D. Ward, of Black RiverTPen-
der county, on the 14th of February. "
The officers who who arrested him had
a search warrant, and upon yisitiog his
house in the neighborhood of Sixth
and Harnett streets, all the stolen arti
cles, with the exception of a double
barrel gun, were found "concealed in
various places. Upon his firsf arrest
e hailed a colored acquaintance named
Robinson and requested him, which he
thought would not be understood by
tbe officers, to go to his hciieJ'
vance of them and warn'hisVf o5
the approach of the officers, so they
s. r
could conceal the goods. r
Thompson had a preliminary exami
nation before Mayor Hall on Wednes
day morning, When Mr, Ward, who was
in court, testified as to Thompson's
presence., in the neighborhood a few
Idays preceding the robbery, and hav-
ing been seen on the road to Wilming
on the day after loaded down with
undies. -He also identified the goods
as his property. The accused man not
being able to furnish the1 necessary
pond lu 100 for his appearance at
'court, was committed to jail.
"May I ask you for the loan of a
arffiinquired an impecunious acq uai nt V
ance of.Blobson. "You may, sir," was ;
the frigid reply, "and if you hear any-
hing from that one I lent you last
Tuesday, I wish you'd let me know by
elephone. Burlington Free Press.
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