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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-06-18
G. j. Moore, Soo
Ratification Meeting In Wilmington.
For the Innrnnl


Ratification Meeting In Wilmington.
large and enthusiastic meeting of the Demo
cratic party of New Hanover county assembled at
the Court House in Wilmington, on Tuesday evening
the 18th of June, 1852.
On motion, the meeting organized by calling
N. N. Nixon, Esqr., to the chair, and requesting
s. R. Bunting and A. j. Grady to act secretaries,
The chairman in brief: plain and forcible manner
explained the object of the meeting. Whereupon
S. D. Wallace James Fulton, James Kerr, James
Garrison and Daniel S. Sanders were appointed a
committee to draft resolutions for the action of the
meeting The committee having retired Robert
Strange. jr. and John A. Corbett, Esqr, the recent
nominees of the Democratic County Convention be-
ing present were called upon and accepted the nom
ination, in few appropriate remarks.
The committee through their chairman, S. D.
Wallace, Esq, reported the following resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted:
Resored That the Democratic party of New Hanover
County do most heartily approve of the nominations for the
Presidency and Vice Presidency of the O. States made by
the National Democratic Convention at Baltimore, and will
every honest and honorable effort their
cess.
End. Resolved That in Franklin PIERCE of New Hamp
SHIRE the candidate for the Office of President of the United
honest and sagacous statesman the brave and gallant SOL
dier the modest and unobtrusve gentleman man whose
principles founded upon the Constitution and whose pat
riotism is as broad as the Union.
3rd Resolved, That in VIM. r. King of Alabama, the
candidate for the Office of Vice President of the u S.
have statesman, who, in the various legislative and dpo
matte stations he has filed has discharged his responsible
duties with honor to himself and advantage to his country
His native State will rally to his support.
4h Resolved, That heartily in the series of
resolutions passed by the late National Democratic Conven
ton at Baltimore and adopt them creed and platform
/ 5th Resored, That respond with pleasure the
commentator of g J. Person. Esq. of Wilmington as
Elecor for this District which has been made by Dem
ocratic brethren in Sampson and Cumberland.
The meeting was severally addressed by Col S. J,
Person, Nj. Smith, and David Reid, Esqs., who
did ample justice to the cause of Democracy.
On notion the chair appointed the following gen
t!emen Committee of Vigilance for each precinct
in New Hanover county. The names of the Vigi-
liant Committee will appear hereafter,l
! On motion, the proceedings of this meeting was
ordered to be published in the Wilmington Journal,
and that other Democratic papers in The State be
quesed to copy.
! On motion. the thanks of the meeting were ten
dered to The chairman and secretaries, for the able
manner in which they discharged their respective
duties.
On motion, the meeting adjourned
n. N. NIXON, Chm
s. sH R G Rss11se' Secretaries.
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Ratification Meeting.

Our Ratification meeting on Tuesday night, the pro-
ceedings of which will be found in another column
really large, respectable and enthusiastic. The cam
paign could not have opened auspiciously, nor
better or more hopeful and determined spirit have
prevailed throughout the ranks of our party: The
addresses of Messrs. Strange, Person, Smith and
Reid WERE each and all of them, excellent, rejecting
credit upon the speakers and exciting feelings of
pleasure and enthusiasm among the audience. No
one who was present last night can hereafter have
even the shadow of for the question as to
who is Franklin Pierce 2" That question bids fair
to be answered very emphatically.
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For tho Journal.
County Coaventio".


The Democrat;c Convention of N. Hanover coun-
ty, met at the Court House in WILMINGTON at o.
clock, P NJ. on Tuesday, jane 18th 1852, for the
purpose Of selecting candidates to represent the
county in the next Legislature of N. Carolina.
On motion of w C. Bettencourt, Esq, J. NJ. Ste
venson, ESD, was called to the chair, and G J.
Moore and John H. Murphy appointed secretaries
The objects of the Convention were explained by
the chairman in few appropriate remarks.
On motion. the twothirds rule was adopted, and
also the vote by ballot for candidates.
John A. Sanders, Esq, was, on the 9Th ballot,
nominated as candidate to represent New Hanover
county in the next Senate of North Carolina after
which, the Convention proceeded to vote for candi-
dates to represent the county in the next
House of Commons, when, the first ballot.
Robert Strange, Jr, Esq, was nominated one OF
the candidates and on the End ballot j A Corbett,
Esq, as the other
On motion. the chair appointed committee q
three consisting of Messrs N. F. Nixon, j. P. Ban
herman and !. Fl. Murphy. committee to apprize
Messrs Sanders Strange and Corbett of their NOM
nation. On further motion. the chairman was add
ed to the committee.
On motion, the thanks of the Convention were
rendered to the chairman and secretaries, and the
proceedings ordered to be sent to the Editors of the
Wilmington Journal, with a request that they be
published and that the Convention adjourn
J. NJ. STEVENSON, Chm.
e. Ia,; j; M n MTspHx. Secretaries
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inst. (where the Wing presidential candidate is to-
bea, Frank Pierce just votes according to which
veracious ehronicler, John Kerr did not only kill Da
vid Reid but would also have eaten him upon the
spot had that primitive region of country afforded
suited to his aristocratic and discriminating
palate. Now this is simply bumbug-we have talk
ed with those who have been present at several of
the meetings of the candidates, and they describe
them being nearly similar in general tone and eff
feet to those between Messrs Reid and Manly du-
ring the two campaigns Immediately proceeding
We have now before Us a communication dated Eliz-
atethtown giving an account of the meeting, from
which We might state one circumstance to show the
eagerness of Mr. Kerr to make what be considers
'tpoints, 'sand tchat points he does make! After
pitching into Mr.. Reid about the Homestead
BILL and endeavoring without any foundation to give
it party instead of sectional character. and to
saddle it upon the Democrats, he made fierce at
tack upon Gen Pierce because he voted against the
bill giving twenty five thousand dollars TO Mrs. Har
rison which was precisely the same in principle with
the odious homestead bill. Mr.. Kerr also went for
convention, and avowed principles which, if carried
out, would render the safe guards Of the constitution
dead letter, and subject every right to the caprice
Of sectional majority. And yet this is the man
whose principles to work wonders in Bladen7-
this is the acute debater in whose bands David S.
Reid is more than 1.-THE verest freshman in polit
cal SCIENCE The "Anthropos" correspondent Of
the Observer ought not TO pile it thick. 1t is
not strictly right and more than that-it is supreme
ly ridiculous $50 ridiculous, indeed: that ten
sensible men of his own party can believe it. Tn
good truth, this hghfaun style of reporting ought
not to be tolerated by either party and respectable
papers owe it to themselves to demand something
better or refuse it altogether
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The Journal"

We are essentially modest-too modest for our
own good, as the world goes; but for all that, we
take the liberty of assuring readers that we
not at all ashamed issue for this week We think
that it is by no means bad paper. We commend
it to the attention of subscribers and of several
hundred gentlemen who anxious to become so,
but who are prevented by characteristic failing
--modesty. :.
In good truth, we think we can make paper that
can at all times be relied upon impartial We
hice of news carefully collected and properly ar
ranged, and of sound and reliable democratic prin-
cipes in the broadcast and most national sense. We
have never permitted our statement of any fact to
be colored by feelings nor allowed our paper to
descend from the position OF democratic organ into
that of the mouth-piece of any clique or faction
any mere segment or section Of the party Acting
thus, our position, although meeting ut times with
opposition, and not always coming up to the views
or wishes of our friends. have eneraliy-indeed we
might say universallybeeh borne out by the result
We wish to do good for our party and our State
in the coming canvass, and will exert all the little
talent or ability possess for that purpose With
our facilities in every department, both for the col
lection and dissemination of news well as the for
nation of correct opinions upon passing events we
feel confident that render efficient service IN
the good cause and we ask it as a favor, and'in
some measure as right, that our friends in differ
ent parts of the State shall make effort to extend
our sphere of usefulness by adding to circula-
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-06-18
A Few Pregnant Questions.

The leaders of the Wings the dctaiors of the fed
eral wing of the party, are raising great hue and
cry about the rights of the people-a Convention of
the dear people. and all that; as if they were, by
the grace of Cod and the sufrages of their fellow
citizens, the guardians of the people if the peo
pie had not already, by the grace of God and their
SURFACES, repudiated them conseryators and guar
dams: if the people bad not thrown them over
board, like other sleepy Jonahs going to -, in
stead of Nnevah upon their proper mission: as if
the people, to another illustration had not driv
en- them from the temple-scourged them as they
were driven-closed the doors upon them--and VOW
ed with prophetic emphasis, no more to open the
door to any traitorous ''open sesame" of theirs
What do they mean by all this wolf-howling at
the windows to get in to the dear people 2" We
have some apprehensions that if they get in some
one will have to write fresh application of GER
tain well known fable, where the eloquent batteries
of hero-wolf unbarred and unlocked the doors of a
house we'll enough patronzed. without any such off,
cious visitor. ..
How was it in North Carolina, when the Wings
had political control of the people? Were the peo
pie dear to them then Or. did they not prove ye
dear conservators and guardians of the people q
So oCti: were 10 nave no more
of them and whom the people shook off as the strong
man does the benumbing shackles of the night-mare
Was anything said about the rights of the people
under Wing rule?
/ Was anything said while the Wings were in rule
about constitutional reforms of any kind. ~
Was anything done by the Wings while in power
to originate constitutional reform of any sorta
Was anything said by them, relating in the reno
test degree, to giving the poor the right to vot
for Senators
Was anything done by which so inherent a RICH
should be constitutionally acknowledged and guar
antied
Was anything said or done to amend the I'd claus
Sd section of article LIST of the constitution.
which unjust disabilities were placed upon both noe
and rich; and by which both classes, if not ownin
an dgrarian division or parcel Of land, are denied
republican privilege?
Was anything ofthe kind talked about. or attemr
ted during Wing ruler
The subject and questions will be pursued. r.
! An old lady, who had been reading the fanor
moon story very attentiyely remarked with empha
SIS, that the idea of the moons being inhabited wa
Incredible to believe; &c for said she. awhat i,
Icomes OF the people in the new moon. when there
r. 49,
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Gen. Pierce-RIvers and Harbors.

The Newbernian is propagating, and the other
Wing papers in the State giving currency to- a
charge against Gen. PIERCE. because he once voted
against River and Harbor BILL in which the ma g
nifcent sum of $4,000 was appropriated for North
Carolina. 1t is made to appear though General
PIERCE had voted expressly against giving anything
to North Carolina while the fact is, that as usual,
our part in the bill is was but Insignificant item,
compared with that given to others; and those who
voted the bill, had to take leave it whole
Gen. PIERCE could not vote for the entire bill, and
our appropriation being connected with others, for
which he did not feel willing to VOTE had of course
to share the same fate -.
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News Matters.

SALE OF STEAMER PosTPoNED.-N. YORK, June
11.--The propeller South Carolina offered at
auction to-day but Withdrawn. The highest bid
Sl05.0 600
The South Carolina is of the steamers built to
run between Charleston and Liverpool. 1t would
seem that she met with some accident her first
trip and had to put into New York for REPAIRS
Can any of our Charleston contemporaries inform us
why she is to be sold Is the line to be Abandoned
what is the difficulty!
The SENATE Committee of the Connecticut Legis-
lature reported the 10th inst in favor of bolish
ing the death penalty.
WASHINGTON, June 11th.--The committee on ways
and means, by vote of 5 to a. have decided to re-
port the House of Representatives in favor of the
Senate's amendment relative to the Collins line of
steamers.
ARREST OF MAIL RoBBERs.-TH1LADELPHIA June
IA despatch received at the Pennsylvania rail
road Office says that three brothers have been
ted at Beatleys station, forty miles this side of Pitts
burgh, charged with robb;ng the mail. Drafts to
the amount of $4,000 were found their persons
The mails of the 4th and 9th instant are both repcr
ted to have been robbed.
During the last month there arrived at The port of
New York 1888 foreign passengers. 1t is worth
while to know what the respective countries are that
have given that great increase The following is
the true account according to the books of the Gus
T tOm-h house
There arrived from Ireland 1855. Germany 49,
$3.50, England 2.805. Scotland 7lS. Wales $50,
France 1,472. Spain 80, Switzerland 627, Holland
| 317, Norway l. Sweden 9. Denmark 81 Italy 81,
! Portugal s. Belgium 10, West Indies 55 Nova Sco-
| tia 2, Sardinia %. South America Is, Canada 4.
China l, Sicily 4 Mexico Q, Russia 2 East Indies 5,
Greece l, Poland l. Total aliens 1892.
~ Y Mirror.
| Eas~The steamship Illinois, arrived at New York
on the 18th inst, Saturday. with somewhat later
dates from California, and two millions in specia-
The excitement in California relative to the Chinese
emigration was increasing. and in many cases the
Chinese had been driven from the mines.
ATTEMPTED SuIcIDE.--A Hungarian named Fran.
els Landen mason by trade, shot himself through
the mouth on Monday night last at a boarding house
on Sd street nearly opposite the Theatre in this place
/ The wound is dangerous one. part Of the tongue
being carried away and the jaw bone very severely
fractured jealousy, We believe was the cause o
the rash act.
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Z. S. MoRRIsoN, Sec'y.

NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL CONvENTIoN.--Thc
Washington Republic has published circular call
ing National Agricultural Convention, to be held
in Washington on the Oath inst The call is signed
by gentlemen of position resident in different States
The objects Of the Convention are stated in the fol-
lowing extract from the ell " The objects of this
Convention are to organize National Agricultural
Society, to which the various agricultural societies
may be auxiliary, to consult together upon the gene
raj good, and to establish, by this society or such
other means as the Convention may devise, more
cordial and widely extended intercourse between
agrieuturists in country and in other lands
to create additional facilities for the acquisition and
diffusion of knowledge, by books Journals. seeds. and
other objects ofnerest to the American farmer and
gardiner and to act on snch other matters pertain
ing to the advancement ofagrculture the wisdom
of the Convention may judge appropriate" Dele
cations from the various State or ;thcr organizations
for the promotion of agriculture solicited to at
tend
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Correspondence.
SouTm II AsHINeTox, n. C.. June loan

SoUTH u asHISGToN, n. c., June 18th. So
Mn. ELI w HALL
Sin: At n meeting of the citizens of South Wash.
ngton, (ur the purpose of selecting some person to
deliver an Grafton Monday, the fifth day of JULY
the undersigned were appointed committee to in
form you, that you were chosen for that purpose
Hoping you may be able to attend on that OCCASION
we subscribe ourselves yours
G. w GROOM.
E. T. P1GFORD,
j. D. POW Frs.
COMMITTEE.
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letter was then read by r. E. Troy, Esq, from
DR.. Robinson of Elizabethtown, in favor of running
the road to that ploce, also stating the probable
amount of stock that would be subscribed which
was about $4,000. He then addressed the meeting
at some length in favor of the road.
1t was then on motion,
Rcsdrcd That books for subscription be opened Lum
berton under the direction of T. A. Normen Benz Free
and Jas Blount, Esqrs At Councils Bluff under the
direction Of j. T. Cou1c, James Robinson, Jr and James
Durham, Esq'rs. At Wilmington under the direction of
Jno A Taylor o. g. Parsley and Z. X. Dickinson Esqs
On motion, it
Reotred That the proceedings of this meeting the
ports of the committees be published in the Fayetteville and
Wilmington papers.
On motion, the meeting then adjourned
ALIEN. MCMILLAN, Chm'n.
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The Committee to whom referred the subject
of the navigation Of Lumb'r River, submit the fol-
lowing report:
Having very deliberately considered the matter of
opening the River and making it navigable for steam
boats. &c. from the best information we have been
able to gather, and from personal knowl-
edge of the same, we believe that it is possible with
the proper improvement. to run steamer on it--at
least they could be carried up the River with much
more safety to the boats than they could be carried
down without injury We have no data on which to
found anything like an estimate to the amount
it would require to make the improvement necessary
for steamboats, to ply this river but our apprehen-
sion is that it must take from $4,000 to $4,000
and then boats for freight could on tfor the
reason already assigned that the river very
row and crooked that boats of sufficient depth and
width to carry freight could not run 4 months in
the year. and for the reasons it would be I'M
possible for steamers to draw tow boats Under the
foregoing considerations deem it very FrGctica
6le for steamers ever to on this river.
All of which is respectfully submitted
BENZ. FREEMAN,
w. w. EVANS,
Committee.
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LAND WARRANTS are quoted by Thompsons Re-
porter ut New York one hundred and sixty acres,
Sl24 a SIPS eighty acres, $50 a SOS forty acres,
s3l 1872 so.
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COUNTY CONVENTION The proceedings of the
Democratic Convention, of New Hanover County,
which body assembled at the Court House in this
place on the 18th inst, will be found in our columns
tb-day We are authorized to say that the nominees
of the Convention have accepted. They are, there
FORE before the people for seat in the next Legs-
lature of North Carolina For the Senate JOHN A.
SANDERS, Esq. For the House of Commons, Col
ROBERT STRANGE, JOHN A. CoRBETT, Esq
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WILMINGTON, N. c.. June 18th, 1862.

GENTLEMEN Your favor of 18th inst. has just
been received, by which am informed that at
recent meeting of the citizens of South Washington
| was chosen to deliver an Grafton at that place on
the ensuing National Anniversary. Allow me, gen.
tlemen to express to you my grateful sense of the
honor done me by the citizens of South Washington,
and to assure you that if my poor services
tribute aught the interest of the occasion: they
shall not be wanting
With high respect, am, very truly your obedient
servant, ELI w. HALL.
To Messrs. G. w. Groom, T. r. Pigford, j. D. Pow
ers, Committee
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THE FIVE DAuGHTERs.-A gentleman had five
daughters all of whom he brought up 10 useful
and respectful occupation in life. These daughters
married. one after another, with the consent of their
of Poor; the second. Mr. Litle The third Mr..
Shcd; the fourth, MIR. Brown and the fifth, Mr..
Hogg. All the wedding of the latter her sisters, with
their husbands. were present. After the ceremonies
OF the wedding were over the old gentleman said to
the guests: have taken great pains 10 educate my
FIVE daughters, thatthey might act we'll their part in
life and from their advantages and Improvements,
fonily hoped that they would do honor 10 their faml'
iy and now find that all my pains. cares and ey'
pecations have turned out nothing hut Poor. Lite
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Dublin County.

We have received list of the candidates in the
county of Dupin, sent to us with request that we
will publish the same till the day of election. We
should like to comply with the request of friends
in Duplin, but we have certain rules by which We
are universally governed and we cannot deriate
from them. As matter of public information how
ever we will state that Bryant S. Herring, Esq. is
candidate to represent Duplin County in The Sem
ate of the next Legislature. The candidates for a
scat in the House of Commons David Reid VIM.
FL Hill Gibson Sloan, Bryant w. Whitfield and A
Kornegay. For Sheriff John D. Alternately. N. P.
Mathis, Robert J. Pearsall, Major Strickland: Jos.
T. r. Miller. james Winders.
Bag~A fatal affray took place in Charleston, S. Co.
on Monday evening last, between Mr.. Robert P.
Leckie, and Mr.. j. A. Hall, in which Lecke receiv-
ed shot from revolver, which resulted in his death
in thirty minutes after receiving it. The dispute
originated in some offensive language which had
passed between the parties the preceding evening
for which Leckie, armed with loaded revolver de-
manded satisfaction. Hail. anticipating some diff
entity, had also armed himself Hall i'm ,ediatel Y
gave himself up.
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LARGE RATTLEsNAKE.--M Mr.. Davis. on last Thurs
day. killed Rattlesnake on his plantation in this
District, measuring feet IL inches in length, and
liz inches around the largest part of the body with
II rattles and button.-Warlon IS c. Star.
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Wilmington q Manchester Railroad.

The following statement handed to us by Mr. FLEN-
ING shows that the affairs of that Road are in hand
some progress. far we are competent to judge.
We are glad to see an increase Of business and of
course an increase of interest in the Road in the
commencement of its operations:
Traffic of the Wilmington & Manchester Railroad for the
months of Apri and May-25 miles IN operation.
Number of messengers in April. 9lSa