Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-04-18
from the TusealOo
T TOM the I TUSCALOOSA NIOnlLOrJ
A MAN INLa HuNG..-At the last fall


term of Walker county Court, a man by the name
of Franklin was condemned TO be hung for murder.
The jail of Walker county not beng considered
very secure he was imprisoned in the Jail at this place,
for safe keeping, until the time appointed for his
ecuton, which was last Friday. He was taken away
by the Sheriff of Walker county early last week In
the meant time petition having been sent to Gov
Winston for a repreve on Thursday afternoon the
Sheriff of this county received order from the Gov
ernor to hold Franklin in his custody until further
orders but the convict had already been taken away
10 the place OF execution in Walker county The
The Sheriff of Tuscaloosa forthwith dispatched run
ner, who, having ridden all night, placed the re-
prieve in the hands of the Sheriff of Walker soon at
ter sunrise On Friday morning. The Sheriff of w
ker looked at the document, and said that as it was
not sealed paper, it might possibly be forgery,
and he would not obey It, and accordingly executed
franklin at the set time.
We are unable to say whether the Sheriff of Wal
ker sustain the legality of this proceeding. To
US it appears very much like uniusfa3le homi-
eide and we would not like exactly in his place
But they sometimes do strange things in the State
of Walker" Many of our readers may have heard,
and probably suppose it to be merely Joke at the
expense Of that enlightened county, that man was
once convicted and sentenced to be hung there for
burning down old barn, which he himself had
built and which was untenaned by and living thing
in fact it was his property, and the burning of
it injured no one the world, ii not himself. But
there is no joking about 1.-THE thing actually
red. The man did burn the balm, and was sentence
ed to b. hung for it.
The Late Destructive Tornado.
PHILADELPHIA, April 13--Accounts continue TO
pour in relative TO the great damage sustained from
the tornado that visited this city last night. Two
trains of loaded freight were blown from the
track A lady was killed at West Chester in conse.
quence OF shutter having fallen upon her. Innu-
merabe houses and bans were, also, unroofed.
In CIeaveland a severe storm, also, occurred on
Saturday night, which caused immense damage
Fifteen houses were demolished and one man killed.
Congressional.
WASHINGTON April 14.-In the Senate today an
affidavit received from Lane in relation to the
Kansas memorial, and motion to admit the memo.
rial rejected by vote of 80 10 II. In the House
the Committee Elections was discharged from the
consideration OF the Louisiana contested case The
House refused to suspend the rules to allow the intro
duction of resolution providing for the adjourn
ment of Congress on 14th of July.
Emigration O the United States.
WASHINGTON, April 12.-From a recent eommu.
ncatlon from the Secretary of State TO the House,
we learn that the total arrivals of passengers in the
United States for the year ending Dec. 31st, 1866
were upWards or 2oO'OOO OF whom 10000 were
residents Of this country. Of the above over 100 .
900 arrived at the port of New York. Germany
furnished the largest number, some 5000, Ireland
49, O00 and England 1000. The total since Sent.
50th 1849, is 100000.
Later from California;.
New ORLEANS. April l5.-The steamship Empire
City, from Havana, the 18th inst, has arrived
with the California mails. he steamship for New
York had on board LOO 900 in gold The steam
ship Osprey was burned at her wharf at Kingston,
Jamaica, the 25th ult., and became total loss
She was insured The Aspnwall Courier, of the
9Th inst, says that COL Schlessnger, with four hun
dred troops, had been defeated San Jose by five
hundred Costa Ricans, under Mora. Twenty Amer.
leans had been taken prisoners and shot The Costa
Riean army was about 10 enter Nicaragua. Indian
troubles continued in Washington and Oregon Terri
tories