Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-09-26

can fusion ticket for State officers. II is confidently
believed that there will be no Fremont electors in
that State What does all this portend What
does it indicate! What can tn people OF the South
think of it? Why should the Fremonters of Penn.
sylvania yield the track in November and the Fill
moreites in October. What it portend or ind-
cate but combined arrangement for the defeat OF
Buchanan? Will the Fremonters vote for the Fill
moreites in good faith and without an understood
equality! Nobody foolish as to think. Should
the anti. Democratic electors be chosen in Penusyl
vania who doubts but that they will be chosen as the
representatives of an understood fusion, the ns,ru-
men,s TO carry out pre-concered arrangement To
vote for Fillmore first and finding no chance of his
election 10 60 for Fremont. The result of the
October election. whatever it may be, will have a
great effect in developing the details of this oc
cult programme After the 14th October they will
begin to transpire.
CHATHAM SUPERIOR COURT. Last week the Fall
Term of Chatham Superior Court was in Session, Hon.
Judge Person, presiding. There are indictment for
murder against some five six lrishmen, under the
following circumstances - would seem that the
man upon whom the homicide was committed, came
The house where these men were at table eating
tsome meal. They asked him 10 eat with them; he
being in liquor and abusive commenced cursng them
for asking him to eat with them. calling them id
Irish sons of - ETC. They said if that was the Way
he talked he had better leave, and went to put him
out He drew pistol and commenced either firing
or trying to hre-at any rate popping caps at them.
In the melee of the hit him blow the head
with a stone. from the effects of which he died. The
Jury broug ut in verdict of acquittal in regard TO all
J but the who actually inflicted the blow, in re-
! gard 10 whom they returned verdict of mansaugh.
ter. Under the circumstances of the case, the Court
sentenced him TO three months imprisonment. We
have not learned the names OF any of the parties.
There was also where three men, citizens
ries after the fact, for running off negro fellow who
either had committed, or was accused of having
committed rape on white woman. Tie Judge
sentenced them to pay fine Of thousand dollars.
There would appear to be snail in the Naviga-
ton Company. We learn that Mr.. McDuffe the
Asst Eng, either has resigned or is about to resign
Mr.. Douglas, the Chief Engineer lays the blame for
the giving way of the works upon the defective ex.
ecuton of the work, while others say that the fault
is in Mr.. Douglas own plans. 1t strikes that for
five thousand dol airs year, Mr. Douglas ought to
afford some time to see and know that the work is
properly executed. If you can't gel supervision of
small work for five thousand dollars a year, what
can you get?
There was to have been meeting of the Directors
last week, but quorum could not be got, although
quorum was in Psboro'
BRUTAL BUs1NEss.-1he Northern city papers
are filled with the details of most brutal affair which
game off on Thursday of last week, about eighteen
miles above New York, on the Jersey side of the
Hudson River, between Charley LYnch, keeper of a
den called the g Band Box in Water street, New
York: and Andy Kelly, umbrella pedlar in the
same city. They fought eighty five rounds for a
wager of $2Ooa side Kelly gQAup for the eighty
sixth round, squared off and fell backwards, never
to rise again. This about on Thursday.
Shortly afterwards he was brought by two men TO
the Bevue Hospital, in an insensibe state He died
about five o'clock that afternoon. The men who
. brought him gave his name as John Williams, and
said that he had been beaten by party of boatmen
A Coroners Jury was held over the body on Friday
he testimony at the inquest developed some of the
most revolving details, hardly equsIled in brutality
by the atrocous affair in which Lilly killed Mccoy,
some twelve TO fourteen years ago. The authorities
are after the participants. Both the men were we'll
known pugsts- members of the Clancy"
We know of nothing at the South to compare with
such things. The regular -fght-he puglistic
{" MILL" is of purely English origin, unknown upon
4 the continent of Europe, and an exotic among the
sister nations composing the population of the Brit
ish Islands. 1t is Development of Anglo Sax.
onism that reflects little credit upon those origina-
ting adopting it, and it ought to be punished as
murder even where it does not result in DEATH as il
occasionally does, and always ought to- Lynch and
Kelly appear by their Names to have been Celts and
ought to have taken good shilleahs and broken each
others heads deccn,y, not mauled each other like
! dogs rams.
R1-The Equinoxlal storm has been around 1t com.
menced at Philadelphia on the 20h and here on the
night OF The 2lst. We don't exactly know whether
it amounts to a storm in region, but it has brot
t monstrously cold weather. This time last week we
had the thermometer up to about eghty-sx and las
night It was down TO something in the neghborhood
of freezing Fire, overcoats, and big blankets and
t kver-lids" tie order for the dav and night
There is Northern feel about the atmosphere pbys
cally well as politically
For the Journal.
Democratic Anti Know Nothing Mass Meeting in
Arson County.
Pursuant to a meeting held in Wadesborough or
the 9th inst, the delegates from the different pre-
q cIncts assemb ed at Lanesboro, on the 10th inst
= On motion of H. B. Hammond, ESQ., COL JOSEPH
y White, was called to the Chair and J. B. Twitly
appointed Secretary.
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