Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-10-29


$50 second best Gold Finder $25; The prize for
the best bull calf year anG under awarded to Mr.
Holden. The pigs and poultry to have been nearly
all Metropotans Theprizes for the best blackberry wines
were awarded to Mrs. Gen. Winslow and Miss W. s.
Wnsow The prizes for fruit and fruit trees gene
rally awarded to Messrs Westbrook and Mendenhal OF
Greensboro although several awarded to Messrs
J. & o. Lindey, and Hamilton and Garter.
Prizes for ploughs were awarded to j. Fl. Thompson,
E. Whitman & Co., N. Boyden & Son. w. B. Will
liams and D. Richardson also in other farming imple-
ments, to Sylvester Smith, Sinclair & Co., R. j. Owen,
r. L. Allen and John Stafford, in addition to those
mentioned above For carriages, wagons etc., to Mes
srs. Parkinson, Upchurch, Price, Fort and Horton
The gentlemen who obtained prizes for poughs and ag
rcutural implements, also got prizes for threshng fam
ming mills strawcuters ornshellers farming TOOLS etc.
Of all these, n Boyden Son, appear to have been the
largest exhibitors especially Of articles manufactured
in the State Dr. DuPre obtained prize for the best
pump.
The State Agricultural Society held meetings on
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
A delegation from the Seaboard Agricultural Society
was duly received and presented with complimentary
tickets. Committees appointed to attend the Vr-
ginia State Fair and the Seaboard Fair at Norfolk
1t was also resolved to appoint Committee of for
each county to for members for the Society," and
forward their and subscriptions to the Treasurer
Judge Ruffn reelected president the vice presi-
dents r. II. Smith, of Halifax John S. Dancy, of
7 Edgecombe; DIR. VIM. r. Holt, Of Davidson DIR. j..
E. Williamson, of Caswel. Mr.. J. Hutchins of Raj
egh was reelected Treasurer and Mr.. John H. Bryan.
Secretary. A resolution adopted instructng the
Executive Committee to take to obtain Legs
lative aid for the Society.
The number Of badges sold in 1857 was 574, and in
1858, 1.-THE present far $50. 5000 taken at the
gate Thursday from persons not connected with the
Society This was the day on which the address was
delvered The thanks of the Society rendered to
Hon. T. L. Clingman for the able address delivered be-
fore the Society, and copy reque ted for publication
Mr. Westbrook delegate to the meeting of the National
Pathological Society," held in New York in August last,
made able report urging the cultivation OF fruit at
the South the climate better adapted to it than
more Northern ATTITUDES. Professor EmmOns made a
speech, concurring in and enforcing the views
He also recommended the extensive culture of the
in this State.
The following are the Committees for the ensuing
year:
! EGecotiUe CommHee-John S. Dancy, of Edgecombe
r. Ii. smith, of Halifax DR.. VIM. j. Hawkins of
= Warren VIM A. Eaton, OF Granville; Charles L. Hin
ton, VIM. r. Pool, and VIM. II. JONES' Of Wake; W
L. Holt OF Davidson, and Dr. James E. Williamson, OF
Caswel.
Committee to Select Speaker at the nert Fau,-R
II. Smith, Ii. X Burgwyn, R. r. Bridgers.
E Committee to Audit and Settle the ITeasurers Ac
e c0u1s-D. W. Courts, Charles L. Hinton, and w. w
Whitaker.
Col E. P. Jones, of Caswell, was appointed Chief
Marshal for 1859.
SUPERIOR CoURT.-The bell rang this morning at l
O'clock for the meeting of the Superior Court of Law
for this county, but no session held, owing to the
absence of His Honor, Judge Saunders, who has beer
detained from We presume Judge Saun
des will arrive tonight and court open tomorrow morn
ing. There one capital case for trial here removed
from Brunswick to this county.
Wilmington q Weldon Railroad Company.
By reference to advertisement in todays paper it will
that dividend of three per cent has been declared
for the last six months payable in the usual
So far as we can learn the Company just we'll pre-
. pared to pay dividend at any former time al
though their gross receipts from through travel have
been rather light owing to too well understood
to require explanation. The Company would pay
per cent. per now just as we'll as at any Other
time, but it is not believed to be good policy to do
but rather to make provision for maturing liabilities
which must be arranged.
BEAT HIS BoDY.-John MorrisSey and John c. Ifee
nan, New Y ork bruisers, fought near Long Point Up
per Canada on the goth inst, for s., 800 side The
Northern papers give details of the exhibition. There
appears to have been little science about the thing
which decided in eleven rounds Heenan being too
much exhausted to up to time on the twelfth call
The fought % minutes. Heenan fell of himself on biz
face, fainting 1t was pretty much of dogfght. Nor
rissey showed most punishment" but he tougher
and perhaps better able to stand it. However, he hat
j to be carried up to the mark the last time
d CoUNTERFE1T-We have seen a most skiully got W
counterfeit alteration in the shape of Fifty Dollar
5 Bill on the Dover Plains Bank of Dutchess county, N
e Y. The counterfeit reporter says that the Bank is
sues no bills of the denomination of fifty dollars This
is from genuine dollar altered to fifty. We take
for granted that is the directors say So otherwise
we could find nothing wrong. If the Bank issues nc
fifty dollar bills, of fifty on it can be good Il
passed by somebody at the ticket office of the Man
r chester Railroad and is now the property Of DR. Ling
= the Treasurer.
RSs~ We thought the Agricultural season had nearly
a come-we mean the season in which we ought to be-
e getting ponderous potatoes and mammoth specimens
all the various products of the SOIL We are indebted
s. to Mr. w ). Whitfield of Baden county for the frs
big potaoe of the It is of the pumpkin span
sh or some other very good kind Of potatoe 1t shall
be duly eaten. Who comes next?
B~ The papers of all parties published in the Eden
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