Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-11-04
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Brown found Guilty.


Brown found Guilty.
CHARLEsTowN, Va, Nov 1st, 1859.
Browns went to the jury yesterday afternoon.
The jury retired for half hour and returned verdict
guilty of Treason in conspirng with slaves and others
to rebel, and guilty of Murder in the first degree
motion for arrest of judgment is to be argued today
CHARLEsTowN, Va, Nov. End, 1859.
Coppee, another of the Harper's Ferry prisoners,
was put on trial yesterday The examination of Wit
nesses is not yet concluded.
The court holds the motion for arrest of judgment
the Brown case under advisement
Coppee Convicted.
CHARLEsTowN, VA, Nov. Sd, 1859.
Coppee has been convicted all the counts. The
Court overrued the motion in arrest of judgment, and
sentenced Brown to be hung the second of December
Maryland Elections.
BALTIMORE, Nov. Sd, 1859.
At the election yesterday, the Reformers were driven
from all the polls except two, which afterwards
abandoned by them and the whole city thus left in
the hands of the dominant party.
The police with few exceptions failed to arrest any Of
the rowdies.
Outrages and shooting by rowdies occurred in every
ward. Two persons were killed outright few mortaly,
and many seriously wounded. The Reormers deny any
thing like an election having taken place. Nine wards
give an average American majority of $3.50.
Enough returns have not been received from the State
to give indications of the result.
New York Markets.
NEW York, November 8, 1859
At the close yesterday.
Cotton-Market closed firm MiddiDg UpIands IL g.
T1Ia--- Gov both liz
unchanged. Corn dull yellow 81 OIL. Spirits Turpen-
tine dull at 4619 Al cents per gallon Rosin steady
Rice firm.
MeckIe"burg Agricultural Fair.
In speaking of the Exhibition of the Meckenburg
Agricultural Society," Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day, we cannot express our meaning BETTER probably.
than by saying that grand success equal to any
exhibition had by the State Society any other
ciety of the kind in North Carolina and we are sus-
tanned in this opinion by persons from various sections
of the State.
We were pleased to notice visitors and exhibitors
present from Burke IredelI, Rowan Dave, Davidson,
Guilford Forsythe Surry Cabarrus Lincoln Cataw ba,
Cleaveand CASTOR, Ashe, Mcdowell, Union and other
counties in this State, and from York, Lancaster, Ches
ter, Fairfield and Abbeville District, S. c. We say
pleased to visitors present from the different
sections, and but express the sentiments of all the
members of the Society and Of the community when we
give expression to the hope that they will continue to
visit Charlotte such occasions. People of all sections
and Of any State have right to compete for Premiums
at the Mecklenburg Agricultural Fair. Let this be
remembered.
Among the prominent gentlemen present were the
Hon. John W. Ellis, Governor of the State Hon. Bur-
ton Craige, Hon. D. NJ. Barringer, DIR. W. R. Holt
President Of the n c. Agricultural Society, and others
There were $50 articles entered for exhibition. The
quality of all was said by judges to be good, but espe
cially the stock of superior kind Over 100 hor
ses and colts paraded the ground at time
and finer collection never anywhere before
The articles in the Ladies Department wert
tastefuy arranged and showed that the fair daughters
of Western Carolina determined to assist the
fathers, brothers, and husbands in making Exhibition
alike credabe to themselves and to their sections
The Ladies, may they always flourish and "spread
their - smiles " the spacious earth around"
THE ADDREss-The annual Address delivered
by the Hon. d M. Barringer on Thursday, before
very large concourse OF persons We unable It
get enough to hear all of Mr. BIS address, but VIZ
have heard several of our best farmers speak in comp
mentary terms of it, one enteman remarking that i
was the best speech of the kind he had heard Il
fact, all pleased with it. MIR. Barringer has man
old friends and acquaintance in this section who
grattied to see him present on this occasion.
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