Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-11-18
NEWS ITEMS.


convvia moods buried bottle of liquor the last
TO exhum~ and drink his dead comrades
On Friday OF last week the plan received its completion at
the hands of the last survivor.
! The CHocTAws.-Tbe Far West correspondent of the
Boston journal writes that the Chocaws have permanent
fund Of than 81 GOO IN the hands of
including 100000 set apart for school purposes The in
paid annually aordng them of OOO
which meets all their governmental and educational
penses and obvates tn cessty of taxes There
mission boarding schools in the nation, at which, in ad
ion The and higher English branches the boys
Systematically exercised farm labor and the girls
ehodss have cbsra of 6e most of these bu
several conducted by the Presbytean Some six hun
dred children receiving instruction in these schools.
S. TROOPS FOR THE WEsT.-Col. Magruder's mounted
battery Of seventyour men and forty or fifty horses left
Governors Island. and took passage Wednesday morning
the Erie Railroad to St Louis en- route for Fort Leaven
worth The officers of the bottery Col Magruder
uading Capt Duryee, Lieutenants Turner and Beck
with
ILLINOIS ELECTION Chicago, Nov. 9-The Springfield
of the Times that telegraph dispatches
rem sansamon county give McClernand Douglas Demo
Harris deceased Other from the District indicate
his ele ton by 1000 or 5000 majority.
| FURrHl FROM REPRESENTATIVES. MEXICAN OUTLAWS
So 900 900 SPECIE.N Orleans, Nou. Sat ownsvie
the 3d. affairs continued exciting and deplOrable. The
for hourly attack and thoroughly exhausted
consequence All the mails were stopped by order of
Brownsville in danger Of general onslaught
the whole country threatened Point Isabel had also
Provisions were being sent from Maamoras to Browns
Vile The Mexican authorities and troops of the former
place were also rendering promptly all the aid in their
TIE three millions of specie expected Brownsville
destined for New Orleans
Capt Land of the bark Northman of Boston, fell into the
hold this morning and was killed
IMPORTANT FOREIGN MAIL ARRANGEMENr.-The Postmas-
ter General has concluded arrangement with the Cana
dian Post DEF artment by which the mails to be trans
ported for the postage weekly between Detroit and
Liverpool Portland in winter and via the St. Lawrence
in summerthe service to by the trip Of the first
steamer outward from Portland the 26th of November
current.
CONVERSIONS CHURCH RoME.-A letter pub
hed in the Press dOrent the conversion to
Roman Catholicism an entire district Bulgaria. which
numbers not thirty thousand souls hitherto
belonged to the Greek Church They have addressed let
announcing the fact to the French CONSUL promised
the converts the protection of Fance, they
should be moested in the exercise of their faith 1t is
said that other districts of Bulgaria only waiting
the issue of this religious movement before following the
| example.
A DEAD SHoT.-In New York, a woman named Margaret
houses which proved contain than the usual
proportions of strychnne spasm ensued shortly after
wards she fell from her bed to the floor and expired IN
Ony.
:, COUNTERFEIT MoNRYwTwo strange young men giving
their names as George W. Moore and John h. ROBINSON
counterfeit bills the Bank of Commerce Of Fredericks
burg Va in Kent county, Md, last week, and were arres
ted for it.
ted States national vessels to 1901 guns divided
thus Liners 872 rgaes 500; sloops 426; steamers 464
briggs, 49, and all others % guns.
AM1sTAKE-The report that the John H. Kag, killed at
Harpers Ferry, raised in Virginia. is Incorrect His
parents moved from this county to Ohio
and probably The first time this young ever in the
State about two years Then he here and
difficulty with stabbed Fry. he fed from
justice, and the heard of him he figuring with
the Free-Stae men in Kansas Va. Spirit Of Democracy
FRUIT TRADE RosToN-The foreign fruit trade of Bos
ton item of of inconsiderabe Importance
The following the receipts for the year ending Sept
1889 Lemons, boxes So 1893 oranges, boxes 1674 figs,
packages 43S rans, boxes 168 657 rasns. packages,
10 400 The list only includes the great staple articles the
imports of other kinds of foreign fruit quite extensive,
nd tho
sum.
BRIEF HoNEyMooN.-W William A. Wordsworth died at
Akron Ohio the 10th of October. The Beacon says
" october 9Th he married to Lydia A. MarkIie, and
the PARTIES went to Pennsylvania a wedding On
the following Wednesday, October 18th they returned to
Garage and Wednesday, October 18th, thirteen days
after his marriage, he was corpse.
CHICAGO MUNICIPAL ELEcT1oN.-Chicago, Noe. s.-The
city county election passed off quietly to-day The vote
poed does not exceed half of that cast at the last NUM-
cipa election The city gives republican majority of 65
THE PARDoNNG POWER VRGIMA.-It appears that un-
the of Virginia the Governor cannot pardon per-
convicted of treason to the Commonwealth, except with
the consent of the General Assembly, declared by joint
oluton writer in the National Integencer says the
constitution of Virginia gives power the Governor
commute for ude~ In such case there must be full
pardon if any exercise of executive cemency toward white
Sentence against slave may be committed by trans
portation which punishment at all The writer adds
The only way Governor Wise could interfere in the case
of Brown would be by respite during his term of office
which will end the first of January nextand then the
criminal would be in the hands of the Governor who
might the respite from time to time but this
hardly be anticipated At all events many Of Browns
sympathisers have exhed but little discretion
their approaches mercy-seat. Governor wises
pulses (mosy generously cannot be controlled by either
threats of consequences or appeals to his interest He is
himself almost compact "a bundle of nerves. he rep
Brown to be- But he is not required to
warrent, he will probably let the law take its
on the day fixed by the Judge
The HARPER's FERRY TRIALS CONVICTION OF COPELAND
STEVENS HANDED OVER THE UNITED STATES AUTHoRI-
TEs--IMPLICATIoN OF OTHER PARTEs-TRIAL OF Cook
HIS CONFESSION &cCharleso,0n NoU: g. The trial of
of treason having been abandoned in the of the
gro Green. found guilty of murder and melting
Slaves to On Monday morning the prisoner
stevens brought Into court on bis Mattress and whilst
empanneing Jury the case was brought to close by
dispatch from Gov Wise received by Hon. Andrew Hun
suggesting that Stevens be handed to the United
States authorities for Trial.
that he had his possession large number of mpor
letters and documents duplicating in the reasonable
of the Northern and Western States which would be
pubic the trial of Stephens before the United States
Court The prisoner gladly accepted the proposition to be
handed the United States authorities and he
remanded prison and the jury discharged.
The grand jury having yesterday found true bill against
Can't Cook he was brought out for trial this morning
Jury was empanneed when the Hon. Hunter arose and
read open court full confession written by Cook Civ
ing all the details of the instruction. Mr. Harding made
opening address, and the case Will probably be given to
the jury to- morrow.
MULLEr F1sHERIEs-The fishing operations for the pre-
season. mostly Several of the companies
have hung their seines and gone to their homes The
has been varied few have done remarkably
but believe the larger number has been
Beaufort N. Q. Journal 9th INST
ARRIVAL OF SANTA FE MA1Ls.-St. Louis, Nou. 9-The
Santa F Mails of the Goth September and the 18th October
have arrived at independence. The mails escorted
interest The conductors think that hereafter they will
be molested.
! DEATH A NAVAL OFFICER-W Washington, Nou. g.
Capt Pane of the United States navy, died in this city
pneumonia Thursday thirty years he resided
at Charleston Capt Paine has not been in active service