Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-08-16

her already fattened nose, which, of course, was
followed by two streams of claret, accompanied
with harsh implications from the injured damsel
who, 5urning around on the "hollow of her foot,
swore vengeance on him. The hero passed on,
but, we expect, will be Gagged in the very tor
drawer of "that very same bun eau
Raleigh Progress.
We were blessed yesterday evening for the first
time in several days, with magnificent shower
of rain, which tended to cool the atmosphere to a
good extent and increase the growth of vegeta-
ton. To-day, however, old Sol is making his
usual daily rounds in that dazzling car in which
he travels, and we look, again, for a continuance
of tho red-hot days of August.
RajeiW Progress, 9M
FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. Conyen-
ton for this District assembled at Edenton on the
and Col II. A. Gillian, of Chowan, were elected
as delegates to the Philadelphia Convention, with
Edward Conigland, Esq, of Halifax, and Mills L..
Eure, of Gates, as alternates.
FIRST OPEN COTTON Bo1L.-Mr E. Cooley, of
this town, handed us on yesterday "wednesday
morning, perfectly developed open cotton boil,
plucked from patch he has raised this season
near his dwelling The patch has quite a number
of open bolls the first of which was discovered on
Monday last.
Just Mr. Cooley left our Office Mr. James
Howell, experimenting on the plantation of w.
P Kendall, ST., about five miles from town,
stepped in and reported that he also on Monday
plucked two large open bolls in his cotton field
In this connection, we would state that although
in consequence of the long dry spell this section
has been suffering from for some time cotton is
much dwarfed in the stalk yet under the infu-
ence OF the very warm weather the yield promises
to be very fair We wish we could say as much
for the corn prospect One planter tells us that
although he planted sufficient ground, which with
good seasons, would have yielded enough to do
him for two years, he will not, from present pros
poets, make enough to last him two months.
Wadesboro' Arqus, 9th inst
The COUNTY CoURT.-This August tribunal is
still l IN session, and will probably not adjourn
til Saturday night. A great many cases of petty
theft assaults and batteries, &C., have been dis
posed of, and great many more arc on the dock
ct. By the way the vast number of such cases
which coming into our Courts, especially
against freedmen remind US of the imperative ne
cessity of giving Justices of the Peace out of court
jurisdiction over them. If this is not DONE in
many counties, they cannot he disposed of with
out increasing the number of the terms of the
Court We trust the Constitution has been rati-
fed SO that they may hereafter be disposed of by
Justices of the Peace-.Sdlis6u.y Old North iSt1ae
LABoRERs TO BE OBTAINED Those who wish
to obtain laborers had better attend at the Court
House tomorrow and next day, as we learn that
several persons, both white and colored will sub
NIT to be bound out as laborers to such persons
will pay the cost of their conviction, together
with the fined imposed by the Court under the
provisions of a late act of Assembly.
Salisbury Old North State.
GOLD DIsCovERY.-We have been informed by
a gentleman recently from Morganton, in the
western part of this State, that very rich deposit
of gold was found on farm near that place, about
twenty days ago. The gold is found embedded
in and around a vein of quartz about - inches in
circumference, and in such quantities that it is es
timated that one bushel of the quartz and soft
decomposed rock lying around it will yield from
W 800 to S3, OOO In some instances the pure gold
runs in compact coils or spiral bands, about the
thickness of common lead pencil, around the
quartz. Our informant offered the owner of the
farm $4,000 for it-$2, 900 cash, the balance in
sixty days and if not paid at that time the 50 900
to be forfeited ; but he would not accept. The
excitement about Morganton relative to the dis
cogery is represented to be running very high
WadeS6or0' Ay0us