Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-04-12
NEWS SUMMARY.

A CHANGE IN THE CABINET URGED.--A number
of conservative Republicans, believing that the
President is weakened by the retention of certain
members Of his cabinet, have very strongly urged
their removal during the past two days
The National IateUiqeacey says 1--WE learn that
Governor Dillingham;, of Vermont will appoint
MI Billand Hall as United States Senator in place
of Mr. Foot, deceased. He will not, probably,
reach this city till Tuesnay Wednesday.
Y'he veto will certainly be sustained by the Sem
ate. Even the Radicals convinced of this fact
now, and hence they will be in no hurry to call up
the Civil Rights BILL which they know to be killed
beyond recovery.
The President.has directed the War Department
to muster out twenty thousand more negro troops,
in addition to those recently discharged, and or
ders for that purpose viii accordingly be issued
ATTEMPTED MURDER OF GEN FORREST BY Ne
GRo-THE NEGRO KILIED.-MEMPHIs, April IA
letter from Sunhower County Mississippi, says a
negro employed on General Forests plantation,
while assaultng his the negro's sick wife, yester
day, was demonstrated with by Forrest The ne
gro drew knife and attempted to kill Forrest
who, after receiving wound In the hand, seized
an and killed the negro General Forrest
then gave himself up to the sheriff. The negroes
on the plantation Justify the homicide.
Governor Waller, of California, was wrecked on
the Golden Rule, and on arriving at San Francis
co he remarked to friend: "Lost everything, sir.
everything but my reputation" " Governor" re-
piled his friend, ''you travel with less baggage
than any else ever saw
One thousand dollars has been contributed in
Mobile to the Winchester Confederate Cemetery
Fund.
We understand that there has been another de-
structlve fire in Darlington. The fire broke out
through an accident. clerk in q store was in
the act of drawing from a barrel can of Kero-
sene oil when the candle which he held in his
hand overturned and set fire to the oil. The fame
quickly communicated to the barrel and in q few
moments the entire building was past recovery.
Several buildings were burnt.-Mn1on Crescent
The Court of Common Pleas and General Ses-
sions for this District concluded its setting on
Tuesday
There were four persons tried for murder, only
one of whom was convicted, namely Lewis I. Har-
rell. It will be recoected that this man shot DIR.
j. II. Jarrot, about the middle of February, while
the latter visiting of his plantations where
Harrell was overseer There was no white person
present when the deed committed, and the
evidence in the case depended on the confessions
of the prisoner confirmed by strong circumstan.
ces tending to show his guilt. Two OF the other
cases of murder, depended on circunstantial evi
tlence which was hot sufficient to convince the
minds of the Jury Iii the case Of the State vs.
Kirkland, indicted for the murder of John Ora
ham, at Pee Dee Bridge, the jury returned a YER
dict of acquttaL aL-Hnion Crescent -
The Memphis city election on Saturday result
ed III an overwhelming majority for what the Dis.
patch calls the Johnson party.
/. Mrs Jefferson Davis is on her way up the Mis-
sissippi, going to Montreal to see her children
Her daughter Margaret il at school in tile Acade
my OF the Sacred Heart, at Sault Recollet.