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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-12-20
\ Clear Case of kidnapping.

In September, 1864, colored girl named
Rebecca Bailey, or Busle, a refugee from
the State Of Virginia, was bound by the
Freedmen's Bureau to a party then resld-
ing in Georgetown. Her employer last
spring came to Washington, and not being
willing to pay the expense Of the girl at the
hotel where he was boarding, he turned her
over to a lady friend, directing the latter
TO pay the girl her wages, &c. Subsequent
Iy the original employer went to Philadel-
phia, and during the last summer wrote to
the girl, requesting her to so TO that city.
The girl refused to >do SO, and remained
with her former employer. On Thursday
last thu original employer came to Wash
ingtOn and sent for the gill, saying that he
desired to see her. Not supposing that she
would be long away, she went without
shawl or bonnet, was hustled in a hack, ta-
ken to the cars, and thence 30 Philadelphia.
\ demand was then made of the last en-
pIoyer for the clothes of the girl and the
money due, which was refused, unless the
girl herself gave al order for them.
The Freedmcn's Bureau was yesterday
visited for Information as to the girl, and 1t
appears FROM the records that she is put
down as fifteen years Of age at the time she
was indeutured, two years ago The girl
herself claims that she is nineteen. II this
be SO, the party taking her off has been
guilty of an atrocious wrong, for the artl-
clt5 of indenture only We're until the girl
shall arrive at the age of eighteen. Besides,
5his girl can neither read nor write, and TINS
fact shows violation of the articles OF
agreement, as it is required that such III
struction shall be given by the employer.
In this statement of facts names have
been omit ed for several reasons but the
circumstances are all known to the Freed
mems Bureau, and action viii no doubt be
taken If these things can be done with
impunity, the public would doubtless like
to know the difference between the slavery
of 1860 and that of 1866.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-12-20
Terrible ARRAY.

Sunday last, two miles from NLitchels-
Vile, Tennessee, two negroes, named Da-
vid Groves and Charles Givens, got into a
fight about woman. The former was cut
to death Givens was arrested and taken
before a magistrate named Byram, on We'd
nesday for examination. A large crowd
assembled, among them three brothers,
Prass, Bill and T. McDale. Bill McDale
was under Indictment fo~ some violation of
law After the negro case was disposed of,
Albert G. Byram, a constable and brother
of the magistrate, attempted to arrest Nc
Dale, who drew pistol and shot at Byram,
who summoned crowd to assist in max
ing the arrest. His brothers being armed,
resisted, and general fight ensued. All
parties we're heavily armed, and all took a
hand in the affray. The result was Prass
McDale was shot dead and Bill was NOR
tally wounded, being shot three times
through the body. The constable Byram
received similar fatal injuries. The mag
istrate was badly cut in the head, but still
fingers alive All had more or less serious
I'M urles from cuts, shots or bruises from
butts of pistols.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-12-20
Political Praying.

The partisanship that must Extensively
obtrude itself in the supplication made at
the Throne of Grace is so offensive and SC
desecrating that it is difficult to character
ize it as it deserves. We omitted from the
House proceedings the first day the prayer
of the chaplain, the Rev. DIR. Boynton, be-
cause we could not publish it without pro-
test, and we, therefore, preferred not pub
fishing it at all But here is what Radi-
cal correspondent of a Radical newspaper
says. We quote from the Washington cor
respondence of the Brooklyn Union, of the
5th instant, italics and all
"An unusually large attendance of the
members were present, and when, at the
hour of noon, the sharp rap of the Speak
er's gavel arrested the attention of the
whole assemblage, and prayer was an
nounced, all the members engaged with
unusual devotion in the exercise. The
chaplain of the House, the Rev. DIR Boyn-
ton, then made Radical stump speech
sciA bis eyes shm. This must have been
distasteful to the piety of the Democratic
members"
This is not the questionable censure of q
partisan foe, but the salient criticism of q
political friend. Aateuigeneer.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-12-20
The Rat NuiS ance.

Catching rats is often difficult. rs old rats
are proverbially cunning. Laying around
poison is dangerous not alone, but also OBJ
jectionable, for the reason that rats may
die at inaccessible spots and contaminate
the atmosphere with The well-known de-
testable odor. A better plan has been
adopted by one of our correspondents, by
which he takes advantage of the cunning
habits of the rats. He covers the floor
near the rat hole with a thin layer of moist
caustic potash when the rats walk on this
it makes their feet sore these they lick
with their tongues 1t makes their mouths
sore, and the result is that they shun this
locality not alone, but appear to tell ali the
neighboring rats about it, and eventually
the house is entirely abandoned by them,
notwithstanding the neighborhood may
be teeming with rats
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-12-20
Singular Cause Of Suicide.

Some time since it was announced that
man at Titusville, Pennsylvania, commit
ted suicide for the reason that he had dis
covered he was his own grandfather
Leaving dying statement, explaining
this singular circumstance, we will not at
tempt to unravel it, but give his eXplana-
tlon Of the mixed-up condition of his kins-
folk in his own words. He says mar
ried widow who had a grown up daughter
My father visited our house very often. fell
in love with my step-daughter and married
her. So my father became my son in law,
and my step-daughter my mother, because
she was my fathers wife Some time af-
terwards my wife had a son he was my
fathers brother-in-law, and my uncle, for
he was the brother OF my step-mother.-
My fathers wife,. e., my step daughter
had also a son ; he was Of course, my broth
er, and in the meantime my grand child,
for he was the son of my daughter My
wife was my grandmother because she
was my mothers mother. [ was my wife's
husband and grandcllild at the same time.
And rs the husband OF PERSONS grand
mother is his grandfather, [ was my own
grandfather. That this was Il strange con-
dition of things must be confessed, but we
can see no possible reason why it should
cause man to commit suicide.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-12-20
The Prisoners at the Dry Tortugas.

A special committee of the Florida State
Legislature has made a report on the sub
iect of the prisoners at the Dry Tortugas,
who now number about five hundred.
The imprisonment Of one of them, Col
onel St. Leger GrcnfeIl, formerly of the
Confederate army, appears to have been
attended with circumstances of peculiar
hardship. Colonel Grenfell proved himself
III India and in Turkey, to he ii gallant sol
dier, and served with distinguished brave
~ in various capacities during the war in
the Southern States. He voluntarily re-
signed his commission, ran the blockade,
and went North, and, to take the words of
the report before us, "whilo amusing him
self huntlng upon the praines Of Illinois, to
his surprise he was arrested for c0nSpiripg G
with jeff. Davis and others, to release the
Confederate prisoners at Camp Douglas,
and to burn the City OF Chicago. There
were six others arrested at the same time.
and tried with him on the same charge,
none OF whom he bad ever seen or had any
communication with, rendering it impOsSi-
ble for him to nave conspirtd with them
These have I'll been released, and Colonel
GYeufelI, alone OF The number, WAS sen
fenced to be hung, being an Englishmau
and without friends or political influence. y
His sentence of death was committed to
imprisonment for iifc at the Dry TnrtuHas,
ana there Is 40 prospect Of Colonel Gr2n-
fells release
Her Majcsty's Minister at Washington y re
cei7ed most cordially the request of the
Government Of the United States that mer-
cy might be shown to the condemned Fe-
mans, but lie does not appear to have i'll
any way Interested himself in obtaining
the release Of Colonel Grenfell, who is far
more British subject than the Fenians are
subjects of the United States. Colonel
Grenfell is a prisoner, he can be of no use
to England, and, with consistent policy, he
will, so far as his own people are concern
ed, be allowed to drag out the rest of his
days in the cell at the Dry Tortugas.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-12-20

The st. Joseph (Mo.) Herald chronicles
one of the peculiar results of the action of
the current of the Missouri River on its
banks and on its sandy bottom. An island
has been formed in the river opposite st.
Joseph, the channel running between the
Island and the Missouri shore. Although
a vast bed of sand over two miles in length,
should it withstand the flood next spring, it
may soon be covered with growth of trees.
An immense drift has foamed at the upper
end, which it is believed will protect it
from the rush of waters and make it per-
manent. The other day two citizens of ST.
Joseph passed over to the island, took pos
session of it and erected a cabin thereon,
which they hold will give them the first
claim to entry when the Government places
if in market
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-12-20

The Partisan hair -dressers, who control
the fashions, have held their first ball of
the present season, and at it laid down
their inexorable laws. The rage for false
hair shows no abatement, and ladies' heads
are still to be loaded down with some one
else's tresses With the front hair drawn
back and lifted up from the forehead in
putfs and rolls, the back hair spread out
into an enormous lump, tied in spreading
bows or rolled into an intricate mass of
short, thick. geometricallydisposed saus-
ages, how can a woman contrive to place
on her head anything bigger than the few
inches of tulle, blonde or velvet with which
she covers the infnitesimal hollow left at
the summit of the head, between the hilly
protuberances of the front and the noun
famous ones of the back
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-12-20
NEWS ITEMS.

! Liszt has finished his oratorio Of "Christ."
| A Nevada miner owns q brick valued at
Sc, ,0OO
Twenty-Five Wisconsin banks are wind
ing up.
Chattanooga, Tenn, is just now afflicted
with n small pox epidemic.
The velocity of the sun has been esti-
mated at 422, 900 miles per day.
The State debt of Indiana is about seven
million dollars.
Large pantaloons or trousers, we see are
to be the nobby style this winter.
The emigration from Georgia to Texas is
immense.
Imperial concerts are given every Sunday
in Paris.
There was ice in Richmond on the morn
ing of the 11th inst.
A heavy SNOW has fallen on the plains,
and outgoing trains are suffering.
An official report gives the number of
deaths from cholera in St. Louis, from July
n to November 8, at 3,527.
! The Georgia Senate has rejected the
House bill preventing trains from running
on Sunday.
Five persons recently died at Crab Or
chard, KY, from eating fresh killed pork,
supposed to have been affected by hog
cholera.
Onions finely chopped and mixed with
Indian meal once or twice week and fed
to fowls, prevents the gapes and many
other diseases that fowls are subject to.
The New York 7th regiment has voted to
decline the invitation of the Americans re-
siding in Paris to visit that city, and has
9ent letter notifying them of the fact.
a locomotive on the Georgia railroad to
which was attached freight train of eigh-
teen cars, exploded few days ago, killing
the fireman and severely scalding the en-
gineer.
A genius of jackson, Michigan, has had
patented reversible boot and shoe heels, the
merit OF which is that they may be changed
so that they will wear evenly. One pair of
them is to wear O lifetime.
"The work Of thousand men for four
years Is the inscription upon the immense
railroad bridge, which has just been cree
ted across the Susquehanna River, at Havre
de Grace, Md.
The London compositors decline to Join
in the Reform demonstration. They say
their society was established for trade pur-
| poses only, and they object to its machinery
being employed for political purposes.
Large stories are told of the proficiency,
as marksnlan, of Recorder Hackett, of
New York. Any of his friends, it is said,
will hold a penny between their fingers and
allow him to hit it at ten PAGES, which he
invariably does. He can knock the ashes
off a gentleman's cigar while the cigar is in
his mouth, with unvarying accuracy, and
one of his principal amusements is to imi-
tate William Tell, in shooting apples off his
| friends head.
Hon. Anson Burlingame, U. s. Minister
! to China, arrived at Shanghae Sept 49,
He sailed from Yokohama, (Japan) Sept.
II, in the steamer Duplex, Capt. Noel,
which encountered a typhoon; she had
three boats blown away, davits and all, lost
her main topmast, had nearly all her sails
blown from the yards, and her decks swept.
Capt. Noel, when the typhoon commenced,
observed it's drift, and ran out of it, other
wise his vessel would have been lost. The
passengers subscribed 81, 200 to purchase
service of plate for him.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-12-20
Original Attachment.
CLERN AND MsSTER'S SALE.

ir- the matter of Jas. F. simpson, patition for
Guardian r.aIi ct Emelne Simpson sale of Land.
D} VIRTUE OF A DECREE MADE IN THE
: , above entitled cause, at Fall Term, A. D.,
i-.G, of the Court of Equity for New Hanover
.auatE, will sell at public auction, to the highest
,Hl.r, Saturday, the 18th day of anUary, 1867,
Ga tie premises, the following desirable tract of
i.tnI, VIZ: One Hundred and Ten QI0} acres of
..aa living in said county, on the West side of
I.ar7s Greek, and on both sides of COlvins Greek,
h.,-iuuiHg ut Il stake in the line of Doctor James
I. SAMPSON, Running North 20 degrees, West so
pole, 10 stake thence North SO degrees, East
-tG pnes to 4 stake on the main Road, thence with
-a. road South so degrees, East so poles to Smp-
rs inc thence with said line to the beginning.
Ihe following the terms of payment One
oyrth OF the purchase money cash; the balance in
two equal payments of six and twelve months
each, thc purchaser giving bonds with approved
securities
FREDERICK D. POISSON.
Dee. 13-1J-it Clerk & Master.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-12-20
Sanford Conover-A Demurrer.

On Friday last Mr. H. c.. Gooding, coun-
sci of the accused, filed the following de-
murrer to the Indictment against Sanford
Conoyer, atlas Charles Dunham, for PERU
ry, IN connection with the assassination
''And the said Sanford Conover atlas Charles
A. Dunham, here and having the same in
dictment read, saith that the first and sec
ond counts of the said Indictment, and the
matter therein contained. the manner and
form as they above state and set forth are
not sufficient in law, and that he is not
bound by the law and he is ready to verify
whereupOn the said Sanford COnOver prays
judgments of the said courts that he may
be dismissed and discharged from the said
premises in the said counts specified" 1t
is possible that this demurrer will be argued
in few days.
The correspondent of the Baltimore Sun.
writing Saturday evening, says:
The counsel for Sanford Conover iudict-
ed for perjury in manufacturing conspiracy
evidence, to involve Jefferson Davis in the
assassination OF MIR. Lincoln, argued the
demurrer to the indictment in the case on
Saturday, partly on the ground that the So
called dispositions were not depOsitiOns or
atfidavits, Judge Advocate General Holt
having no authority to administer an oath
The indictment also is alleged to be defect
I've III that 1t does not expressly state the
dispositions Of Hoare and Snevel, who re-
counted before the House Judiciary COM
mittee, were admitted as evidence in the
pending inquiry, and does not set out with
certainty which part thereof the defendant
denies in his alleged oath. The counsel of
Conover also objected to the law as defect
i've inasmuch as it does not declare false
swearing before q Congress committe to be
crime,
The District Attorney said that even sup
posing Judge Holt had no authority to ad-
minister an oath, yet tlIe law was clear,
providing that the Speaker Of the House
and chairmen Of the colamittees may ad-
minister oaths, and any person swearing
falsely shall be deemed of perjury.
Judge Fisher said that he would like to
hear the question as to whether the House
of Representatives had authority TO order the
inquiry whether it was not an invasion OF
the judiciary department by one House OF
Congress, and contrary to the distribution
OF powers by the Constitution. The Dis
trict Attorney intimated a wish to investi-
gate the matter, and the cause was defer
red
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-12-20
EtechnOICnI Uses OF Castor OIL.

1t is not as universally known as it de
serves to he that castor oil is as useful in
the trades as it is us Il medicine. 1t is much
better to soften and to redeem old leather
than any other oil known ; when boots and
shoes are creased with it, the oil will not
at all Interfere with the polishing afterward,
as is the case with lard. olive, or any other
oil. IN harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the old
leather hose of some Of the fire companies
was creased with it, and found to become
almost Us soft and flexible as new leather.
Leather belts for transmitting motion in
machinery will usually last three to five
years, according to the wear and tear they
are exposed to when creased with castor
oil they will last ten years or more, as they
always remain flexible and do not crack
Besides this advantage, castor oil will pre-
vent slipping, that belt three inches wide,
impregnated with it, will be equal to belt
four and q half inches wide without castor
oil. 1t is necessary, however, to wait
twenty -four hours, till the oil has disap-
peared from the surface and penetrated the
leather, otherwise the freshly creased sur
face will cause slipping. That rats and
other vermin detest anything impregnated
with castor oil, and will not touch it, is an
other advantage.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-12-20

The Norfolk T0yini0n of Saturday gives
the following account of nomadlc charac-
ter calling himself 81 n. upon Mr. Davis.
The individual u. NJ is well known to
the press of the Solth as the incoherent ex-
FOUNDER of a theory on ''The Pressure"
The Baltimore steamer Thursday morn
ing brought notorious, if not distinguish
ed, visitor to the Fortress-none less than
the Immortal -. NJ, he Of the dirty news
paper scrap, and dirtier locks.
''J. N" came on mission, the accom-
plishment of which he has been pursuing
ever since the imprisonment of Jefferson
Davis, that is suffering i'll his stead.
y. n" made formal application for ad-
MISSION and while knocking around loose,
awaiting a response to his application, he
espied, walking around the ramparts, llr.
Davis himself
y. N" approached, hat in hand, and
spoke thusly;
''Whom have the honor of addressing :
Is this not the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Presi-
dent of the late Confederate States ?
M Davis signifed the affirmative.
81 N" Is there any impedimcnt, any
barrier to my admission into the Fortress
[ come on an important mission"
He was informed that there was none
the guards had been removed.
proceeded with much familiarity to apply
his ''pressure" to his subject, increasing it
as he proceeded up to maximum of one
hundred pounds to the square itch of en-
durance.
81. N" proceeded unfolding his plan in
stream of his peculiar eloquence, until his
entertainer, becoming convinced that a lu
natic had been admitted into his quarters
DISPATCHED to the officer of the day for a
guard to remove his visitor.
-. N" re-appeared in twinkllng es,
corted rather rapidly across the draw.
Subsequently he related to crowd the
substance of his inter,i lew with Mr.. Davis
and his plan of self-immolation and sacii
fee in his behalf He spoke in the warm
est terms of the pOliteness of the officer
who escorted him forth. bowed himself
away and relieved the tortIIss and Old
Point of his peculiar 'pressure'' by taking
his departure for Richmond by the steamer.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-12-20
STaTE NEWS

CHEKAw AND DARLINGTON IAIIKOAD.-
This company has erected large and com
modious freight depot at Cheraw, and are
building a fine passenger depot at the same
place. These buildings, it is said, add
much to the appearance of the town. New
buildings havesbeen putupa; stations along
the road, and new rolling stock has been
put on the line.
Our Newbern neighbors are making
great preparations for the tournament to
come off at that city on the first of January.
Gov. Vance is to deliver an address on the
occasion.
County Court is in session at NeNbern
this week. Nothing OF Importance had
transpired up to Tuesday night.
ATKoIoUs MURDER.-On Tuesday eve
ming last, d party of five negroes made q
murderous attack on Mr. Joel Heath, a most
respectable citizen of LenOir, near Pugh's
Bridge, about six miles below Kinston. In
the conflict, Mr.. Heath killed one CT the
negroes and so severely wounded another
that he is not expected to live, but sad to
relate, Mr. Heath lost his life. 4 horse
belonging to the negro purity was also kill
ed. An inquest was held yesterday, but
we have not heard the result.
NcSrjeyu ConlnterciM
Another AccEssIoS.--A private letter in
forms us that Col. Liewellyn Hoxten, a
distinguished graduate " OF West Point
and late hiefofartiIlery, in Hardee corps,
has accepted the appointment to the chair
Of chemistry, Seol8y and mineralogy, in
the HiIIsboro' Military Academy. He is a
gentleman Of very superior attainments and
was quite distinguished during the war.
The efforts Of Gen. COlstOn to resuscitate
this institution and impart to it character,
even higher than that which it enjoyed pre-
vious to the war, have been unremitting,
and we hope the final success OF the enter
prise will remunerate him handsomely.
Ral. Progress. -
The Hon. VIM. Johnston, President of
the Charlotte and Columbia Railroad, has
donated to Miss NJ. 4. Buie, OF Columbia,
S. c., plantation of 100 acres. on high
and healthy ridge, with cool and gushing
spring of pure water, for proposed school
or college, for INDECENT orphans.
The Norfolk I'Uyi0i0n reports that all
! the patients at the Hospital of that city,
scalded on board the kelso, are doing well,
except Mr.. c. w Nixon, Of Edenton, n.
e., whose condition is very critical.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-12-20

THE APPOINTING PovER from
the activity of divers gentlemen in that di-
rection, the one great object of the meet
ing of this Congress is to curtail the ap
pointing power of the President. Many of
these projects will probably sleep in the
committee rooms. Others will be brought
before Congress and discussed. Some, per-
haps, will fnd their way upon the statute
book. Bat we are not prepared to believe
that an American Congress will become a
party to such violation of the spirit of our
institutions, or the aim of the founders of
our Government, as to make the Supreme
Court participate in the most corrupting
element of our politics-the distribution of
political patronage. May that august tri-
bunal continue evermore to be kept free
from the noisy contentious and corrupt in
trigues of partizan warfare
Nationol Hate2ligenceT.