Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-07-19
STATE NEWS.

Whitfield as. Bodenhamef, from foFSytn,
reversed, new trial. In Grigg cs. Wilson,
from Cleaveland, judgment affirmed. In
bingham as. Richardson, seire facids dis
Fentress. in equity, from Wake, bill dis
missed with costs.
By Battle, i'm Lipscomb as. Cheek,
from Orange, judgment affirmed. In State
rs Smith. from Burke motion overruled, no
error in the record. In Stancn as. Branch,
from Northampton, judgment affirmed: In
Youncr rs. Trustees of Davidson College,
in equity, from Rowan, demurrer sustained
bill dismissed In Hillard rs. Rowland
in equity, from Nash, declaring the rights
of the parties.
By Reade, i'm Collier rs; Arlington
from Franklin. no error. In Emmerson VS.
1Tallett in equity, from Orange, no error
in the order In Keaton as. Blackwell, in
comfy. from Iredell, order dissolving in
junction in part-each party to pay his own
costs. In Earl rs. Bryan, in equity, from
Nash. decree, &C., enjoining part of the
purchase money.-Raleigh Sentinel
WHAT THE FARMERS ARE DoING.-In
company with the deputy Sheriff, NJ. A.
Smith, on Wednesday, we awaited ourselves
Of an opportunity to ride some twelve OF
fifteen miles into the country to see the
crops, &c We met several OF our most en-
terprising farmers, whom we found hard at
work. REGARDLESS of their former conditions
as it regards property. Some ploughing,
some hOeing, some harvesting, threshlng,
&c: and the work was not done exclusive
" by the men in many instances, the wo-
men were making full hand in the field.
We saw women in the field, who, but few
years since, owned large number of slaves
and were well TO do in the world. We no.
ticed one instance of an old couple, whom
we Judged to be fifty or sixty years of age,
hoeing co ton during the intense heat Of
Wednesday. Others were assisting their
husbands hauling wheat, and various other
employments usual on the farm.
The crops were generally, not so good us
we expected to find them. The heavy rains
had prevented proper work, which has
been of much injury to the growing crops:
Grass and weeds had, in many places, got
the better OF corn and cotton-tobacco was
also materially damaged. Though rain is
not vet much needed the ground is so much
hacked and run together, as to render
proper pIoughing very difficult The low
er grounds are, for the most part rendered
useless for the present year. The wheat
and oat crops are very good, and The fruit
crop bundant.-Salisbury Banner.
HONE ENTERPRISE are heartily glad
to learn that sufficient quantity of stock
has been taken to warrant the organization
Of the Guano Company at Wilmington
The Journal Of yesterday conveys the pleas
ant intelligence, and informs us that a
meeting will soon be held in that city to
perfect the organization and that when
this is accomplished. the company will i'm
mediately begin the construction OF the
necessary buildings.
This is practical reconstruction. We
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expended for fertilizers in the spring Of
1867, than in any five years before the war.
Our farmers have made almost superhuman
efforts to retrieve disaster by heavy plant
ing and high cultivation. They have
bought largely of guanoS for these pur-
poses, the money, III almost every instance,
going into the pockets of manufacturers at
the North. Now we trust this will be
changed, and that this new company, COM
posed of Southern men, in whom our farm
ing population can have confidence, will
be handsomely and substantially sus-
tanned.
Let every article required upon our farms
he manufactured within our own borders,
and let farmers consult their own interests
by raising upon their farms all the provis-
ions necessary to conduct their operations,
and we shall speedily witness such pros
perity as we have never before known.
God speed the day
EXECUTION OF JOHN BRINKLEY.- learn
from a gentleman who came from Kinston
yesterday, that John Brinkley, one of the
murderers of John A Costin, suffered the
extreme penalty of the law at that place to-
day at II O'Clock, NJ. At about IL o'clock,
il. NJ, company of q. S. cavalry marched
TO the Jail and the prisoner having been
brought out by the Sheriff and his deputies,
line was formed and the prisoner march
ed to the gallows, which had been erected
on the common near the Railroad. The
prisoner then assembled the gallows, and af-
ter a prayer by Clergyman, the drop fell.
The rope not having been properly adjust
ed, his neck was not broken and he strug
gled for some twenty minutes before death
came to his relief. Unlike other criminals,
he made only one remark, and that was that
he was ready to die.-Newbern Journal Of
Commerce.
NEGROES OF HALIFAX.-lnStead OF the
motto on their banners on the fourth of
July, ''Our Policy is War;" the Neg1 oes of
Halifax in procession on that eventful day
had inscribed on their cnsigns, "Our Pa
triots of War ;" says the Weldon State in
a complimentary word to the good beha-
vior of the Negroes in that section of the
State.
WAKE FoREsT.-The Biblical Recorder
says that the prospects of Wake Forest
College are Frightening. It has now an
Industrious and enterprising Faculty, and
they are infusing their spirit into the young
men under their care.
The WEATHER. AND CROPs.-In this i'm,
mediate section the crops are looking quite
promising, though just now suffering some
what for want of rain. Last week several
portions Of this county were blessed with
showers, but not enough to satisfy the
thirsty earth. The corn was so filled with
sap from the continuous rains in May and
June, as to cause an enormous growth O.
stalk, so that more is now required thar
usual to keep it vigorous SO as to fill th'
ear. Should it be seasonable, very large
crops will be made.-Charlotte Times.
RALEIGH & CASTOR RAILRoAD.-W Learn
that, at q meeting OF the Directors of thi
Road, on Saturday, it was resolved to con
soidate the offices of Master Machinist ant
Foreman of the Work shops. Mr.. Gayle
of Portsmouth, an experienced Machinist
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