Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-12-13

JUDGE LIITLE--It is all a mistake rela
tive to Judge Little he has not rendered
his resignation, ard has ID intention q
present OF resigning.
, When he was rendered the Judgeslip III,
past summer be was IL very feeble health
and had been for Il Ong time, and was dis
posed IL consequence TO decline 1t ; but hl
friends, thinking the change and cOnSe
QUent active occupation world benefit HIM
induced him to accept. His first entrance
upon duty was IL the largest Judicial dis
trict of the State, with heavy amount O
the most intricate business, the labors O.
which proved too mach for his feeble con
stitutiDn and at Charlotte, while presiding
at Mechl,nhurg Superior Court, he broke
down, and was compelled to ask a leave ot
absence, and returned home. Since his
return his health has been slowly mending,
| and he hopes to enter upon the duties OF
the spring riding fully restored.
Wadeeboro' A1,yus.
WolTuI or MENTION. THAT all the citi-
zena Of this county, Of Northern birth,
some who came here before the war and
others since, excepting one, voted the Con
seryatve tick ket at the recent election. The
! exceptions, Il deserter from the South du-
ring the war after getting a contract from
| the Confederate Government to furnish fish
| oil, voted for himself and is elected TO the
! Conveution.-Wa -Wadesboro' -Aryus-
HAEEAs C0BPUs. Judge Little had be-
fore him, on last Saturday, i'll chambers, at
this place, a case on a writ of hubens c0Jpus,
the points Of which are these A Young
man named Dunn, during the first part Of
| last week, had carried off aJl married, in
South Carolina, daughter Of James S.
Marsh, OF Union county, Of this State,
without her parents consent, said daughter
| being barely thirteen years Of age. The
daughter not having attained mao0ri4geabte
| age, according to the laws of the States,
which is fourteen Years, upon q partial
hearing of the case and showing Of the
facts the Judge returned the child to the
custody OF her parents until the Both Of this
month, when there will be full and final
| hearing. -Wadesboro' AryaS.
WILD PIGEoNs-Numerous tiocks Of wild
pigeons were seen passing over this section
last week But from numerous inquiries
made hy Us we cannot ascertain that they
are using hcreabouts, nor can we leHin that
any one has succeeded in shooting any Of
them. Wadcsboro' diYuS
Abstract Of Secretary bzcCulloci's Report.
The finances OF the United States, not
withatunding the continued depression Of
the currency, are Ill much more satiSfac
tory condition than they were when the
Secretary had the honor to make to Con-
press his last annual report. Since the 1st
day OF November, 1866, $493, 999, 26S OF i'll
terest- bearing notes, certificates of lndebt-
cdness, and OF temporary loans, have been
II
lie q. bt Gtducting therefrOn cash in the
treasury, which is to be applied to Is pay
ment, has been redu ~; 500 500, 5J5. Dur
ing the same ptliud ii decided improve
ment has also been witnessed in the gene
raj economical condition OF the county,
| The irpiIcy OF contracting the CrlrI CuCy, al
Though iOt enforced 10 that extent author
IL, d D5 IaH. has prevented an expansion OF
credits TO which redundant, aud especial
~ deprecated curreDcy Is Away an in
centiye aud ha, 40 little influence ii. slim
uiatIug labor and increasing productions.
Industry has been steadily returning to the
healthy channels from which it was divert
ed during the VAT, and although incomes
have been small aud trade generally iuac-
tive, in no other ccmmrrcial country has
there been less financial embarrassment
than in the United States
Since the 1t Gay + September, 1868, the
temporary loans. certificates of inGe btei-
ness, and five pcr cent. notes have all been
pad, with the exception Of small amounts.
The compound interest have been reduced
from S52l1 U94 lO9 80 81, ,S7S, O4O, $ll, =
$50, 600 having been taken up with three
per cent. certificates seven and three
tenth notes from $3.50 OO0 900 to S5;}27, 97S,
500 United States notes, including frac-
ti0nal currency, from $3.50 500, 81 to S::}}:3}7
81, AT while the cash in the Treasury
has been increased from $SS, ,2l8, O50 to
Sl33, 996, ,j9S; and the funded debt has
been increased $56S6 5O4 500. While this
has been accomplished, there has been no
commercial crisis, ana outside OF the South
ern States, which are still greatly suffering
from the eli. cts of the war, there has been
no c"psiGe rable tina nciaI embarrassment.
IL his la-t report the Secretary remarked
that after careful survey Of the whole
field he was OF opinion that specie payment
might be resumed, and ought to be resumed
as early as the first day Of July, 1885,
While Lo iuduIged the hope that such
woald be the character of future legisla
ton, and such the condition Of our pro-
ductive Industry, that this most desirable
event might be brought about at still
earlier day. These anticipations of the
Secretary may not be fully realized. The
| grain crops Oh 1OOO were DdtSly 6uLICItI1
| foT home consumption. The expenses Of
the War Department, by reason Of Indian
| hos:iitics and the establishments of military
governments in the Southern States, have
greatly exceeded the estimates. The Gov
! ernment has been deirauoed of 2 large part
! of its revenue upon distilled liquors, and
| the condition Of the South has been dis
! turbed and unsatisfactory. These facts
and apprehensiOns, created in Europe and
/ to some extent at home by the utterances
I Of some OF our public men upon the sub
! ject of finance and toxation that public
faith might not be maintained, may post
| pone the time when specie payments shall
be resumed; but, notwithstanding these
unexpected cmbarrassnents, much pre-
! liminary work has been done, and there is
not, III the opinion Of tho Secretary, any
insuperable difficulty in the way of an early
and permanent restoration of specie
standard. 1t may not be safe to fix the
exact time, but with favorable crops next
year, and with no legislation unfavorable
to contraction at this session, it is not to
be delayed beyond the 1st of January, or
at farthermost, the 1st of July, 1859
Nothing will be gained, however, Ey 4