Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-03-20
STATE NEWS.

OENIENCE IASSED. supreme Court
having confirmed the finding of the Court
in the case of John Taylor and Jim Knight,
these men were brought to the bar on Mon.
day of the present Term, and received their
final sentence.
Much interest was manifested, and upon
it becoming known that the prisoners had
been ordered to the court, q large crowd
quickly filled the room and listened with
deep silence to the impressive charge and
decision of His Honor, Judge Buxton.---
After solemnly impressing upon the un-
happy men the great importance of pre-
pairing for the awful change they were so
soon to undergo, His Honor ordered that
they should be remanded to Jail, there to
remain until Friday, the Sd of April, when
by hanging they are to answer the last de.
mand of offended Justice.
When asked if they had anything further
to say, why the sentence of tho Law should
not be passed upon them, Jim Knight sim
ply remarked, ''that he had nothing, as he
supposed it would do no good, but it was
hard to take the life of an innocent man."
John Taylor preserved entire silence.
Tarboro' S0atheTner.
SUPERIOR CoURT.-The Spring Term of
this Court is now in session, his Honor
Judge Buxton, presiding. The week has
been consumed thus far in tho disposal of
the State Docket, upon which there were
three capital cases.
On Wednesday Gus Holmes was arraign-
ed and tried for the murder of Matthew
King, in June last. Messrs. Phillips and
Moore, assigned by the Court to defend
Che prisoner, displayed much ability in
their management of the case. The jury,
after short absence, returned a verdict Of
Gnilty. The Judge then sentenced him TO
be hanged on Friday, the Sd of April, from
which an appeal was taken to the Supreme
Court. To-day the Court is engaged In
the trial of Gus Rogers, (colored), for the
rape of white woman at Rocky Mount, in
January. Friday has been set for the trial
of James II. Wells, charged with the muir
der of Joshua Robinson.
Upon the civil docket nothing will
be done, as His Honor recognizes the re-
cent act of the Convention, and will per-
nit no judgments to be taken for old debts
Tarboro' SoukkeTner.
SHERIFFALTY OF PITT.-At g. Special
Court of the Magistrates of Pitt, on Mon
day last, Mr.. Foley, the military appointee
for the Office of Sheriff, appeared and was
duly qualified.
A striking commentary upon the gener-
al degeneracy of our people was witnessed
here in the fact that at the mere dictation
of military satrap, the magistrates of any
county could be induced to accept as q
sufficient surety upon the bond OF such an
important official, the name of only one
man, and that man worth absolutely no.
thing. This we understand to be the case
in regard to the surety of the Sheriff of
Pitt, whose entire property is under mort
gage and could not realize one thousand
dollars.
Though this is the natural result of rad
ical rule, we yet regret to see any body of
magistrates so far bending to military
orders, as to voluntarily place in the hands
of an irresponsible person such important
trusts.-Tarboro' SOutherner.
CANvAssERs.-The following additions
announcements are hereby officially made,
viz /:
Hyde.-Wiliam S. Carter, N. Beckwith,
Edward l.. Mann, Jones Spencer, Tillman
Farrow, Benz. Jennet and Homer W. Sty-
ron.
Burton Stilley, Esq, is announced as an
additional Canvasser for Beaufort.
Eleven negro prisoners escaped from
Halifax jail on Monday last They knocked
down the iailor and then got off. Two other
prisoners, white man and negro, who
refused to join them in the conspiracy for
escape, were found securely tied and nearly
sufIiocated from bandages which had been
drawn across their mouths, to prevent an
alarm being given.-Ral. Sentinel, 1911.
The RIGHT SPuIT.-The following ex-
cellent resolution, adopted by the recent
great Conservative meeting in Newbern,
has the ring of the true metal We COM
mend its patriotic spirit to our friends
throughout tho State:
| Res0tued That the gentlemen placed in nonli-
| nation by the Conservative Executive Committee
of the State OH the 2Sth ult. are all thatwe could
wish so far as regards talent, integrity, quatca-
! tion and availability, and we hereby pledge our
| selves to support them with enthusiasm and zeal,
and TO cote he t1hoLe ticket without eraslng single
nanc from the list, feeling that IN doing so we
will be best serving the interest OF the whole
country.
A man in Delaware County, Indiana,
owns dog twenty-one years old, and
chicken that is nearly twenty: The Munele
Times sagely remarks "These ages are
oroat for those animals"