Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-11-27
mated the LIST week 4as the beginning Of our

mated the LIST week as the beginning Of our
Court, and to continue for tI@o weeks-if
the business required it. .astf 81 r1iIsfI
The business of our Office prevented our
personal attendance on the Court. We
understand that few persons only were
pleased with the administration of the law
under the new Code. ..s+, ..E
Wilson Brown and his son were indicted
IN tn ee cases-for an assault and battery.
The cost against them was S138, O. which
sum $50 was tax fees for the Solicitor
There was no fine. as the Judgment of the
Court was not prayed. A SO tax fee to
the Attorney in case OF assault and battery
is not only unreasonable but oppressive.
There were sixty cases or more upon the
State docket, many Of them for larceny !;
in some of which the parties, after con
viction, were allowed to give security for
the payment of the cost, and then were
discharged.
Four negroes, two men and two women,
we e araigned for numbering the husband
of one Of the women. Not being able to
employ counsel, the Judge assigned Major
Graham, Mr. Argo and Mr.. Boyd to de-
fend.
The Judge continued the case until next
term, as counsel wanted time to prepare
the case. and one of the women had child
eight days old.
FRIDAY, She Judge left Court to attend
q meetin2of the Trustees OF the University.
Only two cases had been tried upon the
civil docket There was considerable dis
appointment and surprise felt on Friday
morning when 1t was ascer aimed that the
Judge had left Court, instructlng the Clerk
to discharge the grand jury after receiving
such presentmeuts as they had to make.
/
portar- business before them, made the
following presentmentS All the .geS
who had taken part in politics In tne late
campaign; the infamous article Work, 4"
III the STANDARD of the 18th of September !;
the Leeisll alive address and all secret
political organizations.
Hillsboro' Recorder.
ARREsTED ON SUSPICION OF MURDER.-A
Negro man name Isaac Ellison was arrest
I'd yesterday by the Sherlf's officers on
suspicion of completely N the murder Of
Mr.. John West, some time since. 1t will
be recollected that Mr.. West was oversee
ing for Joseph L. Rhem, Esq, at the time
Of his death, and Was in the field watching
the cotton thieves. They came altogether
too soon for the unfortunate. On attempt
ing to prevent their depredaions he was
y
thing has been done for the apprehension
Of the murderars-that is, nothing success
full. The officers received information yes
terday that led them to believe that Eli
son was one of the murderers, and accord
ingIy he was arrested. ..
The preliminary examination of the pri-
soncr was taken before Justice RixfoId, at
the sheriffs office The only witness ex-
amlned, a negro man named Dlllahunt,
testified that on the evening Of the murder
her saw Ellison IN company with four 9TH
ers, leave Pembroke ferry and go up the
Trent river, in the direction Of the place
where the deed was porpetrated. The whole
party were armed, and he suspicioned evil
intentions from their manner. This was
the only evidence adduced, and on it the
prisoner was committed to jail for further
examination on Monday next, when more
witnesses will be brought forward to give
testimony against him.
New Berne J0nr. Of Com.
New PAPER learn that Mr. 7. :.
Lee and Robert Furman, Esq, Of the Hen
derson Index, will soon establish Sunday
paper in Portsmouth. Va.
ONE FARE.-NEAR WILMINGTON, Nov. %,
1868 Editor DAILY Messenger AT the
immigration Convention held in Colds
boro' on the 18th inst, [ was re-
quested, as Chairman, to correspond with
the different Railroads to ascertain on what
terms they would pass persons to and from
the adjourned meeting to be held in your
town on Saturday, the 28th inst. They
have agreed to issue free return tickets, so
far as | have received answers. That is
the answer of the Central North Carolina
no orfi nd
Road, and no doubt others will do the
same. It seems to be standing rule of
the Railroads in the State to grant free re-
turn tickets to such gatherings of the peo-
ple Please ask the papers of the State to
call attention to this fact. It is earnestly
to be hoped that our last meeting, SO har-
monious, spirited, and respectable in num-
bers, will at its ad journment be still large
ly increased, and that the five hundred
emigrants then especially agreed upon to
send for, will before many months be in
creased to as many thousands. Our peo-
pie are determined, while giving all due
encouragement to the industrious laborer,
white or colored, ct home, to seek an
abundance of laborerS from other climes
and other lands. as means not only impor-
tant but indispensable to the recupera-
ton of their ruined estates and to the i'm
prOVemeht OF their lanttS, now going 10
waste and ruin for the want of better sys-
tenn of labor aad of farming. The mate
rial redemption OF our State is very greatly
dependentupon the introduction of foreign
labor. It is the backbone Of the prosperi-
ty of the West and North west, and can be
made the same to us.
Very respectfully,
Yuur obI serv't,
S. s. SATCHwELL.
SABBATH IAULEssNEsa. Yesterday