Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-09-04
STATE NEWS.


nual meeting of Stockholders in States
vile last week, Samuel Med. Tate, A. S.
Merrimon, z. B. Vance and DIR. J. G. Nc
Dowell were elected Directors on the part
of the Stockholders.
! DIR. J. J. Mott lone of the State Direc-
tors) was elected President of the Road,
and r. f. Simonton Secretary and Urea
surer.
The office of Financial Agent was crea-
ted, and Sam1 Med. Tate, the former Presi-
dent, elected to fill 1t and also act as Su-
perintendent and business manager of the
Road.
HoLDENs MILITIA. Holden s
Adjutant General has divided the State off
into three grand districts, each under the
command of ajor-General. Halifax,
Edgecombe Pitt, Wilson, Wayne, Onslow,
Duplin, Sampson, New Hanover, Bladen,
Columbus and Brunswick, with nineteen
other counties constitute the Eastern Divi-
sion. under the command of man by the
| name Of Martindale, with headquarters at
GAINESVILLE, in Martin county.
The Middle Division is composed of
thirty counties, running from Warren and
Nash On the North East and Arson on the
South East. including Cumberland and
Harnett to Rockingham and Caswell on the
/ North. Wiley d. Jones, not very war
like man, is the Maj or- General command
ing. The counties west OF this compose
the Western Division, under Bryan, of
Wilkes. Each county will compose sep
arate command under q Colonel. "Let
us have peace.
! Crops IN EASTERN CAEoLINA.-A gentle
man Just from Edgecombe informs us that
the prospect for corn crop in the Eastern
counties is very fine. This will hold true,
we think, of the greater part of the State,
except where the young corn was destroy
ed by tornados or other disasters.
The cotton crop is not SO promising ex-
cept upon high, dry lands, and even this is
in danger from the frequent latter rains. -
On the low, stiff lands the plant is growing
too rapidly for a good yield. We set it
down that the cotton crop of this State
will be short one, hardly equal to the
last crop. Prices will be we'll sustained
until the new crop begins to be forced in
to the market too largely for the demand.
We hope our North Carolina planters will
only sell when the article pays.
Raleigh Sentinel.
The WINDMILL SQUIREs. publish
ed on Saturday, an official etfusion from
one of Holden's Windmill Squires in
Wayne. Here is another from Warren
rerbatim-not a letter being added to or
taken from:
"Waren Co n CAugust Il George Field
lunar you ar herebuy with The authority
to rest ned davis according to your Evil
dence. A. Spruil.
The WINDMILL SOUIREs AGAIN.-Isaac
Sasser, one of Holden's negro Squires ap-
pointed to administer the laws in Wayne
county, is doing his work nobly. We sug-
gest that he be placed at once on the Code
commission to relieve Judge Tourgee.
Isaac is the only one of Holden's squires
who has as yet taken hold of his work, and
shown the world and the rest of mankind
what sagacious man our "Guv. is In his
selections for the magistracy, and what
wonderful material he has got hold of to
aid in reconstructing the State. The war
rant which appears below, should be in
scribed at once on "de archives of gray
ity," and copy framed and hung up in the
| Governors mansion for his especial graft
| fcation. We feel already reconstructed,
and are willing to throw up the sponge
We propose that the Legislature, when it
meets again, create special Judgeship for
Isaac's benefit, and if any more of the Gov
ernor's Squires should show equal (?) upon
trial, make batch of them. No more let
US hear of Macon, CASTOR, Graham, Bad
ger, &C., but for all time to come, let the
praises be sung for Cuffey Mayo, Carey,
Isaac Sasser and g Gov" Holden:
One w. P. Whitley, an overseer of the
road made application to esquire" Sas-
ser for warrant against Willis Grant,
cold, for refusing to work the road. AT
ter about an hours hard labor the Squire
produced the following, which we copy
verbatim.
Isaac saSSer P AuGest
the % 1868
I serteyfy that W hitleley complains
that saide Wiles Grant has mat wyork the
Rod Cordinly to law ant hav yarn ed
him IsaoC
SaSSer
We deem it proper to say that the
esquire" had no dictation in this case,
and that he and Gov. Holden is entitled to
all the credit.
At late meeting of Holden's Commits
sioners for Henderson, negro member Of
that august Board stated that the duties of
the office to which he had been appointed
we're SO expressing that he could not find
time to make provision for his family, and
that he would like for the Council to make
an appropriation for has benefit! Hurrah for
Grant and Colfax
AID FOR North CARoLINA.-At st. Igua.
thus Church, yesterday morning, Right
Rev Bishop Gibbons, of North Carolina,
preached, and a collection was taken nl
for the benefit Of that diocese, yielding a
considerable amount. Bishop Gibbons
was consecrated week ago and will i'm
mediately enter upon his duties. The do
cese is very much impoverished, and the
object of the collection was to raise funds
to put it again on the road to prosperity
Baltimore Gazette.
MASS MEETING AT Ro1BoRo'-PERsoN
AL1vE.-The Democrats and CONSERVATIVES
of Person had a splendid success on Thurs
day last, in the way of mass meeting
The Hon. William A. Graham and Henry
K. Nash, ESQ.,, spoke to the largest crowd
that has been gathered for political dis
cussion in that county since the war.
There are now ten Seymour and Blair
Clubs organized in Person.