Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-06-12

head, and several of the Indians ofEthe
Cherokee nation, from our trans-montane
country, have been in the city. They left,
on yesterday, for Washington, on business
connected with the interests of their tribe.
Raleigh Sentinel.
RUNAWAY ACCIDENT Yesterday morn
ing, in the vicinity of the Central Depot,
the horses attached to the Omnibus of the
Exchange Hotel took fright, from some
cause, and ran away, dashing the vehicle
violently against the platform and com
pletely upsetting and shattering 1t. The
Rev. IL. T. Hudson, of this city, and Mrs.
Wharton and child, of Salisbury, were the
only persons in the Omnibus at the time.
We are reioced to state that neither the
lady nor child were in jured at all, and that
Mr.. Hudson, although at first reported to
be seriously hurt received only a few brui
ses and cuts, which, we trust, will not dis
able him long. The danger was great and
the escape wonderful. The colored driver
of the Omnibus was very painfully, if not
seriously, injured, and is now under skill
ful and constant medical treatment.
Raleigh Sentinel.
The WHEAT.-In Halifax county, Va,
ed as looking fine, and splendid crop is
expected
In some portions Of Person county, the
wheat is not SO good, and with some of the
farmers, the rust is said to be playing the
wild. In this county, we hear of but few
complaints from the rust, and rather ex-
pect a pretty fair crop.
Milton Chronicle.
LoCUsTs.-The seventeen year locusts
have made their appearance in this Sec
ton. In the neighborhood of Mr.. Morgan
Smith, along the edge of Person county,
the woods are said to be full, and body
can hardly "hear his ears - for the noise
they make. A country friend says he re-
members their advent, precisely seventeen
years ago he further states that the To-
Gust, after depositing an egg up tree, cuts
a hole in the limb, and after the egg is
hatched, the '' whole kit big locusts
ard little locusts-get up and travel down
that hole, it taking them just seventeen
years to work out through the roots of the
tree.-Milton Chronicle.
MAYORS CoURr-DIsoRDER1Y CONDUCT OF
NEGRO BOYS. - Booker Peck, Sampson
Mitchell and Rufus White negro boys,
were up before his Honor, Mayor Haywood
on yesterday, charged with making an as
sault, with stones and other missiles, upon
four white youths; Franklin Womble, VIM.
Hatch, William M. Russ and Leonard Bry-
an. They were bound over for their mis-
chievous and disorderly conduct, to keep
the peace and for their appearance at the
next Court to answer the charge. Two
others, Albert Copeland and Henry Bad
,bo o1c lor
yet been arrested, but q warrant has been
issued for them.-Raleigh Sentinel
A HURRICANE Some sections of the
county, contiguous to this place, were Wis
tied by quite wind storm on last Friday
evening. In the Red House neigh hborhood,
five miles from here, it unroofed the to-
bacco barn of Mr.. VIM. Irwin and blew
down to the ground a new corn crib be-
longing to Mr.. l.. t. Hunt. Poplar trees
and locust were thrown about at the pleas
ure of the storm king and the air was filled
with clouds of dust and flying fragments.
It was of very short duration the wind
being at S. W. when it ragged severest, soon
shifted to the West and produced an imme-
diate calm.-Milton Chronicle.
A HAIL SToRM.-On Wednesday night
last hail storm, very severe for few min
utes, visited several sections of the country
roundabout us. In the surroundings OF
Snatchburg it was quite heavy-beat out
sixteen panes of window glass from the
house of Mr.. Fullerton, and levelled vege-
tation to the ground. Around this neigh
borhood some of the stones are said to have
been the size of hen eggs, and to have left
their print on the roofs of houses. In a
portion of Person county it was equally
severe cut the blades from the corn, and
beat down all the vegetation of the gar
deDs. The storm ratified so Justify in one
section that a young man, who was up
stairs when it commenced, hurried down
for the purpose, as he said, of dying along
with his father.-Milton Chronicle.
| Rather Strange.
The connection of Judge ChaEe's name
with the Presidency, recalls statement
published nearl y a half century ago: That
the Fates had, by two-thirds vote, de-
creed that no man, whose surname begins
with CO." shall ever be elected President
of the United States.
The following brilliant array Of names
so intimately and conspicuously associated
with our political history, furnished a
marked ILL "ttration of this seemingly ire
versible decree:
HENRY CLAY,
JOHN G. CALHOUN,
WILL. FL. CRAWFORD,
De WITT CLINTON,
LEWIS CAss,
LANGDoN CHEvEs,
JOHN J. CR1TTENDEN,
JOHN Fl. CLAYTON,
RUFUS CHoATE,
THOMAS CoRWIN.
Will not time add to the list,
SALMON P. CHASE ?
Mark another curious fact No man,
whose name had not an go" in it, was
ever elected to fill second term of the Pre-
sidency; and, when such an one was can
didate for the second term, he was, in eve
ry instance, defeated by man whose name
had the termination-" son.
To instance: Adams, the elder, was de-
feated by Jefferson; Adams, the younger,
by Jackson and Van Buren by Harri-