Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-01-24

III the so-cdIIed oCnVent1On nave express
ed their annoyance at the loquacity and
officiousness of their sable confreres, who,
with an assumption Of something that
looks more like superiority over their pale
allies than the promised equality, are
very forward and conspicuous in all the
proceedings of the Convention" Posi-
bly, there may be caucus held for the pur-
pose of muzzling them. We hope that
they will not stdV muzzled. Are we not
all equals and "brethren?" ....
Raj. Sentinel, 17th.
ELECTED a DIRECToR.-R Y. McAden,
President of the First National Bank of
Charlotte, has been elected director of the
Georgia and South Carolina Air Line Rail
road.
FIRE.-On Friday evening last, about
o'clock, the dry goods store Of DR.. J. T.
Foulkes, of this place, was discovered to be
on fire. So rapid was the progress Of the
fire that almost nothing was saved. The
loss of DR.. L. was about $14, 900, insured
for S., ,OOO
The fire soon communicated to the store
of j. K. Kyle Il Co., in the same build
ing. But little was saved f,'om this estab
lishment. The loss of Messrs. Kyle & Co..
was about $50, ,O00-iDsured for $40, 900.
The buildings in the Immediate vicinity
being fra-proof, the fire did not spread
Mr.. A. T. Carver however, in apprehen-
sion that his crockery store woald be de-
stroyed, removed his goods and in the ex-
element and confusion lost to the amount
of some $S70O in damage to his stock. He
is insured for $500. Mr.. Isaac Dodd also
lost considerable i'll da mage to his furnl-
ture, removed from his residence adjoining
the burning building.
The building burned belonged to James
Kyle, Esq. Not insured.
Fayetteville Presbyterian.
CoTToN.-Wc are authorized to state that
there are parties in this city who will pur-
chase all the cotton that may be brought to
the market. They will give as good prices
as The quotations will Justify.
RAJ. Sentinel 1871.
LECTURE BY BISHOP ATKINSON. are
pleased to learn that Bishop Atkinson has
accepted the invitation of the Young Mems
Christian Association to deliver lecture in
this city, i'll furtherance Of its charitable
objects. 1t will he delivered during the
tirSt week III February, al which time the
Bishop will be in Raleigh on IL Diocesan
WHAT CONSTITUTES A NEGRo-Tho out
ragged and insulted negro delegate, Hood,
from Cumberland, on Thursday, denied
that there was IL negro on the floor Of the
Convention, insisted that the word negro
had no significance as to color, but could
only be used in a ruproachful and degra-
ding sense, and he further declared that
JH ma n floor vyhp a +ar1
negro originated, since it was not found
in ancient history, either inspired or pro-
fame.
In view Of the fact that orr Reporter
was the object of the terrible wrath of the
radical portion Of the socalied Conven-
ton, and in anticipation of the suppress
sion of the Sentinel by that delectable
body, we deem it proper to give the follow
ing definition from Webster, the great
Yankee Lexicographer
NEGRO, TIT. and Sp. negro, black, from L.
A native or descendant of the black race Of men
in Africa. The word is never applied to the taWny
olive-colored inhabitants of the northern coast
of Africa, but to the southern of men who are
quite black.
D1soRDERLY CONDUCT AND GENERAL
KNoCK-DowN.-A number of the .. S.
soldiers were engaged in disorderly demon
strations on the street, in the vicinity of
the Marlborough House, on yesterday
Upon being approached by Mr. Eatmond,
one of the city police, several of them made
exhibition of fight, when he knocked two
of them down in less time than it takes to
tell it, and succeeded in securing one of
them and conveying him to the guard
house.-Raleigh Sentinel.