Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-09-24

next, to stand preliminary examination.
Wilkie was many hours in raising the
desired amount His "friends ap-
peared to be exceedingly backward, and
lii was only after many Intellectual attempts
THAT he succeeded. 1t is unnecessary to
say that his bondsmen were all "tsooly
Iloil.'
We understand that the evidence against
Wilkie is of tho most positive and
damnable character.
New Berne Journal of Conn.,
FOUND HANGING. colored man was
found suspended from tree, in the woods
between this city and Hillsboro' yesterday.
Raleigh Standard.
DECLINED. Charles Phillips, of
Davidson College. has lately declined soil
citationsto accept the Presidency of Stewart
College in Tennessee, and a PrOfessorship
of Mathematic in the University of South
Carolina. He has determined to remain
in North Carolina if permitted so to do,
and to devote his labors to her education
al interest.-N. c. Presbyterian.
HALTED BY MEN IN DIsaUIsE.-A gentle
man who left this city few days ago, after
arriving within two or three miles of Pitts
boro', was halted by a posse Of some twenty
or thirty men, all of whom were disguised,
and his business inquired into. AS he
was not the man they were after, he was
allowed to proceed-for which he, to this
day, feels thankful Raleigh Standard
SALE OF THE ATLANTIC AND NORTH
CAROLINA RAILRCAD.-The Sheriff of Ora
ven county announces that he will. on the
| 18th day of October, in front of the Court
| 4 oil Soil ho ~ CHIT on1 fro p..hi of
the Atlantic and North Carolina Kaiiroad,
lying in tho county of Craven" to satisfy
executions in his hands.
The curious will find this announcement
on the bulletin board in front OF the JAIL.
Now Berne .Jour. Of Com.
We have seen tho following paragraph
going the rounds for several days; but have
RETAINED from publishing it hoping there
was some mistake about the name. 1t
seems to be sad fact, and we yield to
dnty, as public Journalist and copy it:
! PERJURY. W. Thomas was con
victed of perjury in GuilfOrd Superior
! Court last week, and sentenced to six
months imprisonment and to pay a fine of
one thousand dollars.
Mr.. Thomas has held positions of honor
in the State, and has welded conalderable
influence. Raleigh Standard.
JOSEPH -'Joseph, the son Of his daddy. !"
has been in Richmond. What he was do
ing there is thus described by tho Rich
mond correspondent OF tho Norfolk Eve
ming Herald:
Joseph w. Holden, the son of Billy, the
Governor of North Carolina, was here a
few days ago, disgusting even our Rich
mond scalawags with his inter depravity.
He was accompanied by his dOxy, the for
mer fair and frail mistress of I'll. Rives Pol
lard. One Douglas assisted him in his or
gies. Joe found fit society in oi;r alleys.
where he danced and drunk until warn
ing drove him precipitately Raleigh ward.
And the fellow is speaker OF the House of
Commons of North Carolina Faugh
NEW RAILROAD-I see that meeting
is to be held on the 25th instant at Snow
Hill, to consider the new Railroad project
| from Wilson to some point on the Nense
river which will be the head of navigation
the entire year. This is an important
matter for those persons living in the
country through which this road would
run, and also to Wilson, aud it is to be
hoped that the meeting will be large and
enthusiastic, and that measures will then
be taken to insure the early construction
of the road.
| Those who have visited the Contentnea
country, have been struck with its beauty
and prOductiveness, and wonder that the
thrifty planters have not long since con-
| nected themselves with the outside world.
The time may not have arrived for snch
| Improvement before, but it certainly has
now, and it remains with the citizens of
Wilson, Greene, and part of Pitt, to say
whether they will or will not have the
road.
| ;nfn hot ha Niinninr&no md
Weldon Railroad has recently sent an En-
gineer to examine the country, and he
] reports most favOrably.
The Hon Il. Il. Bridgers, President of
the W. Il W. Il. t.. who by his eXtraOrdi-
nary energy and ability, has done so much
for his road, l learn III the originator of
this project. Thia being the case, il he
meets with reasonable assistance the road
Will be fixed fact. Let each one there
fore discard all selfish feelings and work
for the general good, and We will have the
road.-Corres. Wilson PtaindeaIer.
1t is quite mistake that deeds must be
registered by the LIST of October to make
them good. That our readers may be fully
posted III the matter We reproduce the act
passed by the last legislature relating to
the registration of deeds. There has been
too much carelessness in this respect. and
probably the impression having gained
currency that deeds must be registered
within the time named, has had the effect
of closing up matters to large extent:
! AN AUT to ertend the time for registering
certain DeedS.-SECTIoN !. The General Assem-
bly, OF North Carolina do enact, That all grants
of land in this State, all deeds of mesne convey
ances deeds of roll, deeds or gifts. powers of at
torney, and other conveyance. which are allowed,
or required by law to be proved and registered
shall, within two years after the passage OF this
act be admitted to proof and registration under
the same rules, regulations and restrictions as
heretofore or hereafter may be provided by law
and when 30 proved and registered shall be as
good and valid as il they had been proved and
registered within the time heretofore allowed ;
Provided, That nothing herein contained shall
| be construed to extend to mortgages and con-
veyances in trust or to marriage settlements.
Ratitied the 18th of April, A. d., 1862
Raleigh Standard
| FAIR GROUNDS. had the pleasure of
drive on Monday afternoon to the Fair
Grounds and to the new Cemetery. We
found that, at the Fair Grounds great i'm
provements have been made since our last
visit. The track is finished and IS in fine
condition. Many of the stalls arc already
completed and work on others is going on