Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-05-21

BY LAST NIGHTS MAIL.


within twenty steps of Fayetteville street,
and carried of 800 pounds of rags. They
must have had wagon to have carried of
their plunder ?. Where were the fifteen po-
Hcemen ?-Ral. Sentinel.
TURNING AN HONEST PENNy.-Downing.
OF the Penitentiary swindle, though man
OF more than three score and ten, is NOV
ing rpet-bagger. On Friday he left New
York and reached the city Saturday. On
Monday he LETT, and reached New York
Tuesday afternoon. Now this is rapid.and
healthy motion far an old man. When
the Penitentiary swindle was about to be
exposed. Downing rose in the House and
said he would take the 5000 acres at the
price the State paid for it. He wanted it
on speculation it was worth thu money
paid for it, and4he was buying it only to
sell again. Downing pays no tax in North
Carolina, except on gold watch.
The sale Of the public lands in Hyde has
not been heard from since the Legislature
headed off its fraud by requiring the sale
to be approved by the General Assembly.
It may be this old penny turner is arrang.
ing the sale Of our public lands.
There is O secret in his mission which,
perhaps, the Governor might explain. Ii
is said by some that the Governor will be
the richest man in the Safe at the close ot
his term. Raleigh Sentinel.
We are informed, says the Warrenton
Licing Age, by Thomas A. Montgomery,
Esq. Of the particulars of a very sad affair
which transpired in Warren county last
Monday It seems that for some time
past Hon. Francis A. Thornton has been
suffering from great pecuniary embarrass
mente, and had finally. IN fl of despair,
made up his mind to take his life with his
own hands. Monday evening while his
family were ATTENDING a funeral in the
neighborhood. he carried out his deter
mination by cutting his throat with razor,
SeVerlng the Wlndpipe. A servant happen
ed to come into the room about the time
and snatcned the razor from his hand. A
physician was summoned and has been in
attendance since the sad occulrance, but
no hopes are entertained of MS recovery
Mr.. Thornton is one OF the most prom.
inent citizens Of Warren county and be-
fore the war was possessed of considera-
bic wealth. He represented this district
we think in Congress in 1921 and was in
the Legislature for several years.
The tobacco barn of Mr.. James Hunt, of
this county, says the Milton Chronicle, was
broken into few nights ago and relieved
Of l, 400 pounds of leaf tobacco.
His Excellency Gov Holden has ap-
pointed Wm. Fl. Skies Justice of the
Peace for Baden county. .-Ral Standard
SEIZURES. tobacco factories of
Morris & Sons and A. j. Green & Co., at
Durhams, were seized on Thursday last by
L J. Young, Collector of the 18th district,
for alleged violations of the internal reve-
nue. law. The factories were closed and
turned over to the custody of j. W. Bucks,
deputy U. S Marshal.
Mr.. [. J. Young, Collector for the 4th
District, has recently seized the tobacco
factories of John L. Jones, at Tally Ho; D.
G. Pool of Fairpoint; John G. Yancey, at
Henderson, Granville county; and Duggan
Allen, at Hayesville, Franklin county, for
alleged violations of the revenue law. All
these factories are closed and in the custody
Of the United States Marshal. Mr.. Young
has also seized two horses, a wagon and
nine boxes of illicit tobacco, said to be the
property of Howard & Owen of Oxford
also about 1900 bales of snuff, belonging
to different parties at Henderson. These
seizures and the activity of Mr.. Young and
his assistants are making a panic among
the men who have been getting wealthy
out Of the frauds upon the Government
Raj. Standard.
POSITIVELY INJURED. is but little
doubt but that the Cotton prospects
through this section have been seriously
injured by the late cold snap. The cotton
planted three weeks since has not yet come
up, and positive fears are entertained of
anything like stand of cotton being had
many of the farmers being engaged in
plowing up their fields and replanting A
great scarcity of seed now prevails, and
if it be true that the seed in the gaound
fails to come up, the loss will be very
heavy and general. We met an experience
ed farmer yesterday, however, who asserts
the belief that the damage to the seed now
planted will be nothing like as great as it
is estimated. and we sincerely hope he
may be right in his views, for upon the
cotton crop of the present year through
this section, as well as elsewhere IN the
South, depends the prosperity of our peo-
pie for the next couple Of years. Weldon
NeacS
FRIENDS OF TEMPERANCE.--R. III. Whit
aker. the able and Efficient Secretary of the
State Council, visited our place on Friday
Addressed the cltlZenS ana organized
council of the order under the style of
Greensboro Council, No. &C, Friends of
Temperance. The following gentlemen
were chosen to fill the various Offices:
President-R. P. Troy.
Associate-W. FL. Hill.
Chaplain-Rev. VIM. Barringer.
Secretary-E. B. Alley.
Fl. Secretary-E. III. Scott.
Treasurer-Jno. A. Melvin.
Conductor-G. T. Glasscock.
Asst. Conductor-Jno. Long.
In. Sentinel-J. l.. Hall.
Out. Sentinel-Wat. Mebane.
Ex- President-J. ". s, Parker.
Greensboro Patriot.
SNGU1AR.-A spring on the farm OF
Abraham Styers, in this county, which has
for nearly forty years furnished good
wholesome water, has recently become
very poisonous in consequence of a
stream of water stronly impregnated with
lead breaking finto it. All Of the mem
bers of the family who drank of the water
after the lead stream broke into the spring
were taken violently i'll. The physician
called to attend the family, analyzed the
water, and drank Of it was also made sick,
Winston Sentinel