The weekly North-Carolina standard., 1869-03-10
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NO.. 10.
cOusrr or ROCKY Mousr.. "A meu,,oo,r,s,T ia

| CoUHrY OF ROCKY MOUNT. memorial is
being circulated and numerou;ly signed by citi-
zens ofthc territory interested praying the Gen
eral Assembly to establish new county, to be
known as "Rocky Mount" 1t Is proposed to
extend it from the Wilson line on the South to
the Halifax line on the North and to embnce
the territory comprised within six miles OF the
west side Of the W. & W. R. R., and eight miles
of the east side of the w. q W. R. r.
r. The following reasons are given for establish.
ing the county: lst. The great inconvenience at
tending the compulsory presence Of the citizens
at the courts in Tarboro' and Nashville, as IN
some instances the distance to be travelled Is
thirty miles. - iA asg gos
I'd. The hardship incumbent on all classes, es.
pecially the recently enfranchised- are re.
quired to perform the onerous duties Of citizen
ship, such as serving as jurors, witnesses, &C.,
and who, in their impoverished condition, are
frequently unable to make the journey to the
county seats, save on foot, and have to remain
week or more during the busiest seasons, absent
from their homes and business 1t al, expense
much greater than their legal compensation
g. The county seat could be located at some
point on the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad
which runs through the entire length of the
county; there being no spot more than eight
miles from the Railroad-and thus obviate the
above objections. asa5
T. The enhanced value Of the property, the
| new impetus that would be given to business,
all would increase the internal revenue aof the
State more than sufficient to indemnify the ex.
pense of additional Legislators. -, ~
5. 1t requiring no taxation to build court
house, Jail, and to meet other pecuniary burdens
Incidental to the formation Of q new county, as
sufficient sum could be raised by subscription
for all such purposes.
g. In any view OF the matter the number bene.
fitted would greatly exceed that of those, who
would be at all injured. sg 1ai - Ssa
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HORRIBLE ATROCITIES IN ALEXANDER CoUN.
TY.-We have just heard of q series of outnges
and murders In Alexander county, the most
atrocous that ever blackened the annals of crime
in North Carolina. 1t seems there was living in
the Bushy Mountain near the line dividing Al
exander from Wilkes, family named Land con-
sisting of James Land, his wife, daughter and
two sons. Our informant states that one of
the young men had disagreement with his els
ter one day last week and she left the house and
did not return until about night. On attemp.
ting TO enter the house she was shot and killed
by her brother with whom she had quarrelled.
Her fath-r, mother and two brothers thencollec-
ted wood and burned the body almost literally to
ashes for the purpose of concealing the crime.
On Wednesday last the inhuman father mother
and brothers were arrested, taken to Taylorsville
and confined In the same room Of Alexander
jail On Friday hight the 18th, Mrs Land was
brutally murdered by her husband and two sons.
The father and sons coolly confessed the mur-
| der next morning anc expressed no regrets
though the stark body of the wife and mother
| lay before them horribly mutilated. The father
was during the day separated from the sons, as
| ii was feared he too would be murdered.
! We learn that the family are fanatical on the
subject OF religion, and are thought to be in
sane, which for the credit of humanity we hope
may be established W sfsiiians % scSsl
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ia FIRES AT HEEDERsoN.-The Henderson lndez
says y. a0n Saturday night the workshop of Mr..
William Tucker, wheelwrght and blacksmith,
near Henderson was burned by an incendiafy,
|
Tucker, like most of us now, is poor man and
feels this loss heavily. .A-e 2! X AssfFi
Sunday night, about II o'clock, the cry Of Ore
was raised. and tie bell of the Methodist church
was frsntically runy 1t was discovered to be at
the African Church, where the services had been
kept up to a late hopr. The roof Of the build
ing caught from the stove pipe, 1t was, how
ever, by the exertion of whites and blacks, soon
putout.a sinIll ..a... Laa ae7i ialiois
STATE, AGRICULTURAL soc1ETy. The Presi-
dent Of the North Carolina Agricultural Sociyty
has appointed the following as members of the
executive committee of the society, viz: isaan
ldfA.B Andrews, GRANVILLE; NJ. A. Bledsee,
Wake; John s. Dancy, Edgecombe; i T., N. Holt,
| AlaInance; w. D. Jones, Wake; w. 4. Miller,
Wake r., II. Smith, Halifax w, A. Smith,
eJohnston; W. H. S.Sweet, Craven and1R.
rs. Tucker Wake. H5i q = sselIae eall
F:il A bills pending before the Assembly, which,
lift goes into operation, will increase the'num-
| Der to fifteen. ti1ll iis-a s19ssss1k, ii5e
A meeting of the committee is called on Tues-
day next, the 9th instant, lat 10 clock A. M, in
the office Of ths Secretary Of State, he having
courteously rendered the same for the. purpose.
Business ofimportsnce viii be transacted.
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MURDER IN WnKrs.-A bloody ARRAY 90
CURED in Wilkes county, Saturday the 2ist of
February, between Joshua Steslman and Larkin
W, ,Lyzch, which resulted in Steelman, shooting
Lynch some five times, Lynch fighting despe-
rately all the time until being disabled by several
shots in the abdomen from Steelmap,s repeater.
Lynch lived from Saturday till Monday night
aboutrl2M. whenIhe died. Both were despera-
Goes. No arrests have been made. ia gaivit
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- Oven THE ErNE.a-Thee Chyistian San, of suf-
folk, says 55"Mr. John R. Kilby. SOLD to. q
fiNorthern gentleman last week, . large body of
| swamp land lying near the Seaboard, few
1 miles below Suffolk, for SIS, 600. Northern men
are iii Suffolk every day in search OF 1and.a The
lands OF tiIis Section viii be more, and more in
uenanu' nm 'al III
ha MEcKLEsBURa FEMALE CoLLEaE.--The Char
lotte Daily Times learns that this institution is to
he re-opencd soon, under the presidency 81 the
Rev. P. D. Barnhart, formerly OF Fairmount
| College, philadelphia. Prof. B. Is a quiet mod.
1 est, upassuming gentleman, Of high attainments
4 and great experience as an educator of young
ladies' Having purchased property near this
j. city, be determined to reside permanently among
u.s. gIdaf- - ,rs;,,,-;;s.,
1saM MURDERER ARRESTED 2Bsyline George one
/ of the ndurderers Of Wade Ditcher, at Weldon
last May and whose conviction and subsequent
escanc from Jail has been noticed IN tliis paper
was arrested near Norfolk last Sunday. Gov
/ Holden has been notified OF his arrest, and hs
will aeon no brought haek ~ Hol;fox fr, ss,,ffa,