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

e4IfacL gOlO from the hitherto worthless
Sassafras stumps of onr old fields.
Salisbury Fr0miner.
DEATH OF BISHOP BAHNsoN. Right Rev.
George F. Bahnson, Bishop in charge OF
tho Southern Diocese OF the MOravian
Church, died at hi8 residence in Salem on
Saturday night last There WAS no man IN
our community who will be more missed
Or more universally lamented. A man Of
more than ordinary talents, and OF great
attanments, and sincere Christian he
was an ornament and light to has church,
and looked mp to as friend and instructor
by his flock. He died as becomes Mini
ter of the most High God, full OF chris' ian
resignation, faith and hope.
Winston Sentinel.
n. G. r. & p. A.-Pnrsuant to call Of
and Personal E4tatn Agency, meeting of
the stockholders waa held at the Office of
the company yesterday. 1t ~ understood
that ma jOrity Of the atnck was repre-
aented, and it is further nnderatn'd TINT
an investigation Of the working OF the
company is now being had. with Il view of
presenting the company before the public
in q light which will command their re-
newed confidence. Raleigh MnnduH
RAILROAD CONVENTION. The people in
terested in the Greensboro ind Cheraw
Railroad, we understand, propose holding
a convention at AshebOrO' on the 4th and
9TH of next October. Addresses will be
delivered by several distinguished gentle
men, and much of the stock necessary to
bnild this great road will no doubt be
taken on that occasion. Everybody feeling
any interest in the road is respectfully in
vited to attend. Greensboro will be there
in force. Greensboro Pah.iot.
We have not announced, becauae we did
not know tho fact, that under the patron
age of the nj. e. Church in this city are
two schools for the instruction of youth,
on the benevolent system. These schools
arc we'll attended, and it is q gratifying fact
that ut no time iii our history have the
children of our city been Offered so many
opportunities to acquire an education
free of charge. Such work of charity,
commenced with 50 much earnestncss by
our different religious denominations, will
not, we trust, suffer for the lack of funds
necessary to its existence.
The benevolent and we have them
among us--have a broad field opened to
them. -ltaleigh Standard.
Tragic AFFAIR IN JONES COUNTY
Another revolving crime has been perpe-
trated in Jones county; this time respect
able citizen, and not a man obnoxious to
the community, being the victim. The
facts, as we gathered them, are as follows
On Wednesday evening, near sunset MIR.
David Green, native and respectable citi-
zen of Jones county, while crossing Chin
quepin Creek, seven miles from Trenton
and less than mile from his residence, on
his way home, was fired ut by u party of
men concealed in the underground. Eleven
buckshOt took effect. seven in his left side
and two in his head. He was taken up
shortly after he was shot, and carried into
house near by where at last accounts he
remained in dying condition.
No one will charge this dastartliy act to
the Ku klux Kan. On the contrary, no
sooner was it generally known that an at
tempt had been made to aasassinato Mr..
Green, than almost with ono voice our cit.
liens denounced the act as that of the
Union Leagne. The fact is we'll known
that COlgrove, Shepard and Wllkic bore
deadly hostility to him, and We have no
hesitation in prOnouncing the deed az done
by their partisans.
When Shepard was killed ''otticial' in
formation of tho occurrence was immedi-
ately transmitted to this city. Nor was
this ail-milltia We're called ont to aconr
Jones county. aid WAS requested from Ora
ven, courlers rode to and frO the Governor
telegraphed reward Of one thousand dol
lars for the apprehension of the murderera,
and tevery possible effort was made to
catch them. None of these things was
done yesterday. Why The answer is
plain Because David Green was re-
spectacle man and Democrat. That is
the whole thing in nutshell.
Ne'o. ,Jour. Of Com.
"OFFIC1AL REGISTER. M. S. Littlefield
is the State Printer. He prints the laws
and Journals of the Legislature; at least it
is understood that he will do so, at some
time or other. He has already commenced
printing, we judge, from the fact that a
"blured" " sheet containing the title page
and some Introductory sections have found
it's way to our office, accidentally. We
have no fault to find of the appearance of
the job, it looks very we'll; bnt there are
some very funny things in some of tho
pages, and for the purpose of speaking of
these we have introduced the subject.
One of the Chapters of this advance
sheet" purports to be IN Official Regis
ter for 1869, giving the State officials in
full in all the Departments. In the legis
lative branch we find the following in q list
of members of the House of Commons,
their counties, names, and places of resi-
dence:
D... Byron Latin, Raleigh, Wake Go.
i'' II. FL. Hilliard, Battleboro'.
Union, Hugh Downing, (care G.. W. Flowa,)
Monroe.
Lenoir, Wallace Ames. Morganton, Burke
County.
This is queer exhibit. The Lenoir rep
resentative halls from Burke, one Of the
Pitt representatives resides in Raleigh, the
other in Battleboro, while "Sleepy Down
ing" has his residence ut Monroe, "care
of G.. W. Flows"
Such exhibits-srch cticinl exhibits of
the state of affairs i'll o1r good old com
monwealth, printed by authority" are
sent out to the world and thus IS handed
down to the archives of grabity J.
Raleigh Sentinel.
CRUSHED To DEATH. "A little child seven
years old, the son of MIR. Jesse Hardy,
near La Grange, was literally crushed to
death on Wednesday last. The child was
engaged in driving horse attached to a
lever mill when he became entangled in