Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-01-22
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
The regular freight trains between Hal
eigh and Goldsboro Oh the =. C. Railroad
have been discontinued-treigh are hung
to the passenger or mail train and drag oct
four mortal hours and thirty minutes over
distance less than fifty miles. The Ma
ior is getting Oh tinely.---Ral. SentfraeI
The following gentlemen Lave been IL
censed to practice law in this State by the
Supreme Court on the 18th inst:
Kenneth r. Cobb, of Pasquotank.
Jos. ". Etheridge, of Currituck,
Benz. L. Long, of Warren.
Raj. Sentinel.
FIRE AT CHAPEL HnL.-The Office of
President Pool of the University at Chapel
Hill, was destroyed by fire on Friday night
last, together with many valuable private
and official papers. Fire accidental.
Raj. Standard
TRINITY COLLEGE,. -This excellent insti-
tuition opens its present session with one
hundred students on its lists. and they are
daily increasing. It's able and energetic
President and Faculty are determined fully
to meet the wants of the public. Success
to Trinity and to all our schools and COL
leges. Sentinel
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHARLOTTE. -
At the annual meeting of the Stockholders
of this Bank, held on the 18th inst, the
Col Of IL koI
for the ensuing year r. Y. McAden, w
r. Myers, r. NJ. Oates, John Wilkes, S. A.
Cohen, T. FL. Brem and VIM. Johnston.
At meeting Of the Directors, X. Y. Nc
Alden was reelected President; w. r. My
ers, Vice President; NJ P Pegram, Cashier,
and A. G. Brenizer, Teller.
Charlotte Democrat.
PAINFUL ACCIDENT We regret to learn
that our young townsman, Mr.. Willie
Everitt, accidentally shothin1self'in the leg
with pistol on Monday evening last. The
ball was extracted by physician, and we
are pleased to state that the wound, though
painful, is not serious.
Goldsboro' Messenger.
Hon. A. W. VENABLE.-During little
trip last week to the western part of this
county, it was our pleasure to visit Hon.
A. W. Venable, at his country seat
Brownsville. We found this distinguish
ed gentleman in good health, making al
lowance for the infrmities of age, and as
we'll as could be expected for a gentleman
of the old school Of State rights politicians
under the tremendous depression that no.
BILE doctrine suffers at the hands of the
ignoble and vile. Mr.. Venable looks with
the eye Of faith through and beyond the
murky gloom that surrounds the national
present to that glorious and happy future
awaiting our country, when bad men shall
60 out of power and good and capable
statesmen shall control her affairs.
Henderson Ia0e,t.
CHEWING ToBAcoo.-Rev. David Macrae,
a Scotchman, and recently traveller in
the United States, says: 1.-THE amount of
chewing and splitting all over America but
especially in the South and West, is in
credible. You find spittoons in shops, in
parlors, in cars, in houses of assembly, in
Congress, and even in churches; and whore
there are no spittoons it makes no differ
ence. You will see a man in a court of
Justice lift the Bible to take oath, give
a side-squirt of tobacco juice, kiss the
Bible, hand it back, and give another
squirt At Raleigh, 7 saw Litchford, the
tailor, whose apprentice President johnson
once was. Litchford is now Marshal of
the Supreme Court, and goes through the
form every morning of opening the court.
When the Chief Justice Gays: Marshal.
open the COURT Litchford gives squirt
of tobacco, cries, "Oyez! Oyer this Su-
preme Court is now opened God bless
the State and this honorable courtl' and
gives another squirt. That is the entire
ceremony. Numbers of the freedmen are
connecting themselves with the anti-tobac-
co and anti liquor societies, feeling the
necessity for guarding themselves against
evils that have done SO much harm
amongst the white people"
PAINFUL Acc1DENT.-O Thursday even-
ing last as the mail train on the Whining
ton and Weldon railroad neared the depot
at this place, john Farmer, son of Eliza
beth and the late Wiley Farmer, aged
about Il years, attempted to step on the
ladies' car, when he missed his footing and
fell along side of the track, the front wheel
of the car passing over his right arm,
crushing it in dreadful manner, render
ing amputation necessary. He was re-
moved to his home, when Drs. Smith,
Barnes, Moore and King rendered all medi-
cal attention by skillfully amputating the
limb at the shoulder joint. and we are
pleased to state that the patient is now do
ing wel.-Wilson Ptaimdeoles.