Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-15

language, "the d-E gar-mouthcd son of a
b--h sentenced me for twelve years, after
had voted for him and done all could to
elect him Judge" He says when he gets
out he intends going to some new State
and running for Judge. and if he ever gets
Tourgee before him be will sentence him
to hard labor for life
| We lon't see why he NAV not anticipate
getting out and going to some other State
and being elected Judge; such things have
occurred, it is sid, before now.
Raleigh Sentinel
Hon. DANIEL L. RUSSELL will hold the
next term of the Superior Court for The
county of Richmond, and Hon. Ralph P.
Buxton will hold the next term of the Su
perior Court for the county of Sampson,
these gentlemen having exchanged Courts
| by consent of the Governor in accordance
with section IA, article ", of the State
| onstitution.--Raieigh .Sa7aal4Y.d
The GEoRGETowN AND CHARLOTTE RAIL
RoAD.-It is estimated that the grading
and building, trestIing and oss-ties. of
this road, 155 miles in extent, will cost
| 500, 900, or about 81 500 per mile. The
iron and rolling stock is estimated to cost
! 81 300, 900; in all s., 900, 900. SO says the
Charlotte Observer.
FIRE. At about II o'clock last night
the mill and gin house of nj. A. Bledsoe,
Esq, was burned. We learn that it is not
known whether the building was fred by
an lncendiary or not The mill was Gov
cred by insurance. Mr.. B. lost his mill
once before. The entire community sym-
pathize vita him. The fire companies
turned out promptly. bnt their efforts were
of no avail.-Raleigh Standard
PERsoNAL.-Gan. n. B. Forrest was in
Greensboro on Wednesday last, for the
purpose OF hiring laborers for Railroads in
Tennessee, louisiana and Mississippi.
There will lie a large Conservative and
Democratic meeting, in Goldsboro' on
Saturday, April Both, for the purpose of
organizing an AntiRadical Club.
LARGE invoices of Western (N C.) hay
are received daily in this market, ald it
sells rapidly. Fodder is bringing So per
100 lbs. and is in great demand.
Raleigh Standard.
THE THIEF AND THE JUDGE.-Charles H.
Snead, a Holdenite, and Justice of the
Peace for Johnston county, and actually
commissioned by the Governor when he
was in prison, was arrested for horse steal
ing and tried before his nephew J. d.
Massey, another Holdenite. who required
only five hundred dollars bail. Uncle
Charles, not being able to give it, Massey
reduced it to $500 and uncle Charles went
at large.
But he was arrested and brought before
Judge Watts, who required bail to the sum
of 5000. Snead, not being abIo to give
this bail, was com mitted to Wake county
jail.
Last week, at Johnston Court, when the
case of Snead was called, it was continued
by defendant. Judge Watts required bail
again in the sum of SIS, 900. Snead could
not give it. The Judge relanted and fell
to So. 600; he could not give that, and
again she Judge relented and fell to 81, 900.
j. B. Afford, colored man, went
Snead's bail, for the 81, 200; Court ad-
iourned and the horse thief and the Judge
were seen in familiar conversation on the
Court green, from which they adjourned
into q grog shop and 'Fsmiled" at each
other. "Ffat justicia ralat cCeZana. RAJ.
Sentinel.
SCOTLAND NECK, HALIFAX COUNTY
''Tuscarora," the travelling correspondent
of the Fayetteville Eagle, in speaking of
Scotland Neck and that section of Halifax
county, says:
From this point South and towards
Roanoke river there are many fine farms.
All along the road from Enfield to Scot
land Neck there are capital plantations,
many of which will compare in fertility
with the best Edgecombe lands. Alto
gether this is a very attractive and beau
tiful part of North Carolina. Take it all
in all, and I have seen no portion of the
State that presents more advantages. The
society IS good, and the people generally
are Of more than average intelligence
The country lies charmingly ; there are
many very handsome and we'll improved
private residences on the farms adjacent
to the villages, churches are convenient,
schools accessible, and health as good as
in any part of Eastern North Carolina. It
is a goodly land and we'll watered.
CFECKEN FIGHT.-The great "chicken
dispute" between North and South Caro-
lima, at Columbia, ended on Friday, the
record standing South Carolina IA North
Carolina 13.
The Bank of Fayetteville and its prop
erty was levied on this week to satisfy
numerous magistrates executions in favor
| Of holders of Fayetteville Bank bills. Mr..
Bates of Dawson's Banking house in Will
mington has brought fifteen cases of 5000
| each before magistrate here against the
boAnS 0hA OObclbOSA AAOAO II
an appeal in two of the cases. Other par
ties who hold some $50. 900 of these Bank
bills are awaiting the result in these cases.
One defense urged by the Bank is, the
statute of limitation, that is three years
elapsed after the legal liability of the Bank,
before payments was demanded. These
are cases of great importance. and we will
| refer to them fully again.
The capital stock Of this Bank was about
| $160, 900, but we have not learned amount
of notes in circulation formerly, Or now
out. The private property of the stock
holders was lia bic for double the stock of
each, and several Of our largest business
men at present, were stockholders. -
Fayetteville Eagle.
| A Diplomatic Strike.
Her Britannia Maiesty's representatives
at foreign courts are just now On sort of
dipl omatic strike for higher wages, on the
plealthat the cost of living in the various