Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-06-24

Battle Sons for the Northumberland
ard
The So,Hherner, after reading an ac-
count, in the JOURNAL, of the formation
here of the Association OF COnfederates"
says:
Is it not possible to form such an asso-
citation as the above in Edgecombe and
| every county Of the State
| The decoration alone of the graves OF
our dead is not the duty of the survivors.
There is much more due TO the widows and
orphans of these fallen braves much to
be done for those left manned and disabled
in defense of the Lost Cause" and n
bounden obligation upon every true son Of
the South to all in the protection of the
name and fame of that cnuse and its he
roes. ~
May we not hope that this action in
Wilmington may be influential in promo
| ting the formation of sneh assnci>tlon5 IN
every portion of the State
AT O County Conservative Convention,
recently held in Goldsboro, Mcssrs. A. j.
Galloway, j. T. Kennedy, Benz Aycock,
Richard Manly and E. J. Hines were ap
pointed County Executive Committee.
Col. John Baxter, formerly of this Stale,
Was shot and wounded in the arm recently
in street at Knoxville, Tenn, by Ger
eral Mnhry. Tie cause was of Il political
nature.
WE are glad to learn that DR.. d. a.
Spivey has received the Conservative nom
ination fur the House of Representative,
from Greene county, Ill the place oi Geo.
Il. NJ. Dali. Esq, heretofore nominated,
but who declined on account OF lnelGlbili-
ty. The selection of DR. SpiveY is Il good
one.
The ConSe1 vatives of Greene county
have nominated d. A. Srigey Tor the
House and John ". Taylor for Sheriff
Col. L. W. HUMPHREY declines being q
candidate for the Conservative nomination
to Congress from the Second District
This is on account of failing health.
PoRTsMoUTH-THE CHATHAM ROAD
Coal, Iron, &c We alluded to this sub
iect the day before yesterday. It's impor-
tance requires additional notice at our
hands. Few OF our readers are aware of
the hidden wealth of the Egypt of the
Old North State as located on the Deep
river, and about to be penetrated by the
Chatham railroad. The coal fields pos
sess all the essential characteristics of the
better developed ones IN this country
Its OutcrOps of coal, or line upon which 1t
has proved to exist, is about thirty miles, |
and runs along the course Of Deep river,
and is known to be wOrkab bic for q breadth
of three miIes-it is remarkably free from
slate, dirt or sulphur
Admiral Wilkes, IN his able report, rays:
''We may acquire some approximate esti
nation as tU the quantity OF coal this basin |
may contain by taking the data which our
results give OF the extent of the basin, viz:
some seventy-tve miles, which there is |
every probability is unlerlain by veins of |
coal from which the yaluG of this mineral |
wealth locked up in this district may lie !
readily calculated"
Both Professor Emmons and Admiral
Wilkes speak IN glowing terms of the iron !
Of that region, of which the "black band |
is probably the most valuable.
The iron is the same from which the
best Scotch pig is mado, and is much +,
sought for for rolling mills and fOundories. |
It is estimated that with moderate ex-
penditure, iron equal to Scotch pig can be |
manufactured at cost not exceeding ton
dollars per ton.
These valuable minerals will within six
months be at our door. European steam
ers from all the Southern ports will call !
here en- route for homo to obtain supply. !
Hundreds of vessels will he employed !
GranSpOr6luS III, anu We ITC(tICI IHt IuLuEt
of our city will be what nature designed |
it. Are We prepared
Norfolk JOurnuk
WILMINGToN AND TARBoRo' RAILROAD. -
Gen. J. r. Stubbs has been re- elected Pre- |
sident, and Gen. w. G. Lewis re appoint
ed Chief Engineer and Superintendent of
the Williamson and Tarboro' Rairoad-I
Messrs. J. Is. Stubbs, j. B. Coflieid, Q. 3. |
Hassell, Jos. S. Station, Henry d. Robe- |
son, j. Edwin Moore and John L. Lanier
were elected Directors.
Man K1LLED.-We learn from the Fay |
ettevil,c Eagle that Peter Gautier, d vio-
lent and Incorporate man, residing in
Sampson county, near Warrick's Bridge,
was killed on the 11th inst. Gautier was
beating his wife in q most cruel manner.-
He had her on the ground and was trying
to cut her throat, when gun fired and
Gautier exclaimed, 81 am shot," He died
in about two hours.
It is thought his son William, about ten
years old, shot the father when he saw
that his mother was about to be killed. i
He says he was so much frightened that he
don't know whether he shot or not.
Discussion AT GRAHAM. We learn from
the Raleigh Standard that Hon. James NJ.
Leach, Conservative candidate Tor Con
gress. and Hon. S. L. Phillips, Radical
candidate for Attorney General, addressed
a very largo concourse OF people at Ora
ham on Tuesday last.
PoLIT1cAL.-The Conservatives have
nominated Rev. Robert s. Ledbotter. cf
Richmond, for the Senate from the Dis
trict composed of Richmond ana Mont
gomery. Alex. Kelly has been nominated
for the House in Montgomery, and *. II.
Worthy for Sheriff. The ConseI vative
will bo held i'll RIchmond
county on the 2lst.
CRoPs IN CUMBERLAND. The Eagle re-
ports that the rains have damaged crops i'll
that section very seriously. Some esti
mate the loss inflicted on the cotton crop