Wilmington journal., 1870-03-25
STATE NEWS.

from the Colonel, that he is making ar
rangements to leave our State for resi-
dence in Baltimore. The change will be
to his county and to the State, the loss Of
noble and public spirited citizen.
Raleigh Sentinel
| STRANGE IF TRUE.-A private letter to
gentleman now in this city, states that
woman in Rowan county recently gave
birth to six animals resembling puppies in
general appearance, except that they have
but two legs and two feet each. They have
| long ears and other features of dog. The
letter states that they are still living and
have been seen by several persons.
Raleigh Sentinel.
MURDERoUs ASSAULT II PITT-Brown's S
Mill, Pitt county, near the Edgecombo
line, was the scene of a most brutal out
rage On Sunday night last. Mr. Giles
Swonner, the miller, a quiet ard inoneu-
slve man, was at q late hour called to the
door of his house by some unknown per-
son, and, on opening it. was dealt q most
deadly blow, with son1o heavy instrument
from which he fell senseless. His family
were asleep at the time, but the wife a
short time afterwards missed her husband,
and on search found him lying in pool Of
blood, with his skull fractured
No clue as TO the purpose or pcrpetratof
OF the outrage has been discovered
Tarboro' S0mAer13er.
FIRE AT PonoCKsvILLE.- Sunday
night last the store occupied hy, RIa. Z. w.
Haywood, at Pollock6viiIe, Jones county.
was totally consumed by fire, which orioi
mated IN the basement of the building and
Is generally supposed to have been pro-
duced by incendiarism. Mr.. Haywood.
fortunately, had only @ small stock Of
goods on hand at the time, and bis loss is
not more than $4O0 or $500, none of which
was covered by insurance
The bn1iding was the property Of Roscoe
Burrus, Esq, who loses about $500 by its
destructlon.-Newbern J0nr'aau Of Com. Il
We regret to learn that. Mai. D. 4 C1e-
ington died at his residence in Monroe on
Monday night last. Mr. Covington vaa
prominent and useful man in that comrnu
nifty for number Of years. For q long
time he was Chairman of the COUNTY
Court, and discharged the duties with |
ability and entire satisfaction. In 'G52GG |
he was Senator for Arson and Union. ana
his good sense, business talent and high !
integrity, gave him rank with the first in !
the body. He was a christian gentleman.
death
community sustain a great loss.
Charlotte Times.
l99.-Person8 passing the Court House
in this city will see large placards posted
to The pillars, signed "r +. Lee, Sheriff, %
the said placlards announcing that, on the
10th day Of April next, he VIII sell, at the .
Court House door, III the city of Raleigh. /
the lands or town lots Of one hundred and
ml2ety-nl7ae citizens Of Wake county, for
td.ceS:
One hundred and ninety .nino persons !
in Wake county who have not settled uD /
their taxes Does any one believe that |
this large number OF Taxpayers arc il ar
rears because they scoadI not puy? Is ii
not rather because they could not? I
But Sheriff Lee is not to blame for IT,
except N SO far as he gave his aid and in
huence to the party shat laid this Onarous
burden upon the people. The majority
OF that body now sitting at the Capitol
the Radical Legislature, at ST per day
laid the tax, and then spent ii, with precious
little benefit to the State, the county, or
any one else, but themselves and party IA
vorltes.
Let the people whose lands and homes
are posted for sale to raise taxes for
and pzofigate administration, re-
member at The next election who the men
are that have brought this thing upon
them; from the Governor who sanctioned
it, down to Farris, the keeper Of the Capt. /
tel, who spent hundreds on hundreds of
dollars on the Capitol Square, and then
didn't give the State any Of the hay
Raleigh Sentinel.
THE KING And WILLIAMSON RoBDERT-
ARREST OF THE IHIEyzss. We gave in the !.
last week d notice Of the ex-
ensive robbery committed at the store
Of Messrs. King and Williamson Of Ibis
place +,
We are glad 70 learn that through the
of our officials the thieves have
been arrested and q email portion cf TIE
money recovered. On Saturday last sus-
picion was attached to 70 Price, q colored
boy, who was arrested by the town Con
stable. An officer had already been sent
in pursuit of Rufus Carr, COL, who had
been seen with large amount of money, /,
and had left for parts unknown. The CGi
GER returned Oa the same day with Carr ia
having captured him near the !.
Of L. W. Battle, Esq. near
Rocky Mount.
They were both on Saturday evening
brought before Justices McCabo and
heech, and after an examination, commit
ted to jail in default of bail
Each accused the other Of having copa-
nitted the robbery and obtained posses
'lon OF the money, but denied any partici-
ion in the act themselves.
Constable Bryan has succeeded in re-
covering about ST, 500 of the stolen funds,
spent by Carr at various stores in the place.
The prisoners will stand for trial at the {
1ext term Of the Superior Court
TarborO' S0utlerner.
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS. THEM ALI.
READ THIs.-A short time since Col. r. L
Bridges, of Tarboro, addressed letter to
he proper authorities at Washington City +
n regard to the income tax to be given in ]
y farmers. /:
The question is most important to every
PLANTER of the country, and the following !
etters will no doubt settle q most vexed I
question
WASHINGTON CITY, March 12, 1870. :
J. L. BRIDGES, EeQ.-DEAR SIR Il have lust
eceived q reply from the Commissioner Of Inter +