Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-06-17
The following ticket has been nominated
by the Conservatives of Pitt county
For Sherif-John E. Allen.

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by the Conservatives of Pitt county
For Sheriff-John E. Allen.
| For the Senate-Elbert Moye.
| For the House of Representatives CAL
vim Joyner and Benjamin S. Atkinson.
SOME years ago citizen of this county
bequeathed Bladen county some 1900
acres OF land to be used for the benefit of
the poor. We learn that this land is now
| leased by gentleman who provides for
| the poor and pays the county beside two
hundred dollars So that instead Of the
| poor being a charge on the county they
are source of income. So says the Stand
| ard
| INDIAN REMAINS. NS.-The retreating waters
Of the recent high freshet in Orange coun-
ty has unearthed eighteen Indian graves
on the banks of New Hope Greek. The
| Hillsboro Recorder says that three of these
| graves were opened and three dead Indi-
ans were found sitting in their skeletons
| with their knees drawn up to the stomach
| and their heads facing the east. They
| wore beads around the necks and shoul-
ders an.s some OF these are now in the pos
| session OF the editor of the Recorder, per
| fectly preserved. These Indians were
wrapped in a mating made out of flag and
| plated together, piece of which was
+. IOuuu preserved III one OF Lu0lr graves ana
| IS now to be seen in our possession. There
were six or seven different kinds of beads
| around their necks-sOme blue glass and
| others out of soap stone or lime stone.
| There were also two pieces Of potter ware
| with unexpainablc hyeroglyphies carved
| on them found in the graves, two pieces of
small copper pipe, and another piece OF
small pipe made exactly in the shape and
likeness of q little bugle. The skulls we're
very thick and the bones were exceedingly
large.
| MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
| Pursuant to call of the Chairman, the
Executive Committee for the State, of the
/ Conservative party, met in this city on the
| Sth inst
The meeting was called to order by the
| Chairman, Hon. Thos. Bragg, who stated
that the object of the call was to nominate
candidate for the office OF Attorney
| General.
After al interchange of viows among
| the members of the Committee, James S.
| Amis. Esq, put in nomination the Hon.
| VIM. nj. Shipp, of Mecklenburg county,
| which nomination was cOncurred in by
reclamation.
Tho following resolution, proposed by
Hon. Thos q. Fuller, was unanimously
adopted:
! ReSoLoed That this Committee do most
| heartily endorse the address of the Con
| servative members of the General Assembly
! at their last session, and recognize the
same as the exposition of the principles of
the party III the State. And we invite
every honest voter in the State, both white
and colored to unite with US in carrying
out the principles set forth in said address.
and in establishing a wise, economical and
just administration OF the State govern
ment
On motion of the Hon. A. 8. Merrimon,
the following resolutions were adopted
! ReSOfce4, That each member of the Ex-
ccutivo Committee will address the people
of the State upon the condition of the
State and country as often as he can be
tween this time and the day of the ap-
preaching election, and that each urge our
friends everywhere to 10 likewise.
Resolred, That it is the duty of every
citizen to make personal exertion to secure
the success of the Conservative Democrat
ic ticket, i'll ali parts of the State.
On motion the Chairman was appoint cd
to inform Judge Shipp of his nomination
and request his acceptance.
| The Committee then adjourned.
THos. BRAGG, Oh mn.
]. J. LTTCHFoRD. Sec'y.
Raleigh Sentinel.
WE learn from the Eagle that Cumber-
two weeks term. On the State docket 45
cases were disposed of, and 80, or more,
were continued On Civil docket about
85 were finished and 1876 continued.
VISIT OF HIGH FUNCT1oNARIEs.-T
Tarboro Sosdherner says: ''The Lodge OF
the /. 0. o. i. of this place was honored
on Thursday last by the visitation of two
| oF t},o birbaok fuuobioporiaa Of Tho Ord ar-
r. W. D. G.. s. of the United States, FREQ
| d. Stuart, and the Most Worthy Crane
Master of North Carolina, W. L. Smith
A full attendance of the members of th'
, Lodge welcomed these officials, and w
are glad to learn that the Order has re
ceived new inspiration from their visit.
TIE ladies of Rocky Mount propose
giving a dinner on the 22d instant, to b.
followed by ball at night. The proceed
to be applied to the Masonic Lodge at tha
place.
BEAUFORT county has certainly made
good start. Judge E. J. Warren, for th
Senate, and Maj. Thos. Sparrow. for tn
House, are strong names and will make
good fight.
IT is rumored, says the Sentinel, tha
James II. Harris, colored nominee 10
4 Congress from the Fourth Congressiona
District, has offered to sell his nomination
for IS, 900. The last bid made wa
} $5, 500.
The rains and freshets tore up portion
of the Western Railroad tracA, near Jones
4 boro,' last week, but with no serious re
:. suit. The bridge over Deep River, at Hay
wood, was washed away.
The RECONSTRUCTED Farmer asserts tha
I Tarboro' can boast of the best Foreigl
population, altogether, of any place in tn
t State. 1t may be good but we'll bet tina
+ | it is not The best.
THE Republican District Nominatin