Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-05-27

mid in the editorial control of the Robe
s0nidn.
Mr.. Jesse Faison died in Wake county,
few days ago, aged over one hundred
years. He leaves a large number of chill
dren, grandchildren and great grandchil-
dren.
Mr.. Turner, of the Sentinel, was in Char
lotte last Sunday. He says that the people
desire TO send Gov. Vance to the Legisla-
ture and that everybody is in favor of it
but the Governor himself.
Mr.. A. J. Rutjis. proprietor of the Ma
tional Hotel, in Raleigh, in card to the
Sentinel, disclaims being either Democrat
or a Republican, and states that he cannot
be either, so long as he keeps q hotel for
living.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES. Es.-The Sentinel tells
Us that Rev. Mr.. Daily, Pastor of the M.
E. Church, South, of that city, is holding
nightly services at his Church, which will
continue throughout the present week, If
not longer.
THE n. G. HOME INSURANCE COMPANY.
From the Standard we learn that this
company suffered severely by the recent
disastrous fire at Henderson, n. c., but
we are informed is ready to pay all its le-
Ritimate losses This is another evidence
of the stability of this home institution.
We trust that it may receive the patron
age which it SO truly deserves.
Col. JOHN Fl. WHEELER, the Standard
seils US, has lately revised and corrected
his celebrated history of North Carolina
and that another edition is to be forced
on the public. We respectfully submit
that one is enough. The history is to be
brought down to the present time, which
fact we look upon as bad Indication
We are also told that Marshal Carrow has
appointed him to take the social statistics
Of North Carolina, which looks worse.
Under which King, Colonel ?
Tho Tarboro S0utberner says that on
Friday evening last violent hail storm
passed over the upper portion of that
county, completely destroying the cotton
crop of Mr.. J. J. Phillips, and considera-
bly, injuring his corn crop. This was
about all of the damage that was done.
ANOTHER BIG SHOW COMING. The Sen
tinel says that Mr.. David Ellison, of
Surry county, or, rather, Mrs. David, ELI
sons wife, has baby, twelve months old
on the 11th inst, which weighs sixty
pounds. This will soon be round on ex-
hibition, rival to the Georgia mule, the
Ohio giantess or a Radical swindle.
The negro who, it will be remembered,
endeavored to force his way on the n. &.
R. r. train few days since, and who.
firing upon and wounding Conductor
Wait, was himself wounded in the head by
a shot from the baggage master, has since
died of the wound.
The Sentinel says that Bryan Lunn, AS
sistant Chief of Police, got up petition
to have George Scales, Chief of Police, and
four private policemen, Chick Haywood,
Simon Craven, Robert Crossan and Samp-
son Anderson, dismissed from the service.
Mayor Harrison, on Tuesday, evidenced
that the police acted with much prudence
and courage,-so much so as to prevent
q very serious riot.
DISCHARGES IN BANKRUPTCY.-The fol-
made on the 14th inst Cabarrus-Jacob
House. Iredell-Richard W. Miles,
Davie-Arthur Neely. Rowan-T. Scott
Wood and J. Martin Jones. Wake-John
W. Williams and John Deveraux. Frank
lin-Thomas Speed, Paul Jenkins and j.
r. Bell. Granville-John l.. Hunt, Hart
we'll Height. 81. H. Height and Weldon q.
Bullock. Warren-John A. Williams, Jr.
JUDGE RUssEL1.-Hon. d. L. Russell,
Jr.. writes to O. Fl. Blocker, Esq, Of
Fayetteville, that he will not be candi-
date for CONGRESS. He saws:
s'Your letter of the 22d of April has just
been received otherwise it would have
been answered before this. You state that
you are informed that my name is men
toned by many in different parts Of the
District in connection with nomination
for Congress and you ask whether this IS
by my concurrence. / answer most un-
hesitatingly that do not desire, in any
event, to become a candidate for Congress;
nor have I any desire to be q member Of
Congress even if it were established that l
could be elected nothing but q sincere
and disinterested belief that my services,
in this capacity, were demanded by the
public interest, or that [ owed it to my
friends to accept the nomination or the
place, could induce me to do it. have no
idea that any such exigency as this has
arisen or can arise"
DoCKERY AND JONES. editor Of the
Robesonia,a, who has been on visit to
Richmond county, thus writes in regard
to the respective chances of Dockery and
Jones for the Congressional nomination
There was to have been a "big meeting"
of the Republicans on Thursday; Dockery
was to speak, and the faithful were to have
a high old time generally. We learn that
the meeting broke up in row, and that
another meeting vas called by the boilers,
at future day. 1t is probable that two
sets of delegates will be appointed from
that county to attend the Congressional
in this town on the 8th of June.
The meeting last week is said to have
been controlled by Colonel Dockery, and
Dockery men appointed to the convention.
This, however, was not satisfactory to the
Long wing of the party, who bolted from
the meeting. and announced another coun-
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