Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-08-04
Only II marriages in Wake in Tn,

Only IL marriages in Wake in July.
Newborn now has the burglar com
plant.
Captain German, of the Telegram. bs,
been quite i'll at Beaufort.
Gov. Vance speaks in Charlotte tonight
A Mr. Trout is about to open the Rnc,
Hotel in Asheville.
Hon. Plato Durham is before the Ko.
Klux Committee in Washington.
Capt. r. T. Sinlonton, of StatesyilJa
has been elected President of the Atlantic
Tennessee and Ohio Railroad.
Charles King, colored; was accidentally
'hot and killed near StantOnsburg, Wilson
unity, on last Friday.
The Washington, N. o. Express gives ia
GU erIng news from Eastern Carolina in RI.
gard TO Convention.
Judge Moore is working efficiently in
Mecklenburg county, at the special Term
1oW being held there, and is gaining gold
en- opinions thereby.
The Telegram he's seen several open cot
ton bolls from the farm Of Mr.. John r,
aardee, of Lenoir, who expects to have a
psIe ready for market by the last Of the
week.
Gnston Atkinson is the name of the he.
gro shot during the riot at Goldsboro' On
Saturday. Indications are that the shot
vas fired by some one OF the mob.
The Workirgmen of Raleigh have it j,
view to estsbI. II an organ il that city, ct
an early day. L. will be issued daily, says
the Telegram.
The Goldsboro Messenger says: The gin
n MI f Mr I'm
near this town. lately owned by Mr.. J. c.
Privett, together with q cotton gin and
about two thousand bushels of cotton
seed, were destroyed by fire on Wednes-
day night of last week. The fire was the
work of IA lncendiary. No insurance.
AS the mail train bound East left Raleigh
Saturday morning, it met with a serious
accident between Stalhngs' and Wilson's
Mills, The cars became detached from the
engine, running into 1T, doing some dam.
age to the engine and injuring express car
No. l. The engineer thinks the lightning
struck the train. A terrible storm was
raging at the time.-Ralei9h Sentinel
Tho Wilson Ledger says: We have
travelled recently over several portions OF
the county, and have never seen fine,
crops. The corn crop is splendid and we
are pleased to see that the acreage in this
crop has been largely increased the present
oar, while the cotton crop is conceded to
be the finest for many seasons past, and is
fully ten weeks earlier.
The Asheville Citizen says A friend
writing from Pennsylvania. says ''the Con-
vention will carry by a very large majority.
Seven townships OUT of nine will vote al
most unanimously for Convention"
Another, wiring from Henderson. says,
although three weeks ago everything was
against us, we are now confident of carry
ing the county. Lyman will certainly be
elected"
The news we have from Yancey and Bay.
wood is that the Convention question will
carry in each Of tn 50 counties by at least
FIVE HUNDRED MAJORITY
INFAMoUs.-Gov Tod. r. Caldwell ar
rived in our town on Saturday gut last,
from the @ unity of Rob son, and was ne
cessarily compelled to lay over here until
Sunday evening. Early on Sabbath morn.
ing he was taken III low by bis Goldsboro'
radical brethren. and the negro riot If the
previous day was FULLY discusst 10 the en-
tire satisfaction Of every radical pres ent. -
OF course he version W ~holely one Sided.
aud, perhaps, anOth { ku K.ux odt-
Cry may be looked Tor.
Ia ord to bring before the Governor
an unbiased statemt nj, aid to prevent
misrepresentation, our worthy Mayor and
four other gentlemen sent the Governor
a written petition r. ques log an interview
in order that the true side of the affair
might be brought before him. In reply
Gov. Caldwell wrote note stating that 1t
being Sabbath day he must decline an in.
terview. He had willingly listened 10 bis
own political friends but refused to hear
our Mayor and committee of cItiz -ns.
Greensboro Messenger.
A GORE spondont of the Raleigh Sentinel
says There are about forty eight thou
sand more white voters in The State than
black. Ii therefore less than twenty four
thousand whites vote against Convention
one will be called.
Calculate it and you will see that it will
take an average of about two hundred and
sixty white votes in each county of the
State to defeat Convention.
On ess / am much mistaken the follow
| ing counties in my section, will not aver
age as many as a hundred white votes
each against the Convention Franklin,
Gates. Warren, Hartford, Nash, Chowan,
Northampton, Perquimans, BERTHE, Pas
quotank. Halifax, Currituck, Martin,
WashiL gton, TyrEell, Dare.
ENROLMENT OF MILITIA In robson
COUNTY. The following order for the
enrolment of the men of the 58th Regi-
ment N. Q. Militia, is from the Raleigh
ZslegI am:
HEADQUARTERS 5SrH N. G. MILITIA,
LUMBERToN. n. G., July %.
Special Orders, No. /.
By order of reqnisition of r. McMil-
Ian, Sheriff of Robson county, lat the IN
stance of Gov. CaIdwelD, I hereby order
all men in the 58th Regiment, Robson
county, between the ages of tweDty-one
and forty years, to be and appear in Lum.
berton, on Saturday, the 9th day Of Aug
ust, 1871, armed and equipped according
to law, with three days rations, to aid the
Sheriff OF Robson county in enforcing
precepts in his hands against Henry Berry
Lowry, Stephen Lowry, Tom. Lowry, Boss
Strong and George Applewhite, outlaws
and fugitiyes from justice.
The following named persons are hereby
ordered to enroll and summon the men be-
tween the above ages in their townships:
At Bfk Swamp Township, P Thompson.
At Burnt Swamp " John Boie.
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