Wilmington journal., 1871-07-14

c For the Journal,
In pnrsuaucs of resolutions ado,,.d.
a meetieg of the cit zeus of Onslow =,
at h Court bOuse in Jacksonville .,
on TIE 1t Monday in JuIe @, 1871 and
resolu ions adopted .ubs qI-n,ly q, -:
mary meetings, lie d in the dlferen. Car
talD's districts of said county, larre
semblage Of the citizens of Onslow Gov.
ty met in the Court House in Jacksonr;r.
on the 81 day of July, 1871, for the nrr
pose of holding a County Convention >,
nominate a candidate to represen. On.om
county in the State Convention, proposed
to be called and Id IN september next
The meeting was organized by calling
James G. Scott. Ed, to the Chair, and
appointing z NJ Cotton Secretary.
MIR. Scott. Chairman, proceeded bri, dv
to explain the object of the meeting, that
o'ing 10 nom'na'e a candid ate for delegate
to present Onelow county IN the Con-
v, ntlon 10 De called in September next
TIE Chairman Tho " cd up, In glowing Ia,
guage, for which he Is SO charac,t rist; ..
u speaker, the abeouie necessity of hol5
ing q People, CJnvertIon in SeutemL.r
y. K, In rider to ii North Carolins If bs-
our it ns"ne, excessive aud intCleran, taIs.
Ion uuder which she is now laborlur and
must soon be SUBJECTED to, and md
which, unless soon relieved, We must ~.
-vitsbly be crus led. Though iIr Sc,tts
address va, brief, We have carcely ever
heard III re good se nse, practical, good
judgm- mt and sound logi ical rea .ouipg ~
cre>s d in fewer words.
" ia Chairman tht N Oalla6 II, ,ho
of delega es from G AcO old Captains dis
tTc., three d,rtRates from each, rs by pre.
VI us arrane eemeLt, and th.r. being ten
dis rlcls. maklug our Couoty Convention
o sist of thirty delegates, all of whom
soou reported.
A lit Of the delegates was at once mads
out and they retired t. select "a cindi ate
During their absence Col. l.. W. Hum
phrey, 1rom @ ldsborO, being present aud
loudly called for, responded in a Speech
replete with clog leuos and ,und aryu.
ueut favoting a Convention, Il, d III .cnss-
- e. egality and Constitutlonality Of
the same. -
UoI nuu pbrry's speech was then fol.
| lowed by tha' Of Col. Wm. A. Aim uf
Dnpln, In one of his hAppIe>t eff rts. rbo.
roughly discussing the different fe4tures
of tie document uUder which we now
gr0an (nut iiee) -aII+d "Our G. ,nsri'ntl0o ="
framed and imposed upon us by adventur-
eIs wac como amo 6 US for pIace and
pow or, and whose almost every uct hse
been de'rI Dental TO the best interests o.
North Caroliaa.
W. heoruIy wish we could follow Coils
Humphrey aid Allen io thei rcm ,rk.. bot
We ar, fly aSare tlAt il w.utd be the
teisht OF folly for n7 t. at eupt ii without
q those distinguished gentlemen in.
io'tice.
w "a.e had the p ..esure of hearing
oso t"O gen emen Speak ON many occa
-lon during she pa SIX cen years, out
certainly never heard them make more
happy efforts.
James III. Fry, Esq, also addressed the
meeting, favoring the call of State Con
v-nriou, picturing up the burden under
whicI We are laOoriug in q true zig and
. Ca louallS thro VII & In some If his witt
sms, producing IN lcI micth III the meet
ing.
Our Courthouse, (though large and
spaclousJ was nearly filed to its capacity.
the MASSES seemiog to have Determined,
nutWIGt standing the busy season, to mani
fest the interest they felt in their (nowl
all important question of "Convention"
It has been our lot to see aud meet in
macy @ nv ntiOns III On~low county, but
sur ly, for foil retrest nta ion aud una
ninIty, We have never seen this Sur
paesrd.
The delegates composing the Conveu.
tion returned and r, ported through their
Secretary, Z w. MA'tock, E.q, that
upon ballotting. Andrew MulrIli. Esq,
rec ived the highest number of votes cast.
aud conse quently was announced as thf
nominee of the Convention.
On motion, a Committee was appointed
to inform Mr.. Murrill of bis nomiu alton.
There were names of several prominent
gentlemen before the G Dnveotion. to-wit
Or. +. w Ward, C-p', Wm. 2. Wa d,
Jno W. Shackef rd aud F. Th, 10 pson,
Esqs. Also Ell h MurrllI, E O., our
present ,eI'ff. Al y one IF whIth gentle
men would have done credit TO themselves
and the county IN the State Convection.
We learn IhAt f. d hoDuce, Esq is an
lndepeudent candidate, and will canvas
d county IN opposition to MIR Murrill.
The foIlo~ing gentlem, W rr Appointed
as County "anvo ssers, VIZ: stump sound,
j. W. Spicer; Lover So. Wes, II. Il.
San lin; Upper So. West, H. ID. Mnrrll;
Lower HI h.aLd s. b. Fay lor; Upp~r
RichiSnts. John W. SLackelford; Half
Moon, A. Q. Hnggns; North East, Ell ,rris
"arters; Wui Ok, Samuel l.. Gei ock;
owansbrro, Wm. P. Ward; Wolf Pit, DR..
e. W. Ward.
Moved and seconded that the proceed.
ngs OF the meeting be published in the
Whining on JOURNAL, aud that the Colds
b ro Messenger be requested to COPY.
On m ton, the meeting adjourned
sine die.
JAMES G.. SooTr, Chm'n.
a. M. CosToH. Secy.