Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-06-23

! The Raleigh Sentinel mas been shown
oats 81 feet high, raised on q common
soil, ylthout manure, in Wake county.
Mai. A. NJ. Erwin is the Convention
candidate OF the Conservatives and Demo-
Gratis of Mcdowell county.
David F. Caldwell and Nerius Meuden
hall are the Conservative candidates for
Convention in Guilford.
Bishop Atkinson confirmed "a persons
| in Newbern on Sunday last, says the Jour
nal of Commerce.
The Conservatives and Democrats of
Lincoln county, have nomiDG led Alfred
Morrison ESQ, as their candidate for the
approaching State Convention.
T. G. Skinner, Esq, has been nomina-
ted by the CeLservatives and Democrats of
Perquimans county to represents them in
the coming Convention.
! There is a we'll authenticated case on re-
cord of man who is the father of eight
children at four consecutive births in Eas-
tern North Carolina, and what is still
more singular, by three different women.
The Wadesboro' Herald has been shown
cotton bloom from the plantation of Mr..
Benz. Ingram, near Lllesville, pulled on
the 18th inst, that was taken from a
stalk 30 inches high and that had 35
veil developed forms.
| A special dispatch to the Raleigh Tele-
gram, dated Petersburg, Va, goth, says
Gen. Thos. j. Person, of Garysburg, ar
rived in Petersburg to fight duel with
w. Nj. Moody, Esq. General Person was
arrested and brought before Mayor Wood
and bound over to keep the peace in Vir-
ginia, lis the sum o. one thousand dollars.
The Raleigh Telegram learns that
Father Mcnamara, of the Catholic Church
! of this city, who il at present in the
State CT Massachusetts, has lndaced per-
sons of capital, familiar with the business,
to visit Raleigh with view to the es,
adjustment OF a machine shoe factory
an extensive sc ale.
! The Sentinel says that Rev. r. 81.
Whitaker, Secretary of the State Council
Friends OF Temperance, delivered tenn.
| perance address at Winston, on Thursday,
and at Salem on Friday last. Mr.. Whita-
ker established Council of the Friends at
the above named p aces. This makes one
hundred and one Councils in the Stale of
North CAROLINA.
The Friend CT Temperance says On
our recent trip to Salem and Winston, We
were pisa7ei to observe that the corn,
wheat and oat crops were very fue. The
country from High Point to Salem has not
suffered for rain, and gardens. as well "a
wheat, already harvested, is very good.
Lewis Coppedge, charged as principal
actor in the killing of Mr.. James ". Red
fearn, near Whites store, in Arson conn
ty, managed to escape from the Jail at
! Wade sboro' on last Sunday night, but was
pursued and overtaken 10y some colored
men, who had dogs to assist them. This
action on the Tart Ct these men Jas
called forth the warmest commentators OF
I a a. e T. E,,ll. \ =
all. This we learn from the Wadesboro'
Herald.
RUINED Chatham county has over
sixty Of her citizens in attendance on the
Fe dersl Court in this city, many Ct them
poor men who are nov cut Of their crops
for the third week. One can prove hiE1-
self in Fayetteville at the time of the al
/ legged Ku-Kiuxing Others can show they
were ten miles from the scenes of action.
They are brought here mainly by negroes,
who swear they know their voices. This
we call cruel ana unusual punishment
Even if they we're guilty, this is not the
proper way to puIish them. Raleigh
| Sentinel.
U. S. CIRCUIT CoURT-JUNE 2OTH.-In
the case of Mathew Bard, surviving part
ner, rs. the Western n. @. Il. e. for debt,
a judgement was obtained in favor of the
plaintiff for $25 600.
In the case If the y. S. as. r. III. Orrell
and J. d. Smith, sureties of distiilery
bond, the jury returned verdict for some
$500
In another !se of the y. S. as. Il. M.
Orrel, Smi and McDuffy, for the same,
the jury returned a verdict for the Iefen-
dants.
In case Of the same kind Us. Johnson
and Johnson, the jury gave verdict for
$1.-Raleigh Sentinel
) The editor of the Elmira IN. " Adver-
, tiser, who was one Of the Northern party
that recently visited Greensboro N. O.,
3 in an account of his trip says:
"While in Greensboro we met lMr.
r Justin Boutwell,, d farmer, who resides q
s short distance from the city, who rem owed
e to North Carolina from Canton, Pa, about
two years since. He gave Us glowing &C
counts Of the productiveness of tho sol
l and the success with which he has met sc
7, far. He has been very kindly treated by
the citizens generally, and says he has as
good neighbors as he ever had at the
i North. He is so we'll satisfied with his
: situation and prospects that he could not
. be induced to return to the North"
;, This is the testimony of all honest
Northern men. ..:...