Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-09-22
STATE NEWS.

II said that there is white man III the
Greensboro Jail that can hold molten lead
in his mouth until il cools without ex-
4 periencing any pain whatever.
CONE TO THEMsELvFs.-Th Southern
HON, says: We have received several let
ters lately, from North Carolinians, some
from the far West and some from the Tar
Sonth. saying that they had made mis-
take in leaving the good old North state.
Some sacrilegious wretch or wretches on
Sunday night entered st. Augustine
church (colored EpiscopaD in this city,
and stole therefrom q surpEc9, organ
over, clock, and kerosene lamp.-Ral.
Sentinel.
Saws the Newborn Journal of Commerce:
We learn hat Hon, @. G. CLARK. President
4 the Atlantic and North Carolina Rail
road Company, has called a meeting of
fbe Directors Of that road, to be held in
this city on Friday, 29th inst.
The AshevilIe Citizen says ConkiderA-
lie excitement exists in Cherokee county
on account of the discovery of rich vein
of silver. If the reports that reach US be
rue Mexico. Colorado and California are
! where.
Two prisoners, one white and the other
colored, escaped from the Green county
all on Sunday morning of last week, but
we're pursued and recaptured. The negro
was fred upon by the sheriff and was
so badly injured that he died on the fol-
lowing Tuesday.
The Raleigh Sentinel says Rev. Father
Mcnamara, pastor st. Johns Catholic
cAurcb, in this city, is, we lesro, about to
rubbish pamphlet in reply to a treatise
npon Infant Baptism" recently pub
she'd by Rev. DIR. Pritchard. pastor OF
he RaDiist church of this CITY
Tie Rockingham Observer las been ia
vored by friend with al extract from a
letter, recently received from an intelii-
gent gent eman in Wilmington, in which
the writer states that he learns from Mr..
Cronly, the President of the Company,
that the necessary financial arrangements
have been made, by which tie completion
of the road is secured.
TnE KUKLUx TRIALs.-At 125 O'Clock
yesterday the goVt rnment closed the testi-
mony in the case Of r. A. ShotWell and
others, and the counsel for the defence
announced that they would introduce no
evidence. The court then took q recess
till p. NJ, when the argument COM
for the defence, to be followed by s. +.
Phillips, Esq. and then Hon. T. G. Fuller
would close for the defence. We go to
ress before the conclusion OF the ar3u
znent. -Ral. Sentinel, Goth.
FORGERY On Friday night, Il. II.
Rober s. q young man and clerk IN the
State auditors office, was are ted by Dep
utv Sheriff Magnin. charged with forgery.
It seems that Roberts, on or about the 9Th
Of August, presented a warrant to the
treasurer Of the board of education, ID. A.
Jenkins, purporting to be signed by the
auditor. Henderson Adams endorsed by
T. Allan trooscror of ADcOn c0untv fC
ray him (Allen) the sum Of $3.50. Fol
various reasons the treasurer, d. A. Jenk-
inf, sus. eoted the whole matter was 6
forgery and on commune Atlrg with MIR.
Allen, sascertained his suspicious TO be full
~ realized, besides other previous lrregu-
Iarities on the part of Roberts had caused
him to be an object Of suspicion to the
officers in the treasury department before
this matter TRANSFERRED.
On Saturday at noon Roberts had q
hearing before Justice Whitaker, who
after bearing the testimony IN the matter
hound the accused over to the court in the
sum of 81 900 Judge Merrimon appear
ed for the defence. and Attorney Genera
Ship for the State Up to this writing
Roberts was still in custody, having failed
to give the required bond. We did no
notice th IS matter on Saturday in defer
ence to the wishes of some of the friends
of the accused. -Raleigh Sentinel.
MELANCHOLY SUICIDE. learn from
a reliable source the following PARTICULARS
Of the melancholy suicide of Mrs. Sarah
Faucet, very worthy lady residing II
Martin township, in Alamance county
Mrs. Faucet was lady of great respecta
blity and highly esteemed IN the neigh
borhood where she resided. She was
widow with one child and lived upon
line estate which she owned near HaV
RI
cradle length of time that she had beer
Iaboripg under great mental excitement
but her friends had not thought that sh
seriously contemplated taking her owl
life. although she had frequently assured
them that she would. On Monday morn
ing, the 1lth of september, she was mlsse'
from her room st a very early hour, ant
on search being made she was foun'
by her little son suspended by her neck II
an outbuildlng adjoining the barn-llt
was extinct, although she was still warm
The neigbbors we're Immediately notified
and the body taken down and carried t
the house. The coroner was summoned
and an inquest held, which elected som
startling facts in regard to the cause
which impelled her to tho rash act.
letter was produced written on Tuesday
the 9th inst, in which she stated that 6h
had been seduced and ruined by man
complished his purpose by force An
threats, and that she could not survive ne
loss of honor and character, and took he
life to hide her shame.-Ral. Sentinel.
Is. CIRCUIT OoURr.-The case OF til
l., 8. against r. A. Shotwe.l and other
from Rutherford, on charge of "ku-klo3
ing," was called on Saturday. The who
day was consumed in argument on prellu
mary motions. On the affidavit of +:
Shotwell, Calvin Teer and William Tai
ner that they could not proceed to trl'
without certain witnesses, the governmeI
admitted the affidayits and they go
trial.
Gov. Bragg moved that the court quas
the 1st and Sd counts of the indicsmen
on the ground of insuficiency and vsgu'
ness. The 81 count he would pass owe
for the present. This motion was argue
at length by Gov. Bragg and Geo.
Strong, Esq, for the defendants. an
by Mr.. Phillips for the government. III
substance Of the argument on this an
Okhop rn0kiOna tbak fOlI0uo6 will RpnoE