Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-04-26

ported that Il number of the negro hands
living on the place refused to Join in the
attempt to eXtinguish the fire until vester-
day morning.
ANSoN Superior Court, His LIQUOR. Judge
Buxton presiding, is in session this week,
and will probably adjourn tomorrow. The
principal item of interest was the trial of a
white man named James Henry, from
Massachusetts,. who is charged with steal
ing cotton and guano from Col. w. C..
Smith, of New Forestville. A true bill was
found against Henry on Tuesday, aud he
was remanded to jail to await trial. Grave
suspicious point to Henry as the incendiary
who fired Col Smiths mills, at New For
cstyille. on the 18th instant.
CAPT. WILLIAM HENRY MCDOWELL,
who died Of smallpox in Cincinnati on the
18th instant, and who was formerly con-
nected with the Wilmington < Weldon
Railroad, and Wilmington Railway Bridge
Companies, was buried with Masonic
honors by the y. c. Harmony Lodge, No.
2, +. x y. NJ. Of that city. Just previous
to lis death, lie WAS connected VI it'll the
Cincinnati & Newport Bridge Company
lie was also a member of st. Johns Lodge,
Ne. !, Of tLj9 city, from whose Secretary
We gaiu these facts for the information Of
his many friends in this vicinity.
DELEG ATS To DISTRICT CoNVLTIoN.-
Mr.. D. Macmillan has appointed the
fol doll TO
over county in the District Convention
0. p. Meares, Z. w. Kerchner, Roger
Moore, Il. K. Bryan, D. S. Saunders, A. j..
Grady, Sol Bear, John r. Halves, Sterling
II. Everitt, Sam1 ]. Herring, John Jones,
Cooper Bordeaux, D. T. Durham, John D.
Powers, Aldrich Adrian, W. j. Calais,
Luke McClammy, w. a. Cumming, DR..
4. J.. NcWkirk, John j. Beasley, DIR. L.
Porter, James y. Craig, Nicholas Morris,
\. Well, II. L. Horn, John ". Atkinson,
Dar'l Shaw, r. j. Nixon, \. Atkinson,
Col. John MCkac, lIilyard Player, Isaac
James, ", Cronly, John }. Moore, ". L.
Banmcruan, Or. W. L. Emmett, George w.
Corbett, John Hand, DR.. james /. Simp-
son, u. &. Collins, VIM. y. Lamb, Geo f..
Walker, II. :. Radclin, Henry NonGIalm,
J.. pcschau, John Sho!ar, ). Il. Bunting, w.
II. Bernard, Hon. Gcor@o Davis, Jos. \.
EnGeIhar,l.
AHsoN IN linz 1t VAS our good for
tune 10 bc present at Wadesboro, on Tues
day, during the progress ofthc Conservative
meeting that y IS held there in the after
noon ct that day. 1t WAS truly one OF the
most successful meetings of any kind ever
vet held in Arson county, and we hail it rs
All augury of the grand summing up that
is to be made there during the campaign
Of this summer. The spacious Court
room was Crambed 10 its utmost capacity,
not only by white men, but by the colOTed
people, WHO were there, not rs spectators,
but participants, and who were not behind
their white friends III according their APP
plause to the speakers. The meeting was
addressed by Hon. Thos. 5. Ashe, Col
Bennett, Judge Little and Col Lilies, Of
! Arson, and Col. Steele, of Richmond
Resolutions were adopted pledginS The
Conservative party of the county to Vlgo
rous campaign against those who have
beggared our State, and large number o
the most influential men in the count,
We're nominated as delegates to the Stat
and District Convention.
Arson county gave Shipp 66 majority il
1868. She viii give the conservative nomi
nee at least 200 majority.