Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-03-01

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DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATIVE MEET
ING IN DUPLIN THE citizens of Duplin
county are earnestly requested to meet at
kenansville on Monday, the 4th day of
March, for the purpose Of organizing and
appointing delegates TO the State Conven-
ton, to assemble in Greensboro, on the 1st
of May. Messrs. Allen, Stanford and 9TH
ers win address the meeting. A full at
tendance is desired.
MUNsoN s. Co.'S SPECIAL. PREMIUMS
Messrs. Munson & Co., the well-known
City Clothiers, renew their Special Premi-
ums for the next Fair. They are the first
of orr merchants to renew their premi-
ums. We trust that many others will
follow.
y committee will, i'll short time, call
upon our citizens to get the offer of Special
Premiums. We trust thet they will he
responded to promptly. While there has
been very great liberality shown in this re-
gard, these offers have generally been made
SO late that they have not been so well cir
culated as they should have been. 1t is
desired that the Special Premiums should
all be published, with the regular lists,
during the early Spring.
For THE NORTH EAsT.-We learn that
Mr.. Ross is now building at his shipyard,
on the wharf between Church and Castle
-EV,o g., l. To-
Steamboat and Railway Company, an ac-
count of the organization Of which we have
recently published. She is to be 11O feet
long, Is feet beam, with double engines,
and with capacity of 400 barrels. There
will also be good passenger accolnmoda-
tiOnS.
This boat is expected to be ready for the
river by the middle of April, and is to ply
between Hallsville, Duplin county, and
this city. Her advent should be a Joyful
day for large number of Our friends in
Duplin, New Hanover and Onslow coun-
ties, these latter, i'll especial, having thus
new outlet to market, with far less dis
tance for hauling than has heretofore been
the case.
THE following from the Raleigh Sentinel
is the best disquistion that we have yet
seen on the Robeson county troubles
! Governor Caldwell is hard at work in this
| city, manufacturing, as he thinks, political
capital in unlawftllly turning out Of the
| directorships of the Penitentiary and the
charitable institutions of the State, those
| appointed by the Legislature, &c, and put
| Henry Berry Lowrey and his gang, in con-
| tempt Of GOV. Caldwell and his militia,
and in utter disregard of law, enter the
| town of LumbertOn, deliberately open
workshops, stables, stores, and even the
Sheriifs office, and carry off plunder
| amounting from $4,000 to $4,000 Gov.
Caldwell declines to pardon a convict
| strongly recommended, because he thought
| it would injure the Radical party. Does
not this consideration paralyze his efforts
in attempting the arrest Of the Outlawed
murderer and rObber, LoWrey?
| THE RECENT ROBBERY-THE LOSSES.
The RObesoniGn, of yesterdays date,
| contains the following additional particu-
lars in reference to the daring robbery re-
Gently perpetrated in that town. 1t says ::
| We have been unable to ascertain the full
! extent OF the losses suffered by our citizens
! in the recent robbery committed in our
town. From Mr.. Mcleod we learn that
we were in error in supposing that all the
| books and papers contained i'll his safe
We're recovered. A large portfolio, contain
| ing a considerable amount of money and a
| large number of notes and valuable papers,
was carried off. Mr.. Mcleod is not able
to fix, with certainty, the amount of money
| taken from his safe, but thinks the amount
stated, So, 900, too high an estimate.
From the Sheriti7s office were taken several
notes which had been placed in his hands
for colIection-not as an officer, but as the
agent Of parties residing without the coun-
| ty. These were all what are known as
| cold notes." and were not considered
valuable. Though the court papers were
lying piled UP on the table in the Sheriff's
office none were disturbed except one or
two subpnnas, which have been replaced
| by reference to the docket.
HOMICIDE IN DUPL1N CoUNTY.-We
regret, very much, to learn of an unfortu-
nate affair that occurred in Duplin county,
last Wednesday, by which Mr.. William
| Outlaw met his death at the hands Of DR..
| Calhoun Hill.
1t seems that Outlaw had been in the en-
ploy of DR.. Hill, at his place about 16 miles
east of KenanSville and, at about o'clock
of the morning in question, some dispute
arose between them, which resulted in DR..
Hill striking Mr.. Outlaw with his cane on
| the back of the neck The blow was not
thought so severe, and Outlaw walked off,
and proceeded to his house, about mile
| distant, and died in three or four hours
afterwards. AS soon as DR.. Hill heard of
Mr.. Outlaws death, he Immediately sur
rendered himself, and was taken into Gus
| tody. A writ OF ,habeGs corpus was then
sued out, and the parties all arrived here
last evening, when the case was heard be-
fore Judge Russell, last night, i'll Cham
bers, Col. William A. Allen appearing for
| the defence.
It resulted in DR.. Hill being bound over
in the sum of $1,000 for his appearance at
the next term of Superior Court for Duplin
county, which convenes at Kenansville, OIL
the third Monday in May.
| Mr.. Outlaw, the deceased, was about 45
years of age, and leaves widow, but no
| children.
| The art collections of Prince Napoleon,
| saved from the PalaiS ROyale in Nav last