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Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05
STATE NEWS.

Cotton s cents in Raleigh.
The Statcsvlle American didn't suspend
FOR Christmas.
An old colored man died in Ncwbcrn on
Wednesday, aged 100.
Theodore n. Ramsay, Esq, will deliver
an address before the LceSyillc Male Acad-
cmy; on Saturday, the 18th Of Januarv.
1872. Subject-''The Successful! Man.
Newbern had an amateur dramatic rem
resentatlon on Wednesday and Thursday
evenings. Being home-folks, the houses
were, OF course, very poor.
Edward Dunn and his wife q,larleled in
NeWbern on Wednesday night. The result
was that the man was stuck bv the wo-
man, plg-taSllion, and nearly blcd to death.
SO we learn from the Times.
The Raleigh Carolinian says: Eng and
Chang who are now living i'll the western
portion of this State, and one Of Whom is
lying dangerously i'll at the present time,
were born ira small village on the coast Of
Siam, in the year 1911. Their parents cot
their li0 ing by fishing. And until 1890,
when Eng and Chang were brought to the
nlted States, they made their living bv
selling shell-fish. Theirmothcr bore seven
teen children. at one time she gave birth
to three, and never less than two. But
none of these children were defolmcd.
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05
NEW YORK.
New YORK, Dec. -

NEW l DIRK, Dec. 81.
Henry Sherwood has been elected Director in
the Eric Railroad, vice Tweed resigned.
AIhc Tammany Hall Committee meet tom. Int
to reorganize. Much sympathy is expressed for
Tweed. Sweeney ; name is dcridCd.
Inspectors have been appointed and primaries
fixed for an early election in January. Among
the present are Tom Fields, Justice Shandlcy,
and Judge Bernard.
The Delta Psi had Il commemorative dinner
and many Southern chapters were represented.
1t Is stated that the steamer Florida arrived
oft Nassau with loss of forc-tOpmast and was
toWed into port for repairs.
Mayor Halls journal, The Leader, has been
discontinued.
Twecds son, Richard NJ. Tweed. testified
while bcirg examined as bundsnan, that lie was
worth one million two l5Indred thousand dollars.
A Wall Street Broker named Chas. c. Allen,
sues Fisk, Jr., and Gould, for false imprison-
mcnt. The object, Allen alleges, was to sup
press his evidence regarding . Black Friday
The damages claimed fifty thousand dollars
Panama advices state that the Bark Hunter
Is wrecked, but the crew saved.
Central America is quiet
EN-Presidcnt Melgorejo, of Bolivia, was as
sas'inatcd by his son-in-1aw, i'll Lima. Both
exilcs.
Three earthquakes i'll Arqttipa.
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05

The story of an UnwcIcOme SOIA-in-
Law and am Irate Father.

An Amusing, but at one time rather
threatening scene occurred i'll the office OF
the l.. Il G.. Mail Line, on the corner of
Fourth and lIain streets, yesterday morn
ing. The dluDtdtis perSOHp were an old
farmer and his wife from BuSitt county,
their daughter, aged about eighteen, and Il
rather equiyocal looking young man from
the same ncighbOrhoOd. The old man was
taking his family to Missouri, and were
driven to the city with all their worldly
goods by the young man i'll question. Dis
covering that they could not leave until )
p. H., the old man and his wife sat down
in the Office while the two Young people
stated off for short walk. They sure
enough took the walk, but extended it to
Jelli 3onyillc where license was procured
and the two were fast bound as man and
wife.
Returning to the office, where still pa
tiently sat the father and mother, the young
fellow thrust the license i'll the face Of the
father without SO much as an explanatory
word. lie read it i'll silence then passed
it to the mother, who read it i'll tears. SAID
She, While the old man bided his time
i" Oh. daughter, are you going to leave
us just when we are starting for new
home: :: lave you no love for your old
father and mother?"
But the daughter replied that she loved
this young man better, and had cast her
lot with him. Then rose up that silent old
man, and dealt his unwelcome sOn-in-law
such a decisive blow with his hic-
tory staff that that rueful son-in-
law staggered and would have fall
len but for a bystander'S aid
The father then hied him to where his gun
was standing, and had it not been for in
tcycning clerks, his daughter were :, widow
before one could calculate John Robinson.
death, not Romeo" &c., said the old
man.
81 wouldn't have cared if she had
married a man, but that thing! Why,
she might as well have married
thief"
But there was no Iemcdying it, SO the
young man from Built took his neW-made
wife, together with her baggage, back to
his rural homc-if he has one-and the
father and mother left, us was intended, by
the > O'Clock train. JeSting side, the
whole affair was Il right sad one, withal,
and the young lady will be more fortunate
han the apI earances would give warrant
if Sic does not rue her hasty action.
COuIicI-jOurnOI, 1911.
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05
WASHINGTON.
WASUNGTON.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 80.
Judge LoclIrane, late Chief Justice of Geogia
and regarded us one OF he abIest men in the
Republican party South, had n long interview
With the President to-day. Judge Lochrane
says the Administration will take 10 hand in
settling the affairs i'll Georgia. and as Governor
Conley cares nothing personly for the place
thcre VIII be a contest between him and Col
Smith, the recently elected Governor, for that
Office.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue do
cldes that tax must be paid upon the dividends
declared out of the earnings of the wear 1871
anu upon the interest and coupons representing
the interest which accrued i'll that wear, even
though the dividends arc not declared or the in
tercst is not payable until after December n
1871, and that the corporations mentioned in
'cetloh 10 of the act of July H. 1870, should
withhold the tax from the holders of their
stocks and bonds.
Inc Postoffce Committee of the HouSc will
recommend $1,000 fine, or a years i,npriso,-
ment, for straw bidders for postal routes.
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05
SHOT DEAD CRIME.
The End of ~ Noted IIur=Iar-a Trap
gun DisIOScS of Him-HHOw IL Jersey
Foundry was Guarded.

burglars sometimes meet with most llll-
expected receptions, and the dangers of their
trade are not small. The body of g Billy -
Hcaley, noted burglar, was yesterday
found i'll the brass foundry of George +.
Parker, on Ferry street, nc,rr the Centre
Street Depot, wi h Il load of shot from a
elr-trap i'll his side. He had, beyond a
dOubt, met his death Willie engaged i'll a
burglary. His death Was not discovered
until manly hours after 1t had occurred
Yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock, Mr.
Parker went to his foundry for the purpose
OF seeing that all MAS right, and found that
a panel had been forceI from one of the
doors. He entered the building and there
discovered the body of Billy Healey lying
on the floor. The burglar was and had
been for some time dead. By his side was
found number of pieces of brass and a
quantity of material which he was prob
ably i'll the act of removing. DR.. Todd was
called in and viewed the body. He ordered
an inqucs', which, however, was not held
yesterday. The facts are briefly Gs fol-
lows
On Thanksgiving Day the brass foundry
OH Ferry street was robbed of a quantity of
castings, and as a detective against anv
future burg lars mIISket loaded with heavy
shot had been placed so as to bear upon a
drawer in which considerable quantity of
finished work was kept. To this drawer
the trigger of the gun was attached bv
cord. The gun was tightly fixed against
the wall at one end of the room, and in a
corner where it would not have been likely
TO have been noticed. 1t must have been
accurately aimed, as tie shot had done its
work perfectly, alid II"aIty Ia net been
able to move tte III j.".. >is.. tie work
must have been done ut hIylp. The shot
was not heard, OF, if heard, attracted no
attention, and as the door was closed.
passers by during yesterday had not motto
ed that all was not as it should be-. Healev
Was one of the worst men about Newark. /
though still young, and was known as
professional burglar. He was, however, a (
trimmer by trade. and sometimes followed /
that occupation. He had been once i'm the /
State prison, and had beer pardoned wear
agO.--Nelg York World
The King of Denmark is minus three
fingers, owing to carelrssncss with his little
pistol.
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05
South Carolina Items.
Dan kice'a circus is in Charleston.

Dan Eice's circus is in Charleston.
Rose and Harry Watkins are in Column
bia
"A colOrcd man named Douglass was
Dadly burned by a Kerosene explosion in
Charleston, on Wednesday evening.
Mr.. Edward O'NeilI, Superintenflent of
the Charleston Hotel, was christmassed bv
his employers with a handsome gold watch
and chain.
The Gold and Stock Telegraph Conn
Pany, which has its headquarters in New
Ork, have laid their wires i'll Charleston.
and those merchants with whose offices
they connect, can receive by telegraph re-
Slllarly, printed market reports.
The Carolina Nctr Era is t e name of a
new weekly paper publisl ed at Spartan
burg Cou1tht Use. 1t is tie :. official or
gan for five counties, and is bitterly Rad
ical, while claiming to be only Republican.
The Charleston Courfcl, SAYS: The
Methodist Episcopal Conference for South
Carolina and Florida, assembled III Centen-
ary Church Wentworth street yesterday.
Bishop Simpson, (cOlOred), presiding. The
Conference will continue its session from
day to day, until all business for its consid-
Grafton is disposed of.
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05
TELEGRAPHIC.
WASHINGTON,

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. %.
The reported disaster to the Wabash is un-
confirmed. 1t is doubtless false.
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued cir
culars to Collectors of Customs to observe the
rules of the civil service commission i'll making
appointments promotions.
Thos. ID. Long has been appointed Special
Postoffice Agent for North Carolina.
The Postmasters who will be subject to com
petitive examinations, are five thousand one
hundred and nine.
Surveyor General Sewell of the Internal Re-
venue Bureau left for Nashville, where he is 10
decide upon the capacity OF stills using cotton
seed i'll mash. This is the first application made
at the bureau for survey on a distilIcry manu-
featuring whiskey from cotton seed.
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05

LONDON. Dee. 80.

+'f LONDON, Dee. go
Tel ship Py from Wilmington, with a cargo
of 2 200 barrels Of turpeutine, was burned while
lying at South End, on the Thames. The loss
of her cargo has had material effect Oh the
price of turpcntine upon the market.
The Times, in its review of the year 1871, de
votes considerable space to comments on Presi-
dent Grants message to Congress. Inference
is drawn thcrcfrom that the neutrality which
the United States has so far maintained with re-
gard to Cuban affairs, may soon be exchanged
for II more active policy. To this, the Times
finds no objection, and even goes 50 far as to de-
clare it best that Cuba should be separated from
The ship Edward toundcrcd off Falmouth
all hands lost.
PATI5, Dec. 80.
The ASS mbIy hes reed to int reasc the note
circulation of the Bank of France 100 900 900
francs.
GLASGOW, Dec. 80.
While a laI &c road wagon, propelled by steam
and carrying heavy boilers, passing along
the streets to day, surrounded and followed b.
thrOng Of children, the boilers exploded. Five
children were killed and seven wounded.
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05
MARYLAND.

ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 20.
Prof. Il. S. McCuloch Professor in the Wash
ngton and Lee University, testified that Aikcns'
tests were insufficient to prove the pres encc of
antimOny, and considers Aikcns' analysis radi-
cally defective, because hc did not get the
metal. MCCulloch in experimenting with choral
also with yellow jessaminc, produced red pre-
cipitate, which closely resembles such anti
mony would give. These experiments were made
i'll the presence of DrS. Ruse, Genth and others
BALTIMORE, Dec. 20.
The boiler of the Chesapeake Moulding and
Turning Works exploded to-,l,~, killing Mr.
Harrington, the senior partner. Two persons
were IT s:ued from the ruins badly hurt
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05

The g rest " Of the week-Sunday.
"The wife's secret-her opinion of her
husband" 80
What part of speech is kissing ? A con-
| junction.
Let another's passions be a lecture to thy
| reasons.
Never insult misery, deride infirmity nor
despise deformity.
Suspicion and dstrust are the greatest
enemies to friendship
The man who never made a mistake
never made a discovery.
The sorrows of believers are better than
| the joys Of sinners.
BY bestowing blessings on others we en-
tail them or themselves.
1t is our part to wait and trust and the
Lords to dispose and govern.
A Portland, Me-, girl sneezed her shoul-
der out of joint.
There is only one woman in the Iowa
State Icnitentiary.
Over six billion pins are used in the Uni
ted States each year.
Louisville now calls her saloons :: inner
man-wanning hostelries.''
y quarry of the photographic stone has
been found near Winchester, KY.
a city court has been granted to Atlanta,
Ca, the home of the Paragraph st.
~ small space i'll the Telre Haute Er-
press is devoted to g Wisdom and Truth"
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05

thies found things too hot for comfort, and
watching their opportunity, quietly left the
country. They covered up their trail so
well that no clue was left behind wherewith
to trace them, and for the time being the
detectives were baflied
ANOTHER MOVE IN THE GAME.
While pondcring over the matter, Pink-
ertcn, who was at Union City, received a
dispatch from one of his men, who had
been sent OH to Wayerly, that Farrington's
wife had sold out her household effects
with view, to going to Texas. The sender
of the dispatch, who is one of the Smartest
'' 1ys i'll the West, stated that he had sue
ceeded i'll ingratiating himself with Mrs.
Harrington, and had been employed by her
as tcamster. She wanted another good man
to assist him, and dispatched as stated
PinkcrtOn Immediately sent another smart
man, with orders to communicate with him
as often as practicable as to the Woman,s S
movements. Sulmioing that the Texas talk
was but blind, and that She was really
going to join her SONS at some distant point,
Pinkcrton detailed two other men to 90
along and act as scouts. Their business
was to follow Immediately after the wagons,
and after communicating with the two
tcamsteis, to send the intelligence gain
ell to PinkcrtOn. .-.
TIE COILS TIGHTENING.
In this manner, Pinkerton kept posted
as to the movements of Mrs. harrington
from the time she left Waverly until she
crossed the river, at Columbus. Soon after
crossing the river she told one of her
''tealnsters,' who had gained her conf
denCe, that she was not going to Texas but
TO Verona, Mo-, IL small town near Spring
field. There III: expected to meet her two
L., fad Fort tllD
express robbery ut Union City. She said
she knew that detectives were of them,
but they would never catch them, as they
werc too smart. All after this was for
wardcd to rinkerton, and by him acted
upon.
BAGGINCi TIE GAME.
A number of detectives, including linn
Elf proceeded Immediately to Verona.
Some went as land buyers, others to pulr-
chase stock, while two of them hired as
farm hands to IN Uncle of the Farin3tOns,
who owned farm near Verona. This was
more than week ago and last Tuesday
evening the chase eliminated in the cap
tllrc of the two men i'll Verona by the de-
tcctiycs, assisted by the citizens. They
were found concealed i'll a house i'll the
outskirts of the village, and it required
two hours fight i'll which both OF the rob-
bers were severely wounded before they
would surrender. When they gave up,
they were securely handcufied, and the
same night left ftT st. Louis i'll charge Of
PinkcrtOn and his men. A reqlisition will
be procured at once, and the two men will
be brought to Union City and placed upon
trial for robbery. The proof against them
is clear, and thej- may be considered good
for twcntyOne years each in the peniten-
tiary.
The TeIcgr,ph, on the 2Oth instant, an
nounced that friend of the robbers, who
were i'll jail at Union City, had killed a
policeman. y crowd of citizens broke open
the Jail and hung harrington. the other
robbcr having been drowned while trying
to escape.
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05

motion to dismiss the complaint against the
Federal Bank Examiner, Calender.
Jay Gould, who was arrested upon the suit of
Allen, has been released upon parole until next
week, when he will furnish bail. -sr.t5 -aa.<
A S35,OOO warrant for Jim Fisk found him
sick with smallpox. fs-.4 .....
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05

roe, he separated from him, though they
were elected on the same ticket III 1873.
Thus Mr.. Calhoun,s friends, among whom
was Mr.. Tyler, were soon made to stand
aloof from Gen. Jackson, though IN the
main, as on the Maysville road bill the
States-righ party sill maintained SOME oi
the leadiiIg measures of the administra-
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05
SOUTH CAROLINA.

LUMBIA, Dec. y.
in the u. S. Court to-day the following.Ku
Klux prisoners pleaded guilty and were sen
tenceI to Is months imprisonment and 800
fine: Henry e. Warick, Milus Carroll, Eli
Roas Stuart, Josiah Martin and Sam G. Brown.
The trial of DR. Edward Avery, charged with
conspiracy to prevent colorcd men from vot-
ing in October, 1872 and to punish for voting
October, 1S7 then began.
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05
SALT LAKE.

SALT IAKE, Dec. 30.
The settlements OF big and little Cottonwood
are buried i'll snow and many lives lost. There
were many hair-breath escapes. The snow is 10
to 30 feet deep. succession of snow, hail and
rain continues.
Jas. e. May, the alleged dcfaulting Secretary
OF the State OF Oregon, was arrested here.
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05
MAR YLAND.

ANNAPOLIS, DEC. OU.
Professor McCulloch was subjected to long
cross examination, and persisted i'll his opinion
that indication might be false, unless the metal
itself was produced. DIR. +. A. Genth testified
that Aikens' experiments did not establish the
presence of antimony in the sediment in the
tumblcr, or i'll Kctchum's Is stomach
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05
CABLE DISPATCHES.
LONDON. Dec. 30.

LONDON, Dee. 80.
The Prince of Wales rest disturbed at
times by pain from the swelling above his hip.
His condition otherwise continues to improve
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 80.
The Russian steamship Kuma foundercd in
the Caspian and all lost. She had one mil
lion rubcs aboard.
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05
ARKANSAS.

LITTLE Rock, Dec. 50
The loss by the fire is one hundred thousand
dollars.
All quiet in Chicot county, but uncasiness
pcrvades all classes. 1t is understood that the
Governor will send Il portion of his guard to take
the place of the Sheriff and hold the lake village
until confidence is restored.
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05

LONDON. Dec. 30.

LONDON, Dec. 20.
The people are alarmed at Glad5tOnc'5 re
publican tendencies. The conservative section
of the liberals, led by the Duke of Somerset and
the Niscount, Halifax, are seeking to form II
coalition with the tories, for the purpose of
clccting Rt. Hon. Mr.. Bonvcric as Speaker OF
the House of Commons instead Of Mr.. Brand
and to compel the retirement of Gladstone.
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.
Cornell, Richard Tweed and DioIin are
TWceds bail. Tweed has surrendered to the
Sheriff and resigned the Commissioncrship of
Public Works.
Mayor Hall has appointed Geo. w. vanNort
Commissioner.
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05
CALIFORNIA.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 30
The rain continues, and nineteen inches
have fallen.
Disguised men have cut the levee near Marvs-
vile, and five hundred feet have washed away
MarysVillc is threatened with a flood
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05
RHODE ISLAND.

PROVIDENCE, Dec. 80.
The scm-annual meeting OF the Board of
Appeals of the National Trotting Associaton
convencs here OH the seco ndTuesday in January.
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05
CALIFORNIA.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20.
Three car loads japanese and Chinese silks,
valued at two million dollars, were sent eastward
on Tuesday. One hundred and eighty tons teas
will be forwarded to day.
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05

The German troops have seized a promi-
nent citizen of the town of Revin, IA the
department of Ardemes, because of a
quarrel between the Bayarian troops quar-
tered there aud the French people.
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, Dec. 80.
Connolcy's bail is still de6cieD+ -, -.
lease is improbable before tbo 1a++o -. :.
next week r' VI
Federal COmmissiOner Osborn hoe Ior;o,, A..
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05
Marine Intelligence.

NEW YORK, Dec. %.
Arrived, S Steamship Bcnctactor, from Whining
ton, n. G.
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05
Marine Intelligence.

New YORK, Dec. 30.
Arrived-Occan Queen.
Arrived out-Ncvada.
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05
Roast Turkey.

There is gentleman i'll Carroll who saws
he has been drunk five years. He averaged
one gallon OF brandy asday. Five years.
that is 500 days; one gallon of braIdTr -
day, at s. per gallon, IS only s.. $50 for
brandy IN the five years. How is that for
high ?-WytheVille Dispatch.
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05

Sequel 80 the Union City (Tenn.) Rail
way Robbery.
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05

Tracking Criminals.
a Strange and EvcnffuI History.
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05
WIEMINGTON. n. g.:

From the Memphis Avalanche, Dec. 18th
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05

The next morning, towards eli ,ht, PCS
chalSG gailopins towards France, was carry
ing Mr. Jean Bernard back to his friend,
Al ihe same hour, Welsh and Bugglel
were bringing back To Bertha, the corpse ol
llel husband, killed before having had al1
opportunity to wear his Majors uniform
My uncle, whose honesty and good h"ar|
you know, said his nephew concudin
ms story, learned too late that the man h
nt inSulted, had n mother, a wife, IA chl
an that ne was no longer a Captaiu.
lie always thinks OF The little orphan sir |
1ou know now why he never laughs.
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05

thies found things TOO hot for comfort, and
watching their opportunity, quietly left the
country. They covered up their trail so
well that no clue was left behind wherewith
to trace them, and for the time being the
detectives Npre haflled.
Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05

The King of Denmark is minus three
hn9els, owing to carelrssncss with his little
pistol.