Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-06-21
sTATE NEWS.


GOVERNOR GRAHAM has gone to Balti-
more to attend meeting OF the Trustees
of the Peabody fund.
Il. w. Lassitcr, lato the Senator from
Granville county, and John Ragland, the |
two most prominent Republicans in Gran- |
Vile county, are out for Greeley. q
The Rutherfordton Ti3adicat0r~ says !:
Henrietta Foster, colorcd, on Friday, gave
birth to three loyal, greasy, slick babies,
and it is suggested that Grant Caldwell
Wilson be their names. All doing well.
At the recent commencement of Trinity
College, the honorary degree of L. l..
D.Was conferred upon Judge a. 5.
Merrimon.
Among the candidates who have Sue
ceSsully passed examination at the Naval
Academy, and are now cadet midshipmen,
we notice the name of John w. Alburton
Cor Albritson?) of North Carolina.
The RuthertOrdtOn VindicG5Or says: 1t
is a hard matter for the Radicals of this
section to make up their minds to vote for
Tod Caldwell. lie has Eeen nightly in
their way. .f
The Conservative Democratic party in
Granville has been the first TO move in the
matter Of raising funds for the campaign.
On the 18th, the Executive Committee
$40, it being SO for each township. SGT
was raised on the spot.
The Newbern Times learns that Gov.
Caldwell has reappOnted the same Direc-
tors on the A. & n. G.. II. r. as heretofore,
viz Z. II. Stanly, r.. w. King, e. r.
Thomas, X. +. Lehman, Isaac Ramsey, 3.
+. Parrot, w. 3. Duncan, VIM. L. Grims-
ley.
The Charlotte Democrat says 1t may
not be generally known Chat a sister (Han-
nah) of the great Daniel Boone the pio-
neer Of Kentucky, is living in Caldwell
county, \. G.. She has remarkably good
health, is now s. years old and bids fair to
reach 100.
The StatesYille American says From
all quarters, in the State and out of it, we
learn the most favorable reports Of the
wheat crop, now being harvested. No dis
aster has befallen it. The quantity viii
be large and the quality never better. Oats
is doing well, aud all is favorable for corn,
hay, tobacco, &c. OF fruit, there Will be
great abundance.
DEATH or VIM. r. SMITH, ESQ 1t be-
comes our painful duty to chronicle the
death of MI. VIM. X. Smith, at his house,
in Scotland Neck, on Wednesday evening
last, and it is with no ordinary feeling Of
regret that we do so. lie died full Of hon
ors and of years at the advanced age of 70.
Roanoke NeWS. ..s.. .".
The Raleigh Sentinel says: On Monday,
Oscar w. Winters, young colGred man
about % years of age, was arraigncd before
| u. S. Commissioner Shaflcr, charged with
obtaining money on postoiice order by
means of Il forged signature. The evidence
being pretty strong against Oscar, he was
bound over in bond Of 500, which lie
succeeded in giving.
The BdltinOred1t says: Colonel John
r. johnston has returned from his South
| ern tour after an absence Of several
months, and resumed the duties of his pro-
| fcssiOn. He has already under way several
very beautiful landscape pieces. He will
| first fill an order furnished by philadcl-
| phia gentleman for ten paintings, and ihen
| commence one, from a gentleman at Char
| lotte, Y. G.. This latter will include six
| very beautiful and romantic rural scenes.
LITTLE RIVER ACADFNIY.-Thc exami-
| nation and closing exercises of this school
will take place on the goth and 2lst inst
The address will be delivered by E. w.
| Kerr, ESQ.,, of Clinton. Mr.. Kerr recently
| deliveredsthe address at the commencement
| Of the GOldsbOro' Female College. lie is
a young lawyer, and fine speaker. There
| viii be large assembly of young and Old
on The OccasiOn.-Fayrttcvillc EHyIc.
The StatcsvilIc TntclTgc11ccr says We
are in receipt Of a communication from DR..
T.. Il. Cook, of Wilkes county, stating That
it will be impossible for him TO accept the
Senatorial nomination Of this District, but
that Mr.. Phincas Horton, who was relieved
of disabilities by the late amnesty bill, has
declared himself q candidate.
The Charlotte Southern uOuc says
Our exchanges from all parts Of the South
tell of the splendid crop Of wheat. Gen.
| VIM. Ncel, of this county, who las been a
farmer for tifty-three years and the owner
OF merchant Touring mill for forty years,
says that there have been some larger
| yields in this section, but the quality is ST.
| perior to any he has ever known.
The Salisbury TriJ1nc saws Mr.. Sam'l
Reeves, one of Rowan coltnty's best farm
| ers, owns beautiful and r0ductive farm,
| part OF which is in full view Of our CITY,
| He showed us a head of wheat cut from
| field of nine acres-an average head--cOn-
tanning 60 grains of the best wheat we have
ever seen. The nine acres turned out 400
twelve binc shocks. The wheat crop in
| this county is believed to be an average
one, and some crops are the best perhaps
| ever known in quality.
The Raleigh Nous says We were
shown yesterday by Chas. f. johnson, Jr.,
Law of England, by Edmund Wingate, of
Grays lime, Esq" published in London.
in the year 1862. 1t was found by Mr..
johnson in the library Of his grand father,
the late Judge Iredell It's Typographical
appearance, though ancient in style, is
neat, and displays first class workmanship
IL It's execution.
STOLEN TOBACCO-TwO RADICAL, OF
FICIALS IMPLICATED.-Mr. j. II. Noel
wee, a tobacco manufacturer Of this place,
on going to his factory OH Thursday last
discovered that it lad been entered the
night previous, and some four boxes of
tobacco, with quite a lot of smoking tobac-
co gone. From certain indications, suspic-
ions We're aroused against one of the en-
ployees as being moro or less implicated,
and on Friday last he made a full comics.
sion as to the thieves, stating at the same
time that j. Il. ScheT Elk colOred, who is
United States Mail Agent on the 4. Il. Il
.. Railroad, and also one of the Rallical
Aldermen of the city of Charlotte, was to
take it, sell it, and divide profits. a war
rant was obtained and the mail car search
ed and the tobacco was found in Scliencils
possession. IN default of bail, he was ful-
~ committed for trial. The other thieves
are still 1T large.-Statesvillc Iltelliqcnccr.
LETTER FROM NORTH CAROLINA
THREE Federal OFFICE-HoLDERS-
GOOD PAY AND NOTHING TO Do-JUDGE
E.-GrecnSboro', ". e., Tlt1e 1871,
1S72.-EditOr of the Washington Patriot
During the time l have taken your paper
have never seen any allusion to the new
assistant assessors appointed in this State
by the Commissioners of Internal Revenue
during last summer. There are three in