Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-11-15

Mr.. w. T. JONES S, a former res. dent OF
Aiken, where his parents at present reside.
was recently shot and instantly killed in
the town Of Baldwin, Miss.
The Marion Crescent says: On Friday,
the first day of this month, the gin house
of Philip NJ. Hamer, Esq. was burnt and
about 40 bales of cotton were destroy ed in
it. The fire was caused hy a match in
the cotton. Loss about s., 900.
Tho Charleston Republican says: A col
cred girl was Iun over on Monday morning
near the depot of the Columbia and Green
vile Railroad She had both legs cnt off
above the knees, and lived but few hours.
The child's name was Amy Dancel aged
about eight years.
The Columbia CarOlinian says: The gin
house Of Mr.. Edward Davenport, Of New
berry county. was burned on Tuesday
night last, and twenty one bll.'s Of cotton
consumed in tie building. IL was the
work of ali incendiary. On the Tuesday
previous, too, the kitchen Of Mr. Albert
81 earmar,, of JAlApa, Newberry county,
was burnt by ali iucendiary.
The Marion Crescent Says: The camp
meeting at Centenary, which began on tie
3 list ult., and ended Yesterday. one OF
unusual interest. The attendance MAS
very lar9e-nn Sunday reaching among
thousands. Much religious iheres'. was
evidenced and IA great deal of good Was
effected. Some 81 or 40 persons protested
conversion and about 20 were added TO the
church.
The Baptist State Convention will con-
vene at Darlington on Thursday, Novcm-
Der DIST. Rev. DIR. Winkler is to preach
the introductory Sermon, according TO the
oF t1,1 l1c
james G.. Fmman, DID, is to preach the
Missionary Sermon. Churches and Assoc
Citations are requested to send up theli
contributions for printing the minutes OF
the Convention.
The Charleston Courier says: Mr.. Jas.
AbercrOmiP, Jr., only son uf the Rev. Mr..
Jas. Abercr0mic, Of the Episcopal Church
at Lockport, New \ ok. died at Aiken, S.
g., on Saturday last. The deceased bad
recently graduated with high dis motion, al
Hobart College, Geneva, ami at the time
Of his death was a candidate for tie holy
calling of his father. He had been brought
to Aiken by his father for the benefit ct his
health.
The Edeefield Advertiser says Cover
nor Scott has pardoned Harvin NandiVer,
of Anderson county, who was recently
sentenced by Judge Orr TO he hung IN
January next, for being with one Daven-
port, of the same comfy, engaged III the
murder Of Young man named Meeks, in
1860. VandiVer is upwards of 70 years OF
age, and has bee. Il Baptist minister. lie is
respectfully connected, AMI his father was
Il revolutionary soldier. 1t is not generally
believed in the community where the lnuI-
der was committed, that Vandiver planned
the crime or directly participated i'll it.
Fraser, Esq, had his gin house, located
about ten miles from this place, AID con-
tanning three bales Of cotton, one of his
own and two belonging 10 colored men,
residing On his premises, completely des-
troyed by an accidental fire, on the night
Of Monday, he 4th il 5: ant, with all the
machinery and gearing attached 10 it.
There was no insurance on either the
building, machinery or cotton, and his loss
is about 500 outright. The gin house
was perfectly new his old one having been
burned two years ago, by the hand Of all
iuCendiary.
I he Marlboro Times says: We regret
to learn that Mr. hilip 81. IIamer, one Of
the most worthy citizens OF our county,
had his gin-hcuse burned on last Friday.
the LIST instant. There were about forty
bales Of cotton in it, all Of which was totally
lost except about ten bales. His loss was
about IS, 800. We Ire glad tn learn, how
ever, that about Onc-thir,i Of his crop was
not i'll the building destroyed, 7 lie fire
was purely accidental. as the man i'll charge
of the gin was reliable. 1t occurred about
) O'Clock p. NJ, while tie gin vas i'll OF
Grafton, and was caused either by a match
or by the friction Of The saws and lbs.
The Columbia PLu,nix learns foE a
IL * n n cit
day, the 9Th inst, ali account Of some high
handed measures which we're resOrted to
by 4 petty United states official, Marshal
MahOney, WHO went mp from Newberry,
accompanied by squad Of soldiers and
thirty six negroes, and visited the precinct
at Goshen Hill, in Union cnuoty. The SUI
peIv.sOrs Of election declined to allow the
negros to vote, but Mahoney swnre they
should vote, and vote they did. He also
compelled nearly all the colnIed voters ut
the precinct TO vote for Byron. Having
accomplished his object at Goshen Hill, he
Il fl four or five soldiers there, and proceed
ed TO Santuc, where the same measures
We're resOrted TO.
The Spartanburg Spartan says: On last
Thursday night Henry PeIiouf was stabbed
and killed 10y Mon gomery Bishop. The
unuldei occurred in front of the dwelling
of the murdered man, in the northern part
of this county. The particulars of the sad
affair, SO far as We have heard them, are
briefly these Mr.. Peho, was at the camp
Of a wagner, who had stopped in trout
of his house, and while there Montgomery
Bishop, with two Others, came down the
road and stopped at The camp. Bishop
was drunk. lie struck a little grandson
Of Fehoo-s, who was present, and threat
ened him with further violence, when Mr..
Pehoof did or said something which caus-
ed Bishop to stab him in the left breast, Of
which he died In a few minutes. MIR. Pc
hOOf was sober, and according to the infOr-
nation we have received, was attempting
to prevent Bishop from injurins his little
grandson. They were on good terms with
each other, and the sad occurrence, like
four-fitths of the murders that occur in the
land, is to be attributed alone to whisky.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE
The Charleston District Conference of
this church has just closed it's session,
which met at Cypress Camp ground, near
Ridgeville, S. &. The Rev. w. Z. Mouzon,
President /; Rev. j. j, Workman, Secre-
tary; Rev. e.. e.. FishbHrnr, assistant
During the S. ssion the allowing reports
were received. III churclI, being heard
from except Spring street church, Charles
ton. There are sixty-niLe churches i'm the.
district in which the Bible IS preached
regularly every Sabbath. The white men :
beers number four thousand one hundred
and sSty-seyen, the col red, one hundred
and sixty-fve, being an increase of four
hundred and twenty-five members, and
six hundred and one conversions are re-
Epolted.
The churches are in = fiOurishing cOndi-
ion, lit N-scVen Sunday Schools are at work
Xllic.l have two hundred and forty ,.tficers
and teachers, and number seventeen h,;n-