Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-10-11

Scuppernongs abundant in Raleigh at 10
cents quart.
RALEIGH opens its Skating rink next
Friday.
In to this time some 60 persons have
Drofessed religion at the revival In the
Methodist church in Raleigh
The Ashevile Citizen says The grand
iurv of Buncombe county last week lndlct-
ed John Pool for libel, tor ciculatiug du-
ring the campaign the infamous document
sRead and Circulate"
TIE Newbern Journal Of Commerce
learns that the Directors OF the Atlantlc
North Carolina Railroad have appointed
Hon. g. r. Thomas as President pro tenn.
dnrino the illness of E. r. Stanley, Esq.
Within radius of about five miles from
Flat River Postoffice, Orange county, there
are sixteen men whose ages average more
tLan eighty years and six months. The
oldest is about ninetysix, and IS still an
industrious laborer in the field.
TIE Raleigh Meas says thai Captain
James d. HOLSTER, Foreman of the Ma
chine Shops of Separks, Hicks Il Co., Will
leave for st. Louis on Friday next to rep
resent the subdivision of North Carolina
in the National Convention Of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers.
| The Raleigh Sentinel says Mr.. Samuel
| Mangum, of Orange county, recently lost a
! fine barn Of tobacco, which was nearly
! cured, by carrying in torch during the
| night to examine the thermometer. On
the 10th ult., Col. Il. +. Webb had barn
containing 5000 pounds Of fine tobacco
consumed. 1t is not known whether it
was accidental or incendiary. There was
partial insurance.
The Raleigh Sentinel says The object
| of the recent gathering of Radical politi
clans in this city has just been disclosed
They have been discussing the practica
biIitv of stealing the molasses out Of {
ginger cake. If it can be done they vii
dot.
At the meeting of the stockholders o
the Raleigh q CASTOR Railroad, held IL
Raleigh, on Thursday, j. b. Bachelor
Esq, Col Walter Clark, Col. George Lit
tie, P. c. Cameron, ESD, Maj. q. w
Grice and Capt. w. W. Chamberlain were
chosen Directors, and DR.. W. j. HaWkln
was unanimously reelected President o
the Road. The amendments recent.
made to the charter were accepted, and !
resolution was adopted empowering thu
Directors of the rad to issue bonds TO
extending the Raleigh and Augusta A:
Line Railroad to a junction with the VIII
mington, Charlotte u Rutherford Railroad
Rev. J. w. Logan, who died at Sarato
ga, on Tuesday, was one OF the SIX Blsh'
OPS of the African Methodist EpiscOpa
Church. He was born in North Carolin;
about the year 1910, Of slave parents. H|
ran away from lis master to Casada Whel
about twenty years old, and during the an
. ti-slavery agitation labOred with Germ
Smith, Lewis Tappan, Peter Putnam anC
other philanthropists in aiding slaves t
cscape to Canada. Meanwhile he was con
verted, aud by hard work became a read.
and intelligent preacher, and at last, abOu
, four wears ago, was made Bishop. lie
, had lived in Syracuse for the last twenty
, five wears. His wife was dead, but he lef
several children.
The Raleigh News says that DIR. Men
: ringer. Secretary of State, in the abSenc
} of any special law, bearing upon the Pres
Dental election, has deemed it advisable t
obtain the views Of prominent legal ger
tlemen of both political parties with a vieN
> of obtaining uniformity of action in eleC
;, ton returns, at the several precinct
, throughout the State. In the opinion {
. these gentlemen the Sd Section Of Chapte
, -, Laws of 1868, is still in force, to wit
This election shall be conducted all
the returns made as nearly as may be d
: rected in relation to election of State o
, fcars and representatives. i'll Congress-, eN
cept as herein otherwise expressed"
In this view the law OF 1872, chaptt
: 1SJ, is applicable to the election as far ;
may be. Dates which in this law are de
icnatcd for the State election should
u approximated in the ensuing one. Regi
/ tration should begin at once in accOrdan
Il with sections 6, and of the Act of 1S7