Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-03-22
State News.
Turpcntine scarce in Fayetteville

talked OF III ray etteVlIIe. ~azH -sas1 7a.FAts
Cumberland county is to have = nunber
Of now turpcntine distillcries.
Superior Court for johnson county, con-
venes at Smithfield, on Monday, March
2Sth.
Superior Court for Bladsn is i'll session
this week. Cases OF larceny against ne
otoes crowd the criminal Giocket.
We learn from the Eagle that the Cape
Fear has been very high for the past few
days, and that much Of the low ground is
oveTffoWcd.
Mr.. Hardy G.. Parker, 4 well known cit
izen of Pitt county, aged about 65 years,
died suddedly of heart disease in TaTboro
on Monday last.
Duplin county young men are to have
grand tournament at kenansyillo at an
early day. A $3.50 horse will be the prize
for the successful Knight.
Kerr Craig, Esq, is formally spoken of
as n candidate to represent Rowan county,
i'll the ne xt I4egislatur Salisbury Era77,-
i1,er.
We learn thatsthe steamer Casweil will
commence her regular trips between New
bern and kinston about the first of April
next. The boat is expected to arrive at
kln5tOn III the course Of another week.
The Conservatives of Franklin county
recommend Hon. a. S. Merrimon for Gov
ernor; General W. r. Cox, for Lieutenant
Governor, and Capt. Joseph ]. Davis for
Congress.
There was to have been a marriage in
Wayne county last week between a youth
full Quaker of some 81 Winters, and a fair
daughter of Wayne with the withered
! bloom OF some T6 Summers upon her once
fair checks. The bridegroom, however,
changed ms mind and failed to come to
time.
P.Of. w. j. Palmer, former Superin-
tendent of our State Asylum for the Deaf
| and Dumb and the Blind, left Raleigh
Wednesday, where he has been on a visit,
for the scene Of his duties in Belleviue,
! Canada.
On the night OF Wednesday of last week.
says the Goldsboro Messenger, some
scoundrel entered the stables of Nlr. Her
ring, of DUplin county, residing some six
miles from Warsaw, and cut the throat Of
a fine horse.
Wayne Superior Court, Judge Clark
presiding, is i'll session this week. There
are about 1870 cases on the State docket,
/ and this number is being daily augmented
; a
against Stephen Banield (cOlOred) for
murder. and the trial set for Thursday
j next.
Mrs. Mary Ann Bringers, OF Edgecombe
county, desires information Of lcr scn,
William Aaron Bridgers, his Whereabouts,
condition, &c, that she may relieve him if
in need. He left her about a year ago
without any intimation Of his destination.
! His mother is in great distress in regard -
him, asks Of the newspapers of the country
an insertion Of this uotlce.-T arioro
! .S0utheJ7lcI.
Our or DEET.-The taxpayers of
/ EdgecOmbe will be glad to learn, upon the
authority Of the late Sheriff, Battle Bryan,
/ that the county is now practically out Of
debt-that is, so far as the general fund is
/ concerned.
/ The only balance that remains has been
contracted since the beginning OF 1872, and
/ that, he informs us, win not amount to
much. he having already taken up most Of
/ the tiailus.-S0utheTac3.
f, ARRIVAL OF CoUNTERFEITERs.-
counterfeiteIs, Dennis and Andrew Fur
! gersOn. who were arrested in MccklenbuIg
! county, the latter part of last week arrived
! in this city yesterday morning under
! charge Of Deputy United States Masshal,
! j. G. Hester, and were committed to Jail.
! These men were arrested by citizens of the
! above named county, taken to Charlotte
! nd placed in the custody Of Hester, and
i OH beng examined by United States Conf
missioner Aarens ofthat city were reIt@ nd
| ed to Jail in default of S. 900 bail. Why
! they should have been brought here we &c
not know, and have not been informed. The
+ accused, when captured. were driving a
/ wagon through the county peddling to-
! baccO, and had in their possession quite a
large number Of Ilnstamped boxes of to-
! bac %. They were also engaged in playing
tn part of horse drovers, and had drove
along with them when overtaken. About
| $1,000 of the ''queer'' was found upon their
person. We have seen one of their $20
| bills on the Merchants National Bank Of
the city of New York, which is a very
! coarse and badly executed affair. The
wagon, horses, tobacco, &c, taken, are, we
suppose i'll the possession of the proper au-
! thorities--Raleigh Sentinel.
! CHILD STOLEN AND FOUND.-Saturday
last, as we learn from the Raleigh Ne1cS,
the town of Oxford was thrown into great
CONSERVATION by the sudden and mysteri-
Ous disappearance of little Tommy, the son
Of Captain Henry \. Taylor one Of the
most prominent citizens OF Granville coun-
ty. The little boy was only eight years old.
1t soon began to be suspected that the
child had been abducted by one Newton,
: who had been at work FOR Mr. Taylor.
Capt. A. Z. Spencer as dispatched in
search OF the lost child. Arriving in Raj
eigh on Monday, he soon discovered the
little wanderer OH Fayetteville street. Tom
my stated that Newton had promised to
bring him TO a great city where he could
always get plenty of money, and held out
other inducements to him. Newton has
been bound over to Court.
We learn that the anxious suspense and
heartfelt anguish CT the parents at the loss
OF their darling boy, was beyond all de-
scriptiO1, and the entire community, in
sharing their unhappy atf1lction, assisted
with all their might and main the recovery
of the lost child. The happy news that
'sthe lost is found" was telegrapEed to the
distressed parents; and the little boy was
restored on Tuesday to his nearly heart
broken mother, who is now confined to her
bed, and bordering on deliriuu, from the
painful a1aiction sustained in this distress
sing domestic calamity.
DEATH OF Col. JOHN ALEXANDER
RowLAND.-It becomes our painful duty
to announce to our readers the death OF
our tOwnslnan. whose name heads this par
aeraph. Yes, Col. Rowland is no more
lie died at his residence i'll this town on
Monday night last, in the 57th year Of his
age.
Col. Rowland filed Ii, ny positions OF
honor and trust, always with credit to him.
self and satisfaction to the people who re-
posed great confidence in him. In lS4S, he
represented the Senatorial district composed
of the counties of Robson and Richmond,