Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-06-06


The new Court House in Green's
boro' is being rapidly built. 1t will
be the handsomest and best arranged
building of the kind in the State.
The physicians and some of the citi-
Zens of La Grange section, Lenolr
county, are at war, the latter refuse to
pay the published professional fees OF
the first.
The recent rains did great damage
to the crops, and the farmers OF Pitt
county are very backward in their
blowing operations. Labor is also
very scarce.
The effort to- relieve the Farmers
and Mechanics Association OF its
financial embarrassment is successful,
and the Fair at GOldsboro' next Fall
will certainly be held.
The freshet in the Trent river last
week was greater than it has been
since 1866. Bear creek is also very
full. We hear of great damage to the
crops. bridges, fences &C., in Jones
county.
On account of the heavy rains in
Union county, says the Monroe Enqul-
rer, farmers are very backward with
their crops, and the grass is in the as
tendency, but we may yet hope that
they will be fine.
Col. Henry E. Cotton, formerly of
. this State, now agricultural editor OF
the New York Times, has accepted an
invitation to deliver an address at the
next county Fair of the OtOe county,
Nebraska, Horticultural Society in the
fall.
81 10
streets again, saws the Raleigh Senti-
mel, on yesterday, Hon. D. NJ Bar
ringer, who has been confined to his
room by severe illness for many days
past. Mr.. B. is rapidly recovering hi
wonted strength and vigor.
Miss Nancy Hilliard, of Chapel Hill,
was stricken down with paralysis one
day last week, and is speechless and
helpless; Many a man in and out 9,
North Carolina, once a rollicking youth
at Chapel Hill, and remembering Miss
Nancy as his landlady, will hear of this
with regret, and it will be painful to
all such to know that the good old lady
is in an utterly destitute condition al
the age of rs, with an invalid sister
and brother-in-law.
Mrs. A. J. Galloway, says the Colds
DOIo AhSSSttlSCI, itS 10 y
known, gives picnic in the beautiful
grove near her residence every year
upon which occasions large Numbers
of young people attend, and spend the
day happily. This most commendable
kindness has greatly endeared al
already deservedly popular lady ito the
hearts of the benefciaries. Her annua
picnic came off on Satusday last, ant
was the occasion of much enjoyment
to n large number.
We learn that W. H. Barker, OF
Onslow county, says the Raleigh
Sentinel, was, few days ago, ar
rested by authority of Gov. Caldwell
under a requisition of Gov. Dix, Of
New York, by Northern Deceive at a
point on the Wilmington & Weldon
Railroad, between Goldsboro' an6
Weldon, the charge against him being
that OF obtaining money under false
pretences. On reaching Washington
City, Mr.. Barker stepped out mo-
ment and the detective anxiously
awaits his return.
The Raleigh News says: The stock
holders of the n. c. Fertilizing Com
pany met at the Humphrey House in
Goldsboro, Thursday afternoon, some
sixty being present, and some seventy
shares being represented by proxy.
The counties of Wake, Granville,
Franklin, Warren, Halifax, NOrthamp-
ton, Nash, Edgecombe, Wilson, Wayne,
Greene, Dupln, Sampson, New Han
over, Johnson and Cumberland had
delegates present. Goldsboro was Sc
lected as the site of the manufactory,
but permanent organization will not
be had until after twenty-one days no.
tice is given.
The Status OF Longstreet liz LOUIS
DR.. Redtield's Oh. r. RI New Or
leans Letter i'll Cincinnati Commercial.
General LOngstreet is the commander
of the Kellogg forces III Louisiana:
These 'sforces" consist of a battery
of artillery, few companies of
militia, the Metropolitan police of
this city, and seventy-five cavalry The
other day l saw an order from Kellogg
to Longstreet directing him to hold
his forces well in hand, and in case of
riotous demonstrations and collections
of mobs to ''open fire at once" You
can imagine that the position of Long
street is one Of some difficulty to man
of sensitive nature. He is the worst
abused man i'll Louisiana, always ex-
ceptlng Kellogg. ''Our best citizens
refuse to speak to him ladies draw
their skirts to one side in passing him
upon the streets, as if he was a
leper. In the eyes of the aristoc-
racy he has sunk too low to
be noticed. In the public meet
lngs here he is denounced as traitor.
renegade, a black-hearted deserter of
his people, and i'll fact every epithet IS
thrown at him that malice can paint or
ingenuity invent. But none of this
provOkes response from Longstreet.
He goes his way, courageous but sad,
turning neither to the right nor the
left, and paying no attention to the
mud thrown at him. This logged 81
lence and impenetrable skin only
provoke his enemies to new attacks.
But he still says nothing, makes no
replies, kicks back not at all. He is,
indeed, a sort of animat1d mystery to
the people of Louisiana. They re-
member his great war record, his ser
vices for sthe South on a hundred
hard fought battle fields, but as the
commander of Kellogg's militia they
fail to understand him.