Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-21
STATE NEWS.
7. D. ReinbotE1 has been appointed
of AffiIavits for North
aTo,ina resident at PHILADELPHIA.

T. D. Esinboth has been appointed
of Affiiavits for North
Carolina, resident at Philadelphia.
lIessrs. S. P. Smith, T. A. NcNinch
aud ". III. II Houston are severally
spoken of for the Mayoralty OF Char
lotte.
Emei;ne Shuford, colored, was SEN
fenced at Catawba Court to be hung
for child murder. An appeal, however,
was granted.
Mr. Fuller, the talented young North
Carolina poet, intimates in the preface
to the second edition of The ANGEL IN |
THE CLOUD, that he has in PREPARATION |
a novel.
Mrs. Charity Mangum, rehct of the |
late Hon. Willie P. Mangum, died at |
Walnut Grove, on Flat River, in Or |
ange county, on last Saturday night, |
the 18th inst.
Rev. DR.. Pritchard, of the Baptist
church in Raleigh, announced on Sun
day, that there would be q revival meet
ing there every night this week. Rev. J.
3. Huffman will conduct the exercises.
The Raleigh News says: a miniature
representative of st. Patrick put In an
appearance early yesterday morning,
at the house of one of our State offi-
Gals. He weighed Is pounds. He
will be called Patrick.
The Raleigh Sentinel says The
agitation for a cotton warehouse here,
to be under the control of the city,
with city weigher of cotton, is re-
started and that the cost for weigh
ing each bale be five cents only.
| John NJ. Coffin. Esq, of Salisbury,
; has been appointed on the Board of
Directors of the penitentiary, rice
! Gen. Alfred Dockery, of Richmond
| county, resigned. Mr.. Coffin has sig
nifed his acceptance of the position.
! The Charlotte Southern Home says:
Rev. P n. Dalton has accepted the
General Agency to raise S1OO, 900 for
the permanent endowment of Davidson
College. Reverends Mack and Rum
Pile will labor in particular fields Ill the
same cause.
The Charlotte Democrat says: At Il
ball of the co1ored people in the third
ward last week, the company was I'M
tremendously broken up by all hands
taking fits of sneezing and coughing.
Some one of the company, or an IN
truder, who was opposed tn dancing
or opposed to disturbing the quiet
people of the neighborhood, sprinkled
Il quantity of powdered rel pepper on
the floor 1t had the effect of vacatinS
the house in /, few minutes. a hint
TO the wise.' &c.
The Charlotte Democrat says Col.
Sage. the energetic Superintendent
aud Engineer of the Atlanta and Rich
,m"od Airline Railway. LEFT Green
=. vile, S. G., al o'clock \. NJ, on
Wednesday, morning last, and arrived
ia Charlotte at L. NJ. same dny-~l2
lrouri; from Gceenville TO Charlotte,
and the road not yet entirely com
DlctcI between the two points. BY
June or July, if nothing unforeseen
: prevents. ali-raiI communication vii
-" established between Atlanta and
Charlotte.
The Charlotte Democrat says One
p. i.ol.,t4 i. t!li7 c;1y shipped four hundred
bags of euano m the Air-Li"a Road OF
: "Wednesday morning last. On the same
! road were shipped to this place las
week several hundred bags of cotton
> All OF which formerly went to tile Col
: umhi. or some other South Carolin;
market. Besides the $500, 900 in mono.
spent in this community in building
,. the Airline Road, a vast trade h:l
been opened MP with a region hereto
. fore unknown TO Charlotte. anOuntin,
: to hundreds OF thousands OF dollars
= wear.
s The Charlotte Southern Homo says
= Mr.. William hiilian, who was killed il
: CASTOR county, by :, saw-iog, was on
i of the braveet and trllest Of our Con
Il federate sold ers. He went into tn
:: war at tie beginning and did not com
home during the whole four years O
Il bloody contest. He was III twenty
n three battles and was twice wounded
: but he ubked not for furlough, Wen
q to Virginia hospital and soon q
g he could march, was again at the front
He was sober and Industrious, but a
o he owned no land. and had a CROWN
$ family on his hands, he leaves q wido'
/ and three little children in a destitut
|, condition. Their case appeals strongl
!, TO the sylnpatnies OF all, who hav
= hearts to appreciate true manhood.
n The Raleigh News says: The Con
It missioners appointed by the Geners
:, Assembly II act CONFORMITY with til
=. Commissioners appointed by Judg
/ Dick, of the U. S. Circuit Court, t
i arbitrate and settle the matters pend
|. ing i'll said Court, wherein Hiram Sill
Sc ley and others are plaintiffs agalns
IL the Western y. G. r. r. Co., hav
@ been requested by his Lxcellency
/ Coy. Caldwell, to meet at the Execr
g tive office in this city on the secon
day of next month The Commission
ers appointed by the Legislature ar
Gov. Caldwell, Hon Geo. Davis
Is Judge Manly, Hon. J. H. Wilson an
Is Col W. l.. Steele, and those on tn
% part Of the Court are Hon. B. :
a Gather and Col. Marcus Erwin.
l. Marshal s. F. Carrow, if measure
,e by party service, says the Petersbtu
g. Index, might have expected PROMOTE
1T instead of degradation. Col. Carro'
1T is the man who manipulated the Firs
It North Carolina Congressional Distric
G. His dexterity and activity eiecte
,e Cobb and the Republican Legislatiy
at candidates. President Grant has d
j. yidel the State into two Marsllal Iii:
" tricts. This necessitated the appoint
ment of United States Marshal fc
t the Western District Col. r. y
<. Douglass, late private Secretary to th
IF President, now shares the honors an
20 divides tho spoils.
Mans inhumanity to man make
J. countless thousands mourn.
DIR. n. J. Pittman. one of the leat
!, ing physicians of North Carolina, say
, the Tarboro Enquirer, with fe
. guperiors III the South in regard t
medical knowledge, aud ripe intelle'
tual requirements, has been Urgent
he rendered the chair of Surgery in til
n Colleg, Of Physicians and Surgeons {
4 Baltimore, which has been vacated b
te the resignation of Prof. Edward Wal
Of rem, in order to accept a position q
IS Surgeon to the khedive of Egyp
N This is the second offer which d.
N Pittman has received to fill this chail
e. having also been offered a professor
ship in colleges in Cincinnati. Ricl
Il nond and Charleston. This is an CIV
II dence of the estimation in which he
+ held by the profession at large. "
fI-,I to II.