Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-05-16
Something Wrong somewhere.

delay IN receiving the JOURNAL. He
says that 1T is never received there
until it is week old, but intimates,
very plainly, that everyone believes
the fault to be in the mails. This.
aUe klaO'C, is the reason why the paper
is delayed. It is. or rather it should
be, put off at Rocky Point, bat, as that
Postof1ice is near the city, it may
be that the agent fails to get the mails
assorted by the time that the train
passes that point and therefore takes
it to Weldon, leaving it at Rocky
Point on his return. We beg the at
tention of Postmaster Brink to these
facts.
The Recent Sampson County ira
gedy-A 'ErucVersiOn of the Affair
as Related by one of the Jury.
On the I'd inst. We published short
and very imperfect account of the
killing of a colored man by the name
of Manner, near Taylor's Bridge, in
Sampson county, by Mr.. b. G.. Barden.
A correspondent, writing us from
Clinton and signing himself Juror, -
who was present at tie examination
into the affair as one of the jury of
inquest, and who must therefore know
lowing, as a corrected version of the
affair. He says:
My attention has been called to a
instant, giving an account of the diff
Guilty which occurred near Taylor S
Bridge, in Sampson county, between
Mr.. b. c. Barden and colored man
by the name of Manner, representing
Mr.. Barden as having accused Manner
of setting fire to the woods, from
which a difficulty sprang up, when the
negro shot at Mr.. Barden, who re-
turned the fire with a fatal result. -
You mistake in representing Mr.. Bar
den as having accused Manner of any
offence whatever and therefrom becom-
ing involvedin apersonal difficulty with
him. Mr.. Barden was simply acting
in discharge of his duty as public
officer, and had scarcely made known
the object of his mission, and the sub
stance of the warrant before he was
fired npon by Manner with almost a
fatal result. lis true Manner had been
charged with having set fire to the
woods, by warrant under the oath
and examination Of one Mr.. Boney, one
of the real sufferers by said fire, but
Mr.. Barden, being on friendly terms
with Manner, and having no private in
jury to avenge or personal feeling to
crafty, further than the faithful
discharge OF his duty as Il
public officer, demonstrated with Ma
ner even after having made a chair
breadth escape" of his life. Despite
Mr.. Barden's cntreaties, lie stubbornly
refused to submit to the mandate of
the law, but resisted to the bitter end,
having had his gun loaded a second
time, and presented to Mr.. Barden's
head, capped and half sprung, as he
made an entrance into the house, at
which time Mr. Barden, in the Enforce
ment of the law, and IN defence of his
own life, discharged the cont, MS of Il
gun which he had borrowed from one
of his posse, in the head of Manner,
thereby causing death. Such are the
facts as detailed on the inquisition.
Returned Home.
The Waccamaw Wrecking Company s
steamer ItI0ccuHa03c reached here on
Sunday night, from Cape Lookout,
where she had been to render assist =
ance to All Italian barqUe. We learn
from Mr.. Thos ID. Mearos, the Agent
Of the Company, who went on with the
steamer. that the name OF the barque
was Lofcn1O I'alcri&, mailing from
Genoa, Oneta, Master, bound from
Bull River, s. c., to London, with
S,021 tons phosphate. She was run
ashore on the Both OF April. leaking,
about fifteen miles north of Cape Look
out. The UIuccuna3c reached the
scene May tth. but the Captain being
in Beaufort, had to return to that
place. Ihe Captain refused to permit
any attempt to float the vessel or save
her cargo. stating that he had teie-
graphed the Italian Consul in New
York and would not act without IN
structions. On May Sth the Italian
underwriters agent arrived from New
York, and after conference with the
Captain, also declined any assistance,
although repeatedly assured that the
vessel could, III all probability, be
saved in good condition, and # not
saved, no expense would accrue to tie
underwriters When the UI0cc09lutc
left preparations were being made to
cut away the spars and tear up the
decks.
The barque is insured in foreign
companies for S26, 900.
laden with hides and logwood, went
ashore on May It'll, Is miles south OF
Ocracoke, but Immediately broke up.
Part of the cargo was gotten out on
the beach. The sea being high, they
were unable to effect a landing from
the UuccaneatC, and did not ascertain
the name of the vessel.
Bar and River Improvements.
WILMINGTON. N. c., 10Th May, 1873.
Col. UIn. l.. DcRossct, President q
tic CHanbc1' Of Commerce:
S1R:-On Friday. the 9th instant,
we made visit to the public works
for the improvement of our Harbor
on board the tug Jas. L. Easton, Capt
Learv, Capt Phillips, Assistant En-
eineer in charge of the works, being
on board.
Owing 20 a heavy tow of loaded
lighters down, and of empty ones up
the full tides both ways was required
to facilitate operations, consequently
no time was left us for anything like
an extended or thorough inspection O
the beach and it's surroundings. We
were, therefore, confined to an examl
| nation of the breakwater only, and it:
immediate surroundings.
| Since our last visit, on the 9th o
February reported on the 18th o
March), comprising a period OF tel
weeks, there has been about $50 fee
of foundation cribs placed in position
which aggregates about forty-fou
hundred feet (t,4O0) to its final termi
nus at the old jettee of rocks in from
of Zeke's Island. Of this 4, 400 feet
about 2, 500 feet only arewhat we cal
completely finished by covering will
plank. Work is rapidly progressin!
on the remaining 1,6O0 feet, a consid
cradle portion of which is at FIJI
height above high water, and th
balance in sections of five, three ant
two feet above low water, with fa1
prospect (without unforeseen disaster
of making full and final completlo
of the breakwater within the tiscs
year ending the last of June.
The beach and shoals in front ar
closing in upon the work III the mos
approved manner; in fact, we coul
I,orJIT Iiroct If better even if we ba