Wilmington journal., 1873-07-25
STATE NEWS.

A first class tailor is wanted at Wei
don.
-Four prisoners esca,ed from the
Asheville jail last Saturday night.
Capt. Woodson, Of the Raleigh
News, has joined the Friends Of Tenn
| perance.
Berry, the notorious revenue detec-
tive at Raleigh, has been superseded
by A. III. Crane, of Virginia.
The Raleigh Sentinel saws: We
| are informed that the United States
troops stationed at Charlotte have re-
ceived marching orders" They will
proceed to some point turther South.
We learn from the Lincoln Progress
that the store of Mr.. l.. ID. Black, ut
| Cherryvillc, was burned by an incen-
| diar.y on the morning of the 10th inst
Loss between s., 900 and So, GOO and 40
| insurance.
The Ashevillc ExpOsitor says At
| the examination Of the candidates for
| West Point, on last Monday, W. NJ.
Cash, Of Bunccmbc county, received
the appointments. A[r. Cash is said to
| be Il young man Of more than ordinary
promise and capacity.
| The Raleigh News says W. u.
Cooke, Esq, is engaged III making Il
| thorough revision and correction of
| the map of the StatG, and to obtain
| the necessary information he has al
! dressed letters to the Registers of
Deeds iii the several counties, with q
| tracing of each county.
A special to the Petersburg Appeal.
from High Point, dated on Friday
| says The handle factory nj High
Point, n. c., together WITT about one
thousand dollars worth OF handles, WAS
burned on yesterday. The entire loss
is from fifteen to sixteen thousand dol
lars insurance five thousand dollars.
The Ashevillc Pioneer says On
Tuesday last the body OF Caroline
Cooper, colored, WAS found floating in
Cane Greek, near the residence of Wild
ow Young, twelve or fourteen miles
from this place. 1t is not known how
she was drowned, theCoronerH inves-
tigation failing to throw any light on
the subject. She was last seen alive
OH Monday.
The Raleigh News says Two peti-
tions were received ut the Governors
office yesterday, one from the citizens
of Beaufort county, and the ether from
the citizens of Craven, asking the com
mutation of the death sentence of
Hardy Jones, an old colored man, con-
vlcted OF murder, to imprisonment for
life. The petition is largely signed by
the most prominent citizens of the two
counties.
The Raleigh News says: We ale glad
to learn that Hon. NJ w. Ransom has
accepted all invitation to deliver the
annual address at the Fair Of the
Roanoke and Tar River Association,
which is to be held at Weldon in Octo-
Der next, on the 2Sth, Goth, Both and
31st. The powers OF this distinguish
ed North CarOlinian as an orator are
too well known by the people of this
State to require word of compliment
| at our hands. All will join us in say
ing that the Executive Committee
could not have made more Il cept-
able selection.
At the annual meeting of the Stock
holders of the Raleigh and Augusta
Airline Railroad, held in Raleigh,
on Friday, the following named gen
| tlemen were unanimously elected a
year: DIR. w. J. Hawkins, p. G. Cam
ter Clarke, Geo. w. Grice, J. B. Batch
elor and Col. Geo. Little. By this Board,
afterwards, DIR. WI. Hawkins was elect
ed President; Capt. A. b. Andrews,
Superintendent; w. w. Vass, Treasu-
rer; J. B. Gayle, Master Machinist :;
H. P. Guess, Road Master. The road
is reported as being in excellent con-
dition, and increasing rapidly in i'm
portance and its business, the receipts
as compared with the previous year
being 25 per cent. greater. All this
we learn from the Raleigh News.
The following, from a correspondence
of the Petersburg (Va) Index, from
this State, tells how Capt. John H.
Thorp, one of the proprietors of the
Rocky Mount Mail, had piece of good
luck:
"Joel Wells, Esq, a well known far
mer of Nash, who has turned the globe
for sixty-five years, died on Monday.
He had many relations near and re-
mote, but he disinherited them all.
They are very poor and destitute. He
left the bulk of his property to Capt.
j. III. Thorp, an eminent young lawyer
of Rocky Mount, who is not related, in
anywise, to the old man, but who has
been his attorney in all his business
matters, which were few. No worth
ler man, nor more deserving
of the needy relations have
fallen heir to such good luck. The
devise will amount to So 900 or 81 900.