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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-05-30
THE TORCH OF SHERMAN.
hsr!s sri. the Responsibility fOr the
kSUrERiEaS Gf Columbia.

A Washington letter to the Baltimore
Sun says :
The question as TO who is responsible
for the burning Of Columbia, having
been revived by some of the recent
testimony before the British-American
Claims Commission has of late formed
quite prominent topic of discussion
in military and other circles. In mill
tary circles particularly considerable
feeling has been displayed, and some
of the criticisms which have been
passed upon the Federal commanders
has not been of the most amiable char
acter. Military officers are like other
people in some respects, and are apt
to forget ater the lapse OF years what
they may have sail a,ld done when
under the excitement and resentment
engendered by armed conflict. 1t is
thus perhaps not to be wondered
at that the military officers here
who are charged to be responsible
for the partial destruction of
that beautiful city, deny it with so
much bitterness. The testimony be-
fore the commission pointing to the
Federal troops rs the parties who fired
the city is corrOborated by the late
James l.. Orr, who, in letter write n
from this city last winter, distinctly
states that he heard General Howard
say that "the city was burned by the
United States troops" and that he
(HowarO saw them fire many houses.
A statement has just been forwarded
here from Mr. Fallieant, citizen of
Savannah. Mr.. Falligant asserts pos
itively that Gen. John E. Smith, who
commanded a division of Sherman's
army, said to him the night before
Sherman's army left Savannah, ''that
when they got into South Carolina the
officers would shut their eyes and let
the men do what they pleased" and
that "thev were going straight to Co
lllmbia and lay the d-n place in ashes.
1t is to be regretted that this dislu ute
should have been started, but there
seems disposition now on both sides,
which is perhaps best, that the ques-
tioE of responsibility shall now be set
tied beyond any further controversy.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-05-30
HORRIBLE DEATH,
Esnngin2 Of Levi SO,sis iOr the tlnr-
der 0f No:ll, SnttOn at Marion
Yesterday -sEc - Literally Strnus-
led to Death.

Levi SOuls, who killed Noah Sutton,
both white men, in Marion county in
February last, was hanged yesterday
The two men We're employed as fiat
hands on the Pee Dee River, and the
testimony was that all hands on board
had been freely drinking, Souls draw
ing a pistol, under drunken excite
ment, discharged it towards house
on the river bank. Sutton remOn-
strated with him against this action,
being less reckless or more sober than
ms companion, who, provoked at the
interference, fred upon Sutton, kill
ing him instantly. The murderer
VAS promptly arrested and brought
to trial ut ONCE before the Court
then in session, convicted and sen
fenced to be hung on the 18th of the
present month. He was, however, re-
spitcd until the ODD, by the
Governor of the State, when the sen
tence of the Court was duly put into
execution.
Souls, as described to us, is man
evidently lacking in intellect. His
record is bad one and he has led the
life most genera 1y, of n common va
grant and been indulged with previ-
ous jail experience. In appearing upon
the gallows, he presented n thin and
worn look with indications that life
could not be long spared him even if
the gallows was cheated of It's prey.
| His own statement of the affair was
that he was drunk and could not re-
member committing the act. On the
scaffold he expressed penitence and re-
pentance, and the hope of eternal sal
vation. He is only a very ignorant
man, of whom it is reasonable to doubt
whether he comprehended fully his
crime. His demeanor was aitogethe,
stoical, and he appeared wholly unim-
pressed. At Is minutes past 1 O'Clock,
the drop fell and then ensued har.
rowing and distressing scene His
neck was not broken by the fall, and
he died from slow and painful
strangulation or apoplexy, His
breathing was loud and hoarse, like 6
person snoring, and his body, in eX
cess of torture, was swayed and swung
frightfully to and fro through a space
of several feet. It was dreadful tt
witness. His more violent struggle:
continued for fully six minutes, ant
there were evidences of life for eleve;
minutes. Poor and unfortunat
wretch! pity alone must enshroud hi
MT m Dry.
There was large concourse present
. probably ], 800 people, all told.-Dzit
Journal, Goth.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-05-30
An Arkansas E'cut. -'slc z.sIs1 va
Member eY q Family Ni!:c5-.

We are informed by Il gentleman
direct from Polk county, says the lot
Springs, Arkansas, Courier, that John
FlVnn, the last male member OF the
family, is killed. 1t will be recoilectcd
that abont one year aGoa trouble arose
between the WymbeIlys and Flynns
about n horse race that IS one OF the
Wymberly's whipped oneof the Tlynns
At the race, and the next day two OF
the Elynns-father and son, the former
an ex-sheriff and the latter then acting
sheriff-went to Wymberly's house and
shot at Wymberly. Wymbcrly returned
the fire and succeeded i'll killing both
of them. Blackwell, a sOn-in-law
of FLYNN, ST., then took ont letters of
administration on his fathcr-in-iaW S
estate, and the FIynns were opposed
to his selling the property, and shct
Blackwell. The Flynns were then az
rested and one cf them imprisoncd,
while the other proved an ni5|i, but
was shot rs he was coming out of the
| courthouse. John Flynn, the last
one, broke jail about Christmas, and
had been lying around and making
| trips back and forth i'll the Indian
Nation On Saturday last they heard
of his being in the neighborhood, and
procured a warrant for his arrest and
went in search of him. They came
upon him about daylight last Sunday
morning. He drew his weapon ano
made fight, and then the posse fire.
upon him. shooting him through the
BODY and through the head.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-05-30
VOL. %.

and for long public service, we cannot
refrain, as doubtless the people of
Louisiana Will not, from contrasting
the estimate Mr.. Stephens seems to
place upon the value Of his presence
III the American Congress-, with the
estimate his colleagues and the public
generally will place thereon. The diff
ference is SO great that the idea
presents almost mdicrous aspects. Il
is just possible that Mr.. Stephens may
he in his seat Il whole session without
getting a hearing. How the mighty
have fallen
Mr. Stephens is one OF those men
who have come down to us from Il
former generation. Respect for the
past, to say nothing Of the present,
forbids rs to say that "superiiuous
lags the veteran upon the stage" Yet
respect for the truth pc ormits, il it does
not compel us, to say that great as Ny.
Stephens was i'll former Congresses,
in the present American Congress there
will be few 90 so poor to do him revcr-
encc;' and it may be well for Mr..
Stephens to remember this fact. II he
were to do this, and also TO remember
the infrmities of men rapidly ap-
preaching the age Of threascOre years
and ten, he would possibly be 'eSs pro-
nounced, not to say dictator!al and
pompous, i'll the maintenance and
utterance of his opinions.
With all due respect, We must say
that it seems very much like child's
play, to talk about curing the evils of
radical Federal usurpatiOnin Louisiana
by an attempt on the part OF Demo-
cratic Georgia Congressman not yet
sworn i'll, to impeach and convict a
radical Federal Judge before a Radical
Federal Congress. The true man to
impeach, convict and oust from office
is President Grant To do that would
be to accomplish q feat worthy Of the
great Georgian in his palmiest days.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-05-30
AFTERNOON SESSION.

The Convention met at 2 o'clock, DIR.
Whitehead in the Chair.
The hour having arrived for the
discussion of the treatment of acute IN
t,rnal infammations, by Drs. Satchwell
and Norcom, the former led Off IN
speech of two hours, in reply to the
speech of DR.. Norcom at Newbern last
year. DIR. S. made quite an assault on
Drs. Anstie and Gaillard, for their
severe attack on his paper, written III
1870, after which he advocated, at
great length, the principles of anilphlo-
CYSTIC medicine.
DR.. Norcom, in reply, defended the
| reviewers above named, denounced
antiphlog;stic and defended the doc
trines of restorative medicine. The
latter, he said, was too ably advocated
by DIR. Wood, the orator, and by the
President also in his able and eloquent
address.
The efforts of both gentlemen were
spoken of by the Society IN the highes'
complimentary terms, and notwith
standing the greatlength of time occu
pied in the discussion they elected th'
undivided attention of the members
We would be pleased to give a mor'
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-05-30
RETROACTIVE EHSNESEEAD
EtN.

JUDGE TOurGcc has announced his
intention to be governed by the decis-
ion Of the Supreme Conrt Of the United
States in the case, from Georgia, of Nc
Gum VS.. Barry This is the case of
the retroactive homestead law, in which
.l.g plea III. I..st,.o that Congress- had
approved OF the Constitution of Geor-
gia, and the answer returned by the
Supreme Court that Congress could
not render valid an unconstitutional
State law. We copy from the Hills
boro' Rccordrr the following account
of Judge Tourgec's proceedings
HoMEsTEaD- During the recent
term of the Superior Court for this
county an application was made thro'
counsel for an order upon the sheriff of
Alamance county to execute process for
the collection of Il debt contracted
prior to July, 1863, by selling the
homesteads of the defendants named in
the execution. Judge Tourgee re-
marked that he was not disposed to
grant any special order or 1natlanltts,
as the sheriff had an execution i'll his
hands, which was an order of the court
to sell and make the money. Itwas urged
that the sheriff, while disposed to do
his duty, was doubtful as to the prop
erty now exempt from execution, and
had been advised that he couldnot sell
the property claimed as homestead,
| and would be liable to Indictment for
50 doing until a case had been made ~
and carried to the Supreme Court oI
this State, and the decisions of that
court altered to conform to the decis-
| ions of the Supreme Court of the
United States in McGunn vs.. Barry
Judge Tourgee remarked that as the
decisions of the latter court were the
supreme law of the land it was not he
cessary that they should be reaffirmed
by the court of our State to make then
applicable here. Tint all person:
were bound to take not-ce of them an6
discharge their dlty in accordance
Herewith That for failure to do SO
there was remedy by yamercement aDt
s1it upon the official bond. That b,
has been doubtful, even before thi
decision of McGunn VS.. Barry, wlethe
sheriff could be indicted for the sal
of property which he did not honestl..
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-05-30

believe to be exempt, as the law made
him quasi judge as to process in his
hands, and it would be hard to hold
him criminally liable for n mistake of
Judgment. In answer to question
raised as to the necessity of obtaining
leave to take out execution in the case
of Lewis Morton, assignee, in which
tn Supreme Court of North Carolina
had reversed his Judgment amercing
the sheriff, he remarked that he did
not consider an order necessary, but
the plaintiff had the right to take out
execution when disposed and while
he (Judge Tourgee) could not alter the
decision of the Supreme Court of this
State, he should, upon Il similarmotion
to amerce, adhere to his former decis-
ion, as it was now in conformity with
McGunn VS.. Barry, which, when ap-
plicable, overrnled the decisions of our
Suprcme COurt."
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-05-30
sOE'Ess vs.. CORN.

Governor Smith, of Georgia, says
the Charleston Nt5"& and CDtricr,
very tllrctHally exposes the Projections
Isl fallacy urged upon planters by GER
tain Southern newspapers OF planting
a large area of corn at the expense of
the cotton area, for the Ostensiblc plir-
pose of rendering themselves indie
pendent Of The Western farmers. In
recently published letter he shows
that the annual deficiency in the crop
of corn III the South, which has in past
years averaged about 81, 900, 900 bush
els, is rapidly increasing, and that il
the people Of the South follow the
mistaken policy of trying to be indie
pendent Of the West by raising their
own corn at the expense of large
portion of their product Of cotton,
they will have to pay $4,000, 900 per
amum and upward for the privilege
Governor Smith shows that to supply
the annual deficiency of 10000, 900
bushels of corn would require the c1ll-
tivation OF 5000, 600 acres. The same
acreage devoted to cotton culture
would produce 1850, 900 bales. Fix
ing the price of cotton ut - cents per
pound and corn at one dollar per
bushel, the loss to the South would be
Sol, 900, 600 annually.
We present the above rs the "cotton
side of the question and without il
tending to endorse its correctness.
Every farmer ought to ''raisc corn
enough to do him." at least, until we
get cheaper and more abundant trans
portation to the grain growing region
of the Northwest.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-05-30
The Murder Or Nfrs. H.asni,Icy-E Es0sy
~ was Bone.

Thomas r. IIoliohan, under sentence
of death for the murder of Mrs. Lamp
ley, III Baltimore, on the ID of Janua-
ry, to-day addressed letter to 4 mem
Der of the press who had shown him
some favOrs, in Which he says My
sentence is just | have broken the
laws of God and man. and am willing
to give up my life hut ] should like
to have Josh NichoIson's company on
the PLATFORM
He then goes on to state, in sub
stance, as follows:
II met Nicholson, and took a ride
with him to Canton. He knew | had
been in trouble before, and was not
bashful in proposing this joh. He said
Mr.. Lampley had 50, 900 i'll the house,
which we would get, but that we must
kill the old WOMAN or she might rccog
nize him. I refused to enter into the
scheme then. On the day Of the muir
der l met Nicholson, and went to his
house with him, and learned there
that the family were going to
the theatre, leaving the old lady alone,
and we determined to do the deed
then, and arranged all the particulars.
eve entered the house without
knocking, and found Mrs. Lampley
sitting in q rocking-chair sewing. She
treated us to cake and wine, and was
putting up cake for Nicllolson's chill
dren when he gave the signal. l
choked her and he struck her in the
stomach. She was then dead, and we
carried her into an adjoining room.
remained with the lady while Josh
went up stairs and broke open the
boxes. I went up stairs for minute,
and he handed me the silver. We then
| left the house by the stable, and on
reaching the street Nicholson gave
me- all the money, which / kept until
the Stl, of January, and then divided
with him.
'Tucker knew nothing about it, anC
received none of the money. l fea1
this Nicholson may escape. If so
there is no just law in the State O.
Maryland" He states that he made
the confession in order that it nigh
be published and the citizens know
the truth. He wrote the confession
with his own hand ON six pages O
foolscap It is written plainly, bu
with many errors of spelling. Hollohal
is to be executed June 18th. Nicholson
has not yet been sentenced, his cas-
having been taken to the Court of Ap
peal on bill of exceptions.
SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR, if pei
sisted in, will cure lthe most stubborn diseas
There is no failure about it.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-05-30
oc Pathway
7Gaury-s Edcls III Practice.

\ suggestion made by the late Pro-
fcssor NJ. T. Maury, as long ago as
1850, that steamships sailing between
this country and Europe adopt one
route for the eastward-bound and
another for the Westward bound trips,
has been adopted by Il company run
ming four steamships a week from
American ports to Liverpool. This is
known as the ''lane route" and is IL
tended both to ohviate collisions and
offer a wider range for opportunities
to rescue crews from disabled vessels.
At present eleven steamship lines use
the same path on both ways, with
nearly the same degrees of latitude
and longitude, making the liability to
Collide imminent, and the rapidly adj
vancing travel and commerce is daily
increasing the number of steamers.
The adoption of Professor Maury's
''lane route" contemplates the designa-
ton Of strip Of ocean through which
vessels bound east shall pass, and
another for vessels bound west, and
obviating all danger of collision.
The part of the ocean traversed by
the steamship lines in their voyages is
about $50 or 200 miles broad, and it is
proposed III the new plan to mark out
a lane from this ID or % miles broad.
1t is further claimed that the lane to
the west Will be 80 miles shorter than
the route generally taken, and some
delays from fogs viii lie avoided, as it
passes 100 miles south of Cape Race
Another advantage claimed for the
lane system is that one way it hes
along the northern edge of the Gulf
Stream, where there is an eddy setting
westward often at the rate of knot
an hour The close of the argument
in favor Of the system IS that the dis
tance from Cape Clear to Sandy Hook
will be practically shortened 30 miles
and that while it pro!ongs the di.;-
tancc to Europe 70 miles, compensa-
ton viii he found i'll the greater secu-
rity and the advantages Of the Gulf
Stream and fewer fogs.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-05-30
T'Egs: E:E.E:CTsoS eE' 1856.
So.atc Ncxg Disclosures. Gen. Frank
sslair Willing. TO- withdraw.

70 Hc .ERifyr 0f the NJ" )ork Iri-
hu,,, Sir The following fncts III
reference to the campaign of 1868, and
the proposed withdrawal of Governor
Seymour in favor of Mr.. Chase, having
never been published, Will, ] think, he
OF interest to your readers
At a dinner party in Washington, on
the 25th of March, 1869, Mr.. James NJ
Carlisle, the eminent lawyer Of that
city. made statement To the effect that
a few weeks prcvious, Mr. John Lee,
brother to Admiral Lee, told him that
he hal scan 4 letter from Gen. Frank
Blair TO his father, i'll which General
Blair stated that he had been Informed
I,v Washington Mclean that it was
useless to continue the struggle with
Scvmour and Blair for candidates
that he (Gtcn. BiairD was satisfied OF
that fact, and thought that the snbsii-
tuition of Chief Justice Chase for Gov.
Seymonr was the only means Of success,
and advised his father (F. i. Blair, Sr..D
TO oC to New York and endcavor to
bring that substitution abont. Gen.
Blair declared his own readiness to
withdraw and allow another candidate
to be nominated, saying that the Chief
Justicc was Il friend of civil liberty,
and his election would be beneficial to
thc country. MI Blair, Sr., thereup-
ON went to New York, but found there
was no power in the committee to NAL g
n new nomination. The matter was
therefore dropped. Il.
Baltimore, Md, May s, 1873.
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Nss. STEPHENS on EEgE E.4s=l$-
fiNA 0svEIS AGE.

Under his well known initials, We
find the following announcement of
what Mr.. Stephens proposes to do
when he takes his seat III the next
Federal Congress. He says i'll his
paper, the Atlanta .Sht:
eff it be true that the duly elected
Governor of Louisiana has been dis
placed by the judicial usurpati"n of a
drunken Federal Judge, then that
Judge will most certainly impeached,
or articles of impeachment will be most
certainly brought against him. If Mr..
Stephens is ever able to take his seat
in the House of Representatives This
is Mr. Stephens Jcffersonim, Demo
cratic, peaceful way Of treating usur-
pations of this sort and not by i'll
citing even the wrOnged und oppressed
to resort to arms as the best mode Of
redress" a. I'll. ;.
We trust that this assurance from
the great Georgian will entirely satisfy
and reassurc the people of Louisiana,
who have so long been laboring
under the impression tliat their dear
est rights of person and property
have been wntonly outraged, and
that they will govern themselves ac-
c"rdinGly. We very much fear,
however, that our Louisiana friends
will not be able to take the calm,
dispassionate view of the matter
that Mr.. Stephens takes, and possibly,
for the reason, among others, that they
have not the high opinion of thc in
tegrity, honesty and saGaclty, personal
and political, of President Grant that
Mr.. Stephens cntcrtains.
Possibly, too, those me- Who have
been subjected to fine, imprisonment
and taxation without warrant OF law,
and whose property, liberties and lives
arr still in jeopardy every Eoar, may
not be willing to risk their all upon
the hazard Of the die Of Mr.. Stephens
''ifs" They may think that is an inse-
cure protection, that depends first upon
Mr.. Stephens opinion that President
Grant has acted in defiance of law, and
secondly, upon the contingency of his
taking his seat
Possibly too, even though they may
be satisfied that Mr.. Stephens will de-
eide in favor of the McEncry Govern
ment, and that he will take his seat,
they NAV think that is ninsecure relief,
that depends upon the action of 4
Radical House Of Representatives, and
Radical Senata, as the remedy by
Impeachment of Judge Durell will de
pend.
Possibly too, our Lorlisiana friends
NAV think the impeachment and ouSt
ing from office of a drunken Fedora
Judge, will hardly meet the eXigenc.
of the case where men rsrrp the pow
ers of their State Government. The.
NAV think, too, that the removal o
drunken Judge Durell will not accom-
plish much, SO long as President Gran
has power to nominate his successor.
We very much fear that the goo'
people of Louisiana are not in franz
of mind to take much comfort from
Mr.. Stephens announcement, or tE
lofty tone of it. The great Georgia1
talks as lie would doubtless have talke,
before the war. He seems to hav
forgotten who he is and when an'
where he lives. He seems to have fol-
gotten, also, what the America
Congress is.
Without intending to be disrespeci
full to man venerable for age, taler
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NO. 90.

lengthy report of the discussion, but
we deny the capacity of the best New
York phonographer to give even a
eases in n medical meeting, so unintel-
ligible are some of their words to one
like ourself, not initiated in medicine
The Society adjourned to meet at
the Presbyterian Church, where DR..
t. T. Wood. of Wilmington, the Ora
tor of the Society, would deliver his
address at s O'Clock. Ralcigh Nc'cs.
\ friend at Statesville having IA
vored us with synopsis of DIR.
Woods address, as also of DR.. Satch-
wells remarks, rs referred to i'll the
above report, We viii give them to our
readers on Tuesday. JOURNAL.
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A sturgeon SIX feet long was caught
4 Weldon the other day.

A sturgeon SIX feet long was caught
n Weldon the other day.
Mr.. Samuel Miles has recently dIs-
covered gold on his fam near Little
ton.
4. fire new organ has Just been
placed in the Presbyterian Church, IN
Raleigh, says the Sentinel.
The Raleigh News says A meeting
Of tie mechanics at Metropolitan Hall
last night accepted the offer OF the con-
tractors to commence the ten hour sFs-
tom after the first Of August, which
was the first proposition made by the
contractors. Work will be resumed on
Monday morning next.
Classifying it as ''hard but true" the
New bern Republican relates the fol-
Lowing On Wednesday morning last,
= snirited horse, attached to cart, be-
longing to ex-Mayor Kilburn and drive n
bv David Manly (colored) was near the
| Aslantic & n. G. Railroad depot, when
| the horse took fright and ran away
| turning q corner, David was thrown
from the cart, striking his head upon q
rock. The bystanders, supposlng MN
to be killed, hastened to the spot and
| found David unhurt, but the rock was
broken ia pieces.