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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-03-13
jurisdiction OF Jusrices OF the
Peace.

One Of the acts PASSED by the late
| General Assembly was one entitled
can act to amend chapter 80 of the
! Assembly. known as Battles Revisal, u
| which chapter is entitled "Crimes and
! Punishment, and chapter SO, Battles
I;avisal, entitled, Criminal Proceed
iugs.'
! The act provides that the Justices
! Of the Peace shall have jurisdic-
! ton of the following misdemeanors
with the penalties hereunto attached:
Unlawful fences, punishment not to
! exceed fifty dollars fine, or imprison-
lcent for one month.
| Formation and adultery, penalty as
! above.
! Hunting by fire light, penalty as
above
Malicious injury to real property,
where the injury exceeds five dollars,
penalty and fine as above.
Punishment for assault, where the
assault was made without intent to
Kill and when no deadly weapon was
| used, and no serious damage done,
! and when the party injured shall make
complaint before Justice of the
Peace, etc. Penalty same as above.
Failing to work on public roads,
penalty same as above.
Persons forbidden to enter lands,
penalty same as above.
Hunting on the Sabbath, penalty
same as above.
Husband guilty OF misdemeanor for
abandoning family, penalty same as
above, with provision to strike out
the words cor both in the discretion
of the Judge of the Superior Court be-
fore whom the case is tried"
Fined or imprisoned for not provid-
ing for his family. Amended same as
above.
Vagrancy, penalty fifty dollars fine
or imprisonment for one month, with
the following amendment: "And it
shall be the cognizible only before
Justice of the Peace Of the county
where it is committed, wEo may re-
lease the Iparty on his giving re-
cognizance with or without surety for
his industrious and peaceable deport.
ment for one year or less from date
thereof; or may also impose on him a
punishment not to exceed that above
mentioned"
Chapter 80, of Battles Revisal, is
also amended SO as to give Justices of
the Peace the power to hear, try and
determine in the manner prescribed in
the chapter on criminal actions, for
the offences described in the sections |
20. 43, 46, SIS, 1O2, Ill, 116, III. 119. |
12O, and 139, Of chapter 80, as amend
ed by this act, or by any other law
in force, or which may hereafter come |
In force, the punishment cannot ex-
coed a fine of fifty dollars or impris-
onment for one month
Chapter 80 is further amended by
striking out the following words
That the offence was committed in
this township"
Inc act further provides that all cases
now pending in the Superior Courts
Tor the above offences, be transferred |
to the Justices Court
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-03-13

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in the of
elegantly building
soreloms and rented
PRIZE-A of
i'll Atlanta, 100
attached cold
South
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we'll improved Of dwelling,
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$40
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-03-13

Its improvements schools. DC.
FAIsoN. N. c., Feb. 18th, 1874.

Its lmpTOVesnehtSS SCAAVVhse w.
FA1soN, N. c., Feb. 18th, 1874.
Dear Journal:
IT'S now night, and being detained
at Faison for short time, viii en-
brace this opportunity to write you a
brief description of the many and vast
improvements that are being made at
this beautifully located place.
Indeed the place is so changed, and
til. appearance 80 altered, that were
it not for a few old buildings now
standing as marks of recognition, we
would be very certain not to hold it IN
identity with the insignificant little
depot of Faison's four years since.
Prior to the war, and even up to
August 1871, Faison was mere post
office on the w. s, W. r. R., but since
that date, lots having been offered for
sale. many of the first families and
merchants of the country moved IN,
and Faison is now approximatIng the
Significance of the older and more
flourishing towns of Carolina.
1t was named in honor OF the very
pon,1;ar family of Faison's, who are
residents of the adjacent county. This
is a beautiful farming section; the
lands being under a high state Of cut
tivation and well suited to the growing
Of cotton, corn, wheat, &c.
There are four large dry goods
stores and two rum shops, las the
Good Templars define them) in the
place; all being kept in splendid style
and doing prosperous business.
Under the supervision of Mr.. j.
Archer Monroe, graduate of Trinity
College. there is fourishing school
Of fifty pupils, and we dare say from
knowledge of his attainments, that it
is one Of the first high schools i'll the
State.
There is a Grange established here;
also Lodge of the Good Templars,
conforming alike their respective mem
bers to the interest of the country.
The Goshan House, q new, spacious
and we'll constructed building, KEEP
by Mr.. J. A. Oates, is now open for
the accommodation of visitors and
under the guidance of its very worthy
and urbane proprietor is q Hotel of
much note; the fair is magnificent; the
accommodation all that can be re-
CURED. The warehouse is an orna-
ment to the place-two stories high,
handsomely constructed and beauti-
fully painted. Everything conformity,
seems embiematic Of the industry of
it's citizens.
c. HAYNES.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-03-13
THE DAVENPORT TRAGEDY.
Particulars of the Terrible Murder
Of a Mother and Her Child.

We clip from the Davenport lo"a)
Democrat, the following particulars OF
a terrible tragedy, which recently oc-
Cured in that city:
Ahout seven O'Clock last evening MI.
Brownie left his home and family,
consisting of wife and four children,
to 90 over to his fathers house, about
q mile distant. About half an hour,
or less, after he had gone, the tragedy
occurred. Mrs. Brownie was slttlr
at a window sewing. Beside her, on
stool, sat their youngest child, poy'
four wears old. The other three chill
dren were in the same room, playing
mon the floor. Soon Mrs. Brownie
heard a noise at a. window in another
room. She listened and said 'dush!
to the children. That was the signal
for her death. In an instant q large
brick was thrown through the window,
crushing through glass and sash, and
falling upon the floor. Then followed
the deafening report OF a shotgun dis
charged from outside the window, the
entire charge entering the LETT shout
der, and almost tearing the arm from
the socket. The murderer saw that
this one shot was not fatal, and in a
moment, before she could get away,
the contents of another charge, struck
the poor woman in the left breast, and
with one long, agoniZed shrek, she
fell to the floor, and expired. The
last shot had been SO close to Mrs.
Brownie that her dress was set on fire,
and one of the children noticing this,
went to her and extinguished the
flames with his bare hands. A large
portion of the shot which killed the
mother, struck the face of the youngest
boy, cutting it 50 seriously that death
or Disagreement may result. The
child is now under proper medical care
and may possibly recover.
The father returned home about an
hour after the murder took place:
The first thing he saw was the dead
body of his dear wife lying upon the
floor in a pool of blood, and blood over
her clothes, face and breast. He
gazed at the awful sight in abject
horror. The terror-stricken children,
who had been hiding in q corner, came
forward and told the story of their
mothers death.
There must have been at least two
men concerned in the murder but
who they are, or what their object, no
one can imagine. Some of the neigh
bors started off in pursuit, but nothing
further was learned of them. It is
thought that the perpetrators belong
in this vicinity, although nothing is
known as yet to justify such belief.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-03-13

If Hon. Caleb Cushing and Mrs.
Gaines would edo the State some SER
vice" they should get married without
delay and cease theii interminable law
suits. That amiabIe lady has sued
Caleb for $500. 900 for libel. That will
be a lively little Inheritance if she
should get it, and it seems to us that
the easiest and surest way to get it is
to take Mr.. Gushing along with it. If
she resembles Falstaff, in a penchant
for her cease" it would certainly be
wise to take Cushing to begin with.
On Sunday, the 18th instant, while
Henry Ward Beecher's hearers were
convulsed with laughter at his
droll and dramatic imitation of
miser, DR.. Talmage was preach
ing terrific sermon on hell
AS for the Rev. Mr.. Beecher he must
"never try to be as funny as he can"
for his congre cation outraged propri-
ETY. on that occasion by giggling and
laughing aloud in the sanctuary. He
initiated boy playing on an invisible
fiddle, and didn't wonder the strings
were called catgut, for they often
sounded as though the spirits of dead
cats were possessing them. He imita-
ted miser bent on reform-frst his
severity, then his blandness in pre-
senting a cancelled deed, the joyful
antics of the debtors wife and chill
dren, and finally when, as the reformed
miser with smile on his face, he
mounted an imaginary steed and rode
off, bending his parted knees, and
swaying his body in exact imitation of
rider, and cutting behind with an
imaginary whip, everybody laughed
till the tears came.
The New Haven Puiladitn1 (Repub-
lican) thinks that the candidate whom
the Maine delegation present for Su-
pervisor Simmons successor is the +.
A. Sewall who was provost marshall of
Connecticut during the war, and was
removed for dishonorable conduct:
''Ihe documents concerning him." it
says ''are now on record in the War
Department, and should be brought to
the notice of the President Immediate
ly. A man of Sewall's character is not
tit for a position Of such responsibility
as Revenue Supervisor of New Eng
land"
The antiquarian, DIR. Schliemann has
been for five years digging and delv-
!nS ih'o 'lio eaitti III au AREA where !.
is supposed ancient Troy stood, and
has made such discoveries as lead him
to believe that he has uncovered part
of Troy, and that he has found the
palace of Priam, from which he has
taken gold cup and soule trinkets of
ancient model. But the Doctor goes
deeper into the earth than Troy, and
claims to have found the remains of a
city older than Troy, and upon the
ruins of which Troy was built. Some
household vessels were disinterred
which he says were Chinese.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-03-13
Ei,fnEs About Mt. Olive.

lIr. OLIVE, n. c., March 5, 1874.
.Ncssrs EditOrs:-I saw in yesterdays
JOURNAL that some of your citizens
had gone out fox hunting with Sue
cess, and in a few minutes after read
ing the notice, L saw tho Coroner and
one Of the Commissioners OF this
county pass through this place with
two of the Reynard tribe on their sad
dies, and tins is not the first time [
have seen the same sight this past
winter Over one hundred have been
caught i'll this vicinity by the above
and others. [ often get up in the
morning and listen to the sweet music
of their hounds. Ii there is any music
L do really enjoy it is the cry of dogs
in full chase. 1t is true the above
hunters are on the opposite side OF the
fence from us, yet they are good
hunters.
Spring is upon us and the farmers
generally are busy, but we will enjoy
little sport, such as hunting, croquet
playing, Ease balling, &c. We are all
enjoying good health with liberal
share Of trade Yours in haste,
D. NJ Nc.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-03-13
NOTICE.
To the Holders OF the First Mort
gage Bonds ofthe Wilmington,
Charlotte & Rutherford Rail-
road Company.

THE following order was made at January
Term. 1874, Of the Superior Court OF New
Hanover County:
1t IL ordered and adiudged that the time
allowed for the holders CT the First Mortgage
Bonds Of the Wilmington, Charlotte ana Ruth
@rford Railroad Company 10 present them for
Payment, to extend them to the first day of
April. lSI4 and it Is ordered tn at the Rec i'
&. II Roberts, advertise for the holders Of said
Bonds to present them for payment to the said
&. n. Roberts, at The First NatioGaI Bank 1T
W lmin gtNn, in the city of Wilmington and
State OF North Carolina. on or before the said
LIST day of April. 1914 and upon ia lure 10 pre-
sent them within the time prescribed, the
holders of said Bonds be excluded from the
benefits of the judgement and decree in this
action.
nd it il ordered that the said r. receiver pay to
the holders OF said Bombs tlIe amount heretofore
ordered to be due on said Bonds. ] hereby give
notice TO the holders OF such Bonds to present
them to me Tor payment according to { he terms
OF the said order, at the place and within the
time above set forth.
G. H. ROBERTS,
Receiver.
n
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-03-13

EHOnars to Commodore N. f. Maury.
On Friday last the General Assem-
bly, of Virginia passed resolutions ex-
pressing concurrence in the design of
certain distinguished Individuals in
Europe to build light house on the
coast OF Brazil as a tribute to the men,
DRY of the late Commodore Matthew
Fontaine Maury. One of the resoiu-
tons reads:
That in the opinion of ti.e General
Assembly OF Virginia, it is in every
way fitting that the nations of the earth
who go down to the sea in ships should
unite in paying tribute to the memory
of the author of wind and current
charts. which, while they were given
without price, hare saved millions OF
dollars to commerce annually, and
laid the maritime world under obiiga-
ton to their illustrious author that
the Governor be, and he is hereby, re-
quesJed to transmit a copy of these res
olutions on parchment to the Royal
Geographical Society of England.
The Richmond Wing in indorsins
the resolutions hopes that the action
of the Legislature will be followed by
contributions of the citizens of Rich
mond, leading merchants and bankers
raise fund at once. and in time to &C
company the copy of the resolutions.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-03-13

The st. Louis Times denies that the
Democratic journals of Missouri are
dissatisfied with their party leaders or
are ready to abandon their party. 1t
says men who would build up new
political fabric, upon the assumption
that the old party is dead, are secuted
as intriguers and conspirators, who
should have no recognition, as they
have no place in the Democratic
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-03-13

There viii
by all he A
2,6O A
y mixed boy under fifteen bded viii then draw from the
who will file record pep
value of the Real will then be cried the "ho
the nln.
process will continue drawing first from the l Wig" ains the tickets and
will be certified the committee of
will be
considered
10 to viii he taken a
will be
counted dollar the Capital the
Dollars All the tickets drawing will excluded and the circle extended
OF the Hundred OH
puplicoe
Tickets will deposited in bank
Transfer Of Ttes-Wnln drawing parties putting
Real Scheme required make god valid and
Title fsnlle
such of Real
Tickets authorized
JAMES GARDNER,
and immigration Co.. Atlanta Augusta Ga
CORPORAToRS
sCiIIEY Esq, Augusta,
JAMES GAtDN Err, Augusta, Ga
A NJ WALLACE, Atlanta "a HI WILSON, Atlanta, Ga.
j. d. WADDELI, Atlanta Ca
Company their Grand tie July 1 1874
Georgia
e Agents Wanted North south Carolina ~
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-03-13
The rice crOp in T,oJ,iSiopo tho Ia,

The rice crop in Louisiana, the last
season, reached 100000 barrels. The
PscGy't'ae looks upon this industry
much more hopefully than upon the
sugar culture of the State, and says
that the rice planting this spring Will
be the largest On record. Another
year is expected to put Louisiana
ahead OF Carolina as a rice producer,
and the crop will reach enormous pro-
portions in the next decade.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-03-13
The New school Law.


! As much interest is felt Throughout
I the Slate in relation to the change:
which were made in the School Law
! by the General Assembly at its las
session, we publish the following, il
explanation thereof, from Professor
! McIver:
The amendment to the School Law
ratified Feb. II, 1874, repeats the
rules and regulations which the State
Board of Education had adopted, ant
! the provisions Of which are substan
! tally as follows:
/ That the school districts shall con
| tain an area equal to from four tt
/ seven miles square.
/ That the school districts shall be as
nearly square i'll form as the situation
OF the several localities and the con
venience OF neighborhoods will permit
| That the school house shall be as
near the centre of the school popula
ton of the district as practicable.
| That the people of each district shall
elect three suitable persons District
| Trustees, the people Of each race
electing their own Trustees.
! That the District Trustees of each
District shall solicit voluntary contri.
| buttons to defray half the cost of build.
ing, repairing and furnishing the Dis.
trict school house, and to supplement
the school money due the district. SO
| that the public school may be contin-
| ued each year, as long as the people OF
the District may desire that they
shall determine the time at which the
school shall begin, recommend a teach
er who will be acceptable to the people
of the District, and assist the School
Committee in all matters relating to
the District school.
These rules and regulations having
been repealed by the General Assem-.
bly, cannot be re-enacted by the board
of Education.
The recent regulation which is pub
lished in foot note on the blank
forms Of orders for school money has
not been repealed. 1t remains in full
force, and is as follows
The law intends that the highest
prices, tc-wit: $40, $50 and $40 a
month, according to grade of the teach
er, shall be paid only for schools in
which twenty or more pupils are
taught. If number of pupils is less
than twenty, the highest price which
may be paid out of the Public School
funds are To teacher who holds
third grade certificate, one dollar q
month for each pupil to a teacher
who holds second grade certificate,
one dollar and half per month for
each pupil to a teacher who holds
a first grade certificate, two dollars a
month for each pupil, counting the
number of pupils in all cases by their
average attendance.
The act also changes the time at
which the Registers of Deeds are re-
CURED to report, from July to Octo-
Der of each year, and makes it the duty
OF school committees to report to the
County Treasurer the sums of money
apportioned to the school districts OF
their respective townships.
These are the only changes which
have been made in the school law by
the General Assembly at the last ses-
sion, and they are published for in
formation, in answer to many in
quiries. ALEX. McIyER.
Supt. Pub. Instruction.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-03-13
Thrilling Scene in IkichlnO nd-
Narrow Escape of a Young Lady.

Yesterday afternoon Miss Matte,
daughter of Judge Robert Ould, was
the heroine of q street adventure,
which, in its elimination, made the
hearts of all observers leap up into
their throats. She had just seated her
self upon melted horse in front of
her fathers residence Cat the corner
of Clay and Twelfth streets to ac-
company Judge 3. w. Lacy, delegate
from New kent, on an equestrian
jaunt, when the animal dashed off at
a rapid rate thr ough Twelfth street,
into Governor, and down Governor
into Main. Several colored men ran
out at different points to stop the run
away, but the intrepid rider, who re-
tanned her composure as well as her
hold of the reins, called to them to de-
sist. At that juncture Charles Rose,
white, driver for one of John Harris
hacks, was driving slowly up Main
street, and on percelving the ap-
proach of the runaway, purposely
halted his team across Governor street.
In a second the flying steed was close
upon the hack horses, and essayed to
o'erleap them. AS he did, Miss Ould
sprang to the box of the ha OK and was
caught by the strong arm of Rose.
The horse collided with the hack team
and was thrown down by the concus-
sion. Several persons then rushed up
and securely held the three frighten-
ed animals. Miss Ould was escorted
into the Bank of Commerce, where
she received every attentio ion. She
was not only unhurt, but almost free
from emotional excitement, and calmly
related to her friends the particulars
Of Ter unwilling flight. Judge Lacy
soon arrived and accompanied Miss
Ould to her home.-Richmoed Wig.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-03-13
A sad Pictute-Look at Ii. Cen. ell
mails!

A sad Pictute-Look at Ii. Cen. ell
mails!
The Hon. r. II. T. Hunter has writ
ten Il tter to United States Senator
Stevenson, of Kentucky, upon the con-
dltIon Of the country, in which occurs
the following brief and vigorous sum
mary of the great evil which affiicts
the nation
"When a whole social system has
been paralyzed in its lower extremities
the work of cure is tedious and diff
cult. The head and arms are left, but
It's means of motion are sadly impair
ed. If the South was worth 10 the
Union all the money and blood which
it cost to retain it, then one would
have supposed that it WAS an oh; ect of
interest to restore its efficiency, moral
and physical, and thus secure its value.
L it was deemed necessary to alter it's
social system and the relations of its
elements, it might have been expected
that this disturbance would have salts
fed those who had the management of
affairs. If they could have devised sny
relief from the Tis naedicatl'ir nQtttrr,
why not allow them that resource? It
would have been great relief to them
If they had been allowed to place their
own governments III the hands of the
best and strongest elements of society,
and not the weakest and worst. But
the reverse seemed to have been the
end of the national policy, which has
fostered tho rule of the negro and the
carpet-bagger until these States are
involved in an immense load of unnec-
essary debt, corruptly created, and
subjected to a system of taxation so
unjust and onerous that one of the old
thirteen South Carolina) has petit
toned through her x-payers, proba-
bly, majority, to be restored to the
government of the sword-that is, to
the absolute powea of the United
States-rather than endure any longer
the tyranny of the negro"
How heartily indeed could those
who would prefer military or kingly
government to that at present over
them celebrate the centennial
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-03-13
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