Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-08
HII.LSBORO.
HuLsRoRo, April 3Oth, 1874.


Dear Jougnat: .,,o
/ write this morning with my tapie
drawn close TO the fire, and my VIII
dows opening upon Wlntfy landscape;
The air is thick with falling snow, 'lhu
the temperature OF the air IS worthy Oh
mid winter.
Very little corn has been planted, and
what is in the ground IS likely TO 'ot'
The most serious injury is to the to-
bacoo plant buds. The fly has been
destructive. but that might have been
re,ne1ied if the plant beds, which are
usually made i'll low spots, had not
been flooded by overflow. Gloomy
authorizations of a decided deficiency III
nlarts an1 n consequent small crop
are entertained.
This is Court week, and many peo-
DE have been in .own. The proceed
inos Of the Court are uninteresting.
There is got case Of importance on
the State docket. Orange, IN truth, is
ore Of the most orderly counties i'll the
state, and while the people have al
ways been prompt to resist oppression,
even 10 the. extent of violence. there IS
nowhere more ready SUBMISSION to
law, faithfully and impartially admin
isitrad.
There IS not even the usual array OF
assaults and batteries on the docket,
and the oid-fashiOned fights which
used. every time of the court, to be
fought over again in the court house,
are perpetuated only i'll tradition.
This grows a good deal, no doubt, out
of tie growth of the temperance
cause.
Judge Tourgee has outlived, to a
great extent, the odium which attached
10 him some years ago. He Is much
less of the partisan than he was, I'M
derstands the negro character better
than he did, and is able now to COM
prehend much i'll the action OF the
whites which he once ascribed to race
prejudice and hostility. He is more
courteous, too, in his intercourse with
the bar. and the lawyers accord to him
very thorough knowledge of the
| code and most clear common sense ap-
rlications of it's principles. Atogeth-
| er, the Judge is more popular than he
was.
will not insinuate how much his
desire to go to Congress has had to do
| with the alnelioration of his manners
and tie softening of his prejudices,
| but it is certain he is regarded with
far different eyes than two or three
years back.
People will, Of course, talk about
| Congressional nominations, and the
claims and merits of different aspl-
rants. The County Convention meets
here on the 9th of May, to send dele
gates to the Congressional and judi
cial Conventions, and will, of course,
instruct its delegates. Hon. Josiah
Turner is freely talked of in the coun-
try around, and it is quite likely he
will be the choice of Orange, and Col.
| Thomas Rutfin, l think, will receive
it's vote as the nominee for Judge.
Aspirants for the Legislature spring
up from every township, and L think
there will be good deal of trouble te
satisfy them all But the choice once
made the whole county will give heart.
support to the nominations
4 preliminary meeting Of the Bnlid
ing and Loan Association was heit
last night, and stock enough repre-
scented to authorize the application TO
a charter under the general law. :
meeting will be held next week TO
permanent organization. by the cleo
ton of officers, &c. We regard thi
as a decided step in advance, an'
hope after a while TO see the fruits O
il IN the total renovation of Gus OF
town-
The il::}enlcnt weather of this re
a:ly iat> spEing les been the cause c
one sickness. Pneumonia has al
t.,-l.e-.t several persons, though tnef
las been bat one really serious { Isl
AID 40 deaths, among thu whites. III
. 90 cred people have not Jared quite 5
we'll. Oar old townsman, Levi Cal
michael, was stricken down some tim
s,uce. with uervou, prostration, aad
s.. ,.}nIin<sd to his bed. He Is nO'
70 ears OF age, and has been 70
neatly 1ii;y years, a resident OF Hill:
borU. Yours, c.