Wilmington journal., 1876-07-14
STATE NEWS.

| lREDELL. FROM TIE ,StHtCSCiilC Land
mark:
Somewhere between 1915 and 1926
Mr. Muschltt, a very eccentric bu
! brilliant man, established tue origlua
"Statesville Male Academy" III.
building stood where the Pres byteria1
i church now stands. 1t was torn dow
and moved to the lot Mr.. David Wal
lace recently sold to the Baptist de
! nomination of this place as a 81 for
| church, and converted into dwelling
| house. Richmond NJ. Pearson, Chic
Justice of the Supreme Court of NOrtl
| Carolina, and the late eX-GOy. Gra-
ham We're students at Mr. Muschatt's
| school at the same time. Where the
Landmark printing Office now stands
constituted the site of the first build
ing in Statesville. It was owned by
Mr.. Robertson who came here direct
from Ireland, aud brought with him
the first copper distillery ever brought
into the county. Where Mr.. Jamison
now resides Mr.. Robertson had his
apple orchard. Mr.. Muschatt's boys
were III the habit of visiting MIR.
ROberts,' 8 apple trees after sun dOwp.
MIR. K set trap for the boys. He
attached a small bell to number of
tile best trees, so that the shaking of
the tree would cause the bells 10 ring
thus enable him to either catch or
greatly alarm the boys. Judge Pear
son, it is said, first discovered the trap
He promptly suggested remedy. 1t
was to proture lot of briars, which
were quite convenient. and place them
on the door steps and in front of the
the steps. The idea worked like a
charm. The ringing of the bells
brought Mr.. Robertson to the door,
but alas, i'll the hurry of the moment
he neglected to put on his shoes. The
briar patch was quietly removed from
he door, aud also the bells were =
moved from the trees. Mr.. Robertson
never rehshed the joke. He never
believed that young Graham was in
the crowd" He saddied the whole
blame on "that deviish young Pear
son'-so the tradition goes. Abiding
to this incident recently Judge Penr-
son said that Gov. Graham was not in
the crowd that stole the apples, but he
ate of the, apples very heartily after
they were carried TO the room.
CHARLOTTE-FEOmM the Observer
- 1t Is said in the lower end of this
district that r. NJ Norn.ent, of Robe
son, wishes to ruu against Col. Walter
l.. Steele for Congress. If he does he
can no doubt have a clear field so far
as the Republicans are concerned, as
none of the balance of them want to be
sacrificed. Gen. Barringer has told
Col. Steele that he will not be a cam
didate, and it is certain Col. Dockery
will not; he has too often felt the steel
of our nominees blade to get in the
way of feeling it again. SO Norment
can walk into the slaughter pen with
out opposition.
- 1t turns out that, as We suggested
probable, Don Carlos and suit, we're
the party of Mexicans and Spanairds
who passed through this city last Fri
day morning, en- route for the Centen-
NAL. The Dispatch says that Don
Carlos stopped in Richmond Friday
afternoon and visited the principal
Joints of interest He also visited
Gov. Kempcr and Bishop G bbons.
The following were the members of
the party: Don Carlos de Bourbon, ex-
King of Spain, Count Prince de Leon,
General Mortimer Velazco, and Wis
count de Mrnserrat, of his staff, and j.
de Ceavantes, J. Rivas, NJ. Esquino,
Spanish merchants, residents Of Mex.
leo.
Rev. A. E. Wingard. of South Caro-
lima, has ascepted the call which was
extended him some time ago, to take
pastoral charge of st. Marks Lutheran
Church, of this city. He is expected
to arrive here the latter part of this
month, and assume the duties of his
sacred off &c about the first of August
The church has suffered somewhat
through its want of a pastor for so
long past, and the congregation is to
be congratulated that, after SO many
disappointments and ddiscouragements,
it is to be called together again, with
a shepherd to keep it together in fu-
ture.
RALEIGH -FrOn1 the NeaUs
The first organized Sunday School
at the Penitentiary was taught last
Sunday. There were seven classes,
with an average of twenty-five to a
class. Capt. s. u Watt, the insur
ance man, teaches class of II women.
Governor Holden teaches the white
men. The remaining teachers are
Messrs. Taylor, Whiting, Harris.
Evans, Armstrong, McPheeters, Balm
and others. Col. J. M. Heck accepted
as Assistant Superintendent. Mr..
Howell, the Sunday School Mission
ary, was present, and says he thanked
God so much of the Holy Ghost was
in that room.
From the Sentinel:
The parties arrested for completely
in the Jeans infant murder were be-
fore Judge Watts yesterday on haJeas
corpus, and after examination of
several witnesses no evidence of mur-
der being found against them, they
were dismissed. Granny Capps and
month by Mary Jeans to take care of
her child and she had even paid them
one month in advance. The mother
was affectionate towards the child and
frequently visited and nursed it. The
killing was evidently an accident,
arising from the mother bringing a
bottle of laudanum without telling the
negroes what it was, but told them to
give it to the child to check its bow
els. The negroes supposed it syrup
of some sort aud gave the child
spoonful. and hence its new made
grave. The cap of murder didn't fit
the Cappes, and they were discharged
amid camp meeting of shouts from
the negroes.
- The Centennial flag was sent to
the express Office yesterday morning
by Mrs. Kemp P. Battle and shipped
to Professor Kerr at Philadelphia
The express company billed it from
the ladies of North Carolina, and
shipped it free.
GRANv1L1E-Frona the oxford Torch
light:
Friday last colored boy about II
or 13 years of age, while bathing III
Burwell mill pond, near Sandy Fork,
ventured to o far out and was drowned. {.
Boys should be careful.
= AS we go to press we learn that a
dag or two ago two colored men were
killed by the cavins in of we'll on
he plantation of DIR. White. near
Wilton in this county. The men were
walling the well when it caved in and
crushed them both to death.