Wilmington journal., 1876-03-03
STATE NEWS.

The Asheville Expositor says:
We were informed on last Friday
that a young white girl, about Is
years of age, the daughter of Mr..
Doniphant, near Old Fort, eloped with
a negro man by the name of Ellison,
(who was a married man at the tlme.)
They have not been heard from since
their departure. The girl was said to
be quite beautiful, and was reputed of
good character.
The Expositor also says:
The steam distillery of 81. w.
Moore, in this place, was seized last
week by y. s. deputy marshal VIM.
Deaver, the proprietor being charged
with some violation of the Revenue
law. The matter is yet to undergo
legal investigation.
The same paper says: 9
We understand that a recent trip of
the revenue officers to this county has
developed an unusual amount of
blockade whisky. Several seizures
were made of whisky, wagons, men,
&c. One capture consisted of several
barrels of extra fine whisky, made to
order, and drawn by beautiful pair
of match horses, accompanied by q
guard of several men. We suppose
public attention will now be called
from the celebrated Babcock trial at
st. Louis to the mountains of Ashe
and Watauga.
The Charlotte Observer has this:
A negro name Jim Porter was
brought to jail in this city Thursday
evening for attempting to rob the
smoke house of Mr.. Hall in PInev1lle
township. After he got in. the yard
dog went in also to keep him company,
and paid him so much attention that
Jim ran out aud climbed up tree in
the yard. Mr.. Hall had heard the
racket, and at this iuncture came out
like the old gentleman in the back of
Webster's spelling book, and ordered
him to come down from the tree. He
came down accordingly, and the bal
ance of the story has been told. The
sequel will be developed next week.
Jim does not deny the attempt at theft,
or the story of the dog and the tree.
MIR. John Wilder Atkinson, in three
| of whose companies Mr.. j. Heine-
mans tobacco factory was insured, has
been in the city for day or two past,
having come to adjust Mr.. Heineman's
losses by the fire of last week. This
| he did satisfactorily. Mr. 81. was
insured in five companies, and repre-
resentatives of the other two will
arrive in few days to adjust their
| losses.
The Newbern Journal of Commerce
| has the following:
| To morrow is the one hundreth an
niversary of the battle of Moore's
| Creek, noted as the first victory for
| American arms IN the war OF the
Revolution, and the death blow to
Toryism in North Carolina. The scene
of the battle is in Pender county, q
few miles from Wilmington. The
centennial celebration of the event
will occur on Monday, and large num-
bers of people of the adjoining coun-
ties will participate in 1t. Whining
ton will make it a holiday occasion,
and will be represented by prominent
citizens, bands of music and the mill
tary. Newbern, which largely shared
in the glories and the losses of the bat
tie, Will not have, we are sorry to say.
single man of prominence, or file
of soldiery in the procession. And
yet Col Richard Caswell with q small
force of one thousand patriots which
won the victory, was mainly composed
of the Newberne battalion OF minute
men and the Craven county militia:
With such representation onthe Held
of battle, it is little remarkable that
none of the descendants OF the heroes
who fought the good fight sh ouid go
down to Pender county tomorrow,
and on the field which their ancestors
won assist in celebrating their vic
tory.
The Roanoke News of the 26th says:
Rev. Chas. F. Deems who was re-
Gently il onr town at the dedication
. of the Methodist church, passed
through here Oh Thursday on his way
, to New York. He has been to Georgia
since he was here.