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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-29
Lesson from the Election.

So far as we have heard but very lie"
whites in this or any other county voted
for the Radical candidates. The control
of the polls being entirely in the hands OF
the Radicals, they have not been sufficiently
proud of the number or character of whites
voting with them, if they have any way Of
knowing, to publish the information. II
would be discovered only such as have as
pirations for Office or pay in the service OF
the negroes supported their ticket.
In South Carolina, however, only such
whites as voted the Radical ticket went to
the polls. The consequence is that hardly
q Thousand whites have voted throughout
the entire State In Charleston but sicty'
ei1zt white votes were polled, which may
be regarded as the strength Of that party
with the race.
The Reconstruction Acts have been
forced upon the South by Congress IN
order to protect the loyal whites and blacks.
It based much of its action and received
much of its Northern support on the ground
that the loyal whites, those who had OPP
posed the war or who fought in the Federal
armies, demanded the protection which
negro suffrage would give them, as we'll for
themselves as for the colored race.
At the least calculation, there must be in
the city of Charleston five hundred voters
who are Northern men, who have settled
there since the war, OF former residents
who did not concur in the action of the
South during the war, the loyalty of whom,
according to the most orthodox Radical
tests, cannot be questioned. Yetwefnd but
sirty-eigAt endorsing the action of Congress
in their behalf, and we venture the opinion
that sirty of these are office-holders, appl-
cants for Federal OF State appointments,
or in some way making their living by
their adherence to the Radical party.
Throughout the South, with unanimity
unparalleled in the political history of the
world, the whites have refused to endorse
the legislation of Congress. Native and
foreigner, Northerner and Southerner, Jew
and Gentle, have, with one accord, repu-
dated Radical measures and condemned
Radical purposes. White men from New
England, from the West and South, Wing
and Democrat, Conservative and Republi-
can, Confederate aad Federal, have united
in common appeal to their fellow-men of
the North to save them from the humilia-
ton and dangers of negro domination. Ex-
cept office-holders and office-seekers there
are none dissenting.
This appeal will be heard. The white
men of the North will respond to their
brothers of the South, and save them and
the country from the threatening dangers
which negro Acknowledgement are bringing
about. The decision which will be proclaim
ed next year, throughout the North, will
sound the death-knell of negroism and Radi-
oalism. The reaction of the present will be
insignificant with what is to come during
the following year. The solemn protest
which the white citizens of the South have
made against the enactments of Congress,
have sunk deep into the hearts of the
Northern people, and it will be responded
to in time to rescue these States and save
the country
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-29
OUR WASHING TON C0RREsP0NDENCE


WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. q, 1867.
| To the Journal The additional session
of Congress commenced to-day. Wade
came into the Senate looking very much
battered. His recent political misfortune,
coupled with a severe bodily accident, has
! made him look ten years older than he did
when Congress adjourned. Simon Cam
eron, who boasts of carrying Pennsylvania
in his pantaloons' pocket, looked very light
for one with SO heavy weight about him.
John CONFESS, of California, took his seat
like man who had come to gaze for the
last time on a place where he makes at
least $25, 900 a year in pay and mileage.
James Dixon, Of Connecticut looked we'll
and smiling, as he seemed to be ENJOYING
the funereal gloom resting upon his defeat
ed and dismayed friends. Upton, Thayer,
Sumner, Ross, Pomeroy, Wilson and Yates
looked like a pious band Of the Pilgrim
Fathers, sitting in Judgment upon a witch.
Like old Cromwell, who was never known
to smile after reading Col. Titus celebrated
work, Killing no Murder" they have
drawn down their faces and have taken an
iron-clad oath never to laugh again. Well
they may. In an Eastern City the popula-
ton is so great, and the deaths so immense,
that the gate to the graveyard is never
closed, nor the procession passing through
ever broken.
The late elections have thrown open the
gate leading to the burial place of Radi-
calism very wide. It's funeral will not stop
until the people have buried all its wretched
heresies. John Sherman looked little
happy on account of the great popularity
of his brother, the General. If the Gen
eral should be nominated for President, il
would be the fair thing for John to oppose
him. He would not do it. ID. Drake.
OF Missouri, came in with his little tin
sword by his side-the same he contends
against Reverdy Johnson's claymore with.
o. '. Morton, of Indiana, presented COM
plete picture of the "Broken Meat Axe.
or the Butcher Undone," while Zachariah,
him OF " blood letting" fame, like Sem
promius in Lucifer's Councils, looked ready
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-29

"FoUR OAKS "A Nore1 bv Kam6a
Thorpe, Published dy George II. Carleton 6
Co., BroQducy, Neac York. We are in.
debted to the aathoress, through Messrs.
Edward J. Hale Il Son, Is Murray
Street, New York, for a copy of this
book just issued from the press. The au-
thorese c2sides in Alabama, but is native
of North Carolina. The novel is highly
pleasant and agreeable one, totally free
from anything merely sensational, and with
out any of those obliquities that make most
of the novels of the present day hurtful to
the public morals. It is one Of those books
that may be committed, unhesitatingly,
into the hands of the female members of
a family, or placed in the domestic library.
Any orders for this work, entrusted to
Messrs. Hale & Son, will be promptly at
tended to. We may say, in general terms,
that the public may always accept any pub
LEGATION that bears their imprinaot,o', or has
their professional or personal endorsement.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-29
OUR TARBORO' CORRESPONDENCE
TARBoRo', n. c.. Nov. 81. 1867.


Dear J0u3nal Il send you the result Of
the two days election at this place. The
county is divided into fourteen districts
In consequence of the failure of the Regis
tration Board to get suitable persons to
open the polls in each district, they were
ordered to consolidate the whole county
into two voting DISTRICTS one being at Tar
boro' and the other at Rocky Mount, five
voting at Tarboro', and the remainder at
Rocky Mount.
The result OF the vote at this place, is as
follows
Observation-Disclosures For Convention / 19I
Against Convention 234. Delegates-DrJ II Baker,
1852 Col Fl Dowd, ], 348; Il Cherry (colOred),
1925.
Rocky MOUNT For Convention, 1929; against,
301. Delegates-Baker, 319; Dowd, 800 Cherry,
coiored, 233.
This was the ticket nominated by the
County Convention, in which both whites
and blacks partici pated, but not a Con-
vention as [ conceive to nominate
candidates, either as Republicans or Radi-
Gals, but as Conservative or Union candi-
dates This ticket will be elected by a
large majority, and is generally considered
a Conservative victory In the county, as the
blacks in the county could, if united, vote
more than two for one.
By electing this ticket the county has
procured the services OF two good white
men-one Colonel in the Confederate
service, and the other Surgeon, and /
kn0lc that they have no Radical proclivi-
ties. The election here went off quietly,
and nothing transpired that even tended
to the disturbance of the peace. The blacks
as we'll as the whites conducting them
III
I presume you will get q full account of
all the doings and sayings in connection
with = 3 election here from your worthy
contemporary the Southerner, in to days
issue.
I write in a hurry.
Yours, as usual,
OCCASIONAL.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-29
The Alabama Convention.

The Convention now in session at Mont
gomery, being the first assembled under
the authority of the Reconstruction Acts
of course attracts much attention. The
infant steps and prattle of this embryo
State, born again under the hands of loya
acc0uc1eurS, is watched by North and
South, by the former with reference to the
fate of Presidential aspirants and political
parties; by the latter as foreshadowine
their own condition under negro rule.
The Charleston Her'caay has collected
together correct and interesting epitome
of its proceedings from the summary tele-
graphed by the Associated Press and from
correspondents of the Northern papers.
Its transactions are worth the attention of
our readers, and may be illustrative of our
own fate. Senator WILSON tells his colored
friend Harris, that Congress will not recede,
and the Standard echoes the threat, yet
the leaders of this body are endeayoring to
restrain the Radicalism of the Alabama
Convention, and will very much amelio-
rate the extreme views and threats of all OF
them.
The correspondent of the New York
World gave detailed account of the ap-
pearance and antecedants of each delegate
in the Alabama Convention, so far as he
was able to obtain the information; but
Notwithstanding diligent inquiry, he was
compelled to be satisfied with describing
some of them as unknown" The Mont
gomery white mems papers ridicule it I'M
mercifully, and in fact so much food for
ridicule has never before been furnished
by any political assemblage. The Repub-
lican press of the North endeavor, by white
washing accounts, to give the assembly
as respectable an appearance as possible,
snd by the magic of well chosen words to
invest it with some OF the dignity which
should appertain to body of men to
whose hands the constitution and laws and
future government of State have been
entrusted. d.
The Alabama Convention proceedings
are foreshadowing of those of the Con-
ventions eft to assemble. It has now been
in session about two weeks, and yet they
have scarcely accomplished anything. But
the b.~i tvs which they intend to do has
been brought before them, and referred
to approt rlato les, and in some
instances reports have been received from
the committees. Almost every topic that
has been discussed, has brought forth the
display of a vindictive temper and utter
want of craftsmanship. Some of their
proceedings seem like mere child's play.
Among the matters which have been
brought before them are the State finan-
ces, disfranchisement, the naming of the
counties, State militia, and the removal
of the capital of the State. Among their
foolish acts in regard to the finances, evi
IDENTITY prompted by vindictive DISPOSE
ton, was the appointment of committee
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-29
OUR LUMBERT0N C0RREsPONDENoE


LUMBERToN, n. c., Nov. 81.
MesSrs. Editors The great negro cleo
ton which occurred here on the 10Th and
10th has ended, with but little bloodshed.
Although we noticed disposition on the
part of the leading Radicals, to get up
disturbance at the polls, in violation of or
ders, for what purpose we did not learn
The white men who were entitled, took but
little interest in the way things were going
as they had no confidence in the Justice or
legality of such proceeding, consequently
the Radicals have carried the county. The
negres voted unanimously that ticket.
We visited the polls for a few minutes, to
see how things were conducted under ne
gro rule, and saw several white men, So
called, rejected, because their names could
not be found on the books, although they
could prove the fact of their registration :;
saw another man refused who had been
appointed oVerseer Of q road since the war.
This was new feature we had not heard
OF before, and heard the Judge of elections
tell another man who offered his vote, that
he was 'reiected" and DISTINGUISHED :"
for being a patroler and going into the
rebel army. This was the literary man of
the Board. So we very easily concluded
that the Conservative candidates stood no
chance of election in Robson, although
there was about two hundred majority for
the whites registered, many of whom be-
long to the Union League Society, and
voted the yellow ticket. So Hays and
Nance, Radicals, arc elected over two of
the best men in the county, who were always
good Union men, and men Of intelligence
and character RoBEsoN.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-29
SickIes' Loyal Student.

The acquital of the Sheriff CT Caswel
has been promulgated, which we publish
under the Estate News" twill be recol-
lected that he WAS arrested in consequence
of charges preferred by General SIcKLEs,
on account of his arrest and treatment of a
loyal STUDENT The evidence should by all
means be published, that we me-. what
naughty things lIajor Generals resort to
for "party pun oses."
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-29

of inquiry to inquire into the expend1-
ture of the public money of the State of
Alabama for the support of the provisional
State government established by President
johnson. How they propose to recover
the money thus spent does not appear
On the subject of Acknowledgement two
reports were made by the committee. The
majority report was extremely proscriptlve'
and would have disfranchised seven-elghths
of the white men of Alabama. The NIL
nority report gave ample advantages to the
Radical party in all future political contests,
but gave the white people of Alabama at
least ali apparent share in the government.
The Convention were in favor of the ma
iority report, but were afraid to pass 1t
without consultation with their masters in
Washington, and accordingly committee
was appointed to go to Washington and
obtain the opinion of the leading Radical
members of Congress. The telegraph in
forms us that in conformity with ADVICE SO
received, the majority report has been
slightly modified. It will, probably, be
adopted as it now stands, leaving the white
people of Alabama at the mercy OF the
negroes.
A bill has been offered and will probably
pass, changing the names of all counties,
which have been called in honor Of Con-
federate victories, or of distinguished Con-
federates.
A bill has also been prepared and re-
ported from special committee, to or
ganize State militia, to be subject to the
order of the Governor. This will be
similar body to the militia Of Tennessee,
and will probably be used for like pur-
poses, and unless tho whole scheme Of re-
construction is upset i'll time to prevent it,
the pleasant scenes which have made a
Pandemonium of Tennessee under Brown
low for the past two years, may soon be re-
enacted in Alabama.
The reception of the delegates 10y the
people of Montgomery was not fiattering
to the pride of the newly elected digna-
taries, and so with a strar sc disregard to
geography, the centre Of the State has been
gravely declared to be in the neighborhood
of Selma, and it has been proposed to re-
move the Capital from Montgomery to
that locality as punishment for the dis
courteous treatment of the members of
the Convention by the people of Mont
gomery.
The list of their follies might be ex-
tended almost indefinitely, but enough
have been noticed to show the character of
the body.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-29

Sentence of Tolar, Powers and Watkins
It is understood definitely that Genera
CANDY has published the proceedings of the
| trial of Tolar, Powers and Watkins, by g
Military Commission at Raleigh. They were
found guilty of the charge and sentenced to
be hanged. The General mitigated the
sentence to fifteen years imprisonment at
hard labor in Fort Macon.
We sincerely trust that the imposing pc
titions that have gone forward from the
people of the State to President JOHNSON,
will cause the speedy pardon of these gen.
tlemen. These trials of civilians by mill
tary courts having been declared unconsti-
tutional by the President, and pronounced
so by the Supreme Court of the United
States, were these men ever SO guilty they
have not been legally convicted.
IF they were implicated in the killing of
the guilty scoundrel, the circumstances and
the occasion were much more justifable
than similar conduct on the part of the dis
tinguished officer of the army who ordered
the trial, from which he was acquitted by a
jury of his countrymen.
Alas, we fear that party feeling is being
carried to an extent which renders life and
liberty as insecure as are political rights
and privileges.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-29

81 say, Tummas," remarks an inquirins
spirit in Judy, "what breed do you call
that er dawg O. yourn ?" Tr-mmas "Well,
he's two breeds-pinter AMI setter. He sits
all day and pints his nose at the fire.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-29

Several Republicans who dislike repudi-
alton and squandering the public money,
want Thad. Stevens to resign from the
Committee on Appropriations, but the old
man is firm,
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Shepard, the wife-murderer, doesn't like
his nother-in-law, and regrets that he VIII
not be hung for year yet, as he lntenus 70
haunt her in the spirit, and that Will DC olA-
fcult until he is dead.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-29
Political,

1t is stated that the Democrats of New
York city propose to raise the sum of $780,
900 to start new daily paper which is to
Ell. Pendleton, of Ohio, for the Presidency.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-29
University OF MaryIand-Dr. Howard's
Lecture

Lecture.
We have just received from Mr.. Chas. S.
Kerr, a member of the graduating class, a
copy of GA LECTURE INTRODUCTORY TO A
COURSE ON THE DISEASES OF WOMEN AND
CHILDREN IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MARY
LAND. By IT, 7. Hoooayd, A. d."
A spirit of professional dignity pervades
the whole of this Lecture, and reflects Gre
dit upon the caste which the University of
Maryland has long since taken among the
medical schools in this country. DR.. How
ard has long been esteemed among the
most scholarly men in the medical profess
sion in his State, and carries to Baltimore
not only the prestige of former success, but
the good wishes of his State for prosper
Gus future.
His lecture has not that display of
sectional animosity which has so lately
been the theme upon similar occasions,
bnt is eminently worthy of sincere and
energetic professor, striving for the good
of his profession and his class
We are glad to place the University of
determined te raise the standard of schol-
arship far above its present status. The
rapid and important advances which have
been made of late years, demand that this
change should take place, regardless of po
litical favor or pecuniary disadvantage
Those Schools may attain temporary sue
cess that pander to sectional feelings, but
they can never establish themselves upona
substantial basis.
What is needed now, more particularly
in the South, is thorough education one
which will be available in the pursuit of
livelihood. The people are no less fastidi
Gus than before the conquest, and demand
that those who are recipients of their
favors shall be educated men therefore
it is necessary that the standard should be
raised instead of lowered, to meet this
demand. But still a more important duty
devolyes upon the medical schools than
sending out physicians acceptable to the
people. They should take care that those
receiving degrees should be so we'll ground
ed in the profession, that they may be able
in their turn to aid in the march of i'm
provement, and reflect credit upon pro-
fession the most honorable and necessary
in existence.
We are glad to say that the University
OF Maryland has been no laggard in this
work of educational reform, and that its
standard of education has not been excelled
by any other in the country and we are
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-29
Cotton.

We publish, upon our first page this
morning a series of four articles
upon the profitable cultivation of cotton
from the pen of a leading and successful
planter of Georgia. They will be found
able and practical papers, Of great utility tc
our farmers.
We are under obligations to an esteemed
friend, an Intelligent and skillful planter
himself, for these valuable articles, who
writes us as follows
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-29
TARBORO

.NOF'
Editors Journal Enclosed hand you four
articles from the pen of old and valued friend
of mine Mr.. VIM. q. Young, of Columbus, Geor-
gia-on the subject of growing cotton probably
at the South, &C., &c.
Mr. Young is esteemed in the section of cum
try where he lives, as one of the most practical
men in it having succeeded, as an Agriculturist
and Manufacturer, in amassiug d large fortune,
much OF which was destroyed during the war.
commend these articles to the patrons OF year
paper, as one of great Importance to them, and
nope they will receive special attention. Ia ask
ing you to publish it in the JOURNAL feel that 1t
will be broughtto the notice of more persons di-
rectly interested, than it would be if Published in
any other paper i'll the State, it being admitted
that the JOURNAL has decidedly the largest clrcu-
alton II.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-09-09
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