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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-27
From the Goldsboro' Star.
Conservative Meeting.

large and enthusiastic meeting was held in the
Court House in GolGsboro on Wednesday night
last 18th inst
On motion DR. Adam c. Davis was called to the
Chair, and Captain Z. T. Fulghum and A. Is. Pal
mer, Esq. were appointed Secretaries.
The object of the meeting having been ex-
planned, the following committee was appointed
to draft resolutions for the act Of the meeting,
to-wit: W. Whitaker r. Z. Fulghum and }. A:
Evans, who, through their Chairman, reported
the following, which were unanimously adopted :
ReSOEced, That in the opinion OF this meeting,
it is proper that the Conservative parties OF North
Carolina shall ganize themselves into party for
the protection of their political rights.
RPsolced, That we approve of State conven-
ton, to be held at the city OF kaeigh on or about
tho 18th October.
Resolved That We will hold Convention in this
county, the Goth inst, for the purpose OF send
ing delegates to the State Convention.
Res0lUed, That the counties in this Congress
siona District be requested to act IN concert with
this Convention.
At this stage of the meeting, Capt. Fu!ghum
introduced VIM. Smith, ESQ, Of New Hanover, to
the meeting, who was requested, on motion, to
occupy seat in the meeting.
On motion, the following gentlemen were APP
pointed from GoldshorO', to the County ConVen-
ton W. G. Morisey, \. J. Galloway, DR. John W.
Davis Dr. W. Fl. Finlayson, w. P Lane, s. >.
Phillips, L, D. Giddns, G. J. Nelson, d. Creech,
G. Wooten. Jr.
On motion, the names of the Chairman and Sec
retaries were added TO the list.
On motion, the proceedings we're ordered to be
published in the Daily Morning Star and the
News
The meeting then adjourned.
ADM G. DAVIS, Chairman.
+. T. rULaHuM, Secretaries.
A. g. PALMER,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-27
Registration.

There can certainly be few subjects more
important to our people than that of Re-
gistration. Unfortunately, General SIC
KLEs in his orders gave too much discre-
ton and power to the ignorant and reck-
less men who generally compose the Board
of Registrars. That there are exceptions
to this remark, we are glad to admit, and
we have ourselves taken occasion to COM
pliment the off ial conduct of some whose
action has been controlled by an earnest
desire to do equal justice to all and comply
strictly with their oath of Office. But that
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-27

shrinking ? The condition of the mon
grels in Mexico is solemn warning aoainot
an admlxture which ends only in destrnc.
ton. 1t is true that opposite races are not
compelled to intermarry because thew voto
together yet this, which sounds concln'
sive, means little or nothing. The Snan.
iards sufficiently despised the Indians at The
time of the conquest in Mexico, but tLo
bloods were mingled Notwithstanding ~
produce what We now see. Perhaps it mioLt
be well to let the negro alone for q wbiIo
Perhaps it would be we'll, before under
taking either to educate or enfrancbioo
him, to try to educate those who alraoJu
have the suffrage. The number of orossIy
ignorant persons who vote is increasinG
and increasing relatively to the whole vote
thrown. Already the intellect, the taste
the culture OF the country are swamped,
and count for little or nothing in its gov.
ernment or progress. Is it wise to carry
this state OF things still further-to place
all power still more unreseryedly in tho
hands of the ignorant, the debased and
the needy. Possibly, it is inevitable. Per.
haps it is altogether inseparable from insti-
tutions like ours that they should deyeIon
downwards in progressive decadence until
the lowest deep is attained, and the nation
is ripe for despotism. We would gladly
hope for better things but when agrarian
ism IS proposed as bait to the populace
by leader of one faction, and Reputation
is similarly suggested by leader of the
other, we cannot doubt that the country
is almost prepared to accept extension Of
the franchise in any and every direction,
regardless of education or consequences,
and can see little promise in the future, or
at least, until our craze or mob-worship
has run its feverish course, and brought its
usual fruits
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-27
Roman Antiquities.

While making excavations in the Roman
cemetery at Liliebourn, in France, M.
liable COchet found twelve or fifteen sepul-
chreS, III which were forty glass and
earthen vases. In the same locality NJ
Cochet also discovered green glass cup,
which presents bas-relief Of combat OF
glaIiatOrs. The names of the celebrities
Of the public games were inscribed upon
the borders of the cup. This rare curiosi-
ty was broken, SO that there could be re-
cognlzed only The names of P trahes and
Probes, notorious gladiators of the time Of
Nero, whose names have be enfound written
upon the walls Of Pompeii. Goblets of
this kind may be seen in the museum at
Vienna, Austria, and have been found in
Savoy, in Berry, and in Kent, England.
An English paper says: 1.-The excava-
ton of the ancient Roman city of Uriconi-
UNI, near Shrewsbury, has been carried on
at the north angle of what is known to
archteologists as the enamelers workshop;'
and the opinion formed some time ago,
that this portion of the buildings was used
by the Romans for the purpose indicated
by the name bestowed upon it, is strongly
confirmed by the exploration of the last
few weeks 4 large number of miscellane-
GUS articles have been turned up by the
workmen, among which were fragments of
Samian ware which, when put together.
formed a pair Of bowls of handsome APP
pearance. About dozen coins of various
value and different dates were also found,
together with hair pins, rings made of am
Der and of iron, fragments of engraved
glass, &c. These have been added to the
store Of Wroxeter antiquities in the muse
UNI at Shrewsbury.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-27
From the Baltimore sun.
FROM yVASIINGTO

Military Isule ia sisslssippi--A Highhan-
ded Case Disposed of-pcnnsylvania Den-
ocratIc DelegatIon-Genernl Fi,z John
Porter's Case.
WASHINGTON, Sept. lS.-A case comes no
of the proceedings of a court-martial re-
Gently held in Mississippi. The facts, as
proved, are that the Lieutenant commanding
in town in Mississippi sent his parapaour
to q hotel in the place to board The hotel
proprietor refused to give her a room. The
officer demonstrated and threatened, and
failing to induce the hotel keeper to yield,
sent for detachment of soldiers and took
possessionsof the hotel and placed his par
amour in a room.
The facts We're reported to General Ord,
a courtmartial ordered and the court found
the Lieutenant guilty as charged, and SEN
fenced him t. dismissal from the service.
General Grant approved of the sentence.
Judge Holt recommends the abatement of
the sentence, that the offender be suspend
ed one month, on the ground that the princi-
raj witness VAS once III the Confederate ser"
vice. The President to-day approved the
sentence of dismissal.
A delegation of Democratic politicians
were here to-day, among them Hon. Saml
j. Randall, member of Congress from the
first district Of Pennsylvania and Gen eral
McCandless, of that State. The purpose
of the visit is understood 70 be to make
some arrangement for the distribution of
government patronage that will result in
advantage to the Democratic party in the
October election.
Hon. Louis V. Bogy, OF st. Louis, late
Commissioner of Indian affairs, is in this
city on official business.
Gen. Fitz John Porter's case was again
up for consideration to-day in the War De-
partment. The true statement of the case
is, petition asking for the reopening and
rehearing was referred by the President
pro fo,maa to Gen. Grant, who, though dis
posed to give Gen. Porter fair opportu-
nifty to set himself right before the country,
has, upon theisuggestion of legal question
claimed to be adverse to the application,
reported the case back to the President,
with a recommendation that the legal CUES
tons be referred to the Attorney General
for his opinion.
The point difficult of determination is
whether, after sentence and Judgment in O
military case has been approved by the
Executive, and judgment executed, the
President has power to reopen the cause
and order a new trial, no matter whether
the lapse of time since the approval be four
minutes OF four years. Another suggestion
is TO refer the matter to n special commits
sioner to be named, who shall examine the
testimony now proposed to be offered, and
report whether it is of such character as
would, by analogy, warrant new trial in a
civil case, according to the rules of civil
procedure. The papers were sent to the
President this afternoon by General Grant,
and will probably be handed to Mr.. Stan
berry tomorrow.
Ex-Mayor Withers, of Mobile, has been
here several days, but has not called on the
President, Or asked to be reinstated, as re-
ported in some papers.
Governor Fenton, of New York, and Hon.
Edmund Cooper, of Tennessee, arrived here
o-day. DATA
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-27

Upon the above compilation of prices
from correspondence of the Philadelphia
Press, may be added the following com
ments, which will interest the industrial
classes generally
These are very low wages but beef is
only ninety centimes (say fifteen or sixteen
cents) o pound bat tea is one franc and
half per pound. Potatoes are sold by
weight, as they should be everywhere, and
cost twelve francs for sack of two hun
dred pounds; and bread if twenty centimes
(one-ffth of Il france per pound, and the
Government sees that full pound is sold
for the price. 1t is true that the prices OF
these necessaries are not much lower than
the cost in coin for the same articles in this
country but the rates are considerably be-
low the paper prices we pay at present. In
this country, too, loaf of bread weighs no
more, and costs the consumer as much
when the baker pays ten dollars per barrel
for flour as when he pays fifteen dollars per
barrel In New Orleans alone, we believe,
Of all our cities, every week municipal
order is published, stating that, as flour is
at such q price, SO much bread must be
given for so much money but in Europe
governmental regulations take care that
there shall be proper correspondence be-
tween the wholesale cost and the retail
price of all articles Of food. The present
high wages in this country are Eaid in an
irredeemable paper currency, no dollar OF
which will buy more than fifty cents worth
of food, fuel, or clothing and within the
past six years rent rates in the city and in
the country have nearly, if not quite,
doubled. 1t is the rents that absorb so
much of the wages in our cities and if
rents were reduced to the rates that obtain
in continental cities, if wages were lowered
to the specie standard, and the prices Of
food brought down to the same level, the
difference in wages for labor in Europe
and in this country would not be so marked
as it is now World.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-27
The Tax OH Cotton.

The Cincinnati Gazette, a Radical jour
nal, in a recent article says
The government has increased the diff
Guilty of the reconstruction of this culture
by its tax of three cents pound-the very
worst tax in the whole list, which was i'm
posed upon the idea that this country still
possessed the monopoly of the cotton pro-
duction, when it had already slipped away
from us. It has also to contend against a
financial quackery which depresses the
price realized in foreign ports, by depres-
sing the price of exchange, while it does
reduce in the least the cost Of culture. In
the productiveness of soil, and in the su-
periority of the quality of cotton, the
United States have the advantage over
Asia. At the same price no Indian cotton
would be used. Through this superiority
we may hope to regain our former prestige,
but it must be by increased production and
low prices. The difficulties of restoring
the culture should not be increased by
Government interference, either in the way
of tax on the crops, or by tinkering prices
by means of the Treasury gold.
In 1850 the United States contributed
four million bales to the worlds supply
That will be sufficient now, for the market
is much greater than then. We cannot be
unmindful of the financial necessity for re-
storing and increasing this production );
and therefore, it should meet no impedi-
ments from either our revenue or financial
policy.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-27
4 Barber Puzzled

Three brothers, bearing a remarkable re-
semblance to one another, were in the hab-
it of shaving at the same barber shop
Not long ago one of the brothers entered
the shop early in the morning, and was
duly shaved by German who had been at
work in the shop for day or two. About
noon another brother came in and under
went a similar operation at the hands of
the barber. In the evening the third broth
er made his appearance, when the man
dropped his razor in establishment and ex-
claimed
"Well, mine Colt, dat man hash de fas-
test beard never saw. I shave dis morn
in, shaves him at dinner times, and he
comes now nit his beard so long as it never
wash u
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-27

lists cause corrections of the same, that the true
design and purpose of the laws be faithfully an
swered, and that all the rights thereby guaran-
teed he fully and IA ;rly eniOyed -
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-27

"Pa, did you tell lies when you were
little ?"
The father, perhaps conscience smittcn,
endeavored to evade the question. l'u'
the child persisted.
"Did you tell lies when you were III
tie 2"
"Well, no." said the father, "but why
did you ask ?" ,, .,
"Did ma tell lies when she was little
81 don't know, my son you must ask
her."
SWELL" retorted the hopeful, lone o.
you must have told lies, or you could not
have had boy that would do it.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-27
Civil Officers Re-appoinied by Gen. Candy.

The Intendant and Wardens of the town
of Blackville, whose terms of Office expired
on the 10th inst, have been re-appointed
by Gen. Candy, and will continue in the
exercise of their official functions as here
tofore. We think the order is an intima.
ton that no changes of officers will be
made where the incumbents are prompt
and faithful in the discharge of their du-
ties. Columbia Chronicle
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-27

The Massachusetts, Temperance Conven-
ton met at Worcester on Tuesday. DIR.
Eddy, of Boston, was chosen president. -
Addresses were made by Senator Wilson
and others.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-27
E. Candid Radical.

Hon. JOHN HICKMAN, who was last week
nominated in Chester county for the Penn
sylvania Legislature, made speech IN
which he gave his opinion of Harrisburg
in the following plain terms:
l would rather spend three months i'll the poor
house or prison of Chester county than N Harms
burg. No man can go there and come back with
an unsullied reputation, and am not sure that 1t
is not my enemies rather than my friends that de-
sire to send me there.
It is great pity that more OF the same
sort do not recognize and appreciate what
is required of them by their party, while
filling public positions, and greater pity
that more do not place higher estimate
upon an unsullied reputation. We like the
candor of this man, and he knows full well
that those who serve the Radical party,
if they are possessed of any reputation OF
account whatever, cannot preserve that re-
putation unsullied and do the public work
OF the party. And yet there arc more like
him, who profess no desire to share the
work, and the odium which that work nat
uralIy attaches to the party, and still ale
found among its followers, endorsing 10y
their votes the action and policy they pro
fess to lespise.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-27

Three negroes have been chosen Assl ASH oth'
Recorders in New Orleans, and severa! otli
ers have been appointed to other munlcip"'
positions.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-27
Wages Ina Belgium.

The following are the present current
daily wages of Belgium, as stated in our
currency :
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-27
FaiIare of Negotiations for the Bay of
Samana.

The Government on Friday received i'm
portant information from one of the for
eign ministers, showing that its negotia-
tions for the purchase of certain foreign
territory have failed. 1t will he recollec.
ted last winter Assistant Secretary Seward
visited the Island of SANTANA, or Atwood
Key, one of the Bahama group, for the
purpose of looking into its position for
United States naval station. It was deci-
ded to be valuable one, and negotiations
were at once entered upon for its purchase
Mr.. Bancroft, our minister to Berlin, re-
ceived instructions here last spring, prior
to his departure, via Madrid, and i'll con
junction with Minister Hale, endeavored to
effect the purchase of SANTANA from the
Spanish Government. The matter was
taken under advisemeLt by the Spanish au-
thorities, and, after the lapse OF some time,
has been peremptorily declined. The Gov
eminent, in the meantime, fearing failure,
opened correspondence with the author
tiles of the Republic of st. Domingo, ior
the purchase of one of its islands for the
same purpose; but the proposition was not
entertained. 1t ends for the present oil Of
the efforts of the Secretary of State to secure
the naval station in the West IndleS.-IJ'''
patch 10 tie Neac York World
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-27
Louis y. CAZIARC,
AGiutant General.

The following is paragraph II, of General
Orders No. 80
have paid taxes for the current year qualified
to serve as jurors. It shall be the duty Of the
proper civil officers charged with providing lists
of Jurors to proceed within their several jurisdic
tons, without delay. and ascertain the names Of
all qualified persons, and ace them on the jury
lists, and from such revised lists all jurors shall
be hereafter summoned and drawn in tie manner
required by law
Order No. 80 made every person who had
paid the current taxes eligible as a juror !;
Order No. SO makes eligible only those
who have paid taxes and are qualified and
registered c0ters. Every person, therefore,
in this State, who is disfranchised by law
or who does not register, will be ineligible
to serve as juror.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-27

Dip we'll seasoned shingles in lime Wils1'
and dry them before laying, and they VIII
last much longer and not become coVefeu
with moss.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-27

From The Charles Mercury, 18Th inst.
REGISTRATION IN CHRI II CHURCH.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-27
Yellow Fever Fund.

1t is with pleasure we observe that the
merchants of New York and other Northern
cities arc responding promptly to the ap-
peals for aid from the pestilence-stricken
Southern cities. 4 considerable yellow fc-
yer fund has been already raised in the for
mer city, and plans are being perfected
whereby more extensive system of col
lection can be inaugurated.
It is of course to the interests of the
Northern merchants to extend aid to their
Southern friends and patrons, and true that
this self-interest is identified with their
duty to their fellow creatures. yet benevo-
lence in any form is gratifying to the
charitable, and we must give to this assis-
lance extended by the Northern merchants
it's due proportion of philanthropy.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-27
Negro Jurors,
The following order has been issued :
HEADQ'FS SECOND MILITARY DISTRICT
CHARLEsTON, s. c., Sept. 10, 1867.


HEADQ'ts SECOND MILITARY DISTRICT
CHARLESTON, s. c., Sept. 10, 1867. J
Geae1GL Orders No. 80.
Paragraph II, of General Orders No. 30, dated
May 30, 1867, is modified follows:
All citizens assessed for taXes, and who shall
have paid taxes for the current year, and who are
qualified, and have been, or may be, duly regis
tered voters, are hereby declared qualified to
serve as jurors.
It shall be sufficient ground Of challenge to
the competency of any person juror, that he
has not been duly registered d voter. Such
right Of challenge may be exercised in behalf of
the people, OF the accused. in all criminal pro-
ceedipg, and by either party in ali civil actions
and proceedings.
Any requirement OF property qualification for
jurors, in addition to the qualification herein
prescribed, is hereby abrogated.
The Governors of North and South Carolina,
respectively are hereby authorized and empower
ed to order, if it should be necessary, special
terms of courts, to be held for the purpose of
vising and preparing jury lists, and to provide for
summoning and drawing jurors in accordance
with the requirements of this order
By command of Brevet Major General ED. r. s.
CANDY.
Louis B. CAZIARC,
Tennessee staatszeitung. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-187?, 1867-12-30
Nepnblifanifbe StaatS=
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Organization Der republifaniiden Yars
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Tennessee staatszeitung. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-187?, 1867-12-30

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