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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-20
From the Raleigh Sentinel.
The Effect of the Amnesty.

The opinion seems to be universal that
the legal effect of President Johnson's proc
lamation of amnesty enfranchises every
man in the government, notincluded among
the unpardoned exceptions. The only point
made by the Radicals seems to be, whether
the President had the yight to issue the
exclamation just now The expediency
or propriety of the act they may call in
question, but as to the right to issue it, it
IS beyond question. The language of the
Constitution and the practice of the Gov
eminent are too plain to be misunder-
stood.
In casting our eye over the entire State,
we cannot think of more than four persons
who are not now pardoned. Those are
four Major Generals of the late Confeder-
ate army. There may be others, but we
don't remember them.
The New York World thus speaks of the
practical effect of the proclamation, in
which it is doubt less correct:
Practically, the new proclamation will afford
no relief to persons deprived of the elective fran
chise. The legal operations Of an executive par
don is this: if person is indicted and put trial
for an offence for which he has been pardoned, he
| can plead and prove the pardon, and thereby OBJ
tain release. Ii the prosecuting officer IS aware
of the pardon, he will OF course commence no pro-
ceedings, since he must know that they must ne
cessariLy have this termin alton. But board of
registration Is not governed by the same rules as
a Court of justice. Their Office is not judicial but
ministerial; their duty consists in simply follow
ing the directions of the law under which they
act LII law contravenes the Constitution, we
have never heard that it is the province or func-
ton of a Board of Registry to sit in judgment on
1t and pronounce it null. If the Registry Board
mad this power, they might, on good grounds, adj
tional, and declare the very Office they exercise,
and all their proceedings i'll it. legal nullities.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-20
From the Cincinnati Enquirer,
Facts and Figures Of the Public Debt.

There are but few persons who have any
conception of the vast numbers contained
in billion. In order to arrive at some
thing like definite understanding of Lhe
immensely of such sum, let us suppose one
billion of silver dollars to be placed III a
heap, and one man set to count it, how
long would it take him to count it Some
will say, perhaps month. or maybe three
or six months, or year, but we will lei
figures answer. We will suppose that an
expert would be able to count and arrange
in banking house order, ono every second;
at this rate he would count sixty per MIN
ute, three thousand six hundred per hour
land allowing ten hours for a days work
thirty-six thousand in day, one million
in month and two days, and in one year
ten million eight hundred thousand, ana
one billion in ninety-two years. Now, lei
US suppose our National debt to be no
more than it is generally stated to De-
say about $2,700,000, 900, and if we d.
vide that sum by 10,8OO,OOO, the
sun that could be counted in one
year, we find that it would take 25O years
to count the National debt, and yet some
of our Radical friends would have rs De-
lieve that the debt is mere tri1e, while
they go on with their reckless extravaganza
spending $3.50, DOC, 900 OF the peoples money
every year, mainly for the purpose OF per.
petuating their own power and supporuH8
twenty or thirty thousand corrupt Officials;
Think of these things, we taxpayers, ana
consider whether it would be better to con
tinue in power party SO INSCRIPTIONS 50
hypocritical, and SO recklessly extraya6aISS
in expenditure, or return to the good o."
Democratic principles upon which the 90
eminent was administered in former times
when our taxes were so light that we scarce
ly knew we had Government to supper"
&c. G.
1.-THE calculation of L. G. G. shows tLU
immensely of the public debt, and nov nov
long it would take to pay it by countin5
out dollar by dollar in silver. There a IS ;"
way, however, not SO tedious pay 1t Oh H. -
one thousand dollar greenback bills Nv
hundred dollar greenback bills, one . nuL
dred dollar greenback bills. Its magnilttur"
will not be so enormous, in fact, as ~ az
pears when treated in that way.-EnQ"""''
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-20

Fac Wilmington, Charlotte d Ruthefforo
and the Western North Carolina Rail-
road Connections.
At the annual meeting of Stockholders Of
the Western North 0afplina Railroad, held
at Salisbury On the 10Th of August, 1867,
the following resolution, introduced by
Gov. Vance, was adopted
Resolred, That the Board of Directors OF the
Western North Carolina Road be instructed to ap-
point committee whose business it shall be to
confer with and ascertain from the authorities of
the Wilmington, Charlotte i Rutherford Road as
early as possible, whether they desire to connect
with this Road, and if so, when, where and on
what terms and if that Road should declare to
agree to any terms acceptable to this Company,
then the Board is instructed to memorialiZe the
next Legislature for such an amendment to our
Charter as will prevent that Company from reap
ing the benefits of our labor and means hereafter,
inasmuch as it was the obectiof the Legislature in
permitting the connection of the two Roads origin
ally was that the joint means of both might be
united in cutting through the mountains.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-20
The President and Congress--The Impor-
tant Issues Pending.


A state of excitement now possesses the
public mind, unequalled at any period since
the close of the war. The late acts of the
observation-disclosures suspension, the re-
moval of SHERIDAN and S1cKLEs, and the
issuance of unlooked-for proclamations-
have served to influence Radical hatred to
its height, and, from present appearances,
on the re-assembling of Congress, the inn
parchment question will be revived, and
the subject agitated by the leaders of this
faction to its fullest extent. On the other
hand, from present indications, the Presi-
dent means something by his late acts, and
will remain firm in the position which he
has taken. He has all along expressed un-
bounded confidence IN the people, and the
"second sober thought" on their part, in
which he so confidently relied. seems
evidenceds or at least foreshadowed, by the
result of the late elections in California and
Maine. He certainly cannot intend that
his Amnesty Proclamation shall be merely
useless State paper of fine phrases but
empty effects. Assured by the returning
sense OF the Northern people, and firmly
reliant in his powers granted by the Con-
stitution, it is evidently his intention to
render this Proclamation in effect what it
is in words.
On the subject of the effect of amnesty;
the Cabinet are said to be unit. They
have agreed in the discussions of this sub
4ho4 10 =
excluded whites from disability as to the
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-20
Raleigh.

A flying trip to the City OF Oaks enabled
us to mingle a few hours with many old
and much esteemed frienus. We believe
the city is more than usually dull, with lit
tie appearance of business. The farmers,
however, are busy gathering their crops,
and the merchants had not received their
stocks in full While but few improve
ments are observable we cannot fail to no.
tice the magnificent Store and Hall erected
by the fuckers and recently completed.
Their store room is. we suppose, the most
MAGNIFICENT in the Southern States, being
forty-four feet wide by one hundred and
twenty deep. The various classes of goods
are divided into eight departments, ena-
bling the purchaser to select with more
Judgment and care. The wholesale and
retail departments are finished with an eye
to comfort, convenience and elegance, and
the superb stock which they are receiving
from day to day and the hberality which
characterizes them as business men, will
increase trade which has long been Que
of the best in the State.
| The Hall, or Theatre, above is capable
of seating one thousand persons comforta-
bly, and is finished in the highest style OF
art. The stage, scenery and all the ap'
pointments are the very best The compile
ton of this Hall fills want long felt in that
city, and will no longer render the use OF
tie Commons Hall necessary or proper fol-
meetings and exhibitions of any kind.
/ It is not often in these times we see ou1
own citizens able or willing to spend their
money SO literally in public improvements.
Those who do should be rewarded.
We are sorry to learn that the contem
plated erection of large cotton factory
has been abandoned for the present. The
gloom and uncertainty of the future, which
has retarded or destroyed many Southern
enterprises, has postponed, probably in
definitely, an undertaking, the successful
establishment of which, would have given
employment to many needy laboRefs, added
to the business and wealth of that commu-
nifty, and laid the foundation of populou,
and enterprising growth TO a city, now
resting in Improbable idleness beneath
the shade of its magnificent oaks.
We are satisfied, even from hurried OBJ
servation, that we noticed larger proper
ton of persons, white and black, without
profitable employment in Raleigh than any
point we have yet visited. They seem,
Micawba-like, to be waiting for something
to turn up" or what is better and more
certain, the assemblage of the Convention
and Legislature, when the public Golfers,
over which Mr.. Battle keeps a jealous
watch, shall be thrown open and its treasure
distributed. Nowhere is the present stagna-
ton more apparent. or business more at.
fected ALI communities indeed sympathize
in this state of things, more or less.
and there are aone but what bear
the sad impress of the loss of business,
delayed prosperity, and. too frequently,
the loss of heart.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-20
Here follows an appeal to the Democrats
Recon SfruCtiOn.

While reconstruction, under Radical mani
pulation, lags in the South, the great party
of constitutional freedom is marching on to
inevitable triumph in the North. Let us
count up the Democratic gains in round
numbers since last Spring:
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-20
Registration Returns.

We give below the registration returns
in this State so far as received. We shall
keep the table standing until completed by
the full returns from the State. No county
must be regarded as completed unless it is
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-20
The Succcssor OF Conness.

Hon. Joseph P. Hoge, who represents Loss
the Galena illinois, District in CongL'i;s
twenty years ago-1843 to 1847-and WIZ Vim
now San Francisco lawyer and Chalrn LIT,
of the Democratic State Central ConlW .ba
zee, is named as the probable choice o. tbe
now dominant party in that State lOf w.
Seuatorship, vice John CONFESS
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-20
Pennsylvania Democratic Address

The Democratic State Committee of
Pennsylvania have issued an address, in
which the people of the State are informed
of the following facts;
"The whole expense of the War Department in
1860 was sixteen and n half millions while i'll 1867
it's estimated by the Treasury at furty-seyen mil
lions, both being periods of peace 70 give the
negro the power to rule us, therefore, costs the
nation annually thirty millions. Of this amount
Pennsylvania share is at least one-tenth, and
your industry must annually pay three millions OF
dollars to support policy that closes your wool
len mills and stops your factories. In your State
affairs mismanaSenlent, corruption, and eNtrava-
gance are the rule. Ia 1860, under Democratic
power, the whole amount of money appropriated
and expended. Independent Of funded debt and
military expenses, as shown by the Treasury, was
nine hundro and ninety eight thousand dollars.
In 1854 excluding the same itenls the Radicals
appropriated and expended one million three hun
dced and seventy nine thousand dollars. In 1865,
excluding the same items, the Radicals appropri-
ated and expended one million five hundred and
nineteen thousand dollars, and in 1860, excluding
the same items, they appropriated and expended
two millions and eleven thousand dollars. The
report of the Auditor General shows these facts,
and proves that in six years of Radical rule your
| cash expenses have moro than doubled"
Here follows an appeal to the Democrats
of Pennsylvania:
1.-The result i'll California arouse you to renew
ed exerton. Work is to be done, and you must
do it. Committees may plan and order, but the
result depends upon yourselves. Individual eff
fort is the road to victory. See :your neighbour
encourage him, bring him to the polls. Perfect
your organizations Block your wards and town
ships. Sub-dvide the labor and reform it with
| energy. Press home upon your adversaries the
real issues of the canvass Demand of them that
thoy shall answer: Are you for against the ia.
deal policy that destroys our business AMI coacs
our workshops, mills and factories, to give the
negro the balapce of power? Are you for OF
against conceding to Congress the right to allow
the negro the power to rule Pennsylvania %
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-20

The sudden advent of clear, cold fall
weather has developed an unusual amount
of colds, coughs, and influenza.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-20
Correct Statement.
Received by w, &. w. r. Cos4, 64C 2;
- N G. r. L. Cheeseman's. g. 93 81

Total il crease to the State Railroads 1873 rs
This amount is in excess of what would
have been received by these roads, had the
new arrangement not been lnaugurated,
and at almost no additional cost to these
Companies Had the order of the Stock
holders been fully carried out, this sum
would have exceeded ten thousand dollars
for the first month, and that a dull one for
business.
Surely the State has an interest in the
success of this arrangement. The relative
proportions for the roads are three-ffths,
Wilmington and Weldon, and two-ffths
North Carolina Railroad on freights and
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-20
Word to North Carolina Farmers.

Word to North Carolina rAEmeAs'
No class of the community occupies our
thoughts more than our farmers and plant
|ers. Their condition and success deter.
mine the prospects and successes of all
other vocafions The farming interest is
The GREAT interest of the State. If our peo-
pie ever pay their debts, recover their heavy
losses and become rich, it must be dug out
of the soil. Our gold, iron, copper and
coal mines, our turpentine resources and
our manufacturing enterprises, can do
something towards it, but they must ever
be secondary and subsidiary to the great
farming interest.
Two years experience will or ought to
satisfy our farmers, that the employment
of large numbers of hired Iaborlng men,
whose wives and children are to do moth
ing, and vet are to be fed and clothed out
| of the labors of the men, on large farms, IS
not the way to pay debts or make money
The size of the farms renders it almost I'M
possible for them to be we'll kept up the
| fences, bitches and necessary provision for
cattle, sheep and hogs, will not be we'll at
tended to wholly by hired laborers, who
are only interested in the crop or the
monthly wages. Proper cultivation and
regular manuring arrangements cannot or
will not be carried on.
Besides, under the controlling impulse
to make money for our present necessities,
resort must be had to stimulating fertilizers
to produce crops that will pay hired labor
ers and families, and afford the owner
proper remuneration; thus our lands must
be seriously in danger of ultimate sterility
and consequent decline in value.
We can see no remedy, no real protec-
ton to the present owners of the land, but
speedy change in the system of employ
ing many hands on one large plantation.
We believe it is far better to divide up the
lands and place them in the hands of other
operators, even if one is not disposed to
sell.
1t must be apparent to every land owner,
who is in debt, that it will never do to eX-
pose large tracts of land to sale OF allow
them to go under the Sheriff's Or MarshaPs
hammer. The scarcity of money will make
all such sales ruinous Besides, 1t will In
trOduce among us rapaclous land specu-
lators, whose greed will not be satisfied at
any small sacrifice of the land owner.
Small farms, well cultivated and cared
for, must become the order of the day
Large plantations must be divided and
sold, or leased out to practical honest men,
who will do right, and whose industry and
skill will either enable them to pay for the
lands, or return them to the owner I'M
proved by their management. Faithful
men, who have been former slaves of land
owners, may be found in some instances,
who would do well in such cases, and who
ought to be encouraged in their industry
and honesty.
We beg that some of our intelligent
planters will give us their views on this
subject. We should like to know the
opinion of our planters, as to the probable
results of the next five years, on the present
plan of large farms.-Raleigh Sentinel.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-20

Here is total Democratic gain in seven
small States and one Territory of nearly
eighty thousand votes-nearly one quarter
of the entire popular majority for Lincoln
in 1864 in the loyal States alone ! AS an
Offset, the Radicals are entitled tosa credit
of 3d. 900 white voters disfranchised in Ten
nessee
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-20
The State Elections.

The following are the other State cleo
tions to be held this year:
OHIo-October S.-Governor, Lieuten-
ant Governor, Treasurer of State, Auditor,
Comptroller of the Treasury, Attorney Gen
eral, Judges, Members of Board of Public
Works, Members of Legislature, and suf-
frage amendment to the Constitution.
PENNsYLvANIA-Oc October S.-Judge of the
Supreme Court and Members of the Legis-
lature.
IowA-October 8.-Governor, Lieuten-
ant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor,
Treasurer, Superintendent of Public In
situations, Judges, and Members of Legis-
lature.
New YoRE-November 5.-Secretary Of
State, Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney
General, State Engineer and Surveyor,
Canal Commissioner, Inspector of State
Prisons, Judges and Members of Legisla-
ture.
WIsCoNsIN--Nove 5.--Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State,
Treasurer, Comptroller, Attorney General,
Inspector of Prisons, Members of Legisla-
ture, and amendment to Constitution.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 5.-Constitution.
MAssACHUsETTs-Nov 5.-Govern-
or, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary OF
State, Treasurer, Attorney General, Coun-
cillors, and Members of General Court.
MINNESOTA 5. Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State,
Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, and
Members of Legislature.
New JERsEY-Novembe 5.-Members Of
| Legislature.
| KANsAs-November 6.-Members of the
Legislature, and amendments to Constitu.
| ton
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-20
The Late Railroad Accident-NIore Par
tfcuIars.

On Thursday morning, at four and q half
O'Clock. the Express passenger train going
North on the Wilmington and Weldon
Railroad had the misfortune to break a
rail near the low trestle, one mile North OF
Battiesboro', by which four cars were
thrown into the swamp, knocking down
two hundred feet of trestle-work over the
swamp. About one and half o'clock, T.
NJ, samo day. the Superintendent arrived
on the ground Collecting an extra force
in short time he soon made arrangements
to pass passengers over to trains on each
side. which was done successfully until the
cars were removed from the swamp. The
trestle was reconstructed during Friday
night, so that all was completed by Satur-
day morning. Pretty quick scorh.
We understand that the accident was en-
tireiy unavoidable and could not have been
foreseen nor prevented. the rail broken
was entirely sound, and broke apparently
from c7.ystiHzation of the iron.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-20
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

There was an error in our statement yes
terday, in the amount of recei pts by thu
freights that passed by Goldsboro', which
we correct below.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-20
RaiIroads-some very Stealthy Operations
Somewhere.

We have lust been shown a letter from Il
prominent official of the North Carolina
Railroad Company, which contains the
following sentence "Whlle III Charlotte
[ called on many OF the merchants and
gave them the points in regard to shipping
ciu Goldsboro. found none Of them had
ordered their goods ria Roleigh, but some
had been received and marked that way
entirely acihom their knowledge on consent. "
(Italics are ours.)
Another-A few days ago II lot of Pork,
purchased in Baltimore by the Wilmington
and Weldon Railroad Company, came here
s'stencil marked ciu Raleigh and CASTOR
Railroad, and it was done after they left
the store OF the seller. These facts need
no comment. The public will Judge OF the
m0raiHv of such operations.
We submit the first months figures,
showing the receipts by the Wilmington
and Weldon Railroad Company and the
North Carolina Railroad Company on
freight that passed via Goldsboro' in the
month of August, the first after the new
route was in operation a:
W. and ". r: Il. Co. prop.ortions , $3.50 Is -
| n &. II. Il. Co. LOO III
Total Increase to the State Railroads.&c.. 1896 50
more than would have been received by
these roads had the new arrangement not
been inaugurated, and at almost no 0t@tt-
tional cost to these companies. Had the or
der of the Stockholders been fully carried
out this sum would probably have reached
nine thousand dollars. The people OF
North Carolina will watch these operations
! int
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-20

The Board of Registrars having misconstrued
the act of Congress relating to Registration, are
hereby notified that Officers of Militia, of Corpo-
rate Towns, Notaries Public, and Inspectors of
Flour, Turpentine and Tobacco, are entitled to
register unless otherwise disqualified.
By command of Post Colonel M. CosGWELL.
f. A. WHITNEY,
The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1867-11-30

probation of our currency and securities;
and it must eventually follow any de-
parture from our plighted faith to our
creditors. We earnestly hope that this
fearful peril will be removed by the early
enactment of an equitable funding law,
to embrace our whole debt, and place it
on a uniform basis, with .he obligations
of the Government clearly defined. This
once done our people would be relieved
from all uncertainty would
be fully restored, and this last device
of the enemies of our redeemed Repub-
lie would prove abortiYe. Let us main
tain our national faith at any hazard,
and with unshaken credit and unblotted
fame, the great Government of the Peo
pie will reach the full fruition ofits no
BILE destiny. r.