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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-11-20
Keen Together the Forces.

The late defeat of the Democrats and
Conservatives of our State ought to I'M
press on them the necessity of keeping
their forces together. ready to strike the
final blow which will be one Of triumph.
Our defeat, it Is true, has been not
route. We have come out with our ranks
unbroken, and our colors flying. But let
us keep them unbroken. Let us gain ac-
cessions and lose not one. Let us still
work and keep up the honest work until
the day of rest arrives. This is the AMI
mus which should gui de Us now, though
we walk quietly on the ways OF our bust
ness. It is an easy matter to see with what
good will this system be fraught. When
the first gun Of our State party viii be
fired, all companies can wheel into line,
strengthened with sound organization,
and rendered more defiant than ever. The
hurry Of forming clubs, of scattering in
formation, of sending out words OF cheer
will be unknown. Every wheel will be
ready. Every coach will be full. And the
glorious anthem will rescund from the
mountains to the sea, from Currituck tc
the extreme corner of the State. This i:
no idle dream. It is as it should be, ar
indisputable fact. Let all hearts respond
Let all tongues speak. Let everybody fee
this necessity. and in the end all will be
U-n1I
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-11-20
THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL
WILMINGTON. n. c..
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER IL. 1865.
EnIicv Men.

The thousand and one men OF policy, OF
DoZicv Daen-not a few of them are here !
are already besieging the President elect
with showers of letters, paper balls and
what not, to ingratiate themselves and be
the early worms in tie quest of fat offices.
Those sinecures have met with blunt
negative. Their letters, &c., are ordered
to be destroyed as soon as received. VINO
does like the policy men Whom does
the policy man like ? Does he like party !!
Ia he a Republican, Democrat, or Radi-
cal No. He is self. He is office. He
is purely, positive, absolute money. He
cares for the party that wins, and for no
other. A Democrat with the Democrats
A Radical with the Radicals. An extreme
Conservative with the conservatives
EVERYTHING to suit the place, to suit the
time and to suit the occasion. he is not
patriotic. He is not morally honest. So
long as he is kept in Office his country Is
glorious land ! When he is out of Office,
or is sent to the rear to give way to better
man, his country is very bad country,
very neolectful one. A policy man, such
as here described, deserves the respect of
no man. He is deceitful, and is conse-
quently very unreliable. He deserves the
confidence of no party These men may
bask in present smiles, but they may de-
pend on one thing, that they are known to
the present party of victory, and they Will
be heartily and properly despised,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-11-20
Thanksgiving Day.

The man "Who writes himself Cover
nor is to have thanksgiving on Thurs
day, Goth inst A day Of this kind has been
always set apart in November in every year,
come veal, come woe come joy, come sor-
row. From the number Of the States that
select a day for particular rejoicing this
feast, or holiday, wears the appearance OF
a national day. The President has ap-
pointed it, and this lends color to the as
sertion. Is it national day Is 1t a day
wherein every section Of this land, North
and South, can sit down at the festive
board, and forget all past trials, all past
evils, all past ca5astrophes, all past griev-
ances, and all those innumerable ills that
have been hailed upon US SO much without
mercy? Unless this can be DONE it is no
national day. You may call it W hat you
please. The people may close their places
Of business. They may put on their best
garments, and wear the smile. But the heart
will not be there. Wherever your treas
ure is there is your heart also. The peo-
pie have no treasure to find in this day,
but the treasure of things which are chill
ling to the nerves, and fever to the blood.
They will rejoice. At what Yes, they
will sit in sackcloth and ashes all the day
long. They will weep for the days that
are gone, and think of the oppressor.-
They will pray for that peace which the
authorities can never give, and never knew
how to give-the peace which the world
can never give. They will try to forget
the gloom that surrounds them. They
will try to peer through, and seek sun
shine beyond. They will comfort them
selves with the thought that better days
may come.
Will they act on this day with rejoice
ments The streets will no doubt be filled
with that mans beautiful lacqueys.-
They will rend the air with shouts of victo
~ over the people. The people will rejoice
o yes. They will do more than that
They will dance with timbrel aud instru
ments of many strings! They will laugh
and be very merry !
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-11-20
Carthage delenda est.

That sheet which above every other in
all that is shameless and corrupting and
impious-thas sheet which has never done
or said thing that has not been done and
said against the hunted-down people Of
this State, against women and children,
against all that is pure and ennobling
that sheet that has tried to arm one class
"a race against another that endeayored
to ignore the law of Congress, and wrest
from the Secretary of War the power of
equipment, comes out still with the mon
strous Cry zoe UictiS zoe UictiS
Carthage deLenda est !-Carthage, or the
South must and shall be destroyed. Such
is the kindly feelings of the ayonsan insul-
ter, and the feelings of the man who is its
rightful head-the man who wore the first
stain of war in this State, for he was the
first to inaugurate Secession. But he has
Herculean task to do to destroy this land
or the Democracy. Has intelligence, lit
erature, the arts and the sciences, been
ever swept from the face of a country /?
The descent of the Northern barbarians
on the fertile plains of the Western Ro-
man Empire obscured for awhile these
elements of Society. But they arose again
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-11-20
Johnson and Grant.

When ANDREW JOHNSON was lnaugurated,
messages OF congratulation flew to him
swiftly over the wires from all parts OF the
country. Even the X. ?. G. Of this State
was very fattering, and all that. But
JOHNSON knew the man, and the X. L. u.
knew johnson. So long as the man "who
writes himself Governor could do so, his
adulation was fdlsome al na"sed"'.
When the tide Of affairs so turned, the
P. G. was given an X, and placed ON the
shelf, the tide of his wrath found no imi-
tation in abusing, with the rest of the
81 ours swapping at his heels, the Presl-
dent. Now he congratulates GRANT
GRANT knows this man. And We fancy, If
such congratulation ever reached his ears,
a smile to run round his firmly closed lips.
JOHNSON was sent coach and four from
some friends in New York. Presents were
flowing into his office from all quarters.
Even the smoking cap and the slippers
were not forgotten. Did he accept the
tempting offers See his letter. GRANT
is now being made the mark of similar de-
monstrations. But GRANT will be caught
in no such trap. He speaks little. lie
thinks much. He must have an utter con-
tempt for such men, and such measures.
His iron will is not going to bend one
iota. Those who know him personally,
Familiarity, will corroborate this statement.
1t needs no comment from us. We shall
see
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why is 1t 3D.!

South Carolina, with her enormous blacR
BODY polite, has elected a Democratic
Mayor in Columbia, has a dispute about
the election of another in Charieston' ana
throughout it's borders the immense ma
icrity which voted for its Constitution has
been cut down to easy numbers. ihls gives
our sister State great hope OF winning the
newt time. and forever afterwards OF keep
ing on the inside track. We wish her
every prayer for her future welfare and all
success.
| Alabama has given the State to SEY-
MoUR and BLAIR with a very great MAORI
| ty, showing that she has carried to the
polls handsome number CT the freedmen.
Her safety is secured She will be mistress
of her own fortune. Bless her for aye !
! Louisiana What shall we say of her
Verify, language must be for once silent.
Look at her anti-Radical majority p? Look
at her freedmen population ? What do
you say ? How did she work What
plan did she adopt and follow Did she
conciliate the freedmen any more than we
conciliated them We think not. She
offered them nothing Did she hold out
ANYTHING to them /? Think. Did she hold
a rod over their heads ? Think. Did she
say to her foreign masters, you may live
here. but you will not hold the Offices
which our fathers made for us? Think. Did
sheuse them kindly when they were endeaV-
oring to pour poison into the current of her
circulation? Think. Did she receive
them by the hand while they held whip
of scorpions in the other and lacerated her
shoulders {? Think. Did she meet them
like a brave Spartan State, and tell them,
you come here with deceit on your lips,
and treachery in your hearts, and murder
in your hands Think. Did she feast
them ut her board ? Think. Did any
number of her sons, though we desplsed
them heartily as "croakers during the
war, become so bastard as to bow the knee
and accept the touch of the rod Of the
Knightship Of dishonor? Think. See tie
result Is there sorrow Or the shadow OF
gloom on her soil p? She is all cheerful
ness. Her commerce is more bIisk. Ly-
erything is more healthy. She went for
the Democratic candidate with very great
majority. See her negro population
What have we done Have we gained
even corporals body guard from these
freedmen ? There is some wheel ont Of
order. Something must be done TO find
out what it is It must be explained
Why cannot the very good people ofNorth
Carolina act in this matter and find out
the cause. Sift the thing. Find out the
true condition, and then act promptly, Wig
orously, and all the obscurity of opinion
will pass away, and make room for the
healthier light of reason.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-11-20

know there are many angel women in our
midst who silently tread those dark passa-
ges, and light them up with the smiles of
their sunny eyes and faces. We know that
there is one aged matron who is forever
among those haunts of want, doing the
good her Lord commanded defend the
poor and fatherless, do justice to the afflic-
ted and needy"
She is an angel in the flesh. Her name
is written. Her crown is ready. Her re-
ward is eternal. Her treasure is in Heaven.
Cheerful looks Cheerful looks Happy
hearts Happy hearts Happy homes
Happy homes DO try to give all these
to the poor our poor
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-11-20
"Cannot Afford to Lie on our Oars

Such is the verdict of a Radical sheet in
the full Conservative vote been polled we
would have taken their oars from them.
and then capsized them into the gulf of
everlasting infamy. The "rebels," say
those pious and brave people, have polled
their full strength, and hereafter they will
be kept where they are, outside of every
Office in the land It does well for those
people to talk thus, and keep up the curri-
culum of their own baseness. Democrats
who come here from the North and settle
are of course classified Men who followed
the flag of Grant, and not the flag of Lee,
are rebels to them, and ever will be. III ~
would prefer the most ignominious living,
and then think it far more honorable than to
be found dipping their bread in the same
dish with them. If our people had not to
have felt SO Indifferent during the last days
of the political campaign the issue would
have been in this State far otherwise. Bullet
them bear this in mind that they must come
out of the byways and hedges when the
grand day comes, when the State is to re-
assume those rights and privileges of which
it has been basely plundered. Polled our
whole strength! Every candid thinking
man, friend and foe, will see the subter-
fuge, and say, not so. Would that our
people had to have polled their strength,
and then their enemies would not have
had victory, but an overwhelming defeat.
But it was not yet time. The current of
present events will run on to the brimful.
They will run over with their own fer
menting putrescelce, and when that comes.
and we see it coming, the scavinger will
be at hand to dump the whole dirty lump
into the ditch. North Carolina will be
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-11-20
The Cotton Tax,

The Comptroller General of South Caro-
lima has instructed the tax officers to in
clude in their quarterly assessments all
cotton purchased and sold by merchants,
factors, brokers, bankers, or other persons
buying or shipping on commission. or
otherwise, which was grown this year. and
now exempt from tax by the United States
government by act of Congress, and to
collect twenty cents on every hundred dol
lars worth OF it, the same as on other
merchandise, considering cotton sold
whenever it is shipped:
Charleston Co:vier,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-11-20
The ELECTION tnOreKon

Senator Corbet5 has advices from Ore
gop which indicate that the State will be
close. Returns from most Of the eastern
counties, distant about five days from the
telegraph stations, ought now to be heard
from; but the probabilities are they have
gone democratic, as they have been recent
" filed up by men from the rebel States,
and are so scattered that they probably
did not hear from the October elections
in the east before they soted.-Wash Cor.
N. Y. Sun.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-11-20

mistress of her own private and public con-
Germs, and not New York, not Massachu-
sets, not New Hampshire, nor any other
State in the Union. The people will see
this. The beginning is in the eve, ana
the ending is not far.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-11-20

Governor Crawford, of Kansas will COM
mand in person the regiment now raised
for service against the Indians.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-11-20
For the Journal.
The Election in ONslow.

JACKSONVILLE, ONsLow Co., N. c.,
OFFICE BOARD OF COUNTY CoM'Rs,
November 7tb, 1868.
Nessrs. Editors: The following is the
vote of Onslow county, at the late election:
FOR PRESIDENT.
Seymour NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. o79
Grant NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. AIT
Democratic majorisy. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 462
FOR CoNGREsS-2D DISTRICT.
1hos g. Kenan. ...... 873
David HeatOn Observation-Disclosures. 409
Democratic msjority. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 4G5
FOR STATE sENATE-12TH DISTRICT.
James G. Scott .............. .......... S74
VIM. e. Hill NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 407
Democratic msjority. Observation-Disclosures. 467
Democratic gain, Stree election last Spring.
(about) $50. Respectfully, &c. -.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-11-20
CROPS In Louisiana,

The Harrisonville New Era says: Cot
ton picking is going ahead briskly. Our
farmers are expecting fair yields of cotton
this season. Cotton is coming in freely.
Freedmen in our parish are behaving
we'll and working better than heretofore.
Throughout Iberville crops of all kinds
are remarkably good. The corn crop is
the largest ever made in our parish the
cotton and canes yield we'll, and all in all
We have cause for thank fulness.''
The West Baton Rouge Sugar Planter
says:
"The demand for seed cane continues
at good prices. Dr. r.. P. Vaughn sold &C
acres, in the field, for 81 1000, and John
Hill, Esq. sold number of acres, also in
the field, at prices we did not learn. This
cane is intended for replanting On other
plantations in the parish. We have re-
peatedly referred to the excellence and size
of the cane this season, and, in one in
stance, the yield !; but it is uncommon in
this State fer one acre of seed cane to plant
eight, and even eight and quarter acres
have been planted from one lot. An old
and experienced manager told us yester-
day that he had never seen it grow so
thick and long within his experience
With the strides now making in this
Dor, in five years more little west Baton
Rouge will be on the same high road to
prosperity thst existed before the war.
Cuba.
This fair land must belong to the Uni.
ted States. Nothing can prevent it
Sooner or later it will be annexed. And
then for a harvest of . reconstruction. y
Fanatics and strongminded females will
have rich field for operations in
educating picaninies and clothing the
freedmen with rights, but not much of
anything else.
The acquisition of Cuba by the United
States is a political necessity" to be accom-
plished sooner or later. The recent sug-
gestion touching the purchase of Cuba BY
the United States has been stifed by the
decided declaration of the Provisional
Government of Spain and the equipment
of military force of 10, 900 men to be sent
with all haste to put down the movements
of the insurgents who have appeared spo-
radically over the island.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-11-20

For the oppression OF the poor, for the signing
OF the needy now will I arise, saith the Lord
will set hin in safety from him that puffeth at
him Dauid. Psalm XII, 5.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-11-20

Let us lift the hearts of the suffering
with our cheerfulness. Our bright faces
entering the abode of misery will be
charm that we cannot even feel. But the
poor will feel, and see, and be happy. We
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-12-17

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for each additional line.
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for 4 single animal, and ff1y cents for each
additional animal in same notice.
Legal Notices at Statute rates.
Advertisements taccoe panied with dres-
tions will be inserted Until forbidden, and
charged for accordingly.
TIE TBLEaRApH is the.oJJsst Ne@spa per III
the State of Wisconsin,, ana has the laeyeSt
Circulation ofauy paper ia S0Rtbein Wisconsin
making a very desiI4ble.ad advertising medi7fa.
POSTERS AND saANi9BiLLA.
Nunber, 50t l4 43J $50 800 l90f
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- For Prograntllekeind Bills raQuiYns.n suR,Eusl
amount ofcenlposfff5h. tor bordering and otter
extra work, 5eascHalle ci.al5e5 @i3l ha maize.
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sufferings and Death
On hIra Plains. -
The Fort Dodge N0fthuest, Of Noyem-

The Fort Dodge A0fthpest, OF Noyem-
Der goth, says:
Three trappcrs from Illinois passed
through here a3olta month ago, on thair
way west to begin the winter campaign
against the mink and otter. 'lliey were
trapping III Reuna istil county ONION
day the 10Th, two Of them started from
the Maple river to go aeress the prairie to
STORM Lake. Our readers WiH remember
the severe snow STERN that came on 50
suddenly during tIlat day. The wind blew
a terrific gale from the. northwest. The
SNOW came driving down in binding fury
making it q dreadful day fof the traveller
on the great un settlet xpraifies. The two
tl$lppers pushed on through the binding
storm ali day, and when nfghteoame, no
friendly shelter MAS insight. 'Fhe sa9m
.emEiGuod 10 inenase, thealigll. W3s dark,
the air Iilied with the dining snow, the
road utterly hidden from sight It WAS q
edlecl less prospect before hem 10 con-
tinae on gropiag tieif way tlffohgh ,ae
long hours OF tae pight--lo$t-al3d Hitil-
OFT nope ofimdlqg a friendly 4efef, or
lying down in tae snow at the risk OF
fre zing, O. wit fol' lnoraipga After
wandering around for q time, they con
cludld to stop and Dig q hole in q large
sl0N drift, which woald afford o partial
sle.ter from the fury Of the storm until
mbrarng
When daylight appeared ,tiley eriwiad
out, and found themselves badly fcozen.
ORe Of them, Charles Batler, insisted "a
3inglto sarq5 the lake, Alb th ataslaaS
Strongly nkted Nhoai tlying 10 sfisiSt eng
nearest house. Ihgy ilaaliy seIala ''Es,
Bqtlef :lid lbs doeSg ing lftiaeetli4'ect.i q
oJl 6t9fal y axe, NhIle tue Others Nags
dergf Ground 9nt le fea1ali house. Re
fo&a reachiisg Il Iae 5eestle fftsrly de-
ranged from his sVif4ringa Having pulled
otfnis boots te rub his. feet, he was una
laDso 70. g9tethem ON again. an was 8copi-
PEELED to Wail1rs3yerat mrtes Barefoot ia
| Che snow. w len he REACHED the boase,
Ais feet IS re badly frozen mangled will
che stfthbie of the iiafsi prairie graso
l'bla45lIng ana tgsef1ss.
QA 2fiag gat Butlef's dog eame.in-
| TO sac S}5g and made such demonstra-
| lions that some aE th@c!tIzeus who lSna9
aim seeing hlfa 80 illi1 a3d apparently
/ nearly staTFed became alarmed Tor TIC
EsatYty Of his nls91cr Farly next mar4tog
4 Phfty OF hieil started OFT, and tolloNlHe
thaAdog WllZ.t3tal en DytaEe them f''fsa saJ''
ti eve III - IS 81 aslsl isassa y
! at Il came Upon tBo body 'cf theu4far
t1le.te trapper lying strfk andrigid in The
snow. 4s ~ t@sff
7 fhedog had evidently staid wish bis
N Ster from IH6sttry night until Friday
1 when, almost falnishei With hunger, he
SOUGHT the settlements. We learn thai
| Better lsavesa wife in Illinois t. mourn
/ hjs.sdd fate
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THE cold weather last week apr ears to
have. been more intense two degrees far
thcr south than IN this latitude. An &c
count from Alien, Illinois, states;
Witllih a day or two past the fruit.
growers Of this vicinity have been max
ing critical examination OF their or
chards, and find that the intense cold
weather last week has killed nearly all
the peach buds. The warm Weather of
tie late fail had developed the buds pre-
frissurely, and the result is taeir almost
fetal desuuction.'
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-12-17
KENOSHA,
-f0RNER BOOK STORE, corner

an ent Of loof Books, also Standa and 1ais
cellaneous Books. Writing and Wall Paper Sheet
Music, and various articles OF the trade. !.
{A 8a SaC.s,J0dNs0N. :
Kcndsiia, s5pt l2sh, 1861 tyl5.
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Moro about F-aloce1a4es,

4 correspondent of tie Milwaukee 8els-
tina discoQr abou yelocepedes as fol-
I9ws
The prospect is that before long yelo-
ospede travelling Ia the streets Of NewYork
viii ba 50 common as to attract but little
attention And why shouldn. it? The
maenine viii carry single person easily
AMI comfortably, as fast as horse can
draw q careiage But the makers viii
have to make one change before they can
fully popularize the invention they must
put the price down. One has to pay now
from forty dollars upwards-up to pref
It's high figure. However, this reformwill
come about in good season no doubt, ana
then the men with moderate means will
drive their yelocepedes and themselves
down to'yn 70 their labor and up town to
their homes with as much confidence and
Q god deal more ease, as they now ride to
and fro in the cars and stages"S