Wilmington journal., 1868-02-28
&F.fEE REEVE

CoNvENTIoE IEcIDENTs.-We give "a few
incidents Of the Convention, so-caiIet!, col
lected from our Raleigh Contemporaries, Tile
s.u7.oliniIsls and Tie Sentinel
= COWARDLY ASSAULT
We are informed that Assistant Sergeant
ut-Arms Bail, made Il cowRrdly assault up
on d one-armed man at the Capitol last
night, because iorsootn he dared to express
his opinion of the body of which Bal is q
distinguished ornament.
DADDY C0wLEs
The President Of the so-cailed descend
ed from the wool sack, on Yesterday, and
thus ecturod We loi-il - How could the
ladies be expected to grace the body with
their presence, lf divorce cases, involving
rather smutty details, were discussed on
the floor True, but very. very few had
honored them with their stuil1s, as J et, but
then who knew bat that, il the remote con
tingeucy Of an inlinitessimal possibility.
socno OF them 0tiqM? Now Mr. Cowlcs.
herein, was guilty Of want of gallantGy
in overlooking the fact that numbers of the
q" nlaiGlens OF Gilsby hue" have repeatedly
- 'graced tue galleries with their shining
presence.
Mr.. Cowles assumed the privilege of
grand Lecturer, Oh the gTound tlat, though
a young man. he was &c Q0icj0, as il were,
Mefutter Of tie C0ncention. Well he has a
shabby and motley offspring, and one
which reiIecte... no credit On its Caternal
ancestor. Let the children hcnceforth be
called, however, by the patronylnic. In
calling the roll, let it be done thusly: J. G.
Abbott Coac5eS. Il. Latin Co,r!es: Cutftc
Mayo C0ictes Plymouth Rock Through
Much Iribulation Ashley C01c!es; Jeemes
Henry Harris Cowles, and so on dorn to
Yourgeo CoU5cs!
\ FRENCH MAN ON TIE RAMPAGE.
Daring the debate on the everlasting
suffrage question, on Tuesday night, one
Of the French mongreis-tho one with the
bis feet, from Bladen-in the cut and dried
remarks, said: As for Mr. Grabanl's
threats Of last night. ne would hurl back
such threats III their teeth, and though he
was morally opposed to fighting, yet, il The
worst should go to The worst they (the
congors and Frenches) were ready, and may
God have mercy or their (tho white folks
sOuis.'
80 a young man from the country, the
above would certainly sound very beIlico8e,
warike and pugnaciOus, but, having read
the story Of the ass in the ion's skin, we
are not to be fooled by your painted mule,
Mr.. French; besides, we do not forget the
historical fact. that there were brave men
before Agamemnon. Try again, sonny
SHAKER ABBOTT's IDEA.
The Shakert1eneral Abbott, of n. Hamp-
shire, Out-herods Herod III his radical mig
gerism. In his empty, staggering dccla-
nation on the auiIrage question yesterday,
he expressed the following sentiments,
which, by the way, axe borrowed from,
what our contemporary OF the Wilson Plain
dealer aptly terms, g Rerere2ed S. L. Wal
dro, devil-anointcd, ulpit-banger and
blatant pimp Of radical nlorality:"
These subjUgated Southern traitors have
no more right 10 apply their own peculiar
civil or moral ideas than they have to use
| their physical implements OF war.
Conquered in one thing they are con-
quered III everything, and hence, for the
future, these rebels ought to be like chill
dreu, 'sseen but not heard, in all moral
and political matters.
We do not pretend to quote the exact
| language OF the Niger loving New Hamp
! shire Quaker, bat his views as announced
| in the kOnvenstiun yesterday are so iden-
| teal with those Of the sanity (?) Waldro,
| that We have chosen to make our report OF
| his speech from the printed sermon Of the
latter, rather than frcm our crude renorto-
rial notes taken ''under the table"
And, fell0w-citizens of the Cape Fear
| District, this selF-same ABBOTT is the man
| whom the moDgrels at the capitol have Sc
| lected 10 represent you IN the .. S. Con-
gress. Provided you elect him. White
men Of the Cape Fear ! mark hallmark
| Abbott we'll.
Up to the present time there have been
| fewer divorces granted in the State Of North
| Carolina, perhaps, than in any other State
| in Or out Of the Union. Since the present
| so-called Convention has been in session,
| there have been a great many petitions for
divorces. Hitherto such applications, even,
| have not been made, in any number, to
our Courts and Legislative bodies, for the
reason that those who might have desired
| to make them knew they would receive no
favor or consideration. It is but natural
that they should rush, with their petitions,
into the present "Mongrel. A set of men
who have SO little respect for the martial
relation as to license marriage between
negroes and whites, will not hesitate to
disrupt the tie upon whatever pretext. No
wonder Mr.. resident Cowles said he was
ashamed of them.
North CAROLINA RALRoAD.-From
| condensed exhibit Of the North Carolina
Railroad Company for seven months, end
1 fok Ill IL.