Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-07-10

Ke0 auvenEurerS, lOI 1Ao reaSOn CnaL Lney
are the only class in the community that
recognize him. The negroes have free
range in his editorial sanctum, it is true,
but he has not yet assumed the audacity
of promenading the streets with them.
Deueese is his alter ego. They are insepara-
BILE. Their love for each other "passeth
that of woman" They are q congenial
pair in political depravity and personal re-
pulsiveness.
The aforesaid Holden qualified as Pro-
visional Governor to-day-Chief Justice
Pearson administering the oath prescribed
in the new Constitution, (so-calledl and
Immediately repaired to the Executive office.
Gov Worth has vacated the office, leaving
protest against the whole affair--the Re
construction swindle, Canby's usurpatiOn,
and all. It is said that Holdens interview
with the cold Roman" was awkward
enough, and that the Provisional looked
more like a colprit than q Governor. 1t is
supposed that Candy object, in his recent
order, was simply to qualify Tod r. Cald-
we'll for presiding over the Senate, at its
opening. But how these Provisional Off
GERS were allowed to qualify, without TAX
ing the test.oath required by the Recon
struction Acts, 1 do not pretend to deter
mine. Candy dIcit-and is not Candy
King?
Judge Reade and r. P. Dick were the
only other State officials who qualified, in
addition to the Chief Justice, the Provis-
ional and Caldwell.
The Senate met at noon to-day, and the
oath (only the Constitutional OATH was adj
ministered by the Chief Justice and Dick
to such Senators as are not banned by the
Howard Amendment. When Mr.. Turner,
of Orange, was called upon to state wheth
er lie was disqualified or not, he made q
series of points which threw the Radical
soft-heads into confusion. Galloway, the
negro Senator from your county, was the
only one of them who seemed to have his
wits at command, and he insisted that eve
~ Senator, who had been sent there by the
people, was entitled to a seat-and that
only after the 18th Article had been adopt
ed by a sufficient number of States to make
it part of the Federal Constitution. could
the disability apply. This was very we'll
for Galloway, and shows that he has not
been corrupted by his recent too familiar
and public association with Byrnes, the
former fat Secretary of Daddy Cowles'
Convention.
The Senate adjourned without making
any further progress towards organization.
This disability matter will be revived to-
morrow in a different form.
For the first time, to-day, we had sight
of Lieutenant Governor in North Caro-
lima, and a sorry sight it is, as witnessed
in the person of the incumbent. If two
meaner-looking white men than Holden
and Caldwell can be "scared up" in a
days hunt, it might be ranked as very
remarkable and successful "drive."
In the House, Judge Reade administered
the oath, and, after having accomplished
the job, retired, with the audible express
sion : "We're at home n0aD!' Few sup
posed, before this u1dignifed and unju-
dicial exhibition of feeling, that the Judge
was so sore on account of the ridicule that
has been Justly heaped upon his memora-
BILE felicitation in the Convention of 1865.
The papers of this city will probably
give you the list of members of the House
who we're declared banned by the Howard
Amendment. I think that they were some
ten in number, all Conservatives. of course.
The election of 10. Holden as Speaker is
the result of bargain between Jo.' Pa
and the Abbott Yankee saddle bag faction,
many days. The Conservatives cast their
votes for that noble fellow, Plato Durham,
of Cleveland, who is here looking as de-
faint and determined as ever. The election
of the Principal and Reading Clerks con-
stituted everything else that was done in
the way of organization. It is IN
necessary to mention their Names
They are unknown to fame, and are
said to be innocent of qualification for
their position The negro Harris,
from Wake, made desperate effort to get
O'Hara, the Wayne " educated darkey,"
into one of these notwithstanding some
of the Offices as matter of right, in view
of the fact that the negroes constituted the
bulk and the intelligence of the Radical
party in North Carolina-but it was no go.
The white RAIDS will hardly give their sa-
BILE breth' en- q crunb-mark that
Young HOLD en- looks about IS easy in
the Speakers CHAIR as pig would upon a
hot gridiron. It is thought, however, that
Cowles, who is hanging on here, aciN gioe
him a fen lessons in parliamentary d0ingS
At some future time I will give you some
jottlngs as to the persOmet of the Legisla-
ture. It's tout ensemble is similar to that of
the late Convention-l ere and there kim
ky-head diversifying the scene, as one
looks down on it from the galleries. If the
Conservative members are at any time ad
mitted. they will greatly modify or control
the deliberations of either House by virtue
of infinitely superior mental and moral
weight.
Holden. it is thought, will deliver his
Inaugural in the Capitol Square, on Satur-
day. Outside of the Legislature he will
have no listeners. except the negroes who
elected him. He will at once take up his
residence at the Governors Mansion
When he gives leoee, look out for viola
ton of the Civil Rights Bill
His address will foreshadow his policy.
You shall hear from me again as soon as
he is delivered thereof Dor.
Death of Edmund B. Freeman Esq.
The venerable and excellent man, whose
name heads this paragraph, departed this