Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-11-05
i.etter from Virginia.
POLITICAL AFFAIRs-KU KLuX DEMoRALIzEp-
STEAMBOAT AND RAILROAD GOSSIP.
CApEvILLE, Northampton county,l
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Virginia, Oct. 25 1861
have written to my friend Tullock, Secretary
of the Republican Congressional Committee for
a copy of the Blue Book, so that can learn the
name, grade and pay of every Office in the U. 5.
The Ku-Klux down here have grounded arms
since the October election, and are swearing that
they were all original Grant men; and, II the
stampede keeps on at the same rate Till March,
there won't be u rebel left in this county. They
all want offices of some kind, and have promi-
sed to them from Ambassador at the Court OF st.
James down to Light house keeper. II General
Grant will confirm my appointments. he VIII get
rid of great deal Of trouble, and relieve this
county of pestilent crew that ought to be in
some decent prnitchtiary.
| The rebels here have broken out with new
/ spell OF wrath against the Democratic party and
are turning on that that forlorn concern WIN all
| the venom they know so well how to eject. lhey
| swear that but for the Democrats dtserting them,
| they would be now in tke Union. They are re-
| newing their old bitter accusations against the
| Democrats, of betraying them in 1861 into war
by promises of assistance, and when II came on,
Of succumbing to the Union men. Again, after
the war, they were told not TO accept the Con-
gressional plan OF reconstruction, but so hold on
until the Presidential election of 1868, when the
Democrats would carry all before them, aud put
people FULLY believed those Democratic promises
and, when the news came, not only OF the defeat,
but of the disorganization OF The Democratic
party all through the North, they were SO coni-
pletey demoralized that they are willing TO sub.
init TO their fate without any more trouble, ana
we eau now ratify the new Constitution by TWEEN
ty thousand majority. This may look like high
2 figure, but judge the whole State by what see
aud hear in this county.
Last August addressed Republican county
9 meeting aL Eastvile; and so bitter were the reb-
els that they refused to listen to me; soine OF tht
same men who denounced mt then as Carpel
Bagger," came TO yesterday. IN Eastville, aud
requested me to call q r. publican county meet
5 ing and address 1t, promising to attend and con-
& tribute to its expense.
= To please some of them, issued the call fo
Il Saturday next, and we will have jolly time eel
ebrating our recent victory, for unfortunately
/. we are In A. J.s clutches and he won't let "
u join in the rout of Seymour and Blair. We vii
d do the next best thing we can; that Is, TO sen'
!, our cheers up to our friends North who hay
u saved us from expulsion from our homes here
o for that, and that alone, was the issue here.
n The 'lost cause" is now admitted to be losi
= and now is the time for Northern capitalists :
here and Invest in these lands the real Valu
n of which is hardly known.
Four shippers told me yesterday that hitee
% | Thousand bushels of sweet potatoes have pee
,. shipped out of this county from Cherrystone !
Cape Charles this fall. Such an immense quar-
4 tity has gone to New York from here, that III
agents oi three different steamship lines ha,
come here trying to make connections to get u
freight of this county, and yet the Delaware !
Il. men were stupid enough to run their road
n, Crisled; now 1t is there II is no where IN
~ ~ and Accomac counties could put more freight
", the road than all the country from Crsheld
Dover know every foot of the country q
IT. writing about as we'll as any man alive does al
ed / tell you the Annamessic Line broke down sli
ply because there was no patronage for It, u
impossible III attract trade ortravel where ncith
he exists; yet in both of these two counties the
ty is plenty of traffic. We see the empty steame
es- of the Annamessic Line running past our coun
all summer, when we had to employ sail poats
any kind of craft to take our produce to Noric
". to be shipped to New York. Twelve hnnar
MS barrels OF potatoes were shipped from Cherl
my stone in one day. With wharf ut the mouth
nd Cherrystone river for the Annamessic boats
/ n stop ut, they could here get from three TO
,rr hundred barrels daily. The Captains of tn
~, boats, l am told, oppose stopping here, on
vi principle, suppose that the less work the eat
Try their BERTH The steamer Sue runs here ono
nts week, but she changes her days and time so Of
that she is wholly unreliable as certain mod
-o,s depend on to get marketing away. If she Is
r" managed better than she has been, she will fol
let, the Annamessic Line into oblivion. The tri
der is here, and 1t will go to New York via Nor
adj unless facilities are offered to take 1t North
Rail.