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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-04-24

country gaining infinitely By this change Of
dominion, bat as ancient masters being Orer-
M,owm so, likewise, its present inhabi-
tants shall be ruined and hardly obtain the
compassion they have merited, and the
Mexican nation of our days shall have APP
piled to it what celebrated Latin poet
said of one of the most famous personages of
Roman history, STAT MAGNI NOMINIS
UNIBRA,-nothing more remains than the
shadow of a name illustrious in another
time"
Sumner quote, this, and then says -
"Most affecting words of prophecy y Yet
by his opposition to the civilization OF the
South ruling the country, he does not be-
lieye O. word of this. He shows by his &C
tions that an inferior race can ride over the
far surerior one, and establish on its ruin
a more prosperous and enlightened coun-
try. But no !; it can never be. Ii the
South is to be nothing more than the
Shadow of a Great Name, it will merely
prove that the unjust and usurping power
of the radicals have robbed her of her sub
stance
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-04-24
An Explanation Wanted.

Capt. John G. Braine, late commander
in the Confederate Navy, has written let
ter from his cell, No. "a, Kings county IN.
~ penitentiary, to Admiral Semmes, in
voking him to appeal to the Southern peo-
pie for aid for his family, who are in the
most extreme poverty from his incarcera-
ton, and also to assist him in defraying
his legal expenses. Capt Braine says that
he is ruined by his long confinement, both
in health and pocket. The rules Of the
convict prison in which he is confined are
SO rigorous that he is not even permitted
to see the newspapers. Some heading re-
publican journals are emphatic in their
condemnation of this cruelty to a beaten
enemy. The New York Evening Post
(rep.) is outspoken in its condemnation,
and the New York Times says
'sWe wish somebody would explain why
J. @. Braine, whose letter we published, is
kept in Jail without trial. He was in
Jail without a trial. He was imprisoned
during the war on charges of crime con-
nected with the rebellion. The war ended
three years ago, and the courts are sitting
every day for the trial of offences. Yet,
without being tried or arraigned, this man
is still kept in prison. We used to regard
the habit of Austria to keep State prison
ers in the dungeons of Speilburg for years
without trial as among the blacklist and
most shocking excuses of tyranny. Why
are we initiating such examples Will
somebody do us the favor to explain it %
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-04-24
Grant and Lee.

Who, to-day, would not rather be Gen.
Lee, tie rebel, with his character for TRUTH
and nobleness of soul unsullied even by
the breath of suspicion, than to be Gen.
Grant, tie LOyalist, dishonored by treach
cry, and disgraced by falsehood ''If any,
speak, for him have [ offended
Who, we repeat, would not rather be
Gen. Lee, whose honor as a man, and
whose patriotism as an American citizen
may only be questioned as the right of re-
volution may be questioned as the right
of ten millions of freemen to local self-gov-
eminent may be questioned as the duty
to resist encroachment upon vested and vi
tai rights may be questioned as the doc
trine, in short, enunciated in the Declare
ton of Independence, and implied in the
Federal Constitution, las construed by JET
ferson and Madison in the Virginia and
Kentucky Resolutions) may be questioned
and not otherwise! Lee-crowned with the
honor and affection of his people-with a
fame as wide as civilization-calmly and
confidently appealing to time to do justice
to his Judgment, his motives and his re-
cord who would not prefer to be such o
man, than to be Grant, standing seIf-con-
victed of treachery to a friend, who had
confded in his honor in a matter of high
public concern cornered in base false
hood, and publicly exposed by the Presi-
dent of the United States and his Cabinet !;
humiliated, reft of personal honor, and
"nOae SO poor TO do linn reverence pr
Logan County (Ohio) Gazette.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-04-24
Test Your Kerosene.

Under this heading the "Scientifc
American" of the 21st ult., in view of the
many lamp explosions resulting almost in
variably from the use of bad kerosene,
urges the Importance of testing their oil
before use in the lamp. This, it says, may
be readily done by any man, woman and
child, by means of a thermometer little
warm water and tablespoonful of the oil.
Fill the cup with warm water, +he tempera-
ture of which is to be brought to 10 deg.
Fahrenheit. Pour the oil on the water
apply fame to the floating oil by match
OR otherwise. If the oil is unsafe it will
take fire, and its use in the lamp is dan
gerous, for it is liable to explode. But if
the oil is safe and good, it will not take
fire. 1t is worthy of remembrance, too,
that all persons who sell kerosene that will
not stand the fire test at ITO deg. are liable
to prosecution.
We may here add that late accounts deny
that there is any truth in the assertion that
salt put in coal oil increases either economy
or efficiency of its use. On the contrary, it
is asserted with at least some plausibility,
that the addition of salt to the oil could
only result in giving such a character to the
flame as would impart a horribly CHASTITY
hue to the countenances of those sitting
within it's range.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-04-24
Terrible Thunder Storm-Loss of Life, &c

Terrible Thunder Storm-Loss of Life, &c.
We regret to learn from Capt. Wooten,
Conductor on the Wilmington, Charlotte
and Rutherford Railroad, that a most ter
rife thunder storm happened at Laurin-
burg on the afternoon of the 10th lust, just
after the train from Wilmington arrived at
that depot, and while the passengers were
at dinner. Rev. John 3. McKinnon, q
promising young Presbyterian minister,
and Mr.. Lauchlin NcLaurin, son of John
McLaurin, Esq, all of Laurinburg, Rich
mond county, were instantly killed thus
adding another awful warning, that Sin
the midst of life we are in DEATH" These
young gentlemen were standing in the
store attached to the hotel, waiting for
their mail matter, the postoffice being
kept in the same store, when one of those
vivid and destructive flashes of lightning,
that always spreads terror. entered several
parts of the building. passing by currents
down the sides, shivering portion of the
roof and some parts of the house, and
selecting these individuals as victims. Per-
sons at the dinner table had their knives
and forks knocked out of their hands and
others were somewhat stunned, but no one
severely injured except these young men,
whose untimely death has spread gloom
and grief over that community.
We learn the storm ragged for many miles
along the line Of the road.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-04-24
Letter from Col Steele
ROCKINGHAM. Anr;I 71,L 1e

BUCKINGHAM, April 1ltl, 1868
Editors of the Journal Il notice in vorr
paper that some friend has recommended
me to the electors of this proposed Seno-
torial District, as a suitable person for
Senator. I have been urged by number
of our "good men and true" to announce
myself candidate, and have been assured
of 81 cordial support by every lover of con.
stitutional freedom in the counties of Rock.
ingham and Moore. Whilst am greatly
gratified at these expressions of confidence
on the part of my fellow citizens, and am
willing to make all proper sacrifices for the
advancement of the public interest, pre-
fer to discharge my duty to the people, in
this grave emergency, in different sphere
Murdoch j. McSween has announced
himself O candidate, in obedience to q
nomination in Moore. Knowing that he
occupies the only position which any truo
man can take, in this sad hour, when dema
gogues and charlatans, for the base Dur.
poses of personal advancement, are en-.
deavoring to uproot the cherished political
dogmas of our fathers, cheerfully recon.
mend him to the support of the people
Hear him for his cause He believes. in
the language of the proposed Constitution
which its makers borrowed partly from tho
fathers, that the people of this State lthe
growing white race of course) have the in.
herent, sole and exclusive right of regu-
lating the internal government and police
thereof; but every such right ought to be
exercised in pursuance of lac, and consist
emily with the Constitution of the United
States, and hence, that all attempts upon
the part of citizens of other States, or ne
groes within this State, "to alter or abolish
it, care dangerous to the public liberties
and ought not to be allowed" All our can
didates stand on this broad, strong con
stitutional platform, and are, therefore, en-
titled to the countenance of every good
man in the land
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
WALTER l.. STEELE.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-04-24
RadicaIIsm in North Carolina.

The Radicals are at loggerheadS in North
Carolina. Their candidate for Governor is
W. w. Holden, who was one of the most
bitter rebels, until since the close of the
war, when he concluded to walk into the
scent of plumber. AS the worst kind of
rebels are truly loyal as soon as they
join the Radical party, Holden has sue
ceeded in securing the nomination for
Governor. Some of the original Radicals
in that State are dissatisfied, however, and
are showing up their candidate in very
bad light. A paper called the "Holden
Record" is before us, and in it we notice
some very damaging charges against Mr..
Holden. Quotations from paper edited
by him prior to and during the rebellion
make it apparent that he was one of the
most intensified rebels.
Here is a quotation from his paper of
June 9Th, 1861: "Who will plot for the
heads of Abe Lincoln and General Scott ?"
This is the kind of man that the Kennebec
" Journal" and other Radical papers want
to see placed in authority in North Carolina.
Would it not be as we'll for them to stop
charging Democrats with seeking to elect
rebels to Office What would they say if
the Democratic candidate had been guilty
of uttering such sentiments ? Tie man
who wanted to plot for the heads of Lincoln
and Scott is good enough for Governor,
now, inasrIuch as he is ready to aid the
Radical party. That is all the loyalty"
that they now require, while constantly
slandering Democrats for fraternizing with
(NIaine) Standard.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-04-24
How a. Priest stopped a. Firht.


An English paper, the Hexham Cowant,
tells this story
"The Rev. Father Flint, of Bellingham,
acts, it appears, the part of peacemaker'
in double sense. On Thursday last, we
are informed, as the reverend gentleman
was coming down the main street of that
place, he came accidentally upon an Irish
row, in which brace of pugilistic encoun-
tiers we're progressing rather warmly at the
same time. Finding remonstrance lnetfec-
tual in putting stop to the mills, the
priest went in search of a policeman, but
the Bobby being absent. as usual in such
emergencies, Father Flint borrowed the
insignia of authority, the staff, and returned
hastily to the spot where the fights were
still proceeding with the most ardent en-
thusiasm, and finding his powers of moral
suasion still condemned, he adopted the
more forcible argument of planting O.
vigorous and we'll directed thwack on the
nut of the most sturdy antagonist of each
pair, dropping two of his doves in the most
approved fashion of police tactics, and
chasing another of the combatants con-
siderable distance from the field, effectually
put an end to the sport. Such was the
energy of the reverend gentleman's move
ments in the last blow, that he broke not
only Pats head, bat also the policeman's
truncheon. SO there was assuredly no flat
terry in the commitment
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-04-24
A Shocking Threat.

In the United States Senate, the other
day, bill was presented to indemnify one
William Henry Otis, of Indianapolis, for
damage done to lot of forty-fve acres Of
land, on which was located Camp Burnside
during the late war. 1t appeared, from
the report of the committee, that Otis has
already received, as rent, nearly $1,000,
and that his claim was for damage to land,
destruction to fences, orchards, &C., $2l,-
900. On the proposition to allow this
claim arose debate, which developed the
slumbering fires of antagonism between
the West and East. Wilson, of Massachu
sets, opposed the claim as coming from
one of class who desired to plumber the
Government, whereupon Morton, of In
diana. also o Republican, covertly insin-
uated that if such legitimate claims of
Western citizens were repudiated, the
great West, with it's now preponderating
strength, might repudiate the Government
bonds, and leave the Eastern capitalists,
who have absorbed them, to whistle for
their investments. The plain English OF
the argument was, that if the Western
was to be plundered, the East
ern bondholder would share like fate.
The agriculturists of the West, like those
of the South, are heavily taxed for the pur-
pose of paying interest upon these bonds
for the benefit of the Eastern owner, while
the holder himself escapes scot free. And
this is the question of population in nut
shell. For months it has been stirring the
masses of the great West. And now, that
a Radical Senator should have openly made
the threat upon the floor of Congress, IS
indeed significant sign of the times.
Charleston NepS.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-04-24
" The end is worth more than all the

"'The end is worth more than all the
means We shall certainly triumph
THE WICKED AND CRUEL PEOPLE
WHO WOULD CONVERT FOUR MIL
LIONS OF HAPPY LABORERS INTO
SAVAGES, BY BESTOWING ON THEM
PRIVILEGES WHICH PROVIDENCE
NEVER INTENDED THEM TO POS
SESS, and who would divide our property
among themselves and reduce us to slave
ry, will be foiled and driven back. The
God of battles, who rules on the earth, as
in the armies of Heaven, will continue to
fight for us, if we are only true to our
selves. Courage, then, all ! Let us be
united, and patient, and firm, and loyal,
and self-sacrifcing in every emergency
The fray of light" will increase until it
discloses it's source, the sun of victory. Our
independence once achieved, North Caro-
lima will be one of the most prosperous
States in the world. We shall enjoy our
selves, and leave to our children not only
liberty, but all the blessings which tolera-
ton IN religion, and the industrial pursuits
in the field and workshop, education, and
the arts and sciences, and peaceful COM
merce with other nations, can bestow up
on us. Holden, July l, 1862.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-04-24
The Weather.

Cory O'Ianus enquiries:
What I want to know is whether this is
last winter or next winter
What is going to be the result if this sort
of thing keeps on? We have had no
spring, and we shan't have any summer /;
then what will become of the ice COM
pauies, soda water bar-keepers, Coney
Island hotelists and other summer resort
spectators
1t is customary to allow winter few
days or a week or two to wind up business
and dispose of stock on hand, distribute
any snow that may be left over, and let off
a little surplus freezing power.
But hanging on for six weeks is imposing
on good nature.
The clerk of the weather is neglecting
his duty, and ought to be impeached.
Congress has one big job of that kind on
hand now the Legislature is too much en-
crossed between Erie and the white washing
job in the Assembly.
I thought of referring the subject to the
Methodist Conference, but brother just
returned from Connecticut. where he went
to vote for Grant and glory, told me that
between politics and the tobacco question
they hadn't time to attend to celestial mat
tarS
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-04-24
RADICALISM.

See the impolitic and unjust policy of
the Radicals. Their aninaus is here pretty
we'll disclosed. They thought as johnson
had been severely treated at the outbreak
of the war, when passion rived the breasts
of all, and lashed the nation into furious
fame, that he would, british like, pander
to their base and savage nature. But the
man proved too Christian for the Jacobins.
He forgot himself and any petit private
insult, and scared above all thoughts of
sordid revenge. He saw the public good,
and this good he felt bound to follow. He
did not deviate from the path marked out
by Mr.. Lincoln. But enough time had
elapsed to show the Radicals how utterly
hopeless would be their success of party
supremacy if they permitted the President
to pursue the humane policy of his prede-
cessor. They are the inconsistent party,
most inconsistent. In the year previous to
the termination of the war Mr.. Lincoln
was for carrying out this very same policy
in the States of Louisiana and Arkansas
Three or four Senators were his sole OPP
posers, and these, at the Cleveland Con-
vention, did all in their power to prevent
his reelection. The voice of the people
Numbered too distinctly to be mistaken.
One Senator there, and who is now ram
pant Radical, said that he was for having
nothing to do with the free negro or the
slave negro!; we, the Republican party, are
the WHITE MANS party. We are for
free aChite men, and for making aehite labor
respectable and honorable.
This is a specimen of their consistency.
They saw too plainly that as party they
were ruined if they did not give suffrage
to the negroes of the South. What mean,
dirty way they took to keep themselves in
power =? But they have not made much by
it yet, nor will they gain all they expect.
The Congress, then, and not the President,
proved the inconsistent party, hoodwinked
and led on by the notorious Sumner. In
the language of Senator Doolittle, they
were perfectly tSumnerized. Now, how does
this hopeful son of Massachusetts, make the
following, taken from his 'Prophetic voices
about America" agree with his ideas rela-
tive to his black brothers of the South?
"Mexico will be, without doubt. a land
of prosperity from its natural advantages,
but ii eciH not be so for the races achicA n0~
inhabit ii. AS it seemed the destiny of the
peoples who established themselves therein
at different and remote epochs to perish
from the face of it, leaving hardly a mem
IL.
which built the edifces of Palenque, and
those which we admire in the peninsula of
Yucatan, was destroyed without its being
known what it was nor how it disappeared;
eoen as the Iohics persisted By the hands of
barbarous tribes coming from The North, no
record of them remaining but the pyra-
mids of Cholulu and Teotihuacan and,
finally, even as the ancient Mexieans fell
beneath the power Of the Spaniards, tie
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-04-24

In Western village, charming, we'll
preserved widow had been courted and
won by physician. She had children +;
among them a crippled boy who had been
petted, and, if not spoiled, certainly al
lowed very great " freedom in debate. -
The day was approaching and it was time the
children should know they were to have a
new father. Calling the crippled boy, she
said:
"Georgie, am going to do something
before long that would like to talk with
you about"
"Well, ma, what is it %
:" am intending to marry DR.. Jones in
few days, and
Bully for you, ma Does DR.. Jones
know it 2"
Ma caught her breath but failed to artic-
late a response.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-04-24

The New York Times says L" A number
of South Carolina negroes have addressed
a forcible letter to Beverly Nash about his
attempts to stir up i'll feeling between the
blacks and whites, and to bring about a
war of races. They tell him that the sue
cess of his efforts will be the ruin Of the
blacks, and charge him with trying to lead
estray our people, while you are yourself
led estray by the low and corrupt teach
ings of unprincipled white men, who have
not the respect of their own color, and who
certainly ought not to be trusted by our
people, The letter is the most sensible
utterance we have yet heard from our col
ored brethren
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-04-24
The American Journal of the Medical
Sciences.

The American Journal of the Medical
Sciences.
We find among our exchanges to-day,
the April number of the journal, for which
we are indebted to the publisher, Mr..
Henry G. Lea, 7O6 SAMSON street, Phila-
delphia.
This journal is always welcome visitor
to the Office of the physician, because of
the sterling character of its articles. It's
editor, the venerable DIR. Isaac Hays, has
never relaxed his efforts, and has always
sustained its reputation as the leading
journal of American Medical Science.
Among the contributions to this number
is an article on Amputation at the Knee
Joint and at the Knee by John H.
Brinton, M. D. "Tumours of the Brain -
by Roberts Bartholow, NJ. D.; "Hyposul-
phites in Intermittents by G. Fl. Chubb.
M. D.; Triangular Gaseous Anchylosis of
the Knee by S. D. Gross, M. D.; Sails
bury on Development of Parasitic
Forms;" Samuel Jackson, M. D.. "Limi-
ted Derangement," and many well selected
articles under the special heads of Thera-
peutics, Pathology, Ophthalmology, Sur
gerry, sc.
The contributions to this Journal are
from the pens of many of the best medical
scholars in this country, and are consid-
cred abroad as the opponents of the State
of American Medical Science.
For five dollars year, an Octave Quar-
terly of more than five hundred pages, and
a Monthly are furnished, being the great
est amount of first class medical knowledge
which can be obtained in this country.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-04-24

BoNNETs FOR MAY.-Bonnets have
reached their smallest dimensions, and now
there is an idea of doing away with them
altogether. On the principle that ex-
tremes meet, the next thing we may expect
is return to the preposterous head-gear
of forty years ago-the tunnel bonnets,
which, it is said, required speaking trum-
pet at one end to reach woman's ear at
the other.
The proposed substitute for a bonnet at
present, however, is lace couture. The
couture MANTLE, which has already made its
appearance, is sometimes worn at the opera,
and will probably be worn largely at the
inland watering-plac where bonnets, fol-
the purposes of the promenade, have always
been at discount.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-04-24

Twelve dozen handkerchiefs, not one of
which would do service for a cold in the
head, and the same number of petticoats,
formed part of the trosseau of bride in
Paris.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-04-24

u Two prisoners, under sentence of death
at Sing Sing, have brought suits for false
imprisonment against the warden, because
they were not hanged on the day ap-
pointed.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-04-24

dation of voters. This officer replied that
he had nothing to do with the matter
and that Gen. CANBY's orders related only
to contracts and that white man having
contracted with negro had no right to
discharge him until the contract expired
While the intimidation of voters is pro-
hibited, the so-called Convention did not
assume to interfere and direct whom we
shall employ or whom we shall not Our
people have perfect right to employ
whom they will, and if they consider that
those in their service have operated to af-
feet perniciously the interests of their en-
ployers, it does not assume to say that we
shall not discharge them. We can and
will employ whom we please, and it is
quite probable the employer will exercise
his right in this respect. We have no idea
of intimidating any voter, and presume no
eOhne man or woman will be found who
would-Yankees and scalawags may, how
ever, exercise such prerogative.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-04-24

The Capitol employees who received their
appointment from Gen. Lippincott, Door
keeper of the House, are to give him a gold
watch, "prompted by high sense of re-
spect and consideration"