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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-09-25
Freedom and Slavery.

The universal and generally sole argu-
ment by which the Radicals win the ne
groes to their support is contained in the
now stereotyped phrase, eve freed you, "
coupled with the falsehood that the whites
desire to re-enslave them. With these ig-
norant people it is Il winning appeal, and
men who speak fippantly of traitors and
periurers tell this shallow lie with as much
junction as they say their prayers. We
have often wondered how men could go
among an ignorant race and fill their minds
with prejudice and hate towards the very
people with whom they have been raised,
and among whom they must live. and from
whom they must receive their support, and
then expect honorable men to recognize
them as entitled to the respect of decent
people. The impudence and mendacity of
these bankrupt political pedlars, whose
only power lies in the ignorance of their
supporters. are beyond parallel in the his
tory of human depravity, and their ridic-
ulous attempts to appear to have self-res-
pect in connection with their despicable
the contempt of decent citizens.
Who freed the negro i'll these Southern
States is Il question of easy solution. The
Radicals pretend to say that President LIN
coin did it i'll his famous Emancipati III
Proclamation. The legality of that Pro
clamation was always questioned, and Mr..
LINCOLN himself doubted its validity In
the amnesty oath which the Southern peo-
pie were required to take, 4 reservation was
contained in regard to this very proclama-
ton in case 1t WAS pronounced unconstitu-
tional by the proper legal authority. After
this very proclamation was issued, Con-
gress repeatedly resolved that the war was
not carried Oh to subjugate the States, OF to
interfere with any of their local govern
ments, but to restore them with all their
rights unimpaired This was done avow-
eGly to encourage recruiting among Demo-
Gratis, without whose aid the war could not
be successfully conducted. And the Con-
federate States, any time within eighteen
months after Mr. L1NcoLNs proclamation
was issued, would have been joyfully re-
celved back, with their slaves, if they had
lain down their arms. Public sentiment
at the North would have forced settlement
upon those terms.
There is no question that slavery was
abolished as one of the inevitable results
of the war, but war in which the Demo-
| Gratis of the North did as much to insure
| success as the Radicals, whether we look
to the ranks or to the officers e was one
OF the questions which the Southern peo-
pie willingly admitted as having been set
tied by the conflict. Yet. if Congress had
been satisfied that either the success of the
Federal arms, or the proclamation of Mr..
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-09-25

LINCOLN had legally abolished slavery,
they would have hesitated long before they
would have submitted an amendment to
the Constitution of the United States for
ratification by the Southern Legislatures,
admitting them thereby to be the repre-
sentatives of sovereign States, a position
from which they have been compelled to
retreat, and very awkwardly. il order to
carry out other schemes for party success.
And, at last, the negroes Of the South are
free by the voluntary act OF their former
masters, for their unquestioned freedom is
the result of the adoption, by three fourths
of the States of the Union, including all
of the late Confederate States without
whose aid it could Lot have been accom-
plished, Of an amendment to the Constitu-
ton Of the United States forever prohibit
ing slavery. This amendment was ratl-
fed by the people at the polls.
Now, what is the effect of the Recon-
struction Acts upon the freedom OF the
negroes ? These measures declare the
State governments in eleven of the South
fication of the amendment abolishing
slavery, to be unconstitutional, and the
present governments have been established
upon that ground. Ii eleven of the States
which ratified this amendment, known as the
Thirteenth Amendment, were illegal gov
ernments, the freedom of the negro, which
the Southern people have no desire to in
terfere with, is still an open question to
be settled by the Courts, and, i'll the
meantime, can be used by demagogues to
suit the necessities of parties. II the
Reconstruction Acts are legal, then WAS the
o loption of the amendment abolishing
slavery illegal, and it is the Radicals who
are endeavoring, however unwittingly, to
interfere with the freedom of the blacks.
1t is not the Southern whites who would
re-cnsave them, but such condition will
follow as a legal sequence of the present
legislation of Congress.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-09-25
Robson County.
RED BANKS Sept. /


EDITORS JOURNAL old Robson is alive
and fully aroused to the duties of the hour.
Louis Levi and A. Mckenzie (colored)
made rousing Democratic speeches here
yesterday, pointing clearly to the future
destiny of their colored friends, should
they vote for Grant and holding up
the scalawag and carpet-bagger to public
scorn-eondemning them in unmeasured
terms, and assuring the colored people that
the Southern whites were their truest and
best friends. am happy to say that the
speeches of our colored Democrats made
considerable impression, and will be the
means of turning many of the blacks.
Col. Will. Foster French being called
upon, led off in one of his happiest strains,
holding spell bound his audience for over
an hour, eliciting much applause even from
the blacks that are now chained to Radl-
calsm. Col. French is Il trump, and bids
fair to be quite star in the political frma-
ment Had o. S. Hayes been at Red
Banks yesterday, Messrs. Editors, he would
have been terribly used up, and would
have returned to his "harem :" better
mani thoroughly convinced Of the error OF
his way by the stirring speech OF Will. Eos
ter French.
speakers looked sick-terribly sick-at the
winding up, and no doubt trembled in the
knees, and well they might, for the ides of
November will unfold the book of Radical
crimes, and consign to oblivion the most
develish party that ever existed under O
republican government.
Respectfully, w. J. G.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-09-25
For the journal.
Duplin County.

HALLsvILLE, N. c., Sept. 18th, 1868.
Pursuant to previous notice given bv
the Executive Committee of Limestone
District, the citizens of said District met
at Hallsville for the purpose of organizing
a Seymour and Blair Club, to aid in the
election of the Democratic candidates for
Presidency.
A. J. Brown was called to the Chair, and
Z. j. Armstrong requested to act as Secre-
tary.
j. M. Chasten, J. Brown, D. B. Brown
and G. M. Hall were appointed commit
tee to prepare Constitution and Bylaws
for the government of the Club and recon-
mend permanent officers, who, through
their Chairman, J. NJ Chasten, reported
Constitution and Bylaws, which were
acceptable, and recommended the follow
ing officers. who were unanimously elected:
For President-G. M. Hail.
Vice-Presidents-T. J. Armstrong, G.. l..
Smith and d. Sandlin.
Recording Secretary-S. D. Farrier.
Corresponding Secretary-A. J. Brown.
Treasurer-D. B. Brown.
The citizens present were enrolled as
members of the Climb, and then, on motion,
the meeting adjourned, to meet on Satur-
day next, at Billy Southerlands Store.
A. j. BROWN,
Corresponding Secretary.
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For the Journal.
OnsIow County,

CATHAR1NE LAKE, N. c., Sept. H. GS.
At a meeting held at Catharine Lake,
Lower Richards District, Onslow county,
N. c., on Saturday, September 10, 1868,
there was Seymour and Blair Club formed
with DIR. G. Duffy, Jr., as President, and
six Vice-Presidents, viz Kinion Mash
burne, F. Thompson, W. B. Brown, S. b.
Taylor, w. B. Cox and e. MurrilI two
Secretaries, viz J. M. Wooten and H. d.
Murrill, and j. p. Cox, Treasurer. The
Club consists of thirty members.
Appropriate resolutions were adopted, set
ting forth that the only safety for the
country was in the election of Seymour
and Blair, and strict adherence to the
Constitution and Union as it was Except
slavery. The resolutions urge all to &C
tion-we must work, and all work together
w
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-09-25
For the Journal
Sampson County-Amdavit of Tsa.o nal

~S~so$O neatly
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
SAMPSON COUNTY.
In answer to an affidavit made bv ~.
Edward Hood, coloreG. in relation -
charges made against me in connect,
with the murder of Cato Oats, 1 feel y
duty which I owe to myself and the citizora
OF Sampson county, to place myself rjobt
before the public.
As to Oats being member of the Ieao,.
at the time of his death I cannot pos;t;roI
say, but it was reported and generate ".
lieved that he had changed his politics ona
intended sustaining the Democratic nartU
I deny telling said Hood that heard Soy
talk among the white ladies, and tbot y
was a mistake about killing Cato Oats ons
that it was intended to kill William f.;
son, colored, the Vice-President of tbo
League. I heard no white ladies snnot ap
this matter, and all the conversation 7
heard relative to the affair was AMONG tba
colored women. I also state that eyerv Of
fort was made to fairly and thoroughlv in
vestigate the case, and am satisfied tbo
Coroner and jury discharged this duiv
faithfully. I will mention that the Vice.
President of the League was member of
the jury of inquest.
Hood also says that after reporting This
murder he is afraid to return to his home
in Sampson. I am not surprised at this
after the false statement he has made in
the public papers, and he should be
ashamed to face the honest people of
Sampson. his
ISAAC (x) beatty.
mark.
Sworn to and subscribed to before me
this 18th day of September, 1868.
j. E. BARDEN, J. P.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-09-25

A Correspondent calls attention to de-
scription of "carpet- baggers in Halleck' s
poem of Connecticut. It is true to the
life. Here it is:
-"Apostates, who are meddling
With merchandise, pounds, ahIlngs, pence and
peddling,
Or wandering through Southern climates teach
ing
The B from Webster's spelling book:
Gallant and godly, making love and preaching.
And gaining by what they call hook and crook
And what the moralists call overreachinp.
decent living. (Southern men) look
Upon them with al favorable eyes
AS Gabriel and the Devil in Paradise"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-09-25
The kseent child murder la Phtladelphis

PHILADELPHIA, September 15.-The mys-
terious child murder which occurred here
last week has not been unravelled. The
coroner's inquest was continued to-day
A girl testified that on the night of the
murder she saw man carrying and trying
to quiet child. She describes the child
and man. The former was no doubt the
murdered girl. The witness says that
on Sunday night she saw the same man on
the street, and that she can identify him
if brought before her. He wore false
whiskers. as portion of them fell off while
he was carrying the child. Two other girls
testified to having seen man carrying a
child on the night of the murder. All the
witnesses agree in describing him SO that
naaranca
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-09-25
For the Journal.
&" Horrible Atrocities in Wilson County"
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{" Horrible Atrocities in Wilson County"
WILSON, n. c., Sept. 18th, 1868
Messrs. EDITORS There appeared in
the Standard of the 10th instant, under
the above startling caption, an article so
replete with malice and falsehood that [
cannot suffer it to remain unanswered. It
charges the jailor and other officials with
the most barbarous conduct towards the
prisoners in confinement here. The means
by which the Standard derives its informa-
ton is truly a novelty in the history of
North Carolina. Says that paper "There
lard Farmer and Haywood White, citizens
of Wilson," and made the report upon
which this infamous article is founded.
In the language of MI. Boyden, 'Great
God Into what are we drifting 2" Es-
capped convicts seeking an asylum in the
Ececutire office! Why, in the good old
days of Graham, and Bragg, and Ellis, and
Worth, these culprits would have fled from
the presence of the Governor as from the
sword of an aven9ing angel Every school
boy ought to know that if these wretches
went into the E'recmire office it was Gov.
Holdcn's duty to have them arrested Per-
haps the editor of the Standard is not
aware that his master has thus exposed
himself to the penalties of the violated
law, else he would ot.have made this mat
ter SO public.
But it is with the report and not with
Gov. Holden that | have to deal [ pro-
nounce it a base fabrication, and I have
the proof to sustain me. The Standard
charges that our prisoners had nothing TO
eat but bread and very little picked
pork, fried to a crisp. Now have it from
the most authentic sources that the pris-
oners were we'll supplied with bread biscuit,
potatoes, pork, bacon and colworts. Their
board was furnished by David L. Hardy.
Esq, an estimable gentleman, and (which
may appear strange after this merited com.
pliment) one of Holden's appointed magis-
trates-a man In whose fidelity and intep-
rity the Governor declares he can RELY.
Would such man have cheated the poor
prisoners ont of their daily bread ? DR.. L.
A. Stith, who regularly attends the prison
ers in their sickness, assures me that he
has, on several occasions, known them to
be furnished with 3elicdcieS and Eght diet
when they were unwel.
Perhaps the Standard is aggrieved that
they were not constantly supplied with
sugar and coffee.
With regard to Mr.. Kings shooting a
negro in the foot. he fired at one to resist
an assault made on him by one of the pris-
oners armed with heavy shovel Mr..
King had no weapon but a pistol, and
merely acted on the defensive. Instead of
the bars of the cell door being as close
as the Standard alleges they are more than
an inch apart, and there is large window
In about three feet of the door
Capt Lutts requests me to say that the
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-09-25
Sixteenth Senatorial District.

Col. JOHN A. OATES, of Sampson, has
been nominated by the Democrats as a
candidate for the Senate in the Sixteenth
Senatorial District, composed of the coun-
ties of Sampson, Cumberland aud Har-
nett, to supply the vacancy caused by the
death of Mr.. &. D. Hall. This is a good
selection, and we believe Mr.. OATES will
be elected.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-09-25
The Plague among the cattle

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 1.-The Spanish
fever has broken out here among the do
nestle cattle which have never been herded
with or pastured after Texas or Cherokee
cattle. Several died, and great many
more are sick. The latter are covered with
ticks half an inch long,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-09-25
traordinary Run.

CHICAGO. Sept 16.-The billiard match
for the championship of America and a
stake of $1,000, fifteen hundred points, be-
tween Joseph Dion, of Montreal, and John
McDevitt, Of Chicago, was played tonight
at Library Hall. The game was called at
S:l5. McDevitt, on the eighth inning,
made the extraordinary run of 1,462, clo-
sing the game in his favor before 10 O'Clock.
They stood at the close McDeYit, /, SOP ::
Dion, 1853. The hall was densely crowded.
Great enthusiasm prevailed. but no ill-feel-
ing or disorder was manifested.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-09-25
The October Elections

Six States hold the elections in October,
as follows Nebraska, October 9th Ohio,
October 18th; Indiana, October 18th
Pennsylvania, October 18th Iowa, Octo-
Der 18th; West Virginia, October 22d.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-15

NATURALIZATION were 24o persons who
received their naturalization papers In the City Court
Brooklyn, the 9th and 10th insts., OF which num-
Der 1ftythree were unable either TO read or WRITE
CoRoNER's IsQUEsT-Coroner Smith and jury con-
cluded an inquest into the circumstances attending
the death Of James Robinson, coored, and his wife,
Eliza Robinson, white, who found dead In their
bed ut Cassville near the Union Cemetery on Friday
last The verdict Of the jury was to the effect that
death was the result OF exhaustion superinduced
from dysentery.
FIRE IN ELLERY STREET.-Yesterday morning the
stable Of Andrew Wiser, In Eery street, near Temp
kins avenue, was set on fire by some person I'M
known and was destroyed, together with its con-
tents, quantity OF hay involving q loss of 5000.
The fire communicated to two frame houses adIon-
ing, owned by Mr.. William H. Hyde, which were
speedily consumed. The loss is about $1,000 par
TALLY insured.
THE GRAND JURY.-In the Kings county Court Of
Oyer and Terminer Judge Gilbert presiding, the fol-
lowing panel OF grand jurors was drawn:-w. w.
Henshaw, A. u. Cornwell, Abel Ketchum, F. Cook,
q. s. Bishop, Carrot Ditmas, Oscar Dean, J. o.
Smith, q. NJ Turner J. Brown, ID. Alters r. ). WAN
dell A: H. Austin. J. 1. Quimby, Q. r. Lyon, J. Hen
drick, w. Waters, Joseph Johnson, J. NJ Neus, y Il.
butcher. The customary charge was delivered and
the jury retired.
RAILROAD OFFICIALS AND CRUELTY TO ANNALS
The President and lessee Of the Atlantic Avenue Rail-
road line was arragned in the Police Court yesterday
morning, before Justice Cornwell, on a complaint
preferred by r. Gott citizen, residing In Gates
avenue, who charges the Official In question with
violation OF the state law for the prevention OF
city to animals. Mr.. Colt testified that upon the
morning OF october 3, while he was passenger In
No. 81, that route, his attention was drawn to
the condition OF OF the horses drawing the veh
Gle In which he rode. The cruelty consisted In one
Of the horses being so lame that the other one
was compelled to drag him along The poor
animal had swollen and sore hind Leg Upon
reaching the ferry witness caused the horse to DO
unhitched and taken TO the stable. Patrick Nc
Donald and Michael Degraw, the changer and the
who takes charge OF the lame horses, were also
called to the stand and testified that Mr.. Richardson
had given instructions to his employees forbidding
them from driving lame horses, and the animal CON-
planned Of had been sent out on trial trip without
consulting the defendant. DR.. Mudie agent OF Mr..
Bergh's society In this city, gave evidence to the
erect that the horses on the Atlantic avenue line
were, generally speaking, In better condition than
on any other road In the city, and the charge was
thereupon dismissed. The examination Of MI. II. r.
Person, OF Brooklyn City Railroad Company, who is
held TO answer Q similar charge, was postponed
until wednesday next, though 1t was to have been
heard yesterday
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-15

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct IA, 1868.
The returns to-day make the result on the State
ticket doubtful In thiryseven counties heard from
the returns show o democratic gain OF 6,709, with
forty-one counties TO hear from, which will require
gam OF 1872 In each county to give the State to
the democrats. The Democratic State Com
miitee claim the State, and figure q ma
jority OF 1870 while the Republican Central
committee claim 400 majority on the State ticket
The congressman elected are Niblack democrat,
in the First district; Kerr. democrat IN the Second
districts Julian, republican, in the Fourth district;
Coburn, republican In the Fifth district; Carter re-
publican, over Voorhees,, the Sixth distrct Orth
republican, In this Seventh district by 100 MAJORITY
Pratt, republican, In the Eighth district; Shanks, re-
publican, in the Ninth district; Williams republican,
in the Tenth district and Packard republican, IN the
Eleventh district The Third district Is stll doubt
fui, both parties claiming 1t. Conceding the Third
district to the democrats II will leave the represent
tation In Congress the Is 1t now lB-elght re-
pubiicans TO three democrats.
SECOND DESPATCH.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. IA, 1868.
Returns from sixty counties give democratic
gains oil 1900. The republicans viii carry the State,
but by reduced majority, say from 600 TO 5000.
The election OF Baker, republican candidate for Gov
ernor Is conceded.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-15
The Republicans Still in the
Ascendant, but Majorities
Dwindling Down.
Pennsylvania About 5000
Ohio About $4,000
Indiana from 1000 to 5000
ELECTION OF VOORHEES, IN ILLINOIS.
Philadelphia City from 500 to
$500 Democratic.

The returns from the elections on Tuesday, the
18th inst, in the States Of Pennsylvania Ohio, In
diana and Nebraska come in slowly yesterday, but
differ materially from those given In Wednesdays
HERALD. Pennsylvania indicates rather an increased
majority for the republicans ranging from 5000 to
10o00 although the democratic estimate dwndles it
down to barely 1900, while Ohio falls back to $4,000
and Indiana to close contest, being claimed by the
republicans by only from 1000 10 5000. We have
nothing new from Nebraska as we write, but
imagine that our estimate Of about 1000 majority
for the republicans is pretty near correct.
Valiandigham, Of Ohio, on the radical democratic
side, and Ashley OF Ohio, on the radical republican
side, undoubtedly defeated, while there Is bare
chance that John Covode radical, Of Pennsylvania,
may still have been successful in his Old Twenty first
district although we have classified his democratic
competitor, Henry D. Foster, as having been elected
The official returns will probably be necessary To
decide the final result.
Our latest dispatches from Indiana state that
fraudulent votes have secured his success Holman,
democrat is also elected, making the delegation
stand seven republicans and four democrats.
Ohio does not elect Legislature this year. 1t is
now democratic The Legislatures just chosen in
Pennsylvania, Indiana and Nebraska are believed to
be republican, which will secure two republican
United States Senators in place Of democrats, and
thus counterbalance in a measure, the gains the
democrats have maze in the lower house.
We submit the returns and other incidental
matters SO far as received at an early hour this
morning.
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The exceeding close character Of the vote, coupled
with incomplete returns, renders IL extreemIy DIM
cult, even yet, to state how the city has gone,
although every probability shows that the democrats
have gained slight majority, not more than twenty,
on the Water Commissioners, the head OF the city
ticket The republicans shot ahead nearly two hun.
dred votes on the Tax Commissioner. Out OF the
thirteen Aldermen voted for the democrats have
elected six, and 1t is probable they may get the
Thirteenth ward election also. The republican can
didatc, Gallfried Lindauer. obtained very small
majority; but IL s claimed by the democrats that as
he while being candidate, acted as Judge of Elec-
ton L. therefore, ineligible according TO law. The
matter Will probably have 70 be decided by the
courts. In the Tenth ward, therefore, democratic,
Against this loss the democrats, on the Aldermanc
vote, have gained two-the Fifth and the Sixth.
The democrats feel jubilaut over the result which Is
even beyond their expectations; while the republ-
cans acknowledge their defeat with cQmmendabe
friendlness and good nature. The official canvass
will take place on Monday next. As matter OF
course the result is anxously looked for The entire
vote poled slightly in excess OF 10000, that OF
last year being only ID sos. To show how close had
been the vote on Tuesday oil the democrats claim
a victory by some twenty-five votes; while the re-
pubcans allow less than half this count. The
Water Commissioners, whose nominations, how
ever were equivalent TO election, being the rule to
have one Of each political party, are both popular
men and well calculated to draw out large vote.
They are Moses Bgelow, ex-Mayor and rival OF
Mayor Peddie In 1867, aud Daniel Dodd, highly re-
spected republican.
The following the vote the city ticket SO far as
xxatn nd