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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-10-23
The Duty of the Hour.

We publish below, not, however, without
our condemnation, the article of the New
York World. suggesting, rather than advi-
sing, change of candidates. This article
finds endorsement in the National Lstelli-
qencer, but thus far and no farther, has it
met with favor. The party throughout the
whole country disapproves the sugges-
ton. Our contest is for principles and
not men, and If these are to be triumphant
in the present or in the future, it will
not be accomplished by a timid subservien-
cy to prejudices founded upon falsehood.
If HoRATIo SEYMOUR can be denounced as
disloyal. SO can Chief Justice CHASE, and
if General BLAIR has done nothing to en-
title him to the support of the Northern
war men, neither has Generals EWING,
SLoCUM, or FRANKLIN. If the hatred of
the Northern people towards the South is
so overpowering as to destroy the splendid
craftsmanship Of SEYMOUR and pale the
military glory of BLAIR, no candidates whom
the South could support would find favor
with them. If the sacrifices we have made
and the honest fidelity with which we have
accepted the situation do not convince
them of our sincerity in our renewed allie
glance to the Union, then they will not
believe though one should rise from the
dead.
We do not believe that any good. but
much harm would result from a change of
candidates. We are not without hope of
the general result. The Democracy of
"are not panic-stricken." They desire no
change of commanders on the eve of battle.
They reg ard the fight made by our friends
in Pennsy Ivan ia, Ohio and Indiana,
against money, fraud and Government pat
ronage most glorious one. The MAORI
ties against them in Pennsylvania and In
diana are so sill ght, when We regard the
number of votes cast, as to amount to in
significant bruises, and will serve to nerve
them to renewed vigor, hopeful of victory.
In the Democratic vocabulary there il
no such word as fail. In defeat, as in vic
tory, the unyielding defender of the PEG
ple's rights, undismayed by the one and
temperate in the use of the other. Bor1
with the Constitution it will perish onl,
with that sacred instrument. So long as i
remains as guide for our people just 81
long will the Democratic party continue it.
answering defender. When the Consti
tuition is entirely disregarded, and the Elk
ecutive and Judiciary departments follow
the Legislature beyond the holy precinct
of that chart, then with the death of Con
stitutional liberty will perish the only part.
now left which reveres it.
Let us continue with renewed energie
the glorious work we have in hand. Hest
tate not a moment. Despond not. Ris
above the darkness of the present to thu
full Importance of the work before u.s.
Consider what has already been accom-
plished and how much there is yet to b.
done. Perfect our organizations and lie
US press onward with new zeal and nov
hope.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-10-23

visitors on the occasion found that the
words of welcome addressed to them by the
venerable DIR. Wilcox found responsive
echo in the hearts of his fellow-citizens.
Among the most pleasing incidents of the
occasion was the presentation to Judge
B1aas and Col. CowAN of two handsome
boquets by the accomplished daughters Of
Dr. Wilcox.
The people of Halifax have done 'nein
selves credit in this great demonstration
and we believe its memory Will i've long
and pleasantly in the political annals Of
the county.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-10-23
BY THE president.
November Twenty-SIxth to be - Day Of
THANKSGIVING.
*St. Mark vlI-30.

Thanksgiving.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-By he president u tt'
United States Of america q Proclamation, In the
year which is now drawing to its end the art, the
skill and the labor of the people of the United
States have been employed with greater diligence
and the fruits OF the earth have been gathele4
into the granary and the sto.e-house in marvel
lous abundance our highways have been
heightened and new and prolific regions have DeeL
occupied we are permitted to hope the long pro-
tracted political and sectional dieseDsous are az
no distant day to give Llace to returning harmon!
and fraternal affection throughout the Republic
many foreign States have entered into h6eTal
agreements with US, while nations which are iaI
OF, and which heretofore have been uns0cia'
and exclusive, have become our Tlehus'11
The annual period Of rest which we have reacueG
in health and tranquility, and Wnlch Is cro"ngtt
with 80 many blessings, is by universal couseH'
convenient and suitable one for guilty. atlnB per
sonal piety and practicinS pubic devotion !,
therefore recommend that Thursday, the Zotr
day of November next, be set apart and Observer
public praise Thanksgiving and prayer to the Al
mighty Creator ard Divine Ruler Of the unlVerso,
by whose ever watchful, merciful and gracious
providence alone States no lees than 1SnIInu HIM.
and individual men do live and move ana H1''
their being. -. NV
In witness whereof have hereunto set ny
hand and caused the seal OF the United Sta'e7 "
Done ut the city of Washington this twetta
dav of October, in the year Of our LORD 0LGp
tbousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, ana o.
the Independence OF the United States the ninety
third. ~
ANDREW JOHNSON. ~
WM. Il. SEWARD, Sec'y OF sES'0'
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-10-23
Appointments.

Col. A. A. McKoY, the Congressional
candidate for the 3rd District, and Capt.
JAMES G. DoBB1N, Elector, will address
their fellow-citizens at the following places
Ellington, Harnett county, Oct 2lst,
Wednesday.
Jonesboro', Oct. 22nd, Thursday.
Carthage, Oct. 23rd, Friday.
Troy, Oct. Goth, Monday.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-10-23

was SO. We trust that the same spirit may
be exhibited by each party in all joint dis
cussions hereafter, and in fact all politi-
cal gatherings where they are thrown to-
gether.
+ D1ilu Journal, 18th.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-10-23
The Militia Enrolment Discontinued.

4 dispatch received in this city yester-
day from .sGoy." Holden orders the Regis
trars To discontinue the enrolment OF the
Militia as heretofore ordered at the places
of REGISTRATION. But little progress had
been made, only one day of registration
having transpired.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-10-23

The London Press On the Late Elections.
LONDON, October 15.-Telegrams from
the New York Associated Press announcing
the result of the elections in PENNSYLVANIA.
Ohio and Indiana were duly received and
are commented on by London journals, as
follows:
The Daily News (RadicaD says if the
Democratic party had only remained pas
sive, Republican biunders would have
gained them power; but the Democrats
have an equal if not greater aptitude for
error.
The Morning Post CONSERVATIVE says
the result of these elections has decided
the Presidential contest, and the slight inter-
est wherewith the Democrats sought to
surround it is gone.
The Standard CONSERVATIVE comments
on the small maiorities claimed by the Re-
publcans, and thinks the Democrats may
have carried some of the States. The
writer says eff the Democrats are beaten,
their friends here could wish they had
been guided by safer counsels.' E
The Telegraph, (LiberaD while ap proving
the result, sees in it the ruin of the Re-
publican party, in which there are so
many wide differences on financial ques-
hons. --. ...as...-. --g Ell =
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-10-23

from the Committee of the Bristol D;ro.,
Trade Convention, which was referred tot
special committee of seven from col
State.
At ha.f-past l the Convention took . ~
cess until half-pasi o'clock, to partoko :,
the meantime of the inequalities of tbo
city.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Having partakea to an unlimited exter4
of the bountiful supplies furnished at tbo
Convention Club house, the delegates 70
assembled at half-past three o'clock.
On the committee appointed on motion
of Gen. Malone, North Carolina is repre-.
sented by G. B. Root, N. Price, Douglas.
Bell, DIR. w. X. Miller, Jas. r. Williams
VIM. G. Upchurch and S. r. Stubs.
Gen. ?. @. Johnson offered resolution
providing for the appointment of com.
mittee of thirteen to report upon the best
method of completing communication he.
tween this seaport and with the Great
West. The resolution was amended TO 70
quire the committee to inquire into tbo
expediency cf connecting the line from
Norfolk to the West with the Chesapeak 4
Ohio railroad, and as amended was adon.
ted after some discussion.
A resolution offered by w. B. HOPE. Of
Kentucky, instructing the same committee
to inquire into the expediency of building
railroad from some point on the Virginia
and Tennessee railroad to Louisville, XIV
was also adopted ~
The business committee then retired. and
the Convention adjourned until i O'Clock
tomorrow morning.
FIREWORKS.
Tonight there is a grand display of fire
works, and the city is alive with an i'm.
mense throng OF people. Tho scene is en-.
ivened with music, and great good FEELING
and enthusiasm prevail
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31
Gen. Howard on Temperance.

Early instruction and home exam
pie produced in me a life of temper
ance, which I have no regrets
When in college, experiences were at
first unfavorabIe for the practicable
development of such course. FIRE.
quent reminders that certain great
men drank were accompanied BY So
licitations to take strong drink, if
ever I expected to be anybody. Mem
bers of my class who contracted hab
it's of intemperance have gone to de-
struction, while those who were tenn
perate have attained respectable po-
sitions in the world The tendency
to degradation is universal, whenev-
er men ermitthcmselves to tamper
with Intoxicating liquors. The larg-
est portion Of the crimes committed in
this land has its basis, its beginning
place, in habits Of intemperance; no
cause is productive of more evil, or is.
more destructive Of temporal or eter
nal happiness in its results. The
fancy that alcoholic stimulants are
necessary to enable men to bear the
effects of excessive OF protracted la
Dor or fatigue is both a delusion and
a snare. The best fighting is done
by soldiers who do not drink, and
they are the most elastic in endu-
rance. Constant refusals to drink
have always won for me the respect
of nv fellOw-officers, and though, in
the practice of temperament my fam
liz, some social ostracism has at times
been experienced, friends and ae-
uuaintances have finally overcome
their feelings, and have respected the
coffee and cake at New Years recep- |
tions as superior to the brandy and |
whiska too commonly met.
The strict observance of temper
ance is 0 duty imperative on all men.
No less a duty is the prosecution of
constant, active, prayerful, consistent I
and effectiOnate labOrs in the cause
T Maj. Gen. Howard.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31
PInnclnetfe.

It is useless to tell me that there is
anything in Planchette, or that by
its aid every man may become his
own medium; Pve been there. When
you can pat a terrapin on the back
and get him to respond in Coptic
with his tail, twill be time to per-
suade me that block OF wood can be
charged" sufficiently to write SEN
tences. Mine was charged, but it
would only write when L moved it,
and then it wrote precisely what 1
dictated. That persons write ''un-
consciously" 1 do not believe. As
well tell me man might pick pockets
without knowing it. Nor am 1 at all
prepared to believe the assertions of
those who declare that "they do not
move the board" 1 know what ope-
rators will do in such cases; 1 know
the distortion, the disregard of truth,
which association lwith this immoral
board produces. l have seen charm
ing young ladies, whose word 1 would
take on anything else in life (even if
they protested they were not eRgag-
ed) who would not fb if you asked
them iftheir curls were false or if the
red of their lips was natural, sit up
with both hands on Planchette-fol-
tilted in falsebood by the contact Il
and lie like lawyers. Bring me any
two professors Of the art-young la
dies, for men are not to be believed
under any circumstances-nOt too far
gene to be sensible to some moral
compunctiOn, who will put one hand
on Planchette and the other on the
Bible-establishing a sort of galvanic
connection between the negative and
positive poles of truth, so to speak
and swear Gas Ella says, the custom
of resorting to an oath in extreme
cases has introduced into the laxer
sort of minds the notion of two kinds
of TRUTH that they do not write the
they promulgate, and will
discuss whether they do or not serious
ly.-JCharles H. Webb, in Harper's
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31

Nothing, we calculate, could be
more edifying to our dusky-hued
friends than the remarks made by a
sable parson at a negro wedding
which took place recently near Mont.
gomory, Alabama. Thus spake he:
"Here is a couple who have walk
ed out tonight, wishing to be jined
IN, and thro' love, and wishing all
dem dat have any ting twixt dem
come forward, and speak now; if not,
let dem hold dar peace now and for
evefmOre. wants every ear to
hearsand every heart TO enjoy.
"Mr Jim Thompson, whOmsoever
stands fastl7 BY year left side. do you
take heesfor y6af Beloved wife, to wait
on her through sickness and through
health, safe and be safe, holy and be
holy, loving and be loving; do you
love her mother, do you love her
father, do you love her sisters, do
you love her master, do you love her
mistress, but do you love God de
best?"
Answer sG do"
"Miss Nary Thompson, whomsoev-
or stands fastly by your right side,
do you take to be your dear beloved
husband, to wait on him through
health and through conhution, safe
and be safe, holy and be holy; do you
love his mother, do you love his faith
eT, do you love his brothers, do
you love his sisters, do you love God
de best2"-
Answer: "I will"
81 shall pronounce Mr.. Jim to hold
Miss Mary fastly by the right hand,
and shall pronounce you both to be
man and wife, by the command
ments of God. We shall hope, and
trusting through God, that you may
live right, that you may die right,
now and for evermore. Now, Mr..
Jim, slel0 your bride. Let US sing
hime
" 'Plulgsd in a gulf of dark despair - etc.
DRAWER, Harper's Magazine:
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31
Don't be Ashamed Of Religion.

There is no one creditable thing oil
which,as arule, young men are so apt tC
be ashamed as the profession Of Chris
tianity. Peter, denying his master
with curses, is the fit prototype of a
very large class of protesting Chris
tians, such as in fact Peter was.
There is a Sc ming incOngruity be-
tween a busy, worldly life, and stead
fast adherence to Christian conduct.
But the fact that the two do often go
hand in hand, proves that the incon-
gruity is only seeming.
1t is a pleasing thing to find, as we
often DO, man who carries his relig-
ion into his business-wh0 is no more
piOus aud devout in weekly prayer
meeting than in his daily contact
with the wOFld-whO breaches sermons
every day from behind his counter
and upon the streets, and whose life
is an.Open book, upon whose pages is
written neither hypocrisy nor fear of
the Devil.
There is nothing in life more des-
picabIe than a lOud-mouthed, canting,
insincere rtligiOnist; and nothing
more lovely in the sight of God or
man than a firm, unflinching cOnscien-
tiOus Christian, to whom the growing
of the cock can awaken no remem-
brance of the betrayal Of his Lord
TPaCkard's Monthly.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31
{ Whole No. 1901.

Tie Ku-KIux Khan In Texas.
# General Reynolds, Commanding the
Fifth Military District, in his annual
report, makes the following alIusions
to the operations Of the Ku-Klux
Klan in Texas
Armed organizations, generally
known as Ku-Klux Klan, exist inde-
( pendenuy or in concert with other
armed bands, in many parts of Texas.
but are most numerous, bold and ag-
gressive, east Of the Trinity river.
The object Of these organizations can
not be readily explained, but seems,
in this Stnte, tObe to disarm, rob, and
in many eases, murder Union men
and negroes, and as occasion may Of
fer, murder United States officers and
soldiers; also, to fntanidate every one
who knows anything Of the organiza-
ton, but who will not Join it. The
civil law east Of the Trinity river is al
most dead letter. In some counties
the civil officers are all, or a portion of
them, members of the Klan. In other
counties, where the civil officers will
not join the Klan, or some other arm
ed band, they have been compelled to
leave their counties.
In many counties where the county
officers have not been driven of. their
induenee is scarcely felt. What po1it-
ical end, if any, is aimed at by these
bands l cannot positively say, but
they attend in large bodies the Doliti-
cal meetings (barbecues), which have
been and are being held in various
parts of the State under the auspices
Of the Democratic clubs of the differ
ent counties. The speakers encourage
their attendance, and in several coun-I
ties men have been Indicated by name
from the speakers stand as those Sc
lected for murder. The men thus
pointed out have no course left them
but to leave their homes or be mur-
dered on the first convenient oppOr-
tunity.
The murder Of negroes is so COM
mon as to render it impossible to keep
an accurate account of them. These
organizations are evidently eOunte-
nanced, or at least not discouraged, BY
a majority of the white people Of the
counties where the bands are most
numerous. They could not otherwise
exist.
l have given this matter close atten-
ton, and am satisfied that a remedy,
to be effective, must be gradually ap-
piled and combined with firm support
of the army until these outlaws are
punished or dispersed. They cannot
be punished by the civil courts until
some examples of military commits
siOns show that men can be punished
in Texas for murder and kindred
crimes. The perpetrators Of such
crimes have not heretofore, except in
very rare instances, been punished in
the State atall. Free speech and free
press, as tho terms are generally I'M
derstood in other States, have never
existed in Texas. The Official reports
Of laWlessness and crime, so far from
being exaggerated, do not tell the
whole truth. The bold, wholesale |
numbering in the interior of the State
seems. at present to present a more ur-
gene demand for troops than Indian
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31
Written f,r the News.
NEW YEARS GREETING. .
BY vILETTE vI1LARs.

H@N4-@--@-A - AA~--@----NS'
The gate of time has closed OF
/ Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-Eight
No clang or echo resounded at the
midnight watch. The hoarse wind
/ gave at once a requiem for the dead
year, and shout of welcome to the
neweboFn.
One lingering look reveals the past.
An angel comes with wings Of light,
and bears away the good deeds of men
to deck the land where dweIls eternal
summer They are hidden from US,
4 We see only ashes of good. resolves,
( pursuit of pleasures, and reward OF
pain, plighted troths, and broken
vows, faded flowers and arid wastes.
We turn from the sad sight 10 a more
beautiful scene.
What! is this Earth2 This arch
above our heads, inscribed with THE
New YEAR, cleaning with orient
tints, sunshine, love, peace and good
will; covering the expanse of the heav-
ems, and smiling a blessing on the
lowly cot and princely hall?
PARENT, with thy tried heart wait
ing, watching, praying, clasping the
smiling infant to thy faithful breast,
and gazing with affection upon the
eldest born, dost thou descry this
grand morning, rich with light?-this
brilliant dawn-the promise of adj
vancement for thy little ones? But
graves will mar the-green- sward, and
IF God asks thy jewels, yield them to
the lender. May no woe betide thee
and thine!
TEACHERS with joy we greet thee.
With love we bid thee cheer. When
thy heart swells with ambitions
.promptings; when the school-room
seems too circamseribed for thy
sphere; when thy mind wanders from
the "wee one" Iisping her lesson by
thy side, and great thoughts that shall
never break against the shore of sound,
fill thy soul, turn from the alluring
mirage to the resolutions of the New
YEAR. Do that thy hand fndeth.
Be content, and peace crown thee!
READER! Whether on the thresh-
old of life or tempest tossed, and
weary of succeeding years; whether
shielded by loving friends, or walking
the earth desoIate and friendless;
whether learned or unlearned, high
on the pinnacle of fame or low in the
valley of humiliation, let love for hu-
manity fill thy heart. Pity its weak
ness. Harbor no i'll thought of poor
''waH of fiesh." For the wayward
pray, "Heaven direct my brother or
my sister," and we will realize in
very truth a Happy, Happy New
Year! -.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-31
New York FinaDciering ''---
How ''Panics's are Made.

Daniel Drew, fhe great millionaire
and stock specuIator of New York,
recently made oath to the following.
1t explains the way in which fnan-
ciaI troubles are made, and rascaI5 en-
riched. Here is the statement:
"Gould and Fisk have recently
been engaged in locking up money;
they told me so; they wanted me to
join them in locking up money, and
l did, to the extent ofS1, 900, 900, and
refused to lock up any more. 1 had
originally agreed to lock up 81, 900, 900,
but when money became very tight,
deemed it prudent to decliue to 90
any further, and unlocked my million;
the object of locking up is to make
money scarce; they had money enough
of the Erie Railway Company to lock
up to make money scarce and affect
the stock market-to make stocks fall,
because people couldn't get the money
to carry them; they sent, I have un-
derstood, three millions to Canada to
a bank there A"