Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-01-10

thing we have yet seen the low estimate at
which farming is held through this section
under the adverse circumstances in which
the accursed Reconstruction Acts and the
damnable cotton tax have placed u.s. May
light and help soon be given us, is the
wall Of an impoverished people.
Weldon Ne,cS
ST. JOINS DAY.--This day, Friday De-
cember 9th, was celebrated by the mem
bers of Fulton Lodge, No. 80, Ancient
Yorke Masons, by public installation of
the officers Of the Lodge elected for the CHI
suing Masonic year. The ceremony took
place in the Presbyterian Church, Bro.
VIM. H. Bailey, ?. NJ, officiating. After
the conclusion of the installation ceremo-
MES most excellent and appropriate ad-
dress was delivered by Rev Bro. Jethro
Rumple, for which the thanks of the Lodge
were subsequently voted him.
At night Grand Party or Ball was given
by the Fraternity at the Boyden House,
which was in every respect brilliant sue
cess. The receipts considerably exceeded
the expenditures, leaving balance to be
appropriated to charitable Masonic pur-
poses. Much of this success is due to the
efforts of Bro. r. Slater, who displayed
great zeal and energy in its management
SauSDury OL0 -NOTW StCtte.
FORGERY AND FRAUD.-A few days since
a negro presented check at the counter
of Messrs. j. G.. Williams & Co., for $115,
purporting to be signed by lady of this
City, which the Cashier, upon inspection,
suspected was not genuine. The police
were at once sent for and the negro arrest
ed, and the check being sent to the lady in
question, she at once pronounced it a for
gerry.
1t tulns out that the negro, who present
ed the check, is but d cats-paw in the
hands of more shrewd aud intelligent vii
lain. The real drawer of the forged paper
is said to be one Pierson, formerly color
ed y. S. soldier, and late tie Editor Of The
cOlOred Radical paper in this City. We learn
that he has left the city in haste, and elud-
ed the vigilance OF the municipal authori-
ties, who were on his track
Several forgeries have been committed,
within a few weeks past, of the name of
another lady in this city, on one of which
money to the amount of $40 was actually
obtained. In the other cases, accidental
circumstances alone prevented the rascals
from realizing. There is every reason to
been concerned in all the transactions
We hope that they may be fully ferretted
out and punished.
1t is due to the stockholders of the Radi-
cal paper, alluded to, to say that they had
previously discharged Pierson, on account
of the evidences of his dishonesty.
Pierson is bright mulatto, intelligent
and plausible, and writes Il good hand.
Before the war he was in printing offices in
Charlotte and Fayetteville, and had learned
to set type. We have no means of cOniec-
turing the direction lie las taken.
Raleigh Sentinel. SIT.
CONFEDERATE OFFICERS. see in a
Virginia paper q long list of Confederate
officers headed " Present Whereabouts and
Occupations of Men Prominent in the Con-
federate Service" and although it is well
known that North Carolina officers and
soldiers were the backbone of the Con-
federacy, and that without their aid the war
would have proven an utter failure two
years before its close, we do not sec the
name of a single North CaroIinian in the
list. We merely mention the matter to
show how the services of brave North
Carolinians have been ignored by Virginia
papers and others.
Those who prepare such lists must be
very ignorant indeed if they do not know
the whereabouts and occupation" of many
North Carolina officers. Here in Charlotte
we have living three General officers, who
did as much as any others for the cause of
the South. Maj. Gen. d. Fl. Hill rose from
q Colonel to one Of the highest commands
in the army, and now publishes one of the
most popular Magazines in the country.
Brig Gen. Il. D. Johnson went into the
war as q Lieutenant IN 1861, and came out
as q Brigalier General-he fought bravely
all through the war, and was severely
wounded in the head and neck on three
different occasions. Gen. Rufus BarriDger
went in as a Captain, and was promoted to
Brigadier General of Cavalry-he too,
did good service and Was wounded-both
are practicing law in Charlotte-but you
never see their names or that of any other
North Carolinian in the Virginia papers or
in the humbug histories gotten up in Vir-
ginia. We don't like such treatment.
Besides the three General officers named
Jones, of the 57th n. c. Regiment Col
W. Lee Davidson, of the 7th; Col. E.
a. Osborne, Of the 4th ; Col. Z. b. Vance,
(eX-Gov. Of n. o. of the 26th Col j. E.
Brown, of the 42d Maj. Jas. Harris, of the
It'll, and Maj. NJ. D. L. Mcleod, of the LIST
n. @. Cavalry-all of whom fought through
the war and did gallant service-but those
who get up lists of gallant officers never
heard of them, of course.
Charlotte Dem0cr0.
WESTERN North CAROLINA. climate
much resembles that of the Northeastern
States, though it is neither so cold in win
ter nor warm in summer. The reason o.
this is found in the fact that though in the
parallel of latitude, it has an average ele
walton of more than 1000 feet above the
sea. Though in the latitude of the cotton
growing belt, yet it is elevated many hun
dred feet above it. This secures at all sea
sons one of the finest and most bracine
| atmospheres found east of the Pacific
slope. Hence it is that people are stran
gers to all miasmatic diseases.
It is known to almost all the natives o
the country, that at certain elevation or
the mountains, there is stratseoS of atmos-
phere so peculiarly constructed, and SO dry
that it will not permit the formation Of
frost. When farm is located so far up or
the mountains as to be above the region
subject to spring frost, it is said to be above
the frost line. Orchards SO located never
fail to bear full crops on account of spring
frosts. The peach, in these situations