Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-05-29
STATE NEWS.

the Nash County Court for a riotous and
unlawful assembly against lawless band
of negroes members of the Union League,
who had arrested and brought to mock
trial one OF their own color for voting the
Conservative ticket. It was proved that
Wiley Taylor, colored, while working in
the field was arrested by band of armed
negroes acting under the orders of their
President, and dragged him by force to
Battleboro', the League Headquarters in
that section. He was lily treated and his
life threatened. and after going through the
ceremonies Of a trial, judgment was sus-
pended until the next meeting.
Two of the ringleaders were arrested
| upon the affidavit of Taylor. The others
| live in Edgecombe. These were convicted
and plead in extenuation of their confessed
guilt that they were obeying orders from
their chief. The court only subjected the
offenders to small fine and short impris
Onment. The names Of the other leaders,
| especially of the whites, were discovered
and it is hoped that the authorities of Edge
combe will attend to them promptly.
DEAF AND DUMB.-We observe that at
| National Conference of the Principals of
| the American Institutions for the Deaf and
| Dumb, very recently in session at Wash
| ingtOn, a paper on "Tradcs for the Deaf
and Dumb" was read by W. J. Palmer,
Esq, Principal of our North Carolina In
stitution.
TIE BLIND. Geo. Birmingham. a blind
man and q graduate of the Institution for
the Deaf, the Dumb and the Blind, in
Raleigh, is manufacturing, in Wa1esboro',
a superior article of brooms. This is one
of the good fruits of the mechanical de-
partment of the Institution.
FRIENDS OF TEMPKRANCE.--A number of
the young men of the city propose, we
learn, to organize in few days another
Council of this order. Already more than
| twenty names have been obtained to the
| application for a charter The new Coun-
| Gil will probably be organized during this
or the early part Of next week.
Raleigh Sentinel.
THE SENAToRsHIP.--We had supposed
that the on dts had fixed the matter, that
Mr.. Pool and Gen. Abbott were to be the ..
S. Senators under the new regime, if it is
| to be be- Within a few days we have,
! however, learned that the friends of Col.
| Heaton are disposed to present his claims,
| and, on the other hand, it Is intimated
that the West can hardly agree to two Sen
| ators from the East. If so, Gen. Abbott
and Col Heaton may look out for breakers.
Mr.. Pool and his friends will not yield his
claims to their Yankee allies, and the West
will very likely have a word to say IN the
matter Raleigh Sentinel
| HoLDEN's TE1EGRAM-W are confirmed
| in the opinion that Mr.. Holden's Impeach-
ment telegram, which we commented up
on on yesterday, was only intended to be
| prirdte, for the reason that he could not
have expected any Republican Senators,
who would vote for acquittal, to favor the
removal of his disabilities, after such a
| public reflection upon their integrity and
| honor.
The Senate has not yet voted upon the
bill which has passed the House, removing
| the disabilities from certain North Carroll
nians-among them Mr.. Holden. Posi-
bly, the bill will share the fate of the Ar
kansas bill At all events, Mr.. Holden
| cannot, of course, expect Messrs. Fessen-
den, FrumbuIl, Henderson, Ross, Van
Winkle, Grimes and Fowler to vote for his
relief, after that telegram. Without their
votes, where are the two-thirds necessary
for the removal of his disabilities
Raleigh Sentinel
THE LEAGUES IN DIFFICULTY-THE NASH
FARMERS. s.-NeSsrs. Edit0rs:-I wrote you
last week, giving an account of the trial of
some members of the Union League, me
| groes) on charge of riot and unlawful
conduct towards Wiley Taylor for voting
the conservative ticket, their conviction and
punishment. They are now in Nash coun-
ty jail, paying the penalty of their lawless
and outrageous conduct. Their fate will
no doubt be warming and great advan.
tage to their brethren, who might have
been made dupes of in the same way.
have just been informed that the often.
ders have made an appeal to their Presi
dent (?) Station, whose orders they obeyed
and that he has been to Raleigh to appeal
to Governor Holden, the high chief of the
League in this State, and the result of these
efforts has been an appeal, no doubt, a ricl
and one-sided affair, to Gen. Candy to in
terpose the military power and release
| them.
We have no idea Gen. Candy will &C
! without fair investigation, and if he il
the man we take him to be, when the fact
are all brought to his knowledge. he vii
not only uphold the civil authorities, bu
, he will take them through oD "anothe
{ line on the charge of intimidating voter
, for which they are also amenable. Such
course on his part will undoubtedly d.
good, in disabusing the minds of the delu
ded negroes, who feel bound to obey tn
- orders of their leaders, whether it be t.
arrest, try, punish and hang their Cwl
S members, rob, burn houses Or anything
t else.
; This is the first instance We have notice'
0 where the mockery of these secret leagu
oaths and trials, which are very frequent
have been brought in direct conflict witt
the real laws of the country in court, am
it is all important that the people, especial
ly the ignorant negroes, should know whicl
they are to obey-the oaths and orders o
Union League or the regular laws of th
! State.
In this county good many of the farm
ers find it impossible to carry on thel
,, crops, which are promising at this time
: b cause of the short crop last year. Ih
County Court, in order to meet this ditficu
ty, have appropriated ten thousand dollar
to purchase corn for their relief. This
wise step and worthy of imitation by 9th
. er counties similarly tuated.-Nash Coun
, ty Correspondent Petersburg I'der.
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