The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-08-05
Let us have Peace GEN. GRANT.
Political Snuff,

The Sentinel appears to have constituted
itself into political snuff bon, and furnishes
pinches for the other Rebel newspapers of
the State to sneeze over, in the hope that
the approximations caused thereby may be-
smear the Republican party. The last pinch
given out is that Col. c. L. Harris, the Sup
erintendent of Public Works, went up to
Chapel Hill, on Saturday, carrying with him
file of Federal soldiers, the latter to take
charge of the property of the University, in
Guiding, it is said, the private property of
two Societies" The University at Chapel
Hill being the property of the State, and
Col. c. L. Harris being Superintendent of
Public Works, he only performed his official
duty in going up to take charge of the
grounds and buildings. He took up suf
fcent .party of soldiers to guard these
public grounds and buildings during the
suspension of the exercises of the University,
and prevent the Alumni" being deprived
of shade trees, as was done by the gird!ing
of trees recently at the Lunatic Asylum, as
well as to prevent any other malicious inju-
ries being done to the property of the State.
We venture to say had this precaution not
| been TAKEN the Sentinel would have been
one of the first of the Rebel pack to give
tongue on the fact of the public propertys
being injured while the State paid gentle
man as Superintendent OF Public Works"
The Sentinel whines enough over the loss
of the whipping post, 1.-THE past relic of bar
berous institution being cut down from its
significant and appropriate position, close to
the Sentinel office; but how much worse
would it have been for future Students of
the University to be deprived of the CRATE
| full shade of trees, as the unfortunate Insane
patients now area No, no, bro. Pell, san
ounce of prevention is better than a pound
of cure" and the Executive will not again
be caught mapping, but will forestall the re-
| petition Of all such malicious dcpredations,
and will shut the stable door before the steed
be stolen.
Moreover we will here quote portion of
the last report of the special committee of
the board of Trustees of the Univerity:
I'm regard to preserving and protecting
the property of the Institution, until its ex-
ercises are resumed, the committee recon-
mends the adoption of the following reso-
luton:
"ResOloed, That the Governor and Board
of Education be empowered and requested,
at the expense of the Trustees, to take i'm
mediate and effective steps to protect and
preserve the property of the University I'M
til it shall be reorganized and placed in
charge of a President and Faculty"
Regarding the latter grains of the pinch
of snuff above quoted, viz: g the private
property of the two Societies we would
inform Bro Pel that the libraries he alludes
to are not "prioate" property, having been
presented to the Alma Mater' from gradu-
ates and former students who unlike FRANK
P. BLAIR and Others expelled for disgrace
| full conduct, wished to leave some tribute of
kindly affection to the University where
they had completed their education. Such
donations ceased to be 'private property
the moment they were presented and be-
care part and parcel of the College prop
erty, there to remain for the benefit of future
classes of students.