Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-07-03

extrnvagant salaries and fees, and that, con
seqpently, if their greedy demands wer'
needed, the burdens of the people woulf
be largely increased. The cry has already
begun. If even Coroners-about the leas
in importance of the officials elected-pn
in their claims for "more," what may VT
not expect of the higher "loil " office hold
ers? The letter of Mr.. Rogers is pungen'
and conveys a stinging rebuke.
RALEIGH, n. c., June Is. 1868.
lh'. Josict W. Rogers
! SIR: Having been elected Coroner for Wake
county I would direct your attention 20 the fac
that our fees are SO small that we will be unabis
to discharGe our duties, save st f. loss Of none,
unless 1nemoTialize the Legislature for more
| liberal com penSatiUn.
would suggest that each of you write to M
here that may present your letter to the proper
authority, or sign the enclosed memorial and re-
JosEPu T. RAcKA1AS,
To the Honorable General Assembly o. NorR
| CdrOli:ed :
| GENTLEMEN You are spectfulIy reGues cd t.
increxs the salary fees of corOners 10 such al
ext tent as will justify us in the sch4rge of the
| duties of the office without pecuniary lo-s,
Coroner for .... County.
CONCORD, N. c., June 81, 1853
Joseph z. Backa1an, Coroner EJECT Of Wake co,,n-
| ty, " c., State Republican Headquarters
Ro7e5gA, N G.:
SIR Your printed circular addressed to me, as
coroner elect for abarrus county, dated Raleis h.
G., June 1S, 1853, has been received aAd con-
| tents noted.
! In reply I woult. sate that I was elected coro
ner of this (loyaD county by the echite ers
thereof-not a single Niger, carpet-bagger rene
gade COME derat' or scallswag casting vote fo'
me and g Go not feel any pleasure IL &C eating
your kind of diit," known as the iron cldd,"
10 not expect to 8 rye as coroner uni IS that
part of the performance is stricken from the bill.
IF, howe yer, 1 should serve 1 would be content
with the fees as DOW allowed by the Legislature
but the rapaclousness of the Radical par is onls
equajled IN the attempt to "hold all take uN -
and now you propose to memoriali liZe the Legisla-
ture to incI ease the fees of coroners. "1he
Sculpture, and if You d. no work you ought not
| to expect pay. When there is work "ue fees
justify y0m IN the discharge Of the d ti"s
sequently l shall not do anything that will in
crease the burdens of our already vertaxed peo
pie, but would rather suggest eorm in some of
the useless ufces created by the late (s0 called)
Constitutional Convention.
Respectfully.
Coroner elect for the (loya1) county IF Caba.rus.
Raleigh Sentinel.
| FORGERY. some time past We under
stand that Thomas H. Merrimon, lately
doing business at Rocky Mount. has been
rgaged in system of forgeries which was
only discovered few days since.
It seems that he has succeeded in obtain
ing goods from both New York and Will
mington, by representing that he was en-
gagged in business with Hon. A. e. AIRING
ton, of Nash county, and using the name
of that gentleman for that purpose without
his knowledge or consent.
To prevent any discovery of his transac-
tons, he had endeavored to intercept the
mail of Mr. Arlington at several places, but
failing in this was arrested and brought
before c. G. Bonner, Esq, WHO bailed him
in the sum of one hundred dollars for his
appearance at the next Superior Court
On Saturday, last Mr.. Arlington went to
Rocky Mount for the purpose of having
Merrimon rebound in a larger sum, but the
officer in whose hands the process was
placed was unable to apprehend him and
since then nothing has beer heard Of the
defauiter.
| We have been unable to ascertain the
full facts of the case and forbear at present
any further comments. MenimOn leaves 6
wife aud several children to the charity of
the public.-Tarb ,ro' Sonhkerner.
| New F1oUR.-Two lots of new -four, the
! first we have seen in this mark ct, were Re-
ceived per Western railroad last Saturday
One lot was consigned to W. G. Hall, Esq,
| by E. L. Tysor, Of Chatham county, aud
the other TO Charles Haigh, Esq.-by whom
we did not learn. We are glad to see il
coming III. From what information we cal
gather, the wheat harvest will be good IL
this section, and We may hope to See flour
at low prices.-Fayetteville News.
n G. POLITICS. Legislature OF
| North Carolinss is composed OF 50 Senators
and 12O Representatives. Of the Senators
there are three negroes and eight carpet
bag Yankees IN the House there are six
| teen negroes aud eight carp t-bag Yankees.
! The aggregate taxes paid to the State by
the 81 Radical Senators and the so EadicaI
Representatives, would not g1ceed $500. -
| The aggregate estimated value OF the real
property in the State to be taxed is $3.50,
0O0, 0O0 The Radicals have some 60 ma
| jority on joint ballot in the Legislature,
and have the power to tax the property OF
the State, of which they will pay only al
infnitesimal part themselves.
Raleigh Sentinel
MOVEMENT OF CARPET -BAGGER5 AND Seal
LAwAGs.-rhe Disability bill, as announced
on yesterday by telegraph, has passed both
Houses of Congress, and now only awaits
the signature of the President to become d
law. Whether he approve or Veto it will
doubtless become law in time to allow the
greedy expectants to qualify. ln antlclpa
tion Of this result, they are focking hither
ward We notice Captain Settle in the
city, and Colonel Heaton and Mr.. John
Pool are also said to be on baud, prepared
for regular Senatorial seige. We look
for interesting developments as the ldes OF
July approach. Somebody is obliged to be
disappointed. Blessed are those who ex-
pect nothing.
A REL1oUE. Yesterday J. E. Alexander,
Esq, of Hopewell, brought to us lars'
piece of the root of the old Post Oak, under
which the signers of the Mecklenburg Dec
laration met to arrange their plans. This
tree was very large and stood near Alexan-
| driana, the residence of J. McKnltt Alex
on1or who WAS not ONLY one of the SlgnerS