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The New York herald., 1869-10-28
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The New York herald., 1869-10-28

eANbWtoU IsLANDs-ESrRASCE 70 HONOLULU.
lighthouse has been erected the inner edge Of the
western reef bounding the Of the channel into Hon
Quln harbO The light Freanc OF the fourth order
elevation OF ~ feet above the level and can be seer rom
the deck of ordinary Distance Of enhuea
miles In radius from sE by 10 " from the lighthouse,
From the lighthouse the Spar or Faway buoy bears mag
netcl II 6A cables, the eastern end OF ths new wharf
10 IN cables, Diamond Point bb H. Barbera Point %
and the Custom House 10 ~ near 70
which corner another light tower has been els
vson al "a above the level and can % seen soou'
miles The light In this tower 10 green. -
To harbor night bring these two gn ~ one
bearing VI tmngn c ani keep tncm W 9nn W w,.mn
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-12-31
i ankees in IL Charleston Negro Court.

One of our dead head subscribers,
who happened to be over in Charleston
the other day, tells the following:
A fellow representing q Boston bucket
factory came ashore from q steamer, carry
ing about a dozen diminutive specimens
of his merchandise, and taking up the first
street he came to, offered them right and
left. He had not progressed far before a
negro policeman arrested and carried him
before coal-black justice, charged with
peddling without license. The sable mag
istrate rot only fined him the cool sum of
800, but roundly leotured the man of
buckets upon his conduct. He paid the
fine and left ''the Court" and city in tho
rough disgust.
On the same day another drummer from
New York was arranged before his sable
honor for the same offense. The drummer
insisted that he had sold nothing, only
been offering, but had made no sales
Whereupon the black dignitary told him to
prove that, but while hunting up his proof
he must leave $50 by way of bail. The
drummer handed over the money, went
out and brought in three or four merchants
who stated that he had sold nothing to
them. After the witnesses got through,
the following decision was delivered:
'Dis Court hab heard de prefxes and de
conclusion to dis case, and decides dat de
Yankee hab left de case in doubt; and it
bein de law to glib do State de benefit CT
de doubt, dis court will keep de fifty dol
lars
These are facts.-Macon Telegraph.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-12-31
Public Meetings.

The rcof3,a Of Franklin county have held
large auG imposing meeting to protest
again6t the ubiquitous proceedings of the
-iiagisatura. 4 call is Inado for meeting
81 the people Of GuiIford county, at
;,feeu.bato', on the first of January, to cx-
Dress t8cir opinion upon the new militia bill
..iId the proposition OF the Legislature to
..olIoycr fortwo years longer. This meeting
Is to 10 ?;it!oat regard to party. Steps are
Icing taken 10 call q meeting of the people
of Wake, III regard 10 the ubiquitous bill for
$40 suspension of the wit Of Aabeas corpus.
NO }ayo 10 doubt this movement will
.oroad throughout the State. 1t is right
..a;l proper that all citizens, without regard
l., PARTY, should express their opinions upon
these measures. They arc fraught with
much OWL, and their adoption will be most
i.urtfnl 10 Che welfare Of North Carolina.
The people at least should be jealous Of
Heir rights ana liberties, and should not
talnely surrender them to tho will of would
he tyrants.
The first duty 81 citizens, rs it is @ right
Guaranteed to them by the Constitution, is
20 meet together and protest against these
dangerous entertainments pon theirrights,
and these fragrant violations of the funda-
,nontal law. The people have right to
,,sgembIo together" says the Declaration
ri Rights. ''to consult for their common
GOOD, to instruct their representatives, and
20 apply to the Legislature for redress of
grievances. TT We DO not attempt to stop
these alarming iniquitie& by this legal and
peaceful resort, yye cannot be altogether
bameless for the evils which will follow
their enactment into laws. We should at
least exhaust al of our constitutional re-
&ources before VIC submit to deprivation
Of our rights as irce.nen, CT see ourselves
plunged into state Of anarchy-it may be
into blooGshed.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-12-31
CITY FINANCES.
Error of Over Twenty Thousand DOllari
in the City Treasures Account.

1t is wise ordinance which requires the
Clerk and Treasurer quarter-yea to pre-
pare for publication in the newspapers of
the city statements showing the aggregate
general receipts and disbursements, ar
ranged under their appropriate heads. We
do not know whether it has been repealed.
We know that it is not done. If the pub
LEGATION is not made in order to save money,
the present Board of Aldermen could have
economical in other ways much more sat-
isfactory at least to the taxpayers. 1t
is their money they spend, and common
honesty and common decency both require
that they should make as public and ex-
plicit as possible the manner in which the
finances of the city have been managed.
It requires a patient man to wade
through the long columns of figures,
which the Clerk and Treasurer posts in
the City Hall, giving in detail his receipts
and expenditures for the year. In fact il
is absolutely impossible to do SO, unless a
person is permitted to take it down from
its position, and with pencil and paper, al
comfortable desk, spend hours over
it's details. This, by the permission of the
Clerk and Treasurer, we have done. We
have done so from no disposition to i'm
peach the honesty of that officer, but be-
cause no publication having been made,
we regarded it as duty we owed our citi
zens. Our duty as watchful journalist
imposed the dissgreeable and tiresome
labor upon US. The statement which We
give below is the result of this labor, and
presents condition of most alarming care
lessness in the Clerk and Treasurer of the
City, and the Mayor and Board of Alder
men. If we thought it resulted from cor
ruption we would not hesitate to say So
but will give them the opportunity to ex
plain away these errors before we prefer
any moro serious charge than that of thu
most criminal negligence in the matter.
We have already published the receipt
and disbursements of the Treasurer, as h
! foOts them up, as follows:
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-12-31
Receipts accounted
tai. sl6l,751 as

Now let US see the process by which the
books are made to balance, and how ettec-
lively few interlineations can cure these
s' little irregularities.
The small variance in January is made
right by adding to the receipts for that
month this item, "Market Rents-S3. y
As the whole amount of rents received
from this source. with this three dollars
is only sic hundred and nine dollars, we
should suppose that considerably more OF
the deficient receipts might we'll be located
upon the ample margin here allowed
The deficit in the February receipts is
swept out by the following interlineation
"Amount borrowed of First National
Bank on note of city for 81, O0O-$6, 681 So
This settles up the February "irregu-
larity."
The deficit of SIS. O57 81 for March is
disposed of as follows: First interlineation,
'sReal Estate Tax 1868-$101." Second
interlineation: Amount borrowed from
First National Bank on note of city for
$15,4 12 1854, 956 49," But as this does
not entirely fix the ''irregularity" one item
of Real Estate Tax for this month has
been altered from 1909 81 to $3.50 81,
just sixty cents, which convenient
ly fixes that month all right.
In December the excess of receipts is
wiped out" by altering one entry OF
thirty dollars received from Court Fines tc
twenty five dollars.
We therefore give the classified receipts
before and after the 'doctoring" process
| az follows
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-12-31
horticultural Society.

We invite attention TO tue following let
fer from Colonel WALTER L. STEELE, IN
order TO cordially endorse the proposition
ne makes. The subject of fruit culture
and the manufacture of wine IS one to
which much attention is now being directed
throughout the whole country, and to this
section it is Of peculiar interest. We be-
iieYc the future prosperity Of this imme-
diate county depends more upon the sue
cessful raising OF fruit, the cultivation OF
grapes and the manufacture of wine than
nDon ANYTHING else These are to be the
leading source of wealth. Our soil and
climate are adapted to these enterprises,
and orr agriculturalists must turn their at
tcntion to them.
For this purpose it is absolutely neces-
garv that there should be organization.
We trust that the gentleman named in the
letter and others inter ested in these sub
iccts will respond to the invitation. Our
columns are open to them. By all means
let the horticultural Society be organized
ROCKINGHAM, Dec. 22d, 1869.
Nessrs. EdltOrS:-I ask the use Of your col
l1nns, to request al persons interested in the
cultivation OF the Grape. or the manufacture OF
II ne or the growing of Fruit Trees, TO meet at
Wilmington on Friday, the 21st day of January,
1910, with the view Of establishing horticultural
society Tor the sOuth section Of the State.
What say MesErs. Ia a. Hart, a: >; Buttner, L.
r'coeIich, G.. W. Lawrence, W. G. Curtis @. w.
5IcOIGGnn!v =. Frink, Joseph Z. Cannon, W. ".
lane, and many others? If these aud other gen.
tIamen concur. let them say SO through the news.
Papers Of Wilmington
Very respectfully,
WALTER j.. STEELE.
IA Tie Carolina Farmer will please copy.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-12-31
rc,agsye CT sEe Legislature.

The article which We copied from the
Winston ,Se.iiHe! some weeks ago and
commented upon, in regard TO the confess
aions OF Judge Tourgee, as to his own
and Senator Sweets aud Congressman
Ieaton's completely in making obscure the
clause of the Constitution fixing the term
OF Office Of the first Legislature elected
hereunder, having been subsequently re-
published iii other papers, has called forth
q disclaimer from Senator Sweet from his
seat in the Senate He denies Ia toto the
truth Of the confession, and expresses the
opinion that Judge Tourgeo never made
such statement.
In reply to Senator Sweet, the Winston
Sentinel gives the name Of the gentleman
who heard the conversation on the train.
Mr.. George Makepeace, of Randolph
county, WAS the person, and he reasserts
the truth Of his statement. This, there
fore, removes all doubt of the fact that
Jadge Tourgeo did confess that the OBJ
.ourity with which The Constitution refers
20 the tenure OF office Of the members of
the present General Assembly was not acct
dental, but so designed by himself, and
Messrs. Sweet and Heaton.
This is grave charge and demands a
serious investigation. The people should
be informed If their law makers did COM
Dine togethe2 TO cheat them of the dearest
rights known to freemen. 1t requires
something more than mere denial from
Senator Sweet 10 divcst The people Of the
State OF the Ruapicion-nay, belief, that
lie WAS guilty party in this nefarious
transaction. We wonId attach but little
credence to the unsupported testimony of
such bad man IS Judge Tourgee. He
Inns told the most unblushing lies in re
gard to the people of the State, but it was
for party purposes. He had something to
mako Ivy those lies. But here is confess
sion against his ogn party and his own
party friend And then his statement as
to the fact is corroborated by the Consti-
tption it-sl: Tie i.rI'. Or faIsifv Of the
completely OF aIes=.a. 3~",j ana Hea,on
il another question. They may be inno-
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-12-31
The Admission of Virginia.

The New York Times, lRepublicanJ de
nounces the refusal of the Radical party in
Congress to grant immediate admission 10
the State of Virginia, and says:
Disappointed and contemplate office
seekers were allowed to impeach the good
faith of 6 reconstruction, which through
out afforded the amplest evidence Of its
bona tide character. few worthless Stand
erers were listened to in preference to the
character, the intelligence, the enterprise
and the great body of the State. SuspI-
cion was allowed to take tho place OF hon
est trust improvised tests and unautho'
rized demands were heard Of il quarters
which should have shown magnanlmous
acceptance of situation on its face salts
factory. So groundless were the imput2-
tions, so sinister the motives of their au-
thors, that Ex-Governor Wells with frank,
ness which did him honor, came forward
and urged the adoption OF a liberal al"
conciliatory course. He sees, as all reason
able men must see, that the sole hopo OF Il
Republican party in the State rests upon
Congressional action which shall Justify the
claims of that party to the respect aud
confidence of the Virginia people
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-12-31

Amount due Treasurer. ..........S 76i 0J
We have gone through with these fig
ures very carefully several times, and have
moreover proved our calculations by CLASH
flying the receipts under their respective
heads, as given below, and it will be seen
that there is an error in the account of
TWENTY-CNE THOUSAND SEVEN
HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN DOL
LARS AND FORTY ONE CENTS. In
other words, by the showing of the Treasu-
rer, the city is in debt to him t,Centy taro
thousand fire hundred and t,Oenty one dollars
and forty sir cents, instead of seven hun
dred and eighty-four as he reports.
In January he received three dollars
less than he charges himself with. In
February he charges himself with
16,7OO.18, while he only received $1O,-
DISCS, q difference of $G.6S1.5O. In
March he charges himself with 1874, 169. "a,
while he actually received $40, 111.7S, be-
ing q variance of $15,05791. In Decem-
Der he charges himself with but 81 ,3O7.3s
while he really received S4,312.3S. The
whole making difference of $21, 1874.
His disbursements show few unimpor-
tant errors, but of their correctness we
have no way of telling. But how he
spends $162, 535 81 while he has received
only $40, Ol3 IS. we cannot see, unless he
did so out of his private fortune, for which
he has made no charge against the city.
The following are the receipts in detail,
viz.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-12-31
CITY FINANCES,


Our Investigations into the accounts of
the City Treasurer has caused that officer
to "doetor" them, as is explained below.
The manner in which he, by inter
lineations, makes his account balance
is more suspicious even than the grave
errors which we have pointed out. If not
guilty, of course he is totally incompetent
and grossly negligent, and ordinary pru
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-12-31

awkwardly cures the more apparent errors
of his account. He at least makes his cash
balance without such a large demand
upon his ample private fortune. We now
ask the Mayor and Board of Aldermen if it
is prudent to trust the finances of the city
with one who has shown himself at least
so utterly incompetent to keep tle &C
should not be borne with in a public officer.
Not one of them would trust their private
business in the hands of clerk so totally
unqualified.
But let us look al some of the
items of receipts and expenditures
We see that the Treasurer has charged
himself with S6,OO3 so as the proceeds of
the sale of City Bonds in August. By
turning to our files of August 18th we see
that ten one thousand dollar bonds, bear
ing six per cent. interest in Gold were sold
by order of the Board, and the am cunt
received therefrom was $1,000 so. Proba-
bly, it may be as easy to explain away the
variance of 81, DAT 90 as it was the other
irregularities Oh tulS acCOuuL.
In 1868 the rent of market stalls amount
ed to So, O93 IS. Nine months of 1866
these rents brought into the City Treas
nry S2,75S 95. Yet in 1869 they only
We have spoken but to two butchers oc-
cupying stalls, and they pay more than
the whole amount credited to the city in
the Treasurer's account.
Again, the city is only credited with
81, 1877 20 received from the tax on retail
liquor licenses. Now the tax on each re-
taller is twenty-five dollars per month,
three hundred dollars year So that not
quite four of these, according to these
figures, have paid their tax in full. We
suppose it is safe calculation to put the
number of retailers at twenty-five, who
ought to pay into the City Treasury 81, 500
per annum, or $6,S75 for eleven months
For nine months in 1866, they did pay
$11,644.
Again, the tax derived from merchants
licenses is one thousand nine hundred and
forty seven dollars and twenty nine cents
less than last year, while we are informed
by several leading merchants that they
have paid from fifty to one hundred per
cent more this year than last.
But it is useless to go through these diff
ferent classes in detail. In every one of
them there is great falling off, when the
rate of taxation is taken into consideration.
Deducting $79,218 %, the amount now
stated to have been borrowed, from the
total receipts S161, 751 26, there is only
$50, $50 50 accounted for, from the very
burdensome tax levied upon our citizens.
But heavy as it is, according to the showing
of the present Board, it is only
half enough to pay the expenses
of the city, for with the amount
due the Treasurer, the city has borrowed
upwards of eighty thousand dollars during
the year. This is not pleasing prospect
for the taxpayer. He is now b4rdened
with more than he can we'll stand. What
with Federal, State. county and city taxes,
the citizens of Wilmington have as much
as they can do to support their families.
It becomes their municipal officers to econ
omize in every way they can, and have
their accounts above suspicion and free
from errors
We have still other points in this &C.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-12-31

The late hour at which we were able to
get through our calculations will not per-
NIT further examination this morning,
but tomorrow we will point OFT other
discrepancies in the account, and look into
some of the payments, and compare some
Of the items of receipts with those of last
year.
But we demand of the Clerk and Treas
urer, in the name of the people of Viii.
mington, to explain away this great vari-
ance in his account. We demand of the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen, az they
value their characters as honest men, to
have this account properly audited and
opened for the inspection of the people.
They owe it as much to themselves as to
the taxpayers of the city. They must
satisfy the people that their only fault has
been in an extrayagant and useless expen-
diture of money.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-12-31

cent but their bare denial will not be re-
garded as sufficient evidence in the face OF
the direct testimony of Judge of the
Superior Court of the State, whom they
assisted to elevate to that exhalted posi-
ton. His official standing must command
respect if his personal character is not
obove suSpiciOn
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-12-31
THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL
WILMINGTON. n. G.
r.TD.y DECEMBER 81, 1869
r,o ,bev uIecd the Little state:

From a comparative statement, publish
81 IN the FVoridiG7a, it appears that the
eo1ories of the government officers IN the
4;iflo State Of Florida are larger than IN
arv other State east of the Rocky Noun
toins The Governor gets $1,000; his
cabinet in all $4,000, and the Leglsla-
fnre $500 per annum, or, allowing forty
lays to the session, hceIre dollars and fifty
l.nis pei, dayy We think these figures
make ont a clear case of stealing, and that
the whole batch of thieves should be arres-
ted and sent to the penitentiary at once.
Poor Florida
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-12-31
Fine Horses.

Horses of great reputation have Away
commanded great price. at Newmarket
in 1905, bay colt by Pipato sold for So,
600. In the same year two-year-o!d con-
by Beningborough, o-year-old by Noo'
lunteer, and three year-old FLY by pr
Peter, were sold for $7j, 900 each. tot
the celebrated horse Shark, $5O,OOO va"
refused and O'Kelly declined to accop'a"
offer of 100000 for his stallion Acl'l
Tradition says that the Duke OF Devon
shire refused for Flying Childer3 the wei, wa
of the horse in gold. A few years 9S, ~.
great sire Stockwell could not be o'uE','
for 100000, and we presume that Nllr--
Gladiator was carrying everything Doi1L>
him on the English turf Count de L "a,
grange would not have parted with hlhl c i"i
$150,OOO. Coming ~ America we VEN hn"
nearly $4,000 were paid for LeGIng'CSn o.,
and that his son, Kentucky, was s 5lI2 d I"'
$4O,OOO, Mr.. Alexander refused %oo'UVII
for Asteroid, Kentucky's half-brothor, aliI
Norfolk, another half-brother' was VA V1liu'''
Mt 10000. Mr.. Bonner paid $jo'OO I i"t
Dexter, and offers 100000 Tor one '''''
equals Dexter's wagon-time. ,,.
ISyf, FieH d7'd ftT"''
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dence requires strict investigation into
this whole question of City Finances.
We present again the receipts as footed
up by the Treasurer and those actually ac-
counted for by him before his account was
"doctored," as follows:
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-21
Markets by Telegraph.

LONDON, May 20-Noon.-Oop soils 92X. Bonds
nrm ut 70H sugar firm. Turpentine 2os Cd
LIVERPOOL. May 20--Noon Cotton quiet: uplsnds
1lHd;t rleans II 10; sales 5000 pales Flour ala.
Aftetnoon.-Cotton frmer, but not higher, .ales
10.Q0e bales Breadstuffs unchanged. Lard caset
and STEADY. P,rk quies. Bacon $685.
EveLina.--cotton quiet; uplands llH; Orleans
11Xd; salea 10000 bales.
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
NEW York. NAY 20--Noon --Stocks strong sna
unsettled Money steady ct Z. God "A. Cotton
steady at 28a<c. Turpent.ne firm Ut $50. Rosin
quiet.
Evtnina.-Cotton more active, stesdy. Sales s2oo
bales .at 281. ~F7opr, heavy Gnd 100 lower. Wheat
to % lo~srS cothisteady- anew whiee southern oe.
Prov ions ar-ner. Moss Pork ss,H. Lard 1oAi9<e
Whisky 81 OF. Sugar lrrn. Moasaes active. Oti er
eroceries dnli. Tnrpentsne A7a4a Rosin Ga eOas.
Fretghts decidedly Armer, ort GRAIN steady.l COW
ernmen.s oscsed Arm. sfxty-two's 2SK sousberns
quiet 10 fsianas 7sA. Leveos 50. Tonnessees
GO! New 6S,<. North aroltna sex. New S4x.
vrginlas E7X. New 62N Money easy at = aer
7oept. Sterling OK. God closed at As36alSx, 56
BAIrnrsns. May sO.---cotton Arm at 2s. Fiourr'
dull! ans irregular. Wheat unchanged. Corn Aim
or; rrceipts light; wfte 8Ss8a; yellow 8Sas6 Fork
sst 70. Bacon Arm and aotiye. Whtskey 81 o. lit
tie IN market.
rrscnnAII May ao.--whiafsy Arm as 90; little
oaerspg, Mess pork quiet and Arm a ssl. Bacon
Arm and unchanged. Lard held out az tae MARKET
lS1Ic osssrcd. .fg sts,s n. 81.
se, LOUIS. May 20.--Provisions nrm. Aoss pors
esl Al shou'dsrs isc; Gear siess alys, Larl 1ss
whsskey Arm and unchanged. I;a'ssY 9syS,
= L0Ussv1ILR Mag 10 4esoviaions AfsA MS6sl lyosA