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Raymond has served in the Legislature
Of this State and in Congress, says the New
York Citizen. 1t cannot therefore be le-
MED but that he knows whereof he speaks,
when he states in the columns OF the Times
that there are not half dozen Leglsla-
lures in tho whole Union which are not
notoriously open to The basest and most
degrading influences by which human
action can be controlled, And Congress IS
rapidly falling in tho same false and fatal
course" This is the greatest progress
which Radicalism has made in the name Of
humanity. The only exception which We
take to the statement is i'll CHASING the
Legislatures as being worse than Congress.
The fact is the latter is far the worst. Con
gress carries on grand larceny, while the
Legislatures do not 60 beyond petit lar
pnDv
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anted by Mr.. Moore. 1t is a most cbor.,
ing locality, little paradise hid in W IA
Mountains. A clear stream runs Close t
the house. We saw q number of sro Dy
white ducks sailing and Cabling in NV
water. TO those who seek q very on;at
healthy and happy abode for the sumroo,
we would recommend this. The clirantl
is sweet. Everything breathes heava~iTee
stiffness and fragrance. was now in Why
l may truly call
1.-THE wild pomp of Mountain maiestv -,
1t was night when I left this valley
soft bright moon lit up the sky, and tbo
everlasting hills scattered. The appearanco
OF the country was wild, savage. It was
not cold. The evening was calm and worn1
I felt that this..is no Frigid Zone. The stu.
came to narrow part of the road Wis
overlooked precipice. I exclaimed TGn
driver cried out "That's NOTHING ca
Wait till we're crossing the Mountoin y ''
The moon now was gone down. and ~,
stage lamps were the only things left 20
light the way. [ was in hope to pass tLl
Swananoa Gap in day light. This va.
now impossible. / was in q dreamy MOI
when head the driver cry out "T1ooL
out, sir - I did, but as quickly drew hoc,'
looked again with more courage W.
were travelling along shelf OF the Mon.
tain. When / speak Of the Mountain tbo
reader will understand the Blue RIDGE
Within a foot of the wheel Of the stooa
was gulf, yawning depth of hundreds of
feet.
eft was irrevocably dark. total eclips,
Without one hope OF day."
L was almost struck speeches. An I'm
steady gait in the horses, a false move.
ment In the driver would have hurled ne
into that infathomed void to await the
Resurrection. A dark night, and over
looking a space darker than night, was M
pleasing idea. l could hear the ROARING
water dashing among the rocks below. The
descent was almost perpendicular. We
had to lock the wheels to go down the
dark hollow. On mid mountain we met
party of negroes. Their wagon had broken
down, loaded with corn. The road was
narrow. 1t was raining in torrents How
could We pass them The driver went to
see. was alone in the stage I could
see tbs faces of the negroes around the
camp fire. 1 did not like their looks. One
white man was among them. One of
them had large, long knife which he
held In his hand rubbing. l would have
given anything for my pistol. 1t was in
my trunk, and not loaded l was not
afraid. But saw my helpless condition
in case of an attack. On that meuntain :
Rain pouring down Dark rocky caverns
on every side All these favored a deed of
blood. I was not altogether quiet in mind
till was miles from this place and this
party. But now and then we would meet
with negroes on foot. 1 will never again
travel through such a country in stage
without firearms. At nine O'Clock on Sat
urday morning we reached Asheyile This
town will be the subject of our next com
munication-we will learn all we can about
it first, and then endeavor to satisfy the
curious.
MoNoNIA.
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made of the property, rights and franchises of
the Company by the said Trustee, under the pro-
visions Of the said mortgage or. Il deemed more
may be made under the proceedings pending as
aforesaid against this Company.
o. G. Parsley, ESQ, opposed the reso-
luton and objected to affording facilities
to the creditors.
Mr.. Wright urged the passage of the re-
solution as matter of justice and honor.
Mr.. Parsley was opposed to hurrying
the matter through, and thought that it
wonld be better to defer this action.
Colonel Mullins here vacated the Chair
to Mr.. Geo. r. French, and took the floor
in advocacy of the resolutions, deeming it
the interest of the people along the whole
line of the road that it should pass into the
hands of those who are able and willing to
make it first class road.
The amendment of Mr.. Wright being
first in order, the question was taken upon
its adoption. A stock vote was called for
and the amendment adopted, the vote be-
ing as follows Ayes, 1927 Nays, 1,312.
The question then required upon the
adoption of the resolutions as amended
This also was adopted by the following
vote Ayes, 1924 Nays, 1000.
On motion of Hon, S. J. Person, an
election of Board of Directors for the
ensuing year was entered into, and a recess
of fifteen minutes taken for the necessary
preparation.
After recess the meeting was called to
order, and the following gentlemen elected
by ballot as Directors for the ensuing year :
I'll G
an, FL. B. Short, J. G. Burr, J. Eli Gregg.
G. Graham, J. S. Bartlett, VIM. Evans and
W. S. Mullins
After the usual complimentary rosolu-
tons, the meeting adjourned sine die.
DQiLu Journal 29fh
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moDgrel, whining puppy, encouraged by the mas
tiff, and emboldened to attack from the sbaGoW
of bis hacker, ran rapidly away alarmed 1t mas
temeIity, while the oyergrown cur followed after,
both ear Topped and tail between his legs TO
place of safety beside his menaced companion.
This language has been understood as meant
il part to be applied TO me. / am not aware that
[ gave any occasion in my remarks Tor You TO
wish to be offensve insulting in reply. there
fore deem it proper to ask that you state distinct
ly whether yOu intended TO apply any OF the
above offensive language to myself. I am. sir,
very respectfully, Jos. O. ABBOTT.
MR.. sPRAaUE TO MI. ABBOTT.
WARRINGTON. d. O., April 26, 1669.-Hon. Jos.
@. Abbott, q. 3. Sendte-6ir: have no hesltatlon
in at once replying to your note of this morning,
just received, that the paragraph OF my speech
referred to was written and in manuscript some
time before it was delivered in the senate, and
before you participated in the debate, and there
fore was not intended to apply to you. Your
obedient servant W. SPRAGUE.
MR.. ABBOTT TO MIR. sPRAGUE.
WARRINGTON, D. O, April 26.-Hon William
Sprague-eir: I have pleasure in acknowledging
your letter of this date, which shows that | had
misconceived your language. Ny own allusion
to you after wards in the Senate was founded on
this misconceptions and ask you to consider it
as unsaid. l am, sir, very respectfully,
JOSEPH q. ABBOTT.
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An Eloquent Extract.

The Valedictory Address of Prof Dick.
son, to the graduates of Jefferson College,
is model of its kind. Prof. d. is not
only scientific practitioner of the first
order, but likewise master of the noble
English tongue, and bright example OF
the highest type of true masculinity. Here
is specimen of the man, his exalted
plan of life and glorious wealth of Ian
guage:
cit has often been remarked that the
physician, above oil other men, should be
a gentleman and man of honor. avow
myself as of those who hold in profound
reverence 8 the grand old name of gentle
man., whether it represent the chivalric
knight of the ancient legends-the Bay
ard without fear and without reproach-
or the mailman of Cervantes, the peerless
Don Quixote the hero of Thackeray' g
come, the bright poetical picture of noble
King Arthur, as drawn by Tennyson, or
the glorious statuesque model of history,
Sir Philip Sidney; and I regard honor as
tho bright, fragrant flower of morality and
virtue. Our profession is one of the high
est and most sacred trust, which to violate
must entail all the penalties of the basest
treachery. Our relations with our clients,
and especially with women, are inexpres-
sibly confidential and delicate, and afford
us opportunities which should never be
disregarded, of sustaining the feeble and
protecting those who need sympathy and
help-whose faces we should not permit
the winds of Heaven to visit too roughly. ,
Depend upon it, that in proportion as you
fulfill such duties in the domestic circles
where you are received as guardian and
uide, will be your future success. I am
proud to say that large part of the purest
happiness L have enjoyed in my checkered
course has resulted from my professional
relations with women, and the close and
valuable friendships originating therein
It is to them that We must look for tender
ness, gratitude and fidelity.
Her gentle care bedecked my bridal bed
By Woman let my dying hours be hurst"
Her love the last fond solsce, 90 the first"
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Our Honor indicated,

North Carolina breathes freer. Her
Senator has indicated his personal honor
and no harm has come to his distinguished
person. He has passed through the dan
gers of deadly conflict. without con-
fict He has waited patiently in the Sc
clusion of his room for settlement, and
the settlement has been made. The Wis
ions of pistols and coffee, of street rencon-
tres, of horse-whips, which have excited
the Washington public have disappeared,
and the bloody climax has degenerated
into mutual and satisfactory explanations.
Abbott is not dog, neither mastiff nor
mongrel puppy, and Sprague did not
skulk.
We publish elsewhere some interesting
conversations between the parties to this
Senatorial imbroglio and correspondents
of the New York World and Herald. Their q
are points in the conversation with Abbott
at least which we recognize as familiar, and
We suppose the whole is substantially
correct. Who could not swear to the
identity of the Esp ectacled gentleman
named Martin, who was white, and how
natural it is that there should be present o
"gentleman of color who evidently en-
joyed the friendship and esteem of Mr..
Abbott" These at least are ear marks
which make it appear that the correspon-
dent knew whereof ne wrote.
If this correspondent is to be believed,
Senator Abbott has succeeded in making
himself ridiculous in the eyes of the world.
In the exchange of epithets Sprague eyi.
IDENTITY had the advantage, and after his re-
peated threats in the Senate. and when the
police would not arrest him therefor, how
absurd it was, to say the least, for him to
remain in his room waiting for an expla-
nation from Mr.. Sprague. But what coz
fession it was that his conduct in the
matter was actuated by desire to make
capital at home. We had supposed he was
really angry at being ikened to puppy,
but, according to the correspondent. it WAS
only for fear of being hooted at 10y his
constituents. As only lone sixth of the
whites and all the colored men feel any
interest in Senator Abbott, we suppose his
conduct will meet their approval, and hi
case will not furnish an opportunity for a
SANDER upon tho Southern people By the
Northern papers by being turned out of
the State by my people, and having
this violence Of the negroes accredited to
the ku-Klux
However disreputably the Senator from
North Carolina may have figured in this
affair, the State is sufficiently indicated
in the fact that he is post 5eA,an Senator,
the offspring of reconstruction, ;and not
the representative of that chivalry. in at
tempting to ape which he has made him
self ridiculous.
We have to thank the Senator, however,
that when he took upon himself the part
of the chivalrous, hot-blooded Southron,
he exposed his peaceful purposes by
declaring war in open Senate and in the
presence of the reporters His prudence
reminds us forcibly Of that of Snug, the
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Growing Cfrcumspect.

The Raleigh Standard, which on the Goth
war manifesto of the New York Herald
and sounded the tocsin of war in an edito-
rial under the Fourth f-July heading
g America must be Respected" comes
down from its war-steed on the oath in
slant, and solemnly warns the North, in
large capitals, to AVOID WAR. On the
9TH of April the course of Secretary FISH
was timid and undecided" and had
properly met with the manifest disapproval
Of the American people. In speaking of
the Lizzie Major case, that paper said, "let
" every nation on the face of the habitable
" world be made to know that the Govern
. ment of the United States will promptly
" ayenge any injury inflicted upon Ameri-
lean citizens or any insult to American
honor" On the Goth of April Secretary
FISH must demand of Spain immediate
reparation. He must require that the
"two passengers shall not only be surren-
'dered at once, but that they shall be
placed on board of the vessel from which
- vessel, and that the American flag shall at
s. the same time be saluted by the Spanish
man -of-var." = "The world must
respect the rights of American citizens
land respect the American flag, or be
made to feel that tho punishment for in-
&" sulting the citizens or flag Of the United
States is swift and sure"
On the oath instant, in this same paper,
under the heading Of AVOID WAR" we
have hornily upon the blessings of peace
and the terrors of war, and the New York
Herald, and sundry papers of that ilk, are
lectured for advocating war. The honor
OF the nation must not he sacrificed, but
the Government is advised only to demand
suitable apologies from England and
Spain, with the information that they will
be conceded, and no pressure must be per-
United to hurry it into war. Honor
the national honor is the burden of Tues
days song prudence-national prudence,
attunes its Tyre on Saturday. Honor and
Prudence have been the subjects for the
consideration OF doughty warriors ere this.
Honor pricks me on. Yea, but how if honor
pr1oks Inc off when come on 2 how then Can
honor set a leg No. Or an ARM No. Or take
A word What is that word honor What is
that honor? Air. trim reckoningl Who hath
it? He that died Wednesday. Doth he feeI n .
No. Doth he hear it :! No. IL it insensibIe Then?
Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the
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Antt-Grant Radical Senators.

A Washington letter says: "Parson
Brownlow, Senator Sprague, Senator
Fowler, Senator Ross, and Senator Shurz
are now known to be in unconcealed an
tagonism to the President. The bone of
contention in the case of the first, as of
the last, is division of interest and senti-
ment upon the question of patronage for
their States. Mr.. Brownlow's detection is
recent, but will not end, and is marked by
all the impetuosity of his temperament.
The two others are sincerely believed not
to be in harmony with the prospective
policy of the administration. Very few
Senators. in truth, are with the President
These, however, have openly broke with
him. The departure of others is only s.
qul stion of time, and of very short time.
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o. the character of the

Joiner, in assuming the character OF the
lion in the play:
Lion-"You, ladies, you, whose gentle hearts
fear
The smallest monstrous mouse that
creeps on floor,
May now, perchance, both quake and
tremble here,
When lion rough IN widest rage doth
Then know. that [. one Snug the joiner,
am
No lion fell, nor eIee no lions dam
Theseus-A very gentle beast, and of q good
conscience.
Denaetreus-The very best at beast, my lord,
that eer saw
Lysande,-- lion is a very fox for his valor
Theseus True and goose for his discretion.
Denaetreus-Not 80, my lord for his valcr can
not carry his discretion and the fox carries the
goose.
Theseus His discretion, I am sure, cannot
carry his vaor.
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living? No. Why? Detraction will not suffer
| it:-therefore III none Of it Honor is mere
scutcheOn."
The cause of this sudden change to the
" modest stiffness and humility " of peace
from the " hard -favor'd rage" of war has
been produced by the sober-second
thought upon the anomalous condition OF
the country. We had modestly and pru-
IDENTIFY suggested this trouble ourselves
We had been sufficiently amused with
fighting, and had seen our section con-
ouered more from discussions and divisions
at home than from any other one cause.
Having that regard for our government
which is due from every citizen whose life
it defends from all assaults except its own,
and whose property it protects except such
as Il steals itself, we have no desire to see
repeated the terrors and trials and defeats
of the late war. We have. therefore, ap-
pealed to those in power to halt and con-
slider their steps before they plunged head
long into the dangerous abyss of foreign
war.
National honor, indeed "Party demand
ded the auto de fe of national honor and
well-being, and the fagots were piled and
kindled with develish party fidelity" How
ridiculous for Southern people to talk of
national honor" The political servants
of former slaves. their laws prescribed and
executed by "onesixth of the whites and
all the colored men," their property taxed
by penniIess strangers, their customs out
ragged, their sympathies derided. the names
which were honored in the divisions and
departments of their State governments
maliciously altered, the Southern people
are in no condition to
AZ Dive into the bottom OF the deep,
Where fathom line could never touch the ground,
And pluck up drownded honor by the locks
The revengeful and bloody code of tho
ancients have been followed in the settle
ment Of our national difficulties. The
gibbet has done its work. With Danish
ments, with conliscations, with proscrlp-
tions, the virtue and intelligence Of the
South have been punished and Inundated,
and their influence is no longer felt in the
of affairs. Livy tells us
that when Targuin the Proud was asked
what was the beat way to govern con
quercd city, he replied only by beating
down with his staff the tallest peoples In
his garden This advice seems TO have
been followed by our government. barely
softened by the ideas Of more enlighten-
ed age and the examples of more humane
nations
While We alphabetically deny That the
Southern people have the bltterest haired
towards the government, or that any dis
position exists to renew the old difficulty,
and as emphatioally assert that they have
submitted i'll good faith 10 the result of
the war, and have sought for, and continue
to seek for restoration of the Union on
principles OF Justice, magnanlmlty, order,
stability and mutual good will, we agree
with the Sdniard that war should be
avoided. We have discovered Union,
a prosecuted and alienated people. The
wounds Of war are still open and bleeding.
and it were better that these should be
healed before we enter into a conflict
which will require not only the aid but
the sympathy Of n united people.
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The FORGERY CASE. The case of W.
Bently for forgery was called for trial by
special appointment at the Superior Court
yesterday. It was, however, transferred to
the superior Court of Duplin county, on
affidavit of the prisoner, and its trial APP
pointed for Wednesday Of the first week OF
the term, which commences on the twelfth
ruary, thus fixing the trial on the 10Th of
May. The Sheriff was ordered to hold the
prisoner in custody here until the Tuesday
preceding the trial, when he will be con-
veyed to Duplin county. The money OBJ
tanned upon the forged check was placed
in the keeping of the National Bank, a
bond Of twice the amount being required
OF that corporation. The watch of the
prisoner was placed in the possession of
his counsel, Col. T. d. Meares, on giving
the proper bond.
The cause alleged by the prisoner for the
removal of his case to another county was
that he could not obtain justice here, be-
cause of the reports which, he alleges,
Law booH luItISIIlOuSly CIrCuihtcu pun buc
streets 10y persons of influence and capital,
who are prosecutors in this case, and because
the public mind has been SO embittered
against him by reason of the false state
ments made regarding the case in the daily
papers of this city.
In regard to the reports we have made
OF this in our official capacity, we ha1 G
only to say that we are justified in declar-
ing them to be true, and that the state
ments therein contained were developed
at the preliminary examination before
Judge Russell, and that they were made
under oath by gentlemen of character,
respectability, honesty and influence. The
counsel for the defense then INDUCED in a
TRADE against the press. declaring that the
reports were false, and the affidavit does
not assert it for the first time. We say
that they were true, and the witnesses in
the case will bear us out. We are tired
of hearing them denounced as false, and
defy any one to prove that they are
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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL,
WILMINGTON, N. G..
FRIDAY, APRIL 80, 1869

THE Chicago Times very sentiently re-
marks that johnson had his circle, wn1cn
was the whole country Grant has MS,
which is the family circle. The centre OF
one was the constitution the centre OF the
O+hnr q brOther-iQ-law.
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IN THE shadow of the Empire the virtue
and courage of tile court begin to wither.
The Supreme Court of tho United States,
averawed by an act of Congress curtailing
It's appellate Jurisdiction, found time to
search the authorities, and render decl-
sion in acquiescence, which sanctioned the
destruction of the personal liberty of Nc
Ardle.
A case involving the rights of hundred
thousand Tennesseans which had been ex-
tcnsively argued more than month ago.
through sheer cowardice, deferred until
the next term-that is, until after lie eIec-
ZION in that State in August
When power corrupts the current OF JUS
ice. liberty is dead. 1t is but little con-
ISOLATION to think, that ere long, the calam-
Ity will be common.
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BANKs-ex- General, and now Congress
man from Massachusetts,, Banks TO
have taken the lead in the on-to-Cuoa
movement. A contemporary suggests that
his valiant military exploits in the late war
designate him as the proper man to COM
mand the expedition, with the remark that
he would, perhaps, do the work with city
ING colors after the style of those he
bore when Stonewall Jackson chased HIM
from the Shenandoah Valley, and DICK
Taylor down Red river. 'Rah for Banks
and Cuba.
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"Tc Orator rs Rrususls."

In calling attention to the admirable
and uihtcriny article from The National h.
folliqencer published elsewhere upon the
recent Sprague- Abbott imbroglo, in which
* our Senator figures as n modern Don
Ouixote. we insert also the following ex
tract from the correspondence OF tho New
York Herald III rogard to the speech of
Abbott which provoked the attack of
5prague. Dull and stupid" are strong
words, and though VIC never had the
&" honor of hearing "our" Senator speak,
we expect they are aptly characteristic of
his manner md matter, for we Judge he
has
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''-Noithcr WIZ nor words, nor worth,
Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech,
To stir mems blood"

q No sooner had Nye taken his seat than three
ur four Senators were on their feet, and among
them Sprague, who was manifestly eager for the
lray Abbott, of North Carolina, was the lucky
recognized by the Chair. He was asked II
no would yield to Sprague, but he shook his head
contemptuously towards "Little Rhody's" SCAT
and signifed that he wanted to go on. He took
up pile of manuscript and commenced pane
r.yric on the life and military career of General
burnside There was nothing in all he said
shout Sprague, and the whole speech was so dull
and stupid that kept the presiding officer busily
rapping with his gavel to preserve order"