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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-08-20

deem necessary, not exceeding twenty
five thousand dollars per mile,
to construct any branch to their main
road as provided IN. the several acts OF
their incorporation. and to constitute the
stock so subscribed, separate and indepen'
dent of the stock of the main road, Nc. |
trust this will be done ut their next annual
meeting.
Clinton is healthy, growing and improv
ing, with good schools, male and female,
a good and pleasant Summer resort, sur
rounded by an industrious and thriving
population, and fair lands susceptible OF
Improvement, with an abundance of mari
in many localities with three turpentine
distilleries. Should this section OF the
road be built, it would likely soon be ex-
tended further to Owensville. and thence
to Fayetteville.
There is q large Surplus of lands be-
tween Warsaw and Clinton, and as has
been suggested by the superintendent,
Col Fremont, if the land owners will sub
scribe alternate sections, the project can
be successfully carried out. Then Clinton
would become quite prominent business
place, already assuming growing lmpof-
lance.
Lot the citizens of Clinton and those be-
tween those places. and Sampsonians gen
orally, but put forth their wonted energy,
and it strikes my mind that the enterprise
cannot fail. Nj.
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From tho Now York World.
Ryeec Cuh0

Our information by telegraph from
Madrid and from Washington permits no
further doubt that the administration has
caused to be laid before the Spanish gov
eminent proposition for the political in
dependence of Cuba, similar in its outlines
to that originally developed in The World
and that the result -has-been what, our rea-
ders will bear us witness, we predicted it
would be, If the leprous Sickles were
permitted to be in any sense an interme-
diary.
| The proposition was made the subject
of Cabinet council at Washington and
approved. 1t was also then determined
that it would be prudent, in the existing
emergency, not to trust everything, in SC
important negotiation, to Sickles. Mr..
sent to Madrid by the administration as O
confidential government agent in associa
ton with the newly appointed Minister
place for which his former intimacy with
Prim especially qualified him.
Full private directions were given tC
Mr.. Forbes by the State Department, and
formal instructions to Sicklcs. Both were
aimed at the single point of endoavorine
to persuade Spain to concede political SOW
erelGnty to the Cubans, on condition of the
latter pledging themselves, in proper form,
to pay to Spain a certain sum of money,
which payment was to be in some manner
guaranteed by the United States.
| Before the administration decided to is.
sue such instructions, conference was had
with the Cespedes embassy IN this coun
try, headed by M. Morales Lemus, and the
plan was SO heartily approved by him that,
in behalf of tho Cuban insurgents, he en-
tered into O written agrocment-a sort Of
II, hat (I,,l,r
would, on its part, carry ont the terms to
be submitted by tho United States. (,ls We
have heretofore dcscribod) to the govern
ment Mt Madrid.
The proposal, as made by Sickles tC
Marshal SerranO, while not pcremptOrily
declined, was not received in q manner tC
indicate that it will, ut present, be &C
ceptcd. MIR. Forbes, however, is OF the
opinion that he will yet succeed in carrying
out the wishes of the Grant and Ccspedes
administrations in tho matter, provided
! that for the future Siekles keeps his dcfiling
fingers out Of the negotiation. .
For ourselves, VIC have little faith. We
fear it is to be tho old story of u bcnoficent
political arrangement frustrated by the
mental lncapaclty and moral badness OF
those whose function it is to make it q
reality. General Grant has been incapable
to sec the Insult to SPAN and the wrong
to the United States Of commissioning
such n wretch as Sicklea to exercise the
authority or speak the voice of one gov
eminent in the domains of the other
| And who dare say that the Senate will not
be as blind as he ?
We can only hope that President Grant
will not also go to Mercer street for am,
bassadresscs to welcome tho Empress Eu-
|
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DupIin County-Things In General

1hAttNOLIA, IN. Wy &Au6toV AAVi, A'o"'
Messrs. Editors The election in this
county last week passed off very quietly,
there being but little opposition and that
only in one or two townships. Tho rcgu-
lar Conservative ticket, with slight OK,
captions, were elected throughout. The
regular nominees, "excepting the clerk, u
were elected in this township.
Magistrates F. Matthews, DIR. Jas.
E. Kea and Abner Robinaon, Esq; Clerk
J. ID. Sellers Constable Wells Matthews
School Committee. W. Sivinson, d. d.
Wells and w. J. Cornwall.
On Friday last there was large musical
festival in this place under the direction OF
Professor Gibson Carr, who has twenty or
ganized singing classes, numbering about
twenty-five in each class all Of whom were
invited to meet here. The weather Was
fine, and the music also; an excellent pie
mic dinner was furnished by the citizens,
AMI prepared under tho superintendent
of ladies, to which ali several hundred)
were invited, and Ill seemed to enjoy it.
It was a happy time for old bachelors, and
everything passed off pleasantly.
Mr.. ". L. Hanaford having missed
goods from his store at different times
within the last four weeks, his suspicious
at length fell upon q negro man named
Baalam Ezzell, had warrant issued for
his arrest, which was effected by Constable
Matthews il his possession were found
goods to the amount of about fifty dollars,
which Mr.. IIanaford identified as his pro-
property there was an examination of the
case before Justice Ilca, which resulted in
his being bound over to the next Superior
Court in the sum of two hundred dollars,
which he failed to give and he was, there
fore, committed to jail. .
1t is with much pleasure that | am able
to inform You of the very excellent condi-
ton of the crops in this section the plan
ters feel Mt ease for the first time since the
war, with the prospect of having n sur
plus of grain over their own wants.
Respectfully YOURS w
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4 ShrewI COiorDd Man.

We have heard good story of a colored
voter named John, who resides at place
not quite Il thousand miles from Savannah.
| John has boss who is fond of the OK
element of playing ut the gamo known SIS
lottery policy" But he does not like to
be seen in such offices, and so he furnishes
John with the numbers and the money to
play upon them. Now, John has learned
to read, and is very fond of reading news
papers, and some seven or eight months
ago he read a story about lady who was
III the habit Of dreaming about numbers
and giving her husband money TO play at
lottery policy .; how the husband put
her money in box and did not purchase
any policy ticket, but took home a copy Of
tho drawing every night and paid her all
the. prizes she drew and how on New
Years day he told her she had at last
I" hit " the lottery and drawn o handsome
little prize, and gaYo her the money which
remained in the box after paying all the
prizes she had drawn during the year.
Upon reading this story, q bright idea made
| its way through Johns wool. Flo reckoned
up the amount of his So boss had given
him to buy tickets, and the amount of
prizes drawn, and found that the former
largely exceeded the latter. From these
premises John reasoned.
| So John procured small tin box, in
which he deposited oil the money his
| boss gave him with which to purchase
lottery policy tickets," but bought no
tickets. lie continued, however, to take
the numbers and the money from his
boss, " to furnish him with copy of the
drawing every day, and to pay him from
the box all the prizes which his " boss F"
would have drawn upon the numbers fur
uished If he had purchased tickets and at
| the end of six months John counted the
money in the box, and found that after
paying all the prizes drawn by the num-
bers furnished by his "boss " it contained
| the handsome li.tle sum of 5000. At first
John was very much elated with his sue
cess in winning money from his "boSs, y
bat after while he began to feel uneasy
about the $500 in the box, and began to
reason with himself thusly My boss,
pays me good wages, he gives me plenty
of good. VIctuals to cat and nice bed to
sleep in. and he don't require me to work
hard, and now have got 5000 of HE
money in that, little box, which did not
cost me q cent. and 7 dom feel right abont
lit. so don Something tells mo that /
ought to give him the money and toll him
how badly. he has been fooled. But sup
pose had purchased tho tickets, as he
fold me to do, would not the lottery man
thave had this money, and would he now
think of paying it back !? Certainly he
would have it, and never think Of paying
| It back, - Why, then, should i not keep if?
| l paid all the prizes drawn, inst as the lot
terry man would have done lin fact, I waa
tiier lottery mani, and therefore / have
fairly won the two hundred dollars, and
have just the same right to keep it as the
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inevspaner men of the North, of both
shades of political opinion, are nnsparin
in their denunciations of the way In which
he has furloughed himself OIL to the sea
side. and has left Executive matters to take
care of themselves.
| Washington correspondent OF the
New York Sun is particularly severe, anu
estimates that during the five monthS OF
his Presidency, by actual count orant
.s has travelled the route from Washington
to Baltimore twenty-five times, while his
ahsence from his duties has been six weeks,
or nearly one third of the whole period. "
He goes on further to state that there are
now individuals in Washington, from dis
tant points of the country. who Lave been
there for weeks awaiting the pleasure OF
the President, or of some of one Of the
heads of departments, in returning from
Summer iaunts.
Wendell Phillips, too, has a word for
his private ear, the said word being an
editorial elimination of Wendelrs train, in
which occurs the following modest para
graph
A Jockey and seaside lounger restless boy,
needing constantly to be amused; and 30 lmpa-
tent of business that he cannot stay at his post
moro than a week at a time. And again 10 your
tents, Israel! for a second buchanan sits IN the
White House, temporizing while tho enemy gets
in battle array.
In short, Gen. Grant seems to have
moved into the White House at Washing
ton, with the idea that he has been sent
there to amuse himself in the best way
that he con while the country foots the
bill of his little expenditures, while all
public business in which the Executive
must bear a hand is to await the pleasure
of the "horsc jockey u and "boy." Ills
abilities for filling the Office Of Chief
Magistrate of the nation are doubtless
fully equal to his appreciation of its duties.
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Fior. About the Eclipse.

The scientific men Of the country are
now very much exercised in regard to 9
solution of the discoveries made during
the recent eclipse of the sun. The nos4
valuable of these discoveries seem to have
been made at Des Moines, Iowa, Spring
field and Mattoon, ILL.,, and at ShelbyVlne'
Ky Tho new instrument lately intro
duced, the spectroscope, was used at the
latter place and with much success. Eleven
BRIGHT Hnes-fve more than have here
toforo been seen-were discovered on the
rose-colored protuberance of the sun, OF
which there were six. The stars Mercury
Vega, Venus and Arcturus were seen with
the naked eye, and, by means OF the spec
troscOpe, n shower of meteors were seen
between the moon and earth
The astronomical learning and science
of the country are now earnestly engaged
in the solution Of these rare mysteries,
and important discoveries will most prob
ably be the losult. In all likelihood, we
will now learn, among other things,
whether the sun itself is the primal source
Of all light, or whether its own rays are not
borrowed from those Of other systems, as
vet unknown and undiscovered by us.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-08-20
Branch Railroad to Clinton aud Fay
etteVIiIe,

Dear Jo,umH A recent visit to the
pleasant and thrifty village. of Clinton,
suggested the feasibility and advantage Of
branch railroad from Warsaw to that
place. A conversation to-day with the
Superintendent of the W. x W. Railroad,
Col. Fremont. strengthened the conviction
that it might be done, with about $50, 600
in money and the balance necessary for
the work in labor and material, as stock.
The grading already of the Plank Road
would materially aid and lessen the ex-
penses of the work. The distance is thir.
teen and three-aight miles. An amend.
ment of the charter of the Wilmington &
Weldon Railroad Company, ratified by the
General Assembly in February, 1867, au
thorizes the Stockholders to open books
! for subscription to any amount they may
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-08-20
imperialism.

There are Americans who. from different
motives, regard change from Constitu-
tional to Imperial government as a remedy
whatever cause, and rs safeguard against
every misfortune which may threaten in
the future. To us there appears bat three
classes who can thoughtfully desire such
change-the unscrupulous and ambitious
seeker of power, the bond-holdor, who
grinds the industry of the country to OK
tract gold as interest upon his cheaply
bought paper, and the vagrant adVenturer
that may profit by any change. Should
such classes have the control of tho ma
ton ? Arc they seeking this revolution i'll
the form of our government Will the
nation permit such u change and submit
to such Il power These arc questions
vital to the life OF the Republic Their
answers 60 home to every freeman Of the
land, weighing the purse, restricting the
freedom, jeopardizing the lives of each and
all. Answer them aye, and not even the
form of liberty will be seen Justice will
be Il word of the past property will be
only to the rulers, and life plaything for
tyrannical caprice. Are we to dread such
a contamination from evidences Of events
before us ? Here, in this oppressed, mis-
ruled and misrepresonted South, where SO
long military power held and holds su-
preme sway, we will not look for such facts,
as it wOuld fail us in time and space to
enumerate them but in the great CONNER
business centre of the nation, the strong
and arrogant hand of military power,
directed by the Erecutirc of the Republic.
hurls Justice from her seat and chains
personal liberty in military bastilc.
Go where you may and an army of Off
Gals swarm to stamp" every article of
agricultural, manufacturing. or artistic in
dustry, and carries the golden proceeds to
the imperialistic b0ndAOhler, who has en-
couraged the military aspirant to his deeds
of liberty crushing violence. And behind
these como the hordes Of vampire adventu-
rcrs backing the others. that they them
selves may gloat and fatten on the pros
trate liberties and ruined, fortunes of
once free and prosperous people. Shall we
listen without heed to these syrens of
power, and embrace without remonstrance,
aye, without resistance, the shackles of
slaves We surely have not been so far
debased. We cannot-we will not-be the
instruments of our own vassalfr :. Free
men we were born, freemen we will live,
or feemen let US die. These are words of
warning. Let them not be disregarded.
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Andy johnson Before ts.e Mob

The Knoxville Wing draws the following
picture of Andrew Johnson rs he stood
upon the stand at MarysvilIe, threatened
With death by the. radical mob whom he
held at bay .......
"Amid the excitement he stood as calm
as if no danger had menaced him. The
cries Of Take him down = Shoot him
and others as violent, though couched in
language too indecent for repetition, were
met with glGncos of cold defiance. He was
man of marble, save that his eye flashed
with unutterable resolve to maintain to
the last the course he had marked out
His friends were determined to protect
him at all hazards, and when the third
effort at intimidation was thwarted, the
enemy gave up the attempt in disgust and
despair"
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rhe University of North CaroI1nn.

The Sentinel published a few days ago
al article upon education, which refers to
tho State University rs being, by the high
est law of the land intimately and neces-
aanly connected with the common school
system of the state. From advertisements
over the signature OF the President of the
University, Inducements arc offered to the
lndiGent, which. it would seom, ought to
induce those seeking educational advan-
tages to flock to that once proud resort of
learning. All the ideas presented by the
writer for the Sentinel we heartily endorse !;
but we do not hesitate to express our opin-
ion that, until n larger wisdom has been
shown in selecting Faculty, Chapel Hill
will never rise from the low estate to
which she has been sunk. We do not intend
to attack personally any one. We do not
wish to canse acrimonious feeling, but we
10 most heartily desire to see the Univer-
8Ity of North Carolina in the hands of
Faculty which viii COmml,ad the patronage
which our people are able to extend and
earnestly anxious should be meted to an in
upon tho State, and which has sent so many
shining lights of cloquence, wisdom, learn
ing and honor throughout the whole
South. Our people cannot afford to do
without the advantages our University has
heretofore furnished, but until the Trustees
shall have placed there as instructors of
our sons men of known capacity. of an
blemiahCd reputation, and those not warp
Ell by partisan preiudices, it will be hope
less work to make any effort for the revival
of prosperity to the University. We can
not shut our eyes to the facts. Other
colleges thrive, new ones are springing up.
Our boys go from the State Chapel Hill
could draw all to her bosom if the proper
arms We're given her 10 embrace her foster
children. But where no mothers heart
warns and unnatural passions rule where
not our confidence, none will be so mad as
to trnSt our dearest treasures. Let US,
rs people, appeal TO the Trustees, as q
matter OF Just consideration for the feel.
ngs and interests of all, of general benefit
to the whClo State excepting only the
present Faculty, to place ut the Univcr-
Rity a Faculty 30 whom mono can object
Let neither politics, nor religion, prciu-
dice nor passion, Influence them in the Sc
lection, but Lot justice to all and success to
tho University be the objects for which
they strive.
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keTrIReraGinG.

!, The steamer Agnes landed in Now ORR
cans On Sunday the 11th instant, loaded
with beef slaughtered in Texas, and trans
ported to that port in perfectly healthy
state, by means of the refrigerating appa-
ratus invented by Mr.. Wilson Bray, of New
jersey. The New Orleans papers pro
nounce the. experiment a success, and are
very much rejoiced at the prospect. of pro
curing fresh. tender, juicy meat from of
the prairies of Texas, at four or five cents
per pound. in lieu of 'stringy blue beef of
cattle that have undergone the fatigue and
starvation incident to a. sea voyage, ia long
drive, and days.of starvation. The differ
ence in the Quality of the meat can hardly
be estimated, not taking into eonsidera-
ton the reduction in the price. 1.-The
good meat will only cost them four tor five
cents per pound, whereas they. have been
paying fifteen. and twenty cents hereto
f0re.lg Ist&s y 5sga ieats 4ss.f. Is AL
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lottery man would have had ifI hal
chased the tickets from him and " Pur-
paid the prizes as I did" "0 mad
John had never heard of o logician y,
professor OF ethics, but he looked n - d
money in the box, and somehow or OH, Tue
he could nothelp thinking that it belontni'eIF
to his 'boss," and that it was not ricLt t ca
bim to keep it. and so he went to him o ,o5
told him all about how he had obtoi %l9 u
the money, and proposed to return if Hit
''boss, however, told John that ho b. ai u
learned him lesson worth more thom ' =
thousand dollars, and therefore he ho|"n, u
him to accept the money as present o3'u
Both John and his ''boss'' have CON-
the conclusion that the game of ' 'Iottottoo
policy was made to win, and that tho w y
who plays against it is simply fool null
Savannah Re1lLE.
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The SIninear Twins.
genie.

Chang and Eng Bunker, the Siamese
Twins, returned from Europe in tho City
If Antwerp, which arrived on Sunday nj
New York. They deny that they left
America for tho purpose of being sepa-
rated, and Say that the rnmor to that e1fec!
w,t3 merely sensation of I}arnunl'H. The
link (which binds them seems to have
ahrunkon of late, and they are more closely
joined than before. They say that they
arc now determined to settle down for the
remainder of their lives in Mount Airy,
North Carolina, their old home, in which
they spent about thirty years as Southern
planters. In tho evening Mr.. Newall,
father Of Gen. Grant, Jr., and Miss Jcn
nett Swan, fair Young sister of the ccle.
hratod giantoas, called upon tho twins,
who wore highly delighted to soc them
Messra. Bunker inquired after the physical
condition, of their old friend, the petite
General. and were informed that he was in
excellent health and spirits, and would pay
them visit on the following morning.
Chang and Eng Bunker are now ovor
tifty-eight years Of age. Chang has a
family Of nine and Eng of eight.
New York IItGltue
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Alabama Representation.

1t is now generally conceded that the
next Congressional representation from
Alabama will be four Radicals and two
Conservatives. This will be a gain of two
members over those admitted as the result
of the election at the acceptance of the
Constitution of that State in February,
1868, and at which the Radicals had it all
their own way, some forty thousand of the
best citizens of the State having been dis
franchised at that time.
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Marrying in haste. and KepcmtIns.

The Lawrence Mass Eagle reports tina
two well-dressed young women sat in th'
police station of that city on Saturday
weeping over their two husbands, who hat
boon in the lookup. The girls had been Il
work ut Lowell, and laid up some money
when two Englishmon, who has just al
rivod, made love to them and marie.
thom, just week ago, after very short
acquaintance. The week had boon spent
in travelling and at tho beach, one OF th'
girls having loaned her man over $lOl
towards the expenses of the trip. The val
lians had been arrested for bigamy, cacl
having O wife living.