Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-04-23
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him reverence. A short time IN the Sen
ate, a disgraceful and temporary
trace in the Judiciary, his course will soon
be run. Heaton and Deweese must give
way to the negro. and thus will end the
official connection of the carpet-bagger
with the higher positions in North Caro-
lima. We are not prepared to say that the
State will be benefited by the ichange, but
we speak only of the certain tendency of
affairs. We would possibly sympathise
with that wing which Holden opposed, as
we can hardly believe his friendship and
support could be obtained by any honest
or honorable consideration.
Six or seven Railroad Presidents have
already been elected or appointed directly
under the control of the Governor, and
every one of them were of the native wing
of the party. In one instance, at least, the
congregation have spoken out in church.
The Cumberland Radicals have denounced
the election of A. j. Jones as President OF
the Western Railroad, and threaten direful
consequences This will doubtless be fol-
lowed by the election of Sloan chow sug-
gestive these two names are to be sure) as
President of the Wilmington, Charlotte and
Rutherford Railroad, and then the lines will
be drawn.
All the Federal Offices of any moment
have been conferred upon scalawags, and
others doubtless will be. We are inclined
to believe that the carpet Dagger will soon
regret his iberality in having the disa-
bilities of some of these ambitious men
removed. He may be persuaded after
awhile that other motives than "loyalty ;"
moved them to ask Congress for their heal
ing clemency.
Well, we are not much interested in their
squabble. We do not see how North Caro-
lima is to gain by the success of one or the
other of these factions. They are all bad
enough. individuals there may be among
both who will not steal, and we hope that
lie money. Farther than this we cannot
go nor do we care.
The RAPE CAsE.-The investigation of
the case of VIM. B. Rogers, charged with
committing a rape upon the person of
Sarah Matthews, attracted large crowd of
spectators. A number of witnesses were
examined, including Mrs. Matthews her
self. At the close of the examination
Justice McQuigg proceeded to discharge
the prisoner, Justly concluding that the
evidence did not tend to show that rape
had been committed.
The whole affair was simply ludicrous,
and the only injury the accused suffered,
besides his imprisonment, was in exposing
q little private transaction which no man
seems scarcely as much to blame in the
matter as the woman-it was at her urgent
solicitatio that he took her to the Sound J;
and he seemed in no manner DESTROYS to
take her. She had promised to pay him
for his trouble and after the transaction,
by her testimony, "he allowed that he
was paid" and this she also "allowed,"
and seemed to be so thoroughly convinced
of the fact that no effort to further COM
pensate him was made. So kindly even
were her feelings towards him that, on
their arrival at her fai her's house the next
morning, she graciously presided at the
breakfast board and served with coffee the
man who had raped " her, and even con-
descended to ask if he would take "sweet-
ming" in it. And so her indignation was
not brought out until four or five days
afterwards when she returned to the city,
was visited by her husband, with whom
she had previously quarreled, was whipped
by him, told that he knew of the transac-
ton, was made to confess and finally tc
prosecute for rape.