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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-03-19
From the Raieigl senti lei
LEGISLATURE OF NORTH CAROLYN,
SENATE.
FRIDAY, March II, 1890

FRIDAY, March II, 1869
Mr.. Brogden from the Committee On +;
nance, reported back fayorably. the III,
allowing the Commissioners of JobnstailLI
county to levy a special tax
Galloway, colored, gave notice of HI,
to incorporate the Cooper Institution ot
Wilmington. VI
Lyman, colored, introduced a bill tn nro
vent the sacrifice of property, under exc exc
cution sales. 0Ao'
Mr.. Brogden A bill to authorize ,ho
Commissioners Of Wayne to levy special
tax. .r . rs- "'
Mr.. Robbins A bill to amend sAc,;o,
403, Code of Civil Procedure, title ". '''''
Eppes, colored A bill to charter Rail
road from Scotland Neck to Weldon. '
Bill concerning Townships fits provi
sions heretofore given) was taken up. and
read second time. .-. t.-.
Mr.. Cook moved to refer to the Commit
tee on Townships. ' a.+"
Mr.. Sweet favored immediate action
The system of postponement did more 10
retard legislation than anything else.
Mr.. Cook diselaimed any intention to
retard, if the Senator from Craven meant
his remarks for Mr.. G.
Mr.. Sweet disclaimed anything of the
kind. His remarks applied no more TO
the Senator from Johnston than to other
Senators.
Messrs. Graham. Barrow, Welker and
Robbins were heard as to the merits of the
bill relative to tho government of Town,
ships. -r-.....-
Mr. Cooks motion was Withdrawn, and
the bill considered at length, eIiciting
protracted debate. .n. ...
Mr.. Graham proposed to substitute for
4th section of the bill providing for cleo.
tions in townships on the 1st Thursday in
| August, 1869. Adopted.
| The 9th section was amended, on mo-
ton of Mr.. Love, fixing Constable's bonds
at $500, and not more than $4,000.
The 10th section giving the Trustees of
| townships power to hold real estate, and to
erect township houses, to levy taxes, &c,
to build said township houses, was amend.
| ed by Mr.. Graham SO as to tax all proper.
ty in the township and further amended
| by Mr.. Love, restricting the land to be
purchased for the use of the townships to
one acre.
Section 10, defining the powers of the
Trustees, was amended by taking away the
authority to excuse any person from ToIk
ing on the highways, on motion of Mr..
F.! Welker. .. ..s-.
| Some other amendments were made to
| the bill
The 21st section was stricken out, and
pending the motion to strike out section
%, the Senate adjourned. ....
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-03-19

able to agree upon the valuation of any property,
they shall choose a third person, and the APP
spraisement of the threeo mDorlty of them
shall be taken as the true value thereof, and in
case either party fail to make the choice, the
sheriff shall make the selections Tor him or Them
Such appraisement. Certified az before Greeted
ton to the Court from which it issued ProUided,
That no proceedings under this section shall
Prejudice the lien OF any creditor. or discharge
the sheriff from any liability for the safe keeping
See TO- That no property shall be sold under
any deed of trust or mortgage, until the debts
secured in said deed Of trust Or mertgag e, are
reduced to judgments according to the provisions
of this act -. 81 .. e E..s..l. BIO + AL.
Sec II. All executions shall be tested as of the
term next before the day on which they are
court next ter that from which they bear test ;
Provided, That no sale of property under exc
cution obtained at fan term, 1865. shall be made
Sec. p. The provisions Of this 3: act t shall not
apply to proceedings by attachment.
Sec. 13. Nothing in this act shall operate to re-
peal the provisions OF the Code of Civil Proce-
dure. which allcws defendants 10 be arrested and
held to bail in certain cases.
Sec. II. All laws and clauses of laws inconsis-
tent with the provisions of this act are suspended
until the first day of January, Ammo Domini,
eighteen hundred and seventy one and this act
shall be in force from aud after its ratification,
and shall continue in force until the first day OF
January, eighteen hundred and seventy-ono.
Passed March 16, 1859. .. Ribs.
An Act to Amend Chap. 2, Title 10, OF the
Code Of Civil Procedure.
Sec. l. The General Assembly Of North
Carolina 10 enact That SO much of Chap
g. Title 10, of the Code of Civil Procedure,
as requires that deeds, conveying lands
and powers of attorney and other instru-
ments concerning the same, shall be offered
for Probate and proved before the Clerk
of the Superior Court of the county in
which the land or some part Of it is stu
ated, be altered and amended, so that it
shall be lawful to offer any such deed,
power Of attorney or instrument, for Pro
bate, and acknowledge Or prove the same,
before the Clerk of the Superior Court of
any county in the State, who shall have
full power to take the private examination
of married women as provided by law.
Sec. 2. That any Clerk before whom such
deed, power, or instrument is acknowl-
edged or proved, or the private exanina-
ton of married women taken In relation
thereto, shall certify the fact upon said
deed, power OF attorney or instrument, and
the Clerk of the Superior Court of the
county, wherein the land lies, upon the
exhibition of such certificate to him shall
adjudge the said deed or other instrument
to he duly acknowledged and proved in
the same manner, as if made CT taken
before him. ..t
Sec. 3. That all laws or clauses Of laws
conflicting with the provisions of this act,
are hereby repealed. . .... ..... ~
Sec. 4. That this act shall be in force
from and after the date of its ratification.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-03-19
Plant Germ,

We greatly fear (says the New Orleans
Picayune) that our planting friends will,
this year. neglect that which made them,
at the beginning of it, so much more indie
pendent than ever before, since the specu,
latiYe era of 1886, when farming on credit
was rare, if not unknown.
It was not the making fair crop of cot.
ton in 1868 which gave the planter money
in his purse nor even the fact that his
merchant could make him no advances be.
yond the amount needed to bale his cotton
and get il to market, which placed him out
of his usual embarrassment, but because
he had raised all his food on his place, and
had none to buy, either for his hands or
his animals
Had the cotton crop failed, as it may do
this year, leaving him nevertheless full
supply of home raised food, he would still
have been untrammelled by the costs and
charges for rent and subsistence which
beset his merchant and the city resident
generally. II the crop fails this year what
will be his condition /? More than ever
will il be difficult for him to get credit
wherewith to buy food; for advances on
crops are no longer regarded as legitimate
and prudent in commerce.
There is more money to be made by rails
ing food along with cotton than by raising
cotton alone, even when food is ever so
cheap and plentiful in the West, because
of the expense of getting it to the planta-
ton SO that were there a certainty of
making the cotton hoped for, it is wiser
and better to raise proper proportion of
corn and other food with it. zs" 81 eli
But when we reflect how uncertain cotton
is, from, the planting of the seed to the
final sale, of it, and that it has more enemies
than any other thing which man raises );
how near akin to gambling it is to depend
upon it, we must see how unwise it is to
raise cotton exclusively or nearly SO, and
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-03-19

political channels. to unpack their meagre
carpetsbags in this section. q Bat men of
position, of means. who come without
malice to our people and with stout heart
and strong arms, wishing to invest their
surplus In our lands, and lend their ener-
gies to build up the PROSTATE interests Of
the South. They come to acquaint them
selves with our material advantages, our
business prospects and the temper of our
people. and not to join irresponsible men
who are preying upon our prosperity and
destroying our substance. Having regard
for their own feelings they respect ours.
and wilt never use the negroes to trample
upon our sympathies and our rights.
These are the men we desire to welcome
| to our midst and such are received with
considerate kindness wherever they 60
All eeem to be satisfied and pleased with
the people and the country, and MANY will
return to make their homes permanently
with us. These men will more than coun-
teract the evil influences of the scum left
here by the disbanding armies. aud with
their aid we may hope before many years
to return the South to the honored Gus
toms and laws which formerly gave happi-
ness and character to her citizens, and bring
| the State governments under the direction Of
honest and intelligent officials. When vir-
tue, character and intelligence are again
the passports to public preferment, we may
hope to realize something of the bright
future in store for US. But SO long as State
credit and official honesty are the shifting
shuttlecocks for skillful tricksters and pc
litical vagabonds, We are poweriess in our
helplessness. We look to these new resi-
dents to aid us, men who invest in our
lands aud become bona file citizens, ; who
come to build up and not destroy our pros
perity who have respect for themselves,
| and will therefore be careful of public
honor and credit We hail, therefore,
their presence in the South as good omen,
as harbingers of g. financial and political
regeneration. We believe that the results
of this winters travel will be favorab|y felt
throughout the South before another year
passes by. And then the experience Of
the travellers during the present winter will
multiply ten fold those of the next. 1t will
increase with each succeeding year until
many of the waste lands of our section will
be occupied and proftably cultivated and
every department of business will be bene-
flied by the addition of reliable and in
dustrious co-laborers.. We see in this
Southern travel by Northern men the germ
of a solid prosperity for orr country.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-03-19
EneIsna and the United states.

We publish to-day a rather significant
extract from an article in late number OF
the London Times, as much, we suspect, IN
reply to the boastful, if not threatening, at
titude of leading Northern journals and re-
ported utterances of the President, as to
the latter dinner" speeches of the Amerl-
can Minister. There is an air of self-conf-
dence and ind ependence in the article OF
the "Great Thunderer" which tells how
insignificant are these threats, come from
either of the sources-a consciousness OF
strength from the unity of England, and
of weakness by division in the United
States. It is the first time since the war
that there has been any reference made by
Foreign Powers TO the delicate situation
Of political affairs in this country in case
of war with other governments. Coming
as it does from paper moro than any
other the representative of the English
Nation it has in it t. significance which
must strike the thoughtful American at
once. Has the war between the North and
South, which has displayed military powers
without a parallel in the history of the
world, and added much to our military
reputation, also added to our strength
Is the United States as formidable to-day
to foreign nations as when her armies were
disbanded in 1865? And if not, where does
the fault lie?
The South certainly can have no afec-
ton for those powers which witnessed her
heroic struggle, and for four years looked
on with Indifference, timidly fearing to
acknowledge government which had SO
long been maintained by tho sword, when
they FASTENED to recognise every change
in the petty governments on their own con-
tinent, though it happened with every
moon. The Times, while threatening the
United States, turns aside to smile at the
South. And yet during the entire period
of our struggle, we met nothing but oppo-
to the South, from that quarter. Surely,
for us to forget and forgive these things
SO soon after our disastrous war, the Times
must suppose that the present ills under
which we suffer are most grieyous that
the tyrannies of our government are such
as to hide from view the late injustice OF
its own How far lis calculations are cor
rect, is not for us to say, but the very fact
that they have been made and promulgated
from such significant quarter, should be
food for reflection for those whose con-
duct has given cause for their existence.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-03-19

Hence and cling fast 20 Charity and make
Ithemselyesin their adop ted country and
Ito their adopted country, where free com.
petition is conceded TO all, what they
should desire to be in their native country
and to their native country if free from
the oppressor's yoke.
At the close of the address and services,
the Society again formed in order and
marched through many of our public
streets, with music playing and the beau,
tifui banner of their native Erin floating to
the breeze This completed the celebra-
ton of the day publicly by the Society.
--- Dahl Journal 1871.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-03-19
Relief sta y Law.

We pablish this morning the Relief Bill
The bill as reported for us, differs very
materially in one particular from that pub
ished by the Raleigh Standard. IL the
sixth section after the words " be fled"
the Standard has the following, unless
81 the defendant move the Court for furth-
ser time to make the defence to the &C
81 ton, In which cases the Court shall grant
g to the defendant until the next term of
" the Court to make such defence as he
{" may desire, and when in the opinion of
' the Court the pleadings are completed"
These words do not appear il our copy,
but in their stead only the words " and
thai which makes a most essential diff
ference as to the time when Judgment will
be obtained. VIII our Raleigh exchanges
look at the enrolled law and let it be known
which is right. Our copy has been fnr-
nished by correct and careful gentleman,
and we lave reason to believe it is as passed.
Without doubt our people need aud re-
quire relief. We have favored some law
to protect them, but we fear this will prove
of little avail. In the first place, debts
contracted since the war should net have
been included within the operations of
this law. The result viii be most damaging
upon every branch of business, hay
ing the effect to destroy credit and impair
ordinary commercial transactions
1t seems to us that this law is defective
in another important particular Under
the present Statutes Ct this State magis-
trate's Jurisdiction has been enlarged to all
debts of two hundred dollars and under =
We suppose it would be safe to say that
this will include tVo-thirds of the debts Of
the State. We see nothing in the law
which affords relief to this class of debtors,
and they most require it. II we are cor
rect in this opinion, it makes a most obi
Gus and injurious distinction between the
rich and poor. and withholds protection
where it is most needed. A bill, however,
passed on Tuesday night concerning the
Jurisdiction OF magistrates, which may
cover this grave omission, but its pro7is-
ions are lot yet known to US.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-03-19

see that Russa and Austria are opening routes
to Odessa and the mouth TO the Danube, thence by
| steamer here. Austria and Russia already have
a railroad to II iaste and steamers here. Frus-
STA, the VALLEY of the Rhine and England
have system ff ailroads that terminate at
Venice France isc ossipg the Alps by rarroads
Italy She has route via Narcotics, and the two
great companies, "Messagerie Imperiales,
whose headquarters are at Bordeaux, ana tae
" Peninsula and Oreutaf,' - whose headquarters
| are at Southampton, come here via Gibraltar
From these places the distance will be shortened
from nine to fifteen thousand miles to Bombay,
and those which are the most remote, will,
| when this canal is open, be the nearest. An this
ia the reason OF the English disliklng the Work,
as they are now the nearest via Cape OF Good
Hope, but it is nevertheless fixed fact that the
work is to be completed on the largest scale. and
in the for the Eastern trade our Pacific rail-
road is not worth talking about The time from
SueZ to Bombay il now fifteen days, and from
suez to Liverpool fifteen days more, aad Liver
pool is the fartheSt port. One of the great points
to be gained in this canal is to furnish English
Goa! to steamers on the Red Sea and the Indian
| Ocean, and thereby multiply steamers in those
waters,
This town is now a handsome little French city
with one of the best harbors in the Mediterra-
neau The city is supplied with water from the
Nile, brouebt one hundred and fifty miles. Nine
years ago it was straight sand beach, without
the slightest protection from the ocean, nor YES
tige OF vegetable matter or drop OF fresh water
within fifty miles of it Nine years hence II will
be the most important port on the Mediterranean,
! ard probably large aud h'urishing eligible re-
| suits of French capital intellect and mechanical
skill. ... i Ha
| Tuesday hope to land at Jaffa and go from
there TO Jerusalem. Ii FAIL shall go to Beyrout,
| and thence to Damascus.
| am, your friend, 81.
L. ST should have mentioned that all the
| stone used in the construction of these break
| waters was manufactured here out of the sand of
| tho desert. They exp ct to be paid when the
Canal is finished two dollars per ton transit dues,
that q steamer of 2, 500 tons will pay IS, 900,
and she is to be towed through and not use her
own machiners. There will be required one or two
| million tons of coal at this point per annum. which
will Ike return freiehts to Eng gland very cheap
rather hink that I.imals will be the principa!
city on the route 1t is town in the centre OF the
! Canal, it has abundant supply OF fresh wa
| ter and is at the pO lit where it can control the
railroads of Egypt, and sufficiently elevated to
I admit of city drainage.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-03-19

ANOTHER OUTRAGE.-On the 4th instan
the carriage-house of Mr.. John e. Boyd,
with all its contents was destroyed by fire.
Among the articles destroyed was a spleu-
did carriage, buggy, sulky, harness, sad
dies, etc. r.. Ma. ..'... q .T.a'A -
On receipt OF the information Sheriff
Jones dispatched an officer to investigate
the cause of the burning, who collected
evidence enough to warrant him in arrest
ing three women as the inoendiaries. who
were brought to- town aud lodged in the
ealaboose to await further examination.
These women, we learn, are the wives of
the parties tried at our last Court,
for rot on Mr.. Boyd's promises, and it is
thought they resortsd TO this mode of re-
yeage for tle punishment inflicted by
Judge Watts,-Warrenton Living Present.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-03-19

We are kindly permitted to publish the
following very interesting and instructive
letter from North Carolinian travelling in
the East, to gentleman in this city. We
are sure it will be highly relished by our
roodors
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-03-19

COOP News Coop News Let the bells
ring let the cannon be fred let us all re-
lolce Whoop. whoop, hurrah ! hurrah /!
The House determined last night to adjourn
on the 20th inst. It is to be hoped that
the Senate will agret. If so, let bonfres
be lit from the mountains to the seaboard.
1t will be the best news that North Caro-
saving to the State-$1, 500 a dsy, besides
millions spent IN wild appropriations. Let
all rejoice old and middle aged and young.
Blow your horn Billy, and sound the
loud timbrel Gen. Latin,
&c G'er dsrl
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-03
The Isthmus of Darien Canal.

The treaty made by General Gushing
with the Government of Columbia con-
cedes to the United States the exclusive
right to construct an inter oceanic canal
across the Isthmus of Darien at any point
which may be selected by the United
States. The Columbian Government
cedes six miles of the land on each side of
the canal-one half for its own benefit, and
the other for that of the party undertaking
the construction Of the work. The Colum-
bian Government is to receive ten per cent
of the net income for the first ten years,
and after the canal Is paid for twenty-five
per cent. OF the net profits. The treaty is
to be ratified by the United States within
ten months, the surveys to be made within
two years after the ratification, the canal
begun within five years and finished within
fifteen after the ratification, otherwise the
charter falls. The charter runs for one
hundred years.
The canal is to be under the control of
the United States, and Congress can fix the
rate OF tolls The'nayigation is to be open
to all nations in time of peace, but closed
to beligerents who may seek toavail them
selves of its advantages. 1t is estimated
that the canal will cost Sl00,000,000. A
company was not long ago organized in
New York under a charter of that State,
with Peter Cooper as president 1t is said
on distinguished authority that this COM
pany have the capital and are ready to COM
mence the work. Congress, however, is at
liberty to give the preference to this or any
other private company; or the United
States can itself undertake the construction
of the canal. The treaty was sent to the
Senate on the 18th ult Harrisburg Pc
tyl0s .E. s. -.a.r - . a
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-03
Conviction of a Railroad Employee.

The case of the Commonwealth VS.. Rob
ert Hamilton, was held in the Court OF
Quarter Sessions at Wilkesbarre, few days
since, under the Act of 1865, which pro-
vides that ''any employee of any Railroad
Company, through whose negligence, or
disobedience of orders, injury to life OF
property shall ensue, shall be punished by
fine and imprisonment, resulted in con-
viction, and sentence to the Eastern Peni-
tentiary at Philadelphia for one year and
one month.
The evidence brought out the facts that
on the morning of the third of November
1868, Robert Hamilton was acting as rear
brakeman on coal train of the L. 4, S.
r. r. That the engine got out of steam,
and came TO q stop, the cars slowly jamming
MP against the engine. That at this time,
and before they had settled back on for
ty foot grade, Hamilton abandoned the
train. In settling or sagging back, sixteen
of the rear cars became detached that Ham
ilton could easily have saved them but
made no effort OF any kind, although he
knew there was freight train following
closely behind the cars run down gather
ing great impetus, and mile or two from
the point of starting conided with the freight
killing four men three instantly, one dy-
ing a short time after and destroying a
large amount of property. This is the first
case tried under the act, and will serve as q
warning to reckless brakesmen. g.f. -H