Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-04-02
STATE NEWS

! Rosenvink, Magnolia, y. G.
STATE NEWS.
| GOVERNOR HOLDEN AND FRIENDS ATTACK
Raleigh Sentinel that on Tuesday while the
| Editor, Mr.. Turner, was absent from home,
Joe Holden, Farris, the keeper of the Capt.
toll, DIR. Sloan (of the late firm of Jones d
Co.. Pruyn (of Penitentiary notoriety),
and Gen. Latin, walked together near the
Sentinel Office, when the two former went
in and called for the Editor. When Mr..
Turner reached the Depot on Wednesday
j evening, lad entered the cars and in
formed him that Joe Holden and dozen
carpet baggers, negroes and natives, we're
on the platform with clubs to attack him.
When he had gone some hundred and fifty
yards, IN company with an English gen
tleman, Menninger, with stick IN hand,
came up in rear and demanded if he wrote
the article upon "carpet-baggers. Tur-
ner replied "Come to my office and l
will give you full satisfaction on that sub
ject." In the meantime, Joe Holden, Cebe
Harris, Superintendent OF Public Works,
and others, came up in rear. Advancing
into the middle of the street, Turner drew
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in the cars, telling the conspirators they
were too many for him, and the man that
advanced would be fired upon. No one
advanced.
Here two policemen came up and COM
handed the peace. Turner refused to give
up his pistol. Mayor Harrison, brother
ln-law to Governor Holden, came up and
compelled a surrender of the pistol.
Turner was then escorted to the Mayors
i Office between two policemen. He de-
scribes his situation thus:
Grinning negroes, rejoicing carpet
baggers and renegade secessionists flock ed
around, about, before and behind us. The
first man We saw in the Mayors Court was
Prince Latin, the man who sat upon the
Court House steps. He came in as a
bowery boy wou!d to the Old Bowery,' to
enjoy the sport, and in his eagerness to get
q 8, a. he fell half way to the floor. Then
came Cebe Harris-t'ederal officers in uni
form, negroes and natives"
The Englishman was examined, who
gave no evidence of breach of the peace
on the part of Turner, but only Of pur-
pose to repel attack. The Mayor and the
policemen behaved we'll.
Joe Holden was bound over. The Gov
ernor appeared as bail for his son, and to
approve of every thing that had been said
and done. He began to harangue the
excited crowd. The Mayor reproved him,
saying, q respect you in your Office. Gov
elnor, and you must respect me in mine. {"
The Governor began again to address the
crowd. The Mayor again commanded the
peace. Turner de ired the Governor to
proceed, and desired permission to reply
} To this the Governor excitedly objected,
and Joe Holden and Zone of the Jenkins
family" backed the Governor in his objec-
tions. "Jenkins, Jr., started to pull off
!, his coat. Joe felt about his clothes as if
them, and the crowd came up Like angry
pillows at Neptune's bidding" Constable
Ballard seized Turner's pistol, lying on the
Mayors table, commanded peace, when a
} general stampede took place, out Of the
windows and down the steps. ''The pis-
toll and Billiards. promptness suppressed
the riot, which the Governors harangue
had we'll nigh raised against man he knew
to be unarmed.
Peace having been restored, Turner
gave bond, Mr.. e. e. Harris being recog-
nized as his bail. Harris said something
about the crowd, the Mayor ordered him
to stop. He persisted and the Mayor had
him sent to the guard house. Mr. Turner
thought the Mayor In this, displayed par
TALLY, as the Governor had offended in a
similar manner.
"a colored man," says Turner, sent
US word not to venture out of the Hall
until the crowd had dispersed, for it
would not be safe. We disregarded his
admonition and walked out, when it ap-
peared as if all Africa had assembled
around the Town Hall. The Leagues,
like Know Nothings, Jacobin Clubs, and
all secret political Societies, have secret
signs and signals for assembling. We
can't conceive how so many got together
in so short time, except by the use of
signs and signals
In the head lines of the long article
from which we abridge the foregoing we
find the following extra ordinary prom
| Use: "Gen. Estes, Kilpatrick's Adjutant
General and Carpet Dagger from New
Hanover declares, ANY man who would
shoot Joe Turner, even in the back, could
be pdTd0ned forthwith for the act-and he
did not know but he could have pardon
in his pocket before committing the act
On the other hand the Sentinel says
that Senator Galloway says the attack on
Turner was mean and cowardly.
| REsIGNED.-Hon. 10. W. Holden has re-
signed the position of Director of the Uni
versity Railroad.-Raleigh Standard
SALE OF STATE STOCKS. s. Ashley, Su-
perintendent of Public Instruction, adyer-
tises that additional bids will be received
for the shares of stock owned by the Liter
airy Fund in the Wilmington and Weldon,
and the Wilmington and Manchester Rail
roads, until Wednesday, the 31st inst
"LEr Us HAVE PEACE. Just as we a,
preparing for the press the alarm of war
| 10 ksrne On the breeze. The facts hastily