Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-08-19
Or INTEREST. The near approach of the

OF INTEREsT.-The near approach of the |
time for changing the county officers, &C
cording to the results of the recent cleo
ton, invests the following with much in
terost. II is an extract from can act con-
corning Election and Registration in the !
year A. u. 1870. Ratified the 26th day Of !
March, A. u, 1870
Sec 10. The Sheriff OF each coun,y she'll /
furnish, before the first Monday in Sep
TENDER. the member or members elected
to the House OF Roprosentati IS and to the
Senator, where the district not COM
posed Of moro than ono cor Y, ccrtif
cate of election under his = 1 and seal
he shall also, at least ten IS before the
first day OF September, not IL all persons
elected in the county 10 n IT at the Court
House on tho first Monday in September
to be qualified. The Commissioners elect
shall be Qualified before the Ciark OF she
Superior Court 10y taking The several oaths
OF Office, and shall thercupOn organize by
Ielecting one Of their number Gs chairman
and proceed to qualify tho other officers
elected in the county and take the several
bonds Gs prescribed by law
Sec. 20. The Sheriff OF overy county
shall transmit by mail, on Or before The
, fifteenth Of August, 10 the Secretary Of
} State statement, under his hand and seal,
, Of the votes takon in his county for AJ.or-
Iney General, which statement shall be in
] the form prescribed for rotnrn8 for Cover
} nor and failure TO make such returns
; shall be punished by fine OF two thou
sBnd dollars to DO recovered for the use OF
3 the State in any Superior Court OF law
The Governor, at twelve O'clock or the
! first Thursday in September, shall assem-
bic tho Council of State in the Office Of Sc
q cretary of State, who shall open said re
g turns, proceed to add bhe number Of votes
\ returned and declare the person elected. -
. The Governor shall thercnpOn ISSUE pro
olamation announcing the ro8ult, which
8 shall be published in the daily papers OF
the city of RaIeiRh. The person go de-
u clarcd elected shall be qualified by taking
a the several oaths OF office before my Judge
3 of the Superior or Supreme Court of thC
8, State.
j Sec. 81. Every person duly elected a Re
- preventative to Congress, upon obtaining
Il a certificate of his election as aforesaid
n shall procure from the Governor a com
IL mission, certifying his appointment as
Representative of the State, which th
r Governor shall issue on such certificate be
l. ing produced.
: Marshal Ba4aine, the New Commander-iI
u Chief of the French Army.
7. Marshal Francois Achille Bnzaine, tn
- new commander in chief of the Frenc
, army, has the reputation Of being the bef
1t handler OF troops in that service. He
y the descendant of o family of soldiers, an
l. is now sixty-One years of age. lie rOs
% from the ranks, and in five years from hi
~ enlistment gained his sub-lieutenancy an
st his cross on the field of battle. In 1873
: he was sent to Spain with the legion, an
whom tho war of Succession closed he wen
49, back to Algeria, where he was in the expe
dition against Milianah, Cabylia and Mo
rocco. For several years he had the ST.
- perintendentship of Arab affairs in til
40 the province of Tlemcon. In 1856, bein
60 at the head OF the first regiment of tn
40 foreign legion, he was appointed to tn
4 command of the infantry brigade forme
Is for this legion. He performed valuabl
10 service with his men OF the siege Of Sabaf
50 topol, and in particular co-operated in tn
SO reduction OF Kinburn, one of the outpost
80 80 of the great fortress.
X After the retreat of the Russians he wa
90 Governor of Sabastopol until its final evac
az uation by the allies. Marshal Bazaine ha
O special interest for the American peopl
40 40 from his connection with the Maximilia
IS expedition 10 Mexico. He commando
40 the French contingent, succeeding Gene
- raj Foroy as chief The success of Tia
q, half-armed, half-civilized levies of Mexic
IS was almost as rapid and remarkable a
90 that of COrtez and PiZarro against the al
~ Origines. O8jacca was taken, Jaurez pu
! to flight, and the triumph was complete
All that was needed was stability. Ii til
day of success was brilliant, the day of re
verse was soon to come, and its darkneg
= wiped out even the memory of early goo,
- fortune. The termination Of the American
q war, md the known Discrimination Of til
If United States to foreign interference i
; American affairs, animated the Mexican
!. with new hopes. Bazalne IL asunciI al
= Vised Macmillan that the eKapfro was i'm
q possible. Bazaine was recalled, MaximiI
v ian cOurt-martialod and executed, and Na
Ipoleon III suffered such elimination Q
military prestige and political reputation
as can only be restored 10y the pos5ibl
success of war with Prussia.