Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-05-06

right or justice. The Philadelphia LEDGER rank
| ing among the first of the independent journ 81:
of the country, paid Judge Thurman a wei
merited compliment by printing the greater part
of his speech on the North Pacific Railroad land
grab swindle and highly applauded his defense
of the peoples rights or swindle against the
monopolists. This is a rare thing for the Ledger
| to do. In 1872 the State OF Ohio and other
States will present to the Democratic Oonven-
ton as a candidate for the Presidency the name
of Judge Thurman and his claims for that dis
tincton Will be strongly urged. Ex-senator
Hendricks, of Indiana, General Hancock, oil
Penneylvania, Governor English, OF Connecticut
Governor Hoffman, of New York, and John
Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts,, will find q
strong competitor in Judge Thurman, whose
friends already speak of him in that connection
| In the Senate there was quite lively time
over the question of paying 10y al Southern claim.
ants for property destroyed used during the
war by the Federal army. Missouri claimant
had bill! OF this nature passed. After short
| time similar claim under consideration for
d TennCsst can, when it was objected to on the
! ground that there were millions of dollars oil
just such claims row put in tho bill just passed
was then cited as precedent and the bill was
sent for III hurry. 1t returned by TIE
! House and motion to reconsider made and
quite debate ensued. Nothing was done final
Nv in the case. Southern clSimants for damages
will have good long wait for their money the
| amount is great that Congress is afraid to
touch even the most meritor.ous of them
Agricultural.
OFFICE n. G. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY,
Raleigh, April 20, 1870.
To lie People Of The St0te:
At meeting OF the Executive Commit
tee of the North Carolina Agricultural So
ciety held to-day, it was
ReSOLred, That the Annual State Fair,
for 1870, be held on the 18th. 10Th, 2Olh
and Dist of October. l was requested By
the Committee to aldr> IS you this com mu-
nication, calling your attention to the i'm
pOrtance of beginning mOtc to make pre-
partitions for this Fair.
1t viii be remembered that the Fair of
1869, the first after the lapse of nine years,
was held Under many difficulties Every
thing was built up from the beginning
all our preparations were OF necessity has
tily made Only short time was allowed
US to put our grounds in order, grade our
track, erect our buildings, select our
judges and advertise our premium lists
No large sums from State or City Treasu-
ries were placed as in Virginia and Mary
land and other States, at our disposal
With the exception of ffte> hundred dol
lars from the State and the gift of our
lands by the City of Raleigh, our sole re-
source was the voluntary contributions of
the friends of the Society. The execution
of the task seemed so hopeless. that, on
account of this uncertainty, but few things,
animate or inanimate, we're "got up" es-
pecially for the occasion. Exhibitors were
forced to hurry in their contributions with
out that careful previous adornment, usu-
ally bestowed, which so attracts the admi-
ration Of the spectator.
Then again the unfortunate occurrence
of untoward weather diminished the num-
Der of visitors, cooled the interest and
pleasure OF those who attended, and de-
ranged in no small degree our plans.
Notwithstanding all our difficulties and
trials, it was admitted that the Fair was q
success. The show of animals and articles
compared fnvorably with those of old
times, the number Of visitors was unex
pectedly large ordor and decorum re-
markabiy preserved. The Society meet |
ings were spirited, interesting and in
structive. The officers were compen-
stated for all their anxiety and trouble by
hearty encomiums for their perseverance
and pluck.
The officers Of the Society DO not claim
that no errors were committed It is well
nigh impossible totally to avoid them, no
matter how carefully the judges may per-
form their duty. If there are any who
think they did not obtain full justice in
the awards, we hope they will remember
first, that by the display of the products
of their industry they aided in accomplish
ing the chief objects of Fairs. the infor-
nation and enlightenment Of the public
mind, and, secondly, that the officers with
the experience of 1869, will be able to
fciency in the general management and
systematic thOroughness in the examina-
tions for premiums.
The spirit shown in the following ex-
tracts Of letter from our good friend,
Louis Froelich, of Duplin, whose many
very valuable contributions failed to reach
us soon enough to be properly placed for
and does such credit, we beg leave to quote
them
KENANsvILLE, n. c., Got. 27, 1869.
KEMP F. BATTLE, ESQ: Dear Sir:-I re
ceived your letter of the Oath and contents
noted. / am sorry myself that you did
not receive my letter in time to make bet
ter arrangement for exhibition of my ar
tlcles. But don't blame you for it, \
< [ am not discouraged and be
lieve that all that will be better next year.
/ expect to exhibit much larger list Of
articles next year, and [ will arouse my
friends and people in general in this and
same. This is the only way to develop
the resources of North Carolina. Let
ey cry body show their productions, manu-
features and exchange ideas in expert
ments. The people of North Carolina are
thankful to you that you set the ball in
the right road and motion. You did more
than 1 or the people could expect. I give
you my congratulation for the great sue
cess of the Fair.
|. Hoping to hear some time from you, I
remain,
Very respectfully, yours truly,
LOUIS ERoELICH.
The Executive Committee intend to
make, if possible, the next Fair more at
tractive than any of it's predecessors. -
Nothing that the officers can do shall be
spared to secure this result.
But our labors will not be successful
without the active cooperation of the PEG
pie of the State. We appeal to you, fell
lew citizens, for this cooperation. 1t