Wilmington journal., 1870-07-01

ly meant to endorse some of his acts, it was
finally allowed to pass
After the batch of senseicss platitHdea
had been disposed of, the " tug of war -
begun in interesting earnest The Hon r.
L. was named for the Sinnu. The Commit
tee, " of whom he was one which " recon,
mended Rev'd James w O'Brien, Chair
man Of the Board and late President Of n
Seymour club, for seat in the House Of
Commons. GenI DOckery objected to the
nomination on account of the general mis-
management Of O'Brien as "a Commissioners
and his tota! unreiiabllity, and moved 10
strlB , out his name and insert that OF
Robert Fletcher, Esq, of Congo descent.
a confrere Of OBJ on the Board, ami
equally guilty with him. A fierce wrangle
here ensued between the Parson anu tht.
Glnernl, each venting forth his own hon
esty, ana Id hing the other with eplthets
neither CLaste nor complimentary The
Parson' 8 speech was q mixture OF the pot
house and the pulpit, with All occasional
stirring up with splinter of the stump, up,
on the glOries Of which, with the conse-
quent hope for 81 per day and 20 cents
mileage, his pious sonl has been calcula
ting ever since the flesh pots Of ha hostel
rie, the Jail. have corrupted his patliot9nl,
by pouring into has pOck e:s the ''leprnu4
dlatilment'' OF 75 cents per day for board
vent down before the State - AMI the aA-
pirlng preacher, like Lis prototype. Wot-
soy, yielded his hopes of hi&h office, and
retired from the Hcene, 20 ponder over the
sad WOrts OF wiadGiu which Shakespeare
puts III the month Of the fallen Cardinal
g Fling away ambttIoni
Ey that ain tel the angels.
Corruption wiris not more than honesty
ct ali the ends tlI0n ano-t ut, ho thy c0'e1tryS,
Thy cot 5 and 1-hLtS
Had bnt served nay G0d with half the Il al
l served my King lie would not in mine age
Have left me nnked," 3euhou' ne robs& az cite.
How are the mighty fallen p s. Bnt
yesterday, the word of Juo:ie might have
stood against shc county nov none so
poor as do it reverence - This wnA cruel,
cold b!ooded butchtry and loudly calir on
Holden for Il band Of ms pacifcrt1ys.
Hon. Mr.. Fletcher received the cast off
gown "f tho PareOn with much meekness,
and is, no doubt, now rlOting in the
thought that before many months UapSe,
clad i'll shining suit, with pair of No.
l3 brogana, he will re7ei III the Halls once
trod by the MOntezumas. We M Y,
however, change the words Of the Cheer,
L" you understand" and majority, not
desiring this blessing, may '' say SO, by
saying no.
Then bill arose AMI said For Register
Of Deeds, they THAT is ,oe) have nomina,
ted me- Me" was given the meed,
which he had needed himself, and then
he recommended Bill Long, son of the |
statesman, " his eldest hope, divine julius. |
Late, very late, oh, may he rule US, - as the
candidate for Sheriff. This was rather |
sour for tho old Generals stomach and he |
lgaIn oructated '' What ! arc all the !
Longs to be put III office. You've got near
ly all now. You, Mr.. Cheerman, are nom !
mt tod for. fEo laI, &C., -
Court, lack is cCn6us taker, you are agent |
at the depot, and now Bill is to bo made |
Sheriff. That is too long n division OF the |
sp0il7. I'm for Eony Cole, tho COnserva- |
tive candidate. lie Is honest and cOmpe- |
tent, can give It good bond, and when Mr.
Ledhetter. the present Tax Collector, is IN
tho Sinnit, he'll collect the taxes and pay
them over, and not do like Harris Terry"
Bill Long rOared liko wet bull dog
John proclaimed that the Supreme Court
had decided that SheIitla held over (when
lid they do it , and old r. r. snapped
his eyes, '' you understand" and said that
the DjlchryS wanted office ns we'll
rs the Longs, you understand. -
Bill came out first best. and they
proceeded. Gen. Dockery was nomi
mated for Treasurer, darkey for Coroner
and VIM. Freeman whether white or yell
low, don't know for County Surveyor.
tAIiNl HOW CdILIe3 Iu5 'CiiIillSSJt'1icIS. NFS'o
Mckinn0n, ii. G. Terry, Geo.
". Nichols TOOL, J Robert Fletcher (col.
and Ii. s. Wade. Bob had been daOmi-
rated for tho House, and Wade peremptori
ly declined. The General lsked who was
H. G. Terry. Dil answered Harris. -
What! exclaimed the General, his eye
flashing, and his hand going instantly to
his pocket, ''thc fellow who has swindled
the county, by the help of the Conmis
out Of about $4,000. wrang
from the pockets of the poor rs we'll As the
rich That Is Offering premium for ras
cality." Harris showed fight. bat down
he won't. with few tears over bis fate.-
Here there was general disposition ID
leave, and the room was vacated, except
by about six Radicals and twenty or thirty
latter of whom camo to
see the finland the fur fig, and they
were not doomed to disappointment
There wero no other nominations iii Con
but Bill Terry (''mo") will fix it
up right
Prior to this an altercation took place
between General ID. and the celebrated
John Long. in which the former character
lied harangue of Long. by the gentle
epithet of "a batch of lies" And then
"Iie" 'fiew thick and fast as hghtnings
from mountain cloud" and sparkled
along the dusky and redolent arches of
this temporary temple OF Babel
The olegoing description is but a faint
painting of this ludicrous. and to decent
minds, disgusting soene. 1t is to be
hoped that the good sense of our people
WILL despite the devilish Vaccinations of
Abbott, Pool and Holden, to levy war upon
a defenseless people, assert its rightfuI
and hurl forever from power
the basest political organization which
ever disgraced the annals of mankind
Knowing its corruptiOns, as they surely
do, how it startles and shocks the better
feelings of our nature to soc, in close and
thus endearing atiiliation with it, such
men as Sam Phillips, Rufus Rarringer,
William r. Myers, and Alfred DOckery.-
At the course of John Pool, Col. Clarke
and others of easy virtue, no sensible man
is astonished, for these and their fellow
Judases are ready at any hour to betray
any body and any cause, for less than
thirty pieces of silver
We are pleased with the nomination of
Col. Bennett, and feel sure that after the
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