Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-25
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 10, 1870.


Dear Journal Before the Committee
on military affairs, who are investigating
the sale of cadetships by Radical Con-
gressmen yesterday, q witness testified
that he had negotiations with Mr.. J. r.
CIPHER, a brother of the member from
Louisiana, in reference to the purchase of
his cadetships, but broke off negotiations
on account of the high price asked for
them. He subsequently bought them of
Mr.. Blackburn for $3.50 each. But
ler's man Whittemore, Of South Carolina,
no doubt will be fixed. Colonel Capehart
and Mr.. A. Schref, testified that he offer
ed to sell his cadetship for $4,000, and
another witness swears that he did sell it.
Edward p. BROKER, of Prince George
county, Maryland, testified to purchasing
a cadetship from Jasper Blackburn, a
member Of the last Congress. Ex-Rep-
resentative Pettis, OF Pennsylvania, has
been charged with selling cadetship to
the son OF the Bishop of Tltusville.-
F'Honest'' John Covode, OF PENNSYLVANIA
is also charged with making merchandise
{ f his appointments, but denies the story
in the following words: Kan it be pos
sible that thare air ennybody sunk SO 10
as to charge ne with SIGH krime and air
tbare ennYbody bace enuf to believe it
lily hole history is agin it." Pennsylvania
| is proud OF honest John and his defence is
all sufficient. If the committee will do
their whole duty il the premises there
viii be some purgipg done in the House.
General Slocum and General Morgan
are on the committee ind If there is an
attempt at white washing we will hear of it
il O minority report
William SttOng was yesterday confirmed
as associate Justice Of the Supreme Court
Of the United States. The confirmation OF
}. T. Bradley, Of New jersey, was not
acted on. 1t is thought he will be reject !
ed. motion is also pending to recon
slider the vote of Judge Strong's confrma-
ton.
The ways and means committee have deter
mined to make the Bureau Of Internal Re
venue q department like that OF AgrIcul-
ture, Indian affairs, &C., instead Of a depart
ment whose head would be entitled to
seat in the Cabinet, as was contemplated,
and most devoutly wished by the great
advertising puffer and whiskey interest
manipulation, Christopher Columbus Della
no. The President will, no doubt, feel
badly at not having his very distant re-
lative Deiano in his council to advise him
how the more etlectually to put the screws |
to the people i'll the matter CT taxation
Now that Christopher can't get into the
Cabinet he must continue to project the
Ohio Whiskey ring SO that he may pop"
into Senator Sherman's seat in the Senate |
which project was to be abandoned in case
he was nude Cabinet officer
The meeting called by Senator Pomeroy
and Representative Whittemore of South |!
ern Senators and Representatives was pre-
liminary to q move to perpetuate the con |
troll which the present Southern members |
have in the South and to prepare means
for retaining themselves in office for years
after the expiration of their terms The |
whole thing was kept secret, but enough
is known to state the object of the meet
ing. Has POmeroy and his carpet-bag
friends failed to see in the action of the !
Senators of his own party from the West
and Middle States that there is q great
change in the sentiments and feelings of
their constituents? He certainly knows |
that the recent change of heart experience |
ed by such men Trunlbull, Stewart, |
Conkling and others, as evidenced by their |
speeches, is not due to any other reason !
than to run on line with their consti-
tuents. They yet vote with the malignants
Sumner, Drake, &C., on the final questions |
as in the Virginia and Mississippi bills, |
but little time and that conservatism
which now constrains them to liberal talk,
ii not to liberal action, will be potent |
enough TO make them act as they speak, |
and in view Of this fact I do not think
that any grave outrage; and Pomeroy
is famous for Matching vile things on the
people of the South in the personal inter
est of the desplcable carpet-bag crew, will |
receive the sanction of all the Radicals
The sprightly Morning News of this
city, live, spicy sheet, and fully up to
the wants of the times, asks "What indig-
nifty will not Mr.. Summers brother Sena-
tors heap upon him next % Long and re-
peated attacks have been made upon him
for his assumptions in political affairs, to
which he has replied. But now comes
"the unkindest cut of ALL" Sumner. as
everybody knows, lays claim to strict
puri5m il the uso Of the English language;
bnt the other day he let slip from his lips
word which the dictionaries know not
Of ridiculosity." Yesterday Mr.. Schurz,
perhaps without thinking OF how deep a
wound he was intiicting, in speaking of
the international Exhibition, said it was
'swhat the Senator from Massachusetts
would call monstrous preDostey0city." 0,
Mr.. Sumner How Will he defend him
self nOg?" Would Senators have dared
one year ago to sheer at, ridicuIe, defy,
scarify, and arraign for falsity Senator
Charles Sumner as they have done during
the past two months And not only have
they attacked him, but also his theories
and views, all this by his own party friends
too. If the disentregration of the Radi-
cal party, which is plain as the sun at
MONDAY, is not sufficient to rouse the
Democratic and Conservative men Of the
country from the lethargy into which they
have fallen, why, 1t would take the horn
of the Angel Gabriel to pierce their ears.
The fight over the tariff bill will be quite
sharp. All kinds of delegations and COM
mittees are here from the different Sec
tions representing different interests and,
of course, supplied with all the material !
necessary to convince members Of the great !
calamity that would ensue if their par leu
lar interest was interfered with. The most |
persistent and powerful parties here are
the iron men from Pennsylvania. Of |
course the interests of the people will suf-