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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-09-30

Annual Meeting or the Grand LotIgc orihe
United StatcT-Second Day.

4
Reported for the Baltimore Sum-
The Grand Lodge assembled at o'clock
! a. M, at the hall of the order, on Cav
Istreet, pursuant to adjournment, M. w.
Grand Sire Farnsworth presiding. After
some preliminary business, the chair an
nounced that the Lodge would proceed to
vote for officers for the ensuing two years
The following names were put in nomina-
ton for the offices M. w. Grand Rep.
Thompson, of Missouri, nominated Rep.
John w. Stokes, of Pennsylvania Rep.
Medole, of New York, nominated D. G.
Sire Stuart, of the District of Columbia.
The nominations being closed, Reps.
Glenn, of Georgia, and Porter, Of Massa-
chusetts, were appointed tellers. The vote
being taken, the tellers announced that
Ill ballots had been cast, whereof D. G..
Sire Stuart received 76 votes and Rep.
Stokes 35 votes. .r
The Chair announced that Frederick d.
Stuart, of she District of Columbia, was
elected M. w. Grand Sire for The ensuing
term.
The Grand Lodge next proceededSSo the
election of r. W. Deputy Grand Sire, and
the following mt mbers were put in nomi-
nation: BY Rep. Latham, of Virginia, p.
G. N. Logan, of Kansas; by Rep. Gun
bingham, OF Connecticut, 2. c. M. Por-
ter, Of CALIFORNIA;; by Rep. Hide, of Ten
Il
were 107 votes cast, of which p G.. M.
Porter received 48 votes; p. Or. nj. Logan
46 votes, and 2. q. NJ. Leach ID votes, re-
suitlng In no choice. A second ballot re-
suited in the election Of c. A Logan, Of
Kansas, as Il. W. D putty Grand Sire, he
received 81 votes
For Grand Recording and CORES pond
ing Secretary but one name was put in
nomination. and the vote OF the Lodge
haU no h an Ct nv on.
OF Georgia, tho Chair announced that JAS
L. Ridgely, of Maryland, had been elect
ed Il. w. Grand Secretary for the ensuing
term.
For the Office of r. W. Grand Treaurer
the only nomination was that of Hon.
Joshua Vansant, p. q. NJ of Maryland,
who was declared unanimously chosen.
The hour of II NJ. having arrived, the
Chair declared the Lodge adjourned for
thirty minutes for recess.
The Grand Lodge, after reassembling,
took up the proposed amen ments to the
constitution OF the Grand Lodge, changing
the name from Grand Lodge of the United
States TO supreme Grand Lodge" or
Most Worthy Grand Lodge OF the indie
pendent Order OF Odd Fellows" or s'Fed-
eral Grand Ledge" After Il protracted
discussion, ali of the amendments pro
posed were voted down, and the Lodge de-
cided to make no change in it's title. The
Grand Lodge then adjourned until this
morning at 8 o'clock.
The following are the officers elected for
the ensuing two years Frederick d.
Stuart, OF the District of Columbia, NJ. W.
Grand Sire g. A. Logan, of Kansas, r.
w. Deputy Grand Sire James j.. Ridgely,
of Ma Wand, T.. W. Grand Secretary and
Hon. Joshua Vansant, Of Maryland, r. w.
Grand Treasurer.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-09-30
Amount OF
Lost by ten deraultors ..........s592 1913, l1a

There is within fraction OF six million
dollars of ta4es gobbIed up by ten defaul-
tiers, not one of whom has been prosecu-
ted, or ordered to be prosecuted. In all
these three hundred and forty defalcations.
civil suits have only been ordered in thirty
cases, and not one criminal prosecution.
We clip the above from the Banner 81
Liberty. Comment is unnecessary-it tells
its own story. Jast think OF it; the steal
ings of ten pet officers of the Government,
loyal citizens of the United States, amounts
to the appalling sum or So, 923, 1890, and
yet we are told that the government has
taken no steps to secure this large sum by
civil suits. or to punish the offenders by
instituting criminal prosecutions. We
suppose the stealing has been on such a
grand scale that the government looks
upon it as respectable, and is lost In won
der and admiration at the talent and in
genuity displayed by those bold robbers
and accomplished scoundreIs.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-09-30
TAXES REDUCED.
Where the Taxes 90.

General Morgan, of Ohio, having accep-
ted the nomination of his district for re-
election to Congress, has opened the cam
paign in good earnest, as will be seen by
the following extracts from one Of his re-
cent speeches:
when tell you that there have been
three hundred and forty defaulters amo0g
the collectors Of internal revenue, you look
surprised, and ask one another. why
have we not been told of this before ?''
For the simple reason, my friends, because
the facts have been concealed, and had to
be dug out. Ga the 2lst of March last il
was resolved by the House that ''the Sec
rotary of the Treasury be and is hereby
directed to furnish this House Il statement
of balance due from collectors of internal
revenue, not now in office, &C."
And invite your attention to Executive
Documents No OCT, being the reply Of the
Hon. George S. Boutwell,, in answer to
that resolution. Look at it yourselves.
Here are eight solid pages of the names of
three hundred and forty d.fduHerS! 1 have
not time to read them all, but will call of
ten, and you may form an idea of what
the remaining three hundred and thirty
amount to,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-09-30
The tribune and Governor Holden.

The accompanying documents" which
Greeley appends TO Governor Holden's
denial of having garbled Judge Fourgee's
lying letter place that functionary in rather
questionable predicament. Well, we
don't know that the people of North Caro-
lima will think less of their Governor or
more of their Senator because the one lie
implicated in, and the other exonerated
from, the garbling of that famous letter.
Nor is Judge Tourgee's character for
veracity improved, because he wrote 400
or 500 houses instead of 1000 or 5000 houses
as the number which had been broken
open by the Ku Klux. Governor Holden
has been guilty of as base conduct as this
before to iniure his fellow citizens. His
every act-his whole life, is false-false to
his people-false to himself and false to
his God. Disappointed in social and
political aspirations, he has sold himself to
the hatred of his fellow citizens, of his
native State, which rankles in his bosom.
It has long since dragged him down from
the position which his talents and his
originally kind heart had elevated him
He Is now an object of pity even among
those who propose to honor him politically
and officially.
We know not what course the Governor
will pursue to rid himself of this serious
charge made by his political associates and
pretended admirers. He has indeed
been stricken in the house of his friends.
The tools he expected to use to iniure his
own people have betrayed him. Caring
neither for Holden nor the people of North
Carolina, Abbott. Tourgee and the Fri
bune turn, with contempt, upon their
pitiable instrument, because no longer
useful, with which they attempted to
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-09-30
The Future-Its work-A Convention.


That O great popular verdict has been
rendered we all know. That with one con-
sent the sovereign people have declared
their will, we all admit. We sincerely
trust we are all equally agreed upon the
terms of that verdict, and the meaning of
that will, and equally agreed as well
upon the proper means as In the determln-
alton TO carry it out. To Us it seems plain,
beyond the shadow of doubt, that In the
late election the people of North Carolina
spoke with no uncertain sound. Their YER
dict, expressed in simple terms, was Meth
er more nor less than plain condemDS-
ton of the new-fangled notions and I'M
necessary tyrannical and corrupt changes
in the constitution and laws OF our fathers,
and of the corrupt men who introduced
them. The will of the sovereign people
thus officially and authoritatively declared,
was that these changes be speedily blote
from the statute book they now di'grace,
and that the men who brought them about
be speedily deprived of their power for
evil. To execute this will of the people
is the especial work of the members of the
Legislature. They are the servants of the
people, elected for this specific purpose,
and it may be well to consider now, some
what in detail, the work thus committed to
them. And that there may be no
possible mistake or misrepresentation, We
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-09-30
Odd.FeJiOwship.

Grand Secretary J. L. Ridgcly, in his
annual report to the Grand Lodge OF tho
United States, now in session in Balti-
more, gives the following
Number of Lodges in 1869, 3, 473, III
1870, 3, 765-increase, 292. Number of III
itiations in 1869, Al ,183 in 1870, 46, 10
increase, 5000. Amount of revenue in
1869, 50, 347, O73 Sc in 1870, $2,714, 2oS
93-increase. 1857. 215 OF. Expended for
relief in 1869, $76O, 400 50 il 1870. $500.
9O6 96-increase, 500, 477 80. Number OF
members in 1869. 268, COS ; in 1870, 29o'-
O88-net gain, 29,475, exclusive OF Color
sdo.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-09-30

rather than surrender it to Brunswick and
Coburg. At their bidding, patriotism may
turn into rage, and they will either des-
troy or be destroyed before they yield
It may be said that they will have no or
ganization and no leaders. The Prussians
and Austrians in 1892 verereputed the best
soldiers of their day. The French armies
who opposed them were infinitely more
destitute of all means of efficiency tran the
new French armies now forming in France,
Tor the military resources of that Empire
are hardly touched yet. They had abso-
lutely no leaders. They were ridlculed as
an army of peasants, ragged and bare
footed, and commanded by tailors and
cobblers. But among these peasants, and
tailors, and cobblers were men who soon
became known to fame, as Ney, Marceau,
Massena, Murat. Hoche, MORGAN and a
host of others. Ii the hatred of tyranny
and the desperate resolve never to submit
again to the ancient government produced
such wonders in 1898, what viii be the
consequences of Offering to France now
only conditions such that every Frenchman
OF spirit should be willing to die rather
than submit to them ? .
No government il France can exist which
will accept. or even entertain, such condi-
tons. If the King of Prussia and his coun-
sellers are wise, let them cease talking
about ACKNOWLEDGMENT. They will find no
government with which to treat on such a
basis. 1t is worse than all Europe COM
bined dared demand after twenty five
years of war.
Wisdom and humanity both call for
cessation of the fearful slaughter of the
last two months. 1t is high time for neu-
trail nations to speak out mphatically and
stay the tide of destruction. Let Germany
be consolidated with her fifty millions of
population, and her strength ana the mag
niflcent military prestige which she has just
gained, will be a guarantee for future
peace. IF this peace be offered on moder-
ate terms it will be lasting Otherwise, if
it can be made at all, it will be nothing
but hollow truce, to be broken at the first
opportunity.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-09-30
TROUBLES tn South Caroline,

In accordance with the programme of
blood which the South Carolina Radicals
have laid down, the bloody work seems to
have eommenc I'd. The following is from
the Charleston NeuS:
COLUMBIA, September 90
The people Of Newberry Court House,
Ninety-six and Clinton are intensely ex-
cited over complications growing out of
the wounding OF a coiored man by Chapel
On Saturday last. After the affair the
widest rumOrs spread over the country,
and large number of armed colored men
collected and threatened to lynch Chapel
The whites have also prepared themselves
for any emergency. It is reported that
during fracas at Clinton, in .Laurens
county, two colored men were killed and
a number wounded. Rumor has it that
five hundred white and fifteen hundred
colored men are under arms Passengers
who arrived here to-day by the Greenville
and Columbia Road saw a large body of
negroes armed with guns, clubs and scythe
blades also, company of white men
mounted. Citizens of Clinton who were
on the train were called upon by eouriers
to return home and protect their families.
There is no news direct from Clinton to
day, but collision there was momentarily
expected. The whites are thoroughly or
gained for defence. Couriers have been
sent to the scene of the difficulty from
Charlotte, N. c., and from Edgefeld coun-
ty, offering assistance to the whites Chief
Constable Hubbard. who was sent up to
Newberry by the Governor, returned to
Columbia to-day. The readiness of the
whites. coupled with their forbearance,
has prevented serious collision thus far
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-09-30
RadfcnliSn.


The Rutherford Star. Radical paper
saws truly that the cause of its party oe-
feat in this State resulted from tho ex-
travagance and corruption OF the Le8lsia,
ture, the appointment of rascais and
thieves as Presidents of railroad corpora
lions: the nomination Of bad, worthless
men for office; and, lastly, incompetency OF
those placed in power to administer the
affairs of the State. We may add, an ut
fer disregard of advice from the best men
in the party, and utilization OF the pow
ers that be- with corrupt. designing scoun-
drels."
Now this looks very much like rehash
of the editorials of Conservative papers
before the election. We were taken 10
task by Radical papers and speakers Ior
.1sinc these identical expressions but
when rogues fail out honest men get their
dues. Here is a very candid OPINION Oy
Radical editor of the Worthlessness ana
corruption Of his party leaders, facF'
however, which the people OF North caro-
lima seemed to have detected before TINS
editor. In fact, their Judgment, expressed
at the balIot-box, appears to have oPeheo
the eyes'of the Star. We are lea 10 pe-
1ieye from what we see and hear that the
Radicals have very general disgust Tor
one another as individuals and as par
tisans, and when the scoundrels do
begin to turn States evidence what
exposures there will be to be sure
The time will soon come when some
Of them will call upon the very hl'ls
and rocks to fall down and hide them from
the public scorn and contempt which Will
be heaped upon them.
What reckoning North Carolina has IN
store for her degenerate sons.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-09-30
RECEIPTS
$126,542 So
DISBURSEM ENTS

For County orders, Jury and Witness
tickets and other approved claims
against the County. .............- .s12G, SCI Is
part OF the amount oiassed as Loans wag re-
Ceived from the Chairman OF Finance COMMITTEES,
and from the Chairman of the Board, at the close
OF their respective terms acting Treasurer,
and nay, in part, belong TO other classifcatiops
of receipts. The assets of the County comprise
the Court House, Jail. Work House, Poor House,
and lands attached thereto. upon which haze
n ode 70 estimate, az % valve.
The indebtedness OF the County [ am unable
to arrive at not having the information neces.
sary for such statement.
l am, very respectfully,
Ed. r. Brink,
Late Treasurer.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-09-30

The Missouri census takers report only
81 600 Colonies. There were more but
most of them have been raised to Generals.
? The mourning establishments are the
only fashionable shops on the Paris boule-
wards which do thriving business.
It is not the thing nowadays to say,
"Ive got corns." Rather observe, 81 am
afflicted with sebaceous excrescences."
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-09-30

have no date whereby can give The receipts
Of the county for the abov2 period. The late
County Treasurer. having said date, will I'M
doubtly furnish the desired informa alton. in com
pliance with your request Of Sept. 5th, 1870
The foregoing items of expenditures are taken
from TIE books of the County Commissioners
There have been other expenditures, which 90
not appear upon said books. for instance, the
payment of the int rest on bonds.
All Of which Is respectfully submitted
:. &. WAlDEoN,
late CLERK Board County ommissioners
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-09-30

fasten themselves and their party upon the
vitals of the State.
North Carolina has thrown them off, and
regenerated. will trample them under
foot.
Poor Holden is the victim of their
schemes and the surviving partner of their
prilk -
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-09-30
General Ripley Among the Defenders of
Paris.

The following paragraph, which comes
among our latest cable kilograms from be-
leagured Paris, wilt Be read with special
interest by Southerrers General Ripley,
of the Confederate army, and two artillery
officers of the United States army during
thewar, have command under Trochu.-
Many Americans have volunteered"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-09-30
Hoy. 8. Il. MARTIN

hon 8. n. MARTIN 81
Chairman Board of County Commissioners
2i.:-Jn complying with d resolution passed
10y the Board of County Commissioners, on the
9Th instant, have the honor to submit the fol-
lowing condensed report OF the Receipts and Ex-
ps4aitures OF the County during the term that
pryed as Treaeurer Of the County.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-09-30

In Ohio family has been found where
the first SON is name Imprimis, the second
FiDis, and the three others Appendix, Al
"1c,tuRa and Errattum.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-09-30

DR.. Tazewell Tyler, SON of President
Tyler, lives in San Francisco, and is en-
ployed as surgeon on its ships by the Pa
cific Mail Steamship Company.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-09-30

Reports OF THE LATE COUNTY TREAS
URER AND CLERK The following are the
reports OF the late Clerk to the Board, and
the County Treasurer, called for by, ana
made to the new Board cf Commissioners
STATE OF NORTH CAROLI A,
NEW HANOVER County.
To The HomorarIe the Board Of County ON
neiSSiCnerS
GENTLEMEN u have tho h1.Ur to make the
following report OF the expenditures of the couo-
ty, troul he 18th of July, 1868; he LIST dav OF
September, 1870, being twenty five and half
months, to wit
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-09-30
not last longer than thirty days. We can

not last longer than thirty days. We can
therefore readily calculate the cost of this
mode of alteration:
Per diem of 40 members at is3 s35
day for 80 days. 500. .OC0
Per diem OF Chief Clerk ($iO per day
for 80 days.. 500
Per diem of Assistant Clerk (F per
day for 80 days). ...,............... 21O
Per diem of Principal Doorkeeper sc
per day for go days).. $50
Per diem of two Assistant DOorkeepere,
as per day for 80 days. $3.50. 800
SIT. $50
ton by the people ..-........... 81. O10
..s $4,000
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-03-26
A Military Mother.

A German paper gives an account of
strange incident which occurred lately on
the occasion of marriage before the civil
authorities in Algeria. The official required
the consent of the mother, and asked if she
were present. A loud bass voice answer
ed, " Yes" The mayor looked up and
saw tall soldier before him. ''That is
We'll, he said; "let the mother come here
her consent and signature are necessary"
To the establishment of all present, the sol
der approached the mayor with long
strides, saluted in military style, and
said: lou ask for the mother of the
bride; she stands before you" "Verywell,
sir, replied tie mayor, 'sthen stand back
i can take no proxy: l must see the
mother--the r.eher | tell your' "And l
repeat, reioin,, he soldier, THAT she stands
before you. ~ name is Maria Ii have
been thirty-si.; years in the service; | have
been through saveral campaigns, and OBJ
tanned the ra:!!i Of sergeant here are my
papers, the emission to wear uniform,
and my nomil alton as sergeant-major. -
The mayor carefully examined the docu-
ments and fonnd them perfectly correct,
and completed the marriage of the bridal
pair, the mother blessing them So ferveHtly
with her deep bass voice that all present
We're more startled than touched.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-03-26
How Statuary is Made.

But little is known of the art of sculp-
ture Ey the masses in this, or, indeed, any
country. The first thing the sculptor does
is t" model or fashion the figure in clay
He first builds Il skeleton of iron, and then
puts the clay upon it, and adds or takes off
until the work is completed. lie then
transfers the model, or reproduces it in
plaster of Paris. This is done by covering
the clay with liquid plaster to the depth of
about one and half inches, more or less.
according to the size Of the medel-a life
sized picture would require the plaster to
be laid on at least three inches in depth
The plaster is then allowed to become
perfectly hard, or to set, as it is called
The clay is then taken out, and the plaster
will lie found TO be mould in which to
cast the fac-simile of the original model
An additional quantity Of plaster is then
mixed with water and poured into the new
made mould: in thirty or forty minutes it
will become set and hard. The mould is
tLen taken or cnt off by means of knives
or chisselS.
The next thing is the process of cutting
the head or figure in marble. This is en-
tirely mechanical, and is accomplished by
measuring instruments, called pointed
machines. They are so arranged as to give
the exact distances points. depths, widths,
and lengthS of every part of head or fig
urc; these are pointed t. or measured on
the marble block, and the workman cuts to
hair, according to measure, and mathe-
matically certain. Doing a bust in marble
is simply mechanical; originating in the
clay model is the work of the artist. The
process of repro ducing works in plaster is
carried on in New York very extensively.