Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-01-14

there being four oolored men upon it,
made presentment which is highly favor
able to the reputation of the citizens OF
that county, always noted as a law abiding
people. After congratulating the Court
on the peace and good order generally pre-
vailing in the county, the criminal docket
of the Conrt having been disposed of in
two days, the Grand Jurors, on their oath,
go on to say they regret that rumor
and newspaper accounts have gravely mis-
represented the condition of the county !;
that they have diligently inquired, and are
convinced that there is less crime in the
county than at any time since the close Of
the war. No county is more peaceable and
quiet than Chatham that no such state of
lawlessness exists as has been rumored and
published in the papers, and they believe
no man need fear the encroachment of the
lawless i'll the county any more than in
any other county IN the State or the
United States. They say the statement is
false, that the law is not administered in
Chatham, but that her Courts, from the
highest to the lowest. may be sought by
rich and poor, with perfect assurance of
a fair and impartial administration of law
and justice.
Captain J. i. Lee, the intensely Radical
Sheriff Of Wake, who at least ought to
know something of the condition of the
people, not only of his own county, but
those of the adjoining counties of Orange
and Chatham, says, - a recently published
letter on the subject Of lawlessness, as
follows The unsettled condition Of So
ciety following the war, and the injuries
it wrought to our social condition, are fast
passing awey, and people are just as safe
here as IN any Northern STATE"
John Pearce, the Radical Sheriff of Jones
county, another Of the counties under
the ban of the Governors proclamation,
and which has already been honored and
burdened with visit from the loyal mill
tia OF the State, says in a recent letter to
one of the Directors of the North Carolina
Land Company, in regard to immigrants
settling in that section: ''The reports OF
the Ku-Klux outrages here are generally
unfounded. We do not deny that murder
has been done here, but where is the
county that never had murder in il ?"
The Raleigh Standard, as recently SIS the
22d of December, since the bill has been
pending, being one OF the loft days" in
| its erratic political meanderings. ''gen-
eral amnesty and universal suffrage" oc.
casion. says: I'VE need capital in North
Carolina, and capitalists may come to our
State with as much security as they can
visit the different sections of their OWL
country"
| But it is useless to multiply these proofs
from Radical sources of the want of any
necessity or excuse for the passage of the
! War Bill. It has been decreed in the
party caucus and will pass as matter OIL
course It is g violent and illegal effort tC
perpetuate power by tho intimidation O
our people-it is q cloak for the wanto1
abuse OF the privileges and powers which
the Bill itself confers. It will lead &c
trouble if the Governor persists in exer-
cising the questionable authority which j
confers. It will be only source of ridi
cule and derision if the Radicals attemp
by this means to frighten our people
Chinese like, by the furious noise the,
will make, into supporting their diaboli
cal measures and infamous partisans.
l
| BEFORE another year rolls around tn,
earth will be encircled with telegraph
lines. Four links of extended TELEGRAPH
cable connect England with India and tn
Isles of the sea below Further India, an,
now fifth is to be laid from the Straits o
Malacca to Hong Kong. The lines no,
laid are the Falmouth, Gibraltar and Nal
ia ; the Anglo Mediterranean ; the British
Indian Submarine, and British Indian Elk
tension Telegraph Companies. From
station of the latter, cable one thousan,
six hundred and forty miles long will reacl
belted, aud will be virtually 50 when ia
pan is reached. On this cable now pro
posed. there will be station in Cochin
China. Another section proposed, of on
thousand miles in length, will be from
Hong Kong to Shanghai, touching at tn
treaty ports. The Hong Kong section
to cost five hundred and eight thousan
pounds. The capital stock of the compan
is to be paid up by November, 1870, ant
, the cable to be fully laid by June, 1871.
horticultural Society.
SMITHvILLE, Jan. 5, 1870.
MeSsrS. Editors have Just seen tn
communication of Col. Steele in relatio
Al.