Wilmington journal., 1870-07-01
EocElSoHAM. Jane Both, 1870.

Ges;r L,3acnui. --lhe loyal portion of
the people of the happy county Of Rich
mond had representative gathering IN
the Court House 10 -ihy. 1he Fantastic
tricks" played by certain new tledged
statesmen OF that persuasion would not,
perhaps. have maG3 ''hngels weep" but
the exceedingly lndi3ron8 exhibition would
have caused, and d,i canse, some gros8er
spirlta TO indulge in degree OF laughter,
whlciI these aad days "ed0m youchsafe.
Your correspondent was one of the happy
pumber who hari the privilege OF wit
Messing the "pruce0dInga, and admirlng
the wondrona skill Of the wee and learned
AMI pure individuals, who gave character
to the entertainment
At3 l.. nj. the bell was tolied. and about
fifteen white men and twenty yariegated
went into the Court House. The Hon. Il.
4, late the distinguished representative
from this county, was called on TO preside,
doubtless because, ''you understand" OF
his great familiarity with parliamentary
law If they had Secretary e0 ,tonltne, 1
did not See him, but the duties were dis
charged with great self-sutficiency by Hon.
William II. Terry, Register of Deeds, fa-
miliarly known as "Ruzzard Bill twen-
ty dollar Lawyer, and until the breaking
out of the war, pauper, supported at
public expense. Bill moved that he and
eleven others of various huos, report resO-
lutions and make nominations. The
cheer, You understand (his il his pc
culiar phrase). pnt the question thus
"Gentlemen AMI fellow citizens, those in
favor of this eectiOn of the resolutions will
say So by saying l. 1t was agreed to,
and William, with the surname remotely
resembling the Eagle (McSween will Gun
derstand') retired to the Grand Jury room,
with his "fellOws," and there framed his
bill of Indictment against the decency and
intelligence of the county. The "Old
Wagner" who is experimenting the erec-
ton of q large Hotel in Raleigh, for the
accommodation of the "loyal," sat in grim
dignity, waiting for the incubation of the
brainless geese who had gone below,
doubtless calculating the color of the
brood which they would bring up. At
last the self f-appointed bill camo up, blow
ing and bowling and looking exceedingly
wise, and then began to hiss forth the
beauties OF his progeny. lie read several
resolutions, among which was one endorse
ing Holdon's efforts Mt peace. After get
ting throGgh, Gen. Dockery rose and de
nounced the resolutions as worthless and
some OF them rs positively moan, closing
by motion that they lie on the table.
This motion WAS agreed to, much to the
modification of bill and the Cheer, ''you
understand" After awhile, however, the
| Cheer got them up, by parliamentary
proceeding which was new to your CORES
pondent and he thinks entirely unknown,
until the new political dispensation. When
| the Holden resolution was read the Old
Hero spread himself. He denounced him
as the cause of nearly all the mischief in
the State, alleged that his cowardice made
him Imagine evils when mono existed
! that he published intammatory proclama-
I tiOns, based on ms own fears-that he was
in the ring OF thieves, OF which Swepson
and Littletield were types, which had plup-
dered the people and ruined the public
| credit. These, and other grave charges,