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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-11-10
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w. d. Jones. Esq, ASSESSOR 4th Digtric
Raleigh, n. @.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23
Sumner.

Tho following resolutions have been
introduced in the Massachusetts, Senate:
"Resolved, that every invasion by Il
department of the Government, of the
prerogatiye Of another, tends to defeat
the fundamental end of all constitutional
government-that it shall be a govern
ment of laws, and not of men.
''Rcsolved, That the people of Massa-
chusetts have seen with alarm the recent
attempt, u~nhappily successful, by the
President of the United States, not off
cially proclaimed, but notorious and
avowed by its supporters, to dictate the
organization and appointment of the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate of the United States.
"Resolved, That the acquiesence of the
Senate in the dictation of the Executive
Of the appointment of the Committee on
Foreign Relations, implies a s~ubseryien-
cy which disqualifies that branch for the
independent performance of its consti-
tutional duties, to supervise nominations
and treaties laid before the Senate by
the President, and threatens the removal
of u great bulwark against Executive
usurpation." Y u
The Union and American says the re-
moval of Mr.. Sumner will accomplish a
great good for republican government
if it should thoroughly arouse the peo-
pie of the country to the frequent and
.palpable invasions of one department of
the government of the prerogative ofan-
other. We shall be especially gratiied
to learn that the Legislature of Massa-
chusetts has proclaimed that such inva-
'sions "tend to defeat the fundamental
end Of all constitutional government
that it shall be q government of laws and
not Of men" 1t is highly gratifying to
know that even a portion Of the people
Of Massachusetts have seen with alarm
any attempt to violate this fundamental
principle Of constitutional government.
We hope that the alarm will extend until
it reaches not only every citizen Of Mas
sachusetts, but of all New England and
indeed OF all the Northern and Western
States. Continue to sound the alarm.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23
Buffers KuKlux Bill,

The New York Times in speaking of
this bill, calls it comparatively moder-
ate" The New York Evening Post, an
other Republican paper, speaks Of it in
a very different tone. 1t says:
Why not re-enact the old Norman
curfew law at once?
The laws of Draco, it will be seen,
never approached this in ~atrocity for
V Draco never proposed to kill any
person not guilty of any offence, or to
make constructive guilt out of circum-
stances which might easily be consistent
with innocence. Many of the crimes set
down in this bill would be the natural
consequence of peaceable citizens eff
fort to keep the peace, and to protect
himself or his neighbors from trouble.
The attempt to enforce such a law as
this would make a Mexico of our
try at once.
The bill would repeal the Con-
stitution of the United States, and revo-
lutionize our whole system of govern
ment.
= = 1t makes certain offenses pun
ishable by a different tribunal, and with
incomparably greater severity in Louis
lana than in Massachusetts, Congress
has no more power to do this than it has
to make different sets of customs or tax
laws for different States, But again, the
whole subject is one. over which Con-
gress has no jurisdiction, There is not
a line in the Constitution to authorize
the general government to maintain civil
order in the States. 4 +. 4
If such an act We're passed, tending to
Interfere with civil order, to disturb the
authorities of the peace, establishing
commissioners" in every county who
wrest his prisoners from the Sheriff and
stop his process, what would be the duty
of the State officers? Plainly to resist
such men at all hazards Were it at
tempted in New York or Massachusetts,,
the army and navy of the Unitod States
could not enforce such o bill for an hour.
The law-abiding mind and conscience of
every free citizen would sustain the con-
stitution and the principles of free gov
ernment against the usurpation /; and
this new rebellion against the Union,
though expressed in an act of Congress
and sustained by an Administration at
Washington, should be put down as res
olutely as was the last.
Let the Republican party in Congress
take warning before it is too late, The
election of yesterday in New Hampshire
is believed by the Democrats to indicate
that their time is coming. If this bill is
passed, it will come with the certainty of
the doom that always falls ON madness
in power.
This is the bill which Horace May
nard, B. +. Butler and r. r. Butler, have
been endeavoring to have passed before
the adjournment of the present session
OF Congress.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23
The New HamDShire Election.


The result of the New Hampshire cleo
ton, is q timely rebuke to President
Grant and the leaders of the Republican
party. 1t is the first manifestation by
the people of their aversion to the San
Domingo speculation, and is a vindica-
ton of Constitutional government as OPP
posed to personal II despotic rule, which
Grant appears to think is the way to
govern o country. In other words, the
people Of the United States are not dis
posed to submit to dictation, and have
thus informed Mr.. Grant that he is not
now in command Of al army with des-
potic power, but is simply the chief SER
want Of the people. ..t.
1t is not likely that he will take the
hint, for he certainly belongs to the
Bourbons, in that he is incapable Of
learning or forgetting anything. The
majority of the Republican party con-
,tinue to support him, and will probably
re-nominate him, which ensures the sue
cess Of the Democratic party, if the
leaders can squelch the Bourboni on
their side. rs,1 rs
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Voters Read !

On Manday of last week, Mr.. Hale,
Rad Of Maine, offered the following
in the House of Representatives.
Be it resolved, by the Senate and
House of Representatives, That from
and after the passage of this act salt shall
be placed on the free list, and no further
import shall be collected on the same.
The resolution was carried, every
member Of the Tennessee Delegation
EXCEPT HORACE MAYNARD, vo-
ting for its passage! Let every voter
i'll this district bear in mind that Hor-
ace Maynard, recreant to the interests
OF his constituents, voted against remov-
ing the tax from salt, and il he ever
again comes before them asking their
suffrage, salt him down.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

The chief object of the present session
of the Forty-socOnd Congress being, ac-
cording to the President tho passage of
the Ku Klux bill, we see the usual ma
chinery put in operation to produce evil
donce Of its necessity. The outrage
mill again grinds furiously, and some of
its grists have already been placed on
the Northern market. The reliable 10y
alist of Columbia, South Carolina, is first
on hand with a terrible story of lawless-
ness, rape and murder, and his less
prompt cOllaboratcurs at other points
South will soOn have their tales i'll readi-
ness to send along. Before we have
time to arrive ut the truth of these mat
tiers, it is probable that the bill which
President Grant desires to aid his per
sonal political ambition will be passed,
and then we shall have a relief from
these narrowing tictions. The Ku Klux
seem to have an acute appreciation of
the necessities of the Republican party,
arising in their fury to slay some unfor-
tunato negro at the very time when the
tagging patriotism of Congressman re-
quircs a spur, and retiring as quickly
when that purpose is gained.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

IT is stated by Republican Congress-
men, who profess to know, that before
the adjournment of Congress the Presi-
dent will send in a special message ask
ing for an appropriation of one million
and u half of dollars, to be placed in his
hands, to be used with discretionary pow
er, in the event that a treaty for the an
nexation Of San Domingo is made and
ratified by the Senate i'll an extra session
Of that body, to be convened to consider
it. As Congress will adjourn to Deem
Der, the President it is alleged, deems an
appropriation necessary to fulfill the
probable terms of a probable treaty.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

The English Government has given
an order to the Colt Patent Firearms
Company, OF Hartford, for sixty batter
les Of mitrailleuses or Gatling guns, four
hundred guns mall. The death-dealing
power of each battery Mt ranges of from
two hundred to one thousand yards
will be nine hundred u minute but at
close quarters, firing ON infantry, a bat
terry would shoot twelve hundred men u
minute. These guns when completed,
will form a new and special branch of
the Royal Artillery of England, the bat
teries being distinct from those Of field
pieces.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

0SEof our exchanges gives a most
truthful portrayal Of Grants administra-
ton, when il says that thus far it has
been noted for nothing remarkable save
the maintainance of tax laws; military
rule at the ballot boxes; interference
with the rights Of States corruption of
officials grants of public domain to
"land-grabbers )" refusal to pass laws
for the restoration of the commercial
prosperity of the country, and petty po-
ltical intriguing for his denomination.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

The storm on the 18th caused serious
damage to the Mississippi Central Rail-
road between Water Valley and Jack
son, Tennessee, The Memphis and
Charleston Railroad was submerged be-
tween Pocahontas and Corinth and
through travel suspended. The Mem
phis and Louisville Road was washed
away at Big Sandy, The Memphis and
Little Rock Railroad was submerged
between Memphis and Madison. Owing
to the flood in the Mississippi, all the low
lands have been submerged by the
freshet.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

How the fight goes ex-senator Sum
ner offered a protest from certain eXiled
D%ominicans pleading against annexation,
but he was not allowed to read it!
Sumner is to be bottled up IS Butler
was, it seems.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

TIE New York Tribune dcnounces as
Qualification" any attempt to hold State
elections at a time when there can be no
preteXt for Federal interference with
them. The Philadelphia North Ameri-
can (RadicaD is decidedly in favor of
the change. The doctors" don't agree.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

In the House Of Representatives Mr..
Cox spoke of that lamentable lamenta-
ZIONIST, Anthracite Kelly, of Philadel-
phin, as a jeremiah. And he told the
League Island READ estate agent that
there was a "balm in Gilead" in the
shNDe OF conl.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

Hon. ALEX. LONG, a prominent Ohio
Democratic politician, in Il recent CON
yersation with a New York Sun reporter,
expressed the opinion that Chase would
be the next Democratic standard bearer
for the Presidency, and that he would
ewalk oyer the track"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

OSE of our Radical exchanges printed
on the 18th inst, has an article headed,
"Roading for honest Democrats" 1t
might have repeated this heading over
its New Hampshire news on the morning
of the 18th.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

In delivering his funeral discourse
over the dead body of Radicalism, Wen
dell Phillips says ofthat party:
"Of course, when a party becomes
merely Il ring to divide the spoils, it
touches its downfall. 1t is sad TO think
that the power of a great party should
have fallen into the hands Of such low,
mercenary selishness."
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23
TnE Cincinnati Commercial. says :

LIE cincinnati Commercial, says /:
Senator Morton and Sherman are on
the wrong track, in trying to bolster up
the President. He is not a political nc-
cessity. He is played out and must not
be thought OF as a candidate for r~e-elec-
ton. The thing to do with him is to
shove him upon u side track.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

CONNECTICUT boasts of thirty-three
widows of revolutionary soldiers, while,
strange Us it may appear, there IRE but
twcnty-ono widows Of soldiers ofthe war
with Great Britain in 1912 and the Flor
ida and Mexican wars altogether.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

A BILL, authorizing an issue of three
hundred and ifty-iye thousand dollars
in bonds by the State, payable in thirty
years, for the purpose of building loyees
has passed the Arkansas Legislature.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

The London Conference has settled
the Eastern question. England has now
no serious outside matters ON hand with
the exception Of the questions unsettled
with the United States.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

WENDELL PHILLIPS says:
whether Grant will consent torun on
n Democratic ticket is of course uncer-
tlin. Probably he does not knew him
self yet"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23
Paris.

The troubles which have been feared,
haveiappoared in an appalling form IN
Paris What the end will be, no mortal
a foretell /; but we hope that out Of
the present will come brighter and
better days Tor poor, stricken France.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

Or the ninety-one members and Off
GERS OF the Arkansas Legislature, but
eight were born in that State Mem
phis Appeal,
1t would be better for the most of
them if they had never been born.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

TIE Arkansas Legislature has passed
a bill, providing for an Assistant Com
missioner Of immigration, who shall
travel North and induce colored Immi-
grafton to the State.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

ARKANSAS has a Senator White who is
q black Senator.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

A NARROW gauge railroad is in contem-
plntion from Sparta to intersect with the
Tennessee and Pacific Railroad ut Leba-
non 1t is supposed that it can be COM
mcnced during the present year.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

The Boston Transcript says general
Disgust may do the work for the Repub-
LEANS which General Apathy did for the
Wings.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

A MASSACHUSETTS, paper is trying to
decide whether the Republican caucus
in Congress committed murder or sui
eide.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

WENDELL PHILLIPS declares that "the
thirty-threo Republicans who last week
removed Nh. Sumnerfro his post, elect
ed II Democratic President for 1872"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

DEPUTY Commissioner Douglass is
spoken of to succeed DIR. Van Arnam us
Commissioners of Pensions.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

Tn Cincinnati Commercial pertinent
~ asks. lis the New York Tribune a
Republican newspapers"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

The New York Leader puts down the
Dent aud Grant Relatives under the head
Of opreferrel stocks"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23
Louisiana.

New ORLEANS, March 20.-The steam
boat Rose Franks, with a cargo of seven
hundred bales of cotton, burned at Turn
BULBS Island. No lives we're lost. The
cargo is u total loss.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23
Mexico.

Latest Mexican advices indicate eleven
majority against Juarez in the organiza-
tiOn of the extra session of Congress.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

NV YoRx proposes to build a grated
museam of art at a cost of 81, O00,0 00, n
great part of which is already subscribed,
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

THR Washington Star says Largo
type isn't necessary in advertising,
Blind felix's don't read newspapers"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23
Congressional,
WAsHNGroN, March 2.
HOUSE.


HOUSE.
Butler got his Kuklux bill in. 1t is to
be referred to the judiciary Committee
when appointed. This buries it.
The reading Of the bill occupied three
quarters Of an hour.
Many bills were introduced, including
two amnesty bills.
The resolution of the Senate was amen
ded, making the Committee seven Sena-
tors and fourteen members, to report at
the next or any subsequent session. The
vote stood, q to 60.
Tho concurrent resolution to adjourn on
the 23d passed.
SENATE.
Bayard spoke all day. The Committee
on Elections reported in favor of seating
GOldthwaito and Blodgett and consider
their claims hereafter. No action was
taken.
The Senate is discussing the Kuklux.
The Committee on Elections agreed, by
a vote of four to two, to seat BlOdgett and
GOldthwaite upon prima facia and their
me i will be considered hereafter. Hill
and Thurman Of the Committee will OBJ
ject to seating Blodgett when the question
IN up in the Senate.
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SENATE.
North Carolina.

RALEIGH, March 2O.-The Neuse River
Paper Mills were destroyed last night.
Loss $4,000; insured for $4,000. 1t was
the work of an i~ncendiary.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

The Missouri Democrat thinks it is
quite certain that Congress will, at the
earliest moment, move toward the con-
struction of the Darien Ship Canal, and
gives notice that with this action the
Representatives from the Mississippi Val
ley must, and doubtless will, insist upon
the opening of the Gulf Coast Canal also
at Government expense.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23

A LATE Washington dispatch says that
the President has positively decided to
cut off the heads of Doctor Van Arnam,
Commissioner of Pensions, and Judge
Otto, Assistant Secretary of the Inte-
rior. ueG ,eAaf ddi3 s4 ~ aG'ir
SO it seems the poor, prosecuted and
much wronged patriot Roderick Ran
dom Butler, has u controlling influence
with our gifted President I ii,I an H
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23
Atlanta Markets..

Reported by STEPHENS, FLYNN Il CO., Cen
eral Commission Merchants, Forsyth Street,
Atlanta, Ga,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-23
Ladies, take Particular kOIics.
The Real Velpau Female Pills !!
WARRANTED EEkkCH.

These Pills, so celebrated many years ago IN
Paris for the -elisf of fem ale Irregularities. and
afterwards for their criminal en- lOy ment In tn,
praetioe OF abortion are nov offered for sale for
the frs. time in America. They have been kept
in comparative obscurity from the fact that the
origin Ator, DR.. Velpau, 80 3 PHI stefan in Paris
of great wealth and has striot prin-
ciples and has withheld them from general uss
lest they should be employed for unlawful par
poses
In overcoming Female Distractions, Falling
Of the Womb, hites, Green Sickness, suppres-
sion, Retention, or Immoderate Flow Of the
Monthly Discharges, Nervous and Spinal Aztec
tions, Pains In the Back aud Limbs, Fatigue on
slight exertion. Palpitatiop Of the Heart, Hys-
tsrios, &c., and will effect cure when all OF her
means have failed; and, although q powerful
remedy, do not eoutain calomel, antimt ny, or
spything hurtful TO the constitution
To married ladies and young girls who have
never been regulated, they are peculiarly suited.
They WILL in short time, bring on the monthly
period with regularity
CAurIos. Married Ladies should never AXE
them when there Ia any reason TO believe them
selves pregnant, for they will be sure toprodue'
niscarrisge.
Ladies can procure box. sealed from the eye,
ofthe curious, by enclosing one dollar, and sis
postage stamps Co d W. MAC0kBER, General
Agent for United States and Canadas, at Albany
L. r. or Of sathsrissd Agent. nys4dviy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-23

Firss-sn early opportunity to choose
new municipal officers.
Sscond-On the part Of the Msyor nors
complete control over aud responsibility for
his own appointments.
Third-ths liability Of the Mayor of this
aud ell other CITIES in the State to be re
moved BY the Governor, upon proof Of
malfessnOe in Office, the same ss shsrias
now are.
Fourth-elections for oil city officers in
the spring Of the year, when city politics
can be separated from National or State
politics.
Fihh-publicity of oil accounts at all
terms-sud monthly statements published
in the papers.
The Republican convention denounced
fraud, ercept in their Orn party-bta pro
posed no remedy.
The Democratic convention denounced
fraud cheerer found, and proposed a
remedy.
The Republicans seem only to desire to
make political capital.
The Democrats seem only desiriobs to
end out and punish the guilty parties, and
prevent frauds in the future.
No frauds are committed except under
Repu blicau legislation, whereby frauds are
made easy.
As soon as the Democratic party gel
power they ought to wipe out such legisla.
ton and render fraud impossible,
The reform Democrats in this city ar,
now the regular party under the resolution
Of their State Convention, aud are organic
Jag everywhere for vigrsus eAmpaiga
Col. DAbforth made an excellent speech to
rousing outdoor Reform Democratic meet
log, corner Of Washington square, las
night The assembly district in which b,
lives The TIL is the largest in New York
He might have had the nomination if b,
would accept it-tut he would accept n
ofhce-only q chance to work fer reform
Such in brief is The history an
present state Of political affairs in thi
city aud State, a. know frou
having formerly been q resident of Ii
state And convsrsAnt with It's political hi,
tory, and from What have learned sine
coming here A. this time and talking " 4
leaders on both sides. have merely give
the leading points, - they must have gres
influence with the party in every wester
state, AMI that Democrats may have thts
points to answer those sneAks who TO cove
the thisvings of Grants pets, shipper ''ho
about TammAny?" This is how Abot
TAmmAny. TSmmSny is told by the Den
ocrGtic party to get out Of the way vi
Grants pets can steal their cool half mi
ions and then 90 into the Republic N Sta
Convention, smash noses, mAngl and mi.
howl and bawl aid route the c. nysn,;on =,
net single republican page li,ps word
censure-poor crawling wre,cbes-po
slaves TO fast masters 'salsry or a collec.O
perquisIies
Bot to change the subject and still
psrsoua., we lear from some of the lesdi
stationery and book dealers that our fell,
r HWNsnHp. Walter S. Gates, has been he
E and purchased large and extensive 1t,
& OF soods-hrst class and very cheap, and
= Illustrate his design III surprising hiS pAtrC
, with the largest stock ever brought to Re
E Island We couldn't help telling 1t. Wea
E learn that Epstein 1t Bro. the Harl
i House jewellers, purchased q ten thouss
4 dollar stock here last weey. AS short lett
\ are Ike short visits and end best when Il
2 end without ceremony, ! will say
su Rev0ir
j 5. D
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-23
E1IDrCAL.
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Sperm atOrrhsa. Seminal Weakness, Night
Emissions, Loss of Memory, Univsrss' LaIsi-
tude, Pain, in the Back Dimness of Vision.
Premature Old Age, Weak Nerves, D fscult
Breathing, Pale COuntsnAnce, Insanity, Con
quence ofyouthfal indiscretions.
SA- This medicine has bear used in our prac-
tice for many ears, and with thousands treat
ed, il has not failed in single instance.
eS> zach package Of Vegetable Cure is wrap
ped in uitramar blue paper, printed In gold
letters, and contains one bottle filled with Su-
gsr-costed Pills. and one vial Of Medicated
Powders, Sufficient TO make One-half pint Of in
ieaiicn and one Syringe