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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-03-10

enormous odds, and nothing but tho high
est skill could have enabled us to continue
the struggle as long rs we did. While
deeply sympathizing with the ml6fortunes
of France, the Southern people mny wen
be pardoned feeling OF pride "noH
thew contrast their achievements anu con
stancy during four long ytars, Win 'ht
rapid and terrible collapse OF the frehon
after only seven months OF war.
The world knows the history OF our sJruG
ole our almost hopeless nunerical III
ferioritv at the etart our deficiency III
manufactures. and especially III those that
supply the material of war our helpless
ness on the water our terrible isolation
| from that Europe which furnlehed oul
enemies with numberlos9 soldiers and
bounllcss resources. Yet, against all these
odds VIC persevered, and were more than
once on the verge Of success. Ii VIC Tel
at last, we beqQcathod TO history LONG
list of glorious victories and lllustrlous
names. We suffered no great or shameful
disasters like Sedan or Metz and when
the final surrender came, 1t was that OF d
handful Of starving, yet undaunted vote
rams, who, as their fearless chief said at the
time, would all have died then and there,
before submitting to dishonorable condi-
tons.
But alas for poor France In this war
Of seven months, not a single bright page
TO inscribe in her annals. Not single
great name TO hand down to posterlty.-
Nothing but paralleled disasters not I'M
mingled with shame. In that briefspace,
from O powerful nation, unsurpassed by
any other in oil the elements OF might,
she has come down from her high position
to "a secondary rank, ravaged, Remembered,
bepoared. Inundated and rnined-not for
want of men, or courage, or money, or war
material, but for want Of talent and en-
orgy in der leaders. It was fair match be-
tween her and her antagonist ; yet, seven
months suf1iced TO PROSTATE her so utterly
that she must submit or be entirely con-
uuered, while we resisted for four years an
enemy at least len times Cur strength,
counting his resources as we'll as his num-
bers. We may, therefore, be Justly proud
of our deeds, of our men, Of our leaders, OF
our Southern land, when we compare our
war with ally Other recorded i'll the annals
of History.
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their face, they do not look Sc. We do
think that the present Beard 1honld have
entered their protest against the loose and
unsatisfactory manner III which the ae-
counts of their predeces sors were kept,
and they ought never to have asked to tax
the people without having protected them
selves by an exhibit of the manner in
which the Indebtedness Of the county had
been incurrgl, and to whom the bonds
had been sold aud at what prices. We
are told that many county officials and
other Office holders were the purchasers of
these bOnde, or hold tuem IA collaterals
for money loaned at txhorbitaut rates.
We are eh.iiled to he information asked
for Ill the letter. and We do not tbiuk our
members should vote TO tax the people of
New Hanover one cent until this infcrma-
ton IS given. f.
These expenses were outrageous Our
people desire to know if they were honest
At least the mistaken leniency, if not Gull
pable partiality, Of the present Board to-
wards their predecessors should not be
sanctioned by legislative enactment
Ii we are to foot the bill, give us the poor
satisfaction of knowing what we pay for
and to whom we pay it. IF these debts
were Improperly contracted. ought we to
be taxed to pay for them-at least that
portion due to the officials who were
parties to the wrong?
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The Lessons OF wan.

A Versailles correspondent stataB that
Gen. Won Moltke being appealed to IL
connection with come disputed point in
our own late war, replied "I know moth
ing about the American civil war. l have
purposely kept myself ignorant upon that
subject because there was nothing to be
learned from il. War Is q science, and any
record of the mere gcrambling Of two
armed 4nobs can only produce confusion
in the mind"
We do not believe ono single word OF
this statement Gen. Won Moltke has
shown too much ability to be the absurd
pedant which such reply would Indicate.
We believe, on the contrary, that one Of
the causes of the superiority OF the Prus
slams is, that the leaders OF their armies
did study the history of our war, and the
changes which have been rendered neces-
sary in tactics by the Improvement IN ar
tillery and small arms. No great war can
take place in this age of numberless new
inventions, without teaching many valu-
able lessons to those who are wise enough
30 profit by them. One, at least, of the
causes Of the defeat of the French, is their
clinging to routine, instead Of adopting t he
improvements introduced in other armies
and profting by their experience. AS an
illustration of this, look at the widely diff
ferent usage made of their cavalry by the
coptending armies. Although operating
in a country much better fitted than ours
for cavalry operations, we hear very little
of the Prussian cavalry on the battle field
The Prussian Generals understood that
great cavalry charges against infantry
armed with long range, breech.loading,
sef-priming arms, are henceforth lmpos-
sible ; and they used their cavalry as Stu
art and Forrest, Stoneman and GrierS0n
nsed theirs in our war. The French, on
the contrary, clinging to old traditions,
utterly sacrificed their magnificent cuiras-
siers by rashly and foolishly launching
them against the Prussian infantry at the
beginning of the war. Afterwards, they
had not single officer capable of employ
ing their cavalry to advantage in its proper
sphere and the world has been amazed
at seeing the Prussian armies using hun
dreds of miles of French railways TO tran
sport their troops, their supplies, their am
munition and even their siege guns, with
out any interruption, and as regularly as
If they had been in their own country.
Had the French possessed single officer
like Hampton. Morgan, Mosby or others
who might be named, such as Sheridan,
Gustav, &c., in the Northern armies, the
siege Of Paris might not have been com.
menced even now. A few thousand cavalry
In two or three columns, skilfully handled,
in their own country, ought to have kept
The Prussian communications continually
cut at some point or other.
80 far from being "the mere scrambline
OF two armed mobs," we assert that oul
war is more fruitful in profitable lesson
than any other has been since the fall O
she Frst Empire, for We had against III
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vs. ConteIand's Speech.

We have read with much interest the
abla and eloquent speech of MIR. COM
GLAND in opening the case for the respon'
dent in the Impeachment trial. we pun,
l;sh elsewhere short extract from the Pc,
roration, in which he pays tribute 70
North Carolina. In the great ability Close
rasearch and burning eloquence Win
which the speech is characterized we can
well overlook the zeal of the oounsel anu
the feryor of ihe Individual IN MS lou
hiehly-wrought panegyrics upon the VIZ
tines and deeds of his client.
We trust, not only on account Oh Ito nl1
torical value, but of the ability win WINCH
the trial has been conducted on both slooS'
that some enterprising publisher wiz pro,
duce it for preservation in the public emu
private libraries of the country. The behcn
and bar of North Carolina have sunef0o 4
much in the past by the want OF lull An''
correct reports of leading trials. we nope
an exception will be made in this case
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They moved articles of impeachment
against hin, for alleged nisdemeanor in
ousting certain members of the Senate
who had beeo illegally elected. The liberal
Republicana and Democrats now united
! iii impeacbing Gov. Clayton. aud also the
Chief Justice, Mcclure. WHO was a tool
for Clayton. whom he had recently APP
pointed to snbservo bis interests in this
controversy. The Governor Is charged III
the articles of impeachment with consplr-
! ing with Mcclure to effect the renewal of
Lheut.-Goy. johnson; with encouraging
fraud In the election Of Legislators, and
with accepting brides from several rail-
road companies.
| This is the present attitude Of affairs.
Clayton has not formally accepted tie Sen
atorship, and still holds the Office of Gov
ernor, having cntrenched himself III the
Executive cham Der, with IL body of militia
| to guard and protect him. TIE Iieuten-
ant Governor Threatens. but so far moth
! ing more, to move force against force.
The Senate, which is III CiaytOn'a interest
refuses to have quorum ut any time, so
that i'm reac hment cannot be prosecuted.
| The Chief Justice still sits defantly upon
the bench The blood of the gladiators Is
ND, and bay onets arc bristling in the arena.
The President. has directed the military
commandment to be prepared fer the worst
contingency. And this is the republican
form Of government which Radicalism
guarantees to Reconstruction.
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TUIRTIETTI DAY.
IiIIItI1EIA OAl,
SENATE CHAMBER, March 6, 1871

SENATE CHAMBER, March q, 1871.
James E. Boyd, witness for the re-
spondent, again on the stand.
IF the question was put to me by the
Chief-Justice, last summer, relative to Ste.
ven's murder, did not understand it OF
I should not have answered "no." at thai
time I knew what stated Saturday. Mr.
Long left the county soon after Kirk came
there, and returned last December. Soon
after his return L had q talk with him
during which we REQUIRED to the CONVEX
sation we had before. relative to this mat
ter, and he did not dissent to what said,
though don't recollect what he said.
L would not regard the oath took as q
member of the White Brotherhood as
binding against an oath I should take in
court, against member I would not
have been controlled by the oath of the
order when in court.
Jack Guy, colored, a witness for the re.
spondent, testified to having been whip
ped twice by disguised men, once ABOUT
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County Fin8 noes.

In January last. shortly after the intro
duction OF a bill into the Legislature by
Mr. French, ono Of the members from
New Hanover, authorizing tho Board of
County Commissioners TO levy speeds
tax of thirty thousand dollars to provide
for the indebtedness Of the county, at the
suggestion ana request Of several large
Taxpayers, We addressed the following let
ter to the Chairman OF the Board of Com
siOner3
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ImDeachment of Judge Jones.

Tn the House. on last Saturday, as WAL
be seen by q reference to our L2glSlatiYe
proceedings, Mr.. Justice, OF hutherlor0
(Repubican) introduced hesolu'ioA'
raising a Committee Of three, to enquire
into the charges against E. ". Jones (the
Jav Bird made in last Thursdays issue Oh
the Tarboro SomfeY7er. Tho following IS
the article referred to, tho facts IN winch
are vouched for as from trustworthy ana
reliable source :
NORTH CAROLINA, JUSTICES I".iI' Mona.
Washington County. Before NJ q. McN"-
"se mara, J. 7.
The State upon the relation Of Sarah Ilghmah'
colored.
z. W. Jones, Judge End Judicial District.
The complaint in this case alleges that SaEan
Tilghman WAS sent for to the Defendants resi-
dence, in the Town of Plymouth, on fF1u@y' LIS
18th inst, about o clock. T. NJ
She found the defendant at home ana muGn
intoxicated. He asked her to spend 1he hl6nt
there, and an arrangement was e10cteu oo'"o0n
Finding him too drunk, the plaintiff refused to
stay, and attempted to leave the room WheIC-
upon he threw her upon his bed, struck her
several violent blows upon her head and person,
and choked her 80 that for tlmo she lost I'll
Upon reyiving she resisted his importuuiti- 6,
when he drew his pistol and presented IT. threat
ening her life.
To aid her escape she cried out that the sheriff
was at the door, which, in his alarm. he opened
and she fed from his promises. In the nasty
fight she left upon the gate portions OF her
dress, the same being present from his hon
or" for former like services. .
These facts were distinctly repeated by wit
ness upon her direct examination.
The defendant conducted the cross eXamlna-
ton in person and was unable to vary or CON
tradict the above statement. Ho finally asked
these questions
We're you at ball on Thnr2daJ night last,
given at the residence Of Mrs. -, Colored:
Answer was.
Question-Were you escorted home from the
ball arm in arm 10y Mr.. Justice McNamara, and
did you spend the night with him
Before the answer in the Affirmative had quit
escaped the witness, the Justice ruled that tue
testimony was irrelevant, whereupon the defend-
ant urged it's pertinacity to show the character
of witness. The Justice ruled otherwise. and
excluded the testimony.
Whereupon judgment was rendered that the
defendant give bond in the penalty of five hum
dred dollars for his appearance at the next term
of his own court, to be held at Plymouth on
Monday, the Goth instant, and i'll confederation
Of his high judicial position, and his exceeding
inebriate condition, that he have until 10 O'Clock
on Monday, the goth instant. to find surety
18th February, 10 r. N.
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OFFICE Or JHE JOURNAL.
I q o . I 81 1

BtR--The Introduction Of bill into the O.
gisIature by Mr.. French, said TO lie ar your re-
quest, authorizing the Board Of County Commits
sioners to levy special tax OF thirty thousand
dollars uron the real estate of the county, has
caused the indebtedness Of tn county to he the
subject of great interest Hcvcrai tax pa yers,
largely interested IL this matter, have made The
following inquiries Of me. viz:
What is tho total indebted uess Of the county,
aud what proportion CT it is funded
Ii funded ia The bonds of tho county, who are
the purchasers and at what prices
Did the late Board of County COmmiesiO' 9rs
submit proper itcmized account Of receipts aud
expenditures during their term Of Office, and
cause il to lee posted in accordance with law
per to seek information through You. If the &C.
count of the late Board had been made out in
full, can l be furnished with cory thereof:
Worry ReSnf ctfN}l Z.
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$1C4.8l0.16

All OF tnoSo items are enormously high,
and if the expenditures were honest and
necessary, it shows beyond question that
il is impossible to keep up our present
county government without bankrupting
our people. It will be seen that these
actual disbursements, to say nothing Of
accounts unpaid, cover only space of
twenty five and q half months. During
this time, as heavily as our people were
taxed, the receipts from this source were
only $50, 2O7 81, not quite one-AaZf Of the
actual Disbursements.
An inspection Of some of these items
will prove interesting. Under the head of
stationery is included 1!ercn dollars and
trenty cents as subscription to tie RazeiqA
Standard. The County Commissioners,
themselves, cost the county S., 867 40.
Under tho old County Court system the
cost would have been but little over one
thousand dollars. We pay So, 754 OF for
taking the tax list for two years. Five
hundred dollars would have been liberal
allowance under the old system. We
direct attention to the amounts paid for
Fees, Special Court, Witness and Juror
tickets, Bonds, the Work, Poor and Court
Houses, and the County Jail.
Two items in this account strike us as
peculiar, but characteristic of the times
and the 'party of progress. It will be
seen that only two hundred and fourteen
dollars and seventy-fve cents are paid out
as school funds, yet, during the same time,
salary of t,e0 hundred and .Jfly-tro dollars
was paid the School Examiner, General
Rutherford, actually more than the whole
amount spent fer teachers, school houses,
books, and the other expenses of carrying
on these schools.
These expenses may be all very correct
and necessary, but we submit that, upon
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Joe. :. ENGEfuARD

4 reply was received the following day,
signed by the Clerk, acknowledging the
reception OF the letter aud stating " that
the desired information would be furnish
ed at an early day" We have thus far
waited in vain, although VIC have made
verbal application for tho information de
sired. rs tho close Of tho session of the
Legislature il fast approaching, and our
members must ACT upon the bill now be-
fore them, we propose to state, ~ far as
our limited Information enables us, some
thing III regard to the inGebtodnees Of the
County.
The following itcln3 embrace, far as
we can learn, tho disbursements of the
late Board Of County COMMISSIONER, from
July 18th, 1868. to September LIST, 1870
We Bay Disbursements, for we understand
that this sum Of more than one hundred
thousand dollars did not cover all of their
expenditures, but that tue preuont Board
are still engaged i'll paying debts contract
cd Ivy the fotmtr.
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three years ago, another timo about che
month after. [ was whipped the worst
sort, called it.
A number Of other witnctes wore called
but their testimony was unimrOrtant.
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Work House from sept, l6tS. 10 AUG,
1870 .......,... ..-,, 5 49, 751 81
Poor House from Sept, 1865, to Aug,
1870 .--.-.... .-.-,.--. 49,. 10728 %
Court House from Bept 1865, to Aug.
1870. -.......... ................ ) AS 81
County jail from sept 1863 10 Aug,
1870. .....--.... ..,-...-. ...,.... 49,. 439742
Coroner from Ecpt., 1868, To Aug,
1870. ...,........, .-,...-.'........+ ACC, )
stationery from Eept., 1863. to Aug,
1870 Including subscription to BAL
elgh Standard $11 20. ..-...-...... 2.207. 81
Registration, Nov, 1868. tn Sept 1869 $50 81
County commissioners, sept, 1858, to
Aug 1916, .'.............,.. 3,s67.40
Bridges Sept, 1868, to May, 1870. 49,. 859, 25
Crininsl Court, Sept, 1868 .,........ 277.77
Special Court, Oct, 1868, to April, 1870 1913 Is
County buildings, Oct. 1868. ......... 1880
School Funds. Nov 1868, to May, 1869. 2l4 IS
fees Sept, 1863, to Aug, 1870. 25, 013 81
Township, Jan, 1862 to March. 1863. 213.76
Taxes Identified, Jam, 1869. to Aug,
1868. 12l.2O
to July, 1870 ' " f, - 687 So
Telegraphiug. March, 1869. ...-....... CTS
Bonds, March, 1869. to July, 1 CO. 999S. 40
Taking Tax List, July, 1869, to Aug,
l87O. ................ .............. 3, 754 w
Standard Keeper, July, 1869 ........ 1000
County Examiner, May. 1870. ........ 25200
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Re.olred 6y the Senate and House Of Representd
tires Of The Uaitsd STATES Of AMERICA ~ Congress

Re.olred by the Sesats and House q Represetd'
tires Of The Uaitsd States Of America ~ COn0ress
assembled,
lied TO appoint three commissioners, and also a sec,
rotary, the latter to be versed In the English and
Spanish languages. to proceed TO the Island OF Sar
Domingo, AMI TO such other places. II any, as such
commissioners may deem necessary, and there to
Inquire into. ascertain and report the political state
and condition Of the Republic OF Dominica, the
probable number Of Inhabitants, and the desire and
disposition OF the people Of the said redublic TO be-
come annexed TO and form part OF the people OF the
United States: the physical, mental and moral con
ditlOn Of the sud people, and their general condition
Us to material wealth and industrial capacity; the
resources Of the country; It's mineral and a%gripultu'
raj products: the products uI IT. waters and forests
the general character Of the sou; the extent and
proportion thereof capable OF cultivation; the eli
mate and health Of the country; Its bays, harbOrs
aud rivers: lis general meteorological character, and
the existence and frequency OF remarkable cteoro.
logical phenomenal; the debt OF the Government
aud It's obligations, whether fCnde'. and ascertained
and admitted. or unadiusted ahd under discussion
treaties or engagements with other powers; extent
Of boundaries ami territory - what proportion Il
covered BY foreign claimants or by grants or con
ccssIons, and generally what concessions or fran.
chiSeS have been granted, with the names OF the re-
SpeCtlvc grantees; the terms and conditions on
which the Dominican government may desire TO be
annexed to AMI become part OF the United States Us
one Of tho Territories thereof; such other infOrnla'
ton with respect to the said government or It's ter
r~itOrics us to the said commissioners shall seem dc
sIrable or important with reference TO the future In.
corporation OF tho said DomIcan republic Into the
United States as one of Its Territories.
Sec. .. Aud be II further resolved, That the said
commissioners shall, ~ soon AS conveniently may
be-, report to the President Of the United States, who
shall lay the report be ore Congress.
Sec. 5. And be Il further resolved. That the said
commissioners shall serve without compensation. OK.
cept the payment Of expenses; and the compenSa'
ton Of the secretary shall be By the
Secretary Of State, with the approval Of the PrcSL
dent provided, that nothing In these resolutions
contained shall be held, understood or construed as
committing Congress TO the policy Of ~anneXing the
territory OF said republic Of Dominica.