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Wilmington journal., 1871-05-19

The frat martyr to the cause OF woman
rights is Bas Bahadoor Moroba, IA HindoO
gentleman of Bombay, Judge OF the Small
Cause Court, and distinguished among Lls
people as q social refcrmer. A Brahmln
of the sacred castle, he Deliberately ex-
communicated himself by advocating the
rights of girls to an education, and OF
widows to marry again. He not only
preached this doctrine, but practiced 1t;
for, being a vidoWer with children, he
took to himself wife from among the
widows. The woman whom he induced
to participate in this breach of the a0cle ut
laws of Brahminism was only twenty-five
years OF age, while he was over fifty
The whole family were Geclared outcasis,
although the father and husband occupied
one of the highest official positions a.
lowed a native. His children by his first
marriage were induced TO bring suits Of a
| most unnatural and vexatious klud aga -
their erring father.
| Tho couple endured social indlgnltleS
and public prosecution for some time,
until st last life became too cruel for
| them ard one morning those who came
to draw water at the broad mo lthed well
in Moroba's garden, found his scarlet tur'
| ban on the parapet: The bodies OF huE-
band and wife were found below, clasped
IN an embrace and boun1 tightly together
with the long neck cloth of the j adge.-
| They had folded their bedclOthes neatly,
put off their slippers and taken the plunge
| together, driven to suicide for practical
| devotion to woman's rights.
Wilmington journal., 1871-05-19
LHE: WELLINGTON JOURNAL
WILMINGTON. N. G..
E8IDAy. MAY 1e. 1871


Dca;aart GRASr hes met with moss
- so;Iure in. his FIRST formal effort TO
r",esn tbe presidential campaign. lie as
,,etcbed his fugleman, General Piess"m'oN'
n Boston. fortified with numerous io.'o'0,
- .oorra tho organization OF the Grana
&c The Republic, favorable to bis
,irotfou, Pleasanton was to be made
?o,esident. who would wield the machinery
of that powerful military -orgao1zat'o'' -
+he interests of GRANT. General Logan
.,rora of the Presidents personal hoshltS
a. himself. and acquainted with his enor'7
through Fitzpatrick to have [-e'"au'on .
,o,do Commander o? the Gfana Af"J'
,rndently withdrew es candidate 1or re-
nIect;on. in favor Of General Barnslde, who
was elected.
To make the defoat OF GEANr more hu
,ri1iatinp. General LOGAN pledged hlmseh
N his remarks to oppose any @ttemP' u
r,nvert the order into political machine
And General Burnside, at the close OF III:
,neech in accepting the election, tool
3eneral LocAH by the hand, and IN the
presence of the Encampment, formally as
tured him Of his sympathy with his ehor'
to nrevent tie conversion of the ORDER lhC'
wire-pulling Institution
The Presidents intrigue, cautiously De
asn. was generally known by the delegate
ond was frowued upon from the start. In
signal rebuke which he received vas as sc
we're as it was deserved.
Wilmington journal., 1871-05-19

Extract Frnm Mr. Phillips Recent speech.
believe the nation stands TO day JUST
where General BDtIer stood In New Or
leans, when he arrested Mumford. There
had not been ....-.
MAN HUNG IN NEW ORLEANS
in ninet en- years. Batter said to himself,
ssTbis is as coed time as any other to
see whether I rule this city Or the gam
bIers role it," His friends told bin he
wouldn't survive Mumford's ext cution elk
hours. But tho defiant spnits of the
South learned tha5 they had a master.
want Grant TO go down into Georgia 10
some ex general. who counts his acres by
thousands, his gold by millions, track hlm
to his lair, arrest him at midnight, try him
a. sunrise ana hang him before surset.
Then you would
NEVER HEAR KU .KLUx
again except in the nursery legends. It is
a state of war, and what is wanted is var
power, and unless VIC have it D mocrat
will enter the White IOuse and y on have
your var 10 fight over again Now, |
don't know whather General Grant will
follow the counsel Of the ableet Ii au IL at
stands near him, and that's the man that
hung Mumtord. Charles Sumner said if
General Grant had put his whole heart
into the Ku-K.ux opposition as he did
INTO the OOnlHSD IuSdSuIO "O
hear no more of IS. As soon as
THE EDWARDS CT CARLoINA
are convinced that Grant is terribly in
earnest the Ku- klux Will be crushed. You
don't need a war. You n ed no more than
| five lives; but these must not be mis- arabie
rubbish, at the foot; We must gtapplc with
the head. (Here man in the audience
called out, The carpet bagger..') L am
much Obliged 10 you for yCur suggestiou.
said the spelker, aud then went Oh TO de
scribe the kind Of carpet-baggers. WHO,
trying honestly 10 live at the South, c,uld
not, and then left, aud the other kind,
who were sharp aud unscsupulous, and
who remained. If the worst class so TO
the South and the best keep away it is the
fault Of the South. The South has made
its cEoios. Let it lie on the bed that it
made. There is greal immediate qUes-
ton IS to whether we are to have II Demo-
cratic Pi iesideut-whether industry goes
Oh or is checked; but in the eld 4 the
RIGHT WILL TRIUMPH,
and young Northern mn will yet carry
the flag to the Gulf have 30 fear OF
the ultimate result to North or South; but
the perii is all the same.
Wilmington journal., 1871-05-19
Assault upo m q Consresaman,

In Washington, Friday evening little
excitement was created on Pennsylvania
avenue, in consequence of an assault made
upon Hon. Daniel W. VOORHEES,, of Indi-
ana, by q man named Hannegan. said to
be q son of ex-senator Hannegan, who
seemed to bs under the influence of liquor.
It appears that Mr.. VOORHEES,, Judge
Hughes, Senator Miller, of Georgia, and
Hannegan were walking on the street,
apparent provocatlon, struck Voorhees, on
the head with a sword cane, doing no
great damage. Mr.. Voorhees, seemed dis
inclined to be drawn into a street fight
with a person in Hannegan's condition,
and the parties separated with remark
from Mr.. V. uncomplimentary to his assail
Washington Star.
Wilmington journal., 1871-05-19
H.n- ;.asasa Ia tie South.

The Il. s 0: the SoaJh by the war find
a melancholy revelation ii tho census re-
turns Of Valuation. Some OF the States
make the following exhibit: "Kentucl&y
loses 1O4 millions, or about 90 per cent. /;
Missi sippi loses 355 millions, or seven
tenths Tennessee loses SO millions, or
nearly 90 per cent; Florida loses 36 mil
lions, or more than one-haIf South Caro-
lipa Ioses 1926 millions, Or nearly two
thirds; Virginia loses 1856 millions, or
nearly two-sevenths. These loses are
from 1860 to 1870"
Tno aggregate loas in the Southei n
States foots up about 1900 millions. A
considerable portion of tois loss Is that
caused by emancipation, which entailed
losses on the individual holders Of slaves.
but without involving waste Of the amount
of wealth in the States The negroes are
still here. The difference is that instead
of being owned by their former masters,
they belong to themselves. Their value,
in the light of public wealth, depend:
upon their work and the amount they
prOdCca.
Wilmington journal., 1871-05-19
The Governors Appeal.

We publish elsewhere. not without some
misgivings, Governor CALDwELLs' procla
nation in the nature of an appeal to the pee
pie of the State. Our hesitancy Is over
come by an appended note from His Ex'
cellenoy requesting all papers IN the
State friendly to the peace, prosperity and
happiness OF the State. to give tue Ap-
peal an insertion. Suoh request has o
much weight with us, in connection with
some very wise suggestions contained IN
the proclamation. that We do not feel at
liberty to Withhold its publication on ac'
count of the evident party spirit in which
| il ia written. The same disposition to ex-
arrerate. to overlook 'all disorders save
those which can be handled in the inter
ests of the Radical psrty-in fact, to give
all political caste. which characterized
the proclamaiions Of ex-Governor Holden,
is plainly manifest in this. In other
words, the appeal" comes rather from
the par tisan than the Governor.
We have never denied the existence OF
crime in North Carolina. nor with
held our efforts to check j.. But we do
deny, and repeat that denial in the face
of this fresh recital on the part OF the
Governor, that there has been any dispro-
portion in this State "a compared with
the other States of the Union nor have
: the crimes here had any nore political
significance than elsewhere. We venture
! the assertion, without fear of successful
. contradiction, that notwithstanding the
complaints which reach the Governor
= notwithstanding the terrible adjectivel
= with which the ''Appeal" abounds. tha
: since the accession TO power OF Governor
D CALDWELL, no State in the Union, in pro-
o portion to population, can show SO LITTLE
s lawlessness. We challenge comparison
t and appeal to the record.
g While. therefore, We will do all We cal
= TO uphold the law and aid the Governo
o TO bring to justice those who disgregar'
= it, We will not silently submit to sucl
e gross misrepresentation as the Language
and we fear the purpose, of this Appeal
IL conveys to the world. It comes whe
Fl there is unusual quiet throughout th
). State when our people are busy wit
,t their crops. It comes when the North
D. lpurposely excited over stories OF Souther
I. outrages, and when partisan Committe
e OF Congress is in session at Washingto
lCity, TO procure material for q party can
= vass.
n Overlooking the Governors exaggera
}. lions and the evident intentiyn with whic
i he issues the ''Appeal." We are glad tha
! he urges upon toe ministers OF the Gospe
:. of every denomination 10 give their indu
Wilmington journal., 1871-05-19
P,s,svteriar Church. U. 4. (sou'h

PreS5VteEf2Ee
The General Assembly CT the Preaby-
terian Church in the United States (South)'
VII conveuc IN the Preaby yterian Church,
IN the city of Huntsville, Ale, on C2ura-
dny, the 18Th Of May, ct i, 4. NJ. The
oeninc serm2a Will bo preached by the
Rev, Robert L. Dabney, D. D., the
moderator Of tho last Assembly. DR..
Oabney is highly distinguished Professor
IL the Theological Seminary, located IN
Prince Edward, Virginia; and IS we'll
l.nown as the Liographer q Gen. Thomas
j. (Stonewal) Jackson.
The General Assembly IS representa-
tive body, composed OF delegates from
fifty five Prcsby t9riee, two from each
loresbytery, Minister cad ruling Elder
.1d meets annually. The Commissioners
of the Presby terry Of East Alabama, to at
lend the Assembly at Huntsville, are Ihe
Rev. George l., Petrie, q GreeoVl4!o' ana
Ianling Elder, Edwin Fay, Of Prattvil!e
We subioin the following statistics O
the Presbv!orian Church (3onth), which
will be interesting information to many
our readers. They are takon from az
authentic source, and are given for the
year ending April, 1870: Synods, IL
presbyterios, So ; Ministers, $40; hicen-
tintes, 53; Candidates, 1G1; Churches
], ,469 Members adted, 1889 Communi
.tants ftotaD, 80 OLA; Baptisms, 5,O84
Sabbath School Scholars. At, ,317 Contri
buttons for ceuses-beneTolent aud Con
eregational, S872, ,355.
Wilmington journal., 1871-05-19

kept alive. It IS by such falsehoods tna'
the prosperity OF the South is retarded
the reconciliation between the citizens OF
a common country hindered, and the sue
cess of the Radioal party secured. Inc
editor of the Tribune knew there was NO
trnth in this statement, but regarding ING
faIsehood only in a political aspect no
finds his defense III the good done h'0
party.
This publication is a fair sample OF the
stor;os which have found their way North.
There is lust enough truth in it to give an
ozcuse for the falsehood. A Jail was broken
omen and prisoners released. What better
foundation for a Ku-Klux outrage. Such
a golden opportunity could not be lost
The readers of the Tribune, and OF hund-
reds of ether papers who will gladly copy
the statement. will never know, nor Woosu
| thew believe it il they were told, that these
Kn.Klnx were baud of Radical mulatto
outlaws, aud that the released prisoners
1vora their confederAtes in CRIME and ID
politics.
But why should we complain Of mis-
representa,ions by Northern politicians
who have no interest in our welfare "oo
no sympathy for our sufferings. when ou'
own people, Southerners, office holders
have fastened to Washington City, and
upon no better evidence, have becom'
willing witnesses against their people ant
State. We have seen men who have has
character aud social position aud talent
make such sacrifices OF truth, OF honor
fof pride, that we are forced to be
Ilieve that continued af6liation by South
ern men with the Radical party is fatal
all the nob.er characteristics OF honorabl
,nnnnhnnd
Wilmington journal., 1871-05-19

The President hiss directed that Gen. N. Michler
be relieved from duty as Superintendent OF PuO-
lie Buildings and Grounds, and that Gen. .. Il:
BAbcock be assigned to duty as SupeTlntenoent
in his place. Gen. Babcock will still retain MS
position upon the Presidents staff and discharge
the duties of Superintendent.
"Off comes his head. So much for -
Michler. Poor Michler We were pre-
pared to see just such fate for this off
cial. His temerity in recommending to
the public the Bradbury pianos. when the
manufacturers had not presented one to his
Excellency, but had compelled Mrs Grant
to purchase o secondhand one, was piece
of rash eff ontery which could not be over
looked. His successor will be guilty of nc
such folly, and Bradbury must under
stand that Presidential "puffs" must be
paid for.
We are glad to see, however. that oul
President has made such bold enuncia-
ton of his opposition to Womans' Rights
and has so sigually rebuked Mrs. Gran
for ignoring his special prerogative OF re
ceiving presents, by the extravagant, old
fashioned custom of praying for th'
household comforts.
Poor Michler ! Your fate is to be de-
plored. Your gallsntry has banished you
from the Public Buildings and Grounds.
and from the special charge OF Presidential
second. hand pianos to the barracks, and
tc the command Of horrid men-from dan
Wilmington journal., 1871-05-19
Colo,ed Population of the United.
WASHINGTON, May Is


A statement of the colored population
returned at the census bureau. together
with the estimate for four counties yet in
complete, makes the the aggregate mum
ber in ell the States and Territories about
1857 900, being gain of 9 45-1OO per
cent, over 1860. The States and Terri
tories stand iu the following order in re
spect to the number of the colored popu-
lation: Georgia, Virginia. Alabama. Mis-
sissippi, South Carolina, North Carolina,
Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky. Texas,
Maryland, Arkansas. Missouri, Florida,
Pennsylvania. Ohio. New York. District OF
Columbia, New Jersey, Illinois, Indiana,
Delaware, West Virginia, Kansas. Massa-
chusetts, Michigan, Connecticut, Iowa,
Rhode Island, California, Wisconsin, q,
Maine, Vermont, Nebraska, Minnesota,
New Hampshire, Nevada, Oregon, Colora'
do, Washington, Wyoming and Montana.
The number is equal in New Mexico, Utah,
Dakota, Idaho and Arizona.
Wilmington journal., 1871-05-19
HOW a WIN was vound-A Curious s;or,

How VIII was EouAd--A Curious story.
An instance Of the renewal in sleep Of al
i'm preston of memory called up an appa-
rition to enforce lit is tho impr, ssion
which causes the apparition, not the appa-
rition which conveys the lmpress1on-0c-
CARED near Bath half century ago, and
is related by Miss Ooble in an article on
s.Unc 0nscious elebration in the last
number of Macmilans Magazine. Sir John
Miller, q vary wealthy gentleman, died,
leaving no children. His widow had always
understood that she was to have the use OF
his house for her life, with a very large
iointure bat 10 will making such pro-
vision could be found after his death. Tho
heir a,-Iaw, a distant c nnectiOn, naturally
claimed his rights, but kindly ilowed
Lady Miller t remain for six months In
the house to complete her search for the
| missing papers. The six months drew at
last TO n cllge, and tie poor widow had
spent fruitless days AID weeks III examln-
! ing every posslbl place OF deposit tor the
lost document, until at last she came TO the
conclusion that her memory must have
deceived her. and that her husband could
have made no such pre- mise she sup
posed, or to have II elected 10 fnlhl it had
he made one.
The very last day of her tenure of tie
house had just dawned when, ii the gray
of the morning. Lady Miller drove Op 10
! The door OF her man OF Dus1lGsS IN DdII,
and rushed excl edly to his bedroom
door, calling out. "OOme to me have
seen Sir John l. There Is will y The
lawyer hastened to accompany her back to
her house. Ali she c1uId tell him was
that her deceased husband had appeared
to her in the night, standing by her bed
side. and lad said solemny, 'Ehere is a
Wilt" Where il was, remained as uncer-
tain as before. Once more the house wa
searched in vain from celia t. loft, till
finally, wearied and III despair. the lady
5 and her friend found themselves in q gar
: ret at the top of the house. 1T is all
over" Lady Miller said; 81 give it up; my
husband deceived me, aud J. am ruiued J.
At chat time she looked at the table over
which she was leaning weeping. "ThiE
/ table was in his study once! Let rs OK
3 anime it." They looked, ind the MISSING
= will, duly signed and sealed, was within
3 it; and the widow was rich TO the end OF
her days It needs 90 conjuror TO explain
how her anxiety called up the myth OF 81
John Miller's apparition, aud made hin
l say precisely what he had once before
/ ealiy said to her, but of which The mem
ory had waxed faint.
Wilmington journal., 1871-05-19
From the Raleigh Telegram
An = sppeaI the People OF tho state by
the Governor OF orth Carolina.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,

l6ALEIGd, M w. Ahoy AOI AO'A'
Whereas repeated complaints have been
made to me, aud are now being made al
most daily, by private citizens, by Judges,
by Solicitors and by other officers whose
provinces it is > teo the civil law faithfully
executed, that armed bands of disguised
men have been, and still are prowllng
about in some Of the counties of our State,
and in the night time. committing out
RACES of the most atrocious charao;er upon
weak and defenceles IS citizens, white and
colored, old and young, male and female;
and whereas, the civil authorities have
thus far be en- unable to detect and bring
to Justice, the cowardly perpetrators of
these fiendish aud iuhuman Outrages-
judges acknowledges themselves power
less to su pprees the evil on account of 'the
secrecy, disguises and perjury with which
the guilty parties cover up their lnlquitles
victims knowing their opI ressOrs, fearing
to complain le~t they be again visited, and
more cruelty 'ourged or even put to death;
and, whereas. this horrid state of
affairs NUT have all end peace
and harmony must be restored IN
North Carolina; crime must be repress-
ed life, libe-ty and property must be pro-
| .ecte d; the humble, the poor and the help
ss, as we'll as The rich and lOTeIful, must
| be made to feel eecare IN every section OF
our State. Tue good name Of North Caro-
| lima must be vindicated, and td,v and order
must prevail in all her borders. Now,
therefore, in view of the premises, l, Tod
r. Caldwell, Governor of the State, do
make this, my solemn appeal to all the
people, more especially TO these who have
heretofore held places of honor and trust.
| to assist the constitutional authorities Oi
the State in maintaining the supremacy OF
the law aud invoke the Ministers of the
| Gospel of every denomination, to give
j their powerful aid from their respective
pulpits and places of worship, to put dowr
crime aud build up q feeling of fraterna
love and forbearance in our suffering
State.
Il And now, in due time, warn oil secret
,nEaorfuL societies and combinations, to dis
solve their org .nizations ; to cease from
their cruel and illegal outrages, and to de-
vote themselves to the peaceful and usefu
avocations of life; and notify all offender
that if this appeal is not needed. and
they persist ic setting all Law and decenc.
. at defiance, and will have no mercy upol
their helpless victims, that the day ma.
I not be distant, when they themselves viii
= entreat for mercy in vain.
Il TOD r. CALDWELL,
Governor.
Wilmington journal., 1871-05-19
pAxETICAL NOTES.
The following political conventions have

Candidates for Governor will be noml-
mated in the conventions Ee!d III Ohio,
To "a, Kentucky, aGd Maryland. In Penn
sytvaDia candidates or Auditor-Gsneral
aud Surveyor Gen aral will be nominated.
The C cYntest for the Radical nomination
for Governor o. Ohio has narrowed down
to two c4nGidateg-Ben Wade and Gen
era2 N0Yce. The former Is Grants man,
and is to run On tLe Santo Domingo issue.
Hon. An hopy Van Wyck, a former
resident of Keno ha, Wisconsin, mem.
b6r Of The State Set ate Of that State, and
who cane within one vote Of being nOml-
mated by tn he .5ua ljcan State Convention
tor Governor, is now resident of Mariet-
IA, Georgi.. In 4 cut letter 10 gen
tleman Of x noshG, ha writes:
the Ka-Kiux don't seem to be around
here, Dotwitus anding the alarm OF our
Re- ~ FREUD. Everything is as
quiet and ord ,rly as New England Sun
: day MI. Grant don'G seem to understand
! the Situation down here, I am sorry to
| eay. \. VAN WICK.
! In consequence of the ecent death OF
one of the Democratic State Senators elect
III New Haru ps5ire, the question as TO who
viii be d cared Governor when tho L. gls
latute meets is in doubt. The Senate IS g
tie, aud il the House OF Keprese ntativea
the labor refOrmels hold the balance o1
power. Mr.. Weston, The Dem 0cratic can
d:date for Governor, had plurality o.
votes in the election, bgt he mty ia cheat
ed out Of the seat,iG as jo"c~n3r ENG
lish has been in Connecticut.
Wilmington journal., 1871-05-19
A Matter cf gvvo dAIiOns-An Abandone d
Family Sue for = FaiIltOnstre's Estate.

Family Sue for 3 EliIItonEtre's Estate.
Gustavus Schurmann married in 1845 in
Europe, and few years afterwards he
abandoned his wife and two infant chill
dren and eloped TO America with one
Catharjne Bengeis, factory girl, taking
with him the greater part Of the joint es-
tate of himself and his wife. He settled
il Indianapolis, where he lived with
Catharine Bengels as her husband unit!
her death, in 1858 He had by her five
children, and he died IN October, 1870.
The abandoned wife, in her own behalf
and thet OF her children, brings suit for
such intere s. in Schurmann's estate as
ls prO7lded in their anta-nuptial con-
tract. Ia her complaint she further
alleges that after the death Of Catharine
Beuges Gastavus Schurmann recognized
the plaintiff as his lawful wife, and
endeavored Dy divers letters and
other ways to induce the plaintiff to
leave her home ct AK Ia Chappelle and live
with him at Indianapolis. When said
Gustavus abandoned plaintiff he took with
! him. of the joint estate Or acquisitions OF
himself and plaintiff, about $50, 600, leav-
her about SD, GOO. The property owred
by Schurmann Ia Louisville aud Indiana
polls was all acquired by him since his az
rival in this county, and belonged to the
eaiI community estate provided for by the
ante-nupt tial contract The plaintiff claims
the full ore-half and ono-sixteonth Of said
estate IN fee-s.mp!e, and one-eighth for
life. Schurnann left an estate III Indians
and Kentucky, chiefly III The two cities oi
IadIaDapolis and Louisville, Of the value
of upwards OF So OOO, OOO The rents of the
raaI es ate III Louisville amount to about
$23 900 per anuum. The annual income
OF the deceden5 am1uuts 20 over $40. OOO
l. the hands of the defendant, Cdas. Post,
the administrator appointed III Indiana
there is over 800 90 IN cash. Plaiutif
pray, that th- real estate in kentucky be
, placed under the contrOl Of the commits
: siOner of the court as receiver.