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Wilmington journal., 1871-08-11

as they will with yours. sir, clever as you
think it is-and with yours, madame.
handsome as 1t is. We suppose the bees
mistook the 'Squires face for gigantic
full-blown rose of new pattern, which
re quired TO be looked into Immediately,
for 1t was OF most beautiful new rum
color, which the Squire heightened with
twelve daily applications of internal paint,
proper Tor rather a common) pzactlce
enough in those ante-(and aLti-) temper
auca times. when rum was rum and punch
was perftct. The Squire was thoroughly
up to the Go lges of the apes. aud so ne
stood s:il!, as stiff an iron 1amrod that
had stood the inspection of thu Great
Frederick. Jnst then Mrs. s. came
| 20 the door CT the hoase, and tee1og
her husband in such a plight, gave the
usual feminine screech in such cases
male aad proviled, aud thea said
| 10 him, keep where yen are,
while l g and get thu broom to brush
'em eff "I m dead if [ do y thought
the Squire. He then managed to grope
his way to q large tub which he had just
previously filed with water from IL neigh
boring brook for rinsing purposes, and
which stood on high bench. 1uto this
water he dipped bis head slowly till it u as
entirely immers I'd, and he Id it there, hold
ing his breath At tbs same time, till ever
bee was made sufficiently stingless I'd have
satisfied Mr. Eugene Wraybu' himself
The water swarmed with bees, and the old
gentleman sWarmed :into the house with
the only white face he had worn for almCs
half century, and which he ever re-
peated till he lsy in his coffin. If, reader
you ever should be saarmed upon, do al
the Squire did, aad Prove the excellence
OF the "ater cure. II you could con.rive
to have the water iced, 50 much the bette
for you-and so much the worse for th
Wilmington journal., 1871-08-11

There have been few canvasses conduct
ed with more spirit and ability by the
Conservative party than that which Las
Just closed in New Hanover. There has
been no portion Of the county which
Sneakers have not visited. We believe
that it was owing to this fact. as much as
to any other, that there was suck full
vote. Nest of our prominent men took an
active and earnest part in the canvass,
some of whom have not engaged in public
discussions since the war. Our Senator,
Major MCCLAMA1Y, and Representative,
Captain s. A. AsHE, did yeoman eervice
We would be remiss in our duty did We
not refer particularly to the services OF
Messrs. E. ". CAHR, JOHN J. FOWLER and
LUXE McCLAAIAY all young men and ma
tiyee OF the county. They have displayed
an earpestnees and zeal and ability in this
canvass creditabIe alike to their heads and
hearts They are all young men of brilliant
promise, Of whom the county may justly
feel proud They deserve, as they should
receive, the thanks of their fellow citiz ems.
Wilmington journal., 1871-08-11
The Democratic Outlook.

The following article from the Washing
ton PARROT is full of encouragement. The
Radical party is surrounded with Difficult
ties. Grant is their old man OF the sea-
They are wearied and disgusted with their
load and yet cannot throw him off. 1t 1e
true, as We learn from the Norwich Adrer-
tiSer, that the Illinois Radical Convention
have refused to endorse him for re-elec-
ton and it is also certain that power
full effort is being made in different quar-
ters to get rid of him as an atfliction and
nuisance. But our impression is that they
must take him, for they all know If Grant
himself is not nominated he would not
raise his hand to help any other candi-
date
The outlook OF the Democratic patty never w1s
better tn an at this m ment process of crys.
taIlization is going on, by which the opposition
throughout the country is beil harder in con-
eisten v and more transparent in it's aims This
is shown in the manifestly transient and superb
ciA effects of any accidental political disturbance
even though our adsersaries labor never so in
dus riously 10 give it point. When mouths ago
under the auspices of distinguished names and
inn 'entiat presses, doctrines OF very posi-
tive nature were announced the feeling 1t excited
was in no sense al unhealthy ones If one had
measured the imputed disaffection in the Demo-
cratic party by what it's press and it's accre Ilted
wrote and said it really amounted
Wilmington journal., 1871-08-11
The Situation.

The Convention is defeated. Apprehen-
sion of Federal violence and usurpat1on-
nm apprehension industriously fostered by
a. Cabinet officer, the Lar officer OF the
government, did the work, coupled with
fraud. Our oppressed people-or many OF
them--crushed and ground down by per-
secution and the sword, were afraid that
Grant would make good his threat, con-
veyed through Alderman, of more cannon
and reconstrnction, and were deferred
from the effort to rid themselves OF the
incubus upon them. There were tens OF
thousands of others. thank Heaven VINO
despised this threat aimed at people
who were seeking. under the quiet forms
of law, to remodel their organic law
Saving further discussion of these matters,
however, for a future time, we have this
to say
We trust that the Legislature, before
proceeding to the oath bound obligations
imposed upon II Dy inc SOASIicutI"L' VIZ
give the people another fair opportunity
to rid themselves Of the taxation that must
otherwise beggar them, even though Grant
and his Attorney General may fnlmlne
their menaces again. Let that body,
when it meets in November, pass the
Revenue law early in the session. Let al
provide for submitting Immediately to
the people the question of Convention
Let the ballot be : " Convention and No
Tax" or "No Convention and Tax" LII
Convention carries, the law to be inopera-
tive otherwise, the Revenue must be
collected. There is no escape that we can
see from the latter alternative. The Con-
stitution positively enjoins the paying OF
certain taxes members of the Legislature
take a solemn oath to support that instru-
ment, and if the present Constitution
stands it's requirements will, of horrible
necessity, have to be observed.
Again. we say, let the Legislature make
one more effort to rescue our people frcn
the financial ruin with which they are
threatened-a catastrophe worse thar
Grants bayonets or Ackerman's recon
struction !
Wilmington journal., 1871-08-11

A New Orleans policeman arrested man
for ''looking scornfuIly at him."
John Stuart Mill is a fine draughtsmau,
pianist, botanist, phiIologiss aud archeeo-
logist.
A Virginia turkey -gobbler is calmly en-
gagged in "settiDg" on a nest containing
four apples.
Long Branch Ladies plead guilty to gilt
dancing boots.
Will Carleton is said to resemble George
Washington.
Horace considers Virginia's greatest
resources cIe the sources of her water
power.
A Radical journal thinks they had bet
ter stop reading people out OF the party,
Whl'e there is any party left
A captured rattlesnake in California has
gone nine weeks without food, and is still
as lively es a rattlebox.
An Intelligent New Havener stole cart
load of tarred paving stones, on the sup
position that they were Goals.
An Ohio murderer, being asked by the
judge if he had anything to say, replied
naiyely, 81 have, sir, I have very bad
cold, your Honor"
Wilmington journal., 1871-08-11
Rev Hanover County.

The Chairman of the Conservative Ex-
ecutive Committee on Saturday last filed
an affidavit before the Board of County
Commissioners that he had reason to be-
lieve, and did believe, that the election in
this city and many of the townships c. this
county was irregular, not in conformity
to law and fraudulent, rendering at the
same time witnesses to prove his allega-
tions. The matter was postponed until
Monday, special specifications being in
the meantime fled.
Yesterday the question came up on the
power of the Commissioners to hear and
decide upon the charges preferred. After
argument, the Board unanimously decided
that it had no power in the premises, but
their duties were Ii nited merely to count
ing and forwarding the returns. We are
satisfied with the decision. In this in
stance the law was at fault, and the inves-
tieation into the frauds could not be in
stituted.
Those who objected to the counting of
the vote were prepared to prove the most
inexcusable neglect of duty and the most
outrageous 1Ehu(lS upOA GhO paw "a AASoO
of those who conducted the election. In
several townships aud wards others than
the duly appointed Registrar performed
his duties most of the judges of election
were not sworn poll holders stuffed the
boxes by putting more than one
ballot in for the voter, or putting
in ballots not authorized by the voter ;
voters were intimidated by poll-hold
ers and others the official count was
revised and altered by unauthorized per
sons hundreds of persons were per-
mitted to vote who were well-known to the
poll-holders not to be legally qualified, and
other irregularities and frauds were per
mitted. In fact, it could be proven that
the election in the county generally was a
miserable farce.
The fault lies il the character OF men
who are generally appointed poll-holders
while there are some honorable excep-
tions, it would seem that most OF these
men were selected for the special purpose
of permitting and d.corlmitting these frauds.
We must appeal to The Legislature for the
remedy. Men must be put in charge of
our elections who regard the sincerity of
an oath and the performance of their duty
above the success of any party.
Wilmington journal., 1871-08-11

WHAT MUST BE THOUGHT Of a set OF men
who are engaged, dag by day, ii arraylng
the vice. ignorpnce and thfifs. cssIess of a
State against S virtue, intelligence and
prosperity, and whose only hope and
chance of succt ss in their schemes of per
s0nal aggran IS to make the an
tagoDism thorough and bitter ? And yet
this is what most OF the Radical Office
holders and off sc seekers in North Caro-
lima are doing some of them, men of gen
tlemauly training and education, and of
unquestionable social prestige fact
which but renders their crin,inalIty doubly
enormous When We saw, for instance,
Mr.. S. T. Phillips, a lifelong member of
the Bar, who Has supposed to Lave un~
usual pride OF profession, in q printed ad-
dress denouncing the Convention move
ment as pilot of the lawyers" AMI seek
| ing to pr, judice his confreres with the
illiterate and the agrarian, we could but
recall the homely, but pungent adage, that
it is, indeed, '' an i'll bird that befouls it's
own nest" And SO, when we see men
raised to better things and taught in a
more virtuous school. appealing to the
| passions Of the vicious and the igOorant,
and seeking to ride into Office on the shcul-
ders of rabble, over the wle3k If refine
ment, virtue and intelligence, We fee es if
they should be c!assed with the Hindoo
caste Of Parias, who were prohibited from
ell approach to pny ything pure, as if they
were infe> t with leprosy! They should be
anadenaa maaraaatho What right have
such men to whine aud blubber about So
cial o>tracism. when, by sheir own acts,
they place themselves beyond 'he ra'e of
all co0siderat ion
The Off ,e-holders and Office seeke in
the late Conven tion canvass, kneD that it
was cowardly to threaten a humiliatt
! people = their oeon people-with the Federal
bayonet again get they did Il. They hneeO
that it was false. thai any of the civil
rights of the negro could be or would be
distul bed yet, they iufamed the igno
rant and passionate creatures with the ap-
prehension. They kneoo that it was libel
lous to charge that the friends of Convep-
tion songht to Go away with the HOME
stead, yet they shouted il in tho ears of
every crs dulous man in the State. They
hnea0 that taxation, impoverishnent and
ruin must fall upon housands of our peo-
pie with the continuance OF the pre-. ent
state Of thing, and yet, for the s AXE Of pay
and place, (or to glut personal m alice il.
some cases,) they compactcd so, 900 ne
groes against the intelligenc", Tue public
acd private virtue and the wealth. of the
community. They hnew that their only
hope of success was III doing this, aud
they did it
That is tha true reco.d. Again, We ask
and We leave the answer to the con-
sciences Of some of them themselves in
the silent watches " of sober reflection
aohou must be thought of such men
Wilmington journal., 1871-08-11
Plant C01opost

Plant Compost.
The Massachusetts Ploughman says -
Compost for house plants should be made
of the following ingredients
l. Good garden mould.
2. Mould from decayed turf. from a
pasture or field.
3. Decomposed stable or cow-yard
manure.
4. Mould from decaye1 leaves.
5. Sea Or river sand free from salt.
6. Peat from the meadows that has been
exposed to frost.
7. Coarse sand or gravel.
s. Broken flower pots, charcoal or oys.
ter shells.
8. Old mortar or plastering.
Garden mould Will not be needed if
there is a supply of fine decayed turf
mould. About one fifth of the pot may be
filed with the drainage materials, viz,
broken bits of pots, charcoal or oyster
shells. Ii a little meadow moss is placed
over these. it will prevent the earth wash
ing through. 2
Compost for camelias, roses, geraniums,
etc., should be:
part river sand ~ . -
part leaf mould
part manure.
2 parts turf, or garden mould.
-e8 FOR CAoTUsEs.
paris coarse sand.
parts leaf and turf mould.
l part peat and little broken plaster.
Wilmington journal., 1871-08-11
New Hanover and wilmington.

The white people of this county and city
have reason to congratulate Themselves
upon the large vote poled for Convention.
There were forty-six more votes cast for
Convention than for Judge SH1PP in Will
miug gtor, and rinety-six more in the
county OF New Hanover. Il is the best
evidence of the unanimity and determina-
tion Of our people.
So long as we have a ma jofity OF poll
holders who are without character aud re-
sponsibility, we can have no control over
the fraudulent practices permitted and en-
couraged at our elections. The Radicals
can stuff the boxes at liberty and vote
non-residents and minors, from sunrise to
sunset, as frequently as they may suppose
their necessities require. With popuia-
ton of less than fourteen thousand, it is
evident that there cannot be over three
thousand legal voters in !his city. Yet,
leaving out the absentees, the sick, and
the one or two hundred who always fail to
vote from Indifference, there were three
thousand and forty-three votes polled in
this city last week. Certainly five hun
dred of them were illegally cast. There
is a remedy for this, and it must be ap-
piled before another election is held. To
show the extent to which these frauds are
carried, in the Second Ward, embracing
the larger part of the business portion OF
the city, there were added since the regis
tration in January, at least tuo hundred
VT hc of vrhi
When we consider that the total vote of
the Ward is but little lnore than five hun
dred, we can appreciate in somo degree
the number of men illegally registered. If
we ecnld have a fair vote, the Second,
Third and Fourth Warls, are Conserva j.,
tive from fifty to one hundred votes each
These are matters for consideration
Are We to be cheated out Of the control of
the city by fraud and corruption ? or will
We appeal to the Legislature for relief /?
Shall the non tax payers continue to gov.
ern our city ? or shall those who bear the
burdens levy the taxes The remedy is
in our own hands. hlil we apply it?
Charlie ston has set US the example. Ex-
cept Petersburg, we are the only consider
able place in the South which still remains
in the hands of the negroes. Richmond,
Norfolk, Portsmouth, Charleston, Savan-
nah. Augusta, Mobile, Atlanta and New
Orleans, one by one, have thrown off the
yoke of ignorance and corruption, and are
now under the control OF those who should
shape the 6estinies of those growing ci-
tipa There is sOmethino hav0nd mora
party politics in this matter. Our prosper
ty and happiness, it may be the value of
our property and the sanctity of our lives,
are bound up in it,
We can answer for the people of the
county. Let us destroy the cess pool Cf
corruption and prejudice in the city, and
the gallant citizens of New Hanover will
surmount all difficulties and obtai2 con
troll of their local governments.
Wilmington journal., 1871-08-11
From the Boston Travele~.
Another Story About Bees-Iow a Coot.
Headed Man Escaped Death


A story is going the rounds of the news
papers to the effect that swarm of bees
lately lit upon boy in Missouri, and that
one sting (given by bee that the child bit
to keep it out of his mouth), by telling him
to stand perfectly still, and then removing
his hat, which was covered with bees. and
| placing it on bush, to which the other
| bees Immediately swarmed. This is pro-
nounced cannon "by some ignoramus.
es, but to every person who knows any
thing of bees IL will be the mcst probs ble
thing in the world. Bees are not offensi 7e
creatures, and million of them night
settle upon the naked person of the Ken
tucky giant, and he not be stung even
once, were he to keep perfectly quiet ;
but were he to move, OR endeavor to re-
move them, the bees would Immediately
! assume the offensive defensive mode of
m aking war-:hat is, they would de-
fend themselves by offending him-and
probably sting him to death in 8
few minutes. Many, many years ago, We
lived hard by Squire s., in the town of
Blank, Blank State, who kept dozen
hives of bees-we hadn't got learned
enough then to have apiaries-a!l of which
stood on long shelves under monstrous
plane tree that was in the ya-d in front of
the Squlre's house; and We never think of
Plato and thyme. and Hymettus and the
drowsy hum of bees, without bsing re-
minded Of those dear honey-makers of
the long, long sgo-for the windew at
which we sat as school looked right out
upon the hives. and there was always q
delicious murmur going on among them
that was as sweet as the mena0runs apus1auy
OF the neighboring woods. Well, one hot
day in summer the old Sqaire was stand
ing before his hives. bare-headed and
bald-heade1. like Elisha the Prophet-but
with bees, not boys. or bears, near him
and with nothing on him but his shirt and
shoes and trousers, when the Inhabitants |
OF one of the hives suddenly swarmed, and |
lit upon the venerable mans pate, which |
they covered in layers two or three inches
deep. making his headpiece the most
piece of humanity we ever
gazed upon, 50 that we never think
Of it without laughing, though the worms
ate it some forty years since, creeping in
and creeping ont, as their manner is, and
Wilmington journal., 1871-08-11

y,
We are not surprised that the Radical
party should claim the defeat of Conven-
ton as party triumph AS party they
voted against it; generally the candidates
opposed to the call were Radicals, and in
some counties it resolved itself merely
into party struggle. Yet even in those
counties the Conservative candidates
almost invariably led Convention
Throughout the State, SO far as heard
from, it is rarely the case that Conven-
tion ran with the candidates favoring
Convention.
On the other hand the returns indica'
that the Slate has gone Conservative. if we
take the vote cast for delegates as the cri-
serion. For instance, Davidson goes
against Convention by 141 majority, while
the Conservative candidates are elected by
168 majority. The same is true of Moore,
Hertford, Randolph, Mecklenburg and
other counties. while Guilford, Sampson,
Duplin and most Of those heard from, give
much larger majorities for delegates than
for Convention.
It is impossible now to say to what ex-
tent this disproportiop extends. It is, at |
least. very considerable, and goes far to
show that the vote for and against Con. !
Wilmington journal., 1871-08-11
Wife killing.

A coroner's jury sitting in the case OF
Mrs. Sophie Crosse, of LouivilIe, KY,
wife of DR.. Carl Crosse, found a verdict
that her death was caused by the ill-treat-
ment of her husband at the period of her
confinement. Mrs. Crosse was the daugh-
ter OF rich pare nts in Chicago, and ran
away four years ago when when she was
very young, with DR.. Crosse, and married
him against her parents consent.
Wilmington journal., 1871-08-11

vention is no Indication of the relatiy 0
strength of parties. We know that
Two anti Radical papers strongly opposed
Convention, and that in gre't many
counties, beginning with Wake and going
Westward, some of the leading Conserva-
tives and Democrats Of the Sta'e were anti
Convention candidates.
We shall investigate this matter when
the official vote has been returned, and
We believe it will be shown that the Con-
servatives of the State have defeated tt q
call of the Convention.
We have no quarrel with the Conserva-
tives who voted against Convention. We
appreciate the grave fears ard doubts
which surrounded the question. We are
satisfied that they will soon discover thai
both were groundless, and that the pros
perity OF the State has receive d a severe
blow n the result Of the election. What
ever conflict OF opiUiOn may have exlstec
in our raDks has been settled, and all true
sons OF tho State will unite again for th'
common coed. It is mose than usel S. ii
discuss the policy Ct tie late &C ion IL
the management Of the campaign. 1t / /
thing of the past. 1h9 future is before
us. and the restoration OF the credit, th
wise and economics IL government, th5 re-
newed prosperity of North Carolina. ar
subjects upon which good men can agree
and to which public attention should b
|
Wilmington journal., 1871-08-11

TOWNSHIP OFF1cERs.-The following is
list of the Township officers, in this
county, chos en- al the recent election held
here M
WILMINGTON TOWNSHIP.
Magistrates Edward Cantwell, E. s.
Woodford, w. H. Merrick, R. s. WaidroD,
Jas. A. Lowrey, Anthony Howe, VIM.
McLsu:in.
Constable-J. @. Hill.
Clerks T. Potte.
S:hool Ccmmittee-J. G.. Balckep, n.
G. Sampson, J. K. Guitar.
FEDERAL POINT.
Magistrates-SoI. Reaves, VIM. McNeill.
Cons:able-W. H. Montgomery.
C.erk-Stephen Keyes.
School nmitteo-Sol. ReaYes, Stephen
Keyes, r. B. Freeman.
MAsoNBoRO.
Magistrates Hewlett, T. G..
Wagner.
Consta ble-J. B. Montford.
| Clerk-Jas. A. Hewlett.
School lCommitteo-S;erliug Sailing, H.
NJ. Bishop. Haifsx Leonarj.
| HARNETT.
Mag trases-De,aWare Nixon, W. W.
Humphrey.
Constable-JCs. Hghemith.
! Clerk-Daniel G. Davis.
School Committee. W. Scaenck Jr.,
Edward McCabe
GRANT.
Magistrates-Alfred Lloyd, James NJ.
Capps.
Copsta abie. e.-Thos. Nixon.
Cierk-Andrew Nixon.
School Comm;tte-Henderson Nixon
John Alexander, Robert Nixon.
HOLLY.
Magistrates-Thos Williams, J. n
Mas bburn.
CorstAble-Jno. ". Meeks.
Clerk-Jno. ". Rowe.
School Com mittee-W. H. Player, Isaa
James, Samuel Hill.
CAPE FEAR.
Magis:rates-H. E. Scott, Murphy Ward
Cons:able-Wiiliam Moore.
, Clerks. Davis.
AoSe~
Hines, Emanuel Williams.
+ HOLDEN.
Magistrates Jas. B. Mcpherson, job
Penny.
Constable-Jno. J. Mosely.
Cle1k-Jpo. nj. Walker.
r School Committee-S. S. Satch veil. A
t G. ambarg, TLos. Ellington.
UNION.
8 Magistrases-J. Fl. Alderman, s. {
= Filyaw.
ConstabIe-W. s. Rivenbark.
= Oierk-Jno. E. Pigford.
School Committee-Ephraim Powers, T
Garriss, Isaiah Carroll.
FRANKLIN.
MAgis rates-John Halstead, E. J
Anders.
= Constable-A. " Horrell
Clerk-A. r. Corbett
7 School Committee-Sam. Wells, Since
j Bannerman, J. B Seary.
COLUMBIA.
t Magistrates-C. NJ. Galloway, W.
: Morton.
Constable-Berj. Villains.
s Clerk-O Hausley.
School Committee-D. w. Bordea
Henry Moore, W. P. Holmes.
LINCOLN.
, Magistrates-F. Fl. Bel, ". J. Bivin!
B. G. Larkius
7 Constable j. ohm Bell.
0 Clerk-Wm. 3. Larkins.
School Committee-Bruce William:
VIM. Spear, S S4mI J. Herring.
CASWELL,
: Magisfrates-G. ". Corbett, Henr
FL all
ConstabIe-C4lv.n McDufti3.
Il Clerk-J. NJ Lewis
? School onmittee-Andrew Moore, A
I. Harman, ". H. Flake.
Wilmington journal., 1871-08-11
The American PomOIOgicaI Society.

The coming session of the American
Pomological Society to be held in coniunc-
tion with the State Pathological Society OF
Virginia a. Richmond, Va,, September 6.
7th and Sth, promises to be an important
affair. 1t is said that not less than three
hundred horticulturis,s and pomocultu-
rists from Boston will he in attendance.-
Large delegations will also be present from
Philadelphia aid fIom nearly all the other
agricultural centres Of the nation.
Wilmington journal., 1871-08-11
A Hefchef Eight

A fight occurred at Culpepper, Va, OF
Saturday. between l.. L. Lewis, common
wealth attorney, and an Irishman named
Corriell. Both parties used matches freely
Lewis is thought to be seriously injured
Cause-criminal prosecution.