Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-05-05

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it were ignorant negroes, led ny few car
pet-baggers ond ecal'awags.
! Halifax, Walssbo1o', 6tonewau, aud
other municipalities fylto.y up the good
ncws, none CT which j, We are assured
yet to be received.
.5ea.sa OF isc.a. .s.=ssssa ". .-asoz.
/ Zion. James Nj Mason, whose death sad
been for some lays eIpe:ted. 4ie1 2r
Friday evening" Last at C!urer8. JDy>. miles
west OF A.eE44tri4. VA, where lie hed
been IvlUE Tor Il year IT t"o past, ana
uhitha~ h. had removed fIcu Winchester.
4 MIR. M&*3l'S pos!t,@n among the 4IStlu-
! esuIa!leu men Of tn zines J. an eu3inzijt5y
historical ono, zuI ri evtn~s ana honore,
AND enr;cEoG with briii<at family pres
! ti2c FOR -evtHa' Gears lie was gnember
, of G Virginia LsgIsjaufe. ana ~ 1881
elected to IL" JnIted States House IF
! Representative Sub -equentiy e was
: leading member 81 the Glu,el' States
/ Senate and for sovoc.. !&alS YVES chair
! man cf the fOlcIGn Ic!0tlou& 1D2lltteo
! Al the b1e4kiug out OF lie az war - left
that body, along with the other Southern
! Soma. Or&, i;lL IL \ 0E> 1u0ei, 1851, it8 M
. barktd VIII. In }&idti, II I4vautt,
on DO rl tha LritisL 1oya. mail Steamer
| I:eut, for Southampton, acore5!t4" re
speedway u q: vs. q from ,.t CU1tedGcate
Z
! Greut D;itain H1.d France, = few hours
after wuri Ia Ircnt was nyerharied
/ by the UuItaa States STEAMER GA4 Jac.nto,
! Commudotc WIhSa, aud lhe surrender ut
! Mesa1s. Mason ana 5!idy!4 demanded by
him. They were surrendered. md I'M
pris0ned for some eeks ~ Fer Warren,
III Boston harbur, whence they wer0 lib
Grated on the }CfeLpt0cy demand Of the
British government, and sailed Tor Eug-|
land IL January, 1862. Wilkes, sd" Was
greatly iaEded at first for tle act, both by
Congress ana tao C4oiao5. wac soon after
ward summoned before a court martial
composed Of naval officers. and by 5hem
adjudged guilty OF gross utIeaaes aud sen
fenced 10 Suspension fer three years. ar.
Mason remained abroad for some years
after the termination Of hoatll- ties, and on
his return to Virginia took np his resi-
dence, as area0T stated, near Alexandria.
For some time p1st his health had been
failing, an ! within the last month he had
lost his eyesight. He dieI Of general de
hility, his nervous system being generally
deranged. He had bean unconscious for
a day or two, ana died very peacefully.
Mr. Mason leaves an estate Of about
$50, 00O.-Baltim0lo Set}s.
E1a-Etux no 8ar a. sorznssn Settlers.
The New York Tribune publishes the
| following card from Northern settlers in
Virginia aud North Carolina, testifying
that not only arc persons and property
safe in the sections Of those States where
they reside, but that they never lived in a
more orderly aud law abiding community.
Many of those who thus testify are raplb-
Iicans and regular subscribers to the New
York Tribune. Such evidence ought to
have its weight. The testimony would
doubtless apply to the South generally IN
der similar circumstances:
| Editor Of tie II'i5me-Sir : We have
noticed recently great many publications
| in your paper concerning OutrageS com
! mitted by Ku KIux in the Southern States.
We know nothing Of the trnth or f2lsity of
! these charges, and shall not undertake
their refntation except SO far they may
be understood to apply TO the whole South.
The Undersigned, al Northern men by
birth and education, have, since the war,
purchased homes and settled, some III
Pittsylyania county, Virginia, and others
in CaswelI and Rockingham counties,
! North Carolina, and many of us are re-
| publicans and regular readers OF and sub
| Scribers to the Tribune. We have reason
to believe that large number Of our
Northern friends earnestly desire to emf
| crate to the South, supply themselves with
| cheap lands, and en- Joy this charming Gil
mate; and &c fear that they may be deter
red from doing SO by the publications to
which we have referred. Il Is L tins reason
we request the insertion CT this letter III
your paper, in the hope that such other
! papers in the North as desire to DO Justice
to every portion OF the country will give
it circulation. We can say, i'll truth, that
not only persons and property are safe IL
the sections Of Virginia and North Caro-
lima in which we reside, but that We never
lived in more orderly or laW-abldlng
!community. We have been kindly re-
ceived by the entire people; OR inter
course with them has been IL ali respects
as agreeable as We could have deslred.-
We have seen no disposition to mlstrust
or even slight upon account CT our poll
tics-on the contrary, we have uniformly
been treated with ciyihty and respect by
every ono with whom we have como IL
contact. 1t IS but an act of justice TO our
selves and to the people living IL the States
Of our adoption that we should say what
we have said, and Wa trust that you will
give it place IN your paper.
James Robinson, Canada; R6Y. joan
Branch, Tioga county. n. Z; 4. q; New
ell, Tioga county, n. y; s. l.. Hnchcock'
Brown county, n. Z; Fred. W. Hitch
cock, Brown county, N. Y; J. T. Council
man, Tioga county. n. Y; James Hutch
inson, Pa; John Hutchinson, Pa; VIM.
81. Davis, Indiana coanty, Pa. +. 3
Davis, Indiana county, Pa; G. Hinkloy,
Steuben county, n Y. Ii. Hinkley, Il.
} u. Stephen, Steuben county, n. y; Chas.
FL. Rogers, WaverIy, Tio2a cO2nty, n. y;
james Ogden, Pa. VIM. Lander, Steuben
county, n. Y; Jonathan Bitner, West
moreland county. Pa; VIM. 2. Spaulding,
New York, April 27, 1871.