Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-02-03

Estates marshal TO arrest certain parties
charged with some offence. says, under
date Of July 10Th. 1s70:g4. Il ssas7e sfs
The marshal at once applied for military
ont making any effort on his osn part to make
| the arrests. explained to him that an effort
to execute The laws by the civil should
be made. otherwise the necessity for o mill
4 tary force was not apparent. ss5ss@@sffF
Under these circumstances. Thought the pres
their use. and therefore feiegraphed. although it
did not appear to me 1mperatively necessary, nor
that the civil authorities had exhausted all other
measures s&zs Kssaa sz+a ss4tsssz- II.
Again he writes, July ODD, 1870: ."s>
The Gouerrsor, however, believes that in the
progress Of events an effort will be made to get
possession or the prisoners now in custody, or
who may hereafter be arrested, and in tn at event
he thinks an attempt would first be made to get
posse ssion of the states armorY.
Though not fully conourring IN these apprehe,s-
! stons, would saggest, il it be intended to use
the United States troops in aid OF the state au.
ment from the company &C Fort johnson be sent
to this post TO serve the two. light 12-pounders
which have. -..s
Major J. Stewart writes from headquar-
tiers, Fort Macon, North Carolina, Decem-
Der 28th. 1870:
portion OF the State has been very Gniet and III
disturbed, nor can learn that there any Or
CARNATIONS of the kind referred to in this vicir l.
Capt. Evan Thomas, at Headquarters,
Post of Lumberton, N. c., December 30,
1870" says: 49,.
The cause OF the trouble il this county. il i'll
no way political. band of outlas as, six in nun
Der, have been for the period of four years hid
ing in the Numerous swampa that traverse this
county IN every direction, and robbng and MUIR
derlDg the citizens. They have com mitted since
the spring of 1868 four murders in this county,
and about es many more in the adj AGENT couI-
ties: They s,, are mulsttoes. aud i, have al
friends partly from fear Of them, and friends
who are suspected OF helping them in their acts.
Captain Frank G. Smith, dated ''Head-
quarters, Post of Raleigh. n. c., Dcccm-
Der 30. 1870" reports;
l have the honor respt ptfully to state that OK
cept'through the newspaper press common ru-
| NOR, aud published Official documents emanat1r q
from the civil authorities, nothing pertinent
to the subject Of Inquiry has 10 my knowl-
edge.
Capt. John Mendenhall, from ''HeaJ-
quarters, Post Fort johnson, N. @, De
cember 81, 1870" writes
! have the honor to report that there is no
| organized body Of disloyal Or vi-disposed N en-
county tBrunswick) and New Hanover, lin which
is the city of WilmiDgton.l the people. SO far as
| l know or can learn, are good, peaceable, law
abiding citizens.
Major George 3. Rodney, writing from
YanceyviIle, July 30, 1870. says:
Colonel Kirk, who ia in command of tho
militia. appears to fear an attack, and has made
great preparations for defence by bsrrcading
| the Court House, doubling his guard, and post
ing strong force of rickets and his whole
cause for alArtF is some foolish report given by
| On Wednesday. whe man named Williamson
tried to serve some writs on Kirk, tho long roll
was sounded, and all citizens ordered to leave
| the public square under peualty of being fired
into. | think there were exactly four men
! present do not hestate to assure you there
is no fear Of any disturbance between the citi-
zens and military unlees Kirk provOkes them to
il, and it seems to me he has been endeavOring
to do so ever eiEce he has been here.
Again, August ID:
Ihave fears of an outbreak. Colonel Kirk is
either endeaYoring to create a disturbance be
=. tFeeI the people, or my men and his own
! troops, i'll order to Justify his recent conduct
His men roam round the country, and pillage
and insult the people with impunity, and some
! threaten to attack my mon.
! Captain Frank G. Smith, under date of
/ August 8, 1870, writing from Ruffin, says
Ihavs the honer to report, for the inforna ton
OF the post commander, that since my arrival
! here on the 2ath ultialo, when l found an ex-
citing political oonteet going on among the
eitiZsns of the vicinity, which was prosecuted
with vigor by both parties until election day,
! the 4th instant, not single OF riot or dis
! turbauce has been brought to my notice up t o
this time. -..t..f
am informed By all pers6ns With whom have
qonveTsed on the sub iect. that no political cam
paign here has ever been conducted with more
order than that SO recently concluded. The dis
position to assist and submit to the civil authori-
ties seems general
This evidence is complete North Car
DINA stands sindicated by her Governor,
who Institutes the charges, and by the jury
which he has had empanneled. He ad.
mits that the Instruction is at an end,
and the secret organization broken up
they find that there never was an insur-
reotion, and the people were peaceful and
law abiding. We point to these evidences
of the conduct OF our citizens, and defy
the bitter partisans f Congress to dc
their worst. The country will soon sit il
judgment upon any enormities which they
may commit, We laugh at the malice and
hate of the dying party.
"Horrtda BellM!n