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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-08-23
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The reaction which was to have taken
place IN favor OF Gcu. Grant, is not yet
visible. Day by day, the number OF
prominent republicans, who cannot and
will not support Grant, increases The
events of the past week took New Hamp-
shire out of the list of doubtful States
Without the support of Rollins, and Fogg,
and Tappan, the electoral vote of New
Hampshire cannot be cast for General
Grant. Mr.. Rollins, who has declined to
work tor Grant, is said to have written a
strong letter in favor of the Cincinnati
cket. Gen. FarnswOrth, of Illinois, has
come out for Greeley, giving encourage
ment to the liberals of that State The
number Of democrats who still decline to
go tor Greeley, is rapidly decreasing, as it
becomes more and more evident that the
only choice is between Grant and Greeley
A meeting Of anti-Greeley Democrats at
Peru, Ill, last week, came to the unani-
nous conclusion that their only course
was to support Greeley.
Such old Repu Jltcan leaders as Trum-
bull, Brown, Palmer, SchuIz, Sumner,
Upton, FaInswOrth, Banks and Iappan,
with thousands Of others who have held
positions of influence in the Republican
party, are out for the Cincinnati nominees
The office-hOlders claim that they are
gaining many converts from the DeInoc-
ricy, but they fail to give us any names.
They undertook to capture VOORHEES,, aud
Stockton, and Bayard and Eldridg+, but
ii each case failed. These gentlemen were
opposed to the nomination of Greeley by
the Baltimore Convention, but there was
no hesitation after the nomination was
made. TO balance lalf-dOzen senators
and members which they have lost, the
Republicans claim 70 have gained Joseph
II. Geizer, 'an old Democrat" $. G.. Nc
kce, and j. I. Hoy, ''a lifelong Demo
crat." These may be Important recruits.
but 1t must be cOutesse that they are I'M
known men.
In our own State, such men as David
Clark, David A. Welles, Judge Foster,
Judge McCuIdy, Senator Perkins, Mayor
ely, OF NOrw ak, Mayor Coffin, of Middle
town, aud over four thousand other repul-
hcans are out against Grant. Have the
republicans made any gains to balance
these? Only two men, so far as we can
learn, have declared for Grant. These are
Mi. Bond and Mr.. Sheehan. With little
management, we are confident that the
liberal republicans Of Connecticu and the
democrats can be united ia one reform
party, which will sweep the State. While
| the Grant republicans are losing mu:h
they are gaining nothing. Occasionally
| they may get democrat to throw away
his vote, but the number who will be guilty
OF this folly will be small. Toombs, and
Stephens, and Duncan may hold a cOnven-
ton, but the ticket which will be nomina-
ted Will not have supporters enough TO keeE
it y arm till November.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-08-23
The Late Mar ar,n,..r

DIR. Ed yard NJ. Schaefer, Of Washing
ton City, reports as the result Of his t,.,sri- :
vation on the meteoric shower on Fridav
ni"ht and Saturday morning last:
The finest display Vas in the northern
hall "f the sky, and from eleven o'clock ON
Friday night until three O'Clock On SJtui-
day morning he counted 241 met..ors.
Most OF them were small, few large and
brilliant, leaving train visible for a few
seconds. One large meteor appeared to
increase greatly III size at the moment be-
fore disappearing, resembling tht bui sting
OF a rocket. The large majp.ity radiated
from point in the northe ST higher than
that of the November shower, bu. excep-
tions gave various directions. One start
ing near the North Star appeared T., rise
slowly toward the Zenith till il disappeared.
On two occasions meteors, appearing SIM
ultane 'usly, took paths crossing at right
angles over the same spot. Most of Them
were of yellow color, tie larger ones al
most white. The greatest number observed
in an hour WAS 1OG. The display was re-
garded as the finest August shower since
1860.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-08-23
Dublin County.


s f.ieIld has called our attention an
error into wiicl, we fell in regard tt+the
vote uf this stat,nch Old Democratic county
1t was stated that the vvte actually cast
in the county was in excess of its voting
'popUia;Ion Our error was caused by a
mistake III the returns, rs at first reported
According to the olliaiai statement i ap
pears that The whole vote cast ~ a. ,, ,1o5.
The voting strength ot Tie county is z.937.
Our fr'en'is III ola Dup:in have jtist cause
10 feel pict.d II the 3acccss nf their ef-
toTts il fhs late election. IN 1879 our ma-
fority Was OBJ III 1871 it was Az; but
il 1872, by earnest, honest, determined
work, the lnajorlry was Increased to 7l3
votes,
But with such able c,,lididates and
canvdssers, and such glorious constitu-
ency Us that of Dupiin an increased Demo
cratic majority vas {; :iatIIdl result
Well done for hDmeSt DID Dupliu.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-08-23
Issc Kate zi4cSE0a-'EEsA 8s8ss@!;=sr .>.E@ts
SsRI=tF(ser-z'Fse S@..s Work kEpK-ss4a-

The people ana the press OF tile State
continue IL urge rhcn demand tlIat Judge
Men imols anu the other candidates on our
State ticket shall contest the 500 alled cleo
tion Of their Opponents DeEu u tho l4e-lt Lee
go,ature.
Thus far We have received only one
paper CiaimnAs to be an exponent of the
Democratic Conservative Party i'll North
Carolina that is iii favor @f allow ing Cald-
we'll to take his seat without an Investig"-
ton of tic alleged frauds and intimida-
ton.
The paper TO which we refer, is the
Hi,lsboro' Recorder. We are not sure,
however, thai We are quite accurate III
classins it AS one Of the papers claiming to
be an exponent of the Democratic Conser-
vativc party in North Carolina. The fol
lowing extracts, from its issue Of last week,
are sufficient we think, to create doubts
rs to the political status Of the paper.
In an article entitled q The Result" we
find the following: ..
"When Merrimon received the nonina-
ton of that Convention, we offered to bet
any maa present that Cdtd1ceU to0Wd 6eGt
is5n4 and as late as Thursday, the elec-
tiolI day, and Frida.'. the lying report day,
we told our people who We're then toamlng
az the mouth III rejOicingS Of glorious
triumph and u ten Thousand majority fol
MecriInon! We told them not to holler toe
Mach, that we feared yet that Caldwell
was elected by three tI4ouSG,sd And We
h;%e always said, III the State and out OF
It, when asked abo,it the election and the
chances: - tha: it would be close, and thai
we thought Caldwell would beat by three
Hl0ltsa5ld.' Though we voted for Merri-
mOn."
III another article, in the same acollimi'
we find the fulowlns e
We rise to say that Blow-yotT-i iIorn
Billy Smith is elected to Congress from
this, the Fourth District.
g We rise to say. that the Eecof1er sup
ported BloW-Y YozIr-IIOrnzbilly IL the face
of over fourteen hundred Democratic ma
jority and the two Raleigh hesa! centre
papers with their influence combined
! against him.
BE it remeombe red that Billy Snlitlr wa
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-08-23
From the Nevada (Mo.) Examiner
A wild GIrI-A Mystery.

On FRIDAY evening, as couple of Mr..
Rasor's children were going to the well.
situated i'll field of growing corn, about
one-fourth of a mile from the house, for
water, they saw little girl, about eight
years old, coming from the south and going
north toward MOundvlle. She was CRYING
wildly. AS she passed the children she
said, " Where is mama's Ii use p but went
on without stopping, and crossed the north
fence. When the children got back to the
fence near the house they saw the little
girl on the hill, about half mile off they
went to the house and told their mother,
but when she went to the door she could
not see the child. When Mr.. Rasor came
home late at night she told him the circum-
stances, but he supposed it was too late to
hunt the child.
While he was out in the yard after SUD-
per he heard child in the direction the
little one had gone ,ream out ms If fright
ened. Immediately he started toward the
sound, on the hill i'll the prairie, and again
he heard the child scream out. He stopped
at bis neighbor's, Mr.. RlIsk, and he went
with him TO hunt the child. After Rusk
came out Of his house, they both heard the
child scream again as if frightened. They
hunted until II O'Clock, but could not near
from the child anywhere. That night it
ralned very hard about one hour,
Saturday the neighDorS were aroused and
the whole neighborhOOd was OH the hunt,
and riders went for miles around and in
quired If there was child lost, or if any
OF the children had been away from home
Oh Friday last, and could not hear that any
child had ever been away from home.
The people finally came To the concluaion
that The children were mistaken, and even
MIR. Rasor and Rusl began to think they
might have been deceived by Il night owl
screechlng, and they gave up the search
late on Saturday.
On Sunday Mr.. Robert Wilson, W lille in
MIR. Speuy's corn field, discovered cIiId's
track, but barefoot, The search was again
renewed and excitement began to get high.
when q physician found "a place where "A
child wearing CATERS had crossed the. road.
climbed a fence aud jumped into TIM field
Her feet, Sh0ed with SaitcIs, us was seen
ny the Impression in the mad, were small;
the child where II lii on the ground fell
back and left an impression Oh the soil.
and as il got up fell forward on it's knees.
tb"y could not track it out ofthe field, bat
iouIi two more green cObs from which tic
corn Va, eaten. Uhy theory nov Is tiat
The child has become wild witii fright a.:,.
hides from those that are hunting i,.r. ia
tlc tall GrLss or weeds, The siLi5, track:
and gnaWed cObs SHOW there vas 4 child
there, and the ncighbJrs are stira il could
be noIta of theirs. IN" .si,'atcst mystery
IS Where dId the Child come frnrn :.
We learn the above fiUu MIR. X Iil!rs. OF
MoundVille, who WaS ia town On Tnrst'av
trying to learn who had lus q cIih
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-08-23

Gratis have grounds for supporting Mr..
| Greeley which are entirely outside and in
dependent of the fact that he has been
Republican and a negrOphilist. Those who
ask Democrats to go for Mr. Greeley upon
the same grounds that Sumner asks the
negroes to go for him have no conception
OF the real issue, or are dOuble-dealers.
There is danger i'll this matter, or we
would not allude to it, and it is a danger
which the shrewd and unscrupulous man
ayers for GRAFT long ago scented out and
are trying to profit by. In point of fact,
the GRANTEES in the South, as soon as they
found that Sumner and Greeley were like
ly to go away from them, began TO hedge
on the Southern negro cote.
Neither Grant nor his friends have any
fOndness for the negro, nor confidence III
him. They know that there are three
white votes in the South for one negro
vote, and they have been trying for years
to swap Off one for the other. That is the
secret of the pitifu huckstering of the Ad-
| ministratiOn with Longstreet, Jim Orr,
Akenuan, Settle, Mosby, &c. That is The
sole roo>0n tohy u. 5. Casy remains to this
ctdY {. Hector dt NeU Orleans. Casey
tried to make league of the Custom
house with the Democrats, that would
send him /" the United States Senate and
squelch Waruoth The league failed,
because The Louisiana Democrats had no
confidence III Casey. The Grant "hedge"
fails, because the Southern Democrats will
have no dealings with Grant.
But We must be very careful in our at
tempts at Bringing over the Southern ne
gro, to do nothing that will drive the
Southern white man into disgusted mac
:l1n. We must not fling the cloak of apa-
thy over his present fine enthusiasm and
herculean endeavor. "The game is not
worth the candle.'' The negro is the Crea-
ture OF the Leagues, and We cannot win
him over III body, even if we tried. He
knows only two names, and those are
" Linkum" and Grant. Collectively, he
has scarcely heard of Sumner and Greeley.
And he is absolutely and entirely untrust-
worthy, as now constituted. Upon this
point the testimony of Mr.. John G.. Sin
mott, all eminent merchant of New Or
leans, before the committee of the last
Congress to investigate the political trou-
bles IN Louisiana is most conclusive. 1t
is to be found on page 493 OF the printed
testimony:
q. You organized a large number of col
ored Democratic clubs i'll this city, did you
not A. Yes, sir helped to organize
| one.
Q. Tell me if they played out? A. They
We got them together, and fed them, and
| clothed them, and ShOd them.
q. Tell me hO,o much they cost you !?
| A. IT IS inc0LcH{uOIe. l co1p,Ot tell.
Z. How many clubs were there? A.
do not knO"; we had one, and that was
enough for ME.
q. How many members did you have in
| it? A. We must have had hundred, al
most.
q. Did you clothe them? A. Yes 4;
clothed them, and fed them, and sIod
them; gave them spirits once or twice a
week.
q Ihen they trcIH d1ld COted tie Re
publican tcket : A. erpect eoery one
dill
z. From thnt time the Dem0crdcy IN
THIS city hGS dropped tie negro 7 \. Yes;
go" may be sure Of that.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-08-23
IscInnrIsnI.Ie 6f yr,,e

A.reinarkapie case ~ reported IN Surui-
cal dentistry, which if it were not wei! en-
dOrscd, would be unworthy of rcpntitiou.
A magazine entitled "Good Health. :, az
excellent reputation, copies from a., Eu.-
lish paper the statement that a Ineml,.r ,,f
the Chronological Society Of that country
had extracted tooth from "A gentleman.
which had for some time been pai, fuily
Affected by changes of temperature. After
the performance Of the operation, the de-
cayed part Of the tooth WAS scrapcd from
the crown, the dental ca,i.h from whirl, il
was taken clearsrd. and the tooth nut
back ia its place, where, at the end Of n
fortnight, IL renewed its duty AS a healthy
maSticat0r. Foo three or four hours after
the operation there was dun aching ..,.i,,.
which, however, entirely ceased l..E,,,
noon OF the following day, though some
tenderness remained. The Boston Times.
in giving crcdence to the repoIt of this
reina kable case, says that well-known
dentist 'f that city has, ia several instances
succeeded in the same operation.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-08-23

In addition To thes,. liberal rates, we
desire to interest cur old subscribers and
friends in Our welfare.
" e tgW crct{H 0nY person 'cj'h 0m0nth'~ $
&ubxcriJ,iingt ,chO 3cW send RS Il subscriber
tor one ycru' m me u&tu rates to the etil-
ton to ,5airh h. J., It ,afb~cribc,' hint&ciE
IL may not be convenient for subscribers
to get up large clubs. But it may fall III
his way, at odd times, to induce one or two
others tn subscribe, and thus gradually
send us enough names to cover the en-
pense of his own paper, without cash out
lay to himself and with profit and encour-
agcmrnt to us.
We will not commend THE jour
MAI. to its old patrons and friends. Its re-
putatiOn and merits are known. What it
has been it will be, independent, unpur-
chasablc, Unscllisll, honest, faithful, earn
est and bold. Can we depend upon the
support of the people ?
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-08-23

THE REIGNING BELLE, Mrs. Ann ).
Stephens new society novel, has just been
published by Il. b. Peterson IL Brothers,
very large sale, for Mrs. Stephens stands
among the first of our American noveiists,
always teaching a good moral, and writing
in fascinating manner; and this, her last
etfoit, is said to be in no way inferior to
her other books. Among our numerous
novelists no one produces such thoroughly
good, because natural, dialogues, and you
can rarely make all accurate guess at the
den0ue1nent i'll any of her novels. In this,
as III some other respects, Mrs. Stephens
Is Infinitely Superior TO many of the writer's
OF the day. The popularity Of her books,
ga Noble Woman, 4" ''Palaces and Prisons, .
Married i'll HASTE" Wives and Widows -
"Ruby Gray's Strategy" course of Cold, !"
'EMabels Mistake" ''Doubly False,' "The
Soldiers Orphans" s'Silent Struggles, y
'The Wife's Secret "The Rejected
Wife, "Mary Derwent," "Fasbion and
Famine" "The Old Homestead" "The
Heiress" and "The Gold Brick" have
never been excelled. "The Reigning
Belle" is issued in large duodecimo vol-
ume, and sold by all booksellers at the low
price of 81 - in cloth, or 81 80 in paper
cover; or copies will be sent my mail, to
any place, postpaid, by the Publishers, T.
b. Peterson d Brothers, Philadelphia, Pa,
on receipt of the price. All of Mrs. Ann
S. Stephens eighteen books are put up in
a neat box, cloth, full gilt backs, &c
Price S31 so. 30 y
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-08-23
WILMINGTON. N. a.:
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1872.
Judge Hacks letter.

We publish this morning, in fnll, not
withstanding its length, the admirable, let
t.. of Judge Black, of Pennsylvania.
The letter is well worthy Of the most
careful consideration Of every citizen of the
country. 1t presents the real question al
issue i'll the Presidential campaign, in a
manner SO clear and trutlful and logical
that it must carry conviction To every mind
not hopelessly biased by partisan preiu-
dice.
We commend the letter especially TO
those old time Democrats who have still
some qualms Of conscience about voting for
their old enemy Horace Greeley.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-08-23
: Committee


Most persons will remember the muir
der OF boy and girl, brother and sister, in
Bussey's Woods, near Boston, some years
ago. A Western paper has printed a de-
tailed history Of the murder, with All an
nOuncement that the murderer has beer
found, and that his whereabouts need not
long remain mystery to the public. Ac-
cOrding TO the veracious historian, news
paper reporter once succOred man III dis
tress, and that man, iii the abundance of
his gratitude, Informed him Of the name of
the murderer. The criminal, he states, is
a barber, who was very intimate fri nd
of Thomas Ainsley, the painter, who was
arrested al the time on suspicion. This
barber is a man from twenty y-cigllt TO thirty
years old, five feet ten inches tall, and is
very powerful. lie lives now either in
Boston or Springfield, Mass Stripped Of
all the narrowing details with which it has
been invested, the above is the substance
of the story. If il be true, il cent only opens
a new field for the labors Of the detective
force, who, for all these years, have been
steadily but none the less surely at work
in another direction. But it is probably
false. In the present condition # affairs a
publication OF What had beer done and is
doing IN regard to this murder would defeat
the ends Of Justice AID overthrow the
work which has occupied tlr 'lh for a
long time. Suffice it To say, then, that the
officers have been quietly weaving net
work of evidence around one man whose
every motion is watched, and who, ere
long will be placed on trial for this murder.
1t is doubtful if he can be legally found
guilty. 1t is all almost moral certainty,
however, if one may be convicted by cir.
cumstantial evidence, that he and he alone
committed this most dreadful of the crimes
of modern date.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-08-23
E'be Official Vote of the Third COn-
xrcSSiOnslf District

Yesterday the Sherills Of the several
counties composing this (the Third) Con-
grrssional District, met in the Court
House, in this city, rs required by law,
and compared the vote for Congressman.
The SherillS OF Moore, lIarnett tumber-
land and Bladhf did not arrive until after
noon, and the meeting was deferred until
III. NJ. At this hour the SheriiS, and the
electors summoned according to law, met
Sheriff Richardson, of Columbus, pre- sided.
The following is the official vote, attested
by tn" Shrritfs of the respective counties :
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-08-23
Une2nsnDIctE Goodness of FE..,d A., -
GFGeIGy Voter

iI'AF- August &.
Yesterday evening an incident occurred
which was shocking and serious, vet
pleasant As the train going North was
passing by Tie KOnr aid Watrrfuun ,i,i.
road shops at lais rate OF speed, bra q .
man on that rOad vas walking II p,fiIw ri
on the Same track. III noise of tl.,. Ah g.,
pIeseltad las hes4Iing the approac:, If t.,,
train WOrkincn neal, who saw HI. dan
ger, shouted 80 him, hat he did no, hear
them. Nor did lac notice the appro Cling
train until IL was At his heel; then re- iii, o
the danger ot his position lee united al h!.
forces in one spring 20 free himself T. oin s.,
Imminent il dangcr: but twas too late
Just rs his feet left the ground the c,lpinc
struck i1In in thai portion Of his bod,
whereoE he sits and pitched linn heel over
head twenty feet IN the air. He i.tid-i
on hl5 feet, picked up his hat, and 10 rx-
cit2d enthusiasm shouted, "Ihrac cir.crs
for Greeley Another vote saved ~
Utica Ots.7. arr.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-08-23

Horace SEreeEey ehN HAS supporters
fioraco Greeley has shown, perhaps, a
more thorough appreciation of the proprlc-
ties attaching to the position of presiden-
tial candidate than the country has wit
messed for many years. He has shown
another thing too. lie has shown a consltm-
mate skill and an intnitiVe sagacity lii avoid
ing the snares ana pitfalls that beSct every
mans path when he formally sets out on
the march to the White House, that even
his plOst enthusiastic admirers had scarcely
dared to hope for.
His utterances. and properly too, have
not been many, but they have been we'll
timed and TO the point. There need be no
fear lest hu may make a mistake or com
nit blunder. What Mr.. Greeley knows
about presidential campaigning is evidently
well worth knowing. As for ourselves, we
freely confess that the more We think
about Mr. Greeley and his candidacy as
the nominee of our party, the better are we
satisfied.
Nor do. We see the slightest inconsiSt
encv or i,npropriety in Our extending Il
him tIl,. most cordial support. We care
not what may have be.n his record i'll
years gone by. 1t matters not to us what,
in times OF party excitement or in his
cooler moments, he may have said or may
not have said in reference TO the Demo
ocratic Party or its leaders.
We do not claim now, nor have we ever
claimed, that Mr. Greeley is now or ever
was a Democrat. 1t matters not TO us
that he was ALI Ab0litionist. 1t matters
| not wish the 'swaSward sisters oftlle South
to depart in peace" or whether he did or
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-08-23
A Se~ Way tO Perform ana Gle. Trick
-AIaE.a7na Ahead!

The SELMA DuUy Times is responsible
Tor the following. 1t our North Carolina
plunderers take any pride III their ras-
cality, it viii be well tor them to look
sharp oI thui; Alabama nroLlren will bear
off their laurels.
The Times says:
There is a raid now III fun tide on the
County Treasury of Dallas County, origi-
mated and being engineered by the motto
rious Shepard Diggs.
The facts Of the case are about It's fol-
lows: In June, 1871, one Hill, Il negro,
was driving wagon loaded with seven
Thousand pounds OF freight, Oh thc Kings
Landing and Pleasant IIil dirt road on
this road was bridge that was iii bad
condition, and die fact Of IFS being unsafe
was universally known III that locality and
on that road. Furthermore, at each end
Of the bridge notices were posted ca;ttion-
| ing the public against crossing il. Cog
llizant of the unsafe condition Of The bridge,
| the driver, with Il wagon having Ill it seven
thousand pounds Oi freight, drove on to
it. The bridge gave way and W&snL, team
and driver were prccipitay.d INTO the abyss
below. The injuries received Ivy Hill were
fatal, and III d few Digs afterwards he
died. Such are the facts.
This all occurred Ill ,j1iue, IS1 !, and 81.
| the 9th day of August, 1872, the tturesais.
Dig2s flied with the clerk of tire t'otnniis-
! sioncr's Court Of Dallas county h,4oi,ow
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