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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-03-15
OUR RALEIGH LETTER
CaIdweIs's Schelncs-WiEl Fi.Cy Come
OGriCf?-State POIiLfcs-,Buslge Mcr-
rinaOn and General Scales-Tile
Greensboro COnvcsatiOss-E2seG Guber-
material EIcctiOn-EEae Democracy
and the Presidency, &C., &c.
RALEIGH, \. G., March

Dor J0Hiua! :-Tour rcadclS will re-
member that Caldwell, being aware that
"All officers should be appointed by the
Governor and confirmed by the Senate.
neglected his sworn duty to communicate
with the Senate, and send i'll his appoint
mentS for confirmation, and chuckled at
the idea that he would get the Conserva-
tives i'll snap by letting the Senate adj
jOurn and then with a flourish of trum-
pets announce his appointments. by pur-
suing this course he did, it is true, render
it impossible for the Senate to reject his in
competent appointees to the Directories Of
the Asylums &c, but in his attempt to play
a small game he has OyeTeached himself,
for his appointments are no more in &C
cOrdance with the law as decided by the
Supreme Court, than are the legislative APP
pOintmentS. The consequence is, the Leg
iSlative Boards being officers de tdctO, will
hold on. Caldwells Boards being neither
dc tdcto nor de iUrC, did not thiuk it worth
while to organize until something turned
mp on Saturday, when the spirit moved the
new appointees for the Deaf and Dumb
and Blind, and late Oh Saturday night they
organized. This morning, it is understood,
they are to draw money from the treasury,
! for what purpose they alone can ten, as
THEY now have no need Of money to sup
port the Blind, and probably never will.
The old Board having been refused
money by the Auditor. have instructed their
Attorney to bring suit to compel the Audi
tor and Treasurer to obey the provisions of
the act, and to prohibit them from paying
money to Caldwell's impecunious Board.
This case will decide the matter, l hope,
in favor of the legislative Board, who are
honest, respectable and capable gentlemen
but if not, as they have received certain
property from the Legislature, i'll trust,
they are not going to turn it over 10 any
! one until the Legislature meets.
Thus we are now entering on scene
second Of Mass TOd's comedy.
And by the way, speaking Of comedy"
recalls what Joe Turner characterzes as
.'Memergetical Beat" abiding to an Incl
dent that recently enliTened the chief
thOroughfare of this usually quiet city,
wherein the beautiful Mrs, ---, figl,r-
ed with her riding whip falling rapidly, and
We suppose, gracefully over the shoulders
! of a prominent Republican.
In political circles we have heard the
questions of the day discussed by well in
formed men, and the result of what we
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STATE NEWS.

CmTows marshals and spies have left
Sampson after five weeks active cam
paign against as peaceful and law-abiding
! population as lives in the United States.
The dwelling, furniture and clothing of
the MeSsrs. Cunningham, Gold Hill, Row
an county, were entirely destroyed by fire
last week.
The colored people Of Warren have set
thciI heart upon clecting john Lyman, the
colOred Senator from that county, to Con-
gress. WarreniS in the HaltaX-EdSecombe
District.
A correspondent OF tie TarboTo' Er
Q,tirc,' recommends the nomination of
Jesse III. Powell. of Edgecombe, or Il. II.
Smith, Of Halifax, for Governor, and Gen.
A. NJ. Scales as Lieutenant Governor.
MASONIC TEMpLE.-This association
has bought the Gales lot, Just below the
Court House. All the old buildings viii
be torn down except the Offices now occu-
pied. It's expected that the erection 0fthc
Temple will begin soon. Subscription
books are still open.-CorOliHH Ere.
The Democrats OF CASTOR county propose
to hold a meeting in Dallas on the first
Monday of April sfor til" purpose Of ap-
pointing delegates to the Democratic State
Convention at Greensboro on the first Of
May. Col. j. l.. Brown, Chairman OF the
Mecklenburg County Democratic EXecu-
tive Committee, calls a county meeting at
Charlotte OH the 18th Of April. for the same
purpose.
A LOYAL. RUFFIAN.-We learn that
Mr.. E. NJ. Aderholdt, the county treasurer
of CASTOR, had valuable gun stolen from
him over a year ago. 1t was tracked back
+ a few weeks ago to the house of one loyal
Martin in Cleaveland county. Mr.. A. went
there hoping to get it quietly. He was,
however, violently assaulted by the lOyalist
and received a severe blow on the head
with a club. The loyalist is i'll Shelby Jail
and will remain there until Judge Logan
in his kind, fatherly way Will say, Enter
penny and costs Mr.. Clerk Charlotte
Home.
ARREST OF C0UNTERFEITERS, &c
Two or three white men were brought to
this city last week and committed to jail
for passing counterfeit money, Of which
; they had several hundred dollars when
taken up. Their arrest was caused by Mr..
A. w. Lawing, to whom some of the spuri-
Gus money was passed. He and DR..
Wash. Morrison and w. A. Wilson pur-
sued the men into Castor county and
brought them to Charlotte, where they
were examined by a |. S. Commissioner
and Marshal and committed for trial. They
had two teams and professcd o be from
Rockingham county, Va. They will find
out that honesty is the best policy.
H., RI
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John Pool.

Our people have become 50 accustomed
to the publication ofthc treacheric5 and evil
practices OF john Pool that the recital Of
fresh Villaiu"S, Or the rehearsal ofold ones
does no. ustonish them. Since this man
published his own dishonur, III tho state
ment naic for him ivy Senator DOOLIT-
TIE, that he had sworn to support the
Confederate Government only The better
to = embarrass" it, The people Of North
Carolina We're prepared TOR his descent
into any depth of infamy to which his vile
purposes might lead, even TO the infamous
proposition for the employment Of noto-
rious murderer to take charge Of aud
'lose" certain leading Conservatives and
Democrats.
The political history of John Pool, since
his election to the United States Senate. IS
marked Ivy treachery and hostility
to the people OF North Carolina to degree
without parallel. We desire here only
to rcterto one act, which, in the light gilmore
recent events, eXcels anything for low
cunning we have ever met with.
1t - " Cll-huONn THAT OOIllt OCl has
done al he could TO advance the ridiculous
claims OF Abbott to a seat in the Senate.
1t was his vote that passed Mortons
amendment to tie Amnesty Bill, designed
alone to exclude Governor VANCE from
the seat 10 which he had been elected, for
it Will he remembered the amendment was
adopted by one vote, and that its pro-
visions covered only the case OF Governor
VANCE.
Some OF our readers may recollect that
| when the Legislature Ie-assembled in
January, 1871, after the usual Christmas
holiday, and Governor VANCE having
failed to get his disabilities removed, much
uneasiness was exhibited by certain
members fearing his success, and d
disposition was manifested to ask him TO
resign in order That new election might
be had before the adjournment. H..
At this juncture a letter was addressed
to Pool by Colonel a. e. CoWLEs, Senator
from Gadkin county, Il strong friend of
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Governor VANCE, and one of his leading
supporters in the General Assembly, and 2
personal friend Of Pool asking his opinion
in regard to the chances of VANcEss adj
mission. The reply hadthe efleck a. u
was intended, toprevent any action. The
letter read in the Senate was us follows:
SENATE CHAMBER,
WASHINGTON CITY, March IL, 1871.
Ma Dear Str:-You ask me, as an old
friend, to tell YOU candidly, if Governor
Vance is likely to be relieved. The Sen
ate Committee has Just reported bill for
his relief, and it will pass next December,
if not before. In the present state OF things
here it mag not be acted upon this session,
as Congress refuses 10 take up any bust
ness except some few special matters; but,
even at this disadvantage Vance stands a
good chance of being relieved before we
adjourn. Many Senators heretofore. OPP
posed will vote for him now. If Congress
remains in session two weeks, he will be
relieved at this session. The House would
pass the bill by an immense majority. |
hardly have doubt as TO his final relief
carly in the next session. ] have not time
tn write more fully.
Merry truly, etc, .. H-s FL.
JOHN POoL.
We submit this case Of bad faith with
out further comment. II is worthy only
III. Holm Pool ,... ali.
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NEW YORK.


Every thim.c quiet at the Erie Railway
headquarters today. Al meeting OF the Di-
rcc'orS held al noon, lay Gould was attending
a. one Of the boar d. / vote passed. requiring
the heads of departments TO furnish statements
OF the C0ndltion OF affars III their charge. Vice
President Archer stated that the Erie DAD have
no moro intimate connection With the Atlantic
and Great Western Eoa'l. than with any other
Western lines. \ consultation will be held o.
day between Air. FraSers, one OF the Directors
with parties who consider The present bos.,l
inimical to the Interests of American stock
holders, and eX I'm such impression.
The Erie Railroad has settled into ordinary
quiet. Geuld said to-day that he was glad to be
ont of the Erie presidency. The salary did Mt
pay for the perpetual l. arraSsmcnt
Steamship San Francisco from Bermuda re-
ports tho ship Denmark, ot Liverpool. as hay
ing been abandoned a s.a. The Denmark wa
formerly an American ship.
The Great Republic is one Of the largest il
not the largest vessel OF the class in the world.
ALBANY, March Is.
Returns from thirty-three counties in this
State show that at the recent town elections
the Republicans gained thirty-ons Supcrvi-
SOrS
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-03-15

question, which was as to what head the
Agricultural Bureau belonged? CARrEN-
TER confessed he could not tell; SAWYER
could not tell; nobody could tell, in truth !;
and The fact stands ont that here arc two
grand bureaus at least for which there is
net particle OF warrant i'll the ConStltu-
ton, nor in any other document capable of
comforting authority. They are eXcrcsccnccs
both. tias have grown up almost insensibly,
and that will soon swell, unless cut off,
into the proportions OF Departments.
g. Mr.. CARPENTER in opposing this use
less waste of money for an illegitinlatc OBJ
iect. said that we are "fast travelling to-
wards concentration Of power in The teder-
al government, aud it would be well to
stopand look around us and ask what au-
tholitv VIC have to establish this Bureau OF
Education. We have a Bureau OF ASt1cui-
furr. What more authority have We to
establish either Of these bureaus than to-
establish a burcau Of boots and shoes, Il
bureau Of merchandise, or Of silk goods, or
Of any other industry of the country ?
These Bureaus Of Agriculture and Educa-
ton are, in my judgment, an innovation
and usnrpation on the part Of This govern
mcnt."
sin the same strain Mr.. THURMAN
" agreed with Mr.. CARPENTER in every
word lie had said Oh this subject. The
central government was gradually en-
o.oooL;.,, ~, tI,o x,o,.-o,su nj tho States The
Department OF Agriculture began as a
mere bureau for the collection of statistics,
but it grew to be a department, and the
next thing would probably be that the
head of it would be made cabinet officer.
So, too, the Bureau Of Education was
growing into department Of public in
struction, and before long We should have
a minister OF public instruction, who would
be member Of the cabinet. Unless the
people put stop 10 this centralizing move
ment it would never end until it had alb
sorbed every power Of the States, and as
sumed the right to regulate every industry
in the county"
= Mr.. Carpenter is a Republican and MIR.
Thurman is Democrat, but we are glad
to see them unite in sentiments which
should he the common property Of all par
ties, because they arc founded upon the
most elementary principles Of constitutional
government. During the Wal we were
compelled to wink al many stretches, and
even at some abuses Of power but, the
moment The war closed, every man in the
nation and every party III the nation ought
to have set its face against the wrong
Nor Is II too late now to begin the reform.
We hear Il great deal OF new departures of
late but, III our opinion, the best new lie
palturc that any body Of men could make
would he ike that Of SaWncy, Wlen he was
caught crawling towards a henroost,
Book again" We must depart from the
errors Into which we have wandered
and assume our original position. The
mischiels that have been already wrought,
and the greater mischiefs that are likely to
be wrought by the limitations of centralism,
are only too obvious, and we rejoice to see
prominent men Of both parties denOun-
cling them With honest indignation. 1t is
our thunder, but it is at the service Of all
The world.
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South Carolina Items.

The Legislature adioUr,IS tomorrow.
Camden has been put into telo@rar?,ic
communication with Columbia
The Governor has appointed Simeon w.
kink Commissioner of Deeds, resident ut
Chicago.
Extensive preparat ions are being ,i,,tie
at Columbia for the PuriIn ball, which is to-
take place there on the 10Th instant.
The Grcenyille City Council offer 4 re-
ward OF one hundred dollars for the dis
covery Of the inccndiaries who have lately
been so active i'll the town.
Governor Scott has appointed the fol-
lowing named Notaries Public for Edge
field county: Elijah Still, a. Ramsey, Jl.,
DR.. Joe Cummings and G.. w. Bonham.
The Slate Works at Greenville were sold
for s., S25 to Mr.. y. McBce, by whom they
had been turned over, at cost, to the City
Council. 1t is expected that they will be
converted into fliF fair. grounds.
Mr.. II. t. Peaile, one Of the most OK
perienced railroad men in the State, has
inspected the present condition of the
Laurens Railroad. and says it can be put
i'll running order by July next. It is cx-
pected that the work of reconstruction will
commence at once.
We learn. from the kingstree iStar thai
Mr.. J. S. Pipkin, OF Williamsburg District
has recently returned from New Y orka
where he procured and brought on with
him sixteen Gea?an Immigrants, whom he
designs to settle and employ ON his farm.
The Iorkville Enquirer says: On
Thursday last, w. l.. Spencer was re
ceiyed at the prison here, having been re-
turned from Columbia =; and NJ. S. Bowen
has been released, which arc the only
changes that have taken place within Tie
past two weeks. ..-..s ..
FURTHER ARRESTS IN UNIoN.-The
Columbia Phdsnir says that Colonel JOS
cph Gist and another prominent citizen
were arrested in Union, on Friday last, Oh
charge Of Ku-kfitXism. There is a per-
feet reign of terror throughout the county.
Colonel Gist had just given his evidence in
court i'll a pending case when he was ar
rested.
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Public opinion has not at all time, been
united upon the propriety Of frequent cleo
lions, nor have political contests been re-
sarded as uumixcd blessings, but the posi-
bility of putting an end to 50 corrupt and
lawless an Administration as that which
now disgraces our country, Will go far to-
wards fixing the opinions ofmcu not already
ebstinately set the other way. How near
this possibility Of oUsting GRANT comes to
being probability, we cannot tell, bul
this we do know, it has put every party at
the North on IFS pretty behavior before the
'sdear people
We know of no spectacle equal 10 the
enc now on exhibition, save that OF Il dozen
young men counting the same 9irl.
Good clothes, pretty speeches and prom
ises of reformation are now everywhere to
be seen and heard.
Cards and dice, and whiskcy and prctan-
ity, in word, all evil ways, whether social
OF political, are now ioroWorn. IN Con-
gTess and out, on the stump and in the
Press, we shall, until the ides of November,
Reform and Political Morality.
Whether these Presidential protest ation5
are worth any more than lovers vows the
future only can tell. All we have to say is
that whether We believe them or not
whether they be true OF not, they are very
pretty that if they be nothings they are
very "sweet nothinos.1
Under the head of Sound AND CHEER
1876 WORDS, we find the following in the
New York Ercnip7 Po~j, a Republican
paper:
The best things that have been said in
either House Of Congress this session were
said yesterday in the Senate by Messrs.
CARPENTER and THURMAN. They were
manly and vigorous protests against the
entertainments of Capitalization, which is
now threatening to absorb every remaining
junction of the State governments, and
almost every right of the individual.
g The occasion was an amendment TO
the legislative appropriation bill introduced
by Senator SAWYER to increase the appro-
priation for a mongrel office, called the
Bureau of Education, from S26,5O0 to
S56,o50-did any one ever hear OF an
amendment to decrease appropriations d?
When CARPENTER asked under what head
of federal jurisdiction this bureau belong
ed, SAWYER replied by asking another
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lIaYe heard impresses us with the belief
tI1at a-yast amount Of work is necessary to
place our general ticket on absolutely safe
ground. We have every assurance of
electing majority in both branches of the
Legislature, and should make create exc
tons HAN ever before toselect ayConserva-
tive Governor.
The meeting of the Greensboro COnyen-
ton is anticipated with lively intetest, for
as yet public epiRieH has not been directed
to any man likely to S1c our candidate for
Governor. 1t is probable that the friends
Of Judge .Merrimon win not desire his
name to be brought before the Convention,
and Gen. A. N. Scales is under disabilities.
This seems to dispose Of two names most
frequently spoken of in connection with the
nomination. We also expect that the
Greensboro Convention will have to decide
whether the Conservatives of North Caro-
lima Will sustain the nominee of the Lib
/ eral Republican Convention for President.
| A ''reiidbte gentleman" just from Wash
ington City, says that such is the present
sentiment of a large majority of Demo
| cratic members of Congress. He describes
David Davis IS being an open-handed,
honest Western man; fat, good-natured
and easy in. Conversations man who
| mixes with the people and knows their
sentiments. :
| Should the Liberal Republicans nomi-
nate him at Cincinnati, and the Demo
Gratis, willie preserving their. separate Or
ganization, also accept him us their candi-
| date, his election would be secured, and
! the result would be our enfranchisement
from. the horrid lnisrule that has SO
grievously oppressed us.
But my letter is already too long:
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TH.c WadcsI,0rD' Argus.
EMessrs. .Jamcs * WaTock made their
bow rs editors Of the AJgl~, in the follow
ing very graceful
SALI-TATORN.


ing very graceful
- SALI-TATORN,
with this issue we assume the editorial
and business management OF the 1bYtS-
Natives Of North Carolina, and Identified
with her in every relation of life, it Will be
or interest, as We'll rs oar losiGgr dItyy to
seek to promote her welfare statd guard her
honor, by egcTY means Within our power |;
and we feel that we can give our readers
no better Indication, of our purpose, and no
stronger guarantee of its fulfllment, than
this assurance.
We are not of that class of men whose
philanthropy and patriotism are SO broad
that they can comprehend nothing less
than the whole country. We confess, and
without a particle of shame, that we con-
slider our first duty and best efforts rs be-
longing to North Carolina, and that, lnlesS
we can thereby advance the interests of
our own section Of the South, We feel no
especial regard for the welfare Of tie gen
eral country. co.
The 1Igtts Will however, bear its full
share in the Federal politics, for the reason
that North Carolina is to be so greatly in
iured, or benefited, by the giving to, OF
withholding from, certain hands, the I'M
hunted power and vast patronage now eX-
ercised by the Federal Government.
n Ortn CafOullldlS can never Ittlly ICCON-
er possession of North Carolina until the
control of the horde Of revenue officers,
postmasters, and Federal court officials,
now infesting the State, shall have been
wrested ''from the hands of them that
hate U.S." aud placed with our friends. To
assist in This accomplishment, the 1,gltS
win labor faithfully and untiringly.
In State politics, We shall be earnest and
active i'll our opposition to those who have
! bankrupted the State and have sought to
destroy It's good name among the nations
of the earth, and who may oppose needed
reforms. This, we take it, is the
great issue now before our people and in
this fight We propose to regard the former
party affiliations of neiher friend nor foe.
As we intend to attack Our present enc
mics, regardless of former political friend
ships, so are we prepared to stand side by
side in the trenches With men who form
erly differed from us in political sentiment.
! All of our efforts shall be to divide and dc
! feat the forces of the enemy !; and, con-
| scious of the honesty of our purpose to
make good the ASSURANCES herein given,
! and to give our readers a true, reliable
/ Conservative newspaper, We trust it will
not be long ere the friends of the Aryps
shall have become the friends OF its editors
! as we'll
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..,rhc TSehhorne Case.

We present TO our readers this morning
a brief resume of this most extraordinary
Casa case without parallel, whether We
consider the time and money expended
in it's trial, OF the audacity OF the pretended
Baronet. a"# 1853
A case i'll which the costs, first and last,
were measured by hundreds of thousands
OF dollars, and length Of the examination
of single witness and the speeches of sim
Gle counsel were measured by weeks, may
we'll be set down among the causes celedrcS
OF the world. ...-ro,. ...l
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E,resbytery of WILMINGTON.

This young, but vigorous and active
Presbyterian body, commenced its Spring
session on Thursday last ut Brown
Marsh Church." in Biaden county, as we
have already announced, closing its iabors
al a late hour on Saturday afternoon. We
have been informed by friend that the
opening semen was preached by the re-
firing Moderator, Rev. 5. G. ALEXANDER,
Of this county, after which the organization
was completed by the election Of the Rev.
A. MCFAYDKN, of Bladen county, as Mod
orator, aud the Rev, ;. III. EsLEE, of Lemon
county, and Elder JouN W. MCIAURIN,
of this city, As temporary clerks.
All OF the ministers belonging 80 the
/ Presby terry, except ole, were in attend
ance, also quite Il large representation of
the ElleT5iip. The church with which
the meeting was held is new and commo-
dious one, and reflects truly great credit
/ upon the liberaity and christian energy OF
! the PIesbyteIians in that section.
/ A large amount OF business relating to
the various interests Of the church was
LNdIiSaHtC'l, Atlh - S)iI4t VI HSssI anu e''A'le
+ ness peIvaded ali their deliberations.
/ Our friend informs rs further that ili.
hospitality ofthe Sood people was Of The
most kindly and cordial character Il was
+ not where TO find place to stop at bat it
was more troublesome to frame AZ; excuse,
/ fo: every one was anNiouo to press youf
consent to stay with them.
The next session vi the rrcsbytery Was
/ appointed to meet at the town Of kcnans-
vile, in DupIin county, on Thursday be
fore the third Sunday iii September next.
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CABLE DISPATCHES.


Dispatches from New York, reporting a
change in the direction Of the Erie Railroad
Company and the deposit g of jag Gould from
the Presidency, have been received i'll this
city. The Times OF this a. m in an article Oh
the subject, says that the election OF the new
Board OF Directors and the elevation of GEN
eral Dix to the Presidency OF the Company will
restore confidence in American enterprise and
consequently result in an increase Of the re
sources of the country. 3D..