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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-26

MARRIAGE. late issue Of the Louisville
(ky.) Commercial gives au Interesting aud full
account of brilliant wedding u that city, the
parties being Mr.. James Bruce Morson. fornl-
ery of Richmond, and Miss Claulia B. Mar
Shall. daughter of Mr.. Henry i Pope, of
Louisville. Among other Incidents connected
with the reception was the opening OF a case of
old wine of the vintage of l79S, brought over
from France by Chief Justice Marshall, grand.
father of the bride, which had been savel for
the occasion. Richmond Wig.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-26

\ CnrEcn Sc,ADAL A dispatch from.
" ashlngtOn 10 The Traveller : a:cS that aurlh..,
church >caudal is coming 10 iigh! in thlr cir,
wltii !; pT0nl.c Ill a .t.nilIc sensation m tI,
co,i'>,, oi tn. text fortnight tn facts + H..
case have Jorn lncntion"d in r...nccti,n viii.
SON" MONETARY ,ran>a"'l"u$ If lrW i,ad.g
mcinhrr> ui rn" OF a." ,ungy<s r>.nb:i.Er..
Episcopal e'oci,.iie> Of 'hat city ans! It ap,r,r,
that the matter is UNDERGOING investigation l..
Il committee co, si>tng NJ the pastor ard y.v
friends, who realize the painful! position in whi.y
they are placed, and hope, by Indicating ti.
guilty parties. TO turn the blame f IN rE,.
church to them. There are in Washington =.
present thirteen Episcopal churches rrorer
among them Chris, Church. St.John' lririt,
and the Epiphany: aud fourteen Methodist
Episcopal. iLciu1irg the Metropolitan ail IN.
Foundry churches
The church 10 questions is PROSPEROUS nni COG.
Spicuous. although there was time when IL
treasury was alta low abb, aud it is SAID ,lr
dc'lnqueucics Of its me:DbcrS were disc weed
through ;he confession ot a d ing brother II,
charges ar" OF nature impljcarine pramn,et
municipal aud Goeernmcn, officials and j, !.
said the invest! ration will show that within %yr
years over &2OU,O0D Of Government mJgry>
have been improperly diverted to the u>r> d
the society. 81 Tar as the pastor and ,o.nc
o'h,r, arc conc 2rncd there has been no suspicion
OF the source o! ;hr>- r-vvLueS until Il recent
date, aLd those who haye robbed the govern
ncn; TO cOutributt both to their Own poch as
aud tic church IT a>ury have borne an curiao.,
reru'ation for philanthropic generosity. l. j.
belt we'd 4haE the rortion Of the >poIls given IL
the church is small compared to thai pockotyi
by tie Su,Y parties who, by reason Of rAer
position i'll the church, have been enabled to
carry on their system Of trauls with inquiry
and with The lDu0ccnt assistance Of tncr IL.
low incmbel> = Bo<to. GLpLc
We hope there Is Solue mistake, or oXalgr-
rat!cu il the above statement.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-26

With the approval of the sentences Of the
Modoc clptivcs by the Executive and War De
partmcnt, the question Ct dealing with the H.
dams of that tribe is ended with the Uuitcd
States authorities, So far as the six muir
dcrerS, who arc to be hanged on the third of
October, are concerned, but Others Of that tribe
arc charged with serious offences, for which it
is known the O:cgon authorize : have request
ed from the Government their delivery into
the custody Of the State officials, the Inliaus
now being held BY the General Government.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-26

The vcritabie s"a-Sorrent is all"&"d to has'
been seen in Portland hartor on the eveuin. o!
July t, by Mr.. 5. B. Beckett, and by VI!
Rhodes. oil Portland, at Il later date. Then
descriptions OF the animal agree in several pa!
ticulars, as they both saw it Il, but Il very >hor
distance
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-26

\ dispatch from the Plains, Fauquier county,
last night says "A row occurred Saturday
night among party OF negroes at Rvctortown,
which resulted in the killing Of one white man
and woun5lng of several negroes
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-26

ILLNESS or COL J. b. BALDwIN.-A tele-
gram from Staunton last night announces that
Col. John B. Baldwin had a slight paralytic
stroke on Sunday while attending church. He
was much better yesterday we are pleased to
learn, and We trust that he may be speedily re-
stored to the enjoyment of good health.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-26


has made publication Of interest concerning
the execution Of Mrs. Surratl. Among the
statements heretofore put forth was one that
President johnson signed the death warrant OF
Mrs Surratt without knowing that the Court
ijincd in recommending c)mmutatlon OF
death sentence in her case TO that Of lmprls0n-
muut for lille, aid that the recommendation was
purpOscIy withheld from him by Judge Holt,
then aud now Judge Advocate General Of the
United States Army. 1t appears according to
the testimony produced by Judge H.-letters
from Mr. Bingham. Mr. Harlan and others, =
that not only was the recommendation present
cd to the President, but that Judge Holt,
called President .JohD$ou's attention to the
paper, and that the President read the rccoln-
meuiatiou for 4 Communication ui the death
sentence over before he signed the dcath-war-
rant And further that it was President John
SOU own doiugs which prevented Miss Surratt
from having an interview with him to iutcrccde
for her mother.
The following is an exact copy ii The petition
or rccommcnda referred to above
The undersigned, members of the Military
Commission detailed to try Mary +. Surratt
and others for the conspiracy and the murder
of Abraham Lincon, late President OF the
United States &c, respectfully pray the Prcsl-
dent in consideration of the sex and aye Of the
said Mary i. Surratt, if he can, upoo all the
facts in the case, fnd it consistent with his
sense OF duty TO the country, to commute the
sentence of death, which the Court have been
constrained to pronounce to imprisonment IN
the peuieutiary for life
Respectfully submitted,
d, Hunter,
Major General. President.
August Y. kautz,
Brigadicr and Brcvct Maj General
r. S. Foster
Bligadicr aud Br"vet Major General.
James A. Eku,
Brcvct Brigadier General Quartcrnastcr Gen
eral's Office.
ChaS. II. Tompkins,
Brcvct Colonel and Assistant Qulrtcrmastcr.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-26

The September number of the American
Farmer, that old and useful agricultural period-
cal, has just been published and is an excellent
one.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-26

FoOTE's DrELs WITH PRENT!>S In IL,
"Reminiscences contributed to the WaShin-,ol
Chronicle, lr. Henry j. Foote speaks a> fol
lows of his duets with Scrgrnt 5. Prcnis>
In the winter Of lS}2-33 heard persons.
dispute at the Bar with the famous 5 ). Prcu
t>S during the trial Vi a capital case Of mite.
Importance. His language. though sufficiently
rctaIaicd b. me. AT the time. induced IN" t.
send him cha,ngc, which ought never L
have lhvnght Of doing He promptly accepted
proved Il lar bctGer shot than myself! :'.,l
w"uadcd me very painfully in the left SHOULDER
We adjusted our dispute before We left the
ground. An inli>crcct friend or two Of hi
spoke di>paiaglpely Of MY conduct on the &C.
ca-ou. [ wa, highly cxa>peratcd, and wrD,~
him nolc demanding whether he had yir,l
his >a.cIil III 10 this act 81 iniuUctIco n y
once denied loing 30. | published the r,:gr-.
poudeucc. He placed such au interpretation
upou ny letter u him as gave oticn,c IT,
proposed rropcniog the fight which W. l;i ot.
exceeding .Spcratc terms. He Shot NE i,wu.
glving mc an exceedingly danscrDnS wcun4
la three months we were good friends. an!
lived III the sreasicSt anti and harm NJ up t.
the time Of his death, which Mapped in l>i>.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-02-07
TGilnrirmtol1 Jmullal
WILMINGTON, N. c.:
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY z. 1873.

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paper in North Carolina, and the only
thirty-two column daily in the State, is
published every morning, except Monday,
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not be done, protection against losses by
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of the JOURNAL, or by sending the money
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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-02-07
SToNEWALL JACKsON,S DEATH.

AO%L W ALL JAC1ASON'S DEAIkts
General Revere, of the Federal
Army, having made the statement that
he saw General SroNEwALL JACKSON at
the battle of Charlottesville, when
iae fell MORALLY wounded and as he
was borne off on d litter, a correspon-
dent of the Norfolk Vryintan has
written to General HOOKER, the Fed
eral Commander-in-Chief at that battle
in regard to the matter. General
HOOKER says he does not believe the
ebstement, as he never heard of the
wounding Of General JACKSON until he
saw it in Richmond paper several
days thereafter
The writer Of this paragraph was
within few yards of General JACKSON
when he fell, and was with him when
being borne off on litter. Several of
the itter-bearers were shot down by q
fire from the Federal artillery. Gen
eral JACKSON fell to the ground and
tainted from the pain which this second
shock gave him. We assisted the
Surgeon in administering a stimzlant
TO him, and have carefully preserved
the-silver cups from which he drank.
It wss impossible, unless as pris-
>oner, that any Federal officer could
have seen General JACKSON after he
was shot. He was on the picket line
of General Lanes brigade, and was
carried Immediately to the rear, de-
tanned only by the incident above
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-02-07
The Fire it WadeSbOrO,.

From the Pee Dee Herald we gain
some particulars of the recent disas-
trous fire in that town, in addition to
those published by lis on Tuesday.
The fire was evidently the work of
an incendiary and caught under !,
building about 90 feet South of thu.
1,g"s office, which was occupied b,
Messrs. John Boylin and VIM. Mum,
IN the harness and thinning business.
From this point it spread south, bnrn-
ing four buildings in all, occupied as
reported by us in Tuesdays paper.
The loss amounts to some 81, 600, with
probably insurance for about one-third
of that amount. There were some few
casualties, but none of a serious ma
ture,
On Mon,;ay Hight Ia, simons
coiored, WAS arrested for larceny and
ON suspicion Of having set fire to the
buildings, but there Was not proof sur.
heiant to convict him of the latter
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-02-07
EDITORIAL NOTES.

269, 600 slaves in Cuba.
The estimate is made that since, and
including the Chicago fire, the United
States has lost over 100000, 600 by
great fires in the various cities.
The approaching marriage of Prince
Albert, of Prussia, is announced. He
is a nephew of Emperor William, and
is thirty-six years of age.
1.-The Federalist" is the name of a
weekly paper just started in New York,
which proposes to wipe out what is left
of the States and hand over the rail
road interests of the country to the
general government.
The Lynchburg Virginian thinks
there has been a slight hitch in the
matter of railroad consolidation in that
section, and claims that for the present
Tom Scott has been foiled in his effort
to get control of the Western North
Carolina Railroad, running from
Salisbury to Old Fort, in the direction
OF MOrr1stOwn, Tenn.
Mr.. William l.. Stone of New York
writes to the Providence Journal in
defence of the substantial reality of
Mother Goose. He declares that she
is no myth, but a mortal verify that
fourished in Boston (where elseD in
the last century. Her daughter, Eliza
beth Goose, was married by Cotton
Mather to Mr.. Fleet, editor of the
Boston Weekly Rehearsal, and when
the good woman, who was herself the
mother of nineteen children, saw her
numerous grandchildren grow up
about her, she broke out into such a
food of rhymes and songs to please
the little ones withal, that her son-in-
law collected and printed them with
the title, "Songs for the Nursery; or,
Mother Goose's Melodies for Chill
dren. Printed by T. Fleet, at his
Printing house, Pudding Lane, Bos-
ton. Price, ten coppers."
The rapid growth of some Of the
Western States is surprising, but none
more SO than Kansas. In 1870 the
census gave that State population of
1854 ,399 now it is claimed to have a
population of 100000, being an in
crease of more than 100000 in two
years. Ten years ago the vote of the
State was Is, 418; now it is 1O1, 4S8
When the State was admitted to the
Union there were only about 400, 900
acres of its land under cultivation
now there are over 100000 acres.
The increase in the value of live stock
during the same period was upward of
600 per cent. and the value of farm
products, last year, was more than
double the total value of all the farms
and farm property in the State ten
years ago.
The American Colonization Society,
at a recent meeting in Washington,
appointed q Committee to urge the
government to establish q line of steam
ers between the United States and
Liberia. At present the only regular
steam line connecting Western Africa
with civilization is weekly line be-
tween England and Liberia, and as a
consequence all the steamship trade
of the wentern coast goes to England.
There are at present three thousand
applicants for passage to Liberia. and
e H-1
Society's vessel will be made May LIST,
when three hundred passengers will be
taken.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-02-07
ZEBULON H. VANCE.

This distinguished and favorite son
of North Carolina addressed the citizens
of Wilmington, at the Opera House,
Wednesday evening, 7lpder the auspices
of the Wilmington Lii rary Association
and the Young Mems Christian AssQ-
citation.
No man in the State is more widely
known or better loved by the people of
every degree and condition in life, than
is Zebulon B. Vance. Born and reared
in the West, the people OF the sand
hills of the East are as devoted to him
as strongly as are his own sturdy
mo1lntaineers.
Everybody knows who Governor
Vance -, bnt it may not be amiss this
morning to Ees ss1ur some of the incidents
of the public life of u .HssTr who, before
he was thirty-fve years ola, s.@4
attained a greater degree of personal
popularity than any man that ever
lived in the State, has enjoyed.
GovesHRaf Vance, even now, has
scarcely reached He bf;me of life,
being barely forty-three Yeas OF age.
He ~as horn in Buncqmbe county, in
the year 1886. Our first acquaintance
with him was made IN the year 1851,
when he was a student of law at the
University. Shortly after his return
hoFfe in that year, and shortly after OBJ
taiaipg tas LICENSE to practice law, he
was elected &aheitor for his county.
But Vance was politaeikap ~ nature,
and the charms Of the law, with e ~ Is i!
honors and emoluments, did not pos
sess power enough to rule with ,isl-
divided sway over him. 1t was only
in the political arena that he could find
Groom and verge" for the develop
ment of his real natase, accordingly,
in 1854, he became q candidate tor the
House of Commons, rs it was then
called, and was elected by his fellow
citizens as the Representative of his
native county. He served only one
term in the Legislature. In 1855, VIC
think. he was associated with Colonel
John A.. 4iyaan in the editorial con-
duct Of the leading paEel q ts1e rrFfkig
party in that section Of the sta5e, then.
called, If we mistake not, The Ashe-
vile tslaactq1qr:
In 1856 he WAS q ta sangf for the
State Senate against CoaGnA iS aF1ifi
Coleman and was beaten, Coleman and
Democracy being too strong fox Know
Nothingism even when advocated by
Vance.
e. 1853 General Clingman, then the
ssX.es in the United States
Congress from HE NQssasin District,
was appointed by General Kragg 70 Az
an unexpired term in the United States
Senate, caused by the resignation of
Hon. Asa Biggs who had been appoint
ed Judge of the United States Court
for North Carolina. Colonel David
Coleman ana y: w. Avery. Esq, of
Burke, both Democrats, keeame can
didates TO fill the Hnexpired teraq
caused by General Clingman's resigna-
lion. As soon as the contest had waxed !
sufficiently warm, young Vance came
forward as a Wing candidate. Cole
nan withdrew, but it was too late, a
'atal breach had been made in the
Democratic Party and Vance was
Elected. In 1850 le WAS candidate |
or re-eiectior for The next full regular
erm, and having. firmly ESTABLISHED
himself in the affections of the. people
# the District, was able to defeat his
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-02-07

The French government offers $500
reward to any one who will produce
an indelible ink.
Mrs. Sumner is now living at Nice,
md those who have recently seen her
say tf.at she still remains one of the
most beautiful a'lG attractive of
women.
A mailman in Boston Oh Saturday
afternoon shot his ittledaugthter, aged
4 years, through the bead and blew
olt his own brains. The child is still
living, but her recovery seems impos-
sible.
A terrible hurricance visited Aspin-
wall on the 18th ult.. which did much
damage. Several vessels were sunk or
driven ashore and tha wharves were
badly injured.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-02-07

Three laborers on the new Milwau-
kee and st. Paul Railroad were buried
on Friday by the caving in of gravel
bank. about twelve miles north of Mil
waukee. Their appearance when dis
inferred indicated that all three We're
killed instantly.
A Connecticut boy, just learning to
read, asked his father what Credit Mo-
bilier was. "Its our national game,
my boy" replied the father. w1o, with
the shrewdness of q native of ''the
land of steady habits" was looking
ahead You'll be able to play it when
you get big and go to Congress. :"
The epitapns in Dakota papers are
most pathetic. Jim Barrett had been
shoveling snow, from which he caught
a bad cold, which turned into fever.
The fever settled Jim mundane affairs,
and the local paper says most effect
ingly, in his obituary, 'He won't have
to shovel snow in the country he has
gone to-
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-02-07

over million of souls.
If ngorons prosecutions be carried
on impartially against both the black
and the white race, is it reasonable to
hope that the industrial interests Of the
country will be benefited Will agri-
culture, or merchandise, or the me-
chanic arts flourish and prosper Will
the country be SO peaceable and pros
persous as to invite immigration 80 :
But,with our present judiciary, with
few honorable exceptions, and our
present Governor, is there any reason
to expect an impartial enforcement Of
the penalties of the law? Is there any
reason to doubt that the Ku-Klux will
be held to the strictest accountability
and that the Union Leaguers will &c
unwhipped of justice When
Radical judge avows his purpose
to make a county "see hell, there is
little room to doubt what he means.
We think it clear, therefore, that upon
grounds of public policy the bill ought
to pass. As measure of party policy,
we are equally earnest in our convic-
ton that the bill ought to pass.
We would have greatly preferred to
have discussed the bill solely on the
grounds of public policy, and would
have done So but for the action of the
Radical party in the premises. AS
they have seen fit to draw party lines
on the bill, we propose to urge a few
reasons for its passage, as measure of
party policy. In the first place the
party is already committed to the
policy of amnesty as set forth in the
bill. Whatever of credit or of odium
may attach to the support of that bill,
already attaches to the Conservative
party. We cannot escape it if we
! would. If it be true that SO large a
number of our voters need and desire
this protection, what will they say, and
what will they do, when they learnt hat
our Legislature, with its clear Conserva.
tive majority, has refused them amnesty
and pardon? If the Conservative Leg
islature refuse to give them protection
will they not seek it omRadical Judges
Radical Solicitors and q Radical Govern
election day in August and In Novem
Der of the tremendous influence exer
cised by criminal prosecution, and b.
the fear of criminal prosecution, ovel
the voters of North Carolina? It is
matter of common ruinor and com
mon belief that any man could pur
chase pardon and amnesty from Radi
cal authorities. simply by voting fo
Radical candidates. Can the part,
expect to hold together if il thu
refuses protection to 50 large i mum
Der of it's members, when that protec
ton is right and proper in itself
Our political enemies are already par
doned, practically; our political friend
only remain in danger for the reason
that the law will not he impartial,
executed.
Individual members may possibl.
secure their return to the mex
Legislature, but when they &c
there they will find themselve
in pitiful minority if the bill nov
pending shall fail to become a law.
The bill ought to be passed upCl
grounds of public policy as well as G
party policy. The Conservative mem
bers of the Legislature possess til
power to pass it. If they fail to do 6
: they will deserve, and doubtless will 1e
, ceiye, little reconsideration from the Stat
: or from the party in the future