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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-04-25
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The Philadelphi Iyc announces
that Mr.. Dana, OF the New York Sun,
has refused to deliver All address in
Philadelphia in tie interest Of the
Centennial Celebration, '.on the ground
of his peculiar experience il that city. =
The Age justifies this course on the
part of Mr.. Dana, and says
While passing through il in the cars
to Washington, be was wavlaid and
arrested OH charge of libel for a pub
Ication made III New York. Believing
that he stood as much chance Of fair
play as a shipwreched mariner III the
Cannibal Islands, he forfeited the bail
exacted of him-the su,s Of f"c Nou-
sand dollars j.! We blush to own it
but the proceedings in the Mara trial,
and in the case Of Mr.. Taylor, Of the
Press, compel US to admit that in this
our native city, whose honor we would
glady defend, Mr.. Dana couId have
had no chance for justice. For a
friendless stranger to have attempted
to unveil the secrets Of the Ring" in
the Court of Quarter Sessions, would
have been alike hopeless and fooihardv.
In that, its stronghold, 'the Ring
like the Modocs IN their '.1ava beds
successfully defy the indignation Of all
decent men. And though we expect to
see them driven out by public opinion
and the law, we confess that now they
can plumber solitary traveller with
entire impunity. Mr.. Dana paid them
five thousand dollars tribute money
for passing through their territory,
and thus saved his scalp, ana he wisely
refrained from putting it again III peril |
by accepting the invitation OF the |
ladies Of the Centennial to address |
their meeting on Saturday. In Phila- |
delphia, the ring" have ROW got the |
sword of the law in their clutch, and !
find it q handler weapon than the re-
volver and the blackjack which |
they used on john c. Nolen and
Brooks. This is the condition
Of our city, which no man who prizes
it's honor orght to deny or palliate:
for it is the truth fl.at can alone bring
about that revolution which shall re-
leem Philadelphia from the Tasie of the
foul crew who plumber alike our own
people and ''the stranger that is with
n our gates" ''Ring' rule was over
thrown in New York and it Will yet
meet the same fate in Philadelphia
We will yet ssaoke out our ModOcs
put we cannot wondcr That quiet peo-
Die fear them, and that irayclafs s;lun
he region they infest.
By their fruits shall We know them.
Tried by this test what is Eadicali5m !?
yet the Credit Mobilier frauds, tie In
liam massacres. the 2Iodoc tragedy and
he bloody conflict in Louisiana answer!
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-04-25
From the Enquirer.
The University of North Carolina.

From the Enquirer.
The University of North Carolina.
Messrs. Editors Your editorial of
22d March has been sent to me.
The survivors of the graduating
class of June 1881, composed of four
teen persons, had meeting at Mem
phis on the 9Th of March, after sepa-
ration of over forty years five of the
nine, known survivors, were present.
Mr.. James NJ. Williamson, who
proposed the meeting, conceived
the laudable idea of reviving the
University. His plan was not ma
tlred, but is to be discussed and agreed
upon at another meeting of the class at
my house in Davenport, Iowa, on the
10th of June next. To this meeting I
invite all the Alumni of Chapel Hill.
The project of revival is entirely Mr..
Williamson's, and, if successful, the
credit shall be his
His opinion is that the Leg stature
of North Carolina should entrust the
government OF the University, the
appointment of its professors, and
financial affairs to The whole body of
the Alumni as trustees, and that they
should educate their sons there The
subject OF endowment by its members
was discussed but nothing more Ny
own opinion, probably originating in
the practical plans of my adopted
State, is that the Legislature should
make an annual appropriation for the
support of the College, until endow-
ment by the State or the Alumni shall
dispense with its necessity. One thing
/ do know, that if the buildings now
al Oh APPEL Hill were in my State, nu-
merous as our schools and Colleges
are, they would not be without occu-
pants many months.
There is not religious deuomina-
ton in Iowa that, with such opportu-
mites, as are now going to decay at
Chapel Hill. would not have a first
class institution of learning under full
Roadway IN twelve months.
We, who are voluntary exiles, claim
no right to censure for the past or die
tate for the future. We have grateful
memories for the past of North Caro-
lima and good will and hope for the
future.
The quiet which now reigns at
Chapel Hill is the lark shadow of
deati
Your obt serv't,
JAMES GRANT,
Davenport, Iowa.
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AFFAIRS LOUISIANA.

Mr.. Edward Booth, who is also q
Senator and az active supporter Of the
McEnery government, il wholesale
dealer, corner of Gravie1 and Magazine
streets in New Orleans. An act Of the
Legislature of Louisiana forbids any
one to carry on any trade or occupa-
ton without paying license tax. Mr..
Booth refused to pay taxes 10 the
Kellogg government, and suit was
accordingly brought against him III
the name Of the State and an injunc-
ton was also issued restraining him
from carrying on his business until
the license tax was paid. The iDjUnc-
ton was served on Mr.. Booth in
person, but he refused to obey and
still carried on his business.
The Attorney-General, after the ser
vice Of this injunction upon Mr. Booth,
filed a rule for contempt, alleging that
he had violated, and was still violating,
said injunction by carrying on his
business. Upon the presentation of
this rule the Court ordered that de-
PENDANT, Edward Booth, show cause
on Friday, the 18th, why he should no4
be punished for a contempt by fine
and Imprisonment.
On the 18th, the cause having been
heard, the motion to discharge the rule
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Special to the Richmond Enquirer
LONGSTREET AT GETTYSBURG.
HOW he Lost the BattIe...Whal
General T'endlcton Said at No.
bile.

MOBILE, Ala, April 22.-In his lee
ture delivered in this city for the Lee
Memorial Fund, General Pendleton
solemnly arraigned General James
Longstreet, that tireless fighter and
proven hard-hitter, and to his delay he
attributed the lost opportunity at Get
tysburg.
The lecturer said that, 20 his per-
sonal knowledge, derived from General
Lees own lips, Longstreet had, the
night before the battle, received from
General Lee in person. orders to az
vance at the dawn of the next morn-
ing. That he General Pendletcn,)
had made reconnaissance in person,
and declared to General Lee the per-
feet praetisa!1ility of immediate as
sault upon the then rnprepared enemy.
How he had waited impatiently until
twelve o'clock. How Longstreet ct
that hour rode up to his side, and sat
upon lis horse useless and inactive
until four o'cloed p, n. Then when
the head of his column did 60 in, the
prodigies of valor his men performed
were futile against the now massed and
concentrated enemy, and still Robert
E. Lee General Pendleton said) re-
fused to lay the blame upon the shout
ders of the man who had fought SO
etten aad 20 well for him.
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HEADQUARTERS.
THE PIEDMONT RAILROAD.
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST IT BY
THE GOVERNMENT FOR.
MALLY ABANDONED

WASHINGTON, April 23-Noon.-Le-
gal proceedings have for some time
been pending in the courts against the
Piedmont Railroad from Greensboro
to Danville, on mortgage. Applica-
ton was made co the Acknowledgement
to seize the road under the act of 1861,
on the ground that it was confscateu
to this government, having been coli-+
structed and used in the interests on
the rebellion. The Attorney-G General
has just decided that the Presidents
proclamation of pardon of 1868 ope-
rated SO as to restore to the corpora
tors or stockholders, all their rights,
and therefore the right of the govern
ment to seize the ROAD is barred Tie
d istrict-Attorney has been directed to
discontinue the proceedings and to
foreclose the mortgage given to tho
Confederate government, on the ground
that the contract is nullity, All pre-
ceedings against the road were drop
ped. The interests at issue were
about million and half of dollara.
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expiration of the time paid for.
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not be done, protection against losses by
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OF the JOURNAL, or by sending the money
in a registered letter.
Advertising Rates (per inch of twelve
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space made upon liberal terms.
Address,
ENGELHAKD & SAUNDERS
Wilmington, n. c..
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A r r E ST OF A NOTORIOUS
COUNTERFEITER.

NEW YORK, April 3-Noon.-Duriur
the Train lunacy investigation, judge
Daily requested the females present 70
retire, as the evidence about to ha
given was unfit for them to hear. Mrs
BROKER, sister of Victoria WoodhuN
refused to leave, saying that the evi.
dence would not hurt her morals
Judge Daily ordered the officers 20
clear the Court, and both male and
female auditors were obliged to de-
part.
The Bulls Head Bank has reopened
OF the million dollars due tie deuosi-
tors, three-quarters of a million have
been paid.
The President of the Union Pacif,
Railroad says its financial condition
requires the abrogation OF the free pass
system.
At meeting last night, ". A. Gar
sey, of the Bricklayers' Union, raised
storm by saying, although he be
longed to Union he did not believe
in the principle, and the 10000 men
who walked the street in idleness last
Winter, owed it to the Unions.
New YORK, April 23-Night-Re-
corder Hackett produced in the Court
of General Sessions this morning, a
letter he had received through the
mail threatening him with death III
case he again sentences prisoners to
long terms of Imprisonment, for what,
in the Judgment of the senders Of the
letter, are light crimes. The letter
states that a body of men have leagued
together and are bound by oath to be
avenged on the Recorder by killing
him or some member of his family i'll
case he does not heed this warning.
National Bank of Selma, Ala, has
brought suit in the United States Cir
cult Court to enjoin Benford A. Tracy
and others, from continuing suit to OBJ
tain possession of S16, 1913 81 which had
been deposited by the Bank of Selma
in the Ocean National Bank of this
city, and which had been attached by
Tracy. The suit of Cadle was based
on the fact that the Bank of Selma
owed the United States Government
$3.50, 900 for which judgment had been
thus giving the United
States a lien on the moneyin the Ocean
Bank, which Cadle prayed might be
paid over to him to partly satisfy the
Judgment obtained by the Government.
Judge Blatchford to-day granted an in
junction, but the question as to how
much money shall be paid to Cadle
is reserved for argument.
Eli Brown, said to be one of the
most dangerous counterfeiters in the
was arrested at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel to-day.
An advance of 10 cents per ton on
the whole line of coal is announced.
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THE WARNTHE WEST.
MORE FIGHTING WITH THE
MODOCS.
THE ROADS UNSAFE.

LAVA BEDS, SUNDAY, April GOTH
A pack train, with 81 men, was at
tackled to-day. The escort coming
from AIason's camp to protect the
train was attacked at the head of Long
Cave. The men sheltered themselves
behind the rocks. One person was
killed and one wounded The train
was fired into upon entering the lava
beds and again when it returned. The
Modocs crept within eight hundred
rods and fired at the pickets and sent
a volley through the camp. Major
Thomas sent smell among them when
they dispersed. There were eleven
Indians in the attacking party. The
Warm Spring Indians will start to
hunt the Modocs, but they are scat
tered in small parties.
The roads are not safe to Yreka.
The country is in ferment
Scarfaced Charlie was not killed.
1t is thought that small parties of
the Modocs will raid around the coun-
try to secure good horses, while a
sufficient force will remain in the lava
beds to keep the troops employed.
The cavalry has returned, but failed
to find the trail. Col. Perry travelled
eighty miles, making circuit round
the lava beds.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-04-25
The Liberty of the Press.

The notorious Cantwell, the Solicitor
of the fourth Judicial District of the
State, by persistent efforts i'll the vari-
Gus counties OF his district, finally got
a grand jury in Duplin, to find a true
bill of Indictment against the editors
of the Wilmington JOURNAL, for alleged
libel upon Judge Bond. He was moved
to do this, evidently, by personal spite
and malice, as the JOURNAL had for
some time, been engaged in showing
mp Cantwell's true character his in
capacity. ignorance and abuse of Office.
The Journal, in criticising the course
Of Judge Bond, performed but a duty,
inseparable from true journalism-a
fearless attack upon nalfeasance and
corruption in public offices, no matter
the result.
We learn that our esteemed county
man and distinguished lawyer, Edward
Conigland, Esq, has volunteered to
defend the editors of the JOURNAL in
this prosecution, which partakes so
strongly of a persecution Enfcld
Times.
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Valuable Fertilizer.

In the second books of Kings, 9Th
chapter and 25th verse, is 4 remarha-
bic record
"And there was great famine in
Samaria, and behold they heseiged it
until an ass head was sold for four
score pieces of silver, and the fourth
part of a cab OF doves dung for five
pieces Of silver"
1t has been question what peculiar
properties that last mentioned materi-
al possessed to have been SO highly
priced at that remote period in history.
Through the extended valley of tie
Nile, as far as the first cataract are an
immense number of rough, shabby
towers, principally made of mud and
dura stalks around the villages. They
are usually of two stories, the upper
one being wholly Of earthen pots, piled
one above another, horizontally, with
their open end turned outward. In the
sticks project and the rude
structure is colossal doye-cote, the
sticks being resting places for the
birds. Thousands of birds are thus
housed-not for their flesh, feathers or
eggs, but exclusively for their drop
pings. Frequent scraping of the pots;
furnishes the best quality, and under
the roosts the next best. Fellah wo-
men are the principal managers. The
is gathered in small bags and
carried to the river. where there is al
ways ready market with passing boat
men. So precious is it as manure, a
very little being sufficient, 10 one-could
think of raising rich, luscious melons
# it could net be had. In all the es-
5ential properties Of powerful fertili-
ger, it rivals Peruvian gtano. That is
why it is SO much sought. 4 thousand
years before the Christian era its repu- !
5ation all over the land of Canaan was !
quite as high as in Egypt. There is |
much ammonia in it, perhaps the eff I
,ect of climate in those hot regions. !
seeds fed with doves dung and water,
here terminate, bud and blossom al !
most like the rodof Aaron. Probably, |
therefore, in the dreadful sufferings |
or food in the siege, the reason why
quart of this manure brought five
pieces of silver 81 32) was because
With it vegetables could be quickly
,rown to meet the urgent demands of !
. starving multitude
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more ythese same pe5uistent Yankees,
and once more, we believe, carried to
prison. It may seem strange that,
! having once had him, they should
take him again. Yet so it was. Pos
y they did not recognise him.
Finally, however, our hero returned
home and delivered lecture upon
the life of one Ben Franklin, in VIII h
he made brilliant dash in the old
centaur style upon the "solid men of
Boston" No money in that. Failure
No. 8.
Our hero then turned his attention
from the "soid men of Boston, to the
colored men of North Carolina, and
was nominated for Solicitor in the
Raleigh District. But time was short
and the story goes that Hawk Roseis,
a distinguished character ~.' carried
the droppings of copy4Sa'ions over
heard at hotels sn6 street corners TO
Governor Hn1den, secreted some
+;oket. and thereby caused his defeat.
He tim came to Wilmington and took
q s4rer seat in his saddle upon the
pack of his colored brother. But his
course here is so well known to our
readers that it is useless to refer to it
in detail.
After this brief glance into the his
tory of our hero, we appeal to an in
dulgent public, or if need be to an i'm
partial Grand Jury, to say whether
admitting the validity of the argument
'sby exclusion" we are not justified in
thinking that our ex-Chief Judicial,
&C., has missed his true vocation, and
that some day, long after Cantwell's
Justice and Cantwell's Libels shall
have been forgotten, "Cantwell's Can't
cles' will be household words in every
colored mans cabin in the land
LONG LIVE POET CANTwEL1
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s<a twenty
4 70 be imprfs.
.ourS hours. Mr..

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our hours. Mr.
= accordingly imprisoned fol
.Wentyfou hours. -
When the time for his liberation az
rived he was greeted by an immense
crowd of citizens, who conducted him to
his home with every demonstrations ..
respect and regard. The New Orleans
Picayuae, in commenting upon the
case, says:
Our readers will perceive in the case
of Mr.. Booth what those in this city,
who refuse to pay the license tax, may
expect to be applied to them. A Kel-
logg Judge orders him to close his
place of business, and, if he does not
obey, he is to be imprisoned and fined
and to be again imprisoned and fined
indefinitely until he does obey.
Under old tyrannies, it was supposed
enough if the tyrant himself oppressed
his victim but here is a system by
which the victim is made the instru-
ment of his own oppression. He is to
be his own executioner. Even under
Christophe, the tyrant only seized and
appropriated the property of his VIC
tim. =,
But here the victim is orderea, to
carry out his own destruction IS. CLOS
ing up himself his place o. BUSINESS
unless he will pay witheeS process u
law such tribute none as the usurF-
ing despotism thinbe proper to exact.
And if he fails t.,pay or close up, then
he is arreste9 and imprisoned for
oo14a,o,t of court
No onecan mistake now the expedi-
ent fopcollecting the Kellogg taxes.
Refpsal to pay, will be followed by all
orfer of court TO arrest his avocation
IN life and unless he submits without
question of law, arbitrary imprison-
ment is the offered destiny. We pre-
sumo some similar tyrannical proceed
ing, if this scheme for collecting the
taxes or license is permitted to prevail,
will be applied to all other taxes.
What course shall the people of
this city and of Louisiana pursue?
Under the foulest of all despotisnls,
and the most arbitrary of all tyrannies
that free people were ever called
upon to submit to, it appears to us
that the matter has passed beyond the
counsels of the press. It is for the
people to determine-and they alone
how to protect their property and vim
dictate their liberties. We never doubt
ed but that, in some shape or other,
the despotism that has usurped au-
thorlty over us would attempt to en-
force submission by force. It is for
tie people to answer it.
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small, compared
,1ous Terms in this County
s--.a most of the cases belong to The
tclass of small, petty misdemeanors
Indeed, we are pleased to record the
fact that the people of this County are
a Misunderstanding people, and
there is less violation now of the
criminal law in the County than at any
previous Term since the war, as careful
and unprecedented observers inform us.
Why is there such an unusual and
| extraordinary number of orr fellow
citizens taken from their productive
industries, at this season Of planting,
to wait upon the Court and Grand
Jury for this week and perhaps
much of the next? Is it neces-
sary to subserve the real ends Of
law and justice ? We think not.
We would be now, as in the past, the
last to advocate violation of the criminal
law with impunity. No one will go
further than ourselves, to enforce ODE
dience to law and to secure the punish
ment of criminals. But, in the name
of justice, in behalf OF the farming
and other material interests of our
down-trodden and impoverished peo-
ple-now suffering unnumbered woes
we protest against dragging such TN
precedented large numbers Of our pro-
ducers from their busy tolls, especially
at this season, to hang arou'd our
Court House, awaiting exami'atlon is
witnesses by the Grand Jury upon
petty cases instigate8 ny malice or
envy or revenge. To may subserve the
interests of SoIcitors, if they have a
greater regard for their fees than they
have for sne good of the public, to per-
nit aa1s class OF petty, trifiirg cases
to oe brought into Court, but it viii be
far from promoting the interest Of the
taxpayers. Nor will it tend 10 subserve
the ends of public justice. Justice, is,
and Grand Jurics are in
stituted, not for the benefit Of the So
Icitor SO much as for the public good
too. is due to the dignity
of the Court.
Let the Grand jury then, as
doubtless, they will, set the seal
of their condemnation upon this
hardship inflicted upon
our people, BY dragging them Erom
their homes at the busiest season OF
the year, to testify in cases beneath the
dignity of the Court and Of the jury.
We trust they viii protest against this
most grievous nuisance i'll such q man
ner as will ever prevent it from being |
used as precedent hereafter.
It may suit the views Of those who |,
live from the Courts and The nlisfor- |
tunes of our people, TO utter different /!
sentiments, but as the friends Of the !
people, as well as the friends Of law |
and order, we are constrained u say /
that the act complained Of is griev- |
ance 50 i'urdcnsome in It's operation, |
upon our farmers and labor
ers, that It is orr duty TO cal1 public |
attention to it. !