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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-12-18
0(0liImll)0tolr 9ournal.
WILMINGTON, \. c.
FRIDAY. DECEMBER IS. 1874
TIRE. LEGISL ATgRE-JsIST As
WE EXPECTED.

We called attention some weeks
before the Legislature met to the fact
that not more than 1.-THE of the Dem
Gratis who have been in our Iegisla-
lures since 1870 were reelected in Au-
gust last. In view Of the habit of
our North Carolina constituencies not
to change their public servants with
out what seemed to them good and
sufficient causes, the presence OF so
many new members IN the Legislature
low in session is a truly re-
l.1arkabIe fact, The only sensible
explanation of which was, We
said then as we say now, to be found
il the inability Of any Legislative body
cramped and crippled as the Legs
latslres of North Carolina are by the
Candy Constitution, to meet the ex-
pectations of the people in the matter
of relief from the burdens under
which they labor. We said then TOO,
rs We say now, that # the present
Legislature failed to call Con
vention, its members also would
speedily bo in their political graves.
And already is our prophecy begin
ming its fulflment. Already We begin
to lear complaints from the people
and from the press that the Legisla-
lure is doing nothing, that although 1t
has been Ill session for a month, 1t
has done absolutely nothing for the
relief Of the people, that 1t has failed
to meet the expectations Of the people,
in word, that it has done nothing
butsdraw per diem. This is just
what we expected, and is only the
beginning of the end, and that end Is
political death. We do not endorse
these criticisms and these complaints
for the reason that We believe this and
al other bodies attempting to legls'
late under the Candy Constitution car
do no good for North Carolina. The
fl1tIt in the Legislature lies in its fail
ure to call a Convention at once
whereby its powers may be enlarged sc
that lis members can meet the JUS
,,.,scl.,s;ons If ti,a;r constituencies
H. Tor-n,-,r has faithfruv ardaav
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SENATE.
TWENTIETH DAY.

MONDAY, Dec. Is, 1871.
Mr.. Ha-grave, a bill to protect the
birds of North Carolina, preventing
the shooting or capturing the same in
certain seasons of the year. Re-
ferred.
Mr.. Waring, a bill for the better
protection of gardens, orchards and
fences. Referred.
Resolution to offer a reward Of $500
for the recapture of Lee Dunlap.
The resolution passed its first read
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-12-18
GRANT AND KEMPER-ENECU
TIVE INSOLENCE.

The Richmond Enquirer complains
that Gen. Grant has insulted the Gov
ernor and the State of Virginia. Last
Summer, when General Will
liams ordered his subordinates to sta
ton troops in the city of Petersburg,
the Governor, giving voice to the SEN
timents OF his people, addressed a
spirited protest to the President
against the outrage perpetrated by his
law officer. When the Legislature of
Virginia assembled few days ago the
Governor communicated the reply
which his protest had elected. It
was contemptuous in the extreme and
read as follows:
Hon. James Il. Aenaper, Governor,
Richmond, TIG.:
SIR-I have the honor to inform
Won that the President has received
your letter of the 18th instant, refer
ring to my instructions to the Marshal
of the United States for the Eastern
District of Virginia as to the alleged
disturbances in Petersburg, and has
handed the same to me, with the re-
quest that I would acknowledge it's 1e-
celpt.
Very respectfully,
GEORGE w. WILLIAMS,
Acknowledgement.
Time was when neither Williams
nor his mast er Grant dared to be thus
insolent to the Chief Executive of a
sovereign State. But the times have
changed and we have changed with
them. Grant was once drunken
quarter master and now he is Presi-
dent of the United States. Williams
was a pettifogging lawyer and then q
Judge and married a woman whom he
had divorced from her husband, and
he is Attorney General of the United
| States, the man who bought carriage
for private use with public money,
and chief of the department Of lies
the department devoted to the manu-
facture of Southern Outrages."
And these are the men who treat the
| Governor of the sovereign State o.
| Virginia with insolent contempt. But
we trust better day is coming, wher
drunken quarter masters will not be
eligible to the Presidency, and wher
men who divorce women and then mar
RI them and also buy carriages for pri-
vate use out of public money, will nc
longer be eligible as Chiefs of the De
partment of Justice, and when thu
department of lies shall no longer ex
ist. II it shall not soon come there i
little hope for the future.
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[S.Sta.S SIS

Ia. week The Greensboro Patriot
s..E.e out 4ss.voeally III favor OF &
Co4ytLtic-, and ti.is y eek tie Raleigh
N,..& puts Itself aqrarc,y II the same
ranks.
This ,,yes no ok much ike tie
,,"veu.;on caGse was losing ground
Win lie l5'a'h.aga = Salisbury, the
I'.tr.~t AZ Greensboro, tie Rccordor
Il IT!Isbar5 ina the Sentinel and
Mrs al Raleigh advocating the
call Ct Convention at the
earliest possible day, if the press las
any power 4. Ill, We may expect little
or 30 division IL the sentiment Of the
people in middle North Carolina.
The Atsrs editorial. giving its 1ea-
sons for taking position in line with
the Journal and other papers ad7oca-
:irg the call Of a Convention, is very
ellie one and covers The whole ground.
r9-~e=---~~--------~---
The Cincinnati Enyuirer presents
the Enforcement Acts that the Presi-
dent virtually conmends in his mes
sage, ana promises to rigldly enforce,
ia their true light:
The United States has no more right
to send soldiers to take charge OF the
polls because black man has been IL
legally deprived by = mob OF his vote
than it has in the case OF a W hite man.
IL would be a curious thing il soldiers
should be sent TO regulate the Massa-
cnnsetts elections because some demo
cratic lahorers might pretend that
they had been compelled to vote til :
republican ticket or suffer discharge
ii the hands of their employers This
principle would enable the United
States, by its soldiery. to take care of
and regulate all the elections, because
there are always isolated cases Of in
Gividual oppression. In fact, no negro
st the south dares 10 vote the demo
cratic ticket except at the risk Of his
life. There is more terrorism in that
respect than in any other. But the
redress of these Individual cases of
wrong doing belongs not to the fede-
raj but to the State authorities and il
lies through the process Of criminal
Indictment and punishment.
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y New York dispatch says: "Advl-
ce5 from Pottsyiile are to the effect
that tie market IS ovcrstocked with
coal and a general suspension of
mining in that region may take place.
throwing fifteen thousand men out of
work during the severe winter months,
entailing great suffering. Several col
lleries have already closed"
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The fond father in Brooklyn who
whipped his son for swearing, and
then swore like trooper while he was
administering t he castigation, is
thought to have accomplished no good
by the whipping.
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Colonel FOLK saws:

Icopsider a Convention the cheapest
AMI most expeditions as well as the most
satisfactory understanding the Con-
stuu5io and Riding ourselves forever
of the obnoxious features which confess
ed y Cypress aud Overwhelm us. The
only objection 1 have heard urged
against calling a Convention is that
such measure would injure the party,
and we are significantly pointed to
the result of the last attempt. In my
Judgment this ob::e ,tion is the reverse
of the Truth. TINS last failure was
mainly produced by a diversity of opin-
ion as to the legality of the mode
adopted, the apprehension of the
people that their exemptions might be
destroyed, and a certain dread of Fed
eral Interference. None of these OBJ
jectlons can now be urged with the
slightest force. If Convention will
assemble and restore the .old Con-
stitutlcn, as far as is it consistent with
the new order of things, guarding the
homestead and exemptions, the people
viii ''iise up and call it blessed
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TREi, EAST AND XElE WEST
ASEsEE- VIEWS Os' JUDO f
WARREN AND COZ. FOLK ON

We have the pleasure of presenting
to or readers, tLis morning, the
views Of Judge L. j. WARREN, of
Beaufort county, aDd those of Colonel
G.. =. Folk, OF Caldwell! county, upon
the propriety OF calliDg q Convention
by the Legislature. It Will be seen
that these two gentlemen, one from
the East and the other from the West,
concur in the opinion that it is the
duty OF the Legislature to adopt TIE
cheapest, speadiest and surest mode of
revising the Candy Constitution, to
wit: that by Convention.
Judge WAaEES says:
am decidedly in favor OF q Con-
vention, and Lot the less SO beause we
have succeeded IN Kidding ourselves
Of many obnoxious Office holders. No
change OF the incumbents of Office can
make our present Constitution toler-
able. l want the Legislature to take
the responsibility and call Conven-
ton oct and out Have they the nerve
to DO it, or are they TO be distracted
by timid counsels Let the ConTen-
ton submit its work 10 the people and
it viii be seen that nobody is to be
hurt. Persistence in the right has
won ali our recent victories. The
calling o. Convention is monument
IN the interests of true conservatism,
and cannot understand that what is
so manifestly for the good of the peo-
pie, is likely to be damaging to the
party which fayors it.
There is nothing now i'll the way of
the action of the Legislature. The
Supreme Court (Cr its judges) cannot
interfere again, ard would not if they
could. They have had enough of
that"
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Fur The journal.
SCOTLAND Neck, y. c.,
Nov. 18th 1871.

Asa citizen Of a State, the mob est
deeds OF whose sons fer nIuety-n ne
wears it has been The fash on to ignoi e,
nv synlpatl,ies are with the little city
in whose ,teftn l write below.
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In .i,e in,ere., or roarmers.

The attention OF Farmers il imvit.
ed to the follow ug ill, now p nding
in the Senate:
An act for the protection Of farmers
the Commonwealth.
SECTION /. Be it enacted, &c
That any person wio shall knowing
ly trespass upon any lands for the
purpose of hunting. shooting or fisE-
ing thereon after public notice by
the owner or occupant thereof, as
provided in the following section,
shall be deemed guilty of trespass
and, in addition to damages recover
able by law, shall be liable to the
owner, lessee or occupant, in pen
atty not less than twenty five dollars
and not exceeding one hundred dol
lars.
SEC. 2. Tho notice referred to in
the preceding section shall be given
by erecting ana maintaining sign
bords ut least one foot square in at
least two conspicuous places ON the
premises, such notice to have ap-
pended thereto the name of the own
on occupant, and any person who
shall tear down, or in any way defac
or iniure any such siguboard shall
be liable to a pcnaly OF notless than
twenty five dollars and net exceed.
ing one hundred dollms.
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Tnr Dcmoc,ntic nrnss in ito &

TrE Democratic press in its eager
ness to denomce Republican mis-
management, to which they attribut,
Tho omh1rra sments under which the
National Treasury is laborino, in con.
sequence Of shortness of revenue
seems to be totally obliyious of the
record of It's own party. No Demo
cratic paper is ever guilty of The
slightest allusion TO the fact that
Burhouan's administration. which
came into power with S20.00O,0N0
IN the treasury. was forced 20 bor-
row $40 100000 in time Of profound
peace for cuuent expenses. aud
eventually rctiredin disgrace. leaving
n debt of SG0.0OO.OOO There is
something said in the New Testa
ment about removing the beam from
car own eyes before attempting 10
take the mote from the eyes OF others.
M opthalmic operation Of that ma
turc upon Democratic editors would
So ~ TO be necessary.
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Important uiu Passcd.

Inc SCn0te on the 18th concurrcd
in the House amendment To Senate
bill No IL. As il is an important
bill. and has beon signed by the Gov
ernor and is therefore law, we pub.
lish it in full:
Az AcT declaratory Of and amending
the act entitled A further supple
ment to the actregulatiug elections
in this Commonwealth, approved
the thirteenth day OF January
Ammo Domini one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-four.
SECTION ]. BE IL enpcica by the
Senate ami Vouse or Representatives
I lcJ The CommoRwe0lM ofFennsylrd
MIA Ot General AsseDbiy met, and IL
Is hreby Cnacied by tie ou,ho, ity
NJ tie sumo, That The assessors Iii.
rected to be appointed AMI elected
by the fourteenth AMI fifteenth sec-
ton OF the act approved the thir-
tccnth day Of January, Ammo Domini
one thousand eight hundred and
sevcntyfour. are hereby declared TO
be assessors only to perform such
duties ne are required by law of as
SCISSORS incident to the holding of
elections and registration of voters
and that the Office Of assessor for
purposes Of valuation, with all the
duties incident thereto, shall con-
tinuc and remain as now provided
by law: hori1ed, That in town.
ships, boroughs and wards compos
ing but one election district, the as
SCISSORS for purposes of valuation
shall be assessors for the holding of
elections and the registration Of vo
tcrs.
SEc. 2 That 40 much OF tho thir-
tconth section Of the act, to which
this is n supplement, as provides
that nothing in this act shall re
qniro the returns Of election of town
ship or borough officers to be made
to the court Ms directed by this sec
ton, but all the returns of the elcc
ton of township and borough officers
shall be enclosed in sealed cover.
directed to the prothonotsry of the
court OF common pleas of the proper
county, and shall by some one Of
them he delivered into his office
within three days after every such
election and filed therein" be AMI
the same Ia hereby so altered aud
amended rs TO require the returns
of the election Of township anl b,r
ough officers TO be directed to the
clerk of the court of quarter scssions
OF the proper county, instead of the
prothonotary of the conrt of com
mon plcas, as provided in sail act.
SEC 3. In all elections hereafter.
tho certificate Of naturalization, if
genuine, shall be conclusive evidence
of the facts mentioned therein; and
whore the person on, ring t. vote
claims. the right on the payment of
tnS, il signed by the proper officer.
shall be the evidence thereof; if such
person does not produce such re-
ceipt, then the payment of the tax
may be proved by the oath of such
person or other evidence stating
when, where and to whom such tax
was paid.
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Legislative, Executive and Judicial Ap-
preparation.

Tho aggregate amount IN the Legis-
lative, Executive and Judicial Ap-
preparation bill is Sl9,393, ,60l sala
ries and compensation OF Senators,
Representatives. and Delegates are
S2,0G5, 900, or S9iO, 900 less than the
estimates which were made before the
repeal OF the Salary bill; Treasury
Department, s2,S53,00O, or about
s750,000 less than the estimates,
100000 being for postage; for the
Department of Agriculture, S17I SOC,
or s9I 600 less than the estimates.
Estimates for other departments are
curtailed in al about $4,000, 900 from
the estimates.
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4 COMPARISON Of the death rates in
twelve States shows that Indiana is
'he lcalthiost, then Vermont, Ohio.
';hcde Island. Illinois. New IIamp
shire, Virginia. Pennsylvania, New
York, California, Massachusetts, and
Louisiana. Tie death records arc
however, no safe guide. In but few
Of The States are they kept with re
pulaiity and precision, aud il is pos.
siblc that If registration were as cor
rect in Indiana MS in Pennsylvania,
the two States might change places
il tho lief.
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,,r. r.nnwc.,n.,rene,m,,, seh,mr.

In order to reduce the cxpendi
tures Of government to the point
necessary to give the treasury u
largor margin than SlO,00o,00O. the
chairman of the Ways and Means
proposes the entire abolition " no
fever than thirty customs collection
districts; the consultation of all
navy yards on the Atlantic cost into
two; also tho abolition Of pension
agencies, n making all payments Of
pensions direct through The postotlice
from Washington, and cutting down
enormously the appropriations for
pa5lic works.
he suggestion in regard to the
custom houses and navy yards may
possibly be good and wise-so also
IN n measure may be that in refer
cnce to appropriations for public
works The danger is that the cut
ting down process, if once entered
upon, may take too wide a range.
Some of the public works contem
plated should undoubtedly he carried
On to completion. and particularly at
n time like the present when so
many thousands Of workingmon nre
unemployed and suffering, in conse.
qucnco, for want N the'common ne
ccssaries OF life. If tho plan can be
80 narrowed and guarded as to cut
down only cxtrnvagant and useless
expenditures, it migE. work well
but otherwise the experiment had
better not be tried. to the aboii
tion Of pension agensies, that might
possibly he done with benefit to pen
sloners. -HWTiSb0a TdCgraph,
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IMPORTANT FROM CUBA.

The lutest Cuban alyices received
by leading Cubans here say that be
fore the close of next week Puorto
Principe, the capital of the Eastern
Department, will be in their hands
Guerilla warfare is to be exchanged
for reg dlar field operations, Every.
thing is reported favorable to the
Cuban cause.
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Mr.. Packer male an hours speech
to day in favor Of putting weekly pa,
pers on the free list of the Post
Office Department, as also Congress,
sional documents, He quoted CO.
piou5ly from the records of the de
paTtmcnt 10 show that iSwould not
cost anything in either case.
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NoTwITusr,NDINd the untiring ef-
forts OF the Democracy, assisted by
disanected Republicans, and the side
play of n so.cailed third party, tie
Republicans Of the city of Harris,
burg achieved II glorious victory at
the election last Tuesday, aud sue
ceeded in olccting their candidates
for Mayor, City Treasurer Suporyi
sors, and II majority OF the nominees
for City Council and Board Of Con =
troll
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Pottsyillc elects every Republican
borough officer and every ward Re,
publican. The North ward Demo
cratic stronghold, has gone Republi
can by 80 majority. W. L. McAdams
j. elected burgess
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The resuit of the Philadelphia
election was most signal Republi-
can victory The defost Of Mcclure
was totally unexpected by his sup.
porters, and to himself is crushing
disaster, from which he viii not soon
recover.
Stokloy's majority for Mayor was
l0,SG0; the full vote was, Stokley,
56,93l, Nj Clure, 46,07i.'
Coils, Republican. was elected
City Solicitor by l2,iiS maiarity.
and Smith, Republican. Receiver Of
Taxes by lL0l6. The victory was
complete.
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PiTrspuRG, Feb. l7.-Great inter
ost was felt in the election here to
day The entire Republican ticket
was elected, Mccarthy for Mayor re
cciying LOO majority. In ALE
ghany City, Philips, Independent
Republican, is elected by "a ma
inritY.
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Ustur Wi;h the Indians Tn, Saw age.
Dcfrn:ed.

Tho following was received to- day
CmcAGo, Feb. II.
Coh W. T. Wlple, IiaShington :
Gen. c. Z. Augur, commanding the
Department of Texas, telegraphs as
follows Lieut. Col. Buell., with n
command, consisting Of parts of com
panies u and q, Tenth Cavalry, and
fifteen Tonka scouts, struck small
camp of Quapode Comanches on
Double Mountain Fork, on the 9th
inst, and killed ten Indians and
captured all their stock, sixty-four
horses. He will report fully on his
return TO Griffin.
u. II. SHERIDAN, Lieut. Gen.
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ELECTION NEW y.

Attic municipal clcctionin Easton,
Major 4. B. Howell, Republican, was
elected Mayor by 372 majority. The
Republicans carry five ont of seven
wards for Council, regSning control
Of the City Councils.
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TIE Washington R7,uJi'ca says
"When finances We're in order on
the 10th inst, Senator Cameron
delivered an able and lengthy speech
in favor Of free banking, which he
deemed tho only panGcea lor the
present ills now available, and Ger
tain to be exempt from danger in the
future. The speech'was a clear re-
presentation of the views suggested
by the amendment proposed by
him.
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". BucHrR Swoorr. Esq. L. S.
attorney for the western district of
Pennsylvania, died in Pittsburgh on
Monday morning, 10th inst. after a
few days Illness Of pneumonia. lie
was n man Of brilliant talents. and a
prorl.lent Republican politician.
with aspirations for the United
S'atcs Scnate.
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Harper's Weekly
Splendi,lly Illustrated.

Notices Of The Press.
The Weekly IL the ahlost and most powerfully
Illustrated periodical puhlished ID the country.
Its editorials are scholarly and convincing, and
carry much weight. Its Illustrations Of current
events are full asd frosh, and are prepared by
our hest deisners with circulation OF I50, ,O0D,
the Weekly 10 read by at least half o million Of
persons, and IT, inruence as an organ OF opinion
u simply tremendous The Weekly maintains
q positive position, and expresses decided views
on political and social problems. louisville
Courier Journal,
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We are indebted to DR.. S S.
Schultz. Superintendent of the State
Hospital for the Insane at Danville
Pa, for copy of the Commissioners
and Superintendent's report for
1873
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Nrw YoRK, Feb. 2l,--A Philadel.
phia dispatch says the final report on
the autopsy of the Siamese twins
has been made they had two hearts,
two liyers, two distinct organizations;
the heart of Eng was on the right
side, of thnng on the left. Their
widows have decided to permit the
bodies ~ Do publicly exhibited.
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A DMiNisTRAToR's sNOTICE.--Leiters
fAof Administration upon the estate Of
Daniel Benfer late Of Centre towoshir,
Snyder Co, deed having been granted 10
the undersigned, all persons knowing them.
selves indebted to said estate are requested
10 make payment without delay, and those
having claims on the same will present
them TO PHILIP BENFER,
Jan. 22, IA Administrator.
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Chr 3lust,
. GRoUsE, Ed'r. &r ropr.

A stable was burnodiu Wilkesharrr
on Thursday and six horses perished
in the flames.
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CHEYENNE, Feb. 21.-Indians mp
peared at Julesburg station, Union
Pacific railroad, last night, stole
eleven head horses aud fired into the
station house, They then went to
Chappell, the next station west, and
riddled tho place with bullets. A
column of calvary and infantry leave
tomorrow for Fort Laramie.