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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01
COLONEL STEPHEN %. ssODs.,S
ACCEPTANCE

The following letter from Colonel
Pool, accepting the nomination for
Superintendent of Public Instruction
at the hands Of the Democratic Con
servativc party Of the State, will be
found to the point, and just such a one
as We expected from the Colonel:
NEwBERN, n. c., April 20, 1874
DEAR SIR:-Your letter of the 10Th
inst, informing me that, at meet
ing of the Executive Committee of the
Democratic Conservative party, for
the State at large, held III this city
(Raleigh) on the present inst, you are
unanimously chosen as the candidate
of our party for the Office of Superin-
tendent OF Public Instruction, was re-
ccived On the eEening of the 18th
| accept the nomination SO cordially
rendered, and should your action be
ratified by majority OF the voters of
my native State, ] shall enter upon
the discharge of the responsible duties
Of the office, with the fixed purpose so
to perform them as TO add to the eff
cheney OF our system OF Pablo Schools
and to advance the cause Of Education
duloIS dti EofiLtlGiOllS, CIitSStS dLtl races
of our people.
To those who know me, / need not
say. that in the performance of the
duties imposed by the office of Supe-
rintendent of Public Instruction, l
shall, if elected, faithfully endeavor to
carry OUT il the most etfectiye and i'm
partial manner, the laws in reia-
ton to our public schools, noting
such defects as may become apparent,
and suggesting at the proper time and
place, such amendments &s may seem
to me necessary to make OR system,
in all respects, worthy of the age and
the people of North Carolina.
rendering to the committee my APP
probation of the high compliment con
ferred npoa me, and thanking you for
the kindly terms III 1gGiah you have
notified me Of their Rctiop, ! have the
honor to be, sir,
Very respectfully,
Your obedicnt servant,
S. d. PooL.
Gen. W. r. Cox, Chairman
Executive Com, Raleigh, n. C.
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CORRUPTION CAUSES DsSSOLU.
TUON.

The Detroit, Michigan, Free Press
saws: .The Republican party is
fast losing its hold upon II class
of high-minded men who gave
it Their support ont of principle
and not from any hope of profit, d.
rectly or Indirectly to themselves, e1-
cept in so far as they, as private citi-
zens, might be benefited by what was
for the best interest of all. These men
now see that the Republican party has
no sound cardinal principle on which
the voters can unite. They see also
that it is corrupt to the core, that the
me, who are its chief leaders are mere
political tricksters, shrewd and cunning.
but utterly devoid of sound and en-
lightened craftsmanship. They are
men in whom no confidence can be
placed-who, while they cannot he de-
pended upon to labor for the int forests
of the nation, find it congenlal EN-
ploymert to shape political affairs
il the different States by control
ing the appointing power, and VIII" are
often to be found fully engrossed III
some scheme which smacks very
strongly OF pllnder. The r:ition is at
present in condition when statesman
ship and purity are required, but the
dominant party is lamentably deficient
in both. If # has any statesmen they
have been elbowed out of the way by
the Buffers, Richardson's, Sawyers,
Camerons, Kelleys and Logans and
however honest and economical the
party may be III it's platforms. its ac-
tual population of every plank IN
those platforms which at present has
any life, the Sanborn contracts and the
mail contracts which have been made
under Republican admin STATIONS, its
railroad jobbery, the District OF Col
umbia frauds which have been perpe-
trated under it, and the Jayne iniqui-
ties, stamp it as most dishonest and
corrupt"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01

ting in his old corner, where he
thought himself out of sight, went
through the strangest pantomime-
laughing, putting his mouth in the
drollest shapes. and then swinging
himself back and forth in the limited
space. as if he was walking down
Broadway full-rigged metropolitan
belle. Aud so on tail we rolled into
the depot, and / placed myself on the
other car, opposite the stranger, who,
with Il partmanteau i'll each hand, had
descended, and was standing on the
lowest step, ready to jump to the plat
form. L looked from his face TO the
faces of the people before us, but saw
no signs of recognition. Suddenly he
cried, There they arel" and laughed
outright, but in hysterical sort of
way, as he looked over the crowd ]
followed his eyes, and saw, some dis
lance back, as ii crowded ont and
shouldered away by the well-dressed
and elbowing throng, little woman in
q faded dress and well-worn hat,
with a face almost pa nful ia its in
tense, but hopeful expressions, glanc-
ing rapidly from window to window,
as the coaches gIided in. She had not
vet seen the stranger. brt a moment
after she caught has eye, aud III anoth-
er instant he had jumped to the plat
form with his two portmanteaus; and
making hole in the crowd, pushing
| out here aud there, and running one
of his bundles plump into the well de-
| velopcd stomach of venerable old
gentleman i'll spectacles, he rushed to-
ward he place where she was stand
| ing. [ think / never saw face as
sumo SO many different expressions in
so short time as did that Of the little
woman while her husband was on his
way to her. She didn't look pretty.
On the contrary she looked very plain,
but some way felt big lump rise in
my throat as / watched her. She was
trying to laugh, but God bless her,
| how completely she failed in the at
| tempt! Her mouth got into the posi-
| ton. but it never moved after that,
save to draw down the corners and
| culver. while she blinlled her eyes so
that l suspect she only caught
occasional gIimpses of the broad
shouldered fellow who elbowed
his way 50 rapidly toward her. And
then, as he drew near, and dropped
those everlasting POrtmanteaus, she
just turned completely round, with her
| back toward him, and covered her face
with her hands. And thus she was
when the strong man gathered her up
in his arms as if she had been baby,
and held her sobbing to his breast. =
There were enough gaping at them,
Heaven knows and I turned Ely eyes
away moment, and then I saw two
boys in threadbare roundabouts stand
ing near, wiping their eyes and noses
on their little coat sleeves, and burst
ing out anew at every fresh demonstra-
ton on The part of the mother. When
L looked at the stranger again, he had
his hat drawn down over his eyes but
his wife was looking up at him, and il
seemed as if the pent up tears of those
weary months of waiting were stream
ing through her eyelids. = The Capitol
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FeasEa of = sE:,}s5rt,ore Duchess.

The Duchess OF Leeds who died on
the Sth instant in England was ma
tive of BaltimOTe-her maiden name
being Miss Louise Cation, daughter of
Mr.. Richard Cation, an English mer-
chant who came to Baltimore towards
the close of the last century and mar
ried Mary, daughter e Charles Carroll
OF Carroliton. They had four chill
dren, OF whom the Baltimore San has
tie following Interesting account
Mary married Robert Patterson, TIE
eldest son of the lat. VIM. Patterson.
father of Madame Bonaparte, of this
city. With him she went to England
with her two sisters, Elizabeth and
Louise, where they were received with
great kindness as the granddaughter
of Charles Carroll Of CarrOiiton, in the
ter returning to America, Mr.. Robert
Patterson died. and his widow again
visiting England for her health, be
came the wife Of the Marquis of Vel
lesley; her sister marrying Baron
Stafford, and Louise Sir FELTON, Har-
vey, aid-tle-camp to the Duke of Wei
hngton, upon whose death she mar
ried the eldest SON of the Duke of
iIeetS, Iucn MARQUIS OF Cafmathen,
who, On the death of his father, be-
came Duke of Leeds, and his wife be-
came the Duchess of Leeds. The
other daughter of Mr.. Cation, and
grand daughter OF Charles Carroll. of
married John McTavish, a
Scotch gentleman residing in Canada,
who subsequently made his residence
in Baltimore. All these grand-daugh-
ters Of the signcr OF the Declaration Of
Independence were remarkablein their
early years for their distinguished
and fascinating manners; and
III this respect among
Them was Lady Wellesley, one of the
most beautiful women of her day. Her
portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence per- .
oetuates on canvas both her grace and !,
sweetness. It was of her, while her 7
was Viceroy OF Ireland, that /
he late shop England, when toast
ng the last survivor of the Declare
ion of Independence, gave as his SEN
iment, 'sCharles Carroll, of Carroll
on-in the land from which his father
led in fear his daughters daughter
eigns as queen"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01

and better fruit is thus obtained; and,
the older the orange tree is, the more
it produces. The average yield to the
tree on the s.Dead Lake" istwo thousand
oranges, although as much as seven
thousand have been counted as the
product of one tree in the grove OF
Messrs. Smith and Alderman-our
friend Captain r. Lawrence Smith,
formerly of Scotland Neck, and now
the able Democratic Senator from
Calhoun in the Florida Legislature.
Mr.. S. S. Alderman is a Floridan, but
married Miss Ellen Hunter, daughter
of Mr.. Joseph Hunter, formerly OF
Raleigh. Indeed, you would be sur
prised to find to what a great extent
the citizens Of this section are from
North Carolina-f the extreme
West to the most Eastern counties OF
our State.
PineappIes lemons and bananas are
also raised to some extent. One enter
pris:nc gentleman from Alabama, who
inst made Il purchase, is going to RAISE
yec. tables for the Columbus, Macon
and Atlanta markets. The very early
vegetation on these lakes, with cheap
and expeditions transportation must
make this a very profitable business.
am satisfied that the culture OF
fruit is destined to add greatly to the
wealth and population of that section.
rEIcE OF LANDS.
Cultivated lands in Jackson county
can be purchased cheaper than any /
have yet met with, when their quality
and the heaIthfulness of the country
is considered. With the railroad fin,
ished from Bainbridge through this
county, which Major Haines. OF the
Atlantic and GuIf Railroad, assures me
will certainly be done at an early day
| If the consent of the Florida Legis'a
| ture can be obtained. we know OF nc
better farming country to live IN.
shall leave it, and bid good bye to ny
| friends with reluctance, but YOU may
| look for me almost as soon as this
| reaches Won. l..
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01

The -Appeaz of the 18th, says there
IS Imminent danger that q fresh stroke
of bad luck is impending over Mem
phis. For some years the narrow
isthmus, fifty or sixty yards wide that
separated the Mississippi from the
Loosahatchie and Wolf rivers, has been
steadily wearing away Civil engin-
GERS and property holders have not
been unmindful of the fact, and have
now and then visited the place where
the waters of the great river have at
last opened a way across the country
20 Memphis. What may be the con-
sequence OF tEis diversion of the food
tide of the Mississippi, it is impossi-
BILE to predict. The rivers current. as
we are informed, expe nds its whole
force against the shore at the very
point at which this crevasse has been
made. If the rssistlesss volume of
water moves on a straight line, it .nay
sweep away several saw mills and the
navy gard, and then transfer to New
Orleans that great heap of sand lying
in the midst of the stream just oppo-
site the foot of Union street. But no
living man can anticipate the conduct
Or movements Of the Mississippi.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01
ANOTHER WRECK
Probable Los Of the British Ste ann.
ship NlississiPPi. of the New Or

The United States steamer Dande-
lion, Captain Coop, from New Orleans
9th inst. and Key West 18th, having
been detained at the latter place by
heavy easterly gales, arrived at Char
lesion, ). c., on Thursday last, and
reports that OH the afternoon Of the
Goth, large steamship, which was sub
sequently ascertained to be the Britt, h
steamship Mississippi, Captain Henry
Wrake, bound from Liverpool for New
Orleans, was sighted ashore on the
breakers, on the spot known as Brews
ter's Reef. seven miles from Florida
light, the latter bearing north north
west seven miles Off Captain Wrake
reported that the mississippi was on
her passage from Liverpool for New
Orleans, having sailed on the 31st of
March, with cargo composed mostly
of cotton ties and iron, GA draft of
seventeen feet of water. On the morn
ing Of the Goth inst, while the Missis-
sippi was running down the reef, she
went unexpectedly aground about 2:30
a. M, striking heavily, and common ced
leaking Immediately, and SO rapidly did
the water gain that about twelve hours
afterward, her forward hold was full
and her after hold had five feet o.
water. The Charleston Courier says
1.-The shoal on which the Mississippi
lies is of the most dangerous charac-
ter, and there is every probability that
she will be a total loss. She is first
class iron British steamship, and has
been employed OH the line between
Liverpool and New Orleans. Her mas
ter is a young officer about thirty
years of age, on his second voyage,
and feels the sad accident most de-
pressingly. Captain Coop offered
what assistance he could to the Cap
tain of the Mississippi. but there being
nc passengers on the latter, and the
ship being ashore near land, where the
officers and crew could easily reach q
place of safety, the Dandelion left The
wreck on the afternoon of the Goth
and arrived here yesterday, bound
North for repairs.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01
From the Chicago Inter-Occ AT
TEE VETO IN THE WEST.

The effect upon prices of the veto of
the Senate currency bill was imme-
date. Stocks declined heavily in New
York on Thursday, and in Chicago
prices of grain and provisions suffered
a large depreciation. The shlinkage
of the stock in store here in a single
day was not less than $4,000 and Of
course the loss on the whole stock of
the West is enormous. The money of
Eastern capitalists will buy more corn,
wheat, oats, and provisions to-day
than it would buy yesterday. 4 dol
lar is worth noTe to-day than it was
yesterday, and by consequence every
commodity in the market is worth
less. There has been a great deal said
about the Leinous offense of depreciat-
ing the currency, and SO robbir5 the
creditor class for tbs benefit of the
debtor class; bat the effect Of the veto
has been to rob the producing class. -
The influence of Boston and New York
his been sufficient to induce the Presi-
dei.t io take step which forces di-
rect loss mon every farmer in the
country.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01
EraxtOn Bragg.

Gen. Braxton Bragg was interviewed
by st. Louis reporter the other day,
and expressed himself on the subject
of JEFF. Davis. secession, the Govern
ment, &c. We quote portion of the
account, as follows:
Reporter-I suppose you favored
secession?
General did. I thought, and
think now, that it was necessary for
our honor. Our institutions were be-
ing encroached upon in manner that
demanded action. / would have
favored fighting under the old flag.
We were Maintaining the true Consti--
tuition. p not G + er sid,-,hr y
should have been called rebels, and
not us.
Reporter-What are your feelings
now toward the Government?
General have no Government. I
am DISTINGUISHED; that is, [ suppose l
am, as | have not inquired into the
matter. L take no interest IN it. NY
property was coHfiscated and [ had
nothing left me but my debts, and
have had to work for my living since
the war
Reporter-Would you fight for the
Government if called upon?
General-Were it a war exclusively
INVOLVING tho nationality Of the Gov
c4lu4rAt,. L ..-,.:. al .tr.ct:y with
my people of the South, and the cir
cumstances would have to be extraor-
binary to induce me to serve under
such Government as DOW predomi-
mates. There would be but little in-
SEPARATION to fight for Government
by such men as Ben Butler
and other such men now in office.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01
From the charlotte ID leo rat.
TslE QUESTION OF COLOR.

1t is every day becoming more APP
parent that here III North Carolina the
white people will have to do as the y
did in Virginia at the last State cleo
ton, organize white IN Ms party and
declar, that white men shall rule the
State.
The issue is being forced on the
whites by the colored people them
selves, aud it is being forced on those
who have been and are really their
true and best friends, but in whom the
colored man seems to place no pOllti-
cal confidence.
In the Congressional Districts. cities
and towns where the negro element
prevails, they are now demanding the
offices to the exclusion of white men
who pay the taxes and support the ex-
penses of government. In Wilmington
the City Marshal is now negro, and
the police force is composed largely of
negroes and the negroes of the VIII
mineton Congressional District are de-
handing that one of their own color
and race shall be sent to Congress-
Also. in the town of GoiIsborO negro
is demanding the Office OF Mayor, and
in the Goldsboro and Newbern Con-
gressional District (now represented
by Judge Thomas) the negroes are
striving TO put a colored man IL as the
Representative in Congress.
We have always thought that when
the issue of color was made (as it is
obliged to be made some day, no mat
ter how mich it may be regretted) the
| most of the white men OF the State
would sand together in favor cf white
men ruling the country. as they did in
! Virginia last summer. The lines must
be drawn sooner or later.
In Newbern District there is n large
majority of negro voters, and Judge
| Thomas, a white man. has been the
Representative IN Congress, but the
| negroes are demanding that black
man shall be put in his place. Even
Judge Thomas, who has been known
as Radical of the first water, threat
ems to repuiiate tie party whenever a
! question of color is raised. We copy
the following paragraph from the
Goldsboro Messenger:
"IU Repudiate the Party."-These
were the words used by Judge Thomas
in his recent Goldsboro speech, when
he appealed to the colored men not to
br ing the question of color in the nom
nation for Congress. Said Judge
Thomas ''if you raise the question
of color, III leave the party I'll re
pudiate it." We believe Judge Thomas
was sincere in this, and nine out Of
every ten white republicans share his
sentiments on that question. They are
republicans only for Office. and as Mr.
Thomas very plainly stated, did no
agree, when they entered the Republi
can party, that they would vote coloreG
men into office. White radicals vii
have none of it.
We are in favor of according to the
colored man all necessary rights, bu
not as provided III the blood-lettins
Civil Rights Bill proposedby old Sum
ner. We shall always favor the rule o
white men as the best means to pro
mote the material interests of boil
black and white citizens.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01
Ss Fifty Dollars, or Scream,

The pranks of lady-at least in ap-
pearance-along the line of the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railroad recently have
caused the depletion o the pocket
books of several hotel proprietors at
different towns, and among them Wa
rem burg, and while the money was
parted with, there IS still at least peace
in the landlords households, 1t viii
suffice to narrate how this female did
her little Job" at Warransburg, as re-
lated to a Dispatch reporter:
She visited the town IN the capacity
of book agent, to impress upon the
incredulous the advantage to be gained
bv subscription to the ''most inter-
esting and instruct We work ever pub
lished." Arriving in town at noon,
she Immediately went to a hotel,
which shall be nameless, and register
ed. She was shown to a room and
made her toilette. The next step was
to ring bell which ushered b, in
her presence, TO whom she commune
Gated the fact that she desired to see
the landlord. The message was deliv-
cred to the landlord. and in the course
face in her room. AS he entered the
room she quietly locked the door, and
placing the key in her pocket, said:
'No1, Mr.. -, [ wish to have a
few moments chat with you"
"Well, maam, replied the landlord,
''what you have to say, say it quickly,
for I am in a hurry"
In very seif-composed manner the
book agent drew herself up, and said
she: Now, Mr.. -, you are mar
ried man, are you not?"
Yes, ma'am,' meekly replied the
landlord.
"Ycu have children, two of whom
are nearly of age, have you not?'
Yes, ma'am, again replied the
husband.
well, then" said the book agent,
''lf you have any respect for yourself
or family, pay me fifty dollars or [ will
scream"
The landlord was bewildered, and
being a mildman protested only in
well-rounded phrases. This but made
matters worse, and desiring to avoid a
disagreeable reflection upon his wife
and children he agreed to pay her fifty
which he did, and on the even
ing train she left for Pleasant Hill,
where, it is said, she played the same
game.
The landlord at Warrensburg thinks
it rather expensive to pay fifty dollars
to keep woman from screaming, but
there are only few who know Of it,
and being a rather dignifed gentle
man, and one whose private character
is spotless, he is not ioked ahout it
-. Lo"is Dispatch, iprH 20.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01

UD.cilitg of II Statue in Mobile
Grafton by Rev. Dr. PaImer-Thc
Gray and the Blue Beautiful and
Touching Tribute from Federal
Soldiers.
MOBILE, April 37.-Tha memorial
exercises here to-day were witnessed
by the entire community and vicinity
n beautiful statue was unveiled, Rev.
DIR. y. NJ. Palmer, of New Orleans,
orato:. After delivering beautiful and
appropriate address, and just as Ad-
mira! Semmes was about to unveil The
statue, Colonel Wickerman, our popu-
lar postmaster, who was Federal
soldier during the war, stepped for
ward and presented the Admiral with
a beautiful wreath of flowers, in the
shape of a circle and cross, accompa-
MED by the following touching and APP
propriate note:
This floral offering is rendered with
the kindly and sympathetic greetings
Of surviving Federal soldiers resident
in Mobile, who honor the brave and
heroic dead of the late war and desire
your acceptance of the same as an
humble tribute to valor and unselfish
devotion to a cause held dearer than
life. Fresh he the memory of those
under the sod and the dead awaiting
the Judgment day; under the one the
Blue, under the other the gray" Ad-
miral Semmes accepted the floral
offering IL neat and appropriate ai-
dress. at the completion, the statue
was unveiled amid peals of artillery
from guns kindly loaned by the Fed
erals for that purpose. Another pleas
ant incident of the occasion was the
following touching and acceptable
offering:
CAPRI 81, 1o74-Fron the officers
of the United States army, stationed
at Mount Vernon Barracks, Alabama,
to the Mobile Cadets, as a mark of re-
spect to the memory of their gallant
dead, and i'll recognition of their manly
and generous action in contributing to
the decoration of the graves in the
National Cemetery at Mobile, Ala, on
the 3Oth of June, 1879
Everything passed off delightfully."-
all the military companies, fire compa-
MES and societies participating.
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THE EssA OF GOOD FEELING.

The pall-bearers at the funeral of the
late Commodore Dornin, which took
place IN Norfolk last Saturday, were
Commodore Samuel Barron, late c. S.
N; General r. L. Page, late c. S. A.;
Commodore John 8. Mitchell, late c.
S. N; Captain r. B. Pegras., late C.
S. N; General w. F. Barry, U. S. A.;
!Coaaloodore L. III. Stevens, U. S. N;
Captain Eawa~d Barrett, Q. S. N;
Captain S. p. Quackent,1sh, U. S. N.
Four of the Confederate army ana
navy and four of the United States
army and navy. Facts like this speak
more eloqpently t,a2a words.