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The New York herald., 1875-12-01
A LARGE CATCH OF SHARKS.

OTTAWA, Ont Nov 80, 1875.
The Commissioner Of Fisheries reports that thirty
five large sharks caught near the mouth OF
Saginaw River last week They chased schools Of por-
poses the nets and became prisoners With sixteen
porposes
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HON. IRA HARRIS.

ALBANY, ~ Y, Nov. 80, 1875.
Hon Ira Harris lies very low at his residence IN this
city, and may expire during the day
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AMERICAN PORTS.

ASTORIA Nov 2a-sailed, shins Loch Fleet cRr' Fob.
erts0n 40; City Of Perth R tt.. Liverpool hauare.
shire tBD. do: 25lh Collin Ssel lo1 lack Sassns1ya
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SPOKEN.

Brig Melrose, Grggs from Porto Rico for Hatteras no
date, lat 26, lon 73.
scLr Alice Abbott steering south Nov . lat % 81 Ion
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SHIPPING NEWS
OCEAN STEAMERS.
Sails lDestination
Steamer.

ArEs or DEPARTURES FROM NEW YORK FOR THE MONTHS
DECEMBER AND JANUARY.
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MISCELLANEOUS. 5.

A BsoLUTE DIVORCES OBTAINED FROM DIFFER
n ent States for without publicity egR
everywhere No charge until divorce granted Advice FREQ
Established 20 years NJ HOUSE. Attorney, l94 Broadway
Wilmington journal., 1875-01-15
VOL. 81.

sonal or presidential, is there in the
word BANDIrrI," that when Iro-
nounced by GRANT or by any other
man, shall We to SHERIDAN or to a.y
other man, the right to shoot doa n
citizens without judge or jury? But
If there be this magic in thr presiden
tIal utterauce to tran form an unti q
citizen in the SOuth into ii CONVICTED
OUTLAW whom any man may pet t.
death, what will destroy It's power ju
the North With GRANT TO cry Du:,
'BANUTTTI upon whUtl o. ver he
Will. and SHFRTDAH to shoot them
down. the end Is n'gh at hand-and
the end Is slavery or Independence
And vet GRANTS own org tii at NnSs-
ingtOu City, pubiished rigi,t ns.d-r his
nose, proclalns that GRANT ard SHcR
IDAN are i'll thorough accord "u
the Louisiana question
Can sane men doubt any long =
what is GRANTS purpose
Now or never, is the time to q, ed.
whether GRANT or the civil govern
ment shall be- supreme IN America.
Aud thank Heaven. We. dOut:t not the
decision. KIRK fled fugfti., from
North Carolina. HoLD,;N driven from
the highest Office in tn gilt of her
people, is now the only mau ~ North
Carolina incapable by specia. ecute nee.
from holding any ottlc-- ut iiunf,:.
profit or trust in the StGtt- Let
SHERIDAN beware lest like kIEK he U-
q fugitive ere spring time come, and
let GRANT beware. lest he like HOLMES
be 8 disgraced impeached ard con
vlcted crImlusl
Wilmington journal., 1875-01-15

TIE Indianapolis Sentinel of last
Tuesd y, referring to Sheridan's dis
patches says: SHOULD the Indiana
Legislature b. broken up by United
States bayolrts Ii xt Thursday, it is
very likely tont orr own people would
display a sp'f,t uf detiaEee.
And SO would the citizens of any
other free State But are the people
of Louisiana and North Carolina free?
Let the citizens OF any Northern Safe
answer
The Washington correspondent of
the Springfield Republican exposes a
scheme coLc5eted by Ring spectators
in Washington to get Congress to
ra,se the interest on the 8 IS bonds
authorized last june to be paid to
District contractors, to 1 per cent. in
com Il large share of the bonds have
been bought up al from 65 to 68 cents
on the dollar, and il rhe change in the
rate of interest can be effected, the
purchasers VIII make ABOUT OO per
cent profit. There is no limit to the
greed of the Washington Ring, but
the success Of this raid upon the
Treasury muy depend upon whether
any OF he Executive household have
been let into the iob.
Col. Burton, n. Harrison, who was
Private Secretary TO President Davis
during the greater part of his admins
tration, has been appointed Secretary
of the Mayor of New York city by
Mayor Wickham. Col. Harrison is al
able and accomplished lawyer, a highly
| cultivated and elegant gentleman, ar
apt and efficient Secretary, and hii
many friends throughout the Soutl
will be greatly gratifed at this recog
milton of his merits.
The Pennsylvania Central Railroad
has issued notices that all application
for annual passes must be accompan
led by photographs of the applicants
A copy of the photograph reduced il
size will be pasted on the back of eacl
pass. 1t is hoped in this way to pre-
vent the lending of passes to thir'
parties-a trick quite common aad t
which Legislators are especially prone
Wilmington journal., 1875-01-15

HumAn nature - huu1n ulturc, all
centGl2>- non tG, "uauge ii Cline OF
country can h}tcr 1T. Nor has religion
or science, or civllIz.,t,on, nor the
muC!s Wanted progress ot nI"dei
time teen abe to change the nstnr'
OF man. In spit" Of hear niuetecn
years OF christianity; in spite Of many
NOR. wars of other systems Of religion
the iufact that first sees tne nxnt on
this day, If left to the pRsslous borI.
il hIln, will DO d savage pure and sim
pie 4nd it is TIN is unchanged and un
changaDie nlitllre Of man that accounts
1or the wonderful accuracy with which
history Is constantly repeating Itself.
When ,nau gets IN close r-Iace
human nature at once suggv gvst@ to b.m
to get olt Of 1t by Lying, and AotAiC1
bnt cducati ion of one sort or another
VIII Keep iiin from following ta.. aUg-
gesClUf. When u mai, WAo Las hot
by the forms of tie law absolute
power, mas ueISI 70 S1uSICu
OPPOSITION to LIS Will human nature
prompts him to hurl upon those of mis-
subjects or fellow citizens unused TO
arms, those whose trade 1t Is to use them.
j ust as upon a like principle, the old
tugilsL law forbid d butcher because
ne was used TO shedding blood to SIT
upon n jury when the llfc OF Il prisoner
WAS at stake. But 1T sometimes, indeed
a
! cauuot be arranged against the other
| portions OF the community. III the be
| giuuIng at least of the struggle be
iwecu the ruler and the people, with
ouy some pretext of provocatiou. And
this Dliugs us to the point of our re-
| marks tins morning.
The testimony OF Governor Kellogg,
Sc n-cailed, before the Congressional
| Ctlumi:tce at New Orleans ON We'd
"a, Il Y laei, presents that u5urper n
! gr.y.>r4y tte character that the fnost
! casual aIII careless student of II story
! ", ut,. expect to find hun.
| Ii the reign OF CHARLES TIE 0ECoND
produced = England Titus Oates and
the inventors OF the Rye House plot,
! 1t -h0u.d not surprise any man that
the Iaie u GRANT should produce III
! IOui-i:,rIa Il Sheridan and Kellogg -
NELLOG,I lails AS naturally Iuto iiIe
ron ii spy, lnturmer, deLectlve and
otficaal liar today, as d:d OATES two
s,unufed yeats ago.
~, ungg's assertion tuat he has In-
| formation of "A plot to aosassIhate tue
! Pre-iA It, will ind no believer even
| amongst the most creduloaS OF men.
Aud SHERIDAN, too, telegraphs that he
has been threatened with assassination,
aud forsooth, because he dared to
tell the truth" If SHERIDAN shall ever
be killed Tor telling the truth, it Will
be surely one of the most unJustlfiable
homIcIdes ever committed.
But these assassination stories are
too thin and too old for Belief, though
GRANT and his tools may make them
answer their purpose.
Ii the people Of America, without
regard to race, color, sex on previous
condition of eervitude, desire tina
their Chef Magistrate shall continue
in his habitual disregard OF the laws
and OF the Constitution. all that the.
need do is to keep quiet under th'
present lawless, outrageous, lnfamou
orders OF GRANT, executed by his mai
Sheridan, in New Orleans. Let ever.
feemau IN America speak "ut i
thunder tones against GRANT : nsurpa
ton OF military power.
Wilmington journal., 1875-01-15
EDITORIAL. GssANG. ~

Captain ". F. AyEaY A.s >ev 7 4!
his correction with tIte ii. djDDut
Press and has become ti,, as. ciste t
editor of the Charlotte Ob.scrcer. Enc
Press will hereafter be cnnd'IrrA un
der the editorial auspices II N"-srs
Murrell and 7omiinson, ani has o:.s
best wishes for it's success under ~
new management. Tie Press has
taken and 1naintniaed, ANA tteserycdiy
too, a very high position ii tht rsuh.
of North Carolina journalism.
The accession of so competent
gentleman a. Captain AVERY would he
great gain to the editorial corps of
any paper III the State aud 1e there
fore cordially congratulate the readers
of the Observer upon their good for
tune. Captain AVERY does his duty
and does it we'll wherever placed,
whether in the field or IN the sanctu1n
Success to him wherever he goee.
Wilmington journal., 1875-01-15
DELAYED TELEG ANS.

The following dispatches from New
Orleans to Washington City reached
us yesterday morning by mail. The
FIRST is Sheridan's notorious BAN
DITn' telegram towhich SO frequent
| reference has been made in our dis
patches and elsewhere:
GEN. SHERIDAN TO GEN. BRLKNAP.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 5-General
Sheridan has sent the following dis
patch to Secretary Belknap:
HD'oRs MILITARY DIV OF Missouri,
NEW ORLEANS. La, Jan. 5, 1876.
Hon. W. W. Belknap, Secretary of
War, Washington, ID. c.:
i think the terrorism now existing in
Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas
could be entirely removed and conf
dence and fair dealing established by
the arrest and trial of the ringleaders
of the armed White Leagues. If Con-
gress would pass a bill declaring them
bandItti they could be tried by mill
tary commission. This banditti, who
murdered men here on the l4th of last
September, and also more recently at
VlcksbIrg, Mississippi, should Ill JUS
tics to law and order, and peace and
prosperity of this southern part OF the
country, be punished. 1t is possible
that ii the President would issue q
proc amation declaring them banditti
no furtuer action need be taken except
that which would devOlve upon me.
P. 81. SHERIDAN,
Lieutenant General y. 8. A.
The city Is very quiet to day. No
unusual demonstrations in any quar-
ter, The military still occupy the
State house
PROTEST OF JOHN M'ENERY.
New ORLEANS, Jan. 5,-The follow
Ing explains itself
NEW O.ekANs, January 5, 1875.
TO His Ercetleucy. q. S. Grant, Pre-
sident Of the United States
In the nuIne Of liberty and all lovers
of liberty throughout the United
States, L do most solemniy protest
against the acts IF the military forces
OF the United States on Yesterday in
the occupation of the State house, in
the forcib!e election by troops of the |
members Of the Legislature and elect
ed Speaker of the House, aud the SUBJ
scquent organization of the House by |
the direct and fore, BILE Intervention of |
the military. l affirm, before the
whole American people, that the ac-
ton on the part of the military in this |
city yesterday is subversIve OF the re- |
publican institutions OF this free coun-
try. JOIN MCENERY.
Wilmington journal., 1875-01-15
TEsE.E. .ADIES,,-rHE SHERIDAN
LADIES.

The National Republican says:
+ "Nnw Oilenus is quiet. Seeridar
sis III NV Orleans. His force con
''sists Of three staff, officers and two
ladies. The White Leaguers, accord
''lng TO the sworn testimony of theil
"icad-r, General Ogden, number
'2 800 men, cavalry, artillery and
. ''Infzntry."
I'VE thank thee for the word"-more
especially since being published a,
Washington City and being GRANTS
own o'gan, the utterances of the Re
pubjtca5, may be taken to be at least
semi official.
IL st'rs our gratitude to its pro-
tom4dost d,pths, even to that Clover
deep stl.i" Miit n somewhere speaks
Of, that with single word the Repu6-
tic9n has lifted the fog from the New
OEiFans mystery. aud as easily as if it
had been q sheet lifted by it's four
Corners from bed.
We had been utterly unabIe to un-
>iera!aud tie secret of SHERIDAS's
surprising success III the Crescent City.
But II has b eli as us plain as pike
staff ever since We learned that d part
o las forces consisted of "two ladies. ,
Ii there Is any one thing New
Orleans men have a weakness for,
ii II b IA weakness, more than
aIuther> ii - the ladies, Heaven
bless them. New Orieaus men
ctrlot stand long before the ladies,
bar wilt r,ght away. And Sheridan,
Cunning fellow that he is, knew the
fact and "lgau zed his forces" Sc
cOrdingiy. Aud what a magnificent
success he made OF ii ! His force all
told numbered six souls, and one third
were h"nEy ladies'" and Herewith
without firing gun, he vauqulshed
%. 500 men, cavalry, artillery and iu-
fantry not " drop of blood having
been She'd, and uot man or woman
having fallen, as it appears, during
the entire engagement Bat Sheridan
: 4 cunning fellow, AMI he must be
good Judge of women to have picked
ont two of such great prowess on such
short notice.
We would never have believed, did
we not have it on such good authority
as the Repu6ltcU1s, that two ladies"
even Of SHERIDAN force" could
have qnieted 2, 500 New Orleans men,
Cavalry, artillery and Infantry The
galiantry Of the New Orleans men is
eqnalied only by the prowess of the
'' ladies of SHERIDAN's force
Two 10 800! guam nluta sts ad
lilo IIectUre
Wilmington journal., 1875-01-15
IONXENIas,S

The ArsOnian has hitherto be n
very strongly opposed 20 the call of a
Convention by he present Legislature.
We are glad to see, however, that it is
now ready to abandon that opposition,
believing that the great reaction in
public sentiments i'll its favor will
force the Legislature to call Conven-
ton. Il says:
. As for ourselves, we want a Con-
,'itution that will foster and protect
the Interests of the citizens and the
State-we would have preferred he
change by Legislative enactment, but A
CHANGE BY SOME MODE MUST BE HAD,
and II we can't get it Ia ONE way, why
We viii gladly welcom" it in any shape.
Wilmington journal., 1875-01-15
G RANT AND sHEREDANva. HOI.
DEN AND KIRK.

SHERIDAN has ideas Of his own and
he ia not afraid to make them known,
at least in quarters where they will do
most good. The little, long-armed
barn burner and hummer is not for
tunate, however, in being original.
His programme has been tried b. fore,
and We are pleased 30 say it failed
SHERIDAN is just about four years too
late if he desires a patent for controll-
ing the white people OF Southern
State on the ground that he is the first
inventor. If we remember Alright, and
We think We do, SHERmAN's s schedule
was promulgated and acted upon in
the State Of North Carolina as far back
as the year 1870. In North Carolina
lnlo7Othe thing was called the Shotfner
Bill, IN which, however, there was a
slight variation from the SHERIDAN
schedule. Before HOLDEN beg an
the KIRK war in North Caro-
lima, he did Rave the grace
TO ask the Legislature to give
him the power 10 declare county to
be in state of insurrection, SO that
he might proclaim martial law And
this having been done, Governor
HOLDEN proceeded TO organize Mill
nry Commissions to try and convict
individuals preliminary to their shoot
Ing by diumhead court martial.
General SHERIDAs, it is true, sng-
eested at the beginGing OF his tele-
gram that an act of Congress- be pass
cd, but became SO impatient for blood
and slaughter ere be could con-
eiude his message he could not
refrain from telling his master GRANT,
That If he would issue an order de
elarlng members of the "WHITE
LEAGUE" in Mississippi, Arkansas aud
Louisiana to be ''DANDIrTI" that mo
Further action need be taken except
That which would devolve upon him
IN other words, that SHERIDAN would
shoot like dogs whomsoever GRANT
would telegraph to be "BASDITTI!
hoLDEN's programme was a beauti-
Iul specimen OF obedience to law and
order sad constitutional government,
compared to chat of GRANT and SHERI
DAN. But HOLDEN and KIRK broke
ooWn and 80 will GRANT and SHERIDAN.
And pray what effect in law would a
PROCLAMATION from GRANT have if it
we're to declare the people of Louis
Ana' Mississippi and Arkansas to be
SASD1rTI ?" Would that piece OF
paper with GRANTS signature make
nen outlaws, whom it would be lawful
-oi every conner to shoot down like
Wild beasts?" Can SHERIDAN or GRANT
VI Doth of them together convert cit
4Iens into convicts under sentence Oh
ueath and Fe eral soldiers into com.
uon e1ecutioners. ready to ply theil
"ade on sight and at will Yet thit
.' what SHERIDAN recommends. He
ready "to stop" the people of Lou
lAna' ready to try them before mil
I:y commissions, organized by
ii' and to shoot them like dog
Ge pon no other authority than tha
w1 f has declared sthem "BANDrri'
Pafasalar potency. pray, per
Wilmington journal., 1875-01-15
HOW Fan FrO1 0ONA.sUTf1

The drama of Reconstruction is
about to close, but whether when the
end shall come it will find the country
drenohed in blood, every vestige OF
Constitutional liberty bIotted out and
monarch upon his throne holding in
whether it will witness a country hap
DIV in the return of fraternal relations
and the restoration OF civil liberty ard
self-government remains to be seen.
We have now and ever have
had confidence that the people
O. the sovereign American States
would renew their allegiance to
civil liberty and to s.Rgovernmen
II may be that more blood will be
.hed before they reach that conaum-
nation so devoutly to be wished--indeed
such is the imminence Of the danger
that it seems scarcely possible for that
time TO come without ALI appeal to
srms. While the sovereign people Of
the American States have slept and
numbered, their servants have we'll
nigh bound them hand and foot. Tina,
grant is aim ,st master Of the situa-
ton IS now esrtaiu; that he fully in
teuds to be entirely SO no sane man
s.u doubt He has fully determined
to get control Of every electoral vote
Of every Southern State st any aud
every .acrl1ce.
In his course in Louisiana history
j. but repeating itself Whom CHARLES
rns FIRST had determined to make
hs power absolute IN England
he went in person TO the House of
Commons, With an armed force, to
seize the leaders Of the opposition to
bis unlawful ambition ID that body,
When CROMWELL had determined to
make himself absolute in England,
he too, With armed men went to the
House OF Commons and cleared the
Hall Of It's members. And so GRANT,
having determined to make himself
absolute IN America, Sheridan is
sent to New Orleans, and the Legisla-
turs of Louisiana, il broken up by
Federal soldiers with erns in their
hands.
The issue is now fully made up,
aud upon its decision depends the ex-
istsnce OF republican institutions
in America. But that decision cannot |
be made by the people Of the States
Of the South. They have capacity
now only for suffering. To the people |
Of the States Of the North alone is |
entrusted the decision of this all i'm
portant question.
Nor will that decision be blindly |
made. Every man north of Mason |
sDd Dixon's line, as well as every man !
south Of it, knows that the culminat- |
ing point has been reached; that |
unless GRANT shall be rebuked and |
punished, and that unless the great |
wrong done to civil liberty and re-
publican government by the Federal |
Executive outrage upon the Legisla-
ture OF the sovereign State OF Louisi-
anr shall be undone aud atoned for,
the end will indeed have come. And |
then and thsni The horrors of the |
late war will be bliscful recollections !
compared to what We shall then seel |
Wilmington journal., 1875-01-15

Has anybody ever taken the meas
uce of the thickness of the skull of one
BROMBEEG, Il member OF Congress
from the Mobile District in Alabama?
He has been repnted to be fair man,
though not partlzan, and has been
kindly spoken "f 10y our friends IN
Alabama, aud We can therefore at rib
ute his objection - further debate, on
Wednesday, only :" sheer stupidity.
Another sucE favorable opportunity to
put Radicals Oh record about the Lon
ISL ana Outrage sill not soon occur,
and it was lost.
The salqaton not only of the South,
but of Republican institutions in the
whole country demands that the
W. .dest publication bn given to the
Louisiana Outrage.
Bad for BROMBEHa
Wilmington journal., 1875-01-15
TIE Baltimore -1nlericuI.

HE Baltimore 1merjcuu thinks
"the mock k-heroic talk as 10 the SUBJ
version of liberty and republican insti-
tutions By the employment OF troops
In New Orleans is unadulterated
bosh
We are truly glad to say that thus
far, with the exception of GRANTS
own peculiar organ, the Washington
City Republican, we have seen no
paper, of any political complexion
whatever, that agrees with the -4Uafrt-
can. Possibly that paper thinks tn"
present good opportunity to bridge
over the bloody chasrn that has OF late
separated it from th4 Pre-'deut and
from Federal pap. We shRl! ace what
We shall see, however.
Wilmington journal., 1875-01-15
THE DEMOGR RArIC EXECUTIVE
COVE MIET FEE AND IES AP-
Preaching NEETISR.

We desire to call special attention
to the meeting of the Executive CJm-
mittee Of fhe Democratic party that IS
to be held III Raleigh on the 2D:h uf
his mouth.
THE lnetttug To be held on the 2o5h
Vlil Doubtless be one of the mos; I'M
portaut ever held by the Executive
COMMITTEE. As Is generally and, T.
stood its nbiecr is TO arrive ut snme
,ouclu4inn IN regard To the cai!il OF
a Convention This being the case
aud he d.c!oIon to be made b.,ng 80
mUmentOns IL Ite consC uueDct : 10 the
party ard to the State II = iEcnrubeut
upon e.tryms rober Of that L, n. ulittce
VII" loves bis party aud his So. 10
TIT present n the appo.nts:! t,:ua --
Nor - It hny the :t,s- ii...utvi,. ~ ,if
ji.e. vHfInu- 1e'.tjrren from t;tf,re1:
part~ "t the State w:,n hay-- y,rsu
speciality ilv,'ed to giee tie Commit
Tee lie b. y. Of theil opinion I, ne
ftv>eut the pr, 80 TOO ought 10 ,;r
f"lly represeuf.-d Witness ~ oar
.-
!. .
=.
Wilmington journal., 1875-01-15
sHEREna<,s BANDIrrs

The subjoined appeal, signed, us Will
be seen, by the Catholic Archbishops,
ana the Bishops Of Episcopal and
Methodist Churches and the Jewish
Rabbi, in reputation of Sheridan's in
famous dispatch to the Secretary Of
War has been published III New Or
cans:
To the 11nteyico's FeuDte::
Whereas General Sheridan, now in
command of the Division Of the Mis-
souri,, under the date of the 4th inst, -,
has addressed a communication to
Hon. ". W. Belhnap, Secretary of
War, in which he represents the peO-
pie OF Louisiana at !"Ige as breathing
Vengeance 10 ali Iawfnt auth"rIty and
approving of murders aud crimes; and
whereas he has given - that commu-
nication full publicity,
We, the uudersigutd d, believe it our
duty to proclaim to the whole Amerl-
can people that these charges are un-
merltel, unfoundel and erroneous,
and can have no other effect than that
of serving the interests of corrupt pol
iticians, who are at this moment max
ing most extreme efforts to perpetuate
their power over the State of Louis
lana.
N. J. PERcHE, Archbishop, New o.
leans
). P. B. WILMER, Bishop of Louisiana:
JAS. K. GUTHEIM, Pastor Temple oi
Sinai i;
J. @. KEENER, Bishop M. E. c., South
G. DALI, Rector st. Joseph's church
and many others.
Wilmington journal., 1875-01-15

At AkE! A. LAST.

Il is truly gratifying to see how uni
versal is the condemnation of the
course pursued by GRAFT and Sheri-
dan in Louisiana. Everywhere the
people seem to be aroused, and that
too without regard TO p4:ty. And the
Press too, is equally oatSpoken.
Indeed. If we read tie signs OF the
times Alright, the excitement that has
seized the popular mind promises to
be greater than sny that has been felt
at the North ,iCc.- the firing upon
Fort Sumter. Nh every where at
the North begin to realize Al last, that
the destruction of civil llbe,ty and the
denial of the right of self government
in the Southern States, is but pre-
Hminary to the accomplishment If the
same end i'll thu Northern States
The South has vested long and pa
tiently for this day. tiOd gran5 that
We may not be deceived III thinking
that the hour of our deIivereuoe is
nigh at haud!