Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-09-17
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WILMINGTON. n. G.
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER II, 1875.
EDITORIAL NOTES,

the service which is good Tor nothing
but to win battles"
AN old ex-soldier returning on
Thursday from receiving his pension,
was set upon by highway1nen and
murdered. Perhaps it might be wei
to state that this happened in Mass
achusetts. and not IN al ''unrecon-
structed" Southern State.
AT the special election held in New
Jersey, on Tuesday, to vote on amend
rneuts to the Constitution, tie sccturi-
an school interest was overwhelmingly
defeated. Tho amendments which
unity the school system were adopted
by about twenty five thousand maio.l-
ty.
The Hon. William Allen does not
seem to popular in the Ohio Ptui-
Tertiary. They polled The oouvicts Of
that institution day or two ago, with
the following result: Hayes. 20J; Al
len, 6. Cary was not voted on. May
be William has not met their views n
the matter of pardons.
THE Reformed Episcopal Church Is
rapidly gaining ground among the ne
groes IN the South. In South Carolina
six congregations have been organized,
all in small territory, having an aggre-
gate of five hundred and thirty nine
members. These churches are ali IN
der the charge of Rev. z. L. Stevens,
Loft 10 for
purpose.
JEFFERSON DAVIS couldn't accept
Mr.. James Repdath.s invitation to lee
sure in Boston on a specified date the
coming season, but it is quite probable
he will speak there at some other time
during the next three months. In re-
Spouse to the assurance that he would
receive respectful recepaon in Bos
ton, he wrote 81 did not DO the citi-
zeng Of Boston the injustice of sup
posing they would do otherwise than
listen quietly so far as theychOse to
hear anyone, who under such eli cum
stances would be offensive to his All
dienoe, would be wanting in Judgment
as in good breeding"
THE Ohio election will take place
Tuesday, October II, four weeks from
tomorrow. The eyes of the whole
nation are on the Buckeye State,
knowing that the issues are Of para
mount Importance, knowing that
sooner or later the same questions
will be met by other States and by
the whole country. Both parties are
doing their utmost, the Republicans
basely trying to divert public atten-
ton from the real issues-the finan-
cial-by raising the Catholic question
and storming about the Geghan bill.
This is cowardly and shows that the
party of the bondholders is in a des-
perate strait, compelled to use any
and every means for relief.
GENERAL G.. r. BUCKINGHAM, who
was on special duty at the War De
partment at the time General Nc
Clelian was removed from command
of the army Of the Potomac, has writ
ten letter to the Chicago ITiblu1c
contradicting statements made III the
account of that transaction given by
the Count of Paris. General Buck
ingham says that on the evening of
November he was sen: for by the
Secretary of War, whom he found III
consultation with Con. Halleck. The
Secretary gave him two envelopes,
one of which contained two orders
for General Mcclellan, one from the
President relieving him from com
mand, and the other from General
HalIeck ordering him to town in
New Jersey to report. The other en-
velope contained two orders for Gen
eral Burnside, one from the President
assigning him to the command Of the
army, and the other from General
Halleck ordering him to submit plans
The Secretary gave rs bis reason for
removing General Mcclellan that he
had no confidence in his military skill
or his patriotism. When presented
with his orders General Burnside de
clined to accept the command Oh ac-
count of want of confidence III himself.
and because of his friendly relations
to General Mcclellan. He Welded to
arguments, however, and accepted.
THE COnier-Jou71n7, referring to
the unfortunate affray at Clinton,
Miss, says "Ihe fracas in Mississippi
pi is, of course, grist to the outrage
mill. The Cincinnati Ga1fttC burns
with a characteristic glow of pioua sat
isfaction. The Inter- Oceaa Is ecstatic.
The Buffalo Erptsss may tear its little
passion to tatters. Let Morton rejoice
aud Logan fill the air with Il resonant
thanksgiving. 10 tue soul OF your
live Radical there is nothing SO com
forting as a dead darkey. The scourg
ed farmers Of Williamson county, II
inois ; the maltreated people of Craw-
ford county, Indiana the beaten and
manned women and children of the
Pennsylvania mining districts, are
nothing to the high priests of the pc
culiar faith professed by the promoters
and seekers of disturbance at the
South. Their missionary labors are
foreign, not domestic. They are moved
only by the misery which may be seen
from afar. Their charity begins at
distance, and is exhausted before it
reaches home.'
DETAILS in regard to the great church
being built in Chicago for Moody are
given by the papers there. It was
commenced in 1873, but Moody's long
stay in England and the hard times
that followed the panic OF that year
caused cessation of the work, which
has just been recommended. The
church will be a plain but massive
structure, with a seating capacity for