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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-10-08
Organized Rands Of Negroes In Arkan-
saS Senator AicOrn and Gen.
Chalmers Commanding the
Whites.
n EWS IN GENERAL
Fires Convention EaVisker Arrested
Tru- Fill ShcFEian'S Memories
4 $4,000 FPaud.
Q o. = y is.
HC0H DISPATCHES.
tNStS.
A yprrG UGb PpDuESrI.

IiEnENA, Oct. f. Nary wil'to ladies
Including Seuet"r k:,ocn'~ daughter,
are nvte from f't.ar:, pnrlt for safety,
The ur1roea, three "un:Ir"d strong,
,.:lrl,, within 81 short distance Of frl.rs
Point. Gen. ChalmerS vino commands
the whites, moved ont and gave them
ten 'nIuu,es to dispense III. The heg-
VOC, r"orgnl;Z+d tire@ mites ont. " hen
they wcra ugain dispersed on She np-
preach IF the whites. The negroes
are supposed TO be waiting for rom
folc,meuts. Coz! Bunk, and others
huv. gnn, down firm here to organic"
forces 70 20 down t,'-nght
IEaLNSA Oct. 6.-Ihe Sheriff OF Co
aIvmt Guuuty caused uur town la be
invaded tbs morning hy al armed
mob Of negroes W. drove them hach.
We are fully organized far a defense,
with Senator AIcrrn and Gen. Ghai-
III r. in c"mma.,i. Gho sheriff has
fled tue county Send Us aid lmmed-
lately. Sc Il IL. p. Reid,
GEO Il. ALCORN
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PfIi-Rlck.

She was an elderly lady, and as she
seated herself on one of the stools in
a dry goods store and asked to be
shown some "caliker,' she remarked
that when she was "gal' she Thought
she was powerful lucky if she got six
teen yards in a dress, and she thought
1t sinful waste of stuff to put in
more; but she had just "heern" that
Mrs. X. was agoin' TO have forty-two
yards in her new caliker. and she
hoped that there might be a cloud
burst in seventeen minutes if that air
woman should stare around at her in
church and make remarks about her
clothes. "You kin just cut me off
forty-three yards, and I'll have it made
pin-back fashion, with an over dress
and square mainsail, aud Il flynn lib,
and back-action then I'll jist like to
see that stuck up Mrs. X. put on airs
over me-"
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MASSACHUSETTS
Convention Failure Nomination.

LOWELL, Oct. Ga tramp was ar
rested on suspicion of having committed
the outrage on Miss Lougmad'. His
face was scratched and his clothing
was bloody. He admits of having left
Suncook about the time of the marier
The State Labor Reform CO1vrn
ton has 80 delegates. E NJ. Cham
berlain of Boston, presiding. The
resolution that it was lnexpedient to-
make the nominations of state officers,
WIS tail ii.
Howea & Blanchard founders, have
failed.
A prohibition party met at fremont
Temple. The hall was Well filled with
ladies. Rev. d. i. Eddy president
The committee on resolutions repOr
ed among other resolutions Resolved
shat the safety of the republic and the
cause OF prohibition depends upon
the party unit for the right,
which can best be done by defeating
Alexander I'll. Rice A comm, ttee of
thirteen was appointed to nominate a
prohibition candidate for Governor.
Jas. l.. Baker was nominated.
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cent. interest. They are payable IN
twenty years, with the option to the
government of redeeming them in five
years, whence they were called 500
bonds, but there was 10 stipulation on
their face for payment i'll gold. The
illegal tender act was passed in 1862,
and expressly provided that the notes
issued under its authority should be
illegal tender for all debts, public and
private, except duties on imports and
interest on the public debt" Any
thing, therefore. due by the people.
except import duties and interest on
tho public debt, might be paid in these
notes. Therefore the 500 bonds were
unqestionably redeemab!e in them:
Indeed both parties SO agreed, ana
Thsddeus Stevens, who drew the bill
and passed it through the House Of
REPRESENTATIVE as Chairman Of the
Committee of Ways and Means, de-
nounced any other construction OF the
law as a swindla and robbery.
And yet in 1869, nearly seven years
after the bill passed, and the law was
SO understood, an act was passed au-
thorizing the Secretary Of the Treas
ury to pay the $40 bonds III gold at
par Those bonds constitute three
fourths of our entire bonded debt,
and putting the average premium on
gold at 10 per cent, the redemption
of them will cost the people more than
$780, 900, 000 over and above what they
agreed to pay, and were bound to pay.
These bonds, like all other obligations
of the United States, are exempt from
taxation They were sold for green,
backs when grecitbaclis were deprect
nted nearly oneha!f--the purchasers
of them knowing they were redecma
BILE III greenbacks-and yet they got 3
law passed, making them payable II
gold, at par, years after the orIg1na
| contract was made This looked very
much like rcpudiatiCn Of their con
tract by the bOndhOidcrS.
Wishing to make my letters short
I will stop here. Very respectfully,
i. NJ. WADDELL
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THE CONVENTION-JU 40
THE EASE.

The people of the large negro coun-
ties of the East begin to feel anxious
as the time draws nigh for the adjourn
ment of the Convention. What is to
be done for their relief is asked by all,
Will the Convention condemn the large
eastern counties to perpetual negro
thraldom? Are the most populous and
wealthiest counties in the State to be
abandoned to the vandals who are
plundering and destroying them ? We
hope not! We believe not For nine
years their citizens have not only
waited patiently, but have displayed a
courage and devotion to principal, as
wonderful as it has been patriotic.
How long must they suffer? Their
fate is now under the control of their
friends. Shall they call for succour in
vain? If the Convention shall adjourn
without relief to them, then are they
undone indeed!
We publish from an article in the
Albermarle Times, the following ex-
tracts from an article upon this sub
iect, to which We direct attention
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THE CnNvExFEeN AND 'EEBEPt:ts-
PEE.

We have seen and conversed with
gentlemen from the Western and
Southwestern counties of the State and
are gratified to learn that the Conven
ton is daily growing i'll POPULAR y.
We are Informed that every ordinance
that has passed the Convention and
every one that has been reported up
on favorably by standing committees
so far, is exceedingly popular with the
people. A prominent lawyer who was
in attendance upon Rutherford Court
last week told us that he believed, if
the question were submitted 7lO2O, the
Democrats would have no trouble i'll
carrying that county. From CASTOR
we learn that even Conservative
church members who were very luke
warm in the canvass can scarcely refrain
from swearing when Huffman's name
is mentioned. There is no earthly
doubt about it, the action OF the Con
vention, or rather of the Democratic
majority of the same, is very popular
with the masses and daily growing
more SO; and it is their knowledge OF
this that is rendering the Radicals SO
furious and desperate. The disgrace
ful proceedings Of the Radicals last
Thursday is but the result of their
coming to knowledge of thepopulari-
| ty of the commandments passed. Char
| lOtte Observer.
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The Fort Fisher ggo-uufOn.

|
To the Survivors of the ConfCder-
ate Forces, (army and navy.) engaged
in the battles of Fort Fisher, N. G..
December 25th, 1864, and January
18th, 1865
COMRADES In response to what
seems to be very general desire on
your part, [ invite you to assemble in
the City of Wilmington, N. c., on the
morning of the Tenth CT November
next, being the second day of the Ag-
rlcultural Fair, for a social reunion.
Ten years have elapsed since the flag
and the cause we loved, went down in
blood, and we parted III sadness. We
did not then, surrender our right to
live III history, when we laid down our
arms to overwhelming numbers. When
we swore allegiance to the Federal
Government, we did not forswear all
the hallOwed memories of heroic asso-
citation, nor our ceaseless love for
those, who died in defence of self gov.
eminent by the States.
Beng true men, our oath to support
the amended Constitution of the
United States, with the old flag. will
be kept iuviolate, and it will only max e
us better men and better citizens, to
mingle together. once more, upon the
field, where our souls we're tried and
our manhood pro7ed.
would hesitate to make this request,
did not believe that an era of recon
ciliation between the North aud South
had dawned upon us, and that our
meeting will not be misunderstood as
political gathering, to revive the
bitter asperities of the past, but will
be appreciated as proper desire on
the part of Veterans, to preserve a
correct account of their val0r. forti-
tude and patient suffering i'll behalf
of cause which they deemed
right.
WILLIAM LAMB,
Late Col. Coming Fort Fisher.
Norfolk, Va, July 9Th, 1875.
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She PAYS Her Own Fare

Yesterday when an old lady on Maj
ket street cars got out nickle to pay
her fare gentleman 81 ting opposite
her held out his hand to take it an(
save her the trouble of leaving hen
seat.
"What do you want?" she demand
ed. giving him keen look.
III pay your fare for YOU" he po-
itely replied
I'D just like to see you or any one
else get hold of my money!" she ex-
claimed. I've Travelled afore this,
and L know what I'm about, I dor
And she stalked forward and depos-
TIED her fare in the box. She pays htr
own fare,
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Gentlemen of the Convention DO you
intend to go home before yon have
given the tax payers of Halifax, Edge
combe and BERTHE counties honest gov
eminent? Have you determined to
leave fifty thousand of your country
men in condition moro pitlable,
more deplorable than has fallen to the
lot of man since Nero dominated over
Rome? IF you have, your work will be
vain mockery.
We of BERTHE county are ruled in all
things by fifteen hundred negroes. So
long as that is true, it is mockery to
tell us that our causes will be passed
upon by three instead of five Supreme
Court Judges.
By the time your three Judges get
possession of the court we will have no
property out Of which law suit can
grow.
Oar Judges are elected by the peo-
pie. Bad enough: bnt as much better
than our present systen of county gov
ernments as earth than hell.
We can stand up under the elective
Judiciary. A negro Judge coming
among US would he infinitely prefer
able to our system of county govern.
nent. If he was corrupt he could be
| removed by impeachment. If he was 6
! fool bis errors could De corrected by
the Supreme Court.
There Is no power to remove or cor
rect the corrupt or the fools who gov
ern town or county.
So great is the burden of our county
! government that we care but little
about the manner of selecting Judges
You may disfranchise for felony, Of
impose the poll tax qualification fol
suffrage. and still Halifax, Warren ant
| New Hanover remain i'll bondage.
This IS our last chance to get relief
We have waited with sublime patienc,
for nine years that it might come
VIII you destroy it =?
There are l, 500 white voters i'll Hall
fax. 900 Ill Warren, 1000 in Gates
800 IL Ch0wan. OF these 4 300 voter
not fifty have ever voted with the enc
mics of honesty AMI economy. Is sucl
moral heroism t. be butchered in TIL
household of its friends?
Geutlemen of the Convention, W
have implicit confidence in your virtue
yopr bc;,uvolenco, and your patriot
ism. But you are mortals. You
Judgment my be betrayed by falls
aratc constituencies may Overwheli
your senat of justice. We say to 20
all, with that respect which your e1
u!ted stations should command; an
to those Of You who follow the fat
which we profess, we say it with heart
full of love Tor youand yours, shat you
: work viii be a monument of the ev
days upon which our beloved State III
fallen, shoHld yua fail to discharge III
straigh. forward and manly way til
duty which truth and Justice impos
upon you. Ii You desert Us, miser
viii be our portion forevermore. Ea
tern North Carolina will become
dreaIy and desolate waste. or
great blue ocean will dash its mourn
l ful pillows ct the feet of a squalid all
: forsaken race, while our georgeor
cloud palaces which now hang owe
fields ricL with the fruits of man
toll will pour their torrents of tear
upon 4 wilderness of ruin.
I GentlJ men of the Convention, love-
OF freedom, friends of civilization, W
= appeal to you as-1es as MEN.
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TENNESSEE.
The Negro War-A $40. 900 Fraud.

MEMPHIS. Oct. G.-The impression
prevails here that no blood was shed VI
Friars Point. and that no steps haG
been ken 10 forward men and arms
from here. 4 body Of organized men
will e. from Helene. Alcorn had Il
cavalry ai.d 40 infantry with which he
had driven off two hundred negroes
under Brown. The steamer Maud
from Helena reports TO fighting. The
situation IS unchanged.
CHATTANOOGA, Oct. 6,-Hcnry G..
Avery, formerly of this vicinity, but
of Texas since the war, was arrested
for pressing fraudulent government
claims OF over $50, 900
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Church Calender

The Catholic church calender fol
October is as follows:
Thursday, 7-Office of the Blessed
Sacraments.
Sunday. 1O-Twenty-frst Sunday
after PentecOst.
Saturday, 16-Office of the Imma-
culate Conception.
Sunday, 17-Twenty-second Sunday
after Pentecost.
Monday, 1S-St. Luke, Evangelist.
Sunday, 24-Twenty-third Sunday
after Pentecost.
Thursday, 28-St. Simon and Jude.
Apostles.
Saturday, 20-Vigil of all Saints.
Sunday, 31-Twenty-fourth Sunday
after pentecost.
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WASHINGTON.
A Review of Sherman.s Memories,

WASHINGTON, Oet. The announce
melt OF a lengthy review Of Sherman Is
memories. made up chiefly from. Off
ciat records of the war department,
reached here to day. It will make a
volume as large as one Of Sherman's
Free access to tho official files for the
purpose Of making this compilation
was given at the department, to the
author. It is by Gen. Boyton, ard
will be published in fortnight by
Wilstuch & Baldwin. OF Cincinnati.
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KENTUCKY.
National Grange Destructive Fires.

LOUISVILLE. Oct 6-The executive
g .mmit.ee of the nationa! grange, is IN
cession i'll this city, Tie directors Of.
the Mississippi Valley Trading Com
pany are iii conference with the com
nissioners. concerning the direct
trade III grange products, with Eng
land.
FIVE large barns in Robertson conn
tv, Tennessee, were burned during the
past week, evolving loss of forty
thonsaud pounds OF tobacco. The
Courjcr.husuuEs special says, tue fires
were cccasioned By gases arising from
the tobacco by peculiar atmospheric
ntpHunNia.
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The FINANCIAL ISSUE.

We publish this morning second
letter from the Hon. A. nj. WADDELL
on the financial issue now so greatly
agitating the country. We desire es-
peeially to call attention to the start
ling array of figures showing the
amount of money which has been paid
during the past few years. Is there
any worSler that ''hard times" Cypress
our people? There must be and there
will be remedy.
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RHODE ISLAND.
Letter Lost -Nu1rago.

Providence, Oct. Ga most waltz
able bank letter i'll Sundays mail for
Boston is missing.
The house of widow lady named
Dora Wilkinson vas entered last night
sud tho widow ana Il young lady sleep
ing with her, were chiornfor ned aud
the widow dragged 30 All adjoining
room and outraged. When the women
recovered consciousness the men had
ESCAPED
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TEXAS.
Aid for Texas.

GALVESTON, Oct G.-rhe fridge
over the bay Is repaired and trains are
running regularly. AID is coming from
MI directions and is forwarded where
it is most needed. The storm washed
ont the c'.annel So that EuroD alu
Steamers can come to landing without
iiGhte..ing.
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Fail ESOilsapiS

Bonncts of regular shapa, with
strings, arc provided by
French milliners almost to the exclu
sion of round hats. The strings are
not necessarily tied in front, but may
be fastened behind or passed around
the neck il the way tulle is now done.
The re is fancy for making the bon
nets of the semi season of velvet AMI
silk without flowers or feathers, There
are other Important bonucts for au-
tum completely trimmed with bird
! wings. Sometimes SIX wings are ON
each side of the bonnet These are
| the small wings of larks. startling and
| black birds, and are sold in pairs, as
! the right and lett wing must he placed
i'll natural position. Still another ca
PRECIOUS trimming is wings IL ia Mer-
cury-a pair of wings arranged ut the
back a. they are on Mcrcury's cap.
Tou1f;e~ or clusters of roses is the
new floral trimming Tins is three
Sc 1T roses crushed together ANA mad"
the centre Of long loopcd bows Of vel
vet. The three roses may be al of
one color, or else a plush rose, n
creamy tea rose and dark red dam
ask may be placed together i'll a touffo
MargueritCs and similar il ,wers are
used III the same way. There are few
wreaths and trailing sprays, but there
are dcmi-bandcafIx placed on the sides,
while IN front, just above the forehead
is soft velvet of becoming color.
Buttercups, shaded from cream yellow
to brown and black will continue 10 be
much worn. The prediction is that
the rOse-qucen Of howors-will retain
its supremacy when velvet bonuets APP
pear.
Red is no longer used for accessories
of French bonnets. The fancy for
peoples has weari Il every one with it.
The dark cardinal red, however, is
still popular here, and will continue
So Brown, steel color and navy bile
are the prevailing colors in millinpr's
goods. Felt will be very much used
for second best bonnets. For dress
occasions will be velvet trimmed with
wings.
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CALIFORNIA.
The Bank Of California.

SAN Fi;AxcIsco. oct. The board
of t'n~te"s elected j.. @ Nulis, rrcsi-
@art, Ma, Award. vice President and
Etos. Brown, Cashier. The advisory
committee Is composed Of Thos. Bell,
VIM. Sharon ani Jas r Kecnc.
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WASHINGTON.
The Confederate C0i0nists.

WAsHTNaroH, Oct. G.-The >watara
w il shortly leave for Paragua, Brazil,
and viii bring back aud land at Port
Royal. South Carolina, The remainder
OF the confederate culoniSts.
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Personal.

We were pleased to meet in our
sanctum, yesterday evening. Colonel
Walter L. Steele, of Richmond county
The Colonel is looking well.
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'EIe Dog flcalIOEE.

We propose to IN he ii few Or;ei aud
elOq lent III trks upou the canine rae"
in general, and the dogs ii this C y
in particu ar, at the risk OF being
thought dom liic.si. Dog are a Cr' as
institution, and Wilmington Is til"
of very little use i'll the world. In
some places they ply for their keep
ing. Shepherd dogs are doubtless
of some utility, aud deg kept around
dwellings,, sta etcd IN lonely ont-of-
the-way localities i'll the country, are q
great protection against robbers, buV
apart from these cases, We cannot see
any use in multitude OF dogs. In u
good reason given why it should be so
full Of these animals. We heard n
stranger rom trk few days ago that
after looking around our city, he had
come to the conclusion that the prin
cipal business Of the people Of this
town is raising dogs. We hung down
our head in sham, not knowing how
to avert the soft impeachment.
THIS is certainly n very orderly city,
so far as the bipcds are concerned, but
here we must panso, for when we come
to consider the ord 'rly and peaceful
nature of the qnadrupeds called dog.
we feel we have nothing to boast of,
but quite the contrary. Our city Is
full of dogs of high and low degrea
Coleridge, We believe II was, who, in
writing from ike city Of Cologne, as
serted that he had counted seventy dis
tnct stinks III that city. We believe
if another Coieridge should visit vii
mington, he would write home that he
had discovered more than seventy dis
tinct breeds of dogs il our city. Thi.
would doubtless be highly HONORABLE,
mention Of Us. Il would give lii.
world such al exalted idea Of "l,I
tastes and degree of civilization thu
en- gratiOu would at once set III upOI
us in q stream of-what What, dog
to be sure! TO be serious, What is th'
use OF 80 many ours, ana why are the.
, tolerated ?
; Every few minutes every night, an1
our ears are panied with the sounds O
fierce encounters between these beaet
on orr streets, and if we go into tn
public market we nave O be very care
fu! not to tread on the w or tail o
"A dog and get bite in return; besides
, if we are ever SO lrcful in this particu
: lar. weare constantly in danger of bein!
caught in the midst of u general do
fight, when tbs non-combatants are g.
! Likely to get wounded as the others
+ We would respectfully enquire if an.
, compromising good grows out of this
Y if not, why do our people PIT mp witt
it? 1t is n shame aud a disgrace to til
, city, which should be abated, and tina
at once. before the army of dogs il
> | Wilmington sht II become as thick n
the Legendary leaves in Vaiambrosa.
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NIGHT DISPATCHES.
GEORGIA..

The River Improvement Convention.
-:rLAHT,, Oct. 6 The liver I'M
;'roe. m.ut convention met in Rome.
b. g. Young was elected permanent
president.
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CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
IN All ~ ! Ila : SS.r,i,,- r-,,. a.,
the w. G W. KsIrUsd ~I|i run As follor.
MAI TRAIN
Leave Union Depot daily (e--ept
Sun aysl sJ.--......... 7s5Aw
Arrive GOiisbOr1 1t n MEAN
- Rocky Mount AZ ... Ih3Pn
- e atdon at. 49,. RI Pm
Leave We don DALI 4t........ 10 ~ an
Arr "a at K"ckg NHn'.f iI4lA.M
Holdst,Hrl .t..-.. .... 13sPM
Union Depot snspM
EXrRESn T:l2Ir AMI THROUGH
F:tEEGHT TEAM.
t.eave Union depot daily, 53OP.m
arrive at ISoldsb0ro st...... l2esAM
- Rocky MGCntat. ... 1904 M
weldon st......... Cos M
..esee " eIdoIl, daily, at..- 7o0PN
krrive st Rock Mount 81. -...... go P. M
g tsOideb0r0 at ..-..........l22 IS 4. M
SO Union Depot at. ...-.. 6 SO IN
MGN Train makes close correction ST We.
;on for sll I'OiDts North via BY Line gnc Ac-
tuia Greek Toutea.
81 Express rraiI connects onl, Eirb 8 Lauis
tJraak route. PUlfTnaD's Palace sheen,
ISrzr Sa RS Oh this TrRin. -
Freight Trains will leave Wilmington rrt
weekly a. 8 90 A. NJ. 81 arrive at 1.t0PM
JOHN r. DIVINE,
General Sspt
tune9 1871
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OPRIoH OF GENERAL SuPRRrr~u.
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