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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-06-11
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The noble building erected by the
Masons of New York was dedicated
to the purposes of the craft last week
by splendid pageant and imposing
ceremonies, worthy of an order which
numbers more than half million of
members in the United States, and
nearly one hundred thousand in New
York. Craftsmen were present from
every State in the Union, and many
from abroad.
We print elsewhere a pleasant and
Interesting sketch of the ceremoeies
which we comm end to our readers.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-06-11

a FEATURE of the Decoration Day
observance at Springfield, Mass, was
the special attention paid to the grave
of Sumner Brown, supposed Confed-
crate soldier. The poem, "The Blue
and the Gray" and great deal of pa
thos was elaborated by the orators.
The next day Sumner Browns father,
having heard of the matter, published
statement showing that his son had
never been a Confederate. Somebody
must have felt cheap just about then.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-06-11

THE procession in connection with
the Centennial Celebration of the bat
tie of Bunker Hill, on the 18th instant,
promises to be of imposing dimen-
sions. All the Massachusetts militia,
about $500 men, will be in column,
and half as many more are expected
frotu other States. Civic organiza-
tons, numbering 10000 men, have al
ready reported their intention of being
present, besides the various trades,
who will send wagons with men work
ing at their various vocations.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-06-11
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WILMINGTON, N. O.:
FRIDAY.JUNE II, 1875.

A COMMITTEE was formed in Elm1ra,
New York, last Friday evening" OF
which ex-Congressman FL. Broadman
Smith is the head to make arrange
ments for the erection of monument
to the Confederate dead, nearly three
Thousand of whom are buried in the
WoodIake Cemetery there.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-06-11

A New Mexico editor, in a forgetful
moment, the other day, was so impru-
dent as to venture into his sanctum
without having revolver with him.
The Coroner's jury returned verdict
of deliberate suicide"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-06-11

The Coiored Emigration Conven-
ton, recently in session at Nashville,
unanimously recommended that every
negro in Tennessee should leave that
State as soon as possible.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-06-11
CAPTAIN g. A. ASH 4.

We publish full synopsis of the
address delivered by Captain Ashe, at
the recent Memorial Ceremonies in
Raleigh. It will be found to well re-
pay a careful perusal.
The success whice has attended Gap
tain Ashe at the bar in Raleigh is only
in keeping with the promise which he
gave from his entrance into the legal
profession. He is another of the young
men of our city, whose success else
where we cherish with sincere gratlfi-
cation. We predict fol- him great en-
inence and prosperity in his profession.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-06-11

Ex-Gov. Powers, Of MISSISSIPPI, was
recently made foreman of the Grand
Jury in Noxubee county, which was
composed largely of negroes, and they
found an unusual number of true bills
for larceny. After the Grad Jury had
concluded their labors, the ex-Govern-
or discovered that one Of his brother
jurors had relieved him of his pocket
book containing $75. The fellow that
got the pocket-book is certainly the
Grand Juror of the period.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-06-11

company's name to the New Orleans
National Building Association, bought
the hotel for $149, 900, and the Hahn
Legislature, which met after the dis
persion of the Witt body, in the
Spring of this year, gave $780, 600 for
the building. These figures, and other
figures above are authentic. Ii is not
always easy for men to cover up their
tracks, and these men have not been
careful to do SO.
So severe has been the pressure of
taxation, and SO greatly has business
been Frustrated in the State by the
long confined misrule, that, according
to an official report, in three years,
1918, 47,471 tax seizures were made
in the city of New Orleans by, the
Sheriff. Mr.. Nordhoff has seen par
ish newspapers, three Of whose sides
were filed with advertisements of tax
sales-this not in parishes which pru-
IDENTIFY refused to pay taxes,
as few remote ones have done; and
he has seen a statement certified BY
the Recorder, showing that from the
10th of November, 1871, to the 18th
of November 1873, S21 tracts of land
and plantations in the parish of St
Martin were actually sold by the tax
collector for State and parish taxes
Yet, in spite of their exhorbitant COM
missions, and official report of the
State Auditor for 1874 contains q list
of defaulting tax collectors, containing
twenty names, who are reported to
be in default to the amount of over
$500, 600.
Nor can it be said that the valua-
tions are low, for in New Orleans the
assessors receive by law five per cent
for their work, and the assessment is
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-03-24

little bay, have half civilized beinrs been
enabled to build rough cabins and t,lcon
scanty subs steGCe. hus are these
waters. the home and nurs, nv of the
trout and salmon. Protected forever nv
mature against the pervading destructive.
ness of man. JudiciOus laws have h,.,p
passed and will be enforced by the Cam
dian government, and the American tisb
erman may find in neighboriny waters
what he will never again find In his own
these noble fish dwelling in abundance
and protected fr IN worthless, wanton
and Unreasonable destr Ictior,
1t Is u Turning shame, n foul blot O, the
Character oil Americans, and turnishci on
their reputation for far sighted econ ,my.
that tn II idea of the treatment of the
wTd game OF the woods and water.
seems to be total annihilation. Aft,r
me DESERT" Is their motto; and tber
never rest till, by planting sDar,s and Il II.
Ing streams, they have caught the last
partridge and poisoned the last Ash.
Thus have they already destroyed one of
the most valuable RESOURCES of the conn.
try; the Hudson, the Connecticut, the
Penobscot, and even the Kenncbec. v,cld
no more salmon, and VIC yearly paw to
Canada enormous sums for what we once
had, and might still have, in plenty ON
our own shores. Not many years ago a
person buying shad on the Connecticut
River was required to take such q portion
OF salmon. Now that the head water,
are covered with tannerics and saw.
mills, and are crossed by dams without
the simple cxpedient af f1ume that the
fsh could ascend, and now that early
salmon arc worth a dollar n n,und in
New York market, where are the former
denizcns of the Connecticut
All the timber cut on the stroams
would not pay for damage done to the
fisheries. In Canada the people have dis
covered, fortunately for them MT too
ia'e, the Importance of stringent protcc
tive laws. The nets can only be 1T
within u certain distance, and cannot
entcnd across the entire stream. In Lower
Canada the ne; fishing terminates on the
hrst day of August, and the rod fishing
ON the fifteenth of S, ,ptember, and spear
ing, tho most cruel, unprotit ,ble and
injurious mode OF destruction, is forbid
den altogether"
We make no apology for introducing
tho above somewhat lengthy quotation
to the attention Of the reader. Every word
- true, aud we may fairly ask ourselves
we too are not equally with our north
ern brethren, included in the ranks OF
'hose to whom the author .ddrcsses his
s,l .ging reproof. "Eutato non,ine dc to
Tabutd narutur"
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-03-24
MARINE NEWS.

PORT RoYAL-A Arrived, March 13, Schr,
Sue w. Townsend Townsend Mastcr, from
Baltimore, Guam, to Port r ,yal r. r.
-22nd. :. s. Leo Capt. Dan. els N. Yo:k,
mdse. to Wa ker & Scott agents.
-2srd. schr. Rark Penple,on from New
lerk, Hay to Por, ROYAL c. r.
Norwegian Bark Mozart, Albcrtson, mas
ter, from Delaware Br eak water.
Cleared March 1S Scnr. J. N. Parker
Moore master, Richmond Va. Qua 10 from
Walker & eco t,
-23rd. 8. S. L'o, Fcrnandina Fla.
Br. Schr. Sarah Z. Douglas, Bethel mas
ter with 10000 feet lumber for Nassau.
ST. HELENA-Arrived, March 18th.
Russian ship Alexander, AhIberg, 81 DAYS
from Bahia in ballast.
-l9th. Russian bark Ruhtinas, Sund-
storm, % days from Pointc-a-Pletre w. l..
IN ballast to Campbell Wyllc and Co.
Cleared March 18th Norwegian Bark
Brodrene Evenson master, for Hull Eng.
Hlth 521 tons phosphate rock.
18th. Br. bngantinc Raven, Evans, for
Bclfas, Ireland with 35S tons phosphate
rock from Coocaw NJ ming Co.
Br. Brigantlne Symmetry, Rutlchge'
Tor Gn u 'ster Engl n |, with 365 tors
phosphate rJck from Coosaw min ng ca.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-03-24

c"ise an" sa!c Of cotton aa Icing the only
euanSe lett to retrieve losses. According
y spirited competition was inaugurate d
In this business, carrying up prices paid
to the EXTREMIST limit, and leaving little,
II any margin for gain, even If values had
remained steady. Again, the freedmen
who produced the cotton were large
gamers actually receiving in many Cases
quite double the value of their cotton as
fixed by the late course of the foreign
market. The terrible decline in the
market value of sea island cotton which
took place two seasons ago Is notorious.
| and the deposits In the Beaufort branch
being at that time in use to holm mope the
1reedmen's cotton, were of course, involved
in the general calamity.
If the history of each individual de-
posit in the Beaufort branch could ONLY
he known, and the whole tabulated in
statistical form, it would doubtless appear
That scvcn-eighths of these deposits were
originally contributed by the long cotton
interest and that in the absence of the
capital devoted to and sunk in the same
long cotton business, these deposits
would have had no existence.
Further, if an accurate list could be
made Of all losses incurred by planters
during the last ten years in the attempt
TO employ tr, edmen's labor, we have no
doubt that as compared with such a
showing, the losses of the Beaufort
branch would seem but as a drop in the
bucket.
Finally VIC must record our belief tha t
from first to last the freedmen have had
the best of the bargain in connection
with long cotton culture, and that the
failure of their bank will at most only
serve to effect partial equalization of
losses which ought properly to fall on
the producers Of an unsaleab1e article, and
not on those parties engaged in prepar
ing it for market. The latter undcniably
add value to it.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-03-24
THE LAST VETO.

The manly veto of the Bonanza bill by
the Governor 50 antaTonized the corrup-
1ionists against him that an accession to
their ranks against Cardozo was to be
expected. But the righteous course of
the Governor In this as in his other effort
10 Chuck the schemes of rapine and plum
rier that were rife won over sufficient
numb"r of fair minded of both parties to
counter-balance the proportion thus lost
and to save the Treasurer from condemna-
'tinn.
All who have the interest and welfare
"f the State at heart failed not at this
crisis to rally to his support and to
strengthen his hands for the furtherance
If his cherished intention to reform our
finances. The substitution of a creature
of theirs for the present efficient sentinel
at the doors of the public Treasury, was
all that the rogues required to circumvent
the stern endcavors of the first homes,
administration that has ever tried to exc
cute the public trusts with fidelity since
the war. The governor and the treasurer
are masters of the situation as they have
the support of the people, who are tired of
pro6Igacy and corruption that character
Use their SO called representatives.
The contest was short but the result to
our minds never was doubtful. "Truth
is mighty and will prevail"
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-03-24

SHEPARD D. GLBERr,
Clerk = Board.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-03-24
THE FREEDMATS BANK.

II HE FREEDMANSB BANK.
1t has been fashionable of late to m axe
n great fuss and cry about the Freed.
mems Bank swindle" as it is termed. and
frantic appeals are made to Congress for
Justice to the Nations Wards" How
much of this interest is genuine, and how
much for buncumbe, Is perhaps debat-
able question. Doubtless there has been
great mismanagement Of the whole con
cern, and the provisions of the charter
have been systematically violated by off
Gals who should have better known and
Performed their duties. With the losses
and irregularities ut ashington and
othe; distant localities, this community
has nothing to do; but we may be per-
mitted to inquire what are the underly
ing causes which have brought about the
present collapsed condition of the Beau
tort branch.
Of these the great and long continued
depression in value of sea island cotton
must take first rank, and little investi
Yatlon will show that the losses of the
Ecautort branch, as well rs those of hun
d:eds of large and small planters in the
low country, are to be ascribed to the
iact that foreign spinncrs have been able
to break the long cotton market. and to
hold it at figures which have entailed the
sever st losscs on all parties concerned in
production and manufacture of this once
staple article. BY the term manufac
ture" is here meant, preparation for
market, and not the transformation ot
the prepared staple into yarus and wo
ven fi,res.
The losses which have ovcrtakep dc
posltors In the Beaufort branch are pre
cis"iy analogous to those incurred bv
holders of stock in the numerous nort,,
'ein insurance companies bankrupted bv
the Chicago and Boston fires. The effec,
OF sudden fall of say ten thousand b,os
n1 sca island cotton to half of its previons
market va ue, Us just as real as if half that
quantity had been dcstr .ycd by fire or
-shipwreck, and the resulting loss must
hght somewhere. 1t is granted that losses
I'D all kin'is OF business are justly charge
Die upon the parties undertaking 10
n amaze said business, hut it must Inc r.-
emhered that after ind dual csnital
as been destroyed banking capital is
fure TO suffer. In the present case II
does not appear that any parties have
aoc nded with their il!-g t.en gains
ne money o r"wed of this Bank wss
emp oycd nd6s OF, and in me d ately re.
diitri'ut anon : the freedmen.
III anything Is certain upon earth. it is
certain that the planters in this locality
have st a,iily sunk money; in other
words they have PERSISTED (until prevent.
Ell by bankruptcy in paying out for
iao0r more than the product of said
labor commands in the markets of the
world. Now, Who has prnfited by this
state OF tI'ingsr Plainly the EMPLOYED
reedmep, who received more than their
laoor was worth and were thus ab,e
TO deposit In bank from time IN t;me
monies taken directly from tie canitaJ
OF their employers
Waters having gone from bad 70
worse, and 1t having become evident
p me three years sSncc that cntt IN plant
ing must be given Up, the attention az
P'ahters was next direct d 10 III. pur
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-03-24

Beaufort County's portion of the State
appropriation for the support and MA: =
tenance of frre schools for the fl seal year
ending October 21st. is, $13,3t7,sO.
The New York herald., 1875-11-25

% supervise the once of nc Quarantine Commis
sioncrs
THE REyKSuEs ~ rHr HrAlrn orucfA
are iuly equal % the amount appropriated ~ the iNr
lsiature 10 prove this necessary "a cits before
THIS Committee the Health occr, hls ceputes M ~
perlntendents who collect his togs also. shp oanefs
VINO pay the bills, &c An the PRINCIPAL steamship
Ihos pay $50 each trip fcr fumieatnr thef tt9sfl.
Ia 1871, the report 10 the Eovcrnmtnt of the tnied
States showed that s4 al II had besn PAID ta year
TO the Health Oniccr; and this functlonafy n ~ 60
port Tor the Same year shows thai they amounted -
Slo,OOO. The Health Officer. When tNtWfN yMAt
proposed 70 run the entire machine fer t8~R
but In 1873 he asked fcT hn& ettAtneA
Soooou IN 1874, nc sum aipelnt'9 v.
care and maintenance of the QaarantNe csia1ftmeht
was 500 00o and $50 000 ln 1870 the oec tKinsf
Of the Commissioners The present Aoard ~ tcmmls.
soners upon going into power Fedacpa expenNe g. *oi
yet the legislative Appropriation exhausted, iNf
what the Commissioners saved was expended eg the
Health Onicer The same was true n islfA owing
to the Boards holding the rcins tighter he year there
will be surplus o. 81 0O0 Ia the treasury Is me eoHe
Of the current yoar But 20 ~ hack little. Il ia 600
is sufficient 10 the establishment D 1876. Why
were $55, 600 asked IN 1882
by the estimate Of Dr. vandcrpocl already pun.
lished II will be seen that the Health ohcor makes
provision for but five empoyes-ylz, boat keeper
and engineer ON the Hopkins, 70 attend the engine ior
supplying boats with water superintendent and
engineer for Dix Island a keeper on Holman island
and ship keeper OF the Illinois lie proposes 10 ray
them the aggregate sum Of So ld2 q year, ~ about
$500 month. Can the Quarantine establishment
be run with the assistance OF Ave employees
onlyY Il has never yet been done The pay
roll shows during the quarantine season Ol lcf4,
from May IA TO November i, that thsry-two persons
engaged at cost to the State Of $40 900 month
or the yearly sum of 1912 0O0 These pay rolls were
certified to and marked correct by the Health Onccr
The power OF engaging employees rests solely with him.
II appears from the face OF the Health Occr state
ment that he proposes TO dispense with the Of
boamen on the Hopkins and at Dix Island; nurses,
COOK and laundress at the hospital and physicians
boarding othcers boatmen and cook on the
Illinois during the six months when she is required
floating boarding station The cost for repairs for
the year ending November 1875 less than 81 600
The Health officer asks for $24, 500 for repairs.
With regard to the employment of the Fenton by tho
Health officer for collecting news, there reports 20
the effect that he receives S95 week, and these ru
mors ought to be looked into. Mr.. w. .. Lewis the
reporter of the Associated Press who may be
found at the Union Telegraph station foot of White
hall street, can throw some light the subject
The New York herald., 1875-11-25
THE RECORD OF CRIME.

As Mss Madalcne Burt OF No. II West Thirty eighth
street was walking down Sixth avenue, between
Twcnty-eighth and Twenty ninth streets, on Tuesday
afternoon two thieves snatched from her hand
her pockctbook containing SO and made their escape
Burglars effected entrance into the horseshoeing
eslabl shmcni OF George c. Hawthorne, at No. 1860
Broadway, and carried away s25 worth of horseshoe
nailG
Clothing worth $50 was distracted by sneak thieves
nom the residence OF Louis Gaolk at No. 251 Clinton
street.
During tho absence OF Mrs cordcs from her residence
No gas West Thirty.thrd street. an unknown thief
stole various articles Of clothing, valued in all at $45
sneak thieves carried away two overcoats from the
otoe Of Charles schember, at No. "a Nassau street
A. A. Wolf Of No. 155 East sxty-fth street, reported
yesterday that Mary o'Connor, servant employed in
liz family. had decamped with jewery and clothing to
the vaine 81 s5s5
excavation ~ the new tunnel OF the Delaware and
tackaNAnna Rallr0nd in Jersey City, HAD one OF his
eyes lokea out yesterday by man named McAndrews,
foreman 81 the works, because stanton demanded the
balaneo 81 the wages due him.
The trial OF Charles kohman, on the charge Of
ars0n continued yesterday IN the Court Of Quarter
ae-aloua a. Jersey City, and VIII occupy two moro
fha staten Island police are actively engaged in
working ap the Prestaeh New Brighton, silk robbery
quantity az the goods have been recovered, ~
A UNDERWOOD one man, named Parker, has been
god JAIL suspicion Of being one Of the robbers
Charles Bfokney, residing on the Bergenwood road,
Talon nl n -. after having been out on prolonged
rafou9al rrtui ned home yesterday and abused his
mother and then when she uphraidcd him for his dis
efneegal conduct struck her ner head and body
uHh 4 stlCk and concluded hy kicking her Tnowoman
screamed for help and some of the neghbors came y
her assistance she refuses ~ prosecute her brutal
The New York herald., 1875-11-25
NIGHT SESSION.

At the opening of the evening session Judge Barrett
said that after due consideration he could admit
the testimony Of Dr. Echeverra, there law in
the State which could permit him to do The whole
Of the testimony purely scientific, the physician
had not examined the prisoner, and hence his esti-
mohy not based upon facts. All the testimony was
pure reasoning and presented only series of
clusions, which, If fadmted, would require another
pert to be called in to prove The Judge said that had
there been any discretion for him to have used he
would have given the prisoner the benefit of IT, But
the State have excluded the testimony altogether.
Mr.. Beach then arose and expressed his surprise at
this ruling though he was not altogether unprepared
for it, Inasmuch as n very important witness DR..
Parson, absent from the court he most respect
fully asked an adjournment until the testimony of tho
gentleman could be secured.
Judge Barrett granted the request and the Court ad
journed upiil Friday morning.
The New York herald., 1875-11-25
THE wATER SUPPLY.

fhe Senate Investigating Committee examined gea'
lcrday into the condition u the Fire Department
Mr. Joseph L. Perley, President - the Board Of Fire
Commissioners was examined 10 the diincutics IN
Ihe way OF the Fire Department He sad that irQ1en
hydrans caused great deal Of trouble The Department
Of Public Works had laid new tWenty.ines mains ~
he dry goods district from Chambers ~ spring street,
but had failed to provide proPeL drains below go
valves and in consequences tho hydrauts noze iass
winter and liable do again, witness un.
IbIe to state exactly what the sarpy % water
Me Murray Hin portion o. the city ior the reason
that but few arcs occur In ihai looanyi oheihe
west side there bat very lltllc water above fty.
snh street, but on the cast sdo tAe supply better
except Yorkyillc H, where there bad always psea
ldehcencyi the supply below Fulton street. was Am.
tied.
Mr. Davenport asked about ihc rrin ladders. are hs
said they the best inventions tlat bad ben
conceived for reaching lony baidnge, ri c0nfEt sAey
might be overloaded and then break down
Taking up the church Orc n Duane street NJ rufiey
asked to the condition 81 the church waa Gter
the rc in the adjacent building Ne said tsai ths ts
Department had nothing to DO win the removal o "a.
safe walls but that duty doyolvcd upon ths nCparusrt
of Buildings Mr. Perley gave rather amusing g.
count OF the result OF the Coroner ury hta "a thst
great case by saying that ho remembered aght baih
departments, the AAc A#wtt4Ag WIZ NN&MMt
by the jury the Fire Department fpr ioaving the Waa
standing and the Department. Budaga ~ 90 taAss
them down.
Mr. Davenport asked him what special tralriur men
received who were appointed arcmen wiihpat harlng
had any previous experience but be witness could le
Of none.
Returning to the question or water supply, NJ fsf.
Icy said 1t could not be denied that the
panics we're decidedly alarmed
ABOUT THE SCARCITY o. wArHH
In certain localities and in those places thty Wcre ex
tromely cautious about taking any considerable rifks
Asked to make suggestions, Mr. Pcrioy sad 80
waste valves OF the hydran,a did not work prpPery
and means should be taken drain on the waste INTO
the sewers which would prevent the hyffauts from
freezing; the size Of the mains south " ChAmhefa
street should DO increased the cast side 81 thc cly
Mr. Davenport-Charges have been preferred ssAinai
you by the Mayor, Mr. Porley, have they nott y
Mr. Perey--So the newspapers said-thals a.
know about them.
Mr Davcnport-You have been TemovcdY
Mr. Pcrey-So tho newspapers said on tho IL ~
February; they said that my certificate oi removal
had been sent up to Albany.
Mr. DavenpOrt--Do you 10 say that yon have
mover been served with notice OF charges rcmovaf
Mr. PCrley-Ihe Mayor gave me communicati0n