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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-12-24

sire 10 pefpetuate his po"er makes
HIM dangerous. III is success in break
lug through the limitations of the Con-
stitution and ignoring the restraints
winch law lmpos, y, as illustrated in
the Louisiana Ca 9, makes him dan-
gerous. His d-sp 'tic coatrol over q
trained army of ofice-holders makes
him dangerous. The apathy of the
people, which leads them to look with
apparent indifference upon acts of
usurpatiOn, makes him dangerous. -
Utica Observer (dena
1t is generally c,uced-d that Bishop
Gil Haven killed Ulysses and Springer
set mp his tombstone Harrisburg
Patriot (de1n.)
We judS,- tn It the third term bug
ear las about run its course. We
never believes that taFre Was anything
il il; hat the President ever sci ious y
thought Of third term, or that there
was the least probability that the Re-
puhiical CDnvnnti", Won d nominate
Grant. r. cent events C 'i'firm us IN
this opinion Trenton (N ~ Gazette
(rep)
Giant says 40 his Message 'de clare
Church and State forever separate,
and Bishop Haven responds lIDmedi-
ateiy after n, church gathering ny
n:,cliu 'Ii.,s Grant for third term,
Dp y..u St. u.y f.'1ow eitiz -? You
tickle mo aLri IL TICKLE ynn Is the
way If ways with Grant aud Il wen -
Lockhaucn ga Dnsocrdt (demD
the President csu Tell when he
! COX, over Tie bird term vote in the
| House where his strength is located.
Al the colorrd II mbars of tue Huuse,
" til =; Gil, exc i'S'on, voted "g~in>'
til" third term declaration, aud III the
casa of 'he xr- ption he did notvo'e al
al. - Cincinnati Commercial (ind.
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GRANT AND BLAINE.

Some time in October last Mr..
James G. Blaine, a prominent aspi-
rant for Presidential honors, wrote q
letter to gentleman in Ohio fore
shadowing the constitutional amend.
ments on the school question offered
by him in the House of Representa-
tives on Tudesday last. This, 10
doubt, set the great man who now oc-
cupies the White House seriously to
thinking. and quietly saying to him
self that "two can play that game"
be at once conceived the idea of set
ting the gentleman from Maine by
giving him a stab Sin the fifth rib, -
which he most efectually did by put
ting the following sentences in his an
nual message to Congress
suggest for your earnest consider
alton, and most earnestly recommend
it, that a constitutional amendment be
submitted to the Legislatures of the
several States to establish and forev-
er maintain free public schools ade-
quate to the education of all the chill
dren in the rudimensary branches,
within their respective limits, irrespec-
tive of sex, color, birthplace or reli-
gions. forbidding the teachings in said
schools of religious, atheistic or pagan
tenets. and prohibiting the granting OF
any school funds or school taxes. or
any part thereof, either by Legislative
municipal or other authority, for the
benefit or in aid, directly or indirect.
ly, of any religious sect or denomina
ton.
There is, says the Baltimore Gazette
something positively magnificent in
the strategic manner N which the Gen
eral circumvented his rival by the
aforesaid flank movement. Biaines
longings for the Presidential chair
have lately worried his Excellency
greatly. and he came to the conclusion
that tho thing must be stopped. IL
was, perhaps, somewhat discourteous
for Grant to attempt to steal Blaine's
thunder in the way he did, but when
great ambition, standing in his own
way, is suddenly developed, he did
not hesitate nor waver, but struck
down his former friend and rival with
one sure blow, and without a single
scruple. 1t is the old story of Joab
and Amasa over again: "And Joab
said to Amasa, art thou in health, my
brother ? And Joab took Amasa by
the beard with the right hand to kiss
him. But Amasa took NO heed of the
sword that was in Joab's hand, so he
smote him Herewith in the fifth rib
and shed out his bowels on The ground.
and struck him not again, and he dieo,
And Amasa wallowed in the blood in
he midst of the highway, and the
people followed after Joab.
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PROPOSITION OF THE SOUTH
ERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.

Close after the resolution of Con-
gress declaring that no subsidies shall,
in the present condition of national
finances. be granted to aid in private
enterprises, comes proposition from
Mr.. G. P. Huntington. Agent of the
Southern Pacific Railroad of Califor-
MIA and Vice Pr esident of the Central
Pacific, who, in behalf of the former
corporation, offers to build Southern
Pacific Railroad in the vicinity of the
thirty parallel, on the condi"
tions of the charter granted to the
Texas Pacific Railroad Company
March 3, 1871. The main difference
between this offer and the plan sc
strongly urged upon Congress is that
the Southern Pacific is prepared to
build road for the grants of public
lands already made, while the Texas
Pacific requires an additional subsidy
in the shape of a guarantee of forty
Thousand dvllero por rai1o- The ACT
of March 3, 1871, granted to the Texas
Pacific the right of way through pub
lie lands, with the use of al material
necessary for the construction of the
road, found adjacent. It also gave to
the company a space of two hundred
feet on each side of the track, and
grounds for stations and warehouses.
In addition, as subsidy, twenty Sec
tions per mile of the public lands on
each side of the road were given to
the company. except in California,
where the amount was reduced to ten
sections. There were branch or con
Meeting roads-one through Louisiana,
with subsidy in round numbers of
five millions of acres, and the other,
the Southern Pacific. of California,
which was lowered with the same
privileges as were granted in the act
of July 81, 1866, which, as far as the
grants of land sre concerned, are sub
stantially the same as those just set
forth
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AtrOci0Iss iArdGr.

Amos Taylor, ID white man living Oh
the Fayetteville road, about six miles
from Lumberton, Robson county
while at supper in his house
Oh Saturday night was taken
therefrom by three white men who
~ere blackened, and after having car
RED him a short distance from The
Lunse, was most brutally beaten by
these human fiends. After they had
administered blows and kicks innu-
merable upon the PROSTATE form of
their victim, it sec ms they were about
to depart, when Taylor arose and
told tn m he would have them up to
court, when cue OF tie assaulting par
lies TUNED al oubd aid deliberately
blew out the 5laius of the man they
bad 30 horribly beaten aud mangled.
The wife of Taylor. renamed ali the
time a helpless terror stricken specta-
tor of the cold blooded deed, aud when
her husband was shot, she caught him
III her arms, where he expired. Taylor
when cold and dead, still held clutched
in death grasp piece OF bread and
meat which he lad been eating at the
table, SO sudden and unexpected had
been the cruel attack aud it's dreadful
result.
Mrs. Taylor made oath at the Coro-
roner's inquest that she recognized the
party as the three Prevatt's (white
mem of that section, ana that one Joe
Prevatt she her husband, but the wo-
man being ignorant, ber testimony was
confused, and the Privatt's having
proved au aiibi they were released.
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Third Term notes.
OPINIONS ON THE ACTION OF CoNGR

| OPINIONS ON THE ACTION OF CONGRESS
The President is credited tonight
with an observation sopl swhat toe
lively for his wits. When be heard OF
Biaine's blank refusal to vote on the
third term question he said, Blaine
| needn't be so damn careful He don't
stand ID anybOdy's way " Orld's
Washington Special
The third term received a stunning
blow in Congress yesterday from
which it will hard y recover. Iu fact,
the third term may be considered past
praying for. The pious prayers OF
Brother Gil Haven will hardly avail. -
Harrisburg Patriot (dene.)
Assuming that the republican party
does not EIean to destroy itself by the
denomination of General Grant, who
could not even carry Massachusetts,
and would certainly lose New York,
Pennsylvania and Ohio, it is time TO
took to the considers tons which
should determine the selection of a
Candidate .-Hdrper's Weekly (rep)
At present. we do not bear this pop
uiar cIamor for Grants re-election;
but, If there Is anything in the sigus
OF tie times, 1t IL rising storm of
pubic opIuion that will sweep Grant
and his Washington rings from power,
and they will never be reinstaeed. -
LDs AngOIes Herald Iden1
MIR. Springer, OF Illinois, says he
sprung the anti-third term resolution
Oh Congress because he is Methodist
and wanted to test the Value of Bishop
Havnn's nOmlDatlon. And now the
question arises, will Congressman
vote outweigh bishops prayers p
Philadelphia Press rep
LII any event, his name is not likely
to be brought forward III the Repubh-
Can Con 7entlon, backed by any formi-
d"ble show OF strength. There has
been a too general expression of
OPINION within the republican party
III favor OF tlklng up a new man to en-
courage any hope which the few ad-
vocates of third term may have per-
mltted themselves to entertain when
the subject was first brought to public
notice.-IToy Times (rep)
Tn It awful hobgoblIn which has
b. en- so fraught with danger in the
eyes of Numerous people, tue third
term movement, has received another
heavy blow, this time from the House
OF Representatives, by a vote of 232 to
Is, without auy debate on the qu. g.
ton. Yet with this tremendous oppo-
sition to third term we suppose many
foolish persons will keep the cry q
going. IN. " advertiser
(rep)
This (the vote) appears to be the
measure of the third term strength in
the House. There is no strength
about it, however, even among the re-
blicaus.-Phitadetl1hia Herald ind
We would like to believe that this
vote ends the third term agitation
Uttro Observer (dens.)
Grants denomination would be the
forecast of serious trouble. His yerv
makes him dangerous.
His unreasonable and unreasoning de-
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| We are pleased 10 see several OF ON
| young friends wao ha JUS returned
| from the University. We are glad tC
| hear from them that the University l.
| IN prosperous condition. Commenc-
! ins with forty students, it gradually
! increased d. until at the close &C the first
| term it numbered sixty-fve. The Sec
ond term commences on the 9Th Of
January, and we are sure hat there
| will be a large number OF students
who will enter then. Some have been
holding back to sec if the Univer sity
would succeed. aud others were kept
away on account of the time the last
session commenced-thst is, it COM
menced after all the other schools in
the State, thereby causing some to de
fer their entry until the secoud term
But now we can all see that the Uni.
versity las been more than successful,
AMI that the Faculty have displayed
much wisdom in the engagement of
its sff.irs and have won golden opin-
ions for themselves both from the peo-
pie and the students.
The examinations which brought to
close the first term of the school
were very satisfactory and the students
as we'll as the Faculty should feel
proud # The result of their labors.
The Dia!ectic and Philanthropic So
cletiee are working hard to fix up their
libraries, anl We are glad to hear, are
meeting with great success. In this
cJnut ction we will add that the popu-
lar New York firm, Messrs e. J. Hale
u SoA, have presented the societies
with number of very valuable books.
We hear also that some eighteen of
the students have formed Ii mess, and
board themselve for SO mouth This
is cheap enough, and in fact, the Uni
versity is the cheapest school in the
State.
1t Is to be- hoped that railroad will
be buii5 to Chapel Hill. It would
greatly improve the place and the
University. We are looking forward
for this consummation, and hope soon
to be al IL to state that it is settled
fat
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-12-24
a Startling s'eEf0rBla

Some time ago ] gava AL account of
an accident shat happened TO Mr.
Ham ger, the traGedian, at our lit L.
theatre ia New Castle, while he was
representing the ''D+rnon of the
Hartz," nnd was engaged in descend
ing through the tag t" TIE IEfrrnai
regions. A supernumrry flashed q
barrelful IF I'D lire throngh the 0 9
as the demon was going down, and
five minutes later Ell uu0erdone de-
non WAS being carried home on Il
str"' Cher. Wei, mir. Hummer has
met with auO' i.rr d.. ast-r
Last week the manager Put Oh an
oth"r eniitl d ovid BIZ, or. TIE
Scout Of the Rocky Mouut.ins," and
III this, Mr.. Ii lmmr was to be tied up
on the back of al unbrokeu horse
and sent hurting over the edge Of a
precipice As nobody III town wGuld
lend :. nors" for the purpose, the man-
agtr hired a mule form he CAPTAIN OF
he canal boat, the Roaring Maria,
DurI-:H lbs ltLettss,i> HE mule uIt
:: II enough. but on the first night ,,t
the play tue footiigts must have scare
II. for a- soon Ms the savages had tied
Wild Bill upon it, back. instead Of
changing over the awfu' lath and eau
vas precipice it refused TO bulge.
And when the Indian ch1efain prod
died it III the side with tin spear, it
not only let out its heels and kicked
that unfortunate brave into the wings,
where his spear janmed saYageiy
against the stomach of tie prempter,
but it reache it's head around and
made. an earnest effort to chew Wild
1 E..il, n fhiC ~ cf0n6
Oh three feet aud endeavored to reacE,
mp to MIR. Hammer and scrape him 1ff
with the huot of iGs near hind leg
hen the mRuager came out and tried
to start the mule ",th q whip.
Bat it merely began to wheel round
and round, until the tragedian felt
s.asick; and then it charged up agains,
tbs: >eurry, ahd kicked brand new
suns to rags, reduced the nitro pre-
cipicr- 70 splinters, upset two muslin
trees. and finally brought up with one
leg ent angled Ia the Sea of Galilee
which was pressd into service on this
occa> ion to represent Salt Lake.
This frightened the mule SO that II
! jerked the Sea of Gaiilee Ct, ar over the
>tage and went into fit, during whic;
it tum bed. and after ,oilIug over and
over Mr.. Ham aler three or four tim =
1t plunged iuto the orchestra, aid tx
pred WITH It's hauuches i'll the bass
drum ard it, four legs tearing the nd
die into kindting wood.
When they united Wild Bill her ose,
wiped the blood from his moss with
his sleeve. fe't his legs To see that thy
wera nnbroken, and then he went
around to an aldermans office, regis
tired all oath never to play anything
again but low comedy if he should live
5000 years. The scout of the Re y
Mout taius' has been withdrawn. AID
the captain IF the Raaring Maria is
about 70 enter suit for damages to that
mule. -BaItin1Ore0u.
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Hints

If your fat-irons are rough and
smoky, lay a little fine salt Oh a fiat
surface and rub them well; it will pre-
| vent them from sticking TO anything
starched, and make them smooth.
Rub your griddle with fine salt be-
fore you grease it, and your cake will
not stick. When walnuts have been
kept until the meat is too much dried
to be good, let them stand in milk and
water eight hours, dry them and they
will be as fresh as when new.
1t is good plan to keep your diff
ferent kinds Of pieces, tape, thread,
ETC., in separate bags, and there is no
time lost in LOOKING for them.
Cedar chests are best to keep fan
neIs, for cloth moths are never found
in hem. Red cedar chips are good
to keep in drawers, wardrobes, clos
cts, trunks, ETC., to keep out moths.
When clothes have acquired az un,
plea. ant odor by being from the air,
charcoal laid in the folds will soon re-
move it. 3
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Accident Ola theC e.. HALLWAY,

On Sunday morning, ab ut 4:30
| O'Clock. as the train going west was
n-trinS Bog ,n's Cut, tn passengers
! five in number, were startled by the
Cry OF ''oti truck and, upon looking
out, your correspondent was much
surprised to fud that the whole train
was Oh the tre~tlr, (Which was about
forty feet high at this point with two
| of the freight cars teaniug over to the
right, and one of them banging more
than half way over the trestle, and
Only held on the track by the coup
lings at either end.
Upon further investigation. we
found that the cars had left the track
about one mile from the place of stor-
page, the indentation of the wheels
being plainly seen. The cause of the
accident is still unexplained, and was
doubtless one of those unavoid able
occurrences that often take place in
the course of mans life w, feel
certain that no one cOnnected with the.
train was blameable, aud the conduc-
tor, Capt. L. Ct. Alderman. although
quite IA young man, behaved in ii man-
ner that would have reflected credit
upon veteran rallroader." He was
at his POSTPAID there remained-un-
III he Aau uSeO every eHOrC TO secure
the property Of the company as far as
was In his power, aud even then re-
fused 10 leave aud go with the passen
gers to a residence near by, where
breakfast had been prepai ed for us by
Major and Capt. Began
The passengers on the train were,
Messrs. n. W. Scheuck, of Whining
tot; S. H. Bridges. of Baltimore; John
Mutt, Jr., of Abbottsburg; q. d.
Snow. of Charlotte. and J. Fl. Pool,
of Raleigh. all of whom were nnhurt.
and il fact, the only damage done, was
the breaking up two box cars, with
their contents, AS they toppled over
the trestle. At the request of the
above M med gentlemen, 1 return our
heartfelt thanks to Major and Capt
Boggan for the hospitable manner in
which we were received by them, and
for the goodlv fare with which thew
provided ''us poor unfortunates.
IL ,ag may they live aud may pros
per'ty attend thsm," is tue sincere
wish of all who were on the train on
sunday last. A PASSENGER.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-12-24
rHErosrER BLAINE SENSATION

The authenticity of the Foster
Blaine letter, says the New York World.
ia now settled. 1t is genuine. Fur
thermore, it contains facts and not
speculations. Mr.. Foster has been
interviewed, and not only admits hav-
ing written the letter, but gives other
interesting facts as to the inner move
ments of the new political secret 50
ciety which it is claimed is to manage
the next Republican National Conven-
ton. It appears from Mr.. Fosters
statements that Grant has united with
this secret society and jumped upon
the no-Popery hobby to gain a nomi-
nation for third term. Ascertaining
this fact, Mr.. Foster, as friend OF
Mr.. Blaine, writes notifying him of
the situation, and urging him to join
the new secret society on the sly, and
thus be on an equal footing with Grant
and in position to compete with him
in the inner ring of the Republican
party. This secret society, Foster
thinks, is to be the great power in the
next Republican National Conven-
ton, and he is anxious that MIR. Blaine
should be on the inside. The letter
in some way having reached a news
paper Office in Maine, was published,
and the secret is out. Now comes
MIR. Foster explaining the facts in the
letter. In the course of the explana-
ton it comes to light that this secret
society is one of the means made use
of to get the liberals back to Grantism,
and furnishes an explanation of the
sudden conversion of General Merritt
from a bitter anti Grant man to sup
porter of Grantism. 1t was all
brought about by his private initiation
into this secret society. Having thus
become a fellow member with Grant,
he is nominated on the Grant ticket i'll
New York. But Mr.. Merits mem
bership did not prevent his running
behind his ticket any more than his
connection with Know Nothing lodge
prevented his defeat as Supervisor in
the days of that order. The letter
having in some way miscarried, it
does not appear that Mr.. Blaine has
been privately initiated, and there
fore has not placed himself on an
equal footing with President Grant in
obtaining the support of this seer ct
society, the power behind the throne
i 4 the next National Republican Con-
vention.
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Superior Court.

The court met yesterday morning
nj the usual hour, Judge Henry pre-
eiding. The following business was
transacted.
Bank of New Hanover VS.. d S.
Cowan, all issues in favor of the plain
'lff and damages assessed at $1O56. 25
with interest from December 9th.
VIM. Larkius VS.. T. NJ. Gardner.
Error in judgment docket.
Herring & Farrell VS.. Rottendorf
" Hashagen. Case argued.
John t. Lippitt vs.. Thos PurneH.
All issues in favor of the plaintiff.
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Pender Superior CO.,rt.

Yesterday was busy day for the
! Court. the Solicitor and the lawyers il
| attendance. The legal business of the
/ county OF Pc der promisrs to be OF
considerable importance to the legal
profession, and from I'll large atten-
dance of the members OF the Bar at
this Term of the court, these gentle
| men evidently begin to appreciate the
fact. 1t will scarcely be possible to
finish all the business of the Term
during the present week. although
Judge McKoy and tue Solicitor are
working like Turks to accomplish that
end. From O'Clock in the morning
until A o'clock IN the evening, with
the exception of a short recess for
dinner, these officials are working
continuously. Including the cases
that have been tried, and those that
have yet to be tried, the crini al dock
ct will number sixty cases, and the. So
icitor has still about fifty new pre-
sentiments and bills before the Grand
Jury,
During the recess on yesterday. Mr..
J. N. Stalliugs of the GoIdsnoro Re-
cord, addressed large audience on
the question. "Shall tn people of
North Carolina ratify the work of the
late Constitutional Convention 2"
The speech was delivered without pre-
paration, and The invitation to address
the people of Pendar was The result of
a suddenly expressed d"sire 10 hear
him. He discus sed his subject not
from partizan stand point, but from
that of good citizen Who has for his
object the permanent welfare and
prosperity OF all the people Of the
State. His effort was short, succinct
a..d forcibleln manner, as well as flied
with great good sense, and fo,c BILE
reasoning We do not wonder that
Mr.. Stallings yields so great on infu-
enca in the old county of Duplir
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PERSONAL.

We hid the pleasure of a visit from
MIR. j. N. Stallings, of Duplin, editor
of the Goldsboro Record Mr.. Stall
ngs has entitled himself to the thanks
If our people by the Zeal and ability
With which he looked after their inter
cstS in the late Constitutional Conven-
ton of which he was prominent
member.
The Record under the editorial con
rol of Mr., Stalings is all able and
manly paper, just such one as you
would expect from en- earnest, bold
lau. Its influence will be felt in the
approaching great contest.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-12-24
PERSONAL

We had the pleasure last evening OF
welcoming to oCr sanctum, Mr. j. ii.
Myrover, of the Fayetteville Gazette,
one OF the very best aud most enter
prising of Our State exchanges. The
Gazette reflects credit upon a place
which has for many years been noted
for the high character of its local pa
psrs. We anticipate brave work from
M. Biyr, yer during the important
campaign OF next year.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-12-24
Nhnl,S the Natrer No~ ,

Last nights teiegrams inform us that
the thermometer yesterday at Milford,
Pennsylvania, showed 68 degrees in
the shade and SO in the sun. What's
tie matter now? Was it the thermom-
ster or is the whole State Of Pennsyl-
vanla becoming warmed with enthusi-
assn over the prospect of the Centen-
NAL next year Tell you what it looks
red hot.
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Fender County.

The Superior Court still continues
ITS Iabors at South Washington. the
county seat of Fender county. On
yesterday, several criminal cases were
disposed of and number of criminals
were sentenced to terms in the peni-
Tertiary, ranging from two to ten
years The court has had oousidera
BILE business before it. aud will posi-
bic dispose of it all this week.