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Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04
WHAT HUR THEM.

Some of the causes which have re-
duced the Republican party to its
present doubtful condition are enun g.
rated by Harper's Weekly as follow (:
when Republicans said the civil
service ought to be reformed, Mr.
Morton retorted that it was the best
upon the planet. When Republicans
proposed to investigate the general
order business and the sale of arms to
France, Mr.. Conkling replied that it
was mud throwing, and moved to in
quire whether any officer of the gov
ernment, meaning the Republican,
Senators, Sumner and Schurz, were iii
collusion with foreign agents. Such
things as these, with the leadership of
men like General Butler and that of
Gran. Senators as they were called
(Messrs. Chandler, Cameron, Morton,
Conkling, Carpenter), and the init
macy with the President of Boss
Shepherd and of Mcdonald and
others these things, and not the
hard times, have alienated the sympa
thy of Republicans and shattered the
party"
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04
Negroes or Co..red g.copIe


"The Biblical Recorder, organ OF
the Bsptsfs OF North Carolina, in
several TENS relating to the C DIOR d
people, N every instance spe iks OF
them rs "segroes''-strGws which show
sbich way tue wiud blows 1t evil
den'ly q DrF not consider negroes men
~hen it refuses them the common ap-
pslia'ion ri people or eolorcd people
N, Y. Herald
We are there arrainged on two
charges, boyh of which we DENY.
l. Il speaking of the freedmen of
the south as negroes" We did not use
an improper word or one which should
havn nveyed any off-nsive meaning.
L. is al ethnoiHgicsl term, and is the
only one which eau with propriety be
applied to the people under conside
ration. To speak Of them as "colored
people" or ''penple of color" is a
misuse and p@rverslon of language,
ard does not designate them at all
We might With propriety refer TO the
Indians or Chinese as colored people
or people of color. bat this appella-
ton would not include the blacks of
the South, Black IS not color. The
Herald will find by reference to Web
ste5'8 or any other dictionary that our
position is Sustained There is no 9th
er term which plainly and definitely
desienates the race. The best in
formed among them use it and it Is the
appelIation by which they are known
5hroughontthe civilized world. Col
ored people" is of recent origin and is
the outgrowth of false and siokly
philanthropy. which prevails e1tan-
sivcly in many places. We shall be
sorry to see II fin j home here.
2. The Herald says we do not icon
slder negroes men" If it is meant that
we 90 not think they are white men
and that We are unwilling to receive
them into our schools, churches or
families on terms of free social inter
course. it is true, But that is not the
Herald's meaning and it would rot
dare advocate such thing. If ii is
meant that we do not regard the ne
yroes as members of the human family;
that we do not regard them as free in
the eye of the law; as entitled 10 pro-
lection in all the rights, privileges and
mmunities granted them by the law
and TO such aid as can be gwen to e.e-
rate them morally and intellectually,
there is not h word of truth in the ale
CATION. We are truer friends to the
negroes than the Herald is and have
lone thousand timea more for them.
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04

DEATH OF CAPTAIN A. G.. MOORE
It is with the sinceress sorrow that
we announce the death of Captain
Adolphus G. Moore, of Alamance
county, as gallant a gentlemen as ever
wore the gray.
Barely in the prime of life, with tenn
perate habits, with health and strength,
with no lack OF worldly goods. cheer
full in disposition and kindly in spirit,
the soul of honor, and though quick
TO resent an affront yet as quick to
forgive an injury, his life did indeed
seem to promise to be long and bright
and happy. Nor did il promise to be
more happy than useful; fer he was full
of intelligent, well-directed energy
and contributed no little to the great
success of the various industrial enter-
prises that have made Haw River
noted manufacturing centre in the
State.
Frank and fearless in his opinions
and outspoken in their expression. it is
no matter for surprise that he drew
upon himself the special hate of Radi-
cal officials in the days when Holden
could suspend the laws and Kirk and
his cut-throats could at their will out
rage thepeople of the county in which he
lived. Arrested and imprisoned to
await trial before a military commits
sion organized to convict and to shoot
its prisoners, neither threats nor vio-
lence could conquer for a moment his
dauntless spirit or stop the indignant
utterances he constantly breathed forth
against the men who were setting at
defiance the laws and outraging the
liberties of our people. History does
not record greater boidness that OF
Captain Moore when arrested and while
imprisoned at Yanceyville dunng
the Infamous Holden-Kirk war-a wal
the recollection of which will make
the blood of every true Caroiinian
boil with rage SO long as the memory
of it 81 all last.
Truly was he man who did honor
to his State and sad and full of sorro VI
are we as we remember that we shall
see his face no more.
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04
IT Original JEFF Davis MAN.

The New York WorId, in a scathine
editorial headed "Tbe Original JEFF
Davis Man." tells how when Thad
Stevens. of Pennsylvania. drove his
brutal reconstruction scheme through
Congress, Mr.. Blaine offered an
amendment providing for a complete
amnesty. including, of course, Jeffer-
son Davi-. The tyrant of the House
was not. however, to be thus trifed
with. On the 18th of February, 1867,
Mr.. Stevens forced the House to ac-
ton on Mr. Biains:s amendment He
used. as his wont was. more plainness
than politeness of speech. and uncere-
moniou ly kicked Mr.. Blaine out of
the "sheepfold" of the Radical saints
into the "goatfold" of the wicked.
'The amendment of the gentleman
from Maine," said Mr.. Stevens, ''lets
in vast number of rebels and shuts
out nobody. All I ask is that when
the House comes to vote upon the
amendment it shall understand that
the adoption of 1t would be au entire
surrender of these States (the South)
into the hands of the rebels. It is q
proposed step toward universal am
nesty and universal Andy-Johnson-
Vile" Tie bill was, of course, lost,
by vote OF 81 nays to SO yeas Mr..
Blaine voting yea with Mr.. Randall,
of Pennsylvania, But then Mr.. Blaine
was bidding for future Southern sym
pathy and strength; now he wants to
be President by Radical votes.
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04

A model for a new ferry across the
British Channel and the Atlantic has
been tried with fair promise in Eng
land. The structure consists of three
parallel tubes, far enough apart to al
low paddles to work between them,
the whole being linked together to
form a single vessel, covered by a
deck, on which the inventor, Mr.. Eyer
ton, PROPOSES to carry railway trains
and a thousand head of cattle at a
time. The channel passage is to be
made with these ferries in an hour and
a half, and cattle are to be transported
across the Atlantic at the rate of two
pounds head
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04
The Raleigh Sentinel has the follow

Inc haiei8h tSentafaet mas the fO!low-
ing to say about Colonel Jesse Turner,
mentioned in recent editorial letter
to the JOURNAL from Hot Springs, as
one of the prominent men of North
Carolina birth now living in Arkansas:
Jesse Turner here spoken of was a
son of James Turner who lived near
tho Haw fields meeting house. in Or
ange, Eow Alamapce. He has an older
brother living in Chatham county.
Tie f.tber of .i+s4e Turner was Cal
tured by FanniDs: whs he took Hills
b ro, and carried off Gov. Burke in
septem Der, 1871. Capt Glen deuen,
viii. 80 meu, rode into Hillsboro look
lug for Faunitig WHO of en- led 25 OF SO
mea. his time he found the cid mur-
derer with 1900 or 1900 men. Captain
q eudenen ;ltts IN tied to save himself
and men by hs-ty retreat. As Turner
pass d WHAT is now known as Kirk
lands corner, pi.tol was snapped at
him, sud th"n thrown, striking him in
the templ,' aud knocking him from his
horse He was t1ied and taken of
with the Governor and others to
Wilmington and thence Ia Charleston
Fanpins campcd the frat night at
Gates WHERE the late William Bingham
!iraI
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04
our STATE CONVENTION.
when shall &c he Held and Where
EHetd-A Letter from Gem. Cox ON
the subject.
tatesvIlle ] sndmark ]

the Subject.
Irrom statesyIlle sndmark
Dem. Con. Elk. CoMlfIrrEE,
RALEIGH, Jan. 8, 1875,
DEAR SIR A copy of your valuable
paper containing the following inquiry
has been received What say the
Committee to holding our State Con-
vention in March and at Greensboro p
Thus far there has been no formal
consultation on the subject; yet feel
authorized in saying that IL g Commit
tee, desiring to reflect the wishes and
consult the pleasure and convenience
of our friends in all parts of the Stsso.
will be pleased to receive suggestions
from the press and individuals in re-
gard to these matters.
The National Democratic Executive
Committee will meet in Washington in
February TO consult in regard to the
time and place of holding she National
Democratic Convention, and as our
State Convention has hitherto been
held to appoint delegates to represent
US in that body see no necessity for
departing from the precedent, although
our State elections have been post
poned to November.
Your question will, however, re-
quire to oe decided by the State Exc
ecutive Com mmittee, when assembled
for that purpose They will be called
together sometime after the action of
the National Democratic Executive
Committee is made known.
Very respectfully yours,
WM. 4. Cox, Chm'n.
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04
vne ceutgn:.5ai s.ra.,hopper.

The Western pap"rs predict terri
bic revisitation uf gras-hoppers next
summer. The St. Louis Globe Dem
Ocrot, In sn article on the subiect,
remuuetrates with the Northwestern
farmers against the course they are
grain to markets. course which will
leave th-nI without provisions and
without reed grain, if the hoppers do
come. The '6OGe Democrat says:
II brief, the case is this: Good au-
thorit es, vino have had opportunities
for ex' ended observation in idaho,
Montana, Utah and Wyoming, as well
ia c~htr Western Suites. declare that
il nl this section the crops of last
%t,mmar aud fail were very good.
lAough iu some d,str,cts the grass
apppcss des' toygG almost hnlf the
-.roo VT tit- farmers VIE able safely
- came through their ! difficulties, and
ar to!e; ably wei prepared for next
var. 5etore the INSECTS died they de-
posted untold millions Of eggs in the
e:rnu4d atsng the course of their
'r~rch Persons, whose experience in
ucn matter. entities their opinions to
tsstec.lpi consideration. declare that
The summor euu of 1876 will hatch
aueh swarms Of grssshoppers in the
West as have never before been seen,
and that he tract of country in which
they wilt prevsil will be wider than
ever before, reaching from long dis
raDce west Of t q Bia"k Hills to the
centre Of Missouri and Iowa.
In view of this probable visitation
next year, Brigham Ynung, after due
conferences with the leading Saints.
las promulgated from the mormo1
pulpit a scheme for aliaying the pros
~ ctivo danger of Inconvenience or suf-
tesiUg, by ord srins his peopi,s 20 retain
tieir gram IL store, aud not on any
account, TO sell or barter IL. The com
mon sense Of this requirement is so
manifest that the only wonder is some
one dld rot ste it before, and piece
the credit with Kansas or Nebraska
I,fmetS, Wn@rs W might have been
proud of it. But AS a good idea should
De acted upon. regardless of the source
" .erce 1t comes, we must hail the.
luck, notion of Brigham aud ais Sa nts
4s tl4e true solution u tue grasshopper
IL tfi,.rtiay, and one whict our Western
pc ,r,:s must accept md put ID prac
b:ce. II they w, nd be free from the
dat G II Of ousri ghs st rrvatiun, ~ which
for some years they have been. at
intervals, exposed. Th,,u.I, the policy
Is not Eovei among the Murmons, il L.
NV to our people. aud in certai Ii
DuuLs4s, vii prove the perfect solution
10 the absor 5Ing grasshnpp+r question.
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04
A special dispatch to the New Yor

A special dispatch to the New York
World says the resignation of Mr..
John Nj. Ban clay, the Journal Clerk of
the House of Representatives, who has
occupied that p position for twenty-nine
years, has not yet been accepted, and
was not desired by MIR. Adams, the
Clnrk. The resignation is regretted
by the older members of both parties,
and will probably be reconsidered
1t was based on the belief that the re-
moval of the Assistant Journal Clerk
merely preceded his own. Mr.. Bar
clay's long experience in the House
has given him aFperfect knowledge of
parliamentary law, while his digest of
the rules and practice of the House is
Invaluable. It is probable that res
olution will come from the Democrat
ic side soliciting his services and ask
ing him to remain in office.
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04

The Louisville Courier-Jo,rnal re-
veals the startling fact that since the
inauguration of the National Govern
ment there has been spent alb out
100, 600, COO ofpublic money on public
improvements in the Northern States,
while the expenditures in the south
have not exceeded ST., 100000. 1t
adds that this is the more surprising
when we remember that the Southern
Etates have at all times. excepting
during the war, furnished one-half to
t1ree-fourths of the exchange with
which we have paid our foreign debts,
sud that in default of Southern produc-
ons the supply of gold and silver
y oula be inadequate to pay the annual
interest charges on the national debt.
. I'D the government of the United States
would irevitably have dishonored its
foreign obligations.
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04
WHAT TEAE VIRGINIA PRESS
THINKS OE THE MDNEPELIEls ~
SEA NDAE,.

WHAT JHE VIRGINIA PRESS
TEsENNS OE THE MONTPELIf1i
SCANDAL.
Mr.. W. H. Fowle, a member of the
Virginia Legislature from Alexandria,
having lost at game of cards in
gambling house in Richmond. the
funds of the Montpelier Humane As
sociation in his keeping, the Virginia
press is freely giving expression to its
opinion in the premises. The parties
who won the money from AIr. Fowle
were Judge Stephens, of Nelson
county, and a professional gamblei.
The Alexandria Gazette learns that
the deficit due the Montpelier Humane
Association by its agent, Mr.. Fowle,
has already been made up. The Ga
aette contains several letters on the
subject, among which is one from
warm personal friend of Fowle, who
says, however, that he "has conversed
on the subject with number of per-
SOUS of judgment and influence, and
finds the sentiment unanimous that the
resignation by that delegate of the
trust confded to him is due t.,
those by whom he was elected" It's
Richmond correspondent says: cit is
said that the Committee on Courts of
Justice will in day or two proceed TO
investigate the affairs of Judge Stevens
who is charged with gambling, and
also with lodging IN Worsham's gam
connection, not exactly consistent with
State officer. It is said that the
Governor will not accept Judge
Stevens resignation until such investi-
cation is had" The Dispatch Of yes
terday says in it's column of Capi'o'
Notes, ''no movement to impeach
Judge George Stevens of Nelson, has
as yet been made. At present it seems
unlikely that any steps in that dir, c.
ton will be taken. Governor Kemper
has very decided opinions about the
whole transaction, and will be prompt
to act when it is brought before
him officially" The Wing comments
editorially on the case. and says, very
forcibly and justly: "The general de-
mand is that the gambling scandal,
which connects the name of a county
judge with the weakness of a member
of the Legislature, ought to be inves-
tigated, and that, too, in spite Of
threats said to have been made of in~
volving others in the unfortunat.;
affair. The reputation of all persons
connected with the government of
Virginia should be above suspicion,
and no public officer should remain
quiet one moment after his name has
been attainted by the breath of foul
rumor without courting investigation. -
The Lnder and Appeal commends
these utterances of the press to the
grave consideration of the Legislature.
which owes the solemn duty to itself,
the public service and the people at
large,to break up the vice of gambli ~,
which now goes on with the sanction
if not participation of SO many of til
officials of the land.
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04
FAvoRITEs OFTHEPxEsS

It we'll known that the New York
World Is in favor of Gov. Tilden of
that State. The Indianapolis Sentinel,
the Terre Haute Gazette, the Journal,
and the Cincinnati Enquirer are all
ousspoken for Hendricks. The Pitts
burg Post is out for Jerry Black, but
the Democratic press of Philadelphia
generally incline to Bayard. The At
lanta Constitution we believe is rather
partial to Tilden, and the Augusta Con-
stit,ttionalist comes out strongly for
Pendleton. The Cincinnati CONNER
cia1 is halting between Hendricks and
Bayard, the Petersburg L'aden-Appeal
expresses a preference for Senator
Thurman of Ohio.
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04
Banks and WaddeIl 60 the Front.
T. ha Z inh

lFrlm the Raleigh Nens]
The really notable speeches in the
Centennial debate have been those of
Col. Waddell and General Bsnks, and
it is a compliment TO Col. Waddell
that he has fairly earned that judicious
observers should differ in their esti-
mates of the comparative practical
good effeuted by his speech and that
of the veteran politician aud statesman
who to-day is .facite princeps in the
eyes of the whole country in the work
of pacifyipg the country by promoting
oblivion # irritating questions. Col
Waddell had at an early period
advocated the Centennial appro-
priation upon the ground that
the people Of the country could
never be barmonized until brought
together in commemoratjon of events
that are the common glory of North
Carolina aud New Yolk; of Virginia
and Massachusetts,. There was a it-
ness IN his appearance upon the floor
of the House to plead North Carolina g
share of the heritage of the Revuiu-
tion which his eminent ancestors had
nobly aided to bequeath. He acquit
ted himself ably ahd handsomely, and
there has been but one sentiment, and
that one of hearty commeDdstion, of a
speech that gave soothing touch
to the sores reopened by the angry de-
bate of the previous week. "A breast
of down on the billows of passion
was Col. Waddell's opposite state
plent of the atiitnde of the Confeder-
nta-soiuier el~msnt of the House,
while hate had done its utmost to pro-
woke it TO wrath. Mr.. Blaire evldeut-
ly d d not enjoy Col. Waddel's sar-
castle reference TO his peac'foi attitude
In var, and his intense com bativcnesl
III peece He did not attempt even AL
honest smile - Washington Cores
11ORGent
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04

The Boston e1cursion,stS charged
with the work of p esenting centennial
souvenirs to the military organizations
of the South, who participated il the
celebration, completed their labors at
Charleston, s. c., yesterday. Tt"
committee visited Washing on, Balti
more, Norfolk, Richmond ani Charles
ton, at each of which cities thev lett
handsome souvenirs, in the shape of
beautiful hags and emblem attic banners.
They were everywhere cordially re-
ceived, and in no city more warmly,
says the Gozette, than in Baltimore
where he Fifth regiment improved
the opportunity Cf acknowledging the
courtesies received at the hands Of tie
citizens of Boston when in Il at ty
last summer. There is little doubt tL It
the visit Of the committee 30 the
South has done much toward creating
a kindly feeling. and will aid largely
in removing those sectiona pr, judic->
now happily being fast ohlitrratei.
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04

According to an exchange a marvel
Gus piece of mechanism has just been
exhibited in Paris. 1t is an eight day
clock. which chimes the quarters,
plays sixteen tunes, paying three
tunes every twelve hours or at any in
terval required. The hands 60 around
as follows: One a minute, one once an
hour, one once a week, one once a
month and one once a year. It shows
the moons age, the time of the rising
and setting of the sun, the high
and low water times half ebb
and f"od s'd.s ard tb~r. 10 curious
,n'riv-nce b. represent the water,
which rikes and falls, lifting some
ships at high-water tide as il they were
III motion, nd, as it recodes, leaving
them dry OH the sands. The clock
shows the hour of the day, the day of
the week, the day of the month. the
month of the year and the day in the
No month; provision is made for the long
and the short months. It shows the
signs of the zodiac; it strikes or not
and chimes or not, as 1ay be desired;
and it has an equation table, showing
the difference between the clcck and
the sun for every day in the year.
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04
Deak, the Hungarian statesman, ls

Deak, the Hungarian statesman, ls
dead.
The shoemakers at Rochester. n. T.,
are at work at reduced rates.
Prescott & Co., Boston milliners,
have been robbed Of $1,000 worth OF
silks snd velYets.
ySmith N.Hawes, formerly city treas
urer of Coviugton, Ky., is defaulter
to the amount of $4,000.
A Swede named Peter Nelson was
found dead in his bed at Chicago. HIS
wife confessed to have killed him.
At Columbus, Ohio. four men while
filing up lime kiln fell in, only one
of whom was rescued alive.
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04
The Washington correspondent oi

The Washington correspondent OF
the Chicago Times gives the blowing
statement of General Schenck's pin
money, as shown by the treasury &C.
count with the For2ig, Department:
For the first quarter of 1874. ending
on September Both, it Was: Post age,
$50; stationery, $500; newspapers,
S35; messengers salaries. $l25; aouse
rent, $500; total, 81, ,O4O. For the next
quarter, ending on Dece,uber 3let, his
pin money was about $500. This io-
cludes $35 for Christmas presents
The contingent expenses for the next
two quarters of the year were sbout
the same. The postage item is ,,ecu-
liarly Interesting in view of the fact
that all the postage used in connec!iuu
with the diplomatic service is account
ed for and paid by the dispatch agent
at London.
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04
Senator Sherman's concurrent res

Senator Sherman's concurrent reso-
luton, proposing common unit Of
money and accounts for the United
States aud Great Britain, requests the
President to propose Treaty Conven
ton between the two countries 10
establish the dollar as. the money Of
account in both of them. It is to be
represented by a coin formed of
standard gold, nine-tenths pure metal
and one-tenth copper and silver alloy.
Five of these new dollars are to be
the equivalent of one pound sterling.
Gold coins of various denominations
conforming to this standard are to be
issued and be a legal tender within
each country.
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04
Presidential gossip is plenty ant

Presidential gossip is plenty and
various. A Washington correspondent
sends this contribution to the Cincin-
natl Commercial "For some days
past there has been large number of
Southern Federal officials here in
Washington, probably sixty in all.
from various parts of the South. They
have held several secret caucuses. to-
gether with several of the prominent
Republican leaders here, and It is al
jeged that they have agreed to work
up opinion in the South in favor of
Bristow and Jewell for the nominees of
the Republican party this fall"
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04

And now theSpanish diplomatic rep
iatives, says the Washington City
Republican,, are blandly telling the
various courts of Continental Europe
that the Madrid Government will
just as soon as it has suppressed the
Carlists-send sufficient reinforce
anents to Cuba to quell the revolution.
This sounds very much like the thou
sand and one promises Spain has made,
and always broken, respecting the abo-
1ition of slavery on the Island, the ces-
sation of brutal outrage and other
features of uncivilized warfare which
have existed there for nearly eight