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Wilmington journal., 1876-08-25

of th bed, and was deeply afrao..,
The Speakers secretary fMr. Wh;.aa;; WhSa;
and Mr.: Scudder (his cierkl were AZ a'sC1
with him. . 77>1ss".' s'so
At an early hour this morn;r~ :.
Waa thought by the physician in a. ~
tendance that death was near. hnt ~
fenacity OF life in the 'emaciated h.aoo 'ao
of the sufferer excited the wonda.
all and set at defiance the . e.na-;a OF
of the medical world. so
For more than sixty hours hafo
death he took DO nourishment
The disease that baffied the maa;.,
skill of the country was ohtisis a' ;ntoa
tines, or consumption of the howels 1s-
During the day the Speaker lav o'e. 10
semi-lethargic condition with au.1 -
somewhat introverted and half co,e oyes
by the lids, occasionally varied hn ea =
sudden start as il from sleep. at vI;.s =
times the intellect would he n':u on":u
thoroughly aroused. "'n
He suffered paroxysms of in+o,
pain, which were rendered visible ho
che knotted cords of the muscles W
the neck and limbs, and the con,,o VI
ton of the nerves of the face ard anao ao'
| though there was but little audihIc Co.
dicatiOn of his suffering. '"-
Wilmington journal., 1876-08-25
WHAT GOV. VANCE THINKS OF
THE CAMPAIGN

The editor of the Landmark inter-
The Governor is in fine spirits and
much gratified at the cordial reception
he has met wherever he has been
since the campaign opened. He says
that he has never before seen the
entire people so stirred up in behalf
of any cause as are the people of North
Carolina in regard to the issues now
pending. The following is the sub
stance of the interview in regard to
Settles attempt to make capital out of
Governor Vance's war record
Question-What has been the result
thus far of Settles effort to revive your
war record?
Vance Qaughingly). Well, he has
made me few hundred votes. A great
many people thought there was some
thing very atrocious about that record
but when Settle reads his garbled let
ters, copied by. that most Infamous Of
scoundrels, John G.. Hester, and his
Galloway letter "taken" from DIR. Cal
loway's private papers by that dirty
fellow Brown, who they say was Kinks
adjutant, it dwindles into tame affair.
The people see how UNANIMOUSLY mean
the government has treated me in de-
nying me access to my letters, at the
same time allowing my political enc
mics not only to copy them but to gar
BILE them. / am not afraid of my letter
book. It contains my complete yindi-
cation. The government knows ii and
therefore denies us the use of it. A
resolution was introduced in the House
by Major Robbins asking the privilege
of copying it, but for the purpose of
defeating it, some small fellow offered
an amendment authorizing the
copying of the whole "rebel archives"
Then you think you have really been
benefited by Judge Settles conrse.
V. I certainly do. Some influential
conservatives and republicans have
openly declared to me their convic-
tions about this matter.
Q. Will you get any republican
votes?
V. Oh, I reckon so. Why not p
Old Union men can't vote for Settle.
Q. What is the feeling west of the
Ridge?
Y. Good enough. From what I saw
and heard think / can safely count
on a gain of 1000 on Merrimon's vote.
Good by. Come down to Raleigh at
my Inauguration.
Wilmington journal., 1876-08-25
THE BAYONET AND BLOODY
SHIssT RUGBEAR

We are glad to see that Grants or
der directing General Sherman to
''hold troops in readiness" to influence
Southern elections produces no more
terror in our sister States than it does
in North Carolina. On Tuesday we
published what was thought of it in
South Carolina, and this morning We
print the Georgia view of the situa-
ton. We have no quarrel with FEEDER
al troops. With our Georgia cotempo-
rary, we say let them come and bring
plenty of pay and rations with them.
The Macon Telegraph says:
The War Department, quoting and
perverting AS authority the House res
olutions in favor of the freedom of
elections, has issued it's orders to hold
all United States troops, not in service
against the Indians, in readiness for
use in the Southern elections. Let
them come, and when they get here
it will be hard 20 dragon them into the
party service which is demanded at
their hands. Both officers and men
have long been victimized by the ras-
cally extortions of Belklap on the
post traders, by which the troops have
been compelled to pay at least four
prices for all their stores, in order
that Belknap and the other corrupt Of
fcials may be enriched by the plunder
of the army.
We have little idea, therefore, that
either the officers or privates of the
army can be used in the interests of
an illegal Interference with the cleo
tions in order to endanger the per
petration of abuses from which both
have suffered SO grievously.
We doubt, also, whether there is
any reasonable cause for the appre-
tensions expressed by many papers
from the military arrests and other
bayonet interference of the admins
tratIon. These things have had their
day. The people are disgusted with
them, and the little that may be
gained in one place by unlawful
arrests and lawless domination will
be more than lost in many others.
And SO of the bloody shirt rant,
fustian and falsehood. That was very
effective at one time, when sectional
animosity ran high and the Southern
people had no means of putting the
ldcIS UeloTc tuo people OI Gne NOR tn.
Now, however, these antipathies are
less violent, and there are as many
newspapers in the North interested in
circulating the truth as are employed
there in disseminating falsehood and
slanders.
The outrage hobby has served its
term for eight years and has LOST
all the attractions of novelty. It
has, in truth, become stale and
tiresome, and it has ceased to
furnish the smallest sensible reason
Gf all its tales were true) why
radical administration should be pro-
longed. The charges false as they
are) that thousands of negroes are
murdered in the South admit the in
ability of the radicals to protect the
negroes and furnish no reason, there
fore, why they should be continued in
power, but on the contrary a good
reason for s. change of rulers.
The radicals are without other re-
sort than these outrage slanders and
armed interference with the elections.
1t is but poor provision to carry this
election, and we believe if the democ-
racy will do its duty radicalism will 90
to pieces this fall, beyond remedy.
Wilmington journal., 1876-08-25
FETCH ANOTHER HORSE

Our friends, the enemy, are having
bad luck just now. They have scarcely
gotten through with the bad job of
taking down one candidate under fire
and putting up another in Indiana
before they are called upon to repeat
the performance in Illinois. How long
is this sort of thing to go on If it
disuualifies q Radical candidate for
etaying in the field to be caught in his
rascality. the party is in a bad way.
Would it MT be better for Grant to
order O few TROOPS to Illinois and
"exhaust the judiciary" of that State
than to take the candidate down {?
Why not give him little "substantial
support" like that Settle gave Holden
in 1870 It will be an endless job to
take all their candidates down.
We throw out the suggestion for
what it is worth and in spite of the
knowledge that the Radical party
looks with distrust ana suspicion upon
anything coming from the JOURNAL.
But it does simplify a campaign SO
much 10 put in troops and exhaust the
Judiciary, and sometimes produces
astonishing results, such as that for
example when Blow-your horn-Billy
Smith. Of Johnston county, the present
candidate for Lieutenant Governor,
was ''eIected" Il Senator from Ala
nance and Guilford. BY the way is it
not about time to take Billy down or
to give him little substantial support !?
But to return to the point where
we started. The Indianapolis Sentinel
says:
4 striking coincidence in the nomi-
nations in Indiana and illinois occur
rod this year The Republicans NOM
mated Orth, n slippery politician,
against Farmer Williams, the Demo-
cratic nominee i'll Indiana, and the
canvass was but fairly opened, when
Orth had to be taken from the ticket
on account of his exposed rascality
In Illinois the Republicans nominated
CullOm against Granger Stewart, and
now that pesky and troublesome fellow.
BlufOrd Wilson will tell how Cullom
was a confederate with revenue officer
Harper of the Pekin district, by whose
defalcatiOn the government lost $100,
coo. Cullom Will have to be taken off
the ticket, and the party is looking for
some kidglOved gentleman who has
never stolen anything to put in his
place.
Wilmington journal., 1876-08-25
[From the New York SUM-
INDIANA LOST TO HAYES

The sScSU't OF sAiipaIrIck,s CAM,
of SIX Coumiies.sh Ifloody SSsss.s
Win M%mey: ,;,. SI., the Only Hope .;
INDIANAPOLIS, August 21-Tho
Sentinel Of tomorrow will publish tIo
following letter, written to Cav Honno VIZ
by Gen. Fitzpatrick, and discovases
by accident. 1t was evidentlv a onso
of the letter sent and was meant 70
preserved, but was dropped. The
handwriting is aE exact facsimile of
Gen. Kllpatrick's signature on tha
hotel regis er. The majority of conn.,
ties visited by Gen. Fitzpatrick have
previously been strongly republican
and have less independt mt strenoth
than other counties in the State:
GRAND HOTEL, INDIANAPOLIS
August u, 1876.
Dear Sir-I have just finished tho
tour of six counties in Indiana. and
feeling that any reliable information
from this State will interest Won T
write. In the first place the canvass
is well conducted, the people are en-
thusiastic and determined and the old
war spirit thoroughly aroused, snd if
it were not for one thing we could rest
certain of victory i'll October. There
is an independent party in this State.
confined, it is true, to few Counties.
but formidable, and it will defeat Gen
Harrison. There is but one way to over.
come this movement. The leaders of
the independents are poor. needy, and
in debt. They must be lectured to and
documents must be placed in their
hands. that they may b. convinced of
their folly. A bloody sbilt Campaign.
with money. and Indiana is safe. A
financial campaign and no money, and
we are beaten. The national COM
miitee has done nothing for Indiana.
Alone they are fighting their battle.
and bravely, but unless the national
committee wakes up and does it's duty
to you, to the party and the country,
defeat is certain in October. never
in my life felt so certain I was doing
my duty as in this contest, and my
desire for success, my dear sir, is my
only excuse for writing to you.
Your friend, j. FITZPATRICK.
To Il. B. HAYES, Governor, &c.
Wilmington journal., 1876-08-25
V,.E WILMINGTON JOURNAL.
DaiIy and Weekly.
Forms Of SubscriptiOn-Cash IN
Advance.

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Desiring to make the JOURNAL th'
mouthpicce Of the peo lc, the Editor cor
daily invites correspondence from all por
tious # lie State.
Wilmington journal., 1876-08-25
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

The Indianapolis sentinel says
eff you ask Republican orator
what he has to say of the corruption
of the administration, he will tell you,
in answer, that there was red-handed
rebellion in the South fifteen years
ago.
If you ask him what prospect there
is of reform and economy under Hayes,
he will tell you that the Republican
party emancipated the slaves.
IF you speak of subsidies, he will re.
ply that negroes are oppressed and
disfranchiscd in the South.
If you name Babcock and Belknap,
he will talk of the Confederate generals
in Congress.
IF you ask whether taxation is to be
reduced, he will tell you that the
Democrats want to enslave the negroes
again.
IF you IL ention rings, he will quote
YOU an extract from Southern paper
threading determination of the ne
groes.
Ifyou recall to his mind sandstone,
San Domingo, or grave stone contracts,
he will read you touching monody
on Libby and Andersonville.
If you talk of putting honest men in
office, he will snatch up bloody shirt
and wave it at you.
IF You demand the cause of the in
crease of public expenses, he will re-
ply that jeff Davis was traitor.
If you suggest the probable guilt of
Grant in the whisky frauds, he will
reply that negroes we're slaughtered at
Hamburg.
No matter what gross abuse is
alluded to, what crime in high places
has been committed, there comes
back ever the old bloody shirt policy
for reply. Truly the Radicals are
in bad fix. They are on the defens-
i've. and the case made up against
them. They cannot answer honestly
and fairly without condemninR shem-
selves, and hence they tell of terrible
things in the past to Justify or hide
away from public view the depravity
of the party in power. They expect
the bloody shirt to cover multitude
of sins.
Wilmington journal., 1876-08-25
SAVE Us FROM OUk FRIENDS

The New York Herald in replying
to recent letter of BarnwelI Rhett Jr.
of South Carolina makes the astounding
declaration that "there has been moth
ing but kindness and fraternity to
wards the South in the minds of the
Republicans of the North" OF course
it is impossible for Southern men to
know what the'true inwardness" North
ern Republicans may have been or
may still be towards them. The ques-
tion is whether their words now or
their actions heretofore give the best
evidence of their sentiments. The
good book says "by their fruits ye
shall know them" and judged by the
harvest that the South has reaped
from the gushing feelings of the
North one would say in the language
of the parable, "some enemy hath done
this"
When the war ended the universal
desire on the part of our people was
for peace and the re- establishment of
fraternal relations with our former
foes. Wearied and exhausted by four
years of terrible war, our homes de-
vastated, our fieldsa howling waste, and
our system of labor violently uprooted,
we lay at the feet of our conquerers
powerless and helpless, without the
ability even if we had the desire to
offer any resistance to whatever re-
strictions might be imposed upon US.
That they were onerous, that they
were calling and oppressive in the
extreme, cannot be successfully denied,
but they were accepted in good faith
by our people and honestly OBJ
served. A military satrap, whose
word was law, abolished by stroke of
his pen the system of Jurisprudence
established by our fathers and under
which the rights of all citizens were
sacredly protected, and substituted in
it's place such edicts from his head.
quarters as his passions might die
tate, or his caprice invent. The pres
ent constitution of the State under
which we now groan was forced upon
us by a military dictation, and our
people had no rights but those he chose
to recognize.
Next in order came the Freedmen's
bureau, an institution, which, in it's
conception, its concoction, and it's
completion, was designed by its orig
inators to operate entirely in favor of
the blacks and against not only the
interests but almost the very existence
Of the whites. Tt was intended to OK.
cite fierce antagonism between the
races, to engender bad blood, to
ALLEVIATE the kindly feelings which had
Wilmington journal., 1876-08-25

Governor chamberlain, of South
Carolina has issued a proclamation
warning the negro Whipper, who
claims to be a Judge of the Superior
Court III that State. against attempting
to take his seat by force, as it is re-
ported. he intends to do. Governor
Chamberlain announces his purpose to
organize force if it shall become nec-
essary to execute the mandates of
Judge Reed. the Acting Judge, until
the right to the Office shall have been
tried and decided in due course of
law.
Wilmington journal., 1876-08-25
From the Democratic St.+o

From the Democratic State Platform.
ResotUed. That aOe earnestly and
corda0tty recommend the adoption By
the people of the dnaendns ents to the
Constitution proposed by the conUe,a-
ton Of 1875 and thus largely reduce
the expenditures of our State and
county governments and simplify their
Administrations. so that aOe mag be
enabled to establish a thorough and
enlarged system of public schools for
the benefit Of oil the citizens of the
State.
Wilmington journal., 1876-08-25

SEeHeFHA hEdMPIOh-A Just Tr1bUte
The Charlotte Southern Home
snys:
There is not pnrer, nobler, higher
toned man on earth than Gen. Hamp-
ton, and there ought to be virtue and
manhood enough among the people to
stimulate them to put forth mighty
exertions to elect a gentleman of cul-
ture, intelligence and patriotism. His
election would give the people
speedy riddance of the ruffian scum
that have SO long ruled the State.
They would see visions of the halter
and the penitentiary, and would hurry
home with their stolen property as fast
possible.
Wilmington journal., 1876-08-25
Col. Kenan i'm DupIIu.

Col. Thomas s. Kenan, Democratic
candidate for Attorney General. AID
others will address the citizens of
Duplin county on the I'd of Septem-
ber, it being the day of the county
convention.
Wilmington journal., 1876-08-25

The campaign was opened in Robe
son county on Wednesday evening last
at Shoe Heel by tho Democratic can
didates for the House of Representa-
tives, Col. Murdock McRae and Alfred
Rowland, in spirited addresses to the
people.
Wilmington journal., 1876-08-25
From another correspondent.
THE DYING SPEAKER.

Though it had long been evident
that the only relief from Mr.. Kerr's
suffering would be death, his noble
wife, who through that long illness
had tended him with rare love and de-
votion, could not realize the awful mo-
ment of parting had come, but with
streaming eyes and breaking heart be-
sought him not. to leave her. The
Speakers SOD, young, man of some
twenty-one years, whose affection for
his father has always been marked
with the most touching devotion. clung
to the cold hand of the dying man with
the silent anguish of despair. The
death scene was one of peculiar pathos
and solemnity. The eyes of the Speak
er rested with look of yearnlng ten
derness, infinitely soft and expressive
ly sweet, upon his stricken far,ily, and
then wandered slowly around the
room, as with last farewell to those
present. 3.
Hon. g. s. Cox stood near the head
Wilmington journal., 1876-08-25
Speaking at wansbO OrO.

Major Engelhard will address the
people at Swansboro, in Onslow
county, On Thursday the Oath inst.
Wilmington journal., 1876-08-25

cE:<sss EONss EsE EESS.
FIRST DISTRICT
JESSE J. YEATES,
OF HartfOrd.
THIRD DISTRICT:
ALFRED NJ. WADDELL.
OF Now Hanover.
FOURTH DISTRICT:
Joseph J. DAVIS,
OF Franklin.
FIFTH DISTRICT:
AI.FRED VI. SCALES,
OF Rockingham.
SIXTH DISTRICT:
WALTER i. STEELE,
OF Richmond.
SEVENTH DISTRICT:
WILLIAM NJ. ROBBINS,
eOf 1redell
EIGHTH DISTRICT:
ROBERT B. VANCE,
OF Buncombe.
Wilmington journal., 1876-08-25

DistYiCt EIoctorS.
1st Ilietrict LOUIS q. LATHAM NJ. of J'itt.
ii .IpTIN =. W. tsOTEc4, OF EIenoir.
.d -JNb- -. STANFORD Of Dupllh
:fi e. II. BT9RFE. Of Wake
a.h d" +. -. NoEEIH%'. Of favI'iSon.'
f.h X =. WAIt!NG, Of Mecklenburg
.ih ts W =. GLENN, OF Va'ikin.
2;h AIPIIGNiii q. hN ERY ,of Burke
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-06-05
SPECIAL NOTICES.

once Louisiana Equitable Life In
,urance Compnny.-An annual election for Di-
rortors Of this Company was held on Mondny,
Nuril H. lli6 Tho following gentlemen con
,tiute thp Board If Directors.
JHARI,ES CIIAFFE a. THOMSON.
Mex MARKS H. NJ PAY T..
T. J. VOaE. JOHN II. PIKE.
Tpu> ADAMS ANDREW PATTON.
+. =. HERNDON. w u. SCHMIDT
tAMESI DAY JOHN s. GROV ES.
/. w. STONE. Il, II. BRIGGS.
TOHN HENDERSON, T.. A. TYLER,
l. II. NEWMAN, II. I. WAISllE.
T. II. FAIKCHiLD. J. u. CAMoRS.
I. ". OGDEN. HENRY ABRAHAM
AZ the annual mpPtlng of the Board 81 Direct-
>pra held TuesIay, MAY 3. the following officers
ypro elected tor tho ensuing year.
SAMUEL MANNING TODD President
H. ". OGDEN viHe President
ANDREW PATTON, Second Woo President.
WILLIAM HENDERSON. SECRETARY.
WILLIAM IiENDERHDN,
mvtt I'm Secretary.
Notice 10 Holders of CITY BONDS De-
pnrtrnrnt Of Finance City Hall. May &. 1876
Holders Of City Bonds who intend to fund now
" hereafter. under tho net Of tho Legislature
approved March 6. 1876 are cautioned against
letaching or disposing OF coupons or parts OF
soupons for interest accrued since July !. 1873.
tahcrwEe such bonds will not be available Tor
funding. ED PliSBUNf.
myptf Administrator Of Finance.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-06-05
has been exploring a cave, in which he

has been exploring cave, in which he
found petrified boy.
The Dadevile Headlight says. 1t is
predicted by our best farmers that there
will be tho largest grain crop made in
the country that has ever been known.
The Gadsden Times reports the daily
appearance on the streets OF farmers
with wagon loads OF corn and bacon FOR
sale, and says That for years there has
not been greater surplus OF these sup
plies than Is now in the hands OF
farmers.
While hoeing in field near Troy, re.
Gently. Caroline Robinson, colored
woman, was crushed by falling tree
so that she died in short time. She
said that she heard tho tree crack and
saw IL coming, but was so exhausted
with her labor that she could not escape