Wilmington journal., 1876-08-25
Fol- the journal
Affairs ils Carteret.

Fot the journal.
Affairs tn Carteret.
BEAUFORT, N. c., Aug. IS, 1876.
Mr.. EDITOR This, our "cour
week" brings with it the usual politi
cal meetings. On yesterday the Dom
Ocrats met in county convention fe
the purpose of nominating candidates
and the following are some of the
nominees:
For House of Representatives.
William V. Geffroy.
For Sheriff. ohm d. Davis.
For County Treasurer-B. l.. Jones
For Register of Deeds--John Rum
ley:
The candidates are capable and pop
ular men, who will command the full
party strength, and it is claimed that
our majority in Carteret will be lar
ger this year than at any previous
election. More interest is evinced in
the result, aid the determination to
support our tickets, both State and
national, is more widespread than ever
| before.
Messrs Ransom and WaddelI were. to
| have been present to address our peo-
| pie, but owing to the failure of Con
| gress to adjourn, they were compelled
| to remain i'll Washington and we were
deprived of the promised pleasure of
hearing them. We hope it is only de-
| ferred, and at least. as to Col. Wad-
| dell, we are assured that such is the
| case. Addresses were made however,
! by Col. Thomas kenan, our Attorney
| General IN .fuf,tTO, and by Messrs.
John Hugh9s and Charles O. Clark
| of Newbern. These gentlemen
filled very ably the places of
the distinguished ahsentees. Their
| speeches, which were well received,
dealt mainly with the political issues
now before the public; these were
carefully explained, and based upon
them appeals were confidently made
| to the people for their saffrages in favor
of the Democratic party.
Mr.. Clark made some amusing al
| luSons to our quondam friend, L. H.
Humphrey, particularly to his prof.
cheney in political sOmersault, but all
the speeches were unusually free from
mere personalities.
To-day the Radicals held their CON
vention and have made their nonulnu-
tions also. 1t is worthyof notice that
there is no nominee for the House of
Representatives-wa waiting, Mieawber
like, for something to 'turn up" per-
haps--while the candidate for the
sheriffalty is the postmaster of the
town. How's that for "civil service
| reform 2"
Last night His Ignorancy, Governor
BrOgden arrived accompanied by Har-
grove, learned GU in the law-2oar
Mobile .frtet,atna. Col. Kenan, hear
ing of their arrival remained with us and
much to the satisfaction of our friends.
Mr. Hargrove's style is, mot to put
too fine point" upon it, the reverss
of chaste or elegant, while His Ignor-
ance, the Governor slaughtered the
Kings English without mercy and he
"done" it. TO quote his own express
sion. in a way wholly sui generis. Is
there no punishment for this kind of
murder? Our Superior Court,
Judge Mccoy presiding. is now
in session, and in absence of
ANYTHING of interest on our
docket, [ call on Solicitor Norment to
indict this fell destroyer of our
mothertODgue.
The speakers were introduced by ex
Judge CLARK -ee, who availed himself
of the opportunity to ventilate his
vocabulary also. Can it be that his
mission here is to confer with His
Ignorancy in egard to the vacancy
on the Supreme Court Bench Alas
for such hopes !! I fear that matter is
settled, for it il thought that the berth
will be kept open. waiting the result
of the gnbernatOrial campaign.
HargrOve, in the course of his re-
marks, asked Colonel Kenan if he was
satisfied with negro suffrage, to whom
the latter replied that if one
of it's effects was to elect such
men as Hargrove, there was no
cause whatever for satisfaction.
In reply to a question from Major
Engelhard, why requisition had
never been issued upon the Governor
of Alabama for two men in that State,
under Indictment or charged with
crime Zone at least of whom was a
member of the Alabama Legislature)
Governor Rrogden said there was no
authority to incur the expense 1e-
cesssry for the issne of the re9uisi-
ton. the arrest, &c, of the parties.
| Oh! Governor, you might have been
forgiven for snch piece OF illegal ex-
travagance, and possibly the Legisla-
tnre would not only have condoned
the fault but made a special appropria-
| tion TO meet the case !
Beaufort has smaller number of
visitors this summer than usual. Prob
ably the same 'stagnation" that is
complained of in business affects sum
| ,ner resorts also. The centennial exs-
hibition has attracted some and altos
gether we miss many familiar faces
notably the benevolent phiz of the
sage of Waccamaw Lake whose sug-
eestions and appliances for the catch
ing of blue fish have been adopted by
ali our sportsmen-especiaily the ap-
pliances. These same blue fish now
afford splendid sport, but evidently