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The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-09-20

A poor woman In York county pur-
chased a.pouud of fresh butter. In which
she found large potato when cut IN two.
The woman, believing the cow swallowed
the polaio whole, thinksit strange the
esculent was not discovered mud thrown
out 10y the lvrson who nilke,l the animal.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-09-20

a n. French lady ds-pa,ringiy says "T
am ~ fat that I pray for dIsapnant.
ment tomake mo thin. No soomr does
the disappointment come Than the n,erp
expectation ~ growing thinner siyes n,n
such l"y thai 4 pycOMy fal,yr Than ey.l,s Z
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-09-20
WHITE SLAVERY.
DEGRADATION WORSE THAN DEATH

DEGRADATION WORSE THAN DEATH
In order to save the expense ofkecping sup
Poor House. or for some other roasun,
tho sick and afflicted paupen Of Jones
county are hired out by the Negro kadi-
cal Board OF County Commissioners TO
themselves and other Negroes.
'rnEsroS, Jones Co; July goth, fS76.
Editor NewJern Democrat:
Sir: End on examination Of the records
and other sources, that Mt January term.
1873, Of commissioners conrt of this coun-
|ty, y Mrs Nancy King (white) pnd three
children were let out at auciion 20 the
10 vest bidder and were bid off By negro
who car neither read or write, tho price
Of $3.50 per month.
At the samc term Mrs. Lucy ..ock-
ley. (whitc. agcd and blind. was bid Of
by another igncrant negro who can neither
read or write.
At April term. 1875. Sam'l Metts,
(whitc and blind, having wife and sever
al children. was bid Of by p negro coln-
missioner at s., 90 per month.
AT the same time white man named
Alfred Davis, was bill OF BY another coni-
missioner ut 81 90 per month.
AT April term. 1876. Sam'l Metts. the
blind man named above, WAS bid OF by
an ignorant negro at Sl.j0 per month.
At the same time, Alfred Davis. named
above, who Is afflicted with cancer, was BID
uif by negrp at s5.75 per month.
There were many others bid for by ne.
lgroes. but not bid III by them.
The board Of commissioners consists d
two white radicals and three negroes. l
you need any more testimony to corroboratt
The facts above stated. it can be procured
by scores Of witnesses.
Very respectfully,
Benz. Askew.
cEErIcATE OF TIE CLERK AND AUG
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-09-20
COUNTY TICKET.

fOR SENATE.
MAI. JOHN W. GRAHAM,
Of Orange.
COL. JOHN w. cUNNINGHAM.
Of person.
......
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
CALVIN II, PARISH,
JOHN X. HUGHES.
*$ ......
FOX SHERIFF.
THOMAS IL. HUGHES.
ron TREAsURRR.
DAVID q. PARKS.
ron REGISTER.
JOHN LAWS.
&
CORONER.
THOMAS ]. WILSON
SURVEYOR.
A. N. LEATIlElss.
ron COMMISSIONERS.
Jones Watson. John !. Lyon.
"a N.ison T. hall. d. 7. Morrow
Willie Pattcnop.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-09-20

White Paupers sick and blind are auc
toned to the Lowest Bidder and bid uii
by Negroes Formal application is
made 70 the Commissioners for certi6-
cd record and they kefuse---Tbe recvrd
examined by Jarvis and Sngelhard.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
JONES COUNTY.
I, VIM. w. Franks. certify that | was
register u deeds aud clerk Of the board Of
county commissioners Of Jones county from
September. lS72. TO September. 1874.
That during that time the paupers of the
county were let out annually 10 the loves,
bidder, aud that on several occasions
colorcd pcrsons bid of white psupers.
Given under my hand ut Trenton tki,
lst day Of August, 1876. ..
w. w. Franks.
Late clerk Board Of Commissioners.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-09-20
From he Rdeiyh Nescs.
A LII A B o U 4 | 7.

AN Address TO TnE VOTERS or NORTH
CAROLINA by JOHN r. DEwEEsE.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-09-20
wATTERsoN FOR SPEAKER

Henry watisnan for speaker ofthe
s~xt csnpe>s is not by any means a bad
fdga. The country would jump nom the
iungesi scsri.n In history 20 the shortest.
lie world tell Cox 10 sit down and
would exhort Knox % 'cut u short, and
allow only Tires OF four adj"urnments
during tie wlnter. There would be no
wrnglea over. Parliamentary Law; no iill-
clustering. The gaycl would drive busi.
nrrs straight home, aud The speaker would
cosnpei slccple~ sigils. ISt's try Wat
tsrsoif
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-09-20

WnlaAN A. wHRgfER, Republican
candidate for vice president, isin favor OF
re,na,faing the ssuth % nflltary rule
tslanley Matthews, bro,beF-in law 10
.Ru;hsrfsrl ID Hayes. Radical nominee for
Congress u Cor envelcping the Southern
.sstates In martial law.
Rutherford II. Hayes q fot keeping a
siabding army IN the South until every
Southern staie votes The Republican ticket.
Morton, BalIer. Chandler, Logan, Pack.
ard, Grant and Spencer ara fof applying
che swori CO every white mans throat
and ths torch 10 every white mans roof
xho declines 20 vote the Republican
ticket.
And wherefores That the Republican
party may continue 10 rule the country NJ
taco~t Of eight hundred millions Of dnllarr,
and thar the Republican, leaders may be
rpasci.d from tlse yawnIng doors o. hft,
pcnItsntiarieg Courier Journal.
An thisgs is ti.is life have purpose. Q
meaning. snd sss Cor sooi' whrn BIs
BurLrn aid il,s world iils mischief, an'
pul bIn,pplfto tl.s trsuhls. sf being bort
into Il. ihe devil had q. deep deaIgn 70 ad
ynnce-s thing In itself highly eompli
men,ary 10 the rest of mnnklnd Tha
design was TO Disgrace and punish Massa
ohuse,ts. The Disgrace and punislimsn
are hot yet complete. and therefore "
must ssgard Bss's congregational sspIra
.lc,s ~ promising, tosay the lesst oftl'en
BArAy viii surely think twice before b
allows the dcfcal " q man " his metal
CYuilei Journal.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-09-20

CERTIFICATE OF TIE CLERK AND AUG
TIuNEEli @
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-05-05

One very strong point in. Tilden'e
favor, says the Philadelphia Times; as
a Presidential candidate is that he has
never had a wife, and therefore can
have no wife's relations. President
Grants connection with the Dent fam
lily has had about as demoralizipg al
influence on his administration as any
other cause. His own brother is bad
enough, but there is only one of him,
while of the Dents there appears to be
no end. This Mrs. Boggs, who turns
up as bartering her influence with the
President for twelve hundred dollars
a year, was the wife of a cousin of
Mrs. Grant. who had been, as it seems,
associated with Mr.. Grant in Galena.
Like all the rest of the family, she had
an eye to business, agreed to get.and
did get, for one Clements, an appoint
ment as pension agent, in considera-
ton of share of the profits. Before
this was accomplished, however, the
then incumbent of the Office, man
named Erbert, offered to give her q
clerkship if she would hate him re.
tanned, and she sent his letter to the
President. who Endorsed it as ap-
proved. There appears to have fol-
lowed a competition between the two
men for Mrs. Boggs' influence, which
finally resulted in Erbert's being
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-05-05

The Troy Times says the visit of the
Emperor of Brazil to the United States
will be improved by our merchaG It's to
secure more profitable commercial re.
lations between the two countries.
Last year the trade with Brazil
amounted to about $50, 900, six
sevenths of which consisted of
imports. AS soon as Dom Pedro's
intended visit was known here the
New Orleans Chamber of Commerce
appointed committee to communi-
cate with the Emperor, and endeavor
to impress him with the advantage
of direct commerce between Brazil
and the States of the Mississippi Val
ley. This committee will meet him at
New York or Philadelphia. New York
merchants will also make an effort to
promote their interests in the same
direction before Dom Pedro's return
home. He is popularity supposed to
be a person of such large and pro
gressive views, kind of Yankee on
South American throne, that he will
be likely to favor any plan for the
promotion of the commercial interests
of his cwn dominions, especially when
they seem so promising as do those in
which this country has a share.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-05-05

answer, but frequently it is absolutely
necessary to have the original docu-
ments before the committees. This
has been interdicted by the express
order of the President. ,.
In the next place, as will be seen by
reference to cur Geographic columns,
that Chief Justice Cartier of the
District Supreme Court has re-
fused to remand the witness Kill
bourn, who is in contempt OF the
House, to thai body, and be
will be set at liberty upon hhDg
his bond, which has been done long
ere this. SO he goes at liberty, haV-
utterly defed the House OF Repre-
sentatiyes, and having refused to ans
wer questions and show books which
would have disclosed the partnership
of thieves which has been robblng the
Government and the people of the
District of Columbia under the name
of the Real Estate Pool.
No sooner had Judge Cartier an
nounced his opinion than Mr.. Clapp.
the Public Printer, whose accounts
are confused and who IS sho4
many thousands of dollars, alb
solutely refuses to appear before
the Committee on Printing. 1t IS use
less to arrest him for contempt, for
under the ruling in the Kilbourn case
he will be released on bail. SO Con-
gress is utterly powerless to ferrlt out
crime or to punish criminals.
We hope, however, the Democratic
House will not be deferred by tn ase
efforts to thwart the ends of just ice.
The people will soon be called upon to
decide between their representatives
and these officials, and we hope to see
the order of the President and the de-
cision of Chief Justice Cartier over
ruled at the ballot box in November.
For ten long years these plunderers
have been protected and encouraged
by the Republican party, and now that
an honest effort is being made to fer
rit them out and give them over for
punishment the strong arm of the Elk
ecutive and the Judiciary are called into
reauisition to screen them. Bnt these
things will not and can not last. Ihe
peopla will not endorse such conduct
unless they too have grown corrupt.
And this we will not believe. The day
of reckoning is close at hand, and then
woe be unto these thieves and plum
derers, and their official protectors.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-05-05
OHIO.

CINCINNATI, April 27-No ,n-Har-
risOn has elaborated his former state
ments about the $64, 900. Here is an
extract from his statement: There
upon E. ii. Rollins. the secretary,
took me to one side and told me that [
must withdraw that motion, for an in>
vestigation of the bond transaction
would involve James g. Blaine. He
said the fall elections were near at
hand. Blame was candidate for re-
election to Congress in Maine and an
exposure of the transaction just 1T that
time would be sure to defeat him.
With that / withdrew the motion.
subsequently [ took J. 81. Midland of
Omaha, who was and still remains a
government director, to Mr.. Rollins
and in his presence asked Rollins if I
understood him correctly in relation
to the bond transaction involving Mr..
Blaine. He repeated that 1 did and
that an investigation would be sure to
Kill off Mr.. Blaine at the approac ching
election" Mr. Harrison then narrates
his efforts to have the matter investi-
gated and how it was amothered and
efforts made to get rid of him as a
government director. Extract: ssIn
cOnciu ion [ have to say that I sm
ready and willing at any time to go
before the judiciary committee of the
House and make oath to the facts i'll
this statement.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-05-05
NEW YORK.

UTICA, April 27-Noon.-The demo.
cratic State convention met at 9:25 a.
N. The committee on contested seats
submitted their report. The question
was taken up on agreeing to the report
| OF the committee on each case as read.
and it was agreed to as far as the in
| terror counties were concerned. The
| report on the N w York cases in favor
of the Tammany delegations was read
and three members of the committee
| on contested seats presented minority
report dissenting from that of the ma
jority. The committee recommended
| the adoption of the following resoiu-
ton:
"ReSolUed, That the contestipg del
egates from the several assembly dis
tricts in the county OF New York be
admitted to Seats in this convention
with the same rights a, those who's
seats they contest, and that each class
Of delegates be entitled to name one
delegate to the national convention for
the respective congressional districts
within said county"
The committee on credentials decid-
sd to admit the entire Tammany dele
Cation.
NEW YORK, April 27-Noon.-It
is reported that Vanderbilt is seriously
ill.
NEW YORK, April 81 Night-TLe
National Board of Underwriters were
holding a secret session to-day. A re-
port of the com mittee endorsed the
efforts for a permanent establishment
of the signal service.
UTICA. April 27.-Night-In the
convention held here to day Morris
sey denied that there was any such al
organization as Tammany Hall in New
York. It was a fraud and deception:
what they claimed to be such an Or
ganization never was anything; it was
without power or influence; it could
do nothing for the party; you may let
US in or not. but let me tell you if you
adopt the majority report you will see
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-05-05

The '.favorite sen" has made an
connection with the Union Pacific
Railroad, and his receipt of $40, OGO,
which proved very satisfactory to his
friends. But now comes Mr.. Harrison,
the Government Director. and makes
q statement, in which he reiterates his
former charge, adding damning par
ticulars and giving names of witnesses,
which tends to convict Mr.. blaine and
prove Rollins to be guilty Of falsehood.
Mr.. Harrison was stopped in his
demand for an Investigation at the
time because a disclosure would
defeat MIR. Blaine, then a candidate
for Congress, but he was careful to
call a witness to the conversation
between him and Mr.. Rollins, the
Treasurer of the Union Pacific Rail-
road, who how denies in q letter to
Blaine any knowledge Of the facts in
regard to which he confessed to Mr..
Harrison in the presence of Mr.. Nal
lard, also a Government Director in
that railroad.
Il is pretty kettle of fish. These
are all good and loyal Republicans,
and Mr.. Blaine seems about to be
killed in the house of his friends.
Any way the new facts brought out
in Mr.. Harrison's card. published in
our Geographic columns, to which he
invites the closest investigation, re-
quires something more than mere &c
21arte statement from Mr.. Blaine. No
such cloud can rest upon the next Re
publican candidate for President.
"Once more unto the breach" Mr..
Blaine.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-05-05
CALIFORNIA.

San FRANCISCO, April 27.-Noon.-
The platform of the republican State
committee expresses confidencein the
republican party, favors modifica
ton OF the Burlin gam ire ,ty. effect,
ually preventing further influx of
Chinese; a return to metallic currency;
the restoration of silver TO the consti-
tutional equality with gold; declare s
democracy not to be trusted as it pro-
pcses to pension Confederate soldiers.
pay cotton claims, &c, which would
entail another war Seven district
Delegations are for Blaine and one for
Bristow. Three delegates at large are
for Blaine and one for Bristow with
Blaine as ecOnd choice. the resolu-
tons are highly laudatory of B aine
but leave delegations unembarrassed
by instruo tions.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-05-05

soldiers and Federal prisoner on the
same footing, and that an offer was
made to give away fifteen thousand
sick prisoners. The Hon. A. II.
Stephens also charges tho responsible
ity upon the Federal Government. /.
The most satisfactory PAPER in the
collection is letter from Judge Ou'd,
Confederate Commissioner of Ex-
change, containing facts simply.
cartel was arranged in 1862. In 1863
it was discontinued on account of
disagreement between the authorities.
On August 10, 1864, the Confederates &C
ceded to the Federal demands, and gave
a statement of the mortality an Ander-
sonvilIe. No reply being received,
second letter was written on the I'D
of August. On the 31st. Maj. Milford
U. 8. T., replied that he had received
no communication from his govern
ment, and be had no discretion in the
matter. In the summer an offer was
made by the Confederate authorities
to release the sick. It was not &C.
cepted until December, and IN the
meantime the grea' est mortality oc-
Cured. Offers to have surgeons on
either side to attend prisoners, and for
the Federal authorities to send medl-
cines to their own sick, were contemp-
tuously disregarded. Judge Ould
says that being subp@naed for the de-
fence in the Wirz case, he was dis
missed, uncalled and unheard, by
Gen. Chapman, the Judge-Advocate
prosecuting. A queer proceeding GER
tain1y. :...
The letter book of the Confederate
Exchange Commission substantiates
Judge Guilds testimony. The acts OF
the Confederate Congress, the report
of the Confederate Congressional In
vestigating Committee, the testimony
of Charles A. Dana, Assistant Secreta-
nv of War under Lincoln. the evidence
of Federal prisoners, the report OF DIR.
Jones, Confederate Surgeon, and other
letters all combine to controvert the
charges made against the Confederacy.
And although the time may not yet
have arrived for public acknowledge
ment of the falsity Of the charge. the
adherents of the "Lost Cause" are
willing to leave their case in the hands
of posterity.
As to the counter charge of cruelty
on the Federal side, we will, impelled
by charity, forbear to press it, Let
by-gones be by-gones, and let the five
hundred Confederate prisoners, out OF
batch of thirty-five hundred, who
died during the few days transit from
northern prisons to Savannah be re-
membered as martyrs to the cause
they died for. and not as martyrs tc
Federal cruelty and vindietiveness.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-05-05
MOTION

And now comes Morton's turn ! The
pure patriot ] The magnanimous
statesman !! !! The Bible tells us that
man had better be known by his
walk than by his conversation. But
as vile as is the speech of this man,
his walk is the very embodiment of
gcovelling vice. 1t took just two bun
dred and fifty thousand dollars of the
government money for Morton, when
Governor of Indiana, to aid the ioya!
mea of the State to suppress tn"
rebels within that State. Insist upon
the vouchers, Mr.. Ciymer
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-05-05
CONGR EsSIONAL EsTEG 4
TlONS -SHALLTHEYG OOEl

Farther Investigations by the sew
eral Committees of the House of Rep
resentatives seem to be practically at
an end. These numerous courts of
inquiry and investigation have been
sources of infinite trouble and NORTH
cation to the Republican party, and in
it's discontinue it cried aloud to the
President and to the Supreme Court
of the District, "Help me, or sink. :"
Both have come to the rescue, and
right speedily too. But not before one
of the Cabinet officers has been de-
tected in stealing, the Presidents con-
tidential secretary implicated in bur-
glar7, hundreds of favorite officials
brought to trial and some to folons'
cells, and the President has been
covered with the filth from a guilty
contact with the thieves and burglars
and corruptionists with whom he has
surrounded himself.
Gsneral Grant has ordered his Cab
inet officers and the heads of bureaus
no longer to allow any original docu-
ments to be taken from the several
offices. It will be seen at once how
much this will interfere with the labors
of the committees. Often copies will
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-05-05

Mckee, of the st. Louis Globe
Democrat, who was convicted some
months ago Of being in the whiskey
ring, has been sentenced to pay fine
of $4,000 and be imprisoned two
years in the county Jail. This is heavy
punishment for an eminently respec-
table and influential gentleman, a
:ieacon i'll the church, a prominent
leader i'll. politics, and proprietor of
the principal Republican organ west
Of the Mississippi, But there has
been altogether too much robbery Of
the government by such respectable
people, an the lesson of Deacon Nc
KEGS disgrace must prove wholesome.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-05-05

turned out and Clements appointed
tne latter being apparently the highest
bidder. AL this is too scandalous and
disgusting for us to dwell upon it. but
it is very fair illustration of the
character of this ad ADMINISTRATION. and
shows the disadvantages of a Presi-
dent with family connections. 1t
would DE good idea to look up not
only oe.ibate, but founding.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-05-05
The Republican political horiz

The Republican political horizon
begins to look a little Bristowish.
Blaine held his own very well uutil
Harrison "blabbed," and insists SO
strongly upon his statement. SO now
we see away up in Massachusetts,, al
most within Blaine's own bailiwick,
Bristow divides the State with him.
Yet next week some new racer may be
the fayorite, and when congressional
committees are 50 rapidly unmaking
presidential candidates it is a long
time before the Cincinnati Convention.
Blaine may possess his soul in pa
tience for Bristow cannot be nomi-
mated. A party of corruption will not
nomi late the only official within its
ranks who has brought his party
thieves to punishment. Senator Conk-
ling is the only man prominently men
toned for the nomination who can
possibly be nominated. And if he is
not then look out for the clark horse"
i'll the person of Governor Hays of
Ohio.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-05-05
INDIANA AND THE NATIONAL
a u a


Beyond question the action of the
Indiana Democratic Convention in its
nomination for Governor and in its
platform has strengthened the party
and enhanced the prospects for Dem
octatic victory in the National election
next fall.
The Republican party has based
many of it's hopes of success upon
Democratic discussions upon the ques-
ton of finance. Indiana and Ohio
were looked upon as likely to lead Off
with candidates and platforms which
would be Objectionable to the Eastern
Democrats, and which would precipi"
tate discord in the st. Louis Conven-
ton. Surprising that Democratic
success in Indiana in the State election
in October would be as necessary TO
q Democratic victory in the Presldeh-
tial contest in November as sue
cess in New York itself would
be, the belief has long been
cherished by the Republicans
that it would be utterly impossible to
reconcile the views of the Democrats
of New York with those of Indiana
and Ohio, and that the friends OF
Governors Tilden and Hendricks " ouid
so antagonize each other that recon
citation upon either would be lmpos-
sibIe, and that compromise upon
some other person would be but hol-
low and unmeaning truce. Defeat was
sure to follow in either event.
The action of the Democrats OF In
diana has gone far towards perma1
nent reconciliation of these difficulties,
and will tend to blast the anticipatlons
of their political opponents. Ii the
New York Democracy, which was yes
terday assembled in Convention, have
properly received the olive branch
which has been SO fraternally rendered
by their Indiana brethren, We can
see nothing to intervene to prevent the
election of the Democratic candidate
for President, regardless OF which OF
the distinguished gentlemen shall be
the nominee. The people of the coun~
try are heartily sick and tired OF the
extravagancies, corruptions and sec
tional animosities which have charac-
terized the party in power, and which
have paralyzad industry. destroyed
business, impoverished the people anu
kept alive the bitterness of the past.
Unless internal differences and dlssen0
sions divide it's followers the Demo
cratic party will assume the control OF
the Government on the 4th Of March,
1877