Wilmington journal., 1876-01-14
5Jollylla3.
WILMINGTON, n. c.,
FRIDAY JANUARY IA, 1876.
aRmsNG NEGROES.


demi-god of American politics the |
negro. This licensed race seems TO
be privileged to do and act pretty |
much as they please, and if that por-
ton ofthe whites who suffer from their
excesses, have the tenerity torais their |
voice in the way of protest, the vlais
of wrath are opened upon them. From |
the Governors cabinet officer to the |
merest tyro in the business, who ex- |
poets to make dollar by cojoling the |
negro. words of condemnation and |
biting criticism are heard. And thus |
tie poor negro is made happy.
We have, very modestly to be srlte, |
referred 10 the fac5 tha5 the negroes
of this city drill so frequently to such |
very late hours at night rs to DIS
turb sleeping citizens, and We viii now
| add. to such an extent as to become q !
nubIic nuisance which should bG aba
ted by the proper legal officers "c
have. too, referred 10 the fact that
quite a,rumber OF negro coH-panIos,
fully armed and equipped, under i'el,i
ofIicera, parade our streets, III tie
s'pride and circumstance OF w"I;' we
have, with some misgivin8s, and GER
tainly with great respect, called these
and other matters to the attention o.
such of our citizens, who, we believe.
through mistaken Kindness and by Be-
ing misled, give countenance and eL-
IN
these people And for :his-for our
"oifence hath this extent-no more,
we find that we have displeased that
distinguished soldier, Adiutunt-Gel-
eral Gorman, aad others less distiE-
guished.
And just here we desire 10 cal the It
tention OF ex-Jndge Russell t. tha del
icate way in which that distingul he'd
soldier, Adju5ant General German,
disposes of the word, me- gro. He
does not use two s, but comprou' seB
the matter by using ono G. with qno-
tation marks. This We suppose Is OF
thodox, coming as it does from high
official circles.
Well, that distinguished soldier,
Adjutant General Gorman, says, in "a
ply to our Institutions TINT Governor
Bcogden was partial to the "nesroos,
(we"grow circumspect, jim dispensing,
arms, that "If there has been am
liberality to tha "'ucgroeo" il tha Is
sue of arms, am not aware OF it. and
all the State arms have been issued,
through this office. There has been
no arms issued to a c3,ored company
since Governor BrOgden took the oath
of Office as Governor. Gov. Caldwell
issued one hundred stands OF nluz.lc
}oading naU8kct8 to coiored ccmpaIy
in Wilmington some tIna before H.
death, and these are all tie arms ever
issued to colored companies i'll WI
mington by the State
OF course we could hardly be ez-
pected to dispute such high
official authority, and from such
distinguished source, especially as
he gives the names of six white com
panies (that distinguished soldier, Ad-
quotation marks in this case } through
out the State, which have been supplied
with arms, when we actually lad the
temerity to say that "there are now
nearly or quite as many negro military
companies in this city as there are
white companies throughout the limits
OF North Carolina.
We will preface what we have to say
on this point by remarking that we are
not well versed in the nomenclature of
the negro companies of this city, or
. their number, or how they are armed
or by whom. We find that our re
porter has been very remiss il the &C
counts given III our columns OF the
parades of the negro troops. We ere
therefore compelled to seek the ufor
nation elsewhere. We find in the
Wilmington Post of the 7th inst, tho
names of the following companies,
composing what is styled ''the gallant
militia regiment under command Of
Lieutenant Colonel Geo. L. Mabs0n."
viz: Wilmington Light Infantry, Capt.
Alex. Sampson; Company A, Rife
Gnards, Capt J. $ ". Eagles; Com
pany B., Rifle Guards, Captain Coop
er; Brooklyn Zouaves, Captain ". Il.
Howe.
We would make no further extracts
if in other papers another company
was not mentioned. The EUcnjng
'Revieao of the 29th uIt.. under head
of yesterdays Parade" says, 'The
silver bugIe awarded Rs the prize for
the best drilled mi itary company at
the Industrial Fair, was fairly won and
awarded to the Sumner Light Inf&n-
try, after close and exciting contest
The Summer Light Infantry, who w=re
purse of 80"
AS there is evidently a mistake IL
this announcement, we copy from the
Morning Star of the same date, ''Yes-
terday forenoon the various military
companies of the city, comprising the
First n. G. Volunteer Militia Regi-
ment, under command of Gee. 7.
MADISON, Lieut.. Colonel, formed in
front OF the City Hall, and marched
through our principal streets. Arriv-
ing at the grounds the regiment pro-
ceeded to drill by companies and con-
test for the prize of a silver bugIe,
which was to be presented to the
company judged to be the
most skilful. After full
and fair trial the contest closed be-
tween the Sumner Light Infantry and
the Brooklyn Zouaves, the judges
awarded the silver bugIe to The Sumner
Light Infantry, as the first prize, while
purse of SO was made up and pre-