The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-20

against doom and DR.. William Rnr~
row. as candidates for delegates 60 IL
state convention would be delayed
Rev. c. H. Wiley September 18th sub
mited a report as state superintendent
or public instruction. but was notffsed
there was no longer such an office. tn
president and cabinet having decided
that all the Offices OF the late state
government had lost their positions On
account OF the rebellion Of the state
E September 2ist Holden wrote 10 she
president: Il have decided THAI ~
persons who belong to the excluded
classes cannot vote. so they cannot M
in the convention unless they exhihaa
their pardon. Ex-Governor Graham.
OF Orange. In a letter holds that ur-
pardoned persons can sit In the CON-
vention- He declines being a cands-
date. but urges this view. Am I right
or wrongs"
september slst the governor asked
the to release the railway
from Danville to Greensboro to the
company. The governor Of virginia
joined I'm the request.
september e2nd General Meade wrote
that he was glad to hear OF the rpoA
condition of affairs In North Carolina
He said there had been disorder in the
western ~countie and that General
Kruger had sent n cavalry regiment
there. General Meade added. ike shc
thorough soldier he was: II hope WON
VIII impress on your people that the
military are in the state for their secur-
ity and not for their oppression"
September o5rd Holden wrcie st,r~
president: The news Is In from half
the states as to the election OF Delegates
to the convention. This result is very
gratifying. Such men as Pearsnn.
Reaae, Dick. Moore, Warren, Donnen.
Dockery Caldwell. Brown, PhlIlFus
Pool, Bynum. Settle, Boyden, Thansp-
son, Buxton. Lash. S~tarbuck. Gillian
GiisSo41. Wright, and smith OF Jotsn-
ston, also Logan and Harris. pteasxs
nave pardone forwarded for the follow
ing mernbers-elect: John Pool. Daniel
l.. Russell, Sr., NJ. McGehee. NJ. T.
Manly. d. G. MacRae (not d. K.r. A.
Is. Balnes, John II. Odom. Alfred Dock
cry. {. Perkins, c. l.. Harris, c. J.
CoWles, ali sound and all but one or
TWO ultra union men. l look for IN
short and harmonious session. The
ultra union, or 'strictest sect sentiment
VIII control in everything"
This telegram was sent Nj. + Manly
at New Bern: Having heard OF ,our
election to the convention. | have tele-
p the president for your par
don, which i hope To receive be fore
october End. Tne president agrees -ss.h
me that an ~unpardoned person cannot
sit in the convention"
September 23rd an outrage was COM
mitted on Walter Dunn, at Kinston, by
negro soldiers. and at Concord an at
tack was made on negroes at Concord
General Kruger was notified. Holden in
sisted on Justice to both races" The
company which assaulted Dunn was re-
moved.
September 25th the president was
sent this letter: Please include In the.
list OF pardons of members-elect to the
convention A. A. McKoy. His applica-
ton is filed, marked suspended But
he is thoroughly sound. I am very sor-
ry to state that X. NJ. Pearson haa
been deported."
September 2Sth d. D.. rcrebee, r. J.
Jarvis and c. w. Wood were appointed
state directors of the Atlantic and
Chesapeake canal.
octoDer 2nd Holden wrote Kruger
that a car loaded with muskets and
ammunition left standing on a siding at
AUBURN, Wake county, had been OPEN
&c by negroes and the contents distrf-
bu> q among them; and that they
WefS shooting through the country to
the terror and annoyance OF the citi-
zens."
october 18th, In a telegram to Holden.
the president said: Every dollar of
the debt created to aid the rebellion
against the u. S. should be repudiated
finally and forever. The great mass OF
the people should not be taxed to Day
a debt to aid in carrying on a rebellion
which they, in fact, IL left to themselves
were opposed to. Let those who hzva
given their means for the obligations
OF the State look to that power they
tried to esablish in violation OF law
constitution and will OF the people
They must meet their fate" This tel
egram was at once sent to Z. c.. Reade.
president Of the convention and laid
before that body.
October 18th a telegram from e
Clark, Hart & Clark and l.. +. John
son at Eufalla, Ala, said: The mill
tary are taking the cotton in our ware
houses which belonged to the state OF
North Carolina. Holden biographies
the secretary Of the treasury: Hon W.
II. Seward, by order OF the president.
dated July Sth, authorized me to take
possession OF rosin and other articles.
as well as funds. lying about In fiYer
ent places. in the state and elsewhere.
not reduced to possession by the United
States officers as insurgent property. 4
have relied mainly on this property to
defray the inevitable expenses OF the
state during the contfnu->
ance of the provisional government Z
regret that you direct your officers to
abstain from Selling the cotton"
November 18th Governor Holder de-
clined TO authorize the Wilmington and
Manchester railroad to issue preferred
stock. He said: "It must depend UPON
its credit, like other roads, to build it