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

| Trey ufu nor come ny Geography are .
mere political raid OF the radicals and
show their alarm. The articles in The
Progress are doing US no harm"
|
August 2end the following telegram
was received from President Johnson:
Information comes to me that reports
| are freely circulated in influential quar-
tiers n where. without contradiction.
| they are calculated to do harm. to the
effect that In appointments to ONCE and
In recommendations for appointments
the three union men are totally ignored
and the provisional governors.are Civ
ing a decided preference TO those who
have participated in the rebellion. The
object Of such representation is to en-
barrass the government in its recon-
struction policy. and while I place no
reliance in such statements. / feel ii
due to you to advise you OF the ex-
tended circulation they have gained
and to impress upon you to the fullest
extent the Importance OF strengthening
the men OF your state who have never
faltered in their allegiance to the gov
eminent. Every opportunity should be
made available to have this known and
understood as your policy and deter
| mination."
In reply, Holden said he had 'in no
case shown any preference for persons
who had participated i'm the rebellion"
| He added that he had always been
careful to propose and appoint persons
who We're originally union men. He
had made about 1000 appointments.
He aid he felt sure North Carolina
| would present an acceptable constitu-
ton. He concluded: The great body
of the people are loyal and submissive
to national authority. / know there are
malcontentS, radicals and not good
men, who are engaged in misrepresent-
ing facts ard fomenting strife for GER
tain purposes"
August 3oth Holden was notified that
Daniel NJ. Sherwood was appointed pos
tai route agent between Charlotte and
Goldsboro, at $500 a year.
President Johnson wrote that he had
sent Genera Meade south to inspect
all troops and assign them, and asked
Holden to confer with Meade as to
the disposition of troops in North Car
DINA.
August 30th General Ruger was noti-
fled by the governor: II have issued a
proclamation calling a convention Oc-
tober End. I have to most respectfully
request that you will give me the con-
troll of the capitol as early as con-
venient, that it may be put in order
for the use Of the convention and that
you will give such riders as will cause
the furniture, temporarily moved
therefrom, to be returned"
August 31st, w. A. Albright, clerk
of Alamance, was notified that 140
union men Of that county petitioned
for the removal of Jesse Cant and sew
era1 magistrates. a was chairman
of the county court. The complaint was
that these men were not loyal and thai
loyal citizens refused to take oath be-
fore them. Holden appointed II ad-
ditional justices, 80 as to give abso-
lutte control to original union men"
September 9Th a letter was sent from
Washington by Powell, the pardon
agent, in which he referred to the Nor
decai and Hawkins pardons, and aid
"The president thought that in this
case, inasmuch as the acceptance of
the pardons had been filed in the state
department, he would not revoke the
pardons. He has no objection to your
taxing them as you think best"
Powell said he pressed the president
to issue pardons more rapidly, and
added: HE is pursuing a policy in re-
gard to pardons. He knows the radical
strength in congress-. He knows and
feels that a war between and
himself is inevitable. But he wisely in
tends to act SO as to compel congress
to make the assault" Powell said he
hoped to have matters in such a shape
that people in the eastern part of the
state could get possession of their
property, improperly held by the freed
ans bureau. Powell said in conclud-
ing a long letter: "All petitions for par
dOnS approved by yOu, save those of
members of the rebel congress, Gen.
eral Barringer and Captain Guthrie,
a passed the offices of the attorney
general and the secretary of state and
are now at the White house, awaiting
the presidents signature. He says he
will sign as soon as he can"
Writing from Greensboro September
18th, Major Pierce, of the 12Sth India
ma regiment, notified the governor of a
rio in Randolph, at a sale, in which
sixty men in the presence of Sheriff
Rush n a provisional magistrate
named B. A.. Sellars. set upon and beat
Alfred Smith. Smith brought this let
ter.
There was great fear Of cholera get
ting into the state and special orders
were given Generals Cook and Paine to
guard against its entrance.
September 18th, Holden wrote DR..
! Powell, pardon agent: Il have no OBJ
lection to the pardon Of Gener Young,
but it ought not to be done while the
applications of SO many Of our partic-
ular friends are pending, for whom I
have made specials. I have asked for
some fifty or sixty, many Of whom are
candidates and cannot taxi their seats
in the convention unless their pardons
are forwarded at once. Send them by
express and let General Young's be
mentioned in the papers chen theirs
are mentioned"
September 10th Governor Holden
asked the government to raise a steam
RAM, sum in Neuse river. The Sec
rotary Of the treasury wrote him that
the matter had been put in the hands
of Special Agent David Heaton.