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i THE WILMINGTON POST. WILMINGTON. N. C. SEPTEMBER 9, 1889. Wanted-A. Name. Recent sojiabblings among the leaders of tlio opposition discloses the rediculous fact that, otir enemies Have no name. Fearful of defeat ; they drop the very inappropriate terra "democrat" and the foolish, and ig norant masses cling to a name which is j ' simpiy a misnomer used as whim, or impartial Suffrage. J j The baton of leadership that has dropped from the feeble hands of the present mana gers of the Tribune of New York, has een grasped by the strong young athlete of the rtpolli nftho Sorrotflrv nf WAT. I J. X BuKeSi We regret to announce the death of Major Of course it's a Yankee has irifented an General John A. Rawlins the beloved friend arrangement to preyent heavy trunks from of the President and our Secretary of War. being injured by careless handling. It is rtf t he few simply an India rubber ball on each of S T TIE M B 1ST T . Names. Natubb akd Items. of Conservatism ; of Liberalism ; of Demo- Republico-Whiggery, or any other designa tion, regardless of the absurd contradiction involved in the varied and differing titles, our muddled roes grasp with assininc avidity, while the whole body of our intelli gent and. union-loving citizens laugh at dilemmas and pity the ignorance of dupes its claims to Republican leadership. who follows leaders, imagining the American people still in a state of tutelage. J Among those matters that vex the hearts of men, names or designations assume un due importance. Frivolous and childish as it may appear, the want of a sonorous and pleasant sounding title frequently injures and damn3 a inan or a partv. The humor Republican Post, of Philadelphia. The ! men brought prominently before the people the eight comers. Strange it was never old adaeo that when the brains was out bv the events ot the war who never swerved thought of before. We can imagine the the man (journal) did die "finds exemplifi- from the eVen tenor of his way always do- fiendisli look of rage and disappointment cation in the recent decay of the old time ing well the duty immediately before him, which passes over the countenance of the honored Tribune. When good old j Mr; and never changing in character or conduct baggage smashing porter who for the first Greely left the beaten path of progress and by reason ot success. At the time of his time sees one of the contrivances. The ma- ventured into the imbecility of reactionary death he was the same modest gentleman lignant chuckle with which he used to drop a lady's traveling trunk: irom nis snoumer to the ftoor in full view of the agonized but helpless owner is " played out." It is stated that a trunk filled with books, if pro tectcd by this means, may fall from a heigh th of twenty feet without injury. Thank Heaven ! we can once more travel. j A short stay in Edgecombe Bhows that the crop of cotton and corn, although in- predilection influences those who prate statesmanship we saw but the beginning of known to us before the portefolio of a Cab1 the end, and now it remains for us to chron- inet Minister had been placed in his hands, iclc the decease of another veteran politi- Worthy to be the confidential friend of our cal war horse and bury out ot sight a man President ; he never acted but with the en- and an organ that has outlived its useful- tire approval of " the foremost man of all ness. With Btrong young hands the "Post" his time." This alone is "sunicient eulogy, of Philadelphia has grasped the wand of and when to this we add the love and es- -pOwer and in tne loiiowmg language proves teem of all his old comrades who marched E. M. Shoemaker, do do do i do i ' do do do i do do do do do Amouht.L James Wsou, do L do do do do do A few days ago a Washington despatch announced that the official records of the State Department showed that only twelve States had completely ratified the Fifteenth Amendment. This was a startling state ment, and its correctness was at once doubt ed. Upon examination it is found to ' be grossly at variance with the facts in the ease ; at least, so far as showing the action with him through all the battles of. the war from Vicksburg to Appomattox, suffici- jured by the drought, will produce more ent has been said by us to satisfy his friends than an average yield, "Lewellyn Place," and all other lovers of the flag, of the trans- rcgidence 0f Gen. L. G. Estes, still holds its old reputation as the most complete cot- Stephen cendant merits of the good and great man who has been restored to his native West as one more sacrifice to. the undivided Sover eignty he loved so well. His words when he enlisted in the Union Army should bein- of the various States upon the article. of a Charles Lamb found abundant in whether they had filed in the department 1 scribed upon his monument : " I have been thU subject, aud his unfortunate "Mr a certificate of that actiou or not. Instead a Democrat all my life ; but this is no long tt n l " -ii r of twelve, nineteen States have endorsed cr a question of politics. It is simply eoun- v y wu xx ui uicxuury as this amendment,- ana tnree more are mor- try or no country. I have favored every He- J ally certain to do so, inasmuch as that ac- honorable compromise ; but the day of corn- better tl0n is requireu oi imssissippi, Texas and promise is passed, uniy one course is lett qne who was, " damned by a name, brew writers, declare ". a good name than great riches," and so we think and so Virginia as a condition of their readmission infr thA TTmnn I Ins will mslro n fntal n.f j lUG ueiuacc democracy oi tue land who twenty-two,' leaving six yet required to arc now engaged in cudgeling weary brains make the article a part of the Constitution, for some happy inspiration that shall cover twenty-eight States being the requisite num- their iniquity and cause the' unthinking to er- , . , . U,jt. hof mAJm on K . , The States f rom which these six must be bdicyc that: demomsm can be forgotten be- obtaine(1 are: Delewarc, Maryland, Ten- CUU3C the CVll one Claims to be an anccl. TTpnt.nr.kv. Aklmma. ,Opnro-ia -NTaw and that a wolf may : be a lamb ifonlv Jersey. Nebraska, California, Minnesota. i J I V ' . A - ' called a sheep, Verily, the demos do hot believe in the progress of the race, and hopelessly uj-uuy us m tue uuiea oi me cniianood oi our people, men blindly follow the man or party who promc, . regardless ; of the actions and inspiring motive of the dema gogues or knaves who seek ' to dclade. Iowa, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and For which us. we win stand oy tue uajr ot our coun try and appeal to the god of battles." Our brilliant cotcinporary " The Charles ton Republican " comes to us daily instead of weekly, and we rejoice greatly thereat. Now may the good peoplo of Palmetodom have frequent allowances of Attic salt upon their Republican daily intellectual bread. Ohio. The first four o this list arc Devilcratic pardon us now wo , IIU should say Democratic t therefore from the remaining ten must come the momentous yes or no. It is a very close question, and the opponents ol equal rights for all Imen have recently taken great courage at their prospect of triumph. God be thanked I Hear our witty brother : , The Augusta Constitutionalist has a soft, poetic, dreamy side, which occasionally runs into the most sublime nonsense. You must know U has eyes and tears iu those eyes but it has little ol philosophy and without philosophy a man or a journal is a poor stick after all. While at Beaufort recently the Constitu tionalist saw sights which ured its soulpret- lon ot a younc Volca- ine old war cry : -day, in this State, as in Maryland and "Down with the nigger," is resounding Pennsylvania.- the starveling W.Iip wU along their lines with redoubled vehemence, 'nnnf mifL,f ffiM oi. n J and they are girding up their loins for tionalist saw sights wh - fnn?t hvc fZ " Upn another desperate defence of the imperiled" ty much after the fashi vixu v.iuxwxtttxvj uuus tu&.u away? tneir re proich, and With it, the name of " demderat." A p irty rose by any other name would smell twice as sweet as the " time honored" I (dishonored) term we have mentioned. j?o tninks, : and so sings our democratic "white man's" supremacy! The World, which was only a few days ago sagely talk ing about the uselessnes and folly of the Democratic party adhering to "dead issues," is suddenly repossessed of its life-long ha tred of the black man, and boldly advo cates the .adoption of the most shameful and syrens one and all. In this State the heavy treasonable policy by its party in New fied by the State nearly five months ago ; and yet the official notification of the fact has never been filed at Washington,! and thb conspiracy which is now revealed shows that the treacherous Hoffman in tends to withhold it until a Democratic jueadcd organs ot reaction and treason are i being succeeded in rjower and influence by . --lighter luminaries of the Star pattern, and oi these last, and more rational of our foes . . wo give respectful mention and desire to as- sist in the great task of getting A NAME ! Legislature can be obtained which will re- A cognomen not blasted by treason, hatred, peal the; ratification by the Assembly of tmalice aud all. uncharitablcness" we hope will soon be fouud. No longer will Parson Brownlow defins the title of hi3 enemies as u demo" naming the d -1, and " crat" 'what lie feeds oi. No longer shall anxious inquiries, after political salvation, seek to deny their party ' parentage. Democrat is discarded for ; good reasons, for, as the Maryland Mercutio remarked, " tis enough 'twill serve." Dead in trespasses and sins lies tup great j dragon democracy, and tl uccune nas no succeescfr to his name! 1 dangerous Oar intentions have been good, and in good faith have we offered our services to last year. A more outrageous political fraud never . disgraced American politics. In this State the verdict already rendered is beyond their power, except the pernicious influences elsewnere wnicn would result from a Republican defeat ; because there is no authority inlaw or precedent tor setting aside the ratification of a State jafter its ac tion has been officially recorded in the archives of the nation. But in Ohio and elsewhere the Democra cy will wage a most desperate war upon the adoption of this most wise and just measure. They arc sanguine that they can defeat it, and will leave no stone unturned to accomplish that end. Impartial Suf frage is to-day in doubt in great doubt and well may the I 2 bune raise a ery of alarm. We know it is nothing unusual to ton estate in tho Carolinas. We have en joyed the elegant hospitality of its gallant owner ! and must bear witness to the skill i and judgment displayed both by the Gen eial and his genial father. Tho "hands," about whom so many slanders have been perpetrated, arc as happy and well conduc ted a body of working people as any country can produce, and generous treatment and prompt payment brings its reward in the shape of harvest returns of " fair days work for fair days pay." " Lewellyn Place " is a success and we congratulate our friend upon the possession of such a choice residence. Tee democratic sham conservative organ in Philadelphia thus rejoices over the recre ancy of a once republican paper : Tho New York Evening Post, hitherto disposed to take a rose-colored view of the question of negro labor in the South, and the effects of freedom upon the African race, now changes sides, and iu a recent article on cotton culture, said, " the condition of the freedmen is, in many respects, unsatis factory. Idleness and vice are far more pre valent thau eyer before. Large numbers of them throng into towns and j villages, and live wretchedly by theft, or by precarious jobs,;; Many more settle in the woods or on small lots of land, and only work enough to obtain a bare subsistence. All Of vrhich is a cruel slander on a class striving to make a . subsistence under many and serious disadvantages. g pw ; " Tickxor " is becoming a bore not con tent with discovering all sorts of glories in the piratical " Alabama." " The little Yan kee Doctor frotji Georgia " perpetrates the following on tho "Washington Monument :" A crownless column, planned by pride, ; And finished by the fates ! A world of pathos bows beside This "Tomb Stone ". of the States ! The "Doctor" must have? been taking some of his own pillsbetter this than kill ing men with diabolical diatribes. StiliMAu S. Conant, for many years con nected with the editorial department of the New York Times, has leftrtrlt'p,Iper. Mr. Conant's management of the Times after the death of Mr. Raymond was ample proof of his marked ability in that) line, and his Dear God !.we could preach sound judgment and polished style will be missed from the columns of ; that journal. Mr Bigelow may be an older, he is not a better soldier in the field of newspaper war fare than Mr. Conant. : Kufus Garriss, do do do do do do do do do do do do do 31 day uervicc as Commissioner, 13 3 i 11 8 8 4 5 3 8 G 1 3 3 13 t ic i ii ii i. i ii k u ii U IC II II I. II I, II II II " ' II II ' II II " " Approving Bills, ' extra u as Chairman, " U II 41 1 "as Committtee, Total amount audited to E. M. Shoemaker, 56 davs RPr7ior Aa fs-r micciAnPf Irtr TTIOIlf lift (if Tnl V. oeptember, October, November and December, 1808, and "T;?. iJ ebniary, March and April, 186U i days service as Commissioner in May. June and July, 18G9, ; 4 aavs service as Committee with hire ol horse and uuffiry, Total amount audited to James Wilson, doT' f dtas 8crce as Commissioner, do 13 " i n do 11 " ii i, do 9 " i - do 8 " i , do 8 " i. i, do , 3 u i. , do 5 " ii ,i do 3 n ,t . do 7 c do 6 " n ii iiw "i i " , Committee, do 1430 miles traveled, Elijah Hewlett, do do ! do do do do do do do do do do do fiud some designation that would suit, but see that journal fearf ally worked up j upon J upon our life wo "do not know afflicted any thing opponents. that would assist our ' i iTr ho lntirl rord oni ttth r 4 iO ? JL Kts KIUU AAb9 iUU YV atUl likLO tUClC arc many names that would suit--alas, too suitable," but then they1 would not " smell 'sweet." j The " pet names'' we would give arc too true. Let us see, " Disuhionists" u Hcactionaries " Disorganizers" " Aristocrats''--" Haters of tho flag" 'f Lovers of discord" Enemies to Peace "Tis pity pity ; but ti3 tis True" that Ot all tho thousand titles we might select for demo cratic standard bearers to carry ; none would please or bo acceptable) to the nervously anxious gentlemen who' remain out in the cold waiting for " something to turn up we "ravings." certain occasions, but in this instance are not a little surprised at its For some time it has been assuring us that the spirit of rebellion towards the Govern ment, and the hostility to the black man in the South, wore things of the past. It scouted the idea of longer keeping from power the men who had so sought our national life. It went forth day and night singing psalms of universal "amnesty," and when modestly reproved for being too profuse with its kindness, it turned wrathfully about to see who had the temerity to disturb its sweet musings. This was a short time ago. But what oi T . J 1 . t i no. its sympatuics were rouciieu, its soui, as we have intimated, got all oil fire, and then Carrie the hot lava streams of wrath. We declare for it too, it grew positively eloquent, as witness the following, put forth after the declaration that the Beaufort of to-day its interior life and society is- no more like the Beaufort of 18G0 thaii "Beast Butler" is like the Apollo Belvidcre. To be sure, the eloquence is a good deal like the mixed school of Ike Partington and Miss Evan3 and Sylvanus Cobb, Jr., but it will do very well indeed : '. "The people who once made clysiuni of it are no longer, save with a few straggling exceptions, in their old haunts of delight. The buildings are left, somewhat the worst for wear, 2nd the moss-grown old chapel, where the darlings of the land came to make the sabbaths more holily beautiful still stands. But the Down East gentry live under the orange and the fig trees they used to read about in the bleaK shadow of the White Mountains ; and the choir in the old church, no doubt, reverbrates with nasal psalmody unknown once to those who slumber beneath the grouping trees, or those who rest on distant battle fields, or those lovely and beloved ones, who dwell in poverty atar a nathetic sermon iu the vestibule of that gray pile ; but our space forbids it in these columns." There's a sermon for you on the mutabili ty of human affairs ! Only to think that those Yanks should come down here and sit under our orange trees ! and sing psalms, too ! and worse still, in such a way as the now dead out in the churchyard never knew I Oh, this wretched singing through the nose 1 -How can they indeed sing, songs in a strange land ? Total amount audited to Stephen Key: 23 days eeryicc as Commissioner, 18 " ii - u n ' 12 11 7 8 8 4 it ii ii ii ii it 3 8 6 I ii it it ii it " Cominiftc,. 3300 miles traveled, ' lotal amount audited to Rufus Garriss,. Commissioner, ii it ! ii . 27 days service as 18 14 II ,. 13 11 11 8 8 4 5 3 8 G 10 " 44 Committee, 1115 miles traveled, Total amouut audited to Elijuh Hewlett, ii ii 1 1 ti it it ti ii V 93 00 39 00 9 00 33 00 24 00 21 00 12 00 15 00 9 00 24 00' 18 00 3 00 9 00 9,00 43 00 lt8 00 51 00 20 50 69 00 54 00 39 00 33 00 27 00 24 00 24 00 9 00 15 00 9 00 21 00 18 00 15 O0 73 90 09 00 54 00 36 00 S3 00 21 00 24 00 24 00 12 00 15 00 9 00 24 00 18 00 3 00 177 00 81 00 D i 00 39 00 33 00 33 00 21 00 21 00 12 00 15 00 9 00 24 00 18 001 .30 00 58 25! 301 oo 231 50 430 90 519 00 434 $2007 05 Total amount audited to the whole Board, - The Board was in session 12o days, and the distance traveled by the members was 5S45 miles LIST OF UNVERIFIED ACCOUNTS AUDITED. Harries ifc Howell, J. II. Grotgen, Joseph C. Hill, D. P. Foster, J. C. Mann, W. E. Freeman, M, D., Dr. W. J. H. Bellamy, Owen Burncy, Dr. W. E. Freeman, do Chas. H. French, W. U. Bernard, Chas. H. French, D. E. A. Anderson, do Supplies for County Paupers, it ii it it Janitor at Court House, Fees as Justice of the Peace, Fees as Clerk Superior Court, Medicine and attendance at Jail, Post mortem examination, ) Services as Coroner, Medical attendance at Workhouse, Medical attendance at Peor House, Supplies for Paupers, Books for Register's Office, ; Sundries for use of Jail, Medicine and attendance at Jail, ii ii ii ii it Total amount of unverified accouufb. 618 11 318 77 sroo 23 13 09 3S 40 00 25 00 G2 20 175 00 175 00 25 80 04 50 10 40 37 00 13 00 $17) 29 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, I New HanoveH County. J : I certify that the loregoing is a true statement, showing the Amount, Itsrais and Nature of alt compensation audited by the Board of Commissioners for 6aid Couuty and State to the members thereof severally : The number of days the Board was in Session, and the distance traveled by the members, respectively, in attending the same, and the Amount of Unverilicd Accounts audited by said Board, in accordance with Section 19 of "An Act concerning the Government o Counties,'? Ratified the 14th .ay of August, A. D., 1868. Said statement being for the year ending September 1st, A. D.,1869. ! R. S. WALDRON, Clerk. aug 29 : 1 : 303-4 w 15 and ever finding " nary a pairl'ito TnE following pertinent queries were desperately propounded to the Virginia Conservative (Democratic) Republicans : The Democracy of Virginia did all thi3in the name of "Conservatism," and when the election result was known to be in their favor that their men were elected they put forth the claim that they were the "true the xar exceuence itepuon- cd. and in Tennessse the prospect of the Fifteenth Amendment, as the first test of Southern sincerity, is not worth the toss of a penny. The Democratic Legislature tactics ? ; A Little dog named Andy Johnson was ac cidentally locked up in tho house of his owner at St. Louis, during the absence of the family, for nineteen days, without meat or drink, and at the end of that time still lived, though very much reduced. That cur is 44 very like " his namesake he wont die when he " orter." . Tribune's xt-i x o x:. liepublicans Jf fii i. .tl ..S; tTiTl cad party. Ia candor it may now be aaked, o the riKbt of Suffrace illegally conferred Tue following is the Blobile defidition of a " true Democrat "The true Democrat believes that the reconstruction laws ought to be overthrown at the point of the Federal bayonet, if ne cessary, and the negro should be deprived NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. OFFICIAL,, CITY, ORDINANCE. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 7 the General Ordinance of the city. " lie it ordained by the Board or Aldermen ol the city of Wilmington as follows : That section thirty of the General Ordinances bo amended by striking out all words after the word Mayor in the fifth line of said section and adding the words, "And Board of Aldermen." Passed in Board of Aldermen, September 6th, 186S). ' BENJ. DURFEE, City Clerk. sep y - 30G-2& NOTICE. them in their nefarious attempt Upon life and the purse of the people. 5 ; , To the moans of Maryland, we ! may add the sadly pensive pondering of Pennsylvania aucl the craziness of Carolina Conservatism. and yet find no sympathy fni our hearts lor the woes of our deluded demos. On their dilemma we dilate with a cheerful satisfac tion significant of pur entire content. Should we be able to add to their confusion, they may feel fully assured of j every effort being used within our 'power, j We are not among those who believe in the policy or unrepentant sinners, assist elect has no more idea ot ratifying it than I XlAr Viom rf r1ort inof TTftraoo CtraeA-rr f n rsnra. sent! them in the United States Senate. In Virginia it will only be endorsed bejeause Congress demands it; and then, as soon as opportunity oflers, her voice will demand its repeal. In Mississippi f,he same class of men are attempting the same tactics. In the North, the Democratic party, encour aged by these actions of its Southern allies, is rallying with renewed energy to defeat tho cause of Impartial Suffrage. And yet in the face of all this, and imme- diatelv following its warning crv. The what teas all this for? Had the Democracy changed its very nature, repudiated its here sies, and in a magnanimous hour yielded up for the common cood its life-long heretical r.rfwL or was it a mere chance of Did they endorse Republican principles with the ballot, because they had love for them in their hearts, and were ready to give them a cheerful moral support, or was it the better to deceive the Republican party, and thus betray its principles ? Was it because the Democracy so much admired the foe that beat them in the political arena and conquered them in the field ? or because they thought their favor will sooner over throw an enemy than their opposition ? It honest in the endorsement of Republican upon him. '",ufi JUO Mxxxxxi5 wi. 1 K ,1-1 nmnroPT7 in OTT Tribune, in a full column leader yesterday, "We still believe the rounds of paci- ruaa'J -"" w.f'rr" . w r- - - - q A A Kentucky gentleman got provoked lately and killed one man and wounded an other ; then remembering that he must have done something contrary to law weni to the magistrate and asked liim how large a tine he must pay. irtaa-isa i In one of her fashion letters Jennie June shows that the days of family sewing are numbered. Already modistes have par tially usurped the place of the dressmaker and the ladies are getting to buy ready made clothing, like their tyrants. 1 wisdom of smiling on says : fication we originally proposed are those which only not should be, but inevitably will be adopted." I Such language is too A - ' 4-1 - nnnmi'no rt tVinon nrinol Til OQ tr fllA SrJlto Legislature? Why assail General Canby Pbasis that he wouldn't, no, not for BosjiEn asseverates with tremendous em untold and although the way is dark, and the paths I aggravating for comment by us. Stupidity devious in which the ' deluded 'democracy and stubborness without a parallel is all we must wander several times forty years, we lcan Itl0 r rnnniiinrru l w iiiii. hj'I'.hii h i nw .i iim i ii'iiiiii.. mil i we hope and believe they never will be. To the voters of Pennsylvania we wish to say, although your vote has' been cast for; Impar tial Suffrage, remember the tremendous in fluence of your State in tho present contest. Be active and vigilant, and rest not until the complete and final victory is won. you, sir, she said." are compelled to say, with wicked delight, ?' let 'em wander." We like them best when they arc wandering cZm; out of sight ! ' With the wicked king they may exclaim, 44 our offense is rank it hath the " primal curse." No doubt of it ! We always told you so, and will continue so to do, until regularly reconstructed, and repentant we open wide the doors of our political ark, and let in the fdarful demc ratio animals who Beck salvation from the flood of popu lar indignation... ' , f- T Until this happy time approaches, and the day of jubilee comes to each wandering 1 son of a demo, we shall call our enemies the Nameless THE PARTY WITHOUT A NAME! ' :: 1 . II all Wilson, Esq.withdraws from the editorial charge of the Petersburg Express. The hopo that he may shortly resume his connection with the Virginia State Press is shared by many of his. friends outside of the Old Dominion. i J Tue Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad-h John M. Robinson President has been doing an excellent business during the past year. The patronage of the public has been ob tained by the enterprise and exceeding care taken by the gentlemanly agents.and em ployees of this road as well as j of the Packet Company running oh the Chesapeake to please and make comfortable all trav elers on tho above line. We bespeak for railroad and boat all that success I they so richly merit. It is seldom that passengers receive such kind attention as the officers and managers of the packets bestow on all possible occasions. The gallant Captain of the George M. Lcary especially captures all hearts albeit he. did tuke our hut ! for enforcing the reconstruction laws of a greenbacks, Republican Congress ? Why assail Rcpub- Byron paper hcans, ana the true ana ieanes3 men oi mai party? Why ostracise, denounce and malign honorable men in our midst whose only sin is that their Republicanism dates prior to the ides ot July ? Why, too, if these men in good faith endorsed, and now propose to act in good faith with the Re publican party, why do we meet so many noor. houseless, homeless victims of bitter pcliticial intolerance ? Why so many in od miust wno enaorse tue same principles in Democracy did at the late election, and wl love them, too, who dare not openly take read a Republican paper ? and who if th did. would take the risk of losing pla business, patronage and social caste. In view of the present somewhat ambigu ousnot to say nondescript attitude of the Conservative (Republican?) Democracy in Virginia, these and similar questions may be appropriately asked, and not un protitably pondered. Petersburg (Ya.) if have published Mr. Stowed in the Ledger. u Nobody asked WILMINGTON RAILWAY BRIDGE CO President's Office, Wilmington, N. C, September 7th, 1869. STEAMBOAT OWNERS AND OTHERS navigating the Cape Fear River, are informed that the Draw of the Meares' Bluff Bridge will be habitually open when a White Signal by day and a White Light by night will be shown up and down the river from a point 16 (sixteen) feet above the centre of the Draw. When the DRAW is closed, to allow the pas sage of trains a Bed Signal by day and Bed Light by night will be shown up and down the river. The Bed Signal is shown upon the track when the Draw is open and the White Signal when it is closed. All Trains come to a full stop at both Bridges, and not proceed until the Draw is known to be closed. Hilton Draw will be closed habitually. R. R. BRIDGERS, President. sept 9 306-1 m The evidence offered in New Berne assas sination case proves that the oath of the Conservatives demanded each member to mur der all men, women or children the coward ly " commander " should select. j OFFICE W., C. & R. R, COMPANY, Wilminotom, N. C, Sept. 6, 1869. n4 We are pleased to learn that the State University commences its new session with an entirely new class of students. The friends of the institution will be gratified to learn that all the malice of copperhead ene mies has but .endeared the beloved Alma Mater of the State to her union loving citi zens and sons. willing that Andrew Johnson should go to the Senate, but it wants him to go there as a Tennessee politician, and protests against his 1 going as a representative of Southern sentiment. It tells him that he was always against Southern sentiment and Southern rights as long as it was tho fashion to be 60, and that sooner or later the South, will have some ol her faithful sons to represent her younger men who have drawn inspiration from the grand prophets, and whose baptism was in the blood of a glorious lied revolution." THE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING OY the Stockholders of this Company will be held in the city of Charlotte, on Wednesday, the 20th of October next. ! Iransfer Books will be closed on the 20th September instant of By order r.ept 9 CALVIN J. COWLE8, Secretary of the Board. 400-lw though baf- Auother Atlantic cable is about to be laid between Europe and South America. THE SEABOARD AND Roanoke Railroad CONTINUES TO BE THE MOST POPULAR way of reaching Baltimore from the far South. Connecting with the Wilmington and Weldon Rail Road, the train reaches Ports mouth in tune to connect with . the Baltimore Steam Packet Company whose boats will com pare favorabV with any in the country. The tare is reasonable and the accommodations superior and the sail one of the pleasantest in lue country. eeptO 306-tf NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. New Route TVortli ! THE ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN & SOUTHERN RAILWAY ' Is now open for business from ' COLUMBUS, RY,, TO ST. LOUIS, and Makinethe QUICKEST, ONLY ALL RAIL SAFEST BOUTE TO ST. LOUIS ! Passengers takinc i.his Route AVOTD ONE CHANGE OF CARS and a TEDIOUS RIVER TRANSFER of 20 MILES and arrive in St. Louis 4i IIOU11S In advance of other lload. any Trains leave Columbus, upon the arrival ot trains on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad. Pullman's Palace Sleeping. Coaches On all Night Train. , R. W. WATERS, G en' 1 Freight AgH, St. Louis, Mo. W. R. ADLEN, Oca'l Ticket Ag't , St. Louis, Mo.. sept 0 300-1 in w STANDARD WOIUtS. RS. MULBACITS FAMOUS NOVELS, ' DICK EN'S WOKKS, WAVERLY NOVELS. For sale at sept 9 HEINSBERGKR'iJ. 3Qf'-tt STANDARD POfjTS "COR SALE AT sept 9 HEIN8BERGER'S Live Book Store, 39 Market Street. 306-tt A MMKd U IU MM M.M iM MjtMW HAS TAKEN AN OFFICE, OPPOSITE THE Court House, in the rear of Squire Mc Quigg's Office. Business promptly attended to. J. NUTT. sept 9 i ! 306-tf Stale or North Carolina, Tbbasukt Department, ) r Raleigh, N. C, September 3d, 1809. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH Carolina, in accordance with the Constitu tion of the Stated having levied special taxes, as the same may become due, on all "apecial tax bonds" issued in aid of Railroads unfinished at the time of the adoption ot the Constitution bolders of said bonds arc notified that the inter est which became due on the first day of April, 18G9, on such bonds, will bo paid on presentation of the proper coupon at the Treasury, or at tho Raleigh National Bank of North Carolina, at Raleigh, N. C. And further, that interest which will become due on the 1st day of October, 1869, on the afore said "special tax bond,' will likewise bo paid as above, on and after the last mentioned date. D. A. JENKINS, State Treasurer. fcep 9 SOS-it
The Wilmington Post (Wilmington, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
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