North Carolina Newspapers

Pr ft to 11 -H, . - - - - - ; . - . -1 . , -rr rr - fi - M i j THE WILMINGTON POST 1VILMINQTON. N. C. DECEMBER 23, 1869 V The Holiday Season. The season of seasons isat hand; and the only time with the exception of "indepen dence! fcfaj( j th (t )he; traditional American unbends his brow, and loosens Bis lantern " j a'wiirijrdertdsmiref i nwpescntT'We. have liad rnHch said of late asHb ' &e imT portanccof; hcidajajl iud', the? folly of a nation going ' abouVf preyer in the garb of woe. The witty Frenchman was right who declared that. an. American went about :. dressed;in bkek and ipoking as it he had loat his mother,." .; Our excessive self-respect -some call it egotism monnts gaard over our' manners and the" consequence is .that we go about forever as if; the " eye of Dela ware"orsomc other respeetec and respectable body of our lellow-citizcns .'.was always upon usAJBitabf a&ii fs not conducive to cheerfulness; . One does , not unbend his' marble brow if he is " morally certain . his standing in society," is to be affected thereby. The greatest tyrant ever existing is the, mythical ; being .' public , opinion." . A acHier na tives scoffat the dyspeptic dogmas that re- strain .the natural hilarity of our people. They recommend as a remedy the adoption belligerent rightsto Cuba. We ; never de of tho time honored S' holidays " of Europe, nied the right of Great Britain or any pow- r if ife hft fniinrf .imnossihlc to ftdont the , e t ,.rtir i i,rrW customs pf honored, Germany ; merry Eng- land. France or of Italy, wbv ttien let us create new days siguificant of otir life and the Jieroism of our fathers. There have been days sufficiently glorious to be set apart by our government as worthy of cele bration. Yorktown and New ?. Orleans, Emancipation day ; Appomattox :', all days to ,t j'Jl-C'As ; "i n. Vi- - 1 . . in our national me, Not1' having any other time to give vent J to our desire for; enjoyment it has been the tinie honored custom ; especially here in the South to lump all our pleasures in the carnival or dhristmas week, and the steady : : t of business has always found going man insuperable objections raised to the sober re ahtics of life by the usually obedient and patient working classes for here surely was . ami is Xt believed that j - , . l' A Christmas gambol oft would cheer ' iXhc poor bans heart for half the year.'? rartakiDg of old time superstitions and willln I Of to give ourselves up to the enjoy a incnts of the hour, e are willing to ceri elude with the divine bard ot Jkngiand i As. oyer in that season thoSaTioar had his birth, ho bird of dawning sans the whole Ejight ah this wc are willing to believe, and all the other legends known to man, it it be ne- ccssary to ha low, and make' happy the hours T torn from toil, and consecrated ." . i i ' , r. ...... - -., by law and custom to enjoyment. V Cuba and Red Tape Wo have a 'reverence for ereat names. and - " l - i I I nllnw none to excel us in navinff.. proper 1 J . r i respect to grdat personages, and rendering every lime and' every where, strict honor r xvlw.re honoris due. For the fathers of the ifnn,,!.! n-hrUv; ti,0 f 0r,roaK.onfimoa I Ll.llUUIlVi I V VJ M-A. j A lOU U1AJ LUULIVil l.'JL flljll 111 lllf ,11 Ln I of esteem and respect. .. For the carly states- men we hold in pur Heart or hearts, teelings of regard that shall ever cause us to bow with reverence to the high purposes: ho- blc.amis and pure lives of a Washington; a ' . i J w . . , iiamuton-; a jciierson ; or oi any ana an 01 those good and true Republicans who car ried us through the first war for liberty and the Union. The present Secretary j bears the name, and is said to have Deen raised in the school d il. J 'l i TLT T"T 1 J i. a -' "9 great xw loric statesman wno so aW assisted I opv ncaiijr icuiuuu cw iu v y : iiauiutuu, aufi an j - 0 0 P . I- i.-'i 11.:- it. nr.i.' 1 wc uiiKC iuauweu mm as mB Mauomeaau devotee does the footsteps of his prophet. We hailed the accession of Hamilton Fish to the Premier place as a great victory. l'resident lirant liad again vindicated our opinion, lnjus great good sense, ana wc restedfebntent. A feVnionths have elapsed, and great questions hate arisen. Questions calling for the rarest judgment, and politi cal acumen. I r There was the Alabama business, and the myriad of millions called for by our suffer ing shipping interests, and what Jias been done r Wc reply,' " Red Tape." Consigned " to the . tombs of the Capnlets are all our hopes, and sailor cries lor speedy redress, and ample settlement. I Yet we groaned not ; nor lifted up Our pen agaiDst the piscatorial Secretary who -4iad stoien into place .under cover of a great name. . The Cuban resolution again offered to the X)retender to the place of Hamilton, a rare opportunity i ,to redeem lost refutation. : What dpcaf ho fdp t " Red tape." And the daughter of the. Isles vainly appeals for as- sistancc to the " hard hearted cur " who , . J..l.i . i r I it . sl7' I' "m "- lU8W oi vue jcpariuieui.. we can rciram tic. monger f rdm'h arpdbning?thU Fish. -L rvxr. i j ... .... uic 6;iv ox jura---nu ins impeciiuy, hope - some , convenient , piece of his cu prized i remedy oc applied" spepdily to own neck, and he bo. bow-stringed out of ace, even nbwwwhile the reputation of the .dministjratiou ;s suffering, and : Grant's' re iiection imperilled by such strictures as the irom me organ oi our party in Pennsylvania i Benpr Roberts, the Spanish 3Iinister. is a nrst-ciass diplomatist, no naa, contrived o enthrall eminent Senators, control the Lttatc Department, and 'engage a large por on bt tnerpress, making them tnt advo- of Spam. This has not been' done (olely by profuse . distribution of Spanish old. The benor has Deen plausible and loqucnt. He has described the Spain of as rc-uvenatea regcnerftie Spain,"f as haviuc overthrown monarch viand priest lcraftt ' provided or - the equal rights of her uejuiu. ana, preparing to oeveiop uerseu Into a Republic! Personally he has dc clared himself toJ.be an emancipationists and republican ; he has declared that Spain knows that she has a feeble hold pnCuba . a grasp she must soon give up and that she is not unwilling in the fullness of , time j she herself to be the iudffe of the-" proper period, to crant lndenendence to Cuba and wejicome her IhtaevJamiiypfrnatioiisrra Our sentimental- Senators, timorous Secre tary and mercenary press believe the Senor and hastily accord with ; his views. He it was who suggested the negotiations at Mad rid ; by that he srained time- for fittincr out armies to conquer Cubar especially time for the completion of: the Spanish cunboats in our ship-yards. : By . shrewdly engaging me ngnr lawyer, Mr.omney weDster, son-in-law of Hon. Hamilton Fish, for a fee, it is uaiuj vi fiv,wy in rgoia, conaiuonai .on the release of the boats, he has got a decis ion in the Court and Cabinet in favor of his country!. We admire ability, even if it is exercised against us or in a bad cause. The Sehor Is a superb diplomatist, and manages our. State 'Department skillfully. He still- keeps up the pretence of . Republi can Spain, though it is known to the world that Spam has suppressed Republicanism, Is not Spain about to be a military despp- ism under. Pnm ? Has not the; Senor duped us into an abandonment i)t imr hoth eThis wily diplomatist, by his aserit's working through the press, has done much o befog the public mind on the relations of the Alabama claims and the ; crantiucr of Cl uumgereui, nguis io me ooutn. is an attribute of sovereignty judffe go 8ai Henry.01 in eignty so to Pre sident Grant in j his message emphatically cava (I nPlto nrinnmln ia vtn-tt!A3..s4 ever, tnatituis nation 13 its own judge fwhen 1 ;i! 1 II- L - 1 1 1 to accord the rights of belligerency, either 1 to a people struggling, to free themselves ( from a government they believe to be dp-1 pressive, or to independent nations at war with each other." But unfortunately: the President, after laying down this absolute principle nas only scei seen Cuban facts through- the medium of his frigid, ichtbyological Secretary of State. Dear old "Dick Tintd" has once more es tablished his quarters in Paris and , thus writes to the Tiinesoi New York of the he-! Sjra of our people to the Cosmopolitan Cap- itol: AS ior the Americans " thev rush to Paris in such shoals, they settle here in Buch colonies, thatjthe shop keepers very naturaly set about appealing to their prejudices and consulting their tastes. Premising that the buckwheat cake, the sewiog machine, the sherry cobbler, the mince pie could have been obtained in the olden time of which I have spoken, I will mention such of the later conquests of civilizataion as have struck me as novelties. The national rocking-chair, once ridiculed and abused, is now manufac-1 yuicuouu ouiu , xuuiuu uiuai, never nigniy esteemed, lies in higher pyramids upon the grocers' counters ; butter crackers, soda bis- cuits, unknown before the pup d?etqts now have a magnificent show to themselves : you may sow your fields with American sowers, gather in the crop with American reapers, and put your profits in an American safe. You may speak your native tongue in anv centrally situated shop, and will conclude that broken English is the French vernacu lar. You will notice that water, which for- MPerly gurgled from fountains only4 and was 'hrhlirrnt'. tYmnna f lirtncao in naila "er" .yVu.rvum . . . I irom nydrants in those houses' courtvarda. You may bum petroleum. You mav have ice - water ad libitum, whereas it was former- y aavacorem. xou may, Iregret tosav. in- Je, pemaps aestroy, your constitution with . J Z . I AmpTifran nnfpnf: inprlioinnei thing8 to turn your hair prematurely gray, or ta produce an early baldness. There is the deleterious Trica, the equally noxious X-Jlo, and tte douWy-fatalTita. In short, tt. 1 1 1 la tnn H.nrrlia- novo haon nporlnnlln nrUV. drawing fr0 Parig tne imericas have been encamping, entrenching, fortifying : and nothing pan now dislodge them. They have made themselves at , home ; they are acknowledged as a. force and a unit in the population : they are no longer confounded iwitu the Ethiopian. Republicans at home, mey are very ueciaea imperialists nere. T ollnwintr rr,mona M mo J)aniel O'COnnell . I have llStenefl tn tnr imn-foe'trp enlomni T ' " .mm tv of Webster., been rlelicrhfp with fK grace of Everett, dazzled with the rhetoric ui vuuaie; x &uuw me iron strengtn pi toe iugu; ui , i nave Deen peneatn tne magnetism of Henry, Clay ; it has been my fortune to sit at the feet of the great soeak- ers of the English tongue on the other side of the water ; but I think O'Connell. lavish. ly gitted by nature, blended into one har J monious whole the solemnity of Webster, the grce of Everett, the logic of Calhoun, and. tne magnetism ot uiay. There was something majestic in his pres ence Deiore he spoke, and he added to it what Webster had notwhat Clay might have lent grace. . Lithe as a boy ; at sev- euty uenecs m aiutuoe, every gesture a picture, so natural as if no effort, no art, nothing but nature spoke all , over him. Then he had a voice that covered the wnoie gamut. ie could endow the nation with the majesty of Burke. As I T heard him onee say, "I send my voice across the Atlantic, careering like the thunder-storm against the breeze, to tell the slaveholder of the Carolinas that God reigns and his thun derbolts are hot, and to remind the bond man that the morning of his redemption. is aireauy Dreading." a m Under the old laws of Mississippi Rent must be paid if the tenants family have hot a blanket left to cover thpmsAltrAn' "NTA I vu. fcA' emption law applies to a distress for- rent. No fanciful writ of error or, injunction no stay laTT applies to the inexorable de mands ot the land Lord. The mechanic, the grocer, the professional man the stock! dealer, and the laborer are required to wait on mc lauuiurus convenience and take the chances. ,. Jtiut il tney owe him the demand is as inexorable as the King of Terrors. This inequality between the Land Lords and their serf-like tenantry needs the earlv a.icu.iuu uj uut uevr -iiegiaiaiure. It IS a relic of the fendal hjrhrim nf -4.. t : t t ages. Land lords may be better than jollier people; ther may be better4han Viflfefr lords, and anvu lords, and handmti UrdiA tadtoS-S5S Atemmican.' : ?.;,j-- p: 5 -v la The Hudson River ia closed with ice as far as Poughkeepsie. V The Cape Tear j has no tear of sucu a calamity. ... . yJ ! irBe worK of the Wards and the xspalna h lng , tdnvjEtioEhas beeu SfinisEld, 4aW present tooir readers tb result injui8 per Ions "of Messrs. Birney," Wilson, Howe and Thujber for JLldermenr dnd Bilas Maitinp Esq;, for Mayori ,-.-' 13 The merits jof. the' gentlemen ;name4 nc4 no speGiai nouce lrom us, tuejr aic ua will be a unit in the jcominsj ele'ctifin -Werel there any division ia lha 'pkf Ijoto or Ua3 bili ty :of the: same, we lwould advocate pe cially the claims of , the vgeatleinen named but as none exists,-we rest imtil the'day. ber fore, the election.', c ;: -,f ?h V.V-? T ? The filthy castpm pi pasting rpne wall naner over another till a thickness -. .of an eighth of an incfc pimore is! lacOTtmjlatedj 1 is too common, and is attended: .with the worst consequence. This, as ascertained iry the Lancet, was the. cause of the: puzzling offensive smell at Knightsbridge; Barrack London, that recently threatened thewhole establishment with fever. . The xamin a- tioh of the drains and taking up pf the floprs made of the wall papering, wh.en it fwas found that, .one paper jras pas tedr over another till a thickness r was accumulated. amounting in one case to fourteeniayeri. Ouk enthusiastic friend of the Wyoming Tribune thus discourseth on the success of Woman, tory : Suffrage movement fin the terri- -Wyoming, from her rocky eyriet sends greeting to tue agea, oister . otatcs, and in vites them to come uo highereven to that advanced position on the question of human rights which she seems disposed to occupy, Forgetting heathenish prejudices, arising from race or sex! she invites theni to stand with her upon," The skirmish line of civili- zation,'the Genius. of Liberty, is on picket uuiy in vyoming. -iiireaqy, ine advanc ing skirmisher has tieen challenged, and re quired to give thft countersign ; he jreplies, " iiuman nguis ; equality Deiore tne law,' to which the sentinel respond?,3 " The couri; tersign is correct pass on I?, Pass on, to a 6ettcr national life to a grander civiliza tion Pass on. to a condition where all- mankind shall be politically regenerated, and stand upon an equal plane,- as they will before the Throne of God ! - ' . ')-.-. SUkdeh the head of .". territorial our en thusiastic .'ultima Ihule friend of . the Cheyenne 2Wto3tell3 us that : in " Evans-. ton houses are being, built aqd a,; thriving village establisbed.at this points Coal of a quality rjearly qual to anthracite is ' very aouuuaui, iiuu.iuu aujacent vaneys; anora excellent grazing facilities. Large numbers of cattle are being, fattened therein j. Popu? lation constantly increasing;; ' Also at " Bear River" the best of petroleum flows freely and naturally from the ground in this vi cinity. A. Huyett, Esq., has a number of oil wells, and is now engaged in boring at the foot of Wasatch mountains;. Large quantities. have. 'actually been secured, and this section bids fair to. equal the oil re- gions of Pennsylvania. That ''Piedmont" is -a live point and each day is character l'orl lT rrrnnf. nr'tiwitTr ' T.iinrvl-nr!n ia fVia . . "J- principal interest, and plenty or timoer is found in the neighboring ravines. Five or six stores are succeeding well, and several sons oi vuican pound iron in a snop near ty ior meir own interest ana pro oono puo- -mm " 7;,.i ii f T Geoiigia seems yet to be in that haopy social condition termed by the democratic saint ' red-hot." It the business5 men. and i i . - mechanic classes do not quickly strangle the extremists seeking to control the State, business and manufactures will all be strangled by such madmen as JMorgan who thus writes : 1 , Neither Senate nor House intended to submit the question of eligibility of colored - u wc members to seats in the Legislature to the tho fiiteentu amendment. These are set tled facts. For myself, I have been a sub mission ist as long as I intend- t be. and have gone as far as I intend to go, to gratify the unhallowed will and domineering spirit of a corrupt Congress. : v' Referring to the late defeat of the con servatives iu Mississippi, the Vicksburg Times remarks : There is no nobler qualify than that which enables us to meet adversity and to seek the silver lining of dark clouds ; but, were we possessed ox xne iortituae and pa tience of a Job, it would scarcely suffice to enable us to meet . with equanimity the crushing defeat of the cause, in .which our whole heart was wrapped, and for which we have- labored zealously -and. patientlv turough many weary months.! sustained at the recent election. The array, of figures which each nay has brought, is enough, to appal the stoutest heart, and - when we contemplate the magnitude of the stake and the compietene8ss of the disaster to the cause of liberal (?) Republican principles it - joueui live a serpen ana, siingezti itKe an Sa we think. A'schdoner captain j noted for his parsi mony, wa3 one day waited upon , by his cook, who informed him that the crew were in a state of dissatisfaction, bordering Jon mutiny, in consequence of their being com pelled to subsist on such a scanty supply of provision. - - vvnat i" thundered the enraged skipper, ''have the ungratefulscoundrela the audacity to assert that they do not get enough? Confound their insatiable srlut-i tony I Give them three herrines f or d iue; give mem mree nernnga, ana ietem oust blast ;em r7' .-.r .-.'...- This reminds us i of Sinclair- when.; on I "Leairne" businpsa . ClnhhUnrr oil ,)nrfi i p--r ;-- -- c r . .-vo W? thf : WerS dblas ye; '. io;, . n....;tft' iaslfj' A t Nkw Jonx journar, prints an " art n to' thr.t. menu. ppeute 01 uioc.K'Sr .t"1 ?$':n-.r,ntt i ; rhat misjsionary; jnust Jiave .been j Terr like the editor of a,paper, who is greedily I gobbled by; hungry subscribers never ex - pecung to paylothe4rt wittlef.,, w. h Kow iBhe tiEetofp-m Ifarmef s ttups; ind there is not;i town outh ofthe Ioto- mac but would be benenttea oy pucu mow-, gamzation. i t j , pXela few farmers gatherat the house of one of their number, appoint one for ec retafynd fidfti eipen4 f foljar in thetTrchaae of a record book, name sotao topic for talk'at a future meeting, and :tberi adjonrn for? a week.l -When ? the if eve- mng cocoas be sure to go, to tne aajourneu ;meetinga say the best' thing of which yon ar& dapable, andat half 1 past nine or: ten b?cldcTrgo home and read your latest copy of the-Posr. - - ' ! ' f'ri Ths following is the woman) suflErage" clause ; adopted into the , Wyoming constitu- $pM& :--!? Jk it enacted by the Council and Eouse of iWttwJt fif Winmina Ttrritorv . i . f 8boxion 1; That every woman ' of the age of twenty-pnp y ears, residing in. this territory, may at every election to ne noiaen unaer vn,iaw ihrebt, cwt her vo'te" And her right toV the elective franchise and to hold office shall be the same nnden the eleetion Jaws of theTerritory to those.Of electors. . ! SbcS. This act shall take ftfflpflt4iranony tPiBPfigclkfet'fifteea JmilUon of our women ire deprived of their rights." - ; Wb welcome the Plymouth Star published afr'PljmotttTnjPa is the editor, and is firm in the faith as delivered to our Republican fathers. After premising all sorts of ' good things ; the waggjsh Frederick adds this little bit pf 'editorial wickedness : -. n' i.- t S 'L -r 1 . We. hope that our.little sheet will give satisfaction to all and that, many a pleasant hour;m'ay be . spent in perusing its columns. To the fair sex we hope that we may be as acceptable as the stolen, hiss lehind the do&r when Charlie ingoing home. I " Evidently he means me "but Fred we forgive; thee' thou wcrt always a sad wag! ' : .. . -" ' '. . '.' ' J Gol. B. S. EwSll writes a letter to the Washington -Chronicle denying that he wrote a letter to General Lee i . .' . - ' -' - - .f ,, . Cel. E well concludes : on f reconstruction. 1 lit is not the less true, though , that, since the close of the wr, it has been my earnest wishftbjwitQessthe.restoraitipn': of the Unipn and the speedy approach pt the coming era of: good will and harmony among the citi zens of the different sections of pur common country believing' both to be necessary for the future welfare of Virginia as well as that of her sister States. ,r AJf exchange states that the maddest man in Indianna lives at Paltoka. lis told his wifehe was going down cellar to com mit suicide, and did go down 'stairs and firea broadside into the pork barrel. His wife kept ; right on knitting, . and after while the man came- up stairs swearing that the woman hadn't got any feelings. We know' another mad man' and' mit suicide or even fire into name is - . he won't com-barrel-his a A letter from Wasington relieves pur mind of the ? cloud of doubt surrounding the" friend, of our youth," we facetiously term "E. T."- He states "Old E. T. does not write from any desire (or anxiety at least) to have the retraction imade, but be- cause he is a little sensative to the good opinion of his old friend Charles." That'll do you're forgiven. i An exchange states : ' A German statistical writer remarks that the invention of the sewing machine has enabled one woman to sew as'much as a hundred could sew-by handra century ago ; but, he continues, one woman demands as much clothing as a hun dred did a century ago." Well ; who would hate the dear creature wear lesa ? The re'eent horror in Pennsylvania by which a block of houses sink! into a ! coal mine, merely proves how . necessary seme law by which the General Government will have control of mines and .all other great corporations. .There can be little doubt but 'eventually the people will demand protec tion pr sink into abject slavery to capital: ' Mr. Donald McKay, the great , sh ipbuiid- er of Boston, estimates the enstoms duties upon the articles required - to construct a wooden ship ot one thousand 1 tons, at $8, 665 33 in gold. Does any one tin view of such a fact wonder why- American com merce, is dying out ?: y I 5 Ip some fetter order is not observed in our city elections we shall be forced to con clude withrffie poet : ; S i Where motley laws admitting no degree betwixt the vilely slaved and madly free Alike the license and the bondacre suits . Where ' brutes are rulers, and the men . are . brutes." - -; The Standard feels bad because the Post claims to. be national ; " well- we suppose the " village cock" of course we : mean the country paper up in Raleigh is . also "national" else why should so good a sol dier as H. L. P. be bearing arms in its de fence! .. n . Theke are 130 students in the various Episcopal Thoelogical Semihariei through put the country. - ) ! Tire" Liberal Christian asks if the princi ple of sleeping cars cant be successfully introduced into church architecture: r. jJohk i Fornky-is pressing the claifiai of ilii son Phil." tor the place of Appraiser in , . ... ... , . . . . . , Philadelphia. The public have almost had ft fill of Forney; !, Why don't 4.' Phil i work out his Csalvation outside ot public offices ? He certainly never will tic. M j As ever. the Boston people are in ad vance, and already it is proposed to make - w the public schools practical schools where boys and guls may leaii,eful occupations beddintellectual deveidnmenCI i J ' fr HAWTHOBirELiii laid to be the-knthor nf M'FaifbvarO Wi? would aoknowlfdgeHhe reitf o tne Ivervival uable report oft I to ceediugUeauty of the plamiompanyiog this vo iutcres The n a m m ? mi nn er flf Agriculture recom- thatteceslkri870 dx SflproTtd by giving Anreafffi of nlrage.or I - .s permanent pasture fallows orrcomtnons and wood , lands.'?- J ...i '. 1 A pooB'old mrlhaAbeen-sh:iitp?in asylum for the .insane,JMew i orK, oecause she Would eay ? AhmenH -instead of 1 A- meh ! LodkDUt brother - OFFICIAL. IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN I , Wilmington,5 December 20, 1869 'J rhl faiioWlnff iiatned persons are hereby desig nated as Registrars and InBn?toh6hJCV Or in the cnw'B" ; '' ' ' -!"-: --)A-: I FOB THE PIRST WJLBD I ' ALLEN EVANS, JOHN H. BROWN, : . JOHN DYER.V : ! FOB TUB SECOND WABD :. . JAMES LOWREY, - , - ROGER MOORE, U STACY VanAMR INGE. FOB THE THIBP WABD : ' WASHINGTON HOWE, JOHN G. BULCKEN, miCHAS.H. s ROBINSON, y 'f-' il S r- -f-i-A i" ' ' ; ' ; ' '" ' ' FORTHBFO0BTH W,ABDi H. B. EILERS, J AS. McD. FRENCH. ? ? WM. McLAURIN. The following ordinance concerning Regis trars and Inspectors of Elections was then passed: AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING REGIS TKARS AND INSPECTORS OF ELECT- IONS. '-f : : Be ft Ordaiitedbij thGBoard of Aldermen of the CUyofJilmi7ifitoiitu8fdlbw8: Sec. 1. All Registrars and Inspectors of Elec tionsto be appointed as provided in the Amen ded Charter of the City of Wilmington, ratified by act of General Assembly, Dec. 18, 1868, shall open! their books for registration, and -register all the legally qualified voters in the several Wards of theCity, that have not been previous ly registered, during such J ours of the days set apart by law lor registration, as -the Board of Aldermen may by order determine. See. 2. The City shall allow, compensation to the Registrars ior registration of voters, the sum of thjree ($3) dollars each per day for each and every day suck registrar shall 3erve. 1 See. 3. A majority of the Board of Registrars or Inspectors in each Ward shall be competent to register voters, and shall also be competent to sign the returns of election made to the May or and Board of Aldermen. Seel. 4. All the votes given in for offictrs desig nated to be voted for shall be sorted, counted, declared and registered in open Ward meetinjp, by causing the names of the persons voted lor and the number of votes given for each i to be written in words at length in the returns made to the Mayor and Aldermen, and all the ballots or votes cast shall then and there be prop erly sealed up in an envelope and returned with the returus. Sec 5.The books shall be kept open for regis tration ot all the legally qualified voters of the city, daring such hours of the days designated by law as the Mayor and Board of Aldermen shall determine, and the Registrars shall daily, during said days, make a certified copy of the registration list, and return the same to the City Clerk within two hours after the time desig nated for closing the books oh that day, pro vided however, that onjths day of election the books of registration, shall be returned to the City Clerk, together jwlth all check lists used by said Registrars, within one hour after declariag the vote as provided in a subsequent sectiom, and the returns ef the votes tor the person or persons voted, lor, shall be made to the Mayor and Aldermen as hereinafter provided together with such warrants or notices as they shall re ceive from, said Board of Aldermen. Sec. All Registrars And Inspectors shall be 8 worn, to a faithtul discharge of their : duty be fore any Justice of the Peace or other officer duly qualified to administer oaths. 1 ! . Sec. 7. It shall be the duty ot the Mayor and Aldermen to meet in session on the Tuesday next following the first Monday In January ot each year, at their room in the City Hall, at 12 o'clock noon, for the purpose pf receiving the re turns Irom the several Wards, and they shall re' main in session for one hour, and longer if, thev deem it necessary ; and the Inspectors of elec- lions Buaii men ana mere mase tneir returns to said Mayor and Aldermen. Sec. 8. Any person appointed as Registrar or Inspector of Elections, under provisions of the act of the General Assembly, entitled uan act to amend the Charter of the City of Wilmington," and ratified December Id, who having qualified as Registrar or Inspector, and shall refuse or neglect to discharge the duties imposed by v this ordinance, shall be subject to a penalty of one hundred dollars, to be recovered as penalties are now recoverable. - Sec. 9. All ordinances or parts of ordinances conflicting with or repugnant to the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed. Passed by Board of Aldermen December 20, 1869. ; ' . I ' 1 JOS. H. NEFF. Mayor BSNiAMlN DUBFEE, v City Clerk. The following ordinance was then passed: Ordered, That the Registrars in the several Wards appointod this SiOth day ol December, 1869, shall keep open their books for registration, ot voters during; such hoursi as are hereinafter named...- f .It-'- ; 1 .In all the Wards during the five days proceed ing the Sunday next preceding the first Mon day in January, from 10 o'clock A. M. until 3 o'clock F. M ; and from 7 o'clock P. M. mntil 9 o'cloek P. M., on the Saturday next preced ing the election ; on the day of the eleetion. during the hows the polls are kept open. Aad be it further ordered, That the place for registration of voters shall be as follows: ;For Warda ohe and Two, at the City HalL For Wards Three and Four, at the Howard Enrlne I uuueo uurut-sireeu . , v . Passed by Board of i Aldermen December 20. 1869. " j '''. - ;. f JOS. H. NEFF, Mayor. Benjamin Dubfee, j City Clerk;, It was ordered as. follows : V " Ordered, That the Mayor, issue . at ence proper warrants for an election to be held on the first Monday in January,-1870, for a Mayor to serve one year; four Aldermen,' one far each Ward, to serve two yeare, and an Assistaat As sessor for each Ward to serve one ; year all to be voted for oa one ballot. Ordered, farther, That the Mayor' copy in lull in said warrants the ordinance in '- relation to a donation of five thousand dollars ($5,000) to the Cape Fear Agricultural Association, and direct those citizens in tavor of said donation to state upon their ballots"For the Donation to the jCapt Fear Agricultural Assoclitlen," and those op posed to the donation to state? upon 'their bal' lote "Against the Donation to the. Cape Fear Agricultural Association.1? x Ordered further, That the polls be kept open from sunrise to sunset? -4 1 a - , .. ., , . rA true eopy from the minutes of the Board of Aldermen of Decembef 20, 1869. ' p ' :: Jr-.fLn benj; durfee, City'Clcrk: ; SPECIALS." " i WARRANT FOR CITV 15LECTION.I CTTT OF WmiINGTONf T- , r To the Marsha or eiifuf of his Ikputi- G jotting: V . '-c;-r In the flame pf the city of Wilmtogton, you SPECIALS. are herebyrrequired, iorthwith, to iiot'fy the cit izens of Ward No. 1, qualified to yote as thelaw directs, to assemDieaiinexiugiuxxi'uov,.xwuiii,u streei; ;:-;:.:;.x : : - - 'TrTfim name of the citv of 'Wilmington, tou are' hereby required, forthwitKto notify the,xit teens of Ward No. 2, qualifie4 to yoteasAhelaw directs, to assemble at tne engine xxuubc, im street; - ''. . "tv ?-s L , .-, .-; . triw'SISr'thV citv of Wibnington, you ire &ereby feq41red;foTthirith, t notify the cit-1 12CUB-V1 f iU i.1J. v, ju..u-- r directs, to assemble at the Jfinpno nouse, occona ttreet; ; 1 - iV- ; v.-Ki.'f i" Tn tie name of the city ot Wilmingtoni you tie hereby' required, forthwith, to notify the cit izens of Ward No. 4, quaanea to vote as tne law directs, to assemble at the Engine ilousej Fourth street ff 'M On the 3rd day of January, 1870, at sunriflrin theforenoon, then and there to giro in their ballots for a Mayor? to serve one year ; four Alf dermen, one lor each Ward," to 6ervc two years; and an wshitant Assesor for each Ward, to serve one year, all to be voted for on one ballot. The polls to remain open until sunset and no longer.r Arid to also cast their votes on the following or dinance: is. v .v- ' -: ; . AN ORDINANCE CONCERNlGGiTBJtJiiUi .twwuivuit association;: ' Be It ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wilmington, as follower- Section 1st That the Mayor be . authorized and instructed, and is "hereby directed lo sub scribe and pay ? to the Cape Fear Agricultural Association, the sum of Two Thdusand Dollars in bons of the City f to be paid from the bonds of the City payable in ten !years J from July 1st 1869, bearing interest at the rate of six per cent' per annum, payable in gold. Sec 2nd. That at the next city election the question, Shall the City of Wilmington donate to the Cape Fear Agricultural Association Fite Thousand Dollars in bonds, payable in ten years, with interest at six per cent, per annum payable in gold," shall be submitted to the voters of the city for their decision. Sec 3rd. That if the vdte shall be decided in the afilrmative, the Two Thousand Dollars in bonds donated in the firstsection of thla ordi nance shall be deducted! rbm the Five Thousand Dollars in bonds, mentioned in the second sec tion, and the Mayor 6hall require from ' the offi cers of the said Association an obligation to re turn at the end of one year from their delivery the two thousand dollars in bonds,, in case the Vote of the people shall be against the donation of the flye thousand dollars in bonds jis afore said. ' ' . 'r And you will notify the citizens to state on their ballots as lollows : If voting for the dona tion as specified iflf the ordinance above recited, the ballot shall state For the donation to the Cape Fear' Agricultural Association." If op posing the donation, the ballot shall state Against the donation to the Cape Fear Agri cultural Association." f ' Herein fail, not, and have you then and there this Warrant, with your doings thereon. ; Witness, Jos. H. Neff, Mayor of Baid City of Wilmington, this twenty-first l. s. . day of December, in the rear of our i Lord, one thousandeight hundred and ' sixty-nine. .-. By order ol the Mayor and Aldermen. BENJ, DURFEE, City Clerk. MARSHAL'S OFFICE, WltMINOTON, N C, Dec, 21, 1869. - To; the citizens of Wilmington Qreeting; In accordance with the above warrants, you arc notified to..comply with the requirements as specified. W. P. CANADAY, Marshal City ot Wilmington, dec 23 . . 336-td NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. GREAT REDUCTION! CLOSING CO-PARTNERSHIP. CLOTHING CHEAPER THAN EVER. SANTA CLAUS JpiLLING HIS SLEIGH WITH THE CHOICEST -PRODUCTIONS of f-.f jfiu jvon,, cop -; ; t City Clothiers." ' ' 336-lt dc33 M. CRONLV, Auctioneer. By CHONLY & MORRIfl. . : , ORANGES AT AUCTION. THIS MORNING AT 10 O'CLOCK, we will sell on board of Bris " H. H. Seavey," ljin in front of the ofilce of Messrs. Kidder & Sons South Water Street 30,000 SWEET PORTO GES. ! RICO ORAN- dec 23 S364t CITIZENS CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR. K. W. W. HARRISS. MANX CITIZENS. ' 33C-te dec 23 CAPE FEAR FAIR QROUflDSjf AMUSEMENTS FOR TUE HOLIDAYS. hrnBAINS WILL BE RUN FROM THE Depot X of the W. & W. Railroadevery hour from 11 a. JJi. to o f . M., commencing on the 25th In stant, and continuing until the 1st day of Janu ary, Sunday excepted. From Monday 27th until January ..Ist, races and exercise of noises will take place from 11 A.M. to5P. M under proper directions. . " Each horse entered for races or.exercise on , the track one dollar. -ess Gate entrance, 25 cents. . , . ; r- . Horses under saddle Or in harness, 25 cents each.! : , . The building will be leased for pic-nic parties and other, proper purposes. . . i ; - x 's For information apply to Maj. A. Engle- hard, ec Ex. com. dec as . r . 3ise-it LOST. 1 AN TUESDAY NIGHT'A MEMORANDUM BOOK; containing money? and Taluablo pa pers. The owner of the Book will pay a liberal re-vrord te any person who will return the eame to nW offiec corner Water and Princesa streets, ? ; : ' F.' G.! MOORE, - I Aeatctant. AattManr dee 21 336-tf Fianos . Pianos. ' l KNUBE'S fltiefl's fc Groventein's - PSS.PF6 .-"HlBERGiRsi . ' f 59 Kket Street, not a 829-