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X:7 f --- THE WILMINGTON TOST. wJp. CAN AD AY, Ed'r & Prop'r. SuNDAY WILMINGTON, N. C.i Morning, April ji, kw. I'm L boom appears to have .War industry alone the wv - mf - struck the Wisconsin THE LIBERAL SUCCESS IN GREAT '- I rarr a in-v Tlia tov.Kata rrf An til ft Most people on this side ol the At- 'G'uniy Collectors in the summer, and lantic who keep op eTeu a moderate they begin work in June, or July.. As knowledge of European polities', are to the holders of real estate, they are tofcAn .nrr.r?. fr ..,u nf ih more or less urgent, collecting as rapid v. , . . j ly as possible, while as to poll-tax pay- recen vounc: m ungiaira, Dcouana ana i - - ... flrA ' not urjrenfc at all. Ireland. ,: While the sympathies of Thev Irrive a notice, by costers and in nearly all classes of Americans are nat-1 the newspapers, when they begin, and not do later than its March session. class of Republicans rather than repei IVJ Tha voter, boinff assessed, must it. And this fact mates him so Strang . . V -a rrl . a . 1 a A Um I 0 em , pay ms tax. ane laxoiisis go as a candidate. And of his executive abilities the LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION, j" Assemblyman wren Telling Hiw ne Came Jf eat Preyenticff it. ! The N. Yurt.has :a story that As semblyman Wren might have prevented iine assassination oi a resiuem Xdiucom urallv with Mr. Gladstone and the lib- Central Railroad for miles from this I erals, they j had come to believe that city The total CUu 01 10g3 lor lue mina i ucatuusuu a pojjcy iw a along the road for that distence, exclu I the English pride of character that the ' Af AaV I mini.fra nrt.1l nrwf V.a nnsaf As it. la SIVe OI VaSC amOUUVS. Ol iUttJC, va i uiuwu;, num uuw ujiovi walnut, and bass-wood, reaches 70, I the success of the liberals, which ap- - - . V il i il 000 000 feet which is three times as i pears to; De so conclusive mat tney can lanrc as the cut of any former year ior i saieiy unaenaKe tnc control oi tne gov- " I ' 1 . 1 M.' - the same mills. i eminent, is very largely a personal tri umph oi Mr. W. E. Gladstone himself, in January following they give another, and these make any personal ! demand unnecessary. Ihey need asc r no one fwr hia tax. The law is explicit ibat the notices shall be "deemed and taken to be a sufficient demand." ! V. When the Levy Court meets on the .fifcst Tuesday in March, the Collec ters bring in their duplicates, showing that Ihey have collected so much, (and have paid it over to the County Treas urer, according to his receipts,) and for a long lists oi names of persons who did not come forward they ask allow- "errors," the persons being, ac cording to their theory, dead or ab sconded, or assessed by a Wronir. name. VL Allowance being made for these was enacted.' In fifteen years the wheat crop of the I he being in all respects the greatest United States has increased from$H8,-1 leader in thp opposition to the policy 500,000 to 448,750,000 bushels, the corn i of lieaconsheld. 15ut it is nouca more rrno has increased from 704,400,000 in I comprehensive, than any personal tr 1875 to 1,545,000,000 bushels, the barley I umph culdj be, because it is reallya ' . I - r.. 01 cent bats G2 per csnt, ' and potatoes 80 I middling classes of England, joined by the liw are forbiaden to be put per 'cent. Tobacco has more than I such leaders of the aristocratic class as again or one year thereafter. (lh doubled, and also cotton. Our raanu-1 liord Derby, Earl "G-anvitle and the f:if turpa have alsft creatly increased 1" as I Marquis of Harlington. ' The whole re same paper says : , The White House has sheltered Pres idents who did not own themselves. we want none suca at a ume wnen i;-- -. ..It- t t j peril is at the '-Ration's door knocking ,if he had fired the pistol rhich he had so loudly as it is now. We want a man drawn on J. Wilkes Booth on the day who knows when, how and where to act, and who can -and will act as in stantaneously as the demand. If 'you have not been a thoughtful student of Mr. Sherman's life since he has been your faithful servant, possess yourselves of a brief account of his services to the countiy, that you may know the mag nitude of what he has done and then come with me to his office is the Treasv ury. . The room is filled with officials, business men, and Treasury department chiefs, each awaitinjr his turn for an pistol toshoet before the terrible deed Wren says: , U i 'I had ray hand on my i John Wilkes Booth ncej and I wish I ihad. for I drew on him on the morning iof the very dav that he assassinated . t : 1 . i i I Wren was fbrnicrly an was, and one day when oooth was ispeakiDg of Lincoln in very vulgar and profane terms, Wren remonstrated with audience with the great finance minis- j him, so that Booth in indignatioii drew actor as Booth From the Iforth Carolina Republican. Letter from bishop hood. He Denounces His Slanderers. .- ' : ; . - i -.-i : 1 Mr. Editor . Deaii Sin I have noticed the article in the so called Teopls Voice, to "which you call my at tention. ThanHa for your kindness. It has been : a question with me, whether or not I ought to notice it. I generally treat such base attacks with silent contempt. It ia next to impos sible to touch anything so filthy with out getting soiled. , ' i Once, when a boy, I was walking through the wood? well as all our industries. A familiar name reappears neiere CoDgresi in the momonal of an ordi nance company, ' of which Norman Wiard is rresident, proposing "a cheap I greatly modified and liberalized in the and ready solution ol j the ordnance interests of the distressed masses of suit evidently strikes a distinct and heavy blow at the colonial policy of Beaconsfieid, including especially the operations in Afghanistan and South Africa. The Irish policy will also be constructive "errors " the names are stricken from the ceunty lists, and by be put on ese allowances may be made at any time duringMarch, five' days having first been given fr the examination el each collector's return.) This law was passed as a purely par- ter. He is standing : his tall form slightly stooped forward, and his head inclined to what the speaker is saying, while on his face is a mild, benignant expression, lit by an intensity of atten tion. Hardly has the official finished laying his important business before him ere the Secretary has decided upon it j i . i i ii, ana mo man gives piace to me next. Thus in an hour's time business covering his pistol on him, but us Wren was not armed,-they agreed to wii till be cfeuld f be armedvaud then fihtj "The next morning, v:hich: was the day of the assassination, I went around to Ford's Theatre to sea Miss Laura Keene, and passing do .n the -front Charlotte haoVon exhibition some davs the mechanical arts by the trade unions, AknA..in I I 4. - a:i ;. sum uuti iiuui fueruaiiulf lobby, supposing tuut n. rehearsal was in progress, I saw H. Ojay Ford and sent the entire complication of ur nation's l also Booth, who turned toward me and, a xJostmater was to give out the letters hnance, lsrapidly dispatched business as 1 supposed, made a movement to inquiring the most careful and far- carry his threat into execution. : I had seeing decisions. Every aspect oAther on a liht overcoat and my revolver in iSrbblem " an "easy and cheap way to secure l.cbo powerful guns at a cost of $1,000,000, within six months," and finally, a way to save the sjovernment 'i54.258.000 in the cost of armaments for fortifications." so administered as to defraud 3,000 Re publican voters of the privilege of vot ihg. ih that, small state where the ag gregate vote, if all' cast, is not much ,t siirht. animal that did not seem in a hurry to get out of my way, I thought I would just knock it over. Well, the experi ment taught me that it had a means of defence and annoyance like the scorpi- accept an office he is not competent to fill. ' . If ofSce is ihe chief ambitioaof tha black man, and ho has had so lirtle success in obtaining office at the hands , f the Republican nartv. it is a littl " strange that he stands s firmly by that party. How. happened it that every mother's son of them did not rush over to the Democratic party at the time the legislature appointed so many colored men to office? These men were -no- pointed notwithstanding they were-Rc publicans. j J '- I Certainly they would have a right to expect more as Democrats. Did they go? I have seen no indication of it; i We have faith in the principles epun- -". tr " " equality of rights guaranted to everr ons St. John te and from that d lis as of (Rev. , iv. 10.) ky I have been careful not to get too near a skunk. As to the letter published, I presume it is the same that the Postmaster it citizen. It is this that has bound us to the Republican party, r and not the hope of office. To refuse to appoints man to office simply because he is black is not in keeping with these principle. And because a few cdlered men seek' office like other people, and snie:6f them use base means to obtain office, like others, is bo reason why the whole race should be branded as a corrupt class of ofBceseekers. ! : 5 That the black. man is shut out from ago. i I supposed lhat the business of inai people, wun some raaicai caaugea more ,hjin 54 OfiO. Sn that it came in the laws concerning the relations of ab0ui that while the Republicans cast 10,752 votes for Hayes in 1876, they tisan, act, 4ind for nine years it has been j vast machinery is as a picture before the pocket, and I put my hand 011 i mm ana an inexhaustible iund 01 lnior- prepared to snoot tnrou' matioD concerning it 13 at his tongue's I at Booth, for I . supposed and. He wastes n time : duty presses 1 to be the best thiuts to set the first shot. upon him day and night, yet j nothing j Fortuuately for me, peihaps unfortu ever gees undone. And yet he seems nately for the country, I waited an in- it, and saw IJQOth extend his hand tenants ana the landlords. YYe may undoubted! look also for radical changes -inLhe foreign policy of the governmenp and indeed for a general advance towards a friendliness to the the nicht by a man who. t. v. lt. , f 11 uvftu wiiuc gica iiuiai jcvicia tut? A druggist at Portland, Maine, was aroused in wanted to buy some druggist refused to sell it, fearing pros ecution under the Prohibition law: The man declared that the liquor was for his wife, who had' been taken vio lently ill, and might die unless she got :it:so he was given a small quantity. He was really a temperance spy, and on the following day he had the dealer arrested. ii'J call for consultation in Speaking of the stars in April in its customary interestinfl: manner, the Providence Journal says : "Tte interest of the month; concentrates on the morning stars, fer, after the 7th,, Vnu-j Jupijter, Mercury and Saturn, are nil numbered on this list. Venus especially will he the he?ald of the sun thruuglmut the month, for, though in her distHUt phae, suestill reifrns as th bngii t est star in the heavens: She will forrii a ioVelv picture as a companion for th mender waning moon on the niornin'r of the ' 7tb. will divide, her queenly fav(r between -Mercury and Jupiter on ithe 15ib, andwill appeal above the horizon line nearly at the same time with Saturn and Mercury n the 30th. Jupiter and baturn will be come, studies t peculiar interest from the present time, till their opposition - with the sun next October, when Jupi ter, just after perihelioD, will don his brightest colors, and Saturn' will shine with clearer lustre than he has done for many years.'' 4ueen wi making up . the Ministry docs not, jas we write, seem settled. It seems to be decided, haflreter, in the public mind, that Mr. Gladstone will accept bo sec ond place in the new government, but will, if not tendered the Premiership, go to the House e-f Uommons as the in dependent and untrammelled supporter of the new rder of thincs. What po sition he will hold there is not doubtful. -I l l : i rl . i . '( . Since the splendid days of William Pitt no such potent. voice will have ap peared in ! that powerful body. The ' - i 1 i. occasion i 13 as great as the man. A bold leader, immensely popular with the people,' will bring to the considera- ' " j ' . e in statesmanship, a loftiness in the utterance of the better opinion of Eng- laud in those ancient halls, such as has rare " een seen in the most illustrious periods of English political history. It is not too much to anticipate a new era to that great people from a great popu lar leader who stands almost without a compeer in ancient or modern times. BIsnDP HOOD'S LETTscIl. V ""That sarcastic colored gentleman, Mi. Geo. J. Murrell of Madison Par ish, Louisiana, has furnished fresh pab ulum for Senator Vance and the rest-of. them on the exodus humbug commit tee. He says that in the canvass of 1879 he went to the Democratic leaders of the Parish and offered to induce the colored people to vote for some local Democratic hominees if they wduld al lw them to have apeacable canvass. One of the Democratic leaders, in re fusing the proposition, told him that "there was more eloquence in a double" barrelled shot guh than in forty Cicer os." , The Parish was counted Demo cratic by 2,300 majority, when not over 3G0 votes were actually . cast,, and not more than SO colored men voted. The witness also said that some of the old whigs of the Parish were inclined to tieat the colored people well, but that the bull dozers were a class of men who had no interest in the,, welfare of the people, and were "a classof men who live on peanuts and sweet potatoes, and kill niggers." Evidently the loww xlown whites of the copperas breeches order have it their own way in that sublimely patriotic Parish. The controversy in the House toe tween Mr. Springer and Mr. Manning of Mississippi, in which each rose to personal explanations as to the conduct of , Springer on the committee on the Washburne-Donnelly contested election case, it must be said leaves Mr. Springer mainly vindicated. Mr. Springer states that his judgment was that Washburne was .not legally elected and that he would vote to unseat him, but that' he did not believe . that Donnelly was elected and would not vote to seat him. All ' the members cf the cornmittee agreed that they understood this to toe Mr Springer's position, except Mr. JMaunitig aud Mr. Armfield of this state, the latter of whom stated thai Springer told him plttr the vete was taken "thac if -his vote could have seated Mr. Don ntny hu wouid have given it, not dar ing to antagonize his party." The evi dence largely peiuis to the vindication of Springer's statement:, as he makes it. This leaving a vacancy in the Minne sota district, a naw election will have t) be ordered, where Gov. Washburne undoubtedly wui oe elected. These persons who indulged in the hallucination that they could snub cut the Rev. Doctor and Bishop Hood with a few flings, sarcasms and slang epi thets, will find themselves mistaken1 if they will read the letter which we transu ler entire from the North Carolina lie i. - - publican, in which it was first printed That it is full of sensible .suggestions and good hits at his assailants,' as well as of that indomitable pluck for which Bishop Hood is noted, will be observed by all who read it. He defends him" sell with the spirit of an invincible champion, 'and repays sarcasm with sarcasm, and flings uback slang in the! face of 8lang,.with an aptness and vig or which is at the same time refreshing and convincing. The white man who wrote a letter and sisned it "A Colored Republican," as well as Gordon, the sore-'head, and the , so-called "Peoples Voice" and a ftw -others, find that they have waked up a Tartar. There is also a pertain lofty boldness and excellence of sentiment in his closing words, in which he says that he has special interest in the well being of his people, and in" preventing, their being led into the sin cf ingratitude, that he would not have been true to his calling if he bad held his peace ; and, that, I am opposed to indignation meetings to de nounce anybody, especially those who have been foremost in cause for many years." might, if they had been allowed a fair registration, have cast 18,000 votes and thus carried the state. " It Iwill be seen by looking at the first provision for voting in what we have qunt:d above, that all persons in order to be qualified to vote, must have paid within two ytars a county tax which must have been assessed at least six months before the election. Under thi3 and e ther provisions of the law all sorts of friuds were practiced. The mana gers )f. registration were all Democrats, and i hey would on various pretexts higgle about putting Republican names on the list, sometimes euouch in pre cincts to turn the balance, and all the time enough tcturn the balance in the state.: ; - "' LatterTy these frauds have been taken cognizance oi by the United. States Court, and some of them have been finished, and there is. great terror anions: the Democrats that Bayard, Saulsbury &Co., who pretty muchjown, that insignificant domain politically will be arrested and driven out of pow er. They i are, assailing the United Spates Judge for. all concieveable mis deoieaucr3 and charges, aad are des perately struggling to keep their' ille gal and ill gotten, power. This busi ness is of a piece with such things as are going oa m South Carolina, Miss issippi, Louisiana and other southern states. With a lair registration and vote Delaware has a chance to go .Rer publican in 18S0. - . to have an indefinite capacity for aeiog more, ine Assistant toecretary has re-j cently resigned to engage ini Illinois pontics., jLne secretary has assumed his duties, and carries the double' load seemingly as bght as before. 1 his is . the man we want for President. " ' ; ' JOHN SHEHMAV3 RECORD The private and public record staut to me. He camo up :ayiug, ,VVon t you shake hands, Geo 'ge? I wasn't myself yesterday. Let oy-g ms be by gones.' Of ccurso, that 'was. thexcnd of the trouble.' ; "That cveniug, while Miss German was singing 'Sherman has marched to the sea,' and I was standing in the wings ready to go -on, C. D. Hess came rushing in to the wings land said to me, has said will "John Qhermn stands unimpeached and with a face like death 'Lincoln unimpeachable.! His . nomination at been shot ip his. box at Ford'.'; I nu;n mo..i .f at once, and I presume Mr. Hess . - "- remcmber it Tliat John Booth did successful aggressive battles that -ever it I a.n BOrry x wa8 plne, but per was fought by any party in this-country. I haps that will be pardoned . Jim Mc ItwilMeave Democracy with nothing! Cullorn, bam Mall, and I went up to to assail, but only their intolerable and! Booth's fatherV farm, in Maryland, the . , . . . i next mornms, look in ciiensive .past to aeiena. A3 a consist-? uaj ieArx him task ent, pefSrstent and honest Republican! that were there." We jonn onerman stands the neer ot anv -tne leetn, actor use - II I man. : We are absolutely certain that the cautious, prudeut, successful men who are leaders of the arty, in sulfi cient numbers from every section, will support Mr. Sherman lcjr the nomina tion; and we are absolutely certain that the timid and waveriDg, who know of Sherman's fitnes?, will have such posi tive evidence before them by the time for bim,-for we about some caves went armed to 1 here Mr. Wren smiled, and in a very hiatrjonic man ner.1 Ol course we didn't find him. Afterward I went to the gunboat aud saw Booth's body. It was the poor fel low, fast enough. I have been inclined of late years, as I have recalled his wild and unreasonable mancjer all that win ter, to have charity enough for Both through ; his pffice, not to keep them until he could find an editor base enough to disgrace the profession by the! pocket publishing what purported tq bea pri it was froinc vate confidential letter. . i It is strange, too, thattho Postmaster at; Charlotte should sign, himself "A Colored Man," unless thert has been a change in that office since " I was there. I thought it was a route agency that Gordon wanted. Has he outrun his own ambition and got charge of the Postoffice at Charlotte? who has heretofore been looked upon a3 a disinterested and honest man." Honesty has-been my maxim through life, and; no honest man will charge me with dishonesty. But I have never preferred to be disinterested "And who had the reputation of being non partisan. ! ' The hypocrites! If I had the repu tation of being non-partisan , how corses it that Turner and Gordon and the whole clan of my traduces had been for three years trying to make my people believe that I had turned Dem ocrai? They had by this means got up so much feeling at one place that the pastor was afraid for, me to viait the church lest I should be insulted. Now we have their testimony hat they did to believe that his mind was deranged. notbelieve' what thev were circulatinff among me people, is the testimony ol MIEKMAW SIGNS. The leading German Republican pa per cf New Yerk says of Secretary advocating our n FRAUD Iri DELAWAKJK. " Ex-Senator Wiilard Saulsbury of Delaware, brother of the present Sena tor, and now Chancellor of that little state, is distinguishing himself by con cocting one of the most audacious pieces of bulldozing and fraud ever known. They had there in 1871 a unanimous democratic legislature and nailed an act regulating voting of which the fol lowing is an abstract : j I. The voter, duly qualified, must have paid within two years preceding the election of a county tax, which tax must have been assessed , at : least six months before thelection. H. To secure this qualification, tho citizen must be assessed. The County "Assessors make up their lists in Decern ber and January, and, after hanging them up in a public place for a certain time, they sit for one day, at the end of January, to ad names or correct er ror. V"; '' Y:..:'-- III. The lists then go to the Levy Court of the county, when it meets at the beginning of February. That body may add the names of persons coming before it in person and proving their identity by affidavit, with a freehold "voucher" present alsV and supporting the affidavit under oath. This it maj Shermau . John Sherman is the strongest candi date who can be nominated at Chicago. First, because every Republican would vete. for him.. Second, because thous ands of hard njoney and Union Demo crats would support him, because they know how to value his glorious success of his national financial policy, - and because they endorse the sentiments and liberal views expressed in his let ter to a war Democrat of oyer a year agol Third, because the quiet, non partisau undemonstrative business men of the whole country would prefer him to all other candidate?, knowing that the prosperity .of the1 country would run.no risk of receiving a setback from John Sherman's hand?. The Washington Worid, a square ont advocate of Sherman'd nomination, has this to say of his relation to the bnsi ness men of the country : " . When an American statesman has made his markf in the country it is pretty conclusive evidence that he served it well. Now, Mr. Sherman as the great American Financial Minister, has opened the way to prosperity in which all classes of his .fellow-citizens are participating. 7 Merchants, business men and manufacturers who employ la bor largely feel the revival of trade and commerce to be an unspeakable bless ing. After so many years of depression, the whole nation responds hopefully and gratefully, realizing the benefits opened to an enterprising people in the new era. Capital finds safe and profit able investment j and working men find abundant employment at good and in creasing wages. Indeed, considering what the nation has passed through, the era of prosperity is literally unex ampled. if 'intelligent men are asked to pin out the ms" vho hs been most ltjstrumeu'.l, iri i rtuging on the commercial revival in which they are prospering, the name of John Sherman rises to his lips with wonierfui unani mity. This is not a matter of surprise, because intelligent men know wh-t Mr. Sherman has done, and how persistent and laborious and wise his jyork has been Mr. Sherman 13, therefore, thejr choice for the Presidency j and they have! been laboring and will continue to labor for his nomination at Chicago for that, hih office, because they be lieve he deserves it, and that the coun try desires it N There must be no division" in the ranks of the Republican party. Qa the contrary, every Republican must use his utmest efforts for the success of the party, and go to the polls ,and cast his vote. It is with a view to avoid divi sion in the JRpublican rants that the nomination of Mr. Sherman at Chicago is proposed. A ''stal wart" Republican of unimpeachable integrity, $1 r. Sher man would attract strength from eyerr the Conventiwn assembles that they will hasten to be on the side of ihe successful candidate. ' Events unknown to the. publicare daily transpiring which renders Sher man's nomination inevitable. Other booms may boom, but will end only in disappointment to the over-credulous. Ihe finger of destiny points unerringly and the voice of a majority of the Re publican people have already pro nounced in favor of Sherman'rnomina- tion, and victory will crown every step we take in the fight until the election! in November. Our recent predictions are iaade upoi 'reliable data, and not upon worthless speculation. We have made them, not to boast nor for use "around headquar ters," but that ihey may be noted by the ,fbofimers'? of other candidates for future reference, and that the masses who really prefer Sherman, but who halt and doubt for fear they may be on the losing side, may see their error be-4 IK T ii K EST I rs C T ccrrespon'deut tl e interest to the south : The lejrislalure of No, TH S3 SOUTH followhiff rth Ciiroliua in 1879 passed a resolution1 asking the General Government, thrsuga the Sen ators and Keprcsentat state, to appropriate $1, estabhsnmenti of a uui education of the white south, "near ':thSf heatl beautiful Swanuanop, a ew xorK limes itercs of ves trom that pOO.OOO for the yefsity for the youth of the waters of the the foot of tho Meutit- such persons worthy of any considera tion? While I am not a , politician in the common acceptation of the term, (and the man who says I am, makes an aesertion at variance with the truth.) yet I have nsver professed to bo non partisan. It is only the man who has not Eufficient intellect to grasp an idea ot current ew that is nonpartisan. I lhink.there are men enough whose, pursuits by caste prejudice, shut out from teaching even his own race in the public schools of some of the states, shut out from eyery avenue of development that it is possible to close against him; I say that these things are so and ought to shield ' him from harsh judgment,even thought4 he should I have presented more than : his share of officeseekers They cer tainly ought to have shielded him' from the slander contained in the charge of exces&iye office seeking. . v - But listen! "lie should be despised," &c. Just so! That is just what I world expect. You know there isv a bird 1 which has no relish ior anything but. carrion. If I wero admired by these "Bishop Hood political buzzards I should hate myself. ' -But we shall 'soe the serpent s head and hear him once more- He emits the following, T j- . h L "Our people mil never forget the be trayal of Chamber fain and Packard, nor the cruelty and treachery which prompted Hayes and Sherman to bribe our people, through our church, using Bishop Hood as the medium." ' v , '' v It requires the ingenuity of an angel from the burning pit to indict sentences so complete I and yet so satanic as the foregoing. Nor is there a black man in -North Carolina, with the ability to write such a sentence who would per vert his talents in that way." And fed eral officeholders, it seems to me ought to be the last to speak of their chief in such terms. ! . - . V Part of this is a little far fetched tod. Ail the way from Louisiana. What do our people know about Uhambelain and Packard? Chamberlain betrayed and beat himself. He wenl; dyer to the Democrats for votes, and Hampton, i itating him, went over to the RepublK bans for votes, and beat Chamberlain at his own game. , r :'' As to Hayes' southern policy I could not have had it more to my mind, if I had been permitted to mould it. The commentary of the future historian upon it will be "well done." But the idea cf going so far seems to have been to; gather velocity in a cowardly way for the stroke aimed at my head. What petty spite the wolf behind the curtain has againsJLme, which causes the exhi bition of so. much malice is a mystery business is politics, to attend to polity- beyond my comprehensioh. If T have CTm rC T -'n V Winn :u:.. i. fiver rffissprl his nath T knnw'Jfc nnt. Th; .. . i , r.i T1 . r I v it.Kwv o, , ukuv& x uixx uuw illxliiZ III I r . i . ains,- a location "unrivalled- lor its KVl , . . j I nrovolcpd np-linoss Tint. T hll nnf rrv beautv, its healthfulcesk the purity of eyermeiess j nave my convictions on :n7 - " its air, and the Sweet nctfs ot.its waters," l.VJi.. : rJr. aa v UUUK To the chanre of.beinsr bribed T HarA - j .i -i -i is n. j. : i ill l nil J nil RvprT man w no rnnwa mn i . . . -.." o aua anoucr. iu. i.o , mvcrsuy , , - ; - "f this to. say: It is like another that ha. somewnerc eise in. uie suiu i ior tne. ------ -r -" yFcoo hppn Rfi(.rpt w rirrnlatpr! nnrl wiifh r eaucatiou ci me coiorea youtn. xtie rJ i . - "w. n . trvine- te trace tt n Itt. .i. .1 I for many vpars to hnnr nhnnf o cfoa "rvc uru "j'ug "ite H( lSfi ' VjOmilllLLL'H UI1 IVllll HLIOII M TiCl r - . J , a u civaiu Labor say, in their re a. uaiv tcuciycu a. cuuu IXliWl v i;o:i v 1 1 fore it is too late. Washington Worl WHY TUB SOUTH IS POO!:. 'An exchange hits off rather ludi crously but with a good deal of truth ai bottom, the reasons why the scutt keeps poor. While we desireuto se( the north and the whole couutry pros perou?, we do ihinjc that the mor speedily the suth gets in the waj- j making at home more of the articl which are in common use the better to them: ,-"We plough our cropa withlnorthp.rn made ploughs, hitch our learns wKb northern made harness, cut our woodi stitutionality of Congress establishing universities only in. the south,! and di rect attention to the bill ...favorably re- 'I ported by them and now pending, I which proposes to appropriate the net proceeds of the public lands among the states' according to their illiteracy, to promote the cause of Education. Be- lievhig that this bill will accomplish the object sought by tne legislature as nearly complished by Congres viz: "That the to its source. Governor of North .1! .x I lit harmanv anrl crrrr fAHnv I poit, tnat they rr;- Carelina bribed me with three thousand esiionaDie con- vV - ----- ryvc. . U4 uiJa n, discharged frorn the consideration of ?3 1 ?hnllUg a( fhetthanda, and ;Uth with northern 'made axes, Jret-s purj to the value o 8,798 the resolution. And again : . . The Governor of S 18G9 sent the Adjutant state to this city to m upon the General ; Government -for the i ttate. There Carolina arms The Adrutant- quota ot arras due la was then duo to boulli! mber with northern made planes, General asted ior 10,000 fcprirjgheld 1 slave grins andadopts it. Does he ex- drive our northern nails with a northern made hammer, and pniut our houses with a northern mad.e brush dipped in northern pajot. f In shorr, we are rocked in northern made cradles, wrapped in northern made swaddling cloths, suck our paps of northern made corn starch, through a northern made nipple, frem a north ern botOe. ' We are x educated frorn northern mads to iks, are healed with northern physic, aud being gently laid in a northern made coffin, our minister, clothed in northern made cioths, takes our funeral text fron a northern made Bible, and . loving hands ju northern j made gloves, lower us by-means cf a: northern made rope into a southern grave, and our last -resting place is marked by a tombstone quarried, dress ed, and probably carved ?t the north. This policy is not the true one. We must manufacture and patronise home institutions before we can become the prosperous people that we ought tp be." rnentary notices from the Democratic press. And lor the same reason I have been roundly abused by ai class of poli ticians. Some of our leaders don't think that a black man Ought to think for himself; he is expected to act upon the; thoughts which others make for him, and if one shows any independ ence, all the hounds in the kennel are let loose upon him. Thank.the Lord I ii I J l-.P'a t T they ask to be m ipeuuent oi mem,i want no oi- North Carolina it can be ac- dollars t become a Democrat." The difference, is that the Governor ' bribed me to vote for him after the' election was .over. Th.is inconsistency did not make any difference so long as the report could be used! to the injury of my chinch by those who were op' posed to it. v j n And this is the bottom; of. the whole matter so far as any colored man is connected with the slander. The "Our Church" is a deception, I have never met President Haves to Carolina in General of the ake rcqirfsiiion I mV knOwlflliTfi hn.TA nnt. eon fionratnrv it up uui.Dusiness tilling qC r' t . j . with the people. I wear maa ?. four years. I have never . girded with truth, and wr-ltte.n .mine5 eltherot them, or re- they will find my; influence a coat of mail having a good breast plate I defy them mi, ays mis n-ypocrne, "l regret to say that the colored politician is gene rally for sale," Of course no colored man would write such a liobill upon his bee. ' " -'. ; I - f This is th master's language, but ihe Itntry accoutre arms 1 sizi.uuu. ith her! annual A singular case of a lot heir came lately before the Court of Chancery, England. In 1838, Isaac, eldest son of John Atkinson, a Cumberland gentle man pf property, disappeared. There was no sujpftBiog pf his death, but no news erer rcache4 bs family about him. It now opprars- that about the slrae time one James Anderson started in business in Home, Italy. He had aXlumberlind accent, and like fsaajp, was a fine wrestler. This man was the lost heir, fiy the death of his father, in 1839, Isaac became hgir. bat it is stated, never knew this until ljS75. His claim . was then nearly barred, nor did he take steps to assert it. He died in 1877, and so satisfied are his family of is identity that they have , agreed on a compromise with his children. muskets and sets of in ft ments, and the request was granted by Secretary of War llollins, and the state was charged lor the Having been credited w!i quota since that time, the state's debt has been reduced to &0Joyb.0S. Sena tor Wade Hampton has favorably re ported to the Senate, from, the Commit tee on. Military Affairs, a bill which propose? entirely to relieve the state from this debt to the General Govern ment. !, I Apd again oil the al I-absorbing ques tion io the colored people of the south, the Freedman's Bank : . ? Mr. Bruce, from the Senate select committee to investigate the aflirs of the Freedman's Bank to day reported back the bill jto amend the charter of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company. The bill dirjects the Secre tary of the Treasury to. appoint the Controller of the Currency a Commis sioner to settle the affairs of the bank, t invests the Commissioner with pos- pect the colored people to receivft airv- per which is the vehicle of such diabol ical misrepresentation Gordon , and Turner cught not to judge the race by themselves, they aro not good speci men's. There are very few, who like them, are hankering after the flesh poly of Egypt, and ready to choose a mas ter, : - , . , ; Some northern paper has stated the same slander, charging that the colored people care for nothing but office seek ing. Than which, nothing could be more false. There is no class of Ampr. - : i : i i . -. ican ciiiZSUS WUO noia comnarnhn v so few offices, no? is there a class that produces so few ttTice seeker's. This especially applie to North Carolina. Among the huriUred f Postmasters in this state there is not "a colored man t my knowledge. Two colored clerks and a few route agents are all that rep resent the race in the postal depart ment. Leave Newbern and Wilming ton, and you will have to hunt a long time to find a man in the revenue de- nartmp.nt. session and title to. alt the property of .One tmm if Jnrrm., - 1 . ' . T I . uvrwu ALA ilUIIUlUL. An ? 1 I? . . ... ine Dan tr, ana auinorizes mm to per form all the duties originally conferred upon the three Commissioners under the.act of 1874. The Commissioner is to receive, inaddilin to his present salary, $1,000 per annum, to be paid eut of the funds of the bank. Senator Bruce also reported a bij authorizing the purchase, by' the Secretary of the Treasury, of the Freednjau's JJauk building, in this city, for asiim not exceeding- f20,000, to be placed to the credit of the Commissioner of the bank, for disbursement amooe the creditors. ment, received from the Rpnnhliran administration, and worth many thous ands, swears he would not eive an sd. reived a line from them, personally or otherwise. I dialike'to use severe is n guage. but there are some skulls which"" .are too thick to tak a hint, ncr do I 'know how to characterize this slander"' except 'in the following language: I havethcrefore this to. say, that the man who charges me with being .bribed bv President Hayes, Secretary Sherman or anybody tlse, tells a lie .of his; own making, and is therefore a liar arid the' lather of it. 1 i , Som; meaare sodUhonest them selves that they think bo one can do anything from pure motives. v . I have no special interest ia the can didacy of Secretary Sherman, but I have special interest ia the wfll being of my people, and seeing them let! (thoughtlessly ky wicked ; pen, who. have no interest in them except to use them to serve their own ambitious de sires) into the sin of ingratitude, I would not have been true to my calling had I held my peace. I am opposed to . . indignation meetings to denounce anv- body, especially . those who have beta ' . foremost in advosating; our cause for many years. -.'-..-'.:'' :.:... And now let the dogs bark on. . Yours with much respect, - '.'' ', . ..T W Tlrvnn WasIiikqtox, Aprfl 4.The. bill in relation to Special Deputy Marshals of Elections, which was introduced in the House by Ar. Thompson, of Kentucky, and which has been reported 'from the J udiciary Committee and placed on the catenaar, proyides that not mora than The Standard's Berlin dispatch! states that emigration to the ijnited s(ate is again on the increase, and that exteni sive preparatiorjs therefor are being made in every part of Germany. poinimenc to a "nigger" If he' was one nntafnnui hn I w vww.j duaii ijn X 1 1 1 II I 1 1 1. rOl"r I oft l n n tt rntvnra .,.. . J; -i.!.! . that the, Election Supervisors and Dep uty Marshals shall not receive more than $1 50 per day for their services, and shall receive no other fee3 frem the public Treasury ; that no fees whatever shall be paiq to them except from an niVimSW mm , " 1 ,uuu,l,s wr congress ne.wouid expect every colored man to vote for him, and ii mey laned to do so he-'would want them all disfranchised. I am not com -plaining,am only stating facts in an -?wef change made against my peo V t l"a' array of coL. 5h.fl5teS? fr-'i.J!i,f-a-t to- met. Well IsunAnT; l: ..."J'.tu . or euperrn iitii isuDnnu it ia ..,. tL.i w-ii .... ' . .. anran- 4 . w " MU" sue suniL arrest or imprison on election vr. u - uauicu ii rnnra nrv&nn t... i j . i m - - - th.TM- i, r ?bcuj - ay any eiecuon omcer lor any ottense iny say he refuspd tn a-f i oo-... .i r .f -rT-..j IZt dfen .1 1$ but that the war- himsplf firrio " : c? Kye faui, or process ior such oltense may Da 6v w ocuooi.' i should executed ?ery much regret to see a colored man I day. then when offered mins at any time after election
The Wilmington Post (Wilmington, N.C.)
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