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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. WILMINGTON, N. C, AUGUST 24, 1SC6. Labor. One of the results of the war has disclosed the fact that Southern chivalry does not proscribe labor, as it has always been falsely contended at the North, and by indifference and silence, in some degree admitted at the South. The history of the world does not furnish a parallel to the cheerful ness and zeal with which a people, who having staked and lost their all in the issue of battle went to work, as has characterized the people of the South.- Failing in one undertaking they do not become discouraged, but immediately set about to test the probabilities of another. To excite their greatest enthusiasm and call forth their greatest energies, the work must only be honorable. Ex-Confederates are at work all over this land. The mightiest chieftain among them the consum mate military leader, who with a half clad, poorly fed and equipped army, never more than a third, and frequently less than a fourth, the numbers of his adversaries, for four years kept one of finest and best furnished armies ever organized at bay and on more than two-thirds of the battle fields re mained master of the situation, now adorns the presidency of a college with all the ability and zeal that distinguished him as a military leader; and to-day, in his more humble position, com mands the respect of mankind in a greater de gree, if possible, than when in the battles around Richmond he compelled McClellan to seek refuge under the guns of his fleet, or drove the magnifi cent army of Hooker from its fortifications upon the heights of Chancellorsville, or from the Wil derness to Petersburg, made the overwhelming legions of Grant pay the terrible cost of their con fidence and temerity. The illustrious example thus set has not been lost upon the subordinate officers and men of our armies. To-day throughout the South every grade of employment is filled by men who have distin guished themselves in the service, and while wo point with prido to the noble soldier who fills the Gubernatorial Chair of Mississippi, still we can see the badge of honor ornamenting the soiled and worn garments, "faded gray," of men in the j most humble employments ; their badges telling so eloquently of the past, are not surer evidences of future success than are their contented faces and manly earnestness. These men are tho true heroes of tho war and are as much to be commended in private life as they wero deserving of praise on tho battle-field. The avidity with which all classes at tho South have gone to work is no new feature of the South ern character, although they havo heretofore been regarded by tho majority of tho Northern citizens as adverse to manual labor. Previous to the war, with a very largo class with us, work was not a necessity, consequently it was not done, and as the North saw the South in a great measure through the wealthy visitors at their watering places, at Operas and Ball Rooms of their cities, and at the counters of Stewart, opinions had been formed relativo to our wealth and social life, and the temperament and general manners of our peo ple, which were adverse to habits of industry and labor. Many regarded this section as a great plan tation, and the title of " Southern planter " was a synonym of all that was and is desirable in life. Thejterm conveyed to their minds palatial residen ces, beautiful groves, extensive fields, whose hap py owners spent tho winter in luxurious ease and social enjoyments and passed the summer in cost ly idleness, amid the mazes of the dance at Sara toga, hunting and fishing at the White Mountains, or enjoying the breezes and baths at Newport. Such, indeed, was the Northern view of Southern life. Better would it have been for the unity of the sections and the prosperity of the country, had as large a proportion of the Northern people visited the South as the reverse. Happy would be tlie influence of tho present influx of Northerners among us, wero they not for the greater part the quintessence of Radicalism, sent as political missionaries and financiers to teach tho freedmen hostility to the whites, and improve our political theories at our own expense. Certainly there are among ns some who come in good faith, that have learned much of Southern character, which must havo a favorable influence upon them. Business, if not social intercouse, must have developed the fact that energy and labor were not antagonistical to Southern habits, and that work is not only regard ed as honorable among us, but most arc determin ed to reap tho reward promised the faithful labor er. The President's Friends. At the close of the war, a party of broken down politicians, the leaders for the most part having been repudiated at the ballot-box by the people of North Carolina, endeavored by professing pecul iar and special loyalty, and claiming to be, par excellence, the friends of the President, in the midst of the general fear and consternation attending the overthrow of the armies of the Confederacy, and the entire subversion of the State Government, to grasp political power, which had been denied them in more deliberate moments, and when the privileges of voting had been unrestricted by pro clamations of tho Federal Executive and the fear of the bayonet. Through an unfortunate appoint ment by the President of Provisional Governor, (and a terrible responsibility rests upon those who made the recommendation for which the people of the State will yet hold them accountable,) they were partially successful and needed only tho re election of their candidate for Governor to com plete their triumph. A Convention, little less radical than Congress itself, elected under the order of partial disfran chisement, recorded in its legislation the.decrees of the President and tho wishes of the Provision al Governor ; the fimt, in his honest desire to re store the State to its constitutional relations with the other States, and continually and entirely occu pied by the cares of a disorganized Government, saw not that the latter was using the very troubles desired to be quieted, for purposes of personal and political advancement. True to their instincts and in order to reward the faithful, every office, judicial and executive, was declared by this Con vention to be vacant and elections ordered to fill them. The people by a most decisive vote and under extraordinary influences, placed the seal of their disapprobation upon this political knavery by de feating the chief plotter and foremost partizan, and had they not been deceived in their represen ;tatrves,fthe State would not have been humiliated by the scene which transpired when the creden tials of John Pool were presented in the United States Senate or the history of our judiciary have lad to record the means used to defeat such high toned gentlemen and able jurists as Manly, Heath, Howard, French and Osborne. Candidates for the Legislature, elected by professing an oppos ition to Governor Holden thev did not feel, sold themselves at the lowest market pricej " and gave the support of their r counties to v measures and men that had been expressly repudiated at the ballot-box.' ' v - r ' ?-' Many of these dishonest representatives excused their course and diverted the attention of their constituents by keeping up the appearance of de votion to the Union and the policy of the Presi dent, and justified their support of Radicals be cause they pretended to be the special and pecu liar friends of Mr. Johnson. Men who had re mained true to their section and had, on the battle-field and in tho legislative halls, State and Na tional, remained firm in support of their sworn obligations who "fought it out," were declared to be unworthy to join the President of the Con vention and his immaculate associates in their pleasant journey "home ;" the State, they said, must be reorganized by "unmistakably" loval men. Now that the issue has been definitely joined between the President and the Radicals, wherd do we find these special friends and the intensely loyal gentlemen who were "going home ?" We have searched as taking part in in vam to nnu meir names r t i T the meetings preliminary to the National Union Convention, which had been called by the friends of the Presi dent. We find among the delegates present the "rebel" Hon. Thos. S. Ashe, but the "loyalist," John Pool, has made no record in its favor, but still the former was defeated for Senator by the latter to xkase the Administration. So far a3 we know, no utterance from such "unmistakable" loyal gentlemen as Hon. Thos. Settle, McDonald, of Mocre, Bryan, of Wilkes, Dr. Sloan, of Gaston, Gahagan, of Madison, T. R. Caldwell, and other peculiar 'national men of the State Convention, has been heard in support of tho President or m oppo: sition to the Congress. Even the Standard, the President s organ (so-called,) gives the .Na tional Convention the cold shoulder with the fol lowing very lucid remarks: "The issue is now fairly joined between the President and the pres- ent Congress in the elections pending in tne Northern and Western States. Xhe controversy will bo very bitter. Wo sincerely trust that the result may be the very best for the whole coun try." If these, indeed, be the true friends of the President this State, well may he desire to be saved from them. But tho course of these politicians is having its legitimate results in the State. The teachings 01 thee men and the position of a few papers are building up a party, insignificant in character and numbers however, favorable to the Congress and hostile to the President. We have already seen published, meetings in two counties endorsing J ack Hamilton's loyal Convention and appointing dele gates thereto. In Henderson county among other resolutions adopted, we find these : . ; rm 1 ...... . . 1 .1, n ti :i ti' , l,i f . fwA l-itorrnlnu to represent this congressional district in the Philadelphia, 1st Sentcmuer loyaij convention. " 2. 1'hat we most cordially endorse the amendments to the constitution of the United States as recommended by the reconstruction committee, Kucnvn as the uowaru amendment, which prohibits traitors irom holding omce. The last Standard brings us the proceedings of a meeting held in Washington county, which are ordered to be imblished in the Standard, Washing ton City Chronicle, New York Tribune and Phila delphia Inquirer, and among others we find the fol lowing resolutions : 3. That our thanks are duo to Congress for their refu sal to invest with power those who have been enemiea to the government. i. That although it in the dearest vrizh of our hearts t see the old North State take her place again in tho coun cils of the nation, yet we are willing to remain as we are indefinitely rather than allow red-handed traitors to con trol us. .,.,-. 5. That we do heartily endorse the call and the princi ples set forth for a Convention of Southern loyalists to be held in Philadelphia the .'3d of September next, and that we will support any measure for the speedy restoration of the Southern States on a sound basis. The President surely cannot be ignorant where these men get encouragement, and who are their friends in this State. The resolutions themselves are but a repetition of speeches in the State Con vention and editorials uf the Standard. We :ire sincerely glad that the manliness of the President has defined clearly and fairly the line of demarka- tion between himselt and the liadicals, and that the National Union Convention has acted upon this fact. In North Carolina, at least, it will prevent our people from being deceived, as all candidates will be required to define their positions, and many we trust, made to explain their conduct du ring the sessions of the late Legislature. If it does no other good, a dividing lino will be made between parties, and we venture the opinion that the ensuing Legislature will not so much disregard the wishes of the people, as to return Mr. Pool to the United States Senate. So far, then, as this State is concerned, and we believe the rule will hold out good throughout the South, those men who were prominent and faithful friends of the Confederate Government ; those who " fought it out," and having submitted to the authority of the United States and sub scribed their solemn oaths, ere to-day the true friends of the President, the ."unmistakably" loyal men of the South, and the conservative men of the North have so decided in giving their rep resentatives at Philadelphia the right hand of fel lowship. We believe, through their influence and the manly patriotism of Andrew Johnson, the South will yet be restored on honorable terms, to her proper relations with the Government, in spite of Congress and Southern "Unionists." Our sym pathies are with the President and those most de voted to the Union, and who are determined to restore it on an honorable basis, without the dic tation of Northern radicals or Southern traitors. The Fall Elections at the North. Beyond doubt the South should now turn her attention to industry and economy rather than to questions of politics. It is probable that too much attention to politics and too little to indus trial pursuits in the South has been her curse. The recent conflict between the sections has proved that fundamental principles of government and political rights are but abstrrct therories that will not settle disputes or win battles in tho face of material wealth and strength. What the South now desires most is to avail herscjf of this lesson taught her by tho war. But in order to secure capital, without which our shattered estates can not be rebuilt, there must be security and confi dence felt in the permanency of peace, and this can only be accomplished by reeoncilliation and restoration on an honorable basis. Capital is timid and industry easily discouraged, and in or der to successfully invite the one and develope the other, the political agitation which gave birth to the military struggle, but which unfortunately did not die with it, must have a favorable solution. The South, therefore, has more than a mere po litical interest in the congressional elections to be held this FalL While the North is to be the bat- ifinnl Ktraffirles. tli a Ftnnth no uciu l'"- ' c tbn m-oafAcf benefit, should tne con- I servatives be successful ' A desire to achieve sue-i cess, wield power and control the distribution of j the loavea and fishes" ci fb Govenuaent may xjs iaj vxwxatw o - i influence some ; but with us, the defeat of the Radicals is a necessity upon which our pro depends. We will, then, watch the result of their elections with closest attention and deepest inter est. " ':, ..' .' V". With the adjournment of the Philadelphia Con vention, the campaign in the Northern States may be said to have opened. Already conventions and mass meetings are advertised to assemble in order to ratify its proceedings and put forth candidates. In some States the nominations have already been made, and in Indiana and Illinois the campaign has opened with an intensity almost unequalled, and preparations have been made for carrying it out to the end with a vigor unsurpassed. The contest will very soon open everywhere in the Northern States and the opposing principles of Unionism and Radicalism will range themselves for a struggle as momentous as any the country has ever witnessed. As a matter of much interest the New York Herald has prepared with great care the vote in every district for members of Congress in 1864, and we find much in this exhibit which gives us en couragement in the ensuing campaign. In twenty two districts, the Radical majorities were less than a thousand each, and in eighteen others, the ma jorities were less than two thousand. In three districts, now representedby Radicals, the oppo sition vote was greater than that polled for the successful candidate, but was lost on account of division. In some ten or fifteen more the majori ties ranged below twenty-five hundred. When it is taken into consideration that at that election the war was rapidly culminating in Fed eral success, and the very stubbornness and des peration of the Confederate troops serving only to turn success into vindictiveness, this list of votes presents a most hopeful prospect. Then, the war, its incidents and necessities, fully en grossed the people, and the election turned only on this issue. But now it is different. The South is as determined to-day to re-enter the Union as she was then desirous of separating from it, and those who owed their success to their warm pro testations of love for the Union are now attempt ing to accomplish by legislation what the South failed to do with arms. The people of the North themselves, are becoming alarmed at the progress of the political revolution, and the Administra tion is using its power to check its headlong course. We have much reason, therefore, to hope that most, if not all these majorities will be overcome, and that in others the result was more owing to the excitement of the war than to mature decision, and that the return of peace will disclose a conse quent revulsion of feeling towards the conquered that will be recorded this Fall in favor of the re conciliation of the sections and the prosperity and glory of the country. A Timely Affair. We . have heretofore urged our views at much length, in reference to the bloody riots which have recently occurred at different points in the South. We then said and still think that they were inau gurated for party purposes by the emissaries of the Radicals, and for party success they would mort gage the life of every freedman in the South and make as many bloody forfeitures thereof as party success demanded. A correspondent of the Boston Comtnonweallh, admits very fully what we have charged. He. says, speaking of the New Orleans riot: "The barbarism in New Orleans is a timely affair. This is tho sentiment of all I meet who are not copper headish. The colored people think the same. When the news reached us, one gentleman said i' was another ten thousand votes to the party of pro- gress. Tins, tnen, accounts ior me - miiK mine cocoa nut." Being pleased with their success at Memphis, they got up another " timely affair" just to anticipate the Philadelphia Convention and to mark the adjournment of Congress, and to justify its legislation. If this party resorts to such means, in order merely to justify its iniquitous acts in Congress, what may we expect when ten times " ten thou sand votes" are required by the "party of pro gress." Jf Memphis and New Orleans are selected as the opening scenes pf thtejr lawlessness and murder, who can tell what plaoes are next on the bloody list. All our information goes to confirm the opinion that the "party of progress" is rapidly losing ground, and but a limited time remains be tween this and the important elections which must decide its fate. The opportunities are too fre quent, the material too abundant, the desire too strong, and the object to be obtained too great for them to hesitate when and where the riots be gin or with what result. Votes must be obtained, the party must succeed. It would be preferable that the lives of "rebels" should be sacrificed, but the " poor negro " will be offered up if neces sary, and even another Dostie will only add to their success. Twice one hundred thousand votes are required, and a score of riots will be inaugu rated to secure them. Business in Pfcw York. Wo pjip the following from the Journal of Com merce : " The throng of country buyers in our city is daily increasing, and we hear of more on the way. This has given a fresh impulse to the demand from jobbers, and trade is rapidly improving. We notice that credit is more frequently asked, and more freely given than in either of the last three or four years. While this shows an increas ing general confidence in the stability of trade, it ishardly consistent with a wise forecasting of events likely to occur. This is just the period when over trading, if extensively practiced, is certain to pre cipitate a disastrous financial crisis j an4 top easy credits are a certain stimulus tp an excessive trade. Buyers with ready cash may not always be secur ed, but recklessness in granting credits is going much top far in the other extreme. Our dry goods jobbers stand strongly, atyhpugh they have made little money the last seyen months ; but neither they nor the wholesale grocers and hardware houses can afford tp distribute a large stock, at present rates, broadcast over the country, and trust their harvest entirely to a future ingathering of collections. This recklessness is born of too fierce a rivalry and overmuch competition, and the best and shrewdest houses do not indulge it. We hope the others will be warned in time. With this exception, the aspect of business is promis ing, and our city is fairly beginning to resume its wonted cheerfulness, amid the din and bustle of returning trade." Agriculture Th Anguet meeting of the Farmers' Club of Spring fi&rden and Bosfry Point, was held on Sat urday last, at the residence of Hr. Bryan Bron, pf Bocky Point. 3 lie Club continues to grow in interest and in crease in prosperity. It has already done much good to the great cause of agriculture. The members seem to b more and more devoted to the principle of raising the greatest quantity on the smallest space, and of thos wise- , j i 1 iv. niuu..;o. r n 1-1 J . ... . . . . . . inrstam or ena Month. Laivir anvmc msmmenu. tnnmncm drainage, Ptotog nd heavj manuring, moat now constitute order of the day among farmers vho voald prosper, and this 2a the By requeet, CoL E. D. Hall addressed the dab, and his address was able and practical, showing tils deep interest in the cause of agriculture, and his patriotic devotion to the rights and interests of . the people. It was very well received. The Club requested a copy for publication, and we trust the Colonel will comply with the request. Its publication will do good. -. - - a- Major Engelhard, of the Journal, has been invited to ad dress the Club at its next meeting. The regular meetings are changed to the last Thursday of each month. New Cotton. Competition is rife among the planters of Marion District, S. C, who evince commendable perse verance, in their endeavors to obtain the prize offered for the first 400 pound bale of new cotton. The prize being withheld from Messrs. Moody & Smith, on account of the deficiency in the weight of the first bale shipped, they have since that time forwarded 50 pounds more, in order to make in all 400 pounds. They have also forwarded another bale of new cotton weighing 416 pounds, to their agents, Messrs. Russell 4 Ellis, which was received Thursday morning, and has been sold to a party in the city, at 33 cents per pound. Thia cotton was grown upon the place of Mr. I. H. Watson, near Marion C.H. Messrs. Northrop & Camming also received yesterday morning, a bale of new cotton, shipped from Marion C. H. by B. M. Houston, and grown upon the plantation of Mr, E.J. Moody. This bale weighs 497 pounds. A claim has also been put in for the prize, by these parties, who as agents for the planter, claim that itTbe awarded them. The Fiest Bale of New Cottoh The Silvee Ctn?.- It will be seen from the following correspondence, that the Silver Cup offered by our enterprising merchants, Messrs Mitchell, Allen & Co., last May, for the first bale of new cotton brought to this market, has been awarded to I. H. watson, ,sq., oi Marion .District, M. u. mere were one or two other competitors, but Mr. Watson carries off the palm the Cup. We only hope it may be an inducement to others to compete ior similar prizes next season. But we beg our agricultural readers, and all others, not to forget that it is highly necessary that they should not neglect the highly important production of provisions : Wilmington, N. C, ) August 25th, 18GG. j Messrs. Mitchell, Allen & Co., Wilmington. Dear Sirs : Having' been reauested bv von tn rf, as a Committee, to award the premium of the Silver Cup to the planter who shall sell in this market, the first baJe of new cotton weighing our Hundred pounds, grown in 1866, we have examined the claims of the different parties, through their Agents, Messrs. Russell & Ellis and Messrs. Northrop k Cumming, and have no hesitation in award ing the buver Cup, so generously offered by you in your Circular of 17th May, 1866, to Mr. Israel H. Watson, of Aianon District, ooutn uaronna, who is represented by Messrs. lmsseu & n.ins oi tms city. J. SHACKELFORD, ) S. D. WALLACE, V Committee. E. MURRAY. ) P. S. Messrs. Northrop & Cumming, have ordered a Cup similar to the one offered by Messrs. Mitchell, Allen & Co., for Mr. E. J. Moody, of Marion, S. C. he having come so near getting the other prize, and also having the heaviest bale of cotton (his bale weighed 497 pounds.) Wilmington Railway Bamcs Company. A meeting was held in this place yesterday, the three Railroads being properly represented, and a company organized by au thority of an act of the late State Convention, under the name and atyle as given above. Hon. R. R. Bridgers was elected President, and Stephen D. Wallace, Esq., Secreta ry and Treasurer. The company is organized for the pur pose of constructing a Railroad bridge across the Cape Fear river. We copy the following interesting letter from the Bipatch. It is from the pen of one of the most accomplished ladies of Texas, recently on a visit to our city. The authoress has fallen into an er ror in regard to the time of the epidemic, in which the beloved Rector of St. James' church, Dr. R. B. Drane died, and in which Mr. Repiton labored. It was during the prevalence of the yellow fever in the fall of 1862. The Rev. Mr. Pritchard of the Baptist church, also fell a victim while faith fully laboring in behalf of our suffering citizens. The Rev. Thomas Murphy of the Roman Catholic church, also labored zealously throughout the epi demic, and though spared then, has since been called to render an account of his stewardship : A Texan's Impression of Wilmington. A correspondent of the Houston (Texas) Telegraph, writes a long letter to that paper, from this place, under date of ;June 19th, from which we make the following ex tracts : We find ourselves in Wilmington, one of the loveliest cities of the South. Although it is one of the handsomest built towns we have ever seen, many of the residences be ing almost palatial yet there is an air of quiet repose, a quaint, old time look that is perfectly refreshing. It re minds you of some grand old dame of the past dressed in brocade and farthingale, resting on an antique chair of state. This air, however, does not invade the business part of the town there Cape Fear river, with its steam and sail ships, the wharves laden with productions of tho State, pitch, tar, turpentine and lumber, playing a con spicuous part the large and elegant "stations," where the steam horses screech and puff every hour, the steam ferry-boats, the porters, the seamen, the cries and calls, and all the babel of commercial life lives and reigns. Great taste and elegance characterize the churches St. John's (Episcopal,) and the First Baptist church are es pecially beautiful. The Utter, when entirely completed, will afford one or the bacUomest specimens of Norman Gothic in the country. It is worth a trip to Wilmington to hear Rev. Mr. Patterson, of St. James, read the service. He is a Greek on his father's side, and we fancy we detect many of the characteristics of that people ; brilliant in tellect, deep devotion, a keen appreciation of the beauti tiful, and, above all, a most passionate Jove for his coun try our own Sunny South a love that led him to the camp and field, and so consistent a life of Christian up rightness, purity and zeal distinguished him while there, that ho now holds, as it were, the hearts of all the young men in this city in the hollow of his hand. Rev. Mr. Young, pastor of the First Baptist, is away en joying his summer vacation. Rev. Dr. Repiton, who has sustained a church at his own expense for 27 years, still preaches in the Third Baptist church. The life and ser vices of this eminently good man would fill pages, and delight the heart of every thinking Christian to see one of his talents and wealth consecrating it all to the service of his Master, so unreservedly, so conscientiously, with out money and without price ; not for a few weeks or months, but for 27 years. Never leaving his self-imposed charge under any circumstances, but standing by his post through the terrible epidemics of small-pox and yellow fever. In the latter in 1864, remaining when every other minister fled, save one Episcopal clergyman. They la bored together until the good Rector fellj like a true sol dier, on the field comforted in his dying hours by his Baptist brother, who performed at his grave the last sad rites for the dead. Wilmington is eminently moral and religious ; one a strupk tjy the conversation an4 tone of manner regarding all interests of a religious character. ' The Church, the Sunday School and ch6ir, etc; ' And we can but believe that it is owing to the faithful band of shepherds guard ing the folds. The society of this place has long been celebrated for its elegance and hospitality and we cer tainly feel gratefully impelled to record the truth of this claim. We see a good deal of the family of the ex-Mayor, so dear to the hearts of our Bayou City Guards for their kindness to them after the " break up," when they went to Wilmington, ragged, dirty, pennyless, poor Confeder ates, feeling hopeless, friendless, and found the good Mr. S. on the street, literally obeying the scriptural injunction of going into the highways, hedges and ditches, and com pelling them to come in to the table prepared in overflow ing bounty, and where his noble lady met them, a ehe would have received conqnernig herpes, having garments for the ragged money for the needy, and a sister's smiles for all. Thfcir memory will be green in the hearts of the Texans as long as there is a Hood's man to tell t'ae story of their goodness. 1 " 1 The things that characterize Wilmington have been hers always. Griffith McRee in his 'life Of James Iredell, speaking of the society of this' place1 says'! Wilmington in 1774 was noted for its unbounded hospitality and the elegance of its society. Men of rare talents, fortune ' and attainments, united to rendpr it the hpima of politeness, ease and enjoyment.' Though the footprint of the Indian had as' yet scarpely been effaced, the higher civilization of the "Old World had heen transplanted there and taken vigorous root. There was Gen. Ashe the great popular leader, whose address was consummate and whose quick ness of apprehension seemed intuitive, the very Rupert of debate. Harnett who could boast a genius for music and tact for letters, the representative man of Cape Fear. Dr. John Eustace the correspondent of Sterne, who unitpd wit and genius and learning and science Colonel hoinas JJpyd, gnd wT$,h talents and adorned with classical literature.' Howe, (afterwards Lord Howe,) whose imagination fascinated, whose repartee overpowered, and whose conversation was enli vened by strains of exquisite raillery. Dr. John Fergus of stately presence, with velvet coat, cocked hat and gold headed cane a graduate of Edinburg, an excellent Latin and Greek scholar. William Pennington, (Comptroller of the Customs and afterwards Master of the Ceremonies at Bath,) an elegant writer, admired for his wit. Maclain, irrascible but intelligent, who trod the path of honor near ly parra passu with Iredell, Hooper, Johnston, Hill, Lil hngton, Moore, DeBosaet, and & host of others." These men gave tone and character to the city ; and heir descendants jnany of whom live mider the same root-tree that shelterpd their forefather, have proved themselves faithful custodiana of tp? honorable heritage bequeathed them by their ancestor. ' ' It is to such progenitors the South owes her exemption from Plymouth Rock fanaticisms and puritanical cant. Military Officer on a Political Stumping Tour. Generals Cnstar. McCook and other prominent offteers, delegates tp the late Philadelphia Conven tion, will star foinfidiateJy QM ft mPing tour through the Western Stales, ; Alleged Conspiracy to Rob the National Bank of "Wevrbern and Murder the Cashier--"" - We learn from the (kmmercial that the city of Newbern was thrown into a state of feverish ex citement on the 21st inst, by the 'report that a conspiracy to murder the Cashier of the National Bank, Mr. H. Thompson, and rob " the safes in that building, had been discovered and frustrated. The parties implicated in the affair were H. O. Lee, who was at the close of the war, a Captain in the 99th N. Y. Vol. Infantry, and lately doing business on South Front Street in Newbern, as a wholesale liquor merchant, and one John White, known as Capt. White, not long since keeping a stall in the market. The case was tried before his Honor, Mayor Washington and Justice Osgood, and the Court Eoom was crowded to suffocation by all classes of citizens. The first witness examined was Itollie Wilcox, leader of a band at the Dance House near the de pot, who testified in substance that a few days be fore I had been taken aside by Capt. White and asked if I did not want to make a fortune, and re plying in the affirmative, was told that a man would put me in the way of it. Expressing a de sire to see the man, Capt. White told me that if he saw me with the man he would give me a sig nal by which I would know him. Next day Capt. W. pointed to Capt. Lee, who was walking by the depot, as the man he referred to on the previous day. I then had an interview with Capt. Lee, who told me that he could show me where there was $80,000 in the city, and how to get it. He said it was in the Natipnal Bank, and that he would go into the Bank that evening about 8 o'clock and get out Mr. Eldridge and Mr. Benson, and take them down to the Club House or his own house and treat them to a supper and while he was4away with them, I was to go into the bank and shoot the Cashier. I would find the key in the large safe or in the Cashier's pocket, and I should then open the safe and put the money in an oat sack, which he (Capt. Lee) would furnish me with, which I was to fill with money and then make my escape through the rear of the building and take the money up to his house where Mr. Eldridge and Mr. Benson would then be. I was to carry it into the back yard. The next evening, which wasFriday last, Tmet Capt. Lee at the corner of Middle and Pollok streets. I then went with him to the tree opposite the Bank, and I asked him why he did not go in. He said " it is too late to get the men out, and we will have to wait till to morrow evening, when we will all be on hand and carry the thing out." I told him I would not shoot the Cashier, but kill him with a club, as that would make no noise, he said, " Oh, that is just the thing." (Here the prisoner, John White, became so ill that he was permitted to retire to the adjoining room in the Police Office.) I let the matter go so far because I was afraid to dis close the matter for fear that Capt. Lee or Capt. White would put out my lamp. I told two of my friends, George Urown and Patrick lveliy, who are clerJis ior Mr. Martin McJNamara, all about it. . Upon the cross-examination by C. C. Clarke, Esq. , Wilcox testified that Capt. Lee had shown him the plan of the Bank, and where the safe were, and how to escape from the building. Mr. H. Thompson sworn. I am cashier of the National Bank. I know Capt. Lee. Was intro duced to him some time ago by Col. Heaton the President of the Bank. Ho has been in the bank frequently to see Mr. Benson, a friend of mine, who was acquainted with him when in the service. I never went out to take dinner or supper with Capt. Lee. He invited me once to go shooting with him, which I was unable to do. The reason why I did not let the plan reach its maturity, which I first intended, and then have the perpe trators apprehended, was because I deemed it ad visable for prudential reasons, which were appa rent subsequently, to have the parties arrested immediately, which was done last night. Several witnesses were then introduced to cor- roberate the testimony of Wilcox. Evidence was introduced by the defence m sup port of the previous good character of Lee while in tho army. The Court was then addressed by Messrs. Leman, Seymour, Justice and Clarke, and then bound over the accused to the Superior Court Lee in the sum of $1000 and White in the sum of $250, first stating its ground for its action. From the Church Intelligencer. Another Letter from Bishop Atkinson. Tunbridge Wells, July 24, 18GG. To the Errron of the Chukch Intelligencee. My Dear Sir : We reached London on the 28th of June, and on tho next Sunday attended morn ing service at St. Albans, Brook street, Holborne. This is one of the most advanced of the Kituahs- ic Churches in this country, and the mode of wor ship adopted there eneables us better to under stand the innovations which this school is intro ducing into the services of the Church. There is nothing very peculiar in the building itself, ex cept that the chancel is screened by a railing from the space occupied by the congregation, and is entered by gates which are shut when the ser vices terminate. The Robes of the Priests, how ever, differ from anything in use, for at least three hundred years. Gown and surplice are altogether discarded, and in their stead we see gorgeous vest ments of green and gold, called, I believe, Dolma tic and Chasuble. The service is, of course, cho ral, the Psalms are chanted, and the Prayers in toned. This however is not unauthorized, nor is it unusual in England, having always been main tained in cathedrals, and in some of the larger churches. But that which is unusual is the burn ing of lights on the Altar, and the use of Incense. During the whole service, boys are swinging cen sers in the Chancel, censing the Priests, and pour ing out volumes of smoke, which circle around the chancel, and escape into the other parts of the building. Hymns and Anthems are also intro duced into the service, some of which addressed to the Virgin Mary, and others in honor of the Sac rament, appear to verge on Idolatry. The sermon was not liable to exception in point of doctrine, being an exposition of the Gospel for $he Day, which declares the blessedness of those who suffer for righteousness's sake, the preacher applying it, as might be expected, to himself and his party. Their sufferings however have not been very great so far. The populace does not interfere with them, as it did some years ago, and Convocation has censured them very gentbj acknowledging the excellence of their motives, and the influence they have excited n drawing a good many careless people to the Church. I be lieve it is felt in England, as, I am sure it ought to be there and as well in our own country, and I apprehend, throughout Christendom, that there is a greater and much more pressing danger than that even of perversion to Borne, the danger of sinking into infidelity. I fear this is greatly in creased among the educated classes of this peo ple. I understand that the young men of Oxford and Cambridge are very mujh under the influence of irreligious writers. In the former University, this fca5i been somewhat checked of late by the effect produced by the sermons of Mr. Liddon, whose learning, depth of thought, and cultivated eloquence make him, at present, a power in the Church of England. Still the literature of the day is unfavorable to Faith. The two men who have most sway over thought and opinion in this country are Mr. J. S. Mill, and Mr. Carlyle, and these are rather boastful of their want of ortho doxy. The Periodicals which are most read re flect similar views, and I apprehend that in socie ty they are very common, and openly expressed. At the same time, powerful efforts are making for the religious welfare of the people. New and handsome churches are being built in every di rection, and all that I have attended, whether new or old, Ritualistic or Evangelical, seem to have full congregations of decorous, and at the same time, earnest worshippers. In the evening of my first Sunday in London. I went to hearlSt Bishop of Oxford preach a charity as perhaps the best preacher, and one of the ablest men in the Kingdom, His eloquence is extem- wraneoua and his manner animated. Having a etter to him, I made his acquaintance at the timp an4 haye received much kindness from him since. At hia invitation I went to attend a Conference of his Clergy in the city of Oxford, but I was detained no long in Jandon, that the Conference had closed when I reaohed theColleere wheroit was held I visited, however, the Ashmolean Museum, where Iaw many Boman and early English Antiqui ties, such-as the finger ring of Alfred the Great and the watch of Queen Elizabeth, and also passed some hours in the Bodleian Library, which, however to be examined to much profit would require weeks, or months. : As it was vacation, I stayed but a short time in Oxford, hoping to visit it again during Term. . On my second Sunday in London I went down with the Bishop of Oxford to attend service at Hornsey, one of the villages near London which the Metropolis is opening its monstrous jaws to swallow up, and which in a few years it will havo made a part of itself. At present it is a beautiful rural spot, and the church and rectory, and I may add, the clergyman, are admirable representatives, in their respective departments, of the Church of England. The sermon, which was delivered by the Bishsp of Oxford, was, as might be expected, very able and . interesting. At night I went to the special service at Westminster Abbey. It was held in the nave of the Church, which was crowded to its utmost capacity. The congre gation, in its numbers, and in the fullness of the volume of sound, with which tho anthems and hymns were sung, resembled one of those camp-meetings I remembered to have attended in my youth, although in or der and decorum, and I may add, in knowledge of music, it was very different. The service was indeed one of the most impressive I ever attend ed. The Church is the most beautiful, and one of the grandest in England, and was, as I have said, crowded with an intelligent and apparently devout congregation. The music from a Choir of some fifty men and boys, with fine voices and thoroughly trained, accompanied by an organ of great power, and occasionally sustained by tho voices of hundreds, perhaps thousands o'f the worshippers, rose among those grand old arches over our heads, like melodious thunder. Tho service was, of course, choral, and it is well to go to one of these special services at Westminster Abbey, or St. Paul's, to know what a choral ser vice is capable of effecting. Anv nt n. nnrisli church is tame and feeble compared with it. The sermon, without being very original or powerful, was animated and impressive, and like tho one I had heard in the morning, was extemporaneous so far as not to be read from a manuscript. It seemed to me however to be precomposed as to its diction, which was not the case with that of the Bishop of Oxford. On the next Sunday, I heard Dr. Goulboum both in tho morning and afternoon. His sermons were such as might be expected from the author of those admirable writings, which are so gener ally and justly admired in America, as well as in England. Indeed, if I am not much mistaken, one of the sermons I heard, belonging to a series on the Lord's Prayer, will, before long, form apart of a volume, intended to elucidate and enforce the Divine Lessons taught us in that Blessed For mulary. My strength has improved so much that did not hesitate to go to a third service at niht. again cnoosing Westminster Abbey. There bv me luuuuess 01 uauon xiawjuns (Wen Known ni our country as Secretary of tho Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, but who is nowono of the Clergy of the Abbey,) we had tickets admitting us to reserved seats near tho pulpit, and were ablo to hear with more comfort, a sermon of consider able power from Mr. Miller, a leader of the Evan gelical Party. The choice of preachers at these special services is made by the Dean of Westmin ster, (Stanley,) who being a Bread-Churchman, prefers a broad basis for tho religous instruction of the people, and therefore invites men of every school in the Church to fill the pulpit of tho Ab bey, e. g., Dr. Pusey on the one hand, and Mr. Miller on the other. Dr. Puscy, however, I un derstand, declined. I must now bring this letter to a close, but in doing so, I feel authorized to sav a few words in regard to my health. I have continued steadily to improve ever since reaching this country, but as I felt my first business was to secure for mvself. and thereby for those to whom my services are due, the greatest amount of benefit to my consti tution which I could obtain, I determined to visit, some watering-place for that purpose. In doing this, I was recommended first to consult Sir Thomas Watson, one of the most eminent of liv ing physicians. After examination of mv case, ho took the same view of it which had been taken by my friend and physician at Wilmington, Dr. W. G. Thomas, and indeed by tho physicians gener ally whom I had consulted, that is, that there was no disease in the structure of any of the organs, but debility in the action of several. Ho there fore recommended me to come to Tunbridgo Wells and drink its Chalybeate Waters, which are the more invigorating, because surrounded by a peculiarly healthy and beautiful country. I 'fol lowed his advice and hero I am. Hoping soon to write again, I remain yonrs, T. A. movements of General Beauregard In Kuropc. The following translation from the Paris corres pondent of the New Orleans Rennaissance of the 12th inst., gives some interesting information in regard to this distinguished soldier : General Beauregard lias returned to Paris ; but, in a few days, he goes to Vichey, for the benefit of the waters. While here the illustrious Con federate has been the object of a sympathizing and very flattering curiosity. There are few eminent persons, especially among those belonging to tho army, or connected with the Government, who havo not sought the honor of seeing and entertaining him. The Emperor has invited him to visit tin; camp of Chalons, and General Fave, Governor of the Polytechnic school, has volunteered to guide him through all the military establishments of the capital. General Beauregard is astonished by all he sees here. At Versailles, the battle pictures, by the great French masters, mado a profound, impression on him. Before some of them ho re mained more than half an hour in contemplation. The things which most interested him, however, were the artillery museum and tho curious collec tion at the Hotel des Invalides of plans in relief, of the fortified places of the world. The General has likewiso received from a (Gov ernment, which I am not permitted to name, an extremely brilliant offer, which, however, he has declined. He was offered the chief command of an army of eighty thousand men. salarv of one hundred thousand francs per annum, and a dona tion of land worth a million of dollars, with the grand, naturalization " of himself and his fain:- ly. The General declined, saying that his sword belonged to his country, and he would never draw it except for her. There is one question which is asked him al most every moment "incase there should 1 it- war between a European power and the United States, would the South revolt? " Tho General always replies that he thinks not, and this answer invariably seems to cause astonishment whv. in deed, I cannot say. New Yobk, Aucr. 23 C 1'. U A trunk containing $500,000 in securities, deposite.l in u? vault of one of tho city bank, has been btolen. Tlio .-- shared by a house here and one in Boston. So cliu- Ik:- as yet been made as to the perpetrators of tho roU i'.v- Mayor Hoffman, the Chamber of Commerce, Tainni;.ny, and other Democratic Committees, as well as Merchant's are arranging to give President Johnson a grand civil an 1 military reception on Wednesday next. The French Bluebeard. Phillrone. the mv.siam d assassin of many females, was executed outside the prison of La Roquette, in Paris, in the vicinity of which crowds of persons curious in such mat ters had been in waiting for several nights. His last victim, a lady artist, who survived hia mur derous attack, did all in her nower to save l'i ; ' lippe's life, wishing in a truly Christian spirit, to return goou ior evil ; but tho Imperial element was noc exercised. Arrangements are beinor made for tho holdiup of a "national horse show " in Dnbl in. in Sei'ton: ber. A vouncr crirl in MftTifih ester. N. II.. rauerht her foot in her hoop skirt, fell down stairs and wa killed. DIKD. tTlO 171, Intf Tra F.ITSICE WORTH, relict of the late Dr. David Worth, and mother of Gov. Worth. She wa a life-long, useful and consistent member of the Societv of Friends, anrl tamai! a larKO Mu respectable family of children, who honor her in their lives, as among: our best citizens. She died in great peaee, in the 86th year of her age. ,In this city, on the 24th inst., CHBISTOPDER, only child of J. w. Quinn, aged I years, 9 months and 2 day a.
Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
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