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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. WILMINGTON, N. C THURSDAY, OCTOBKR 5, 1866. Tlie Stt Electtonc. We publish elsewhere the returns of the . tW Wa hen received. eiecuuus r . r, : V The result snows mat uiue interest nas . m,;- ffcJ XaCt, mai US ineuua vjrcu. wawij, .dthnniA not a candidate, was urged fci Rrmnorters and a few papers oil hARtt. with the same vehemence as if he was, were so few and insignificant that fTovernor Worth was regarded without substantial opposition, while in but few conn tieswasthereseriouscontestsfortheLegisla- ture Sofarasweknowinthissectionofthe State, only in Brunswick county was there a at,Urlftt in favor of the Howard amend ment, orwho would not pledge himself direct Tv ncrainst it. And although having the ad vantageofbeingtheoldmember.andbelong- iT,ffavArvt.nTnlarfaTnilv.theteoT)leof the county have most emphatically repudiated , O " J Mr L V i A Mr. Bussell, and re turned his opponent, Mr. Allen. In a few counties, candidates who favor- Ad repudiation, or crave the doctrine a auasi support, have been returned to the Legislature ; but these instances are very scarce, and in most of the cases, the local pop- laHr nrnnlitiVAl sentiments had as much mnr tft dn to cause the result than the popularity of the question of repudiation. tt i .i i v.- want of excitement and the distaste our people are acquiring for all political elec tions, on account of the course of the Gen eral Government towards them, the vote polled for Governor Worth is very flatter ing. Certainly the unanimity with which he is supported should be gratifying, for the opposition, insignificant as it was, was the result of the earnest and honest efforts of his political opponents, if not to defeat him, to poll as large a vote as possible. And we doubt exceedingly if Ueneral Dockery's vote would have been much lar- ger had he formally accepted the nomina- Those who have kept pace with this diffi tion tendered him, and we are certain it culty as telegraphed to us, have seen that would not have increased in proportion to Governor Worth's, which the positive op position would have drawn out. If, as is stated by some of our State co temporaries, the contest was between Gov ernor Worth and anti-Howard amendment and General Dockery and Howard amend ment, the friends of Constitutional Union have reason to be satisfied with the result In Raleigh where great efforts were made in favor of the amendment, and where the personal popularity of Governor Holden has been invincible. Governor Worth gets a handsome majority. The Standard and its editor are no longer a power, even in Wake, "Othello's occupation is gone." But we are not satisfied that the result of the elec tion is a fair test of the feeling of the peo ple of North Carolina upon this amend ment. In portions of the State where this proposition had any respectable number of advocates, candidates were brought out and a canvass made, while in a very large portion of the State where the friends of the amend ment were exceedingly scarce, but one set of candidates were voted for and the poll consequently very small In other words, we believe that almost the entire voting pop ulation which absented itself from the bal lot-box at the late election, and the num ber was very great, would have been cast against the amendment, had it formed the issue of an exciting contest. The terms of restoration which North Carolina will ac cept are not such as will carry with them the degradation of her people. When the returns are more complete, we will refer to this subject again. Political Troubles. The illegal and outrageous means used by the Radicals to preserve their political supremacy has frequently caused conflicts which have threatened the peace of com munities and States. Within the Northern States their power is so great and they have such entire control of all offices, from the highest to the lowest, that it is an easy mat ter to take charge of the ballot-box, and obtain just such majorities as are necessary to give them victory. Within the border States, however, things are different. A very large majority of the people are op posed to them and heartily endorse the Administration, and if they were allowed even the forms of a free ballot, would elect Conservatives to Congress. In order to preserve the necessary majority to render powerless the veto of the President, a large proportion of the members of Congress from these States must be Radicals, and to in sure this result seems now to be the aim of these mad-cap politicians, who are deter mined to control the Government or de stroy it in the attempt. The result of the recent elections in Ken tucky and Tennessee have warned them that they cannot rely entirely on the ordi nary ways of stuffing the ballot-box, but must resort to means heretofore unheard of in order to effect the result. Maryland and Missouri must be preserved intact to the "Torch and Turpentine " party, if but one tenth of the qualified citizens of those States are permitted to vote, and, should it be ncossary, even if the streets of Baltimore and St. Louis irATiiWiAfl in Wnrwl "Ra fViA rna what it may, the present "working major ity " in both branches of the National Leg islature must be preserved. We have for several days past been pub lishing an account of the controversy be tween Governor Swann, of Maryland, and the Police Commissioners of the City of Baltimore, relative to the frauds perpetra ted by the Commissioners to carry for the Radicals the recent municipal elections in that city. A few days since a committee 6f the Conservative citizens of Baltimore, as we learn from our exchanges called on Governor Swann, presenting a memorial from the citizens giving the facts in refer ence to the outrages perpetrated by the Commissioners, It appears that ail the judges of the recent election were mere partizan tools of the Radicals, who refused either to receive the votes .of Conservative citizens, properly qualified, or to place their ballots in a different box as the law required. It seems also, that the Commis sioners sustained the judges in using unof ficial and inaccurate printed lists of the registered voters of , 1865, which they used instead of the list of this year, thus taking a double means of disfranchising thousands of the best citizens.- Citizens were also arrested for peacefully insisting upon their "Sa6 lu lueir vows "ave" 111 v" the other boxes provided bv law. and were - - , , not released until after the ejection ; and, - -i Tatc ' Fuww" w respondent of the Richmond Examiner, the alarming condition in which this matter now stands, and the threats held over the heads of the Governor of Maryland and the umu Ucals, as appears from the correspondence of the Philadelphia Press, if the former proceeds against these Commissioners as the laws of the State authorize and require him to do for " official misconduct in the recess of the Legislature," or if the latter aids mm in suppressing noious resisuoo w authority. The mere fact that a committee of the citizens of Baltimore have called upon the Governor and represented the "official misconduct " of the Police Com missioners and asked for a legal investiga tion, which authority the Code gives to the Governor, making him the judge of the facts, and the promise given by Governor wann mat ine investigation fcuau u uau, j- il i il i- ..i! 1 11 1 1 3 terribly excited the whole Radical wig- am- rearing tne investigation wm not lomv cuuvicb iuu uuiumisiuiici3, uul uibu lose them a Senator and several members of Congress at the election next month, they are determined to resist with arms any attempt to deprive such valuable officials of their office. It will be seen by the articles published elsewhere that Pennsylvania is warned to be ready, as the Union (Radi cals) will " drench the streets " (of Balti more! "with blood." "The brave Gen- eral Denison and the gallant General Wool ley have both offered their services to the Mayor, and the returned veterans of the 011 army are ready to fight." the Police Commissioners refused a compro mise offered by the friends of the Gover nor, to the effect that the Commissioners should appoint one judge and one clerk in each ward from the Conservative party, and had also refused to appear in person be fore the Governor, but by counsel denied his power to try the charges, and at the same time declaring their readiness to meet accusations before any court of competent jurisdiction. On Monday the counsel for the Commissioners appeared before the Governor at Annapolis, and represented these views, when he decided that he had the jurisdiction, whereupon the counsel re tired, declaring their mission at an end. A telegram in another column informs us that the excitement continues, and that the Governor, by rigorous measures, is prepar ing to enforce authority and suppress vio lence. One can see at a glance how imminent is the danger. On the one hand is a firm, de termined officer with the law in his favor, and under the obligations of his oath re quired to carry it out, and in the honest discharge of his duties compelled to pro tect peaceable citizens against the frauds and outrages of men who are basely pros tituting official position and power for par ty purposes ; and on the other are corrupt and equally determined officers, who are backed with the conscious strength of an excited people, ready and willing to go any length to insure party success. Should a conflict ensue, and the Governor of Mary land be compelled to call upon the Federal authorities to preserve order and vindicate the majesty of the law. who can foresee the end ? The streets of Baltimore, which was the scene of the first conflict of arms in the late war, may also be that of the first strug gle in a contest in which the life of the Government may be even in more jeopar dy than it then was. This cause of excitement may pass away. Order, law, the elective franchise, may all be sacrificed to prevent a collision, and Maryland may yet remain the battle-field of party tyranny and usurpation ; and Mis souri continue to be controlled in the in terests of the Radicals by violence and blood ; and the entire South be denied the right of representation, and compelled to pay most onerous taxes. But how long will it continue ? How long must the welfare of the country and the happiness of the people be sacrificed in order to insure the continued ascendancy of party ? This Government, great and powerful as it is, cannot remain free, and yet be pros tituted to the base purposes for which it is now used. If a republican form is main tained, it must continue as it was f ouuded, upon the love and respect of the governed. The continued encroachments of the Rad icals and the gradual giving away of the Conservatives, to prevent a conflict, will re sult finally in the entire destruction of the liberties of the people, or a different course,' in order to protect the Constitution and save the country, will lead to bloodshed and war. Between these alternatives, it would seem that the people of the North must quickly decide. Events are occurring in rapid succession which at any time may force the issue. The one noW pending may be pregnant with the future destinies of the Government. May God protect the country. The Baltimore Imbroglio. The difficulties between' Gov. Swann and the Police Commissioners are still threat ening, and our latest advices ' represent af fairs as most exciting. The Mayor is organ izing his police force and has had tendered to him the services of the "Boys in Blue," a Radical organization some twenty-five hundred or three thousand strong, to resist the authority of . the Governor, in case he should decide that the official misconduct of the Commissioners warrant t their re moval. . On the other hand, Governor Swann has issued a proclamation warning the Jeaders ; of all illegal combinations against the peace and dignity of the State, that., in r the event of riot and bloodshed growing bat . oi, these revolutionary pro ceedings, they , will be held to the strictest accountability, and the power cf the State will be exhausted to bring them to speedy and certain pnnishment. We are prepared in this instance, as we intimated yesterday, to see Gov. Swann, sustained as he is by law and justice, sacri fice both, and surrender the most sacred rights of the peaceful and conservative cit izens of Baltimore, in order to prevent a conflict which the Radicals appear to be seeking. We have so frequently of late witnessed the laws set aside and the Con stitution of the country violated with im punity, quietly submitted to by the author ities in order to prevent greater outrages and open violence, to prevent which, is the first object of a good government. This continual giving away by the peaceably disposed citizens to the encroachments of the lawless the frequent yielding to the demands of mob violence, will eventually result in conflict. These encroachments aie becoming so frequent and so great, and the demands so bold and illegal, that push ed to the wall, the Conservatives will be compelled to make a staud. The public miid is now justly excited in regard to the troubles pending, and we surrender our space to-day to giv.i as full an account of this interesting imbroglio, as we can gather from our exchanges. We give the speech of Mr. Herring, in behalf of the citizens of Baltimore, the reply of Governor Swann, the opinion of Hon. Reverdy John son and other interesting facts connected with this matter. A committee of twenty citizens of Balti more called on Governor Swann, at An napolis, Thursday, and one of the number, Mr. George W. Herring, addrrssed him as foJows : Governor Swaun : Since the lat election held in the city of Baltimore, the peof le of that city, feeliiiS themselves so much aggrieved at the re sult of that election, have met in primary meet ings, elected delegates to a Convention, which Convention ha selected one gentleman from each ward as a committee io wait upon you, to lay these memorial", and the evidence which they have of the manner in which the election wao conducted before vou. which are contained in these papers. They also selected a Chairman of that Convention and a committee of live from the citizens of Bal timore at large, of which I have the honor of be ing one. iou are aware oi ino enect oi mat elec tion that about one-eigntn oi tne citizens oi Baltimore were allowed to participate in it. That election has resulted in the election of a major for the government of the city of Baltimore by that one-eighth vote. You are also aware of the law which governs elections I am not lawyer enough to state or explain it to you, but you know and vou understand the law that they are carried on by means of Police Commissioners, who have the authority of appointing judges, clerks, Ac The law provides how these judges, clerks, ic, shall be appointed, and we have the evidence here that in many cases the law was not conformed with. Open violations of it were winked at by these Police Commissioners. Besides that, many of us who were not allowed to vote at the election because we were net regis tered in 1865. in accordance with Attorney Gen eral liandall's opinion, we requested that our vote should be recorded in some shape by which it should be known somewhere that the "number of voters thus rejected should be deposited in a re jected ballot-box, but still no rejected ballot-box was iouna in any precinct inereiore we were -i - i. mi - driven away from could not vote that rtiiere was noVace for our votes at all. We have no remedy in the world in defence of our rights, to defend ourselves against this breach and violation ot the great inalienable right of the ballot-box, which belongs to every freeman of the land and which has been taken away from us by action of these commissioners. You are aware that the law gives you the privilege, in case sufficient evidence is brought against these Police Commissioners of misconduct, that you shall remove them from omce. We, therefore, come to you, representing seven-eigntns or tne people of Baltimore, and ask yoa, m your wisdom, to take these matters into consideration, relying upon your patriotism and your disposition to do what is right to the community and to the State ; to consider these matters, and ir - lavs m your power, to endeavor to relieve us from this great incubus now hanging over us. If this thing is al lowed to tro on, we have no rights, sevon-ekhts of the people or lialtimore nave no rignts, a large maioritv of the tax-pavers of the citv have no rights, and we have to come to vou as the head of the State. We have no other remedy. Nobodv else to eo to and make an appeal in behalf of our citizens who are disfranchised in this matter ; and we ask you to act as you have done in former times, with that decision of character which al ways belonged to you, in order that the people may have their rights. We feel that we can place these matters in jour hands; that it is only necessary that you should have sufficient evidence of the fact tuat these po lice commissioners have not done their duty for vou to act in the matter. Believing, therefore, that whatever action is taken in the premises shall be done at once, because there is a determination on the part of the Radical element in Baltimore that that election shall be ia their favor. How that can be done I can't '. .ou, with the registry law before them; but we know not wht means they will resort to. They have come as sworn en emies of yourself and your policy. They have come as sworn enemies of President Johnson and his policy. I know not what policy they mean to maintain.' They vote one way in Congress, and then come upon the stump in Maryland and say it does not apply to Maryland.' Therefore, we, the people of Baltimore, as represented here, ask you to take urjrent and prompt action in this matter. leaving it to your patriotism and nobleness of character to act for us promptly. That is the me morial, with about ten thousand names. We have only been two days collecting them. The affida vits are hero. On the conclusion of Mr. Herring's re marks he presented Gov. Swann r bundle of papers containing the names of persons approving his views. Another package was said to contain the sworn statement of citi zens against the police commissioners. GOV. SWANS'S KETLT. Governor Swann replied as follows: " Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Commit tee: I regret most exceedingly the cause which brings you here to-day. You must recollect that I am a governor of the whole State of Maryland, j and not of a party. In the discharge of my offi- j cial duties here I can know no party and no in terest in tho State of Maryland but the interest of the whole State. Coming, as you do, gentlemen, representing thio large element of our population, with affidavits and testimony which you ask me to examine into, I am bound to receive you with re- J epect ; I am bound to entertain you with that re- j spect and that consideration due to so large an element of our population. It would be unbecom ing in me to refer either to the past or the present. I am here to examine the testimony which you have laid before me, and I am bound to dispose of that testimony as becomes an impartial judge. The Constitution of this State must be respected ; the laws of this State must be executed without fear, affection or favor. And I can only say to ' you, gentlemen, that I will give a prompt hearing to the application which you make to me here to day, anq in the position I occupy I shall endeavor to see that, under the Constitution and laws of Eour State, the right of every citizen, from the ighest to the humblest, shall be respected." , A few citizens of Baltimore having ad dressed a letter to the Hon. Reverdy John son, in reference to the right of the Gov ernor to investigate the charges against the Police commissioners and power to act in the premises, he replied as follows : Balttmoee, Oct. 20, 1S66. To Messrs. Alfred D. Evans, J. S. Shipley and U. B. DvXany ; Gentlemen .-Your note of yesterday is received. I regret that professional engagements which I am now discharging, and which promise to occupy all of the coming week, put it out of my power to act as counsel in the matter you refer to. In compliance with a verbal request of one of your members, I proceed briefly to state my opinion on the legal question which the matter presents. Has the Governor, in the recess f the General Assembly, the power to remove the police commis sioners of the city for " official misconduct ? " I have no doubt that he has. The words of the law are so plain as to admit of but one construction. The duties of the Board are prescribed, and to guard against failure to per form them, (a contingency that might happen,) the law says, "for official misconduct, any of the said commissioners may be removed by a concur rent vote of the two Houses of the General As sembly, or by the Governor during the recess iSSS?S?5.iSS The nenaltv for ii u not Una or imprisonment, bni ZZ-"7Z:.:r:-r?::- rr,""- r ! ' " ' " . -y - - removal from office alone, and the authority to investigate all the facts and enforce the penalty is if in session, the General Asaemply, if not in ses sion, the Governor. There being now a legisia tive recess, the jurisdiction and the newer to award the penaltv is in the Governor. It is sug gested, T am told, that before be can remove the commissioners the fact oi tneir omciai rmscon duct must be tried by court and jury. This ia ab surd. First. Because the courts are not named ia the law, either expressly or lmpuei!, as having any jurisdiction in the case. Second. Because the Governor, who can alone render the judament of removal, has devolved upon him the entire responsibility, and, that being so, it must be for him exclusively to investigate and decide the fact, and - not avoid responsibility bv referring it to the courts. Third. Because he has no right to cail upon a court or jurv to sssist him, and no one else has such right. Fourth. Because no matter what a court might find to be the fact, it -uld not, if found one war, award the onl penaltv that can be rendered, or if found in the other, deprive the Governor of his power to award it, or absolve him from the duty of doing so. Aud lastly, because his power, during a legisia tive recess, is the same over the ficts and penal ty as that of the General Assembly when in ses sion : and I suppose that no one will hold that that body could only act iu association with, or in subordination to, anv of the courts of the State. It i3 impnossible, I think, for a sound mind to entertain a doubt unon the point. The long and well settled doctrine of the Presi dent's power to remove officers under the Consti tution of thf United States, is in conilict with such a theory. It is now. and has been since the or ganization of the Government settled that the power exist. The only doubt ever tntertaiuel about it was. that it was not coincident to the power of appoint ment, but that, as that power was in the Presi dent and Senate joint iv, a removal required the sanction ot both. Neither in the debate, when the question waa lirnt agitated, nor m any that has since been had, was it intimated that if the power hd been given in express terms to the President, he could not exercise it, or tnat it was not Ins du ty to do ho without the aid of any othr body, le gislative or judicial. Upon the whole, therefore, 1 have no donbtthat it is given to the Governor alone (the Legislature not being in session) to invef tigate into the truth of the allegf d misconduct of the Police Commis sioners, and remove thni, if he bo satisfied that thev have been guiltv of " official miscon duct." Yours, respectfully. Bxtebpt Johnson. In the mean time tLe Radicals have met in Convention, and resolved that the at tempt of the Governor to control the com ing election by the removal of their Police Commissioners without a trial by jury, is a usurpation of authority never before at tempted in Marylaud, and will be resisted by force by every loyal man in the city; de manding that the Commissioners shall not surrender the loyal interests of Maryland into the hands of traitors through fear of disturbance or conflict, but to trust to the loyal men of the city to bring them trium phantly through any revolution which the Governor may inaugurate; and recommend ing the wards to organize, that the people of the city may not again be taken by sur prise by the men who perpetrated the out rage of April lUth, 18G1. Forney, the subtle tool of Satan, in eve rything which tends to overthrow the peaeo of the country, hastens immediately to Bal timore, and sends to his papers in Phila- .-JlI- 1 r i A J ueiuma aua wusmngum, me most mnam- maW dispatches. We gave some of them yesterday. Ihe following is his latest : Special Despatch to the Chronicle. Battimobk, Oct. 21. The bold stand of the Un ionists oi Baltimore in opposition to the plans of the rebels is producing itf natural fruits. The Mayor stands lirm in supporting the police commissioners in refusing the orders of Governor Swann. The whole staff of Swann have resigued and ta ken sides with the Radicals. Gens. Kenly, Denison and Woolly have report ed for duty to the Mayor. Eight hundred policemen and three thousand " Boys in Blue" are in arms and ready. Last nijjht the Union men met in their respec tive wards and organized for instant action. It seems to be understood that Governor Swann has changed his position and will not probably attempt, to remove the police commissioners. The commissioners have refused to answer his summons to Anna; olis to-morrow, and will answer by counsel. Swann did not get much satisfaction from Pres ident Johnson, whom he called to see yesterday at Washington bly to attend the Catholic ceremonies, but to consult hwann. Special Correspondence of the Chronicle. Baltimore, October 20. Tho political excitement is houily increasing. The charges against the pjlice commissioners reached the city this morning. The board, with their counsel, have been in session since nine o'clock. At this hour it is not known what course they will pursue, hot the outside prrssure of tho loyalist against recognizing Swann's authority is tremendous. The Boys in Blue, with over two thousand regis tered names, tendered their services to the police board this morning. Major General Denison, commander of the boys in blue, yesterday tent in his resignation to Swann as a member of hi staff and telegraphed from Harrisburg that he would at once leave io - Baltimore to organize his md soldiers Major General Kenly and Brigadier Gen eral Woolley also offered their services to the board to-dav. Swann left Annapolis for Washington this morn ing. A geiiueraan wno saw nun late lust night re presents that lie was troubled in mind, ana wish ed to consult "A. J." on the situation. An armed conflict is inevitable unless he backs down. Union canvassers are to-dav visitintr the various wards, aud enrolling all citizens who are willinsr io stand by the city authorities. Hie American this afternoon is filled with arti- I cles from trie rtortiiern ar.d Western press, pro claiming that the path to tho capital must hot be uloeteci rv rebels. The oflice-hoklers are in trreat alarm, and many Conservatives are declaring against tiwauu's ex treme measures. The officers of the old Mary land brigade are in session, and the excitement in all quarters of tho city is greater than at any time since 1861. Horrible Murder in Sew Hanuvrr, We learn that one of tho most outrageous and cold-blooded murders ever perpetrated in this county, has just come to light. Mr. Alexander McAllister living in tho neigh borhood of Lillington, who disappeared last Monday week, is now known to have been murdered. His body has recently been discovered with marks of violence and with the throat cut from ear to ear. It appears that Mr. McAllister was in search for hio father's sheep, and while at a neighbor's he heard the report of a gun and immediately a few of the sheep came running towards the house in great f ear.--He at once started in the direction of the point at which he heard tho report of the gun, and was uot seen afterwards. At first, his absence did not excite any alarm, and it was not until Friday last that any trace was found of hi3 fate. A negro was attracted by a collection of buzzards, and with a few white men, sought the spot, where they discovered the body of Mr, McAllister, hurried under a few logs and a slight layer of earth. His body showed the marks of a deadly assault with axe and hoe, and his throat was cut. The fingers of both hands were very much injured, doubtless in attempting to protect himself from the assassins. The marks cm Uegi-onud m.,de by noe, wmcn was Known to oe xn the posses sion of a certain negro, and the subsequent conduct of this negro, with the fact of his coming home on that day with bloody clothes, seem to point at least to one of the murderers, to whose early arrest we trust our people will turn their attention. It is supposed that Mr. McAllister came nnnn tha V;iK cW. "f - j oi, noo mime- .own nunishmenL Wa also 1ptti thaJk Mr ! :t, t lt . -, - - - . ' i. w m-mmmm M . diately murdered, possibly to prevent their?5ir McAllister was one of the party who killed the notorious negro, Hardy McAllister, in Newbern, while attempting to escape, an account of whose horrible actions in the same neighborhood we gave recently. : It is understood that this man Hardy, had some friends among the negroes of that district, and revenge may have prompted the murder. Mr. McAllister is represented as a very good and peaceful citizen, and as u soldier bore an enviable reputation. We shall refer to this matter again. A Southern Book. Messrs. Richardson & Co., of New York, will publish on the first of November, Mr. W. Gilmore Simms collection of "War Poetry of the South." It is a source of sincere congratulation that a Southern au thor of Mr. Simms' pre-eminent and ac knowledged ability has prepared such a volume, for by it the literary tastes and tal ents of the Southern people will largely be measured. As soon as Mr. Simms' purpose to prepare this volume was announced, con tributions poured in upon him from every Southern State contributions, many of them, which would not have been called forth by anyotherauthor and in. the abun dance of material, he has been enabled to select tho best in every case. We feel that this is no ordin lry literary work ; it is a book for every Southern home a book in which we cannot fail to take a personal and patriotic pride. Here will be found the ly ric which times the march to battle ; the slogan which inspires the charge ; the rally which re-inspires after reverse ; and the elegy whieh recites the virtues of the be loved one. It i3 a grateful though melan choly record, and although it tells of defeat and overthrow, and the forfeiture of confi dent hopes and of proud anticipations, it is still a monument of pride, as it tells of he roic struggle to the last, and of a sublime resignation even after the defeat of every nope. We are told tnat the book will not be for sale iu the bookstores, but will be sold only by canvassing agents. National Politics We have vainly endeavored to do justice j o the subject of National politics for some time in prose, and to-day a friend has come to our aid in verse. His effort is devoted to two illustrious personages at present can didates for Congress in Massachusetts and New York. Our readers generally appre ciate the debt of gratitude the neoolo of w A x the United States are under to one of them, not only for the splendid victories with which he has adorned American historv. , but the high-toned character which he has given to American soldiers, all of which the eminent Lieutenant General, commanding he Federal armies, has ' ' bottled up " for safe preservation. ILe other will receive he thanks of all advocates of practical Woman's Eights for this first, manly effort, even if unsuccessful, to represent the inter ests and claims of the sei, in the halls of Congress. We desire, however, to refer to the " Apostrophe " for the claims of these candidates. For the Journal. AX APOSTROPHE To B. F. Bailer and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Can didates for Co7ig)-et!s. All hail, ye twain ! Immortal honors wait ! The glorious hour when at tho helm of State ! Shall stand Beast Butler, or entrancing sight-- ' That other nondescript hermaphrodite, lilizabeth Cady Stanton, all whose soul I Indignant burns, that breeches should control j In this free land, who rallies to her call ! Laeli friend and 'over of the "waterfall." Another flag uplifts the breeze to float And pounds the praises of the petticoat. All hail, ye twan. I Exponents lit ye are Of thi .reat dim in arts of oeace. or war. ; Seize on the honors due tho strong and brave And snatch your country from its gaping grave. (By " seize" I mean not to associate Pa?t things witli present, nor to irritate j Your nerves, great hero, nor by "snatch I vow ! More than poetic license will allow.) But when in Congress how can you agree ? Twixt Butler and all women the're's hostility. You, Ma'am can't take your knitting, for tis said Of knitting-needles Butler has a dread So great that when in Orleans he'd command He held those weapons to be contraband. Still if from rebel you will take a hint Of how to run tho hero with the squint At any time no need to fire a gun. Just raise your ir!,.oop, he's off, aud it is done. Time was when hero, asking for a vote Could show some scar, or deeddeserv ng note, But times are changed ; our hero's only scars Are nature's work and not the work of Mars.f Bis only deed on Clio's page bears date "New Orleans General Order 28." And what, oh Cady, shall be said of thee Thou last American monstrosity ? As some bound captive writhing neath his chain Scents the cool breeze from mountain, lake, or plain Till, frenzied by his thoughts, ho beats the air And wildly fills the night with his desDair. Or :vs jou s war-norse snutlea the held alar Where armies wrestled lor the pri're of war, So thou, by social tyrauny constrained To keep the ephere'for womankind ordained Thou, gazest frantic on the field of mud Where rival parties deal in dirt, not blood, And chafest wildly for the fierce affray Till, from thy fetters bursting free, away With skirts tucked up, and tresses on the wind And tongue let loose, a rabble rout behind, Thou rushest, crying midst the hot melee 'Jhis fight, hke all our institutions, must be free." Time was, when shrinking out of public eight ADd deeming that alone was woman's right Which kept her there, our mother's fed the flame Of modesty and virtue, held those the highest claim To man's esteem, his love, his constancy Than forfeit which t'were better far to die. But times are changed (in Yaukeelaud at least,) And now on statre. at hustings, or at fast. j With squealing voice, and awkward stride, behold cjiu-ieeiurers, in noops, discoursing bold Of politics, religion, science, art, and trade, And every theme sate those for women ma.de. Yes times are changed, when Butler can bo chief When men do honor to a craven thief, When women's speeches in the prints are read, And o'er the white man Sambo lifts his head. What future waits that sore-afflicted Stato Where things like these the people tolerate ? Aye more, where all the nation's varied powers Are used in their behalf, as in this land of ours ? If in those realms of light beyond the grave, The sainted spirits of the wise and brave, Who built this fabric, as they fondly dreamed On euro foundations, which indeed "they seemed, Can now behold their work and feel, what tears Of grief and ehamc acd anger must be theirs ! ATTICUS. This is a fact. Butler is cock-eyed and otherwise ugly. Qcixces Wc have received from Mr. B. M, Richardson, of Green Swamp, Columbus county, two fine largo Quinceg, which aro Baid to have been taken from a tree but three years old, and which contains seventeen other specimens of the fruit equal in size, to those we have before us This, we learn, is but the second season the tr o has borne. We take for granted that the fruit was grown upon some of the Green Swamp lands, and their production and the yield of the tree, but conform with the ideas we had entertained in roraWi u. t icrmiiy ana weaitn oi the soil r . ... 0" ' SS&rS prouueing me most aDunaant yield. The Green o wimip is comprised oi a large tract of land, for the great part uncleared and undrained, but we hope in the course of time to see a goodly portion of its broad acres under cultivation. Dibect Tbade. We have hitherto omitted to notice that Messrs. Tick, Mebane & Co., have been appointed agents in this city for the steamship Melita, which will sail fromjNorfolk, during the com ing mouin, ior raverpooi direct. Jfreignt can be C"?KCU " ppucauon w ino agents, and no qouds can D6 contracted for at Persons desirous of makine dirt i..www ot no more nmg opporti fh.n tv.t .iaa a .j.,J..?iiUniv nn fciay witu ttA4V4UW4 See advertisement. Supeeiob CouHt Jcnaa BfEBimfOH'a Chabge to the Gkasd J cbt. The above named court con vened in our Court House yesterday, His Honor, Judge Msrrimon, "upon the bench, and entered upon the business which has been awaiting its sitting. The term will occupy two weeks and within that time much business will no doubt be gotten through with. Several capital cases are now awaiting trial and will in all probability be dis posed of at this term. Judge Merrimon's charge to the Grand Jury was quite lengthy, but of a character fraught with in iArAat to all who had the treasure of hearinsr it. It was explicit and clear, and specified the fine of duty the Jury were to adhere to, wmcn can admit of no doubt, mistake or misconception. The Judge spoke of the wide-spread demoralization attendant nnon onr lat Rtrucrfe. the effects of which are felt in everv . corner c? our land. He alluded to society as being essential to the existence of man. and the government as being essential to the existence and motection of society ; and, as the government is indirectly es sential to our existence, therefore we should give a cordial and unfeigned support to that gover nient ; administer its laws faithfully, and without reserve or distinction, and sustain the proper offi cers in the execution of the law. He endeavored to impress upon the gentlemen of the Grand Jury the importance of a faithful and strict dis charge of their duties, thus, on their part as good citizens, contributing to the working out of our salvation, and spreading the progress of civ ilization by proporly ferreting out and bringing to justice criminals or all grades ana colors, -iney would in this manner, he said, cause, if found guilty, the summary punishment of the law to be visited upon those offending, and would serve to deter others from evil, for fear of the punishment whieh would follow. He alluded to the freedmen and their condition, and said, not only does a sound morality call upon us to aid and assist them in improving their con dition by counsel, advice and by other means, but civilization and sound policy dictate the same course. He explained to the jerry the nature of a variety of crimes and offenses which might come under their notice, and rendered their duties so plain that, if they but follow hia instructions they cannot fail to discharge them properly. Election Hetnrm. " SES ATE. Orange John Berry. Wake Willie D. Jones. Davidson J. M. Leach. Franklin Washington Harriss. Craven M. E. Manly. New Hanover Col. Ed. Hall. Lenoir and Greence W. H. Coward. Wayne W. A. Thompson. Rowan and Davie 11. F. Johnston. Guilford Peter Adams. Iiockingham Hand. Duplin J. B. Kelly. Northampton -H. C. Edwards. Burke, Ac. A. C. Avery. Mecklenburg J. H. Wilson. Halifax M. L. Wiggins. Senate, Brunswick, Ac Jno. D. Taylor. Lenoir and Greene. W. H. Coward. Edgeoomlo and Wilson. H. T. Clark. Jones and Carteret Koonce. Onslow. Jasper Etheridge. Cumberland and Harnett. Arch'd McLean. Sampson J C. Williams. Union and Anson. D. A. Covington. Robeson and Richmond Murdock McBae. Alamance and Randolph. M. 8. Bobbins. Surry, Ashe, &c. A. C. Cowles. Perquimans and Pasquotank. B. K. Speed. Washington and Martin J. E. Moore. Chatham. K. B. Pascall. Warren. F. A. Thornton. Iredell, Ac.-J. H. Hill. HOCSE OK COMMOKS. Orange W. W. Guess, S. D. Crusted. Alamance li. Y. McAden, Dr. Boyd. Wake S. P. H. Bues, C. J. Rogers, K. S. Perry. Davidson C. A. Lowe, Dr. J. H. onelton. Franklin J. J. Davis. Rowan O. G. Foard, W. H. Crawford. Craven S. W. Chadwick, A. C. Latham. New Hanover R. H. Cowan, G. W. McClammy, Carteret-Jno. M. Perry. Wayne J. H. Everett, Garris. Lenoir Bright. Davie J. H. Clements. Guilford J. T. Morehead, Jr., W. R. Smith and J. A. Houston. Mecklenburg. J. 31. Hutchison, R. D. Whit- tley. Edgecombo and Wilson. Dr. J. H. Ba ker, J. H. Woodward. Davie. J. H. Clement. Onslow. A. J. Murrill. Carteret. J. M. Perry. Jones. Scott. Cumberland W. McL. McKay, T. S. Lntterloh. Sampson. John Bardin. G. W. Autry. Cumberland W. McL. McKay, T. 8. Lutterloh. Rockingham Jno. Holderbv, Henderson. Duplin: Thomas R. Kenan 851, G.Smith 248, Hugh Maxwell 158. Anson. W. P. Kendall, A. J. Dargan. Robeson. Be nj. McNair, J. A. McArther. Richmond. Peter McRae. McDowell. James Neal. Burke. Jno. Sudderth. Caldwell. Jas. C. Harper. Catawba. Bernhardt. Iredell.- J. A. Roseboro, Stevenson. Alexander. Carson. Hvdel Pileg Spencer. Surry. II. M. Waugh. Randolph. J. Aehworth, E. T. B.'air. Perquimans. Thos. Wilson. Pasquotank. J. B. Jones. Washington. Chas. Latham. "Chatham. G. May, G. Moore, T. W. Womble. Warren. T. J. Judkins, Jno. R. Turnbull. Columbus : John D. Taylor 171, Salter Lloyd 82, Swift Galloway 28, A. J. Troy 1. Commons Thos. M. Smith 102", Dr. J. M. McGougan 204. Eilgeeombe : Senate H. T. Clark 289. Com nioms Baker 2G1, Woodward 193, Bellamy 134. Halifax W. A: Daniel, D. C. Clark. Northampton R. B. Peebles, E. Martin. Davidson: Senate o. el. Leach IVi), Ihos. 1. Allen 5t9. Commons C. A. Low 839, Dr. J. H. Hhelton 832, J. Kinney, 542, J. W. Helton 509 Messrs. Leach, Lowe and Shelton elected, all Conservatives. Commons, Bladen Jno. A. Richardson. Brunswick We learn that Mr. Lloyd has a ma jority of 90 votes in this county over Col. Taylor. If this bo correct, Col. Taylor is elected Senator irom the counties or Brunswick, Bladen and Co lumbus by 13 majority. Alamance : There was an error in the state ment of the vote of this county on yestGrday. The following was the poll : Senate Robins 563, Wren 106. Commons McAden 405, Boyd 458, Roney iu, I'enix iys. JH.eA.den and Boyd, conservatives. elected. Robins, Conservative, doubtless elected ia the District of Alamance anc Randolph. Wake : Senate Jones 593, Blf dsoe 581. House Buss 832, Perry 731, Rogers 637. Overby 566, Gnujord : Senate Adams 878 Harriss 474. l louse Morehead 891, Smith 884, Houston 871, nonon ciapp 475, Blair 455. Adams, More- head, Smith and Houston elected. Jioican : Senate Shobor 292, Johnson 330. nouse Crawford 459, Foard 402, Jones 169, Gra ham 153. Iiockingham. : Senate Hand 418, Burton 276. House Holderbv 359, Henderson 330, Simpson 224, Roberts 186. Hand, Holderby and Henderson elected. Bladen CouidyVforth 426 votes. Senate Col. J. D. Taylor 234, Salter Lloyd 220, Swift Galloway 41. Commons Jno. A. Richardson 316, J. J. D. Lucas 1UU. Granville z We have not heavd the result in this county. A rumor ia in circulation that all the members elect from this county are in favor of the Howard amendment. As a matter of justice f o the members elect, whoever they may be, we would state that this is an error, as all of the can didates, we learn, were committed against the amendment. Vote for Oovfitoi;. WOBTU. New Hanover 498 Alamance 5C3 Davidson 785 Orange 916 Wake 718 Wayne 492 Cumberland 590 Rowan 592 Guilford 882 Rockingham ciG Li0?0,1?1 208 Iredell 870 Mecklenburg 334 Duplin , I 433 Columbus 259 Edgecombe . . . 340 Bladen 426 Craven. 3G2 Jones 166 Davie 470 Sampson 465 Wilson The Xorth Carolinian of DOCXEBY. 2 106 87 311 50 17 1 43 2 103 10 9 17 00 8 5 50 33 the 20th, printed at wnson, m Wilson county, says : Owinff .. mu isuiuc ui mo ouciui i.) 1 liiu gecom do to de signate the inspectors for opening the polls for the Legislature, no election was held for members of the Legislature whatever. Governor Worth received 59 votes, and General Dockery 1. Austria has now a gun which will put forty balls through an inch and a half plank at 200 paces in five minutes. It was a solemn hour and a lonely walk for the old bachelor on his way home of a dark night, after Jerusha told him he " needn't come again." Mr. Parton holds that the whols human race will steal. He does not know of a single exception, we infer from his testi mony. . ., - , Six out of a family of ten persons in Brookyille, Xnd,, have died cl cholera. jerom the New Orleans Com. BihetuT. Trwe Course of th Sooth. The result of the late Federal elections demonstrates that the radical party at the North still holds control of the national legislation. Their declarations render it probable that they will add to the condi tions of restoration already proposed, oth ers still more objectionable to the Southern States. We apprehend the summary of these conditions to bo the concession to the few Southern whites who agree with the radicals, and to the negroes, of the sole right to vote and hold office under the Fed eral or State Governments. This condi tion not only flows, logically, from the rad ical doctrine, that the "life of the nation" cannot be safely intrusted to any other than radical hands, but results from the natural tendency of all revolutions to run extreme measures. We shall not anticipate the discussion which must arise when this act of recanta tion and abdication shall be presented for Southern signature. Sufficient unto the day are the issues thereof. We may say that this radical victory has not taken us so absolutely by surprise that we had not meditated its consequences and the meas ures necessary to counteract them as far as may be possible upon the part of a con quered people. We did not think the re fusal to disband an old political organiza tion, and accept ono based on existing is sues, argued well for the cordiality of tho conservative Union. It was a question about the skin of the wolf before ho had been exactly caught. This is generally re garded as unwise by hunters. The aid fur nished by Southern orators and writers was of very little advantage to our friends. Plans of party reorganization were attribu ted to the South, which were unfounded, while the bombardment of radical positions with long range expletives, most of which exploded in mid-air or fell short of their object, wore harmless to our enemies if they were not hurtful to our cause. But while we are no partisans, the mag nitude of the interests at stake make it the duty of every patriot to present his counsels for the welfare of his country in an hour of anticipated calamity. Upon this subject our convictions of duty and policy are perfectly clear. 1. We should take no active part iu Fed eral politics. Like the State prisoner who represents her acts and her misfortunes, the South should be dignified, silent and re signed to whatever fate even tho treachery of oppression may inflict upon her. Noth ing should be done to exasperato the North nothing to degrade ourselves. The South should await the terms of restoration of fered her, submit them to. domestic decis ion, andsignify her acceptance, rejection or modifica tion of them. 2. The South should apply itself earnest ly to preparing for any possible future which may befall it. This should bo dono by pacific and domestic agencies. It has the productive monopoly of great staplos. Let it secure the capitalization and control of the specie which these staples authorize us to import. The South is r.n immense cousumerof the merchandise of the world. Let it organize in those quarters where such enterprises may be established a manufac turing interest which shall supply this great home market. The South holds the key to the commercial intercourse between the great and growing Northwest and Southcrxi oceans. Let her open, organize and con duct this commerce with her own sons and her own shipping. The South has cast upon her three millions of persons unfit for social or political equality ; let her, by en couraging appropriate immigration and de veloping new elements of, and substitutes for, physical force render the white popu lation the protectors and directors of the blacks. The Southern States tho South ern social standard of courage and virtue must be perpetual. Let the South adopt the means which modern civilization de monstrates to be essential to tho preserva tion of moral as well as political institu tions. Such, in our opinion, is the course of du ty to be pursued by the Southern people. It should be impressed upon tho country by the united press of tne Jsoutn. Tne bouthern legislators have a him duty to perform. They should at once na tionalize each State by adopting a system of State administration and State develop ment. They should not lay on tho table bills for raising money to maintain the poor, to taKe up ana discuss resolutions professing an abject loyalty resolutions to be thrown back in their laces as msincero and treasonable. To nationalize the separate States, or preserve their separate identity, a system of btate organization is indispensable. This can alone counteract the fact of cen tralization, and prevent our local govern ment by distant majorities. Each State should organize systems of education, industrial and material develop opment. There should be in each State, bureaus of 1. Education, literary, scienti fic, and political. 2. Manufactures. Commerce. 4. Minerals. Inquiry should be made into the propriety and practica bility of aiding, by State credit or capital, each of these departments of State pros perity. By such a policy the Southern people would live at home, cultivate do mestic harmony, cease to disturb the sensi bilities of the political god-fathers and god mothers now so xnuch exercised by the moral responsibility undertaken on behalf of the South. The result of this pacific and unobjectionable policy would bo this : It the Union shall endure in its present form, and in spite of the lawless indications at the North, the South will enjoy inestima ble advantages from its protection ; if from the.capacity of Northern parties to enjoy civil liberty themselves, or let others enjoy it, except according to dictation, the Union should bo broken up, the Southern States will not bo unprepared for the calamity, and will not be held as an appanage of an unscrupulous majority, or transferred front hand to hand with tho varying fortunes of civil war. A young man, having entertained a ten der passion for a young woman, felt such insurmountable diffidence as to prevent his ever disclosing the same to the fair empress of his heart, and resolved to use an expe dient, which would bring the business t an issue. He went to the parish clerk, and requested that the bans of marriage might be published. When tho publication wa brought to tho young woman's cars, bhc was filled with astonishment, and went to him for resentment. He bore the sally with fortitude, observing that if she did not think proper to havo him, she could just go to the church and forbid tho bau After a moment's pause, she took counsel with her anger, and said: As it has been done, it is a pity that tho fco should bu thrown away." Ghx. A. Sidney Johxsox. The Texas Legislature has appointed a committee of three two members from tho House and one from the Senate to come to New Or leans and remove to Austin tho remains of the lamented A. Sidney Johnston. It was his wish that he should be interred in 1' much loved Texas. The Legislature has also passed a resolution, . directing corres pondence to be opened with Mrs. John ston, who, with her children, is in destitute circumstances in California, where she re mained during the war, earning a bare sup port by her own labor. Should she wish to return to Texas and live there, the Leg islature desire to furnish ber the means of doing so, and of educating her children. At an exhibition of tableaux, given in Austin a few day ago, the sum of $220 in specie was realized for Mrs. Johnson and her children.
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