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liftrif ituu i mm-. VOL. 30. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16. 1874. NO. 42. iss? A I I A11C" I" A I-A II !H :. The white people of Alabama de serve ai d tuey doubtless receive, tLe sineerest si mpathy of all true men iu every Mt'tioii of the country. J hey ,v-e 'not suffering greater wrougs or grosser outrages, however, than those tLelr brethr. u in North Carolina have mimni'ili'il to undergo. We bad Ut t 11 to bear the bruut of the storm a while hack, an 1 now it is their turn. We fiQ; suie we need not remind them that a biavo heart is the b s thing with which to fi'ht the minions of Mr. Attomev -General Williams, the man to whom the President lias virtually abandoned h:s yowers. Of course the purpose of the Alaba ma oarages is to influence the ap proaching election, but that it will signally fail there can be little reason to doubt, if ad are as bold and fearless as Cj'onel Forsythe, the editor of the Mobile Rcrjixter. His utterances are indee l worthy of commendation. Tiie Jirytstrr says : our locil columns it ha3 been an innuiced that the three citizens of Sumter comity have been brought to tins city in irons by U. S. Marshal I leal v, "n a warrant sworn out by pom0 unknown person, to answer to the charge of the murder of Billings ,rlth a rii ii' to flic intimidation of ne gro voters. The last suggestion is to g've color of jurisdiction to the United Mutes authorities and bring the pris lirer within the r-ach of the enforce ment acts. The prisoners are to have a hearing 1 e'ore a United States Coo mi --loner in this city to-day. The AVy ;: ; will contain a full and careful re- 'i o' the ( xnmination as fast as it takes pi ce. la the meanwhile the cit er county have but one ? cause and meaning of These citizens are, as the palpable victims of ring plan to save the !i wits already lost to the Zt-n.-'1'': of Sum! :, of t!l u t:itV bellcVC, tiectii'lie t-.uii:v, v.hic Ka.lieiil party. The infamous VIM ti: JlilVS JS believed to be whole scheme. author of th tit numbers f the colored peo , f th' .- unty had determined t) vte the Conservative t ck t, end i! I.fcaiiio necc-ssary to put out of the v. iv a number of leading citizens un-Jt-r whose j.dvice the negroes were act ii:g. Hence the arrests and handcuffs v' brought into play by the Attor-Li-v-(l;-ner;il at Washington city, and (Icn. llealey, who was in the West, was ordered home by the Attorney Gencral to perform the dirty work that Havs ha.l cut out. These men in irons, Mr. Chas. Hr.ys will proceed to canvass the county of Sumter, and by ti:- aid of United State3 cavtdry forces li.ling and aiding through the county, th-' brute Hays thinks he is safe to nut on Sumter for his rascally cause. Y ivf tiiis as tb. public opinion of ie count v where taso devils schemes are being executed. We await the examination for further comment. The t Vents are of a startling charac ter, and show that high-handed tyran ny is rampant, among peaceful com munities in this State. They should occupy the calm and careful thoughts of our whole citizenship. If we have wolves among us, it is necessary to know it, ami be prepared to unite in measures for .mutual defence. There is a responsibility xonx ch( re for these li.-Ilisli cnirag.-s. Attorney-General Williams, the willing tool of these Ja c .bin devils, i-i safe in his distant D-.'p.irtment of Justice," and it will v. . j -aire a gre.it deal more of persecu tion to bring about what Attorney General Williams and his allies in vil- laiuv seem to l)j aiming at; to-wit, re- si-taiic: to tha Unite :;ietif. We look to 1 States Govern snver and morn t.h-i lin.1- to ret riil if the tyranny of "Department of Jus vi rv act f m ilignitv like ti-' th arxl ie ! re u-, mr, r. e mean iu kes that ho- e Li ire sure w :e verthrow in the the Had cal Coir ref;s Ni vember ekctioEs. 15 nt th ( iioumi' n T)'in mn d on - able 1:1 ( th. I' ll U! viHist woo nave outrages against ;ire ut ini"ioit land s'iil. Thev d, nor docs ey m:rV ! ldf I who are stiai s 3 oars hen'1'-. I ' ijiP.OS - ell." siar-d face to rs. M.-antim', their :( pT'-rs to w h u ' ' a-id tin face wit tl,..-.e ,1. 'oill, " -I's ;ine v- 1 th in f n II fi tie n-.j.kes ft! tuns sh:;! 1 opnres?- Is s'ici'.; in ti uiuo' t-tcnes to 1 deepen the argument that summons every citizen of Alabama to vindicate the public freedom at the polls. in-? prisoners, we :earn, arrived in the city destitute of a change of par. I iitid of blaket". They are ap the victims .f ,i common cause, arid we f- ar not that they will be neglected. b e 11 able U t la 1 ." that our public spirited and bar will see to it that they do ck th ' aid of the finest talent and the wa in.est z.--al of the profes-ion t i).vi; 'u. TLe Hii'isboro' Kccoriltr, iu a very ublo artic'.e urging upon the Liegisla ture thtj absolute necessity for u Con stitutional Convention, refers to the P -puU'.r misconception as to the true kla of what a Convention really is a body supposcfl to be entirely dis tinct from, and above the people, in-di-i't ndent of them, having plenai-y a:;d irresponsible powers; a body com itig into existence by legislative will, let loose to prey upon laws and Con stitutions without restraint, and to fasttn upon tho people just such, a t ame of government as chance or (mj r:ce or hasty passion may suggest. The l! fordcr says that the diflicul hes which have been thrown around tms exercise of popular ma I' -ty have had mucli to do with the f 'ar that now attends the call of a invention. Obstacles almost amount to prohibitions have beeu the charac 'eristics of all our Constitutions. 1 hie Constitution of 177o seemed so per fect to our fathers, that there is not the slightest intimation given by which de fects in that instrument, 6ure to be devtloped by time, were to be made. Therefore, w hen the necessity came, the means to alter the Constitution had not been provided for. The Jir cordcr continues : The legislature of 1831 took 1h ini tiative in relief, and, while discla-iming all light and power themselves to alu r the fundamental law. they adopted measures to ascertain th.i will of the people and to carry it into, effect. 1 Ley ordered au election to beheld to ascer tain the will of the peop e in calling a Convention. This Convention, wa all know, met in 1833, aud amended the Constitution so much to their satisfac tion, that they, too, like the fathers of '7t, thought it perfect, and never after ward to be touched. They did go a little farther, it is true they gave a power of legislative amendment, and a mode by which a Convention of the people might be cabed by the Legis lature both methods so trammeled by contingencies, as scarcely ever to be available. The Convention of 1808 cannot, be called a Convention of the people of North Carolina. It was called into ex istence by military power. Its work was not the work of the people of North Carolina. It was done by ex soldiers of the United States army; by hangers on of that army when in a state of war, dropped when peace came or where plunder or political preferment seemed most promising; by negroes, lately liberated from the chains of slavery, ignorant of the meaning of the wordsthey uttered aud blindly unconscious of the trust they held; and lastly, by a few native whites, whose indifference to their mother State iu tne lnsur of her peril had rendered theni competent to the oaths they took. But (his Convention, iu the Consti tution it framed, did not entirely cut off the means of relief, should it, too, prove ojjpressive. It left the methods of amendment and the mode of calling a Convention as they found it in the Constitution of 183.". They reaflirmed it (utidctn rcrfti Thus we havo seen what constitutes a convention of the people; we have seen the impediments thrown in Uie way of calling one for light and tran sient causes; we have seen the forms given to call one when necessity arises; and we see the sovereign power of the people interposed to guard themselves agaiust the abuse of trust by their deputies. Now. every Conservative, without exception, admits the need of Consti tutional reform. Why then should there be longer doubt or hesitation, when necessity, right, power, opportu nity all combine to invite and urge to immediate action ? AX OI.U tLASSMAIX. We find in the Memphis Appeal the following notice of an old friend and classmate at the University of North Carolina, who has been nomina ted for the Legislature in Tennessee. While it will be most gratifying to Col. Galloway's numerou3 friends in this State, to know that he is so highly ap preciated in the home of his adoption, we can assure those people that no truer or more trust-worthy man lives, nor one in whom they can more safely confide their interests. In every posi tion in life, as boy and man, he has proved himself worthy of the confi dence of his fellow-citizens. His suc cess in his present cauvas will be as pleasant to us as it will be beneficial to his constituents. The Appeal says : Ol'K NOMINEE FOK rLOATEK We understand that Colonel John M. Galloway, the candidate for Floater in the counties of Shelby and Fayette, will make an active and vigorous can vass. He has been absent from the St itn for some time, and his nomina tion was secured without any effort on bis part, winch is a high compliment to him personally. Colonel Galloway is a citizen of Fayette, and as he isanun obtruivc. ret'iiing gentleman, he is i.ot generally known in Shelby. Being a stranger to them, it is proper to say that he; wni born iu Koekingham coun t .North Carolina; graduated at Chap el Hill in 1834 witu distinguished hon ors: read law with Chief-Justice Fear- sou, of North Carolina, and commenced the practice of law at tho beginning of the war. He was among the first to volunteer when the war commenced ; enlisted as a privats, and was rapidly promoted, until he was made a Lieutenant-Colonel. At the close of the war Colonel Galloway removed to West Tennessee, and located on the Memphis ami Louisville liailroad, in Fayette county, where he engaged in an extensive lumber business. Gallo way's Station derives its name from his place of business. Colonel Gallo way has been a successful business man, and commands the respect of the community, as was evidenced by the efforts of the Fayette delegation to se cure his nomination. Colonel Gallo way is a gentleman of fine practical sense. lie is an earnest, effective speaker, reasons closely and logically, while bis language is terse and to the point. His name is tho synonym of in tegrity and lofty patriotism a man of rare attainments and universal popu larity. Colonel Galloway would make a working, pains-taking member of the Tennessee Legislature. He will receive the cordial suppert of the Democrats and Conservatives of Shelby county, and judging from the zealous manner in which the Fayette delegation pressed his nomination ao will receive a cordial support inthat county. The Bab-boom Hemedv for all ail ments is Bum Bitters,surcharged.-with Fusel Oi", a deadly element, rendered more active by the pungent astringents with which it is combined. If your stomach is weak and liver or bowels disordered, strengthen and regulate them with Vinegar Bittebs, a purely Vegetable Altebnative and Aperient, free from a'cohol and capable of n fusing new vitality intr your exhaust ed system. . 4w I onveniiii-A r.cttcr from Judge itlmily, , The opinions of Judge Manly upon I all questions have bo lone commanded the respect and confidence of the peo ple of North Carolina that it is with great satisfaction we lay before our readers his emphatic endorsement of the position the Journal has taken in the discussion now pending in regard to the calling of a Convention. J ndge Mauly's letter is in reply to one asking the following questions: 1st. Do jou think the best interests of the people of North Carolina re quire their Constitution, the '"Can by Constitution" so-called, to be material ly and speedily amended ? 2d. If, in your opinion, material changes in the Constitution ought to be speedily made, which mode of mak ing those chauges, do you think the best interests of the people of North Carolina demand should be adopted, that by Legislative enactment or that Convention ? 3d. The Conservative-Democratic party having an undoubted two-thirds vote in each House of the General As sembly, what do you think is the duty of that party in reference to the cali of a Convention by the Legislature at its approaching session for the purpose of amending the Constitution ? JCDGE MASLI'S LETTER. Newbebn, Oct. 1st, 1874. Gentlemen: While I disclaim for my opinions all significance above those of my fellow-men, the emergen cy is believed to be sufficiently grave to demand an answer from every one to the questions you put. It is, there fore, from a sense of duty as well as from courtesy that I reply to your let ter of the 29th ult. 1. The Constitution ought, in my judgment, to be amended in many ma terial respects, and it should be done at fiv, as indispensibly preliminary to useful legislation. There is no per son iu the State, it seems to me, who has the sense to form a judgment upon the subject at all, and who, at the same time, is capable of freeing him self from the blinding effects of preju dice and self interest, who does not understand and acknowledge this. Many of its provif-ioas are foreign to out habits and modes of life, unsuited to the condition of our people, cum brous and expensive. It is tainted with an arrogant use of moral plati tudes and exhortations, is unintelligi ble or absurd in parts, and has many matters crystalized into constitution al law which belong to the evanescent and changeable ideas of the day and ought to have been left to the domain of ordinary legislation. This being the character of the insti tution under which we are now at tempting to conduct public affairs, I can conceive of no sound reason, should there be strength enough in the two Houses of Assembly to change it, why we should not reform and make it har monize with our wishes. 2. Of thetwo modes of amendment, that by a Convention of delegates from the people, is the only one which meets our need. The mode by acts of suc cessive Assemblies is dilatory, and is, indeed, hardly practicable, where many amendments are required. Such mode is appropriate only when a single amendment is wanted, or at most a few. With defects and blemishes inter woven in every part, as in our case, it requires a council, sitting together, and freely interchanging views, to eli minate them thoroughly and leave the law in a consistent state. It is not possible to inform people in their neighborhood meetings of the intend ed sense of a variety of amendments, of their relations to each other, and ot their general effect upon the whole. The experience of mankind har shown that in such cases, a full understand ing and complete and satisfactory work can only be done by persons act ing collectively, (collcgiati(cr). The force of the objection to legislative amendment, will be jdainer when you consider that each amendment must be in a separate bill in order to avoid tho risk of losing the whole by the failure on the part of the second legislature to pass the bill identical iu all its parts, that was pro posed by the first. A question is made as to the validity of the amend ments of August 1873 upon the ground above indicated, which is now pend ing we are fnformed in the Supreme ! Court of the State. A Convention is the only adequate remedy for the in tolerable political evils that beset us and the sooner it is called the better. 3. Premising all proper respect and deference to the approaching General Assembly, and relying upon their better judgment for wise and patriotic action in the premises, I proceed to answer your third interoga tory. If the requisite number in each House concur as to the necessity of a Convention I see no reason why it ghould not be called this winter. The experience of the past few years convinces me that legislation in North Carolina to any good end must be crippled and inefficient as long as the constitution remains as it is. We are passing continually from bad to worse. We are encumbered with pubUc debt that must ultimately crush us, unless something be done. The opportunity for selfish and unprincipled demagogues still further to encumber and plunder us is afforded by the laws as they now stand; and these must be changed The risk of losing the present majori ties, if such risk would be incur red bv action (which I do not believe") is insignificant com pared with the great benefits to be derived from the amendments pro posed. The evil would be of trifling imooi t tcnorsTV in its nature, and reparable at the ballot-box ; the good i?reat. permanent, and lasting proba bly for all time to come. The summer elections prove a wide spread opposi tion to the existing order 01 tningo Tt was a topular upheaval under the cbafings of the laws and the oppres sions and impoverishment incidental to their administration. The people had honestly endeavored to accommo date themselves to the harness that I m a "11 . hnd been inventeel for tuem, dui Tun- out 6ucces. They had turned from side to side for relief, but found none. No longer able to bear it, miner the power still happily left iu them by the- laws, tney now send to tho Assembly the suggestive number of two-thirds of Conservative Democrats opposed to these laws and to this rule. This is the way I interpret the elections of the summer. If the work of changing the Consti tution is not done this winter it will amount to an indefinite postponement. It will be a confession on the part of the Conservative party that it is pow erless for good, and the good sense of constituents will at once call for its dissolution. A two-thirds majority is a rare providence in the history 01 par ties in free governments. If we fail to avail ourselves of it to accomplish an acknowledged necessary good, it would argue au indifference to the to the future of our State unworthy of freemen. The objection to a Convention aris ing from apprehensions, that certain features in the Constitution, as it now stands, might be interfered with could be obviated in the organic law of the Assembly by calling a restrict ed Convention As a Convention can only be legally constituted upon a call of the Legislature, it follows that any convention assembling without call, or acting outside of the call, would be revolutionary and not consti tutional. The Convention called in 1835 was a restricted Convention. The restriction was recognized as obliga tory by the convention under the leadership of some of the greatest minds North Carolina has ever pro duced, then in the Convention. I take it for granted, therefore, that a Convention now called can be restrict ed from interfering with certain sub jects as for instance, the condition of the colored people of tho State and the homestead provision now made by law, and that such restriction would be scrupulously obeyed. Not that I think such restriction at all necessary; for the rights of the colored people are secured by the Constitution of the United States which i - the paramount law, and any change indeed would be against tho wishes of our people ; and the homestead provision, is engraven deeply iu the affections of all classes of citizens, and no representative body would dare to go contrary to this feeling. " But nevertheless, to quiet all apprehension let a restricted Con vention be called, and as an addi tional security, by all means, let the Constitution, when amended, be sub mitted to the people for their ap proval or rejection. It should be remembered that the Constitution cannot be changed ex cept when the dissatisfied party is in a two-thirds majority and in posses sion of the incidental powers and per quisites. If this condition be "per H( " such fi happy one that no amend ment of the Constitution should be at tempted, for fear of disturbing it, it follows, logically, that we shall never change our Constitution 3117 more, however much we may think it needed. I conclude by repeating the sugges tion that tidal waves in politics are not periodical as are the tides of the ocean They come now and then, when most needed, and wise men avaii themselves of them to get into a port of safety I am, with much respect, Your obedient servant, 31. E. Manly Will our Conservative exchanges in the State give their readers the bene fit of Judge Manly's views on the Con vention question ? For the Joiirn.-i'. C'aroliua. Central Kuiltvay. A recent travel over this rail road enables the writer to state that this erreat work is being pushed with the utmost speed to completion. The evi dence of progress and of efficiency which meets the observing traveller on all sides, united to the impartial opin ion of others who are fully competent to imlcre. shows that the worK is in good hands. From all sources the iu- J format on comes further that the Chief Engineer and Superintendent, Colonel Fremont, everywhere acknowledged to be one of the very best rail road man agers iu uu whole Southern land, is working with bis characteristic energy and efficiency. While be throws in-s time and soul so nobly into the man agement and completion of this great enterprize, ona of the most valuable of the superior qualifications of this able administrative officer, is his ca pacity to ensure proper attention to duty on the pait of his subordinates. Nesrlect of dntv he will tolerate in none of those around and under him. With aW fort iter in re, which has always madehim so uselnl. time ana contact with the world has given him more of the 8iiavitcr in tnodo, and herein con sists an explanation of hi3 increase of popularity as well ns his increase iu usefulness, wniiene is no poiuioiau, and heartily despises the tricks and arts of the demagogue, it is remarked all along the road which ho so olten traverses, that Col. Fremont now-a-davs is seldom out of humor. The trains will soon reacu Monroe, already a thriving place and destined to be one of our most tlnifty and populous railroad Lns. Indeed it is manifest that his entire road is des tined to be dotted ?t almost every station with growing, enterprising atd populoustowns,and iu a very few years. They have th-J back country to sustain them as well as the road, which is already enhancing greatly the value.of real estate and developing finely the material ra-oureesof the fertileand ad mirable country through wlrch it passes. Having reached Monro ', we were informed that tho track-layers will then commence at Charlotte and, working east.will meet about tie mi l- die or at McAlpin Creek. What maj' wo-of Wilmington look for on the completion of this gn at railroad? An impetus will be given, not alone to our city, but to the ndja- cent sections and surromiding conn- ties, which will make glad the hopes and hearts of all our citizens, and verify the predictions of its most sau- guine and devoted friends. It will be the great artery and life-sustaining source of our growth, prosperity, wealth and strength elements, as well as In all these iu population and enterprise, Wilmington will be doubled, tripled and quadrupled, in a few years, and Norfolk, Savannah and other cities on the coast, will no longer be ahead of our rapidlv grow ing city by the sea. That these state ments, so full of interest to every Wil mingtonian, and which ought to excite the pride of every North Carolinian in behalf of t'us largest and most pros perous city in the State, are not vis- sionary, but are reasonable ana well grounded, look at the vast and innu merable resources, and tremendous mines of wealth, ready to be poured into the lap of Wilmington as soon as the magnificent enterprise of this road is completed. We utter the authorita tive assurances of those authorized to speak, in saying that at a very early day the road will be completed to Charlotte, one hundred and eighty eight (188) miles from Wilmington. Thence on the Western Division, fifty miles further to Buffalo Creek, within four miles of Shelby, the line measuring two hundred and thirty eight (238) miles (from Wilmington to the foot of the mountains) now about ready for the iron horse. As this Car olina Central Road taps at Charlotte, the system of railways, five in number, converging at that city.it will necessa rily draw the rich products of the Great West to Wilmington, where im provements now going on in our river and harbor.so auspicious for good, will make our port one of the best and most attractive on the Atlantic coast. It is demonstrable that this is the shortest line from Charlotte to tide water, bv fifty-two miles, as against Charleston, one hundred and sixty-five as against Norfolk, and is ninety-five miles shorter than to Kichmond. The location of the line, through vast and endless resources of timber, agricul ture, and rich minerals, with feeders and arms stretching iu all directions, no one who examines the map of the country through which it passes and sees its actual nnd prospective con nections, can fail to admit that it will not only be the great trunk line be tween Charlotte and Wilmington, but that it w ill build up our city as above indicated. Then let our merchants and all our business men take hope and vie one with another.in everyway encouraging this road and in making wise and enterprising efforts to bring trade, freight and travel to our city. We are about to begin, as this road approaches completion, a new era of prosperity aud greatness as a city. Facts and statistics, the relation be tween cause and effect, the history of railroads in this country, unite with the lessons of experience and the teachings of peditical economy and the laws of commerce - in proving these statements to be correct. We need more of faith, energy and deter mination; more of correct appreciation of our facilities aud resources; more of city pride and State pride, and more of grateful regard and sustaining sup p rt of those leading men in Wilming ton, the Cape Fear, and the whole State, who now, as in the past, wear the armor of patriotism, state pride and an uncompromising devotion to the moral, material, educational, and internal improvement interests of North Carolina. Onwahp. October 3, 1S71. ( Special dUpatch to the Baltimore frail J Tlie .iproa.cliins Session of C'on-erefis-Ncnalor Carpenter aod the Louisiana. luesUoi --Slanders aSTUiiitt tlte JsoinH NlnrifK of Onl rngew, A.C. UIE COMING SESSION. Washington. Oct. 5. Information obtained from the best sources leads to the conclusion that the coming ses sion "of Congress will abound in as much, if not more, political discussion than any session since the close of the war, and that there will also be several important investigations set on foot. The prospect, therefore, for business legislation of any material cousequence is slight, as the working days of the entire session will be comprised within the short space of about two and a half months. Inilucntial members of both He uses express the opiuion that another investigation into .Louisiana affairs cannot be avoided ; nnd from the developments of the last few weeks it is Apprehended such an investiga tion, if ordered, will be as protracted hs that which wus e-onducted Winter before last. .SENATOR CAlirJENl EH. The published deftjuce of his course in receiving a large fee from Mr. Kel logg reached here to-day. It has been much commented on, and the explan ation which he makes is very far from being satisfactory to auv outride of those who have from first to lat been iu active sympathy with the Kellogg usurpation. It is now very clearly re membered that grave suspicions were entertained of tVe sincerity of Senator Carpenter's profession during the pen dency of the Louisiana bill in the Sen ate, and several ISeuators remarkeel openly that they did not bel eve that he h id any intention of passing the measure. Mr. Carpenter excuses his vote on the amendment to allow the new election provided for in the bill to be conducted under the auspicies of Kellogg on the ground that otherwise 1 Senators Sherman, Howe, aud ona or two otht rs, would not vole for the bill. He biid not the least shadow cf au assurance from any of those Sena tors that thoy would vote for the bill under any circumstances, aud he did have the most positive assurance from the entire body of Democratic Sena- - i tors titat they would not vote for it 1 ; ' , 1 ; ; , , , j j I wit'i tne iveiiogg amendment, lie kmv peifecilv -well that without Dem-ocr-i'.ie vote the bill could not be car iied, aud when it was finally defeated his peculiar he he rang aloud above the derisive laughter of the other Rad icil Senators. That a gentlemen of the brazen front of General Rutler should have also considered it neces sary, in public print, to exculpate him self tor receiving fees ftom Kfllogg is looked upon as an additional indica tion that the .Louisiana iniquity will bear still further picking. .Leading Conservatives from that State aver their belief that if the full history is laid bare the blunted senses of the most extreme haters of the South would recoil at the prospect. SOUTHERN AFFAIRS ANT THE ELECTIONS. Contary to the opinion which was expressed by Radical politicians here at the time of the uprising against Kellogg, advices received here from all quarters of the North and West are to the effect that it has had no un toward effect upon Conservative pros pects at the approaching elections. It is learned, however, that the stories of Southern outrages which have been so industriously disseminated by the Attorney-General and the carpet-bag Congressmen have not been without J some effect, and, in consequence inereoi, uie cnances 01 uemooratic success in some of the doubtful Con gressional districts are not so promis ing as they were. Apropos of this "Southern outrages" business,- it is understood that it is in contemplation by members of both the Senate and the House to offer resolutions of in quiry on the meeting of Congress to ascertain under what authority of law the military forces of the United States are made subject to the orders of the Attorney-General without the inter vention "of the War Department. No doubt at all is now entertained here that the Chattanooga Convention, which is called to meet on the 13th of this month, has as its sole object the furtherance of the selfish and unprin cipled designs of the very class of men to whom so many of the Southern States owe this day their disorganized ana unnappy condition. It cannot as yat be ascertained that there will bo a baker's dozen at the Convention of men who can in any proper sense claim to represent anything that is good in the South. It has already been said that "Senator" Patterson, who "put through" the South Carolina Republi can Convention an endorsement of General Grant for a third term, will be on hand at this Convention with a similar "endorsement." Mr. Patter son, it is said, claims that he will be as successful at Chattanooga as at Charleston. If so, this and a long STRING OF SLANDERS against the white people of the South will be about the only results which can be expected from this motley gathering. Some of those who propose being in attendance, and'whoaro now heie, are making a great ado over what they term exten sive shipments of arms for the white leagues, which they 'allege have been made from Baltimore, Pittsburgh, and other points, although there is better evidence than any of them can furnish that quantities of arms which have been purchased in the last few months on Southern account were to the order of Radical emissaries and destined to be put in the hauds of blacks. As a movement to place properly be fore tho country the real condition of affairs in the South and the true rela tions between the General Government and the States the project which has emanated from Nashville for a confer ence of Democratic Governors and in fluential representatives of bothparties throughout the country may possibly result in benefit. Such opinion as has been expressed here to-day on the pro ject is of a favorable character. From the St. Louis Rcpub'.ic-an. nr. squills lias been Ituunine tor Office nnd ot Left. When I got home last night, said Squills, the old lady was up waiting for me. I kuew there was something iu soak. There'always is when she sits propped up in bed reading, and I kuew it. I wasn't feeling pretty good, said Squills, for I had been whitewashed in the convention, sold out body.boots aud breeches, and I felt like a board yard he-cat with his back hair curled the wrong side up. "Have yon got the nomination. Squills, dear?" I knew she had seen the evening paper, but I said "No, love," as mildly as if conventions and all such snares were beneath my notice. " Not got the nomination, Mr Squills ?" "No, Mrs. Squids, not that the court is aware 01 at tu:s present wri ting. Certainly not." "Then what do you expect to get for all the whiskey you've been pour ing dowu those fellows' throats ?" "What fellows' throats?" "Your friends who have been tramp ng in and out of my house.Mr.Squihs, and borrowing your poor children's money, and running yon into all kinds of elisreputable places to hunt up votes, and sneaking you off into the country to barbeceusand other infamous resorts paying for buggies, and making ridic ulous remarks which I know you paid the reporters to work up into a speech. A nice thing you have done for yourself and me and the poor chil dren, and then, after all, not to get anything for your pains. I'm ashamed of you, Mr. Squills; I would blush for you, but I can't, and what's more, I won't. Don't tell me, Squills, that you don't want me to blush for you. and you sitting there just as mad as a hat full of hornets. After you telling me, too, and the dear child that she should have a new silk when you got the nomination. A nice nomination you've got and those fellows who took your money and your whiskey just laughing at you and thinking what a fool for believing them. That's what hurts me in the tenderest point, Squills." I put out tho light, tum bleel into bed aud prepared to go to Bleep, but Mrs. Squills still kept at it with forty-Squills powei. "After a time exhausted nature gave way and she was silent. Then I felt a singular jiggling of the beel, and I turned round and said: 'Mrs. Squills, is that you? what in the world are you doing that for ? If you want to laugb, laugh, but don't shake as if you had the buckague.' " "Oh what a politician yon are. Squills," said she. "Two weeks can vassing, aud then to be skunked by a tadpole !" "To keep peaoe in the family," said Squills, "I had to promise that dress, or something else, and as for the tad pole business, what can you explain to a woman ?" The Carolina Central Rail war The Charlotte Observer says: The vigor in the prosecution of the work on this road in the suburbs of, and a short distance out from Charlotte is greater than since work was com menced on the road. The trestle over Town Creek, near Phifer's mill, has been completed, and is an excellent job. The timbers for the trestle oyer Briar Creek, two and a half miles from the city, have all been prepared; and work is now in progress on the trestle. It will be completed, we are told, by Saturday week. A epaantity of iron has already arrived and is daily arriv ing, ana track laying will begin from the depot here either to-day or to morrow. The crossing of the track over the North Carolina Railroad was finished last evening. The unusual vigor which has char acterized the work on this road of late, is due to the well directed efforts of Captain V. Q. Johnson, the Assistant Superintendent of the road. The grading on the road is just about finished, and two or three tres tles yet to be built is all that is now delaying the road. In a very short time these will be finished, and track laying will begin and go on at a rapid rate, the iron, implements, and force for this all being ready, until the last rail is laid, and the Seaboard and Piedmont cities shall clasp hands over a direct and solid line of iron. Speed the day. Bladen Court The Fall Term of Bladen County Superior Court has been in session this week. It was the first Court iu Bladen of our new Judge and Solicitor, and we are pleased to learn that they have already made an excellent im pression on the minds of our country neighbors. It was thought that the business would all be dispatched and that the Court would adjourn yes terday. A friend who was present in the early part of the week says that the Judge and Solicitor were on the ground early, but could not open Court for want of a Sheriff, Mr. Sikes having failed to make his bond. Finally the Commissioners got together and elelected Mr. Wm. J. Sutton, who filed his bonds, qualified and proceeel ed to open Court in dne iorm about 2 o'clock I'. M. A good many cases of minor importance were disposed of iu rapid succession. The case of the Buies, Councils and Hobbs, indicted for assault and battery upon John A. Edwards, which has attracted consid erable attention heretofore, was decid ed on Tuesday. The two Buies were convicted of assault and battery, and the otner defendants were acquitted. 1; was untlerstood that Kiley but ton, the negro who was indicted for killing a colored woman some time last winter, would be put upon trial Thursday. The Twiggs case was be fore the Grand Jury when our friend left about noon on Wednesday. JUatters about Ji.iizabethrown wore about the usual appearance at Court times, except that instead of five or six Hundred negroes as Heretofore, there were scarcely fifty on the Court yard at any one time. Hail from Clinton to Warsaw. Mr. A. Wilkins, the gentleman who, some time since, endeavored, unsuc cessfully, to start a water works com pany in this city, has written to the editor of the Clinton Reporter propos ing the organization of a company for building a wooden railroad from Clin ton to Warsaw, and a meeting has been called to take place in the former town on the 17th inst., for the purpose of considering the matter. As the citi zens of 'Wilmington are themselves deeply interested in any scheme which will connect us with Sampson county by rail, we make no apology for pub lishing here Mr. Wilkins' letter as we find it in the Iicportcr: Charleston, S. C, Sept. 30, 1874. Editor of Reporter, Clinton, Sampson County, JV. C: Dear Sir : Having seen an extract from your paper in the Wilmington Journal, from which I learn your peo ple want a branch railroad from Clin ton to Warsaw, I beg leave to ask if your citizens would be satisfied with a wooden railroad until such time as the business would justify an iron rail to be laid ? and would the stockholders of the plank road be willing to sell their road to a railroad company and take pay in stock of the railroad com pany ? These. wooden railways are being in troduced inmany parts of the country as branches and feeders ts the regular lines of railway, and are found to pay where a more expensive structure would be impracticable, and yet have subserved the public convenience in every respect as well as an iron rail way. If this idea should meet the favor of your people, I think a company could be found to undertake the construction of such a railway, if local subscriptions along tho line could be had to the ex tent of 825,000 or $30,000, the contrac tors taking stock and bonds for all tha road equipments would cost more than the sums named. Now can not 15 .' men be secured to subscribe 200 eaclf -or say lOmeueacii $."00 $5,000 10 " -100 4,000 20 '' :oo ;,ooo to " im hooo 70 " 100 7,000 S30.000 If the road is really so much of n desideratum to your section, it would seem aa if there ought to be but little trouble' to raise this sum, and thereby have other parties come in to supple ment what is necessary to complete the enterprise. Please give me the length of the line by way ol the plank road, and also ad vise me on what terms the plank road company wih merge their line of way iato the proposed railroad, and you may hear more from me ou this sub ject. I believe you can have a rail road that will auswer all the demand s of your trade and travel, if jour people really want such an improvement. Very truly yours, A. Wilkins,
Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
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