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UIK THIUO Disricicr.
vre the Democrats of the Third
District fully alive to the importance
of the peudinir eamnaitrn? Do thev
realize the fact that a very pressiug
and momentous duty rests upon them?
Have they reflected seriously .upon
their respofisibilities as freemen and
patriots in the great struggle that
- lie-i close at hand ? This District is
to be recaptured and redeemed. There
is but one way to do it. In 1878
ome seven thousand men voters,
calling themselves Democrau,refused
to vote. What was the result ? The
Democratic nominee was defeated
and in a decided Democratic District.
Apathy an appaling apathy did it,
and allowed a Republican to go to
Congress in the place of the Repre-
s rved for eight years in, Congress.
ri you about to repeat this folly ?
Are yH determined to allow another
It'-publican to take his seat in the
House as the llenroseniativo of the
t
' Third District ?' VVo hope not, but
vvIihi arc you doing to prevent it?
Ar! .j ou at work? Have you made
any effort to secure the flection of
ui uf in or;iv.ic uanumaiu, dir. onacK-
elford ? Do you- intend to do as you J
hIp.i in - stay irom the pons ami
thus help the canse of Radicalism?
Do you call yourself a Democrat and
y.-t wilfully help elect a Republican ?
V-u know, if you have . any sense,
tii:rt- by refusing to vote you aid Can
ary in securing his election. If you
prefer him to a sound Democrat vou
. . n t n . " ! .1 M
ought to cease to call yourself any
thing else than a Republican.
Have you considered the impor
tance of having , a U. S. House of
Representatives Democratic? If
, Hancock is elected he would be
crippled from the very beginning of
his Administration if the Republicans
controlled one branch-of the Con
gress. His reforms and efforts at
retrenchment would go for nothing
to a very great extent with a Radi2
eil House to thwart him at every
turn. In the present House the De
mocrats havo five, majority. It will
he very easy lo lose them. ."- It is
tbtmghl three will be lost in Vir
ginia alone. So it behooves every
Democrat to be tip . and doing in be
half of our Congressional candidates.
Oar speakers in every county should
givo Mr. Shackelford all the assis
tance possible. The canvass must be
made more active, more earnest, more
thorough. '
'Pi :.. J. L- ' T t'
before too late. The New JSernian
-of a few days ago, gave a somewhat
dispiriting statement of the outlook
"m this District. We do not believe
there is ; danger bat at one point.
Our people are wonderfully apathetic
under the circumstances. In some
respects it is the dullest Presidential
campaign that has occurred within
oar recollection. It is possible that
the Democrats shall be beaten in
this Distriot. It can be done, bat
only with the consent of the Demo7
crats. If they do not work, and do
tlAf. vnr a i li Air 1 timlA n n An tYiA
morning of the 3d of November and
iind a Republican office holder the
Representative elect of the Third
District. :
We write plainly becaase we see
the danger. If the Democrats are
not more active from now until the
election they stand a first rate chance
of defeat in this District. This is
not only tho opinion of the Stab, bat
of persons who are well informed in
other counties. .Hard work can save
US. . Anathu th dn-nnt.hinr noliev.
VOL. XI.
will ruin us. So let us go to work in
earnest. Lot every Democrat who
may read this resolve to do his. ut-
most in behalf of
Haucook, Jarvis
and Shackelford,!
i
and not to cease his
efforts until the voting w over, and
all will be well.
And now just
a
word
about this
It is con
Greenback movement
ceived in folly and will end in fraud.
Why do we say so ? Road. A gen-
J
tleman of intelligence
and high
character heard this within a week
froni a leading Republican : There
will not be fifty
back - votes cast
Republican Green
in New Hanover
county or tWOreenbaekcftodidaio 4
Kornegay, but they will be cast Fof
Can ad ay. In every county but4 one
in the District the arrangement or
understanding has' been j perfected,.
and it will bo so in that county before
long.- j
Such is the cheat. How do you
i
like that, Democrats, who are hob-
nobbing with so-called
Republican
Greenbackers ? How do you fancy
the idea of being used as a catspaw
to pull the chestnuts out, of the fire
for the benefit of j a Republican office
holder seeking a higher place ? You
will vote for Kornegay, jwhilst yOur
Radical allies will vote for Can ad ay.
You will be sold put if! you do not
open wide your jejres. Stick to the
old fold, the wolves are abroad.
UHIKB TARING, GlKFIBLD AND
DRGOLYEItj
' I j
In Col. D. K. MeRac'tf speoch last
Friday night he treated with exceed
ing elaboration the Credit Mobilier
j - j :
and DeGolyer contract scandals. We
have beforo given some of the facts
connected with ,1
and will refer hereafter to tho Credit
Mobilier scandal.
The
evidence is
so abundant, and
a clear statement
of either case requires sojmuch space,
that we have not gone into the mat
ter at any great length. As tothe
DeGolyer bribery jthe facts were es
tablished in the Circuit Court of Cook
county, Illinois, j During the cam
paign the records in the Chittenden
suit have been examined
by scores of
There is no
judicial re-
persons of both patties,
better known case in the
ports of the country than that of
"George Chittenden, agt., Robert
MeClellan et al. No. 12,181, Circuit
i j .
Court, Cook county, Illinois.
The history ofj the case may be
stated briefly. On June 19, 1864,
"Emery A. Stoirs filed a bill asking
for $100,000 against yeGolyer &
Co., as G. R. Chittenden's share of
profits arising from profits of contract
which DeGolyer
& Co. bad with the
Board of Public
Works at Washing
ton City: Judge Doolittle appeared
as Counsel for the defendants. Doo
little filed an answer in the case, set
ting up as a defense : 1st. That the
contract was void upon its face. 2d."
That the contract was void as against
public policy, because o
paid James A. Garfield,
the $5,000
a member of
Congress, for his influence us a Con
gressman in getting the Board of
Public Works &l Washington to give
DeGolyer & Co.
!
the contract. On
the 10th of June,
1875, jan order was
made by the Court upon Storrs to re
ply or demur to the answer. Storrs
demurred; full hearing'was had upon
the demurrer, and: the Judge (Far
well, a Republican), after a careful
consideration ofj the case, overruled
the demurrer. JTrom the decision no
appeal Was taken, and Storrs did not
reply to the answer. - Judgment
was entered upj in ? favor of : the; de-:
fendants, and " the ' . case,, as ; appears
from the record was finally dismissed
on the 1 1 th day; of May 1876, for
want of prosecution.
How does this case affect Garfield ?
In what attitude does it place 1iim be
fore the country ?. Every lawyer will
tell vou if Mr. Storrs had had anv
confidence in tho innocence of his cli-
ent, Garfield, he would; have replied
to the answer of the defendants land
would never have demurred. The
Judge, a Republican, and no doubt an
honest man, overruled jthe demurrer,
This left Garfield, the Republican
candidate for the' Presidency, stand
ing before the country
ceivod $5,000 for being party to a
fraud as having received a-bribe
that he would use' -and
position as . a
hia influence'
member, of
the House of Representativeff and
as Chairman of! the; Committee of
Appropriations to secure a big, fat
job for DeGolyer and MeClellan, the
Chicago contractors.
We V venture
to say that in the- whole "history o
Congress, there was
never a more
1
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WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1880.
shameless job. - It smells so strongly
of corruption that all the deodorizers
ever invented cannot keep it down
Its stench smites the very skies and
offends the nostrils of every honest
freeman in the land.. . - !
What? do you tell us that a man is
not corrupt who will, take a bribe of
$5,000 for the use of- his influence tin
behalf of knavery- and fraud? The
DeGolyer pavement cost five times its
value. At this very , hour a better
pavement is being laid in Washing
ton for one-fifth what was paid De
GoJjfer. It was Garfield who .secured
ho Appropriation fpr tho swindling I
contractors, it .was , ttrarneuiewiio-
ws ihe right bower" in the cheat.
Without him there would have been
no appropriations aud no swindling.
It is a matter of record, in a
Chicago Court, that Garfield received
$5,000 for his influence in proouring
a swindling job for DeGolyer & Co.
t is a matter of record that De
Golyer made $2 a foot clear on the
pavement, receiving for his contract
$400,000. The demurrer of Garfield
admits that he received the $5,000.
There is no attempt at denial, jit
was because of the admission of the
$5,000' bribe that Judge Farwell held
that that fact made the contract ille
gal and void. Judge Farwell is a
Republican, be it remembered. I
Col. McRao mentioned the fact
that Storrs,. who was attorney for the
whiskey ring rascals, had made way
with the papers of the court. It is
said he has them concealed in a vault.
This fellow is making speeches for
Garfield, paid to do so out of tho civil
service campaign fund. Judge
Doolittle has copies. This is the
case. It shows precisely what . sort
of a fellow Garfield is. Couple this
disgraceful transaction with his
Credit Mobilier rascality (another
case of bribery) and his management
of West Feliciana Parish in Louisi
ana, in November 1876, and you
have threo indictments against him,
either of which ought to send him to
the penitentiary.
Deweosc, the ignorant oarpet-bag-
ger who whines through his nose and
makes all he can out of the misfor
tunes of others, when misrepresent
ing the Raleigh District in the TL S.
House of Representatives, took a
bribe for a cadetsbip. He did. not
rob tho Government of a cent, but
gave the appointment he held to a
certain cadet for a consideration of a
few hundred dollars. He was ex
pelled, and very properly. We sus..
peot Garfield voted for it. But here
is this Radical candidate for the
Presidency this trader in jobberies
this ready tool of the unscrupulous
and "for a consideration" who was
instrumental in robbing the Govern
ment of over $250,000 for that sum
was the excess of the charges for. the
pavement over what it was worth
and who received $5,000 for his very
valuable services in behalf of : the
swindling firm, he being Chairman of
!
the very committee that must make
the appropriation and that did make
the appropriation at Garfield's ; in
stance this James A. Garfield, this
bribe-taker, this disgraced and ; de
graded Representative of an Ohio
distriot in Congress, is still allowed to
hold his seat, Why this? If poor,
obscure, corrupt Dewees was bounced
because he received $400 for a cadet-
ship, ;why should not Garfield be
bounced also for- receiving a bribe of
$5,000 for his services in robbing the
Government of between $200,000 and
$300,000? Let the honest voters of
the land fix the seal of their condem-
nation' upon this machine politician
this Congressional, professional bribe
taker. ! '
80H1E OF THE EVIDKNCB IN THE
VAVEimENTT CASK. : '
Gen, Garfield declared most posi
tively; in his -speech delivered at
Warren, Ohio, September 19th, 1874,
that he made ah argument before the
Board of Public- Works of the Dis
trict of Columbia in behalf of the
DeGolyer pavement plan. That our
readers may see that we do not in
any particular misrepresent the Radi
cal candidate for the Presidency, we
will copy his own -words -from his
Warren speech. He said : T
"Mr. Parsons came to me and said be
bad an important case; he had worked a
good while on it, but was called away . He
must leave. He did not want to lose his
fee was likely to lose it unless the. work
was completed. He asked me if I would
argue tbe case for him; if I would examine
into lnei merits ot this pavement and make
a statement of it before the Board. 1
"J made the argument. - -' f
Now I have before me here.'
viohatlTutd when I made the argument, certify
cates irom Ubicago, bt iiouis, Baa Fran
cisco. . Mr. Parsons went before
that committee and told them what he knew
of its merits, and ' told tlterri Judnd 1 argued
that lease." -u - -
Mark you, this was said before hi?
constituents. When before the In
vestigating Committee in February,
1879, nearly five years after his War
ren speech, his sworn testimony was
as follows :
lit Nickerson I understand you to Say,
Mr. Garfield, that you prepared a brief after
Mr, Parsons went away, and that you filed
it with the Board of Public Work9. Ia
there such a brief on file ? - '
Mc Garfield My impression . is that I
filed it, though I am not. certain. I know
thai I stated to ffu Board of PubUe Works the
points of ffie case. r , ,
1 The Chairman You did make an argu-
Mr! Garfield I made a careful studv-of
tb cbso, and stated the points to the mem-
berg fcf-lftfBMrdi i -M-w'TTr1 -tf-
Npw this looks plain enough sure
ly . file repeats before his constitu
ents; on the huslinors that he did
make au argument. He tells the In
vestigating Committee nearly five
years at ter wards that he "made a
careful study of the case and stated
the points to the members of the
Board."- He also swears he made a
"brief," but said "brief" cannot be
found. The truth is nosuoh "brief"
was ever "prepared" or "filed," and
Garfield must have known it when
he swore to the contrary.
Now, when Garfield was - more
closely examined by the Investigating
Committee, what appeared ? Read
the following :
"Mr. Nickeraoa Did you at any time
appear before the Board and make any
argument whatever t
"Gen. Garheld 1 do not remember that
I did i but 1 did speak Ut Qov. Shepherd on
the subject, giving my opinion in his
favor."
Now is not that lovely ? Was
there1 ever more manifest false swear
ing?! JVhat did this Gov. Shepherd
say-4"Boss" Shepherd, as he is better
known by ? Hero it is :
"Q: You say, speaking of the itflueHce
of Parsons, 'that it was followed by fre
quent pressures by Mr. Parsons, and Gen.
Garfield spoke to mc about it once.' Is
that your best recollection now, that that
was tut that was done by Mr. Garfield ?
"Mir. Shepherd lhat was all that lie ever
did. Us never spoke to me but once on Vie
subject."
So the "Boss," and he toas head of
the Board of Public Works, only
remembered one time in which Gar
field "spoke" to him about the pave
mentL Where was the argument?
To whom did Garfield make it? The
head-man never heard of it. Now
let ui see if there is any other evi
dence. Mr. Nickefson's testimony
shows why Garfield was employed.
He said on oath before the Investi
gating Committee:
"I was the owner of the ironizing process.
I was to ironize the pavement and have a
royalty. My interest in it was worth $60,
000 or $70,000 at least, and Mr. Parsons was
employed with the assurance to me by Chitten
den that he was able to reach Vie man who
could secure the contract."
Who was that "man who could
secure the contract?" What says
George R. Chittenden about it ? He
is referred lo by Nickerson above.
What does he say ? In a letter bear
ing date May 30, 1872, addressed to
DeGolyer and MeClellan, houses this
language and it is important ::
"Tbe influence of Gen. Garfield has been
secured by yesterday, last nieht and to
day's labors. . He holds the purse strings of
the Urn ted States; is chairman of the uommih
tee on Appropriations, and the strongest
man in Congress. I can hardly realize that
we have Gen. Garfield with us. It is rare
, success and very gratifying, as all the-ap
propriations of the District must come through
him."
Now is not the caso raado out?
What is lacking to show Garfield's
guilt? It is Bhown incontestably
that he was mixed up in the swindle.
It was 'a swindle; for, as we "have
shown before, it cost the people no
less than $250,000 and no value re
ceived. They lost that sum. But
the chief point we wish to call the
attention of the reader to is the un
blushing equivocation and falsifying
of Garfield.1 He : simply tried to lie
out of a difficulty; '; He wished to
make it appear that he acted .really
as ah : attorney, and that his $5,000
bribe was only a $5,000 fee. But he
held 'the pffrse strings of the United
States;" he was "chairman of the
Committee on .Appropriations," and,
therefore, it was a great achievement
to capture him to "secure" his "in
fluence,' for must ' not "all the ap
propriations of the : District come
through him?" So Chittenden thought
and wrote to the Chicago contrac
tors who received the $400,000,
making $250,000 clear. '
How . did- this dirty transaction
strike jthe honest people of the coun
try ? ' What did the Republicans say
about it ? We have published before
what such leading papers as the New
York limes and the New York 2W
bune) said in" condemnation of the
bribery and corruption.' We give a few
lines additionarfroni a widely eircu
lated Republican paper the New
York Independent. Ua July 30th
1 1874, it said editorially:
"The testimony - taken- in the-itrfestiga-
Uoo -Qf. the District, of Columbia frauds
showfa that Mr. Garfield received $5,000 for
his aid in getting Ihrongh'apaVmg contract
accepted by tbe District Government." t :
What did his own constituents say.
about his guilt? j Among .the resolu
tions adopted by the Republican Con
vention held at Warren, j.Ohio, Sep
tember 7, 1876, among8tother things.
it was resolved:
'We further arraign and charge bim with
corrupt bribery in selling his official influ
ence as Chairman or the committee on Ap-.
propriation9 for $5,000 to the DeGolyer
ravement ltiflg, to aid them in securing a
contract from tbe Board of Public Works
of the District of Columbia; selling his in
fluence to aid said Ring in' imposing upon
the , people of said District a ; pavement
which is almost worthless, at a'Tprice three'
tbe contractors; selling his lnaaence to aid
said Ring in procuring a contract to pro
cure which it corruptly paid $97,000 'for influence-,'
selling bis influence in a matter
tliat involved no question- or law, upon tbe
shallow. pretext that he. was acting as a
lawyer; selling his influence in a manner
So palpable and clear as to be so found and
declared by an impartial and competent
court upon the issues solemnly tried."!
What more need be said? Tho case
is too plain for controversy. There
can be no two opinions.
That was a rouser in New York on
Friday night. There was speaking
in a dozen places, and thirty thousand
Hancock men were in line. It was a
grand sight, as described. The Tam
many lion a&d "antiV lamb laid
down together, the Herald says.
Among the host of speakers were
Senators Bayard Hill, Kernan,
Hampton, Morgan, David Davis, and
Whyte, of Maryland; Augustus Bel-
mont, of New York. Representatives
S. S. Cox, Singleton, of Illinois, Car-
isle, of Kentucky, Hunton, of Vir
ginia, Dickey, of Ohio; ex-Governors
Bedle and Randolph of New Jersey,
and Dorsheimer, of New York; ex
Representative Waddell, of North
Carolina, Speaker Randall, Represen
tative Lane, Gen.' Blair, of Kansas,
Dr. Messeyer, Dr. Philip Meikle,
Jean Weiner and dozens of others.
Just before the election Mr. Jeemes
Blaine you havo heard of him
swore that the Democrats were about
to cheat the iunocent Republicans of
Maine out of the election. Why, he
said, that in one county alone Aroos-
took mere were tne most sweeping
frauds to be carried out, and that the
guilty Democrats hadaetually bought
3,000 needy Republicans at $30 a
head. We merely note this to place
along side of his denial or apology
which he sent to J-Ames Golyer
Garfield that it was impossible for
any frauds to occur except on the
plantations. Here are his words:
"I do not assert that the returns from
those plantations were fraudulent, for 1 do
not know it." lie 'merely asserts' tnat
'nowhere else is fraud practicable. '
If any one doubts that Greenbacker
.Weaver is the political Mephistophe-
les of this country he ought not to
doubt any longer after reading the
following from the Washington spe
cial of the 22d to the Baltimore Sum
Tt tiao nnmn in hn nn onen secret that
during the recent visit here oiuen. weaver,
ihn Orppnhnrb o.nndirlnte for the Presiden
cy, he was in secret consultation for some
hours with tbe Chairman oi tne itepuDiican
i inncrrpnnmna i uamnaicrn uommiuee. as no
" w a .
nrno lomun tn nn nn nnA or ton other nre
TV Bg B w n A V WW vuw - - J
. . . Tl ? ff
VIOUB occasions wnen in w aamngiuu. vreu.
wr'a tvhnin nniiriie tinea tne Aiaoami
election could not have been more cun
ningly devised in ' the interest of the Ke-
publican . candidates ir, as auegea very
freely, arrangements to that effect were
maria in hia intprvipwa with Mr. Hnhbelh
The bolt from the Greenbackei'a Conven
tion in Maine yesterday was uodouDteaiy
due to hia efforts, but the Insignificance of
it shows that his influence is not near so
great as the Republican managers had been
led to expect." 1 -
One vote is sometimes very impor
tant. Many men have been defeated
from the lack of just one vote. A
Governor of Massachusetts was
eleoted years ago by one majority.
But there ia a recent instance in the
Maine election thus given in the Bal
timore Sun :
"A Mume' treftsurv clerk will nrobablv
have thift nreaehed to him for the rest of
hia life! . He concluded that it was useless
for him to go home to vote,1 as Ms town,'
Farmington, was always Republican by a
good round majority, jsus wneu me .re-
tnrno vorn in end counted it Was found that
Farmington had flopped. The Fusionists
carried it by one majority anu secureu me
member of tbe ijegisiaiure."
. The Greenbackers and Democrats
inKansas are discussing the. advan
tages of a fusion and it is thought
they will fuse. In this District the
Greenbackers and Radicals have
fused, and now they ..have twp.jOan
vassers in tbe field to wit, .KurniBl
Kornegay and v Kollector; Kanaday,
Korrect.. .
Political,
The GoldsborO; Messenger, .having. an
nounced that Col. D.. Kr McRae would
sneak at Ml Olive on the 7th of October,
that centleman informs us that he- has re
ceived hainvitation to speak there on that
dav. and he could not do so if he had, in
Mnaeaneuce of a Drior- emratement: but
will address the people at Mt. Olive on tne
9th prox. if desired.
NO. 49.
Tun military and tbe
tain Jeltfrailou. '
Kliie'a IUouu-
We are officially informed 'ihfti it is
not
at al likely that tho Wilmiugtoa Light In
fantry will goto King's Mountain under
existing circumstances, and it will be quite
a disappointment to the members of the
company, who have for some time past
teen! drilling and otherwise Drenarinn
themselves for the occasion. Gen. M. P.
Taylor is of the opinion that the announce-
mentj Qf : Adjutant General Jones, as pub
lished ia our last, will effectually do awav
Wilhithe proposed military display at the
celebration, so far es this Stale is concerned,-which
will detract very materially
from' the interest of the occasion. One of
the most important features of the celebra
tion was -expected lo ba the sham battle,
ua4r taedirection of General Joseph E.
Johnston, and this feature alone, in all
probability would have.attractcd more peo
ple to tbe celebration than anything else
connected with it. Gen. Taylor thinks
that, under the circumstances, hardly a
single military company from this State
will be present, if we may except aifew
close to the scene of the proposed demon
stration.
The North Carolina State Guard. -
We are requested by Adjutant General
Johnston Jones, who writes U3 from Mor-
ganlon, under date of September 22d, to
state that tbe railway lines in North and
South Carolina have in convention agreed
to transport the military companies that
attend tbe celebration at King's Mountain
at two (2) cents per mile for the round trip.
At this rate, in this season of the year.
Gen. Jones says, it is impracticable to as
semble the State Guard in force at King's
Mountain. Tbe proposed encampment
must be abandoned, and tents cannot be
furnished by the Stale. Companies : that
attend must go upon their own responsi
bility, and as individual organizations, it be
ing out of the power of the State authori
ties, under existing circumstances, to aSord
them assistance. Gen. Jones, however.
promises to do anything in his power be
forehand to proyide for the shelter 1 and
comfort of such companies as may attend
the celebration, provided ho is notified in
time.
Mullet lu Abundance.
It is related of a member of the Legisla
ture from one of the eastern counties, in
good old ante bellum limes, that, upon being
asked what were the principal productions
of his immediate section, be replied, "Tar,
pitch- and turpentine, and herrings in
abundance." substitute mullets for her
rings, and the same remark will epply with
some degree of appropriateness to this sec
tion jost about now. A friend who has
been down the river on a lisbing expedition
Owlvi.l UUJ t ft. Ml AO.
of this city, .who has a fishery at Federal
roint, caught at one nam, on Tuesday last,
about sixtees thousand mullets, which.
when salted down, wonld make in the
neighborhood of eighty barrels. Hissein
was so loaded down with them that rt curst,'
or he would have taken even more than he
did. He utilized every barrel that could
be brought into requisition in which to salt
his fish dowD, then filled a good sized skiS
with them, and finally had to bury some for
the lack of faculties in which to corn them
properly to keep them from spoiling. :
On the same day a party at tbe Oak
Island fishery, near Point Caswell, took in
about fifty or sixty barrels at one haul.
Cautionary signals.
A prominent Democrat of this city makea
the suggestion that great care should be
taken that the names of all our Democratic
nominees are . correctly spelt upon our
tickets, in order that no votes shall be
thrown out for incorrect spelling, as was
the case with one thousand for irregulari
ties in printing Gen. Plaisted's name in the
recent election in tbe state oi Maine, in
this connection, we would call upon our
Democratic papers in this State, which are
printing our National and : Btate tickets at
the head of their columns, ana whicn ior
convenience all should do, to see that the
name of David A. Covington appears as
the candidate for elector in the Sixth Dis
trict in place of Hon. K. T. Bennett, who
is now giving so much satisfaction on tbe
Superior Court bench. .
Senator Ransom has notified the
committee of invitation that he will speak
at the Democratic mass meeting to be held
at Jacksonville, Onslow county, October 4.
GEN. HANCOCK,
A LETTER CONCERNING SOUTHERN
WAR CLAIMS.
I By Telegraph to the Horning Star.l
New York, September 24. Gen. Han
cock, responding to Theo. Cook, of Cin
cinnati, who had written to him concern
ine the General's attitude on the question
of Southern claims,' replies as follows, un
der date of the 23d mat. :
Your letter of the 20th inst. has been
received. I regret that you are disturbed
about that bugbear of Southern war
claims. The people cannot be misled by
it. To suppose that "rebel claims" or
claims in the interest of persons who were
in tbe rebellion can in any way or in any
degree be countenanced is au imputation
of disloyalty such as used to be made
against the Democrats even when they were
in the' army aeienaing tne country, do
far as it touches me I denounce it. The
Government can never pay a debt or grant
a pension or a reward of any sort for waging
war upon its ownexistence; nor could I be
induced lo approve or encourage tne pay
ment of such a debt, pension or reward.
Nobodv expects or. wants such unnatural
action.; To propose it would be an insult
to the intelligence ana honor of our people.
When the rebellion was crushed the
heresy: of secession in every form and
in every incident, went down forever. It
is a thing oi the aeaa past, w e move ior
ward not backward. If I were President I
would ! veto all legislation which might
come before me providing for the considera
tion or payment of claims of any kind for
losses i or damages by persons wno
were in the; rebellion, whether par
doned for not. ;;Tne public laws of
civilization do not in general recognize
claims for injuries, to property resnlting
from the operations of war. Nevertheless
our government has treated with great m
dulgence the claims for losses and dam-
Hires suffered by Union men from military
operations of the war of the Union. But
as hostilities were ciosea more man mieen
years go, claims of that nature are now
mostly in the . bands of brokers or persons
other than the original sufferers, are becom
ing stale.and is my Judgment might fairly be
considered as barred by tne lapse oi nme,
and if hereof entertained at all, should be
subject to the strictest scrutiny. r
. Yours very truly,
Winjteld S. Hancock.
h&Rin WB9 nrnwderl with nnilinrr rrnri r
yesterday,, several of which were laden
wun corn, lne average price of t ha" pro
duct in bulk was 55 cents, i ;
Winston; TjviAer vtnnbt
Ihere are manvrfiltaanf ihn imttlnnV trini.
Mountain scattered ovtr the countrv.
WhlCh. if brought tiirih-r. Jwtmlil furm
quil0 a collection of ( u-icsiH( t.
i
-4 Senator Vanco loves fun. so ho
went to the circus at S.iiishury lie did not
hearian vlhiru ill (liaimHIi
as h& account of Ike You'h, Turn 0mp
er'a and Tom Keoirh's "still -houaa pravcr
meeiing."
-- Kinston Journal: It m thrkiio-ht
that he cry of the farmers a few weeks
agosatmi a ionure in me-coitcm crop wus
prema'ure, us some of them hive hlready
houspd a pretty fair crop, and ;f course
theylhave not ciH it ft!l thus enrft in rt. n-
tember.-. .
LaGrance Review : Wo' lam
that jjaiversalism ia gaining an irjlluenco in
um numiuuuuy. tiittTQ nas OCeo but
nitiosgooa fodder saved ibis season on c-
count of the heavv r&insl Thn lff rnm
said io be excellent. We arc in the
midst Of ekkness and death.
ILenoir 2bvic: Rev. S. Wl Mnm-c
D. Tj.cjf iJie ATii hrtrt jat 1 ninlv A.,iiti,' .
died fiuddanly. irr Brownsville Tenni Raaf '
on the 2d inst. Dr. Moore was a native of
Stokea county, in this Stale. ! lis early life
ne uvea in Kaleigh, aud wag a clerk in ihu
office of the Secretary of State, till! lilttt
William Ilill. his uncle. Hp. frAihinti..!
with distinction at Randolph M-ion" Col
lege aoout it54i. ' t
:Tarboro Southerner: Mr. .Tr.lm
M. Cotton, of the Falkland section of Pitt,
informs ns that typhoid fever ia racing with
alarming iatamy, generally, over hu sec
tion.) We henr of a successful ri-vivl
Of reli?iOU Oil Ihll 11 iltirhn:o r.lirtlit 'iinii.r
the pleaching of Itev. John N. Andrewa.
two negroes were playing marbles last
weefcwhen, upon a contention arising, one
stabbed the other to -death, j No arrest.
;Goldsboro Messenger: Sampson
county items: Bluman U. j Crumpler, a
well-kaown citizen of Honeycult'd town
ship, died athis home Wednesday morning
last, aged 60 years. Gov. Jarvis offern
a reward of $200 for the arrest of "Bill"
Cashivell, who killed JethroCaison in Hall's
towulhip on the nii;ht of the 17th of April
last, f Our farmers all say taut the cum
crop will pan out profusely. Worms
are playing the very deuce with gardens in
this locality. -Put down three-fourths
of an average cotton crop for Sampson.
Jackson Reporter : At a recent
term fof one of the courts of 'Northampton
county, one Ned Charlos, an old negro, was
indicted by a young man for stealing corn
from his field. The case came up for trial
and the old man bad neither counsel nor
money to procure the same. I The solicitor
insisted on trial. The court asked if anv
member of the bar would defend him,
whereupon three of the most prominent
members of the bar immediately consented
to do so. They did defend him; the caso
went to the jury, and the defendant vas
discharged. .
Elizabeth City Carolinian'. With
the completion of the Railroad there is no
reason why this part of North Carolina
should not become the early market garden
of Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and
Boston. Our soil and climate arc specially
adapted to the raising of the 6mall fruits
and spring vegetables, these mature at
least ten days earlier than even at Norfolk.
-Hon. David Sbenck, Judge of the Sixth
Judicial District. lie ia a man of fide ap
... i . .
pearauce, in me pilots unu.vroi ot man
hood.! beine fortv-five vears 'of aire, and is
an ableiaser. ' !
Fayetteville Examiner: A pro
tracted drought has dried up the sources
of the water powers in tbe section of coun
try lying around this town, and now that tho
ginning seanon is on hand, tbe farmers find
great dilSculiy in getting their cotton ginned '
We learn that typhoid fever is preva
lent in Sampson county on I Bearskin and
Little Cohera. Several persons have died,
among whom is Mr. Blueraan Crumpler
and his entire family. It is said, and
Governor Vance is our authority, that du
ring Grant's administration the man in the
moon held his nose whenever be passed
over. Washington City, . so strong was the
odor of political corruption then and there.
Charlotte Home: It is pretty
well conceded that the yield of cotton in
this county will be two-thirds of a crop and
tbe yield in each of the townships ,is much
tbe same as the average yield. Kev.
Dr. Teasdale who has been conducting a
revival at the Baptist Church in this ciiy,
delivered his closing sermon Wednesday
night, and is how holding a series of meet
ings in Lincolnton. J net as wo ex-
pected. They are trying lo start another
daily paper in Raleigh to take the place of
the slews or; uosemer, we haven't neara
which. iTho cadets of the. Carolina
Military Institute will go to the Centennial.
Kaleigh can boast oi more papers man
twenty counties in the west.
Oxford lorchlight: We are
glad to learn that Prof. James II. Horner
has accepted the office of School Examiner
tendered him by the Board of County Com
missioners. Our Railroad authorities
are buBy collecting sufficient funds to com
plete the, O. & H. R. R. We are glad to
learn that they have almost collected tho
required amount. The whistle will surely
be heard in our town at an early day.
Mr. Elijah Satterwhite reports crops look
ing fine in Williamsboro section. He says
he has picked 6,000 pounds of seed cotton
from eleven acres, and this is the first pick
ing. From present indications the
Oxford Female Seminary will have more
than one hundred students the present ses
sion, j
Raleieh News and Observer:
Capt. A; H. A. Williams, of Oxford, N. C,
is in our city Hs came in the interest of
the Oxford S Henderson uauroaa. vve
nra clad to learn that' the contract with
President Robinson, of the Raleigh & Gas
ton Railroad, for the ironing and equipping .
of this road, baa been completed. The
work will be done at once. It will.
we doubt not. be gratifying to the patrons
and friends of Peace Institute to learn that
the Rev. John S. i Watkins, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, has accepted
the position of instructor of mental and
moral philosophy and evidences of Chris- .
tianily in that institution, and will enter
upon his dutieB to-day. We learn from .
Mr. John Burwellf the principal, that 140
young ladies have thus far entered.
Pittsboro I Record: Mr. Rich
mond Jones, of this county, informs us '
that he found a reptile last week that was.
about six inches long, and bad eight horns
and ten legs I We regret to learn that .
yesterday, about 1 o'clock in tbe day, the
residence of tho j Messrs. Luke Bros., at
Iiockville.was accidentally burned. It is said
thaf$800 in gold and $ 1,000 in paper cur-,
rency was also burned. No insurance.
Mr. John M. .Burnett, of this county.
informs us that he has raised a pumpkin
this year that measures, four feet seven
inches in circumference. One day last
week two men were digging s well sear
Clover orchard Factory, in Alamance
county, and met with a terrible accident.
it seems that they were in the well pre-
paring for a blast, which went off acciden
tally and blew them out o: tbe well,- dis-.j
figuring and mutilating them in a horrible ' :
manner. One. of them, named Joe Yin-
cent, it ia thought will die from his injuries.
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