Volume 1.
HEW BERNE, N. 0., WEDN ESDA Y- MOBNING, MAT 6, 1874.
Number 15.
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TJiomns or n
Wioiinuton, May o.
f-.nTTr; : 1 rfn mx arrival last e
this the Queen city of the State.
your esteemed favor of
Mi:.
- I'ef.son-al We were pleased to meet last fveu
iug,' our friend (V C. Whifehar-t, who represent s
the Boot and, .Shoe house of Melius, Trafck, &
Ripley,' of New York. . His many friends 'will be
glad to learn "that5 he is enjoying his Usual
robust health. I
Hats, Straw Goods, Ac; By visiting the
store of J. Havens,, comer of South Front and
Craven Streets, dealers in this line can see sam
ples of every variety of goods, from the house
of Watrous, Boydeu, & Co., which establish
ment is represented by our fellow citizen, Chas.
H. Latham, Esq. f
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1MOCRATIC ICTORY IN ItOLUSBOKO. T K
learn from nrivate sources that the Democrats
in Goldsboro, elected on Monday, their Mayor,
and three of the six Couneilmen Last year the
Republicans! elected a Major and all of the
Couneilmen. j
Iettek Yet. The Raleigh Neie.9 informs lis
that the 'Democracy of that city elected four of
the nine City Commissioners at the election on
Monday. This is the first time the Democrats
have had any voice in city affairs there since
1868 The Xews further says that a majority
would have been elected, had certain Democrats,
as many as fifty-six, in one "Ward, done their
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Radical, Convention. The Rada will meet in
solemn conclave at the Theatre this morning at
10 o'clock, for the purpose of nominating' can
didates for county officers, members of the Leg
islature and delegates to the Congressional and
Judicial Conventions. As there are a large
number of candidates in the field for the differ
ent offices, and the Congressional aspirants will
be on hand to secure such delegates as will
favor their nomination, a lively time may be
expected. The Newbeknian will be represented,
and' our readers may expect a faithful record of
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Attention Housekeepers. Yesterday morn
ing a lady in the city sent a colored servant boy
to market to purchase meats for dinner, giving
him a dollar for that purpose,. Having waited a
much longer time than was necessary for
boy to make the purchase, she concluded
investigate the cause of his tardiness, and learn
ing that he had been seen to enter , a bar-room
in the vicinity of the market, sent in for him,
and recovered a small portion only of the money
with which he had been entrusted. Upon .being
questioned he admitted ' that "4ie had gambled
awav the balance with companions of his color.
communication
handed von just.. before
White
Berne.
I a'm much obliged for th
kind
fcenmg.
found
the 1st :
We are pleased to receive brief communicaSoiis j
which are of general interest to the public, which j in
must he accompanied by the real name of tne auJiovs ,v;tn "mine host
f -I f'Ml 1 . - ?IT J J.
as a guarantee ojgooa Taun, suca names .wuipw i ,,so ft of the XewsesnIax of the 28tih April
Personal Or abusive communications will not be ! containing the
printed, upon any ' consideration. j
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Blk-k' ! or
ft New
luaianer;
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which yon are pleased to speak of my views and
suggestions, made public through the medium
of your really valuable little paper, and ; trust
tlie opinion you have expressed is shared by the
entire Democratic portion of your readers, for I
assure you, my dear sir, that jriy efforts, humble
as they are, are directed to what I conceive to
be the best interest of our misused and much
abused people. Encouraged, therefore, by.
what you are pleased to term "the opinions of
many of our mutual friends, I and leading men
of the party," I will give you as briefly as I can
a synopsis of what you call my "gatherings,"
since my journeyings began. - j
! My business engagements have carried: me
during the last few days to several of t lie prin
cipal towns in this section of the Stale, both
within and without the boundaries of i:he 2nd
Congressional District, viz : Tarboro, whereby
the way. I saw but baa not tne. pleasure pi a
chat with him, our ' townsman, J. P. Dil
ham, Esq., who, I was informed, is riot only
doing well for himself, but occupies an enviable
nbsition in the confidence and esteem of
gentlemen with whom he is engaged.
to Greeneville, Washington, Wilson,
boro, Kinston nd "Wihnington, ' where
the
Thence
Golds
I shall
remain to-morrow and next day, and then "start
for the West." , In every place but this I have,
made it my business to discuss the status of our
party in the 2nd District, and the merits of our
proposition to cast a solid Democratic vote for
the Hon. C R. Thomas as our Congressional
Representative, and I amhappy to say, sir, that
with but few exceptions, our friends hot only
think It the bestbut - xegard it as ur only
chance of keeping the white man in the ascen-'
dant. Those who object to I Judge jj Thomas, do
so, not because they fear his devotion to the
much as you are but if we vote
he goes back to "Washington with the undef-
it, the : negroes
standstanding that he is to start
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one, Von
imeiiiing
oest to make it ready, and wheri
may look oiit, for if voif don't
projihet. It will be negroes ion"
S. soldiers backed by the . white
other. I am in favor of the white mail's rule as!
it is (
set
, then;
Fm no
side and XJ.
people on the
for Thomas and :
are going to give us trouble,
will kick, kick hard, too.
Thomas himself used to preach
trine to them ; thfct if the white
ed to take the vote away from
and now for him to be the first
won't do," and mark what I tell
have all made up your minds
ready to wade in and fight out,
let Thomas alone, and let the1
him overboard, for at this time
for; first along thev
against it. Why,
that very doc
people! .attempi-
bt,t
iM
you, unless you
t hem J to
man to try
llf?t
o
to it,
and
are
negroes throw i
I think him a
dangerous man for either side, and you will
find him ,so if 3-011 get him elected." j
But, my dear sir, I answered, yon were never
more mistaken in vour life.
True, . as .yon have
strongl-i-, ai.d. with ui influential nxau and ia
goixl speaker like Jjidge Thomas is. to advocate
if and to puh at it until he gets it piisse'l. wo
sluill be rd.l-right. All tlies negro eonncilmeii,
negro members of the legislature, negro magis
trates, negro policemen aud negro trustees of
schools for white children will le turned out,
and we shall have a white, man's government m
reality, as well as in name. Therefore, e sk
let us elect Thomas, if possible, and if we will
uuiy wois logexaer, witn wnat negro votes lie is
sure to carry, even if he fails to get the nomi
nation, we can certainly do it. The " ccnversli
tioii did not end here, Mr. Editor, but this is
sufficient to give you an idea of the sentiment
prevailing for and against Thonias'. being, sup
ported by the democrats. I would finish- it,
but have not the time now and must therefore
close.; Before doing so however, let me say to!
the Democrats of the Second Congressional
District, to look well to their interests, and lei
the name of Hon. C. R. Thonias be the watch
word. Democrat.
said, we cannot say with I certainty, what the
Republican party are going to do with the ne
gro,' but Judge Thomas will
not attempt to act
in the matter, unless he is I assured of a strong
support from his party friends', and as to a fight
with the negroes, it is absurd there will be
they
time
thousands of soldiers sent
know what is coins on, land! when
comes you will find .everything as
busr in a rutr." Y'ou will admit that
here
before
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snug as
a
every re-
the conclusion
are growing very
They see as' well
South is disgust-
cent act of the party tends td
that the Radicals of the nor
tired of their black cohorts.
as we do that negro rule in the
ihg men in the country, and sapping the foun
dation of their power. They recognize the fact
that a change of some sort ia imperatively nec
essary that the policy of legislating jthe unlet
tered African to the equal of the intelligent white
man, is" driving them to the wall, and that it is
only a question of time, and sx Very Rhorf time
at that, when the white people of the
i Mil rule the South. ! VvTieh
SJilth
the
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tlajl
comes, . as
returns,
duly
and"
come it will, they. know thait as a national party
their power is gone, forever.! They understand
great principles ;w..vcKsrr5-l''-Mj4io 4itl taU tlxings in tlxis country ns; -well fmcl
better than we who live here
seeing tnat,
whenever and
wherever
or negro supremacy but because tney tiunk he
will advance in that direction too rapidly.
j In answer to the question, "Why are you un- j s been made upon color, the white
willing to support Judge Thomas put
leading Democrat of -, he rejilied,
do, and therefore;,
to
MEMoaiAii Seevices. The 10th of May occur-
to a
" Be
cause I think he would bring trouble upon us,
which, just now, we are not prepared to meet.
I know Thomas well; he is terribly vindictive
and his prejudices fully aroused, turn at once to
a sort of vicious hate, and he will I sacrifice
heaven and earth to glut his revenge. I am
satisfied, therefore, after the manner in which
Dudley and others of the negroes have spoken
j of andtreated him, that if he- is j returned to
: Congress by the aid of Democratic votes, he
j will attempt in some way to' change the law in
the issue
men have
swept everything before- them, the indications
are that they are preparing to take care of thenj-
selves, and to let Cuffee take care of himself.
They find that he is beginning to clamor for
office; to call for a division of spoils,' and is not
satisfied with voting, but 'demands a part of tlie
Now'this was not apart of the
iug this" year on Sunday," the " 3Iemorial Ser- regard to negro suffrage, that not. more than
vices" will take place on Saturday afternoon, one negro in fifty will.be allowed to vote, ow
AT Qftt All nPTsnns intprested are reonested as to the question in the abstract, 1 whether the
to( assemble on the Academy Green at 4 P.
when they will be formed in procession by
M.,
the
Chief Marshal and his assistants, and proceed
negro snail. oe aiiowjed to vote or not, 1 care no
more than you do, but to have , the right taken
away from him suddenly, -and he knowing that
emoluments also,
contract when
they gave
vote, thev did so in order
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them to the exclusion of j
him the right to
that he might vote for
the Southern whites,
never dreaming that they: would be called upon
t vote for him. . But things have undergone a
wonderful change since then!
to the Confederate Mausoleum ; in Cedar Grove I Thomas had
brought
Cemetery, where the ceremonies will take p
The order of exercises will be as follows :
1st. Prayer, by Rev. W. C. Gannon
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'i 2d. Music, by the Choir.
3d. Poem, by Rev. L: C. Vav.
4th-rMusic, by .the Choir.
; ; '.' 5th. Address, by Maj. Tho4. Sparro w.
6thl Music, by the Choir. . . ;
''' 7th. Benediction.i - :
8th. Strewing flowers.
it about through) spite,
ace. because a portion of the negroes j abused him
j and tried to prevent his re-electi6n, would, I
j think, makes tunes in this part of j thej country
j right smart liyely, for a sh6rt while any how."
i Why, said I, you surprise me. Do you really
j mean what you say ? ' Yea," he replied, . I do;
j for I tell you Thomas is just the man jto doit."
j Butr sujely, I asked him, you" do hot thin"k he
j would attempt to take away the negrs vote,
l unless he was satisfied the Radical ' rltxrtT was
' Saparior molasses, breakfast bacon, all kinds
-of sugar, fresh parched coffee, fine teas, all kinds
otyeast powder3,yeast cakes, codfish, Irish pota
toes, and fine pigars at.low prices at .
ICE. Slovbb's
Readiso Circle: The regular meeting! of the
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P3ycneanReding Circle will be neld at the re
sidence of the President, F. C. Roberts,
Thursday evening, the 7th inst.
Esq.
H. C. Stevenson, Secretary,
; Among the early Puritan settlers of Charles-
town, Mas., was Mr. Waita while Makepeace
prepared to sustain him ? ! He certainly would
not get up by himself and j introduce a resolu
tion to that effect, Would he ? "jYes; he has
such an infernal temper, that wlien once en-
j raged he becomes perfectly reckless as j to what
he says and does. He keeps mad sometimes
lor weexs, ana during tnese spells lie would
face the devil himself. He never forgets an in
jury, and be will make these negroes kee sights
before he is done with them. As to the Radical
party sustaining him, or that it is! ready right
now to throw the negro) overboard j of course I
can't say, but I can tell you one thing if Thom-
as gets back to Congress, he will do
his level
undergo:
Thei negro not
Only claims the right to vote and to hold the
highest offices in the land,) but boasts- himself
their social as well as political equal. The re
suit of all which, my dear sirisjustjthis: The
Yankees are a shrewd peopleT" They see from
the way things are going that they have1 got io
admit the negro into full jind complete social
fellowship, or repudiate them entirely to elect
them President and Vice Psesident, or exclude
them from office altogether.
do this, or the negroes .
One thing or the other;
w
comes
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They have got o
1 1 repudiate them.
there - is- -hoj middle
the'"rub." The
ground. . j But here'
power in the South is fast passing ,rpm'the ixei
gro to the 1 white man, and. knowing this, thejf.
acts, notwithstanding theiik Words tp the con
trary, give unmistakable signs that the day fdk
not far distant, when Cuffee will ha5re ! to seek
other fields for the employment of his talents;
than those of politics. j
- Now von r-Jin ra. sir. wbv va sir.
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for Judge Thomas to be returned- tq
so anxious
Congress.
If a negro goes there from this district; "arid the
question in relation to the status of his race
arises, or an amendment to the constitution ex
eluding him from office, jjs introduced, he Sof
course, will vote and do all iu his power against
it; but if we have a whitej man there, who lis
opposed to negro supremacy, and in favor, of
the white man's rule, which means that
men only shall hold office,
white
we are just one .vote
CiTr Councii.. The old Board of Cifv Coun
nil met persuant to adjournment, at 9 o'clock
yesterday morning, all the members being
present exce.pt Councilman Gihrie, ; of the
Second Ward. '
The minutes of last meeting were read by
City Clerk Burton and approved.
On motion, the Board proceeded t0 canvass
the several wards, and upon count, of
the following gentlemen were declared
elected as . ,
First Ward. J. J. Wolfenden: Second Ward. Win.
G. Bryan; Third : Ward, -James Campbell; Fourth
Ward, Joseph Nelson; Fifth Ward, Benj. McGee ;
Sixth Ward, Amos York; Seventh Ward, Virgil
A. Crawford. ;
TKUSTEES NEW BEKNE ACADEMY:
Georso B. WiUis. David X. Kilburn
Joseph Nelson were declared elected for the
Tegular term, " three year3, and Amos York de
clared elected to fill vacancy. i ...j
On motion, the City Clerk was requested; to
read ;the minutes of the proceedings of the
Board in session, which,after being approved,
Councilman Crawford moved to adjourn sine die.
The new members being present, upon the
adjournment of the ' old lioard, . were ! about to
I convene,-when a stampede wag made by the re
elected members for a private place outside the
Council room, in order that they might caucus
upon the Mayoralty question, there being two
candidates in the field for that high and; honor
able position. After an iibsenee of forty min
utes more or less, thecaucusers returned, when
all were sworn in by His Honor Mayor Palmer,
and the new Board proceeded to business by
first voting the temporary chairmanship to
Gonncijman Nelson, who announced that ! the
election of a Mayor was -first in order.! v j
Councilman Crawford proposed Mr. Nelson,
and Councilman McGee nominated Mr. Camp
bell, when by consent, an informal ballot was
taken . which resulted as follows: Campbell 3,
Nelson 3, Bryan 1. A formal ballot was then
had when Mr. Campbell received 4 votes and
Mr. Nelson 3. ; ' ' '.' !.
3Ir. Campbell having 'received the majority
vote, it wfct on motion, declared that his elec
tion - j 1 be made unanimous; whereupon "1 His'
Honor after being duly qualified, took his seat (
as presiding officer of the new Board.! - .
: Next in OTder was the election of a Treasurer,
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which position, after the ninth ballot, was
awarded to 'Cdunciman Amos York. ;
Several ballots .were had for City Clerk, which
resulted in the election of Emanuel Merrit- 35
f "Benjarum Jacobs re-election to the. office of
CitvTax Collector was made unanimous. 1
W. G - Turner wds. upon motion, unani
mously re-elected City Marshal. - ; I I
On motion of Councilman Nelson, 1 the elec
tion of Policemen was postponed until the next
session of the Board which adjourned subject
io call of the Mayor. j
Ex-Mayor Palmer upon delivering the City
Seal into the custody of the new Mayor, made a
few appropriate and well-timed remarks' which
were listened to by the many auditors present
with great interest and attention.
Hotel Arrival.
Gaston HorsE, May 5. Jno. W. I Bryan.
Stonewall, N. C. ; Mrs. Tilling and daughter,
M. White, Kinston; C. C. Whitehursti New
York; F. Mowbray, Baltimore; E. Harvey, city.
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