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Mrs. Chisolm's Letter Relnter ring NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. THE WILMINGTON POST. official injustice. The idea that the hordes of night riders, burning negro hearers that there would be a monument erected, and bade them note the moral it would point.

It was said that notwithstanding.the inclemency jot day, people era gatheredN4h irca' 18T8 XMAS cabins, drawing negroes and whites the Remains bf the Loved One8 Killed in Mississippi' WASHrcrGTON, March 2D, 1879. My Dear Fkiend: One month from their burdens," doing a large business, and remembers what Col. Steele said as well as we do. On another occasion when this same brilliant orator was addressing a Democratic meeting at Bladenboro, it happened that a New Yorker who had a saw-mill near by, from their beds and terribly mutilating them, plotting and executing murders, or iweive mues, ana near a ft. izui W.

P. CANADA Ed'r Prop'r. 1 WILMINGTON, N. Sunday Morning, May 4, 1879. i i.

i ui-iiMV unu. lwi Tears yv nr uaia vvi wi.vtnMu vuau iuv were in any sense TZ -nee terrible i April, itself wou 1H the preservers the number be Jine nronrs nf the since me icrriuie yi y.VT. 2 mi. fi.D., A sat on the platform as 'vice president, public peace, is to absurd to be thought Pulluvso uv: utTrZr-l tolanteered their attendance, Preoedug wprA tTiPrn nf. Thpra has nerer been anv evidence Khat sunny Sabbath, jestingly, or threat-' ts precj003 Remains, playing" a sol- Whatever may be said of the great several other carpet-baggers iU nrnlrdmn lid anv fiUCh lO tUCir vii cuiuijr oCCu uuuo.

iuo 6io noio Let tlie Grood CitizeB the "black Sunday" In answer to gathered a great "number, and after the debate on the army appropriation bill jn the crowd who did twice or four there is no doubt that the closing tjme3 jaUCU business as the New speech of Senator Conkling. covered the Yorker, and it was noticed that Col. expiring hours of that fiery encounter Steele was very cordial towards the On page 31 of a report on the alleged your kindly request that I snould write parth taie inlo her -bosom those. il.fi aontbern states." you when I succeeded in btinging aw- fa jiear JtAallf who love patift'tfcmktfd me remains OI nusuauu wu luh- ucvuuuu. muuud ioio uduaui.

with a halo of oratorical splendor I jjew Yorker; The next morning's Wil- signed by Senator John Scott of Penn which will make it forever memorable. mington journal announced that the I Chairman, and Senators Henry Wilson ptort paiLise That consummate master of speech on jew Yorker was a "high-toned gentle- I of Z. Chandler of Michigan, I v. I so-called "best' citizens 4 of -Kemper to conntrr's friends which prompt- the occasion seems to have grasped the man," not like the: other saw-mill men Benj. F.

Reice ot Arkansas and ames whole subject and carried dismay to his wno were there. Alas this "high-toned W. Nye of Neyada, they announce the If county," I now; ddresa you. ed all this. I did not hope to, remore I For weary months I have planned my aear ones 10 a sweeier spoj ior uw opponents, as well as a most glorious I gentleman" no longer "bears their bur- following as the result of their investi- triumph to hi3 friends, opeaaing i dens," but left the state very soom gations viz and been disappointed in my hopes till the stfrig would trill forth a my heart grew on-the 4th of softerihelody, or that' the flowere abore tiling I from high vantage ground, Doth on I rjgnt smartly in disgust and consider- 1st.

That the kuklux organization ftennunt of hi3 own emminence and the I ablv out of pocket. Col. Steele, as we does exist, has a political purpose, is ft the, present month I received from our them would shed a sweeter, perfume. true friend, Mr; Charles Eosenbaum, a It was not tnatne place wnere wey 4. empire which he represents, he so com-1 recollect it.

was verv noisv in those days composed of the Democratic or Con- a 1 A. I Itrili I 1 1 AfWOTVl TO 111 WW TTl Trim! I 1 I I I Ifl-ail KHII I. 1 pletely comprehended every feature oi abusing as carpet-baggers as respectable servative party, nas sougnt to carry out by many ties. Others dear to me sleep as himself because they its purpose by murders, whippings, 1 xurco ujf8 vu.D there near py is tne pleasant couage the controversy, that every sentence i gentleme I 1 1 1 1 1 1 L. VllUi MM 1111 IIIU.

I lUUllUlUaUUU aUU WXUAWUWW. 1 4 TX)unsr wife, where were: born Cornelia carried conviction. It is fortunate to us, who are permitted to live in a ill' Now, we have something to say about opponents. tuCy weio and'Clav. these memories a htiAmr.m1tnrM" whnflftmA 2rl That it.

not on hinds ira mem 1 THE POPULAR GROCERY HOUSE rose to bid me let them sleep on undis 1 1 Ui Ulig UitWfcVkJ Iff VWAAAW I I I I ArAn nntlnH ThSOA nfll TIC W'flPfl in turbed. But nO, 1 could not let tnem period when such principles find i champion so invincible and so magnifi cent. with' zinc and rest in the soil or the. state which, for I ciosea in Doxes unea nninp nt -ftflfih rip.ar two vears nas laiieu even puu mo soldered, and the on crime asai ot her disapproval GRAKT AND THE PRESIDENCY. occupant was written thereon.

These ill' LLiJ known, but it is known that only a tew secrecy; second, by perjury, if necessary, which appalled Satan himself, and GF caused his lesser demons to cry out and The Post ha3 great reverence for ex-1 got into office. What we are about to Upon the witness stand and in the jury i President Grant; weiknow he is a great box. i say concerning the subject may perhaps aeians were very graieui I left of the 5th of the 'present; month; passing through Harrisburg, where my son Clay joined me, i and we proceeded. to Lock' the county seat of Clinton county, Pennsylvania -Here wo were 3d. That of all the oflenders against the law in this order, (and they must be many hundreds, if not thousands, make it a little unpleasant for Mr.

Steele If Mr. Conger should find it out, or even Mr, Frye. Because a member of Congress gets in an uncomfortable hide themselves in horror. rest on a beautiful; hillside, at whoso evergreens the spring-bird's song will trill aboye them. Gentle' hands will wreath fre.h flowers aboye their, breasts, and modest violets and purei white lilies wiU perfurne the air.

The rocks on the mountains are fit symbols of the strength of the firm patriotism of the freemen forming the community, and thev will bo the last people to because these crimes are shown to be M'KOI, B01TWEIGHT General the ablest, probably, in the worldf at this time' He is a statesman "of no mean standing; his conduct during and since the war has ingratiated him in the affections and gratitude of all lovers of the tfnion. But he has twice been President of the United States, therefore he can afford to stand aside fix if he does not confine himself very committed by organized bands ranging met by Mr. J. C. Sigmund, of the.

town nearly to In the first place these from ten up to not one of Salona, which lies in a rich yalley vultures" swarmed into the Constitu between two raountain ranges, about tional Convention to the number of has yet been convicted in the whole state." There is much more that might be said on the subject matter of Mr. and all0w another, who will make equal about fifteen (15), the whole nuihber ly as good, if not better.Prcsident than one hundred and twenty. In the himafcUL ana if all reports are true; he 5 7 AND' 8 NORTH FRONT ST. surrender tho battle flag under which they will be found, ever ready to contend for their country's rights. My long letter has now closed, if it conveys to you "the information so kindly asked it is well if not take for my apology the great difficulty, for me of; on earth to write a descriptive letter on this subject, which Steele's speech, but having ventilated an unpleasant subject to this extent, we shall refrain from further allusion to it.

unless compelled to cive further legislature which followed the proportion was about the same, the whole number in both housesbeing one hun dred and seventy. This "swarming" was followed as thus: In the Governor, LtGoyernor and five other executiye does not desire a third term' We not believe the leaders of the party will force it upon him. Hon. Jno. Sherman, an old- abolitionist before the war, a man who stood by Abraham Lincoln during the war.

foucht side by side details. The discussion of the subject is not conducive to the public welfare five miles from Lock'Haven. I My kind friends advised ine not te attempt the meeting with those, my beloved, who are called dead; but with me; in my thoughts awake, and in my dreams asleep, they are always' present, and I felt that next to meeting theni in heaven, I desired to be with theni once more on earth. All nature was robed in spotless snow, aaif in emblem of their own purity. The mountain-tops on every side pointed upward, 'and the eyef-gTeens on their sides reminded me that heaven is eternal.

I need not fell you of the graceful welcome extended by Mr. Sigmund's family and the friends of his household who were there. -You can easily perceive that those who had HAVE oN HA OVER officers, making seven, two Were carpet- at present, and it is one of those chap- is the one emotion of my lie. respectfully your, friend. Mrs.

W. Chisolm. 4 To Mrs. H. C.

Ingersoll Secretary Chisolm Monument Association. ters in history that it would be meek to forget. JOUK ADAMS DIX. This most eminent and remarkable citizen, died in New York on4he 21st Tho Aspects of tho South. Tbe Charleston News and Courier has baggers; bf the five on the bench of the Supreme Court, not one; on the bench of the Superior Conrt of twelve, one; bf the eighty-seven 1 counties as it was at that time, not over ten sheriffs were carpet-baggers; and the other state offi cers were in about the same proportion.

In the members of Congress it went a little higher, and out of the nine members there were four northern men and a'correspondent who insists that! th'e so generously proffered me for my friends tfj I viToiis Candy -fi of April. His long experience in pubj- the hospitality of a grave among the south will be far better off if the negroes lie affairs, his rare accomplishments rand scenery of their mountain honre, all leave and their places are filled bt 1 1 A. A I I 11 nis great weaitn, nis veneraoie years Knew now fo wiatcs. The 2Tem and Courier concurs i Aannnf tall urm rri t.hr. i or I to ri rl I his unswerving integrity, his lofty that even who have lived throudn so editorially with this view, except that Thertotal 1'swarm" ought Patriotism, had left for.him more nearly one Senator.

much, did not die before it was over. it does not "concur "in the opinion a complete career than often falls to- EVERY And yet, my God I the delightful that efforts should be made "to hurry the lot of man. nappiness oi once more ue ng assemDiea tha nPP-roes out of the south. It doea not think that the eopl of South an unuroKen iamuy circle unuer the same roof -my; husband, myselfCor Carolina are prepared for an influx of I not to have been very terrific to a million people. Mr Steele is equally unfortunate when he charges the carpet-baggers with being as "vultures" and ''plunder ers." The jbonds which were authorized by the jconvention and the legislature of 18G8-'9 were issued as -follows: nelia the first to.

awaken parental love in our hearts, Johnnie, the first sacrifice on me auar or nnai iove-uiay ana Willie. Truly, dear amid all i 1 thousands of white laborers if they xan get them. The farmers are cot (ready to ive the wages that tho whites expect, nor to furmth them the homes they require. my sorrows i always rememoer i am i with Thaddeus Stevens fjr Degro suffrage, immediately after the war, when the southern states were admitted bad luto tne Union on vthe terms marked xmt by Senator Sherman, and. Mr Stevens, and when the kuklux, white league, white liner rifle clubs and southern commenced persecuting, whipping and killing Republicans, white and black, Mr.

Sherman stood by and did. everything in his power as a Senator to protect and defend theni, and if his advice had been taken and followed bythe legislative arid executive departments of the gov-, crnment every state south, with two exceptions, would now be Kepublicau, Therefore every Republican south; out of common gratitude, to support JohnSherman for the nomination in the next National Cdhyentioni ani if he is nominated, as the chances now seem to indicate, southern Union men can and will do more for him than for any other candidate, from the: fact that he would protect them in all their rights when XJ. It is well-known that President Grant and. ex SenEtor Sherman are strictly -personal friends, that the friends of President Grant had rather if their favorite will hot accept, that Mr. Sherman should be the Republican nominee than any other man in the party; Mr.

feherman would have the undivided support ofAhe monied men of the country; he would be supported his wife and their mother. I hug it tO R. H. Cowan, Pres. G.

R. It. ever to my heart as. the sweetest, most comforting memory, givinjprormse that the Father will not forget mo altogether, however much I may be called 3.2W.000 W. J.

Hawkins, Pres; R. A G. R. R. Geo, W.

Swepeon, Pres. wi N. C.R. It appears from these suggestions that the scTuth begins to realize thefact that the labor of that section sooner or later under, tbe existing hegira must be changed, in its complexion. L.

he, ne to endure. In the. hours oi the nisht 1 r. OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. 6,000,000 lived oyer the beautiful tweuty years of my married life to the last, and over and again could I hear Johnnie, my He was born iu the town of Bosco- wan, New Hampshire, -which was near the scat of the Webster! and other eminent families, on the Merrimac river.

His fath6r, Timothy Dix, was a Iaeutenant Colonel in the army, and was an eminent citizen, was the owner Of large tracts of land, iu tbe then wild parts of New Hampshire, beyond, the White Mountains, on the upper Jforks of the Connecticut and the Androscogin, where there was a town named for him, and where the summer tourist now wanders amid the gloomy crags of "Dixville Notch was a cadet in tho army at the age of 14, and when he became an Ensign he was the youngest officer in the service, from which he retired at the age! of 28, with the rank of Lieutenant, andmarried. Having: studied law, he became a Jackson Democrat, and in 1830, was Adjutant General of the state of New York. In 1844 he was elected to the United States Senate, succeeding Silas Wright. groes have' been oppressed they Wm. Johnson, Pres.

A. T. Ohio, R. 2,000,000 E. Beloe, Pres.

TV. R. R. 1,400,000 Peter Mallett, Pres. Western R.

500,000 J. R. Stnbbs, Pres. 450,000 W. Sloane, Pres.

C. R. 2,000,000 A. J. Jones, Pres; Western R.

1,600,800 i delicate boy, the last words he spoke tome: "Mother, if I leave father, they will kill him Ho did not leave cannot longer endure their oppressions and are bound to seek new homes him, and, true to his words, the vile Raisins in any, 7 r7 pruieuieu, auu wiiere me exercise ana killed him, first shooting off, with de- CXDressioI1 0f a D0nt.ical opinion that -f. 'Ui it, his hand, and then pierciug mav not be in consonance with that of Kew Oltrdn, Kew Turkish Prunes, New Crop his heart. I heard my husband's last Total Every one of these gentlemen were native North Carolinians, arid. all ex cepting Mr. Sloan andjMr.

Jones were Democrats. Two Democrats, Mr. Cow an and Mr. Stubbs halve died, but all the rest are to-day Democrats except mg Mr. Jones, who is also dead, and, Oordon fa pilworthShaker and Ginger Preserves, Marmalades, Fruits, Jellies' his white neighbor will be from, persecution and oppression.

To secure these ends the colored people -aire breaking away from the south' and seeking homes elsewhere. Howl soon the end of the exodus will be reached whisper, "Jesus, Father wife, precious Cornelia's last sweet words as I gave her a white liiy ''Mamma, you've a sick -baby Ibis morning." Again I saw her little white fingers hold English, German and American fi i it up and whisper, "Mamma, 'now fine I it is impossible to- tell, but under the Mr. Sloan, living, both of whom were Republicans. It is not any part of our feclling Of dissatisfaction Pore Old Brandies, Wines and Cordials. Scotch and American Whiskeys; ior He entered Buchanan's Cabinet in its expiring and disgraceful hours, as Secretary of the Treasury, and "stood that comes of a sense of deep wrong it is not probable that the flood will be r.

purpose in this connection to comment on the condnct of these gentlemen, but what we do say is that if anybody is to i materially checked until the fountain is exhausted. 1 English and Jhnerican Crackers of every kind, I by the entire liberal Republicans, headed by Secretary Schrutz and others, which certainly gives him the advantage of all' other candidates he is what is known as a stalwart Republican he does not believe in com promising, with secessionists or other violators of the law. We very confident that Mr. Sherman will be the text President of the United States the successor of Rutherford B. Hayes.

with Stanton and Holt, as against the traitors. He became in course, a Msjor General in the army, Governor of New "Yes," said "it is the emblem of purity," and over 'and again she whispered the word "pprity." I 'told her the angels in heaven were not more Eure than my baby-girl. She smiled ack! at me, and in an hour God had healed her wounds, and made her well in heaven. '-r "Of the blood of martyrs is the seed of the But it is hard to perceive why the bravest 'and' grandest of men: the fairest; Rentless, moBt fear 71; Then white population must fill tho vacancy, if it is ever for the teegip will seldom be found 'turning back to the scene of his former oppression and ostracism. Then the south York and Minister to France.

He died Ipple Oranges and demons insufficient quantity to furnish every one. Our Three Dollar "Srand delect Whiskey has inrproved by ago. one of the noblest of Americans. De axraigueu ior mismanagemenc oi these credits it is those who received them. And we now challenge an in vestigation on the items of financial mismanagement in this state between the Democrats before reconstruc- will be more solid, politically, than it 1 ever has been, though the measure of There are thousands of colored people on the Mississippi river awaiting less of boys; the most delicate, winsome its political strength in the government Our Dollar Brand Summerdean yhiskey has.

no eciaal in the city. Our Old RreStftl Baker Whiskeys are equal to any Ul America. rosebud of girls should in time of since their return to pow- wnl be largely reduced in the scale ot tion and er, and carpet-baggers. The actual COL. STEELE'S HISTORICAL A.C-CURACY.

We have before made rather a casual transportation north, from the poor, bulldozed southern white the telegrams tell us that the steamboots, Controlled by the Democrats, refuse to take them. 1 And yet if you believe have been -selected with great, Jcare especially for the representation. No citizen imbued with Republican sentiment can live in the south any more than the, negro, for the ostracism, that has forced the Our Goods 1 t-ut v-: negro out of that section is for political I What the Democratic papers have been opinion sake, and would be as merciless toward the white as the black Republi IDA authorized debt of the state when reconstruction occurred was $17,531,945. We speak by the book when we say "authorized." Besides this there had been a state confederate debt, which was $18,000,000 when the war closed, and which was repudiated by order ot Andrew Johnson, The state government during the 'war had squandered saying for the past fifteen years, you allusion to Col. Steele's speech in the House.

At nearly the first words of i his speech ho wa3 pleased to speak of the "carpet-baggers" as "a swarmof hungry political vultures" who "came flocking south to gorge their ravenous carcasses upon what little the war had left," who "possessed themselves of can, i Under these circumstances only will think that the colored peeple are a curse to the 9 til democrats can hope received there in the future with and toleration. Those who emigrate from th.e hbfth and west into the southySfiii Remember the best. 4 The southern Democrats wahted'the negroes all sunk, or they tried to make lucratiyf offices of states where they I nearly all our magnificent school, and be; regarded as carpet-baggers, and; must endure all. the "prejudices that never fritended to remain" except where 1 university luna, as aiso ine pant thenorthern people believe that thenegro was a curse to the south. But now the attach to that class.

it I. i- uHvRISTM AS PRESENT the "hope of plunder offered a tempta-1 Btocks, theprivate and public charities. Col. Steele was one of the gentlemen neSr0 is trying better his condition tion." He spoke of them also as "be 61 rlhe Charleston News and Courier by emigrating among friends and a ter who looked approvingly upon that sort inga anu "creatures." jljuc right in rible wail goes up about the outrage of 'peace" (anarchy) be called on to die by the brutal hands Of those incarnate demons who were styled men to die for a. country which" T'does not see the legal means to punish the guilty murderers" hard for the wi fe and mother of those three to comprehend May that God who has justice a3 well as mercy among his attributes environ with his direst curses, the apologists, the instigators, and, sthe foul perpetrators, of the murder of the five persons who fell victims to their hate oh 29th day of April, A D.a877.; Amen: The morning after my arrival; at Salona I was invited down to the family parlor; there' I found all, assembled.

The son, young Mr. Sighiuhd, read1 a portion of the Scripture appropriate to, the circumstances, apd, all' kneeling, a lady psesent raised her soft Wow voice in prayer. The prayer' was not a burden of complaints that the Lord had -so neglected as, us we are prone top often to make, but seemed an earnest expression, of for. all His'mercies. The- day "proved bitter cold, with a driving' rain direct frbm the north and snow under foot; yet, when? all.

repaired Methodist Church about 10 o'clock, the large house was full. Irr 2 the', pulpit were the pastor, the Jev. L. the Rev. R.

H. Fletcher, tho 'Rev; Mr. Diven, and the Rev. Haugha-waut. Rev.

Mr. Diven was principal speaker. He" recapitulated many of the facts' paid- beautiful tribute to the patriotism, of the father, the midst of his tirade he proceeded to "Notwithstanding the assertion yon can give the poor is achoice lot of threatens ''vigorous retalliation-on, the, part of the "state should any number of convictions follow' the 'pending 'in dictments in the United States Courts for violations of the super visbrai' 'law, as it is, termed." The Democrats bull doze to the last. Let the state retaliate; it will enly advance the ends of iustice. of policy.

If he and his party had not been interrupted in their policy the state would have been worse off by at least $10,000,000 than is nw-- Mr. Steele, by ai least, defends the kuklnx -atrocitie. He often mado to the contrary by those who either did not know the facts or taking all the colored labor from the south. If the southern people will agree to pay( them for their labor and treat them as kuiu being, allow them equal ciyil and political rights, then, rho wilfully perverted them, the term ras never applied by our people to any iTain.il'y: The News and Courier fbllowa its threat Pil les. and not until then, will thi stampede lonest citizen of the north who re assigns as a reason for these proceed- with the innocent remark that the ear.

301 wnimnin I5'vi': loved to the south to make himself a stop. i i policy of the present administration, ings that "the patience of the people of the southern slates was tried to the as ot the Hampton: is ar 1 .11 1J palrt of the people, ready to bear their 7 Sl The New York Herald says if Qrant Call on us and, we promise to give the Hi li burdens and participate in their joys. I very verge of forbearance," that the policy pf amnesty and peace! cisely; that is what is supposed. Hie! is the only Republican "who can carry the country the party is very weak. parties upn whom the kuklux, com mitted the outrages were criminals, now' prison and in under the.

policy of amnesty and The Herald pays a very just compliment These are always welcomed." This language is a little guarded, when he 8iya "bear their burdens and participate in their joys" We believe the carpetbaggers did usually pay their taxes and peace 1 inaugurated by Hampton can to Mr. Secretary Sherman and insin explain that. Ill 7 uates that he is the strongest Presiden 1 but that it would have been better to have waited forthe ordinary processes of law, we should think so. This is an old and threadbare pretext and long since exploded. The kuklux was in tial candidate yet spoken of, in either The New Orleans Times, noticing party.

bear burdens enough, but they did not often "participate in their joys." Mr. Steele knows how this matter is the -filial devotion of the and. the convention in -that says ine uemocrauc uongress nas an no sense a vigilance committee. It was Vve fear that" little good can "be "ac complished by the- convention, if the lip it elephant on its hands; they undertook wonaenui igye 91 ne aaugnier, wnicn overcame, every serine pf natural timidity and made her forget self and gladly die for her i father, xl remember. members of the dominant party allow to bulldoze the President, but he didn't bulldoze worth a cent.Nbw they see themselves to be controlled by the he thanked the man who made it himself.

One time in this very city, at an organized conspiracy to defeat the a railroad meeting, he cried out of a operation of law. Its purpose was, as gentleman who brought not less than has been proved over and over again, $50,000 to this state, and was doing as to carry an election by fraud and force, honest a business, and a much larger to subvert tho right of suffrage, to break one than Mr. Steele ever did, "He down couris, to suborn juries. It had long faces are tho their mistake, and consequence. i ppssible they could find a rest in the cu3 dictation," The dominant party is midst of their neishborhood and In 'the Democratic, and the 1 convention: BOATRXGHT M'KOY, wlas.called in party interests fThe Some people are so constituted as to caucus-will make thp cgijstltution, andJ azi as the, Times fears, little good will Tbef.t 1 3 7 the name of the 5 cbmniuntty 1 large bade I both the fildead and ihe -Uvihg members of ray family welcome ia, their midst asured his be unable to see anything beautiful in comes from God-knows-where." This no shadow of an uprising i of gentleman still resides here "bearing pressd and outraged people an opi against this life not even in a mirror.

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