North Carolina Newspapers

OBSERVER F A \ ETTKVILLE. _ TillK>il>^V KVKMNW, DKCKMBKR 1859. \Vk>tkkn Kaii.koad.—On the 20th inst. con- lot f.T the graduatioD &c ot the last Koal—to the Coal Fields—as S,r ' '* Kivett. ti> .1 Q V Loach. I.’:* aiitl oO to l.fiinehan Cotten. ;l and to Ton*noe McKenan. |{' li-i' and ouIvi*rt luasonry on the whole I)i- V i,i !: t^> l.cnnfhaii vV Th,‘ track lay in iT has l»een completed 23 miles. 1, «,.rk i.s now in such a state of forwardness as ju-'tifV the confident expectation of the com- •' (,'f tht> nmd bv July. |'ivii>KM>s.—The Hank of Charlotte has de- ' : a sonii-anniial dividend of 4 per cent. rii> Hank of Fayetteville a dividend of 5 per .: : See advfrtisenifiif. Ki‘i riRtAi. (’uANtJE.—in consequence of the Ml ; iioalth of a member of his family, the Rev. \\ ;li> L. .^liller has resijined his joint Kditorship tk.' Ni'rth (’arolina J’rcsbyterian. leaving the C. urire .'McNeill sole Editor, for the present. W nui Mkktixu.—The Whi^ of Alamance . un'v hold a meeting on the 0th inat., at which t hairnian, (jiles Mebane, Esq., spoke, and . i'. Iciratos were appointed to Oie State Con ti III to be held on the 22d February. i HV Wrong Crkdit.—The Salisbury Watch- ,!i ha- .Tcdited to the Observer a paragraph on rharleston trade which we did not write nor , It contains imputations of bad motives r'.(‘ rnu:itr\ merchants, such as we never en- • incJ or expressed. '“.ii rH 1 ARuLiNA.—The late Legislature unan- . i,ly adopted a series of resolution.s declaring the slave-holding States should immediatelv • T.ijcthcr to concert measures for united ac- . directing the communication ol their resolve -aid States, and earnestly rejuesting the • • .! Mii- nt ot delegates; and appropriating SlOO,- i't military preparation for any cmiergency. \ '. IMA—Thft Legislature having called on U i't' t"r a statement of the number of troops ^ J ut Charlestown, and the cost to the State, ti .v.-rnor replies that he cannot tell the cost, - •' arciiunts are not yet all in, nor can they be • ’ ifter his term of office expires, which will V. th tlie end of We are greatly sur- - ^ i tu lie ihli^ed to infer, from the tone ot the rii T letter—which assumed for him.self the .n'i^iiity fur any “error” in the matter—that ' a leeling ut di.>atisfaetion in Virginia, . i -I'jiarently in the Legislature, at the expense *!.: Is tlie State has been subjected. We are ■ ' •: 'iig the admirers ot Gov. Wise, but in this :i ,'v r'' Ferry affair, from first to last, he has. ui 'pinijn, deserved the thanks, not only ol - but of the whole South. We think lie . r .'lit to assemble such a force at Charlestown .- uid prevent any further attempt in that " : It did prevent it. and we are satisfied that else prevented it. If Virginia should ■ ii'willing to toot the bills, we hope that the ■ >’ 'Uthern Sfites will helji her. \;i 'tiler sing\ilar thinir is, that Gov. Wise left ,, .’I .ind a week or two ago, not to return dur- - !:■> term of service. He thus turns his back t(ie l>emocratic Leri.^lature. What is the i't' r' I.> he disgusted with his political friends :• ’ ruie in that body^ r> :h II lusps of the Legislature have unani- 'iV pas>ed a resolution recommending, in view ■ ■ • j "Jdic danger, the union of all elements of : '.ti'iii tu Black Republicanism, and its candi- ■ ‘ r Speaker, on any terms consistent with utid hi)nor. whenever by such union it^s ^ Mt ( an be accomplished and the organization ■’ HuU'O effected. 1 iiK Hktlk.n (»f Mkiih al Sti ijK-vts.—About - ' t the :*'^uthern Medical Students at I'hila- ; i.iu irrived at Richmond on the 22d inst. ‘ . Were L'reeted by Gov. Wise in a warlike -warlike as to .Hd England not less than '•V Knsland. both, as he complains, harl>oring t'.:,'T. . - They were treated to a supper also. - : '' vtTal iither speeches. Southern .Senators ' jii.:ri >s are reporteil to have advised against ■,r l-aving riiiladelphia. And Philadelphia ; : ‘ V' say that they were induced to take the ■ ;ii i-'insequence of several of their body hav- !i' • II arrested a few days before for exhibiting ■ knives and pistols in an attempt to break •' :ci .ih'iiition meeting. I hi- S-.uthern students in Sew York also held I ij'' ting to cnnsider the question of returning to "Muth. but out of more than three hundred 'Illy 1 1 v.ited tu return. T Ju re i.^ an old proverb that ‘'a man that will .il w ill li«i.” .\pplyitiiT this rule to Mr. Thon>a.n '• irrett. of Wilmington, Delaware, we doubt’not 'Ijut lie lied when he boa.sted, in an abolition iii‘-' tinir i,j l’hilaiJe)|j}iia a few days ago, tliat in llif oi.urse ot fifteen years in which he .said he had fiecn enga.^ed in running off slaves, ‘‘he had 1' -cut.-d slaves trom bondage.” l)oubtless tl.:- thief has done a part of this stealing; but what we are y.articularly interested in is the fact, that a man was allowed, in I'hiladelphia, a few I.IV' after the great Tnion meeting, openly to i last tliat he had stolen two millions ot dollars w jrtli of Southern property, without a luind fn>m .uiiung the JU.tMju I nion-savers being rais(,*d to I'ring him to jiunlshment, withont a word of eoni- ]>iaint. ."I) tar a.' we have seen, from any one ot the af«iresait l>eluware, in which this Garrett lives, itt a sort of >lave State. Sr. IjOLIS. J he {)Opulation of St. Ix>uis ia, we believe, between l2o,U(l(> and of whom, according to a cetisus just taken, only ;5,G1*> are slaves, a falling off of oUO jn seven years. There is a verj large (Jerman population in that city. CurToN- Keceipts.—1,919,949 bales, against l;'/10,9Uy last year. Increase 30i^,9b0 bales. Suspicious Characteks.—We copy a sensi ble and timely article from the N. Y. Journal of Connueree on the treatment of suspicious charac- U‘rs at the South. We are grieved to learn from it, that in some places the prejudice against Northern men has been carried to an extent at once injurious to the interests and disgraceful to the character of the South. The statements of the Savannah Republican astonish us. We fear too that such conduct has found imitators in other parts of the South; for we are surprised to hear by persons ju.st from Alabama, that the cars in that State and Georgia were crowded with an un usual number ot passengers, among whom were families returning to the North in a very un- amiable mood, as may be imagined, at the indig nities offered them. Do Southern people mean to drive off the many excellent citizens of Northern birth who have become identified with the South by feeling and interest, who hold jyroperty at the South, and perchance have married and had children born at the South? Much better would it be to cherish such a population, and to increase it if possible. It is the itinerant peddlers, show men, and such like persons, that we ought to get rid of, and of them only by legal means. Let us dis countenance every thing like Lynch law, tarring and feathering, &c. The Law is ample to pun ish incendiaries. Let the Law do it. What do they want?—The D^crats pro fess to deprecate the action of the Republican party against the South, and the existence of the Republican party at all. Yet they complain at the slightest indication of a return to reason and patriotism on the part of any of these said Re publicans. If some of the mor„ conservative of them, who scorn to be considered abolitionists, vote for Mr. Gilmer for Speaker, hoping to effect an organization, otherwise impossible, it is at once a cause for Democratic abuse of both Mr. Gilmer and themselves. If thousands of conser vative Republicans unite in a meeting, the pro fessed object of which was to render “Justice to the South,” such Southern pa'.riots as the Wil mington Journal ridicule it as, for that reason, questionable whether the movement has any value at all. I'or our part, wo wish that every Republican in the land would do ju.«t such things as these— abandon their own party, vote for good Southern men and slave-holders for Speaker and other offices, and not only' resolve to do justice to the South, but do it too. That would bring the partv to an end. But while the South abuses the Re publicans for acting with the South, how can the South hope that they will act with it? Perhaps the Democrats do not wish it? What then? Of course the South, being in a minority, nmst be beaten. M A.NL KAOTL RING PuBLIC OplMuN. It is said that at a late Senatorial caucus to select a Democratic candidate for Printer, Senator Brown of .'lississippi produced a document showing that Cornelius \\ eiidell. late Printer, has been payintr Gen. Bowman, present Editor of the Constitution, a year to take that paper off his hands and carry it on as the Government organ! .\nd further, that he had been compelled to employ various editors* in different parts of the country, at exorbitant salaries, to advocate a particular line of policy favorable to the Administration! Now is not this a pretty piece of work? The people pay tin* Congress printer sucfi enormous profits on his work that he is retjuired by the party to pay out of them 820,000 a year to buy up papers to support the Administration. What monstmus corruption, alike of the purchased and the purchasers! The public is entitled to know which are the purcha.sed papers, not less than who arc the purchasers. Our cotcijipurary of the Fayetteville Observer was mistakeu in saying that the Press had said, •*it‘ the Southern Opposition would unite with the Democrats they would elect ^Ir. Bocock Speaker of the House of Represeatative»>.” We said this: “If the Southern Opposition mem bers would unite with the Democrats they might dwfeatthe election ofSherman.” We stillthink so. If the Opposition of the South would receive overtures from, or make them to the Democrats, so that an unity of Southern interest would be felt, a oompromise upon some third man, Boteler tor instance, might secure the anti-Lecompton vote and at once organize the House. We think it is clear that tlie Southern opposition members do not intend to organize in fraternity with Na tional Hemocratd.—Rahijh We correct the “mistake” with pleasure, how ever little of substantial difference it makes. There seems to have been no need for the South ern f)pposition to unite with the Democrats to, defeat the election of Sherman. That has been done so far without uniting. And Gen. Leach writes to the Salem Press that if the Southern Opposition were tf) unite upon the Democratic candidate for Speaker, it is understiwd that the anti-Lecompton Democrats would at once go over to Sherrtian and elect him. If that be true, and it is doubtless so, the union recommended by the Raleigh l*ress would elect instaad of defeating Sherman. As to the “overtures,” we would like to know when the Democrats made any, and what they were? Sirice the Press was issued one has been made by Mr. Keitt (imhvidnnlly^ to them jointly with a sefe of refractory Democrats who will listen to no proposition; of course the proposition wa.s impracticable. It is well known that Mr. Ether idge did make one, in open sessk)n in t^ie itouse, which the Democrats refused. Mr. E. promised to make up ^0 or more votes for Mr. Gilmer or some other of the Southern 0{)posiJ,ion men, in cluding Mr. Boteler, if the Democrats would give him their votes. They refu.sed. The votes have twice been given to Mr. Gilmer, since Mr. E’s proposition. The Denjocrats have each time re fused The Wilmington Journal is troubled at what it IS plejised to consider a characteristic want of ps^per. Entirely disclaiming any Congress. In the Senate, on Wednesday of ast week, ^the Standing Committees were an- nouiiced. There is no material change from the ast list. Mr, Clingman is fourth on the Com- niittee on Commerce, and Mr. Bragg fifth on Lands and third on Claims. On Thursday and Friday, nothing of any in terest. Adjourned over to Tuesday, ordering ad journments for three days at each time to Jan’y 3, 1860—the usual holiday custom. On Tue.sday, the Message. Adjourned to Friday. In the House of Representatives, on Wedne.s- day of last week, Mr. Davidson of Ijou. spoke for “Southern Rights.” Mr. (’obb of Ala. followed on the Speakership, and appealed to the South ern Opposition for aid to elect a Democrat. This called up Mr. Etheridge, and a discussion fol lowed, pretty much as between Messrs. Etheridge and McRae the previous week, and with the same 'esults. Mr. Clark, New York Democrat, fol lowed, giving the reasons why he could never vote for an Administration candidate. Mr. Bote ler, \\ hig, withdrew from the contest, noukinated Gen. Millson, \ irginia Democrat, and the 17th vote was had, as follows: Whole No. of votes 220; necessary to elect 114; Sherman 100, Millson 90, balance scattering—(^12 of the Southern Opposi tion voted for Millson; had they all done so he would have still wanted seven votes to elect.) On Thursday, the discussion between the De mocrats and the Southern Opposition was con tinued. The Democracy were badly worsted in the discu.ssion, which wound up in another de monstration that a Southern man could be elected il the Democrats would join the Whigs and a few ot the more moderate Northern men in electing a Southern Whig. Mr. Burnett, Kentucky Demo crat, was complaining that he believed the North ern votes cast tor Mr. Gilmer would have been withdrawn if the Deiuocrats had voted for him; and further that Mr. Gilmer had withdrawn his name and taken away their chance to vote for him—when, one after another, the Pennsylvania and New Jersey men who had voted for Mr. G., rose and stated that they voted iu good faith and Were ready to unite with the Democrats and elect him. Mr. (Jilmer was then nominated by Mr. Harris (American) of Maryland, and the 18th vote had as follows: Whole No. of votes 223; ne- ce.ssary to elec* 112; Sherman 95; Millson 79; Gilmer 30; balance scattering. Had the Demn- crats who voted for Millson (79,) voted lor Mr. Gilmer, he would have been elected, the Hous« organizeil, and Shrr7»an Lniten. When the name of Mr. Hardeman, Georgia Whig, was called, lie said: “It is known that 1 have durin: this organization voted against Mr. (Jilmer, be- cau.e he is not my choice for Speaker of this House; but believing, from a.ssurances given me. that he can be elected, and wishing an organiza tion ot this House with a gOi>d constitutional man. I vote for John A. rJilmer.” Mr. Keitt, of S. (’., then made a proposition; that the Democrats should select a man from the Amer>cans or anti-Lecompton Democrats; or that these latter should select a democrat, and all unite to elect him—a very fair proposition, want ing only practicability, for nobody can whip in the refractory anti-Lecompton Democrats to vote for any body but one of their own number. The 19th vote followed with no result. And then -Mr. Winslow proposed a rece.-s from voting till some ilay in .lanuary. No action. On Friday, a sectional discussion was had. quite angry but of no force, and then the 20th vote; Necessary to elect l07; Sherman lOo; bal ance scattering. On .'Saturday, after much speaking, the 21st vote was taken. Xeccssary to elect 104; Slier-, man lOO; balance scattered on 24 others. (hi Monday, Mr. Moore, Kentucky Whig, en deavored to introduce this resolution: Resolved, That Alexander R. Boteler be, and he i hereby declared. Speaker of the Thirty-Sixth (^ongress of the I’nited States. Mr. Bingham, Bl'k Republican, and .Mr. Barks dale, Southern Democrat, objected and prevented its consideration. Extra-Billy Smith spoke all day, ( his third) and did not finish. Much fun prevailed at his expense. On Tuesday, a balliTt for Speaker. Necessarv to elect 105; Sherman 101; balance scattering. Mr. Smith spoke all day. MARRIED, In this town, on ThursJaj- evening 2‘_M inst.. bv flie Rev. .A.lani Oikhri«t. Mr. .JO.SKPH M.\THEW.S, of Harnett Co., to Miss ELMTR.\ I>. SUNDV. ilauphter of James .Sunily. On the L’L’iJ inst.. hv Nathan Whitfori]. Ksi|.. Mr. .1. L. I»ANIKI.. of t'itt\'o.. N. C.. to Mi«s I.IZANNA (’'FI.M*M.\N, ot' CraTen Co.—daughter of Alfred Chap man. dec'd. In Washington (N. on the I'.'ih in?f.. by tlie Rev. Mr. «*er. ’uj.t. K.WID G.\SKILL to Miss MAU- TH.\ M. .S.ATTERTinv.\ITK. Near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on the lOtli November, lilt., by Rev. R. I). Neviim. WILLIAM «. R. I'KAR SON. T'CPeiiil}' of Rladen county, N. (' , to Miss P. SNOW, daughter of Dr. Snow. .At I’nion Hill, tlie residence of the )>ride’s father, on the lilst inst., by tlie Rev. Jos. B. Cheshire. Mr. N. M. LONG. .Tr., of Halifax county, to Miss SAI.LIE H. daughter of S. A. William*. Esq.. of Warren county. FAYETTEVILLE MARKKT.—Doc’r 29. REVIEW OF THE MARKET Owing to thn Christmas holidays, very liltle produce has arrived: eonseijuently the business for the week has been light. Cotton—One or tvro small lots are reported to have changed hands at 10 loi. Flour—No transactions since our last review. Spirits Turpentine—Has arrived sparingljj': sa1e« of a few small lots on Saturday at 37J. Pork—Sales on yesterday of a small I jt of a very nice article at 8J. Grain—(.'orn has arrived in small quantities with sales at .SI O'). WILMINGTON .MARKET—Ilec. 2«. 1809. Turpentine, yellow ‘2 0.'>. virgin 2 12. hard 1 6.‘«. ."Spi rits 4(>A Rosin, common 110 (li' ! Tar 1 Wt. Cot ton. nothing doing. Flour, Super 6 12A, Family •^7i. Timber $10 to $13. All transactions very light. At New York. (?otton firm and considerable sales, without change SoutJiern Flour •'> tO to 7;‘>. Spirits steady at 44 to 45. C01I.TERRC1AL RECORD. ARRIVALS. Cape Fear Line. Dec’r 23, Str FIori»McDonald, with Passengers, and Freight for C F I'c I) R Nav Co. Ray & Pearce. R Mitchell, Mrs (' DafTord, C M Vanorsdell. Page & Siirles. H L Myrover, Wuterliousc & Bowes, J D Bridgets. J Pace. Deep River (N). W Overby, J W Horne. G Lauder, C W Andrews. Rockfish ('o. A A Mc- Kethan, Mrs M Hanks. C T Haigh, W Driinghon, Ceil.ir Falls ('o, J .M Worth & Son. Myrover & Wightman. () S Baldwin & Co. Beaver Cr(^k Co. 1> Ander.son. I B Hawlejf, ^Vorth k Utley. such characteristic we may be permitted to say * r would not be so unfortunate as that of a charaaeristic disregard for-accuracy and fairness. e need not pai tictilarize, though, did we choo.se, instances could be furnished of cliarges made in the Journal and never corrected after being disproved tU oven printed editorial testimony. Bank ol'Fayetteville,) 28th Dec’r 18.')9. ) The Directors of (hig Bank hav# declared a Semi annual Dividend of 5 per cent., payable on the 2d Jan’v 1800. W. G. lUUJADFOOT, (’ash r. Dec'r 28 ‘ ^ ^ ~ For Rent. The dwelling H O U SE od Rowan street, next ROBINSON. Dec’r 28, 1859. WAWTED, I MMEDI.'X.TKLY, a Wet Nurse,—a healthy woman. Addre*« Box 140, Fayeiteville Post Office. Dee r 29 rifew I'ork Ledger for January 7. HARPER’3 WEEKLY, for Dec. 31at, to-morrow. Dec 2y. E. J. HALE & SON. Jewelry and Fancy (loods at Auction* This evening, at caudle-Ught. I will sell Sets plain GOLD, LAVA, JET, CAMEO, FANCY and MO SAIC JEWELRY, and a great variety of F.\NCY Goods. Real Estate and $^tock«$. ON WEDNESDAY NEXT, the 4th Jan y, I will sell:— 1 LOT on East side Hogg Streci. ndioining Mr« Fitzharris and Rev. W. L. Miller; lo SHARES High School Stock; 7 Do. Gas Stock; 1 Harness Hor.se; 1 (ilose Carriage and Double Harness. •fftllN H. COOK. Auct'r. Dec'r 29 n Taliiabie Real Estate at Aiietion. Y^ILL be sold at the .Market House, on Wednesday. tT Jan’y 4. I860, the House and Lot joining the Fay etteville Hotel on Hay Street, also, the Brick Store on Person Street, at present occnpieil by Harris. The above property is sold on account of a former fuir- chaser. Terms liVieral, and made known at the sale. JOHN McRAE, Agt. S. W. TILLINGHAST, Auct r. Dec’r 23 78ts Eotsi in C'am|il>ellton tor ^ale. By order of the Court of Equity, upon the petition of Wesley Thomas et al, I will sell at the ^Market House on Monday the 9th January 1800, f.ots No. HO. 81 and 82, in ttie plan of Canipbcllton. upon which there iti a dwelling and Oiit-hoiise.s, &c.; situated on Person .street, about ir0 yariJu above the old Tobacco warehouse, and nearly oj>posite the Davis old place. .\tso Lot No. 97. betwees 3d and 4th Street in the Brazier plan, contain ing about half an acre. I'poii the first mentioned Lots WHS tiie residence of the late .John Thomas. Terms of sale, one-fourth cash, balance upon a credit of 6 month*. Bond and security required. W. A. HUSKE, C. & M. E. Dec'r 20 73 IVejLrro for The sa’e of the negro man ISAAC, belonging‘tb Mrs. Frances Evans and others, having been postponed, will tak* place at the Court House door in Fayetteville, on the 3d day of January 18(iO. Bond and aecuriry required from the purchaser. By or«er of the (^ourt of Equity. W'. A. HUSKE, C. & Master. Deo'r 20, 18.39. iVotiee* The NEGROE.^ belonging to (lie estates of l>uncan •McLean and (Jathariiie McLean will be' hired out, at the late residence of the said Duncan in Harnett county, on the .^th day of January 18t;o. Tliere are twenly-nine Negroes in all—men, women, bo\’i and girls. Terms and conditions will f)e read by the .Auctioneer at the time and place of hiring. •IAS. S. HARRINGTON, Adm r. Dec'r 22. 78-2t A. 1>. .Utorney and i'oiiiiselior al Law, .^I'MMEIIVILLE, X. (’., 1 IT I LL attend the Courts of ('umberland, .Moore, John- sum and H.irnett Counties. PRO>II*T attention given to tli« collection of all claims entrusted to his care. Dec'r 20, IS.")*.*. 78-ly Betlileheiii Aeademv. SK('0ND SK.'^.'^ION of this Institution will com mence on the .'^Kt’O.VD M)ND.\V iu Januarv ne.xt. It is sitiiaie ) about live miles west of (’arthage. in a healthy and nivnil neighborhood. The course of in struction will be thorough, embracing such branches as are usually taught in schools of the highest grade. Pupils chargeii in>ariaf)l_v froni the time of en tering to the cl.j3e of the Session, except by .special contraot. Tuition. , ■•!*, ;^!"J and cfDl per Session. Board $7 per luonih. •N. D, J, CL.ARK. B.. Principal. Dec'r 21, iS'i'.'. 7S-U«;;t Tile Wilson Schools* WILSON. N ('. U S. RH'llARDSttN, A. M.. ;.nd ) , .Mr.s \l HH’HAKD.^ON, ^ 1 rincipals. iAtil'il hjj nnn Tf'cirfti rs u nil liri/ n^HE SE\ I'.NTH .■'ES.''KtN will b« re-opened for the I aduiis^iou ot Students 011 MONDAY the 9th day ol January l^tio. For Circulars, apply to Mr. Richardson, or J. B. W1LLI.A.MS. Private Sec’y. Dec'r 10. ls.'>^'. 78-41 PROJSiPECTI THK CiniUC’H IXTKLLIGENCEH. ^pilE undersigned propose-: to publish iu the city of 1 Raleigh, in North Carolina, a weekly newspaper ile- signed to advunoc the interests of the Kpiscoji.nl rhurch at the South, ami to diH'ue intelligenoe concerning it' i.ibors and its jirogre-^s. In thi-' enterprise, he has rea.son to liope for the .ii>pr;.:bation. ami to some extent the aid of the l‘>l-liops of renno-isee. Lo^iisiana. Georgiii. Alabiiiiin. Missis'iii^ii, Floridt, South (,'arolina. North Carolina, Texas ainT the .Mi'itionary Dii.trict of the South-West, tn eai.'h of thesw dioce'jes he expects to have a resident c ,nfrif>u!or to the columns of his jour nal. who shall give intormution lo its re:i'Urs of .-inv cvoiit of interest occufring in the'iiuCese to which the arttei- belwnjT.s. The ben>*fii* of such a i';ij>er. if well condticied. will >>e acknowledgi; J lo tie grent. when it is rocollecteil that in all llie»e dioceses just enumerate.1, constituting in ihtMuselves a mi-hty and rapidly gr. 1 ft-iag empire —there is not a single newsp.apev.-vpres^ing the sentiments and recording the cotempornni-ous liistory of tho Kpisco]>;il Church—thiit \Nhat i- kno'vii by its cl*rgy and peojile living in this extensi\e und ]irosperous region on these subject? is gathered nidinly t'rom nfwspaj>ers published at remote noints at the North in which the intere-^ts of these dioceses ;iim1 the especial duties of the churchmen therein are compitrntively obscure and jieglected sub jects. In tiie me.intime the principles, the past history •ind presi’nt condition of tlie church are often niisrtp- resentcd in that regiriu of country and 'itill more fre quently misunderstood, ami there is no organ ami no opj)oriuniiy by which, imblicly and effectually to refute such misrepresentations and o*rrect such mistakes. By means too of n newspaper iu these dioceses con ducted in a religious spirit and on religions jiriuciples. the nieniliers of the church might be assisted not only ia the general improvement of theit spiritual st*te, but especiall\ in the performance of the peculiar duties im- {losed on them by the constitution of society in the Southern country—duties which lie very near the hearts of many of them. It is furthermore intended lo enrich the columns of the paper with as many a*, possible of tho.se treasures of thought and IcHrning which the Periodical, religious literature of our mother chui'cli is now so abiindanily pouring fortfi—and to give occasional vi«ws of the state of religion and learning on the continent of Europe. But there is one subject cUisely connected with the highest welfare of the South lo which il is designed that this paper shall give solicftoua attention. It is the re alization of the magnificent idea of the University of the South at Sewannee, and in order thereto the dis semination of intelligence concerning it. anl the issue of appeals in its behiilf. Itesigned then as the contem plated pn^)er is to effect objects so important and so beneficent, the undersigned coiifidenily hoj>es lo receive the active aid of-his brethren of the clergy and hiity in tlie Southern country. It is intended to give the pai»or tlie name of the Ciit Kt’i» Intei.i.igknoku. and to issue the first miiiiber, if possible, early in March, 18;0. Its terms will be two dollars and a half per annum, payable in ailvance. .\'lvcrtisements will be inserted al the usual rates, and a liberal discount inatle for standing advertiseiiic!it.s. 'i’lui pai>ur will We sen! free lo any clergyiii'in who will forward the names and the subscription price of ten subscribers. HENUV F. GREEN, Presbyfer of the Diocese of N. C. We approve of the puf>lication and jirculation of a newspaper for the purposes ainl on the priiicijdes set forth in the I'rospoctus of the .'iu ui'ii I.vrKi.LioK.NCKR, and we cordially rcconmiend it to the clergy and laity of our dioceses. de*igning ourselves to make use of its columns for the corumunication of intelligence to them. Ja.s. II. Otev. Bishop ol Tennessee. Lkoniu.vs Polk, Bishop of LViiisiana. • Stkimw;.v Ei.mot. Bishop of Georgia. N. H. Co‘bhs, Bishon of .Vlabaina. William M. Gekcn, Bishop of Mississippi. Jas. H. Kctlkdok. Florida Thomas F. Da. .k. Pishop of South Carolina. Thomas Atkixso.v, Bishop of North Carolina. Alkx. (tkeoo, Bi?ihop of Texas. Hksuv Lav, Miss. Bisiiop of the South-West. Jg^The clergy and other friends of this enterprise are earnestlv requesieii to interest themselves in pro curing subacribert, and forwarding their lists to the Editor at Raleigh. _ Raleigh, Dec’r 1, 1859 t8-6t PRE!$inEIVT'’i^ lfE««A«E. This document is at liund this tiiorriing. The following is its eomwenoement. We will issue the reiuainder (.seven or eiirht oolunins) in a sup plement as soon as it can be put in type;— VeUnu: Citi'/'nit of the Semite ami Hons*' of Rf'prrnt'ntativf.-c Our deep and heart-felt gratitude is due to that Almighty Power which ha.s bestowed upon us such varied and numerous blessings throughout the past jetir. The general heaUh of the coun try has been excellent; our harvests have been unusuaUy plentiful, and prosperity smiles through out the land. Indeed, notwithstanding our de merits. we have much reason to believe from the pa.st events in our history, that we have enjoyed the special jirotection of Divine l‘rovidence ever since our origin as a nation. We have been ex posed to many threatening and alarming difficul ties in (»ur progre.ss; but on each successive oco:t sion the impending cloud has been dissipated at the montent it appeared ready to burst upon our head, and the danger to our institutions has passed away. May we ever be under the divine guidance and protection! Whilst it is the duty of the President “from time to time to give to Congress information of the state of the I’nion,” F shall not refer in de tail to the recent sad and bloody occurrences at Harper’s Ferry. Still, it is propti to observe that these events, however bad and crtiel in them selves, derive their chief importance from the ap prehension that they are but .symptoms of an in curable disease in the public mind, which may break out in .still more dangerous outrages and terminate at la.st in an open war by'the North to abolish slavery in the South. Whilst, for myself, I entertain no such apprehension, they ought to afford a solemn warning to u.s all to beware ot the approach of danger. Our Tnion is a stake of such inestimable value as to demand our constant and watchful vigilance for its ]ireservation. In this view, let me implore mj^ countrymen, North and South, to cultivate the ancient feelings of mutual forbearance and good-will towards each other, and strive to allay the demon spirit of sec tional hatred and strife now alive in the land. This advice proceeds fiom the heart of an old public functionary whose service coiuntcnced in the last generation, among the wise and conserva tive statesmen of that day, now nearly all passed away, and whose first and dearest earthly wish is to leave his country tranquil, prosj.orou.s, united, and powerful. We ought to reflect that in this age, and es pecially in this country, there is an incessant flux and reflux of public opinion. (.Questions which in their day assumed a most threatening aspect, have now nearly gone from the momorv of men. They are “volcanoes burnt out, atiu an tlie luva and .islies .tnd Sfjualid scorite of old corruptioiis grow the peaceful olive, the cheering vine, and the sustain ing Corn." Such in my opinion, will prove to be the fate of the pre.sent scctional excitement, should those who wisely seek to a[.ply the remedy, con tinue always to confine their efl'u; U within the pale ot the (’onstituuon. It this course be pur sued, the existing agitation on the subject of do mestic slavery, like everything human, will have its day and give place to other and less threaten ing controversies. Public opinion in this country is all-powerful, and when it reaches a dangerous excess upon any jUestion, the gool sense of the peoj)le will furnish tho corrective and bring it back within .'ate limits. Still, to hasten this aus picious result, at the present crisis, we ought to rfiiieniber that every rational creature must be presumet] to intend the natural conse^uence.s of j his own teachings. Those who announce abstract • doctrines subversive of the Constitution and the j rnion. must not be surprised should their heated j partisans advance one step further, and attempt > by violence to carry these doctrines into practical ! effect. In this view of the subject it ousht never 1 to be forgotten that, however great may have been i the political advantages resulting from the Tnion \ to every portion of our common country, these would all i>rove to be as nothing should the time i ever arrive when they cannot be enjoyed without i serious danger to the personal safety of the people j of filteen members of the confederacy. If the | peace of the domestic fireside throughout these I States should ever be invaded—if the mothers ot j tamilies within this extensive region should not | be able to retire to rest at night without suffering dreatiful apprehensions of wliut may be their own fate and that of their children before the morning 1 —it would be vain to recount to such a people j the jiolitical benefits which result to them from | the rnion. Self-preservation is the first, instinct, of nature; and therefore any state of society in which the sword is all the time suspended over the heads ot the people, must at last become in tolerable. But I indulge in no suiHi gloomy fore bodings. Oil the contrary, 1 tirnily believe that the events at Harper's I'erry, by causing the p'Mi- ple to pause and rcflfct ttpon the po.-sible peril to their cherished in^titutions, will be the means, under Providence, of allaying the existing ex citement and preventing future outbrt'aks ot a similar charat ter. They will re.solve • that the t'onstitutioii and the Union shall not be endanger ed by nush counsels, knowiilg that, shonld ••the silver cord be loosed^ or the ^'^olden bi.wl be broken * * at the fountain, ” human power could never reunite the scattered and hostile iragnient.'. 1 cordially congratulate you u^ion the final set tlement by the Supreme C’ourt td' tlu' I'nitcd States of the question of slavery in tiie Territo ries, which had pre.sented an ji^pect .so truly for midable at the comniencement of my administra tion. The right htis been established ol' every citizen to take his property ol any kind, includ ing slaves, into the common ’ferritories belongiog eijuaily to all the States of the ('onfederacy. and to have it protected there under the Federal Con- stitutioi* Neither (’ongress nor a territorial leg islature 7ior any human power has any authority to annul or imjiair this vested right. The su- ]>re4ne judicial tribunal of the country, which is a co-ordinate branch of the (lovernnient. has sanctioned and ;itfirmed the.se [irinciples of consii- tutional law, so uiynifestly just in themselves, and so well calculated to pjjpniote jieace and harmony among the States. It is a strikiug proof of the sense of justice which is inherent in onr people, that the property in slaves has never been dis turbed, to my knowledge, in any »t the 'J’errito- ries. Kven throughout the late iroubh‘s in Kan- .sas there has not been any attempt, as I am -r:d- ibly informed, to interfere, in a single instanc e. with the right of the master. Had any such at tempt lieen made, tiie judiciary would doubtless have affonjeil an adequate remely Should th'>y fail to do. this hereafter, it will then be tinui enough to strengthen their hands i>y further legis lation. Had it been decided that I 'ther Congress or the territorial legislature po.sse'-s the power to annul or ini^>air the right to propL?rty in slavc.«. the evil would be intolerable. In the latter event, there would be a strugrle for ;i majority of the members of the legislature at e;;ch successive ! electioti. and the sacred rights ot jtroperty held I under tfie Federal C’onstitution would lepen(! i ir I the time-Fieing on the result. The auitatioii wou!d j ihus be rendered incessant whilst the territorial I condition remained, and its batielul influence j would keej) alive a datiirerous excit“’uent among the people of the several States. Thus has the status of a Territory, duving the I iutenuediate period from its first settlement until j it shall become a State, been irrevocably fixed by I the final decision of the Supreme Court. Fortu nate has this been for the prosperity of the Terri tories, as well as the tranquility of the Stites.— Now emignum from the North and the South, the East and the W est, will meet iu the Territo ries on a common platform, having brouu^ht with them that species of property best adapted, in their own opinion, to promote their welfare. From natural causes the slavery question will in each case soon virtually settle itself; and before* the Territory is prepared for admission as a State into the Vnion, this deci.sion, one way or the oth er, will have been a foregone conclusion. Mean while the settlement of the new Territory will proceed without serious interruption, and its pro- gre.ss and pro.sperity will not be endangered or re tarded by violent political struggles. W’hen in the progress of events the inhabitants of any Territory shall have reached the number required to form a State, they will then proceed, in a regular manner, and in the exercise of the rights of popular sovereignty, to form a constitu tion preparatorv’ to admission into the Cnion.— After this has been done, to employ the language of the Kansas and Nebraska act, they “shall be received into the Fnion with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission.” This sound principle has hap pily been recogn*ised, in some form or other, by an almost unanimous vote of both houses of the last (’ongress. All lawful means at my command have been employed, and shall continue to be employed, to execute the laws against the African slave-trade. After a most careful and rigorous examination of our coasts and a thorough investigation of the subject, we have not been able to di.scover that any slaves have been imj»orted into the V. S. ex cept the cargo by the Wanderer, numbering be tween 800 and 400. Those engaged in this un lawful enterprise have been rigorously prosecuted; but not with as much succ?ss as their crimes have de.served. A number of them are still under prosecution. Our histor}' proves that the Fathers of the Re public, in advance of all other nations, condemned the African slave-trade. It was, notwithstand ing, deemed expedient by the framers of the Con stitution to deprive Congress of the power to pro hibit “the migration or importation of such per sons as any of the States now exi.sting shall think proper to admit” “prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight.” It will be seen that this restriction on the pow er of Congress was confined to such States only as might think proper to admit the importation of slaves. It did not e.xtend to other .'States or to the trade carried on abroad. Accordingly, we find that so early as the 22d 31 arch 1794, Con gress passed an act imposing severe jienalties and punishments ujion citizens and residents of the I*. S. who should engage in this trade between foreign nations. The provisions of this act were extended and enforced by the act ot May 10 1800. Again: The States themselves had a clear right to waive the constitutional privilege intended for their benefit, and to prohibit, by their own laws, this trade at any time they thought proper previ ous to 1808. Several of them exercised this right before that period, and among them some con taining the greatest number of slaves. This gave to Congress the immediate power to act in regard to all such States, because they themselves had removed the constitutional barrier, (’ongress ag- cordingl}’ passed an act on 28th February 1S03, “to ]>revent the importation of certain persons in to certain States, where, by the laws thereof, their admission is prohibited.” In this manner the importation of African slaves into the U. S was, to a great extent, prohibited some year? in advance of 1808. As the year 1808 approached, Congres.s deter mined not to suffer this trade to exist even for a single day after they had the power to abolish it. On the 2d of 3Iarch 1807, they passed an act to take effect “from and after the 1st day of Jan’y 1808,” prohibiting the importation of African slaves into the U. S. This was followed by sub- seijuent acts of a similar character, to which 1 need not specially refer. Such were the princi ples and .such the practice of our ancestors more than fifty years ago in regard to the African slave- trade. It did not occur to the revered patriots who had been delegates to the convention, and afterwards became members of Congress, that in passing these laws they had violated the Constitution which they had framed with so much care and deliberation. They supposed that to prohibit Congress, in express terms, from exercising a spe cified power before an appointed day, necessarily involved the right to exercise this power after that day had arrived. If this were not the case, the framers ot the Constitution had expended much labor in vain. Had they imagined that Congress would possess no power to prohibit the trade either before or after they would not have taken so much care to protect the States against the exercise of this power befi»re that period. Nay more, they would not have attached .such va.et importance to this provision as to have excluded it from the pos- siliilitv of future repeal or amendment, to which other portions of the Constitution were ex]>osed. It wouM, then, have been wholh unnece.s.sary to enirraft on the fifth article of the Constitution, prescribing the mode of its own future amend ment, the j>roviso, “that no amendment which may be iiiadi’ prior to the year shall in any manner affect” the provision in the (’onstitutiou securing to the States the right to admit the im portation of African slaves previous to that j)criod. According to the adverse construction, the clause'itself, on which .0 much care and discus sion had been employed by the members of the convention, was an ab.soluti* nullity from the be- •rinninir. ami all that h:is since been done under it a mere ns!irj.:ition. It WII.S well and wise to confer this ]Hiwer on (’on:ress, because, had it been left to the States, its eflicient exercise would have been ini[K»ssible. In that event any one State could have efiectuaHy eontiiiiiel the trade not only for it.self but for all the other slave SUites. though never so much against their will. And whyl'' Heeause African slaves, when otice brought within the limits of ;iny one State, in accordimce with its laws, cannot practically be excluded from any other State where slavery exists. And even it all the StatCb had'.separatcly passed law.s prohi'l»iting the inifHirt- lition of slav>;. these laws woulil have failed of effect t'lr want of a naval force to capture the slav jrs and to guard the coasts. Such a force no .“^tate cjin employ in time of j)cace without the i-onsent of Congress. 'fhese acts of (,’ongress. it is believed, have, with verv rare and insigniricantexceptions, accom- ]ilished tlii-Tr piirpo.se. I'or a period of nioreth.-iri lialf a century there has been no )>ercej)tible;iddi- tion to the numiier of our domestic slaves. L)u- ring this period their advancement in civilization has far surpa.s.^ed that of any other portion of the .Vfrican race. The light and the blessinirs ol Christianity have been extended to them, and lioth their moral and physical condition has been greatly improved. Keopen the trade, and it would l‘e difficult M determine whether the effect would be more dele terious on the interests of the master or on those of the native-born slave. >f the evils to the ma-^- ter, the one most to be dreaded would be the in- , troduction of wild, heathen, and ignorant barba- ' rians among the sober, orderly, and q’ljet slaves, whose ancestors have been on the soil for severs [For remainder, tee Supplement.}