Tliii-STATE J0U11NAL: RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, FElillU ARY 12, 1862"!
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$ 163
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231
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KKPORT'OF THE 001IPTROLLER OF PUBLIC
; ACCOUNTS FOR THE FISCAL TEAR END
': IKG SEPTEMBER 10, 1861.
tVXU.0 TCKD DIBBUBSXMXKT8. KO. 6.
1861.
Feb. J. H. f Stubbt, Senate, Martin
county.
A. J. Taylor, Senate, Nash,
county,
C. H. K. Taylor, Senate, Gran
, rille connty, i '
Jobn D. Taylor, Senate, Brans
wick county, 249 20
' W. II. Thomas, Senate, Jackson . ' '
county, ,' 363
. J. W. Thomas, Senate, David
eon connty, 281 80
Jonah Turner, Jr., Senate,
Orange county, 283,20
- John Walker, SenaU, Mecklen
burg connty, s 1 . 299
J. W. B. Watson, Senate, John
ston county, 263 40
J. A; Waugh, Senate, Forsyth
county, 321 80
M. C. Whitaker, Senate, Hali
fax county, i 279
C. S. Winstead, Senate, Person
county, .- , .,26i
S. H. Walkup, Senate, Union
, county, . 298
J. M. Whedbee, Senate, Pas
quotank connty, 300
Jonathan Worth, Senate, Ban-
dolph county, 279
Win. T. Dnrtch, Speaker, Com
: mons, Wayne county, ,
, IL G. Albritton, Commons, Pitt Co.
F. E. Alfred,
G. W.Antry,
B.M. Baxter,
J. G. Blue,
J. B. Batchelor,
B.-R. Bridgers,
John Boothe,
350
277
319 50
319 40
317
302
238 -
Craven,
Sampson,
Currituck,
Richmond,
Warren,
Edgecombe, 276 60
Gates, 327
Granville, 270
Forsyth, 285 80
Montgom'y, 332 10
McDowell, 312
Yancey, 350
Chatham, 303
Duplin, 313
Catawba,. 332
Craven, 270 60
Davidson, 306
Ashe, 343 '
Wayne, 265
Warren, 268
Yadkin, 331 60
Alexander, 332 60
Granville, 265 40
Rutherford, 333 60
Bladen, 340
Halifax, 277
: Meckl'nbg, 280 40
Caldwell, 339 50
Martin, 325
'.'Sampson,' 314
Camden, ' 312
Randolph, 311
Rowan, 278
Hyde, t 341
Watauga, 347
Onslow, 321
Madison, 377
Bertie, 351 .
Rock'gham, 318 60
Stanly, .317
Orange, 304 60
Chatham, 305
Franklin, 259 40
Guilford, 274
Iredell, 311 40
Cabarrus, 290 60
Harnett, 305 60
Caswell, 262 .
Davidson, 306
Davie, 302 10
Cherokee,' 378 20
Wilkes, 338 60
Bertie. 343 80
Rowan, 303 .
Lincoln, 310 60
Henderson, 342 ,
Granville, 304
Moore, 271 10
Stokes, 327
Haywood, 363
Union, 293
Anson, , 302
Cleaveland, 333 60
Wash'gton, 346
Jackson, 368
Brunswick; 287 80
Beaufort. 320
Tyrrel, 356 80
Buncombe, 333' 40
Robeson, 2G7 80
Wilkes, 314 20
Guilford, 268
i Johnston. 257
..Perqui mans, 347
North' pton, 267 40
NewH'nvcr,324 80
Pitt, 273
Orange, 303 80
Forsyth, 2S6 40
V Burke,' 280 60
Meekfen'bg, 298 40
Anson, 290 80
Halifax, 277
Rutherford, 377
'"Wake,. S01
Xorth'ptou, 219 20
Wake, 297
Guilford, 271
Xew Hn'ver, 322
. Iredell, L 293
Rock'gham, 283
Duplin, 283
Chowan,' 347
Macon, jj - 292
Chatham, !304
Alamance, 11 40
Johnston, 261
Surry, j 317
Gaston, j 338
Nash, - 280 40
Randolph, 314
Caswell, 213
' Cleaveland, 343
Carteret, 332 80
Ciimberl'nd, 266 60
Edgecombe, 311 80
Lenoir, 314
- Jones, 324
Person, 311
Pasquotank, 341
Robeson. 334
Columbus, 337 60
Hertford. 289 80
. J. V. Alspaugh, Principal Clerk of the
Senate, ' 841
,W. L. Saunders, Assistant Clerk of the
Senate, 720 40
Edward Cantwell, Principal Clerk Houso
of Commons, " ' 816
W. M. Hardie, Assistant Clerk House of
Commons, . 743 20
L. W. Jovner, Engrossing Clerk, 374 20
Edward Vail, " " ' 366
M. H. Pinuix, " '"' . 364
' James.-- Page, Fri:uip:u 1 -kerper of
the oenate,
C. C. Tally, Assistant D orktvper cf the
Senate, '
W. S. Webster, Principal Doorkeeper
House of Commons,
W. R. Lovell, Assistant Doorkeeper
House of Commons,
Sundry temporary Engrossing Clerks, as
follows: '
S. E-Phillips, CO
T. H. Hill, f,6 .
A. S. Joyner, , 61 40
D. H. Stephenson, 24
C. J. Iredell, 20
J.H - A vent,- 12
C. P. Bryson, ,' ;. 16
Miss Mary G. Mson, V 52
Caleb Evatw and Ben Smith, under reso-
. 1st ions of General Assembly, I860-61, 400
Jos. B. Slaughter, for James Biff, re
ward for arrest of Henry Reynolds, a '
" fugitive from justice, - 100
J. M. Bullock,
Phillip Barrow,
E. G. L. Barringer,
C. n. Burgin,
J. W. Bowman,
Turner Bynum,
J. G. Branch,
Jonas Cline,
O.C. Clark,
E. B. Clark,
T. N. Crura pier,.
M. K. Crawford,
Wm. H. Cheek,
A. C. Cowles,
J. M. Carson,
S! H. Cannady,
C.T.N. Davis,
C. T.Davis,
A. H. Davis,
S.W.Davis,
W. V. Dickson,
J. L. Ewell,
N. C. Faison ,
D. D. Ferebee,
J. II. Fouit,
N. N. Fleming;
Tilman Farrow, i
G. N. Folk,
J.H. Foy,
-J.A.Fagg,- ...
J.R.Ferguson,
Rawley Galloway,
L. Greene,
H. B. Guthrie, .
R. N. Green,
Wm. F. Green,
J. L. Gorrell,
A. B. F. Gaithcr,
. Wm. S. Harris,
J. S. Harrington,
S.P.Hill,
Lewis Hanes,
H. B. Howard,
Geo. W. Hayes,
Phlneas Horton,
P.T.Henry,
N.F.Hall,
J.F.Hoke, .--J.P.Jordan,
W. H. P. Jenkins,
Alex. Kelly,
,H. P, Kallum, '
S.L.Love,
0. Q. Lemmonds,
E. R. Liles, ,
J. R. Lgan,
Charles Latham,
Jas. R. Love, jr
Thos. D. Metres,
Wm. T. March,
Charles McCieese,
A. St. Merrimon,
Alex'. McMillan,
A. H. Martin,
r C. P. Mendenhall,
James Mitchiner, ,
Nathan Newby,
W. W. Peebles,
S. J: Person;
. Churchill Perkins,
W. N. Patterson,.
J. P, Poindexter,
J.-H. Pearson,
J. M. Potts,
L. L. Polk,
W. B. Pope,
B. H. Padgett,
J. IL H. Russ,
M. W. Ransom,
S. II. Rogers,
C. E. Shobcr,
Daniel Shaw,
i A. K. Simonton,
'i T. T. Slade, .
' J. D. Stanford,
! R. H. Small,
D. W. Siler,
W.P.Taylor,
John Tapscott,
Wm. H. Watson,
H.M. Wanh,
" James H. White,
H. G. Williams,
T. L. Winslow,
E. K. Withers,
A. G. Waters,
I. W.WlKursI,
J. C. WillUms
J. S. Woodard,
. J. C. Wooteu,
W.P.Ward,
J. D. Wilkerson,
J. T. Williams,
EliWishart,
N. L. Williamson,
J. J. Ycates,
385
564
383
Sundry persons, interest on State Regis
; tered Bonds, ' " 540
Sundry persons, interest on State Coupon
Bonds, , 789
Parker Rand, interest on Bonds of Fay
etterille and Western . Plankroad
Company, 240
R. Cotton, interest on Bonds of Fayette-
o rille and -Western Plankroad Com
pany, - 150
E. B. Freeman, Clerk of Supreme Court,
as follows: ;
For his half years salary, ending Decem
ber 31st, 1860, 150
For recording 2,339 pages at 30 cents per
page, ' 716 70
Jamea Litchford, Marshal to Supreme
Court in Raleigh, for 68 days attend
ance, December Term, 1860 at $2 per,
dav, v 136
R. M. Saunders, Judge Superior Courts,
for attending as Judge Court of Oyer
.and Terminer, Caswell county, ' 90
David Coleman, Selicitor, for 3 certifi
cates, (1 double) from 7th Circuit, 80
W. J. Houston, Solicitor, for 1 certificate
from 2d Circuit, 20
Thomas Settle, Solicitor, for 2 certificates
from 4th Circuit, . ' 40 '
Adams' Express Company, Raleigh,
, freight on box of arms, , 3 75
Gov. Ellis, for check and premium on
$8,61,95 New York Funds, as pay
". mentr for Military Stores, 9,063 54
Jas. E. Morriss, his anneal salary for
1860, as Keeper of the Public Arms
at Newbern, . '
John Spelman, State Printer, for print-
ing for General Assembly, 445 98
Martha Speares, a pension for 1860, 100 ,
. Sundry persons, public taxes refunded by
Resolutions of General Assembly, ;
1860-'61, 396 09
J. H. Moore, per Resolution of General
Assembly, 1860-'61, 10
Wm. Peace, per Resolution of General . .
Assembly, 1860-'61, 1,500
Forest Manufacturing Company, for pa
per furnished the State, 300
John W.. Syme, for advertising in Ra
leigh Register, Governor's Proclama
tion concerning Convention, and pro
posals for Are wood for Capitol, 8
Adams Express Company, Raleigh,
freight on package from New York
to Public Treasurer, 1
T. H. Snow, for lumber furnished the
State in 1858, 12 15
Drury King, for payment of servants
wages at Capital for January, 1861, 15
Magnetic Telegraph for sundry, dis
- ' patches fon-Public Treasurer, ; 4 70
Mar.S. H Young, Treasurer N. C Institution
for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind,
as part of the appropriation of General
Assembly, 1860-'61, for the improve
ment of the buildings of said lnstitu
tion, 500
Commercial Bank of "Wilmington, as
-' tax refunded under Resolution of ' last
General Assembly, - 3,500
Bank of Wadesboro', as tax refunded
'. under Resolution of General Assem-
bly, 3250
C. H. Brogden, Comptroller,, his 1st
quarter's salary for 1861, 250
Sundry persons, for advertising Gover
nor's Proclamation Convention, as fol
lows :
S. D. Poole, Union Banner; 12
W. J. Yates, Western Democrat, 13
Synie & Hall, Raleigh Register, . 24
F. I. Wilson, Ad Valorem Banner, 12
. C. R. P. Byers, Asheville Spectator, 12
' T. Loring, Goldsboro' Tribune, 12
W. W. Holdeu, N. C. Standard, ; 12
R. T. Heflin, N. C. Christian Advocate, 12
L. V. Blum, People's Press, 12
E. J. Hale & Sons, Fayetteville Obser
ver, . 6.
T. W. Atkin, Asheville News, 13,
Sundry Sheriffs, for holding and making
roturna.of Convention election, ! fl
lows :
W. H, Cullom, Johnston county, 6 66
A. McD. Martin, Dep. Sh'tf, Richmond
' county, 19 16
D. Loftin, Davidson county, ' ' 22 50
J. W. Steed, Randolph county, 19 16
L: H. Lowrance, Lincoln county, 38
W. E. Mann, Pasquotank county, 39 50
' E. J. Bareo, Camden county, 39 lt
J. B. Iee, Currituck county, 1 39 16
M. Masten; Forsyth coiinty, 20 83
G. Austin, Union county, . 35 83
Rufus II. Page, Secretary of State, for
certified copies of Laws furnished
' . State Printer, ' 459 50
cGraham Daves, Private Secretary to Gov.
: Ellis, his 1st quarter's salary for 1861,
Sundry members .of the General Assem
bly, session of 1860-61, as follows :
J. M. Morehead, Senate, Guilford county, 208
C. G7 Wright, Commons, Cumberland
county, . ; 240 20
R. S. 4 Donnell, Commons, Beaufort
county, '" 300 20
A. D. SXiight, Gnnnjons, Greone county, 315
Henry Mbrdecai, Comhums, Wake
county, 1 255 -
Mary G. Mason, for 6 days service as
Engrossing Clerk, 24
E. Emmons, State Geologist, his 4th
quarter's salary for 1860, . 625 f
W. E. Anderson, Treasurer Insane Asy
lum, ou. account of said Asylurn, 5,000
: Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford
' Railroad Company, as interest on Cou
pon Bonds of the State of North Car
olina, 1,170
A. E. Smallwixxl, as interest on State
Registered Bonds, 90
John L: Bailey, Judge Superior Courts,
for 2 certificates from 3rd Circuit, 270
R. R. Heath, Judge Superior Courts, for
4 certificates from 1st Circuit, 382 50
.-. Will. A. Jenkins, Attorney General, for i
4 certi6cates from 3d Ciocuit, 80
Thomas Settle, Solicitor, for 1 certificate
from 4th Circuit, 20
M. E. Manley, Judge Supreme Court, his
1st quarter's salary for 1861, 625
W. H. Battle, Jud-e Supreme Court, his
1st quarter's salary for 1861, 625
: Gov. Ellis, for payment of Commission
ers of Watson & Meares, for purchas
ing Amis for North Carolina, - 119 20
Gov. Ellis, for payment of Dupout & Co.,
for powder furnished the State, . 4.035 27
Gov., Ellis, for payment of David
"Smith,. for ammunition furnished the
0 State, o,239 70
Col. Jno. L. Cantwell, under Resolution
of General Assembly, 1860-'61, 20
Gov. Eilis, for payment of Schuyler,
Hartley & Graham, for Arms furnish
ed the, Stale, 4,770-79
Gov. Ellis, as payment for 500 Colt's '
Navy Pistols, purchased for the State, 8.545 GO
Bank of North Carolina, for premium
755
3,000
500
on Northern Funds.
a. xl. La.ga, premium on Northern
Funds,
Bank of Wadesboro', premium ou North"
ern irumis,
Bank of Clarendon, premium on North
ern r u;j-:s, Sqq
Bank of the Republic, New York', for in
terest on State Coupon Br.ds of.
North Carolina, 13 461 ?
Biink. of the Republic, New York, for '
interest on Coupon Bonds of Cape
Fear aud Deep River Navigation Com
pany, - , Q5
W W. H.lden, for advertising N. C.
Standard, proclamation concerning
Presidential Election, 10
C. Austin, Sheriff Union countv, for
making returns of eh aion for Electors
tr President and Vice President of the
United States, in November, 1 860, 35 83
John Spphnan State Printer, for print
' ' Executive Department, : .72
vhn ' Sj.-elmjn, printing for A.ijunfc ,
General's Department, ' ' 34 74
John Salman, printing for State De
partment, 36
' ' - From the Register.
Governor Holden. :
We fully expected wbtn the other day we showed
how unworthy the Editor of the Ralegh Standard was
of the gubernatorial honours which he is so assiduous
ly, and at the same time sosneakingly seeking, to be
made the mark of one of his peculiar diatribes. We
knew his utter and proclaimed destitution of all the
responsibilities which gentlemen recognize, aud were
well aware that between truth aud falsehood his moral
eye can no more make a distinction than the physical
eye of a blind man can detect the difference between
colours. Dr. Rush says that some persons are bora
without the moral sense, and his theory is abundant
ly proved in the case of the Editor of the" Raleigh
Standard. If we were called upon to point out an
individual who combined within himself more nau
seating traits of character than any man we ever knew,
we should cite the aforesaid Editor. Bolder bad men
we hive known ; but bold bad men command a quasi
respect, just as a highwayman takes rank in the scale
of manhood above the sheep stealer or the robber of a
hen-roost. The man in whose dharacter are combin
ed the traits of low cunning, intense. avarice and sel
fishness, an utter disregard of truth, a tuckling, toady
ing and subservient spirit to those whose recognition
he meanly thinks will make him respectable and cause
others to forget what he is ashamed of, certainly holds
up to the gaze of the world one of those moral excep
tions by which the general rule of humanity is prov
ed. And yet such a man as this has the audacity not
only to aspire to the Executive Chair of North Caro
lina, but to vituperate and endeavor to hunt down all
who resist his insolent pretentions, claiming the pow
er to "kill and make alive," as his omnipotent will
may determine. Look at his fiendish pursuit of Gov
ernor Ellis to the very verge of the grave itself. Look
at his denunciation of him in the streets of Raleigh
as "one of thedamuedest rascals in North Carolina."
Look, too, at the fact that there is hardly a prominent
man in the State who ha not been, at some time or
other, the mark of his malicious and calumnious
Assaults, and then measure, if you can, the amount of
his audacious pretensions. t, . -
Were it worth the trouble of doing so, we might
show that while the Editor of the Standard has been
one of the, most calumnious of men, he has been one
of the most inconsistent, of politicians, if such a trick
ster as he is can be called a politician. We might
show that while in April last he held up Jefferson
Davis and the Confederate States as the authors of a
civil war in which our liberties would be destroyed
and the blood of brethren be shed by -i brother's hand,
he in 1856 contended that the election f Fremont
would aud should, cause a dissolution of the Union,
and berated Kenneth, Rayner and " the Know Noth
ings" for taking the ground that the mere election " of
Fremont would not be a justifiable1 cause for break
ing up the Union. We might, too, assign the reason
for this, change of opinion, and show that in 1856 the
Editor of the Standard was in favor with the party
to which he bad sold himself for the equivalent of a
newspaper office, and that in 1861. having been
thrown overboard by the Democracy on account of
his insolent pretentions and aspirations, he was anx
ious to curry favor with those whom he had spent a
lifetime in maligning, and whom. -he will again malign
when any purpose of his can be served by so doing.
In taking liave of the Editor of the Standard for to
day, we again tell him he cannot be elected Governor
that ihe Contention dare not make him Governor
that his ears will never be greeted with the sonorous
appellation of " Governor Holden," except in the way
of derision. " Governor Holden ! 1" " A little civit,
good apothecary."
Recognition of the South.
The London Herald, of the 7th January, contains
the following unanswerable anrument in favor of
Southern recognition :
;xWe do not desire0, by any attempt at persuasion on
our part, to hurry this Government and people . into
a precipitate resolution on so momentous a matter.
But the question that lies before us, and one that
presses f jr a speedy answer, is, whether - it be right
r not that we should, without delay, recognize the
independence ot the Southern Confederacy 1 , We say
without delay. That sooner or later it will have to
be recognized is inevitable. The question is, whether
it should not be Jdone at once ?
We are left to our free choice in the matter. Whea
ton, Crooke, Y.ttel. and all international jurists have
clearly laid this down. Wheaton affirms that, in the
case of the revolt of a province, of an empire or State
the first thing fir foreign States to do is to allow be
ligerent rights to both parties in the conflict. In the
next place, a foreign Governtnent may, if it pleases,
recognize the independence of the revolted -people, or
enter into treaties of commerce or amicable relations
with it. The mere recognition cannot justly be rp
gnrded by the other-belligerent vart as an occasion
of war. The period of recognition is lei'tto- thecpti;n.
of the foreign States. But repeated precedents such
casus as the revolt of the Belgians, the South Ameri
cans, the Greeks, the Swiss Cantons have establish
ed the practice of recognizing de facto Governments,
even before the parent State hr.3 chosen to admit their
independence. This fact, that other such Govern
ments have been recognized, without delay, estab
lishes a sort of right to recognition, which may very
fairly be pressed upon us by the Confederate States.
Thatis, arfe fado Government, which possesses all
the machinery of State and manages its own concerns,
and which its enemies have no reasonable expectation
of subduing by means of lawful- war. Who can sup
pose that by such means the North will ever subdue
the South? . Seven millions of men, united by their
hopes, their animosities, and their fears, have stood
up successfully"' for nine months against all the arma
ments that have so furiously been hurled against them
by the twenty-one millions of the North. Iich by
inch they have contested their ground, aud inch by
jnch they have gained it ; they have won every bat
tle, and put to flight every army that has taken the
field. They are in a better position now than they
' were when they commenced the contest. Everyday
adds to their determination to accept no terms, to
agree to no compromise with the enemy. They feel
themselves a separate nation, and a separate nation
they liave resolved to be henceforth. We do not
speak of the merits' of the quarrel, but only of the
attitude of the combatants and the prospects of the
strife. The-North may lay waste, with its fleets, the
flourishing eoast towns of the South ; -it may tilt out
its cargoes of stones to choke up the inlets provided
for the interchange of amicable relations between peo
ples by a bounteous Providence, more merciful than
man to man ; it may land its armies in the swamps
to hurry the planters and di battle with the yellow
fever ; it may send its steam squadrons down the
broad river and burn Mobile and New Orleans; but
all this will not bring it one jot nearer to the end ; all
this will but add to the fierce intensity of hate which
the injured Southerns bequeath to the yet unborn.
Secure in their stubborn patriotism, in their firm res
olution to conquer their liberty or die, the men of the
Confederate States will maintain the struggle till their
enemies are exhausted by thei." efforts and desist from
their utter powerlessness to protract it further. If it
causes such looses iu the North, and necessitates such
tremendous sacrifices as the world has never dreamed
of before, what must be the silent pain, the untold
agony of the smaller and weaker people that is too
proud to let us hear its cry ? Before they ask for for
eign aid, the people f the South will waste with
famine &nd sickness will die and make a desert of
the seven fair States that but recently were peopled
with a happy and contented race. And is there noth
ing, poetical yr romantic iu all this? Is it because
ur brethren bey ofid the seas are for the most part
men of the same rsee as otmclves, that their heroism
Causes us no thrillt their sufferings bring no tears ?
Had the same spectacle of cntancy been exhibited
: by Poles and Hungarians had ome exotic race, some
tribe of Hindoos, Chinamen, red Indians, or South
Sea Islanders been the heroes of such a strife, how
lud had - een the voice of sympathy from this gen
erous country ! what fervid orations and lo pecans,
what odes and sonnets, what appeals from the plat
form, what passionate emotions irt the closet, would
. then have pleaded the cause of the patriot and the
oppressed? . f -
If it be argued that by recognizing the Southern
States we shall .weaken t:;e hands of the North, and
assist tn. bring to an end this war cf sections, we an
swer that this is the very reason whv we most wih
that the step should be taken. ;. It is'in the interest of
humanity that .'we desire that this war, which is only
kept up by thi blind obMiuacy of, the N.r;h, should
be brought to as speedy a ch-.se as may be.
Fort Hin-rt, Ky. A"
flirect In n; iort i -rc ;s n U
guioats'aituvkfcd Fri t lier.ry
three Confederates were killed.
jicripi'.
iceman at
e bin. rep---rts that four
r.n ..Tuefdav. .and thst
Oue of u;e snub-a!s
LBPOTKO FOR TBI BTATK -JOCTEHAL. . J.-C v
North Carolina State Convention.
Adjourned Session.
Seventeenth Dat, Friday, Feb. 7, 1862,
loe Convention was r.!iri k; p.;
dent, at the usual hour.
iTayer by the Rer. Henry Hardy, of the Presbyte
rian Church. . j
The Journal of yesterday was .read and approved.
Mr. bchenk presented a memorial from citizens of
Lincoln m relation to distilleries. Referred.
Mr. Battle from the Committee on Enrollments
reported sundry resolutions and ordinancesfor ratifi
cation, i
Alr- Jones, of Rowan, a resolution that from and
after Wednesday next, no ;Uew business shall be in
troduced. Mr. Graham opposed.
Mr. Leak moved that his resolution fixinc the time
for adjournment be taken up.
jur. trranam opposed the motion. ,
Mr. Leak replied in support oflrj Hi regarded it
a test question. - ,
Mr. Graham rejoined discussing the impropriety
of the mqtion, and urging the necessity of protracting
the session till the business for which it convened
should be perfected.
Mr. Leak sur-rejoined. His friend went for re
writing the constitution. He (Mr. L.) did no such
thing. . i
Mr. Smith would vote for taking up the resolution
of the gentleman from Richmond. This was the
eighty first day of the session, at an ' expeuse of
$40,000, and bnt three aruenchxents had been made
to the Constitution. -
The question recurring on the adoption of the mo
tion, the yeas and nays were demanded, and it was
carried in the affirmative, yeas, 56j nays, 43, as fol
lows : ;
Yeas Messrs. Arrington, Atkinson, Bagley, Bat
tle, of E... Bunting, Caldwell, Cunningham, Darden,
Dickson, Durham, Edwards, Ellison,, Fuller, Green,
Greenlee, Hargrove, Headen, Hicks, Holmes, Hous
ton, Howard, Johnston, Jones, of C., Kelly, Leak,
of A., Leak, of R., Lyon,' Mann, McDowell, of B.,
McDowell, of M.. McDuffie, McNeill, of C, McNeill,
of IL, Michul, Miller, Mosley, Rayner, Reid, Rhodes,
Royster, Sanders, Schenck, Setzer, Smith, of H.,
Smith, of J., Strange, Strong, of M., Strong, of W.
Sutherland, Thompson, Thornton, Walton, Wash
ington, Williams, Williamson, and Wooten 56.
Nays Messrs. Allison, Armfield, Badger, Barries,
Batchelor, Battle, of W., Berry, Bond, Brodnax, Bry
son, Calloway, Cannon, Christian, Dick, Douthitt,
Eller, Ferebee, Foster, of A., Foster, of R., Gilmer,
Graham, Hamhn, Hearne, Holdep, Jones, of R., Kit
trell, Long, Meares, Merritt, Mitchell, Osborne, Pen
land, Ruflfin, Shipp, Smith, of M., Speed, Starbuck,
Thomas, of C, Thomas, of J Turner, Warren, Wil
son, and Woodfih. 43.
Mr. Leak's resolution to adjourn over on the 17th,
and containing a provision for re-assembling at a day
subsequent thereto, being now under consideration
Mr. Smith, of Halifax", offered an amendment, as a
substitute, referring the matter to a select Committee
of five, who should report what business was necessary
to.be done.
Dr. Michal offered an amendment as a substitute
for both propositions, fixing the day far adjournment
sine die on or before Friday the 21st inst.
Mr. Barnes was opposed to all the propositions.
He was surprised that his friend from Halifax, should
propose any measure whereby five men might be
allowed to dictate to the Convention. He was oppos
ed to fixiug any day for the adjournment of the Convention.'.
Mr. Badger agreed with his friend from Northamp
ton. He was also opposed to fixing a day. Ihere
was no dictation, however, in the proposition to refer,
a"? it was usual to refer such matters to a Committee.
Mr. Smith -was surprised to. find his friend from
Northampton in such a fog this men ing.
Mr. Leak insisted oa the adoption of his original
motion. .
M r. Barnes thought his friend from Halifax regard
ed him (Mr. B.) in a fog, only because he was himself
loomng at itnngs tnrougn a nazy atmosphere, lie
moved to lay the motion and the amendments on the
table but, the yeas and nays being called, Mr. B.,
by consent, withdrew the motion.
The question recurring on the amendment of Mr.
Mr. Battle of Edgecombe demanded the 5'eas and
nays. . . j
Mr. Woodfin thought if it was the purpose of dele
gates not to touch the Constitution, the Convention
might adjourn' earlier than the 21st inst. If eastern
men thought they were needed at home, in conse
qutnee of the invasion on our coast, he for one would
not staT hrre and amend the Constitution in their
absence. Ho thought, however, there was much
important uuswic-co to ie none, and the time had not yet
arrived when they could act understanding!-in fixing
a day for the final adjournment.. The last five lays
had been spent in effecting a single measure (the
Danville connection) and' there were other measures,
yet to be perfected, equally important. , The credit
of the State had to be maintained, and if the Banks
could not or would not aid the State,the duty of devising
ways and means to carry us through the present
emergency would devolve upon the Convention, lie
hoped the amendment would not prevail.
Mr. Speed had ah. amendment" which we would
offer as a substitute for all the others. Gentlemen
said the Conven'ion ought to adjourn because it. had
sat eighty-one days and spent f-i tv thousand dollars.
That amount and more was daii v -spent. els a here in
us'.fless extravagance it was even ; nothing - when
meat was to be bought. If gentlemen need to go
home, in God's name Jet them go. The State or the
Convention- wpuld not miss them. He had gone
home and stayed at home several days and had re
turned, but he did not suppose the business of the
Convention was retarded by his absence. He con-,
eluded by offering his amendment limiting the intro
duction of new business to certain objects which did
not reach the ear bt, the Reporter.
Mr. Bond said if the forces at Roanoke Island could
not defend that section, he didn't see how the matter
could be remedied by members going home. For his
part, he was prepared to sit here and vote as calmly
as if there was no fleet in our waters. If all the wind
spent here, in debating questions cf adjournment had
been applied properly to a mill, it would have ground
flour enough to supply the arm)' or drive the Yankee
fleet from ur coast. He moved to lay the resolution
and amendment on the table. Motion rejected yeas
40 ; nays, CI.
Mr. Badger moved to refer to a select committee
ef five, and on that motion, :
Mr. Holmes called for the yeas and .nays, and the
motion to refer prevailed yeas,, 56 ; nays, 40.
Mr. Ferebeo, from the Committee on military af
fairs, to whom had been referred certain special mat
ters connected with' the bounty of volunteer?, repor
ted a general ordinance theron. ;
Mr. Armfield, frqm the Committee on distilleries,
made a report requesting ,to be discharged from the
further consideration of the subject.
Mr. Rayner, by consent, offered a resolution con
cerning the financial condition cf the State. Th
resolution directs the State Treasurer to iuvite the
Presidents of the several Binks to meet in Raleigh
for a conference, in order to ascertain what the Banks
will do in relatiou to the Treasury notes, or what
they can do to aid the State. ' i ,
. On motion, the votes were suspended, a'nd the res
olution was adopted. ;
The President announced the order of the day.
Judge Howard moved to postpone, in order to take
up the report of the Committee on military affairs-
agreca to.
Judge Osborne thought the matter ought to be
considered in secret session. f
Judge Howard thought otherwise.. ' i '
Judge Badger agreed with Judge Osborne.
A motion to go into secret session prevailed, and
the doors were closed. -
Eighteenth Day, Satukpay, Feb. 8, 1862.
The only business worth recording transacted by ,
the Convention was the passage of an ordinance au
thorizing and requiring the Magistrates of the several
counties fo call a special session of the County courts
on the first Monday in May next, for the purpose of
levying the Gmnty tax, in conformity with the char
ges made in the revenue law by the Convention.
ThLs ordinance does not apply to the -counties in
v Lich the regular sessions of the county courts are
I, e'd during the month of - ,r thefirt Hondiv of
Tun-. . ... ' -.; .
Mr,
'nor. fix.t the Committee on Fir.v e?
An ordinance was also passed authorizing the Ad
jutant General to pay the troops composing the 3btti
regiment from the time of their enrolment.
i The consideration of the Military ordinance was
postponed till Monday next. ,
North Carolina's Quota of Confederate
. ' Troops. - .
The following is a copy of tbfe "ordinance to raise
North Girolina's Quota of Confederate troops," reported
by the Committee on military affairs, Geo. Howard ,
Jr., Chairman.
An Ordinance to raise and Organize North:
Carolina's Quota of Confederate Troops.
Be it ordained, &c, That during the existing
war with the Uhijted States, the Governor be, and
hereby authorized to keep in the service of the Con
federate States a force of not less than thirty-five nor
mrire than sirtv tpirimpi.j jit solJiers. The Paid
j o -- i
r . . x 1. i: 1L i-ir . .. . m..l r.,' '
lorce iv ue euiistea unuer ine ioi:uivih uuca uv -o-ulations
:
1. Each regiment which has not been already tr-
ganized shall conform in its organization in all res
pects to the rules and. regulations of the Confederate
States, as to the number and kind of officers, non
commissioned officers and privates which it may con
tain. The said regiments shall be infantry, cavalry,
riflemen or artillerists, as the Governor may determine,
and he shall have power to cause the same to be arm
eel and equipped, and also supplied until he shall deem
them prepared to enter the Confederate service,, and
shall then tender them for such service ; and all sums
of money necessary that Tor purpose, he shall have
power to draw from the Public Treasury4, prodded
it shall be the duty of the Governor to make arrange
ments at the earliest practicable day, with the Con
federate States to arm, equip and subsist such troops
as many be raised for the service of the said Confed-
- crate States while beingjorganized for such service, at the
expense of said Confederate States, under such rules,
and regulations as may be prescribed for the. govern
ment of the Confederate Army..
2. The troops now in service for three years or the
war shall be deemed a portion of said force, and in
raising the remainder, the counties of their resielencc,
at the time of their enlistment, shall'have cridit for
the same. ,
3. All enlistments shall be for two years: Provid
ed however. That persons heretofore in. service shall
have credit for the time they have actually served;
4. The Governor shall require each Captain in the
service, on or before the day'of-r , to return
to the Adjutant General a list of all the officers -"and.,
men u'uder his command, with the county of the res
idence of each at the time of his entry into service. .
5. The Governor shall require each commanding
officer of a regiment, battalion or independent com
pany of volunteers for 12 months, to, have distributed
to bis command, the terms proposed by the Confed
erate States and this State for voluntary re-enlistment
(the same having been priuted and furnished to said
commandants by order of the Governor,) and five days
after said distribution, to take a list of all such officers
and privates as are willing to re-enlist, aud return the
same to the Adjutant General's office, and the signa
tures of the persons re-enlisting shall be as binding as
if they had been re-mustered into service. . .
G. Volunteer companies now in service, re-eniisting,
may retain their present organization or re-organize,
at their option.
7. Volunteers re-enlisting not by companies, shall
be thrown into companies, and proceed to elect their
company commissioneel officers, '-.who shall be com
.missioned by the Governor. ' . ' ' '
8. Should a sufficient number ot troops not be ten
dered uneler the foregoing provisions, the Governor
shall call upon the counties to ftirning cither by Vol
unteering or drafting the necessary "number of troops,
according to white population, ratter crediting them
with their troops already in service for three years or
the war, and their volunteers under tins ordinance)' to
complete their respective quotas.
0. The drafts shall be made from the entire milita
ry population of the several 'counties, "between the ages
of 18 and 45, (with the exception of the exemptions
hereinafter specifieel,) and e ich'captainYdistrict shall
be credited with the number it lias furnished previous
thereto : Provided, however, That, in each county draft
ed the unmarried men shall be first exhausted before
the married men shall be made liable to the same
uind Prodded further, That it may be lawful for any
one so hrarteti to tender to the commander of the reg
iment r. .-.ub-iitute for himself,' if he desires so to do,
and if said substitute is received by said commander,
the person draftetl shall be excused from goinguito
actual service, and shall return to the body oft he
militia, i
10. The Adjutant General shall accompany each
call upon a county for its quota, with a list of all the
volhteers fpui said countv. 'officers and " piivat'-s,
who have failed 'to- re-enlist, 'and. the. sami thall. le
embodied with the militi.i and 5 -.; ' ub;rtt to draft as
other citizens of the State: I'orcu?-:d,.!:-v:v'T, That
when drafted, they shall only be required to serve for
two years, including the time they have been iu actu
al service. ;
11. The Governor .shall throw ' into companies all
persons drafted under the provisions of this ordinance,
and appoint over them the necessary commissioneel
officers. ..
12. All field officers shall be appointed by the Gov
ernor, by and with the consent of a board of one from
each judicial 'district in the State, 'to be chosen: by this
. Convention. -
13. After the original organization, alb vacancies
shall be filled by promotion, according to grade an'd
seniority, except in case of distbility or incompeten
cy : Provided however, That the Governor be author
ize 1 to d'p.-'rt from the prcscibed rule, where any
person may be especially distinguished by his com
manding general for great merit or some, signal act of
military skill or prowess.
14. The following persons shall be , exempt from
draft : All ministers of the gospl- the officers, judi
cial and executive, of the Confederate States, the
Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts, the
Secretary of State, Comptroller,' Treasurer, High
Sheriffs, all the necessary employees of Kail road com
panies, all telegraph operat ors, all stage drivers and
mail carriers employed in carrying the Confederate
States' mail, one experiened practicing physician for
every, thousand of the aggregate .population, (to be
, decided by lot,) the superintendent, assistant phys
ic an, and necessary'attendaftts of the Insane Asylum.
The Hour of Trial. As the Louisville Courier
truly remarks the hour of trial has come. In a" few
days perhaps sooner the gathered hosts of the
usurper and despot are moving forward froni the At
lantic to the Mississippi. Nothing but the special in
terposition of . Almighty God can avert the horrible
consequences Of great battles fought Soon the boom
of cannon will pass from hill-top to hill-top, along
the vast line of military operations ; and the rattle of
musketry, the clash of bayonet, the shrieks of the
wounded and the groans of the dying, the shouts tf
victors and the curses of the vanquished, and hi"h
above all the wail of the. willows and the cry of or
phans, will fill the intervening valleys ; and be the re
sult what it may, the land will be clothed in gloom,
covered with desolate homes, and filled with suffering.
This is the day of trial. If the grand armies now
".being pressed forward by the enemy -hi, beaten, the
w:ir will be at an end another effort ti crush -but the
South will not be made. If one or mrc of them
shall be successful, the contest-will- Ije renewed with
redoubled fury everywhere, new life will . be given to
the war, and new scenes of bloexl will burst upon the
startled vision. The disaster at Drainsyille, and the
repulse of Crittenden, 'a dmonish us that the conflict
must be bloody and desperate, that at many plaocs it
w ill be eloubtful, and that we should be prepare?! f:.t'
reverses and at hast p irtial defeats. '
The great strategic positions occupied by the Con
federate generals can never b-e taken by the enemy,
Bowling Green, Columbus and Manas?a,.-we-.b'c-Hev-0,
can defy the numbers, skill and resources of the North
now and forever. But there are 'intervening 'points.'
important, but not vital, where our . defences are weak,
and our means of resistance inadequate ; and at these
the Fed'jr.ib? may achieve such succci as-
will gi.-e encouragement, to the '. people of their
fset-t'n, sustain the Adnr'nistr if ion for a time; and
Siimul ;to their Generals to renewed e.-JorU-to bind
upon their I r ws the laurel.-. f victory.
Th'-r" is b.!dy work to Ik? don' Let none under
est'mate its importance or its difficulties. Let ev ry
heart be steeled and every muscle set ; for the dagger
is at ,nnd, the hv o trial is upn u? "e must be
worthy cf t-.c cause we have espoti-ed, ur pay the
pfnf.Uy in t?. ' : .nrrr- ot a i. 'Tige-l contest o ih.
r. .... '.. hames. JC' U 'J-rhoL'
Cl)e Stotejgl
JOnN SPELMAX, FRIXTER TO THE STt
AHD ACTHOEIZED PCBLISHEE OF THE LAWS OF THr
BATE STATES OF AMERICA. CSfl5.
WEDNESDAY, February 12, 1
Terms of the State Journal
vv e oc
ducted on
pany xhe order in every case
! . Terms
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".vuai.
?g to remind our friends that our paiy r!
m the cash system.. The cash mi, ,
Notice to Subseriberp.
, ihe State Jocesal is oondncted n the Cash nr" "
Xo paper will hereafter be sent without thp mV-J. lnn''f-
u J I : ll . "'""H ,
iiiuy ine urucr , jiiiu iu an jiasfs names l
Clll,, "1 '.
be stricken off at the date rif expiration of their tT3
tions- unless renewed previous! -. are com
enforce this rule in all cases, and no friend can grot '
A cross "mark on the wrapper or on the"B l
the paper, denotes that the subscriber's time is ni'-a l'E 'f
Lpok out for the cross mark and renew. "f C'1;
Oar Ifoxt Governor.
"Who shall be the next Governor of X irth Ca
ina, from the, 1st -of January, 1803? v.re Wv
have a contest to give the-answer to this (jUtsl;
Have we parties in the State ? and if not i
pursue a course in the selection of our Governor
will end in the establishment, of parties auj L'
lines? These 'questions demand the m.-t "wit
consideration in the present crisis of the country'' '
". We take it that the successful prsecutiun cf
war is the end and aim of pvptv nnr, ,v .1 .,
. . j ...... U1 .
aja i;ri;!v..f
and to this end nothing is so essentia! s
feelin? and of mirDi-vsn amnm t)i.- ti,.,.';. ..('..! '.J
. 0 , 1 - r r-"i'v ui iac
This taken as. true, i t would be the hri-,t f
wickedness to enter upon a contest fr t'ie crice of
Governor with a certainty Of arraying tie .o,- ',
againrt each other, and begetting a spirit eHiCr
contention and strife.
. The question then is, how can a 0 iven V' .
lrrtel without a pontesf
.yi....1JV uvsl c0l.Siac.-r4.
tion-nve have been able to give the suht. the f ,;!,,,
ing plan is suggested, and it is respectfully sulaiitu-l
to the press and the people, for their Cf.nsidfra'tit.:i-:
We think the following resolutions, introduce! in.
the C mvention, by Mr. Jones, of Kowa'n, ' oh" thciT'4
of lat November, and ;ianwoH.;ad-ipitil by" thai
body, would constitute-- a platform 'up.,n uLicL i,u
friend of the South can . object to staiid : ' . i'
. licjblrfl, That w th Dolegatc? e "f the inpl.M.f .Vo-;h
Carolina, in Convention is'eiiibh'd.' entii-tnin an iimii'i in.
ished conti.lence in the justice of the- cause f"..r n hi, h'w
have taken v.p arm?, and we hold ii to U- the-tluti- of ti e
people ot'.tlnso .Southern States to iKaiirt;iiii aml;nj h.-ld
that cause with all the m'-ans thv can coiimuii.l ; that in
behalf of the people of North Carolina we declare t' wir
sister States of this Coni'Ii:ran.v. auil to th -..u- ii...
mr tncayure 01 loss no acrittce of 'ife rojcrt hij--pxivation,
or want, or muttering, shall cauo s to Awni
i'roui the pci fonuanee of our whole duty iu w aclii."vt
inent of our Independt-nce.
Resolved, That from the cruel and barl'anu manner in
which" our enemies have carried on this war a war in
which aged and dignified men and helpless wniui-n Luc .
been seized, and without accusation or w arrant ofanthoi it v,
cast into prison in which private property lias b njui,
tonlr destroyed in which robbury and arson are tln pi;ii
eipal means of agresiion, and in w hich servile insurrec
tion fas Lv-'Fi proclair.K-d, we are convinced that thjTe is a
" radical im.-o:nj ut'ibdlty " between su h a people aaJi-ur-'
stlv-.v t'aat for thy i udl'p&iidence .we have.a-;ei t- d we ill
uc-mi; no u't' rnative. ; ' ,
lit oh ed, Tht we have full conSd "lie, in the wi.-flim,
integrity and patriotism' of the President of the Ci'iifcd-rn
ate Mates, and we congratulate hi:!i 'and our whoh; -ii,n-try
upon the success with wbi he, has admruisteml' ih
goyernraeiit. ', .". J
Reunited, That to the oflieers and soldiers v, !in havfne'
forth to meet the dangers of this war, we ar-e un l'-r a
debt of gratitude for the valor and fortitude with Wi
they have defended us from the assaults of our eacmiwJ
and illustrated the glory of our anus. V
Then let a Convention of the pe ple he called at
such time-and place a3 may be de?igriated, t Lco u!
posed of elclegates selected by the p?oplo of the seycr.il
counties on,' say, the basis - of 4 representation ia t!.o
House of Commons each county seh-cting a atrar
of delegates eqtnl to the number of iiif inbcrs sLo
sends' to the Commons with onej iltemate for e:ii,
and no more. . These delegates, when asseiiihie l, c;ui
then select a cand'.d itc for Goverryr( requiring only
that'ho unerpii vocally, endorse the sentiments of th?
foregoing resolutions, and pledge himself to' abide ly
them, in letter and spirit, in administering tin diiu-i
of the office to which it is proposed to elevate Liin.
This done, let the dale-gates' g t honii, an I lot tliu cir.
didate solecte 1 slay at hum, and m iles no r:tnri3, a:rl
when election day comes the ''people will e.t thc r
suffrages for him in a body, and shako . laiids ovt-r
the act.like a band of brothers, fjr the Cr?t tiine i:i
the history of the State.
This, then, is our plan, plainly state 1. in as k'.
words as we could employ. Without a word of c la
ment we submit it to the" press and the pei!iiai.l
we will cheerfully submit to their decision.
J8 We learn from various sources, that I T n.- A
II. Arrington is endeavoring to injure tht Stale'- b'"'
nal by whispering into the ear of the UHsiippctin-;, in
sinuations intended to prejudice us. If Mr! Arrington
has any complaints to make rlgainst the Slate J'ouna1,
gr its editors, the more friahly and honorable course
would be to make .them pu
instead of whispering them into
We prefer an open enemy, and
Air. Arrington can-have, the use of our ct
make public hi complaints.
iy or to us in "-'"'
the ear of our fi :es'y;
ko, too, do. the if-'P;-3-
u:.s to-
was diniageel and aicrippled that she bad to be haul
ed off.
. whrlsvhaii b-een .referrci the aj ts'vn of 'di;:;'"'rtc. f
rc-pcrted liiok the u'bject. and rr-povl a tax of
twenty cents per gnhon ou all spiiiiuous ii-jr.ors d.s- i
tilled, i 1 -
X. C. Ratt.boat. M'
Mr. Thomas Wtbb, of Uili-ivr, has lecu . elected
Tresidei;! f f the X. C' Kailnad. . J
The communicatitrti of 'A. M. J." fr. ni Mv.
nassas, has been received. It is well written, abound
in most excellent reflections; but t is such a
cannot find space for in the pretont 'crowded .State ef
our columns. Our correspondent c;in write "a verr
goenl letter, and it he will cbnGne hiiuseif to iuirsi'f
news, which are so eagerly sought after, by tin' fntr-d;
reader, he can be of esntial scrvic! toi us aiel-c;c;
always eommand .a space, for his letter?. Vcs!.a.t
look forward lo the receipt of a' news-letter.
Tarbop.o'. The Southerner publishes" th st.uial '
of the town of TarborV lirg-cumbe . cSuuty. iron . .
which it appears t-j ,i quite a place. The p.pul iti ;
of the town and immediate vicinity 1 given at-'aW'.
1000. All the usual -profe.sitins appa-r to ho c I re.
sented there, and thcstors include almost every I r
of trade. It has a s'Min grist and saw mill, a; r
reseutatives of all the usual handicrafts a wa;cip:!
cloth' manufactory ; an oil cloth manufactory ; a Con
federate cap manufactory ; -a cotton-seed oil.mil! ; a':il'
?f;i'"' o 'e'.tt it his one of those, ran institutiy.
a jn .,'.. :; ,t besides all the, Tarboro' c.tn-;
Uu.iK :.:uc-h i::t I!:pf u t, roCt.eitut ai d wealth a
m -t places rf its diinentuuiis. !
I