was t. exclude tdavery from
j erery expedient of 011111)11)0-.
WESTEKN BEMOCRAT.
CHARLOTTE 0
Twttby Morning, Feb'y 19, 1856.
FHBSIDT'S PROCLAMATION
KANSAS TROUBLES.
We nuMi-h morning a proclamation
by the President f the United States in
r- laiion le amwb M disturbance, which are
erionxlv tijij.ri !:endd in Kansas.
Lata ulvieea received at Washington
repweeatthe d anger f a bloody civil war
i:) Kansas .-i-- more imminent than has
g nenil'y been supposed.
Win n tin bivtoty of this Kansas agitation
ccssacs t" be fairly written, remarks the
m- .1 o ... i -
t wuutgws Dawn, an amount or cun-
liiiio- tit if i. ti tmmmwA m..l !! .1 I
part of the nnti-.-lav.-ry party will appear,
that will estonbb ihe country. In making
this declaration, we do not mean altogether
to exempt fro:;) censure the pro-slavery
hettlers in tliat Territory and their sympa
thizer residing m (tboot its limits. Removing
into that Territory under the Constitution
of the United States, and trusting to the
pn.t. etive fljeacy of the carefully prepared
bill under which it was organized, they have,
in BOMfl fautaaces, c arried with them their
elaT property, and iu many more instances
purcha J lands and built houses with the
wHimete parpoee of removing their slave?.
They have been met on the threshold bv
hirelin-r- end emissaries of the New Eng
land EmignmtAid Soniety, whose appointed
Buarinn
Ki.l
mworj imumor i d-jikj. UM every form of
eedaage. Tboi j-r.slavery men should,
under such eireuijuiane.-, hare somet'.mes
been bet r-iyed into net f indiscretion, is
not at ;! be v: metered at. T.e wonder,
indeed, is, thettbey sJ.uld hne pursued
no Moderate coarse. They have had to
toggle , ... , oly esunst t,e freesoil bands I
j:i the rerntory, but against n.-arly the
" of Xew England, fed on by political
fanatics and bypaeriftcal persons. Tap
intease seal tod t! Eeree determination of
taeae mea may K jdK,.d of from the
Kans. s eecBMau bieb have been preached
by their oaatir.g parsons. One of these
eenaon' bj (be Ifcr. Htmy Ward Baealaw,
t , of lie I'iym.mth Church, lirookhn,
aUadi .! to h, oar ust. They Ulievo
thai (ko Sharp rifle," is the hurt moral
agealt.
!lC nUUOr has for uuna ; , -
I. I. II j'il'tUlltU
"thai large um bare been invested, by sub
Mription, in Sharped rides, wherewith to
sum At aati-slaTery men in the new Ter
Ktory. Mid are see, in lata newspapers, evi?
donees that systematic and earnest effort is
being aaade by the sham authorities to pro
cm help tV..m all the non-slavehohling
Stttv s. They bare addressed coinmunica
sou to the governors and legislatures of
these Stat. s. i .,u of these communications,
addressed to the overnor of Ohio, was
recently transmitted by him to the legi,la
lure of that State, and which led to the
presentation of highly inflammatory aboli
tion resolutions. One of these resolutions
reads as fauowa :
"Resolved, That our Representatives be
rep.eie;i to vote lor the immediate admis-
bee.lerto n seat in the House
-f Representatives in Congress, as a dele-
Kate fronj Kansas, until such admission ,,f
zens of Kansas, that such steps may be taken
by the people of the States, as humanity
suggests, to prevent the successful carrying
out of se inhuman an outrage.
C. ROBINSON,
Governor elect of Kansas."
n the 9th instant, Gov. Clark, of New
York, sent in to the Legislature of that State
now in session at Albany, the above com
munication the reading of which created
much excitement in the House.
It remains to be seen whether Congress
will sustain the President, in his efforts to
preserve law, order and right in Kansas,
CONGRESS.
port of the Superintendent of the Court j following palpable non-truths uttered by the
Survey, was presented. Mr. Weller intro- j Fayetteville Argus :
duced a bill, providing for an overland mail From the Fayetteville Argus.
from some point on the Mississippi river to "The Democrats were at heart in favor
San Francisco. The Senate then discussed : of Banks. They wanted him elected. He
POSTSCRIPT,
Highly Important c x.
rloody r.ntrpi.jcrv a wrTrrrp a ttid
Yesterday, after the above was in type,
we received, through the Columbia Times,
the following highly important Dispatch
from Washington, under date of the lGth
instant.
Governor Shannon will leave this city for
Kansas on Monday next, and takes out with
him instructions from the War Department
to Col. Summers, to use the United States
Troops if necessary, to enforce the Procla
mation of President Pierce. Twelve hun
dred troops stationed at Fost Leavenworth
aou. Fort Riley tUs ordered to hold them
selves in reudiness for action if called out.
It is evident that a bjoody conflict is
anticipated, hence tho tamely and efficient
preparations being made.
Tiy tin Pnsith.-tt of the. I' nit id Sttes of America.
A PROCLAMATION.
ftaasas as a Matt
Without any opportunity to examine into
the feet of tin ease, the mover of the above
resolution gravely requests the Ohio mem
bcra of Congress to rota for the immediate
admission of Governor Keeder. Whether
entitled or sot to his seat, he is to have it;
and whether informed or ignorant of the
tncts, the Ohio members are retpiested to
ghre it to bias. This is legislation with a
vengeance.
I toe feature, however, in the proceedings
of the hio Legislature pleased us. It was
the speech of Mr. Sawyer, made after the
reading of tJovernor Chase's communica
tion. Mr. Sawyer in the course of his re
marks said :
' lie had heard the Governor, in a public
meeh, oa another occasion, recommend
taeasc ot Sharp's rifles to prevent slaverv
ia Kansas, nnd offered to o-ive fiftv biinr
to itl abolitionists to an to Kansas and
MMOt down the slavehoiding citizens; and
aaw, a- Governor of Ohio, he is inciting the
. ry difficulties which we all so much depre
eate. Why, sir, where was his voice when
oarowa eitiseas were shot down iu the
streets of our own -it K- i i
a neighboring State J Not a word was hear.l I thut lta orgamc law 1S t oc executed with
frctn him then. He beloaged to a nurtv imPartiul justice ; that all individual acts of
irnicn respected the white citizen more than illegal interference will incur oondiu pun-
Z Ztr rl t,U' ?VCniUr: W"!d 0,nbroil j 1 i nd that anv endeavor to inter.
tre country m a civil war, in order to be- u e , - .
friend the neero'" vene b' 5Mid force wiJJ be firmly with-
Whereas indications exist that public
tranquility and the supremacy of law in the
Territory of Kansas are endangered by the
reprehensible acts or purposes of persons,
both within and without the same, who pro
pose to direct and control its political ore
ganiyation by force : It appearing that com
binations have been formed therein to resist
the execution of the territorial laws, and
than, in effect, subvert by violence all pres
ent constitutional and legal authority : It
aleq appearing that persons residing witbout
I the Territory, but near its borders, content
plate armed intervention in the affairs there-:
of : It also appearing that other persons,
inhabitants of remote States, are collecting
money, engaging men, and providing arms
for the same purpose : And it further ap
pearing that combinations within the Ter
ritory are endeavoring, by tho agency of
emissaries and otherwise, to induce indivi
dual States of the Union to intervene in tho
affairs thereof, in violation of the constitu
tion of the United States :
And Whereas all such plans for the de
termination of the future institutions of the
Territory, if carried into action from within
the same, will constitute the fact of insur
rection, and from without thut of invasive
aggression, and will, in either case, justify
and require the forcible interposition of the
whole power of the general government, as
well to maintain, the laws of the Territory as
those of the Union :
Now, therefore, I, Franklin Pierce, Pre
sident of the United States, do issue this,
my proclamation to command all persons
engaged in unlawful combinations against
the constituted authority of the Terrory
of Kansas or of the United States to dis
perse and retire peaceably to their respec
tive abodes, and to warn all such persons
that any attempted insurrection in said Ter
ritory or aggressive intrusion into tho same
will be resisted not only by the employment
of the local militia, but also by that of any
available forces of the United States ; to
the end of assuring immunity from violence
and full protection to the persons, property,
and civil rights of all peaceful and law-
abiding inhabitants of the Territory.
If. in any part of the Union, the fury of
faction or fanaticism, inflamed into disre
gard of the great principles of popular sov
ereignty which, under the constitution, are
fundamental in the whole structure of our
institutions, is to bring on the country tho
dire calamity of an arbitrament of arms in
that Territory, it shall be between lawless
violence on tho one side and conservative
force on the other, wielded by legal author
ity of the general government.
I call on the citizens, both of adjoining
and of distant States, to abstain from un
authorized intermeddling in the local com
j corns of the Territory, admonishing them
COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE.
Feb. 12. The Speaker announced the
following committees iu pursuance of a reso
lution passed some time ago authorizing him the action of the Naval Retiring Board last j was the favorite of Pierce and Forney : and
to appoint the standing committees of the summer, and adjourned until Monday. In the application of the plurality rule accom
House : . the House, Mr. Florence presented the me- i plished their wishes, as they knew it would
Committee of Elections. Messrs. Wash- morial of Gov. A. H. Reeder, contesting the when Mr. Clingman moved it,"
seat of Gen. Whitfield, a delegate from
Kansas. It was read, and, along with all J
other contested spots, viz : Allen, of Tlli-
nois. Gallegos, of New Mexico, and Eusti, tion of Baks Qs SPeakor' was the re9ult of
of Louisiana, referred to the Committee on g trickery. On Friday, Messrs.
fw; TKo ri mnvompnt ! Whitney, A alk, Brown, &c, "National A-
considerable excitement in the House. The
special Kansas Message of President Pierce
was referred to the Committee of the Whole
on the State of the Union, after which the
House adjourned until Monday,
burn, of Maine, Stephens, Watson, Spinner,
Oliver, of Missouri, Hickman, Colfax, Smith,
of Alabama, and Bingham.
Of Ways and Means. Messrs. Campbell
of Ohio, Howard, Cobb of Georgia, Jones
of Tennessee, Davis of Maryland, Sage,
Phelps, Campbell of Pennsylvania, and
Dewitt.
On Claims. Messrs. Giddings, Letcher,
Bishop, Jones of Pennsylvania, Dunn of
Indiana, Knowlton. Taylor, Gilbert an4
Marshall of Illinois,
On Commerce. Messrs. Washburue of
Illinois, Wade, BfUlson, McQueen, Tyson,
Kennett, Pelton, Commins and Eustis.
On Public Lands. Messrs. Bennett of
New York, Harlan, Cobb of Alabama,
Lindley, Callen, Walbridge, Brenton, Max
well and Thoriugton,
On the Post Office and Public Roads.
Messrs. Mace, Norton, Flagler, Barclay,
Day, Powell, Walker, Wood and Herbert,
On the district of Columbia. Messrs.
Meacharn, Dodd, Goode, Cumback, Dick,
Harris of Maryland, Bennett of Mississippi,
Trafton and Bell.
On the Judiciary. Messrs. Simmons, H.
Marshall of Kentucky, Barbour, Caskie,
Galloway, Harrisof Alabama, Leake, Wake
man an4 Tappan.
On Revolutionary Claims. -Messrs. Ritchie,
Murray, Smith of Virginia, English, Fuller
of Maine, Allen, CJawsoa, Cragin and Emrie.
On Public Expenditures. Messrs. Deane,
i Covode, Kelly, Mott, Pearce, Vail, Elliott,
Waldron and Branch.
On Printing. Messrs. Nichois, Cragin,
and Flagler.
On Private Lant Claims.7-Messr6. Porter,
Horton of Ohio, Thorington, Etheridge,
Bowie, Sandidge, Herbert, Rotison and
Horton of New York.
On Manufactures. Messrs. Clark of
Connecticut, Knight, Crawford, Bliss, Dur
fee, Edwards, Dowdell, Cainpbell of Ken
tucky, and Ricauc.
On Agriculture. Messrs. Holloway, Bell,
Ready, Grow, Campbell of Ohio, Morgan,
Sabin, Cullen and McMullen.
On Indian Affairs, Messrs. Pringla, Orr,
Billinghurst, Greenwood, Leiter, Caruthcrs,
Hall of Msasachuspfts, Todd aiid Herbert.
On Territories. Messrs. Grow, Giddings,
Purviance, Richardson, Houston, Granger,
Zollicoffer. Morrill and Perry,
On Revolutionary Pensions. Messr
Broom, Albright, Edmundson, Miller of New
York, Miller of Indiana, Craige, Knapp
Woodruff and JIall of Iowa.
Qn Invalid Pensions.. Messrs. Andrew
Oliver of New York, Pike, Florence, Savage,
AVelsh, Talbott, Dickson, Lumpkin and
Robbins,
On Roads and Canals. Messrs. Kuox,
JIughston, Ruffin, Scott, Peck, Barksdale,
Moore, Bradshaw and Rust.
On Military Affairs. Messrs. Quitman,
Allison, Sapp, Faulkner, Williams, Stanton,
Denver, Buflmgton, and Washburne of
Wisconsin,
On the Militia. Messrs, Kunkel, Foster,
THE TRICK.
Developments go to show that the elec-
ITIC
SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE NA
TIONAL CONVENTION.
Until recently South Carolina has been
much divided in regard to the propriety of
sending Delegates to the Cincinnati Nation
al Democratic Convention. Now, there ap
pears to be much unanimity on the subject.
We copy the following letter to show the
reasons which have produced the change
in the public mind of South Carolina, on the
subject, addressed to a gentleman of S. C.
New Orleans, February 8, 1856.
Mr Dear Sir : I was one of the mem
bers of the Legislature who declined to join
i an apneal to tne people, askinsr them to
send delegates to the Cincinnati Convention.
I opposed tho movement first, from my
unwillingness to see the State change its
policy iu regard to those caucuses, but
mainly because at that time I could not see
to what section of the Democratic party we
could safely ally ourselves. Our nearest
ally undoubtedly seemed to be the Presi
dent; but who were his friends and sup
porters in the Democracy of the North ? In
New York, unquestionably our most dan
gerous enemies. Who were his bitterest
opponents in the same region ? As un
questionably the best friends we have beyond
our own borders, the Hards of New York.
Neither in the Middle States, the North or
the West, was Mr. Pierce considered as
representing a section of the party. And
even in the South we were casting about with
the names of Buchanan, Dallas, Douglas
and Dickinson, and perhaps jointty, and
then, as in Alabama and Mississippi, men
tioning Mr. Pierce. In this confusion, the
question was natural where might we fall
in the ultimate action of the Convention?
I think, therefore, I feared justly for the
interests of the South, and the good name
of our own State.
I confess frankly that Mr. Pierce has
entirely solved this difficulty, and I, for one,
can no longer hesitate in the conviction that
it is our duty and our interest, and the duty
and interest of every Southern State, to
send delegates to that Convention, instructed
and pledged to vote for Mr. Pierce without
alternative.
The wheels of government were stopped
by our enemies on an issue involving the
vital interests of the South. In the very
heat and fury of the contest, Mr. Pierce
threw the weight of the Executive branch
into the scale of Southern and constitutional
mericans" from the North, voted for Mr.
Aiken to be Speaker. On Saturday, these
same gentlemen, with Davis, of Maryland,
voted for Fuller, and thereby really for
Banks showing that the movement of the
day before was intended to throw dust in
the eyes of tho Democrats. The Washing
ton Star says that it is generally believed
that if the votes of Whitney, Valk, Brown,
kc, had been necessaiy on the final trial
to secure the election of Mr. Banks, he
would have received them ; their purpose
of creating the impression at the South that
the Simon-pure Know Nothings of the North
were disposed to stand by the right of the
slave-holdingStates,having, as they thought,
been secured by their act of so long pre
venting an organization, under the pretence
of indisposition to drill under the command
of Mr. Giddings. Richmond Enquirer.
THE APPROPRIATION BILLS.
In the U. S. Senate, on the 7th, the follow
ing resolution, reported by Mr. Hunter from
the finance committee was taken up for
consideration :
Resolved, That the Committee on Finance
be instructed to prepare and report such of
the general appropriation bills as they may
deem expedient."
Messrs. Seward, of N. Y., and Wilson
and Sumner of Massachusetts, opposed tho
motion and argued that the House of Rep
resentatives possessed the exclusive right to
originate appropriation bills, and to raise
money. Messrs. Toombs and Hunter ad
vocated the resolution, which was finally
adopted.
The New York Express thus refers to the
projects which Senator Seward and his allies
have in hand :
"The first to fan a war passion about
Central America in order, as he gives out
(see his speech) to take, that is, annex, (free)
Canada. (The "Cause of Freedom" de
mands, perhaps, that we and the British
should cut each other's throats.)
The second to kt ep the $70,000,000 ap
propriation bills in the House of Represen
tatives to use those appropriations for
what, in Now York, is called, "The Cause of
freedom," but plunder, and knavery in
general.
We who, in New York, know Senator Se
ward's associates and table companions
and we who see them in Washington and in
Albany, thronging around him, better un
derstand his zeal to start the Appropriation
Bills in the House, and bettor comprehend
his logic than others, in other States, not
trained in the Now York Seward and Weed
Seminaries."
Central f ttfrlfigenre.
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
The steamship Prometheus arrived at New
Orleans on the 11th inst., bringing dates from
San Juan to the 5th instant, and from San Fran
cisco to the 21st ult.
Agricultural accounts are better in California.
The news from the mines is encouraging.
The Legislature is in trouble about the election
of United States Senator, several prominent can
didates having withdrawn for the purpose of
effecting harmony.
More fighting has occurred at Walla-Walla
River between the United States troops and the
Indians, in which the former lost 23 killed and
wounded.
Nicaragua is quiet, and the government has
suspended relations with United States Minister
Wheeler.
At present the forces of Walker number over
1,000 strong adherents to his cause and plans,
and all seem to promise to make him a name in
history.
President Rivas has, with a sort of coup d'etat
propensity, issued a decree suspending all offi
cial communication between Nicaragua and the
United States through the United States Minister.
He has also recalled his plenipotentiary, Parker
H, French,
An extensive coal range had been discovered
near Stockton ; it is much greater than that dis
covered in Coral Hollows,
ATH.
cem. i
Fatal Effects of the Cold Wv
er. Mr. James G. Cox
ber from Cadd's Parish, La., with his fam;,"
and slaves, for Western Texas ; but whili
crossing a prairie, forty miles wide rt,
cold became so intense that eight of th
siaves pensneu, anu two oi nis wagons were
cut up and burned to preserve the livcg of
the rest of his party.
MM
The Sharks Frozen. It is said, bv
oldest settlers, that so severely cold weather
nas never oeen experienced la Florida unfl
this winter. Capt. Boutes De Oca inform,
us that sharks have been frozen to death
during the late cold spell, in Chariots I
Harbor. Such an event has not transpired
to his knowledge, for the last 35 years. I
Tampa Peninsular.
Whitney, Harrison, Hoffman, Wright of T 7f . Z T 1
O I anal AAnstltliriAIlftl nnnifriiotum -,. -v i. ,
ississippi, i'arker, Watkins and Hall of . .
. .. be joined a heroism in statesmanship as
x
lofty in courage and daring as the heroism
Massachusetts
On Naval Affairs. Messrs. Benson, Davis
of Massachusetts, Stranahan, Bocock, Win
slow, Haven, Seward, Boyce and Millward
On Foreign Affairs. Messrs. Penning
ton, Bayly, Clingman, Aiken, Fuller of
Pennsylvania, Matteson, Sherman. Burlin
game and Thurston.
of the battle-field or the quarter-deck, Mr,
Pierce's annual message is the most brilliant
and virtuous political act which has illus
trated the country for thirty years. For it
he deserves the gratitude, the confidence
and the support of the South, and of every
true lover of the countrv, and I trust South
OUT AT LAST?
The last "Raleigh Register" publishes a
list of delegates from various States to the
K. N. national Convention, to be held at
Philadelphia on the 22d instant; and in this
list we see the names of John H. Haughton
and John F. Hoke, as delegates at large
from North Carolina. This is the first pub
lic announcement of the names of delegates
from this State ; yet it was pretended that,
at tho meeting of the K. N. Council or Con
vention in this place, last October, all se
cresy was removed from K. N. proceedings.
We are satisfied from this, and from other
circumstances, that this removal of secresv
THE PUBLIC LANDS.
A report (not yet published) prepared at
the General Land Office, in compliance with
a resolution of the House of Representa
tives, shows the amount of territory subject
to the act of August, 1854, to graduate and
reduoe the price of public lands to actual
settlers and cultivators.
Of the first class, one dollar an acre, there
are 18,768,759 acres ; second, seventy-five
cents, 15,654,148; third fifty cents, 11,
540,920 ; fourth, twenty-five cents, 6,485,
827 ; fifth, twelve and a half cents, 25,114,
353 acres,
This laud is divided among the following
named States ; Ohio, 70,495 acres : Indi
ana, 458,700; Illinois. 1,283,610; Wiscon
sin, 1,906,757; Michigan, 8,785,890; Iowa,
595,480; Missouri, 13,850,020; Arkansas,
14,212,610; Louisiana, 7,806,340; Missis
sippi, 7,602,048; Alabama, 14,039,502;
Florida, 6,848,560 ; in all, 77,561,007 acres.
Election of Public Officers. The
Legislature of Virginia has elected, by a
vote nearly unanimous, the following offi
cers to serve two years from this date all
Democrats :
Public Printer Wm. F. Ritchie.
Secretary of the Commonwealth Geo.
W. Munford.
State Treasurer JohnS. Calvert (in place
of J. B. Stovall, who declined a re-election.)
Auditor of Public Accounts -Geo. W.
Clutter.
Second Auditor Wm. A. Moncure (in
place of Mr. Jackson, who declined a re
eleotion.) Register Land Office Stafford H. Parker.
Superintendent of Penitentiary Charles
S. Morgan.
General Agent and Store-keeper of Peni
tentiary James C. Spotts.
id Joshua J. Anion of Jacksonvile, Fa
was frozen to death last week while crow,
ing Lake George in an open boat. Thish)
a remarkable evidence of the severity of the
winter. Florida is regarded as the mildest
portion of the "Sunny South."
On Tuesday, February 5, several
persons crossed the North River from Jersey
City to New York on the ice, landing at
Pier No. 5. Their appearance in NeW
York created great astonishment, as such
a thing has scarcely ever been known before.
The thermometer at Independence, Mis
souri, on the 4th inst., was at 22 deg. below
zero, and the snow three and four feet deep.
Advices from Santa Fe state that the Salt
Lake mails, which started on the 1st inst..
nas Dcen compelled to return ; and it in
believed that men nnd animals on tho Salt
Lake route has been frozen to death.
According to the record kept at tho Penn
sylvania Hospital (in Philadelphia,) tho
mean temperature of the past month was 24
degrees, which is 8 degress below the aver
age for the last thirty years. The 9th of
tho past month was tho coldest day on tho
record.
3P As an evidence of tho thickness of
the ice on the Potomac, it is stated that a
car for the Orange and Alexandria rail-road,
weighing nine tons, drawn by five horses,
wqs on the 15th instant, conveyed on tho
ice from AVashington to Alexandria.
LOOK AT THIS
Sinapie Word
AND yet, simple as it is, you hear i
great cry made over CLOTHING f
You take up the nancis and almost th
c . . , . -
nrsi. woru you see is
CLOTHICi!!
You stroll over the city and you will see
8MAJ.I, samples of
CLOTHING! ! !
A little here, a little there,
And no assortment anywhere;
Until you get to FUL.LINGS & CO.'n,
where everj one runs to get
Olotllirn- f
And why u they ran there 1 Simply ke.
ctuse they can get Clothing better made, more
Fashionable, and at less prices than at any
House in North Carolina. We makn a hn.i.
ness of it manufacture onr own Goods, tM
Cotton Mill Destuoved. The Pecan- I every article sold hy nsis VVAKKANTKI,oi
noket steam cotton mills, nt Rristnl T?l.to ! mey returned.
On PatentsMessrs. Morgon C haffee, Carolina wiy manifegt her iation of all humbug, intended to mislead and de
The Al. ditionUta aro takinp; much paiua
to circulate the rtirr.-.r that Kansas is soon
t' ba invaded hy bands of armed men from
t!.e Southern Slates. We do not believe a
v..rd of it. This is but a pretest by which
seek t testify their active prepara-
1 hey have alrradv nnt
. i
liiry
wp !r nr
.
u.em.MiVes wriUKHU the pale of law. They
refuse to recognise the Government and the
authorities existing in Kansas. They have,
without auv show of
lih and to put ito operation their own
i,oernment, ami to set up and instal in
power their own oflieers. elected udncr no
law but mob law.
stood.
I invoke all good citizens to promote or.
der by rendering obedience to tbe law ; to
seek remedy for temporary evils by peace
ful means ; to discountenance and repulse
the counsels and the instigations of agitators
and of disorganizes ; and to testify their
attachment to their country, their pride in
its greatness, their appreciation of the bless
ings they enjoy, and their determination
that republican institutions shall not fail in
their hands, hy co-operating to uphold the
majesty of the laws and to vindicate the
sanctity of the constitution.
In testimony whereof, I have hpreunto
All rCMst(incr i, k
these men to the regular. tkKhi "t 1 sot m-v haud ai,d ced the seal of the
legal government, and officers of Kansas,
is rebellion, and they merit the treatmeut
of rebels. If it shall bo found necessary
to get the aid of -border ruffians" to quell
them, then we hope their aid will be pro
cured
The following is a communication which
tho spurious free-soil Governor of Kansas
lias addressed to all of the free-soil Gov
criiors of the Fuiou :
' Lawrence City, K. T-, )
January 21, 1856. )
To his Excellency, Gov. Clark ;
Sir: We have authentic information
that an overwhelming force of the citizens
of Missouri are organizing upon our border,
amply teppiled with artillery, for the avowed
purpose of invading our Territory, demol
ishing our towns and butchering our free
State citizens. We hope to be able to bold
out until assistance can reaoih OT
United .States to bo affixed to these
t
ents.
Done at the city of Washington, the elevr
enth day of February, in the year
of oyr Lord one thousand eieht
SEAL.J hundred and fifty six, and of the
independence of the United States
the eightieth.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
By the President :
W. L. Marcv, Sec'y of State.
jyFor President. Mjllard Filmore, of
New York, subject to the decision of a
National Conveotioo. fay. Argus.
A National Convention of what ? Will
Banks and his confreres be admittted ?
Ral. Register.
-.ft- 000mm
Mr. Cullum, Clerk of the House of
Representative. ha
r-pectfully request, on behalf of the citi- J Ingram, of Kentucky, Chief Clerk.
Smith of Tennessee, Paine and Eddy
On Public Buildinjrs and Grounds.
Messrs. Ball, Todd, Puryear, Keitt and
Roberts.
On Revjsal and Unfinished Business.
Me ssrs. Sabin, Knowlton, Warner, Clark of
New York, and Shorter.
On Accounts. Messrs. Thurston, Cad
walader, Nichols, Buffington and Carlisle,
On Mileage Messrs. Sneed, Brooks,
Kelsey, Evans and Woodworth.
Op the Library. Messrs. Aiken, Tyson,
and Pettit.
On Enrolled Bills. Messrs. Pike and
Davidson.
On Expenditures of the State Department,
Messrs. Brjoks, Smith of Tennessee,
Parker, King and Damrell.
On Expenditures in the Treasury Depart
ment, Messrs. Waldron, Wells, Alexander
K. Marshall of Kentucky, Kidwell and
Clawson.
On Expenditures In the War Department.
Messrs. Cragin, Valk, Jewett, Rivers,
and Covode.
On Engraving. Messrs. Kelsey, Damrell,
and Wright of Tennessee.
On Expenditures in the Navy Depart
ment. Messrs. Harris of Illinois, Wheeler,
Washburne of Wisconsin, L'nderwood, and
Wright of Tennessee.
On Expenditures in the Post Office De
partment. Me
Burnett, and Reade.
On Expenditures on Public Buildings.
Messrs. McMullen, McCarty, Swope, Trippo
and Stewart.
Fkd. 13. The House voted for printer as
follows: Follett3G, Wendell, 73, Defrees
12, Sargent 8, Farnham 8. J. J. Coombs of
Ohio 9, Gen. Webb 5, scattering 9. Neces
sary to a choice 8J.. No election.
A second ballot was then taken, and re
sulted as follows; Wendell 91. Follett 26,
Defrees 15, Sargent 8, Coombs 8, Webb 7,
r arnham d, scattering 2. So Wendell was
declared to be duly elected printer for the
House.
Senate- On motion of Mr. Mason, a re
solution was passed filling the vacancies of
regents of the Smithsonian Institute with
the names of George E. Badger of N. C..
and Prof. Felton of Mass. Manv petitions
from Naval officers, complaining of the ac
tion of the Naval Board, were referred to
the committee on Naval Affairs.
Feb. 14. In the Senate, the annual re-
his worth by endeavoring, in all just ways,
to effect his re-election to that office, ir
the honors of which he has placed himself
side by side with Jefferson, Madison and
Monroe.
As a member of the Legislature, the laws
of the State confer on me the privilege of j
voting for the President a privilege they
unrighteously deny to the people of Rich
land. I believe I cannot exercise that
privilege more worthily than bv casting my
vote for Franklin Pierce. This I will cer
tainly do, unless tho people of Richland
give me most manifest instructions to the
contrary. Very respectfully,
JOHN S. PRESTON.
ceive.
We are not surprised to find Mr. Haugh
ton's name among the delegates ; but we
call upon the "Register" to inform the pub
lic by what authority he records John F.
Hoke as a K. N. delegate from North Car
olina. Our understanding of Capt. Hoke's
position is, that he has withdrawn from the
Order ; and that he supported Mr. Craige
for Congress. And as Capt. Hoke's per
sonal, and, as we have supposed, political
friends, we call upon him also, with all due
respect, to define his position or, at anv
rate, to state whether he is a delegate to the
Convention referred to or not.
Among other delegates in this list of the
"Register," we find the name of Gov. W.
F. Johnson, of Pennsylvania. Now, this
man Johnson is a Sewardite, and a base,
blood-thirsty abolitionist as we have no
doubt many of the delegates are from the
free States. It is well remembered that,
some four years ago, during his term as
Island, were destroyed by fire on the 8th
inst. Loss $110,000, upon which there was
an insurance for $70,000. A large number
of operatives were thrown out of employ
ment, and a meeting of citizens has been
held for their relief.
THE CONTRAST.
The following extracts, the former from
the Wilmington Commercial and the latter
from the Fayetteville Argus, both Whig
and Know-Nothing papers, exhibit in strong
colors tne difference between those who
would sink nnpf,r trw r.. ,i,,,f,..- 1 j.1 1
l j WHUU, auu luose WHO j Ar..,.,.l, 1 ..xn , , . ., .
would sink country for party. V, ' , " uruuJ miiraerea in the tor-
v j.. ur-i . y-T . , mer State, by abolitionists and free neoroes
r rom the Wilmington Cnininerrinl ... J ucgruco,
"And what is the duty of the American 1 wh;le;ndcaS to reclaim his slaves
Party or Know-Nothings in this fearfal !r" rmembefd that this
crisis ? Is it not now seen that no affinity or ' !u . V ?n f PaSS by
brotherhood can be held by them with the ! Tu,T fT? I ltPT in his
northern wing of that array without doing I ? l0ked a hlm' Said nothin?'
wrong to the South ? Why do we say this I pr7ded to of government, took
From the fact that not a solitary member of i .? hl? rderer but con-
the northern Knov-Noihinz or ,m,r.; tmued wlthSrcater violence than before his
Party voted for Mr A.v-rv avocacy ot abolition doctrines. These are
Paper and Rags. There arc ra the
United States 750 paper mills in actual
operation, having 3,000 engines, and pro
ducing in the year 250,000,000 pounds of
paper, which is worth, at ten cents per
pound, $25,000,000. To produce thisYpmn
tity of paper 400,000,000 pounds of rags
are required, 1 pounds of rags being
necessary to make one pound of paper.
The value of these rags, at four cents per
pound, is $10,200,000.
Fire. The Yorkville Enquirer regrets
to learn that tho dwelling-house of Mr. M.
A. Fairies, near Ebenezer in that district,
was entirely consumed by fire on Sunday
last. Mr. Fairies and his wife were absent
in attendance upon worship, and had left
the house in charge of several small chil
dren, who in their absence were unable to
render any service. All the furniture,
clothing, provisions, &c, of the family were
destroyed.
The Worcester Spy says, "we learn
that Rev. Mr. Gibson, of this city, christened
a child, a few days since which was '.he
fourth child of its mother born within a
year.
The first Shad of the season was ta-
Governor of Pennsylvauia, Mr. Gorsuch, of ! ken from the waters of the Cape Fear, on
t riday last. Simultane? isly with Lent,
come these watery wagtails a piece of
kindly consideration on their part for whioh
we ought to be grateful. Wilmington
Herald.
y , r,.
lern
party, why should not all constitutional
men at the South go with them in sustaining ' " , T r
the rights of our beloved rek--JWl. ! Tj Xnut u,ler dod ! and that
O " xa ; thn K' Vil. t . t
fn4.- -i-
Candidate. wmcn no one can dispute. He, it
-For our part we think it is high time to j -'A , t hlladdPhia Cnven
discard prejudices as to the names of parties I Z 7 ? uth' gentlemen!
and to cease to cherish unwise affection for 1 f l 18 notor8 that every State Council
them. If there is a constitutional demo- ' lTt " Stat5S has
cracy, as there certainly is, the President ! rtP"diatcd thc 12h Section of the Philadel
and his Cabinet being the head of that ; 1 Platrm- 13 notorious, also, that
I "-o" jvuow .ommg member ot the Hous6
; irom the free States voted for Mr. Aiken for
speaker ; that Mr. Fuller dodged ; and tl
4.1, tr . i - -
. iiit hi w i iinu' v .t h tn .y-.. l ii m.
iUgnts Constitutional Rights and no j w 777 7 e, iree states,
others? We are confident this will be the ' Z ?l baIlot'
case throughout the Southern States, with Z u ' r- ' W
the exception of those who are unwilW to ! Z!C , cir?umstances,
give up the name of partv, though all the ' b0uth7n;uen-slabolders-are again go-
. ,.. . r b i mi? into nnvcntmn x- . .
nature ottneir principles are embraced under ' v u- V w -nnern anow
another name. These citizens remind us ' 2 reuires no gPWt of prophecy
of a friend of ours who, when a child, was ' The "them dele-
very tond of chicken. Being pressed to eat I g e,thr have to withdraw, or sub-
some other edible, equallv as palatable, j ' t0 such actiou, both as to the nominee
perhaps to him, he cried "out "Well. sa and the platform, as will be deenlv humili-
it is chicken, or I wont eat it.
From this patriotic picture turn to the
ating to themselves and injurious to their
section of the Union Raleigh Standard.
ON INTEREST.
A paragraph on interest from Henry Ward
Beecher's pen :
"No blister draws sharper than interest
does. Of all industries, none is comparable
to that of interest. It works day and night,
in fair weather and in foul. It has no 3ound
in its foot-steps, but travels fast. It gnaws
at a mau's substance with invisible teeth.
It binds industry with its film, as a fly is
bound upon a spider's web. Debt rolls a
man over, binding him hand and foot, and
letting him hang upon the fatal mesh until
the long legged interest devours him. There
is no crop that can afford to pay interest
money on a farm. There is but one thing
raised on a farm like it, and that is the
Canada thistle, which swarms new plants
every time you break its roots, whose
blossoms are very prolific and every flower
of a million of seeds. Every leaf is an awl,
every brarch a spear, and every single plant
is like a platoon of bayonets, and a field full
of them is like an armed host. Tbe whole
plant is a torment and a vegetable curse.
And the farmer had much better make bis
bed of Canada thistle than attempt to lie at
ease upon interest."
"Competition is thc life of Trade,"
And we are bound to keep the Largest and
Most Fashionable Stock of Cothine in the
State.
We hav-3 a fuO stork of ChiMrens', Youths',
and Boys' Clothing, at low prcs. Also,
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
tr turns, ijtw.wcv.Si cmipet
BAGS, UMBRELLAS, CAKES,
Worle-Jitonies, Men and, locket
KLnivos.
HAIR, TOOTH, AND NAIL BKU8HES, Ac,
all of which win be freely shows and prien
given, at the Emporium of Fashion
BY FULL1NGS & CO.
Charlotte, N. C. Nov. 23, 1804. )H-u
DRUCKER & SOMMERS
AT their new establishment, a few door
South of Kerr's Hotel, offlr at Wholesale
and Retail, at the lowest Ca&h prices, all and
evejy article in ther line.
They have just opened a very extenaire
otock of Eall and Winter
Dry-Goods, Ready-Made Cloth
ingr, Hats, Caps, Boots,
Shoes, Guns, Pistols
and Trunks.
And a great many other articles too nomer.
ous to mention, to all of which they invite th?
attention of the public, and their friends in
general. Their well known low prices, ai
well as their very extensive variety of Good,
is admitted by all who have heretofore patron
ised tbem. Therefore i is useless for them
to say any more.
DKUCKER & SOMMERS
Charlotte, Oct; 16, '55-tf
ENCOURAGE THIS KNOCKING
THE undersigned begs leave
to rt turn hi tlianks t thoie
who favored him with a call dur
ing th; last y;ar ; and he wonld
respectfully inform the public that
he has removed to th.: Machine
Shop formerly occupied by Messrs. George &
Wbisnant, adjoining Mr. J. RadMtTs fctean
Planing Mills, where he is prepared to execute
all work in his line as cheap and as good as can
he done in the State.
Turning, Catting Screws, Repair
ing Boilers and Engines of all
descriptions, Making and Ke
pairing Mill Spindles, Wood
Plainers, Making Ploughs, Iron
ing Wagons; and in Horse-Shoeing,
&c, we challenge any one
for neatness, wear, and dispatch. Inter
fering Shoes fl 25, common ditto f L cast
steel toes, or steel plate, $2.
8 J. PERRY.
N. B. Mr. W. BEARD, the Gun and Lock
Smith can be found at the above establishment.
Charlotte, Jan. 1, 1856. tf S. J. Y
'i I Mi Ml? 1 KAZAKH,
DRESS MAKING ROOMS
(FOL R DODRS SOUTH OF THE AMERICAN HOTEL.)
afr. MRS. SHAW respectfully annoon
JJPces to her numerous friends and patro
5Kl ol the Town and surrounding Counties
that she has just returned from Charleston!
and is now opening a superb as sortment. o'
French Millinery, consisting in part of
great variety of Bonnets, rich and elegant fli&'
bons, Laces, Artificials, Trimmings, kc, W
which she invites the attention of the Ladi
She is prepared to put up Ladies' Dres
according to the fashion and in the W1
style.
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