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CHARLOTTE, N. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1860.
NINTH VOLUME NUMBER 443.
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January 10, 1H60
J. A. FOX,
Attorney txX Law,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
GENERAL COLLECTING AGENT.
Office at tlieCourt House, 1 door to the left, down stairs.
Wm. J. Kerr,
A T T It i E Vr A T L. A W,
CHARLOTTE, X. C,
Will practice in the County aud Superior Ceurts of
Mecklenburg. l.iiion and aharrus counties.
Okfics in the Brawley buildiug opposite Kerr's Hotel
January 24, 18iu y
ROBERT GIBBON, M. D.,
PR.4CT1TIOXLK OF M EHICI 1 E
AXI
Oflhf Xt. 1 Irtrlns conor, CHARLOTTE, X. C
"December 14, ISjM.
1'UI.LUK H. LKK.
WM. H. K K K It.
LEE & KERR.
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
AM) SOLICITOUS 1-N t'UA.Mhlil,
Memphis, Tennessee.
gy Office ever the (Jayoso Bank, oa the Corner of
Main and jlaUison Streets. "Xj-ifi
Time of Holding Court :
di 4 vceuv 4th Moik1.iv in Mav and Xov.
Cikcfit 3d Monday in Jan., May and September.
C.nwunv- f.4u- 1st Mondav in March. Julv and Nov'r.
CiMMi.viL 2d Monday in February. June and October.
CKfTTfcxwK.v CiRci ir Cocut, Ask. 1 Jlonuay in Aiay
ana oveiuoer.
Jan. 3d, lHi). y
" R. W. BECK WITIl
Has constantly on hand
WATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &C,
Of the best English and American manufacturers.
Call and examine his stock before purchasing elsewhere.
Watch crystals put in for 25 cents each.
November 8, 1859 y
John T. Butler,
PRACTICAL
Watch and Clock 'laker, Jew
eller, &.,
Opposite Kerr's Hotel, Charlotte, X. C.
(Late with It. W. Keekwith.)
Fine Watches, Clock & Jewelry,
of everj- description, Repaired and Warranted for 12
months.
Oct Hi, 180. tf
WILKINSON 6l CO.,
DEALERS in
XV ate ILL OS,
Silver A: plated Ware
AND FAXCY GOODS,
No. 5, Granite Range,
Opposite the Mansion House. CHARLOTTE, X. C.
Attention given to Repairing Watches and Jewelry.
September 18, I860. y
MECKLENBURG IKON WORKS,
Charlotte, X. C.
ALEXANDER &, Mc DOUG ALL.
The undersigm-d b-g leave to inform the citizens of
Charlotte and vicinity and the public generally, that
they have opened the above Establishment at the foot of
Trade Street, adjoining the track ef the Xorth Carolina
Rail koad and opposite Jchn Wilkes' Steam Mills, and
are prepared to furnish all kinds of
at short notice and on reasonable terms.
Steam Engines from 8 to 80 Horse
Power.
Thf;r SHOP contains tools selected with great care,
and is provided with all the improvements required
to do their work in a first rate manner.
Castings, in Iron or Brass, made to order
HORSK-SHORIXO and BLACKSMITHS work of all
kinds. REPAIRING in their line attended to.
Agents for Dr. E. O. Elliott, for Winter's Patent
Mulay Saw Mill, which has the advantage, along with
many others, of doing at least twice as much work
and doing it better, than any other Mill in use it can
be run by Steam. Water or'llorse Power. The .Mulav
may be seen at the Shop at any time.
IIEXIIY ALEXANDER.
MALCOLM McDOUGALL.
X. B. Old Iron, Brass, Copper, ic, bought or taken
in trade.
September 25, 13C0. 31-tf.
Choice Flowering Bulbs.
HYACINTHS, TULIPS, Ac, at New York prices,
For sale at SCARR S
Oct 23, I860. Drugstore, Charlotte.
J. G.
MEDICAL NOTICE.
DRS. M. B. TAYLOR and J. M. MILLLER have
associated themslves for the practice of MEDICINE,
in all of its various branches.
Sg. Office at Dr. Milller's old stand.
October 23, 1860.
MERCHANT TAILORING.
The subscriber legs to inform the public that he has
just received a full and complete assortment of goods
adapted to men's wear, consisting in part of
Cloths, Ckissimeres and Nestings,
Of French, English and American manufacture, which
will be
MADE TO ORDER
According to the latest fashions, as cheap as the same
style of goods can ie bought in the State.
J. S. PHILLIPS.
Charlotte, Oct. 2d, 1860. 3m
BIRDS, BIRDS.
All kinds of EUROPEAN BIRDS :
also, a beautiful assortment of NEW
STYLE CAGES. Those wishing a
fine Sontftter, will find it at
J. D. PALMER'S Variety Store,
One door above the Bank of Charlotte.
Nov 20, I860.
Quinn's Rheumatic Remedy -
Has effected cures of Rheumatism that were considered
hopeless, certificates to prove which can be exhibited.
The suffering are invited to give the medicine a trial.
Orders addressed to the undersigned at Charlotte wil
receive prompt attention. W. W. QUINN.
April 10, 1860. Price $1 50 per bottle.
A. W. ALEXANDER, Dentist.
All styles of DENTAL WORK executed in a satisfac
tory manner. Persons desiring it can have work done
at their residences by informing him in person or by
addressing him at Charlotte.
By means of a recent invention, Artificial Teeth
are inserted on a Vulcanized India-Rubber base. This
method, besides possessing many natural advantages
over all others, is also cheaper. Specimens of this
work will be shown to those wishing it.
Okfice in Granite Row, over Adams' Express office.
June 5. I860. tf
Hardware ! ! Hardware ! !
A. A, N. M. TAYLOR
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the pub
lic generally, that he has added to his extensive
stock of Stoves and Tin Ware, a large and complete
stock of Hardware, consisting in part as follows:
Carpenters' Tools.
Circular, mill, crosscut, hand, ripper, pannel, prun
ing, grafting, tcuiion, back, compass, webb, and butch
er SAWS; Braces and bits, Draw Knives, Chissels,
Augers, Gimlets, Hammers, Hatchets, and Axes; Brick,
plastering, and pointing Trowels: Saw-setters, Screw
plates, Stocks and dies, Planes of all kinds, Spoke
shaves, Steel-blade bevel and try Squares; Spirit Levels
Pocket Levels, Spirit level Vials, Boring machines,
Gougers, and in act everthing a mechanic wants, in
great variety and at very low prices, at TAYLOR'S
Hardware Store and Tin-ware Depot, opposite the .Man
i"on House, Charlotte, N. C.
May 29, I860. tf
Blacksmith's Tools.
Such as Bellows, Anvils, Vices, hand and slide Ham
mers, Buttresses, Farriers' Knives, Screw-plates, Stocks
and dies, Blacksmith's Pincers and Tongs, Raspers and
Files of every kind, Cut horseshoe and clinch Nails,
Borax; Iron of all sizes, both of northern and country
manufacture; cast, plow, blister and spring Steel; &c,
for sale very cheap at
TAYLOR'S, opposite the Mansion House:
Ludlow's Celebrated Self-Sealing-Cans,
of all the different sizes, at TAYLOR'S
Hardware Store, opposite Mansion House.
Agricultural Implements of all kinds.
Straw Cutters, Corn Shellers, Plows, Hoes, Shovels,
Spades, Forks, Axes, Picks, Mattocks, Grubbing Hoes,
Trace Chains, Wagon Chains, Log Chains, Pruning
and Hedge Shears, Pruning and budding Knives, gar
den Hoes and Rakes, with handles; Grain Cradles; grain,
grass and brier Scythes, Bush Hooks, Wagon boxes;
Hollow ware, such as pots, ovens and lids, skillits, spi
ders, stew-pans and kettles, Cauldrons from 20 to 120
gallons each; Iron and brass Preserving Kettles, Sheep
Shears, Ac, at TAYLOR'S Hardware Depot, opposite
the Mansion House.
Tin and Japanned Ware,
A large assortment; Block Tin, Block Zinc, Tin Plate,
Babbit metal, &c.
Stoves, the largest Stock, of all sizes, at
TAYLOR'S Hardware, Stove and
Tin ware Depot, opposite Mansion House
8100 REWARD !
RAN A WAY from the subscriber on the 1st October,
a mulatto boy named SOLOMON. He is near six
feet high, about thirty years old, tolerably bright, rather
slim, and weighs about 175 pounds. He has a dow n
look when spoken to. The end of the forefinger of his
left hand has been cut off, and a sharp hard knot has
grown on the end of it. I think he is lurking about
Rocky River, in the lower end of Cabarrus county.
where he was raised. fiS All persons are forewarned
not to harbor or assist him, under the penalty of the
law. I will pay the above reward for his delivery to
me, or his apprehension and confinement in any jail so
I can get him. WILLIAM HAMILTON,
Negro Head Depot, Union Co., a. C
April 9, 1860. tf .
Beer Cattle Wanted.
Hiyhest Cash Prices jtaid for Beeves and Slierp.
I am still engaged in Butchering, and desire to pur
chase Beef Cattle and Sheep, for which I will pay the
highest market prices. Those having stock for sale
will find it to their advantage to give me kall. In
quire at Dr. Taylor's Tan Yard.
Aug. 21, 1860. 26-tf J . u. oiuii.
NOTICE. j
Taken up and committed to the Jail of Mecklenburg ;
county, on the 8th day of September, 1860, a Negro
boy about 18 or 20 years of age, (black,) about 5 feet 6
or8 inches high. He says his name is JIM, and that ,
he belongs to John Worthy of Gaston county: tbat his
master moved to Texas early last Spring, at which
time he ran away from him. Jim appears very dull: '
can scarcely communicate anything about his master
or home with any intelligence. He has a scar on his
right fore finger," made by a cutting knife. The owner
is requested to come forward, prove property, pay ex
penses, and take snid boy away, otherwise he will be
disposed of according to law.
Oct. 9, i860. tf E. C. GRIER, Sheriff.
CHILDRESS' Carriages,
Cabs, Cradles, Ac, a beauti
ful assortment always on hand
at
PALMER'S '
Variety Store,
One door aboTe the Bank of
Charlotte, Dec 4 '60 1
A REQUEST.
You eay, dear girl, you'll marry me
On one a hard condition
Oh, name it ! whatsoe'er it be,
You'll find me all submission.
If this right arm can win thee, dear,
I'll pull it from the shoulder;
Or this right eye, to pluck it out
Xo-martyr could be bolder.
For thee I'd walk from pole to pole,
And deem the task a pleasure;
Then speak oh, speak, and tell what
Will win earth's brightest treasure.
With rosy blush her cheek was dyed
Emotions seemed to rack her;
"Oh! promise me," she softly sighed,
"That you won't chaw tobaccer !"
It is extremely uncertain whether the heroic "in
diwidual" complied with that request.
Valuable Town Lots and other Land
FOR SALE. ,
The undersigned having been appointed and qualified
as Administrators, with the Will annexed, of the lata
Th omas M. Farrow, deceased, and haing obtained a
decree of the Court of Equity of Mecklenburg county
empowering them to sell the real estate of said intes
tate in North Carolina, make known by this advertise
ment that they will sell at the Court House, in Char
lotte, on Saturday the 19th of January, 1861, the fol
lowing Real Estate, consisting of one undivided third
part of a Lot in the town of Charlotte, and known and
designated in the plan of said town as lot No. 11 in
square No. 2; also, all those Lots lying in said town and
known in the plan as lots Nos. 647 and 651 in square
No. 90; also, the one-half of lots Nos. 688 and 689 in
square No. 95; also, one undivided half part of a tract
of Land in Union county, adjoining the lands of Marcus
Austin, John Lemmonds, and others. A credit of six
months, with interest from date, will be given, purcha
sers giving bond and good security.
All persons indebted to the estate of said Intestatt
will please come forward, make payment, and save
costs : and all persons having claims against said
estate will present them for payment according to law,
otherwise this notice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery. WILLIAM McCOMBS,
WILSON WALLACE,
Dec. 4, 1860. Administrators.
Plantation and Mills for Sale.
The subscriber offers for sale about 300 acres of
Land, Ij'ing on Rocky River in Cabarrus county, 22
miles East of Charlotte. There are three good Dwell
ing Houses and all necessary improvements on the
Land, together with Saw, Grist and Gold Mills all in
good repair. Call and examine the premises or ad
dress me at Garmond's Mills P. 0.
II. H. HUNTER
November 20, 1860 1m
LAUD FOR SALE.
On the fifth day of January, 1861, I will sell the
tract of Land belonging to James McConnel, dee'd, con
taining 218 acres, lying on the head waters of Mallard
Creek. On the premises there is a good Dwelling House
and all necessary out-buildings. The land is fine for
farmingpurposes, 25 or 30 acres being excellent bottom
land. It will be sold subject to the widow's dower.
Persons wishing to examine said Lands can do so by
calling on the undersigned or Silas Hunter. Sale to
take place at 12 o'clock. Terms made known on day of
sale. S. W. CALDWELL, Adm r.
November 27, 1860 5t
I MUST HAVE MONEY.
All persons indebted to T. H. BREM & CO. will
oblige me and themselves by paying by the first of
January next, or I will be compelled to resort to un
pleasant meaus to collect the same.
T. II. BREM.
Cochrane A Sample are my authorized Agents in
my absence. T. H. B.
Nov. 27, 1860. 40-5t
NOW OPENING
FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
ELIAS & COHEN
Are now prepared to display t,o their customers and
the public generally, the most
EXTENSIVE AND BEST SELECTED
i m
Ever offered In Western North Carolina.
There is no humbug about the size and prices of our
Stock of Goods they speak for themselves. Every
department is full and complete.
DRY GOODS,
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
CLOTHING AND
VMHISBIH6 GOODS.
Hardware and Cutlery.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
3EXVts and C2a,jz&.
AND MILLINERY GOODS.
moy G0M & wmwm.
GROCERIES, &c.
A call and examination of our stock is respectfully
solicited at
Brem's old Stand, Trade street.
Charlotte, Oct. 9, 1860 tf
J. R. & E. 1. McAuIay's Select
SCHOOL..
AT MORGANTON, N. C.
The course of instruction embraces the Classical and
Mathematical studies requisite for admission into the
lower classes in College.
The next term commences on the second Monday in
January, 1861. Forterms address the Principals.
Dec. 4, I860. 41-6t
Raisins, Raisins.
Just receired, a large lot of fresh bunch Mallaga
Raisins: afco a Iare supply of Figs, Dates, Prunes, Cur
rants, Ac, at J D PALMER'S Confectionary.
Dec 4, I860
DISCUSSION IN THE N. C. LEGISLA
TURE. We give below a sketch of a debate in the Senate on
the 6th, between Hon. Bedford Brown and Hon. W. W.
Avery. , Mr Ramsay and Mr Avery had presented reso
tions passed by citizens of Rowan and McDowell coun
ties in favor of a Convention and expressing a deter
mination not to submit longer to the aggressions of the
North. The presentation of those resolutions gave
rise to the debate:
Mr Brown arose and said that he would take
this opportunity of expressing his views on the
subject matter of these resolutions, which were
beina: from time to time introduced, and which it
was likely would be considered abroad the voice of
a majority in the- State, when it was his opinion
that nine of every ten of the people of the State
were opposed to a dissolution of the Union for ex
isting causes. He had a high respect for the in
estimable right of petition, and wished it distinctly
understood that he believed the memorialists vere
influenced by noble and patriotic motives, but that
they were too hasty. In some things he agreed
with them, in others he differed.
Mr B. said that he had been among his con
stituents during the past fgw days, and they were
opposed to such hasty action that the people of
Caswell were in favor of imitating the glorious ex
ample of our revolutionary sires in deliberating on
these questions with calmness and a lofty pur
pose of mind, of demanding their rights in the
Union, and guarantees for the protection of their
property from the North before venturing to dis
solve that glorious compact framed by our fathers.
Mr Brown said that the Southern States should
confer solemnly together on this all important sub
ject, as the same lot of weal or wo would fall on
them all alke in case of their secession that North
Carolina should be consulted, and that no State
should seeede without this common consultation
that they should together demand their rights,
and in the event of failure to obtain them, act
together as brethren. Gentlemen who had sup
ported Mr Breckinridge during the late campaign
had not only said they were not advocating dis
union, and that the election of Lincoln was not
sufficient cause for disunion, but had repelled the
charge as an infamous slander. He had not heard
one of them say that the election of Lincoln was
sufficient cause for a dissolution of the Union be
fore the election; but on Wednesday evening had
heard doctrines avowed in a meeting in the Com
mons Hall, by an Elector, certainly not avowed
during the canvass. If it had been generally so
avowed and believed, he did not believe the Breck
enridge ticket would have received 20,000 votes in
North Carolina.
What right, asked Mr B., have we to march to
victory under one flag, and in the motuent of a tri
umph to raise one entirely different ? Was this
good faith to the people? Was this good faith to
the people? His own opinion was that a mere
popular election was no cause for dissolution that
the proper mode would be to demand guaranties
for the protection of our property, and that our
rights be properly recognized, and if Lincoln in
fringes the Constitution in one single instance, or
attempts to use authority not granted him by that
Constitution, then, said he, let the South rise in
might and majesty and expel the tyrant from his
throne. Mr Breckinridge had been charged with
disunion proclivities.
Mr B. read from the Lexington Statesman the
opinions of Mr Breckinridge expressed a few days
since declaring against disunion for existing causes,
and said the opinions of our noble standard-bearer
were entitled to respect. If he, Mr Brown, had
believed these charges no man would have dropped
him sooner than he would. Mr Breckinridge had
denied it he did not think the election of Liueoln
sufficient cause for a dissolution of the Union.
Mr B. thought the opinions of Mr Breckinridge
should be entitled to respect should be heeded by
the party of which he was the acknowledged
leader in the late election.
Mr B. said that it was unjust that citizens who
would not fall in with hot haste into the ranks of
secession should be branded as submissionists; that
he was emphatically a State's right man had
never fought under any other banner, and that the
word submissioH was not in his political vocabu
lary. The secession of one State did not necessa
rily make it wise or expedient for other Southern
States to go with her
Mr Brown further said, that he believed that
Massachusetts and Vermont were more loyal in
feeling to the government of Great Britain than
to the United States, and their secession would be
considered by him as anything else than a calamity.
He was not for that recreant submission that would
surrender the federal government to the bidding of
Wendall Phillips, Garrison, Massachusetts, and the
British crew. It was more valiant to fight them
awhile in the Union. The statutes of the federal
government, protecting slavery were stronger, he
said, to-day than ever before. The opposition to
Republicanism has a large majority in the two
Houses of Congrcas, and is likely to have for years
to come. The Supreme Court is on the side of the
South.
Mr B. concluded by saying that he did not be
lieve that there wa3 one in forty in the State in
favor of secession without first having made a de
mand for guarantees from the North.
Mr Avery next addressed the Senate. He regret
ted that Mr Brown should have uken this occasion
to indulge in denunciatory terms of the memorial
from his constituents, and of those who entertained
the views set forth in that memorial.
Mr Brown here said that he had expressed
himself as not wishing to impugn the patriotic
motives of Mr Avery's constituents.
Mr Avery continued: That his constituents had
exercised a light in making the requests they had
in the memorial, which they had done respectfully,
and that they were denounced, with those who
thought with them, as disunionists, and ready to
break up the Union for it slight cause.
Mr Averv said that if Mr Brown had not said
that the election of Lincoln was a sufficient cause
for a dissolution of the Union, that he had declared
that his election would bring it about that in
tbat case it was inevitable.
Mr Avery further said, he had never in the
campaign raised the curtain and contemplated dis
union, but that if it was necessary be would stand
up to it as a man and a North Carolinian that
the mere election of a President was do cause for
dissolution, but the election of a sectional candi
date on the platform of principles as laid down by
the Republican party, was, when coupled with the
continued aggression of that party on the rights of
the South. The President could not be taken .out
of his position while we remain in the Union.
The North will never give any guarantees, and if
we go into Convention with them, they will bind
the South hand and foot He had been a bitter
partizan, but believed the time had come when
party distinctions should be torn asunder that
there was no half-way ground, that North Carolina
would say to all, who are not for me you are1 against
me. The extreme Southern States do not wish to
confer and conspire with the border States; against
the Union, they will first leave It and jhear your
suggestions. " The" Senator wilT"wait Tor an overt
act. What is that act? It will never be defined,
and it will never be admitted that it is committed
by those gentlemen who call themselves Unionists.
Mr Avery said that Mr Brown was as much a
disunionist as himself that the difference be
tween them was a mere question of time. Mr
Avery thought if the advocates of Mr Breckin
ridge had advocated disunion, that the State would
have gone for him by 20,000 majority; that the
people were far in advance of the politicians Ob
this question. Caswell was a State's Rights county,
and the first gun fired by federal troops to coerce
S. Carolina would bring her people into the field.
Mr Avery said he would abide the decision of
the State as a loyal citizen, whatever his own
opinions might be.
Mr Brown again addressed the Senate. He
spoke in high terms of the message of the Presi
dent, and said he was proud that Mr Buchanan
had taken the position he had.
Mr Avery replied, and the debate was con
tinued until 3 o'clock, when
Mr Thomas, of Jackson, said he had no doubt
that both the gentlemen were patriots and friends
to a Constitutional Union, and moved to adjourn.
Since the above was put in type we find a more
extended account of the debate in the State Jour
nal, which gives Mr Avery's remarks fuller than
the above report from the Standard.
Letter from Senator Hunter. The Rich
mond Examiner contains a long and forcible let
ter from Senator Hunter, on the present crisis of
our Government. He anxious to preserve the
Union if it can be done with the Constitution in
its full vigor. For this purpose he counsels a uni
ted South in the Union, and calls for a Southern
Convention as the means of concentrating South
ern opinion, and of agreeing upon a common de
mand for security, either in a clear recognition of
her covenanted rights, or the granting of new
guarantees. If the North should refuse, as he
fears she would, or if from any cause the measure
shall fail, as he thinks most probable, then he re
gards the immediate secession of several States as
inevitable. He argues the perfect right of a State
to secede, and contends, at much length, and with
an irresistible array of facts and arguments, that
in the event of the probable secession of the cot
ton States, the border slave States will be com
pelled, by interest and safety, to follow.
Sale of Land and Negroes in Rockingham
County, N. C. The real and personal ' property
belonging to the estate 'of Colonel W. W. Price,
deceased, was sold at his late residence in Rock
ingham county. N. C, the following being some of
the sales made: One tract of land containing
fourteen hundred acres sold at $21,25 per acre.
One tract containing six hundred acres at 818,05
per acre and another tract of three hundred acres
at $12,00 per acre The first bought by Dr. Price,
of Georgia, the second by Col. A. L. Wyllie, of
Danville, and the third by Mr. Carter of North
Carolina.
A number of negroes were also sold, some of
which brought from $1 ,250 to 1,526 bought by
legatees, we understand, upon a credit.
S A lady in Philadelphia, last week, had a
silk dress torn, by its hitching against a box on the
sidewalk, in front of a store. She sued the store
keeper for damages, and though he proved that he
was only occupying so much of the sidewalk aS the
law allowed him, and that the box had been there
only an hour and a quarter, the Court gave judg
ment in favor of the plaintiff for five dollars and
costs, thus legally deciding that everything out of
doors must stand clear of hoop-skirts.
Hurrah. The origin of this exultant interjec
tioa, the electioneering echoes of which are still
ringing in our ears, is probably unknown to nine
tenths of those who use it. It is as old as the
Sclavonic race, for aught we know, and is common
ly heard on the banks of the Vistula as on those
of the Hudson. From the coast of Dalmatia to
Behring's Straits it is the cry of warlike assault
and the shout of victory. In this country we put
it to all sorts of congratulatory and defiant uses, its
most tremendous "vocal effects" are comprehended
in "three times three and a tiger." The source of
the word is in the primitive orientiai idea that every
man who dies for his country goes to Heaven
Hu-raj, the Sclavonia derivative, meaning lateral
ly "to Paradise." Hurrah! is not unfrequently
used in America, however, in quite a different
sense. The taunting counter-hurrahs of two po
litical factions, for example, very often mean, (it
is to be feared) "go to the other place."
Origin of Titles. The origin of the titles D.
D. and LL.D. date back to the twclith century, at
the first establishment of the Universities, and
were then held in high esteem. The first person
upon whom the title of Doctor was conferred
was Irnerious. a learned Professor of Law at the
University of Bologna. He induced the Emperor
Lotharie II, whose Chancellor be was, to create the
title, and he himself was the first recipient of it.
He was made Doctor of Laws by that University.
Subsequently the title was borrowed by the facul
ty of theology, and first conferred by the Universi
ty of Paris on Peter Lombard, the celebrated scho
lastic theologian. William Gordenio was the first
person upon whom the, title of Doctor of Medicine
was bestowed, who received it from the College of
Asti, in 1329. For several ages the doctorate was
a title invested with high honor; but in the pre
sent century, and especially in this country, there
are so many thousands of thetn that the title is
greatly diminished in ralne, and bow hardly worth
having. -
THE SECTIONAL TROUBLES.
Texas. There is a general understanding
among the members of the Texas legislature that
that body will assemble at Austin, Texas, on the
17th of December, without any formal call from
Got. Houston. It is understood that the Legisla
ture will call a Convention of the people to meet
on the 8th of January.
Alabama. Mr Yancey declined going as Com
missioner to South Carolina, as he'will be in the
Convention of his own State at the time the Com
missioners are expected to go. It is stated that
Mr John Elmore will go to South Carolina, and
Judge Shorter to Georgia. Commisionera will be
sent to all the States that hold conventions.
Tennessee. The Governor of this State has
called an extra session of the Legislature, to meet
on the 7th of January, for the consideration of the
condition of the co untry.
Mississippi Legislature. The following
resolutions have become laws:
Resolved, That the Governor be requested to
appoint as many Commissioners, as in his judge
ment may be necessary, to visit each of the slave
holding States, and designate the State or States
to which each Commissioner may be commission
ed; whose duty it shall be to inform them that this
Legislature has passed an act calling a Convention
of the people of this State to consider the present
threatening relations of the Northern and South
ern sections of the Confederacy, aggravated by the
recent election of a President upon principles of
hostility to the States of the South, and to express
the earnest hope of Mississippi that those States
will co-operate with her in the adoption of efficient
measures for their common defence and safety.
Resolved, That should any Southern State no
have conveued its Legislature, the commissioner
to such State shall appeal to the Governor thereof
to call the Legislature together, in order that its
co-operation be immediately secured.
What Lincoln's Election has Done. It is
estimated that the depreciation throughout the
country, in the values of flour, wheat, cotton, wool,
corn, State securities, railroad and bank stocks,
negroes, real estate and other property, since the
election of Lincoln, is not less than two hundred
millions of dollars ! ! !
Lincoln's Opinion of the Presidents Mes
sage. Springfield, 111., Dec. 5. A synopsis of
the President's Message reached Mr Lincoln this
morning. He comments very severely on its ac
cusatory tone towards the North, and says his own
views are misrepresented.
Washington, Dec. 9 The Senators from the
slave States held a caucus to-day, for the purpose
of consultation and interchange of views and feel
ings. The meeting was harmonious, but no con
clusion was arrived at that would warrant the be
lief that there would be united action. No propo
sition was made requiring a vote. The caucus
finally adjourned, fully convinced that at least
seven States would withdraw from the present
Confederacy. There is now no hopes nor prospect
of preserving the Union. Messrs. Powell and
Crittenden, of Kentucky, made strong and elo
quent appeals in the caucus, but all to no pur
pose. Gen. Henningsen, of Nicaraguan notoriety, is
out in a long letter urging the South to stand up
for her rights, and pledging himself and his old
companions in arms to come to their defence. If
there is any fighting to be done, he wants to be
"counted in."
The President has given assurance that he will
not reinforce the forts in the harbor of Charleston,
and says that Major Anderson, of Fort Moultrie,
has not asked for any more troops. The best feel
ing exists between the garrison and citizens.
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Hiring Servants. The accomplished local
editor of the Richmond Examiner, pens the follow
ing veiy pertinent remarks concerning a subject
in which every house-keeper is deeply interested:
The time is fast approaching when people will
be required to procure their servants for the en
suing year. As a general thing, if people have
servants who have pleased them, it is better to re
tain them than to go searching in the vain hope
of getting others who will do better. Such per
sons mr.y get better servants, but oftentimes they
get wotsted.
It would be well for those who have hired out
servants to learn how they have been managed, and
not for the chance of a small advance upon their
hire to take them away from places where they
have been well cared for. There is no surer way
of ruining servants than to allow them a change
of place every year. They are sure to be discon
tented with every home they may find in the
course of a few months, and be a trouble to their
employers, and in the end become of little value
to their owners. It is to be hoped also, that no
servants will be allowed to hire themselves, that
is to find some one to act as master for them, who
only receives the money which they pay for their
hire, and exercise no control over them. There
may be some who can thus be trusted with the
disposition of their time, but the example seldom
fails to make others discontented, and not unfre
quently, in the end, to ruin the servant who is
thus indulged.
A White Woman among ths Africans. A
Sierra Leone paper states that a white woman who
accompanied her husband, a missionary, up the
Cavalle river last May, excited the greatest curi
osityamong the sable dwellers of that benighted
region, where a white woman was never before
seen. All wanted to touch her, and great surprise
was expressed upon feeling her hair. The king of
Nyinerao tribe called her " very fine," and com-
limented her husband greatly for his taste in se
eding her. And when she told him he might
see other white women who would surpass her, he
said that would either never be, or else a very long
time. Owing to her presence the attendance on
preaching was extraordinary large. During her
visit at the mission station, hundreds went to see
her, who said they could feel satisfied now that
they had seen such a wonderful being as a white
woman.
An Albany barber having an intemperate man
to shave on Sunday, begged him to keep his
month shut, as it was a punishable offence to open
a "rum bole" on the Sabbath.
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