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CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 861.
KUITfl VOLUME NUMBER 448.
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WILLIAM J. YATES,
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SAMUEL P. SMITH,
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CHARLOTTE, X C,
Will attend promptly and rfiliyntly to collecting and
remittitur nil claims intrusted to his care.
Special attciiti.u given to the writing of Deeds, Con
veyances. AC.
Cry Durinjr hourp of business, may be found in the
Court House, Office No. 1, adjoining the clerk's office.
January 10. 1HG0
,). A. FOX,
Attorney Vt Law,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
GEXEllAL COLLECTING AGEXT.
Office at the Court House, 1 door to the left, down stairs.
VVm. J. Kerr,
A T T O R A E V A T I. A W,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
Will practice in the County and Superior Courts of
llcikli-uburg. Union and Cabarrus counties.
Office in the Brawley building opposite Kerr's Hotel.
January 24, lb0 y
ROBERT GIBB0X, 31. D.,
PRACTITIOXLIl OF MEDICI HE
A XI)
Ojflv A'. 2 Irtrinx corner, CHARLOTTE, X. C
December I, 18.r3.
fLl.ik B. LEE.
VM. II. KERR.
LEE & KERR,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
A X I) SOLICITORS IX CHANCERY,
Memphis, Tennessee.
jp-y Office over the Cayoso Bank, on the Corner ol
Main and Madison Streets. "a
Tun of Holding Court :
Ciiaxckcy 4 tit Monday in May and Nov.
CiRcriT Hd Monday in Jan.. May and September.
Common- Law 1st Monday in March, July and Nov'r.
CuiMiNML id Monday in February, June and October.
Ckittevde v Circcit Court, Ark. 2d Monday in May
and November.
Jab. 3d, ISo'O. J
R. V. BECK WITH
lias constantly on hand
WATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &C,
Of the best English and American manufacturers.
Call and esamiae his stock before purchasing elsewhere.
Watch crystals put in for 25 cents each.
November 8, 1S39 J
John T. Butler,
PRACTICAL
Watch and Clock linker, Jew
eller, fcc,
OlTOSITK Kkur's HoTKr., Charlotte, J C.
(Late with It. V. Ueckwith.)
Fi; Watclit's, C lock V Jewt'lrr,
of everj- description, Repaired and Warranted for 12
months.
Oct 10, 180.
tf
J. G, WILKINSON 5c CO.,
DEALERS IN
Watches,
Silver plated Ware
AND FANCY GOODS,
5, Granite Range,
Opposite the Mausion House. CHARLOTTE, X. C.
Attention given to Repairing Watches and Jewelry.
September IS, 10. y
New Supply of
WATC11KS, JEWELRY,
Solid Silver and Plated Ware.
The subscriber has lately purchased a verv extensive
supply of the above articles. His purchases being
made directly from the manufacturer, he is therefore
enabled to sell at a very small advance on cost, and
persons may rest assured that all his articles are war
Minted to be what he represents them to be.
BgL. Watches and Clocks carefully repaired and will
receive my personal attention.
R. W. BECKWITII.
Nov. 27, 1$1Q tf
Charlotte fc S. C. Railroad.
On and after the First day of October, THROUGH
EXPRESS FREIGHT TRAINS will run Daily between
Charlotte and Charleston, without transshipment, thus
enabling freights to reach Charlotte in 5 days or less
from New York, and in one day from Charleston, and
rice vtrta.
Also, THROUGH TICKETS will be sold from Char
lotte to Charleston at $3 50, and to New York, via
Charleston Steamers, at $13, and rice rero. The mer
chants and public are invited to try this cheap and
expeditious route for freights uud passengers.
A. II. MARTIN,
Oct 2, 1860. tf Gen'l Ft. and Ticket Agent.
AT TAYLOR'S you can find the largest assortment
of Cutlery. Guns "and Pistols, of all the celebrated
makes.
GLASS, of all sizes and qualities both French and
American. Also, Putty by the keg or pound.
WOODEN WARE Urooms, lie, of all kinds.
No.
i
1V1EDICAL IVOTICE.
M. B. TAYLOR and J. M. MILLLER have
DRS.
associated themselves for the practice of MEDICINE,
in all of its various branches.
Bfgo, Office at Dr. Milller's old stand.'
October 23, 1860.
FKUIT AND TREE STORE.
The subscriber has opened out next door above
Byerly's Tin-Shop, in the Mansion House Building, and
will keep on hand a well selected stock of Fruit Trees,
Grape Vines, Evergreens and Shrubbery, &c. Also,
Fruits of various kinds Apples. Oranges, Lemons,
J :jine Apples, Ac., &c. E. W. LYLES.
Dec. 11, 1860. tf.
VALUABLE PLANTATION
FOR SALE.
The subscriber offers for sale that valuable Planta
tion formerly owned by the Rev. II. B. Cunningham,
situated nine miles north of Charlotte. The tract of
land contains 700 acres, about 30 i of which are cleared,
including a good meadow of 25 or 30 acres the bal
ance is good wood -land. The A., Teun. & Ohio Rail
road passes through the plantation. There is a fine
Dwelling House containing nine rooms with 8 fire
places, and all necessary out-buildings. Good water
convenient.
For further information apply to the undersigned at
his residence or address him at Craighead P. O., or
apply to J. C. McAuley on the premises.
R. IL HUNTER.
December 4. 1860 3m-pd
Quinn's Rheumatic Remedy
lias effected cures of Rheumatism that were considered
hopeless, certificates to prove which can be exhibited.
The suffering are invited to give the nietlirinc :i trial.
Orders addressed to the undersigned at Chnrhtle vil
receive prompt attention. W. Y. Ql"IXN.
April 10, 1800.
Price Si ' per bottle.
Hardware!! Hardware!!
A. A. N. M. TAYLOR
ffESPECTFL'LLY informs his friends and the pnb
MMj lie generally, that he has added to his extensive
stock of Stoves and Tin Ware, a large and complete
sto k of Hardware, consisting in part as follows:
Carpenters' Tools.
Circular, mill, crosscut, hand, ripper, pannel, prim
ing, grafting, tennon, back, compass, webb, and butch
er SAWS; Braces and bits, Draw Knives, Chissels,
Augers, Gimlets. Hammers, Hatchet?, and Axes: Brick,
plastering, and pointing Trowels; Saw-setters, Screw
platesStocks 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 fact everthing a mechanic wants, in
great variety and at very low prices, at TAYLOR'S
Hardware Store and Tin-ware Depot, opposite the Man
sion House, Charlotte, N. C.
May , IfcSGO. tf
Blacksmith's Tools.
Such as Bellows, Anvils, Vices, hand and slide Ham
mers, Buttresses, Farriers' Knives, Serew-platet , 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 TAYLOlt'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, &c, 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
SlOO REWARD!
ANAWAY 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 down
look when spoken to. The end of the forefinger of his
left hand has been cut off. and a sharp hard knot lias
grown on the end of it. I think he is lurking about
Rocky River, in the lower end of Cabarrus count-,
where he was raised. F 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., N. C.
April 0, 1800. tf
Beef Cattle Wanted.
Hhjlirtt Cash Prices paid for Beeves ami Sheejy.
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 a call. In
quire at Dr. Taylor's Tan Yard.
Aug. 21, 18C(. 2G-tf
J. L. STOUT.
NOTICE.
Taken up and committed to the Jail of Mecklenburg
county, on the Sth cay of September, 1SU0, a Negro
boy about 18 or 20 years of age, (black.) about f feet ti
or 8 inches high. He says his name is JIM. and that
he belongs to John Worthy of Gaston o r.n-y: that bis
master moved to Texas early last Spring, at which
time he ran away from him. Jim appears very ;ull:
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 said boy away, otherwise he will be
disposed of according to law.
Oct. 9, 1800. tf E. C. GR1ER, Sheriff.
CHILDRESS Carriages, j
Cabs, Cradles, Ac, a bauti- j
ful assortment always on hand
at
PALMER'S !
Variety Store, i
One door above the Bank of
Charlotte. Dec 4 '60
Raisins, Raisins. j
Just received, a large lot of fresh bunch Mallnga
Raisins: also a large supply of Figs, Dates, Prunes, Cur
rants, kc, at J D PALMER'S Confectionary.
Dec 1, 18C0 i
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
How wondrous are the changes, Jim.
Since twenty years ago,
When gals wore woollen dresses, Jim,
And boys wore pants of tow;
When shoes were made of calf-skin,
And socks of home-spun wool;
And children did a half-day's work,
Uefore the hour of school.
The girls took music lessons, Jim,
Upon the spinning wheel,
And practiced late and early, Jim,
On spindle swift and reel,
The boys would ride "bare-back" to mill,
A dozen miles oi so,
And hurry off before 'twas day
Some twenty years ago.
The people rode to meeting, Jim,
In sleds instead of sleighs,
And wagons rode as easy, Jim
As buggies now-a-days;
And oxen answered well for teams
Though now they'd be too slow;
For people lived not half so fast
Some twenty years ago.
O, well do I remember, Jim,
That "Wilson's Patent Stove,"
That father bought and paid for, Jim,
In cloth our girls had wove,
And bow the neighbors wondered
When we got the thing to go;
They said 'twould burst and kill us all;
Some twenty years ago.
Yes, every thing is different, Jim,
From what it used to was;
For men are always tampering, Jim,
With God's great natural laws
And what on earth we're coming to,
loes anybody know?
For everything has changed so much,
lince twenty years ago.
THE T R UT H !
Owing to the present difficulties of our country tnd
the distracted state of business,
In order to continue
it becomes necessary for us to make
AX APPEAL TO OUR CUSTOMERS
in self-defence. Those indebted to us, will do u a
kindness by coming forward and promptlj- paying up.
Fisher & Burroughs.
January 1, 18G1 2m
WANTED,
Every body to know that J. TROTTER is at his Old
Stand, opposite the Jail, and is prepared to repair, re
paint and re-trim Buggies and Carriages in the best
manner. He can put, on Buggies the neatest and best
Tops of any workman in the county. Some new work
will a.lso be made.
lie respectfully informs the public that he can make
a Buggy that will ride a man into office (or at least car
ry him about while seeking the public stalls) or any
where else. Richard the Third offered his Kingdom
for a horse, but if he had known Trotter he would also
have wanted a Buggy, such as he, Joshua Trotter, can
make or repair. So give him a call.
Jan 1, 18G1. 3m J. TROTTER.
"B TSfc4h PER WEEK, CLEAR OF ALL EX-
JL HPAlf TENSES!! made by using the NEW
PATENT WELL. lSOIltYG HlCIMMJiE.
Operated by 4 men can finish a Well 50 feet deep in
one day. Parties who have bought the Right to use
this valuable Machine in this State, South Carolina
and Georgia, are making from $75 to 100 per week,
clear of all expenses. The Right for a few of the best
counties in the State for sale cheap.
For further particulars enclose stamp to
CHAS. F. HARRIS,
Jan. 1, 1SG1 4t Box 18, Concord, N. C.
IVotice.
From and after this day (1st of January, 1861,) we
will lie pleased to sell our old friends and customers,
and the rest of mankind, for
cah, and cash only,
any article in our line of business that we may have on
hand. Any person sending or coming for Goods after
this date, without money, will please excuse us if, in
stead of filling their order, we furnish them with a
copy of this advertisement, as we are determined not to
sell a siiujle article on credit.
82, And those indebted to us are requested to call
and pay, as we want the money.
OATES & "WILLIAMS.
January' 1, 1301 tf
NEW RESTAURANT.
Having connected with my Es
tablishment an
Ealing and Refreshment
Saloon, -
I am prepared to serve my friends
? 3? and the public in the culinary line
in tue nest style. epicurean?
will please give me a call, ana it
shall be my constant study to
J' nlpiisp them.
J. D. PALMER.
One door above the Bank of Charlotte.
January I, 1861.
Atlantic, Tcnsi. & Ohio R. R. Co.
The Annual Meeting of the stockholders of the A.,
Tenn. & O. R. R. Company will take place at Charlotte
on Wednesday, the 3oth instant. All Stockholders are
requested to be present in person or by proxy. At the
same lime, a meeting of the Directors will take place.
WM. JOHNSTON,
Jan S. ISCil 4w Acting President.
North Carolina
.MUTUAL LIFE IKSUKANfE COMPANY.
This Company, the oldest and most reliable in the
!ti iiKinpj uhirp iiiTcnns fnr a. term of years or
d u s ing continuance of life, on nrbderate terni3. Slaves
iiwnrpi for one or five rears, for two-thirds of their
market value. For insurance apply to
THOS. W. DEWEY, Agt,
Jan S, ISiJI ly at Branch Bank N. C.
The World coming to an end.
LOEWENSTEIN & BEO. wish to call the
attention of tne people trading in Charlotte to the fact
that they are prepared to sell
Dry Goods, clothing, Boots, i-hoes,
HATS, CAPS, &c.,
cheaper than any house in the State. In consequence
of having boug'at a large stock at reduced prices, we
are determined to sell
CHEAPiiR THAN THE CHEAPEST.
LOEWEXSTEIN 4 BEO.
October 1C, 1860 tf
President Buchanan's Last Message
The following is the last Message of President
Buchanan, transmitted to Congress on the 9th inst:
To the. Senate and House of Representatives :
At the opening of your present sesiou I called
jour attention to the dangers which threatened the
existence of the Union. I expressed my opinion
freely concerning the original causes of those dan
gars, and recommended such measures as I believ
ed would have the effect of tranquilizing the coun
try and saving it from the peril in which it had
been needlessly and most unfortunately involved.
Those opinions and recommendations I do uot now
propose to repeat. My own convictions upon the
whole subject remain unchanged. The fact that
a great calamity was impending over the nation
was even at that time acknowledged by every in
telligent citizen. It bad already made itself felt
throughout the length and breadth of the land.
The necessary consequences of the alarm thus pro
duced were most deplorable imports fell off with
a rapidity never known before, except in time of
war, in the history of our foreign commerce; the
treasury was unexpectedly left without means which
it had ressonably counted upon to meet the public
engagements; trade was paralyzed; manufactures
were stopped; the best public securities suddenly
sunk in the market; every species of property de
preciated more or less, and thousands of poor'men,
who depended upon their daily labor for their dai
ly bread were turned out ol emplooment.
I deeply regret that I am not able to give you
any information upon the state of the Union
which is more satisfactory than what I was then
obliged to communicate. On the contrary, matters
are still worse at present, than they then were.
When Congress met, strong hope pervaded the
whole public mind, that some amicable adjustment
of the subject would speedily be made by the re
presentatives of the States and of the people, which
might restore pence between conflicting sectious of
the country. 1 hat hope has been diminished by
every hour of delay, and as the prospect of a blood
less settlement fades away, public distress becomes
more and more- aggravated.
As evidence of this, it is only necessary to say
that the treasury notes authorised by the act of
the 17th of December last were advertised accord
ing to law, and that no responsible bidder offered
to take any considerable sum at par, at a lower
rate of interest than 12 per cent. From these
facts it appears that in a government organized
like ours, domestic strife, or even a well-grounded
fear of civil hostilities, is more destructive to our
public and private interest, than a most formibable
foreign war.
In my annual message I expressed the convic
tion, which I have long deliberately held, and
wnich recent reflection has only tended to deepen
and confirm, that no State has a right, by its own
act, to secede from the Union or to throw off its
Federal obligations at pleasure. I also declared
my opinion to be, that even if that right existed
and should be exercised by any State of the con
federacy, the executive department of this govern
ment had no authority under the constitution to
recognize its validity, by acknowledging the in
dependence of such State.
This left me no other alternative, as chief exe
cutive officer under the constitution, but to collect
the public revenues and toprotect the public prop
erty, so far as this might be practicable under
existing laws. This is still my purpose. My pro
vince is to execute and not to make laws. It be
longs to Congress exclusively to repeal, tf) modify
or to enlarge their provisions to meet exigencies
as they may occur. I possess no dispensing pow
er. 1 certainly had no right make aggressive war
upon any State, and I am perfectly satisfied that
the constitution has wisely withheld that power
even from Congress.
But the right and duty to use military force de
fensively against those who resist the federal of
ficers in the execution of their legal functions, and
against those who assail the property of the feder
al government, is clear and undeniable. But a
dangerous and hostile attitude of States towards
each other has already far transcended and cast in
the shade the ordinary executive duties already
provided for by law, and has assumed such vast
and alarming proportions as to place the subject
entirely above and beyond executive control.
The fact cannot be disguised that we are in the
midst of a great revolution in all its various bear
ings. Therefore, I commend the question to Con
gress as the only human tribunal, under Provi
dence, possessing power to meet the existing emer
gency. To them exclusively belongs the power
to declare war or to authorize the employment of
military force in all cases contemplated by the
Constitution; and they alone possess power to re
move grievances which might lead to war, and to
secure peace and union to this distracted country.
On them, and on them alone, rests the responsi
bility. The Union is a sacred trust left by our revolu
tionary fathers to their descendants, and never did
any other people inherit so rich a legacy. It has
rendered us prosperous in peace and triumphant
in war. Our national flag has floated in glory
over every sea. Under its shadow American citi
zens have found protection and respect in all lands
beneath the sun. If we descend to considerations
of purely material interest, when, in the history of
all time, has a confederacy been bound together
by such strong ties of mutual interest? Each
portion of it is dependent on all; and all upon
each portion, for prosperity and domestic securi
ty. Free trade throughout the whole supplies the
wants of one portion from the productions of an
other, and scatters wealth every where. The great
planting and farming States require the aid of the
commercial and navigating States to send their
productions to domestic and foreign markets, and
to furnish naval power to render their transports-
tion secure against all hostile attacks, fcnould
the Union perish in the midst of the present ex
citement, we have already had sad foretaste of the
universal suffering which would result from its
destruction. The calamity would be severe in every
portion of the Union, would be quite as great,
to say the least, in the Southern asin the Northern
States. . 1
The greatest aggravation of the evil, and that
which wduld place us in a most unfavorable light,
both before the world and posterity, is, as I am
firmly convinced, that the secession movement has
been chiefly based upon a misapprehension at the
South of the sentiments of the majority in several
of the Northern States. Let the Question be trans-
I ferred from political assemblies to the ballot-box.
and the people themselves would speedily redress
all serious grievances which the South have suf
fered. But, in Heaven's name let trial be made
before we plunge into armed conflict upon mere
assumption that there is no other alternative.
Time is a great conservative power. "
Let us pause at this momentous point and afford
the people, both North and South, an opportunity
for reflection. Would that South Carolina haa
been convinced of this truth before her precipitate
action. Therefore, I appeal through you to the
people of the country, to declare in their might
that the Union must and shall be preserved by all
constitutional means. I most earnestly recommend
that you devote yourselves exclusively to the question
how this can be accomplished in peaco. All other
questions, when compared to this, 6ink into in
significance. The present is no time for palliations
action, prompt action, is required. A delay in
Congress to prescribe or to recommend distinct
and practical propositions for conciliation, may
drive us to a point from which it will be almost
impossible to recede.
Common ground, on which conciliation and har
mony can be produced, is surely not unattainable
Propositions to compromise by letting the North
have the complete control of territory above a
certain linej and to give Southern institutions pro
tection below that line, ought to receive universal
approbation. In itself, indeed, it may not be entire
ly satisfactorily, but when the alternative is be
tween reasonable concession on both sides, and
the destruction of the Union, it is an imputation
upon the patriotism of Congress, to assert that the
members will hesitate for a moment.
Even now, danger is upon us. In several of the
States which have not seceded, forts, arsenals and
magazines of the United States have been seized.
This is by far the most serious step which has
been taken since the commencement of the trou
bles. This public property has long been left
without garrisons and troops for its protection, be
cause no person doubted its security under the
flag of the country in any State of the Union, be
sides our small army has scarcely been sufficient
to guard our remote frontiers against Indian in
cursions. The seizure of this property, from all
apearances, has been purely agressive, and not in
resistance to any attempt to coerce States to remain
in the Union.
At the beginning of these unhappy troubles, I
determined that no action of mine should increase
the excitement in either section of the country.
If the political conflict were to end in civil war,
it was idv determined purpose not to commence
it, nor even furnish an excuse for it by an act of
the Crovernment. My opinion remains unchanged
that justice as well as sound policy requires us still
to seek a peaceful solution of the questions at issue
between the North and the South. Entertaming
this conviction, I refrained even from sending re
inforcements to Major Anderson, commanding the
forts at Charleston harbor, until an absolute neces
sity for doing so should make itself apparent, lest
it might unjustly be regarded as a menace of mili
tary coercion, and thus furnish, if not provocation.
at least pretext for an outbreak on the part of
couth Carolina.
No necessity for these reinforcements seemed to
exist. I was assured by distinguished and
upright gentlemen of South Carolina that no
attack upon Maj. Anderson was intended, but that,
on the contrary, it was the desire of the State au
thorities as much as it was my own to avoid the
fatal consequences which must eventually follow
military collision. And here I deem it proper to
submit, for your information, copies of a commu
nication dated the 28th December, 1860, ad
dressed to me by E. W. Barnwell, J. II. Adams
and James L. Orr, commissioners from South
Carolina, with accompanying documents and copies
of my answer thereto, dated the 31st December.
In further explanation of Major Anderson's re
moval from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter, it is
proper to state that after my answer to the South
Carolina Commissioners, the War Department
read a litter from that gallant officer, dated the
27th December, 1860, the day after this move
ment, from which the following is an extract:
" I will add as my opinion that many things
convinced me that the authorities of the State de
signed to proceed to a hostile act. Referring to
orders dated December 11th of the late Secretary
of War. Under this impression, I could not
hesitate that it was my solemn duty to move my
command from a fort which we could not probably
have held longer than forty-eight or sixty hours to
this one, where my power of resistance is increased
to a very great degree."
It will be recollected that the concluding part
of these orders was in the following terms :
" The smallness of your force will not permit
you, perhaps, to occupy more than one of the forts,
but an attack or an attempt to take possession of
either one of them will be regarded as an act of
hostility, and you may then put your command
into either of them which you may deem most
proper to increase its power of resistance. You
are also authorized to take similar defensive steps
whenever yon have tangible evidence of a design
to proceed to a hostile act." '
It is said that serious apprehensions are to some
extent entertained, in which I do not share, that
the peace of this District may be disturbed before
the 4th of March. In any event, it will be my
duty to preserve it, and this doty shall be per
formed. In conclusion, it may be permitted to me to re
mark that I have often warned my countrymen of
the dangers which now surround us. This mav
be the last time I shall refer to the subject official
ly. I feel that my doty has been faithfully,
though imperfectly performed, and whatever re
sults may be, I shall carry to my grave the con
sciousness that, I at least meant well for my country.
James Buchanan.
Eclipses. During the year 1861 there will be
fomr eclipses; two of them both of the sun will
be invisible to us. On December 17, there will
be a very small part of the moon eclipsed, risible
here; and on December 31, the sun will rise with
about one-third of it eclipsed. The planet Mer
cury will pass over the face of the sun on Novem-.
ber 12, but the phenomena will not be risible here.
WHAT IS TO BECOME OF THE NEOBOP
This is a question of more importance to the
philanthropist at the present time than any other.
The Southern States now deem it necessary for
their safety that all free negroes should leave
those States, or select masters to whom they are
willing to become slaves, if they prefer to remain.
This is one of the fruits of the abolition move
ment, and taking it for granted that two-thirds of
the free negroes, from 30,000 to 50,000, should de
cide to take up their abode in the North, what are
we to do with them?
Massachusetts must receive the largest share,
for here the negro is more petted and admixed
than in any other State. Here he enjoys more
privileges, aid here the greatest efforts are made
by the abolitionists to reduce themselves to a level
with him.
There are many towns in New Hampshire, Ver
mont and Maine, where a negro eannot reside ex
cept as a pauper, at the expense of the State. The
people have no business for a colored man or
woman, and soon starve them out if they attempt
to settle within their borders.
Massachusetts must, therefore, take the largest
share of the free negroes of the South, and sup
port them. In the present state of business there
is not a sufficient amount of labor for those who
are now here, and there is already more than the
usual amount of suffering among them at this
season. :-
If 20,000 negroes or even 10,000, are crowded
into our f cities during the coming month what
are we to do with them 7
We cannot blame our Southern brethren, under
the present excited state of things for providing
for their own safety, and if acoording to the doc- .
trine of the abolitionists, we cannot exist as a
country, ' half slave and half free,' we cannot ex
pect that the dave States will consider themselves
safe with a population of negroes 'half slave and
half free.'
The principal cause of this movement has been
the employment of free negroes, by the abolition
ists in running off slaves, and even if no secession
or dismemberment of the Union takes place, it is
evident but that few if any Southern States will
permit free negroes to reside within their limits,
and we apprehend that all laws by which slaves
may now become free, will, of necessity, be
abolished. The people of the South are now sat
isfied that they must take care of themselves. If
any means can be adopted by which they can do
so with safety, and remain in the Union, their
statesmen and we believe a majority of their
people will adopt them. If not, a dissolution
must take place, and the North will be flooded
with negroes of all ages and qualities those who
are enabled to run away, and those whom the
South will compel to leave.
The negro population of Boston now exceeds
the demand in the ration of three to one, and if
we are to have ten thousand more thrown upon us,
we hope the Republicans will devise some means
to take care of them, without permitting them to
become a burden to the State. Boston Post.
TAKING THE VEIL.
The Journal du Loriet relates the following:
"Mademoiselle Blanche de Beanval, a wealthy
heiress of Orleans, was, about eight months ago,
to have been married to the Viscount de Chamoy,
but as the bridegroom was in delicate health, he
was recommended to go for a short time to Italy.
and the ceremony was postponed to October last.
The Viscount, however, never reached his desti
nation, having died on his way thither, and the
lady, overwhelmed with grief, determined to take
the veil. Her resolution was carried into effect
three days ago, at the Carmelite convent in the
faubourg du Roule, at Orleans. At the hour fix
ed for the ceremony, the chapel was filled with the
persons who had been invited to be present, and
soon after a door leading from the interior of the
convent opened, and Mademoiselle de Beauval, in
the prime of youth and beauty, entered, leaning
on the arm of her uncle. She was dressed in a
bridal costume of white satin, trimmed with rich
lace: a wreath of orange blossoms encircled her
hair, and a large white veil was over her head.
She took the seat prepared for ber, and the officia
ting priest delivered a short address. She then
quitted the chapel, which is divided into two parts
by an iron railing, closed by a curtain. In a mo
ment afte-, the curtain was drawn, ana she was
seen on the other side of the grating on her knees.
The priest approached and asked whether she still
persisted in her resolution to quit the world, to
which she replied in a firm voice, 'Yes.' On this,
one of the nuns who was standing by, removed the
bridal wreath and veil from ber bead; let her
beautiful hair fall on her shoulders, and then, with
a scissors, severed the tresses close to her head. A
murmer of regret was heard among all persons
present when this sacrifice was commenced. Made
moiselle de Ueauval then left the chapel, but . re
appeared in a few minutes after, dressed in the
garb of a Carmelite nun. She lay down on the
steps of the chapel, a funeral cloth was thrown
over her, and the priest recited the prayers for the
dead, and the 'De Profundis was sung while the
persons in the chapel were retiring."
Am and Wateb. Seta pitcher of water, in
a room, and in a few hours it will have absorbed
nearly all the respired and prespired gases in the
room, the air of which will have become purer,
but the water utterly filthy. The colder the water
is. the greater is its capacity to contain these gas-
es. At ordinary temperatures a pint or water win
contain a pint of carbonic acid gas, and several
pints of ammonia This capacity is nearly doubl
ed by reducing the water to the temperature c-f
that of ice. Hence water, kept in the room awLile
is unfit for use. For the same reason, the water
in a pump stock should always be pumped out in
the mornmsr before any is used. " Impure water Is
more injurious than impure air. '
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Scrupulous Correspondents The Partmas-.
ter General has directed that when letters are de
posited, endorsed l,to lie over on , SundayV the
writers' conscientious scruples are to be respected
by the post office officials, who are to detain such
letters accordingly. ;r C f 1
Amaloamation.A policeman of Cleveland
informs the editor of the Plaindealer of that city;;
that he personally knows of over thirty negroes,
who are living as man and wife with white women ;
is the eity of Cleveland.
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