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BEAD AND EEFLECT. The following article, with some omissions and slight alterations, is from the pen of J. D. B. DeBow, of Lou isiana : The Slaveholding and Non-Slaveholding Inter ests of the South a Unit. When in charge of the national census office, several years since, I found that if had been stated ! by an Abolition Senator from his seat, that the j number of slaveholders at the South did not ex- j ceed 150,000. Convinced that it was a gross mis- j representation of the Hots, I caused a careful ex- j amination of the returns to be made, which fixed ! the actual number at 347.25.r. I communicated I the information, by note, to Senator Cass, who 1 read it in the Senate. I first called attention to the fact that the number embraced slaveholding fami lies, and that to arrive at the actual number of slaveholders, it would be necessary to multiply by the proportion of persons which the census showed to a family. When this was done, the number swelled to about 2,000,000. Since these results were made public I have had reason to think that the separation of the schedules of the slave and the free was calculated to lead to omissions of the single properties, and ; that on this account it would be safe to put the ! number of families at 375,000, and the number of actual slaveholders at about two millions & a quarter. Assuming the published returns however to be correct, it will appear that one third of the popula tion of the entire South are slaveholders. The average number of slaves is nine to each holder, and one half of the whole number of holders are in possession of less than five slaves. It will thus appear that the slaveholders of the South, 60 far from constituting numerically an in significant portion of its people, as has been malig nantly alledged, make up an aggregate greater in relative proportion than the holders of every other species of property whatever, in any part of the world; and that of no other property can it be said, with equal truthfulness, that it is an interest of the whole community. Whilst in the Southern States every third fami ly are slaveholders, but every three and a half families in Maine, N. Hampshire, Masachusetts and Connecticut, are holders of agricultural land, and in European States the proportion is almost infinitely less. The proportion which the slaveholders of the S,outh bear to the entire population is greater than that of the owners of land, houses, agricultur al stock, State, bank, or other corporation securi ties anywhere else. No political economist" will deny this. Nor is that all. Even in the States which are among the largest slaveholding, South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, the land proprie tors out-number nearly two to one in relative pro portion the owners of the same propeity in Maine, Massachusetts and Connecticut, and if the average number of slaves held by each family throughout the South be but nine, and if one half of the whole number of slave-owners own under five slaves, it will be seen how preposterous is the alle gation of our enemies, that the slaveholding class is an organized wealthy aristocracy. The poor men of the South are the holders of one to fee slaves', and it would be equally eonsistcnt with truth unit justice to say that they represent, in reality, its slaveholding interest. The fact being conceded that there is a very large class of persons in the slaveholding States who have no direct ownership in that property, it may be well aked, upon what principle a greater antagonism can be presumed between them and their fellow-citizens than there exists among the larger interests there? If a conflict of interest exists in one instance, it docs in the other; and if 80 low a standard us this; the social fabric at the i North is in far greater danger of dissolution than it is here. Though I protest against the false and degrad ing standard to which Northern orators and states men have reduced the measures of patriotism which is to be expected from a free and enlight ened people, and in the name of the non-slaveholders of the South fling back the insolent charge that they are only bound to their country by the consideration of its " loaves and fishes," and would be found dirclect in honor and princi ple and public virtue in proportion as that they were needy in circumstances, I think it but easy to show that the interest of the poorest non-slaveholder among us is to make common cause with and die in the last trenches in defence of the slave property of his more favored neighbor. The non-slaveholders of the South may be classed as either such as desire and are incapable of purchasing slaves, or such as have the means to purchase and do not because of the absence of the motive to do so, preferring to hire or employ cheaper white labor. A class conscientiously oB- jeeting to the ownership of this property docs not I exist at the South, for all such scruples have long since been silenced by the profound and un answerable arguments to which Yankee contro- versy has driven our statesmen, popular orators and ' clergy. Upon the sure testimony of God's holy Book, and upon the principle of universal polity, they have defended and justified the institution. As the competition of free labor with slave labor U thP c.st of tha nrcument. used bv the nnnnnonts -of slavery, and as it is upon this they rely in sup- vr.i" r f m ft-ti.r enp!. sr... flint in rmr mirlwf if i. . clear that in cases where the competition cannot : possibly exist, the argument, whatever weight it! night otherwise have, must fall to the ground. ! Now, from what can such competition be argued , in our cities? Are not all the interest of the m.r- .riant and those whom he emnlovs of necessity upon the side of the slave-holders ? The products j which he buys, the commodities which he sells, the T.rofit9 which he realizes, the hones which sus- tain him of future fortune, all spring from this w - j r source, and from no other. 1 he cities, towns and . n . m a . , the South, its mercantile interests are so inter- with slave labor as to be almost identic ,1. woven What is true of the merchant is true of the clerk, k j . .i, iu u i i J ... ,i ii 1 . the mechanic who builds his houses, the lawyer who argues his causvs, the physician who helb, the teacher, the preacher, etc , etc And an illustration of the truth of this is fur- nished in the city of New York-almost as much dependent upon Southern slavery as any city South-wbich records a majority of nea.Iy 30,000 , . ... f ,i il va- Tntea against tn further r rovress ol abolitionism. . .F ... j . - . ... As the cnmnetitinn noes not- zist in -tee cities. it is eauallv certain that it ds not exist in those sections of the South which are employed pon the cultivation of commodities in wlich !ave labor cannot be profitably used. Having, then, followed out step, by ep, and j seen to what it amounts this so much paraded competition and conflict existing between the non omTetition and conflict existing between the non- slaveholding anl slaveholding interests f the South, I will proceed to present several general tfnaagb to innnerwve tto non-siavenoidei u tne ... .. . ...! Tillages of the South, are but so many agencies ! ot ie bouth; in industry as we 1 as in polit ics. j leave no doubt that the fire was the work of an in fer converting the products of dare labor into the i . ;nd ,,ow',le eIse n.the worId ,aJe int'Rce; j cendiary: We learn that Mr Ligon belong, to a products of c-Ther labor obtained from abroad, and, i industry and virtue, disconnected from ancestral -patrol, and that he has recently taken up and Is in every other agency, the interest of the agent ! es,at,es' thf Sil.uie PPunirie8 for advancement. & chastised several negroes who were without passes, is that the principal shall have as much as possible ! ,,owhre. ,se ls ,the.,r trumJ,h m speedy & signal. , 0n Saturday night, Mr L , in company with sever to sell, and be enabled as much as possible to buy. j &- V ,llout th 'ostitutmn of slavery the grea al others beloi.SinR to the patrol, learning that a In the absence of everv other source of wealth at staPle l'ucts ' fcoutu .wouH ceue to be ; ne.ro party was to come off on that night at Dr. claims bf rjatriotism were inadequate to resist any attempt to overthrow the institutions and industry of the section to which they belong. 1. The non-slaveholder of the South is assured of this: That the remuneration afforded by his ! labor over and above the expense of living, is j ', larger than that which is afforded by the same labor in the Free States, lo De convinced or tnis, he has only to compare the value of labor in the Southern cities with those of the North, and to take note annually of the large number of laborers who are represented to be out of employment there, and who migrate to our shores, as well as to other sections. No white laborer, in return, in times of ordinary prosperity, has been forced to leave our midst, or remain without employment. . Those who come among ns are enabled soon to re- turn to their homes with a handsome competency, j The statement is nearly as true for the agricultural i es for other interests, as the statistics will show. The following table was recently compiled by Senator Johnston, of Tennessee, from information received in reply to a circular letter sent to the points indicated: Daily wages in N. Orleans, Charleston and Nashville: Bricklftver., Carpenters. Laborers, $2.60 tu3.50 $2.25 to 2.75 $1 00 to 1.50 Daily wages in Chicago, Pittsburg and Lowell, Mass: Bricklayers, Carpenters, Laborers, $1.50 to2.00 $1.50 to 1.75 75c to $ I 00 The rates of board weekly for laborers as given j in the census of 18o0, were in Louisiana 1U, i South Carolina 61.75, Tennessee $1.32, in Illinois jSl.49, Pennsylvania $1.72, Massachusetts 82.12. The wages of the agricultural classes as given in Parliamentary reports are, in France 820 to 830 j per annum with board; in Italy S12 to $20 per annum. In the United States agricultural labor i is highest in the Southwest and lowest in the j Northwest the South and North differing but , very little by the official returns, i The non-slaveholders, as a class, are not reduced by the necessity of our condition, as is the case in I the free States, to find employment in crowded cities and come into competition in close and sick ly work-shops and factories with remorseless and untiring machinery. They have but to compare their condition in this particular with the miuing and manufacturing operatives of the JNorth and Europe to be thankful that God has reserved them for a better fate. Tender women, aged men, deli cate children, toil and labor there from early dawn until after candle-light, from one year to another, for a miserable pittance, scarcely above the starva tion point, and without horje of amelioration. The records of British free labor have long exhibited t h is, and those of our own manufacturing States would show the same thing but for the excessive bounties which in the way of tariffs have been paid to it, without an equivalent by the slaveholding and non-slaveholding laborer of the South. Let this tariff cease to be paid for a single year, and the truth of what is stated will be abundantly shown. 4. The non-slaveholder of the South preserves the status of the white man, and is not regarded as an inferior or a dependant. lie is not told that the Declaration of Independence, when it says that all men are born free and equal, refers to the negro equally with himself. It is not proposed to him that the free negro's vote shall weigh equally with his own at the ballot-box, and that the little children of both colors shall be mixed in the classes and benches of the school house, and embrace each other filially in its outside sports. It never occurs to him that a white man could be degraded enough to boast in a public assembly, as was recently done in New York, of having actually slept with a'ne rro. And his patriotic ire would crush with a blow the fiee negro who would dare, in his pre- i sence, as is done in the tree states, to characterize the Father of the Country as a 4scoundrel. No white man at the South serves another as a body servant, to clean his boots, wait on his table, and perform the menial services of his household! His blood revolts against this, and his necessities never drive him to it. He is a companion and an equal. If a distinction exists it is only that which educa tion and refinement may give, and this is so courte ously exhibited as scarcely to strike attention. The poor white laborer at the North is at the bot tom of the social ladder, while his brother here has ascended several steps, and can look down upon those who are beneath him at an infinite remove 5. The non-slaveholder knows that as soon as his savings will admit he can become a slaveholder. This, with ordinary frugality can, in general, be accomplished in a few years, and is a process con tinually going on. Perhaps twice the number of poor men at the South own a slave to what owned a slave ten years ago. The universal dispostion is to purchase. It is the first use for savings, and the negro purchased is the last possession to be parted with. If a woman, her children become heirlooms and make, the nucleus of an estate. It is within xf k"ow.!ed-e of thevwrit that t " J?,tntJ,tin of the descendants of a single female, in the of the lifetime of the orginal purchaser. llllY OI CM A ly L'l ?wiia nun Ul til .rlttlstioiii it. from course ne rge "iave..o.uCre aim Pro,,r.e.ra o. w.e r ti 1 i.i.1j 1 , .r iL. i j outn xn ,,Ie ,n eal pa" "-s'aPo.aeis. ! J ,s the, . lna,l!.re of t( chan"e ,h?nd Juxur.'' I'beral.ty extravagance, deprecated land, ,uw P'"' v....., i COnunuaiij uiedKiu- up breaking up estates. All over the new Mates ot the Southwest enormous estates are in the hands of men who began life as overseers or c,ty clerks traders and merchants 7. But should such fortune not be in reserve for non-slaveholder, he Kill understand that by d industry it may be reaped to h,s children More than one generation of poverty in i 'J",,7 j v and is against the general experience, it is more ! lu ! through several generations in the same family. 11 e. ... .1 i t c -M i i' . l i ii 8. The s)s of the non-slaveholder are and have 1VV Eltff-'l- Hl-HUIir lilt. IH.l.Jllli Hllll l.llllltr MllllllS i i .i. l i: i J . . . . r.. . ? . r ! PV a"? lhe IulIuense annua,efults, which are j d""buted among every class of the community, ! , , i would i j which give life to even branch of industry wouiu ceuse xne wuriu jumis-iieMio lnsimces oi i ni. u r : x. l- , ihtte. producte being grown upon a large scale by .rf,e laD.or' a?V. now noiige ineir i la,,ue !" lue f asa 11 uies' ,ra.z, ose mve ! Population near.y equais our own, is ine only aouin j American State which has prospered. Cuba, by I 'hS.?" fhS?e7 T al'h "P?" ,old SPain' j B""h erst Ind,a Ct Io",es he now i ceaseu 10 us asuurte ui revenue, rnu irouj oouience ! . . . r ' have been, by-emancipation, reduced to beggary .'. . '.. .. ' i & Donnngo ehared the same tate and the poor ; wu,tes ,,uve been macred the rich. "Poa" ' "ou "V V ; ";7'w wu Snwr is no longer exported, and the quantity of i Coffee scarcely exceeds one-third, and of Cotton one-! i t"th of the exports of 1789. This I give upon North- ern authority J maica 1805 150,352 hhds. 93.950 M ...24.137,393 1857 30.459 hhds 15,99r Sogar .... ...... .. i r0ffe IVUIU ...... "WESTERN DEMOOEAT, CHAELOTTE, The Talae of the present (1859) slave production of the Sooth is thoa given: f CottOQ ...... ......... ......... ...... ........ $1 bI,434,Z3 Tobacco ..... ......... ......... - Rice,. ......... 21,074,038 2,267,148 3,694,474 196,735 75,699 9,227 Naval Stores .. Sugar Aioiasses Hemp Total Other from South Cotton -manufactures 1 A 4fi Total from South $198,389,351 Total from North 78,217,202 Total merchandise $278 392 080 ' v ' ' ... ! Specie 57,502,305 To the Southern credit most t be. given. "---Z. $3,669,106 Breadstuffs (the Norlh uaving received from the South a value as large in these as the whole foreign export) 40,047,000 43,716,106 Add 198,389,351 Southern 242,105,457 Northern contribution- 34.501,006 In conclusion, I must apologize to the non-j slaveholders of the South, ot which class 1 was i myself until very recently a member, for having deigned to notice at all the infamous libels which the common enemies of the South have circulated aguinst them, and which our every day experience refutes, but the occasion seemed a fitting one to place them truly and rightly before the world. This I have endeavored faithfully to do. They fully understand the momentous questions which now agitate the land in all their relations, and they will be true and loyal in any and every emergency. - ACTION OF THE STATES. Alabama. The State Convention has adopted a resolution to appoint a Commissioner to Wash ington, to treat with the Administration in regard to forts, arsenals, etc., in the State, and to arrange the protection of public debt and the distribution of the public property. No opposition is made to the ordinance of seces sion since its passage. So far from opposition, those opposed to the ordinance have generally pledged themselves tosuppoit it. There has been a great reaction in its favor in North Alabama. New Jersey The majority of the Joint Com mittee on National Affairs reported a series of re solutions to the Senate, fully endorsing the Crit tenden resolutions, and instructing the Senators of the fate in Congress, and requesting the Repre sentatives to support them. The committee also call upon Congress to order a National Convention, in case Crittenden's or similar measures are not speedily adopted. Massachusetts The Legislature has unani mously passed resolutions, .tendering the President such aid in men and money as he may need to maintain the authority of the General Government. The preamble declares that South Carolina has committed an act of war. Rhode Island. The Senate has repealed the Personal Liberty Bill, by a vote of 21 to 9. Louisiana. Joint resolutions were introduced in the State Legislature approving the action of Gov. Moore in taking possession of the federal forts, arsenals, etc. The Legislature adjourned for two weeks, to give place to the State Conven tion. The Governor's 31essage refers to the flourish ing condition of the State, and takes high and firm grounds in favor of the secession of Louisiana from the Union. He announces that the day of compromises is past, and that the safety of the South lies in the speedy formation of a Southern Confederacy. He advocates prompt resistance to the aggressions of the North, and condemns the course of the federal government towards South Carolina. Ohio. The Ohio House of Representatives, by a vote of 58 to 31, has indefinitely postponed a bill to repeal the "Act to prevent Kidnapping." It was framed, and has the effect to nullify the Fugitive Slave Law of Congress. Kentucky. The House passed, by a vote of 87 to 6, resolutions declaring, in view of men and money being tendered to the General Government, that the people of Kentucky, uniting with their brethren of the South, will resist the invasion of the soil of the South at all hazards and at every extremity. Maryland. Large secession meetings have been held in many counties of Maryland, and the people have taken the Convention question into their own hands. Committees of leading citizens have been appointed to make arrangements for an election to take place throughout the State on the fourth of February for delegates to a State Con vention to assemble at Annapolis on the third ii . -T-ii Monday ot reoruary. Pennsylvania. The republicans of the House, favorable to the repeal of the obnoxious provisions in the penal code relat.ve to the rendition of slaves, held a caucus, when twenty-four were present. It is reported that their vote, combined with the democratic vote, will carry the repeal of these obnoxious laws through the House. A speech was made by Mr Armstrong, republican, in the House favoring the adoption of Mr Crittenden's amendments to the constitution. It produced a powerful effect. It was the first effort of the ses sion in either House. Fire. We learn that, on Saturday night last, j. . . . .. . . v the cotton gu on the premises ot Mr ii. U. Ligon, in this county, was set on fire and burnt to the ; ground. Loss from 51,200 to 1,500. The fol- - lowing facts in relation to the burning of this em ; Haywood's plantation, about two and a half miles from Mr Ligon's. went over there and arrested and chastised several negroes. The patrol then star- t fire in ieu uacK, ana, soon alter starting, discovered a the direction of 31r Ligon's residence. They made all speed to reach Mr L.'s, and, when ; they arrived there, found that the gin was roiirlr burned to the ground. There were six hales of cotton, 25 bushels of wheat, and 25 bushels of peas in the house. Raleigh Register, 23d inst. Serious Difficulty. A rencounter occurred . i in our village on Saturday night last between Dr. r j King and Col. J. W. Alspaugh, editor of King and Col. J. Y. Alspaugh, editor ofthe Wes- , tern bent.nel and at present Clerk of the State ir..1" . C" "r nrea nistoi at the r lauer, me can struing mm in tne leit siJe and makinga slight wound. A number of letters in ' .i : T L i. ., . ..... . T.f P?yt" 'n,rouSa wmen ine Oall passed, y a. ut. ivmg was Dound in a Jond of 52000 porter, 24A inst. to answer. High Point Re- It is stated that Maj. Anderson of Fort Sumter, owns a plantation in Georgia and ?00 peyroes, ; - , N. C. LEGISLATURE. ' Monday, January 21. ' Senate. Mr Worth introduced a resolution favoring the call of a National Convention to con sider federal affairs. An engrossed bill in favor of Thos. Diggs, of Anson countv. nassed its second reading. A bill j to authorize A. C. Latham, E. D. Hampton and E. ' C. Grier. to collect arrears of taxes due them as ... 8,'l 08632 ! sheriffs, was referred to the committee on propo 4,989,733 sitions and grievances with instructions to report general bill. Mr Outlaw introduced a resolution instructing the finance committee to report a bill to constitute a board to pass on the claims of citizens of this r. n . -i ..m: State ior excess oi taxes paiu into iuc puunu treasury. Adopted. On motion of Mr Walker, the bill toamend the charter of the town of Charlotte was taken up and read. Mr Morehead objected to that clause in the bill authorizing the commissioners to levy a tax on State bonds. Mi Dobson moved to strike out that clause. After some debate the amendment was adopted. Mr Turner moved toamend by authori- zing the commissioners may hereafter be issued to tax btate bonds tnat After some debate, the amendment was adopted, and the bill passed its cnnnnrl rpnHin House. Mr Mendenhall introduced a joint resolution calling lor a Natioual Convention to amend the Constitution of the United States. A bill to extend the time tor registering grants, deeds, &c, passed its second reading. A bill to amend the charter of the Cheraw and Coalfields railroad, was rejected on its second reading. A bill to abolish the office of State Geologist was passed over informally. A bill to incorporate the Greensboro and Danville Railroad Company was made the order for Thursday. A bill to authorise lhe appointment of special magistrates was laid on the table. The Senate bill for the relief of the people and the banks was indefinitely postponed. Tuesday, Jan. 22. Senate. Mr Erwin introduced a bill to lay off and establish a new county, to be called Mitchell. Mr Pitchford, a bill to authorize the magistrates in the different counties to subscribe for the pur chase of arms. Mr Turner, a bill to repeal the act of Assembly exempting State bonds from tax ation. A bill to amend the charter of the French Broad Railroad, passed its second reading. House. Mr Faison offered a resolution requir ing the committee on finance to enquire into the propriety of levying a tax on goods brought into this State by others than merchants, and of taxing produce sent out of the State A bill was passed authorizing the lighting of the Halls with gas and warming them with furnaces. The balance of the day was consumed in dis cussing the Convention Bill. Wednesday, Jan. 23. Senate. Mr Stowe offered a resolution in favor of Daniel Tucker. The most of the day was consumed in dis cussing the Convention Bill House. Mr Fleming, from the committee on internal improvements, reported back the bill to incorporate the Statesville and Tennessee Railroad, with an amendment, and recommending its passage. Mr Faison introduced a bill to provide for the private execution of criminals. 31 r Davis of Mecklenburg, a bill to incorporate the Charlotte and South-western Railroad Company. The balance of the day was consumed in dis cussing the Convention Bill FROM CHARLESTON. Charleston, Jan. 23. The sentry on the beach at Sullivan's Island fired into a boat from Fort Sumter, Monday night, with three muffled oars, the sentry hailed them and warned them off. Not being obeyed, he fired into the boat, whereupon it turned and went away. Soon after a noise was heard at Fort Sumter like the hauling up of a boat. One of the men in the boat are said to be wounded badly. Those in the boat is supposed to have been deserters from the Fort. Some of the wildest thinkers suppose it was a desperate attempt to run the guantlet of the sentry aud spike the guns of the battery. Jeff. Davis, of Mississippi.was expected here last night, and preparations were made to welcome him. He is highly spoken of for President of the Southern Confederacy. The Governor is in receipt of many insulting letters from the North. Financial Condition of South Carolina. A Legislative Committee to whom was referred the subject of raising supplies for the present, fiscal year, report a deficiency of 81,647,490, to raise which sum they have submitted a bill of taxation which will produce, it is estimated, $1,724,000. Among the items of taxation are as-follows: Upon every one hundred dollars of the value of all lands an ad valorem tax of 82; on all slaves a tax of SI 60 per headj 83 25 on each free negro, mulatto or mestizo, between the ages of fifteen and fifty years, except such as are incapable of procuring a livelihood; twen ty -five cents ad valorem on every one hundred dollars on all lots, lands and buildings within any city, town or village; one hundred cents per 8100 on factorage, and all professions and em ployments, excepting clergymen and mechanics; the same on commissions received by vendue masters, &c; forty-five cents per 8100 on capital stock of all incbrporated gas companies, and one and a half per centum on all premiums taken by insurance companies; twenty-eight cents on every $100 of the sales of merchandise, &c, made be tween the 1st of January, 1860, and January 1st, 1861; (The products of" the State and the unmanu factured products of any of the United States are excepted from this provision ;) $100 per day for all circus exhibitions, and $20 per day for all theatrical or other shows; 81 50 on every $100 of interest received during the past year on all bonds and notes; 82 50 on every private carriage (not kept for sale,) and 81 25 on each buggy, provided that not more than one tax of this kind shall be charged against anyone individual ; SI upon every gold watch, and fifty cents upon every silver watch not kept for sale. mm FAVORABLE SIGN. We are very happy says the Washington Sta-, to have it in our power to say that the Government here has become satisfied that all danger of hostile collision between its forces and those engaged in the secession movement is rapidly disappearing. The revolutionary authorities of South Carolina have entirely changed their policy, and are now striving to prevent and avoid the collision in Charleston harbor they were evidently striving to precipitate up to very recently. It is believed that this change of their tactics is the result of the growing desire ofthe people of South Carolina for a settlement of the difficulties without the permanent destruction of the Union; and that it means that the revolutionary authorities of that State are acting under the advice of leading sym pathizers with their cause in other States (such as Fitzparrick, of Alabama, who has never had any part in the movemeat; Mason, who represents a border State; Davis, who expects to reconstruct the Union; and Clay, who comes from North Ala bama, the loweputoned place in the Cotton States). .N- C. : congbessionaIh t Jan. 24th. In the Senate, Mr Crittenden's re solutions were again postponed. In the House, the whole Georgia delegation withdrew, except Mr Hill, who resigned. Mr Etheridge of Tennessee made a speech on the crisis which highly gratified the Republicans. Mr Montgomery of Pennsylvaina, and several others, proposed to resign their seats, and that a new Congress be elected on the present issue. Kansas has been admitted into the Union as a State. Mr Collamer, of Vermont, in the Senate, intro duced a bill in relation to the collection of the re venue in the seceding States. It provides that whereas, in consequence of the legislation, ordin ances, or decrees of any States, it becomes, in the opinion of the President, impossible to collect the revenue from the duties on imports to the said States, by the ordinary officers and means, then the President is empowered to discontinue such ports of entry, and give due notice by proclama tion. And when the cause or hindrance to the collection of the revenue is removed, the Presi dent shall open said ports, and proclaim this fact to the world. Another section of the bill authorizes the Post master General to discontinue post offices and post routes in the seceding States, when interfered with in any manner by the authorities of such States. An informal canvass made by the Republicans in the House and Senate - shows two-thirds op posed to all compromise. Therefore, the Repub licans voted down Mr Crittenden's compromise re solutions. MINORITY REPORT OF THE COMMIT TEE OF THIRTY-THREE. The minority report of the Committee of Thirty Three of the House of Representatives, which is signed by Messrs. Taylor of Louisiana, Phelps of Missouri, Rust of Arkansas, Whitely of Delaware, and Winslow of North Carolina, states, in sub stance, that the changes which have taken place in the situation and sentiments of the people of the different States since the formation of the Con stitution have been produced by misconstructions of some of its propositions and willful perversions of others, and the introduction of new principles in the forming of parties which are in direct an tagonism to the Opinions of the whole American people when the Constitution went into effect, and that that instrument has ceased to accomplish some of the most important ends aimed at by its adop tion. Differences between the Northern and Southern sections of this Confederacy from this cause, have at last risen to such a height that they have resulted in the formation of a sectional party in the North, on the slavery question alone, which will practically exclude the Southern people from any voice in the management of national affairs in which they have a common interest with their Northern brothers; and that, as this fact, notwith standing the republican forms of the Constitution are preserved in truth, destroys the spirit of Re publicanism in the Government, it is, therefore, impossible that the two sections should any longer go on together as one people, unless the existing state of things is removed. The report proceeds to say the present difficul ties can only be remedied by amendments to the Constitution, and it suggests the amendments pro posed in the Crittenden resolutions. If adopted they would restore tranquility to the country and place the Union, on such a foundation that it could never again be shaken. These amendments would not in reality change the Constitution. They would only have the effect of restoring it by added provisions to what it was in point of fact on the day of its adoption, through the operation of the circumstances which then surrounded it, and which erected barriers against the present sec tional contest then, as constitutional propositions would now. If a constitutional majority cannot be united in support of Mr Crittenden's resolu tions, or the substance of them, then the dissolu tion of the Union is inevitable. The report recommends that steps be taken for calling a Convention of the States, with a view to a peaceable separation, by providing for a division of the common property of the United States, settling the terms on which social and commercial intercourse between the separated States shall be conducted, and making a permanent arrangement in respect to the navigation of the Mississippi river. The report gives what the signers consider a full account of the rise and progress of the slavery agitation, which produced the existing difficulties. Dissolution. The firm of FULLIXGS, SPRINGS & CO. was dis- solved by limitation on the 1st January, 18(1. The business will be continued under the name and style of FULLINGS & SPRINGS, and they hope, by integrity and strict attention to business, to merit the same patronage heretofore liberally bestowed by their numerous friends and customers. The present financial crisis and the uncertainty of business, for the future compel us to shorten our time of credit from twelve to six months to prompt paying custemers none others need ask it. All persons indebted to the old firm of Fullings, Springs & Co., must come forward and make immediate settlement, as it is absolutely necessary that the busi ness be speedily closed up. A word to the wise is suffi cient." Jan 15, 1861. notice! Application will be made to the present General As sembly of North Carolina for a charier to authorize the formation of a Shoe Manufacturing Company, to be called the North Carolina Shoe Manufacturing Co. January 15th. 4t ..-. DR. WISTAR'I BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY. Virginia Testimony. Certificates from Mr Norborne Morton, of the Examiner Office, Richmond: Richmond, Va, Feb. 23, I860. Messrs. S. W. Fowle & Co., Boston. Gentlemen : I with pleasure testify to the great merit of your invaluable lung medicine, DK. WISTAR'S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY, which is likewise highly valued by many of our esteemed citizens, who have tested its virtues by trial. I first made use ofihis Balsam some three years since for a violent and distressing cough, which baffled the skill of physicians, and to my joy. experienced such gratifying reliel as to induce me io persevere in its use. 1 always keep it by me, and ever find it to be unfailing in its effects. No medicine that I have ever used has given such speedy relief. Yours iruly, NORBCRNE NORTON. It is a remarkable and never-failing remedy for consumptive symptoms when taken in season Hag of Our Union. Sold by E Nye Hutchison & Co,, and by all druggists- Charlotte, N. C. January 1861. THE PECULIARITIES of the female constitution and the various trials to which the sex is subjected, demand an occasional recourse to stimulants. It is important, however. i that these shall be of a harmless nature, and at lhe same time accomplish the desired end. Hosteller's Celebrated Stomach Bitters is the very article. Its effects in al) cases of debility are almost magical. It restores the tone of the digestive organs, infuses Iresb vitality into the whole system, and gives that cheerfulness to lhe 'emperament which is the most valuable of feminine attractions. The Proprietors feel flattered from the fact that many ot the most prominent medical gentlemen in the Union have bestowed encomiums upon the Biiters, the virtues of which I bey have frequently tested and acknowledged. There are numerous counterfeits offered for sale, all of which are destitute of merit, and positively injurious to the system. Sold by E. Nve Hutchison, Sf Co., and by all druggists. Charlotte, N, C January 1861. j MRS. WINSLOW. an experienced nurse, and female I physician, has a Soothing Syrup for children teeihirm.which i greatly facilitates the process of teething by softening the J gums, reducing all inflamation will allay all pain, and is J sure to regulate the bowels. Depend upon it, mothers, it i will irive rest to Yourselves, and relief and health tn ir infants. Perfectly safe io all cases. See advertisement in another colrrmn. Gen. Scott. It seems to us that the common Impression that Gen. Scott is a Coercionist, is not warranted by the "views" of that officer, lately submitted to the War Department In the event of a continuous line of secession, he distinctly dig. I claims the idea cf coercion, and such continuity now exists. Moreover, his distinguished public services ought not to be at once forgotten, and some allowance should be made for a soldier's de votion to, his flag. We believe that his heart is with Virginia, aud certainly the spirit of his letter is far different from the hostile tone of certain Northern military aspirants for the Presidency, whose huge threats of "blood and thunder" can only excite here contemptuous sarcasm and deris. ion Richmond Dispatch. New York, Jan. 23. A squad of the Metro politan City Police (the creatures of the abolition Legislature), last night went on board the steam ship Monticello, at her wharf in this city, and seix ed thirty-eight cases of muskets, containing in all 950 stand of arms, with a large quantity of powder and balls. These arms and amunition were the property of the State of Georgia, aud were to have been shipped for Savanuah to-day. The seizure was without any authority whatever, and is gener ally denounced here as illegal. BOOT AND SHOE , IPORIUI. E OS- DOTH (&, (SUCCESSORS TO J. B. F. BOONE,) HAVE JUST OPENED AT BOONE'S OLD STAND, large Select Stock BOOTS, of a LEATHEE AJSTD SHOE-FINDINGS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, which WILL BE SOLD AT THE PRICES FOR PER CENT, sold for CHEAPER before in this THAN market. KVEB Having bought our Stock on good terms, we CAN and WILL sell to our customers low down for CASH ! B. R. SMITH & CO. CHARLOTTE, N. C, June 19) 18C0. OUR ROOKS MUST HE CLOSHD. All those wbo are indebted to us by note or account, must come forward and SETTLE UP, as we cannot carry on business without money. Our customers will oblige ns very mucb by complying with the above re quest without further notice. , jfsayAll goods and work must be cash after this date. Jan 15, 1861 J. G. WILKINSON, 4 CO , 3t No. 5 Granite Range, op. Man. House. SITUATION WANTED As Conductor on some Railroad Train, or as Agent at some Depot, or as Mail Agent. Testimonials of moral character, Southern principles andclose attention to business, can be given. Address L. A. HELMS, Winchester, Union co., N. C. Jan. 8, 1861. 3m-pd Music Lessons. The undersigned begs leave to inform his friends and patrons as well as the public generally that be is pre pared to give . . Private Lessons on the Piano, either at his residence or at the residence of pupils. BQ-, Particular and prompt attention will be paid to orders fortuniog and repairing instruments, iU shortest notice and on very moderate terms. SHEET MUSIC and MUSIC BOOKS will be procured at store prices. Having been engaged in the Piano business for more than ten years, I offer my assistance most particularlj to ail those who may desire to purchase Pianos or to exchange old Pianos for new ones. Best references given. ( Orders left at the post office or at Messrs. Davidson l Furniture Hall will receive prompt attention. CnAS. O. PAPE, Prof, of Music, Jan 8, 1861 tf Charlo tte .S & MARTIN, T A N N A II I EE & CC (Successors to N. M. Martin, Bro. k Co.,) Grocers and Commission Merchants PETERSBURG, VA. WALTER K. MARTIN & CO, (Successors to N. M. Martin, Son k Co.,) Commission Merchants, RICHMOND, VA. R. A. Martix, formerly of Granville county, N. C. Robt. Tanxahill, formerly of Edgecombe county, N C Walter K. Mabtix of Richmond, V. N. M. Maetih ; do. R. H. CrxNixcuAH, Jr. do. REFER TO C. F. Fisber, Esq, Pres't N C Railroad: Dr W J Hawkins, Pres't Raleigh k Gaston Railroad, R R Bridges, Pres't Branch Bank at Tarboroi N C ; Hoi W N EdwardsWarren county; James M Bullock, Eity Granville county; C F Fisher, cashier Exchange Bank, Petersburg, Va.'; K P Battle, Esq, Raleigh. Consignments of cotton, tobacco, wheat and corn re spectfully solicited, and which will have faithful per sonal attention. A good supply of Groceries always o hand and for sale oa reasonable terms. 0rde" j goods promptly filled. Both concerns will d.h' strictly to selling produce on commission. ei. concern will buy on commission, speculation or otlier wise the articles named above, as their business in vTr auce is connncd exclusively o seiimg. j We respectfully call the attention of operatives planters to Petersburg as one of the best cotton mar" in the South. The demand is good both from facturers here and for direct shipment from Oity r to Europe.- .. .. j;Pct fro 'Efforts are now being mode to skip cottoo direct Charlotte to this point, for $3 per bale. Jm f.d January 22, 1C1.
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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