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o 7 7- - 1 -. a ) S3 pei aiiimm ' ON THE S WEST SIDE OF TRADE STREET CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OF THEvOXE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OP THE OTHER. IN ADVANCE W YiUffiiliL Editor and Proprietor. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1861. N I N T fl VOL U M E-NIJ M B E It 450, ' " ' ' ' "rf " THE (Published ercry Tuesday,(o) BY WILLIAM J. YATES, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. If paid in advance, $2 00 If paid within 3 months", - 2 50 If paid after the expiration of the year, 3 00 fig-if Any person sending us five ,kkw subscribers, accompanied by the advance subscription ($10) will receive a .-uxth copy gratis for one year. . 5455- Subscribers and others who may wiih to send money to us, can do o by mail, at our risk. o Transient advertisements must be paid for 111 ad vanee. f g- Advertisements not marked on the manuscript for a specific time, will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. SAMUEL P. SMITH, AtforiK'- it nd CiniM'lr at Lair, CHARLOTTE, N C, Will attend prompt!; and diligently to collecting and remitting all claims intrusted to his care. Special attention giveu to the writing of Deeds, Con vevances. kc. feiT" Din ing hours of business, may be found in.the Court House, 1flice Xo. 1 , adj.mihig the clerk's oflice. Ja-msry 1. .100 " .1. A. rox, attorney t Liaw, CHARLOTTE, X. C. GEXERAL COU.ECTIXG AH EST. Office at tb-Court House, 1 door lo the left, dow n stairs. Wm. J. Kerr, A T T O II X i: Y A T 1j A W, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Will practice in the County and Superior Courts of Mecklenburg. Union and Cabarrus counties. Okkice in the Drawley building opposite Kerr's Hotel. January 24, 1SCI y U0BEIIT GIBBON, M. D.. PEUCTITIOXCK W xTlEDlClUE an ; Or'c -V. 2 . icins corurr, CHARLOTTE, X. C. V-rcmbcr 11. I'. . f'U.'lK n. I.EE. WM. H. KKHR. LKE & KERR, ATTORNEYS AND COUKSELLORS AT LAW, A X I) SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY, Memphis, Tennessee. r-tv-office over the Gavoso Bank, on the Corner of Maiu and Madison Streets. -gfl Time of Holding Courts: Chanckry 4th Monday iu May and Nov. Circuit 3d Monday in Jan., May and September. Common- Law 1st Monday in March. July and .Nov r. Cuiminal 2d Mouday in February, June and October. CuiTTESuKN Circuit Cocrt, Ark. 2d Monday iu May aud November. Jan. 3d, 1800. J R. W. BECK WITH Has constantly on baud VATCHES. JEWELRY. PLATED WARE, &C Of the best English and American manufacturers. Call and examine his stockbefore purchasing elsewhere Watch crystals put iu for 25 cents each. November 8, 1853 y John T. Butler PRACTICAL lValch a:al Clock .Tinker, Jew eller, &c.. Opposite Kerr's Hotel, Charlotte, X. C. (Late with R. W. Beckwith.) Fine lYatclifs Clock & JriTlry, of every description, Repaired and Warranted for 12 months. Oct 1C, 1S60. tf WILKINSON CO., i DEALERS IX WatotLes, S i I ve r & p Sa t eil Ware AND FANCY GOODS, No. . 5, Granite Range, Opposite the Mausion House, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Attention given to Repairing Watches and Jewelry. September 18, 18G0. y New Supply of WATCH KS, JEWKLRY, Solid Silver aud Plated Ware The subscriber has lately purchased a very 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 ou cost, and persons may rest assured that all his articles are war ranted to be what he represents them to be. 83, Watches and Clocks carefully repaired and will receive my personal attention. R- W. BECKWITH. Nov. 2 T, " I860 tf Charlotte fc S. C. Railroad. t, "? f,er tbe First rt of October, THROUGH EXPRESS FREIGHT TRAINS will run Daily between Charlotte and Charleston, without transshipment, thus enabling freights to reach Charlotte in 5 davs or less from Newr ork, and in one day from Charleston, and vtce rerta. ' Also, TIIROUGIf TICKETS will be sold from Char lotte to Charleston . at $3 50, and to New York via Charleston Steamers, at $19, and vice rsa. The mer chants and public are invited to try this cheap and expeditious route for freights and passengers. A. H. mart ix, Oct 2, 18C0. tf Gen I Ft. and Ticket Agent AT TAYLOR'S you can find the largest assortment of Cutlery, Guns and Pistols, of 11 the celebrated makes. . GLASS, of all sizes anil qualities both French and American. Also, Puttv by the keg or pound. WOODEN WARE "Brooms, &c, of all kinds. J. G. FRU T AXZ TREE T?RE. The subscriber has opened out" next door above i Bveriy's Tin-Shop, in the Mansion House Building, and will keep on hand a well selected stock of Fruit Trees, i Grape Vines, Evergreens and Shrubbery, &c. Also, I Fruits of various kinds Apples, Oranges, Lemons, I 7inf Armies. Art- E. V T.YLFS Dec. 11, 1860. tf. VALUA SILE FOR PLANTATION SALE. The subscriber offers for sale that valuable Planta tion formerly owned by the Rev. II. B. Cunningham, situated nine miles -fcorih of Charlotte. The tract of land contains 700 acres, about 300 of which are cleared, including a good meadow of 25 or 30 acres the bal ance is good wood -land. The A., Tenn. & 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. McAnley on the premises. R. n. HUNTER. December 4. 18C0 3m-pd Quinn's Rheumatic Remedy Has effected cures of Rheumatism that were considered hopeless, certificates to prove which cn be exhibited. The suffering are invited to give the medicine a trial. Orders addressed to the undersigned at Charlotte wil receive prompt attention. W. V. QUINN. ' April 10, 1SG0. Price Si 50 per bottle. Hardware ! ! Hardware ! ! A. A, N. M. TAYLOR TTp ESPECTFULLY informs Lis friends and the pub- J1U' he geueraily, that he has added to his extensive stock of Stoves and Tin Ware, a large and complete sto k of Hardware, cousisting in part as follows: Carpenters' Tools. Circular, mill, crosscut, hand, ripper, paunel, prun ing, grafting, tennou, back, compass, webb, and butch er SAWS: Diiues 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 aud try Squares; Spirit Levels Pocket Levels, Spirit, level Vials, Boring machines, Gougers, ami in fact everthing a mechanic wants, in gnat variety and at very Tow prices, at TAYLOR'S Hardware Store nn :i Tin-ware Depot, opposite the Man sion House, Chailutte. N. C. May ';, leO J. tf Blacksmith's Tools. Such as Belhnvs, Anvils, Vices, hand and slide Ham mers, Buttre-j-os, Farriers' Knives. Screw-plates, Stocks and dies, Blacksmith? Pincers and Tongs, Rasrers and Piles of eery kind. Cut horseshoe and cl:nch Nails, Borax; Iron of nil siv.es, both of northern and country manufacture; cast, plow, blister and spring Steel; &c, for sale iti v c!u:;p 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 haudles; 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, kc. Stoves, the largest Stock, of all sizes, at TAYLOR'S Hardware, Stove and Tin ware Depot, opposite Mansion House $100 EJI.VVAEJU ! AXAWAY 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, aud a sharp hard knot has grown on the sndofit. I think i.e is lurking about Itocky River, in the lower end of Cabarrus county, where he was raised. 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 anv jail so I can get him. WILLIAM HAMILTON, Negro Head Depot, Union Co., N. C. April 9, I860. tf - Reel Cattle Wanted. IL'hest Cash Prices ui hi for Beeves ami Sheep. 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 mo a call. In quire at Dr. Taylor's Tan Yard. Aug. 21, 1800. "iK-tf J. L. STOUT. NOTICE. Taken up and committed to the Jail of Mecklenburg county, on the bth day 01 CiepieniDer, ihuu, a egro boy about 18 or 20 years of age, (black,) about 5 feet 6 018 inches high. He says Lis name is JIM, and that he belongs to John Worthy of Gaston countv: that his master moved to Texas early last Spring, at which j time he ran away from him. Jim appears very dub: 1 can scarcely communicate anything about his master j or home with any intelligence. He has a scar on his j right fore finger." made by a cutting knife. The owner is'requested to come forward, prove property, pay ex- uenses, and take said bov away, otherwise he will be j disposed of according to law. ! Oct. 9, 18G0. tf tu- u tutu, nerii. D Ht GO LADIES' CLOAKS and BONNETS, DRESS GOODS and EMBROIDERIES. - A VERY LARGE ASSORTMENT OF P IA N T AT I O N G OODS. Tbe above will be found to compare iu styles and prices with any ia the lown. ' FISHER -BURROUGHS Xof 13, 18G0 ' tf PEESS ON! Press on ! if Fortune play thee false To-day, to-morrow she'll be true; Whom now she sinks cho then exalts, Taking old gifts and granting new. The wisdom of the present hour Makes up for follies past and gone; To weakness strength succeeds, and power 1 rom iraiity springs; press oni press on : :,. - - WAiVTEO, ..- m: - t 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 cm put on Buggies the neatest and best Tops of any workman iu the county. Some new work will also be made. He respectfully informs the public that he can make a Buggy that will ride a mr.n into office (or at least car ry hiui 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. Jau I, 18G1. 3m J. TROTTER. iiiGn P0LT FEMALE SCHOOL, six Point, KT. O- The Spring Session, 1861, will begin on Mondaj, Feb. 4th, with the following Board of Instruction S. LANDER, A. M., Princi pal ; Miss J. C. Lindsay, Miss M. J. Tucker, Miss L. A. Lander, Assistants. Charges per Skssiox of Twenty Weeks: Board, including fuel nd washing, (lights extra,) $8 -month, $-10 00 Tuition, 10, SI 2 50, S15 00 Piano or Guitar, 20 00 Drawing, Wax Fruit, or Embroidery, 5 00 We have no Incidental Tax. We make no charge for Tuition in French, Latin, or Vocal Music, nor for use of Piano or Guitar. By a close examination of the above List of Charges, it will be observed that NO CHEAPER INSTITUTION OF ITS GRADE can be found. This fact makes it reasonable, to enforce in every case the following Terms. Twenty-five dollars required in advance, the balance at the close of the session. SPECIAL. INDUCEMENTS TO PATRONS. LoaS Pupils. A peculiar feature of this Institution is the fact that we admit a limited number of worthy poor young ladies, and wait with them for their tuition until they can pay it by teaching or otherwise. Primary Uuaxciiks. Every pupil is required to study Spelling, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Grammar, and Composition. Teachers. Our Teachers, who are all native North Carolinians, are worthy, well qu-alified, aud experienced. Health. Not a single case of thickness occurred among our boarding pupils during the Fall Session, 'CO. Calls. The boarding pupils are not allowed to re ceive visits from any gentlemen but near relatives. Board. This department, under 1 he immediate su pervision of the Principal ai;d his wife, has heretofore given entire satisfaction. The pupils' rooms ate heated with fire-places. Accounts. The pupils pay at the time for every article they buy. They make no accounts, either di rectly or indirectly. The Institution is not Sectarian in any sense. We mention also the Library, the Museum, the Read ing Room, the new Pianos and Apparatus, the Gym nasium, the Evening Walks; closing with the determi nation to build up a large School, not by a high-sounding name, not b- extravagant promises, not by election eering, but by gradually convincing the enlightened public that we are worthy of their patronage. We refer to our former patrons. For a Circular, address S. LANDER, Jan 15, 18'J1 pd Principal. THE TRUTH! Owing to the present difficulties of our country and the distracted state of business, In order to continue it becomes necessarv for us to make AN APPEAL TO OUR CUSTOMERS in self-defence. Those indebted to us, will do us a kindness by coming forward and promptly paying up. Fisher & Burroisglis. January 1, 1861 2m North Carolina MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. This Company, the oldest and most reliable in the State, insures white persons fov ft term of years or during continuance of life, on moderate terms. Slaves insured, for one or five years, for two-thirds of their market value. For insurance apply to TII03. W. DEWEY, Agt., Jan 8, 18fil ly at Branch Bank N. C. THin IM S, ovs 1-1 1 We respectfully inform our friend and customers that owing to the stringency of monetary affairs, we will be compelled to sell for Cash, and for Cash only, during the year 186K Having a large stock on hand, we will reduce the prices to suit the times. Those indebted to us will oblige us by making immediate settlement. ELIAS & COHEN. January 8, 1861. MAEMIX, TAH'AlIILL fc CO., (Successors to N. M. Martin, Bro.& Co.,) Grocers and Commission Merchants, PETERSBURG, VA. WALTER K. MARTIN & CO, (Successors to N. M. Martin, Son & Co.,) Commission Merchants, RICHMOND, VA. R. A. Martix, formerly of Granville county, N. C. Robt. Taxnahill, formerly of Edgecombe county, X C. Walter K. Martix of Richmond, Va. N M. Martix do. " R. II. Crxxi.vGHAM, Jr. do. REFER TO C. F. Fisher, Esq, Pres't X C Railroad; Dr W J Hawkins', Pres't Raleigh k Gastou Railroad ; R R Bridges, Pres't Branch Bank at Tarboro, X C ; Hon W X Edwards. Warren county; James M Bullock, Esq. Granville county : C F Fisher, cashier Exchange Bank, Petersburg. Ya.'; K P BaUie, Esq, Raleigh. Consignments of cotton, tobacco, wheat and corn re spectful! solicited, and which will have faithful per sonal attention. A good supply of Groceries always on j hand and for sale ob reasonable terms. Orders for goods , promptly, filled. Both concerns will adhere strictly lo selling produce on commission. Xeither j concern will buy on commission, ypecnlation or other t wise the articles named above, as their business in pro duce is confiaed exclusively to selling. . We respectfully call the. attention of operatives and planters to Petersburg as one of the best cotton markets in the South. The demand i. good both from manu facturers here and for direct shipment froa City Point j to Europe. : ' ". '. ; '' Efforts are now being mode to sbip cotton direct from Charlotte to this point, for $3 per bale. ; , January 22, 1861. -"j" ' lm-pd For the Western Democrat. PUBLIC . MEETING. Pursuant to public notice, a number of the citi zens of Mecklenburg county met at Berryhill's Scboolhouse on the 19th January, 1861, for the purpose of considering in some of its phases the crisis which is now upon the country, but more especially to repel with indignant 6corn the foul and false imputation of some secret foe,' that the t i spirit of abolitionism is lurking in our midst. The mt eting was organized, on motion of Samuel Ber ry5ill, by calliug ;N. B. Taylor to the chair, who briefly explained the object of the meeting, when", on motion of S. J. Berryhill, J. A. 1 'agert was re quested to act as Secretary. On motion of Samuel Berryhill, the chair ap pointed Samuel Berryhill and 11. It. Rea, with whom by a vote of the meeting, N B. Taylor was associated,' as a committee to draft resolutions ex pressive of the sense of the meeting, who, after a short absence, returned the following, which were unanimously fidopted, to-wit : Whereas, A report has gone abroad that among the non-slaveholding portion of our community there exists a hostile feeling to the institution of slavery, the members of this meeting, speaking for themselves and for the community generally, with whose sentimenls on that question they are intimately acquainted, declare to the world, that under a just sense of the necessity of the case, as well as due respect for individual rights, we hold ourselves ready to shoulder arms in defence of that institution, believing our personal security and our rights of property involved in the issue. And, whereas, In the present excited state of the public mind, produced by the agitation of political questions, which threaten to subvert all govern ment, and to imperil our homes and the peace and security or our laniines, mere is constant danger f . n .1 . t or wresting irom tne constituted and proper au thorities of the country the execution of law and the preservation of order and transferring it to a tribunal unknown to the law and subversive of it Therefore - Itesolved, That we view with the deepest con cern the agitations aforesaid, which have br .'tight us so near the verge jof anarchy,"' and which threat en not only the destruction of our property as property, but to place it in a state of deadly hostility to all we hold most dear upon earth. Resolved, That while we declare it our purpose to observe the strictest viguance over our rights, and to defend them to the la-t against every in vader, at the same time we declare ourselves law- abiding citizens, and that while there exists an organized government over us, we will yield to if a ready obedience and a hearty support that we will bring to it all our grievances for redres-. The law is our avenger, to it only will we appeal. Resolved, That it is our duty as good citizens to discountenance and hold in detestation any and every attempt on the part of any, high or low, to inaugurate and excite mob law or summary ven geance upon even the humblest citizen of the country while the law extends its paternal hand and its officers are kept in position to protect the rights and avenge the wrongs of the meanest of its subjects. When, on motion of Samuel Berryhill, it was ordered that the papers in Charlotte be requested to publish these proceedings. 1 X. B. TAYLOR, Ch'n. J. A. Tagert. Sec'y. - Keep Back tue Cotton. Let the patriots and planters of the South keep back their cotton. In March, Europe will need supplies. If our ports are blockaded, Europe will find a way to open them. We can live our Southern people for we only send a surplus crop to market. The cot ton States have only need to agree, in confedera tion, and as an independent power, demand the re cognition of Europe. Texas, alone, was gladly acknowledged as such, and Great Britain, through her diplomats, tried her best to keep her from entering the United States Confederacy. With all the Cotton States united, we can bind the world to pledges of recognition, and even alliance. We can declare our ports free to the trade of all the world, New England excepted;, discrimination be tween Southern and Northern bottoms; issue letters of marque and reprisal, and play such a game with our blockading gentry as will cure them very soon of their warlike passions. Only be firm, trust no business politicians, and let the Colt's and the can mn be ready. Charleston Mercury. Wendell Fhillips on Secession.; Wendell Phillips, the notorious abolitionist, in his speech IU Boston recently, charged Seward with having attempted to gain by conservatism what he failed to secure by abolitionism the next presidency. Phillips' chief argument was that disunion is de sirable because it will abolish slavery. He called upon the North to tell the South what they really mean, namely, "Abolition." Any compromise made by Congress would not affect the Northern heart and conscience- He argued the North would gain by disuniou, and used the following language : "Sacrifice everything for the Union? God forbid! Sacrifice everything to keep South Carolina in it ? Rather build a bridge of gold and pay her toll over it. Let her march off with banners and trumpets and we will speed the parting guests. Let her not stand upon the order of her going, but go at once. Give her the forts and arsenals, and sub-trcasurics, and lend her jewels of silver and gold, and Egypt will rejoice that she has departed." He began his peroration with the words "All hail disunion!" I lie narrowly escaped maltreatment by the mob while going borne. The Hebrews ani Slavery. It is a singular fact that the most masterly expositions whreh have been made of the constitutional and ' the religious argument for slavery are from gentlemen of the He brew faith. Senator Benjamin, of Louisiana, ha3 made a niost unanswerable' speech on the rights of the South ever made in the Senate, - and Rabbi Raphael, in the pulpit of New York, has delivered a discourse which ptands like the tallest peak"' of the " Himmalahs immovable and incomparable. Both these efforts are-as great in their calmness and dignity as in their irrepressible logic and pro found learning. In addition to its unrivalled eru dition," there is something almost startling and sub lime where, in a certain part of hia discourse, this Jewish " Eabbi instructs 2 that Talse preacher of Christianity, Henrj Ward Beecher, in the spirit and principles of his own religion.- R. Dispatch. THE PURITANS., r . In an article (says the Richmond Dispatch) we j averred that the Puritan pretence for -coming - to this country for freedom to worship s.tHd was . an unmitigated humbug. They enjoyed perfect freedom of. conscience in Holland, to which coun try they had removed from England, and where they remained for eleven years. "They were tolerated, in Holland, but watched," quaintly observes the philosophic- author of "European Settlements." They always have required watching, and never more than now. They did not leave . Holland, hwererr till they hudjfciW m6aa-J! -efforts to undermine its institutions, nor even then, till after repeated missions to England, thy had succeeded in driving a favorite bargain with a company of merchants, who had more capital and as much sharpness as themselves, and till they obtained under sign aud seal a charter, which in its mag nificent endowments and grants rivalled the tow ers of Parliament aud every court within the realm. " The company in England with whom the Puri tans had leagued themselves, under the shade of whose princely privileges they expected to grow from a mustard seed to Vthe greatest of trees," were incorporated as "The Council established at Plymouth, in the county of Devon, for the plant ing, ruling, ordering and governing New England, in America." "The territory, conferred on the patentees in absolute property, with unlimited- ju risdiction, the sole powers of legislation, the ap pointment of all the officers and all forms of gov ernment," extendsd in breadth from the 40th to the 48th degree of noith latitude, arid in length from ihe Atlantic to the Pacific that is to say, nearly all the inhabited British possessions in the north of the United States, all Nw England, New York, half of New Jersey, very nearly all of Penn sylvania, and the whole of the country west of these States, comprising, and at the time believed to comprise, much more than a million of square miles, capable of sustaining far more than two hun dred million of inhabitants, were by a single aigna ture of King James, given away to a single cor poration within the realm, composed of but forty inuividua.s. itie grant was absolute and exclu sive; it conceded the lajids and islands, the rivers and harbors, the mines and the fisheries. The real reason of the pilgrimage of the Puri tans was their love of gain aud power.- In Ameri ca, as in England, under Cromwell, they were the most odious of tyrants and persecutors. Having secured their charter, they established a spirit ual despotism in America, such as was never sur passed in the annals of High Commissioners or Star Chambers. In the volume before us are ex amples innumerable of. the manner in which they arrested, tried, condemned, fined, imprisoned, fet tered, branded, lashed, maimed, cursed, banished, hung, and left naked and unbuiied their brethren in a common Christianity. They re-enacted what Bancroft calls "the worst statute in the Euglixli code, that which did but enfoica attendance upon the parish church," and with military and civil power dragged men whom they had voted heretic to hear these whom they had voted orthodox. They allowed no one to be judged for ' life or limb, name or estate," unless the jury was made up of members f their church. Baptists, Episcopalians, Quakers, were scourged from the land by their unsparing persecutions. Hereafter, as occasion peruiirs, we may give some example of the man ner iu which th se fine fellows practised freedom of conscience. . With gunpowder aud rum they 'extended the kingdom of Christ" anioDg the siv ages, and "enlarged the dominions of their natuia! prince" by squatting on the territories of the Dutch of New Amsterdam, whom, in grateful re membrance of the kindness they had received in Holland, they cheated out of their fairest posses sions. Whenever any foray of this kind was medi tated, the public mind was always prepared for it by sermons from the pulpit, in which the Dutch were denounced as little better than heathen, whom the Lord had delivered over to the hands of liis chosen people. Rhode Tsland. The House of Representa tives of Rhode Island has concurred with the Senate, by a vote of yeas 48, nays 18, in the re peal of the Personal Liberty law of the State. All honor to the patriotic little State, which has led the way in doing justice to fehe South. Kentucky. The. Legislature appointed the following Commissioners to meet the Commission ers of Virginia at Washington City on .the 4th: James B. Clay, Joshua T. Bell, Governor More head, Wm. O. Butler, Ja3. Guthrie and Chas. Wickliffe. Ex-President Fillmore. -The, Hon. Mil lard Fillmore was, a few weeks ago, suggested by a Union meeting in New York as a suitable person to go to South Carolina to tender the people of that State the assurances of the citizens of New York that the North would respect and uphold the con stitutional rights of the South. This mission Mr Fillmore declined, and in his letter remarked: What they want, and w'hat I want, in someaxir- ance from the Republican party, now dominant at the North, that thev, or at least the conservative portion of them, arc ready and willing to come for- j ward and repeal all unconstitutional State laws: live up to the compromises of the Constitution, exe-1 cute the laws of Congress honestly and faithfully, and treat our Southern brethren as f riends When I can have any such reliable assurance as this to i give, I will go most che rJ'ully and urge our South ern brethren to follow our example, and restore har- i jnony and fraternal affection between the North and the frouth. At present, our labors should be here. Let us put ourselves right, and then we can ' with more confidence and justice appeal' to them. Cost of the China Campaign. The Chinese campaign just closed is estimated to have cost En gland about ,7,000.000, against which-the En- glish Minuter has been eontent to accept an in- demnity of 8,000.000 tales, equal to about 2,- j ple as the English, this fact, it may easily be ima gined, is anything but pleasant, and it becomes doubly galling when it is known that the Emperor of the French has made a point of securing enough to indemnify the French taxpayers.- The reasons for greater moderation on the part . of Lord Elgin the British public cannot discover.1 I " England and the South.- Tbe New York Express says that the positive announcement by the Toronto Leader, . the official journal of the Royal Government in Canada, that the British Government - intends to acknowledge the inde pendence of the Southern Confederacy as soon as it is regularly organized, creates a profound sensa tion in New York. " : ' The Express also observes that the cautious and very diplomatic speech of the British Premier at the Southampton dinner, on the 9th strongly adverse to u coercion" now ttnquestionahly means much in this' connection and the meaning may . be, Intervention (besides 'Recognition) in case we go to work cutting one another's throats, and blowing one another's brains out. ' -v, We have always believed that to this complexion h would come. at last: ; In spite of the abolition' yelpings of the British press, we have always felt sure that the interests of Great Britain, like those of all nations, would dictate her policy on this as on every other question. ' . Disunion is now, alas! an accomplished fact; on the 4th of February, a Southern Government will be established at Montgomery, and within six months afterwards, side by side wth the banner adopted by the new nation, the Red Cross of Eng land and the Tricolor of France will be waving in friendly and indissoluble alliance. ' V , Another Sign. The British Consul at Pen-' sacola, it seems, has officially " endorsed" a State clearance to a cotton laden ship there, and the en dorsement, doubtless, will see the ship to. Liver pool. Nobody can believe now, that a British Consul would venture upon such a proceeding without having been previously advised by his government.. And, such being the case, is it not ' further evidence that the British Lion dees not intend that the " cotton" he wants shall be shut up in Southern ports by a paper blockade? Dr Winsiiip Outdone. Dr. Winship, the celebrated Massachusetts athlete, who was asserted to be the "strongest man in the world," has met a superior in the person of one William Thompson who is connected with th Chicago Gymnasium. The test of strength, occurred in that city one day last week, at a gymnastic tournament, at which Dr. Winship perfortaed his great muscular feat of lifting nine kegs of-nails weighing 1,000 pounds, and raising, with the aid of harness on his shoul ders, 1,517 pounds. He was succeeded by Thomp son, who, commencing with the last lift of the Doctor, then went 011 adding weights and lifting, with harness on his shoulders and hips, until the numbers stood successively, 1,530, 1,636, 1,736, 1 930, 2,036, 2,130 pounds a very remarkable lift .the latter, to be nure. He also experimented with dumb-bells weighing 100 and 165 pounds. Another competing gymnast, named Curtis, "push ed" first 130 pounds, and then 150 pounds in each h ind with the pulley, and lying down upon his b ick put up 110 pounds in each hand. But the feat of' the evening was the great lift of Thompson, and the judges so considered it in the award of the 8200 prize to hiui. The Arms at Fayettkville. II. R. Craig, Colonel of Ordnance, reports that on the 30th December, 1859, orders were received from the War Department directing the transfer of 115,000 muskets from the Springfield (Mass.) and Water vleit (N. Y.) arsenals, to different arsenals at the South. These orders were carried out during the past Spring. Of these arms the following were removed to the arsenal at- Fayetteville, N. C, to-, wit: 15,458 percussion muskets; 9,520 altered muskets (flint-lock to percussion;) 2,000 percussion rifles. In ill 20,978. - No Prayers for thk President. It is a noteworthy fact, that in the Episcopal churches of this city, the usual prayesfor "the President of the United States and all others in authority," . was changed so as to harmonize with tbe altered polit ical relations of the State. The change consisted in limiting the prayer simply to "thy servants in authority." The usual prayer for congress, when in session, was also appropriately omitted. Such departures from an important portion of the litur gy of the Episcopal Church, made necessary by the melancholy times which have com upon us, fell on the ears of the worshippers at her altar with peculiar sadness. Mobile Register. - i i " . '; Absurdities. To attempt to borrow money on the plea of extreme poverty. - To judge of people's piety by their attendance at church. To keep your clerks on miserable salaries and wonder at them robbing you.. To make your servants tell lies for you, and - af terwards be angry with them because they lie for themselves. To tell your own secrets, and believe other peo ple will keep them. . Expecting to do good business without advertising- , ' " - . 1 - A young apprentice to the shoemaking business asked his master what answer he should give to the oft-repeated question, " Does your master warrant hi shoes?" "Answer, Thomas," said the master, "that I warrant them to prove good; and if they don't, I'll make them good for nothing. ' Perils of the Whale Fishery. A letter from. Job N. Sherman, third mate ofthe ship Mary Ann. of Fair Haven, Mass., gives the particulars of his escape from death while pursuing a whale. -The whale struck the boat ana threw him right across the monster's mouth, so that both legs were in its mouth, and then went down with him. . Fortunately, the -whale soon came up so the man could breathe In the meantime, he had extricated one of his legs, hut the whale immediately, went down again, carrying Mr Sherman down the second time. Mr S. then thought of his t heath knife. whieli he used upon tbe whale's under' jaw, caus ing it to let gef its bold. W hen Mr, 8. arostf to the surface ofthe water, about a ship's length flora the boat, and he was rescued, nearly exhausted, by seizing him by the hair of the bead as he was sinking. On examination he found himself with a " hole in one leg large'enough to receive an egg. ; . tsST A Washington correspondent says if "It if thought that Jefferson Davis will be elected PresU: dent of the Southern Confederacy by the Mont gomery Convention."" '