n\ THi; SllfE or TIIADH STREKT •CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO IXDIVIOrALS, AND THE GLORY 0? THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER. pel* anmim IN APVANTF. yy, 3. ^ Ll)ir«iU AND I ropkiktor. CHARLOTTE, N. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1861. I N T a V 0 L U M E—N I M B E R 455. THE ■ n , li ill: !'•' I.-, ut„] lorse f nri-, ijuin d V of.ill Patfp.l p with . (irk t . 51ul.lT tr.U’ IV. Fs- Inieut ■rioniiJ Iry iiii« [nrciin5 11.1 r> liuly ti K. lirl.-lte. re Si nt* in^. bj ti r lei ,f it. Inl.l. f' -N£‘- I. I f 1^- ■i:kK. Ne ve il dir' itrarV' |.«iik i° nil'll*' |v K 1’' ri'pu' lU It: frt’K' i« >‘n of of OR' USK-" llV.ilii't jiviiTor- Iv. •■U uUi* U I'on- jiced"; . bf- l; K ■’’ ]ildrer. fUU?'- fuflf'’* |oT tt r.lif* Inw (,M tioH-' Uini'f*' St''' fss’i'jaiii'i BSiiosaiT. ^ PiililiNlu'd €v(‘rv Tii‘>dav.^' IJV WII. I. I\.M J. YATKS KlilT-R A D l-K'.i'KlK'. ■ ; r-1 i- ! j/.iiil w ;t!.iii Ill ;ii‘ - 't i.Mi'i .'f-.r ’ • ■ -.11 f I !:■• ,'> :w oo jy*, .\;.v f ■''» ' II' .'111/ I'l'ilicrs. : Ml- ■!' ail' (• il5: •tL| :li‘ II ^10; will , I :t, , • ; - r.'t' OIH* yi*:.r. jp^ j, i,'h I ' w li ^may w i-li to r, , t - . '.in ni:iil. lur ri k. 1' ' ;|! . ■ •*!i; 111 111 mil'! b“ [Kil l tnr ill I - \>h'Tt: I'tU'; 1 !'?it inatlMl :iii llic nr.mn'i riiit i, . 'I;) tl - . , v, i!l 1 >• ill • I ti ll illitil li-l'bil. iMi'l ■■ '1 ' liiiiL'ly. SAMl'Kl. P. SMI!II. AltoiiK'V :iBi4l ill l-avi’, ('ii VllLnT'J i;, N ; . ^ . ... !l '•'// to aiul I !•] ;. 'i I ) ill' 'I :.;i ,11 l;' '•!- t'» liic .viitiii- nl'l>.'i.] . Iiiii 11-- Ifin-.' i:f . >iia\ I'.iinnl in t!ir I Mi ■ I 1 'ill.. _ till- ' Iflk ^ “iU'T. .1 , I i: V 1 •. I I'RLIT AMI TREE J>TORE, The ?uli'CriV*er has Aliened a frnil and Fruit-trc-e storo next door ,'iliovt- the Uock Inland (Hfice. and n ill kt‘C|> on liand a well M lfctrd ifock of Fjiiit Trtcs, (,!ra|i- Viii> r. Kvir^rc(-ij' and Slirubbcry, kc. Al-o, Krnit Ilf various kinds—Aiiph-s, C»r;uifre«. Lenior..^, I'iir' .vi'iil'.T. iVc.. «vc. K. W . LVLES. 1* 11. 1-Gii. If. 1 )issolutioii. Tli“ fn ill (li Fl'I.LINGS, SI’RL\(JS A' (.»_). was dis- .-■•i)l\cd i;y iiiiiitalion nn llic 1st January, IKGI. 'I’iif liii-iiir.'.' will lie cdiiiiiini'd iii. icr tin- name anil .‘f_\lij of i'rLLIN(;S k Sl’UI.NCiS, and tlicy hope, iiy intcj^iiiy and ~tri'i att'.'iitio'! to bu.'iuf.'S. to tiiirit tlu* .'anu- iialrona_:c liiT-tofore liticially 1,‘Cslovved byllicir 11 uiiMTi'U.' friend' and -u>tonH r.'. The iiif-eiit tii;aiicial eri>i.- and the nneerlainty of liii iiie'.'. for the liilnre coiniiel Uv to s-liorteri our time ol' ridit fro'n twelve to .>i.\ months to |irouiiit jiayinji .Ml liinuT.' — none oliier.-^ neel a.-k it. All iirr.on> indebted to the obi firm of Fulliiifx.'. .''I'rin^'.' iV t'o.. iiui^t eome forwanl ami make immediate ■-fit!(MiiiMit, a', it i> ab'olutely nece>'arv that the bn.'i- j Ml-..;,' !ie ,'jiec.lily closed up. ‘-.V word to the wi.-eis .-ulli eiiMit." Jan I.'), 18G1. .1. ,\. i'ii\ rilAiv’LO'l'Ti:. f//VA7/ I/. A:i:.\T. : Mil'-'. iivcM- I 'M- I ^ru J .! II M.l ! \ 1. I ' ■' . • ! (•, I i ’.v'.a iMira'T. If Will. J. IV(‘rr, A 'I’ T 4? 55 'a' A 'I' E. A W, V ;1 jir.u';,-- ,n tl.^ !',u-tv :;ii'l ;'^ii;ii’rior ('ourt.' of M ■ t; rniuii mid C;ili.'.i i n t iMiirie-:. ; - ^ I , in t Im- i!i " 1 , 1m; ' ij!()|i['o- ite Ki l l ’.- Hotel. .1 -niMiy ■ .1 ' y Ki(l!i;!!T (iiliWIN, M. I).. 1*12 \4 'K'I ^S' n f, , A’o. i: // r, ('iiAiii.ori i;. N. K. W. Ul'A’KWrril 11 . I ..n t iitiy on han I VMTCHES, J:WLLRY, PLATED W.ARS. &C.. 1*1'tin- br- ; F;i_!i h and Ainrritan mai) a I,;.-! ii r. rs. * .'I a H-1 I'\i:i i II'- hi - ' •■■k bclure pn i'i‘!oir-in;i'id-f Wiiere. \V It- !. = rv t *1 pat in fir -.'p l eiit each. .Ian:. -I V, 1 '1 y ^ John T. Butler, i‘K \r rn A I. \Va!r!f TaaSicr, .Jew el JiT, tVe., (M’l’o.srrv: Ki.un's llori-.i, S. w i^h 1! W. I’ci'kv. ith. • rim* s, |o4-li» A: .!»•%%•!i\v, r_i d. r:]’’: >11, U^'ji.ur'd and W.iiranted fur 12 I let Ml, l.'i’.ib tf J. G, WILKINSON Ac CO., # J IM. A f.Kl!.'; IX ' v^fxtolxeis, (fif-rW I ^ ^slv*r A; Ware i ANi> i \NrV (ioons, ^ No. 5, Granite Range, npji : ill- th - 'Ii'ii.'-ion li;-'!--, * il.Mll.tiT'l'I]. .N. j A !“ii ^ivt-n i.. lb'll I ill!: ^ W i-'n.-uni .U \r;lry. . - 1 ■ y j New Supply of j ^V.\T(’I^i;s, .IKWKLHV.' Solid SilKT and IMai d \Var‘. rii*‘ - ill' . I 't •-■■ li.i bitrly I'lP.-.-li'i I 'l a V' l'V e\tensi\ t , "li 111 till :bii\> ;ii ii ic.-^. Hi pui'i'h.ise.-; beiny , I' -w.- dir-' I-': !i ;ini the inanul' = -‘ nr.T. in- i,-: tlieref.iri ' -i’ :-d t-' >ell at a vrry adv.ii:. i- on i-o.-t, and ' ; • - iii 'x r- -■ ;i"-ijred t,'. •' all hi - aiti'I(-.s are war- , i !m u li.ii ill' r(‘iiri‘-;.iit' iIhmii r.) 1m-. , \V.'‘ ■ : ,! i I'l kr > ;iicti.n , ri pairt'.l and will I ' i\ ■- iiiN ■ . lii ,i i:. w. r.r.:'K\viTH. j: 1 •: > (f I'liai'loUe X H, i\ ISailroa«i. ''n m1 .It r tl, l';r-! d.iv o* (li ti ber. TIIUOl'CiIl FXl’bl'' ' I |.'"!;|>T !'K.\i\’.'' will inn Uaily belv\ecii ■ h.irb-!ir ; I I I. ,1 I;ii; : Iru'pment. thus enati!:’)^ .- .'i .:...'- t:; rc.i- h ('harlotte in da_\ s ur le.'.-- fi in N. w Vi.rl, an ! in day fi.mi rharb-ston. and I .. .\lii. Tiil.’tll'iiH fIi i\l-'TS will be scbl iVom riiar- i ’!i ',' -t a at til Nf.v York, via *-.11 > ..nnT>, at :;.i. .md 'i'iie mer- • It'ui' and (Mibln- arc inviif.l lo tr\ t! :> ehr.ip and evp! diti'-iis rout f.it fn'i.;iit.-i and p ^- eniiiTS. -V. 11 M.VIITIN, ' tf C n'l Ft. and Ti. ket Auent. NilTI ATBOV WA.’^TED A *' .. dll' t*T Ml S.MM.' Kailrii i.l Tr.iin. or a.- .V^rv at at S'-n.f : ;...t -r ■ ~ M.ti! Am'lit. I'l- : 11).= .;:i' ..;■ 11', .! ! I'h rai’ter. Sniitb'rn prineipU-.i a.: t.. baiti.'S, can b.' ;:i\ t'n. Ad^!r,-s L. A. IIFLMS. WiiH'lu'ster, Union eo., X. C. '' ■ 1 - ;!in-tid Quinn’s Rheumatic Remedy lla^ ellecti d eure- ol Uhenmatism that were eonsidorod hupele.'S. certilii ates to prove whieh ean be exhibiti'd. The snilL'iiiij; ari' inviteil to give the nieuii inea trial. Orders aiblre.'x d to the luiitersigiied at ('harlotte w il n-vei\c prompt attention. \\'. W. ^.JFINN. April lii. lsj(i. I’riee $1 ."iii per bottle. Hardware !! Hardware!! X. M. TAVl.OU H ft I'].''l’l'i» '.'i-r FLV iiifiirms bis friends and the jiiib- ilw' lie g('nerali_\. that he has added to his e.vtensive sloek of Stov.'S and 'I'in \\ are. a large and eomplete sloi k ol H.w'lw ai l', eon.-istit’ir in pari as follows; Carpenters’ Tools. Cin nbu', mill. ro.-seut. hand, ripper, pannel. ]irun- i(i”'. giafting, t iiniui, b.iek, (.'(Kiifias.-, « i bb. ami biiti h- i-r .S.\\\ .'': Fiarrs and bits. Uraw Knives. ( his.'cl.--, .Xiiiri'r.'. (linil' t'. Hammers, Ilatehets. and A.\e,--: Brick, jdasteiing, aiiil ji iintiii'j- Trowels: .Saw-,-. tters. Screw- plates, .Siiici.' ami dii'S, iManes of :ill kinds, Spoke- ,-havi's. i'el-ldadc bevel and I ry Siiiiares: Spirit hovels I’oclvit Lc\l', Spirit level Vial,-, i>iring machines, (liinii'crs, and ia laci e\erlhinira mechanie wants, in gnat varii .v a'ld at. very low piiecs, at 'I'.V L > |i'S 1!.'.rd « a re .'''Iol • a.lid Tin-ware Depot, iipjiusite the .\lan- .--ioii lloii'i-. I ha riolte. X. (J- M.iy 1 tf Blacksmith’s Tools. 1 .Such as BelloU', .Anvils, Vices, hand and slide Ham- iii' r.', Hiittri--.'CS, Farrier.-' Kni\es. Screw-plate.-. Stock- aiiii me;, i.iiicksmi! 1j'. i'iaccrs .iiid Tong-. Ka-i ei;^ and I l ib-r ot i‘\»ry kind. ni hor.-c.-huv an.i cluich Xails, Uir.iv; hull ol all si-/.'?, b.iih ot norther i and coiin'ry ii.anntactm e; eas*. plow. bFister and .'pring Sti-el; A;c.. l'( r -ale \ cry cheap at 'i'AhOU'."^, oppo.-ile the Man-iiin llon.-e- ! Ludlow’s Celebrated Self-Sealing I Cans, i.r ;iH the diHeroiit size.s, at I'A V j liai'iw.iri' ."'toic, o]iiiosite .Mansion House. ; Agricultural Implements of all kinds. I .■'traw riitters, Corn .SiieUers. Plows. Iloe.'J, Shovels, ; .'^paiics. Folks, A\i s. Picks. .Mattocks, (irnbbing Hoes, j Trace Chains, Wagon Chains, hog Chains, i'runing ! .ind Hedge Shears. I’runing and budding Knives, gar- ! den H'.ies and Rakes, wiili haiidle.s: (!raiu (''railb-?: grain. ! gra-s and brier Scythes, Hush Hook.?, Wagon bo.ves; Hollow ware, such as ]iots, ovens and lids, skillits, sjii- ders, stew-pans and kettles. Cauldrons from 2o to fio •jjallon.'^ each: Iron and brass Pre.*trving Kettles. Sheep .Shears, .Ic., at T.^^'hOU'.S Hardwire Depot, oppo.-itc the .Mansion !lou.e. Tin and Japanned Ware, A large assortment; Block i'in, Block Zinc, Tin Plate, Babbit metal, ttc. Stoves, the l.'nirc.st ^'tuck, of all .sizes, at TAVhtHl’.S Hardware, Stove and Tin ware Dt'pot, opposite .Maii'ion Hon.-i iSEWARP> I H15 \X.\^V.\^' from the sub-eriber on the 1st October. IX.AITtI'HAI address Of Prci^ideiit Uiicoiai, Delivered Munh 4, 18G1. Ff.lluw-Citizkns of Till-: Umtkd States ; It» comjiliaiif-e with a custom as old a.s the (Vuverti- mcnt itself, I ap}ie:;r bcl'ore }(Hi to atldre.'^.^ you briefly atid to take in your }.re."ei;ce the oath [ire- scribed by the I'oiistitutiuii of tlie I nited i?tate.s, and to be taken by the rn sideiit before he ciiter.s on the execution of Iii:* office. 1 do not co!i>iiler it necessary, at present, ior me to di.>-ciiss those matters of ;idmitiistri.tioii about which there i."; no special anxiety or excitement. A[iprelien.sion seems to exi.st atnoii”: the people of the Suuthern States that, by the accession uf a Keruiblican Ad ministration, their property jiid peace and peiMinal Feeurity are to be endangered. 'J liere lias never been any rea.^onab!e cause for ?^uch apprehension. Indeed, the mo.st ample evidence to the contrary has all tlie while existed, :uid been open to tin ir inspection. It i.s found in nearly all the public soecches oi' him who luiw addre.s.st-s you. I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that 1 have no purjiose. directly, or indi!cctly, to I interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it now cxi.-ts, and I believe I hav« no ^ lawful right o do so, and 1 have no inclination to : do so. 'i'lu'Si vho noi!iin;ited and elected me did so with full knowledge that 1 had made this ajnl many other similar declarations, and had never re- catited them ; and, more thati this, tlie^y p'acid in the ].l;!tform for my acceptance, as a law to them- ' selves atid to n;c, the clear and emjihatie lesolution I which I now read : “ I’esolved, That the maintenance, inviolate, of i ^ the rights of the States, and especially the rigiit of e.-ich State, to order and control it.s own domes- ■ tic institutions accordinr to its own judgment, ex clusively, is essential to that balance of power on wiiieh the pt rfeetion and eiMlur.'ince of our politi cal fabric depend ; and we denounce the l:iwle.ss ' invasion by armed force of the soil ol'iinv St:ite or I 'I'erritorv, no matter under what pretext, as among I the "rav(st of ciime.s. ' I now reiterate these ^f‘l)fiments, and. in duinr ' so, 1 only press uj.nn tlie public attention the most ! conclusivt evidence of wliieii (he case is .suscepti- i ble, tb:it the pro]>erty. ] eace and security of no ! .«ccti(in are ti.' be in anywi.-e endangeted by the in- i c(.iniing Administralion. I add to th’it, all the protection wl>.ich, consistently wit): the ('onstitu- laws, ean be givdi, will be checrl'ully this proposition, that in legal coiiiplicatioii, the is iinfiossible. The rule of a minority, as a perm I nion is perpetual, confirmed by the history of the I’nioti itself. Tlie I’nion is much older than the Constitution; it was formed in fact by the at ti des of association in 1774. It was matured und continued by the Declaration of Independence in 177G. It was further matured, and the faith of all these thirteen S:;ites expressly pledged and engag ed that it should be perpetual. 'J'he Articles of nent ariangement, is wholly inadmissible; sn that, rejecting the majority principle, an:irchy or de.?iiotisni in .!ome form, is all that is left. 1 do not forget the position assumed by some, that con stitutional (juestions are to be decided by tiie Supreme Court. Nor do I deny that such vlecisions must be binding in an)' case upon the p:irties to a suit. As to the object of tiiat suit, whde they to ceficp to bfliere that we nre not enemifs but friends. We inii'St not be enemies. Tbontrh pnseion mnv hnv^ strained, it must not break our ofatfeciion. Th* mvstio eoril* of memory, stretching from every battle ficbl nnd patriot’s gr.ire to every lovinp henrt und hearthstone nil over this brond liind, will yet swell the ehorn« of the I’nion when again touehed, as surely they will be, by the better anjrels of our nature. Kx Sforktary Thompson’s Statf.mknt.—A are also entitled to very high respect and considera- few days ago. Mr .lacob 11. Thompstni, late Socre- Confcderation in 177H, and finally in 1787, one of tijn in all parallel cases by ail other departments tary t»f the Interior, made an uddress to his friends the ilecbued objects for ordaining and estaldi.sh- of the Giivffnmeiit; and while it is obviously and neighbors in Mississippi in regard to the ac- ing ihc Cuiistitution was to form a more perfect possible that such decision may be erroneous in tion of Mr Buchitnafi’s cabinet in regard to scees- any givcti ease, still tlie evil cllect fbllowitig its .sion He paid th;jt (here t»as no serious trouble in being limited to that particular case, with the the c.-ibinet until it was known that Mr Lincoln chance that it may be over ruled and nevei become j was elected ; then arose a diseussi«*n upon the a precedent for other cases, can better be borne rights and powers uf the general and State govern- than could the evils of a different priictice. At the Same time, the candid citizen must confess that, if the policy of the C,overnment upon vital (incstions afl'ecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme (nion. But if destruction of the (nion by one or by a part ofly uf the States be lawfully possi ble, the l.'nion is less perfect than before—the Constitution having lost the vital element of per- {■etuity. It follows from the.se views tliat no State, uj>on its owti mere motion, can hiwfully go out of the I’nion: that resolves and ordinances to that eflect are legally void, and that acts of vio- leiice within any State or States against the au thority of the (iiited State.s, are insurrectionary or , Court, the instant they are made in ordin.iry la w IV; 11 !v J ti.» one di'Uitindcd, eetiuii as I tion and the j given to all the Si.iies, whet) lor !iatv\ er caUM', us ehcet ii another. '1 here is nmeh cotitrover?y about the drlivcring ; Up of fugitives from service or labor. 'I he clause 1 now n-ad is as plainly v.illteii in the (.'onstitution as any ullicr ol' its ].rovl.'in!)s ; “ Xo ]ierso!i lielil to .-ervice or labor i.'i one State under t!ie laws thereof, escaping into another, shall in conset|uence i>f any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of t!ic J^arty to whom such service or labor may be due.” It is scarcely CjUCstioiKible that this provision was intended by those who made it, fir the reclaiming Ilf what we call fugitive .slaves, ami the intention of the law given, is the law. All members ot ('ongress swear their suj-port to the whole ('onsti tution, to this provi.sion as n.uch as to any other. To the [imposition, then, that slaves whose cases come within the terms of this clause, shall be de livered up, their oaths are unanimous Now, if they would make the effort in good temper, could they not with nearly (qual niiiinimity frame and jiass a law b}’ means of which to keep good that unanimous oath? There is some difference ot opinion whetlicr this cltiusc should be enforced by iiiitional or by State authority; but surely tliat diflerence is imt a very niateriat oiu ; if the slave is to be surrendered, it can be of but little conse- t high, about thirty year.' .dd, tolerably bright, rathei .'liiii. and wcij.'bs aiiout IT.'i pound.s. Hehasadl'^^n look when sjioken to. The end of the forefinger of his left hanil has been eut olT, and a slnirii hard knot has Lrown on the i'miofit. I think he is lurking about Bockv Kiver, in the lower end of Cabarrus county, w here he was raised. C"';}' All persons are forew arned not to Imrl'or nr assist him. under Mie jie.'ialty of the law. 1 will pav the above rewnnJfor hi.-; lielivery to me, or hi- apprehension and conliiieHii'tit in nny jail .^o 1 c.iii irct him. \\ I hhI.\ M 11MI h 1 >X, Negro llt; .l liepot, Ftiioii Co., N. C- Aj-ril IS.:.'. If lieeri'aUte Wanted. ('iish I^rii’rs pttnl far Ihevrsi oik/ Sluep. 1 ,1111 >till engaged in Butchering, and desire to pur- c!i.'\.-e Beef Ciittle and Slieep, for v.Tiich 1 will pay the hiuliest market po iees. Those having stock tor sale will tiad it to their advantage to give mu a call. In- iinire at Hr. Ta_\Iur's Tan \ arJ. 21, h"ijit. -\u; •2C.-tf J. h. STOUT. AOTH E. und Jan. P The ('I'li'briitvil Pills. TI '■ t - t,-. ii t ; :l \' 1 .\ Pill but thev are irar- ■ at; ■rtli Ml. per .1 b ,\ ui 1 ' A - T. ;'-. IF-, • - ;1.. , ,ircadlul I i'.- .i.tli, liapj-;;. - . an.I i; . iiian s. Thev are ute.j ..iid arc 11- huini'ii;.; biit are nrej.aicd bv C roliiM pliy. : iaa of hi_h -i.uiding and of • rien-e iii th treatment uf I', male 'us.-aes, i nece~,-ary t'l eonvince y of tie.'r elll. ae\ is F:;:' part;i u!.u>, si ■ w j ;cr^. i F r ..1: at the DRU. STORES. I. 1 vr COurge I an d by Superior Smut Machines, a mulatto boy nanu ii SithO.MitX. He is near si.\ : i|uence to him or to others by which authoiity it is done; and shotild any one in any case be content that his oath shall go ui;kept on a merely unsub stantial controversy as to how it shall be kept Again, in any law upon this subject ought not all the safeguards of liberty kmiwu in civilized and humatie jurisprudence to lic introduced, so that a free man may n it be in any case stirremiercd as a slave; and might it not be well, at the same time, to provide by law for the enforcement ot thut clause in the Constitution which guarantees that “ the citizens of each State siiall be entitled to all [irivilegi'S and immunities of citizens in the sev eral States.” 1 take the official oath to-day with no mental reservations and with no jiiirpose to construe the Ci'iistitution or laws by tiny hypocritical rules; an 1 while I do not choose now to specify particu lar acts of Congress as [iroper to be enforced, I do suggest that it will be much safer for all, both in ofiicial and private stations to conform to and al)ide by all thos« acts which stand unrepealed, than to violate any of them, tru>iing tu find impunity in having them held to be unconstitutional. it is seventy-two years since the first inaugura tion of a l^resident under our National Constitu tion. 1 luring that period, fifteen different and greatly distiniruished citizens have in sueces>ion administered the Kxeeutive braneh of the (Jovern- ment. They have conducted it through many perils, and generally with great success. \ et, with all this scope for precedent, I now enter upon the same task for the brief constitutional term ot 4 yrs, under great and jicctiliur difficulties. A disruption of the Federal I iiion, heretofore menaced, is now formidably attempted. I hold that in conteuipla- tion of universal law and of the Constitution, the union of these Stat. >’s jerpietual. I’erpetuity is implied, if not e;.pres.^ed, in the futielaniental law of national (loverniiient'^. It is safe to assert that no Uovernment ’ roptv jver had a provision in its oriranie law for its own termination Continue to execute all the express provisioi.s of our national F'oii.-tituiiun, and the L nion will endure forever; it being impossible to destroy it except i^y some action not provided for ii; the instrument itself. Again, if the (’nited States be not a (lovern- iiiciit pr. per, but an liS-ociati. n of Stf-tes in the nature of contract merely, can it. as a contract, be practically unmade by less than ail the par ties who made it? One party to a contract violate it, break it, so to speak, but revolutionary, according to circumstances. I, therefoie, consider that, in view of the Constitu tion and the laws, the (’nion is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability, I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Lnion be faithfully executed in all the States. Doing this, I deem to be only a sim ple duty on my [lart, and I shall peiform it, so far as practicable, unless my rightful masters, the Anjcrican pcojile, shall withhold the rcf|uisite means, or, in some authorized manner, direct the contrary. I trust this will not be regarded as a menace, but as the declared pur[iose of tiie I’nion that it will constitutionally defend and maintain itself. In doing this, there need be no bloodshed or violence, and tliere shall be none, unless it be forced upon the national authority. The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging to the Ciovernment, and to collect tlie duties and imposts; and beyond what may be necessary for these ob jects, »hcre will be no invasion, no using of force against ov among the fieople anywhere. Where hostility to the United States in any interior locali ty shall be so great and so unusual as to prevent comjietent resident citizens from holding the Fed eral offices, there will be no attempt to force ob noxious strangers among the people for that ob ject. While the strict legal right may exist in the Government to enforce the exercise of these offices, the attempt to do so would be irrational, and so nearly impracticable withal, that I deem it better'to forego for the time the uses of sueh of fices. The m-iils, unless repelled, will continue to be furnished in all parts of the ('nion. So far as jvossible, the people everywhere shall have that sense of perfect security which is most favorable to cuol thought and reficction. The course here indicated will be followed, unless current events and experience shall show a modification or change to be pri.’perjand in every case and exigency, uiy best discretion will be exercised according to cir cumstances actually existing, and with a view and a hope of a peacef ul solution of the national trou bles, and the restoration of fraternal sympathies and aflections. That there arc persons in one sec tion or another who seek to destroy the (.’nion at all events, and are glad of any pretext to do it, I will neither affirm or deny, but if there be sucti, I need address no word to them. To those, however who really love the Union, may I not speak be fore entering upon so grave a matter as the de struction of our national fabric, with all its benefits, its memories, its hopes? \\ ould it not be wise to ascertain precisely why we do it? Will you hazard so desperate a ste[i while there is any possibility that any poition of the ills you fly from have no real existence? Will you, while the certain ills litigation between parties in personal actions, tlie [icople will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent jiractically resigned their Government into the hands of that eminent tribui'al. Nor is there, in this view, any assault upon the court and judges. It is a duty from which they may not shtink to decide cases of pro]ieity brought before them, and it is no fault of theirs if others seek to turn their decisioiis to political |)urposes. One section of our country believes slavery is right and ought to be extended, while the other believes that it is wrong and ought not to be extended. Tliis is the only substantial dispute. As to the fugitive slave clause of the Constitu tion and the law for the supjircssio.i of the foreign slave trade, (as near as any law can ever be in a community where the moral sense of the [icople imjierfectly support.s the law itself,) the great body ofpeojile abide by the diy legal obligations in both cases, and a few break over each. I think these cannot be perfectly cured, and it would be worse in both cases, after the separation of the sections, thiin before. 'I he foreign sla\e trade is now im- perfetly suppressed, and would be ultimately re vived without restriction in one section, while fu gitive slaves, now only [lai tially suirendered, would not be surrendered at all by the other. I’hysical- ly speaking, we cannot se[iarate—we cannot re move mr respective sections from each other, noi- build an iinpas.-able Wi^ll lietweeii them. A hus band and a wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other, but the dllTerent parts of onr Country cannot do ments. On the right of a State to secede the cabi net split at once ; but on the right of the general government to coeree a rebel, all agreed in the negative. Thompson held strongly to the right to socede, but kept his place in the hope, as he says, of preserving peace. He agreed with the Presi dent that it was his duty to enforce the laws and hold public property; but held that the army ami navy could only be used a.s a pos.se to aid the ciril authority, and as all the civil executive ofticers in South (^irolina had resigned, there could be no attempt to uphold the laws, lie also reniark.s : “As 1 was writing :ny resignation, I sent a des- pnft h t>> Judijo Lniiijstreet that the Sf*ir Oj the nV'.'.'//'v/.s roiniiiij with rriuforreint iitn. The troops were thus put on their guard, and when the Star of the West arrived she received a warm welcome from booming cannon, and soon beat a retreat. I was rejoiced the vessel was not sunk, but I was still more rejoiced that the concealed trick, first conceiv(*d by Gen Scott, and adopted b}’Secretary Holt, b it countermanded l»y the President when too late, jiroved a failure.” From the Riehniomi Dispatch. Great 7/ iu»}j>h!—lSli iiij}>t liovte Jrnrtl Rich~ vioiid to the heart f>f North Caro/iiia! Our readers will see by the subjoined interest ing communication, that the .North (’arolina Legis lature, at its late session, has passed the measure in whieh Itiehmond is so profoundly intere.sted, but whieh has been so long and so bitterly op- {losed, granting a charter to connect, by a short line of niilroad not exceeding f'miy Uiiles, the gre;it Noith ('arolina ('entral IJailroad with the Kichniond and Dinville llailro:id. It is imjiossi- ble to over estimate the imjioiUince of this im- • iroveinent. It opens to Kiehmoiid. by the short- e.'t, the most eligible, and the hast expensive route, tiie warden spot of Nortli Carolina, and of tliis. J hey cannot but remain f.ice to face, and | dm i^onth; and by means of its connection intercourse either amieable or ho.>tile, mu>t contin ue between them. is it possible, then, to m.il.i* that intercourse more advantageous or more satis factory after separation than before? Can aliens make treaties easier than friends can make laws? (.’an treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens, than laws can among friends? Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight alw.iys. and when, alter much lj.ss on both sides, and no gain on cither, you cease fighting, the identical old ijuestions, as to terms of intercourse are again upon you. 'I’his country, witli its inslitutioiis, belongs to the [leople who iiihabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary ot the existing government, tliey can exercise the Constitutional right to amend it, or the levolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it. 1 cannot be ignorant of the fact that nuiiy worthy and patriotic citizens are desirous of h.»v- ing the national Constitutioji ameinled. While I make no recommendation of amendment, 1 fully recognize the rightful autiiority of the people over the whole subject, to be exercised in either of the modes presented in the instrument itself, an J 1 you fly to are greater than all the real ones you fly j should, under existing circum.stances, favor rathti j from, will you risk the commission of so fearful a j than oppose a fair opp.utunity being aflorded the ; possible means,'and invariably people to act upon it. I will venture to add that with other Southern ro:ids, it will present the srraight(st route throughout the whole Southern Country, and secure the whole travtl of the South to Ilichmofid. MKsSUiS. KDnnus: Allow me to call your atten tion to a charter granted by the Nortli Carolina * Legislature during its late se.'^sion, to connect by a short line of railroad, the N«irth C:irolina liailroad with the Hichmund and Danville Railroad, at or near IJark.'daht’s Depot, on the Danville road. This new road is to begin at the (’ouifiany’s Shops — the central point on the North ('aroHna Rail road, and now a beautiful little village—thence it lakes its route to Vanceyville, thence to .Milton, and then to Barksdale’s Depot. By reference to the map, it will be seen that this is a perfectly straight line, thus aflTording the privilege so long sought and so earnestly desired by both the peo ple of Caswell and atljoinirig counties, and by the citizens of Richmond, of connecting by a short and practicable line of railway, the two railroads above mentioned. Hitherto this connection has been most urgently pre.'^sed 'n the North ('arolina Legi.'lature, but has been constantly and steadily ■»' ih* (r ’'!en I’nd-I ock. y UCHRANL A; SAMPLE. T.ikeii up and committed to the Jail of .Meeklenb'.ir^ county, on the ,^th oay of September. 18tJu, aXegro l.ov aiiout 1.'' or 'Jil vears of age, (blaek.i about .) teet o or inches lii^h. He says I’.is name is JIM, ami that he belongs t., .lohii Worthy of Ca.-toii eounty; that his master moved to Texas early la.t Spring, at which time he ran away from him. Jini appears very dnll: ' can scarcely eommunifate anything about his master ■ or home with any intelligenee. He has a sear on his right fore linger, made by a cutting knife. The owner is requested to eome t'oi’ward, prove ; rv>porty, j>av ex pense'. and take s.-.id boy away, otherw ise he v\ ill be (liiKiscd of according to law. (let.l.st'iO. (f K. C. ClRH-:R. Sheriff. I> R 1 li O O D S , L.ll)Ii:S' CLOAKS and BOX.NETS, DREcS GOODS and EllBUOIDEUIES. Cni*i3et:s4 cfes nxxs®. A VF.KY LARGK ASSORT-'IENT OF P I. A N T A T I 0 N GOODS. The above will be found to compare in stylei: and prices with uny in the town. ri!^HER X BI RROI GIIS X V l.T. IS'jO tf may dues it not require all to lawfully rescind it? De scending from these froneral principles, we find mistake? All profess to be content in the Union, if :ill constitution.il rights c;in be maintained, is it true, then, that any right, plainly written in the Constitution, has been deniedy I think not. Happily, the liuman mind is so constituted, that no power can reach to the audacity of doing this. 'I hii;k, if you can, of a single in^tance, in whieh a plainly written provision of the Constitution has ever been denied? If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might in a moral point of view, justify a revolution. It certainly would, ifsuch a right were a vital one. But such is not our case. All the vital rights of minoiities and of i indivivuals are so plainly assured to them by af firmations and negations, guarantees and jirohibi- tions, in the Constitution, that controversies never arise coneeriiing them. But no organic law can ever be framed with a provision specifically ap plicable to every question which ma}’ occur in practical adminiotration. No foresight can an ticipate, nor any document of reasonable length contain express provisions for all possible ques- i tions. Shall fugitives from labor be surrendered I by natior;al or by State authority? 'The Constitu tion does not expres.sly say. May ('ongre.^s prohibit i slavery in the Territories? The Constitution does ' not expressly say. Must Congre.ss protect slavery : in the Territories? The Constitution does not I expressly say. From questions of this ela.^s ' spring all our constitutional controversies, and we divide upon them into majorities and minori ties. If the minority will not acquiesce, the majority must, or the Government must cease. There is no olher alternative for continuing the Government than acquiescence on one side or the other If a minority in such case will secede ra ther than acquiesce, they make a precedent whieh in turn will divide and ruin them; for a minority of their own will secede from them whenever a ma jority refuses to be controlled by such minority, l-'or instance, why niay not any portion of a new Confederacy, a ye.nr or two hence, arbitrarily se cede again, precisely as portions of the present Union now claim to secede from it? All who cherish disunion sentiments, nre now being educa ted to the exact temper of doin^ this. Is there such perfect identity of interests among the States to compose a new Union to produce harmnuv only, and prevent renewed secession ? Plainly the central idea of secession is the c.'^.'sence of anarchy. A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always chancing easily with deliberate changes of popular opiniors and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it. does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or despotism. Unanimity to me tlie convention tiiode seems [(referable, in that it allows amendments to originate with the people themselves, instead of only permitting them to take or repeal projiositions originated by others | not especiiilly chosen for the purpose, and which | niight not be precisely such as they would wish to j accept or refuse. I understand a proposed amend ment to the Constitution, which amendment how- | ever, I have no*, seen, has passed Congress, to the i effect that the Federal Government shall never | interfere with the domestic institutiutis of the j States, including that of persons held to service. i To avoid misconstruction of what I have said, I dejiart from my purpose not to speak of particular iunendments, so far as to say that, holding sueli a J'To- i vision now to be the im}ilietf eonstruetion of the law, 1 ; have no objection lo its being iwade e,\press and irre- ^ vocable, 't he Chief .Magistrate derives all liisauthoii- , ty from the people, and the;' have conferred none upon him to tix terms for the se|iaratioi. of the States. The people them.-elves can do this if they choose, but the i E.xecutive, as sueh. has nothing to do with it; his duty is to administer the present Government as it carue to his hands, mid to transmit it nnimjiaired by him to hi.>> successor. Why should there not be a jiatient confi dence in the ultimate justice of the people? I« there any better or equal ho{»c in the world? In our pie.-ent ditVerenees is eithi'r j>:irty without faith of being light ' • .May the Almighty ruler of nation.s, \^itll his eteriinl truth, be >n your -ide of the Xorih and on yours of the South. That truth, ar.'i that ju.«tice. will surely pre vail by the judgment of iiiis great tribunal, the Ameri can people. By the form of (iovernment und«r whieh we live, this same peo[ilt have wi.-reiy gi'en their pub lic servants but little power for nii-ehiet. and have with equal w isdom provided for the return of that lit’le to their own hands at short in*ervals. Wbile the people retain lh*!M- virtue and vigilance, no Aduiini-iiation, by any extreme of wickedness or tolly, can very ;-eri- ously injure the Governn.ent in the .-hnrt s(>aee of four years. My countrymen, one and all. 1 a k you to think calmly and well ujion this whole tubjert. Nothing valuable can be lor-t by taking time. If ther> be an object to hurry any of you in hot haste to a step which yo:j would never take deliberately, that object will be frustrated by taking time; but no good object can be frustrated by it. Such of you as are diasati.-fied, still have the old Constitutin unimpaired, ftud on the sen sitive point the laws of your own framing under it, while the new administration will have no remedy if it should ch inffe either. If it were admitted that vrii who are di.-sati-fied hold the right side in the dispute, there is no single good reason for precipitate action. Intelligence, patrioti.-ni, chri.-tianity, and warm reli ance ou liim who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust all our present dif ficulties. ! voted down. Now we have a charter for the short est, the most eligible, tmd last, btit not least, tho least expensive mute Most of the way from the ’(.nipiiny’s shops to Barksdale’s it will run upon a ridge, and need not in its entire length exceed 40 miios of railway actually to be conbtructed. 'Sio.v.s i.v THK Hlav'K.n’S.—On Tuesday after noon. the 20tli ult., about 3 o’clock, one .of those rare celestial phenomena a parhelion, or mock suns, was seen by many person!} here, and we observe was also seen at lligh Point, 100 miles west of this [ilace. 'I here was a mock sun North and another South of the sun, of equal size, but smaller than the sun. 1 he usu;tl accompaniment of a white circle passing through the mock suns was also viai- b!e On the same evening about Oi o’clock, the moon presented the strange appearance of a pale light '•n-ss passing thiough it and extending in four directions some half a degree beyond its outer rim. ’I'liese phenotnena are of course owing to aorao j.eculiar condition of the atmo.sphere.—Obi. President Lincoln is described as a long, lank, bony, awkward, ill-natured, hard-farored, plain* sp'oken man, with a head that indicates original sense, and a nifiiith betraying humor, irresolution and a love of the good things of life. His neck is inordinately long, having from two to ten more joints in it than any (.thcr neck—according to tho aworn stateuicnts of reliable anatomists When the Peace (.'ongrcss cullfd on him, it was observed that hi.i greeting of Judge Suiiimerfi was very c irdial. “ I have h?arn a good deal about you oecasiunally, Judge,” said he to him. Col Doni phan was next pre.«ented. “ You are some tall man, Kurnel,” qu*)th Mr Linc«)ln. Next came Wm. (' Piives, to whom Mr Abraham remarked, with some a tonishment; “You’re not half so tall a man as I thought you was.” This rather f'tag- gercd Mr Hives, which being quickly perceived by Mr Lincoln, he made up for his brusejuenes-i by adding, “but I suppose it is made up iu intellect." It would seem that Uncle Abe was taking the dinif usions of the Peace Comniissioiiers. Sad Acciddnt.— Mr HmanuelFisher ujet with a serious accident on 'Tuesday last at Winston, N. C., while engaged in firing a cannon, in honor of In your hands, my di«sati«fied friends and country- the nuptiala ot a happy couple. Me had one arm fractured, wrist dislocated, a^d received other injuries. men. and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The Uovernment will not a«sail you. You can hare no conflict without being yourselves the aggrei- sor?. You have no oath registered in heaven lo de stroy the Government, vvhiie I shall hare the most sol emn one to preserve, protect and defend it. I am loth There have been forty-three resignations in tho United States army ttioce South Caroiioa acceded.
