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4 t " '),' -Jr. " tt - f I- .? f y I - a , 8, i- 1 ft .1: -i i m lit! !t if 4; yi ; j 'V 1 1 ,. 5 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. A Proclamation, by John W . Ellis, Governor of North Carolina. Wbebeae: By Proclamation of Abraham Lin coin, President of the United States, followed bj requisition of Simon Cameron, Secretary of War, I am informed that the said Abraham Lincoln has made a call for 75,000 men to be employed for the invasion of the peaceful homes of the South, and for the violent subversion of the liberties of a free people, constituting a large part of the whole population of the United States: And, whereas, this high-handed act of tyrannical outrage is not only a violation of all constitutional law, in utter disregard of every sentiment of humanity and Christian civilization, and conceived in a spirit of aggression unparalleled by any act of recorded his lory, but is a direct step towards the subjugation of the whole South, and the conversion of a free Republic, inherited from our fathers, into a mili tary despotism, to be established by wore. than foreign enemies on the ruins of our once glorious Constitution of Equal Bights, Now, therefore, I, JrnN W Ellis, Governor of the State of North-Carolina, for these extraordina ry causes, do hereby issue this, my Proclamation, notifying and requesting the Senators and mem .here of the House of Commons of the General .Assembly of North-Carolina, to meet in Special Session at the Capitol, in the City of Raleigh, on "Wednesday the 1st day of May next. And I fur thermore exhort all good citizens throughout the State to be mindful that their first allegiance is due to the Sovereignty which protects their homes and dearest interest, as their first service is due for the sacred defence of their hearths, and of the soil which holds the graves of our glorious dead. Ignited action in defence of the sovereignty of North-Carolina, and the rights of the South, becomes now the duty of all. Given under my hand, and tested by the Great Seal of the State. Done at the City of Raleigh, the 17th day of April, A. D., 18G1, and in the eighty-fifth year of our Independence. JOHN W. ELLIS. By the Governor. -GRAnAM Daves, Private Secretary. XITTCOLN'S CALL FOR TROOPS. The following is the form of the call made upon the respective State Governore for troop, issued : through the War Department. To Governor Sir: Under the act of Con- -gress for calling out the militia "to execute the laws of the Union and suppress insurrection, repel invasions," &c, approved Feb. 20, 1795, I have the honor to request your Excellency to cause to be immediately detached from the militia of your State the quota designated in the table below, to serve as infantry or riflemen, for a period of three months, unless sooner discharged. Your Excellency will please communicate to me the time at or about which your quota will be ex pected at its rendezvous, as it will be met as s-oon as practicable by an officer or officers, to niustt r it into the service and pay of the United States. At the same time the oath of fidelity to the United States will"bc administered to every man. Tiic mustering officers will be instructed to receive no man under the rank of Commissioned officer who is in years appareutly over forty-five or uti'.ier eighteen, or who is not in physical strength and vigor. The quota for each State is as follows : Maine New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Is land, Connecticut, Delaware, Arkansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota each one regi ment. Massachusetts, North Carolina and Tennessee two regiments each. Pennsylvania sixteen regiments. New York seventeen regiments. Ohio thirteen regiments. New Jersey, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri four regiments each. Illinois and Indiana six regiments each. Virgiuia three regiments. It is ordered that each regiment shall consist, in the aggregate, officers and men, of seven hundn d and eighty. The total thus to be called out is seventy-three thousand three hundred and ninety ,one. The remainder to constitute the seventy-five thousand, under the President's proclamation, will be composed of troops in the District cf Columbia. KENTUCKY AND NORTH CAROLINA. Washington, April 16. The following are the responses by telegraph from the Governors of Kentucky and North Carolina to the call of Lincoln for volunteers : Raleigh, N C, April 15. Your despatch is received, and if genuine, which its extraordinary character leads mc to doubt, 1 have to say in reply that I regard the levy f troops for the subjugation of the Southern Stat s as in violation of the Constitution and an usurpa tion of power. I can be no party to this wicked violation of the laws of the country, and to this war upon the liberties of a free people. You c-- get no troops from North Carolina. I will reply juoro in detail when your call is received by mail. JOHN W. ELLIS, Covernor of North Caro'ina. Frankfort, Ky., April 10. To the Secretary op War: Your despatch lias been received, and in answer I say emphati cally that Kentucky will furnish no troops for the wicked purpose of subduing her sister Southern States. B. MAGOFFIN. Governor of Kentucky. TENNESSEE AND MISSOURI. Nashville, April 18. Gov. Harris replies to Lincoln's call on Tennessee for two regiments, as follows : " Tennessee will not furnish a single man for coercion, but fifty thousand, if necessary, for .the defence of our rights and those of our South rn brothers." St. Louis, April IS. Gov. Jackson tells Cam eron that his requisition is illegal, unconstitu tional, revolutionary, inhuman, and diabolical, and cannot be complied with. Missouri won't lurnish a rn an on such an unholy crusade Washington, April 17. Thero is a report in circulation, but not yet confirmed, that the Gov ernment has called for 15,000 additional troop.?. It is stated that engineers are selecting positions for the erection of batteries iu and around the city for its protection. Every public building in the city is now guard ed by night by enlisted soldiers. The street from the Post Office is piled with provisions in barrels and boxes, well guarded. A n ammunition train passed down the avenue to-day, towards George town, proably to supply a battery 6aid to be erect ing on the heights of Georgetown. An artillery force to-night is stationed on the Maryland approa ches to the city. Memphis, April 17. A tremendous meeting was held last night, at which it was resolved that .Memphis is out of the Union ; that there is no Union here. The City Council has appointed a Military Board, and appropriated $50,000 for the defence of the city. Citizens are arming and .equipping. INCIDENTS OP THE BOMBARDMENT AND SURRENDER, Fort Sumter was delivered up on Saturday to Capt. Ferguson, one of Gen. Beauregard's aids, despatched to receive it, and raise upon its walls the Confederate flag. Previous to leaving, Major Anderson carefully pointed out the location of the mines which he had laid to defend his post; also the powder magazines, with the danger to which he might be exposed by the progress of the fire, elc. After performing these offices, he delivered up the keys It is understood that Major Anderson had in tended to fire a salute of one hundred guns before striking the United States flag, both the national salute of thirty-four or thirty-six guns and the President's salute of twenty-one guns. This not being particularly agreeable to the captors of the fort, he determined to fire a full salute, but one without special point. The accident which hap pened to his gunners put a stop to his intention. Immediately upon seeing the fatal effect, 3Iajor Whiting wrote an order for the Confederate troops to bury the body in the parade ground of Fort Sumter, with all the honors of war, and sent a copy to .Major Anderson, who was visibly affected by this token of respect. towards his brave garrison by their victorious enemies. The Confederate flag aud the ensign of South Carolina were hoisted simultaneously on the ram parts looking towards Charleston. The two flag staffs upon which the colors had been raised had been lashed to two guns near one another by Com modore Ilui fa tone, and rose touie fifteen feet abovo the parapet. It is stated that Anderson's flag staff at Fort Sumter was touched by balls seven times before the final shot which cut it down. The halyard was cut below the flag on the morn ing of the 12th. At Fort Moultrie, where floated both the Confederate and State colors, the folds of the former were pierced by 4 balls, the latter by 3. Jn the terms of capitulation it was allowed to Major Anderson to salute his flag, and it was per haps expected that ho would fire the usual com plement of twenty -oi;e guns; but reaching that number, he still went on to fire, aud the appre hension was that he might exhibit the discourtesy of numbering thirty-four. But he continued still to fire up to fifty, and then slowly lowering his flag, the shouts from assembled thousands upon the shores and the tteatners, and every species of water craft, announced that the authority of the late United States upon the last foot of Carolina's foil was finally withdrawn. It had been noticed, that at the firing of the seventeenth gun, there was the sound as of two reports, and the impression was that two guns had been firert together; but as the party, re-embaik-ing, were on their wiy to Fort Sumter, they were met Ly a boat, which announced that one of the cannons had exploded! and made the earnest re quest that the boat would return to Sullivan's Island for a fire engine, from the apprehension that the magazine inijiht be in danger. This obtained, the party again started for the fort, and made their entrance. It were vain to attempt a detailed description of the scene. Kvery point and every object in the interior of the fort to which the eye was turned, except the outer walls and casemates, which are still strong, bore the impress of huh. It were as if the Genius of Destruction had tasked its energies to make the thing complete, brooded over by the desolation of ages. It could scarce have been developed to a more full maturity of ruin. The wails of the internal structure, roofless, bare, blackened and perforated by shot and shell, hung in fragments, and seemed in instant readiness to totter down. .Near the centre of the parade ground was the hurried grave of one who had lalleti from the recent casualty To the left of the entrance was a man who seemed to be at the verge of death. In the ruins to the right there was another. The shattered flag-staff, pierced by four balls, lay sprawling on the ground. The parade-ground was strewn with fragments of shell and of the dilapidated buildings. At least four puns were dismounted on the ramparts, and at every step the way was impeded by portions of the broken structure. And so it was that the authori ties, compelled to yield the fortress, had at least the satisfaction of leaving it in a condition to in spire the least possible pleasure to its captors. Major Anderson and his command marched out to the tune of " Yankee Doodle." They were dressed in full uniform, and carried their arms. Major Anderson looked care-worn and deeply despondent, produced, no doubt, among other cir cumstances, by the sad accident which happened whilst saluting his flag. PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT OP THE UNITED STATES. Whereas, The laws of the United States have been for some time past, and now are, opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texa, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinaay course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the Marshals by law : Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, in virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution and the laws, have thought fit to call forth, and hereby do call forth, the militia of the several States of the Union, to the aggregate number of 75,000, in order to sup press said combinations, and to cause the laws to be dulv executed. Tho details for this object will be immediately communicated to the State authori ties through the War Department. I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity and the ex istence of our National Union, and the perpetuity nf popular Government, and to redress wrongs already loug enough endured. I deem it proper to say that the first service assigned to the forces hereby called forth, will probably bo to re-possess the forts, places and property which have been seized from the Union, and in every event the utmost care will be ob served, consistently with the objects aforesaid, to avoid any devastation and destruction of, or inter ference with, property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens in any part of the country; and I hereby command the persons composing the com binations aforesaid to disperse and retire peacea bly to their respective abodes within twenty days from this date. Deeming that the present condition of public affairs presents an extraordinary occasion, I do herebv, in virtue of the power in me vested by the Constitution, convene both Houses of Congress Senatois and Representatives are therefore sum moned to assemble at their respective Chambers, at twelve o'clock, noon, on Thursday, the 4th day of July next, then and there to do what, in their wisdom, the public safety and interest may seem to demaud. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the U. S. to be affixed, Dobo at the city of Washington, this 15th day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eigm uunurea ana sixty-one, and or tne indepen- dence of the United States the 85th. Signed ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President, Wm. H, Seward. Secretary of State. WESTERN DEMOCEAT, C HARL O TTEr - O - PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT OP THE CONFEDERATE STATES Whereas, Abraham Lincoln, the President of the United States, has by proclamation announced the intention of invading this Confederacy with an armed force, for the purpose of capturing its fortresses and thereby subverting its independence mul Kiihieetinf? the free dcodIc thereof to the dominion of foreign power; and wnereas it Has thus become the duty of this Government to repel the threatened invasion and to defend the rights and liberties of the people by all the means which the laws of nations and the usages of civilized warfare place at its disposal. Now, therefore, 1, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, do issue this my proclamation, inviting all those who may desire by service in private armed vessels on the high seas to aid this Government in resisting so wanton and wicked an aggression, to make application for commissions or letters of marque and reprisal, to be issued under the seal of these Confederate States. And I do notify all persons applying for letters of marque, to make a statement in writing, giving the name and a suitable description of the character, tonnage and force of the vessel, and the name and place of residence of each owner con cerned therein, and the iutended number of the crew, and to sign said statement and deliver the same to the Secretary of State, or to the Collector of any port of entry of these Confederate States, to be by him transmitted to the Secretary of State. And I do further notify all applicants aforesaid, that before any commission or letter of marque is issued to any vessel, the owner or owners thereof, and the commander for the time being, will be required io give bond to the Confederate States, with at least two responsible sureties, not interest ed in such vessel, in the penal sum of five thou sand dollars; or if such vessel be provided with more than one hundred and fifty men, then in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars; with condition that the owners, officers and crew who shall be employed on board such commissioned vessel, shall observe the laws of these Confederate States, and the instructions given to them for the regula tion of their conduct; that they shall satisfy all damages done contrary to the tenor thereof by such vessel during her commission, and deliver up the same when revoked by the President of the Confederate States. And I do further specially enjoin on all persons holding offices, civil and mili tary, under the authority of the Confederate States, that they be vigilant and zealous in dis charging the duties incident thereto. And I do, moreover, solemnly exhort the good people of these Confederate States, as they love their coun try, as they prize the blessings of free Government, as they feel the wrongs of the past aud these now threatened in an aggravated form, by those whose enmity is more implacable, because unprovoked, that ihey exert themselves in preserving order, in promoting concord, in maintaining the authority and efficiency of the laws, and in supporting and invigorating all the measures which may be adopted for the common defence, and by which, under the blessing of Divine Providence, we may hope for a speedy, just and honorable peace. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Confederate States to be affixed, this seventeenth day of April, 1861. By the President. Signed JEFFERSON DAVIS. R. Toombs, Secretary of State. Another Counterfeit. Besides the several counterfeit bills on banks which we have lately no ticed, and one in another part of to-day's paper, we have seen a on the Merchant's Bank of New bern. The paper is soft and inferior, and the date, "July 1st, 1852," is engraved and printed, instead of being written, as usual. Fagetteville Observer. Louisville, Ky., April 17. An immense meetiug was held here, at which a resolution was unanimously and enthusiastically adopted, approv ing the course of Gov. Magoffin in refusing to fur nish the quota of troops called for by the Federal Government from Keutucky. It was also resolved, as the sense of the meeting, that if war must come, Keutucky will go with the South. SECESSION. Among the most frightful evils which the advo cates of submission depict as following in the train of secession, arc those of free trade and heavy taxes free trade, as throwing the burden of the General Government of the South upon direct taxation for its support ; and increased taxes, as resulting from this additional burden, and from the expenses of war with the North, or of main taining the Government on a war footing. Even now they represent the taxes of the Con federate States as crushing in weight, and it has been extensively circulated in some parts of Vir ginia, that the capitation tax on the negro in South Carolina is IG. This statement is but a specimen of a class of misrepresentations put afloat among the people. The real fact is that the expenses of South Carolina are, upon her present war footing, less than those of Virginia. Even during the present year of extraordinary outlay, they will not exceed those of ordinary years much more than half a million of dollars; and those of ordinary vcars are but six hundred thousand ; so that all told for 1861 will not be 1,250,000. But the alleged tax of 16 a head on her 402,000 slaves would produce 86,432,000 on one species of prop erty; which proves the monstrous character of the allegation. The real fact is, that her tax on slaves is'one dollar and twenty-six cents a head. The ex penses of South Carolina will not reach 1250,000 under all the charges of secession and war; and that, wc repeat, does not require a rate of taxa tion equal to the rate paid in Virginia. The expenses of secession in all the other seceding States, payable from their State Treasu ries, will not reach f 500,000 for the year; and this will not produce an amount for the whole of them much exceeding the taxes paid by Virginia alone. In real truth, the Southern Confederacy will be the richest country on the globe, abouuding in pre cisely those resources which lighten the burden of taxation upon the people. Her single espmt of cotton last year was S 191,000,000, aud will never hereafter be less than 200,000,000. It is not the mere amount of this production that makes it so admirable a resource to the South, as that it is an - A 1 . 1 1 export a surplus export wnicn commands its price in money paid down in cash, and brought into the country. It thus fills the South with money, thereby giving activity to all trade, furnish ing ready sales to all property, putting an end to barter, aud filling the people's purses. With money always at hand, or at command, even a heavy tax can be borne with ease; whereas, with' ; out money in circulation, even alight tax becomes j onerous to rich and poor. It is for this reason that taxation is treated as so small an affair io the j cotton States; no one has ever heard a complaint j of the taxes from those States, and would not, i though they were double what they are, for their ncavy ioreign export of a cash article brings coin into free circulation. Their taxes are really, how ever, very light. The State taxes of all the seced ing States do not equal in amount those of Vir ginia and Maryland alone. Richmond Ditpatch. EXCITEMENT AT PHILADELPHIA. Lawless Proceedings. , , j The papers of Philadelphia furnish the followvj ing particulars of the exhibition of feeliug i that city at the reception of the news of the defeat of the Republicans at Fort Sumter : " " Near eleven o'clock in the morning, an ex Cited crowd gathered m iront oi i.o. oot uuk, on the north side of th street, owing to a report that a paper called the Palmetto Flag, was pub lished in the building. Before the crowd was very large, several men, laboring under considerable excitement, entefed the door leading to the stair way, and attempted to go up to the third story, in which the publication office was said to be. ;A policeman was in the neighborhood and interfered, and the men were forced out again. In a few minutes the report of their movements spread, and the crowd soon , swelled to many hundreds. At the time the report reached the Mayor's office, the Mayor was engaged in official business, and all the lieutenants of the city were at the central station. He despatched the lieutenants at once to the scene, and as many of the reserved corps as were at hand followed immediately, with the chief of police. When he reached there, the crowd was very much excited, and insisted that the American flag should be suspended from one of the windows of the room in which the Palmetto paper was ta'd to be published. The Mayor subsequently arrived, and made a few remarks. The crowd did not seem disposed to retire, and the Msyor again appealed to them as good citizens to leave the place. By this time a large flag was obtained and thrown across the street, amid much cheering. This had the effect to modify many in the assemblage, and an old hat, which was thrown from an upper window of the threatened building, upon being kicked and torn to pieces, seemed still further to put the crowd in a good humor. A number remained in front of the place until some time in the afternoon. The crowd then proceeded as an organized body to the custom house and .mint, and ordered the national colors to be raised upon their flag-staffs which was done. At one o'clock the Argus office was surrounded by an infuriated mass of human beings, who would have torn it out had not the proprietor promised to fling out the national colors as soon as he could obtain one. These lawless proceedings caused j much alarm to the order-loving citizens, reviving the memories of the riots of 1844. The mob was mostly composed of fiery youths. After visiting the newspaper offices and govern ment property, they marched in a body up Market street, bearing a flag. At all points on the route, well known Union men were obliged to make all haste to borrow, beg or steal something red, white and blue to protect their property with. Searches were made for the publication rooms of the South ern Monitor, but as that paper has suspended, the mob were unable to carry out their intention of destroying the forms. They satisfied themselves with breaking the signs to pieces. The ring leaders were furnished with ropes with which to hang the editor if caught. Between eight and nine o'clock on Monday evening, several thousand people assembled around Major General Patterson's house, at Thirteenth and Locust c-treets, who amused themselves by shouting and groaning. Soon after this, a number of stones were thrown, and several windows broken in his dwelling and green-house. The General appeared and scattered the assailants by a short speech, lie said: 'You have come here to fight it appears; now, if you will enlist yourselves, I will lead you wherever you wish to go." The police having arrived in large numbers, the crowd slowly separated. The house of the General was visited at an early hour by a mob much smaller in number, many of whom were boys, and who gave great annoyance to the neighbors by their rude conduct. They demanded that the General should exhibit an American flag, which he willingly did, stating that he wondered that any one should donbt his loyalty to the flag he had fought under, and was willing to fiht under again. This appeared to ease their minds of grave doubts as to the Gene ral's sincerity, and for a moment left them without a target. The mob then visited General Cadwallader, who made a Union speech and threw out a flag. At least 10,000 people gathered in Chesnut street all day. Happily a heavy rain commenced to fall in the evening, and the crowds dispersed. Several prominent Southerners, with secession proclivities, including Robert Tyler, have received warnings from a so-called Vigilance Committee. The cause of the visir to General Patterson was a report that he had resigned his commission ; but this was false. General Patterson has issued a notice to his volunteers to prepare for service, obey ing the call of Lincoln. The voluntary or compulsory exhibition of the American colors was not confined to the secular newspaper offices the Episcopal. Recorder and the Catholic Herald having also been visited. The flag at the Continental having been taken down in consequence of the rain, a large party visited the bar-room and demanded that it should be immediately raised. The proprietor at once acquiesced. At six o'clock an individual with Southern Sym pathies, expressed them rather freely at the corner of Third and Dock streets. He was immediately seized by the crowd and severely beaten before he was rescued His life would have been undoubt edly forfeited but for the timely rescue of the police. The excitement seems to have extended into the rural districts. At Frankford the people attacked the works of Messrs. Perkins & Bolton, who were reported to have been making cannon primers for the Southerners. To save the building from de struction, it was agreed that all the stock on hand, consisting of two furniture car loads of primers and other munitions of war, should be placed in the stationhousc, which was done. They were also compelled to raise a flag on the buildin". The Feeling in Neiv York Threats nf a Moh. The excitement in New York" city, caused by i deleDce of Texas. The feeling of resistance is the war news, is unabated. Mayor Wood has is- j strono ou al sides. 7 sued a proclamation advising the people to forget Rumored Attack on Harper's Ferry Wasii past poetical differences, and rally to the restora- ' ington, April IS. It is rumored and generally tton of he Constitute and the Union. He calls believed that there is considerable force fen route upon them also o avoid excitement and turbu- j from Central Virginia to seize Harper's Ferry lence, and to unite for the preservation of order! t and the protection of property. , meeting of ! JlIotn!enfs Against Lincoln. Wilmington, prominent citizens was held on Monday at 36 Pine ! street, to make arrangements for a ma3s meetintr -A t " - at au eariy uay, iu strengthen the hands of the ad ministration. Resolutions in favor of placing the State milita on a war footing, and making adequate appropriations for that purpose, were adopted- A similar meeting was held in the City Hall Park. S500 It I'WIRIl Wheueas, the recent fire? in our midst are evidentlr the Board of ,Co7woners of the Town of Charlotte, ! offer a reward of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS for proof to the conviction of the person or nersnna to the property destroyed on the night of the 30lh. and morning of the 31st of this month. . re W- A. OWENS, Mayor T. W. DEWEY, Town Clerk. ' 7 April 2,1801. - tf. Lincoln's Interview with E V VIRGINIA COMMISSIONERS. r3jPolicu of the Administratioa. M We fearn from Washington that the Commis sioners appointed by the Virginii Convention had an interview with President Lincoln Saturday morning, the 13th inst. Tbe! Presidents reply, was given in writing as follows: Hon. Messrs. Preston, Stuart and Randolph: Gentlemen As a committee of the Virginia Con vention, now in session, you present me a pream ble and resolution in these words: Whereas, in th6 opinion of this Convention, the uncertainty which prevails in the public mind as to the policy which the Federal Executive in teBdato pursue towards the seceded States, is ex tremely injurious to the industrial and commer cial interests of the country, tends to keep up an excitement which is unfavorable adjustment of peuding difficulties," und threatens a disturbance of he peace: . Therefore, : c;P ; ? ; ? r Resolved, That' a committee uf three delegates be appointed to wait on the President of the Unit ed States, present to him this preamble and resolu tion, and respectfully ask him to communicate to this Convention the policy which the Federal Ex ecutive intends to pursue in regard to the Con federate States." In auswer, I have to say that having at the be ginning of my official term, expressed my intend ed policy as plainly as I was able, it is with deep rcret and some mortification 1 now ( learn, that there is great and injurious uncertainty, in the public mind, as to what policy that is, and. what course I intend to pursue. .Not having as yet seen occasion to change, it is now my purpose to pursue that course marked out iu the Inaugural Address. 1 commena a careiui consideration of the whole document, and as the best expression I can give of my purposes. As I then and therein said, I now repeat: "The power confided in me will be to hold, oc cupy, and possess the property and places belong ing to the Government, and to collect the duties aud imposts,, but beyond what ,ia necessary br these objects there will be ho invasion no using of force against or among the people anywhere." By the words "property and p'acea belonging to the Government," I chiefly allude to the military posts and property which were in the possessien of theGovernmeut when it came to my hands. But if, as now appears to be true, in pursuit of a purpose to drive the United States authority from these places, an unprovoked assault has been made upon Fort Sumter, I shall hold myself at liberty to repossess, if I can, like places which have been seized before the Government was de volved upon me. And, in any event, I shall, to the best of my ability, repel force by force. In case it proves true that Fort Sumter has been assaulted, as it is reported, 1 shall perhaps, cause the United States mails to be withdrawn from all the States that have seceded, believing that actual war against the Government justifies and possibly demands it. I scarcely need to say that I consider the mili tary posts and property situated within the States which have seceded, as yet belonging to the Gov ernment of the United States, as much as they did before the supposed secession. Whatever else I may do for the purpose, I shall not attempt to collect the duties and imposts by any armed invasion of any part of the country not meaning by this, however, that I may not land a force necessary to relieve a fort upon the border of the country. From the fact that I have quoted a part of the Inaugural Address, it must not be inferred that I repudiate any other part, the whole of which I reaffirm, except so far as what I now say of the mails may be regarded as a modification. NEWS ITEMS. Charleston, April 16. The federal fleet last evening stopped three merchant vessels that were coming in, one with the Spanish flag, one with the British, and another with the American. They were detained a short time and then allowed to proceed. The fleet has detcrmiucd to interfere no more with vessels in this way until orders are received from Washington. - Troops continue to pour in here from all parts of the State. Half disciplined as they are, they undergo the most rigid drills. It is estimated that 10,000 are in or about the city. General Beauregard is very active in strength ening every position in the harbor and on the land around it. He says that he can get 50,000 men from this State alone. It is thought upon good authority here that there is no doubt but that the British Government will recognize the independence ofthe Confederate States at an early day, and the same is true of France. The Label has just come into port from outside of the bar, and brings information that the federal fleet has weighed anchor and sailed for New York. Augusta, April 17. The stock of cotton in the Southern market is very small, and but little is offering.- Holders demand an advance. ' 1 1 Lincolu's proclamation is condemned and ridi culed. The North eru offers of volunteers is considered by many here as mere gasconade ; but there are one hundred battalions and regiments of volun teers quictiy forming down here, to meet the Northerners in case they can be found.' An unpar ralleled war spirit is aroused in the South. Men and means are freely and lavishly offered. Montgomery, April 17th. Thirty-two thou sand more -oops have been ordered out to-day Perfect confidence exist among the authorities that they can whip Lincoln. Gen. Pillow's offnr j of his Tennessee division has been accepted. New Oblkans, April 17th. All the have adjourned. A Fpecial messenger has arrived en route from Montgomery to consult about the . li- ine ,argest meeting ever held in this: city took place to-day, at which iesolutions were passed, censuring Governor Bryan for placing the State in a false position, and repudiating his treachery. 0 THE GREAT Dlf AW BACK to persons emigratinz to the exireme south and western country, j the fear thev have of Fever and Apuc iht most direful i .11 Every day we hear ot persons attacked by ibis disease and WrSo " ' hT i!ime wit50Ul n7 mean, of affnrd- BITTERS, whose cura.ive powers for all LdueJS Tot fh" uich have been universally ckoowledJ I t prepared afer a long experience and deep study, have re ceived ihe encomiums of ihe most eminent physicians, aa wen as all classes from every part of onr country. To ibose who donbt their many virtues, all we can say is to try ihem and judge ior themselves respectively. For sale in Charlotte by E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO and by Druggists generally. April, 1861. ' tkm Provisions. It is particularly ) jnended and earnestly urged that our planter jji f farmers should put iu large crops of provision, I We may be at the commencement of a l0n and His essential to have full supplies for onr!? t pie and troops. We must depend on ouneCl and may have no other source of supply f. p and may own sou Columbia Carolinian. Diocese of North Carolina. The 45uj hual"C6nventron"of the" Protestant Epi' Church, will be held in-Chrisrt ChurchretbJ!, ' on the: third Wednesday in May 1861, (thuM being the 15th day. of, the month.) - r. 7 B. It. SMITH & CO, (scccessors to j. b. r. boons,) WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS ft I BOOTS r UAXD : 1 Leather, -Calf-Skins and Skoe-Findin CHARLOTTE, N. C. March 26, 1861. tf North Carolina made f :otei &.tx3L Shoos. 1 D. R. SMITH & CO. .have just receivtd and wjlt keep constantly on hand, AT JIANUFACYTjKP'i RETAIL PRICES, a good supply of Boot and ShJ made at Thomasville, N. C They are thought b? f many to be superior to any Northern-made Boot I -Shoe. TRY THEM. They are warranted to be of tZ I beat material and will not rin. Call and eim!n. .1:. t j work at B. R. Smith's Root and Shoe Emporium ot. March 26, 1861. tf """BQ0T; AND; SHOE -F-ii .11 U .31, Charlotte, N. C. tea ARE receiving a tho ice stock of Roots and Short the best quality (warranted) which they will sell at LOW PRICES FOR CASE, March 26th, 1861. ; tf j FIRMEirS, LOOK OUT r Money, Time and Timber Saved. I have the right to sell VANDEMARK'S PORTABLI FENCE, made without posts, in the counties of Alt mance, Randolph, Rockingham, Davidson, Rown,Ct. barrus and Mecklenburg. Cheapnkss, diirability, ao4 convenience are its chief advantages. " f,Yc recommend the fence to saw-mUr owners, farmers and all whohin ' fences to make. r We w ill sell Farm or County Rightt. A circular, stating cost, plan of building, kc, icutfrtt ' to any address on application to JNO. J. WHITE, Mebanesrille, Alamance CO., N. C March 26th. 3m State of If. Carolina, Union count;. Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Jan'y Term, 1861. The following is a list of the tracts of Land return! into Coort by C. Austin, Sheriff, to be sold for the Uitt due for the years hereinafter specified, viz: One tract listed by P. V. Urout, containing it! acres, lyii.gon the waters of Crooked Creek; taxotdue for 1856, '57, '58 and '59. One tract listed by John J. TIale, containing Hi acres, lying on the waters of Richardson's creOt; Uui , due for' 1858 and '59. One tract listed by Marqnis Matto, containing 1M acres, lying on the waters of Lane's creek; texeidae for the years 1856, '57. "58 and '59. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court thit P, W. Grout, John J. Hale and Marquis Matto reside be yond the limits of this State, it is therefore ordered bj the Court that publication be made in the Western Democrat, for six successive weeks, notifying said non resident defendants that their tracts of land have been returned into Coirt to be sold for taxes due thereon. Witness, J. F. Hough, clerk of our said Court at offin in Monroe, the first Monday io January, A. D. 1861, ud in the 85th year of our Independence. ' 1 J. F. HOUGH, Clerk. 56-Gt pr adv $6. O. It. II ARI IRtt, WAOT M AXIS WK1M, Ijincoltitoii, i. C, Begs leave to inform the citizens of Lincoln and iw rounding counties, that he has permanently located ii the town of Lincolnton, where be will carry on tht Watch and Jewelry Businesi In all its various branches. Strict attention will b paid to the repairing of Watches and Jewelry. AH line Watches warranted to give satisfaction, if used, or 110 charges made. List of prices for Work. Mainspring and cleaning watch,, $2.50; jewels, Wf and foot, each, ?5c; cap foot-hoid jewel, each, hair-springs, $1.25; chains, $1.50; mending chaini, 50c; tooth and wheel 50c; pivots, $1; cylinders, $4; St $2.75; virges, $2.5(): screw?, 25c; case springs clicks and rachets, 75c; glasses, 50c. All other wo will average the same prices. Persons leaving work can know the prices before it is done. . Persons in the country baring clocks or other wort for Repair, will address me by letter iftbey cans' come themselves. 1 will attend to work promptly- All kinds of Gnn-smith work done at short not" and on reasonable terms. Give roe a call, and I will guarantee satisfaction. . G. R. IIARDISG. Lincolnton, Feb. 26, 18CI tf Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Co.) Ovfick Chief Engineer akd Superintcspii Wilmington, N. C, Aug. 24tfi, I860. To the Public THE ARRANGEMENTS for a line of first M Steam Ships between New "York and Wilmington, from Philadelphia ria New York to WilmingtoiJ connection with this Road, having been fully corop' ed, we are now prepared to say to onr old custom as well as to onr new ones who feel willing to f'' this, ths only purely North Carolina line, a tril your goods by this route. . Try us, and if you are not well treated we sbU 8 expect you to come again this way. We have added largely to our rolling stock this and are prepared to place goods in Raleigh and t lotte, Morganton, Asheville, and at all interrne points in such time as will give entire f'ati,f"!liB, 'without breaking bulk at Goldsboro'. Kxtr will be run in connection with each Steamer. There will be a Steamer once a" week from Oc w 1st, Freight through guaranteed lower than sdJ line, it being in proportion to the length ofthe E"iro Iine3' til AH goods shipped by steamers or sailing T.esse"' landed on Company's wharves, forwarded either frea of commissions, wharfage or drayage. The ers land all good on, the Company's wharves. Prodnce Wheat. Dried Frnit, Ores, Ac, art r w, ded free of all charges but ; the regular ; freig, they are as low as the lowest. eeJt Insurance by steamers only one-half of one pe' Arrangements are made to place goods in Cnr mediate points, within twenty-fcor Wilmington, at one and a half first ej s ordered to bo sent forward by : after leaving rates. Goods ingui, iruni win nave tnis aispatcn. . Goods by Steamers will reach Charlotte ana , mediate point the fourth day from New York. Distance from Wilmington to Raleigh less than by way of Portsmouth . 'tki V&r Balis&ury 20 miles nearer ",,n,,"pAT e Charleston. . S. L. 1 ft":,', - Chief Eng. & f?urrintf ,ievV March 19. 186U C ?
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