THE PATRIOT.
tv mi) BY
. Jf. . MIEIIWOOD.::: JAMES A. LONG.
OBEENSBOROUOn, N. C
THURSDAY JANUARY 3, 1HJ1.
NiriC'E. IffirmK to .If oi inyell excluiTely
to my pruh"on, I oiler lor dale, roy intrt II
.in "n hull in th Ureennburmigh Patriot. Th-
I iTt'it , un 0J well f.tbli-.hrl paper ; han an ri
tT.iie circulation au.l in !tMi!hel on a cure loun
,Utm" The material t.fthe offii-e ctnit of in' Vowrt
a 'imJ Washington I'rfP". a xttiHlt Job 1'ress, an
riCfl'i-H Proof Pre, nrvl a I'ry l'rel , together with
v rjr Ur; d'O'irtiiifii' .t ticftper and job types "I
the iirwiit Ktyloi. 1 he .fTi' ha long enjoye'l a heaTj
(vlvem-iug nnil .'fib ru-iotii, iii'l ii a paying iintitutun
The other ha'f of the I'niriut hel..htri to M S. Hui
w I. Mho lii been cniiin'ct"l win. the paper, both -
II Jiinr aii1 lrcjriff or. lor mirr thim twenty year.
Mr. . Ih'rwuo I ii a piHciirul printer, hi, 'I well rjukib
ti'l .wth efery department of tin- buitiiii-M.
K"r lurther purlirul apply the subscriber, or
In M. .S Sterwoo'l, oieeinburo', N. C
Jan. 1. IV-i. JAMKS A. LOSO
Exciting Nowb irom Washington
Wo refer our readers to telegraphic des
patches in an other column lor importani
tie vn from Washington City. Exciting Cab
inet meeting havo recently been held, and it
i reported that Secretane Thompson, Floyd,
ar.d Thomas havt- resigned. Iho Washing
toil loiily (ilohe of Monday vh) h :
The II. n John It Hoy. I rene.l the office of ."f
rretnry of War on Sut ur.:iy, aril lm re.igtiation
in r.tfl by tin- 1'reM'terit. Il i Mat.! ihat lhe rciimn
niyii-. I t the n-signM n.n win the refnl or delay
of I hi- rri"i.leiit to n.Ti.irnl lo an order for the
rirawal of lhe t'ntl Htales tne.pi from Fort Siinttr '
From present indmations, there will he a
collision between U. S. soldiers and South
Carolina volunteers in less than a lortnight.
The Federal Treasury iH empty, though on
last Saturday iti reported that an oiler was
made for iho wholo of the five million loan at
FJ jor cent.
IION JOHN A GILMER.
Mr. ii!miT ."pent tho Christmas holidays
at homo in Crecnshoro' with hi family and
mend; Ivo returned again on Monday the
alut to Wanhington City. In these times ol
.sectional strife and political excitement, it i
a matter ol deep regret, that wo havo not
mure) meinberH in our National councils, actu
ated by that ppirit of moderotion, and devo
tion to the Union which characterizes Mr. (Jil
r.,r IV.. i .all attention to Imh most admira
ble letter, wrrch we publish in thi weekV
Patriot. There i no doubt, Mr. (iilmf.r
htiV, that it m tho honest industrious majps
who have made uh tho great Nation that we
are, aud if they could be reached, and their
vouo heard, that they would very soon Pettle
all matterh in dispute, and pace and quiet
would be again restored to the country.
A Leap in tho Dark
Smith Carolina, in h-r great liat to get
out ol lb Union, M-euiM to have taken a fear
ful leap in the dark. The Debate in tho
Convention, whit h took, placo after tho pas
Miiro of the Urdinanrr of Secoesion, nbow
that hardly two delegates could agree on any
line ol pi.liry .r putting into jiractieal work
ing their govrrnineiital muchmery for the
new "Nation." Mr. Calhoun, a member of
the Convention htii : "We have pulled down
a t'-rnph which hus l.ccn built for threc-quar-tnr-
of n century. We must now clear away
the rubbish, and reconstruct another. We are
now houseless ntid homeless, aod wc must
eruro ourselves tron appronching storm."
We have no doubt many of the people of
South Carolina begin to lee! thai they are,
liteially !ouserss and homeless, and "bread
less" too. It will be a miracle if they do not
find thcmxelvea in the situation of a young
lark who became so desperately in love, that
lie neglected entirely his work and let bis
business food to destruction : when at last he
. sueceeueu in marrying ins auoraoie uuienna.
i . i - - .1 Li. jt.:..-.
Said l.v, In lore I w:is married, I thought I
needed nothing in thirt world but Nance
Hunt ; but alter I tjot married 1 soon learned 1
that i needed everything but Nanco Hunt."
lieloro South Carolina soeeded, her pcoplo
thought they needed nothing but neccssion ;
they may Kon feel that they need everything
lee but secession.
Firo iu Louisburg
The Kalcih lSegiater of yesterday Hays that
a rao'l disastrous conflagration occurred in
Louisburg iD tin Stato on last Friday night,
destroying tbe principal portion ol tho vil
lage. v havo not heard of tin- names of
tho Hiifforers, but we learn that twenty houses
were destroyed. Tho liro was accidental. Wo
regret to learn that a very young man (namo
not rieortaincd) was killed during the confla
gration by tho accidc.tal dici-barge of a cun.
Thf gun Wa1 lying on aome gooda which had
bc-n Havcd Irom the tire and becoming heated
by the instenco heat, went olT, and the wholo
load lodged in tho body ot tho young man re
ferred to.
In addition to the above, we copy tho fol
lowing postscript ot a letter from a gentleman
of Franklinton to a friend in Greensboro : "I
have jut learned upon reliable authority that
nearly tho wholo of Louisburg is burnt up;
Irom Minotree's coach ehop clear round to
'Mrs. Shaw's, every house, both Hotels, Bal
lard's store, Walkers, kc. Worst of all, poor
Uilly Urown, fon of l'cyton I. Brown, was
killed by tbe tiring off of a gun during tho
conflagration."
Death of T. J. LTolton.
Thomas J. Holton, F.ditorol tho Charlotte
Whig, died in Charlotte on tho afternoon ot
December '-'7, 1S3(), after a long and very
painful affliction, caused by injuries sustained
Irom being thrown from hia buggy. Mr.
Holton was one of the oldest Editors in the
State, always sustaining tho character of a
Christian gentlemen.
Councollors of State.
The following gentlemen havo been elected
Councellors ol Stato for tho next two years,
viz: Council Woolen, ot Lenoir county;
John W. Cunningham, of Person ; W. A. Fer
guson, of Bertie; J. F. Graves, of Surry;
David Murphy, of Cumberland ; J. J. Long,
of Northampton, and W. L. Ililliard, ol Bun
combe. They are all Democrats, though a
ja aioritT: r,id to t Union men
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Since our last issue, great and important
events have transpired. The South Carolina
Convention assembled on the llh in Colom
bia, organized and then adjourned to Charles
ton. On the 20th, wiJioot a dissenting voice,
the following ordinance was adopted :
"An Ordinance to dissolve the Union between the
.State ol South Carolina and the other States united
with her under the compact entitled "The Constitu
tion of the United States of America."
"We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in
Convention asembled, do declare and ordain, and it i
hereby declared and ordained that the Ordinance adopt
ed by us in conveution, on the li-'Jd day of j ay, in the
year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
eighty-eight, whereby the Constitution of the United
States ot America tu ratified; and also all acts and
parts of act of the General Assembly of this State,
und amendment of the said Constitution, are hereby
r-rab'd, and that the Union now subsisting between
South Carolina and the other States, Under tbe name of
i be United States of America, is hereby dissolved.-'
South Carolina is therefore, so far as her
own action con make it so, no longer a mem
ber of tho Union, bat a separate and inde
pendent State. In other words, she has giv
en up al1 interest she had in tho Government
of the United Slates, and has set up for her
self That South Carolina has seen fit to
take this 8tep wo sincerely regret, and wo
havo little doubt that she will yet come to
the conclusion that the act was not only has
ty but unwise and impolitic.
Smco tho art of fiecesuion, the Convention
has been in session, endeavoring to recon
struct a templo, in place of that which they
havo ko inconsiderately destroyed. As far as
we have been able to gather from the pro
ceedings of the Convention, every thing
seems: to be in confusion and every body at
sea. No two can agree upon any thing, and
there teems to be no loading spirit in tbe bo
dy, who has tbe ability, or the influence to
bring order out of confusion.
Messrs. Harnwell, Orr, and Adams, have
been sent as Commissioners to Washington
City to treat with the General Government
in relation to Forts Moultrie and Sumter, and
also in regard to postal arrangements.
We givo tho following summary of the
news ho far as it relates to South Carolina.
From the 8outh Carolinian Extra.
E vacation of Fort Moultrie ! The lr
8. Troops gone to Fort Sumpter.
Caari.ksto.v, S. C, Dec. 27. Fort moul
trio was evacuated last night by the United
Mates Troops and the guns spiked.
The carriges are now being slowly demol-
i',hcd by lire..
Only four Soldiers wcrelelt in charge, the
bnla .co of tho Troops having been conveyed
to rort Sumter.
Intense excitement is manifested in this
city.
1 he Convention is now in scccrt session.
STILL LATER.
Charleston, Dec. 27 12J P. M. Major
Anderson states that he evacuated Fort Moul
trio in order to allay discussion about that
Fort, and at tho same time to strengthen his
own position.
Latest.
Charnkstox, S. C, Dec. 271 P. M It is
reported that a train haa been laid to blow up
Fort Moultrie, but this is doubted.
Tho excitement and indignation arc in
creasing. W. B. W.
The State Convention.
Charleston, Dc;. 20 In tho Convention
to-day, a resolution waa offered, requesting
tho Governor to communicate to tne Conven
tion all information in his possession in re
ference to the condition. of fort-, the number
of guns, so diers, workmen, and all other mat
ters and incidents; and whether the forts
have beon, or are expected to bo, reinforced ;
and what means he has adopted with refer
ence to the defence of tho State.
A resolution was tabled for secret session.
A resolution was offered, declaring the cit
izens of the United States, residing in South
Carolina, on the 20th December, citizens of
South Carolina and entitled to all privileges,
and subject to all liabilities. The mover said
ho did not contemplate making involuntary
citizens of those temporarily in the Stato on
tho twentieth December.
The resolution was appropriately referred.
A resolution favorint? recess until the eiph-
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tecnth ot January, was tabled.
Mr. Uhett offered an ordinanco providing
for a Convention of the soceding slave States
to form n Southern Confederacy, Montgom
ery, Alabama, is the place of meeting designa
ted; and recommending tho same number of
delegates as tho present Congressmen. Also,
that the voto on the adoption of the Constitu
tion bo by States. The Constitution of the
United States was advised its a suitable basis
lor the Southern Conlederacy; and recom
mend that South Carolina appoint eight dele
gates to said Convention ; and also, a Com
missioner to each slaveholding or seceding
Stato. Referred.
Tho Convention then went into secret ses
sion. Charleston, Dec, 30, 12, M. Tbe Conven
tion met in soerei session to-day,
Tho Charleston Evening News, of Satur
day says that tho guns al Fort Moultrie are
now in good condition.
Tho metal pina that tho United States offi
cers were kind enough to leave in tho touch
holes being removed.
A gentleman who came up this morning
says th it tbe garrison at Fort Sumter had
sent in for wood and water, which Govornor
Pickens ordered not to be sent.
Tho Governor said the ladies might come
into Charleston city and would bo hospitably
entertained.
Some eighty mechanics and laborers reach
ed the city Irom Fort Sumer on Saturday
morning. They went North in tho alternoon.
They report that some forty or fifty laborers
and seventy soldiers aro still there.
The News Bays they have an abundant sup
ply ol shot, shell and provision, to last lor
months.
The largest guns are not yet in position
and tho number ot cannon only amounts to
enough to fill its armament. J. C. O.
Important Conventions.
Conventions will meet in the following six
Cotton States to take into consideration their
position in relation to the political troubles
that are upi.n us as a nation, viz: Florida Con
vention meets January 3; Alabama and Miss
issippi Jun. 7; Texas January S; Georgia Jan.
9; Louisiana January 23. What will be the
result of the deliberations of these Conven
tions, no one can tell. Special sessions of the
Legislature of Virginia and Tennessoe, in ref
erence to tho same troubles, will meet on tho
7th of January.
Lincoln's Cabinet
Telegraphic dispatches say that Mr. Lin
coln has tendered the post of Secretary of the
Interior to the Hon. Edward Bates, of Mis
souri, and that he will probably accept the
appointment. Mr. B. is an able lawyer, with
Fre-Soil proclivities.
HOW IT CAME ABOUT.
By reference to a notice at the head of our
editorial column, it will be seen that we, (the
Junior) offer for sale our interest in the
Greensborough Patriot. This, we know, will
be a matter of no importance to many, and
that tboy will not givo it a moment's consid
eration, yet there aro others who either from
tho interest they may feel in our welfare, or
from mere curiosity, will be disposed to ask
the question, why wo are disposed to take
such a step. For the benefit of such, then,
wc proceed to state bow it came about, that
wo became connected with the Patriot. In
the first placo then, we chose the law as a pro
fession, selecting Lexington as our home.
In the summer of 1855, at the solicitation ol
many friends who were anxious to have a pa
per in their midst, we were induced to be
come tbe editor, not tho proprietor of the
"Lexington Flag." Before one year had ex
pired, from circumstances not necessary to
mention, but to save ourself from loss, it be
came necessary for us to become the proprie
tor as well as the editor of tbe "Flag." We
soon discovered that to edit a paper and to
attend to all the financial concerns, would re
quiro all of our time, ar 4 that we must either
abandon our profession or the paper. In
view ol the case, therefore, we proposed to
Mr. Sherwood to join tho Patriot and the
Flag. After a four years' trial, I find that I
must cither givo up the paper or ray profes
sion, my nealth not being sufficient to enable
me to attend to both. I prefer to sever my
connection with the paper. I trust to be par
doned lor this brief statement ol a matter en
tirely personal.
The position of an editor is not only one ol
great responsibility, but it is also honorable
and when accompanied with energy and abil
ity, affords an opportunity to win fame and
distinction. To any ono desirous ol assum
ing tbe responsible and honorable position ot
an editor, I can freely and conscienciously
say, that the Patriot affords as fair and good
an opportunity as cau be met with in the
State. The Patriot circulates throughout
tho entire South, and has an extensive circu
lation in the State Mr. Sherwood who owns
one-half of the establishment, has been con
nected with the paper for many years has
indeed, grown up with it be is a perfect
gentleman; has tho confidence not only of this
community, but of all who know him. My
associations with him lor lour years, and my
business connexions with him, enables me to
say with confidence, that he will bo found to
be an agreeable partner. Iho town ol
Greensboro', in which tho paper in publish
ed, is one of the prettiest and most flourish
ing towns in tho State, famous for its schools,
and noted for the morality ol its citizens.
Until 1 disposo of my interest, I shall con
tinue connected with tho Patriot as hereto
fore, and shall devote my time and energies
to txako its columns interesting. These are
stirring times, and now is tho time to sub
scribe lor a good and reliable paper. Then,
we say to all, send on your names. The Pa
triot is not going to stop its list of subscri
hers is fast increasing, and should 1 step
aside, home one of equal, and I hope, more
ability will take my place.
Political Preachers.
The South Carolina Conference of tho Meth
odist Episcopal Church, at its late session.
among other resolutions on Federal affairs,
adopted the following :
H'tolred, That while we deplore tha necessity that
exists for a separation Irom the Federal Union, yet, in
view uf all the history of the past, the perils ot the pres
ent, and the threatened wrongs of the future, we leel
bound, by honor und duty, to move in harmony with
the outli in resisting Northern domination.
Wo deeply regret that a body of so intelli
gent ministers of tho Gospel should forget
their Pacred calling, and, following the exam
ple of Henry Ward Beecherand other aboli
tion preachers, devote themselves to political
wrangling. Such a courso must necessarily
demoralize the Minit-try, and greatly neutral
ize their influence in propogating the princi-
P" of religion. Tho Ministers life should
bo a living example in favor of peace on
earth and good will to man, ready to preach
tho Gospel to saint and sinner, bond and free.
We should have no disposition to criticise
the conduct of the South Carolina Conference,
weri its bounds confined to the "Nation" of
South Carolina; but unfortunately for the
peace of our own State, the South Carolina
Conferenco embraces within its bounds a
largo portion of North Carolina. And it may
be that tho appointments for North Carolina
have been made more in view of political mis
sionary work, to sow tho seeds of Disunion
among our people, than to their spiritual wel
fare. At least the political resolutions passed
by tho South Caaolina Conference, aro well
calculated to create such a suspicion.
Let it not be inferred that wo aro casting
any reflections on the accomplished Bishop
who presided over the Conference; and who
has, nominally, the appointment of the Preach
ers. As all l:now, whoaro familiar with the
subject, the appointments aro virtually made
by the Presiding Elder, who constitute the
Bishops council, and oa whose recommenda
tion tho Bishop acts, exercising his authority
only ;n case of disagreement in the council.
These resolutions are directly in opposition
to the position taken by the General Coher
ence, when it abolished the Rule on Slavery
in the old Discipline, on tho ground that the
Church, as an organ iz-d religious Society,
had nothing to do with the political affairs of
the country, holding itself ready to adminis
ter the consolations ot the Bible to all, with
aut reference lo their political or social condi
tion. Meeting in Caldwell.
We have received the proceedings of a
public meetingln Caldwell one of the counties
composing Mr. Avery's district. The meeting
was large, and was irrespective of parties.
Resolutions were passed against secession, so
long as wo could remain in the Union honor
ably, and on equal footing with other States.
A resolution favoring the call of a Conven
tion was voted down. What says Mr. Avery
to that ? The gentleman sending us the pro
ceedings, says that Mr. Avery does not rep
resent the sentiments of eight tenths of his
constituents of that county. Proceedings
next wek.
MB. CANTWELI.
A short time since, we published a commu
nication reflecting on the official conduct of
Mr. Cantwell, Clerk ol the House of Com
mons of tho North Carolina General Assem
bly. At the request of Mr. Cantwell we pub-
ish the following letters :
Morganton, X. C, Dec. 18, I860.
Mi Bear Sir: Your tavor of the 10th inat.. is to
hand and contents noted. In reply, I have to state that
introduced the bill to which you allude, of my own
free will and accord, without consultation or advice
from any quarter,' and without reference to the persons
who were then Clerks in eitner branch of the General
Assembly; well knowing that if the bill became a law
it could not go into operation until the next (the pres
ent session) of the Legislature. I had intended, when
was a memoer oi me senate in i&ov, to introduce a
similar bill, but neglected to do so until it was too late.
I never could understand why Judges. Governors. Mag
istrates, members of the Legislature, ltc &c, should
be required to take and subscribe oaths of office, and
the Clerks of the Legislature holding as responsible
places as tney ao, snouia be exempt from a like obliga
tion. 1 could not see that the men from whom Clerks
were chesen, were any more upright and honest than
those out of whom fudges, Governors, or even members
of the Legislature were mtde.. If I mistake not, I in
troduced my bill during the second week of the session;
and 1 teel sure that no one knew that I intended or
contemplated any such move; the conversation to
which you allude as having occurred between you and
me, occurred after the introduction of the bill and not
before.
It is due to you for me to state that"! was not prompt
ed to introduce the bill from the fact that you were the
Clerk of the House, nor should I have refrained from
doing it if I had known for a certainty that you were
to remain Clerk for all time to come. 1 had no cause to
suspect that you would not do your duty as faithlully
as any other man without the obligations of an oa.h
resting upon you; nor had 1 any reason to know or be
lieve that your successor, whoever he might be, would
not be n.s honest and as upright as yourself.
In a word then, the bill was not aimed at you, for you
were not compelled bv it to take the oath; but it was
aimed at every man who might be elected Clerk of eith
er House after the year 1800, whether Whig or Demo
crat, Know-Nothing, or Locofoco, Unionist, or Disun
ionist, -Saint or Sinner, all were to be subjeet to its re
quirements and none exempt. After I had introduced
the bill, several gentlemen, members of the House, told
me that they were gratified that I had moved in the
matter and compla ned at the manner in which the
Journals of the precedirg session had been kept; but I
neither concurred with, nor dissented from them in
their opinions of that matter, for the reason that dur
ing my canvass I had no occasion to refer to the Jour
nals of the preceding Legislature, and did not know
whether any matter was suppressed that ought to have
had a place in . them, or whether matter was in them
that had no right to be. Whatever may have been the
motives of other members in voting for the bill, it was
certainly not my motive to censure you. You were
certainly right in the opinion you entertained of my
personal feelings toward you; from the time we became
acquainted, our intercourse was as cordial and friendly
as it could wel' be for persons who had not known each
other longer, and nothing occurred up to the time of
tba adjournment of the Legislature, or since, which
has caused me to entertain other than tbe most Iriendly
sentiments toward you personally. You are at liberty
to use this letter as you choose.
Very truly, yours, TOD It. CALDWELL.
Wasium;tos, Dec. 15, 16C0.
Dear Sir : Your letter of the 1-th instant has been
received and I do not hesitate to comply with your re
quest for a statement of the reasons that prompted me
to offer the amendment to the Rules of the last House
of Commons to which you refer.
That amendment w as proposed, after consulting with
yourself and the Speaker, sok-ly to correct a vicious
habit which prevailed of changing votes and not vot
ing till the Roll was called and the result ascertained,
but unannounced, and it simply directs the facts to be
noted on the Journal.
1 never saw or heard of any unfair or improper prac
tice of yours, or countenanced by youj and it would
seem unnecessary to say, the amendment was intended
neither to convey or imply any censure whatever upon
you. The lorni of the proposition, in requiring the
lacts to be "truly" recorded, may have led to a c.iscon
ception of my purpose in otfrruig it. This language
was used that the proposition might encounter no op
position from the House, and its meaning understood
by you.
Regretting the circumstances which render this note
necessary as an act of just ire to you, and of which 1
had no information before receiving your letter, I yet
cneyifully relieve you of every imputation resting upon
an act or purpose of mine. Of course this letter is at
your-disposal. Very respectfully,
W. N. H. SMITH.
Euwark Cantwell, Raleigh, N. C.
Fruits of Secession.
We clip the following items Irom tho Daily
Globe of 20th December:
The bids for the new five million loan, to be taken in
six per cent. Treasury notes, were opened yesterday
at the Treasury, when it was found that only two and
a hall millions were bid for, and this at a rate of dis
count of Irom seven to thirty-six per cent.
Th bids for seven rvr cent, laon of $ ,200 000 invi
ted bytheiState of New York, were opened at Albany
on Wednesday last, when it was fo.-nd that the bids
amounted to five millions of dollars, at a rate ranging
from par to two and a half per cent, premium.
From the above it will be seen that the ac
tion of South Carolina, has already bankrupt
ed the treasury, and ruined the credit of the
Government. A nice slate of things when
the credit of New York, is better than that of
tho Untied States.
Startling Rumors.
The Baltimore Patriot of the 21th of De
cember says that City is full of startling ru
mors about the condition of the Federal Trea
sury, which is said to be minus over three
millions ot dollars, that cannot be accounted
for. This is reported to be in addition to the
million abstracted from the Interior Depart
ment. TJhe Pacific Railroad.
The bill tefgive aid in money and lands to
iho construction ol two railroads to the Pa
cific a Northern and a Southern has pas
sed the House of Representatives by a ma
jority ot 'lb, tho Southern members general
ly voting against it. It is belived that it
will also pass the Senate and be signed by
President Buchanan.
Fire in Raleigh.
Tho Lawrence Hotel buildings were des
troyed by fire on Friday morning, December
21st, 1HHJ. The 6ite was recently sold to the
U. S. Government for tho erection of a Post
office and Federal Court house, and the build
ings had been purchased by individuals, and
were chiefly occupied as lodging rooms by
the several Hotells. Tbe firo was doubtless
accidental.
Superior "Wine.
We tender our thanks to Dr. W. C.Ben
bow, of this place, for a bottle of his choice
Blackberry Wine. It is iho pure juice of the
berrj', with the addition of a small quantity
of sugar, and is far superior to auy article of
the kind we ever saw. Mr. Benbow made
300 gallons of this wine.
Wo would also call attention to Mr. Ben
bow's advertisement of grape vines for sale.
Health or Columble, S. G.
Office of the Board ofHealtii, December
29. Tho Board of Health report no case of
Pmall Pox one of anolotd. lhe Board of
Health also report two deaths, aU colored.
T. J. Goodwyn, M. D., Chairman.
Lot isville, December 2S Governor Ma
goffin, ot this Stale, has issued his Proclama
tion, calling an extra s-sf ion of tbe Lcgi&la
lure, to meet on iLtT 17 th ol JaLuary next.
From the Chrrleston Courier. Dec. 28. I
Tl. ni-rnnatlon ofthA Fnrtii. I
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J. ot tjiDAaKA nu.. xqb emuaraauuu iur i
rk'fXT, - J ?T
teer, throughout the day, in obedience to tne
order of His Excellency Governor Pickens,
waa conducted in the most quiet and orderly ;
manner. ne scene was oi an unusuai uu i
impressive character, and was witnessed by
ueuso crowus ui ciuZeua ,uuk uc
ainerent points ot departure, xne nzea ae-
termination ana enthusiasm exnioiieu in tne
i-ouuteuanceBot uum umrs mm piuuvco, i
iv-iu uu uuuvi. uuuu uui iuiuus ui uw iu v- ,
suit would bo should a struggle be forced up-
OQUS. I
iuo uist ueiaunui .uii uuuor mo wuiuiauu
ot Uol. J.J. x'etttgrew and Major Vinson ia-
rAva trao fitm iva ari rf th 10 a I Vim ft a ni An fit tnP
Reo-imentof Rifles as follows: Washirp-ton 1
Light Infantry Capt. C. H. Simontqn, Caroli-1
na Light Intantry, Capt. a. rincttney, I
Meager Cruards, Uapt. jL.awara jactraay, Jr.
The above, armed and equiped, took pas
sage on ooara u e "earner captain v-
,V ' . , , ' 7u
Castle 1'inckney, to garri8son tnat post.-
Upon their arrival they were compelled to
scale the walls, in order to etttct an entrance.
This was speedily accomplished, and the Pal
metto flag, kindly loaned by Capt. Davis, hois
ted, amid the cheers ol tho troops.
At seven o'clock in the evening, the detach
ment of Artillery, which bad previously farmed
on Citadel Square, embarked, a portion on
1 i . 1 1 ni: l rt
T r, , . "rv-
J. Relyea, and a portion on tho steamer
na, Captain Davie, for Fort Moultrie. The
detachment was under the command of the
following officers :
Lieut. Col. W. G. DeSaussure, Command
ing.
Adjutant James Simons, Jr.
Sergeant Major E. Prioleau Ravenel.
Quartermaster J. R. Macbeth.
Surveyor A. Barbot.
Surgeons P. Gervais, Robinson and Mid-
dleon Michel.
The iollowmg companies composed the de
tachment :
Marion Artillery, Captain J. G- Kintr, 50
men.
Lalayette Artillery, Captain J. J. Pupe Jr.,
00 men.
Washington Artillery, Captain George H.
W alter, 5U men.
German Artillery, 50 men,
These are armed and equipped as Rifle
men.
wnen me oraer to loose tne ropes was
given, and tho boats moved off, loud and pro
longed cheers were given by tho assembled
multitude ot spectators, with a spontaneous
bid ol 'bod speed,
At half past eight o'clock, three rockets,
the signal of entrance and possession, were
seed to ascend from the frort.
. to aacena irom me rort
Iho Palmetto Guards, Captain Thomas
Jiiuuit-iuu, iiuiiiwcruiK Miy iiicu, aim uiuu-
tr:ji.i 1 : :.... i.i. I
det Riflemen, Captain V . h Elliott, number-
ing 50 men, were also detailed as a guard to
the Arsenal in Bee street. Lhese Compa
nies aro now on service at that post.
From the Courier oi the '2 th December.
Further Particulars.
Affairs at Forts Moi i.trie, Slmier and
Castle Pixckney. Our reporter visited the
Island yesterday, and found matters at Fort
Moultrie progressing'quietly and satisfacto
rily. The rubbish left by the Federal troops is
being cleaned away, and tbe fortress assu
ming a defensible aspect. Many apprehend
ed difficulties, of a uature we need not name,
have been. removed; and tho Volunteer Com
panies constituting the garrison are making
merry over the hardships ot the soldier.
Some ol the guns are, it is supposed, badly
injured by the burning of tho carriages. Ac
tivity prevailes at the garrison, and its vigi
lant olficers are determined on the courso
that guides their action.
Fort Sumter, as viewed at a distance, pre
sents an appearance of lively activity. Schoo
ners and barges were plying between the fort
and the channel during the day. Pery thing
seems to indicate active preparation.
Castlo Pinckncy was reinforced in the af
ternoon by a detachment of the Marion Ar
tillery trotn Fort Moultrie, under the com
mand of Captain King. A detachment of the
Washington Light Infantry was transferred
from the former to tho latter place in tbe fore
noon, thus retaining at Fort Moultrie tho
same force as first occupied it.
The garrison at Castle Pinckney consist of
about two hundred men. Ten twenty-four
pound cannon are mounted on the ramparts,
besides some fifteen pieces a few of which
are casemated in the lower tier. The work
is well provided with munitions of all kinds,
and under the command ol is field officers,
Col. Pettigrew and Maj. Ellison Capers, will
make itself felt, if need be, when the time
comes. It is far from being the insignificant
position of which it has the reputation. Al
though a defective construction has impaired
the power of tho lower batteries to a conside
rable extent, it has an effective tier of ram
part guns, which, Irom its elligiblo position
are capable of much service. It is beyond the
reach of tho largest guns of Fort Sumter and
commands the entire line of wharves and snip
ping along Cooper River, and in the hands
of an enemy would be capable of doiog vast
injury to the city.
Public Credit.
Wliai is the Government coming to; or, rather,
what has it come to '!
The bids for the now five million loan, to be
taken in six per cent. Treasury notes, were
opened yesterday at the Treasury, when it
was found that only two and a half millions,
were bid tor, and this at a rate oi discount of
from seven to thirty-six per cent. This is worse
than public credit was in the darkest days of
tho war ot 1812 '15 ; and the country but
the other day, as it were, in a stato ot pros
perity, unequalled in tho history of any other
nation of tbe world. Only a year or two ago
the Government was so rich that it bought up
its own funded debt at a premium of sixteen
per cent., and already, under the paralysis
which ha? suddenly stieken tho country by
the rash act of one of the States of the Union
this same Government has to submit to a
"shave" of twenty per cent., and, even at that
enormous usury, can borrow only half the
amount lor which it asked. With how wise a
forthought did the founders of our government
enjoin upon their descendants to cherish their
National Union as the corner stone of their
country's strengh and prosperity ! National
Jnlelligencer.
The Reason for Exchanging Forts-
A letter in the Cincinnati Gazetto, written
before the evacuation of Fort Moultrie, de
scribes it as "covering so large a surface that
it cannot be successfully defended at all
points by a garrison of less than three hun
dred men. Tho adjacent buildings furnish
concealment and protection for an attacking
force until they arrive at the walls of the fort.
Experienced military men, well acquainted
withthe position, say that a force of 250 men,
by an attack skillfully planned and executed,
can take the place with the present garrison.
But this is not tho worst view of tho case.
Fort Sumter is bult in the water, one thous
and yards from the land. It can only be at
tacked, therefore, from water craft. It is just
finished, and is one oi the strongest works in
Uhnstenaom. It IS coverea, oomD-prooi, ana
C&n Only D8 enierea OT t.ue emorasures, wnicn
an attackinjr force must crawl through, one
man ai a time, aim ueiiuo nitu ui, mud ' vi
. . . , , , . . -
these could defend it against hve hundred.
w of one hundred and fifty men
. .r . anasfll, ttav h-
. batt d heavy ordanco and lhn
ni waaI or rrW
mont. T. wlin-fort command Fort
- u to fth ol
fuin9 Jn tweatv.four hours Such beingt- e
condUion of tl;ese fortification8, Major Ander-
would seem to have exercist a SOUOU mil
.j nn : mm a. nnftition
which :frorn.it3 woakness. endangered a collie-
irvn htr int-ttmrr otn.lr .ViiVinl Jnfpllinpn -
We clip the following from the New York
Herald of the 25th of December :
House of Representatives, 1
December 21, 1860. j
; M Esq.. Dear Sir : It in mv Dower I
would go to your meeting, and into every
neiffhborho0(1
in flverv State and Territorv
in this Union. We are in a most perilous
- 0 - - j ..
cnsia; but one which the country migbt yet
pass without serious harm, if the honest
masses every where, could at once be reach
ed and made sensible of tho great danger that
bangs over us
- tlTi ri. .v.a ir-sl
w oust extreme sortnern anu ooumern
politicians have been dividing and distrac
ing the country, those who care nothing tor
ii-lJ?. . ... , i...A
othce or political position, and who have been
laboring in tbe agricultural, mechanical and
trading departments of tho country, have
under the blessings of Providence, made us
really all that we are.
Ibis great majority and most worthy por
tion ot the citizens have not had timo to ex
amino and satisfy their minds as to Whither
we have been driltiL.ee by the lead of section
al, selfish, ambitious men. If we can, in time
call into council those to whom we are most
indebted lor our iudustrial and intellectual
attainments, and in fact, for all our superior
prosperity and greatness, the best Govern
ment that ever lull to the lot of man, may yet
be preserved.
All that is wanting is for the honest masses
North and South to be induced, without pas
sion, and with their cool heads, to understand
the abstract points of difference, and they
wi.lat once arm themselves with the tratern
al apirit of their revolutionary fathers, infuse
the same into their political agents, and force
a settlement of all sectional difficulties, and
again return to their fields, shops, stores,
h:ps and schools. They are taken by sur
prise; they are scattered. They have, it is
true, to contend with trained bands; but there
is time, and they will come and settle these
quarrel8 about trifles if they can in proper
,lTna urwi 1 ' r r
time and manner be appealed to
WhM1 OII fr(lt7wrnmL t ,na frt
When our government was formed some ol
,up c,fa hnl.l d.r AiA Tl,
S- v . u ,Tto.v
Revolutionary fathers in the North were not
too good to form a Confederacy and then a
Government with slave owners and slave
States They provided for the rights ot both;
and further, that if slaves escaped trom their
owners they should bo returned to them.
They generously recognized tho rights of the
slave Slates. For the sake of fraternity and
peace, and for the general welfare, they even
voted to continue tho African slave trade for
twenty years. All that is needed now, is to
have again vith our people, of all sections,
.11 l. r-
too lnaepenuent and patriotic spirit ol our
iathors. Virginia gave up territory, and
agreed that free States should be formed out
of it. This has been done. Wo now own
territory in which all tho States, free and
slave, aro tenants in common. Shall not the
slave Stales, as such have a share in this com
mon territory ' We are not the same people
that were hero in tho days of the Revolution,
or there could bo no difficulty in relation to
this, lhe question is too insignificant to ais
tract, divide and ruin this country.
The free States now number eighteen; the
slave Stales only fifteen. Tho free States
have majorities in bo h Houses of Congress,
and theso urijonties soon to be increased
The free States have the surplus population
to settlo and make tree States out of tho ler
rnories. lhe slave States have no surplus
Common sense ought to teach the people of
tuo tree States that tuo chances are all on
their side. They very well know that if they
were to grant all that the slave States re
quest, tho laws of climate, soil, and produe
Hons will settle the question at last; that tho
result will bo precisely the same under any
of the theories about which the politicians ot
tho two sections have each other so much by
the ears.
Our Northern friends say they are full1
sensible of this, but they read to us what J el
ferson and others have said. They say they
rely on political authority.
It should be borne in mind that in the days
when Jefferson spoke we had no Cotton gins.
It had not then been discovered that hdave
labor was so us lul in hot climates, iu raiding
tobacco, rice, cotton and sugarcane. At that
day they were not w.nh more, ami did not
sell for more than horses. Tney were rather
c nsuuiers than producers. Thero was ii'
anxiety' to retain them. Now ihj) aro worth
from six to filteen hundred dollars each.
Their labor is the source of more than two
hundred millions of dollars annually to the
National wealth. A new und powerful in
terest has sprung up.
Judging from what the latherstlid when they
formed a Union with the clave States, under
tho then condition and circumstances, wv
have a ready answei as to what they would
now do, were thev here, with this territorial
question under existing circumstances. No
fair-minded man can doubt, but they, if alive,
would say, "let the Southern slaveholding
brethren have all the territory which they
can lairK' settle under the invitations of soil,
climate, and productions, especially, if it is
understood that the l"na ri'le settlers, when
the' come to agree on a State Constitution,
may fairly determine the question of slavery
ior themselves in their own way."
One of the beauties and excellencies of the
common law is, that it conforms itself so as
to embrace and shield new and increased in
terests. As these interests grow up and increase,
tho common law extends its circumference
and strengthens its protective power. It has
been likened to the burk upon tho sapling,
which widens and thickens imperceptibly as
tho tree grows.
We have only to havo tho people the in
dustrious people look at these questions prac
tically and in their proper bearings, and they
will at once have this quarrel settled, and the
great ship of State again floating at ease and
in safety.
I would have them at once pull up their
stakes and come pitch their tents around
Washington, raise the stars and stripes, and
command their iiepresentatives to adjust tho
difficulties which now divide tho two great
and powerful sections.
JOHN A. GILMER.
The Republican L It 1 malum
ashixutox, Dec. 24. The Republican
ultimatum was offered in the Senate Commit
tee ot Thirteen this morning. It agrees, on
the part of tho Republican Senators, to recom
mend to their Stato Legislatures to advocate
an amendment to tho Constitution, ptoviding
that slavery shall not bo abolished in any
State where it now exists.
From the HiU8borongB"R'Jer'
Blast Neetnf miuborough. i
In Dursuance to n njunpnd
meeting,
argo portion of the citizens of Orng Coun
ty met at the Court House in this pi9'. .
the meeting was called to order by the Chir-
man, w m. n. crown, who in a few pain"""'
retimrns uxuiaiueu ine ohiar whiCB'
together for the second time.
. lhe Secretary read the nrnoppdincs ot tne
meeting of tbe 15th inst., and the Chairman,
ten, reported tne iollowmg resolutions
The excited condition of the public mind,
occassioned by the result of the recent ri
ucuiiaj election, requiring m the ODinlOD o
fcuc viuciio vruup uwre assembled, a uw"
larauuu ui me sen u men is ot the people in re-
vUUiao piuc ioDe pursaea JU
the present critical condition of onr National
affairs, it is therefore, . ... ,
J - ".vmiuica m iqq CO U too -
of adoption in certain States of the TJniont
since the election oi Abraham Lincoln to the
orace oi rrcsioeni oi the united States pre-
sentslor tbe determination of the people of -North
Carolina the grave question, whether,
an far ar t hev Are onniArnail iKa fl a
i i-1 V l V 7. . vjvornraoni.
established by tho Constitution of the United
States shall be permitted to continue in one- -
ration, or wnetner it snail do overthrown and
annulled, leaving to an uncertain future the
provision of new guards for all the great in
terests that Government was designed to se
cure 2. Resolved, That while regretting the de
cision made in this election, in common with
th people oi all tho Southern States, because
of the sectional, and towards us, hostile spirit -ef
the political organisation which nominated
and elected the successful candidate ; and
hilst we shall vigilantly observe his course
of administration, and shall be prompt to -make
resistance to encroachments, if any shall
bo attempted by him, on the, rights and in
terests of slavery as an established institution
ot the Southern States, protected by the Con
stitution of the Union, we perceive in the
fact of his election no sufficient cause ior their
subversion and abandonment of the Govein
ment of our Fathers, under which, in but two
generations of men, the country has obtained
a prosperity and power unsurpa6sed among
tho nations of the earth.
3. Resolved, That we are not insensible to -the
encouragement given to the hostile feel
ing of tbe North against slavery in the South
ern States, by tho result of this election but
it must not be for.rott.pti that thu Government
of the United Stetes is a practical Govern'-
mom, oi out iimiiou powers: tnat tne resi
dent is not tbe sovereign but the servant of
the Republic, with authorities denned and re
stricted by the Constitution and laws, liable
to be checked and restrained within his le
gitimate powersby Congress and by the Ju
diary; that Mr. Lincoln was elected by but
ii piuramy oi votes, in consequence oi divis
ions among the conservative voters arrayed
against him the majority against him in the
whole popular vote being nearlv nine hun
dred thousand. And when we add to this
ihat he will enter into office with a majority
of both Houses of Congress opposed to him, "
and will not be able to appoint even his Cab
inet counsellers without tbe consent of a con
servative Senate, there is but a remote prob
ability of a successful encroachment on our
rights during the limited period of bis ad
ministi ation, if there shall bo the disposition
to attempt it.
4. Resolved. That the enactment of laws in
many of the uon-slaveholding States, intended
to obstruct the execution ot the law of Con
gress, for the arrest and surrender of fugitive
slaves, is in plain and. palpaple violation of
tho Constitution of the United States,' and
the repeal of those laws is demanded as a du
ly of justice and submission to the Constitu
tion on the part of those States, and as indis-
. C... TT :
t - - "
o. Resolved, That waiving of the Constitu-"
tional question of the power of a State to se
cede from the Union, such act of secession, if
effected peaceably, is not an appropriate and
adequate remedy for the injuries under which
the Southern States are now laboring. To
depart from the Union, leaving behind in tho
hands of her supposed enemies, all herinter
terests in tho national accumulations cf eighty
years, in which she had proportional rights,
would be a sacrifice on the part of a State,
except under tho pressure of overruling ne
cessity, as incompatible with her dignity as
her interests. ,
G. Rtsolved, That we recognize in its full
extent the right of resistance by force, to un
authorized injustice and oppression, and if
tho incoming administration shall pervert the
powers of the Government to destroy or oth
erwise unlawfu ly interfere with the right of
slavery, will be more ready than ourselves to
recur to this extreme remedy; but in adopt
ing measures on a subject of such vital inter
ests to fifteen States of the confederacy, we
should deem it but just, and wise, to act, if
possible, in concert, and after consultation
with tho other slaveht.lding States ; and
more especially with the frontier States of
Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky a d Missouri,
which aro the irreatesl ufiVrers from exist
ing grievances, and stand as a barrier betwoen
tho ret of the Sou'h -rn States aud the ene
mies of their peace and safely beyond that
frontier.
7. Resolved, That reasonable time should
o allowed, and all remedies consistent with
the continuance of the Union, should be ex
hausted before an abandonment ot that Con
stitution establish-d by Washington and his
compatriots, which iu its general operation
has been the source of blessings innumera
ble to tho American people.
8. Resolved, That it is recommended lo tho
Li gislaturc to make appropriations for tho
purchase of such supplies of arms, as may bo a
necessary as a preparation for any emergen
cy that may arise.
9. Resolved, Thrt the foregoing resolutions
bo published i.. the Hillsborough papeis, and
transmitted to the representatives froui this
county, to be laid before the General Assem
bly. John W. Norwood, Esq., offered the follow
ing as an amendment:
Resolved, That we recommend to tho pres
ent Legislature to provide for calling a Con
vention of the people, to take into considera
tion tho alarming State of public affaire, and
determine for North Carolina the timo, mode,
and measure of redress tor existing wrongs.
Too question being taken upon Mr. Nor-
wuuu 3 resolution, ii was icjcv-itu.
The resolutions as reported by the com
mitteo, were passed by a large majority.
W M. II. BROWN, Chairman.
Dennis Heart, ) g
C. E. Parish, )
Secretaries.
APPLICATIONJJOTICES.
Application will be made to the
present Legislature of North Carolina for an act in
corporating the Greensboro' Cemetery.
Application will be made to the
present Legislature of North Carolina for an actinccr
porating the New Salem Lodge, No. 20'., A. Y. M.
Dec -27 19-4w
Application will be made to the
present Legislature to Incorporate the Greensborough
Hotel Company.
Application will be made to the
present Legislature to change the elect ion of Constable
tor Gruhjin, from Terrentine's to Graham. .
. , 1 39.
Application will be made to the
present Legislature to re-enact the act incorporating
the town of Asheboro, in Randolph county.