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ft iter A. ft r.-r r Ay 1 yA Af Ay Ay Ay,y Ay AyA5 Ay Ay VOL. XXIV. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, FEBRUARY 19, 1863. NO. 1,237. 6 ltnLisnED weekly, by M. 3. SHERWOOD, bmtoi and rnortiKioK. Alflmt W. Iip) luiiUit Hitir. tcpt in Iho singlo instance el Aiding to to Eorp, w that if reform should become Icur the ea which are the highway of rampant again,, they will only have to all nalious, of a blockading fleet, which point acroea the Atlantic, with a mocking cripple., the commerce and industry of linger, and aay: Behold the model ot iree ! mankind; and if England and France do Gorerameot; there is the end oi your uni tl.ii .rood and needful work, or helD as to venal soffrae: be content with your Gov- TMttME 1.00 A TJCAX. IK ADVAHCtf. ' do it, as I trust and believe we ahortly may, erument, ye loyal Englishmen, honor the . tho thing will be for their own advantage Kiag; fear God aud thank him thut you flutes mf AJtertlslaff. j as much as for oart, if not more; and their have a House of Lords 1 Ofe 4lr yr .Mire, for th fim wk, and f jnterTenijon will be confined to tbatele I say, sir, such it seems are the cogent e.nti rr w..k thr her. TwsIm , b- h . he comraon doiufcin of ntkn inUresU, both pecuniary and political I!";; lE'JUXMr,m But, ir. I ay moat .arne.tly let no soldier which prevent England from moving hand s wostm co l tiai I of Km opt plant a foot upon the soli of any or voice in our behalf, which might even on ur. . f r-V&u 8 oo Con federate Slate; let no European ban- indirectly tend to bring our bioody etrug- V,, nini, ... 7.n M .oo er be it lied Cross or Tri-coior, float in gle to a close ; and if we are permitted to rbr.- S'ni". 'ftn 150,1 ,0 ! our Southern air; let no epaaletted "media- build vessels in her docks, let it not bo i . ill m .J' I i ... a ! torn' backed by horse, foot and artillery, supposed that it is with any view to ac- lleiiiurksof lion vT. ti. Iwann, or j imce our boundaries, measure our domains complish, by her connivance, our deliver- TfiiiHMcr. und limit our institutions. Powerful na- ance, but rather that Vanke sbips may be The llouso being in vnnnittc ol the tions never give their intervention, or, as destroyed. Two years more would also .nd;,,, 1 th-v would term it. thoir Detection, pratui- prabablv io far to stop the gap even in her - .o ,n ,narh a. nrovided ! tu-ly. They charge too dear a price for cotton supply, by creating new fields of -- jt They intervened for Ureeoe, and proauouon in ner own ooioniai aominions ; i;.)mpniinn to cornrnM-toneri snd console (;rooce lja-een ft t jn tneJr haB(ig and herein is her inteieat in destroying abrtS(l, .Mr. .wnnn win ever since. The nrotectinr Dowert present slave labor, and to thatextentsympatbiring Mr . fhuirmso Not nuiu a yesr inco (Jrceeo with a kinr, indeed, but the king with our abolition enemy and then she perlornjM no other function tban tbat ot couia wunoui a single arawoacic 10 aisiuro const able, to preserve the peaoe of the her satisfaction, contemplate the total dis- coui'try under England, France and Bus- astrous overthrow of the Institutions she in. A British subject has a money claim so much abhors. And, sir, I may say, ontheCJrpck government, and to recover tbat so Ur as the Northern or Federal payment, a British squadron comet and States ar concerned, I believe the antici- points its broadaides over a Greek port on- pations of these English statesmen are til the uioiiov is paid. Asrain. during the actually in process of rapid realization. Crimean war. the Greeks shew sirnsotsym- The Northern people nover understood I have frit that 1 oathv with Kussia airainst Cnelaod and free institutions, for, from the moment the Th question now France Enirlih and French forces enter I control of the Government passed into their I iiitri-JuceI fur the oor.ilerHtion of the ou', a resolution which in oflVct, drlar 1 that no good coulJ come to them; Con ?.',orntf Statn hy lorior continuing in K.jropo envoyn whnsr iiiinjion it in to oli r,V recognition of our nationality. h" litpe ot tinio since hnvir made nore k'i:ii inJ the a noma! ou cndif ion of our for mt'jn relations, I catniul lonacr forbear to ay what very often ,li,nM lln hae Kuil. Ir solution; ami into the country, garrison its strong places hands, all broke down ; anarchy is even !io;uio of tho undue'-as an auxiliary policy to King I now coming rapidly upon them like an km.: tlo ftl ;H i' Otho. Sir, shall we buy intervention and armed man : anarchy, bankruptcy, repudi u-utraiitv of F.u- 4 protei(ion" at the price Greece paid f.r atiou, territorial dismembermont, moral, r.,.fit n power-, tt.lv it "U''j s'.s to us no u? Lowland has "intervened more than social and political shame and disaster, will cooi-i-ot in iuo., tii.c v rt most forcibly and once tor I'orlugul; tho piiso exacted is a in two years more, make of them the won fvportuin'ly hi ma tu-ioio us the unsutisfa scr.-s f commercial troaties, which has dcrofthe world, and tho hopo oftreir ' . ... ... ..ra. . m I . l 1 1 t -llJ made I'ortual the iSnirHshraan s wine-tarm worst enemies wm nave ooen accompnsnea. .i oi i . l I I c t l cA .lv.I rfv m..ri tlian ever, .re- : h''C:u'n and iiio.-f i il IVc 'l'i'tS in"'"' x l , 4 ,ii.'i ol th" pi el ijtlrd with the richest of our bloood, let bs not display merely in the face of the invading hosts of the North. Let us lift it high be fore all tho nations, and humbly trusting in that deliverance which the Almighty may vouchsafe to us, demonstrate that what en emies soever, whether open or secret, alien or domestic, may look askance upon it, we mean at least to be true to it, and stand or fall with it ourselves. t ,i v mt'li '.i'ii ill our relation with thosj i. .t The diplomatic correspond'. net t ri . t I I. - I 4y . even to this tfuv. Ahull wo, sir, De wiuirg oo lar as relates 10 our own gioncut un t turn our sovereign States, enriched in 1 federacy, I trust tho British expectation their noil by tho mot precious blood, into and calculation will bo falsified. i li- cotton farm ol Eng and, or tho tobscoo Earl Russell and Lord Palmerston are i .. .r i r r I : I n ,1 C. .t. . K.. i on ineitiUTes "oeim ai, mmo na-pi ov- p'aniuiion oi r ranee : Are we iruuving c:ervaiuiT wnj mm lai-oijjuwu, uut buc i I ' i u to whit in III i mi1'' it ii w o ve th this uiai tic war and pouring out the blood are certain elements in the Confederate ( iiiiiumd isolation ot ur poitin. 1 will of our children to rencuo our industry from Statos which hey do not take into their cul- li.ht tho Kinulur loi.luiinn ff idea ttie raup of the Y.nkro only tbat we may culativns and which must nave us irom the n'-n whirh ha pa'd vilhin a lew nioiitl.s b.- wi vii France, l'!ni;lur.d und Kursia lm- t t thrown a iiew nnt on homo "powers pr". .ulii'i; on this uhjM'l, on l-oth side ol' llii- Alia. .tic the prot-n i.od argij men' (.(fit mitu'ly puhliiihed tn Ivi'lund uainsL wh-iithy call 'Inlsrvcnu.Mi" whilo in Ijl'A, thu goferiinnjiit hai n.fver a-kfl for uriT in cmoit ion ui all; and the aiixio.i-. nimnu tlirUL'hoa t our own country ahmit nn approaching "recoi;iiilion" a if the mere liund ovrrtho ccmuKtnd of it toOuecn Vic- fatt imDendintr over our oncmies. ith tona r ihu Emperor Napoleon ? But such I out going farther into this department ol w. old bo loo surely the reuil oi mterven- the suojeci, l win as-, sir, wneiuer vno ex- j ti on by land fvreea upon our soil. planalion 1 bavo endeavored to give of the Ii it o n-wiili'iui ryhietuiice that I name policy of England does not commend iisclfj Lowland and Franco together in this con- to all who hear inc us tho natural und true neciion. The late correspondence proves account? Andifitbe true shall wo not to ii that the generous Fieoch nation i frankly acknowledge it ? Shall we shrink a -kiiowU iljement ol our eziteni o implied fi irndlvto us in thi sore trial, and would from avowing to ourselves tho plum truth IIh nweepifiu a ny of t In Lltn kn d.- an d lie: r,in mivo us .it leai IVoin utter ruin and i bat in all tho eurtb, next to tho Washing c't'suitf of the war sll th-kO things taken exhaustion, perhaps because by doing ton Government, that at London is our tfthur, sir, muKo itder.irahl; that we and so, a inartiroo rival of Great Britaia woist enemy, and uon this truth predicate ' the country ahould t onie to a clear under- would be preserved ; whilst there is too ouraction? What, then, can e do in the tan-lint ot the r-al nature ol our right as much to believe that England stimulates, matter? The resolution offered some time an lnd'pendal Tower. atd would protract the struggle with the since, by ray we It. a id those proposed at tho Ureoif lition ia one tiling; I nlervcni ion cold and malignant calculation that both preseni session by my colleague, affird a is another, liecogtitticti is our right, ho Fedei uls and Conledei ales will be utterly fair indication, in my judgment, of tho soon as we have established a dr. (icto Cior- ruined and unvfonc, so that neither the proper course which it becomes us to pur t rnuioiK and shown our ability to maintain commerco and shipping of America nor sue: let our Government withdraw the it; Intervention is not only not our riht tho perilous political example of repobli. Commissioners from Foreign Courts which to In demanded, hut would bo a grievous can institutions may longer fret or frighten decline to receivo our Ministers and putan wrnii, injury, calamity to us if not care- the Briton. The selfish policy of thjse neu end to the official action of pretended Con full v guarded and iTtfulatcd. We may, as tr:il powers bus been ably exposed in the suls who bavo never been accredited to this w do.deinand recognition; but we ought President's message ; we know noto that it Government. If those Foreign Powers to distrust and repel Intervention. I will is England, as tho leading maritime Power will not recognize-our nationality shall we father and say thaljf foreign nations which has counselled, or rather controlled recognize theirs ? Let us make this issue rrnlly hrlievo that this Southern ConfVd- that policy; and I think it is full time, sir, with them and we shall soon soe 'whether i rv has not yet given sufficient proofs of that wo bhould discard the maudlin balder- wears actually independent or not. I us determination and ability to ncrt nnd dash about our "Anglo Saxon kindred," have said, sir, that it is fadkthose nations, maintain it independence, und on that nc- and understand once for all that noxt to not for us, tojudge whether they shall form rinuit refuso or delay cither to receive cur New England, our worst enemy in the international relations with us or not; but Mioiters and Consuls or to send iheir M in- world is Old England. It is well, also, that we also on our side have something to do mcr and Consuls to ns, it, in their affair; we should understand the reasons for the cide. We owe something to our dignity; they and not wo are lo bo the judges of relentless zeal which that Power exhibits ii we do not in every way assert our inde- iheir policy in this regard; and if they are. for the prolongation of the war; for rea- pendence we canno? expect them to ac- luore independent of us than wo are of them, sons control and direct her policy, wo may knowledge il; and it seems to me the limo thru, indeed, our independent e is not yet he sure. If we look closely into the matter is now fully arrived when we ought without omplctoly or clearly established, and wo we may see tbat England has a far greater complaint or ofTonco, to affirm, distinctly by cannot complain it they shall withhold ac- interest even pecuniary and material our acltona that government, being one of turn until it shall bo. Truo, it would be in tho prolongation of tho war then she the independent powers of the earth, will convenient to ua if France and Knuland can have in peace with its uninterrupted admit of no international relations save on would treat with us at Uichmsnd, irmtead supply of cotton. The war is removing equal terms. Sir, 1 should give notice to ot continuing to pretend that wc are rep- from her path a great commercial rival, these quondam consuls mat their functions rc filled by the Washington Government Sho is fast regaining the carrying trade of are ended this hour. I would bring under and it envoys. Tru. it would be more the world, which three years ago she was the oporation of the Conscript Law all Eng- fitht losing Not ft single Confederate crusior lish and French residents in the Confedera cies a Yankee shin without raising the cy after doe and proper notice to depart war risks upon American shipping in the (including tho consuls themselves if within offlccHofall the underwriters witboutse- legal ages) and if England or France leel curing a greater and constantly increasing aggrieved by such proceeding, let them go prck-rcfico for British vessels in the minds to Washington for redress. They will know of shippers in all ports. 'What England nothing of our government. Our Govern loses in her cotton industry, sho more than ment does not know them. Let them de compensates by recovering her maritime mand and receive from Mr. Lincoln, satis supremacy ;and if it ho true that a portion ol i he workers m cotton aro suffering destt union, the ruling clashes of England feel u hut little. They endure with becoming oipianimny uio nuneringsoi ine poor, anu The Blockade at Charleston The following "circular," says the Wil mington Journal, addressed to the Consular agent of Fri.ce at this port has been pla ced at our disposal. As it is evidently a pubht matur, and in strict accordance with proclamations already published, we feel no hesitation In giving it a place in our columns for general information : CiacuLAR. Department of Stat., ) Richmond, Jan. 31st, 1863 Mojisiiua Bettancourt, Consular Agent of Franco, at Wilmington, N. C. Sir : I am instructed by the President 01 the Confederate States of America to inform you ibaLthis Government bus receiv cd an official despatch from Flat; Officer Iograham, commanding the naval forces of the Confederacy on the coast of South Carolina, stating that the blockade of the harbor of Charleston has been broken by the complete dispersion and disappearance of too blockading squadron, in consequence of a successful attack made on it by the iron clad steamers commanded by Flair Officer T L 1 l . I . i iiiiri uuam. xrunng mis auacK one or more of the blockading vessels were sunk or burnt. As you are doubtless aware that by tho law ol nations a blockade when thus broken by superior force ceasea to exist and cai.not be subsequently enforced unless established de novo with adequate forces and after due notice to neutral powers, it has been deemed proper to give you the informution herein contained, for the guidance of such vessels oi your natnn as may choose to cany on commerce with the r;ow open port ot Charleston. Respectfully, our obedient servant, J. P. BENJAMIN Secretary of Siate. From the Ilillsboro Recorder Rev. fl. J. Graveg. Tho examination of tho case of the Rev. R. J. Graves was had in tlii rir Wednesday last, before, the Hon. Matthias E. Manly, of the Supreme Court; George V. Strong, Esq., appearing for theprosccu tion, and the Hon. Vm.f A. Graham for the defendant- The accused was bound over to the Confederate Court at Richmond, to siana trial on a charge of treason. Mr. (jrraves obtained a passport at Rich mond about tho last of July, for the pur ose or visiting JNew rotk to procure the services of the celebrated Dr. Green for an )peration on his throat, which was much diseased, and to see after the welfure of two orphan sister who he feared might be tn asunYring condition, tie left City Point n anagot truce boat for Harrison s Land ing. On arriving at Harrison's Landing ho wa placed under a strong ?uard and treated as a prisoner for two or threo days, and was subjected to a long and minute ex amination by tho Federal Provost Marthal. During this examination it is alleged that he communicated important information to the enemy, and open this the c'.arge of treason is founded. There was but one witness to support the charge, a captured woldier by tho r.ame of f arkcr, who has awaiting examination. lie professed to have heard only a part ot what was Baid, it being uttered in a low tone of voice, and he twelve or fifteen feet distant, and was present or ly during a por tion oi tue examination-. This examination of Mr. Graves by the Provost Marshall in McClellan's camp was long and rigid, and contiunod for perhaps an hour and a halt. Tho condition of our railroads was inquired into, whether they were not wearing out, and whether iron was not difficnlt to be obtained; what pro. gress haddoeen made in the construction ol tho Piedment Railroad, and the object the Government had in view when favoring its construction; the condition of tho "Rich mond," an iron-clad boat in process of con "uUhlc if France and England would ac- crvdit cjnsuls to our I iov ornmei.t who ere to exercise thoir consular functions in our ports instead of continuing to accredit them te the Government of Mr. Lincoln under ... V. .... I . wnu: nuuioruy mhu cXMuatur they con tiiiuo to t jrn-hf tli!..ne functions. 1 5 u t , tor, 1 reppul it is I --r t!io" ri:Lions th. in-S'-ivo to judyo ot :i I h r-. llwt arewdiincj to lical with tli ,i Ui itiiii' pi ;vt,te jr. n'le luen wlin mr .nim ur.o n minister's prt-viicc by n pnvaite vn. rai-oo and dismi-h-d di w 1 1 i in Ua-'U elans 1 1 ve ai o willing M allow tliers, who are rommi-sioiifd to th ti (iovoi itiurni with wnu-ti wo are at war a I (irmly believe, would prefer to sustain mii i iy (fiiir t iveriimeni autonrized to keep then ortievs in t,ur ports and thero to pro. i e i no ir oiintrv incii. n tli nt no i it toe opt rations ot our laws, and nolo, Horn to exempt tin in by tliousan 1 liom orvlle in our ai iniert it my are w ining to 1 av- ii mo. why (liotiUl ttiejo Foi'Cirn I'd vrn sot k of (it s no an v cliungo in tho xiiing rela ion ? Why slitoilil lin y he in l.ate'o reit ivo our mio ipiO'twhtMt lh'V can uniiin iMeato tli u tin ouh the if.r.tl.nion thu. a . i d i -d and reoojriii., J W'l.at uroicy is there l no) nuul 1 send toi"uis to liu-ninond, "i t liarlt'ston, or Savannah, duly anioiii t.'d to tloi ( t o vo in mo f 1 1 ol tho ivun! ry, a nl'-i national i.w lAipiiio-t, iu n those theV h e .u i r diteil looiir cuoiii es are p iinii li'd lo ".eivi! ad the purporo, to display the il ik ol their rei'o-'iivo nations and eto ct. faction, as they will bavo it that Mr. Lin coln is our President. Sir, I do believe tbat For the Patriot. William 11. Cummiuf, i:q William H. Cummiog died of paralysis in Greensboro' on the 6th instant, in the 65ih year of his age. A good man has fallen, and tho people mourn. For one half of bis lifo he was an Elder in the Presbytorian Church, and ho proved himself a faithful stewar J in the household of faith. In him all tho christ ian graces did abound, and he adorned tho doc trines be professed with holy living. When ho was in health and at home, his place in the Sanctuary was seldom vacant. He was ardently devoted to his church; and of him it may be truly said, that while ho was kind and generous to all men, he loved the brethren. Ho was our oldest elder, and we all feel that a father has gone; but iri hi christian example he has left us a lich in heritance. In society be was affablo and social, and his influence was always on the side of truth and virtuo. His friendship was warm, constant and unselfish; and his enmity was but tbe passion of a moment. He was pos sessed of much general intelligence and ho was prompt and active in business. His a S means were limited, yet be was liberal in his donations to the church, and he with held not a timely charily from the poor. lie was a truo patriot. He mourned for the errors, misfortunes, and sorrows of his country; and he rejoiced in her viture and gloried in her triumphs. In the domestic circle he was gentle, af- fectionato, and tender, and he was the con stantly of tho loved ones thero. His tcm- i ei anient was cheerful and fufl of hope, and his brave heart was never depressed by Yallladlgbam'sj Speech. We have a paper before us containing a full ropjrt of the speech of this gentleman recently mado in the United Stales Con gross. Wo oxtract a tew paragraphs, which we have nover seen republished in this section: Sir, my judgment was made up and exprossed from thi first. I learned it from Chatham : "My Lords, you cannot conquer America." A nd you have not con quered the South. You never will. It is not in tho nature of things possible ; much less under your auspices. But mon"y you have expended without limit, and blood poured out like water. Defeat, debt, taxn tion, sepulchres these are your trophies. iu Tm me peopiegave you treasure and the soldier yielded up his life. "Fight, tnx, emancipate let these," s id the contleman from Maine (Mr. PikcO at the last session, ' ho tho trinity of our salvation." Sir,' they havo become the trinity of your deep damnation. The wai for the Cnion is, in your hands, a most bloody and costly fail ure. The President confessed 't on the 22d of September, solemnly, officially, and un der the broad seal of the United Stales. And he has now repeated the vonfesskm. The Priests aud Rabbis ot Abolition taught him that God would not prosper such a cause. War for the Union was abandoned; war for the negro openly begun, and with Htrongei battalions than before. With what success ? Let the dead at Fredericks burg and Vicksburg answer. And now, sir, can this war continue? Whence tho money to carry it on f Whore the men ? Can ou borrow ? From uhnm? Can you tax more? Will the poople bear it? Wait til! you havj collected what i already levied. How many millions more oi "legal-tender1' today, forty one per cent, below tbe par of gold eaa you float ''. Will men enlist now at anv oriee? Ah ! sir, it is easier to die at home I beg pai - don : but I trust L am bot "discouraging enlistments." If lam, then, first arrest ' Lincoln. Stanton and lialleolr nm struction at Richmond, &c. The reply to your other Generals, and 1 will retract yes these questions by Mr. Graves, as staled by ' will recant. But can you draft again himself, was, that he did not know; all the Ask New England New York. Ask Mas informat onhehad respecting them was ! sacluselt8. Where aro tho nine hundred gathered from tho newspapers, to which all I thousand? Ask not Ohiotho North west parties had access. He presumed U;at the ! she thought you were in earnest, and gave roads wero wearing away, as there was a yoa all more than you demanded large amount oi ounincss uone upon mem. He presumed also that it was well known 1 that one object the Conic 'erute Govern ment had in view in favoring tho con- struction of the Piedmont Railroad was to i facilitate transportation between Richmond and tho South; but what progress was mado in its construction he did not know. Tho boat Richmond might be ready to como down to-morrow or next day, or it n ight be some timj first; he did not know; ne heard hammering, and supposed men were working upon her, but of her condi tion he had no knowledge, an ho only had a glimpse ofa portion of her through a crack in the enclosure as ho was passing by. Ii was alledged by tho prosecuting olhcer, that his answers to these questions gave important infoi mation" to the enemy giving hirn "aid and comfort as u left him to infer that our railroads would soon bo worn out, when we might ho reduced to extremity. Uut the ponit maue ov me "The wife whose babe first smiled that day, The fair, fond bride of jester eve. And aged s-ire and matron gray, Saw the loved warriors haste away, And deemed il tiu lo grieve.'' Sir, in blood she has atoned for her tie luli ty ; and now there is mourning in every hourte, distress and sadnes in every heurt. Shall she givo you any more? But ought this war to continue ? 1 an swer no not a day, not an hour. What then? Shall we separate? Again 1 an swer no, no, uo ! What then'? And now, -nr, I como to tho grandest anil most solemn problem of statesmanship from tho beginning of time; and to tho God of Heaven, illuniiner of hearts and minds. 1 would humbly appeal for some measure, ai leaf I of lihl and wisdom and strength to. explore and reveal tho dark but possible luturo of this land. Sir, this war, horrible as it is, has taught us all same ol tho most important and sal- prosecution was in relation to the boat j utary lessons which ever a people learned. Richmond. It was alledgeU thai the tear ol x-uat n, no a.niM.o.iceu, m iwuiuy her was equal to a force of fifty thousand months, all the false and pernicious theories en at Richmond, and that tins restraining icaciiing oi ,voonuom.-m lor tturly tru th." idle operatives two years tocmo uoon l..o public luxes, raihr than seo the war ternnnuted before tho chief object of Brit ish policy fhali havo boon gained the total (loftriictiou of both North and South, for i li -it ambitious and far feeing Pnwwr has more than a mere commercial or pecuniary in r '. in pi longing our strife to our utter i ii - ii She has a fini grea er and deeper p olieal interest, and that consists in see- ii the dungorous oxampie ot political lib et yandfclf government removed Irom b lore the ey i s of her swarming masses, a i e.tdy pieising hard upon the aacient o'ltfurchv by ihc:r clamor lo Reform. Tho Fulled Slates, in the past bavo been with their ini itulions, the model and exemplar d ti.e reformer.", t he horror and Ougbear of the ari-toi racy : let the war but last two this course, if adopted now, at last, after so misfortunes. I have never known a lami long patiencoand forbearance, and pursued v more united, and more devoted to each witDcaim uignuy, witnout compiaini or olber In their homo thero was content crimination, but merely as a national step . . . . . . . . 1C towards the full assertion ot our indepen- r- dent position, would be the best and surest passed over it now. way to bring us that "Recognition which Days of sorrow, like days of joy will have seems to be so much desirce. England and Arwl Th. Waht will como airain with i . . " rj t ranee will not leave their citizens who reside amongst us without an official repre. sentative to attend to their rights aud inter ests, 80 that too withdrawal of '.hose ccm- many sweet hopes and sacred memories. - Thus light and shadow will pass over this christian household, until one by one, all plaiaant facilities which we havo hitherto havo gone to meet each other in the home of extended to meir so-c. lied Consuls, will be pcrfecL i,vht, and joy, and Iov on urt l 1 1 inn a I at.il ll.il iy ejer their folio w-subjects and iheir years longer and they hopo that absoluto propel ly Irom the operation ot our laws, and all under tho authoi ity of Mr. Lincoln? Nuy, the French and Knglih may be well justified in refusing t boltove that we are a in fependont people, while we act as il ve did n jt beliefo it oursoives. anarchy win prevail ; that tbe war, now racing, will be complicated with a half dozen or more civil wars botb North and South ; that the republican institutions, which have so long been their terror, will sink in an ocean ot blood, diaaimearinrr for. I pon both lhso tpu-ftiiii, thon, of Inter- ever from earth; and that military dictators vontion and Recognition, ol a Inch wo hoar will drill tho onco proud citizens into sub. much, 1 desire, ut least, t put on record jects, and covor the land from the lakes to my own sentiment, and make the ground tne guif'with a Pentarcy or Heptarchy of and louKoriH of it clear to the Ilotio and monarchies. Tben, as these wily and the com.try. Intervention in our present subtle statesmen hope, Americans, instead snuggle I would deprecate aud repel, ex- of an example, will have become a warning an additional and strong motive for our re cognition by .theso and other European rowers. All this, however, is for them to judge ; it is tneir concern. Ami, lor ourselves, wo should accept tho admonition once given ! to the Greeks Trust not for freedom to the Franks. They have a king who buys and &ells: In native swords, and na lite ranks, The only hope of courage dweds " I hope that we have at last learned and laid lo heart this lesson that our in( R P. D. indepen dence is lo be of our own making and is to be in our own keeping. We have no frienos id this world. With a firm, though gentle band, tLe President has stripped off the pretence of neutrality, and shown it to be vr of drawers; hostilit y in HiirnitiA I .at. o iifpnt fhflldrawtTt, fact. I At na Inn tr it in lln fnro- anH lot na t.ocordiglv. Tim .aor.i .UnJ.rd VSTt'S)' independence which we have planted deep A. A. WILLARD, in our native land, and watered plentifully 23-tf Greensboro, N. C For the Tatriot. DONATIONS IS CAI'T. A. C COBLE'S DISTRICT. Mrs. Eliia Denny. 1 coverlet, 1 pr of socks, rah 5 00: L A. Foeteman, eash $4.00: P. Iley, fM i- Mis Marr HoI '2 rr of socks: Miss Holt. 1 rr of socks: M. Holt, cali. $1 X): uis Pollev feham. 1 pr of socks: Misa Lou'ua Nonh, i nr n.L - v M. Holt- 10 vds of sLeetine and cash $3.50; Miss Nancy Ross, 1 pr of took; Mr. Islev. 1 shirt; A. L. Kiev, 2i yds of flannel; Miaa Follv Smith. 1 pr of socks. Purchased with the above, eash sheeting, and had it made up by tha following persons, as a donation: Mrs. inn Isle? and dausrhtara made 0 prof draweis and 4 .hirt. Mis. Martr&ret Islev. 2 shirts; Mi.s Letta Islev. 2 shirts: Mrs. Joel Sharp's daughters, 5 shirts 1 pr of drawers: Miss Elixabeth Allen, 1 shirt, 1 k. t ami -a 1 y Miss Kacnei Alien, l sniri, pr oi fear had been removed ty the intnrni:itii. given by Mr. Graces the witness Parker having teslihed that Mr. ti raves Had s:nu "shf would not bo ready f. r some time" the htatement of Mr. Graves that "ilic might bo down to morrow or next day," not having reached the car of the wiines . or escaped his memory. And this is tin amount of Iho testimony by which it is a' tempted to stigmatise as a traitor a gentle man who is believed by all who know him to be as loyal to tho South as any citizen among us. It d-ies not appear thot Gen. McClellan was relieved from iho fear 1 ihc R'chmun l or the fifty thousand men it represented, by anythi.'g that escaped frrra 'In; exami nation of Mr. Graves, lie made no onward movement, except tho abortive attempt at Drurv'u BlufJ, but hastened his depailun from the Peninsular with as much speed as though assured that tho .Richmond would he down "tomorrow or next diy," Mr. Graves not having given him any informa tion that could satisfy him to the contrary. We have been impressed with tho icea that evil intent was required to constitute treason, as in caes of mur .er. hvcry kill mg is pnt neccusarily a case of murder; it must be wilh "malice prepense; me mient of murder mu?t be in the heart. So wo thought il to be in cases of treason. Wo did not suppose a man would bo considered guilty of treason, if, when pluced in durance and hard pressed with interrogatories, in- I rinaiion which may be important snou.u bo wonnod out of him. Wo supposed to he a traitor the man's heart mtisL bo with tbo enemy. And it it not so '. it otherwise may it nof. sometimes happen that true hearted citizens may find themselves con demned as traitors '( Is there no difTercm-o between a Peter and a Judas ? gentle, and At Sharpsburg, Gen. L e hailed one of tbo many stragglers, and inqu'red: "Where are you going sir ! ' "Goin' lo iho rear." "Wha' are you going to the rear for "Well, I've been stung by a bung, ai d Pm what they call demoralized." "This wu tviough. Gen. Lee had not the heart t "ay mere loan innocent who hsd been "stung by a bung" moaning, perhaps that bo had been stunnd by a bomb. r!oEcRiss ioLi . Thai fellow Wheeler s nnofd ali, Mj sour kroui and bc:i:.s, Uho erer heard of taking boats With rebel horse-mannes : ears, and vhicha mere appeal lo lacts j nid argument. couM not havo uiiiaught in . hall a century We nave learned that the j South is not weak, dependent, unentci - pi ising, or coi rn pled by slavery, luxury ' and idleness; but pnweiful, earnestly, war ' ike, enduring, m'11-.hu ppurting, fuil of ener j y, and inex'iausl.Lle in resouit es. Vn iiave been tangh-, and now confess it open ly, that African slavery, instead of bcini a source of weakness to the South, is one of her main elements of s'.rength; and hence the "military necessity," we are told, of abolishing slavery in order to suppress the rebellion. We have icarncd. also, that the non slaveho-dintl white men of the South, millions in number, are immovably attach ed lo the institution, and are its chief sup port; and Abolitionists have found out, to their infinite sui prise and disgust, that tho slave is not "panting for freedom," nor pining in silent but revengeful grief i.ver cruelty and oppression inflicted upon mm, lull happy, contented, attached deeply to Ins master, and unwilling at least not eager to accept the precious homi of free dom whieh they have proffered him. I appeal to the President for tho proof. I appeal lo the fact that fewer slaves have escaped, even from Virginia, in now nearly two years, that Arnold and Cornwalliu car ried away in six months of invasiou in 17S1. Finally, sir, wc havo learned, and the South, too, what tho history of the world ages ago, and our own history miidu have taught us, that ecrvile insur rection is the least of tho dangers to which sho is exposed. Hence, in my deliberate judgment, African slavery, as an insiiin tion, will come out of this conflict fifty-fold stronger than when tho war began Est ray On the night of the 2'Uh of January, a Boire! Mare strayed from my wagon at the Depot in Greersboro. 8he is of medium size tlight y dish-fdced, her toretop had been cut off quite short, and upjti close examination a slighl blemish cn be seen in her right nc. Any information con rerniug her will be iMtukfull;- received an-: liberal ly rewarded. -JOHN GOURLKY, rjt;-tf Snuimerfield N. C. OFFICE OF N. C. It. R. Co , i Company Shops, spt. IMth, 1852. ( NrotlCC 1 hereby giTn to s!liippr and otb, ert interest d that iho tarifl ti lrtight rates. a thia road wiil be raided twntjf-fie per cetit nnd the ritfri of paiipnj'ers to live cents per raile n ur;u alter the lir-t d.iy oi" OctoL.-t. T. J. tiCMNEU. 1 Engineer and Sup't. al4. We are amnufacturing WOOL HATS of superior quality at Jamestown, tmiiford Co.. N. C. Peruoni wishing any thin in oar line would do well to give us a call. Ordem proiaptly ui "ended to. Cash paid for wool and lur. 7-3ni W. N. ABMFIELU i Ok