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NORTH CAROLINA ARGUS. Tha Arena Um people's rlcMa Sot aa eumal vlU kep ' awtala- strata of Mala sna on lull U kueure ere ii .Im. i. C. W. FKXTON, Editor. TfAESIiOKO K. Cs . THURSDAY, PKCKMBER 15, 1S59. Tub Aaoua tor 18C0. Now is tho tiuio of . ill others for the frict.de of hi paper to be ex erting themselves to giro it nior xtended cir dilution than it hss. In few months two campaigns will be upon us National aud State; nd during those campaign! we hope to do much fir the eaoM to which we are enlisted. There are bnndteda in this and immediate adjoining counties wha are not now, perhaps, tubscribora of an j papet. With tbe view of reaching all, we will put the piper to club of ten and op ward at $1 50 each. Thii ia not a paying rt to UK ; but, neverthohjes, with the hope that good uicy come of it, we will put the subscription thus down fur the" year, beginning with January, Is 00, looking for our reward in the future. CuaisiilA. 1'jtroas all, wj wish you a merry Chriatmss and happy new year. We are all seeking after happiueai. Few, comparatively speaking, find it. We hope, sincerely, that you may all find that unalloyed happiness, during the coming holidays, which ever proceeds from efforts Ixiok around yon. Are there uut nhuu Iu your neighborhoods who aro ill provided with tho ne cessities and comfurtii of this lift'" Impart to thcin a portion of the abundance with which God "las blesseTyou? Aro ihereiret some little ones whose hearts may bo made happy by the rccep tio'u of a gilt which you will not miss from yonr abundance ? Look npon your own precious ones. How their eyes sparkle in view of the presents thoy expect. Cjiuc other eyes to scintillate with joy at the reception of presents which they do nt cxpdbt, but which will be all the more grate fully received on that account. Do good and yef good. Teach jour children, on this happy Christ mas, that f it is mote blessed to nice tbau to re- . i . , ..... f ceivc." ; He are thankful tliat it is no worse with us than it U. We look to the future with confidence. We mean to do our duty, leaving results with God. Let eveiy man do hit duty during the cjuiingyeir, and there will be more happiness, in tao family in town and in eouhtry-everywbere than there has been for many a year. Each will be the happier; and we most happy, forlAc we shall be enabled to pay our indebtedness, and have in prospect, at least., a happy new year. In accordance with the good old custom, and to give lUi Aiyut family an opportunity to enjoy theni-M-lves, there will be no paper issued uutil the 5tb January, 18C0. . A merry Christmas to you all ! and a happy Now Year ! " To tiib SJekcha.nts of tue South' and Soi'TinvEST." The attention of bur eonlempo- Iloit. Edmund DkUerry. Another of North Carolina's venerable and distinguished cilisens is gone. Th(TlIonr Juiuud DeBerry died at hi residence iu Montgomery county on, the 12th iust., at an advanced age. ; This nonouneement will be received with deep regret by his numer ous friends.. He wu man universally respected for his integrity of character and kindness of dis position, and known for the Stirling qualitici of his mind, which had been enriched by extensivo reading and varied experience with the world Mr. DeBerry was truly a aelf-niade man, tho architect of hia own fortunes and on of the nu meroua examples iu this Republican Government of a poor ar.d comparatively obscure young man rising to eminence and distinction by the force of intellect and moral rectitude In early lifo be waa mechanic, (a carpenter, and mill wright,) and with bat limited English education but such was' his iudustry and taste for reading and knowledge, that everything he could spare from the support of afIuYge and increasing family, he laid out for books, aud accumulated large and well selected library, such as is rarely met wiih in any community. Mr. DeBerry filled the office of justice of the peace in his county for a number of yean, and for augbt the writer of thia brier notice knows to the contrary, troni bis early manhood up to the day of hia death. He also represented the county of Montgomery in tbe Senate of the State Legislature several years with ability and credit to himself, and the constituency 10 make others happyLy you lmot bo WPJ-jthat sent him ther ' T lAxahe Wings of bis I . A- amnnf vim. An ihrro uut kOIUU IU TOUT! r j. . . 1 1. 1 ... . . rarics throughout the country is iuvited to the Advertisement addressed as above. Its energy, sDirif an! its trulLfuloeas should command nr- spect. It should be brought home, not ouly to 1 lion, which resulted in the nomination, of the Congressional district brought him out as s can didate for Congress in opposition to tho Hon. John A. Cameron, of Favctteville, the Demo cratic candidate, and elected him by a handsome majority over his Democratic competitor. In 131, he was candidate for re-election, but was opposed and defeated by Lauchlin Bethune, of Cumberland county, Democrat, by a majority of about tbirty-scven votes. In 1833, Mr. Be thane was a candidate for re-election, and was opposed and defeated by Mr. DeBerry, by the exact majority that Mr. Bethune had gotten over him at the preceding election. He was then elected over Mr. Bethune in 1835, '30, '37, by ajetndJpcreased. majorities at tach election: In 1839, he was opposed b William A. Morris, of Anson county, a talented and popular Demo crat, but was elected over Mr. Morris by a ma jority of about seven hundred -voles. lie was again elected iu 1841, if the writer's memory serves him correctly, without opposition.. The State was then re-districted, andltuodolpb, Guil ford and Davidson counties taken in his district, instead of other couuties left out. lie was then elected iu 1843 over George C. Mendenhall, of Guilford couuty, by a large majority, (both of the same politica l .lie theo-rwtireJ rom public life for several years. The district was again altered, and two talented and distinguished Whigs, A. Little, E( , of Anson, and General Alfred Dtick ery, of Riuhmoud counties, were candidates, op posed by Hon. Green W. Caldwell, of Charlotte, Democrat. Neither the friends of Mr. Little or General Dockery were willing to give way to the other, nor were they, willing that their party should suffer defeat. They therefore magnani mously-submitted the matter-to district conven-1-( the country merchants, but to their customers to the people. It is by trading iu our own South era cities', and by enabliug their merchants to import directly, and not through Northern chan nels and inimical agents, that the Southern peo ple can attain commercial independence. And they may rest assured that the first-practical step towards "bringing the North to ita senses is fur them to refuse to trade with those who as sail their institutions and cripple their industry. It is sheer mockery to pretend that the people prefer to buy of a country merchant who has bonght hia goods in New York, instead of one - who has bought in Charleston. This is but a pretext, or it is claptrap, meant to deceive them as to tbe Jriccs and the fashions of the good?. As to these they are the "ijnTc, come "from "the' same importers and manufacturers, and are fur bished through' erjual facilities... The plain truth is, the country merchants goto New York for their personal gratification and amusement, to which they sacrifice not only much personal ex pense, needed at home, but all those personal con siderations wfiich should govern, their patriotism and consult the interents of their scctiop. ;The anpect of affairs sboul J now deeply impress these considerations upon them, -and all -should unite iu securing alike our commercial prosperity and political security. i&'Do not forget '-the- tmlitary meeting on Saturday r: -Let enough go forward and enroll.j themselves to form1 three companies instead of oae a eavalry, rifle and infantry company. In a note itri. " Constance'' will pleac accept our thanks fur his attentions in keeping us posted with Con ference transaction, iiu letter, cmDraeiog lliree dav'r .proccearmr'i did not rciuJ. -...;i after ' cor papr was pot to" press latt nee to us in explanation he snvs : ..'Lert nme of your .ritw m'igfct tlitnk strange of rorrepr.olent . 1 woM sy tbt "tbey iter, dt-pwited ja tlic fiit ofEcc in dne tiire. 1 - .. A Jifij,, thn ltip!i:m.t1I- Xi'b'"t S3VS ' that in eouscfpnc of the Harper's Ferry affair, u genif conjmolj wrong anA common danger, . .riMT nn.TMti n have luscu all nartics -J'- V JIM J . . . - '-,Q cnc." But while rab miy be the fact, is'n'i it wrtcg for one pirty to claim that the fusion has been all to its advaofsgo ? I,ittrUc, as claimed by Jhe .Wilmington Jmirna, that faithful and well tried veteran, Edmund DeBerry, who accepted, with the declaration that it should ; be the last time that he would appear before the public as a candidate fur political favor.. With the expiration of his term iu thut Congress ended his political career, except occasionally by-particular rcrjuestt he would address political assem blages;' and the last time the writer ever heard him wasin Wadesboro', at a large Wbig meeting iu April last, and the earnest "appeals nf tbe ren erable patriot to the conservative Whigs in behalf of the Union and his country, ought to be long remembered and cherished. J? CoSSEKVAf JVB-M KETINO .IX BOSTON. The Richmond Whiy, alluding to the pubiio meet ings. held in Boston and Philadelphia, says : " The conservative meeting held iu Boston on Thursday last was a grand and imposing affair Old Faneuil Hall, capable of holding five, or six thousand pcrsoTis, was filled to overflowing by the 'solid men' of Massachusetts, Noble and soul stirring speeches were delivered by the venerable ex-Governor Lincoln, Edward Everett and Caleb dialling, and letters read from various distin guished gentlemen, Ex-President Pierce among tho number, which breathed sentiments of the loftiest and purest devotion to the Constitution And. tbe Union. . Amid the dense macs of sur rounding fanaticism and hostility to tho South, there are marly glorious and patriotic spirits in Massachusetts and New England. The Pierces, the Evercttsthe Cu.hings, the Wiuthrops, the Lincolns we admire, we honor, we love them all. s Long may they live to battle against incen diary Abolitionism, and strike stalwart blows in bv-ttatrw me coiisiuucion, the Union, and the rights of tho States." " The speeches on tho occasion were eloquent and powerful, and must have a telling effect upon the public opinion of thcNortb. The address of Everett was in Everett's best style, full of the spirit of a noble eloquence and a catholic patriot ism. But Cushing's, according to our judgment, was the speech of the occasion. It was earnest, logical, direct, convincing, cutting, slashing, giv ing no nnarters to the Abolitionists or their in cendiary effort and" doctrines, but charging home upon the enemies of the Constitution and the in the present momentous crisis of the country's, fate. We hope tbey may meet it with spirit, with leal, with unflinching firmness, and with as unconquerable determination to do or die' is behalf of the Constitution and the right Their conservative demonstrations are imposing, and grateful Id the hearts of the Southern peopled But mere resolutions and speeches, now and then, however aduiirablo and eloquent, can at best do but little towards effecting the reform desired. Tbey most be fuIKiwed by earnest, persistent, en ergetic action by thorough organisation and ev ery day effort, and by proper raulli at the polls. As Mr. Cushing said, party of drunken (Ab olition) mutineers have seised hold of tho con trol of the Slate' of Massachusetts, and they must be rebuked tad put down by the omnipo tent Toice of the real people before sectional dis cord will cease, and peace and harmony and broth erly love reign supreme, as in tbe earlier and better days of tho Republio. ' Arise, then, people of Massachusetts arise in tbe majesty of your might and redeem the honor and fame of the good old Commonwealth!" Arise people of New Englaud arise, people of the whole North, and. put . down the pestiferous abolitionism the. see. tiooal and threatening Republicanism of the day and avert from this fair and glorious Re public the fearful Impending calamity. You haver spoken noble words, men of Philadelphia and Boston aud now for noble actions, and noble re sults at the polls. . " H repeat what we said on Saturday, that it behooves the people ami Legialatures of Vir-1 giuia and the people and Legislatures of the en tire South to proceed with the work -of calm, ear nest effective preparation for State and sectional defcnceTjusV iinon?mtive-Union demon-" stration at all bad been made at the North. Not withstanding these demonstrations and the happy augury they afford of tho future, they may still determino to foist into the Presidency Win. II- Seward the aid and abettor of oid Brown tho embodiment of the ' irrepressible conflict,' tho incendiary and the traitor. For that event let us bo prepared for bis election will and should be the lustaut death-knell of the L oioo, and then perhaps, will come the tug of war. Jt the Virginia .Legislature took to the people a protection and the people s safety, and let tbe Did Dominion be prepared for the worst !" ' - v.,... ;.:.... ; .. -n ,-:, ADD&K88 of William Eaton, Jb.7 Esq We bare read with profound interest and entire satisfaction the address of this gentlemen, dehv ered before tbe Eumeoean and , Philanthropic Societies of Davidson College, North Carolina en the 13th of Jnly last. We have bat one re gret to express in relation to this mcfcZiblo, elo quent and instructive address, and. that is, tha we have been deprived for so long a time of tbo ploature of reading it. This is, measurably, our own fault, for an esteemed young friurjd, aome tluce weeks ago, placed a copy in our hands, but we did not read it, for the reason that we have been so often disappointed in the contents of those we have undertaken to read, that we had almost come to the conclusion that it would be a waste of time to do more than glanoe at the title pages of any of them. We .know not how many copies of this address were printed and circulated, but oould we afford it, we would circulate a million copies broadcast, that the youth of our country might have an opportunity to peruse its pages and learc lessons of wisdem from their contents We shall extract largely from its pages, satisfied that we can spread no more truthful aud .useful knowledge before our readers. Nor shall we content ourselves with the present, but in future numbers draw inspiration from it. May it have the same effect upon our readers that it has upon us, aud inspire them with devotion to the laud of Washington -the United SUU of North Atuer ica the Union one and inseperable now and forever. " Tho Union, it must and shall be pre South with a boldness and a vi?or which cannot The DemoctW prty 1, now the Sown tint bo l00 maeh m,i0iei in thei daJ, of t;miu is, it predominates at the Mtlnd speaks for. p,itici(im! ,nd 0,ilk and water harangues. It wss Ibe-Sou. and the South is in Uci.d carnest-so ! , a patriotic, a noble effort, and to the dis- istb'eJfmocraticpnrty. . .1 tinui-hed urat6r. the South f reel v accord. It. tiiecd of admiration and gratitude " fu a won!, the Boston demonstration in be- half of the Constitution sod the Union, waswor- Wefflost emphatically dissent frrci thJe Jour nal, aid claim that while a rccec of common dan- ircr and commpn wrong fuses "all parlies into . . . , . t.-.... i. n. .1 . -A . .r ,nv ore mrticul.r nartv ." but forthe Soufh as ,h' "LMrehutts in her palmiest days, and tiv the South in the' Union, and her rights aod i luarantccs under the VoosUtutioti. ; . iJ.STBASue RrstLT. We learn that Isaac C. ' Tsybir, Esq i Democrat, hat beon elected to (tie Mayoralty of New Bedford,' Meis , by a majority . of iuir UtiS five hundred. We ar informed that hi. inw-.se "anti John Brownism haa mueb fo do with Lie triumph, and trust that it roar be fact. ' " - . wc sincerely trust it may have the effect of arous ing the conservative' people of that State and the whole of New England from tbeir criminal leth argy, and cause them to buckle on tbeir armors, never to be taken off until Abolitionism and sec tionalism and the 'religion of bate' towards the South shall have been crushed to earth to rise no more. A high, patriotic, solemn duty rests upon rthe loyr.l citizen of New England and the North Dctt or Sovtherx OrrosmoN Members IN TH URJ AN taATlON OF tub HosE.-i be following article from tbe Richmond HAy meets so fully our views, thai. we adopt it: "We maintain that the Southern Opposition members of Congress, in rotieg for one of their own number for Speaker, are pursuing the ooljr coarse consistent, under tbe circumstances, wilu eelt-mpect anil ilutj to tneir constituents, tltfj were elected, But as Uenocrati sail not as Republicans, but stern .ad unyielding opponents of both of these parties. W by, then, should thrr be expected by any rational person to units with either of these parties, as parties, in the organization of tbe Uoom, or in anv other matter.' Hucti an expectation luch a demand is nDiu.lifiedly silly and absurd. "At a time-like tha present, we deeply regret the strictly partisan course which the Democratic members of Congress hare sewt Rt to adopt. Instead of calling a party caucus, and nominating a mere party candi date, why, if they really desired, as they professed to do, to effect ob organization of the House upon a eon serv.tive and national baais, did thev not afford a lair and honorable opportunity to coDieriatires of all shades of opinion to co-operate with them? Why repel, by their paltry and miaerabla party action, Uia Southern Oppoaiiion members, who are every hit as' true and devoted to Southern rights and Interests as tlinraelresTt Uecause-a party is small few in numbers is that a reason why it should ignomiuiously surrender to a stronger and-more formidable parly f According to our notions, it belongs invariable to tbe stronger party to exhibit magnanimity at least common fairness ahd justice in its action and not require or expect the smaller to conform to all its whims or demands. When, as we are told, tbe honor and salvation of the South is at stake, why indulge in petty parlisanism, as the Democratic members of Congress have done, and thereby exclude the possibility of Southern Opposition mubers co-operating with them? We had fondly hoped that, in trouble as and squally t'mes like tbe present, there would have been an utter and unani mous ignoring of party ideas, projects, prejudices and passions, in all matters pertaitiing to the rights and honor of Virginia and the Booth. Ws had hoped thai Democratic members of Congress would have remem bered to forget all about party caucuses and party nominations, and would hare .left wide the door for. harmonious consultation and Co-operation on the part rf all other members of Congress, of whatever name or designation, who are disposed to uphold and defend the rights and interests of the Southern States. But' we bare been totally disapoiatet) in our expectation. The Democratic members, instead of lifting themselves to tbe broad, high level of patriots and statesmen, still stand oa tbe narrow, miserable ground of groveling partisans and tricksters. And atanding there, they nave tbe impudence to call upon Southern Opposition members to tike their stand beside them, for the sake of the Sonth, forsooth! Such a trick is too transpa rent to deeeivs any but an incorrigible fool. It for the aake of mere party for the sake of tha Democratic party and not lor the sake ot the south that Democratic members oL.Congrens and Dein- cratic presses are invuaing tne co-operaunn oi ooum ern Opposition members but their invocations will be in rain! The Southern Opposition members and the Southern Opposition masses are willing and eager aluaiM willing and eager to co-operate with men of all parties, not as member of particular parties, but as fellosr-citiiens and parriots, in any and all matters pertaining to tbe safety and welfare of tbe South Uut tbey can neither be coaxed nor driven into co-op eration with any party, as a party, for even that ob ject, tigh and solemn as it is. If Virginia and tbe South can t be saved, witbout being lemotraueally saved, they both may be damned, and damned to all eternity, so far as we and tbe Southern Opposition generally are concerned, li in tbe enurt to serve and save Virginia and the South , we cannot co-operate with the Democracy except upon terms humiliating and dis- grwiui,0wicu we suaii juiu iu uu cuor to bbtc riiurr, and we shall countenance no proposition or suggestion to co-operate with the Democracy." ' 1-Why then should partisan ideas be allowed to con trol the action of Democratic members of Congress at tbe present time.' What siionia. prevent them from putting themselves in such a position as to enable their political opponents to co-operate with them in the elec tion ot Speaker, without personal and political humil iation 1 So far as the rights and interests of tbe South are concerned, there is in substance' entire and per fect agreement between tbe Southern Democratic and tbe Southern Opposition members n all other adjects they are as wide apart as the polls, and prob ably always will be. On tbe simple, naked Southern question, tbey can and should unite on others they cannot and should not. Now, if the-Southern ques tion is the onlg question involrad in tbe election, where is the necessity or the decency .of an exclusive party caucus of an 'exclusive party nomination of exclusive party action r If the object, as we have said, be to save the South: UemntTOtieally and only lemo- tratkally, then the Southern Opposition can and will bare no part nor lot m a project so narrow, so paltry, so coniemuoie. - . "We repeat, in conclusion, therefore, that the South ern Opposition members are maintaining tbeir self-re-pVct ami discharging their duty to their constituents in sUnding aloof,- under existing circumstances, from both tbe Democratic saif the Republican candidates for Speaker in preserving a Hied, armed neutrality' between them. Let them, despising the base insinu ation made by the Democrats of affording 'aid and comfort' to the Black Republican, adhere to- their present position, though the Heavens fall. As inde pendent representatives aud men of honor, it ia tbeir only alternative, nd let them yield never an inch!'' 19 The Charleston Qmritr says it is iporte4 that Senator Hammond has expressed his inttn tioo of resigniog bis seat, at the close of the pres ent session. lie has bean prevented from taking bis pise t Washington by indisposition. Go, during the sessions of Congress, to the msgniS. cent Capitol on tha banks of the l'otomsc. Listen to the debates of the Senate and House of ItepreseuU tives of the United States, onoe eminently distinguished for ceaius, eloquence, dignity and patriotism. What humiliating sceues do we beao.d there. How aerce tbe hostilities between parties, sections, or at least the representatives of sections, and individuals. What contumelious -reproaches what vehement denuncia. tion what unbecoming allusions what rude and dis- eustinc personal wrangles what low appeals to pop ular prejudice and sectional feeling. It would really seem as if some members of C ingress bare strained every nerve in fanning tbe dames of party animosity, and iu alienating from each other the affections of our countrymen. How often aud bow flagrantly do many of those Who tread tbe legislative boards at Washing ton violate not ouly parliamentary decorum, but also those rules of courtesy aud good breeding which ought to govern tbe intercour or gentlemen everywhere The Senate of the I'n'ion, once the most august delib erative bodv in the world, aad boaared by the atrra virtues of tbe confeript fathers of America, has not Men exempt from the evils or coarse and scurrilous invective, and baa sometimes, within tha last few years, been compelled to listen w tirades which would have divgricrd the hustings. .My animadversions are not luten led to luclude all of those. who have recently addressed the national couueihv There are doubtless many of them who do not deserve these censures, and some whose coarse has been uniformly marked by a nice sense of propriety, and whoa enor in debate have been those of the statesman, the patriot, tbe scholar and tbe orator." . "Tbe heated discussions at Washington have done much harm, listened to, as tbey have been, by dUtin guished foreigners as well as by many of our owa sit- liens, and sent by toe press urongnoui the urpublic. and indeed to the remotest boundaries of the civilixed world. Tbey bars sadly disturbed tbe quiet and re pose f our country, and have suwa broadcast the veils of sectional hatred and strife. Tbcv have Der- verted the public taster-have wounded' the pride of the American patriot have impaired the respect of onr people for the Uoverument uuder which tbey live, aud have lowered our national character and our Re publican institutions in the estimation of mankind. Public speakers in State Legislatures, before popular assemblies, and elsewhere, are too apt to follow the ex ample which has been set them by the representatives of the nation. "But tlTi is not all which the patriot has to regret in connection with tbe National legislature. The House of Representative, by its action ia 1M67, teems to have believed that three Northern members bad been gailty of corruption. Violence ia debate aad aeriutoay of invective are bad enough in all conscience, bat tbey are sparkling gems wbea coopered with ve nality. The fact ju;t adverted to is an unfavorable omen in tbe anosls of America. The flection of l're ident, in a certaiu contingency not uuliltely to occur, and which bas twice hppened since tbe formation of tue Constitution may devolve upon this body, and a very few votes may determine (lie result. .. Tbe ex citing and protracted contest between Jefferson and liorr before the House of representatives in 1801, which shook the fair fabris of American liberty to ita center, was at last decided by a single number, Mr. Bayard, who held the vote of the small State of Dela ware. It is certainly to be desired, that every mem ber of Congress shall not only be innocent of impu rity, but alao that he shall be tar beyond suspicion." . , - "The virulence, licentiousness and excesses of a Urge portion of the press, especially during our arduous struggles every four years, for tbe Executive power of this wealthy and nourishing Republic, baveeontributed in no slight degree to exasperate party spirit, and to array the two great sections of the Confederacy iu an attitude of fearful hostility against each other. Our political contests are marked by too macb of partisan rancor, too little of respect for private character aad individual feeling; and sometimes by a disposition to proscribe virtuous and honorable men. These con tests ought to evince more of justice, moderation and magnanimity. Tbe pulpit to some extent, in one part of our country, baa lent itself to tha work of sectional agitation and jealousy has advocated a deliberate and wilful violation or tbe national Constitution, boot sum sought to light up the fOneial pile of our institutions fioiu the altars or the living Ood. It has been truly or fiiucas of competency, but solely because he was tbe only man wbpm they could bring before the people .with a prospect success. Tbia availability consisted in his insignifloanoe, and to tbo last he retains thia distioguishing feature for, iusignificaot as he wu when he came into power, be has succeeded in rendering himself conspicuous for the insignificance to which he bas attained in tho ryes of his own party, of the American people, and of the world. What a spectacle is presented to tho world ! an American President, the chief of a great and mighty nation, the envy of moharcbs and the glory of the world, to whom those sacred trusts the happiness and prosperity of a nation were confided, proves recreant to the trust, be trays the confidence reposed ia him, becomes the oppressor of the people, pursuing with tbe direst vindictiveness those who, from pnnoiple, favor a different policy from that pursued by himself, and for exercising the right of thinking and acting fur themselves, ezortsall his official power and influenoe to deprive-hein not alooeof office, but tbe means of Saruingf by the sweat of tbeir brows, their daily bresd. . ' Former Cbief Magistrates have sought, by every means in their; power, to promote harmony throuhodt the country, to strengthen the bonds of union, and generally to secure the happiness of the wholo people, regardless of sectional differences of opinion and the expression of in dividual sentiment: but this President labors promote the interests of one section of the ooun try at the expense of another, and meanly inter feres with private rights and private judgment. James liuchanau, (says the Iredell Express, is no friend to the South, and never was. II professions for the South have alwaya been hypo critical and wicked. The Democracy of th South, will now find out, that they bare aloti? been worshiping a false cod. We are not deceived in -tbe character of James Buchanan, it was known to us ever since he slsndcred the immortal Clay as long ago as we can recol lect with the charge of " bargain and corrup tion," as black a falsehood as wu ever uttered by a shameless man. If the South hu ever ex petted to receive common justice at the haod of James Buchanan, she is now given to understand, emphatically, :hat it wu all a false delusion He who waa elected by Southern votes, hu turned his bands against his friends, like another Judas Lea riot, because the North (through his oflueoce) ia gainiae the ascendency; and when called upon tells iruima, and through her Execu tive tells the whole South, that bevan afford them no aid!. If tbe voice of Ilenrv Clay and the WbiVs of the couutry ftaii been heeded, tbe southern States would now be in the enjoyment of a large fund each, derived from the public lands, to build railroads, erect colleges, sad develop their prosperity generally. It is enough to asy tba bigs, although loving tbe I. uion,- have I002 anticipated tue event now most likely to happen ad it wm their desire to obtain an interest in the public domain, ere oanger, .micht befall tho country 10 any shspe or from any quarter. Hut their voice was stifled by tbe outcry of Democ racy, that the public lands were designed for an other use which wu well understood t mean, that, they were wsnting to buy np Democratic totes in the new Mates, to ker-p the patty cower. lo f- -these lenioenilie-testes sre now fret toil States; and the Democratic party bas no existence, savo in tbe South whose interests have been so cruelly wronged. Comuress. In the Senate, Messrs. Mason, Davis, Collamcr, Fitch and Doolittlo, have been ppoiuted a committee to enquire into tbe ilarper'i erry atlair, under ur. .Mason s resolution which bad previously passed. said by. that pure and philosophical statesman, Joh C. Calhoun, that those who really love tbe Union, love the Constitution also. Efforts have been made to render literature itself an ally in tbe cause of faction aud fanaticism, and even female genius, in one mem orable instance at least, has attempted through tbe pages of romance to draw down upon the domestic in stituiions and the character of nearly one-half of the States the odium and iadignaUun of mankind. Nox ious weeds ought not to be planted in the fair tslds of our native muses. Tba rising literature of onr country ought to be thoroughly national in its tone, altogether American in its sentiments, and calculated to bind to gether tbe different members of our political family by the strong cords of affection and sympathy:- Our national, harp strings, in all tbeir vibrations, should harmonize with the feelings of tbe friends of tbe Union. "I am an American Citizen." A citizen of Rome, while undergoing cruel and unmerited punishment by an upstart official of the Empire, gave utterance to the memorable words, " I am a Roman citizen." He had been sentenced to be publicly whipped, aud while- undergoing the dis graceful sentence, the only complaint he uttered vi . r 11 f r . was, " i am a nomau citizen. - xie wu not punished because he was a Roman citizen, for the law exempted citizens from punishment by. stripes, hence his exclamation, " I am a Roman citizen." ; ..... " 1 am an American." Who would have be lieved that, in tbe 19th century, tbe utterance of these words would havs -visited upon the head ot the utterer, the vengeance of a President of the United States ? ' Who would hare believed that a man whom, the people believed worthy of eleva tion to the highest honor in their gift, oould so far forget the dignity of his position as to descend into the arena of -politics, and, gladiator-like, oppose theioWer placed in his bsnds for noble purposes, sgSinst individual sentiment? What a commentary npon the Democratic "doctrine of "availability!" The present Democratic Chief Magistrate wu selected bv thst party oa tbe ground of his avail ability not 00 account of worth or wgrtlrinee ' . So organization of the House, yet. On the fifth ballot for Speaker, Sbcrniaa received DC, Bocock 86, Gilmer 3G. Mr. Gilmer then with drew, and nominated Mr. Boteler, of Virginia, On the sixth ballot Sherman received 111, Bo cock 88, Boteler, 25. . -Tbe Washington Slnfujt: "If aught eouldinduce the House, is Its present tern; per fcu rcuiciouvr meir mission nrre, anil tue responsi bility resting on them, the golden speech of Mr. Tar lor, of Louisiana, as brief as it was, would have had that effect. Hut, we candidly coaiM, there appears to be little ground to hope that tbe body can now be made to comprehend the attitude in which it stands be fore the country. That is, tbe estimation in which the country evidently holds its current proceedings, liuokum is a great god. Year by year and day by day it has been gradually becoming the great gnd worshipped by the public men of America, until the House of Representatives of the United States is now little more than the temple for its worship. - (Jo what other ground can any sane man explain tbe almost en tire abandonment of efforts to organise the Thirty sixth Congress substituting in their stead the re preachment of stale stump speeches of the list Con gressional canvass, and general personal crimination and recrimination? " We have watched the proceedings of the House nar rowly for many long years, and have witnessed with pain the step-hy-step progress of the body to the con dition is which the country now sees it through the reports of ita daily proceedings. Without stopping to speculate over the causes that have step by step brought the House to its present condition, is It not quite time that something had been done to arrtst the evil, by those of th body wbo do not worship only the so pop ular" deity?" The Goldsboro' Tribune nit that' of all tbe religious denominations of great numbers and influence in the United States, there sre but three who sustain their relations to tbo Federal Constitution, in regard to tho institution of slavery the Roman Catholils, the Protestant Episcopal, and the Old School Presbyterians. . We think that the Tribune is mistaken in the first named of these denominations. Did not the immediate predecessor of Pio -Nono issue his "bull" against the institution of slavery, about the time Daniel O'Connell made his crest sneeoh against the institution and agaiifat the American people? Hundreds of thousands of dollars had previously been sent from this country, and par ticularly from the South, in aid ef the cause whioh the great Daniel espoused, which supplies were stopped after the 'utterance of thia- nhil- lippic andthe issue of this ',' bull." One thing more, in obedience to ths bull Of the i'ope, the IWrantiptfJt. Inigoes, in St. Marv'soountv. Md.. 1T- .iLtl!. 1 1 1 . ' puv up at puDiio auction a urge numoer 01 slaves, the property of the Convent, most of whorawere purchased by Senator Johnson, of La. IrjrWe have received the prospectus of a new paper proposed to be pnblished at Sumter, S. C, to be called the Sumter DeipatrhV '. J, Francis and W. M. DeLorme, proprietors. 7 The editorial managemont will be under tbe direction and control of F. Waties Dinkins, Esq. Sub. scription,'t2 a year in advance, 12.50 afthe ex pifstiQO, pf Six months, and 13 at the end. of the 7N . .. ; . ' r Tns flvBMfMnri fm Tlnnwu'i Ammaummmm The fonr accomplices of Old John Brown who were sentenced to be executed on the 16th, at Cbarlestown, Va., Were hdhg on that day the two negroes, Green and Copeland, at eleven o'olock, and the whites, Coppie and Cook, in the after noon. Tbe two latter made an iaefleetuaJ at tempt to eseape about eight o'olock the night be fore. AThey had aionntetTthe jail wall when tbey were dlrcovered by tbe sentinel on tbe outside, who immediately gave the aliens and fired npon tbom. Tbey had sawed tbeir maaaelea asunder with the Made of a Barlow knife, which thty had concealed and made into a fine saw. ' They con fessed that tbey had been engaged in prapariog a lor their escape tor tne last ton days before. Tbey, made a bole in tbe wall near tbe window, whieh tbey eon reeled with paper, hiding the bricks they . removed under the bed. ,' Communitnttdt Ma. Editos: I see la your paper a communication auureaaeu --luina iabuii wi absub, huh a uavsr the pleasure aad honor to be one ef that auraereos and respectable class, I feet that it is due "Filias Agri eol,"and the farmers of Anson, to assure bias that 1 his sentiments meet a hearty re pouts is the boeea of every man who earns bis breid by tbe sweat of bis brow, aaj ia loyal te tbe Interests of .hia country, whether he be asecbaaio er (eraser. And while I mmhM ..I A-irmft nmm Intto fWirtm , li. ImiIiM.m. nf the sentiment expressed is the artiole referred to, -' and witbout arrogating to myself the peculiar facul ties of a prophet, 1 asa willing ia hatard tbe utertioa that, if ths farmers retain their characteristic iadlffsr eaee aad apathy ia retard to their interests, tbe same humiliating picture so faithfully portrayed by "f. A." will be Afty years from to-dsy the life-like reflection of the agriculturists of Aasuu eeuaty. It is an as tounding fact, that tbe honest. and industrious yeo- manry ef the country "have aot, hitherto, even aiea linfi.! thelp rihle ap wr.Jlrm." Aa a alaa- wa haea permitted men to All ear Mute aad national oftsee whose interests were not Ideotiatd with ours, and con- I aequently we have bees grossly neglected, and ur la tere is uuregsrueu. If they doubt this, let tbo go te the records aad of our State and National Legit latures, aad compare them with those ef day past, wbea tbe eeuntry called' from tbe plow handles men who truly knew sad felt her necessities. Will any intelligent farmer pretend a . - ,I,BI mi unlin.ul. anil ImIim.Ii sr. Mnn. seuled by those (as a body) whom wa select to act In that capacity? what Bwasure of any Import to agri culturists haa bees,. presented to yoa for your exclu aire benellt, as a class ? , "Filius A." proposes to give yoar readers a plaa for an Agricultural College. 1 would like, exceedingly, to me his plaa for the College, but would prefer seeing a plan to get our (Mate legislation to eves give it a ra apectable nolle when presented to thera. What did tbey do at their last session ? If I mistake act, a bill waa before Congress to give as a quantity ef the public lauds, to be appropriated to Ike establishment of aa Agricultural Collegers our 5ate, Air the benefit of our agriculturists. Before the vote waa taken ia Congreaa en Ibis bill, a member of the North Carolina Legislature intro duced a resolution to the effect Ibat If Congress should give us the laud, we woolda t bavs it, bceaaae H smelt too strong ef distribution.. Aad this aagost (?) body of mualera- Soloes, (?i te sssintaia their Democratic consistency (?) aad characteristic aaliskaese, deter mined to show Congress that it was neither legislating . for the farmers nor for distribution, but for the as cendency of tbe Democratic party. Not a single ob jection to tbe merits of the bill, not p word against the utility of an Agricultural College, was rendered nothing, eely tbe distribution feature. Farmers are you represented ? Vow eea be by taking men from your owa ranks of sterling worth. Send these to le gislate for us, and tbe ery ef disunion will be bushed, the sacrifice of your interests, for political ends, will Ka .lnn.al aha ...m.l mm . I i wn i I M nil uMMf will ... " -,, ', - - . W.....U . - . .1 M.W longer be marred by the disgracehi scenes which mark tbe opening and continued proceedings of our National Legislator. Brush off contemptible "on buns" pot- - iticians from Ik stage, aad elevate man whe have something els at heait than self-promotion, er party aseendency. "r ' ' rill yonr otuces with men ef a high moral ton of -'.' '' 1 " " ' - VWIII..M IM.II tl.Ut, HUM yoa will get something more thai golden promises, sad political gas sad gab. In conclusion, Mr. fcditor, I aa a road that 'films A." bas broken the ice, aad I bap to see numerous articlea from the pens of our Intelligent end patriotic farmers, expressing their feeliugs ia regard to eur future. 1 submit.lhia hastily written article to your disposal, hoping that if it should ae'er again tea day light, tbat ilt place in your columns will be occupied by one more interesting and edifying from tbe pea of ' : : : A ruail KCtVS ITEMS. Tbe Repository and Binder of the American Tract Society, located in New York, were damaged by Are on tbe 13th inst., to tbe extant of 977,000. It Is un derstood tbat tbe loss is mainly covered by insurance. Vic President Breckinridge baa been sleeted t'nitad Hlatee 8-nator, in place of Hon. J. J. Crittenden, by the legislature ef Kentucky. His term ef service wilt com me bee on tbe lib of March, 1861, Tbe Secretary of the Treasury eatimetrs the eipen-- dltures ot the I niled States Government for th 11 seal year ending June 30, I (H.I, at $tM,714,0.8. Tbia la reduction of $0,410,0-1", compared with the esti mates of last years v t . . Mr. Jo-ish F. Caldwell, the last survivor of the children ef Kev. Jae. Caldwell, a revolutionary patriot, died recently at Washington, In bis 80th year, having having been borne la Elisabeth, New Jerseys August .1, Int. sir. t-'aldwell s mother was shot by British soldier ia 178Urat Connecticut Farm, while aba waa engaged with ber children in prayer. . Conventions bare been held In all the Congressional Dis trieta of Ohio for the purpose of appointine deleeatea to th National Democratic Conveatioa to b held at Charleston. There are 21 districts-in the State, and n 18 of them the deleeates were Instructed to vote for Judge Douglas for President, end in the remaining x tuey are reported to be lavorable to bis nomination. The splendid American flag presented by the ladies to the committee of arrangements of ths late Union meeting held In Philadelphia, bas been sent to Gov. is aa a present to tha State of Virginia. It bears th motto, "I'nion forever" surrounded by three stars and on th reveis side the words: "l'enntyl- vania greets ber sister State of Virginia, Dee., I808." Virgtntus Leonard, about eleven year of ace. son of A. F. Leonard, Km)., editor of the Southern Argue, published at Norfolk, V., wss recently fosad dead ia a room occupied by hie parents at a hotel in tbat city. It was Drat supposed that be had been murdered by a stab, but on a careful examination of hia wound it was found that bis death was caosed-by the accidental discharge of fire-arms in his own bands. Hon. John Letcher, Governor elect of Virginia, has just lost his second son, a promising bey of about ten years of sge, by lockjaw. The Lexington Star says- ibat he received a wound from a splinter In the band, which seemed to be trifling, causing no great pain. In about a week after, however, symptoms of lockjaw were unmistakeably developed, and after'' several hours of intense agony, which medical skill in vaih. 1 attempted to relieve, death terminated his sufferings. Propositions are Dow pending before the Lrgiala- -tiiresof Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia aad. Sou tb Carolina, for till sfeedy removal of th free negroes from those States. Ia consequence of tbia action, numerous petitions hav been already received from the free negroes by the. several Legislatures, asking permission to enter the condition of slavery. This preference of shivery to freedom wiH doubtless be regarded with surprise, by thot philanthropist ' who deem the bonds of slavery so insufferable to tbe Macks; but it indicate tbat tba negroes understand their own interest better than th Abolitionist do. It la stated that Washington Irving has left a Urge fortune to be divided smongat his nephews and niece. Thia we suppose is the result of hia writings, whose popularity always commanded high prices for copy rights. For tbe last eight or ton years It is thoaght, that "he bas received from bis books alone, an annual income ef 20,000. In early life bis brothers formed a mercantile bouse In New York, making bim a partner, yet requiring do labor from bim, their object being to enable him to Indulge those literary pursuits to which bis taste inclined bim. A pleasant instance of Ira. ternal affection. After some years, however, tha bouse failed, and he was thrown entirely anon bis Ben for support. Tbe resource did not fail bim, but sup- Slied tbe means to enrich tbe children ef bis gnroan . ro there. Tbey bad "east tbeir bread ape the watora," and it returned to tbeir descendants.
North Carolina Argus (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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