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r , 7 S NORTH CAROLINA ARGUS. Tan Am Mm teetaVs rtxka Mk u eternal tlfil keep II mlHni " as" aula's soa mm lall kit kaadre eyas tM C. W. FENTOJf, Editor. tWAIESBOHO', K. t'.y THTjltSDAY, JANUARY 6, 18G0. VTnio Meitisos. Th Whigs of Franklin county held meeting on the 14ib uU., and ap poiateil seventy-aere dcleRatee to tU 8tat Con. ventioa to ka beid" at Raleigh on the 22tl Febru- 1- On lie nine day tbVWliiga of Orange met and nnointed fiftT delezales to tha Convention ' On tha (kh tbe Vliiga of Alamance in public tweeting appointed forty delegate. Whig of Anson Mrjaliv the time u drawing near. Prepare (or the Convention. Let old Anaon be fitly represented ! Delegates! tbe battles of freedom are to be fought over again 1 1 Tour fithera won the pr'uo, but you and your brethren bare Buffered the jewel to pasa into the poaaeaaion of apostates and tra'tora. Hut you will redeem the precious legacy won't you or die in the effort! The apirita of the men of '70 are looking down upon you ! Redeem the Un J for which they fought and conquered from the poaaea aion of ber apoilcra. Jook to it You are res ponaible not alone to man." You are respon aible to God. lie up, then, and doing. Don't taJV off. W9" Friends, plenae bestir yourselves during court wock in our behalf. What yno do, do quickly, and well. ;K 'twer done, when 'tin done, II were well 'twer done quickly:" So Shakiceare aaid. and so we think. Let it be well done and quiekl,"frienda ! 11 Our doubt ar traitor. And make ws low tb g'wd we uft might win, By fearing to attempt." A friend, just returned from Tiiaa, whither be went on a tour of exploration in view of cotton landa, says he would not take five hun dred dollars for hia trip. He pit that-much worth of experience. lie found no land in Texaa that auited him ao well as the lands of old Anaon. - jEW Yjr'o , mm ess. The carrier of the Aiyui presents his compliments to-iiia friends, whom he haa regularly served with Mho paper daring the past jcar," and respectfully suggests that he is entitled to at least twenty-five merits - from each individual whom he haa for fifty-two consecutive weeks, through rain, and storm, and ' keat and cold, faithfully supplied with Cucli sue- j cesaive issue of the paper. Dou't ym think su, on the Rio Qraudo. reader? , - ' ST We are authoiiied by a friend to state, that hs will be one of twenty-five or more, to form a cavalry or lieht-horse company. This friend is, in every sense of the word, responsible, and is in earnest about this business, as, indeed, he ia about any business he engages in. We hope twenty-nine more such may be found. There will be another meeting on Tuesday of ' f'6urt week, which, it is hoped, all frvorable to the .formation of a volunteer corps, will attend. ' ., tzF Flon. barton Craigo will please accept our thanks for a copy of the President's message. Cosmopolitan Art Association. Sub scriptions received to this beautiful work are re ceived -by Dr. B. B. Horton. You must hand in your names immediately, or you will be too late. See advertisement. Til if Weather. During the greater part of list week we had copious showers of rain, and un Saturday morning it commenced hailing fol lowed very soon by snow, which latter continued to fall all day. And since it has been very cold. IltaiNO. At the annual hiring in this place on Monday last, negroes ranged very high.. Field hands hired, for a girl aged fourteen, at 844, to an able bodied man at 8130. Good cooks went off as high as f 75. ' Sales. The negroes (aft field hands) of the estate of John R. KnotU, deceased, were 'old in this-place-at the Court House door, on Mon day, the 2d iiist., on a credit of six mouths, and brought the tallowing prices : Kiebmonl, aged 20.. Elijah, . 30 Tom, . r 60 ;.. 'ieorge, 4't .'. Harrison, 19. hue, 20 .'. ....... Peggy, --Frankr- Margaret 's..., !....:..!r."."r...! Xlxrgaret, aged 25, and three children, aged 1, 3 aod 7 prears , .!.,... aTotal Sl.455.no 1,500.00 11. i. 00 975.00 1 .4-Kj.dO 1,4-Vt.Uii S2G.O0 &7.00 toui.ua 685.ou 2,420.00 19 A meeting of delegates, represcntin American, Whig, and . I'uion parties, was held id Washington on Christinas eve. After discussion a resolution was passed empowering the Chair man, of the. Meeting, io conjunction with the Chairman Of the Whig and National Committees, I - v . . : .'. i t : r... ; i. l call a S(tuuiiai iimso jju iui nic muhji- nation of candidate for the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United States, to issue an ad dress, if it aball aeem expedient to them so to do, to the people of the United States, suggesting the mode of electing delegates to said conven tion, and setting forth .the reasons which' make the present Union movement indispensable .t4 the perpetuity of the government. " The meeting was harmonious and ananimoua in its action. atOj.No organization of the House of Rep-' rerentative has been effected. The DeuiocraU, by uniting with the Southern Opposition mhrlit have eleotcd Gilmer, orBoteler, long ago, and have saved to the Treasury an immense amount of- monev, besides defeatinc the RcDublicac par ty. But they prefer their party to the coin try . the spoils of office to the Union itself. a). The committee which has been appointed to investigate the Harper's Ferry affair baa dis patched various officers to different sections of -to country to bring--beftrehenT"ili"ihoe who nay be supposed to know aught in connec- - tie vita U. : ' . -'-r : r Wa gin below an abatrtct of tha speech of it. inr. xsetimne, aeiiverea at toe Acaaemy 01 usio, at tha lata New York National meeting. Read it every body: Str, WBM 1 W thl can Tf thla" meetftijcT saitfT mvat be there. Never hare I attended a publi meet ing in aav way political before in my life. Aad I can say with a clear eunecienea that no nan has ever heard ma otter In piblio a single wont of polltioi. 1 belong to a higher service. I am by my calling I aad my vow, a. mini-ter of the Uospel of 1'eaoe,' and it is as a minister of peace, that 1 aia among yoa to night. It ia high time, when the pulpit is de aeerated by appeals to the wildeet fanntioiani load cheers, and a remnrkr "The right maa I- ia the right place this timet" when men by voice of ecole-ii-BKtioa, are eanonited beeaute they have ehown the pluck of a bull dog with the hluudthiretine of the tiger it 1 high time, I any, that one who, humble ai myself, believr tb.it the Ooepel ia 'Teae on earth and good will towards man," rhould aot upon bis principles. Sir, 1 am ao eandidnta for office. Sir, I belong to a king. I am a monarchist. I hehng to another king one Jeroa. (Applausa.) But 1 know ao greater recreant to the principles of his Uilli, and no more dangeroua agitator than he, who, under the pretnnse of serving the religion of Chriat, use hi aaorad office to urge men into riot and sedition. I am no oandidate for oftiee, for I hold an office so high that no other on earth ean approach it. tarn eontrut with my lot, eon- tent to be pimply a preacher or ins u on pel of jenus, anil ask no higer reward than to help men toward heaven when they die, and keep them in peace while they live on earth. But, air, Uiere ia one tn.Dg 1 never neglect to do, and that is, I do not forget, be. cause 1 am a christian and a minister of the gospel, that 1 am an American citizen; I always vite; I pre pare my ballot with the same conscientiousness, and for Which my frienJs frequently laugh at me, as if I thought ni; ticket waa to elect, Thia is the way, I think, we ought to work; and one thing is certain that, if I rrt.iin my reason, wlii.-h God grant I mity, ill never vote fur any man, be he Democrat, Whig, Native, or or or what do you call him ? (A voice Republican. ) I beg pardon, that class have bad mo many nimrs that 1 cannot recall them at once. (Loud laughter.) I will never vote for anv man, no not if he were my own brother, not if he lay wiUi me in mv mothrr's womb aa did Kaan with Jneoh, on whoe hi'torr or antecedents or associations there is the slightc"! etnin or suspicion ol iiim'mm. Talk of incen liarv document. The most incendia ry document is a thing that wears a coat and breeches, writes "Honorable" before his name and "M. C." after it, (laughter.) and goes to Washington t do nrthiug else thsn to take care of the people and the whole people. Let us stick to this, sir. Sir, if any nun baa a right to be proud of hia native place, perlmps it is the man who speaks to you. lor I waa born in Xew York. But, sir, whit is New York? What is the North ? What is the South ? What ia the East? What is the West? Take away this Union, and we are nothing more than nothing a conflicting, iotUng chaos of rude, crumbling frnzuients. It is nut for me to-enter into this question; but, 1 repeat, where will tou draw a line? Will voti split the Mississippi Try it. Are you going to divide by the assumed or imputed evil or slavery. here does slavery stop They grow cotton at the South, but where do they manufacture it? I beg your pardon, but I have no time to be cheered. In some sections of our land where the loudest cry is heard upon this question, men have grown rich upon the manufacture of the cotton which was grown hy these slaves; that the blood and sweat of the slave is between every Iwobricts of their sumptuous palaces. .Now, people miy call tins wuat they please: I call it hvpoencv. Where will you draw this line? I will tell you where yoa must draw -it If tou draw it at all vou must draw it across and through our dearest affections. We are one people. The man who lives on the-Aroostook has his brother The Northern mother has given her child to the Southern planter, an J the Southern planter bows in thaokfulness to GoJ-for the daughter or the North to cneer his borne, mil you dissolve thisl'nion? (Cries of "No, no," and cheers.) -1 tell yon, you nerd notk the question. Von can not yon cannot. It willba far better thai the Sabines and the Komnns. You have not Uken violently the women or the south to be your wives. ou have ex changed consanguinity. Yoa cannot separate them. What God huth joined together let no man pot asun der. Yon talk of thj Union being dissolved. Sir, there bas been deep feeling inmost of the speeches that I have heard this evening. They say if this Union is to be dissolved when the Union ia dissolved. Why, sir, that is wlrXt we logicians call an impossible hypo thesis. The Union is not going to be disaoived. Da yoa remember, sir, that once in old Rome there was a gulf opened across the city; it waa widening nntil it threatened to engulf the whole of th.it sptndid capital, when one Marcus Curtius mounted his steed, fully armed and equipped, and rode towards the chasm, and leaped into it, a willing victim to aave his Rome. Sir, should such a chasm happen in our Union there is not one, but there are a hundred Curias a hundred times ten thousand, that are willing to leap into it. Hi vide the Union! " Where are yoa going to divide t'jc line? one "Mason and liixon s I.nc. I .Mason and fiddlesticks! Luiid laughter. bo yoa want to go? Which side do you mean to go? I know where I should go. It would be with that section which holds fastest to the Constitution as it ia. Loud cheers. On the same occasion, Hon. James lirooks, the able Whig editor of the New York Espreu, who introduced the resolutions, said : . When our SaTiour waa on earth, fie was a subject of that vast slave holding Roman Knpire, which stretched from the Euphrates in the East, beyond the I'illara of Hercules in the West, and sixty millions of slaves, it is estimated, were in that Empire. Hence, when His eyes first opened on pleasant Bethelem, His feet trod on the shores of Onlilee, or on the plain of Jericho, to be baptitil in the Jordon, alavea must have ministered, if not unto Him or Ilia disciples, un to all about Him. And when on the Mount of Olives, His foot waa last printed npon .the. rock which tradi tion or superstition now shows, while ascending into Heaven, His eyes, as they overlooked Jerusalem, and glanced from the mountains of Moab, to the vale of Sharon, must have rested upon thousands and tens of thousands of slaves. Jndca, where lie was born, Galilee, where He lived, Egypt, that He visited, all were slaveholding 8tstea. And Abraham, and Isaac and Jacob, the Fathers jipd Patriarchs, were holders of bondmen and bondwomen. in the Holy Kiblp any such denunciations of slavery, or trf ebivlroldtrs, as vt now daily hear from men calling themselves the servants of God, it ia not in King James s or the Dnuay Version of the ltible. Far be it from nle Mr. Mayor, to speak irreverently of the minijtersof God. I respect their high and. holy calling. I bow down in humble reverence before their august mission. When first we open our infant eyes in our mothers' arms, the man of God takes us to ..the baptismal font, and there consecrates us to Heav en; when in the full flush of youth, our hearts beat ing with love, he ties the . nuptial knot and blesses, with us, the partner of our bosom, on oijr voyage of life; and when the voynge ia over, and on the death bed, wife, children, all, have given as up, and the spirit ia parting from its frail'tenement of clay, our eyes last rest upon him; interceding for us before the Throne of God. But, oh, ye Scribes.and Pharisees, who rait against us publicans and sinners, that rail not as ye do! Ye uien of Sbarpe's rifles and Bowie knife pikes! Ye Beechera aud ye Cheevers, wiser and better than our Kavluair when on earth go with your new version of the Bible, into all" the world, and shoot youfgosple into every 1'iTingxreaturet - The Bible, then, is not in conflict with the Constitu tion. . ... The following are the f A Yoi Ilixon's fa. A oiat reaoiation passed the Legislature of Virginia oa Thursday the 22d alt., reeom meadiug, oa tha part of their delegation iifXoo- preaa, tb Unioa of all the elements of oppoat tioa to " black republican iaa" lordfkwaket. . and its candidates av.Th Virginia Ismoonuie Slate Conven tion. ia to meet in Kichmood oa the 10th of Feb- W-rry. ' . . preamble resolutions which were passed with great enthusiasm : , Wheeas, the people of the Uniied 8ttes, "in order tv form a mure perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility," Ac, Ac, aa set forth ia the preamble of the Constitution for the United States. have ordained a government of nonalaveholding and of a'ave-nolding States; and whereas, the government is a government of compact, compromises and con cession : 1. In the compact of the constitution (art. I, see. 2,) recognizing slave as persons to be represented by their matters, and as property w be taxed npon those masters. ... ' ' . 2. In the compact (art 1, see. 8,) that Congress shall have power to suppress insurrection. . 7 t. Art. I, we. 9, in prohibiting' Congress to sup press the stave trade prior to 1808, and in giving Con gress tha powar to ioipoM a tas 4atf upon -each Blare imported before that time, aot exceeding ten dol lars for each slave. 4. In the compact (art. 4, sec. 2,) to deliver up, oa claim of lb party a whom slave service may be doe, the person or stave held to such service or labor. 6. in she compact fart, 4, , 4,) upoa the appli cation of any Legislator. EaatiT of a Stale to pretest aaid State again, doaaeatie violence. - - Aod waeraa, th federal government ha, from ha origin, been sdministrdCay ta Executive, by Con gees, and by the Supreme Court of the United States, not only in tba letter bat in the spirit ef these com parts. 1. TWora aad aftar tha eld Confederation, ia the db ilon of th then uneltled Territories, by declaring all north of tb Ohio to he nen-lavebolding , aad all sooth of th Ohio to b slaveholding. 1. In th Ordinance. July IS, 1787. making free th Territory, now Ohio. Indiana. Illinois and Michi gan', bat providing therein, alto, for the surrender of fugitive sive. I. In the acta. President Washington approving, ad. milting into th Union th Territory of Kentucky, alaveholdlnz. then the property of Virginia, afterwards the Territory er Frankland, al iveholding, now len- nessee. then th lrnierly or nnrtu uaronna. 4. Ia the ordinance, April 7, II'JS, John Adams ap proving, organiiing th Mississippi Territory, then be longing to ueorgia, now aiaoaiua sou suisbibbiii, iu which was especially excepted therefrom th anti slavery elauae of th Northwestern Territory, in the words: "Kxcsptiko and ixclcoixo th last article of- th ordinance of 1787." 6. In lb Fugitive Slav law of 1793, Cworg Wash ington approving, which passed th Senate unanimous ly, and the House ayes s, nays . 6. Ia th purchase of Louisiana, Preaident Jeffer sob approving, all that vast region west of th Missis sippi, stretching to the Pacific ocean and to th Brit ish possessions, all of which was, under the laws of Spain or France, slaveholding, and larger in extent at that time than the whole United States. 7. In the treaty of 178:1 Ninth article providing against the deportation of alavea with the official cor respondence of Washington, ltandolph, Oouverneur Morris and John Jay thereon. 8. In the Judiciary act, 1789 (34th sec.) adopting the constitutional laws of the several State which re cognise slaves as properly as well a persons. U. In tbJ acts enumerating alavea for tha purpose of direct taxation, especially th act of 1818, Jamea Madison approving, which assesseu taxes npon tne laud, dwelling houses and slates, at th value each of them was worth in money. 10. In the treaty of Ghent (1814), under which, from Great Ilritain, our government received $1,2UO,000, and paid it over ts the owners of deported slaves. 11. In the purchase of Florida, ia 1819, a slave holding Territory, from Spain. 12. In th decision by th Supreme Court of tb United State, of th constitutionality of the act of 1793, in Trigs case, and or th Ha act oi icov, in very eaai be ore auy of the hih court, Fed al or State, unless In on state court in nisconsiu auu in d vers other decu-ions niton laws, ordinances auu treai'S. Therefore, be it ' Rrmleed, That the Union thus formed, eonalitating as it doea the closest, most delicate and importast lu- laiina that can stint between communities of nrople. demand from each part a warm and earnest considera tion for the safety, prosperity and happiness of the other, (loud cheers) and that whatever policy tends to subvert these enua is uosiiie io uie true sfjiru ui tue compact. (Renewed applause.) That the Constitution, the treaties, the laws of the United States, and the judicial decision thereupon, rccognie the institution of slavery aa legallyexisting; and that it is our duty, as good titiiens of a common government, in good faith to stand by that Constitu tion, (cheers) those treaties, (cneer' those laws anu the decUions of that final arbiter of all disputed points the Supreme Court of the United States. (Immense applause.) That inasmuch a the proceedings of the Conven tion which framed the Constitution were brought to a stand, as appears by the declaration of Roger Sher man, one of its most distinguished authors, until i compromise was agreed to on the varioua propositions reNling to domestic slavery, which compromise em-J braced . A restriction on the power to prevent the importa tion of slaves prior to 1 SOS. A provisi in binding un each Stat and npon th Union to surrender fugitives from service. A representation in Congress founded, m part on three-fifths ot the slave population. And a gairante to protect eaca state against do mestic insurrection. Thus providing under th Constitution for the in troduction of slates for a limited period, and for tb protection of the system. Therefore His the duty of every citizen and State sharing in th gtent blessings of that instrument faithfully to fulfil these obligations,- (Applause.) .That we protest against and denounce, aa contrary to the plighted faith on which the constitution was established, all acts or inflammatory appe ils which in tend or tei d to make this Union leva perfect, or to jeopard or disturb ita domestic tranquility, or to mar the spirit of harmony, compromise and -concession npon which the Union waa formed by oar 'fathers, whose recor ls we have cited, and whose legacies we hate in these compacts, laws aud " adjudications. (Vehement applause.) That we regard the recent on trace at Harper's Ferry as a crime (loud applause) jt only against ' the State of Virginia, but agaiust the union itself great cheering; and we approve of the firmness by which the treason bas been duly punished, (immense pplaase, and three oheers and a tiger) TKnt in nnr nninion the snliieet of slarerr has been ' too long mingled, with party politics crieVof "That's so" and as the rcsuit has boon the creation of sec tional parfics, contrary to the advice, leltcr and spirit of the Farewell Address or the valuer or our common country; that, therefore, it is the duty of planters, farmers, manufactures, merchant, mechanics, and of every citizen, North and South, Fast and West, to discountenance all parties and organizations that thus .violate th spirit of the constitution and the advice of Washington. (Enthusiastic applause.; ia Wt gift below an. abslraot of tha Pre. dent'i Message. It ia too long for publication entfre. tfot one in five hundred wonld flod timt to aaad it W also giv. abstraota of tb Depart- meataTTlerHjrti7Trbo Washinglon correapon. dent of the Charleston Courier, apealting of tha MTnaage, aaya r "Of all the etibjoota whioh are discussed in the Message, tha grant of powor to enfore the due observance' of the rights of Amer icaa citizen! on the part of Mexico, is ona of the moat important. It ia probable that the Demo crttio member of the Senate, without doubling the locality of the erant under tha Constitution. will refuse the power. " ' " It ia openly a desigh-on tlie part of the5 Preai dent to involve tha United States in a war with the neighboring republic, and there) is a universal objection on the part of the prominent members of the Senate to engage in any 'imperfect war. The treaty with Mexico will be ratified, and should any effect be derived from the same to the ad van tage of tae Liberal Government, enabling it to restore the country to a state of order and good government, it will meet with a hearty responsive good will from every portion of the U mtcd btatea." HIS MKSSAGX. Th President, after expressing gratitude to th Al. laiirhtv fur blessings throughout the year, referred to the recent bloody occurrence at Harper s rerry. These events, bad and cruel in thomselvos deriving their Chief importance from apprehension are but symptom oi inourauie uisease, in mv puono mina, which may breuk out ia still more dangerous outrage, and terminate in open war, by the North to abolish slavery. While he himself entertains no auch appre hensions, they ought to anord solemn warning to us all to beware of approaching danger. Let we implore t&" lion. Jno. A. Gilmer a short time since, caused to be read in the House of Representa tives a newspaper articlo commenting on an ex tract from the Boston Tract Journal, associating bis name offensively with Helper's book, and saying among other things, that the South should look about to see whethor or not there were trait ors on her owu soil. He said so far as the ar ticle applied to him, it was sn infamous and ma licious fabricating an.d falsehood from beginning to end. If be has ever received. Helper's book aa charged it must have been through the mail, but he bad no knowledge that the book ever came into his possession. Certainly he never read a solitary word of it. Krer since he had refused to act with the Democrats on the Lecompton Con- And now, if tberrttlTrtitotion, which he believed to be an infamous. fraud and swindle, he had been pursued, with the. ferocity of a tiger and the malignity of a devil. He repeated that the whole publication as far as it was intended to affect him, is a lie from begin ning to end. Trig Defeat of Cortinas. The advices from Brownsville, Texas, are to the. 24th ult. Three hundred troops, Rangers, marched up to the Rio Grande on the 14th, : and met a portion of Cortinas' band, v After a cannonading on both sides the Americans charged, and fell into an ambuscade, ifhus allowing the Mexicans to save their artillery. Cortinas on the 20th con centrated his whole force above Brownsville. The Americans went to meet him, and, after a severe fight, defeated him. Colonel Ford's Ran- Rers, aod Colonel Lockridire'a, from New Or leans, arrived previously. The Americana are in pursuit of Cortinas, who is retreating rapidly. tef Goxernor Bank haa vetoed a bill, passed by the Massachusetts Legislature, revising the Law Code of that state. He bases his objection on the military clause, admitting negroes as vol-' unteers, saying that this is unconstitutional and conflicts with the Federal enactments. This in telligence has caused great excitement among the Republicans, while it ia generally hailed aa the first decided indication of the adoption of a more conservative course by the North. " No Pat.' It is aaid. ihat the Secretary of the Treasury refuses to pay members of Congress milesge and salary, although appropriated, on the ground that no evidence of membership ex ista Hill a - Speaker'e certificate Is furbished Thia moy hasten an organization. ' awaf fnioo meetings have been held at New Haven, Conn Williamsburg, X. Y., and New ark, N. J. At Williamsburg, one of the 'peak era, impliedly, and another positively, attributed tha Harper'a Ferry outbreak to the " irrepressi ble conflict" doctrine of Mr. Seward., . my countrymen, North and South, to cultivate lb an cient friendly feeling ot mutual forbearance and good will towards each other. Striv to all jy the demon spirit of sectional hatred noa- aliv in the land. This advic proceeds from th heart of an old public fune tionary, whose service commenced in tw last genera tion of th wis conservative statesmen of that day; but h indulges in no gloomy foreboding. IU think that the Harper' Ferry illair will be the mean of allaying much of th previously existing sectional ex citement, and prevent lurtlier outrage. He congratulates Congress oa the final settlement hy the Supreme Court of th question of slavery ia the Territories, th right being established for any citizen to take property, including slates, into territo ry belonging equally to the whole Confederacy, and have it protected thereunder the federal IJonstitu tion. Neither Congress, nor any Territorial Lei. islature, nor any human power hail any authority to annul mis testeu ngui. i nus nas tue tiattu or a Ter ritory during the intermediate period from ita first settlement until it becomes a State, been irrevocably fixed by. tb final decisions of the Supreme Court. He then describes tb mod of admission of a Territo. ry into this I'uion aa a State. It may be admitted with or without slavery, a its constitution mat or' scribe. This principle has been recognized iu aome form by the almost unanimous vote it both house ia the lost Congress. All lawful means 'at bis command have been era ployed, and will continue to be employed, against th aiava trad, our history proves th father of our republic were in advance of all other nation in th uppression of the slave trade. Tb ratifisatiuns of the Chinese treaty have been exchanged, two supplemental contentions are nend ing in relation to the right of Americans in China and in retard to tb transit duties. The Paraguay difficulties have been satisfactorily adjusted. Our relarion with France, Russia, and all tb Con tinental Government of Europe, 8pain excepted, con tinue most friendly. He recommeuds that an appropriation ' be made to meet the claim on account of th Armistexl claimant. Ilia opinion of the acquisition of Cuba by fair pur- cnase, remains uncuangeu. lie tnereror again In vites me stious attention ei irongress to this impor tant subject. Aa regards Great Britain, he had good reason, until recently, to believe he would be able to announce that our difficulties arising from the Clavton-liulwer treaty were finally adjusted in a manner honorable aud satis factory to both parties. From causes, however, which Great Britain had not anticipated, she not yet having completed treaty arrangements with Nicaragua and Honduras, pursuant to understanding, he is at present unable to do so; thes two tiovermaeuts are, however, confidently expected to have tin's object ahortly accom plished. . . In relation to the San Juan difficulty he entertains ao doubt of our title. But bo is happy to state that what bas been lon to tren. fccott t discretion, could not have been placed in better hands, who has suc cessfully accomplished hia missiou. There ia longer a reason to apprehend a collision between the respective forces during the pendency of negotia tions. He regrets that Mexican affairs are-ttnim proved, ne speaks on the subject at length." Outrages of the worst description are committed on persons and property. Scarsely any form of injury that has not been sunered by our citizens there daring tlie last few years. We hate been nominally at peace with Mexi co, but as ur as our interests, our commerce or our cit izens are conceined, we might as well have been at war. Mr. Mcl.ane, in Aug'u'st last, wrote, "I hope the l'rea- ident will feel authorized to enter Mexico with milita ry forces at the call of the constitutional authorities to protect our citizens and treaty rights. Unless such are conferred on him evila must increase," Ac. The President adds, I have been reluctantly led to the same opinion, and I feel bound to announce this con clusion to Congress. This is a question which relates to the future as well as the present and the past. Th aid which bo, the President requires, and which inter ests all commercial countries require, that it should have belonged to this government, so as not only to render by virtue of our neighborhood to Mexico, bat by virtue also of our established policy, which ia in consistent with intervention of any European power in the domestic concerns of that Republic For reasons staled, th President-recommends th exprefs passage of a law. authorizing him to employ auch military force e,nte Mexico for the purpose of obtaining indemnity for past wrongs and future secu rity. Should volunteers be selected, such a fore could be easily raised. This country sympathize with the sufferings of our fellow-citizens' in Mexico, and with the unhappy condition of that eountry. Such' an accession to the Constitutional Government would i enable it to reach the capital, and bV recommends the estab ishrncnt of h military force across the Mexican line, of Bono, anil Chihuahua, i or prouiioo oi me uves ana property of Ameri- h aaa with the ordlaarv and atraordiaary nmipni -lrf. nravMsa ror ut law. iwm ... Buaia that will b ia th Trs7 en the 80th Jan, 1861 u i. M oan.ltW.1il. and itava be aanrgia far addi oai appropriations. If, therefore, the appropria tion should xod th eatlmat, er uongreMwhonld daurmio to provide Within this ptrlod for th pay. men of navy portion of th publi debt, It will toon aanMasry t mass provision tor uca asnusgtmne. Th ids of iaoraaaing lb public d.bt te meet the or dinary (ipesse of th Government should aot be n iaruhied for a moment. If additional demaada art created upon th Treasury by th legislation ef the present Congress, provision must b mad to meat thea by such iacreis of tariff dotln aa may be re quired for that purpoi. "Th publis aWbt on the 1st Jniy, 1868, as stated la my last anautl report, waa I24,166,V77.0ti. The not of June K leoN, authoaitod an additional loan of $20,000,000. which baabwaooordingly negotiated Of this (18,921,000 had been paid Into th Treasury aad th stasiJ sued therefor on the ist of July, 186V tb coramncint of tb present fiscal year. A por tion of the riulndr baa been siaer paid, ami tb stuck therefor ind. Th balanc will dubtlaa b soon completed, which will make the rermaaaat aub j.t. Ill lf BTT oa " I II uvut , stroartr ra sxcaxraai or raa xavr. Secretary Ten cry says: Bine th aomehoment of th present Admlnistr tion, twenty steam (easels bav been added to th Navy thirteen by contraction and teven by puroha, Hut notwithsMBdiaT, i nag leave moat respectfully to renew the recossLiendatlon which I had th honor to auk a year agobf a still, further increase ef th Nary. The Naval Aeadetiy continue under th soperin tenoW of dpt. Gio. B. lilake, and I bav th moat gratifying evidence f th proneiency of the pupils in all tk branches of their profeslon. Twenty acting midshipmen graduated la June: 183 have tine been permitted to be examined for admission, and of thes twi were ronni nuaiined ana admitted. For the support of th lav aad marina eerp. aad all other object undor tb control of tb Navy Depart' mrnt, for tb (seal year lading Jan SO, 18t8, the estimate wr llB,POa.::iZ.77: appropriation. 314. nu.m.ii : exrxnaitur, i3,6iU.o.iB. forta naeal year ending J on I 80, 8o, th Mil' mate were $l4,Blo,29S.2S; appropriations, 14,608,- BJ4.Z3; expenditure. Sit ,bU,t)7.70. ' For tia) fiscal year ndin Jun 80, J 800 th rati- mates ware J l3O0,370.eO: appropriation, 910,404,. 7tiV.M. I - ! The estimates for th fiscal year ending Jane 80, 1851, are 4(11,244,846 08, that is to any, fur thnvy prepr,$'J'.i;7, 1 15.68; for th marine corps, $bM,73ti Oo; aod ror all other object, 8607 JW. sutroar or vua sacaavaaT or waa. Tb authorized itrei th of th army ia 18,165 nen, all told. Un the 1st of July, th date of tb lest com plete return, th actual number reached 17, 4 Jo. Of tbia number there are not oor than about 1 1 ,tKJ0 en available for active aertic 'in the field. This little fore ha been engage,'; with it nsnal activity and efficiency, sine th dataof Secretary Floyd' last report, in th discharge or It arduous and multifa rioua duties, being required to man about ISO perm' nent garrisons, post and camps, scattered over aa area of three million of square mile. Under thee circumstances it hat been obvionsly impossible to giv that ample and perfect protection tt our whole fron tier which out citizen bat a right to expect, and which it is th duty or Government to anurd. Indian depredation hate been committed on oar southern and Mexican border, which a yet bav been nnchaa- tised for the want of men. The Secretary, in conclu sion, speaks of the Harper'a Ferry affair a one of the most surprising and startling episodes in lb his tory of our eountry. John Ilrown Is termed a "fa' natical afa, stimulated to recklessness and deeper. tion by th constant teachings and intemperate ap peal of wild and treaaonable enthusiasts, unrestrained by th Constitution and law of th land, by tb pre cepts f religion, or by tb appeal of humanity of mercy." roemtsTta Gixzan's aaroar. Tb report of l'otinster General Holt, urges npon Ccngn-ss th necessity of making an early appropria tion t.i meet all the existing liabilities or tne l out Of fice Department. The failur of . th last Congnsa to piovide ror th expenses of th Department it dwell oa at considerable length, end the hope expressed that inasmuch 'as tb faith of lb Government ha thus been broken, that not only the principal of thes debt will now be promptly paid, but th interest on them also. Tb actual (paid) txpenditurea of th Department ia the fiscal year ending June 80th, I860, amounted to $1 1 ,468,086.03. To this must b added th ascer tained liabilities of th Department, which eould not be paid, awing to th hllur of Congress to make th anual appropriations, and which now constitute a de ficiency to be provided lor te June 30tb, I860, (4,. 296,000.20 making a grand total of actual (paid; expense and diabililies of $16,754,092.89. Tbia sum includes $78 ,6.01, appropriated by spe cial act f Congress out of tb general treasury, which, beiag deducted, lea ret the actual 7 paid I expen diture 910,1168,484.07, instead of $11,468,084 3, nd th total of expenditures and liabilities $14,064,- 493.33, instead or lo,i.4,iriiJ . If there be addel to $11,468,083.03 th tarn of $66.70, closed by suspense, and th sum of $02". 26 gained on the bed debt Kceount be suhatracted, then the actual expenditure, at adjusted in the Au ditor Office, will b $11,467,612.33. The groas revenue for th year 1869, including re ceipts from letter-carriers and from foreign postage, amounted to $7,(N8,481. Excess of expenditures for 1869, lj, 990,009. 20. Estimated expenditures -for 18C0, including th California sertice, is $16,038,, 627.112. Deficiency of mean for th service of 1800, $6,626,324.00. Total vlu of posUg stamps and envelope issued to postmasters during the year 1869, .41621,6.33.84.. In the way of retrenchment, Mr, Holt thlnka the franking privilege ought to be paid for out of th na tional treasury, and that publishers of newspaper ought to be mad to pay postage on their exchange. But, if from th grandeur and beneficence of it mis sion, th pre is eiorpted, and i to be subsidized to the extent of its postages by the government, then. undeniably, such subsidy should be contributed from the common treasury also, instead of being imposed, at present, on the oppressed revenues of the Post Office Department, which, under all circumstances. bduuiu urn moiuiaiueu intioiate. Tk k-gui la law IcetM.. oenf mrtM rr 1 la time a by , Uara lived a race ef m Who liai w ne'er may look nnoa anain. They werteafr larMra, and to um w awatj Our free drat from oppression, chains tod wev They wrl Qod-fnering awn. Our mother, U Te uoa, liberty, to oonscitM trne-ar Th Ood If battle listened te their cry, And nrJd our father' heart to door dlf Thy fcuiht for Liberty, they fought and wow, Led by tint peeriea man George Washington' Those atea are gone tb men have pass'd away A pigmyrac tlaOr pl.oes fill to-day . a race men unaawD S none! re Who wear the title, bH disgrace the Our legislator, State an National. Subsist upon lb food thatneoplr bell. Knvy nd strife, contention nJ i . Exist 'aaong tboa who should b brother still Pell agitation wormwood mlied Hth gall Have ft 11 ' d with doubu and fear th,tt of all! The pricelea legacy our father left God aad our eountry I by fell Ireaaoa elrV Our glorious Union, form'd by Ood alonewv Treason so Impious Death ean't atonal La, in the cetera of th damned and loat, -Through eountleaa agea, Traitor, evnattbe eentf . Hoi Jerrlt Smith and Oretley, look this way ' -Bee yender gallowe tok turn aot awyl Are ambition of a martyr's orewaT Hung by the neck tiH deed" U old Brow I And Seward, too. and Oarriaon, th vile. L -ire viper, is bitt live tt fnum tktfiUt to ward at oest yoar orattst man u aaag Traitor te Ood to Liberty among Tb Uurra sad Arnold yoi find lilting pler Al bom a nuisanc, mai thread, disgrace t , Had you been strangled-' strangled al yoar birth It had been well for Cbrlsteadom for Karthl Your "coulllct irrepressible" ha tout Now te your kennel I to, work la done I Within the portals ef ST. Teter's dome. Ilroods ne None, Top or faga Home I cans againtt Indian depredations, he recommends the establishment of a temporary government in Arizona In Central America, he thinks that the provisions of a recent treaty with Nicaragua will not fall to beaati- factory, and recommends a law authorizing th em ployment of a naval force for the purpose of protect ing Americans passing Panama, Nicaragua aud T buantepeo. - He again reenmmenda that authority be given to employ a naval force to protect, American commerce against seizure and confiscation by Mexico and Span ish American state. II refer to the failure of the PosFt)ffice appropri ation, and recommends the passage, at an early day. of a bill by Congress which will enable lb Govern ment to pay th amount due, with interest, to con tractor. Also to mak tn necessary appropriation for that department. He recommends a Pacific Railroad for reason here tofore liten. He says it appear from the Reporfof the Secretary ot in ireasurj uiai u is extreme y aonntlui WU .'thr we shall be able to pass through the present and next fiscal year without additional 'revenue.-. Should deficiency, occur he recommends that the necessary revenue be raised by increasing the preaent duties on imports? ' ( In conclusion, be recommends to the just- liberality of - Congress the local interests of the District of .JCalnaib-iav.-- fcjT' Thomas DeQoinoey, the English " opium eater and author died Decemler 8th. The National Kepublicaa Convention will meet in Chicago on 13tb Jane next.' c aaroar or thb sionxTaar.or th rasa ar. Secretary Cobb reports 4(83,761 ,51 l.67the amount expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, d 869. The ggregau means provided forth same year were 48,000,787.11. Hence, deducting th expenditure from th aggregate means during the year, a balance remained in the Treasury on July 1, 1869, of $4,389.. 275 54.. ' Mr. Cobb aaya: 4II do not doubt that the actual re ceipt into the Treasury for the present and next fiscal year will be fully equal to th ntimata. Tb only remaining qoestio in connection with th eatimatoa to be considered is the probable demand upon tb Treasury daring, this period. - If the appropriation mad at tb preaent aeaaion do not exceed th amount contained ia tb estimate, it Is btliered tbnt they tan ma aaroar or Tae tictavAtv or mi mraaion. The report treats of a variety of tahject of 'tzxeial interest to the people of the country. The number of seres of the public land sold for cash during th fir quarter ending Sept. 80th, was 4,979,500; located with warrant, 8,617,440; ap proved, to ou.tes under tne swamp crania, l. 712.040: certified under the, grant to State for railroad. 818,203; total, 16.618,183. The number of acre now subject to private entry al all land offices, ia est! mated at 80,000,000. The policy of a radical change in the land laws, aa proposed in a general Homestead bill, is opposed ny. the secretary What bond of union lie between lb twain? The Senator from York It sbriv'd again f Hi "higher saw" belched from the "Seven nill" Haa given birth t' unmitigated 1111 They'll ononis Old Browa, ef Kansas mem'rv. - Mak him aaint, th Saint ef Harper's Ferry, Aad when a murder' don In bnrg er town Incontinently eall npon 81. Drown To wash from off their guilty hand tb (tain Which from their heart to purge, thee triv In vain. Th pbilatlhroplc .hypocrite nd knave Whoa highest virtue 'tia to (teal a alave, Who rrve lb Devil iff Religion's rarb. To bis ow bosom rweoamenda tb "barb" Our scaffold, tall Haman t, loom n high Who talks of killing should not fear to dial Com then, ye ton of Anack Joabu eome yon, Beloved Horace, we've n TVioawe tool Come tnt eome all bald headed and what not. We'll treat y u kindly to th beat we've gotl We're raising Acre eolJier eompaait, To wait upon you when yoa "eome te tea" A guard of honor, too, composed or nigger Their woolly pate surmounted by "hair trigger," n bos angers itch to giv t demy twist To neck of sny Abolitionist! . Where now, yt aaviourtof tb Union, iu von stand. While Treason stalk unblushing, thro' lb iandT Why stand y idle?" ye noennquar'd boat Watching tb coming of th Union's ghoetl . When is your boasted strength yonrvannted power, AW, in th L'aion' but dpring bonr f Weighed in tb balance, yoa-nre wanting found Groan kit enrat III tk ir nrannd ; Fala to your pledge false to God and aaaa, , Now justify yonr "progress" if yen cant Our father' God. avert th fill design I Preserve th Pn!on lol "tb power I thine" At thow didst nerv oar fathers for th fight, Nerte tboa their sens la do tbnt whlcb it right, And teach th people, if they would be free. To place their treat and confidence ia Tbee. From selfish, trart root, sod designing men Free thou oar land. Hasten the good time, when Mere politician tool of men In power " At bid or won than they, rule not tb hour.' Over the Union' grate. Angel wilt ween. rbnvah gat it s 'twas ours te keep. The Union sunder d!lo, upon Its bier. The God of Heaven himself will drop n tearl nut we are ui.pelul still our hop a In Ood That He'll withdraw from at Hi vengeful rod. If that th people will return to Him Who ltd their father thro' so.mttv debts. And gat to the thiir Irettur d "Bis of Bight."' Com, then, y penple, unite every en To sate lb Union, od th work I done! May God this duty on yowr mind imprest, And crown your efforts with complete success! Greetings to all to alt! Th Arm seada ' Its kindest wish to its num'rou friends And hope thai they will largely multiply. Disunion North or South. r East or Went By ward or deed by whomaot'er ezpreat, The A rgut counts among it enemi, nd will oppoat them to th "bittenVod." By Constitution, Iw nnd Equity. W boid oar righto on then we bate ear plea. - ie4 ivt na an wt s w want no more. A few fanatics, 'reft of common tense. With cranlums cracked, albeit eitrt dense The Abby Fulsome ami tb fulsome Stow, Whoae sayings emulate "the three black erowt;"' And Beecher sermons, based on rifitd text, tnd fleeter frotbings, have your tempers vexed tavt thtm.with God. Their wrath He will restrain,. And render all their teachings worse tfcan vain. 1 '. ' LiLcavitxa, N-C.rDee. 20, 1869. I) ERSONS INDEBTED TO TUE ESTATE OP Ntlson P. Lite, deceaaed, ar requested te eall on EDWARD R. L1LKS fov ibe pnrpot ef naymtat, renewal, Ac. He ia legally authorized and em pow ered to transact, for ma, any basinet ptrtaiaing lo th settlement of tb Estate, aad ha all tb paper belonging thereto in hia ponession. 69-tf . E- C. LILES, Executrix. Reducing tb annuities to a present value, the lia bilities of the Government to Indian tribes amount to $21,600,000, and the arerage anaaat txptnditnrt tn Indian account exceeds $3,000,000. The number of Indian within tb limit of th United States and Territories is set down at 860,000. Tb terai-eltilized tribes living on tht frontiers bat been for year on tb increase in population, and im proving morally and socially. With tb star barbarous tribes tb reters is th case; thsy sr $ut waning. The plan of assigning separate farms to itrttivldual In dians, within th limit of n tribal rttervation. it re garded as tb iot promising in its adaptation to ar rest una degeneracy, ana restore theae tribe te pros perity. ' - Th number of pensioners now en tbe roll is listed to b 11,686; and the annual aura required te pay then, at the preaent rates, is $1,034,914.16. Daring the year ending the 80th September last,. 6,801 bounty-land warrant wr issued, calling for 1,030,866 acre. 1 . ' The census of 1860 will be conducted under the law enacted in I860. An appropriation of $1,00,000 will be necessary to defray tb expenses; and under the arrangement tb marshals will enter vigorously npon th performance of their duties on tb first of June next. . i,)ri .. ., .; - The business of the patent office has continued to increase during tbe year. The number of applications for patent during the tbre querUrseading en tht 80th September, 1869, was 6,107, being an increase of 1,076 aver tbe same month in 1868. Th ether basinets of the office, and ita income, increaa4 in corresponding degree, th present surplus of tb patent fund on band being $31487.62. The Secreta ry is of the opinion that increased ntmber of ex aminers and elerka should be provided, thai tha bati ste or tn offloe may re done well, end with proper dispatch. The eueeej-s of the culture of the vine in tbe United State I mentioned, d it I estimated that w now bav mere than 11,000 acres ef hud in vineyards, the arerage crops ef which per acre, will compart fator ably with tb aaott noo(ulwin-tTowing eonntrie of Earr.pt; and tb valoa-ef-wbich it fit or tlx hun dred per tent, greater at tb reapecUve t Uoc of on. dnwtMH. L Medical Notice. , E FIRM OP ASHE k nOWZE HAS BEES' dissolted by mutual consent. ' . ASHE may be found (when not professionally engaged j al hi shop just abov tb Post Olfift, end) opposite, the office of Ashe A Htrgrav, er at bie residence. The open account of the late firm rnwsf be closed aa once by cash or note. E. F. A8I1K. Jan. 2, 1860-69-77 Ansonville Male Academy. , THE EXERCISES OF THIS. SCHOOL WILL BE resumed on tb 9th or Jsatianr issv., ulr tb , mperinttndtnct ef W, R. JORS. Tuition rating from (s8 te $20 per Motion da at lb end of the Settiou. .Board enn be had on renaonabl terms. For farther particular add rets tb Principal er Trustee. ' W. O. 8MITII, JOEL TV80N, Sen., JOHN McLENDON, WM. LITTLE, . X. 0. KNIGHT, . - . Trutee. P. 8. Nt deduction mad fev lost time except In eases of protracted sickness. Aasonvill, Jan. 2, 1860-69-71 Wanted. ; ' A 8ITUATIOJI AS A TEACHER IN SOME COL rlx. )eg, select er Family Sachool, by a Lady fully competent to teaeb the English breaches, and Math mates, French and Music. Having graduated at one of ur Southern Institutions, and having had (erne ex perienc In teaching, would bav no objection to going Wett. Addrras Mia L. N., Box 87 Wadesboro', N. C. Jan. 4, 1860-89-71 f North Carolina Praabvterian and Snuthtm Chris. tlaa Advockte, will copy 8 timet, and tend bill to Art Office-. ; , Look at This! A t plea eall and aettle tteir aecounta for 1869: I m compelled te have money. r I am at th eld tndVwber I will be found read at all timet to wait on any person. Thankful for paat -patronag, I boat, by being prompt to bntineta, to keeps good share for 1860. Please eall and get yon- BOOT8 REPAIRED," : SOLED, er FOOTED; era NEW PAIR, ffyouckoo, If not, uflOOD PAIR OF 8l(OE8. Ja. t, 1890-69 71 '' 0. . HARTON. B LAP at Office. KOTCg-FOB SALE AT THU " w-i; X f ' a j : ft
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