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Three insertions .................. .......$1 fiQ Two months, or fab insertions......;;,.... 8 SO Tares months, or thirteen insertions...... 4 00 tfix montha ......... .....i ......... r.......... 1 6 00 On the 8th luiL, President Davis communicated to the Soathenf Congress the following letters from Judge Campbell, late of th .Supreme Court; ". ; ti ' 1 ,..tj i V, Wamitoo Cm, April It, .1861.5 Oo the 15th Msrtjh. ult., I left with Judge irewioru ,, one or we commissioners or the Cenfader ate States, a note ia writing to the affect following; "1 feel entire confidence that Fort Sumter , will be evacuated In the next five deye. And this measure Is felt aa imposing great reiponalbUlty on the Adminis- "i feel entire coofidenoa that no measure changing toe existing statu, prejudioionslj to the Southern vonieaeraia state, u at present contemplated. . . One jear 9,00 I "I feel an entire confiaenca that an immediate de. Adrertiters must State . the number of times ther I naand for an answer to the commtinWtian f ih rvm. e:sh their aarerusemenu inserted ; otherwise thev misatoners will be prodaotive of evil and not of good, will be continued till forbidden, aad charged accord. J I do not beliera. that it ought at this time to be ,jUlMlDOT..o;. i.iCnJ,.r.!,,!.,1 t prciteo.",,, , v, ., . -: ,t, , , . . . AtjeeaenU wiU ba made with yaarljr advertisers The substance.of this statement I communicated to os liberal and advantageous terms. . .. - . . ,, jcu the same aveolng by letter. Five daja elapsed, Obituary notices tree waea not exceeding fwenty i caued with a telegram from ucnDoaaregard, BAD FAITU OF.TUE LINCOLN OOFKRNMENT. thraagb me. It launder an oppreasiva lanie of the ;ints; all above twenty lines at adTertiseme'nt rates. .;E. HutcMnsODi habixet Manufacturer, is mill at nta j old sUad, ready to axecute all ardera in his line. COFfLNS ready made, io. , t . 1074J Saddle and Harness Maker; 1 JOHN BOYLIN 1$ PREPARED TO MAXUFAC tj lure all work la the above line that may be or tkred of htm. Repair also neatly and expeditiously iM. Orders solicited, not only from his old custom- trs, bat frou new ones. 107-ly Gin Repairing TAMES Til RE ADO ILL, WILL, AT ALL TIMES, tj de all rrftirs that Giaa aaay need. "He will rat ia r part NEW. that way ha required. Orders left it E. Uutchinson's Cabinet Shop, will be attended to. He also has on band a lot of NEW BCGOIES, to tell or trade. ' " ' - - 107-ly - ItORTII CAROLINA FOIADRY AXD MiCHIXB WORKS, s.iLisnvn i r. c. FRERCKS fc RAEDER, aOOCKSSOM to y. botdss A SOS, . , . , Manufiictarers of iiEICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, CULTIVATORS, PLOWS, CORN SIIELLKRS, SEED 80WERS, V HORSE POWERS, THRESHERS, TMRESUINU, SEPARATING AND CLEANING . t MACHINES," "CIDER AND 8UGAR MILLS, iHAFTlNG AND MACHINERV FOR GRIST, CIR CULAR AND VERTICA L SAW MILLS, GOLD, X)PPER AND SILVER MINES, DR. E. O. ELLIOTT'S PATENT MULAT SAW MILL AND WATER-WHEELS, : ' IEOX AND BRASS CASTINGS, FORCINGS, AND flXlsHED WORK OF EVERT DESCRIPTION. t TOBACCO PRESSES AND FIXTURES, AND OTHER KINDS OF MACHINERV. REPAIRED AT 112 SHORT NOTICE. ly Gould's Fork Academy. THE THIRD 8ESSION OF THIS SCHOOL WILL commence on Monday. 7 th of January, 1861 . The mu of tuition range from f 12 to $20 par saaaiooefl iliSw neotj weeks to the affect that Sumter , was not evacuated, but that uajor Anaerson waa at work making repairs. ., The next day, after conversing with you, I comma, nicated to Judge Crawford, in writing, that the failure k craensta sumter was not ta result ar had .frith, bot was attributable to causae consistent with the ia tention to fulfill the engagement, and tbatae regarded rickens, I should have notice of aaf deeiem to alter the existing eUtos there. - Mr. Justice- Nelson waa resent at these conversations, three ia number, and submitted to him) each of my written communica tions to Judge Crawford, and I la formed Judge C. that they had his (Judge Nelson's) sanction. 1 gave j on on the 22d of March, a substantial copy of the statement I made on the lotlt. The 30th of Maroh arrived, and at that time a tela gram came from Gov. Pickens inquiring concerning Col. Lemon, whose visit to . Charleston he supposed had a connection with the, proposed evacuation of Fort 8umter. I left that with yea, and was to hare an answer the folowiag Meaday (1st April.) On the 1st of April, I received from you the statement in writing, '(I am satisfied) that the Government will not undertake to supply Fort Sumter without clvlnr notice to Gov. P.' I The words "I am aariified," were for ma to use aa expressive or coafidenca in tha remainder of the de- j a1eativsa. The proposition, as originally prepared, was: "Tha President stay duire to supply 8umter, but will not do so." 4e., and your verbal explanation was, that you did not believe any such attempt would be made, and that there was no design to reinforce Sumter. There waa a departure here from the pledges of tha previous mooth, but with the verbal explanation t did ao consider it a matter then to complain of, I sira-. j ply state to You tuar I ba4 that assurance previously. On the 7th April, I addressed you a letter on the subject of the alarm that the preparations by tba Gov ernment bad mated, and asked you if the aMoranees I had given were well, or ill-founded. In rei'peet to 3omier,7our repiy was; "rsitn as to Sumter, fully kept watt and see." Is the morning s psper I read "An authorised messenger from Presideot Liocolo in formed Gov. Pickens and Gen. Beauregard, that pro visions win be sent to fort Sumter peaceably, or Mr tri$t, hy fmt. This was the Ptb of April, at Charles ton, the dsy following your last assurance, and is the evidence or the foil faith I was invited to wait or and ire. In the same psper, I read that Intercepted dis patches disclosed tbe fact that Mr. Fox, wbe had been allowed to visit Majir Anderson, on the pledge that his purpose wss pacific, employed his opportunity to devise a plan for supplying the fort by force, and that his plan bad been aJftpted by tbe Washington Govern ment and was in process of emotion. My recollec tion of the date of Mrox' ti tarries u to ardsy submit to you AlHittTifetlae at thaendof aacli term, and tui- ti'-n will e charged from the date of entering until u tod of thl term, except in cases cf protracted 111- itv. earn he Is a near connection of a mem ber of the Cabinet. My connection with tha Com missioners and yourself waa auperindacad by a con versation with Justice Nelson. He informed me of your strong disposition in favor of peace, and that you were oppressed with a demand of the Commissioners of the Confederate States for a reply to their I rut letter, aad tbatyon desired to avoid it, if pOMible, at that time. ! Brd can be had ia tha neighborhood at $8 per n-.otb. - - ' w... "vf-i':7- told htm j might, perhaps, be of soma aervioa in ar- rD,an er sopnomora ciass iu any o. sir -r. c rBiinc the difficclty. I eame to Cl!. or for the ordinary businesses of life Although strict morality has been Josistad on aii time, yet more strenuous efforts w)R be made to haiete moral and ebrit'mn principles. ' It ii particularly dairittUt dck pupil ht pntni at &fthinj cf lit Urm. t - -118-43 JOHN C. McLAUCnLIN, Principal. $51ng Machines. fPHE UNDERSIGNED IS ; AGENT FOR THE 1 p AK.Tii:.in:it aid catibell 'EWlXG TIACIIIXC, the best in use for 'tMILY and PLANTATION PURPOSES. Tbey may stea at tha ChcraW Carriage Factory, opposite re'a Hotel. . ,f WMf ,-A. HACK. l" ClAtX. . , f,Wll. H. TX'ELLSGTO Cmint$iloi JfJerchanUt - WILMINGTON, N. C, v ' consignments of . fril r ' TTOS, NAVAL 8TORE8, FLOUR, BACON, TIM- - ,J BEE, &C, Ac, - v other Country Produce, either for sale nr ahlp- ' your office entirely at at bis request, and without tbe knowledge of either of tha Commissioner., . Your depression was obvious to both Jndge Nelson aad myself. I waa gratified at tha character of the counsels you were desirous of pur auiagynd much impressed with your observation that a el virwar might be prevented by the soccess of my mediation. Vou read a letter' of Mr. Weed,, to show' bow irksome aad responsible the withdrawal of troops from Sumter was. A portion of my communication to Judge Crawford on tbe 15th of March waa founded upon these remarks, and tba pledge to evacuate Fort 8um(er ia less foiclble than tba words yen employed. Those worde were: "Before thia letter reaches yon fa letter by proposed me to President Davis,) Sumter will have been evacuated." The Commissioners who received those communica tions conclude they have been abused and overreached. The Montgomery Government bold tha same opinion. Tbe Commissioners have supposed that tay communi cation were with you and upon the hypothesis pre pared to arraign you before tba country in connections with tbe t'resident. 1 placecra peremptory prohibi weight of the responsibility that these thing for year explanation.' ! " u Very raspeetfully, 'JOHN A; CAMPBELL,1 i . Assoeiste Juitiea of the 8premeO. U. S. Hon.! W. H. Siwaao, Secretary of State - DitpnteiM f I. r, Walktr, Stcrttary of War. . An authorixed message from President Lincoln jnst informed Oov. Piackens and myielf that provisions will be sent to Fort Sumler peaceahly or otherwise by force.1 "i ' " ' Gtn.P. O. T.'Btawtgarir1"- ',Vy- " If yon have no donbt aa to the tatberiied character of the agent who communicated to yon the intention of the Washington Government to supply Fort Sum ter by force, yon will at once demand its evacuation, and if this is refused, prooeed ia such manner aa you may determine to reduce it. , . Waihixotox Citt, April 20, 1861. Str: I enclose you a letter corresponding very nearly with one I ad dressed to yon one week ago (18th April,) to which I have not had any reply. Tba letter ia simply oaa of enquiry in reference to facts concerning which I think I am entitled to an explanation. I have not adopted aay opinion in reference to them which may not be modified by explanation, nor have I affirmed in that titer, nor do 1 in thia, any eoaolniion of my own un favorable to your integrity in tbe whole transaction. All that I have said, and mean to aay, Is that an explanation la due from yon to myself. I will not say what I abau do in caie thia request la not , complied (with, but 1 am jo stifled in aayiag that I shall feel at liberty to place tbe-e letters be lore any person who is entitled to ask an explanation or myself. very respeetruiiy, i t , : ' . JOHN A. CAMPBELL, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of tbe U. S. Hon'. Xfu. II.SnwAftD, Secretary of State. ; No reply has been made. to ihls letter. --' April 24, 1861. ; v . , , ."J .." f . , IOXTUOMBnT, ala., Aisy i, 1001. ' &r: I anbmlt to yon two Letters that were addressed by me to tbe non. Wm. H. 8ward, Secretary of Sute af tbe Uolted 8tats, that eonuins an explanation of the aatareasxl resaltofan iaterveaUoO by me to the in tercourse of the commissioner of tba Confederate States with that officer. I considered that I - could perform no dnty ia which the entire American people, neuter ar tae federal talon or of tba Confederate States,- were mora late rested than' that f promoting the couottl and the policy : that bad for their object tbe preservation of peace. This motive dictated my Intervention.- Besides tbe interview referred to ia these , letters, I ioformed tbe Assistant Secretary of State of the Unjted SUtoa (not being able te see the Secretary,) on the litis of April nit, of tbe existeaoe of a telegram of that data from Gen. BeuregarJ to. the Commissioners, in which be Informed the CoamlMion era that he had demnded tbe evacuation of Sumter, ni, if refused, he would proceed to reduce it. On the seme day I had been told that President Lincoln had said that none of the vessels sent to Charleston were vr-vesel, and that foroe waa not to be used in the attempt to supply the fort. I had no meane of test ing the eccuracy of this information, but offered that if tbe Information was accurate, I would send a tele gram to tha authorities at Charleston, and that it might prevent the disastrous consequences of a collis ion at that Fort between tbe opposing farces, . It waa the last effort thai I could make toavert tha calami tieaof war. Tbe Assistaut Secretary promised to give the matter attention, but I bad no other intercourse with him or any other person on the subject, nor have I had any reply to the letters submitted to yon. Very'respectfully, JOHN A. CAMPBELL . Gen. Davis, Pres't of the Confederate Slates, , for, in tba adjustment of their accounts; and tbey are further required to retain la their nossesaioo, to meet the orders of the Postmarter-General of the United States, for tha payment of mall iervfoe within1 the Confederate States, all revenue -which shall here ac crued from the postal aervioa prior to the said first dsy of June next.. : i.:.-iH ',V ,'..'; :.. All contractors; Mai) Mastengera, and SptcUl Con tractors for conveying the mailsiibijo the Confeder ate States, under eUtiiig contracts with, the Govern ment of the United States,, are hereby sa,utborild to continue to perform such service under my direction, from and after the dsy last abote named, ssfject to anch modifications and changes ai may be found tieces- ' aary, under the powers vrsted in tlie pvstsiaatar Gene ral by tbe terms of said contra eta, a ad, the, provjslnne of the second pciiun of sn act apprptedldsy 0t ht)661, conformable thereto: And the said ciintractot's, Spe cial Cootmtors, and Mail Messengers,' arv! required to forward,.wltbout delay, the number of their ro'ute or routes, the nature of tbe aervioa thereod, the sched ules of arrivals and departures, tbe names ft the. offi ces supplied, and the amount of annual compensation for present aervioa, together with their address, direc ted to the "Chief of tbe Contract Bureau, Posloffice Department, Montgomery, Ala.", . , . v, , . Until a postal treaty shall be made with the Govern ment of tbe United States for tbe" exchange of ' Malls between that Government and the Government of thia Confederacy, poattaaaters will. not be autborUed to collect Uolted States, postage on Mail master eat to or received from those 8tates; and until supplies of postage sumps and stamped envlopea are prepared for the prepayment, or postage witbm the vonieerate States, all potitages muu be paid In 'money,1 under the provlaloaa of tha first aectlbn of ah Ail appfcted March 1. 1851 - ? '). ,: ;rl ;"o , Givea under my band and the seal ef, the Postoffiee Department of tbe Confederate State of America, L. a 1' at Montgomery, Alabama, te tttfc'dcj' of 1 'fsy, in the year 1831. ,V:T'; ' ',' JOHN IT.' BeaoaV, , , . f.ft j ioaimsster-GeDcral f ; NORTH CAROLINA CONVENTION; ' W. F. Lesk nominated Hon. Weldon 5? Edwards for permanent Presldenit'.' . ' -it? - H lion. Q. E. Badges nominated Hon, Wm. A. . Gra- ham. ' The Tote resulted Ed war Js C5, Badger i7, and Mr. Edwards ws declared duly elected President. ' Cn taking the citalr, Mr. Ed wards was received with loud applause. He gracefully acknowledged the unex pected compliment paid to htm ard pledged a' the , . best return hecohld msie, his ntmost'efforta to disi charge the duties imposed upon bias ia aa elfieient aai acceptable manner., . A(tr an a(luion lob iram stances in which tbe Sute was nlaced. ha said Not th - Corolina, was not responsible for any of tte trouhlea with which the country was eonvaleed. ' He paid high tribute to th eharactcr ef tbe men dompoaing the Convention and sat down amid loud chaera., v,nB ... Ou motion of the Hon, Asa Biggs, tha Convention proceeded to the election of Principal Clerk J .. Col. . h. Steele, or luehmoad, and Jaa. A Moore, Of Raleigh were put ia nomination,' The vote teeuUed : Steele 91, Moore 18. , Mr. Steele waa accordingly alec-; td. - 'f-. ; ... .. Ex-Gov. Raid nominated' for Reading Clerk, J. A. Engelhard, of Tarbore. L. C. Edwards and three other were also put in nomination, v Th veto stood Edwards (8, Engelhard 83, scattering 3,. ilr.Ed-i ; wards was elected. . James Pegs of Randolph, was then elected" Principal doorkeeper and Loveu and J. C." Moore, Assis tants. .( .Xi ' , ? A PROCLAMATION. bt. tu roaTMAsTKn-oaxsnAL or the cox rs debate ' STATES or AXEBICA. " .i..,;,,:; .' irArras, by the provislooe of an Act, approved March l&tii, I BO i and. a mended by the first section, of aa Act approved May the 6th, 1 861 f the Postmaster Geaeratof tbe Confederate 8 tales 'ia aulboriied, on and after a day to be named by him for that purpose , to take the entire charge aad direction of the postal servke In tbe Confederate States," aad all conveyance of mails within their limits, from and after such day, except ny authority er me x'ostmaster-ueneral there of is thereby prohibited: ' l , . ? , Now, therefore, I John II. Reagan, Poitmasler-Gen- era! of the Confederate Stalee of America; do issue - ; AN ORDINANCE To JimlM lk I'm Ithnm UUSttXtatftA Oanlina a4 th QlAt ' 4at mtU4 wtth aer undtr (as c upact 1 vWHJtnltrUUUdtht Constitution o ft : i We, the people of the State of North Carolina, In. Convention assembled, do dtelare and ordain,' and It is hereby declared and ordained, .that, the ordinance . adopted by tlie Sute of North Carolina in f he Qonven- tion of 178, whereby the Conctitotion of the, Unjted , States was rstjfied and adopted, and also all acta and ' parts of acts t' the General Assembly, ratifying and " adopting, amendmeota to (the said Confutation, are hereby repen ed, rescinded and abrogated. , . . , i We do further declare and ordain' that the Union , now ublUng between the Bute of North Carolina' and the other States, nndsr tha title or the United ' States of America, ia hereby, dissolved, and that tho Sute of North Carolina is in the full possession and. . .it l . . j" ,, ' . . n uia aay. Procaou, .,, po.Ha.aen on- (JorcUe of fc ,j,0,e righ of M,ereignty which belong tractors, and Special and Route AgenU, in the aerriee nd .BIH.ruin toa froiTand isuknmdtat l uU " ?? " i IfnAnt utii SBtSKSM mbA ana tin saataat 1 ... . e ' . a. t a m TU nrvc rprtiaL ATTENTION TO ALL 1 1100 P De,D couirary so ma terms ar my liriLL GIVE SPECIAL ATTtruiua uu i nl Uoof witn then pM d ef w If coosirnmenU of i , ; ... I ... i... .. a,; i . sldered as tbe bt authority, and they were to coofide in the ability of myself, aided by Judge Nelson, to determine upon the credibility of my informant. t tkl.l, MmnAui m wkn miU -i I wbarf and Warehouses being conveniently lo- j have written, and consider for a moment what ia rolnw i ' wur, enables us to taake our charges light ' Ala0 I eoodoct of th Adminlstraion as measured and in terpreted in connection with these promises, is the proximate eansa of the great calamity. . - I have a profound oonvlciion that the telegrams of the 8th of April of Oen. Beauregard, and of the 10th of April' of Gen. Walker, the Seeretry of War, can be referred to nothing else than their belief that there haa been .ajstematio duplicity practised en them UXE, PLASTER, C EX EXT, HAIR, f. -tfcr to H " A. Savage, Caahier Bank ef Cape Fear, wiington. N.C ; John Dawson, President Wilmint 'Bf.oth B-iek of N.C.l W. Hoaea,.CaabJarRal- Branch Bank of Cope Fear (f ; wtbrl3,1860-?M7 of the PostoSce Department, and entaeod in the trans t .... m . . . . mission ana ueuvery oi me tnaiia, orotberwiae in aay manner connected with the service within the lim'U of the Confederate States of America, that on and after the first day of June next', I shall assume- the entire control and direction of tbe postal service there in and I bersby direct all Postmasters. Roate A rents and Special AgenU withiu these Ststea, and now acting under tbe authority and direction of the Postmaster- General of the United Sute, to continue in the dis charge of their resptative duties under the aet'.oriiy vested in me by the Congress of the Confederate Sute, n strict conformity with sucn existing laws and rer ulations as are not inconsistent with the Laws and Constitution of the Confederate SUtes of America, and such further instrnetions ss may hereafter be issued by my direction: And the said Postmasters, Route A genu and Special Agents are also required to forward to this Department, without delay, their nacnes", with the names of the offiees of which they are Postmasters (giv. log tbe Stat and county,) lobe directed te tbe "Chief of ibe appointment iiureau, post'oSc vcpsriwav, aiont gssery, ( Alabama, V la yi? tSats emajisslsns maybalssned ooor Utiaiboriy ef thiii overtnient: and all Postmasters are hereby required to rau,'r te tbe Poetofficc Department at Washington, D. C., thai, :aal aecounU and their vouchers for portal receipU and v. peoditorea, up to the 81t da ol this moaih, Ukieg care o forward with said aoeounta all postage Urap and stomped envelopes, remaining on hand belonging to the Peetoffioe Department or the United Suus, ia order that they may reoeise tha tcfB credits there. Dona at Raleigh; 20th day of May, in thej year .of our Lord, 18C1. 4',yt-ri im ,,:Ui i. . AN ORDINANCE To ratify tkt CdHttiiution of (A Provuional Government cf the Confederate Stale America. , We, the ieple of North Caroliaa. in Coavention as- t -' sembled, do declare and ordain, and it ia hereby de-r - -dared and ordained, that the State of North Carolina T does hereby ansent to and ratify the ."Constitution of the Provisional Gcvernmeot of the Confederate Sutes of America," adopled at Montgomery, lq thaSuto of . Alabamaf on the 8th day of Februtry,;i88l, by the . Convention Of detvgatea from the SUtci of South . Carolina, Georgia, Florid. Alabama,. Mississippi and ; Louisiana, and that North Carolina will enter into tbe .', Federal Afsociation of Sutes upon the t. rma therein proposed, when admitted by the Congress or any.com petrnt authority of the Confederate Slates.: ' Done at luieigu, zuu day ef May, ii the year of M f ; gsav Oh! Frscl: P. Slmlr, who made hu money out " of the Democratic party 'tinder Jackioa And1 Van Bu- ,; ren, Is the leadiqg demon urging on all aorta of schemes 'or subjugation and extermination against the South; h movea. his son, Montgomery P, J3lnir, Lincoln's W Postmsster General, Just like a puppet, and he lafueca the leaven of hatred into the minds and heart of all . the rest. It la true It requlree little leaven to eeV '' their depravity workings . si'w?
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