T I ft WILMINGTON JOURNAL.
WILMINGTON, CM THURSDAY. DEC. 7, 1&G0.
Things Is Wot king ln
jTrom many quarters in the Northern and some in the
Southern States, various projects of compromise or ad
justment, are being brought forward, but as yet with
little 01 no effect, since none of these projects came with
any more authority than that attachiBg to their individ
ual proposers.
One of the compromisers is Thurlow Weed ! of the
Albar.y Evening Journal, the especial organ of the
Sewai d party in the State of New York. Weed came
out some time since with propositions of some kind
which were met by the majority of his party with the
cry of " No More Compromises " " No Backing
Dawn,'' etc. His propositions consist in the passage of
what he calls a sufficient, but not revolting Fugitive
Slave Bill, and that its passage should be followed by
the repeal of all the " Personal Liberty laws." lie
would re-enact and extend tie Missouri Compromise
line, or go ior Squattei Sovereignty. That is one
scheme, inadmissible and unsatisfactory to the South,
yet, meagre as it is, scouted by the North, if we are to
judge by the tone of the Republican papers there.
Another queer document is a petition to Congress,
by Wm. Wheeler Hubbell, of Philadelphia, attorney at
law, a citizen of Pennsylvania, who i3 the owner of
slaves and real estate in South Carolina. The petition
also sets forth that said Hubbell is the inventor and
patentee of the explosive shell with which all the shell
guns of the United States Navy are now provided, to
the aBiount of fifty thousand, lie says, that by express
contract he placed the United States in possession of
Baid shell, but the United States has not paid for the
same, according to contract.
He maintains that his rights of property in slaves and
other effects, are invaded by the Northern States, by
the election of officers on issues involving the exclusion
of such effects or property from the Territories of the
people of the United States, as a lawful right. He
claims that he has a right to take his slaves to the com
mon territories, and be protected in holding them. He;
complains of the personal liberty bills of the Northern ,
and of the secession of the Southern States. Upon thti
whole he thinks his case a hard one. The North in vades
liis right of property, and the South appears will
ing to secede aDd carry it away with her ; and most pro
voking of all, Lis own invented shells, for the use 01
which the United States has not yet paid him, may be
used to injure his property in Chaileston, in the event
of a collision. Therefore, Mr. HuV bell begs Cocgress
to arrunge matters on the following basis :
The establishment of the Missouri line, with posi
tive protection to slavery in all the Territories be
low that line. An amendment of the constitution,
providing for the choice of President and Vice-President
oi the United States, from the North and South of
such line alternately. An amendment that the
members of the Supreme Court shall come equally from
each section, and if the number be uneven, then the odd
one to come from the District cf Columbia.
The value of the s'ave property to be recovered from
any couDty wherein the Fugitive Slave law is violated
UDder any pretence or in any manner, by the rescue of
the slave from the custody of the owner or of his agent
or of a United States efficer.
All State acts relating to the rendition of Fugitive
Slaves to be promptly submitted to the adjudication of j
the Supreme Court to decide upon their constitutionality. ;
The right in transitu with African slaves or other
property from one State to another, to be protected.
Also, the right of sojourning for a limited time with:
family servants in any State, to be protected.
Mr. Hubbell will hardly get hi3 amendments.
We might allude to various other programmes, all of ,' er peaceful or otherwise, it apjears to present an issue
which may be brought forward in good faith, or nrcy j equally disastrous to the Union. Jf coercbn is attempt
not it is hard to Bay. People want something efftc- j ed, and in the attempt southern blood is shed upon
live. They want a cure not a palliation. No part of jj southern soil, such will be the aggravation of the exist
the country and no kind cf business could long stand Ung sectional animosity, that all hope fur any cordial
the crush of such times as are now upon us, or submit j Uniou being ever again formed or maintained wou'd be
to their recurrence. A satisfactory solution or 6epara- s out of the question. If the secession be peacefully per-
tion, is the only thbg left. !i
We see a queer movement by Jame3 E. Kerrigan,
the newly elected member of Congress from the fourth
district of the city of New York. It scem3 to contem-
plate a military organization to check any Republican
&t tacks on the South. It is said already to number
some fifty companies, and three thousand men. It 13 a
rather strange affair.
X& Little Andrew Johnson of Tennessee, wants to
be another Jackson, and threatens coercion. Thus it is
that little pretenders imitate really great men mainly in
their most doubtful characteristics, just a3 every poet
aster affected a love for gin because that was said to be
the favorite tipple of Lord Byron. We are not aware
that any of .them got a place in the temple of fame, al
though several of them did get into the watch-house.
The Senator from Tennesee, who never can get above ;
the snobbishness of boasting that he ,ha3 risen from be
ing a tailor to the exalted position of a demagogue !
thinks it his duty to come the Jcksou. What might
not have been so out of place in the hero of New Orleans i
is perfectly ridiculous in the Senator from Tennessee.
It is like Tom Thumb trying to wield the sword of Gen-;
eral Scott. j
Once upon a time, the town of Wimlington, endorsed j
by a Convention of delegates from a large portion of 1
the whole State, and backed by the professional opinion
of eminent officers, applied for an appropriation to carry f
on certain works at the Cape Fear Bar, so as to restore
the state of things existing before the navigation had
been injured by works erected by the United States her
self. Mr. Johnson, then a member of the House, was1
shocked at such an application, denouncing it as uncoa-
stitutional, while at the same time he was for despoilig '
the Government and pauperising the spirit of the
people by donations of land under the name of a "Home
stead Bill." At the time we allude to, Mr. Johnson wa3
a member of the House and of the Committee on Com
merce of that House. We can stand some demagogue-
ism, but not too much. A man falls, instead of rising, ;
when from the position of an honest mechanic, however
ignorant, he sinks down to that of a mousing dema
gogueical politician, such as we believe Andrew
Johnson to be, and have believed him to be ever since
the time and occasion above referred to.
We do cot want to be misunderstood although we
feel pretty certain of being misrepresented in reference
to this matter. We don't care what Mr. Johnson's oc
cupation once was, so it was honest, but we are sick of
politicians flaunting their devotion to the people and
their respect for the people while they as pertinaciously
talk about having risen from the people 1 There is ,
nothing higher in this country than the people. Let
mousing politicians rise above theirown deinaueism.
Tte Steamer Carolina, Capt. Lockwood, arrived
this morning from Fernandina via Charleston. She
brings about 23 white passengers, and 250 negroes, the
latter having been at work in Florida this year, and
now going home to spend the Christmas holidays. She
has two flags flying, on one of which is the Palmetto
tree and one star, and on the other the Palmetto, a bale
of cotton, and two stars ; the latter intended, we sup
pose, for South Carolina and Florida.
Daily Journal, 2dtk inst.
Councillors of State. The following gentlemen
have been elected Councillors of State for two.' years, to
wit : Council Wooten, of Lenoir ; John W. Cunning
ham, of Person ; W. A. Ferguson, of Br-rtie ; J. F
Graves, of Surry; David Murphy, of Cumberland'- J.
J. Loog, of Northampton, and W. S. Hijliard, of Ban.
1C&abe.
From the Daily Journal, ?lst Inst.
Tlie South Carolina Movement Peelings Her?
Yesterday.
. Yesterday afternoon we announced, in an extra, that
the sovereign convention, in session at Charleston, had
passed the formal declaratory, resolution, proclaiming
the secession of that State from the confederacy.
This news spread rapidly, and although no other ac
I
tion could reasonably have been looked for, considering
the precedent coarse of South Carolina, still, anticipated
as it was, the effect of its actual occurrence was grave
and startling. At various points, at street-corners and
elsewhere, earnest groups of earnest men stood engaged
in serious converse upon the one topic of the day.
Sometimes the conversation became discussional, some
times speculative or deliberative, but never noisy or de
monstrative.
Of course, from the known differences of opinion ex
isting in ibis community, the course of our neighboring
State was differently regarded by different people ; all,
however, perceived in it only the sequel of past events.
Having taken the stand she had taken for months past,
South Carolina could neither have receded nor even pro
crastinated, without subjecting herself to the imputation
of braggadocia in language and cowardice in action ;
she would have verified the prophecies of the Chicago
organ of Mr. Lincoln, that the chivalry were all coward3,
never had any pluck, and would eat dirt for such has
been the complimentary tone of reference indulged in by
these exponents of the views of Mr. Lincoln! Whether,
in the initial step3 and preliminary commitments, South
Carolina has or has not been hasty, may admit of ques
tion. That it does so admit, is evidenced by the fact of
conflicting opinions being abroad upon that point too.
However, for weal or for woe, the thing is done,
and under existing circumstances, the doing of it pos
sesses an interest and importance far above what it de
rives from the wealth, population, or territory of the
very respectable, gallant and impulsive little State by
which it has been done.
It is a serious thing, even when the future is all clear
before us, to sever old ties and associations. It i3 a se
rious thing to leave sight of land and tru3t ourselves to
the staunchest barge, upon the plainest voyage, and un
der the most smiling skies, with the friendliest port
ready to receive us. How much more serious is it if
clouds and darkness shut in the horizon ? Some are
sanguine of a speedy settlement and the most flattering
prosperity ; others foresee nothing but storm aod suffer
ing, ruin and desolation. The medium may lie between,
although we must be aware that any serious change,
however advantageously it may ultimately result, mu3t
be accompanied by present disturbance a;id immediate
loss. There are sufficient reasons to give pause to the
most sanguine, before setting out upon an adventurous
voyage before tak'mg a fresh departure ; there are not
sufficient reasons to intimidate the most cautious, pro
vided sound policy, reason, and a sense of justice impel
them to take the step.
We have said above, and we repeat here, that this
action cf South Carolina derives an importance from
surrounding circumstances above and apart from that
attaching to the State by which it is taken. It is the
Erst step which costs that step has been taken. In a
government like this, it is the prestige of union of in
violability, upon which the cohesion of the several parts
I depends, rather than upon mere physical force. The
;j latter might possibly maintain a connection, but never
! a voluntary union, depending upon the consent of the
governed. The step taken by South Carolina is also
important as bfir.g well calculated to test the power and
the inclination of the General Government for coercion.
) It will be seen how far the threats of " whipping in "
J will be carried. Would that such a test could be avoiJ-
ed, but we fear it casnot. The secession of South Caro-
! lina derives further importance from the fact that wheth-
mitted, the missing lick will weaken the tractive power
of the whole chain. Other links will drop off and be
gradually arranged under new combinations. In any
way v.e may view it, the thiug is serious. It is true
that South Carolina has a population of little if any
thing over one-thirtieth of the whole population of the
Confederacy, with a rather larger proportion ol wealth;
but there is to be considered that the secession of her
Senators, together with the secession the Senators from
Florida, Alabama and Mississippi, which may be re
garded as certain, will wholly destroy the last hope for
anything like justice or equality in the Senate of the U.
States, while the loss of the Representatives from thse
States will make the Northern freesoil predominance
still more overwhelming. The most Union-loving feel
! that thus either a reconstruction of the basis of our exist
ing confederation, or secession may become a practical
necessity.
The wisest men of former days felt that force alone
could not long preserve a Union like that which the
American people wished to preserve, or deemed worth
preserving, and thus much as the advocate of force are
in the habit of referring to Gen. Jackson and nullifica
tion, there is no doubt but that the first and ablest men
living in the country, appreciated the gravity of the oc
casion, and the Compromise Tariff of 1832 was a most
patent evidence of this fact. Say what we please, that
compromise was made to avert or avoid the difficulties
of the occasion, and it, and not coercion, did avert
them.
The Douglusites and the Lincolnites are all dissatis
fied with Mr. Buchanan for what they call his want of
energy in dealing with South Carolina and other States
professing secession notions. We think they are wrong
Mr. Buchanan does not wish to open a wound that can
never be healed to make a breach that can never be
repaired. The influence of time is potent if allowed to
operate, and if no insuperable barrier is interposed to
prevent its operation. Mr. Buchanan knows that he
can save nothing now by force be wishes to do noth
ing that would render reconstruction impossible, or pre
vent friendly alliance in the interim. From all we can
see, read, learn or understand, the course of Mr. Lin
coln will be very different. Collisions may occur at our
very doors, troops may march upon our very soil. Is
sues may be presented to us that must be met.
North Carolina ought not to be without a sufficient
military organization and a definite policy. She ought
to pass the act for arming her citizens and for appeal
ing to them in convention. In or out of the Union
these things ought to be done and are essential to be
done, and we trust that neither , old party rancour nor
new-born personal vindictiveness and . factiousness wil!
be allowed to defeat or defer measures essential to the in
terests and the honor of the State. ? r
gTbe South Carolina delegation in Congress, re
signed on Monday, their resignation being in writin
This mode of procedure, rather than a verbal resigna
tion, was adopted to prevent unnecessary trouble or ex
citement.
Col. Ashmore passed through here on Monday on his
way home.
Governor Picbens, of South Carolina, has issued his
Proclamation, declaring the State sepaeate from, and
independent of, any other Government.
jThe Governor of Tennessee has issued his pro
clamation, calling together the members of the Legisla
ture of that State on the 7th of January, 1861, to take
action ou the present state of the country "
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- Yesterday passed off quietly enough as a general thing,
though it is much to be questioned whether the princi
ples of the temperance society could be said to have been
wholly triumphant. But then it rained, and it was
chilly and uncomfortable generally speaking, and so so,
people felt the temptation to take a little just a little,
to keep out the fog, and the damp, and the blue devils,
and all and sundry the rheumatism, and the gout, and
the toothache, and the neuralgia, and the diptberia, and
the collywobbles, and to rectify the painful feeling of ira
pecuniosity common to all mankind just now ; such be
ing the temptations to smile, two or three people yielded
to these temptations and did smile ; for, saith Major
Monsoon, What are temptations good for, if not for the
pleasure of yielding to them ? Otherwise we might as
well have no temptations, gravely adds the Major.
And it is said that several persons enjoyed the official
hospitalities of the town as dispensed at the guard-hcuse.
The guests there were quite polyglot in their dialects,
and cosmopolitan in their origin, not to say enthusiastic
in their demonstrations.
The more sedate and serious went to Chcrch yester
day. We got a file of the New York Ledger and read
the thrilling story of the Pirate of the Siods or the
Clam Fisher with tL , RedJNose a Tale ot Vengeance !
John Kuner is getting ridiculous. It is time to slay
John. John is ready to secede to gin out. John is
nowhere now. He is hardly the ghost of a John. The
D. Q. I's mustered in small force, and were not ram
pant by any means. Towards the close of the day we
heard an enthusiastic and philosophical person, with
two quarters, a dime aud a half dime in his hand, enunci
ate a great truth in the words following, to wit : " Talk's
daawk, but it takes money to get the wh(ick)iskey."
To-day all is quiet the sun shines out and appa
rently, if repentance be fir3t step towards conversion
we may look for a revival of a remarkable and mo?t ed
ifying kind. Dnily Journal of yesterday.
On Monday last the investigation of the rumored in
surrection in this and the ' .Ijicent counties took place
at the Court House 's-ie, before his Honor, Judge
rench.
Without going into unnecessary detail, the history of
the affair appeared to be that some weeks since a letter
was mailed at Lilliogton, N. C, directed to Wm. H.
Anthon, 16 Exchange Place, New York, said Anthon
being treasurer of an anti-slavery society. The letter
was signed on Denair or me uoaunge Laaei com
pany, by R. Pigot, Secretary, and said that there would
an insurrection on the 22d December ; that there were
concerned in the scheme some 40 whites, 90 or 100
slaves, and 40 or 50 free negroes ; said they had some
guns, swords and axes, but wanted ammunition, and,
besides, were short of money, and could not borrow any
more for feur of attracting attention. The letter fur
ther Eaid that $200 were immediately necessary, and
should be sent to P. Doddrige at Magnolia, said Dod
drige being Captain of the Doddrige Cadets. The
writer further said that the slaveholders had whipped
him on the night after the election and he was bound to
have revenge, etc. The plan stated was first to seize
the fort at the mouth of the river, where they could
maintain themselves against any odds. Anthon was re
quested to show the letter to Horace Greely, and other
friends, and have it circulated.
This letter was forwarded to Governor Ellis by the
partus receiving it in ISew lork. I he Uovernor,
although there were some things in the letter that crea-
ed the suspicion of its being a hoax, still thought it
, 1 .1 ?. 1 J
necessary m tnise critical Hints 10 nave 11 invesugaieu,
especially as, two duys a!Ur the date of the letter to An
thon (27th Nov.) the postmaster at Magnolia received
a letter from Lillir.gton enclosing stamps with a request
that iny lettt rs for I. Doddridge should be forwarded
to Lillineton. In cider to detect the writer of the P.
Doddridge letter a letter was mailed and forwarded in
accordance with direction. The writer was found to be
mere boy, cf somewhere between sixteen and seven
teen, named SJiou Larki:;s, who was arrested last week.
I wo other prisons were also taken up on suspicion.
fhe jcuth, who is quite intelligent, has always borne
a good character, ai,d is the 6011 of highly respectable
parents, admitted the writing. Had never talked about
it to anybody. He wanted to fool the Abolitionists.
If lie had got the money his objt'Ct was to have started
a job printirg office with it and returned it in a short
time.
Nundry witnesses were examined to prove the charac
ter of the defendant the interest he had taken in get
ting up a military company at Lillington Lis zeal in
the cause of Southern rights, etcetera. Evidently the
letter was a boyish freak, highly blameable, hot not cog
nizable under the statute. There was a circumstantial
ity about its statements tb'at demanded that it should
be looked alter. rkfore the Harper's Ferry afiair, high
officials received warning apparently less reliable than
this, and committed a serious mistake in neglecting to
attend to it. T. D. Mearts, Esq., member for Brunwick,
and Mr. Stanford, one of the Commoners from Duplin,
came down from Raleigh to see if there was any discov
eries to be made. The whole matter would have passed
off quietly but for an inadvertent publication in the
Goldsboro' Rough Notes. Like the rest of U3, some
times, the Editor of the Notes failed to exercise his usual
caution.
A young man named Taylor and Mr. T. M. Chat-
terton were taken up on suspicion, but there appearing
no evidence whatever to connect them with the afiair in
any way, they were promptly discharged. The only
thing thut appeartd to point at Mr. Cbatterton at all
was the name of " P. Doddrige." It would Eeem
that for a fchort time, Mr. Cbatterton who formerly went
to sea, had, alter a common usage, among'seamen called
himself W. H. Daughters, never P. Doddridge. Even
while passing as Daughters always received letters from
the North as Chatterton. There was evidently no
ground of suspicion agaiust Mr. Chatterton in this or
any other case. He proved as good a record upon the
question of fidelity to the institutions of the State as
anybody.
The young man Larkin3 was discharged. He had
acted wrongly, but evidently without hesitation or re
flection, and certainly without complicity with any
body. It will be a lesson to him.
B. V. Carroll, Esq., postmaster at Magnolia, and
others, so far as was deemed necessary, were communi
cated with or consulted with by the Governor, but until
the accidental publication made no one outside even
suspected that anything was " out."
The authorities here were very properly put on their
guard, and had the thing but a real plot it would equally
have failed.
Much ado ab&;t Nothing. A correspondent in
the last issue of the Wilmington Herald, makes quite a
pother over the alleged fact that the South Carolina or-
ainance or secession rererrea to that state simply as
Carolina without the qualifying word South. The only
hitch in the correspondent's case is that the fact is not
so the ordinance,distinctly says South Carolina. David
Crockett had a saying, or they attributed to him the
saying " First be sure you're right then go ahead." The
telegraph, lor, brevity and to save expense, taking it for
gi anted that it would be understood, may have omitted
the .word . South. The ordinance, as printed in the
Charleston papers, dcyiof. "
A correspondent, sending us a marriage notice,
says : "- States may go out of the Uaiori, bat men and
women will go in. The Lord have mercy on both 'par
ties." "
The State to bs Abmed 1 Mr. Er win's bill appro
priating $300,000 for the purchase of arms and muni
tions of war, passed the Senate on Tuesday, bj a vote 0
13 aei to coca,
rnk. r.tltnre of Hortto Carolina.
The $300,000 appropriation for arms, etc., passed the
Senate on Tuesday, an rmendment offered by Mr. Bled
soe, making the sum $1,000,000, was not adopted.
Mr. Barringer of Cabarrus, presented the resolutions
of a meetin? held in that county. The resolutions re
gard dissolution as inevitable. Mr. Barringer said that
Cabarrus was a unit for sufficient guarantees or prompt
dissolution.
Mr. Brown replied to Mr. Barringer.
In the House on Tuesday, Mr. Person from the Ja
diciary Committee reported favorably on the bill con
cerning County Courts in Columbus.
The bill for armir.g the State passed its first and
second reading ; an attempt to suspend the rules so as
to put it on its third and final reading, failed of getting
the requisite two-thirds.
In the Setate on Wednesday, Mr. Thomas, from the
committee on internal improvements, reported the bill
for the completion of the Wilmington, Charlottee &
Rutherford Railroad, recommending its passage, with
amendments.
A letter from the Governor, with report of the Deep
River Commissioners, was received in both Houses.
Amoug other resolutions introduced van one by Mr.
Hall, of New Hanover, to the effect that if by the 4th
of March there was not an entire reaction in the North
ern minds, and guarantees given, it was the duty cf
North Carolina to leave the Union. Mr. Hall ad
dressed the Senate ably and at length in support of his
resolution.
Mr. Brown replied to Mr. Hall, and tha debate was
participated in by Mr. Eure and others against the reso
lution, and by Mr. Thoraa3 of Jackson, Mr. Taj lor of
Brunswick, and others in its favor.
In the House on Wednesday little wa3 done. A
Joint Committee of the Senate and House was appoint
ed to receive the Commissioners from Alabama and
Mississippi.
Yesterday (Thursday,) both house's adjourned ur.til
7ht January, 1861. V e) hud the pleasure ot meeting
Mr. Shaw, of New Hanover, who got down tnis morn
ing, looking remarkably well.
The Palmetto Flag In Cubun Watei I.
A correspondent of the Cuban Messenger writing
from Matanzas under date of the 14th inst , says tbat
one of the vessels in that bay displayed a few yards of
bunting which then composed but a fanciful combina
tion of various colored stuffs ; and which when the New
rear bursts upon us may flutter in the winds of heaven
the defiant banner of a proud and wealthy nation.
The correspondent speculates upon the fate of the new
emblem, which may hereafter be a worthies3 rag or per
haps its gay folds may be, some day, the tattered and
gory shroud that shall wrap and honor the corps of one
who has " deserved well of the Republic !" The corres
pondent adds : " If it is ever officially raised, may that
banner be sustained and unsubdued ; but let us still
hope that it may be only of value in future times to
some collector of antiquarian trifles, as a relic of the
days " before the Union was cotsolidated 1?'
The flig is now officially displayed. Its fate is a
thing of the future. Of the future who can speak with
certainty ?
Thk Firixg. We neglected to notice as an incident
of the firing on Friday that Captain Powell, of the
Schooner Alba, fired gun for gun in response to those
of the Minute Men, and in recognition of the same event.
Also that the number of guns fired on the other side
of the river was 101, the extra gun being in honor of
Senator Wigfall, of Texas, whose advanced position has
made him the target for almost unmeasured and unmiti
gated abeiP'J on the part of the more ultra opponents of
bis views and of the iuterests of the South generally.
Thi3 last gun was loaded and fired by B. W. Berry,
Esq , in token of his approval of Senator Wigfall 8
course.
In regard to the hoisting of the flags too, we are in
formed by those who made enquiry, that they were gen
erally hoisted out of respect to the demonstration. We
do not say, of concurrence with secession views, for of
that we have no knowledge.
Resignation of Commodore Kearney. Commo
dore Kearne y, the second on the Active List of the Na
vy, has addressed the followfng letter to the President :
Terth Amboy. New Jersey, Dec. 21, 1SG0.
Blr : It is with deep rejrret that I find myself so Bituated.
professionally, as to request to be placed upon the Reserved
LiBt 01 the Navy, or otherwise to teDder my resienat:oo of
the comruinsiou I hold as Captain.
1 am very rcppectlully, hir.
Your obedient servant,
LAWRENCE KEARNY.
To lion. James Buchanan, President of the U. States.
The Journal of Commerce says that this resignation
or request to be placed on the retired list arises from a
reluctance on the part of Commodore Kearny to take a
hostile position against the Southern people, which, in
the present disturbed position of the country he might
be required to do, if not under the present administra
tion, at least under that of its successor. He had
served on the Southern coast in the war of 1812 '15,
and has been long intimate with the Southern people.
Last evening about 6 o'clock, the Dwelling house at
Mr. Jere J. King's plantation, " Lovegrove," was burn
ed down. No one bad been livinff there for some time!
and no doubt it wa3 set on fire. A few articles that
were in the house were saved. Los3 about $600 or
$800. Daily Journal of yesterday.
Sent Away. Captain Horton, of the schooner
Charles Dennis, was ordered to leave the port of Char
leston on Thursday by the Vigilance Committee.
Ibis person admitted, m the course of his examina
tion before the Committee, that he had avowed himself
Black Republican, and it was proved that he had
made use of expressions of a hostile and dangerou? na
ture.
The Committee gave him two hours to leave, but the
gentleman made all haste to get away from the hateful
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metropolis, ana in iweniy minutes was neading his craft
for the wide sea. Charleston Courier, Dec. 2Ut.
The vessel above referred to came here on Saturday
when she was stopped before getting up to town, Cap
tain Horton and crew promptly transferred to a vessel
bound to New York, and a new Captain and crew
placed on board the Deanis.
. For the Journal.
Balkiqh, Thursday, Dec. 20th, I860.
Editors Journal: There was quite an interesting timA
in the Senate on yesterday. The occasion was the consider
ation of a resolution introduced by the Senator from New
nanover, an w. nan, Jeq. 1 he debate was an able one
and participated in by Messrs. Hall, Taylor, of Brunawick,
and Ihoma8, of Jackson, on the one side, and Messrs.
Drnwu aim t-uarpe uu lliu otner.
It was the first effort of Mr. Hall in the Senate. He can
vassed the whole subject of our federal relations, and his
speech was characterized throughout with great ability and
eloquence. We have had many able speeches during the
E resent session upon the Bame subject, but this effort of Mr
all is among the very best ; it is hoped that he will yield
to many solicitations to furnish it for publication. Mr. Hall
was not among that class who were disunioniBts'per s'e. nor
even yet a secessionist, but he was at the same time on
posed to this . " watching and waiting "policy. He was for
a united North Carolina and a united South : he was for a
Convention of the people of :the State and. for placiwr our
State m a position of complete defence. I had the pleasure
of seeing Messrs. James A. Wright And R. H. Cowan from
your town m bur city; - .
; The Commissionera from the State of Alabama were duly
and formally received by both Houses of the General Assem
bly to-day at 12 o'clock. Mr. Garrett, cn behalf of the
Commissioners, read a communication from the Legislature
of Alabama to his Excellence and th mWnt. t
It has been ordered to be printed i The Senate hat granted
general leave of absence to .Senators until the 7th day of
January. v -v, ,v , . y .A ETTOL.
Death or a Naval Constructor;-Boston; Dec." 19.
Constructor' Samuel Hart, of the U. 8. naw 'ntmeet? 00 -the 28tb- -.Secession is in the ."ascendant.
late Chiet Ot the construction hnrpjm ZaoA ot ou-
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last night ' -v, - , , V ' ,
Resignation ,: .-
York, Dec: 22. Com.'-fCpArniM o,
Nkw
senior officer in the U. S. navy, has resigned his com
inissios. Hi it a nati?9 and resident of New Jersey
BY TELEGRAPH.
COKGRSSS. "
Washington, December 20. j
Skxati. Yesterday Mr. Johnson of rencesee, madej
a powerful speech against the right of secession, in which
he favored coercion.
Gen. Laae defended the South ; said the Republicans
have defeated the Democrats of the North on the battle
field before invading the South.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 2ist, 1860.
In the Senate yesterday Mr. Pogb made a powerful
and affecting speech against coercion.
A Committee of thirteen was appointed ou Mr. Pow
ell's resolutions.
The House passed the Pacific Rail Road bill, and ad
journed over to Monday next
CHARLESTON CONVENTION.
SECESSION ORDINANCE PASSED.
Charleston, S. C, Dec. 21, 1860.
The Convention passed the ordinance of secession yes
terday afternoon, at fifteen minutes afte r one o'clock,
unanimously, as follows :
We, the people of the State of &uth Carolina, in
Convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is
hereby declared and ordained, that the Ordinance adopt
ed by us in Convention on the twenty-third day of May,
in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eigut,
rohprehv the Constitution of the United States of
America was ratified, and all acts of the General As
sembly of this State, ratifying Amendments of said
Constitution, are hereby REPEALED; and that
the Union now subsisting between South Carolina
and the other States, ut.der the name of the United
States of America, is hereby DISSOLVED.
The signing of the enactments was to take place at
six o'clock last evening.
There was great excitement ; salutes fired, display
ing of flags, parades, &c, &c, on the announcement of
the result of the deliberations of the Convention.
LATEST FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
Charleston, S. C, Dec. 22d, 1860.
Es-Governor Adams, with Messrs. Orr and Barn
well, have been elected Commissioners to treat with the
Government at Washington.
Yesterday, the Convention debated the commercial,
revenue and postal ordinances. Last night there was
a grand torch-light procession of several thousand Min
ute Men. The City is alive with excitement.
Hon. Caleb Cushiug was here and spent a few hours,
and then returned to Washington. Subject of his mis
sion unknown.
The following Citiis have celebrated Secession : Mo
bile, New Orleans, Pensacola, Montgomery, Norfolk.
Natchez.
Charleston, S. C, Dec. 24thj 1860.
The Commissioners started for Washington this mor
ning. A company, eighty men stroDg. arrived yesterday
from Savannah for the purpose of tendering their sei vi
ces to the Governor in case of emergency. They mus
ter under the name of Minute Men, or Sons of the
South.
VP. OM CHARLESTON.
Charleston, S. C, Dec. 26th, 1860.
It has been stated in Convention that South Carolina
has no league or compact with any European govern
ment. The Convention debated and carried a proposition
formally to notify the other States of the withdrawal of
South Carolina. A resolution was adopted to send
Commissioners to each of the slaveholding States, ask
ing their co-operation by general Convention.
MISSISSIPPI FOR SECESSION.
Jackson, Miss., Dec. 22, 1SG0.
The election for the Convention on Wednesday, re
suited in a large majority of delegates in favor of imme
diate and separate secession.
GOV. HICKS FOR UNION.
Baltimore, December 22.
Governor Hicks te'l3 the Commissioner from Missis
sippi that Maryland is the greatest sufferer from North
ern depredations, but prefers to exhaust all means before
seceding. He is corresponding with the border States
and will be guided by their action in regard to calling
together the Legislature. The whole reply is couched
in friendly but emphatic language.
PUBLIC MEETING IN NORFOLK.
Norfolk, Ya., Dec. 21, 1860.
There was a great meeting held here last night.
Resolutions were passed which recommended National
Cl L A a! m
oiaie conventions ; opposing coercior, iavonng arm
ing the otate, arid against re-opemrg the African
slave trade.
LAWRENCE'S HOTEL BURST.
Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 21.
Lawrence's Hutei in this city was consumed by fire
early this morning. It i& believed to have been acci
dental.
EXCITEMENT I WASHINGTON TREMENDOUS
DEFALCATION.
Washington, Dec. 24th, 1860.
The city was much exeited yesterday by rumors from
the South, and by the knowledge that an extraordinary
investigation going on at the Department of the Interi
or by several Cabinet officers, legal advisers and police,
had finally disclosed that Godard Bailey, clerk in that
Department, had abstracted and disposed of eiht hun
dred and thirty thousand dollars in State bonds belong
ing to the Indian Trust Fund under his charge. Bailev
is said to have informed on himself. He is now in jail
awaiting further examination.
On Saturday in the Senate Committee of thirteen,
every proposition was voted down by the Republicans,
who have now assumed a position of determined oppo
sition to any concession or compromise. ; '
EXCITEMENT AT PITTSBURG.
Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 26, 1860.
Intense excitement prevailed here on the 24th in conse
quence of ita being made public that U. S. Quarter
Master Taliaferro was negotiating for the shipment
from Alleghany Arsenal of. 78 guns to Newport, near
Galveston Island, Texas, and 46 to Ship Island, near the
Belize, at Mouth of the Mississippi. These are new
forts, never yet mounted. The , guns are ten inch Co
lumbiads down to 32 pounders.
Leading Democrats telegraphed . to countermand the
orders, saying that the people would not allow the guns
to be removed. - " - - , ;
. There is a call in circulation addressed to the Mayor,
to convene a meeting of citizens. The feeling against
allowing the guns to be removed South, is almost unan
imous. ; '
It is reported that muskets, shells, balls and I 'cavalry
accoutrements have already been shipped. 1 ;i j.? " . v -
BV-raOMWASIHAGTONV
: : ' J Washington, D. C., Dec. 26tb, I860.
, Yesterday was very quiet. Bailey, the defaulting.cierk
was nailed in the sum of three thousand dollars. Russell
Mail Contractor, who got the bonds from Bailey,") failed
to be ready for'trial." Bail tothe amount bf half a million
required. There are rumors that there will :- be otberar
TEXAS FOR SECESSION. ' ;
- - - New Orleans? Decl 26.
Gov. Houston convenes the Legislature'of Texas 'on
the 2 1st of January ; the ; Convention' of the people
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L LATER FROIIX EUROPE.
- .n" ' St. JoaK's, NF.;Decl 22,1860.
The steamship Pulton arrived off Cape Race Tester
day evening j from Southampton, with dates to the 12th
inst. " " " ' i : 1 - '"
- -. ' 'a ' ' ' ' c- " rt , .
.-Tto Liverpool Cotton market wbj generally ur
changed. The sales on MomiTTlIT
18.000 bales. 5 lour has advan , , aer
Id. to 3d. Corn advanced 6d. Proviso dN
no quotations given. Consols closed at 09 16 ifA
The City of Baltimore had arrived out & 92
The Fulton brings $000,000 in specip ' lT
news is unimportant. Jer ge
The City of Manchester offc
St. Johns, Dec. 24 The steamship9?6"'
Chester, from Liverpool on the 12th, via 0 '
the 13th, passed off Cape Race this mft . "?CCD5too o
1 ne ionaon 1 lmes censurea the attit 1 ' '
Carolina, but admits that the Southern s, ' 4
gome rights to contend for ; namely T,rU , h '
Liverpool, Dec. 13a
Rosin dull. Common 4.4. 9d a 4. iq ' 1 -0.
Mkspbs. Editors : We ail admit that m J''nn'
imminent peril. One of the State3 U ahciiM Coo,ltfv i. l
bas not already formally seceded. The Pi , Sefi' J
President e'ect has declared that in his ni ! a HaMi!
trfton . .qnd Rhnnld h Tint. W v... , ,JPiJ!) s, L ."ct
gaiion by force of arms of any secedintr
North Carolina da ? is the question in everv ?'
II. . . Wnf in . . ..... . - 1 ' : I d
e may ctcuc, uui to 10 nisi an ltncort'int
ganize ana arm toe mmtia. ive pp0i!e Z vmiy to
mi
People,
policy. The Senate (all tbaiik8 Civen aT'rff H
BiRhta Representative) has responded by tu lta SW
bill appropriating three hundred thousand rfofi
effect to this policy. A Rood deed. w.i, T 8 to it!
House will do the same
i when it can rea,H Tb
uearuiy appiaua me euDcuuent oi tins T):itrut: ";! 1
... 1 1 .. . It
ish speeches, notices for amendments cot ies f ,
sumed one days session. A similar raode if M,r c
evinced on yesterday in the- t-enate. Wpstvi'03"'1'0
or reliable principle in this opposition 1 The ui ?0,,i
on its passage through the Benate " bein- 47 jn .?f1!eTst!
3 against it," shews that there was nonef 11 vwti
How can Legislators who thus strive to inc'te n
ing on snch an important measure ssand he'ore tv- 7fe!i
nents. I do not condemn any man for beiu? aRi'1'
ist. He may be honest and conscientious h h;mi- ,!
wwr n K.ttflli C1 V, 11 T t f Q I T m -11. ..,1 ...
the danger of forming a new government. A'difr '
opinion on this point can be tolerated wiihoutanvM90' "
upon the honor or patriotism of any one. P. t Y C!!
.i . j e e : : : . Ulan to
cSecf
is net
and Pj
with the giving of arms to our people to Wn,i . J n,ct
honor and integrity of their State, but thpir i.m . . f
11 . 1 .
sides. Abolition emissaries are amonsus bri.,iir
eonvertioe our haDDV family healths intn ?; sc
suspicions, yet we find men so beguiled by their mp r
as to drag partyism into a debate on this suMect
people of onr ttate could be furnished with a fnii '!
r: .... . cj .. .. i
Tuesday's debate m the Senate, and Monde's in ii.. t,
of Commons, my word for it, the submission orator,'!
be held to a strict reckoning. WJM
rio lQtK lfiO 4.
Correspondence cf the Jovm!
- NkwYork, Dec. 2o w
Messrs. Editors : Why don't North Carolina ak'
Is she going to sleep on until all her sizars cf the SjaV
out of the Union ? That man who cannot rmw seetlatth
is no hope for the South in the Union, is totally b'ind
Those patriotic men of the North who have always st.'ict"
manfully for the rights of the South, are now iiWuir
course (though they do not so intend it) calculated tow
firm, fast and forever, the chains which have heeniw -','
uiuu iuc uuui.ii. j.iicjr oic uuiuiLjj uuillll UlcCUUgS i'
ing upon the Sooth to hold on wait; do not secede
wait until a revolution is eflected in public sentiment heV
Now, Messrs. Editors, my own opinion i, that if the to
waits in this Union, until a rsvohition in the feutimenu
Northern fanaticism is brought about, t-be will wat
doomsday. And it seems to me that this out ht to be ar
stead of advising the South to wait, they should "say to It't
Go to work at once and absolve yourself from a lailsti
to a Government which is son to be ruled by A'-tim
Fanaticism this ia the only hope for you; Weare oi
friends, but we are powerless and carm.t help cu.
Talk about a revolution in the public sentiment rf i
North being brought about within the next six or tmr.
month ! Suh reasoning, it seems to me, is perfectlvWit
cious. Thirty-five long years of hard wok, with En abun
dant material of men and money, have been expeniel in
building up this public sentiment. It is deq Oenpsemi.
The fauntics as firmly believe that their fauaticim Mi
as the worshippers of Mohammed believe that the K na is
right. Let the Southern States secede from the lm
"ichileit is yet day" form a Southern Coiffneracvat:
preserve their liberty ; and, if in the ccure of ilar, i"
years to come, the patriotic and liberty-loviig men rii'tbe
North can expel from their midit this rank and fml fanati
cism, then the two sections can unite and establish a Una
that will be worth preserving to the last agci.
When I saw you last, I was under the impression that i!
the election could be held over again, Lincoln would h. de
feated ; but since I returned to this citj-, that imytesioj
has been entirely removed.
This blow falls heavily upon the noble city ot SewTctt
which has always shown herself to be tins in defending the
rights of the South under the Constitution ; and the South. I
doubt not, will always hold in grateful reniembrace, til
patriotic citizens of this Metropolis, who have so mafailj
battled for her rights.
The Black Republicans threaten to coerce any seee&
States ; but let me say to you, that there is a mutierbg here
which is deep and strong ; its smothered tones are oniy is
beginning to be heard ; but let an attempt be made tows
Abolition troops to eubjugate the South, ami it will be hurl
in tones of thunder. Whenever they marshal their forces
to make war upon the South, they will hud " a foe trorfij
cf their steel " at their own doors. The patriotic, l;be;tj
loving sons of the North will never fold their arms quietly,
and allow an army of Abolition fanatics to make a deceit
upon the law-abiding citizens of the South. C
For the JonnaL '
Union Meeting Isi Colnmbus County.
Upon short notice, about eighty citizens of tiir, comi
ty met in vVhiteville on the 15th instant, when Eobtrt
M. McRackan, Esq., was called to the Chair, bat fc
consequence of bad weather, the meeting adj'jurnt-d to
the 2 1st inst, when over two hundred and fifty persca.
Whigs as well as Democrats, met in the Court lima
and were called to order by the Chairman, who exfM
ed the object of the meeting. Mr. Wright Lcnaonol
A. J. Troy, Esq., were requested to act as Stcretar;a
13y rcqnest, the Rev. Ilaynes Lonnon opened the k '
ing with prayer.
On motion of Col. J. Maultsby, a committee ofsra
members was selected by the Chairman to prepare rc
lutioos expressive ot the opinions of the meeting. 1
Chairman appointed the following persons on saiu cc&
mittee : Col. J. II. Stephens, J. A. Maultsby. W
E. Marlow, Zaccariah Wright, Jo'in W. Gore,
Thomas Barefoot, who retired. Du-ing their absii
Mr. John Meares was called out, aDU made a good
patriotic appeal to his fellow-men in favor of the L nion-
At the close
tions returned
resolutions, which were singly
with but two dissenting :
Whereas, Our fathers, with a sense of practical ess
ence, (for our future national protection and profj e iv
in their wisdom drafted a constitution and form ot g
ment which, for upwards of seventy years, have wen
tion'a boast and the world's admiration : Therefore bj.
Resolved, 1st. That we regard the U ion of w
when preserved in its fairness and equality, by a p
servance of all the guarantees of the Constitution, ss
estimable blessing, and the best fori' of Ser. j,e i
world has ever seen ; and, therefore, we h;la u 1 j
high and solemn duty, incumbent on every .clMzeD'rt a
haust every effort for its preservation consisted
safety and honor. -r:i'
2d. That whila we acknowledge and feel the pre--of
affairs to be in the highest degree threatening
gerous to our rights and our security, we are w , ,
uujjc uiai jji uucuce, ujuuciauuj uuu i " nreitO
mediate and separate secession on the part ot
jh C:
Una. , 'rnoftf'
3d. That we approve of President Bucbinas s p.-
conciliation of the difficulties existing betweD
and the people of the North and t?outb. 0f Got
4th. That we entirely disapprove of the mes.afc ....
Fllia In t,a T x!3Ui...a an as it : fstVOK sett"11
anion.
c.u mv.i.i .1 aotlnc hC forW3r'
our Senators and Representatives in r Ub id before
Congress of the United States, to be by them
their bodies.
Before the final adoption of the ret?o1 . i'et"'
members, to wit : J. A. Maultsby, J. H- B, fJ'tie
Powell, J. W.Owen, and J. W. Gr8 a?ul!f tfert
meetine. and the Chairman read, with force a
ou. ludiue proceedings vi ima . uaU'e
the great speech of Hon. A. II. Stephens, oi
Un motion, the proceeding? ol the mui,
dered to be sent to the editor of the ViloiW
aid, Wilmington Journal, and BaMgh Standi
the request that they publish the same.
The meeting then adjourned sine d.e. . ,3.
R. M.McRACKACt-3
Weight Lennon,
Secretaries.
A.J. Trot,
Editors Journal.
. . . j rreei
A Aoneofr.il nnattnn "vf (In MtsTpnS C'f 13'"'
precinct, (Duplin county,) having solicited jir.
J. Houston, to deliver an address at Island i tti
ter Ground, upon the'present political t0 tie
country, and he having signified bis Ulf " ffili
same, notice is hereby given, that Mr. Iloj tfe
at the above named place on Saturday, Mv of p
hope to see a large portion of the good citiz
plin and New Hanover counties present.
Herald please copy.
-The Alabama Navt. The Mobile Trjj,
that Captain g. S. Taylor has ri gged oat a
mounted two heavy guns, and taken on boaw
active, well drilled sea rovers, with whicn ne
defend the Alabama coast.
recK'.ess ana unpriccipiea opposition msde to . "the
In the Senate it was fought inch by inch. Ever"1
ble manoeuvre was resorted to, to defet'i i y c"rt'ia
of his remarks, the committee iu
, and reported the following preamble m
and collectively amy
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