popular will they are ready to make the disruption
of the Union, the overthrow of the constitution,
secession, revolution and anarchy the condition of
their expulsion. Its rule has been marked by an
intolerance and tyranny towards its adversaries
which is without a parallel in the history of the
world; party int^erests liave suporst*di-d public in
terests; their I’residonts, niiniiiidful ot official
trusts, have conductod the govt'nnuent as a party
job; their Senators and Rt'pri‘si'nt;uives discuss
resolutions and enact laws I’or party ends; con
tracts intended for the public good have been
fraudulently lot at extravai'ant prices to corrupt I
partisans as rewards for party services; black mail
has been habitually levied, under high executive
sanctions, upon official dependents for election
purposes, and the patronaire of the government
brought openly into confliet with the Iroedom of
elections in the States.
That a party of which these things are estab
lished characteristics should conie to disgrace and
fall to ruin, can furnish matter of surprise t^) no
one; that it htus held tA)getlier so long and tri
umphed in its excesses, is a j>olitical phcnt>menon
only to be explained by the influence which party-
ties and party-names exert over our people, who
too implicitly rely upon information from those
interested to deceive them.
FOR THE OHSEKVKR.
Pursuant to previous notice, a meeting of the
citizens of Samp.son County, irrespective of party,
was held in the Court House in Clinton, on Tues
day the 20th inst., consider the best policy to
be pursued in view of the present threatening as
pect of affairs ot our country. The meeting was
very large, the Court House being filled, and
densely crowded by citizens from every portion of
the county, and the deepest interest pervaded the
whole assemblage.
On motion of l>r. Thomas Bunting, Dr. Henry
A. liizzell was called to the Chair, and on further
motion of (.)liver M. Matthis, Ksq., Uuncan
Devane and Thoni:is H. Holmes were appointed
Secretaries.
The meeting being thus organized, on motion
of Amina H. Chesnutt, Ksij., it was unanimously
agreed that it be opened with prayi?r, whereupon
the Chairman called upon the Rev. li. F. Marable,
who responded must pntriotivaUy, in the follow
ing manner:
Almighty God, our Creator, preserver and Kedeenier:
we esteem it a privilege to bow in thy presence, and ac
knowledge our dependence on thee. Help us, oiirHeaven-
ly Father, to feel duly sensible of this dependence: and
impress us, we ifevot^ly beseech thee, with a sense of
thy mercy Thou hast provided for our personal safety,
both temporal and spiritual; in this would we acknow
ledge thy unmerited favor. Amidst varied Jind threat
ening scenes, thou hast preserved our Niitioual peace.
The history of our loved conmry is but the record of
thy merciful interpositions; thy hand, oh God. has sus
tained us: thy right hand, has upheld us. In view of
thy mercyt hu s displayed, help us as patriots and chris
tians, to return devout and unfeigned thanks.
But, our Heavenly F.ather, the National peace in
which we have so long rejoiced, is now disturbed; and
before Thee, in this emergency, would we place our
cause. We humbly confess, that as a nation, we have
sinned, and because of sin, we have merited thy dis
pleasure, yea. abandonment. But oh. our Father in
Heaven, trusting in th« mercy of God our Saviour, and
his prc«ious promises, we humbly a«k forgiveness. For
the sake of thine own Son, still vouchsafe unto us thy
guidance. Oh, God, bless our cotintry, the country of
thy strvants. our fathers: protect her domestic, social
and civil interests. May divine power and wisdom di
rect the conflicting elements which disturb our land,
and make them subserve the interest of our country, and
the glory of thy Holy name.
Especially, Uh God.’ do we invoke thy presence on
this oocasion. .May thy servants liere a'^sentbled act in
the fear of God! May ihy Holy Spirit control their
hearts and direct their minds! Uh! grant that this
bles«(i#d influence may sanctify the proceedings of this
meeting! May its results promo:e the interests of our
Country, and the glory of God, the Father, Son and
Holy ^bost. World without end. .\men.
The Chairman then explained the object of the
meeting in a very feeling and patriotic speech,
after which on motion of Rev. Julian P. Faison,
a committee of twenty-two, to be composed of per
sons from each captain’s district in the county,
ware appointed to prepare business for the action
of the meeting. The following gentlemen consti
tuted said committee, viz;
Kilba Lassiter, David (Jodwin, l>avid A. Hiz-
zell, J. H. Cox, Jr., John C. AVilliams, J. U.
Maxwell, Owen Owens, Thomas Hullard, Joseph
Herring, Bluman H. Grumpier, Miles P. Owen,
laaac C. Wright, James P. Treadwell, A. M.
ttlackburn, P. Murphy, Richard Parish, E. F.
Shaw, F. li. .^lillard, Thomas Ashford, R. J.
liell, M. J. P'alson, B. M. Herring, \V. W. Sil
lers, Amma B. Chesnutt, Richard C. Holmes and
Thomas Bunting.
The Committee then retired, and during it^
ab.sence the meeting was entertained by speeches
from William S. Devane and Hardy h. llolmos,
Ksqs., who responded to the loud calls respective
ly made upon them, in eloiuent and patriotic
speeches.
Mr. Devane gave a graphic account of the ag
gressions already made by the North upon the
rights of the South, enumerating many instances
of direct violation of the Constitution by Northern
States, and urging the necessity of the speedy
adoption of means to protect our rights. He was
often and enthusiastically applauded.
Mr. Holmes addressed the meeting in his hap
piest style, appealing to them most earnestly as
North Carolinians to stand by their State, and
maintain the rights of her citizens, telling them
that if there was a single man in that vast assem
blage who was unwilling to stand by North Caro
lina and acknowledge his allegiance to her, he wa.'^
unworthy even of a grave in her white sands or
under her green-topped pines, and should leave
and go beyond Mason’s and !)ixon’s line. The
speech was a calm, conservative nnd logical argu
ment upon the condition of political affairs, and
was most enthusiastically rec*;ived by the lart^e
and attentive audience.
Upon the conclusion of Mr. Holmes’s speech,
the Committee, through their chairman, P. Mur-
P^*yi iisq., submitted the following preamblo and
resolutions, which were unanimously adopted, af
ter being read and vi>ted upon separately:
W*KRKAs, the uncertain condition of our civil affairs,
threateninj' alike the liberty of our citizens and the le-
•truction of our property, in our opinion, calls for prompt
•ction on the part of the citizens of North Carolina:
And deeming thiii a yiropir time for a fair expression of
our rights, we maintain tliat Nortli (Jarolina, in common,
with the thirteen independent colonies. cntcr*;d into a
compact for mutual protection and defenoe—reserving
to themselven the absolute right to control, eacli for
herself, her domestic institutions; that in violation of
the compact, many of our sister States have refused to
protect the property of the Southern States, and have
passed laws by (heir State Legislatures contrary to the
Constitution, and nullifying the law passed by Congress
for the protection of the property of many of the States;
that the citizens of a part of the Slates have been, and
we have every reason to believe, are still making every
•ffort, by all the means in their power, to incite our
■laves to rebellion and murder: that citizens of the
Soa^ern Slates in pursuit of their property, have been
mur«iered, and the soil of a sovereign State stained with
the blood of her citizens attempting to defend them
selves and property from the invasion of an armed band
from States belonging to the same government with our
selves; that all this and more has been done against the
earnest protestation of the Southern States; that aeain.st
our solemn protest they have elected a President whose
whole course of conduct and expression of opinion have
been and are at war with the nearest and dearest rights
of the Southern people; that as an example of their
opinions, aims and purposes, he and his supporters have
enUorsed the sentimensts, and centributed freely by
money and labor to the circulation of an infamous pub
lication, the designs of which, if carried out, would set
B “laves as blood-hounds upon the white race of the
Southern States; that we have borne all this for our
until “"‘I Constitution,
waill we believe the Lmon and Cooetitutioa have b««u
penrerted to means of oppression by designing men, and
no longer metes out to each State equality and justice.
Therefore.
Resolved, 1st. That we believe in State Sovereigr.ty,
and that any Sovereign State has the right to secude
from a confederated government, whenever a majority
of her citizens, in convention, sliall hold that, there has
been a violation of tlie national compact.
Resolved, J!d, That we instruct our Representatives
in both hoii.ses of the General .\ssend>ly. to urge the
call as soon .-is practicable of a Slate (,'onvention, to de
liberate as to what course the Slate should pursue in
her present position of il.nnger.
Resolved, ISd, That we instruct our Representatives
in both houses of tlie General Asseti’bly, to urge the
early consideration and adoption of all necessary re
forms in the militia system, .and the imm 'diale appro
priation of a sum sullicient to arm every free white man
in the Slate.
Resolved, 4th, That the Legi.slature be requested to
prtss laws taxing tlie niftuiiluctures of the Nortliern
States, so as to amount to a prohil)ition of iheir intro
duction, against tlie Sl.'ites tlial ilisrejcard the rights of
the ciiizeiis of Ihis St:ile in their slaves
Resolved. 5th. Tliat we recommend that eacti cap
tain’s district of this county appoint a committee of
vigilatice, and form Companies of minute men.
After the adoption of the resolutions, on mo
tion, it was unanimously resolved, that the pro
ceedings of this meeting bo published in all the pa
pers of this Congressional district, and that the
Secretaries bo re«i nested to forward a copy of the
preamble and resolutions to each of the members
of the Legislature from Sampson County, with
the retjuest that they lay the same before the
General Assembly of the State, and also forward
a copy to the Governor of North Carolina.
On motion, the thanks of the meeting, were
tendered to the Chairman and Secretaries, and
after the benediction pronounced by the Rev. B.
F. Marable, it adjourned.
HKNRY A. BIZZKLL, Chm’n.
Di'ncan j. Devane, 1 . .
11 11 , ^ecretarles.
TllOtJ. 11. HttL.MES, I
FOll TUK OBSERVKK.
What )s the best policy for the Southern States
in the present ajitated state of the Xatian?
Messrs. Kditors: The above ijuestion is t>ne of
momentous consequence, a .safe answer to which
'can only be the icvll dii/( Ktei product of the calm
and deliberate mind and conservative statesman’s
head.
\ arious notions naturally force themselves up
on our minds in our present distracted state, from
which we are naturally liable to draw improper
and erroneous conclusions. Various opinions are
expres.ed in every group and crowd, wherever
and whenever assembled, from which we are
aqiially liable to form un.safe and premature con
clusions.
On the one hand it is contended that the time
has now arrived when we as the Southern portion
of the Confederacy should secede forthwith and
form a Southern (’onfederacy. On th^ other
hand it is contended that Mr. Lincoln’s election
is not a sufficient reason to justify such a hasty,
unwise, unpolitic, hazardous and inconsiderate
move; but tj hold on, and await with patience,
until Mr. Lincoln shall commit some overt act,
and then act in concert all t«>gether.
Now making no pretensions to statesmanship,
or setting up in any wise to be a guide for any
one in these perilou.'^ times, at the same time, 1
may be pardoned for remarking, 1st, that my
sober and honest convictions, are, that the time
has now arrived, most surely, when this matter of
Slavery which has for jears beset our peace both
in our (’ongre.'^sional halls, and out of them, must
he si'ttfed.
'Jd, That neither tnove to which allusion has
been made, (with all due deference to the wi.-
doni and good intentions of their votaries for ttiir
welfare, security, and proiperity,) is the one luo^t
politic, and best calculated to show our conserva
tism and desire for the perpetuity of the Union,
and at the same time vindicate our rights by
placing around them a safe-guard tor all future
protection. Whilst on the one hand, I favi»r not
the strict seces.ionist, on the other hand, I would
disclaim the submi>isionist. Now whilst I believe
and hold, that Mr. Lincoln’s election, Ixjitimatelj/,
is not a sufficient cause for such a rtuh and un-
irise course as immediate secession, yet, abstrac
tively considered, 1 do most assuredly hold and
believe, it being a *f'-tioual triumph—he bi iinj
'lertfd by a party upon known, atuirul, and es-
pressfd Mrtiunal s nUments, thu.'^ placing us upon
unsafe ground, precipitating us into a crisis of
which we have been irarntd by the father of the
country to bcwure, to-wit, i/r,jjrnjihicu/ lines, and
stetional alliances of any one part, to the injury
of the other; thus defeating most sur«ly the very
intention and design of a i’resident, whose admin
istration is to extend over the whole body, im
partially awarding to each and- all of the States,
e,pial riyhfs and > qual pricilejvs guaranteed to
them by the Const it ntion; tnat it would not be
the most wise and politic for us to calmly submit,
and await until Mr. l.iincoln Khali have committed
some overt act. Neither do I believe it would
be most politic and safe for us, whilst awaiting
for the commission of this overt act, simply and
alone to refjuire a repeal of the unconstitutional
laws already past, and the strict enforcement of
the laws alresdy existing, by him. Whilst this
would be sufficient for our protection, by one not
sectional, 1 contend it is not sufficient by one who
in sectional.
The above suggestions then, I hold to be cor
rect from tha following considerations—1st, Mr.
Lincoln will not be so blind as to attempt to com
mit any “overt act,” knoicintj his iu^potcnt con
dition, being held in check by Congress.
Idd, His impotent condition, being thus held in
check, will be a sufficient panacea to allay any pre
judices to him, by di.sappointed politicians and
ignorant masses, and thus cause them to redouble
their energy and enthusiasm in the cause they have
espoused, to attain the remaining strength for
which they will aim, to-wit; Congress; and here
goes the foundation of the hope of many of our
friends, that his administration will destroy the
black republican party. Who with one prospective
eye only, and that nearly destitute of sight, can
not see the perject absurdity of such a thought?
3d, Such a course would at best only allay and
smother up, momentarily, that which will as cer
tainly arise with renewed vigor, and distract us
again, as the time of another Congressional and
Presitlential election ever in our history arrives;
for who can believe that the party who have made
such a sectional triumph in the election of Presi
dent, will not, two years hence, make equally as
successful a triumph in the election of members
of Congress. And if so, all are now ready to .say,
then secede. I hold then, our condition, suspend
ed upon such a cour.se, would be only a question
of few days ot time.
4th, \V"ho can believe that Mr. Lincoln and
his party will not be shrewd and keen enough
to grant any demand we make of them to repeal
any unconstitutional law they have enacted, if
that will suffice us? And why? Because they
now find that the South is going to make that the
ground of secession; and if their design is to carry
out, what we are forced to believe they intend to
carry out, they will gladly heal momentarily tht
breach, so as to put themselves in a condition in
which we cannot accede on that ground, until
they obtain not only the President, but both
houses or branches of Congress.
5th, The repeal of those unconstitutional laws
and an agreement to enforce the supreme laws ot
the government now existing, would amount to
nothing more, as far as our future security and
protection is concerned, than a nullity; as such
are subject to any changes they see proper to
muke, when they att«iA o«rt«n atrwigth.
Having then raised objections to the bitter
secessionist on the one hand, and the calm submis-
sionist on the other, I will now submit as an hum
ble citizen ray views of what course 1 think most
wise, most politic, most conservative, tnd to which,
unless the design of the northern portion of the
Confederacy is to proscribe our rights, they can
not object. ... II
I prop'se then, that our State liCgislature call,
as soon as practicable, a Convention of the border
States,and all others who will, toa.ssemble, and pro
pose to the Northcn |M>rlion as a final sellleiiient of tlie
whole difticulty I lie following conditions: 1st. That those
States having passed unconstitutional laws, thus nulli
fying the supreme laws of tlie governmeni, repeal the
same.
2tl. Tli.at the constifudon be so ainentled, as to set
ont in language inct/‘abt* of inisconntruction, the guar
antee for the welfare and protection of the institution
of slavery in all the Slates where it now exists, and all
others wiiich may hereafter form a pari of the (\»nted-
eracy, that was designed when first formeil for the gov
ernment at the time of slave Stales only.
This, I think, is all important from the fact that New
York and Massachusetts, which were slave States then,
having now become free States, are forming opinions, and
forcing constructions of th.at sacred instrument, which
at that tiijie was intended for, and considered an all
suflicient guanl and iiroteolion to all and every one’s
interest, all hein^ al that time nhii'e Statex; but which time
and circumstances in our advanced and changed his
tory, reveals the propriety and ahsolute. necessity of be
ing set out in form and language now susceptible of no
construction but the one designed.
Such demands then 1 contend are both reasonable and
just. The South can demand no more. The North
should wish to grant no less, unless their design is to
proscribe and oppress us; failing to grant this will be an
opun manifestation of hostility, and will warrant any
course best adapted to take care of ourselves.
Frik\i> to the Union with kqu.al ukjhts & i’kivileoes.
vr (iREiTLV iiEiit;fi:ii pkices.
The balance of my Fall & Winter Stork of
Silks, Morinoes, Plaids, Po))lin», Delaines, De-
beges, Valencias; Frcnch, Knglish and Ameri
can Print,s; Bonnets, Artificials, Ribboi.s;
Dress Trimmings; (Cloaks; Shawls; House
keeping (lOtnl.s; Table Linens; Hosiery;
Zephyr Work; Cloths, Ca.s.simeres and
Vestings;
Cloihinfi;
Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps; Trunks, Car
pet Bags and Valices; Umbrelhis; Musi
cal Instruments, Ac., ic., ».tc., ic.
Will be ofl'ered much below the usual
VO ST ran c\tsu.
A rare opportunity for all those wishing new Goods
at a great IV.irgain.
Call at Nos I I and IG Hay St , at
GEORGE 15RANDTS.
Fayeitevillc. Nov. ’22, lHt>o. 7;>itf
TrusteeN Sale of Valuable Propertj.
1)V virtue of a Deed in Trust executed to *he sub^ori-
) bcr by Thos. J. Curtis, Es(j., for ilie purposes there
in specified, that
Valuable Tract ol l..aii(l,
known as the .Mumford l^wamp, situated within the
limits of the Town of Fayetteville, and containing 110
■\cres. will be ottered for sale at the Market House, on
Wednesday l>ec. .'ith. lh*10.
The tract has recently l>-*en surveyed, and lai.l off in
lots of from ') to iL' acres each; with a street running
through fro.Ti \Vin«low to tiillespie street, near the
centre of the tract, so that every lot will have a street
front. The whole ir any part will be sold at private
sale, by application lo the subscriber at his otlice, where
a plot of the lands nia_v be seen. It is the V>e»i fanning
land in the County or in the Slate, as every one knows
who has seen the hi-ivy crop of Hay made on it during
the last 10 or l‘J years.
Mr. Curtis has a plot of the land, and will take
pleasure in showing it to anv one wistiing to examine it.
W." Mcl. McKAV. Trustee.
Fayetteville. Nov. 7, lb«'*0. tVH-iis
ISOO. ”
DRlTiS, WEI)in\ES, niEllir.lLS, 4"-
J\%. H. M.fllTII.
The subscriber is now in receipt of a large and SE
LECT stock of
Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, (Jla.s.s-
ware. Perfumery, l>yc-StufTs, Brushes, Varnish
es, 11 lues, I’ure Wines, Brandy and Gin for
Medical use. Surgical and Dental Instruments,
'fru-sses, SupfHirters, (^upping (Vses, Klec-
tro Magneto Machines, lilack and Green
Te;is, Spices, Kxtracts for Flavoring,
Porter and Ale, Soap.s, St.arch, Ac. Ac.
To which he invite** attention of I’hysicians aii'l others.
Particular attention paid to orders and satisfaction
guarantied both as regards rUICE and (JU.XLITY.
,I.\S. .N. SMITH. Pruggist.
Nor. West Corner .Market Sijuare,
Aug. 2.3. 4t)-itf
SEWING MACHLNES.
Sept. 13.
FOR SALE liY
S. J. HINSDALE, Ag't.
52-itf
Southern Piano .>Janufac(ory*
RUN NO risk: RUN NO lUSK!!
Those who wish to purchase a good and reliable
PIANO, would do well to get one of BOSWELL &
CO’S
New Cross-String Iron Frame Grand Patent
ACTION PIANOS.
They have given universal i»ati8facfion wherever they
have been sold, and are considered by judges to be one
of the beat SQUARE PI.\NOS that are now made They
combine all the late improvements, together with LARG
ER SOUNDING IJOARU, which makes their tone so
full and melodious. All our Pianos are sold on a guar
antee for five years, with the privilege to exchange
within six months after the sale—should they not give
satisfaction; and we guarantee to those who purchase
from us, a safe delivery of our Pianos, we assuming all
responsibilities. Therefore, those who purchase of us
RUN NO RISK.
A large number of our Pianos have been sold In this
State and elsewhere. We name some who have pur
chased of us, to whom we can refer.
Geo. Houston, Esq., Miles Costin, Esq., Joshua G.
Wright, Esq., Wilmington; Mrs. Hanks, Warren Prior,
Esq., E. J. Lilly, Esq., Fayetteville; Major Wm. c’
Draughon, Luke A. Powell, Esq., Sampson Co.; A. R
Hicks, Esq., Dr. Jos. Blount, Duplin Co.; E. Stanly,
Esq., Kenansville. Also, Ex-Gov. Branch of Halifax
Co.; Dr. Q. C. Marchant, Currituck Co.; John Pool,
Esq., Pasquotank Co.; and many others.
Old Pianos will be taken in exchange in part pay for
new ones. We sell for cash or approved notes at six
and twelve months.
All orders sent to our address will be faithfully aud
promptly attended to.
Address
J. K. BOSWELL & CO.,
Piano Manufacturers;
No. 6 & 7 8. Eutaw St., Baltimore.
24-itf
June 6, 1860.
SPECIAI^ NOTICE
Mrs. Winslow, an experienced nurse and female
Phydcian, hMa8oothln|Pyrnpforchlldrm teething, which greatly
facllitatei the proeec» of teething by lonening the gumi redHciog
alllnflammaUon—wlU allay aU pain and ii «nre lo regulate the
boweli. Depend upon U, methen, It will gtre rett to youiMlvea
and relief and health to your infanu. PeWactly taft In all caMt
See advertUement is anothe eolasui.
Psfc’y S, 1808 fl^UY
SECTIONAL TROUBLES.
Charleston, Nov. 24.—The Mercury, in an
editorial this morning, ridicules the idea of block
ading Charleston, and says a federal blockade
would only liastcn the consummation of a South
ern Confederacy, and would fail to isolate South
Carolina from her sister cotton States, as the
liritish embargo failed in 1774 to isolate Maasa-
chusetts from her sister colonies.
A ticket for the (Convention appears in the
morning papers, embracing the names which it is
generally ettnevded will be elected from the
Chavlcston district. The ticket is headed by ex-
Senator Ikhett and Jiidge Magrath, and is com
posed partly of old Sooessionists, partly of former
co-operation is tjs, but the present political views ol
all^of them are aiiiiounced by authority to be ex
pressed in the following proposition:
First—'That the Convention, when as.sembli-d,
should withdraw South ('arolina from the (%*n-
federacy oi the United States as soon as the ordi
nance of secession can be framed.
Sccond—'I’hat aftt^r South Carolina withdraws
from the confederacy of the United States, she
should never be re-united with tiny ot the non-
slaveholding States of this Union, in any form of
government whatever^
A bill will be introduced in the Legislature,
and will undoubtedly jia.ss, providing that free
negroes shall leave the State before the 1st of
January, 1S>2, or then shall choose masters and
be slaves.
Augusta, (Ja , Nov. 24.—Mr. Memminger, in
a recent speech at Greenville, S. (’., ac’vised sece.«-
sioii. but saMl that it was imjiossible for South
(Carolina to scccle without war with the (Seneral
Government. He urged thorough preparations,
and said that the State would »>nly be attacked by
water. He urged the mountain people to be
ready to come to the defence of Charleston.
At Milledgeville on Saturday a motion was
made to elect a Senator but was lost. M \ny
members urged the election, and it is probable
that there will be a flare up between the Iriends
of the .several as])irants.
The bank bill which pas.sed the Senate has
been engrossed f‘or a third reading before the
House. This sii.-^pends the operation of acts in
flicting the pain of forfeiture of character for not
paying specie.
There was an enthusiastic meeting here
('Augusf.ii) last night. Senator Toombs, Judge
Starke, and Dr. Miller, spoke in favor of se
cession. Uosolutions full of the secession doctrine
were pa.8ed.
Mii.LKiiGKViLi.K, Nov. 26.—In thf Senate tlie
bank suspension bill has passed. The vote in
^he House was 7*> to 27. A veto is expected,
but the bill will probably pass over the veto.
Ai (»lsta, Nov. 2o.—A. H. .Stephens and Dr.
IVrkins were unanimou.ly, and by acclamation,
nominated to the State (\mvention in Taliafferro
eountv. .'Ir. Stephens made a characteristic con
servative speech.
.f.\'Ks*N, .>Iiss., Nov 21.—The Scnatorii and
Hepre.sentsitives in (’ongress from Mississippi
held a meeting here to-day, and unanimously de
clared l’i>r ■iejviration and a Southern (’onfederacy.
(Jrcai enthuia.'ni for disunion prevails through
out the State.
New Okleans, Nov. 2().—There has been an
immense! Mass Meetins; at this place, irrespertive
of partV, at which a .'Southern rights association
was formed, and it was resolved to organize min
ute men throughout the State.
WA>iii.Nrr»>.\, Nov. 2r>.—A distinguishe*!
Ct>n.rrt.—'tiian who has lately jiasse4l through 'I'ex-
;u, 8|>eaks of the disunion feeling there as being
general.
It is undcr.'*t(Hid that Mr. Slidell, of La., will
not take his seat in the .Senate this winter, unless
the I’resident signifies a desire that he may be
present on the occasion of .som« special vote of
importance. He regards a rupture of the Union
as inevitable.
Mr. Tixmibp is to be hers, as orders have been
iriven for the u«ual preparation ot his house in
thi# city, for occupancy during the session.
Thf Siiuth Carolina C> nsus lirturtis. — It hav-
int; been U'legraphed from this city to the “sen
sation" j>apers of the North, as an “interesting
tact,” that the I'ensus Keturns of South Carolina
“have all been withheld,” we arc authorized to
state, for the public information, that there is no
truth in the rejire.sent;ition. The Marshal ot
South ('arolina, who, in connexion with this ser
vice, ha.s proved himself a most efficient officer,
has informed the proper Department, under date
of the 20th instant, that all the returns of the
State would be transmitted “in a day or two.’'
The delay has arinen from causes beyond the con
trol of the .Marshal, and ha.s no connexion with
political affairs in South ('’arolina.—Xat. Int.
R> taliatimj on Them.—The New Haven (Ct.)
News, of the 22d, says a company of young men
left there a few days since to fish in Georgia wa
ters, a business they have followed for several
years, and addit:
“()n reaching the Savannah, they werea-stonish-
ed to learn that they could not be allowed to fish
there, as they were from the North. Assurance
that their intentions were honorable, and urgent
requests to be allowed to remain, were of no use,
and they were compelled to come home poorer
than they went by a good many dollars.”
Cuv. Packer and the Abolitionists.—Gov. Pack
er, of J’cnnsylvania, a few days ago, recsived a
letter, signed by James Kedpath, on behalf of
several young men in Boston, requesting him to
attend a convention in that city, to devise measures
to abolish slavery. Gov. P.’s reply is as follows:
Exe’tive Department, Harrisburg, )
Nov. 21, 18G0. j
Sir: In my opinion, the young men whose
names are attached to tho foregoing letter would
better serve (jlod and their country by attending
to their own business. John Brown was right
fully hanged, and his fate should be a warning to
others having similar proclivities.
W.M. F. Packer,
Governor of Pennsylvania.
The statetuent of several Western papers, that
Mr. Lincoln constantly receives larsre numbers of
threatening letters from the South, is unfounded.
Some indiscreet epistles have reached him, but
outright blackguardism and threats of violence are
indulged in only in a few instances, and these bear
evidence on their face of originating in the lowest
sources. \’erbal and written requests to resign
for the sake of the country have been made by
well meaning men, anxious for the preservation of
the Union.—Boston Traveller.
Old Folks are as thick as blackberries in Con
necticut. James Douglass, of Coventry, is in his
104th year; is still clear-sighted; has lived with
his wife seveuty years. Galinda Green, of Chap
lin, is 105 years old. Widow Thompson, of Bris
tol, is 101, and gets her subsistence by sewing.
Widow Trail, of Bloomfield, was born one year
later. But in Mansfield there are 200 people
over seventy y«ars of age, among a total popula
tion of only 2^000!—Al Y. World.
“Heroine” is perhaps as peculiar a word as any
in our language; the two first letters of it are
male, tha three first female, the four first a
man, and the whole word a brave woman.
A young lady, writing as enthusiastically as
young ladies generally do, portrays Garibaldi as
‘4e«r old we«thor*bMi«n
M. P. CONFERENCE.
The Methodist Protestaut Conference for North
Carolina, closed its session at Yadkin Institute,
on the 20th inst. Among the appointments are:
president, C. F. Harris; Orange Mission, F. S.
(xladson, sup’t; Alamance, R-' 11. Prather, sup’t;
Randolph, J. Cau.sey, sup’t; (iuilford, G. A. T.
Whitaker, sup’t; Yadkin, Allison (iray, sup’t;
Davidson, J. W. Heath, sup’t; Z. C. Lineberry,
as.sistant; Asheboro’, laauc Coe, sup’t; Haw River,
A. W. liincberry, sup’t.
A (jOinmittee wa.s appointed to apply for a col
lege charter for Yadkin Institute, and a Board of
Trustees elected.
The report from the Trustees of Jamestown
Female College represents that Institution, now
in its second year, in a j>rosperous condition.
There are about seventy j>upils, with a ]>robpect
of an increase. The indebtedness is reported to be
38,828; of which about SI600 were raised by the
members of the Conterence and others present;
and it is expected that the Agent will be able to
raise an amount sufficient to liquidate the entire
debt during the ensuing year.
The next annual session will be held at Taber
nacle church in (iuilford county, to commence on
the 27th November, 18G1.—11. J*. Reporter.
A I'rtjt to Cellar Falls.—W e twk a flying
trip to Cedar Kalis Factory, in Randolph county,
on Monday last.
We never saw wheat crop.^ look bettor, at this
sea.son, than they generally appeared on the route
from this place to Cedar Falls.
Cedar Falls Factory is very prettily situated
on Deep Kiver, and togetln^r with the Franklins-
ville and the Isltind Ford Factories, which are all
owned by the .same Company, is daily turning out
as good articles of cotton yarn and sheeting as
are manufactured anywhere. Mr. (ieorge Make
peace, who has the general superintendence of all
three estjiblishments, is a skillful manufacturer,
and the machinery is of the very newest improve
ment. •
The success of the.se Factorie.s, as well as that
of several others in Western Carolina, should en
courage capitalists t« invest in manufacturing,
and thus put to use the tine water power, so plen
tifully provided all around us. The Factories for
making cassiinerea, at Salem, ('harlotte ttud other
place.s; the shoe e.stablishments at Thomasville;
the wooden-ware factory at Fayetteville; with
hundreds of others of less note in various parts of
the State, have all proved decidedly successful,
and demonstrate clearly that manufacturing es
tablishments in the South, prudently conducted,
will pay. This may be more and more certainly
counted on in the future than in time past, owing
to the growing desire for Southern Independence'
in this very respect.
Evidences of improvement presented them
selves on various plantations along the road we
travelled. In .some places new dwellings have
taken the place of ancient-looking cottages; in
others new barns have been erected, always larger
aud better constructed than the old ones. We
are glad to record the fact^, and should be happy
to enjoy an opportunity of seeing more of the
country around us. But we have seen enough of
it to be convinced that there are very few places
on the globe to be preferred to it, taking all
things into consideration.—High Point Reporter.
Wayne Counfy.—The Editor of the Wilming
ton Herald writes from (Jold.sboro’ on Monday
last:—
“The disunion flag floats over this flourishing
town—a lone star and “Southern Confederacy”
being inscribed on it. A majority of the people,
however, it is said, do not favor secession. The
secessionists are those who make the most display,
we observe, in every community. In rei:ard to
the question in North (.’arolina, we have discover
ed already that the course pursued by the Demo
cratic party in the Legislature meets with the
disapprobation of many of its members outside of
that body. There has been no conciliation in
' their course towards their opponents so far, and in
' pursuing that course they have, as a matter of
pi>licy, acted unwisely.”
Onslow for the Union.—Attention is invited
to the call in this paper for a Union Meeting in
Onslow. We are glad to see that Onslow is mov-
j ing in the right direction.—Xeicbern Progress.
I Invited to Leace.—A man calling himself Her-
^ rick stopped a few days in this place last week.
Hislanguageand conduct aroused suspicion against
him, and he was waited on by a number of our
citirens on Saturday night and advised to leave,
which he did on the northern train.— Cluir. Deyn.
Deep River }fnies.—We understand from a
private letter received by a gentleman in this
place, that Mr. C. B. Dungan, of Philadelphia,
has been out to examine the state of the Deep
River works, with a view of re-opening mining
operations there. He found the navigation open
ed, and the mines (the Egypt, we presume,) are
to be opened at once, or at least operations for
opening them commenced at once, although some
time must elapse before actual mining can be pro
ceeded with.— Vr7. Journal.
Homicide.—An unfortunate homicide was com
mitted in this town, last Saturday night, at the
Tenpin alley of Mr. Thomas Waters. Wm. Sauls
becoming oflfended with Noah T. Turnage, keeper
of the alley, lifted a “pony” ball and struck Tur
nage a blow on the right temple, knocking him
down; and of which blow, according to the ver
dict of the coroner’s inquest, held over the dead
body, Turnage died. The affair happened about
9 or 10 o’clock, Saturday night, and the unfor
tunate man lingered in great agony until about 11
on Sunday morning when he expired. .Sauls was
arrested Sunday morning by sheriff Thomson,
and was formally committed.
GoUhhoro' Rou/ih Notes.
for
LATER FROM KURopp
St. John s, N.p ;
The Arago from Southampu.n
r New York, has arrived off Capf.
; The general news is not initN.rti’,,
I The Bank of England
rates to 5 per cent. The Hatik i-i
vanced to 4J.
I The settlement of the Chinese qu ,
I layed for want of money. The ’
! to march on Pekin, followed hy LonU'f —
j army reached Yank-Tsen-Yeh, on'fi i'
I September. Official dispntchea to K
Government, however, state that
ich to do with the
lonrccs of any coun
tions
»trix
re qu>
of a people.
In which the
A Virginia Congressman on South Carolina.
—Hon. Sherrard Clemens, Breckinridge Con
gressman from Virginia, has issued a brief ad
dress to his constituents from which we extract:—
“The result of the recent Presidential election
is made the pretext for an assault upon the Con
stitution under the formn of which it has been
decided.
The hot and indecent haste of South Carolina
meets with my URqualified condemnation. It
perils whatever of merit there may have been
hitherto in the cause of the South. It affords no
remedy for alleged grievances, but will intensify
every jone of them. It may precipitate a revolu
tion, which will end in a return to colonial de
pendence under the crown of England, or in mak
ing the cotton States mere stipendiaries upon the
despotism of France.
It is not necessary now to enlarge upon these
considerations. I thank God! I have lived to do
you some service in this crisis. I shall resume
my seat at the commencement of the session, and
by my vot« and by my voice, I shall resist the
consummation of this great wrong against the
Constitution and the laws.
I shall obey no command except that which
oomes from you. If you should differ in opinion
from me, if you should think that treason to the
confederacy should be dignified with the name of
patriotism, let your instructions meet me at Wash
ington, and I will at once resign into your bands
all tue official power you have so generously con
ferred upon me.”
From Oregon.—In Oregon, Lincoln waa 260
ibead, aud thre« oouatioa to bear from,
eluded. The Prince
reached England.
Wales fle,
Lirerpool Market.—LiVERPoor v
1860.—Cotton closed dull andquotatio '
Flour has declined fid. and Corn Ig
prices are easier, but quotations uin;hanc«,t
visions closed quiet. Naval Stores dul! ^
The Italian Rtvolutiun.—'Php 41, t
..C *lv^
news of one of the most reniarkHhh; cv
tory. It pan be told in a very few
man who, a few years ago, was tiiakinir - ,
Staten island—who, a few months
tired .soldier, much beloved and mlmfrtii
no position or command—by his dario
dres.s, and his milit^iry skill has re.scu(]
dom and a dependent island from a tyra *
nasty—has been made absolute dictH r"'*
realm which he enfranchised, and ther
ing a sovereign who has not furnished h ^
a man, or a scndo, rides with him sidel- I'
the capit^tl of the liberated country, tj-^i
him the .supreme power, and, finally nc’ '
round the monarch in whose hand's he U ^
the sceptre of half Italy, goes home t
quietly as if he were turning his lack
labor.
There is a simple grandeur about the i~
in which this man Garibaldi has absuiveillj-
of the high and perilous office which, all
den, he a.ssumed, that lifts him fir upamgn'.
who sit enthroned in the world’s lueiuorA
absolute self-assertion when he was dictatin.-i
fortunes of his country, such absolute seit't; ^
tion when those fortunes were achieved bv •
force of bis will, and the strength of his’r
arm, mankind can think of only with wuDit., ''
admiration. But yesterday he was absohtf***
peril of bis life, his fortune, and his fame,tHs
he trives his power, not back again to th(seii|J
in sheer necessity, bestowed it on him—
comparatively easy—but into the hand:;
er man, with the sole purpose of seTvius tig,l inlthe South Amoricai^
common country. ^ V offier placc wherever 1
It is neither exaggeration nor errorio say tin i «v never be restored
(iaribaldi has done all this; for, in
qu.ckens into life
% rm. nature, and char
j, tute the basis, the ij
J J characteri.«tics of 
cik at Greece; there
„e blue sky, the sai
.T)gean, the sani
vsS where Homer ?;u.
y jn nature the same
d recce no more.” f-
^ B same people inhab
reason of this r
dst of present degi
- fn igments of ancient v
§jaraents and inscrip.
Biiration—the rem ii
ilization whrch hav.
T'pon them :il
,ry has departetl.
ir institutions h;iv
e but the fruits of
matrix from which
■ung. And when o
,ple have been dcsti
er that can brinir 1
indie them here a
lient land of ehxjucn
86.] The .same nif
onie, once the mis.
aul the same seven hill.s
^ inral resources; natu
^ n of human I'reatn
Teller throughout t
t most down-troiLlei
pie of that Heaven-i
mated their farher.':'-
lis the destruction ot
sed it. And. my c
evil hour rashly pul
ititutions which the
ored so long *nd
iich have done so mis
o can veruure the pi
[Its will not ensue? I
Tupt the spirit is am*
^to do it. Let us no-
f^ if it fails, as it did
^pite oft
condition of affairs in Italy, without him
not, could not have been done. Where k !#
left order there before was chaos; the air
he ha.s left ringing with the cheers of ento.
freemen, was, before he breathed it; resuai!.iiu
with the groans and curses of the eiasrTm#
victims of opp'-ession. The Italians may tttl!
long live (iaribaldi, and the world’s eje om
brightly with the flood of feeling, as it foilowsla
silently seeking his island home of Caprea
X. ITorii
From Washington.—The Executive ha.sree6im|
a despatch from minister Clay .stating thatp;
ant to instructions he had demanded his p
and was on his way home, the I’eruvian
tive having a short time thereafter promptly it-
the pa.s.«ports to him. All diploxnsitic \nWTr;
between the Peruvian and U. S. govfeTnniHca,
thus completely suspended.
The reported resignation of Chief JusticeiJ
cy which is industriously circulated is Uljsi
to have emanated from some aspirant for the;-;
sition.
Later from Vera Cruz.—Vera Cm dfj
to the 21st instant have been received. i|
British Embassy at the capital had been sw?.
and robbed of one million dollars. There nl
great excitement in consequence thereof
Finances North.—Thompson’s (N. i ■ Efj
porter on Monday quotes uncurrent fnixk i|
banks South of Washington at 10 per cent ifcl
count, and Maryland at 3 to 5.
The Electoral Colleges.—The Electors of Pru j
dent and Vice President in the several Statesrf
required by law of Congress to meet on the bj
Wednesday of December next, which is the f!i!|
day of the month.
Death frov% Sucking a Fen.—.Mr. FrjDcsj
Bellringer, Brighton, had an unfortunate hibis*]
sucking the pen with which he had beenwriM;!
and this, it is almost certain, was the cause of i*
life being so suddenly and unexpsctedlj bros?^*
to a close. A f«w days since, while usinji*
toothbrush, he inflicteu a slight wound on tl* I
lower lip. On Saturday morning, the iSthofe
mo., symptoms of erysipelas manifested themsew
He died on Friday afternoon, his fatal nui?
having been induced by the poisonous ink
he sucked from the pen penetrating the
rasion on his lip.—English Journal.
Terrific Scene—A thousand Animals
Alive.—We announced Saturday the burnio^*
the Pacific at Union-town, Kentucky, one ott«
finest steamers on the western waters. She 1*
a very large quantity of live stock on board. as»
the burning of these poor creatures mu.sthave'i*^*
sickening sight. One account says, Mr 1
Ford, a passenger, cut the halter of one of w
fine horses, which swam ashore. A large
also swam out, but died as soon as it reached |
shore. The scene of the burning boat and its
sand head of live stock, all tied to the stake,
the devouring flames, was fearful and horribK^
extreme. There were seven hundred
sheep, and one hundred and thirty head of ^
cattle, mules and horses, all burnt alive,
chance of escape. In addition to the
there was upwards of three hundred tons oi
bacon, and flour on board, w’hich, together
the destruction of the splendid steamer,
a loss of nearly $100,000.—Exchtngt-
Baptists.—Dr. Sprague, in his Annals
American Baptist Pulpit, gives the
the date of the planting of the Baptist t #
in the several States: -
“Rhode Island, 1636; Massachusetts-
New York, 1669; Maine, 1682; South
16H3; Pennsylvania, 1684; New Jersey
Delaware, 1703 ~
North Carolina
Hampshire, 1755,
Tennessee, 1780; Kentucky, 1781; T^iji.
Illinois, 1796; District of Columbia, ki '
ana, 1802; Missouri, 1804; Mississippi
Alabama, 1810
Iowa, 1836
Florida, 1842."
' — — tL.
The Louisville Democrat
plainly of the disunion question,
ton States that they need no fugitive
they are prot®cted by the border States, i^n.
the latter, which alone have a right
see nothing to be gained by secession, lof
a step the Northern States would be entire,
solved from all obligations.
■ -
Thomas Hood, who died composing ^
ous poem, is said to have remarked that
dying out of ohwity to the unc
wished to tarn • livfl|«Hood^
re arc defects in o
Iitistration, and shi
t. in spite of these d
growi^ to be a irrer.
,.'t us pause here
*a ereat crisis, but
11 1 have ever passi
ilous, and reiuires
luness and delibprd
ongst us in l^oti zc,
Union, to disrupt
ther. Now, do you
cn carried out at tha
e same grc;it people t
that we %vould. l»ut
it fact? juld we
nccTi’iont, im\trovcu»e
institutes material
,tice in the (;'omptro
e taxable property o
d upwards, an amou
was in 11^50. 1 thi
I for the last ten yi
e people of ieor;zia
inbled. The same
education and ev
vilizatioii. Have w
garded the earnest 1
ce, as I think, of
I the tics w\\ieli. buu
ave advanced as we 1
en, let us be carot’il
sh experiment ol nh
re friends, whose pai
uestion, who iluuk
e would be better i
ink; if we can bnni
ivils which threaten
ope that this may y*
lit, with all the prov
>any jt, I look upon
emptation.
When 1 'look arou!
very thing—agricul
id every departinen
ental, as well as in
•lieges—I think, in
,ion, if we can, wi thd
s.^ential right or inff
our duty to oursel
us not too rtadil
ur first parent.', the
tian race, were nut wi
the garden of Kdc
hat their condition i
yes would be opt nof
me a.« god^ i hey
tead ot becoming uoi
akedness.
I look upon thi?
■ the Eden of i lie w
erse. ft may be thi
reater and more priji
incere in felling yot
levince passion,
ind w
; Missouri, 1804; Mississippi
1810; Louisiana, 1812; >nchig»n-i
5; Wisconsin, 1837; Texas, 1“ ’
idertaker,
Itake that step, that i
lor more peaeetul, pn*
lof becoming gods, we
[no distant day tonmi
Ithroats. This is niy
jfore, whatever we doj
[as they are, like wise
jsider them in the ii|
i which may attend c
clearly where the pa
1 may not fear to trea
Maty applicatit
psrwise, from our subi
Iheir papers to
' done in every
ession, (in addition to
the papers have
“ “““e instances, the f
“'scarriage hereafter, i
one to the Sena
commons.
Ralsiqh Stand,
jounces a tri-weekly ]
r to its s(
■ charge. To othe;
he Standard savB;-
icur by this addition t
he consider!
rill ®
sustain us.”
MrTs^p^
f the publication
coMunenced “The