THE JE€TIO]l;%L
A UlsrOUR^^K UY TllK
Kev. FKAM'IS L. HiWkS, U. I)., LL. IK,
.4/ Calvnrj/ Churrh, AV«r }'orA-, >n Thanksyiv-
in/ Dill/, ‘J9, ISGO.
The Lord is Kin^, be the people never so impatient;
He siltelh beiweeu iherhei’viMiu, he the Karth never so
unquiet.—I'salin xcix. v. i.—IMnlter version.
It has been the custom, an you are aware, on occa
sions like ihe present, to c:i\l jitteutioii, from the ) ul-
pit, to the relifsions duties resuliing, more p-irticulat ly,
from the existing aspect of our politie.-il and social re-
IStioas, as one of the great nations of Christendom. To
that custom, on this occasion I cannot conform. I h kve
but little to say now on such a topic. There i.s but lit
tle cause that I «houM syi^ak to the retlectiujj and pa
triotic: they already feel alt 1 could say a.s deeply hs I
do; and the tuaiidened partizan would give no heed,
though au angel spake.
Uoo preaches the sernion of to day:—our national
uukeJnets is the test, and, in the lowering clouds which
overshodow our once happy republic, .all but the blind
may read the sermon. When God thus speaks, there
is but small need of any other preacher; tiie utterance
which best becomes human lips, is—“we hav*» sinned
against heaven and before thee;’’ the potsture which most
befits us all is in the dust.
You may perhaps remember that on an occasion like
this, some few years ago, the tenor of niy remarks W!«s
enibodiel in a reply to the iiuery,—“are we a thank ful
j*eopleV’ 1 spake plainly, and uttered n«y feeble voice
of warning and entreaty to my countrymen. miris-
ter of the jo^pel of peace, it w.as my appropriate d>ity,
and it was all that 1 could «io. (ioi> is giving \ou put
of his solution of that query, in the events of to-d »y.
The once jtlorious republic is rocking on its base. The
monument of our fathers' toils and sacritices, the
pride of our hetnispiiere. the hope of the oppressed of
Christendom, the blessed union.of tliat portion ot ihe
church of tiod to which we belong, all seen), like (h»
melting mist, to be about vanishing forever. Should I
utter all that 1 feel in the contemplation of the impe
iug catastrophe, it night be _ presutop-
tuous ex*’-'. iniiiviiiual opinion by one whose
proper theiue belongs to a liolier topic; it were therel jre
unwise, at least, to pour out here my personal feelings.
Every man before me has formed, however hastily, his
own opinions, and 1 cun hardly hop>e that any thing 1
could say would alter them.
It were easy, indeed, upon a thetne like tins, to rouse
to ragt those who sympathiie with, and to provoke to
icrath those who dissent from, my opinions. Hut rage
and wrath, sinful any where, should have no place here,
and least of all by my instrumentality. Of what then
can I speak? Shall it be of the a^encifa which have
brought us to our present condition? It were idle now
to ask whose agencies have wrought out the calamity;
a knowledge of the agents merely can supply no reme
dy for the evil. The question of agency is one which
history will discuss hereafter, and the execrations of
posterity will fasten on the traitors' names forever.
Shall I speak of a nmtd\i? " hy, this would be an ap
propriate theme, were it in the power of human wisiom
to devise a remedy;—but alas! there is too much cause
to fear that it is too latt to apply a remedy. The dis
ease has travelled onward to a point which gives cause
for apprehension that it is beyond the reach of human
healing. The merciful and undeserved interposition of
God can alone save us now. Hs may give to some of
our wisest, light to guide us into the path that leads to
extrication; but that human sagacity .alone cannot dis
cover it, is proved by the numerous and contlictiug sug- i
gestions by which the public mind is agitated. '
Shall I speak of Cnionf What L'nion? If the urt,on
of lore be broken. I need not say to you that the union
written on parchment will not long survive it. It will
not be worth preserving then:—nay, it had better be ■
destroyed; for its existence will then be but a nieiu.'rial to •.
perpetuate the wickedness and the shame of men. who. ^
surrounded with all of Heaven's blessings, forgot Go I s '
providence in making them free;—forgot the outpour
ings of their fathers' treasure and blood, continued, ^
without stint, for seven long years.—forgot the forecast
ing wisdom of thoite same iiouored fathers, who framed
for them a system of govenimeut founded on mutual
affection and mutual concessions; and forgot too that
under it, in less than a century, God caused them, thus
blessed, to become one of the first nulions m Chrittendoni.
The parchment had better be destroyed. If this be a
day of thanksgiving, it becomes us *to remember that it
is a day also for fervent, anxious prayer.
Ah, had ( but the untort of love for a theme.' .\la«! I
could not do it justice if I had. It befits an angel's, not
a mortal's tongue. Talk we of “higher Uw '? The '
Christian knows no higher law than love. Got)’s bond
of universal cono'jrd! sublime and simple principle with
power to control not a nation, but an Universe! !
Go into heaven, and what is there? Lovk—all Love
Heaven knows. Heaven needs no other law; —God is
Lovb. Come down to Kanh;—hark to the song of her
ald angels! “Peace on e.arth, good will toward men.”
Who is coming” The very soul of Lovk. It is tke In- \
carnate God—the God-nian, Christ .lesun .\nd what is
his mission? Such a work of pure love as Earth never '
saw before, and never will see again Hear hi penile !
teaching;—“love one another"—“be kindly affectioned j
one to another'—“love God with all your heart, love
your neighbor as yourself.” Why this embodies all }
law,—this includes all duties. — this covers all morals:
Aye, for “love is the fulfilling of the law." !
But the lesson is not finished:—look now into Hell.
You start, for you have seen a place where Love never '
enters. Love is God's law for heaven and earth; but '
tis BO law for hell, and therefore hell is everlasting
hate. Mark;—oni single element, but one solitary feel- ;
ing of the heart is removed, and straightway all is tor- ’
ment, ceaseless torment. What potency, yea what divine
magic must there be in this single element? .And why*
Becaust this single element is but another name for i
God himself. God is Love. |
Yes, and a union of any kind, moral, social or politi
cal. cemented by this blessed element will be endunng, ■
none other can. For, ar an apostle has taught u.s, love
only will bear injuries for a long time, and be even kind
to those who inflict them; love will indulge no feeling of
envy toward those more happy or prosperous than her
self; love utters no boastful words; love is humble and
will not indulge in anger; love desires not the advance
ment ot her own interest only; love is not e.xasperated 1
by trifles; love puts no harsh construction on the words I
• nd actions of others; love takes no plea.‘ure in the frail- I
ties and faults of others; and love is immortal. Hav-i
ing an abode on earth, an\ brightening every thing '
with its blessed presence here, her purest, li)veliest ex- |
istence will be in her home in heaven. (Uher Christian '
graces may leave us there. AaM, verj needful for us in 1
our pilgrin.age here, will not be there, for Faith will be '
lost in \ jsion. //ope which now cheers u* will not be I
there, for Hope will be swallowed up in fruition; but
will be there, for Love is immoital anl has there
iinmorial food to feed on forever. !
I'his is the mighty principle which can make any i
umon indissoluble: thi. is God's hi-her law, and he has ■
made none other.
Shall 1 speak of the social and domestic affections
which are so peculiarly appropriate to the season?;
Ah«. the gathering around the family hearth-stone to- i
day, which should present a scen« of love only, will be i
but a sad one in many a household, when a patriotic
father looks upon his boys just attaining to manhood,
and reeflcts that, from their childhood, he has taught
them to love their country and their whole country from
sea to sea, and from lakes to gulf; and then considers
hat ere another return of this anniversary, that coun-
tK broken into fragments, and that there will
Ir Jr States 01- A.hkrica" for them to
love. It can only sadden his heart to think, that GeoKtiE
arhington, and the thousands of good and brave
men both North and South, who stood by his side, and
fought and bled and died, all labored, all suffered for
no . ttiff, or at best for something which their sons did
worth preserving. Would his heart permit
a a ler to call on his sons to rejoice over the ruins
o a physical earthquake? If it would, then and then
on y, may he ask his children to rejoice in the prospect
o the deeper devastation of the political earthquake
^ I to lay this mighty republic in ruins.
And yet, amid all this prospective desolation, some
faint gleams of heaven-descended light do break forth
fcnd call for thankfulness;—but for these 1 should not
have spoken to you to-day. There are those who, upon
the happening of certain contingencies (which have since
occurred) anticipated the troubles which now over
shadow us. They gave their timely warning. I stand
not here now to reproach any who heeded it not.
They understood not the inhabitants of a large portion
of our confederacy. Those of us who had been rear*d
among them and knew them well, required not the
P>-ophet’8 vision ts foresee the results which are now
around UB. The trouble they foretold has come, and
prospect. In this very trouble
the thoughtful Christian finds a cause of thankfulness;
the very sufl
and fn tha ' * 'i^self, as it did, in one short week
and in the midst of more than usual prosneritv—in
pu«irof\J,e1an!l‘"®"ri! the indJstrial
pursuits of the land, in the interruption of commercial
business. ,n the derangement of the currencTof the
whole country, m the disruption of social and familv in
extinguishment of interLtionrcoK
wd confidence between the different States of thrR/
publ,c;--in all these events. God has brought hoL f;;
the lMlon’*thau?e^°“**‘‘^“' “““istakeably,
»n. inVolvi th. prosperity of the wholi
th* of eftch a«phrftt9 p*rt. Ht
has forced men to believe, bccause he made them to
sc*, in these warning premonitions, that a severance of
the community of interest, is ruin to every part; that in
unity alone there is safety for all. Cannot you who
now hear me perceive, that if the mere well-founded
apprehtntion only of disruption could thus convulse the
land from centre to circumference, no man could calcu
late the extent of the ruin, if that aj>prfhension sbould
ev»r become a reality- Wise men naturally ask them
selves,—“if they do these things in a green tree, what
shall be done in the dry?” .\nd tor tliis timely premo
nition from lifavpii, we should be profoundly tlianUtul.
The warning may arrest the swelling waves of human
passion.
God be thanked there are slight, but still cheering
indications, as far as they go, that some i>f the honest
leaders of public opinion, wlu) ridiculed the apprehen
sion of the consequences that .are iipou us, are not too
proul now to think themselves t'alliblf. an l. in their pa
triotism, to acknowledge their error, :ind seek to retrace
their steps. Incredulity seeuis to have yielded, in part
at least, to the conviction tliat there is a terrible ear
nestness and reality in that, at which a few days since
they scoffed. Recent declarations in the columns of
their leading journals acknowledge the necessity ot re
placing, if possible, things in their former position. ani
thus restoring that mutual confidence and love, which,
under God, can alotie now save the republic. We thank
God. who overrules the hearts of men. that ho has put
.-Jiich thoughts into their minds; and we respect the mag
nanimity wlueh, at the Call of patriotism, iiiduoes tliom
10 rise superior to the mere ambition of jiresprving poli
tical consistency, at so f'eartiil a price :is ilie destruction
of their country. Fi>r this gleam of light we thank (!od
heartily; — we pray that it may grow lo-ighter .'ind bri;.:ht-
er. and' that it may be lif1used rapidly an 1 widely, for
there «.» no time to lose. Our fear is, that, after all. it has
come loo lute.
.May I speak plainly, certainly not as a jiarti*an. but
I
I restraints of th'e common constitution; they will not n,,-
■ by sufferance, as inferiors, under any governmeut. an l
while they would gladly have lived on iii haruion\ atrl
love, and the exercise of reci[>roc>4l kiii'iiu’.;' with a'l
■ thecitiiensof these I’nited States; an l while 1 nuist con-
j tinue tothink there are thousands there, at this moment.
who would be glad so to live;—yet 1 feel constrained
' also to say to you plainly, as a solemn truth, which I
religiously believe, and which. 1 weep to think, expe
rience may too soon verify, that they will unite .n.
man. in the demand for full assurance of the undistur
bed enjoyment of every constitutional right that b.-longs
to them. ai> freemen as:d equaU:—and further, if tho.ie
rights be furn'uy di-cail'J, they will live. and. if
cessary. unitedly die in their defence. .\n l who >li.il'.
reproach them? Would not you do the same'.'
No more forays then of armed men amone theiu t"
murder their citiiens. and excite servile rebelli >n: — no
more clandestine and sy.-tematio effort> to entice aw ly.
beyond their reach, their laboring population, which,
in (iod's providence, has come liown to them a» slavc^:
no more legislative rutu^als to obey the con'iitutioii ant
laws, and restore to them their I'ugi.iveK:—no more gra
tuitous insults and sneers from partirnii ]'ri'S"e», pro
voking angry recrimination. Tlie*“, »i'h utticr i.'ri* v-
ance*. luu.-t cea~e ab>olutely and forever; and tio-y
must believe aini kimw that, in iro-id f:»ith. ii is intend
ed they shall thus cease, or the preservation of t'lis
union i? simply im^o>.n},le.
I bei you to uniiwrstand me I am not uttfrinc th»-«e
things a a either on their part, or my own. J
have no threats to make, nor have 1 any authority to
utter threats* for them:—beside. ih*» days .,f thri atcniiic
are over; the dsy of action h:i« cotumence 1. and 1 theve
fore am but plainly stating what it is be-t you should
know in their na,ie'l simplicity, as to t.’ie
feelinjt of my countrymen at this time. .Vnd passing
events confirm my statement. I*o we not ail too w ■!:
know and feel the fe.artul triitli, th.it, ere we next knct-.
tkrre to commemorate a .''avioiir s i.aii^itji. and a i
viour'fc love, the first act will tiien have he.-n pli4_\ .-d
out in the dreadful tragedy of natii.na! dismemliertnenf'
The mighty evil is now t>efore you. If you cm Je\i--
a remeily for it. no one will rejoice more than 1 >.;,.i'!
but if you would do auglit. you mu>t do it prompt ,y 1
speak adviseUy. for it has be-n boiti niv diitv an I i;iv
interest to keep my-elf informcii of :he fee!ing- ol' n,'.
countrymen throuitiiout the .South; not by idle iumo!.-,
or mere newsj,ajH>r reports, bw; from more » itii. iitic
sources:—and. like fire on the prairie, ihe wish for ^eu
aration is fast spreading there. ti..Ki ^rant that tii:i.-
may yet remain to arrest it I'.iii whit \ d « if ia
deed you deem it «x|-cdii-nt to do any thing. 1 rcpe*t
you must do at once It is not for me to direct or even
suggest your action.
1 have occupied nior« of your time than 1 inteTide J
I but meant, -imply as a wune«>. t place be.ote vou : ir:.'
which 1 know, because 1 thought, as I iiad long invi
among you. you would believe me, and in the faint lioj.e
that your knowledge of tlie-c fi ;s migiit perhaps con
tribute to avert a fearful calanmy If 1 kn >w myieif.
lam not unduly int!uen:e I by 'h»t affection whiih
every true man feels for the land of iii- nativity; for 1
can s«-e wherein my own countrymen have errt-1 iii I
done wrong. In family lend-, it never is -,.-en t!nt
fithcr party is e tirely blaiurie-''- I'.ut it surelv
some extenuation of their error-* and mistake-, that the
jierils to which they have been for -ome time ext’ «ed
by the lawless aggressions of bail men. not of you. b.a
from among you, (for tJod be thanked there ate thou
sands here who are as much opj-i-ed to these biiil m.-n
as I am, I were immediate, and such a.s iho-^e who never
saw the South, and living here, it a dist.inoc from the
scene, cannot p.jssibly apprecia'e. .'urelv « 'lue al
lowance shouid be made for tfelings great',v exasper
ated by the avowed determination, on the part of some
here to keep alive an agitation which imj-erilled, not i
merely their wordly interests, violated n .t i;i,plT their I
constitutional right*, but lhreaten«'d life, and oiihje-'ted
female purity to horrors w.,rse than dea'h. \ e :ire m.-n. |
hu.«bands. fathers, brother*: judge ve what I « iv. If
they have shown resentment, and )«.T'chance uci.-d some- !
times hastily, ur,i» there n^t i r,iu> ' 1 know ihat liiou- |
sands a iiong you think there was. .Vftcrthi
our country shall have shown. a« 1 tru-t in iod it niav.
the spirit of returning love, conciliation and jii-tic.>, I
will not permit myself to believe that the good and true
men of the .‘'oiiili will heiiiiiiie to meet them in a correi
ponding spirit: and wiil not permit the mi'morv of pa-t
disajrreenients to be kept alive and f>ervTted by d-
signing demagogues i.o tiie purposes of their unhallowvd
ambition.
Hut tliough you all know my 'ievoted love to my
country and countrymen; though you all know 1 have
never hc.«it.ited to .avow it. yet have I many reason** for
de;irly loving also many here: and it is ju>t because I
do thu* love all, that to the extt.nt of my fet-b’e powers,
1 have ‘•poken as I have; feeling that it wa-j no time for
mincing delicacy of speech, or party iitterauceH. or the
indulgence of mere local attachments, when my whole
country was .at stake. God may put into the hearts of
good men here to think, atid as I have said, I think 1
see at least, the sigris of reaction bfginning to show
themselves very plainly. If my dear ciuintrymen of the
South, generous, warm-hearted, and impulsive as they
are, will but jiause and allow time for reflection aint
decided action here. God may, in mercy, restore peace
to our ilistracted country, and we may again be knit to
gether in bonds alike of interest ami love. ! see no
other hope of union. Ood can still “the madness of the
people” as easily as He can “the raging of the sea, and
the noise of its waves.”
Far be it from me, fellow-christians, to sav that wo
have no cause for thankfulne.ss, because of this great
threatened calamity. Man can be placed on this earth,
in no situation where he has not cause for gratitutle to
God. The ordinary, and ever recurring bountie.s of hea
ven, were there nothing more, would demand it.
“The worst has never come.
While man can say; 'thit is the worst.’
But now, while we are thankful, let u* also humhle
ourselves before Ood. As a p*‘ople, wo were proud and
needed chastisement, and the events that now surround
us. as well as worse to come, if such be in store for us.
are discipline, discipline that we needed, my countrymen!
Let us thank God then for this very discipline, this sore
chastisement. It is by precisely such means. He makes
nation* better; for all his dealings, you know, with na
tions as such, must be her«. Nations have no eternity.
Go*! would now make us feel, from sad exjierience, that
nothing permanently exalts a nation but righteousness.
Oiir pride, our ostentation, our eager and frenstied pur-
suit of wealth, our want of proper appreciation of our
political privileges and national blessings, our insane
lust of power, our gener.al thanklessness;~these things,
with hundreds of others, have offended Ood. Hence this
chastisement; and, I repeat it, l«t us devoutly Him
for It to-day. The spirit of submission that humblv re
ceives it as deserved, is the spirit that God must' see
^ U9 before Jle will stay His hand and ceane to smite
Be our place then in the dust, with the cry risine
from our humWed hearts to our lips;—“Lord' we
have sinned, we have sinned:—for Christ’s dear sake
lorgive us—pity our weakness—save us from oui-
Mlvea: ^or Chriit’e dear sake, oh «&to our oouutpy’
South Carol inn.—This J'tate is doing much
for the Ijnion cause by her indecent haste to get
out ol the Union. She is fast building up against
her strong feeling of’ opposition. She treat*
her sister Southern Staten a little too cavalierly.
Respect for them, it'not for herself, would sug
gest to lier the propriety, one would think, of a
little friendly cuutisel with th»sc whose honor and
whose iiitere.sts are as much involved as her
own. lnst.oad tlu-reof’, she seems to be putting
herself in an attitude of defianoo, not only ti>
the (jieneral tJoveriiineiit, but to them. She
is hasty, imperious, unapproachable, dogmatical,
'[’here are m:itiy good citizens who feel keenly
the wrongs inllietel upon them by the North,
who would yet ])rofer to follow the lead of Ma.'^sa-
chu«etts, rather tliati that of our waspi.sh neigh-
l)or. Is it not a pity, to say the least, that there
is not .Slime power that could in.spire the people
of that State and their rulers with a little com
mon sense? Like an in>petuous, head-stroug man
in a t|uarrel, .he is likely to compromise the causj
of the entire South. 'I'he (juestions involved in
a dissolution of the I riion of these States are
moinentou.s questions They involve the hapfii-
iiess ol every muti, woman and child in this wlude
land, and the brighte.st hopes of millions of the
oppressed in nil lands. I'fiey are tjuestions, there
fore, wliieli re|uire ^mve deliberation. The
horse ru^iheth uijuily into the battle, but think
ing men who have souls, and familie.s, and
posterity to provide for, should weiyh well the
consetjucnees before they take a step of sueh mo-
mentou.s re.^ponsibility.
'I'he South h:is been wronged—the Sout’n should
be unitxf in demanding a redress of grievances.
'I'here shouM be cnnibinatioti—deliberation —
united action. One State should not arrogate to
herself all the wisdom, and set herself up as the
exclusive eiiampion of the wounded honor of the
fifteen. If she sees fit to go out alone, let her
go alone and stay alone. iiCt her set up on her
own account, and pcrcfied upon her own eminence
of self-sutEciericy, lotik down as haughtily as may
be on her more prudent sisters. Let them act
as beconies tlie occasion, and while they are de-
termintd tu submit to no wroii:;, let them by their
firmness and their moderation command th« ap
proval of all mankind.— Wasfiiujtou lUfpntrh.
Viryiuin on South \troUna.—At the festival
in honor of the Hell and Kverett Electors, at Kich-
mond, on the )th inst., Marniatiuke Johnson
spoke. In the course of his remarks we find
the following:—
“Where do they propose to jilace V irginia? To
go with South Car.iiina, to foliuw South Carolina!'
I .s;iy Vir-^iiiia is a free and .sover»'i;.'ii State, and
will follow no State or States. “Jo with South
'arolin;i” ll;i> hhe asked us? lias she so-
The chair appoiiiti-d for a committee in organizing j lieite*! our eitnference.' lixs she invited our
a .'■'oiithtTn Hirhts t'lnb. Wm. {}. Hma ifoot. J H. Cook. i council' On tlie contrary she has said we shall act
A. \ Nl. K.than, .\ .1 > Hanlon, .1 I! Roberts. j ."i bulwirk to defend hei from danger, and she
r-p.n m.tion. th. .h-,nk.^ofthem.etingw.s ret,irnel .,lo„e -o out of the (’nion, relying
to ilio ch;iiriii 4n Ali i ^ecrctaru-ri. and the ilruiugion ^ ^
Joiirml, Io!irn;il, Hud Kiv^'ttoville papors, be re- |
PUBLIC MEETINC, TX FAYETTEVILLE.
t'Oll THE OBt!KRVER.
An overwhelming meeting ot the citizens of
this town, wa.s helil in the Town Hall, on Satur
day night, Hth inst., in response to a call for a
Southern Rights Meeting. The meeting wad or
ganized under the colonial flag ot N. C. Ou mo
tion of Maj. John H. Cook, Sampsou Hoon Esq.,
was called to the (Miair, and Mes.srs. Wm. A.
Rose and J. 11. Roberts, appointed Secretaries.
The meetin' w:is briefly addressed by the chair,
stating the object of the meeting, &c. &«.
On niotion, a committee of five was appointed
to draft re.solutions foi: the meeting. Col. Tht)S.
Waddill was loudly called for, and entertained
the meeting during the absence of the committee
with a speech upon Southern rights, which was
ijreeted with the most enthusi.ostic applause.
The committee submitted the following resolu
tions. which were adopted by acclamation:
WiiKRK.AS. In our judgment the County Convention
recently heid in this place, did not clearly express the
seutimeiits of t!umberland County; tlierefore
licst Ived, That this meeting endorse the late message
of (iov. Kllis, in regard te Federal affairs.
Kosolved, That tfie repeated acts of aggression on tlie
part of the Itlack Itepublican party, upon the rights of
the Southern Si.ites. and the recent election of .Abraham
Lincoln upon the avowed policy of his party, u a rause
tor a cletermined and immediate preparation for a dis
solution of the rtiioti; and that we are not willing for
.North ('.aroliiia to remain in the 1,’nion, only on condi
tion that tiie Northern States repeal all laws obstruct
ing the execution of the Fugitive Slave law, and guar-
inteeing to the Southern .''tates et/ual right* and ei/'tal
as one who knows the South well, and wiio love.s his
whole country, whether North or South? I know my j privileges iu the Territor>es of the I nited St.atws.
countrymen; would to tlod you all knew tlitMii a-iwell \ Ilesolved. That we herefiy express our most heart-
a>i I do. There a>>' among IhLiii, yea. ten- feh thnnks and appreciation for the sympathy and no-
"f'.hw .fitnus, who are as lo\al and true ji-; men c m be: ; ble eflorts of our friends at the North, who have bruve-
who would mourn as deeply as any man living to see ■ ly maintained our rights; and that if we are compelled
this glorious confederacy broken into fragments. Hut j to separate from them, iu our hearts we will cherish
the union they love, and'the only general union ot which them as brethren, and here record our everlasting
thev will forma part, is union underM*" ConstUutiun. a.^it \ gratitude
stands. They will not submit to have violated the rights Ilesolved. That we approve of the formation of a
secured to them by that instrument; they wi’.l uot con- 1 Soiithrrii llights Club, and recommend that a committee
sent to be le.ss than independent equals. Mil'.ject onl> tothe | of live fie appoint «d fiy the chair to report an org.inizu
I tion to an adjourned meeting.
Rcxolvcd, That we sympathise with our brethren of
our sister Slates in their determination to resist lUack
Kepublican rule,
j \. A. McKkth.vn, John H. \iok,
I G. W. I. Golhstos, Wm. J. Mtkovbk,
I li. W, Wioht.m.an, (,’ommittee.
Upon motion, these resolutions were unanimously
I .adopted by the meetin;;.
I t’ol M ,1. Mcltufhe next addresseil the meeting in a
; .speech di-^uiguished by logic and elo«iuence. He en-
, gaced the attention of a large audience for an hour or
! riiore. and plainly mad** the conclusion that we had no
hopes of Justice or equality from a Itlack republican u*a-
j.'rity. His addre-^' was able and appropriate, and re
ceived most deservedly the rapturous applause of the
mei-tinir,
A letter was ren I from lion. Warren Winslow, ex-
hifdtiiig the I id that the Nortti did not intend to re-
cogni-e our rights, and appfulitig to North Carolina to
unite in a comnii'U di'ence.
gu> -!e 1 to Copy tlie proceedings of the meeting.
Hc'>iTed. also. Thai >» copy of the.-e resolutions Ik*
ient 'o o'lr de'.egate;- at Ua!e;gh.
I'joti motion, the meeting adjourned.
SAMI'S. IN BOON, Ch n.
W A K.-k, )
.1 11 IvoIlKET
.Secretaries.
KoK THK tiHsKKVKK
.MKKriNti IN IIVKNFTT COl'NTV
.Vccordiag (o notice previously giv. n, a very lar.;e
nu’iiber ol the citiiens II iriii;tt t’ounty asaembl^d
at the i'ourt Hon-** jr .■'umuierville. on Tues lav. ll'h
in>!.. to cotiMiIt toge'lier and to give expression to their
>-eiiiiiu>-n: 1 .ii Ffie'ril .\*fair«.
I In motion, t'n-n. l> ,\lcLean was called to the
Chair an I Allen H. I’arker reque-ted to act a« Secretary.
The ct.iirmaii. aft*r leturning thanks for the honor
conf*-iTe 1 u['on him. very briftly explaincl the object
of the meeting, and concluded fiy announcing that the
meeting wa« orgamre i for Vtusiness.
>ri luouoti of l>r. John ,V .\U Ka3 , the meeting then
i ljoutiied to Mi-Itonal i s I'lazja. in order that a num-
!«er of jer^oti- unafilt to make their way into the t’ourt
Hoii-*e m.ght iiJtve an opportunity of p irticip.'tting.
.Vf'ter iiieetiug ut \lcl*jnal i ». on motion of Col. .Mex.
Murchi'«;ii. the Cuairmati apj>oiut*-d a Committee con-
'i.'ting of one from each t'aptain’s l»ist , lo jirepsre
bu-iiie-ij for the meeting. J'ne t'h>)irm.iti announced
a- the t’ommitiee, t 1. A S. McNeill, Col. Alex .Mur-
chi-on, It.Ill 1 .\lcItoiiglid, ti. \V, Pegram, ,Jno. tireen.
-V I. T'li liu.^ioii. an l .\nsjn I’ lrk^r. Ks j i s
Durini: tiie absence of the t'ommittee several sentle-
tncu re»j' tide I to calls tfiat wrre madt* for thru- — breatn-
tng a de\o!ion to Mie Federal rnioii. but tirinlv taking
he po«iti.in that Norih t'aroliua should remain in the
1 ii’.oii upoti no other t.-riii'i tiian tlni»e ot e'jiialitv.
ol. A S .\Ii Neill, I'hairnian of the Committee, re
ported the tollowing:
\\ HKRK«» I /!*• -U'ri)on of \hrihiiii i^incoin t«> ihr l*rr«ulenrf
llic t fiiU-il t*v 111 .'tiili -eclioii;^! ron
il ih* I oiiiury u iih nri unprefnitf'titr*! .i^.t.tlinii. Ilirv.,lt'ni'i|r
thr ilisiiK iii^H-riiH'ii; of Ihi' i'.■iilfit.-nirv ot .'UW" ttn.1 nrr rail
••it .f I |Niftii.n of 1)1.. )>.>. pie ol It iom thijii Suite, lojriic iii
it raii'#* li» .jir i.i ijh*
I 1 h it v\ t) r^ftnl ihe nf \Kr:\h>iiii l.inciln ■\'t an out
r tj‘- *»n th«- l« f‘J S«»tuh**r» Si.«tpn
- I h ii ih»* r* t *’ n.inl «•!
l^ixw - t ih** r\i- u-M.a r.\ I of lh«* ciit/.t'nA
't >1« ir >111 lu * ificition in hII pri\
♦■£» * nr>*l l*« ot ifi*‘ i •'iiinion IVrrftom*'*. an
I'ltrtf t.on of "iir riin'iit!!' trni r to hirh lhi Si ti**o| .Nurih
* tr »!in:i ,miijl n«>i w ,th h .\t *f in hrr-* M humii t.
'A 1 h it ihf t* oJ i lain %% hich hav*’ *'n>trt4'4l lo
■ Mi'trll I Mt lilt- I iiij.Lv** l^ivv are of rl.i
jfrafiT ;«n«l *t in«i )i i v thereu> h1>«o] vt«) ihc rtcriiHtntnt:
ih* ii> w hi* b lhe*V‘ thnn ht-lorf*.
4 J h it > .cui.iii! to non*' 10 »'r U*v«nion to State rijeht!>. him) to
t’u h»ii'»r anl vs rlt irr ot Norlh Vifol.na Uf h iVr nn MhuJn.}: t *»n-
li.li »'in 'Ut nj’ih apil t «*l lh»* Ki h'fnl lo
nioii » r i h11 ihr r.-hi-* oi ^ Sun*, ami
H iKT ii* our^**!^* ■*. u» |*»»>t«T.t>. hti«I t«i ni tnk.nd. lortiNt
triaM^r %h>>iiUi ronM Mi h (i*N»oiution ot the ('iihm lor inntl
«t lU «
rh »l w r rMpi* •*t our l^ iii'^lature to rnll a ’on\fiilioti ol the
|fopU* ot .\orlh « .ifi.iina. at th« earln'st j»raruralil*; ia>.h»r the
{•ur{N».(‘ ot l.ikoji' inio fon'i.«i«frtl.on our il**ral KrlatioiiN aioi v\c
pit ourM'Uo*^ to Mj>Uiiii ''«>rth ( arolina in ^shaiever {MmtUon.
ij III of iht* |K.*oph-. 'h«- fnay chM»M* u»u"unie.
rt rh'it w»* »n% "ke ihf ri> •*|mt ai'»n •! the p iirioiic atnJ
ativf* ol « \« r> arnl « I.on. i«»r the |»nr)Hi-^e ol retiiovin*; ihe
♦ tanifer-. »v)in h ihr»*aH n lh»- !•'‘iriiclhtii ol our coiiicdemtuMi. un«l «»l
r»*^ionnj! to our «li>in». tiMl rotinirj lh‘ ^pir;t ol :unily. hrotiicrhiHKl,
.l Ul
(In motion of l>r. ,Ino. -McCormick, the resolutions,
a-i a whole, were adopted with but few dissenting
voices.
On motion of C II. Cofiield, Es(j., It was ordered,
that the proceedings bo published in tlie Fayettevillu
and Haleij;h papers, and that our repre.seniatives lay
them betore the Legislature of North t.'arolina.
>11 motion of L>i. .Jno. .McCormick, the meeting theu
adjourned. A. D. McLEAN, Chairman.
Allk.n I? I'AKKta, Sec'y.
A i uiiatituliuiial Munan hi/.—A correspondent
of the (..oiuinbus (^Ga.) limes advocates tfiat the
propo.sed Southern (’onfederacy shall be organized
;ts a constitutional Monarchy. Republicanism he
thinks has been tried and found wanting, and the
only safety of the South is' iu a “strong govern
ment.’’ A correspondent of the Entjuirer, pub
lished ai the same place, thinks that if the South
wants :i king, it should ‘’get a descendant t>f George
the Third, as it would be difficult to make one of
■Vmerican stufi, for the reason so many aspirants
would consider their claims set aside if not elect
ed to the office, and might rebel.” Mr. Bartow
a secession leader in Georgia, advocates a “strono-!
consolitlated government’' and the abolition of all
State Governments in the Southern Confederacy
Where are we drifting: Sece.ssion is bad enou^h
what will follow it? ° ’
‘•Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.”
ujioii us, not t*> go with her, but depending upon
us to remain in the I'liioti and defend her rights*
and liberties out ot the I tiiun. \ irginia cannot
oecufiy a more humiliatinir position, and I implore
gentlemen of.all parties to take intu consideration
this fuel in the tjuestion, that here is Virginia,
j one of the burder .''tates. belonging to neither ex-
j treme of the 1 niun, who is defied bv South
I ('arolina, and \et in the name of South Carolina
I invoked to sUitid by her. \ow I .say of South
’arolin:i, that if I ciuild say and do it. I could
^ take her by the neek, and throw hei into the
I bottinilf.i5 pit, never to be r«-tirrected I iivould
, do it; ioit that cannot be done, this I do say,
! tiiat as an iiniepetidi-nt \ irgiiiiaii, with my naked
sovereiirn rights, ( will not sacrifice N'irginia hon
or and liberty to ihe caprice or the passion ot any
: State. Il South (’arolifia goes, must we go'
j Some sav ye'-. \ fi go because South (’arolina
I gix's.' .\re wo hitclicd on to South ('arolina?
; I>o we belong to South ('arolina? I say for one
! as a \ irginian. 1 will stand where she is geo
graphically located, upon her iwti rights, and ]
will die iti the last ditch before I let South Caro
lina lead me off ”
Ihe Newbvrn N C ^ Haily I’roirress, a l>emo-
eratic journal, alludes to the tact that ail, or near
ly all, of the few sheets aivoeatiiiir disunion in
Husiness Troubh’s.—The political and financtal
troubles of the day are causing an almost entire
cessation of manufacturing in many brancheti.
Besides: the difficulty to pay their work people the
proprietors .see no chance for any thing but loss
by pursuing business at present. A clothing
house which usually employs 2,000 hands, has il-
ready discharged i,r)UO of them, and expects st on
to discharge the remainder And this, we sus
pect, is al)ont a fair sniutde of the clothinir maiiU-
facture generally, so far as it is intended for liie
Southern trade, as iiiueh ot it is. 'I’he distn s.s
which will result to the discharged hands, is (00
obvious to require remark. 'I'hese disastrous re-
sult.s, are largely aftributahle to tjp; “irre{«ressiMe
conflict.” The nation was happy and prosperous,
beyond all example, till Sambo became the idol of
a large party at the North, which has finally tri
umphed, through dissensions in the conservative
ranks. Sambo has carried the day, and the na
tion ii beginning to settle the datnages.
Jnurnal nf ( vinnn rn\, Sth Itixl.
Another large dischar.e fr.tin the (iosport Nav^
Yard took place yesterday, by which filly men
were thrown out of employment. The greater
number were Ship (Jarpenter.a. Cause assigned,
“no work.”—Sorfulk Ifni/ Hook.
We hear that some 40 looms in the factory it
the N. Y. .''lills have been su.spended, and the
hands discharged.—Itonie SfiitniKl.
Thr (iuoernor of (ie-onjia Cen*urt>i.—The
(jreorgia House of Representatives have unani
mously passed a vote ot censure upon the (jiovern')r
of that State, Hon. Jo.seph K. Brown. It appea.'S
that the (governor in vetoing the Bank Relief b 11
intimated that it had been passed through corrupt
influences used by the banks. The Legislature
requested an explanation. The (jovernor replii d
that “no cha.ge of bribery was intended, that the
language used was general, and was intended to
be directed against what is usually known a.s lob
by influence, when gentlemen leave their homi-s
and spend money for travelling ex}»enses, tavern
bills, i*tc., 4c., for the purpose of hanging around
the (ieneral Assembly to try to influence the
minds of member?^ so a.s to procure the passage
of a particular bill.” 7'he reply clo.sed with tl.e
hint that “coti»;cious innocence” would not have
appropriated to itself language in which there
was no imputation of criaiinality made. The
House did not like the answer and the tollowing
resolutions were pa.s.sed—ayes 1 1>{, nays 0.
He it Ilesolved, That His Kxcellency. Gov. Brown,
has not only abused the j^rivileges of thi.s House, but
has failed to maintain, in his ofiicial intercourse with
thi« body, that Ugnity of deportment which becomes
the (,'liief .Magistrate of Georgia
Resolved further. That this Resolution be spread up
on tiie Journals of this House.
S'jnth Citruliiia.—(iov. (Jist has sent his la
uies.saL:e to the Legislature. At its close he .says,—
“ I if it:lij nj dir ('unveiition tor a niitijlt- irok
tn the 1 h iliioUK ( of ,S’> trill have O
!,■'i-jhtiiii am/ clullih'j iiijhu iicr iijton the nrtin
of tht uth r Suulfii rii Sf;i(e., ami the. ojjjtoiit ti
ntuuein' nt '•/('•/>' u iU hf rncou ra>jel to
nuikr nxothfr tffort lo riillt/ thf ir now !laorifan
izul mill scatt) ml torcts, lo tlef\_at onr arfic
anti to atai/ our onwanl /ntir h. J’abius conquer
ed by dela\'; and there are those of his schoo
though with a more unworthy purpose, wh-
shrinking from an open atid mat;)y attack, u
this veil to hide their deformity, and, from a mask
ed battery, discharge their missiles. But I tru
they will strike the armor of truth and fall ham
! less at our feet, and that hi/ tio lAth of rn
j r nn jiii'j but thf J\tluK>to will fb-at over ai.j/
I jmrf of' South C’lrolina."
THE SECTIOX.vl
Washinqton, Dec. _ Tj ^-‘Ks
port of Boston from the r
4i>0,000 to pay saUrioh, tl„. % ] .
being in.sutficient for that mm '
The Southern Senators
Capitol ye.sterday f«r the p„rt,u " ••
;uid interchange, of view, aVi*
feeling pre\aih-d, there wore „r i'
itig to tlie belief fliat there |
nious action among thoui L-.
('rittenden made Mrong ypi„.-,ls ,7’^', .'
proposition requirin^^ a vote w;,. ’ “ k; ‘
raueuH adjourn.'.! wit}i„„t 11.,,'/,^
(Witinued Union, and in the I'ul!Vp
iea.st the seven eotton States will i “ ■'•v.'S
federaey. "‘1'leav,
Wa.shinoton, Hec. vj},,. ^
Southern States, wifliout re,.r„.,^"7''^= '
senibled on Saturday tor freneral ^
Whilst the deterniinatiou w:i8 Ut ■ ^
inand the rights of the South it i
I • 1- 1 U J ,
a large majority did not r,-_rar,l .^0^. ''
medy tor the evit of which they co7’'‘^'-
far as I can ascertain tlier..- was ‘n„
taken by the Conference farther tl
interchange of opinion and seniirnent’
The result of this nieetia_' ha.s, 1,,,;^.
f resh hope that aouiethintr may \.-t ‘
(’ongress, whilst it has also sriven'reiK^Iu^'
tothe conservatives in both Houses C'
AYE
bubsDAY
Hawks
publishing
I
illiiioi*.— Illinois ha.i this year vindicated her
abstract and compartive importance iu more wav
than one. She has stepped from the seventh to
the fourth State in the L nion in numerical force
but she stands out pre-eminently the first in rank
as to the yalueof her agricultural products. Th
supply and price of grain at Cfiicago now control
the markets of New York, I.iverpwl. and I’aris
(,’hicatro .sends abroad this year 10,*0J,U(J0 bush
els ot wheat, KJ,(>(JO,UtH*, bushels of corn, 7U0,
U(.*t> barrels of flour; (or 3,5UU,0UU bushels,) and
i!,UO(.»,OUtJ, bushelai of oats, rye, and barley, an
I aggregate of .‘iTjOUvi.'iOU bushels—about nine hun-
this State are conducted by gentlemen who were j jr^d thousand tons. The lake navigation has no'.?
not born in North (, arohiia. and some of whom are ! nearly closed, and it !■= estimated that at least 15,-
not natives of the co;intry at all ►ur North j bushels of wheat must remain over in
('arolina contemporary comments on this fact as , the hands of the farmer. The mammoth corn
follow
“Wc arc willini^ th:it foreigners should come
here, that thev >l!iuld vote, own negroes, hold
office, govern us, and do every thing which a na
tive may do; but when they attetnpt to lead in
measure* irifeiidod to break up the Government,
wc must enter our protest. 1 hey may enjoy the
benetits of the iovernment, but they must not
destroy it. But for the great influx of foreiirners
into the Nortliern States the country most proba
bly would not be in the fix it is. 'J hey have
helped to keep up the fanatical tires at the North,
and have swelled Abolition majorities until that
entire section of the country has triumphed over
conservatism; and. while this condition of things
exists at tlie North, we see the same class ot
naturalized citizens leading on the sectional col
umn at the South. Who are the editors in North
( arolina that have declared in favor ot ininifdiafe
iet'f ssiDU, regardless of cotisequences, and whence
came they.' Is there a single son of our soil
among them? W e think not. .Most ot them
have been either transplanted from the North or
from Europe, and, while we make no war on them,
and while we rcspect them as much as we do other
citizens, we do think that they should follow,
not attempt to le;id. Natives are suppttsed to
know as much ot republicanism and republican
institutions, and to be as fully alive to their hon
or and the honor of the South, as foreiuners of
only a fevs- years’ growth.”
The di.ssemination of “incendiary publications”
being justly regarded and punished as a -^reat
crime in the slaveholding States, we are at a'^loss
to understand the conduct of the “Minute Men”
of Jackson (^Miss.) who have recently ordered
ten thousand copies of au abolition article from
the Chicago Democrat to be published /’or distri
bution. The Vicksburg Whig, in commenting on
this proceeding, remarks, that when such defend
ers of Southern rights “get to work circulatin*»
such matter, they may find themselves arraigned
before the grand jury, as such a proceeding is in
direct and palpable violation of our excellent
State laws."
Look at Uomr.l—“I am starved. 1 have had
nothing to cat for several d;iys.”
1 big was the dying exclamation of a poor man
named Luther Shaylor, aged sixty years, who
committed suicide, by cutting his throat, in J.on-
don, on the ‘Jlst ult.
The same journals that record the coroner’s
intjuest in this case, we see, are full of rejoicings
over the prospective improvement ot “the poor
negro, in America, under the Republican admin
istration of Mr. Lincoln.”
Let these trans-atlantic philanthropists mind
their own business, and let ours alone. If they
have any superfluous charity, looking for invest
ment, let them “begin at home.”
I’onipey or Sambo, in his worst estate, South,
we undertake to say, is infinitely better ofl[ than
the white slaves of England,—of whom the un
happy J.uke Shaylor was a representative man.
\V ho ever liearJ ot a plantation negro cutting his
throat, for want, or saying, “I am starved! I
have had nothing to eat for several days?”
A\ i. Kspress.
The Hon. Caleb Cushing .says that whatever
may have been done on board the James Gray in
regard to the Palmetto flag was done “without
any orders, knowledge, or privity on the part
of either of my brothers or of myself, and that
our first and only knowledge of the luatter at the
time was deriveti from the telegraphic statement,
as it appeared in various shapes in the newspapers
ot Boston.” ^
Lost in Stock.—The decline in stocks thus far
has produced a loss of two hundred millions, esti-
m»Ung thtt (ieoline at 10 p«r Cint,
crop of I^t>0 stands untouched, and, if there is a
demand for it in the spring, 25,000,000 bushels,
or one-fifth of the crop, can r«adily be spared for
sale.
l*opubition of Arkansas.—The population, ex
cltLsive ot three counties, is as tollovs; males 105,
1»)5, females 14^,(•«_*, insane deaf and dumb
1*1, bliud i»s:, slaves 104,o75, free negroes 4»),
cjlored deaf, dumb, and blind 5. Total 41o,2S(.*.
Pojtulation of \ermont.—The \ ermont papers
publish complete returns, of the census for 180U.
They show the population of the State to be 315,
^'11, being au increase of only 1,(557 over the year
1*50, when it was 314,170. It is evident, says
the \ ermont paper from which we obtain these
facts, “that after l8t>3 V'eimont will be entitled to
but two members of Congress.”
l\)pulation oj Auijusta.—According to the
Census just taken, the population of the city of
Augustastaudsasfollows; Whites, 1 l,3t)0;Blacks,
4,4b0—Total, 15,840.
Oj^cial lute oj Indiana.—The Indianapolis
Journal publishes the official vote of Indiana,
which footi up as follows: Breckinridge, 12,2‘J5-
Bell, 5,330; Douglas, 115,166; Lincoln, 139,U13*
Gerritt Smith received five votes in the State.
The Vote of Jli.-isittijipi.—For Mr. Breckin
ridge, 40,707; for Mr. Bell, 25,U40; for Mr. Douc
las, 3,283.
Calijornia.—By the arrival of the Overland
Mail it IS ascertained that the vote for Lincoln in
California is 38,700; for Douglas 38,0ti0; for
Breckinridge 3,-100. The censu«> returns give
the State a population of 400,000.
—The business of the New
York Post Office is more considerable than many
might suppose. During the past year the re
ceipts tor postages, colleetions, boi-rents, &c.,
were 89(-)4,iJl; letters mailed, 15,507,GG4; letters
received by mail for delivery in the city, 18,250,-
000; circulars mailed, 4,031,987; registered let
ters, 172,82Ij foreign letters sent, 2,942,449;
number of persons employed 355.
Revolutionary Survivors.—According to the
report of the Commissioner of l*en.sions but eighty-
seven soldiers ol the Revolution yet survive, out
of one hundred and sixty-five who on the 30th of
June, 1859, were on the pension rolls. Among
the survivors is one who participated in the first
great battle ol the Revolutiou. Pensions are al
lowed also to sixty-six widows of Revolutionary
soldiers, making the number now on the rolls 3,-
204, a diminution since the last annnal report of
510.
liani Dividend.—The Bank of Charlotte has
declared a semi-annual dividend of four per cent.
1 nn UNSLAK£D in prim* ord«r, for talc by
ivU PEMBERTON k SLOAN.
pres.sion now is that the ■iubat* s of *' ' '
\/eek will be characteri*ed by an '
vehement declamation and sectional rar '
demands of the South will be ur-ed'
ness and artrued with calmness and ^ ‘
is now evident that such spceclie-
.‘‘•enators Wigfall, Clinguian and ’
ritber weakened than strenirtht ned
the secessionists. '
The extremes to which the ■
Carolina has gone, not on!.- in di'C"-'
National flag, vtc., tc., but in shov^ln
tiou of establishing a military tuonHr> >i' T.
ci the ardor of many who looked with V. . ' ^
on the establishment of a Southern ”
The wide-spread depres.sion of laonKv-
commercial affairs, and the dark cloui 4,.'
shrouds the future of every interest in
try, is also having a favorable influenc- •
hopes and prospects of those who tire
save our glorious Republic from di'^mea,^'
and ruin.
The Republicans are being flooded wit’
from the Northern States, denian'iin™ ,*
the most libera! concession?, and srivin;n v
plorable accounts of the sufferin_' that lu j.-
from a continuance of the pre.sent panic ,
The Committee of Thirty-three will n/, j.
ed together by Mr. Corwin, before Tue.jav I
IIis rea.«on for this delay is sail toiari h^^f |
allow time for the Southern menibenvj oiif
as to the demands they shall make \
I’littee, and also for the Republicani v. c.v
as to what they shall yield, I
It is reliably ascertained that a lar;e ml
the Republicans stand ready to do a'-
that is rea.sonable, by way of conce.sii 'n u:i _
promise, tu satisfy the border States ani *;
the (’otton States, though they deem tit
to meet the requirements of South Car lina*
be futile.—halt. Aniericav.
Washinuton'. Dec. 10.—The iniprcfi- ;r: .
vails here that the border States are t
vise the Cotton States, in case thev socci.
feubmit temy»orarily to the existing tariff anJ;
al laws, and to Bend commissioners 11 ^Va.^hiir..I
to treat with the Federal governmetit. and ;i>
avoid collision and bloodshed; ani tiiat
the t'ederal government refuse to xeco^tuse
commissioner.'^, or the negotiations to U .• f
summated, then the Ixirder State? w u ■
their sister Cotton States in secession
U'ASHi.voro.N, Dec. 10.—Secretary t ■
the Treasury, has certainly resigned, srti*
turn to (Jeorgia on Thursday.
The President was assured to-day. b
authentic source, that South Caroh’ni wiil/
{>ose the collection of revenue, nor the F«;*
retention of the Forts during the TtzsiDo’er
his administration.
K.i tra Sefxion of the Le^igbit^irr ■: Tr .v
—The (iovernor of this State h.!'i e.ilied an eir-.
session of the Legislature, to meet on the 7:f:
January, for the consideration of the cvn iitiw
the country.
Adairs in Texas.—New Orle.^.vs. I'ec ?- \
It id understood between the nieniber? ot !^
Texas Legislature that that body will meet'
Austin, on the 7th Jauuarv, without
from the Governor. It is further un'ief't.
that a Convention will be called on the 'iliJs
uary.
Columbia, Dec. 10 —In reference t.*'>
missioners from Virginia, Kentucky and'.'if'
bt)rder States, the Guardian says it is whuhya>r
less. The Convention will not li.sten to p5,*52^
sions from any quarter.
Nothing of unusual interest has transpired
in the past few days. All the delepte>
to the convention appear to be in favor of i-s*'
diafe secession.
Commissioner from Alabama.— e
Isham W. (larrett, Esq., is at present in thiiOv
as a Commissioner from the State of AlabsM.
consult with the Governor and
this State on the condition of the countrj.
farrett is a native of Anson County, in this?*^^
and received his education in Raleigh and^r«“'
boro,’ and at the University at Chapel Hiil
which he is a graduate.—Kaleijh
The Boston Black Republira «. Uoiikd II.'’
foot and Dragoons'.—The vote for
Monday resulted as follows: Wei^'htnian.
8,7t)8; Kimball, Black Republican, o.O'l
L nionists have an overwhelming majority m
Councils.
From Kansas.—St. Loi'is. Dec. ..
patch to the Democrat says that Gen.
been to Fort Scott and held an interview
Gen. Harney, who stated that Montgovnery ”
entrenched at Maine City with oOO nien.
that he was determined to show fight; .
ed Gen. Frost’s support, and said lie
with their combined forces he would he ‘
capture Montgomery and his whole band
Capture of another Sbi
Board.—Advices from the African
port the capture of another slaver, ‘.
Africans on board. She is called the bark ^
and hails from New York. She was tak^n *
80 miles off the Conj^o River, by the L • ^
- CT* ' » 11* _ hll
callinii
vette Constellation,—a person . jj,
Lorretto Ring, but supposed to be nameJ
proclaiming himself her mtister. A Sp*'"''
proclaiming
an American crew were on board.
— —
Alleged Corruption at Washington. -
charge is preferred against one of the -1** ^
of the Cabinet,—but as yet it does not app^
be substantiated. , .
It is said that be has recently sold.
one hundred and fifty thousan i muskets, a
each, on Kuropean account,—whereas their
at auction, is said to be S8 at least, .. j
The operation is believed to be entirelv >
and an investigation will probably be
The Supreme Court.—The Supreme
North Carolina commenced its winter terifl i
City OD Monday last, all the Judges
Sept. la, iseo.
621tf
on the late Thank
,dp(l. even to the hi-
£,r. useiJ very plait
Kion. J"'"
-£jk9 birth, an.l has the
j^Li.lst of her enemie;
UrrSR FRO.'f Mit. P'K
^ing & *'''
^ on (he crisis. He
|(-,tiitional means for
(0 dissolution. I
as t?ie niedinni of
: troubles.
Little Lioht —E
r,.s. To-day, we a
tomorrow ni»y br
lews items for j arti
[ BUC MjJETISOS. —V
of two more, ami
we cannot crowd
Wilmington paper
inj; there on Tuesd
litutional Union.
, nie«tinjr it has eve
[ht presided, the re
i^right, Esq., and el
fteo. Davis, J.
i Poisson.
le resolutions expre
ind guarantees for
ttlenient at once and
recommend a .''late
jthern States, a consi
and liberal appro
A Mistake.—The St
flgfc.'ivors to produce t
hafv endorsed Gov. KlI
affairs: and for this
said to have been «
of its statements a
mpird to Cumberland co
Itiays:—
i^he following resolut
tj^AimberlanJ;
“Resolved, That we a
Governor’s
usultation with the
j, n of the people of
.Militia, and the
volunteers with sn
rnecessary arms and
Phe Cumberland conn
jt this resolution It
ids of secession in tli
rict in the county,-
of secession took n
at a county nieetin
irjlp very decidedly rejec
SHChile on the subject i
fililents of secession had
l|||cting in this town on
learn that many of t
^ HIXGS t.V SuL IH (’.AH
ifcltiinore Aniei icaii etat
two parties in the Le
language towards
to organize an army,
iifor^ving tothe (io
tBty officers, on the avo
faiBpable of making a p
•ftrr party, from the r
*0 it'e of ofticers to tli
|l^.ier party are all tow
l^c il form of govevni
*'*■
3wcd his desire lo
i-ftain with sovereigti
r.if|the Governor is ari'.\
iiiJing army of 1
In he otficers wiy ini{
iintry will be under
at the head—:ind w]
IA letter to the N. Y.
Columbia that the
ura, in imitation of t!
ut Con.*titiition ot
rk, speeches, resolut
order consigned to
Bult given to the worli|
^Stay LAWd.—The
llBuiher from Robeson
spend for two years iP
3. And w^e learu th
■^ons for some measu
^biing the policy of th
:)lors and creditors, i
as Mr. Wishart pr.
oii«d to be uncouslituij
Jl^yision of the constitii
d«clfc. es that “No Stat
• law impairing t
; e have heard our e.’J
ii*nt for the passage
thera is no analogy
"llpct.x made after their {]
their operation. 15u
•tiding executions wot
9‘'ing the obligation
Sfuow Prices.—It is
%i.8 of dollars would n
present fall of pricc
^’•'y, and slockB. W
%'usand millions, lu tW
W the Southern States
.Ati'i millions, and that
»Hon has fallen -o pet*
*'e nearly^s much, ai
S The naval store but*!
‘ is depressed to au
of Spirits Tuipp
for Hosin, the coniii
•I all.
only things that
W ‘■a'l. and that
'^ol ha* declined
-o per cent.
^lo.NET Matters.-
't>*y market, mentio
““Par^d with that wlj
per cents fell to
61; Virginia 74
one-day. *^As may
Cash Patmbnts —
continue sending th
^f*er the time paid for
Tear be not fort 11
‘olige our friends (kr
but 8uch a
nfnsion in our book^
“^cessity of declining t
^Mall Type.—The
f upon us for pub!