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Anv number of squares will be charged in propor tion All advertisements marked (tf) till forbid, will be continued till ordered out and charged a above. "Working Men." Wo have received a pamphlet copy of an " Ad dress by the Working Men's Association of Wake County.". y?'e do not doubt but the gentlemen yfho put forth this Address are conscientious and sincere, but we tell them they can do nothing by addresses and associations, so loni as they vote for striplings just from college and young unex perienced professional men, to regulate the reve nue and make their laws. How many mechanics have had seats in the North Carolina Legislature in the last ten years 7 What are the proportion pf farmers, mechanics and professional men se lected tbj represent the people at each session ? We do not object to sending doctors and lawyers to the legislature; we have no right to reject them on account of their professions, but then we do object to the practice of sending so large a number to the exclusion of farmers and mechanics who are equally as well qualified to make laws, and, in many intstances, better qualified. The working men of Wake " have helped to elevate any number of lawyers and some'farmsrs, to the Legislature, but when did they have, or try to have, a mechanic there ? The fact is if the peo ple would correct the errors of legislation, which proceed mainly from ignorance and knavery, they :nust strike at the root of the evil, and by send-in"- the best practical men to the Legislature from the Several counties, endeavor to bring about fhose radical reforms so much needed in our legislation. Will the next representation from Wake be composed of " working men," (farmers and me chanics) or will it be made up, as too often here tofore, of briefless young lawyers and drones who can claim no profession at all, aud who never did a day's work iu their lives. Wake has, since our recollection, sent some very good material to the Legislature, and then it has sent some much, ihat was very sorry. We hope howeve r that the " working men " will improve the complexion of ihiit county hereafter. Uemoeratic liitrict Convention. Yestcrd ly being the day fixed for the assem bling of the Democratic District Convention to appoint delegates to the Charleston Convention, the delegates in attendance mpt at the Washing ton Hotel when it was ascertained that but four counties were represented, viz: Craven, Lenoir, Jones and Onslow. It being necessary that a majority of the counties in the district should be represented the Convention adjourned to meet again on the 4th Thursday in March, at Newbern, tt which time it is ei" peeled all the couzrties will jc represented. " i I'llKCKI'T AND THAt'TiCR. Precept: Non-intercourse with the North. Practice, : Movements ; for two lines of steamers from Eorth Carolina to New Vork, as will be seen by the following : I'rom the. Nticbcm Progress, of the 1th inst. What has become of the steamers ? The line of steamers advertised to run between Newbern, Norfolk and New York, were to commence regu lar trips, we thougt, about the 1st of January. This is the 7th day of the month aud we hear nothing said about them. Are we to have them or not .' Our impression is that the line might be made to pay improperly managed as we doubt not it will be by those who have it in charge. Wilmington we see is moving in the matter of steam communication with New York, and if the line through the canal is to fail we go for one di rect to New Y'ork, outside. Of this we shall say more at a future time. The Union may be disolved, Mr. Observer, and then it may not. If forced to risk "our pile" on either side we should favor the continuation of the compact. No idea that the people will con sent to yield to the politicians in this matter. As to the steamers, if the Union continues, we desire a line from this port to New Y'ork, and if it is Smashed up it will be a nice thing for us to be Among the first to cstsblish lines to foreign coun tries ! Any way we are in for the steamers. Death of Palmer, the Alleged Insurrec tionist. Dr. Wm. Russell Palmer, whose arrest and examination in Memphis, Tenn , for alleged conspiracy in the late attempt to incite the ser vile population of the South to revolt, is still fresh in the minds of our readers, died in that city on Saturday week. The Memphis Argus says: " It will be remembered that he was required to give bonds in $2,5u0 for his appearance at court. After his release from custody he remained m' the city, and boarded at the Planter's House, where consumption, with which he had been afflicted for many years, terminated his existence on Sat urday morning. Since the developements of the late trial facts have come to light which seem to warrant many in the belief that Dr. Pa.nier was innocent of the charge preferred, and that the let ter said to be written by the underground agent, Thatcher, was in reality t)ie production of a gen tleman well known in this community, who was niterrested somewhat in the property of Palmer's Enlarged and Improved. The Goldsboro' Tribune comes to us this week enlarged and improved- fo-'an extent that makes it compare favor ably with" the largest and best publications of the State. New type and new material are used throughout and the enlarged sheet enables it to give a larg'e quantity of reading matter. We wish the venerable' editor, as also the youthful proprietor of the Triburie a rich harvest'. Sale or Vessel. The fiuc Schooner, Laura E. Johnson, was sold at auction at B. B. Lane's wharf on yesterday" for the sum $6,900, D. C. Murray, New Yrork, becoming her owner. We have not been ap prized, but suppose thats he wiil continue to run be tween this port and New York. t Matrimonial. d B. Wood, Esq., of tb is county, and Mrs.Baily were united in marriage at the resi dence of the bride, in this town yesterday morning, liev. J- IS. Brent ofiL'ciating. Changed!--Yesterday was a regular Spring day j i . almost warm enougTi to cause one to thirst for iced coblers and creams. 'Twas different' last week, fclightly; ' Lola Moutez is reportod to" Lave written a drama of great pathos and beauty, which has been accepted at oiic of the London Theatres. FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS SaLishury, January 8tb, I860. Dear Progress . After the very flattering in troduction given me ,by friend "Cosmo" in his last communication, I feel somewhat trepSd in presenting to the readers of the "Progress" the news items of our town, feeling confident that their anticipations will not be realized, as regards the " happy facnty of entertaining." It has been unusually tlitd here during the last week. The thermometer raugiug as low as zero. We have had several days of fine sleighing; after becom ing satiated with that species of amusement, the younger portion of our community repaired to McCoy's pond, some mile and a half distant from this place, for the purpose of skating. This is a beautiful sheet of water, covering an erea of three hundred acres. Near its banks resided the late J udge McCoy, the legal preceptor of General Jackson. Nothing is now left to mark the spot, save the dilapidated trees, that once formed a no ble avenue ; they still stand, without a vestige of foilage, as firm' and unbendirg as " old Hickory" himself. After remaining on the bank some time, considering whether it would be good policy to venture on untried ice or not, I concluded to " pitch in lemons," and got terribly " squeezed " by adjusting a nine inch skate to a fourteen inch foot. The sport was fine, and quite a number of persons participated ; amongst them was your friend B. of the "Watchman." The exercise was rather violent, and I am at present paying for it, by suffering from a severe cough, the sound of which is something similar to a piece of music composed by Neave, entitled, " A March to the Grave Yard." I am happy to state that our citizens have im bibed some of the military enthusiasm at present manifested in your city. They are forming a company of mounted riflemen , the nimes of seve ral of our most prominent townsmen being on the list insure its success. This with our two other companies will afford this place ampl i protection from the "enemy." Our billiard playing boys were thrown into a flurry a few days since by the arrival of a stranger in their midst, who after playing greeny for awhile, eventually eased them of their spare cash. After wards to enlighten them he run one hundred and four points, called tor a hot punch, aud very coolly informed them that he was the identical ' Bowery Boy" that chalked "Phelan's" stick in the great match beticcen him and ' Scricter." On yesterday there was to have been a meet ing of the Democracy of Rowan, but owing to the extreme inclemency of the weather, it was postponed until Tuesday of our next Court There was considerable zeal manifested, some of our country brethren having rode sixteen miles through rain to attend, but as it was desirous that the whole county should be well represented it was postponed. There is a considerable diversity of opinions here iu regard to the " Working Men's Address," some advocating ad ralortm taxation, others op posed ; but of this more anon. But I can assure you .is regards " Southern Kights our party here is a unit. HAL. HELPER A RESIDENT OF RICHMOND. It is not generally known, we suspect, that Hin ton Rowan Helper, who has become so notorious within the la.st two or three months, was once a resi dent of this city. Nevertheless, such is the fact. He lived several months with Messrs. Har rold & Murray, at that time booksellers on Broad street, as a clerk, in the year Jft'55, soon after his return from California. While there he endeav ored to get his book, "The Land of Gold," pub lished in the South, professing so strong a repug nance to the North and its anti-slavery proclivi ties, that he disdained to trust it even to a New York publisher. It was eventually published by Henry Taylor, Sun Buildings, Baltimore, and Helper left the city to see to its circulation and sale. It proved, we suspect, a failure, not suc ceeding in the North on account of its ultra pro slavery tendencies, and falling dead in the South, in spite of that ingredient. How hS first conceiv ed the idea of writing the book which has made him so notorious, we are unable to say. Proba bly it was prompted by an empty pocket, proba bly he received his inspiration at the Tribune of fice. When preparing to write it, he addressed a letter to Mr. Murray, (one of his former employ ers,) requesting him to send certain statistics with regard to the negro population of this city, saying that he had written a similar letter to Mayor Mayo, but had received no answer. Mr. Murray took no notice of this letter ; yet he received a copy of tho "Crisis" when it was published The information asked of Mr. Murray and the Mayor he received from another gentleman of this city, who had no suspicion of the purpose for which it was designed. Mr. Murray says that up to the time of his leaving him, he thought him the strongest pro-slavery man he had ever seen, going a bow-shot beyond any man in these parts, even the most ultra. We were not aware that Helper's book had at tracted attention in Congress before this ses sion such, however, we learn was the fact. It was denounced, on its first appearance by Mr. Craige, of North Carolina, who represented the district in which Helper had resided, and who charged the author with having purloined money from the desk of his employer, while clerk in a store. On account of this charge, Helper came on to Washington, and assaulted Mr. Craige, at tacking him from behind his back. On his re turn to New York, he published a hand bill, wherein he undertook to palliate the theft, of which he did not deny that he had been guilty, by pleading extreme youth, and alleging that it was a common' thing among young men living in stores, to help themselves to the money of their employers. This charge against a large body of respectable men, is, we take it, a slander too gross to call for defence or denial Such is is a statement of the information fur nished us with regard to Helper. There seems to be little doubt that he wrote the book from no other motive than to make money, and that pro vided he could make it sell, he cared nothing either for the truth or falsity of its statements, or for the mischief it might occasion. There can be no question that it assisted very materially to bring the projects of Old John Brown to a head, by persuading him that both the negroes and the non-slaveholding whites were ripe for rebellion, and that he had only to raise his flag, in order to secure the assistance of the large majority of these classes. At the same time it is perfectly certain that he knew better himself, and that he raae these statements tfnly to make his book sell. Dispatch. Value of Fugitive Slaves. It is stated that there are now in Canada forty five thousand run away slaves from the South. Valuing these slaves at an average of one thousand dollars each, j t is clear that the British provincies are harboring $45,000,000 worth of the property of the. United States, and keeping it beyond the reach of the rightful owners. . A Line of Steamers FOREiJROpfi.-ijL" vvriter in the Wihnsb6roF.egrster promises to be one of a thousand to subscribe each V hundred dollars, to secure a line of freight and passage steamers between Charleston and Europe. NEWBERN, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17, 1860. V. Letcher, f Va., on the Crfin.' Gov. Letcher sent his first message to the Leg islature on Saturday last. Afte referring to the objects of the Constitution and the Union, the tranquility that for many years reigned, the first disturbance of this peace by the people of the North by interfering with our domestic institu tions ; the present attitude of Massachusetts and other States in resisting the Fugtive Slave Law, the "irrepressible conflict," &c, &e. the Execu tive of the Old Dominion continues thus: It is readily and cheerfully conceded, that a lage portion of the citizens of the non-slaveholding States are loyal to the Constitution aud the Union ; but it is not to be disguised, that a large number are indifferent to both, and would prefer a dissolution of the Union to the extension of slave territory, or the increase of slave States. They desire to confine slavery to the States in which it now exists, and the sympathy manifest ed for John Brown aud his associates in crime, gives reason to fear that they are not prepared to aid in putting down attempts to interfere with the institution, even in the State, where it is recognized and protected by law. This lamentable state of things, between the two sections of the country, has its origin in the construction placed by the Northern people upon the Constitution of the United States. They construe it to the prejudice of the honor, rights and institutions of their Southern brethren. They insist that the Constitution authorizes the adop tion of measures for the exclusion ot slavery from the Territories the common property of all the States and they spare no effort to affirm their construction by the legislation of Congress. In the early history of the government, territory was acquired, aud territorial governments were organ ized, without enquiring whether they were free or slave free and slave States were admitted in to the Union pari passu. The Constitution was constructed fairly and justly according to its terms and spirit we lived in harmony and our pros perity .us a nation was steady and unparalleled. When the Northern construction began to pre vail, strife arose, bitter feelings were engendered, crimination and recrimination followed ; and now we find that the ties of brotherhood have been sundered, mutual distrust has succeeded, and the kindly feelings of affection have been smothered by bitter sectional hatred, that now bids fair to outlive the existence of the Union. The only foundation upon which the erovernment can rest j in security, is the affections of the people. If t this foundation has not been entirely undermind- ed. it is so nearly gone that it becomes the con servative patriots of the nation to unite and de termine upon a line of policy that shall govern their future action. I greatly fear, however, that the disease has taken such hold upon the North ern mind that it is almost impossible now to era dicate it. In this deplorable condition of things, with all the evils incident to a dissolution of the Union prominently before us, the enquiry presents itself what can be done to avert the danger? The Supreme Court cannot settle this question of con struction, because it is not recognized by the par ties as an arbiter. This has been but too pal pably manifested in the utter repudiation of the Dred Scott decision, by the Republican party. The only mode, therefore, of remedying the ev il that occurs to me, under the Constitution, is pro vided in the fifth wrticle thereof. Summon a Con vention of all the States, that a full and free con ference may be had between the Representatives of the people, elected for this purpose, and thus ascertain whether the questions in controversy cannot be settled upon some basis mutually satis factory to both sections. If such a convention shall assemble, and after free and full consultation and comparison of opinions, 4hey shall find that the differences between the slaveholding States are irreconcilable, let them consider the question of a peaceable seperation and tho adjustment of all questions relating to the disposition of the com mon property between the two sections. If they can be reconciled let them adjust the terms and give them such sanctions as will render them ef fective. I suggest, therefore, that 3011 adopt resolutions in favor of the call of such a Convention, and ap peal to the Legislatures of the several States to unite in the application proposed to be made to Congress, in pursuance of the provisions of the article aforesaid. If the non slaveholding States "shall fail or refuse to unite in the application, such failure or refusal will furnish conclusive ev i lence of a determination on their part to keep up the agitation, and to continue their aggressions upon us. If the Convention shall meet, and the question cannot be satistactorily adjusted, it will furnish evidence equally conclusive of their de termination. In either event the people of the South will clearly understand what they are to expect in the future. It will, doubtless, be objected to this suggestion that it looks to disunion. Grant it if you please. Is not the danger of disunion imminent now. and is not the public mind, North and South, deeply agitated by the apprehension that the days of the Union are numbered ? Disunion speeches are the order of the day in deliberative bodies, State and National, and the press teems with the same sort of matter, editorial, communicated and selected. Southern Legislatures are employed in consider ing the best modes of protecting the honor and rights of their States, and in making provision for arming and disciplining the miiitia with sole re ference to their protection and defence, either in or out of the Union. Everyman sees and feels that dangers are impending over us, and that dis union is not only a possible but a highly probable event, and at no distant day. When thesethings are so, surely t he country can look upon disunion, from tho stand-point which I occupy. If men cannot calmly look upon it, at this distance, they oug-ht to cease the utterance of disunion senti ments, and permit the. public mind to settle ehmvny preparatory to submission, on the part of" the South. I also suggest that a commission, to consist of two of our most intelligent, discreet and experienc ed statesmen, shall be appointed, whoso duty it shall be to visit the Legislatures of those States which have passed laws to obstruct the execution of the Fugitive Slave act, and insist, in the name of Virginia, upon their unconditional repeal. In support of the appointment of a commission, a precedent is to be found in the history of our own State, in the appointment of the distinguished Benjamin Watkins Leigh, who was commissioned to visit the Legislature of South Carolina, at the time of the controversy between that State and the Federal Government. The existence of the Union was then greatly imporilled, and the action of Virginia exerted a most happy influence, in bringing about a settlement that averted the dan ger and restored peace to the country. That cri sis in public affairs was almost as serious and alarming as the present. This controversy" has now reached a point, which demands a speedy settlement, if the Union is to be saved from dissolution. If the agres sions to which we have been subjected for so may years, are to be repeated, if mutual distrust and suspicion are to continue, and if the election of a sectional Republican candidate to the Presi dency in 18(50, is to be superadded, it is useless to attempt to conceal the fact, that in the present temper of the Southern people, it cannot be, and will not be submitted to. The " irrepressible conflict " doctrine, announced and advocated by the ablest and most distinguished leader of the Republican party, is an open declaration of war against the institution of African slavery, wherev er it exists, and I woa!d be disloyal to Virginia and the South, if I did not declare, that the elec tion of such a man, entertaining such sentiments, and advocating such doctrines, ought to be resist ed, by thV slavehetldinf States. The idea of per mitting such a man to have the control and di rection of the Army and Navy of the United States, and the appointment of high judicial and Executive officers, postmasters included, cannot be entertained by the South for a moment. I am now, and have ever been, a friend to the Union of the States. I appreciate its valne, ar dently desire its preservation, and would not rash ly hazard its existence. I have presented thfcse views in the earnest hope that the Northern mind may be brought to refiep, and that the conser vatism of that section may be aroused and stimu lated to immediate action. It will reqnire prompt and decided action on their part, if mutual confi dence shall be revived, and distrust and suspicion shall be banished from amongst us. A wise, pru dent and considerate course may save the Union in the hour of its peril. To this end, I am pre pared to do all that honor, duty and patriotism en joins upon me. Whether the Union shall survive or perish, it is, nevertheles, your duty to place the State in such a condition that she will be prepared at all times, and upon the shortest notice, to protect her honor, defend her rights, and maintain; ljer insti tutions Against all assaults of her enemies. With this view, I recommend a careful revision pf the militia laws ; and, in this connection,. il stiggest that munitions of war bo procured and provision made for the organization of an efficient military staff. : '- y . Ieiucralic iTIreling in Jones. Pursuant to notice, a meeting of the Democrats of Jones County was held at the Court House, in Trenton, on Saturday the 7th of January, 1860, when on motion of Wm. P. Ward, Esq., Thomas J. Whitaker was called to the Chair, and in a few remarks tendered his thanks to the meeting, and explained the object of this meeting. On motion of B. Askew, Eli H. E. F. Perry was requested to act as Secretary. On motion of Wm. P. Ward, a committoe of five was appointed by the Chair to draft resolu tions for the action of this meeting. The following named persons to wit : Wm P Ward, Benjamin Askew, Daniel Harrison, Elijah L. Francks and Jas. B. Stanly, were appointed by the Chair said Committee, who retired for a short time. During the absence of the Committee, a call was made on Mr. Anthony E. Rhodes by the meeting, who in response to the call, addressed the meeting for fifteen or twenty minutes in a manner suitable to the occasion, and highly creditable to himself, and at the close was loudly applauded by the meeting. The Committee having returned, submitted the following preamble and resolutions for the con sideration of the meeting. Whereas, it is proposed to hold a Democratic State Convention at Raleigh, on the 8th day of March next, for the purpose of selecting a suita ble candidate for Governor of North Carolina, to be voted for at the next August election, therefore, Resolved, By this meeting, that we approve of the object, time and place of this Convention, and that the Chairman of this meeting be author ized to appoint delegates to represent Jones Coun ty in said Convention. Hesolced, That the present Executive of the State, his Excellency, John W. Ellis, has admin tered the affairs of the State in a just faithful and impartial manner, satisfactorily we believe to all parties, and that his administration meets our cordial approbation and we desire to see him nominated for re-election to the office of Govern or, nevertheless, we will give to the nominee of said Convention our earnest support. Resolved, That we approve of a District Con vention, to be held at Newbern, on the 12th day of January next, to select delegates to represent this Congressional and Electoral district in the Charleston National Democratic Convention the J3d of April next, to select suitable candidates for President and Vice President of the United States, at the next Fall Presidential election. Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting the only hope of allaying sectional strife, and to restore the era of good feeling, harmony and con cord among the members or States of this con federacy, and to cement and bind us still strong er in the bonds of Union, will be the triumphant success of the democratic party at the next Pres idential election or any other party opposed to the "higher law " and Black Republican doc trine of a certain United State's Senator, a prom inent and dangerous aspirant for the Presidency and who has boldly avowed an " irrepressible conflict ot the members of this confederacy. Resolved, That we cherish the perpetuation of this Union as a sacred legacy, left us by the pa triots and statesmen of other days, and while we reverence the Constitution and the laws under which we live and desire to be guided and gov erned, yet warned by the parting admonition and counsel of the father of his Country, the great and good Washington, to frown down with indig nation, any, and all attempts to alienate one por tion of our beloved country from the other, or to weaken the ties that bind together its sacred parts. The events of the past few years, satisfies us that this spirit and these principles are con temned and utterly disregarded by a large portion of our Northern and Northwestern brethren. In the hope that wise and better counsels may yet prevail, we still hope for and cling to the Union as the ark of our national safety, until all hope shall have fled, and forbearance cease to be a vir tue. In that event oor position will not be a doubtful one, but as Toyal citizens, attached to the South and her institutions, for weal or for woe, we take our stand by the side of the South. Resolved, That the administration of James Buchanan so far as relates to the interest of the South on the vital subject now agitating the coun try is eminently national, patriotic and conserva tive, that he has evinced a disposition to admin ister the government as the President of the whole Union and not of a sectional or partisan character and we approve of his administration. Resolved, That we commend and approve the 1 prompt and energetic manner in which Gov. Wise of Virginia acted in quelling the late insurrec tionary outrage at Harper's Ferry and causing the culprits in that murderous affray to be prompt ly brought to justice and to suffer the penalty due to their crimes. The assault made in Virginia by John Brown and his assassins aided and abet ted by vile abolitionits, was a blow aimed at the South and her institutions, and we reiterate the sentiment universally prevailing that the cause of Virginia is the cause of the South. That the thanks of the South is justly due to Gov. Wise in causing the murderers and traitors to be brought speedily to the punishment they so well deserved. On motion of Anthony Rhodes that the resolu tions be adopted by the meeting they were pass ed unanimously. On motion of E. W. Haywood the chair was directed to appoint 25 delegates to the district con vention at Newbern and 50 delegates to the State convention at Raleigh, Whereupon the chair appointed the followiug named delegates to the convention at Newbern, viz: Richard Oldfield, Cyrus Foscue, R P Hewitt, C D Foy, Wm P Ward, E W Haywood, J D Has kett, B Askew, Daniel Perry, Dr J J Forbes, Wm T I'erry, E L Franks, Anthony Rhodes, AC Good ing, Wm A Cox, J L Jarmon, Jonas Williams, David Green, E B Islet, Morris MeDaniel. Thos Harrison, Daniel Harrison, J H Netbercutt, J Q Mallard, L A Barfield, Franklin Foy aud A Mc Daniel. Delegates to the SUte Convention: R Oldfield, Thos Maides, N P Smith, G P Young, R P Hew itt, Cyrus Foscue, C D Foy , Franklin Foy, Alfred Simmons, Wm P Ward, J D Haskett, Alonzo Du val, Haywood White, E'ijah Haskins, N B White, B Askew, Dr J J Forbes, Lewis Koonce, jr., F Hines, A McDaniel, D Perry, Jas B Stanly, Wm T Perry, Wm Pollock, Jas A Stanly, J M Pollock, I Ionian xj f rauks, xi u najrwuuu, Aiuuuujr j- Rhodes, A C Gooding, m R Ballard, W A Cox, Wm C Kincey, David Jones, J L Jarmon, Whit field Turner, Jno B Turner, Jonas Williams, Wm B Beoton, Perry, Cox, David Green, J . A Heath, J Jas. R Hargej;t,,E B Isler. J C B Koonce M Mc Daniel, Thos McDaniel, Jno Andrews, D Harri son, Ivy" Andrews, Thos Harrison, P Andrews, Wm H Mallard, J H Nethercutt, Wm P Messer, G S Debmill, J Q Mallard, J H Hutson, Wm Du val and J E Harrison. And on motion of Wm P Ward th Hkiinmn and Secretary were added to the list to both Con ventions On motion of E W Haywood the proceedings of this meeting was directed to bo stgwed by the Chairrran and Secretary and forwarded to the Newbern Progress for publication, and th the Raleigh Standard and Democratic Press be re quested to copy. On motion of Jas B Stanly the nieetir g now adjourned. THOS. J. WHITAKER, Ch'n. Eli E. H. F. Perry, Siey. NEW YOtfK DELEGATES TO THE CHARLESTOWN CONVENTION. Syracuse. JanL. 7 The Congressional Con vention for IhH district convened in the City Hall in this place ,f o day, and elected the Hon. Ex Speaker Thomas G. Alvord and Hon. Nathan F. Graves as delegates', and Henry Pratt and Henry G. Beach alternates, to . represent the Twenty- lomui congressional district at the Charleston Convention. - The Convention was a large one. Great confidence and enthusiasm prevailed. Resolutions were passed endorsing Mr. Alyordin the State Convention, of which John A. Greene, Jr., is chairman. LATER FROM HAVANNA. New Y'ork, Jan. 10th. The Quaker City, has arrived from Havanna, whence she sailed on the 5th. . , ,; . The weather was rainy, and the receipts of su gar and molasses from the interior were very liht. The former article was firm. NOMINATION OF MINISTER TO FRANCE. Washington. Jan 10 Hon. C. J Faulkner, of Virginia, has been nominated as Minser to France. There has been no confirmation yet by the Senate. . r . APPALLING .CA'SUALIT.Y ! -One Hundred and Fifteen Feraonw Killed! One Hundred nnd Six! y-Fire Wounded! Boston, Jan. 11. At 5 o'clock, on Tuesday evening the walls.of .the: Pemberton Cotton Mills, at Lawrence, fell in a mass, making a complete wreck of the building and burying iu the ruins a large number of operatives,: Snse"ueBtly, a fire broke out. consuming all the combustible matter, as well as the dead andliving under the mass who had not been extricated. The Mills worked 9G0 operatives, a portion of whom had gone to supper, but leaving 600. ;,. , .. The building was five stories high, 230 feet long, 75 feet wide, with a wing 45 feet square. Several of the injured persons and dead, bodies I were recovered from the ruins before the hre com menced. The Firemen from adjacent towns used almost super-human exertions but only succeed ed in -saving the surrounding property. The Mills contained 2,600 spindles. The latest account says that the fire was subdued. One hundred and fifteen are dead or, missing, a large portion of whom were young girls many of whom were the sole dependence of their families. One hundred and sixty-five are wounded, the greater part of whom will survive. The loss of property is $600,000 THE ILLINOIS DEMOCRACY. Springfield, 111., Jan. 11. The democratic Convention to-day elected Delegates to Charles ton. Resolutions were adopted, declaring that neither Congress, nor the Territorial Legislatures have the power to exclude slavery from the Ter ritories, but that tbe,peppIo thereof, when form ing State Governments, have the right to permit or exclude it, and that Squatter Sovereignty is cal culated to promote disorder, disunion, treason and murder. They express confidence in the Ad ministration, including its policy on the Slavery question THE ALABAMA DEMOCRACY. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 1 1. The Democratic State Convention assembled here to-day. They had a stormy time in organizing. The contest was between Hukers and the Yancey wing. Two temporary chairman; were elected amidst great confusion. Finally they compromised on a Yancey -ite for temporary Chairman, who appointed Yan cey men on the committee to report on the double delegations. THE "OAK CITY GUARDS" AND THEIR CAPTAIN. Capt. High, of the Oak City Guards, is, as he f deserves to be, very popular with his Company. The Democratic Press of Saturday .says : There is no man in the city, or an Wake coun ty, who deserves better of his fellow-citizens than the present Sheriff of Wake, and' Captain of the Oak City Guards. As a public officer, he has served his constituents faithfully, and no man en joys a more enviable name than be : as the Cap tain of the Guards he is the right man iirthe right place. The object of this paragraph, is to announce the fact that we had the pleasure, on yesterday, of partaking of a most excellent dinner, at the Kane House, prepared in. "John's" inimitable style, and furnished by Capt. High to the mem bers of the Oak City Guards. Those members of the Guards who did not turn out yesterday, on parade, missed a grand treat, and they deserved to miss it for not being more punctual. By the way, it is a little remarkable that the members of that beautiful and well officered com pany are not more punctual to their parades. There is nothing that our citisemr admire more, and nothing that our ladies delight better to see, than a full turn out of the Oak City Gc'ards, and yet many will not go. Why is this ? Men who will not turn out had better resign and let better soldiers tako their places. SUPREME COURT Since our last report the following opinions have beeH rendered : By Pearson, C. J. In Nixon v. Bngley.from Perquimans, affirming" the judgement. In Mur phy v. Jackson, in equity, from Cumberland, dis missing the bill with costs. In White v. Smith, from Bladen, affirming the Judgment. In Doe ex dem McKay v. Grover, from Robeson, affirm ing the judgement. By Battle, J. In Overton v Sawyer, from Camden, affirming the judgment. In Powell v Inman, from Columbus; judgment reversed and venire de novo. In State v Long, from Col u in bus, declaring that there is no error. In State v Long, from Columbus, affirming the judgment. In Harrell, v Davenport, in equity, from Wash ington, directing a decree. BY MANLY, J, In Wqofey, v Robinson, from Montgomery, affirming the judgment In Lucas v Nichols, from Montgomery, affirming the judg' ment. In Doe ex dem Clegg v Fields, from Moore, affirming the judgment. In Little v Buie, in equity, from Robeson ; bill dismissed with costs, without prejudice. Regtster One Hundred Guns for Sherman. On Wednesday last the republican association ot Chicago fired one bundled guns in honor of the election of Sherman as Speaker. It appears some one sent a dispatch to Chicago announcing the election, and not until they had wasted all their, powder did the republicans find out that they had been badly " sold." Thanksgiving in Liberia. Thursday, the 17th of November, was observed as a day of pub lic thanksgiving in Liberia, agreeably to a pro clamation by President Benson. The proclama tion is . got up in the same style as those of our governors here at home. Kind Hearted Jenny. The London Court Circular states that Madam Jenny Lind Gold smidt has made up her mind to appropriate no 8 mall portion of her fortune to the endowment and erection of an asylum for decayed singers, upon the principle of the Dramatic College. NUMBER 17. From the Mount Vernon Kecord. RALEiuii, N. C Nov. 15. JtC9. Mr. Edi tor : Almost the only gf-am of sun shine visible amki the angry clouds that lom just now over our national horizon U the com mon patriotism of those in all sections, who am united1 and uniting in the holy labor of rescuing the house aud grave of tho immortal Pater Patria from neglect and decay, while the eloquent Ev erett of the North nay, rather of tho Union f..r gifts such as his are tho pride of the frAA- coun. try, and a fame like his is the common and c'tioer ished property of us all is pleading, how persua sively and how successfully almost every chil l iu the land knows by this tim : for the noblest de sign, there are those at the South who are emula ting, though they may not be equal, his patriotic efforts. Among these latter, none have been more deligent, none more efficient, and cerninlv none more gifted than Henry W. Miller, of North uaronna. Mr. Miller commenced his labors in this city at the solicitation of our Lady Manager, on the ilth of January last, and has since repeated his great oration at many points in thia State and Virgin ia, and once in the Federal Metropolis. Tho sub ject, " The Eighteenth Century," is a most com prehensive one. but it ha3 in Mr. Miller a masti-r-.y expositor. Its accurate historical rtsame, its philosophical analysis, its mauly deductions, its glowing patriotism,: nd it thorough eloquence, alike stamp it as one of the eclectic productions of the day far elevated, I assure you. Mr. Editor, (for this tribute ot mine to Mr. Miller is not nieaut as idle compliment, or as a sort of quil pro quo for his serviee,) above the literary ephemera of tho times. It is needless to say that, amid a'l tho truly great men who illustrated the annals of the last - century, commissioned by Providence to work His will, Mr. Miller finds, as all the world recognizes, in George Washington his own solo parallel ! Mr. Miller's efforts, .thus far, havo resulted, I understand, in the addition of $4,000 to tho Mount Vernon Fund, with tho certain prospect of a further increase. All honor to him for his gallant labors ! All hon or to all those in the land who have felt, in this matter, the workings of patriotism at their hearts, and embodied them in services such as his ! Speed the.. dWy, now merely dawned, when Mt. Vernon shall stand the beautiful monument of that lofty spirit of national revereuce and love, which has been moving over the otherwise turbid waters of popular sentiment. ANOTHER DEAD SEA. A writer in the Union (Cal.) Democrat gives a very, interesting description of Mono Lake, which has recently engrossed public attention, from the fact of the discovery of deposits of geld iu tho neighborhood. He says : Mono Lake is more literally a " dead sea" than tho sea of Sodom. According to Dr. Clarke, that " sea swarms-with ffsliQS, and shells abound, on its .shores.' Mono Lake has neither. The extreme length and breadth of the Dead Sea, ac cording to Meriti, are 75 by 16 miles, giving a superficial fcria of- 600 square 'miles. The river Jordan and Anion, and the brook Kedron, besides many rivulets, empty into the Dead Sea. Into Mono Lake McLane's river falls from tho North, and Crosby's river from the South, and three, large brooks or creeks fall into it from tho west, besides numerous rivulets and springs all around its. borders. .. But t&is l$ke not ov.j re sponds to the Greek' epithet rrionos, as beLnjr " a lone, solitary, deserted, forsaken," but it also answers to the same adjective as explained iu ao Spanish as being " pretty, nice, neat." This lake takes, as many shapes as the points differ from which , you Yiew it.: From tlie west side, about ten miles from its northern limit, it appears like a beautiful crescent, its horns curv ing delicately around vou on the rigbt and left. From the North it appears to be nearly circular, like he full moon, the islands in its waters stri kingly representing" the clouded spots on tli.it planet. From the East it appears to have no par ticular shape,but it stretches off irregularly among the mountains. . There is a -little or no;echo around this lake, and indeed it is difficult to understand a person talking at a little distance. A dreamy, spell -liku spirit seems to pervade the atmosphere. Tho smooth, glassy surface of the waters, the upheave 1. disrupted, volcanic mountains' surrounding tho lake, looking down, as it were, into this abyss of their ejection; the illusion of vision, and the whitened' shores, thickly colcrmued iu many pla ces with vesicular lava which looks like monu ments erected to the " mighty dead," all corMpiro to impress the mind wfih the, idea of a fk-tiuous scene, portrayed by tie pencil of i:n omnipotent hand. Virginia Legislature Tbe Senate was unan imously passed a bill to. create; a new county, to be ealled Webster, in honor of the late lion. Dan iel Webster. Mr. Paxtou, in advocating the bill, said : VNo Senator on this floor is more opposed than myself to the political opinions-generally enter tained aud advocated by the distinguished man whom it is proposed for us to honor to-day. Tho last hours and the last speeches of his life were, however, devoted to the constitutional rights of the South, ftflrd because of these efforts he lost fa vor with tho fanatical abolition crew who now govern Massachusetts. I understand that an ef fort has been made (whether successful I knw not) to remove fom the State house grounds for Massachusettes the statue of Webrter, If the ab olition authorities ef Massachusetts consider their soil is desecrated by tho statue of Webster, I doubt not the authorities of Virginia .would givo it a place in our capital square. .Contiguous to the proposed" eounty we havo -a -county called Clay, and another called Calhortu.; yhat name more appropriate-than that -of Wehityr Ur this new county I Those three distinguished men were long associated in the Senate of the Uunited States, differing, it is true, in their construction, of the constitution, but each honestly desiring to advance the prosperity of the country, and to maintain the constitution and Union. Let Vir ginia cherish the memory of these great men. It is enough for me to know that the black republi cans of Massachusetts, who are now engaged m a war upon the constitution and rights of the South, are now endeavoring to dishonor the namo of Webster." Both houses havo passed tihe bill giving Andrew Hunter, Esq., $l,50irfor prosecuting the Harper's Ferry iu-mrgents. Statistics of 1S59. The newspaper statistics of 1859 are being published. During the year twenty-six persons died who were over one hundred' years of age, the oldest of whom was Ceesar, a negro, of Louisiana, ho was over one hundred, and thiity-eight years of age. The total less by fire during JS59, was twenty, two millions dollars, being six millions more than tor the year 1858. The railroad accidents last year were seventy nine in number, killing one hundred and twenty nine persons, and wounding four hundred and eleven; the number killed being only a little moie than half of that of 1U58. There were twenty-one steamboat accident?, killing two hundred and forty-two persons, and wounding one hundred and forty six. Home Manufactures. Texas seems about to take the lead in the South in home manufac tures. A large amount of cabinet ware is pro duced in all the towns of this thriving Stato. In Rusk county carriages are made of the best workmanship and the latest styles. In other pla ces there are excellent cotton and woollen facto ries ; and flouring mills are beginning ta be nu merous. For a young State, Texas rvi.'- very handsome beginning. Catholic Bishops. There are iu ii.e Uuitci States forty-eight Catholic Archbishops, two mi tred abbots, and two thousand two hundred and twen-tbree secular and regular priests.
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