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4J , : WEEKLY PROGRESS jjltVTnRDAYMORN OCT. 27, 1860. Mr. MilleTGred1 Speech at the Theatre. The speech of Henry AT. Miller, Esq., alt the Theatre on Thursday evening, has produced a marked sensation in this community. He re viewed in a masterly manner the history of the Charleston and Baltimore Conventions and showed up in their true light the Secession Conventions held at Richmond and Baltimore by the Breckinridge party. He proved to the satisfaction of every unprejudiced man present that the doctrine of Congressional non-intervention with slavery in the Territories has been the acknowledged and boasted doctrine of the entire democratic party, North and South, for the last ten years, and that in ignoring it in the nomination of John C. Breckinridge that wing of the democratic party ignored the great car , dinal priciplcs hertherto contended for by con servative men of all parties. He reviewed the history of the Kansas Nebraska Act, the Compromise of 1850 and explained the true position of parties on the slavery question, clearly proving that all par ties has agreed to banish the whole subject from Congress and leave it where it of right be longed, to the people of the States where it ex isted and to the people of the Territories to reg ulate, establish or abolish, as to them might seem right and proper, subject only to the Con stitution of the United States and the decisions of the Supreme Court Mr. M. read from the celebrated circular of Hon. L. O'B. Branch addressed to the people of his district soon after the disruption of the Charleston Covention in which that gentleman boldly defended the doctrine of non-intervention and denounced the ne.io testa attempted to be forced upon the party by Yancey and the se ceders ; showing that Branch went as far in favor of Popular Sovereignty as ever Douglas or his supporters have gone. AVe have no time, nor should we attempt if we had, to make a general report of this great speech. It must have been heard to be fully, appreciated. The appeal made in behalf of the Union by the distinguished gentleman in his closing remarks was received with rapturous applause, and the consequences of disunion as pictured by him produced a profound impres sion on the large assemblage present. Mr. Miller took his seat amid deafening applause. "We were pleased to see a large number of Breckinridge men present who paid most re spectful attention to the speech of Mr. Miller. At the conclusion of Mr. Miller's speech J. II. Haughton, Esq., introduced Dr. K. K. Speed, Elector for the State at large on the' Bell and Everett ticket, who addressed the audience for nearly an hour, in a speech which we have since learned was highly satisfactory to the members of the party present. We regretted our inability to remain to hear Dr. Speed. Those who think that Douglas will get no votes in Craven will be badly deceived when the time for counting out comes. . . The Mass Meeting at Kinston. Our Breckinridge friends had a mass meet ing and Barbecue at Kinston on Thursday at which there were, as we learn from our eotem poraries Messrs. Muse and Dunn both of whom were present, from 700 to 1000 people. There were some from Green, some from Craven and Tones, but the bulk of the crowd were from Lenoir. Speeches were made by Hon. Thos. Ruffin, Mr. Thomas, of Carterett, and J. D. Speight, Esq., of Green. The dinner was pro nounced good, and, we suppose, the gentle men assembled had a very pleasant time gen erally. Yancey, Breckinridge, Wise and others who had been invited as orators were not there, hot many others equally as good were there. We suppose from all we have heard of others that this was probably the most successful mass meeting which our I r;ckinridge friends have had in the State. OOUCiLAS AXO THE PEOPLE Glorious Democratic Jubilee at St. Louis. Senator Douglas' reception in St. Louis was made the occasion of one of the grandest Dem ocratic demonstrations ever known in that sec tion. The Republican of the 21st, which is a mammoth sheet, has three of its lengthy col umns devoted to a description of the scenes presented on the occasion. Committees of prominent citizens were sent to meet Judge Douglas and Mrs. Douglas at Alton, and con vey them to St. Louis. On board the steamer, Hon J. R. Barrett, chairman of the committee, made a suitable address to the illustrious Demo crat, who responded in a brief and statesman like manner as follows : Mr. Chairman : I am deeply grateful for the cordial welcome that you have extended to me on this occasion. If I could hope to merit the eulogy you have pronounced upon my pub lic career and character, I would accomplish all that my ambition could crave. Applause. I will assume that you have done me no more than justice, in stating that I am a national man. Good, good, and so you are. If I know myself, I would never claim nor accept ny right, or privilege, or immunity for my own State, that I would not guarantee with the iast drop of blood to every other State in this Union. Loud and prolonged cheering. So Ttoc-g as we live under a Constitution com mon to All the States, every right guaranteed by that iastrusaent must be protected in all extre mities. Our wery existence in the Mississippi VMey, and the interests and honor of the whole (Country, depend upon the preservatien of this Union. -Great p$,!ause. There is but one mode to preserve it, -aud that is by maintaining jnviolate every proviswn of the Constitution as our fathers made it. Cheers. I want the aid of no Democrat I desire the co-operation of no body of men who are not willing to perform - every duty and ev-ery tblig&tion under the Con stitution, without any exception whatever. I deem this a great msis j eujr history My . object in visiting Missouri is to mate an appeal for the preservation of thus Union, m order that may transmit our liberties unimpaired to our posterity. I will say no more on this occa sion, reserving vht I may have to say until we shall arrive in St. Louis. I renew to you my grateful aekBwJedgeinej&ts for your cordial reception. Douglas' reception treatment at St. Lois was $k that his friends ould desire, and that Stately be set down as almost certain for Jbffii -on .the 6th of next month, ; "Too Patriotic. Men who are so intensely Southern and patriotic as to feel impelled to denounce as traitors such men as S. A. Doug las, John Bell and Edward Everett should be ffvatched. Would that some of our Southern politicians were as pure, as sound and as pa triotic Edward Everett. It is not very pro bable that h iU ever be President but he has done much more for hi country and deserves much more of his countr j'e gratitude than some who have ...been. We have but little respect for any man who glories in traducing and libelling such a san. . Norfolk Hocses. Our planters or shippers who wish send cotton Jto Norfolk will And Messrs. Odom and Clenwnts whose, card ap pears in this paper perfectly reliable. Theirs js smoD .tbe first houses in that city. " ' .-, - Keoudiafes I lint. Gen. Lanes own State, Oregon, repudiated him, and has elected a Douglas Democrat to the U. S. Senate over him. "Wonder if the Breckinridge party claim Oregon for their tick et now ? Won't Take in North Carolina. An effort was made a few nights ago to or ganize a branch of the South Carolina "Minute Men " in Charlotte, in this State, but the attempt proved a miserable failure. This is as it should bo and we rejoice at it. The at mosphere of North Carolina is too pure for such proceedings ; South Carolina may plot to break up the Union but North Carolina never. The following is from the Charlotte Whig. Why did not the Breckinridge papers of that town publish the proceedings of that meeting ? A Failure. On Wednesday morning last, we noticed in the Bultetin a call for a public meet ing, without respect to papty. As soon as we saw the anouncement we pat it down as a. trick of the enemy, for our paper being late on Tuesday, nothing was said to us about publishing the Well, we learn that n meeting took place, for we did not attend. Sam'U. Lawrie was. called to the Chair. A motion was made by Col. J. Y. Bryce, that a company of minute men be organ ised. This motion was -o coldly received that not a single person in the Court House seconed it, thus leavihg the Colonel in an awkward di lema. The Chairman also condemned the at tempt to organize such a company, as unneces sary. ... We are not surprised at Col. Bryce desiring a company of minute men organized, as we learn that he has pronounced himself not only a seces sionist : but a separate State actionist ; and he is the same person who the Edit or of the Western Democratic announced to the world as haying quit the Whigs to join the Breckinridge party. An d as straws show which waythe wind bjows, this should satisfy any one whohas any doubts as to the real object of that party Why has the Bulletin ' not given us the pro ceed lues, as it called the meeting. -- NORTH CAROLINA EASTERN CENTRAL FAIR. Yesterday morning the sun shone brilliantly, the day, throughout, was warm and clear, anima tion lit up every countenance, and every step in dicated activity all demonstrating that man is naturally a cheerful being, and is unwilling to be made the slave of corroding cares or chilling sor rows. Yesterday may be regarded as the great day of the Fair. We say this, by way of anticipation, for if to-day add to the numbers which covered the Fair Grounds yesterday, it will rival anything of the kind ever held in North Carolinn ; if, in deed.it may not be pronounced the most brilliant, attract ive and entertaining of any. The Ladies, in numberless hosts, were out in their prettiest costumes Ladies whoso eyes darted alternate tints of light and shadow ; whose lips were the emblems of purest love; whose checks were tinged with blushes more modest than that of the rainbow ; and. whose clustering hair outrivaled the raven's darkest plume. . And there were not wanting those who "came up" to sacrifice at the shrine of beauty and wealth What petty skirmishes were engaged in, what armistices granted, and what treaties signed, we will not undertake lo record. While some are, no doubt, to-day, sauntering listlessly among the busy crowd, the stupid victims of itnagiuary, dis appointment, thousands are gliding, wafted by propitious breezes, over the surface of delicious seas of sentiment and love May they reach some haven in safety. For those hopelessly sin gle gentlemen and heartless old maids that min gled in the throng and come neither to win nor to lose to conquer nor to be conquered, and who are fully determined never to take the "irredeem able step,'" we have no prayers to offor. Cupid has wasted his arrows on them in vain ; and so would we our prayers. The Programme yesterday was, generally, the same as on the preceeding day, with the excep tion ot the trial of implements. All tbe horses and cattle of every description, on exhibition, were paraded round the track, which, with some slight interludes, brought on dinner hour. In the evening therewas a pacing match and two trotting matches ie. of the latter, of match oxen in double harness, which we will notice more particularly to-morrow. At 5 o'clock the track was thrown open to pleasure driving, but most of the crowd had ad journed to witness the celebrated performances going on in Nixon's Royal Ampitheatre. Up to the moment of going to press, we had looked for some spet ial' eports of the more beau tirul and useful articles on exhibition. especiaUy at Floral and Pomologieal Halls, but we must close without them.. Ail that was worth see ing will come to light when the premium list is published. We made an abortive attempt yesterday and the day before, to get the programme of the pro ceedings each day for publication, for the benefit of the public, but, for some inexplicable cause, could not obtain them. That they have not ap peared daily in our paper, is not our fault .-Rough Notes. MADE THEIR MARK. The edi'ors of the Times comes out in their is sue of this morning, and answers our questions put to them in Wednesday's issue of the Star. They have come up like men like Douglas did at Norfolk and have answered our questions squarely a d fully. " Our questions were: 'Do you believe the election of Lincoln, in conformity to the forms of the Constitution of the United States, cause for a dissolution of the Union ? Will you advocate the Recession of Georgia from the Union if Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the United States without waiting for an overt act ? Are you in favor of the enforcement of the laws passed by Congress and as the Courts expound them i" In answer they say "The files of this paper for the last two months furnish the most explicit and direct response to the first two questions, and by necessary impli cation, a no less answer to the last. To save our cotemporary the trouble of examining the re cord, however, we answer yes. to the first two interrogatories, and, assuming Lincoln's election as a fact, we answer no, to the last." Wo take it then that the party whose course they advocate, coincide with them on this point. This proves what we have all the time asserted, that a dissolution of this government has been the great object of the political leaders of that party for more than twelve months. The election of Lin coln has been the object nearest the heart. That their every movement hasN looked to the great grand result. Why ? Because upon its happen ing, they think they can fire the Southern heart and bring the people up to their standard of disunion. Upon this point we take issue with them. Hav ing fonnd where they stand, wo now know where and how, and shall meet them before the great tribune of the people. The people of the South are not prepared to give up the best gov ernment ever conceived by man upon, the hap pening of such a result, especially when that result has been brought about by the action of the men now seeking to plunge the country into disunion on the account of it. Columba Ga, Star. TREASON AT WASHINGTON, The Louisville Journal has the following par agraph : " We are sure, so far as reliance can be placed on credible testimony as to open and repeated avowals, that one of the chief officials in the de partment of the treasury at Washington, who has the entire confidence and is regarded as an ex ponent of the sentiment of the head of that de partment a man matured in years, who has had a seat upon the bench of Goorgia and in the Con greesof the United States that this man has re peatedly declared, within the last two months, that tt is tbe deliberate and organized plan of the Governors of the cotton States, upon the election of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency, at once to cohveae the Legislature of their respective Com monwealths, declare a Republic of the South, in augurate John C. Breckinridge as its first Presi dent, and pronounce confiscation of the property of all opponents. A deliberately organized, well matured, well considered plan not a mere scheme or pobable purpose; and to this plan this high of ficial gives bis hearty and cordial concurrence,' and avows it as his belief that " God Almighty higelf no longer 4eir the :. Union to" be pre erved," and thinks, therefore, no doubt, that in eonspiringto rend ittofigeent8f heis doing God service! - , v - We are not informed that the Secretary of the Treasury has as yet, in words avowed his views and doings so. boldly as iias tbe traitor he retains in office; but the cireusastances of such retention, and the intimate personal and political relations between tie two, leave no one to doubt that the iuba',ternis bnt the mouthpiece of the chief. The name of iL.e official to whom we refer wjJJ be given to any one authorised tto ask it. as w.ell the name of the very responsible gentleman to to bom bis. treasonable avoweis were made. - GOVERNOR WISE'S NORFOLK SPEECH, The speech delivered by Governor H. A. Wise in Norfolk on the 27th ult., has just made its appearance in the Richmond Enquirer. We give below the closing part of it. . in which that plucky gentleman" sets forth what he means to do in case Lincoln is elected. Like the valiant Witherington of old, after fighting while he has legs to fight upon, when they are gone he will fight upon his stumps ! So soon as the war already declared against my State and my section shall be actually comenced by the election of a Black Republican Presi dent, I stand ready to draw tbe sword of de fence. I will wage no private war. I will take part in no unauthorized foray. I shall first await the action of my own sovereign States. In torturing suspense, I shall wait upon her re solves, and pray God they may be worthy of the example of '98 and '99. And, althouh I fully rec ognize the right of a sovereign State to select se cesrion as her mode and measure of redress for the infraction of the Federal compact, seceession is not the mode which I would desire or recom mend. I am unwilling to yield one right for the sake of the privilege of maintaining another right. I would make no such bargain no such compromise. I would not yield my right to the Union any more than I would yield my right to my negro property. No! I would keep both the Union and the negro, and fight to the last to pre serve and maintain all my rights to both. As I have said, I will first appeal to Virginia for authority to fight under her banner. But if Virginia shall not meet the issue and come up to th mark of self-defense and self respect, I will look to North Carolina, I will look to South Car olina, to Georgia to each Southern State in suc cession, and appeal to each for permission to fight under the aegis of her sovereignty. And I will advise each State not to wait for the example or co-operation of other States. Such waiting only produce faltering, and all the delay and confu sion of uncertainty. No! Let each State leap at once, for herself and by herself, into the con test, and struggle for precedence and pre-emi nence in the work of defence. Any one State, even the smallest, can make the battle and win the victory. And if the unaided ; it gallant little Florida alone will take np the gauntlet of war and levy an arm, I will enlist in that army, whsrever it shall be raised, and we will see then, whether the " Black Douglas " can execute his threat of correction. If ever the is sue comes, I hope to meet him in the field where the ultima ratio of States is to be tried. And even fighting under the banner of one little Slate I will remember that the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong. I will remember, too, that Patrick Henry had every loyalist to cry out " treason " against him in the House of Bur gesses ; but he seized the old powder magazine at Williamsburg, and dragged even loyalists themselves into the tide of resistance and revolu tion along with him. I will remember, too, when told that eighteen millions are pressing against our eight millions, that there was a time when five millions of American patriots stood secure and won the contest against more than fifty more than a hundred millions! And when the hour of battle comes, we shall find that it will not cross swords over a sectional line. No ' Our enemies at the North will fiud our friends there, too, the true friends of justice and right Northern defenders ofSouthern rights and enough in numbers to keep both hands of Northern fanaticism busied with strife at home ; while we, at the South, will have active work to do in waging the war against Southern traitors in our midst and at our doers. It will be a neigh borhood war, at both ends, and in the centre of the continent. At the North and at the South, it will be a war which will array all the forces of conservatism, all the friends, of equal rights, against the fanaticism and the fraud of Black Re publicanism at the North, and its tools and pan ders at the South. It will not be a war of sec tionalism of dissolution, and, once commenced, it must result, sooner or later, in the reestablish ment of the integrity of the Union, and the puri ty of the Constitution. In such a strife, and for such a holy purpose, I will join the ranks of war, and fight alike against those who wouuld oppress me and those who would coerce my submission to oppression. I will fight, 'To combat violence, fraud and usurpation, To pluck the spoil from the oppressor's jaws And keep my country, as I found it Free !" WHAT MR CLINGMAN SAID. In a speech delivered in the House of Represen tatives on the 11th of April. 183-1, Hon. Thos. L. Clingman of N. C. said : "This, in my judgement, is the best of non-intervention. We say that the people of the Terri torify may Iegilate as the Constitution of the Uni ted States permits them to do, without the inter vention of Congressional law, French law. Spanish law, Mexican law, or Indian law. It makes the Territory like a sheet of blank paper, on which our citizens may write American constitutional law." i "It has been well said that there is a great re semblance between this issue and that, involved in the struggle between the colonies and Great Britain, at the Declaration of Independence. There is, however, one great striking difference between the two cases. The colonies in J77G de nied the right of Great Britain to tax them to the smallest extent ; but the people cf Kansas and Nebraska say to Congress, You may impose any amount of taxation upon us, and we will cheerful ly pay it; you may make your own disposition of the public lands, lay oft" your military roads, and establish your own forts and arsenals ; you may subject us to the action of every law of Congress that the citizens of any State in this Union are subject to; but when you have done all that, when you have exhausted all your powers under the Constitution of the United States, then we ask the poor privilege of managing onr local af fairs according to our wishes And why should they not have it ? Why should Massachusetts or North Carolina control the people of those Terri tories ? Sir, the question stands upon the great republican right of every community to legislate for itself." Appendix Cong. Globe, 1st Sess. 33d Cong., vol. 28, p. 488. UNITED STATES STEAMER FIRED INTO. Key Wkst, Oct. 11th. The Wayndotte, Uni ted Sates steam screw ship, of the Home Sqadron, is in port, quarantined-her First Lieutenant being sick of fever. His case is not dangerous, howev er, and the steamer is receiving her coal, by ligh ters from the depot. The Crusader is in port having brought over a distressed seaman, one of the crew of the City of Norfolk, lately captured on the-south side of Cuba. A little episode occured the other day to the Crusader, which has given rise to no little feeling in Havana, and which may yet prove an entering wedge to " irrepressible" difficulties. A Spanish man-of-war steamer threw a shot across the Crusader's bow, when Captain Maffit replied by firing ditto, hoisting his colors and steaming down, with his men at quarters, demanding what he meant? It was a mistake. The Crusader looked somewhat like the City of Norfolk, and hence the misapprehension. Trifling as this would seem to be, it has awakened among the Hidalgos and Senoritas a strong feeling of wounded pride. I very sincerely hope that it won't complicate our difficulties in the " ever faithful isle " Vicissitudes of Rome and her Pope. The Papacy is not so near its end as many hope and expect. It has survived many a tug as hard as the present. In 1857 the combined German and Spanish armies of Charles V. stormed and sack ed Rome enacting in its streets the most diaboli cal cruelties, burning, torturing, robbing, ravish ing, and destroying, and for ten days Some six thousand of the inhabitants perished, 10,000,000 crowns of plunder were collected, and Pope Cle ment VII. paid 400,000 ducats for his own ransom. Luther thought that tbe end of Rome had come. But it has survived and recovered. Sixty years ago it was in the hands of Napoleon, who seemed to hesitate whether to crush it or not. In 1820, 1832: and 1848 it was a prey to revolution, Garri baldi himself, at the last date, expelling thePope, who escaped in the disguise of a footman on a coach box. A repnblican government was then established, but another year saw him back again, and now he looks iot support from the despots isms which would themselves tremble at his fall. His temporal dominion may be even now at an end ; but dominion is really his weakness, and not his strength, and when he is well . rid of it, he will reign as head of the Roman Catholics, with more substantial influence than for a long time past. English Paper. . j Another Sensation " Plot." -; The Norfolk Day Book of the 24th has the fol lowing: '". ;- Rumored Ixcendiary Plot in Washington County. We have just heard through a friend, who returned from Washington, ; N. C, last night, that four negroes have been arrested and committed to jail on a charge of being the prime movers in a plot to murder, pillage and burn. It is said that they had been collecting arms, ammu nition &c. for some time. , : The information of the contemplated insurrec tion was obtained from a negro who had been threatened with death unless he joined. A negro man belonging to Judge Baker of this cityis said to be implicated. " ! , SELECTED POETRY. From the Fayetteville Observer. -Where will oar Flag be when Ihe Union's ' UisBoIvedr Oh where will our Flag be when this Union's dis solved? That Flag under which we have prospered so long, Those Stars and those Stripes we have boasted we loved, , And made them the theme for many a song ? Say where will it be when each once beloved State, That swore their allegiance one to the other, Shall change that allegiance to bitterest hate, And in the dead conflict brother meet brother ? Then where the proud Eagle, America's pride, That has floated so long " o'ei the land of the brave," Say where in confusion and grief willhe hide When we spoil the rich heritage our forefathers gave? Say where will it be when the battle's red glare Is spreading dismay and death all around -,' "Whn tbe last cry for freedom is rending the air, Will the Banner of Freedom there floating be found ? And where will it be when the battle is o'er, And the North or the South claims the victory, When the victors return all covered with gore, Say where will the Flag of our country then be ? Yes, where will it be? For the first time, I ween, The Star-spangled Banner in the dust then will trail, And the noble old Eagle, as he looks on the scene, With shame, not with fear, will sicken an quail. No more shall we view it on sea and on shore, All honored at home and respected abroad ; But now for the last time all clotted with gore, And pierced through and through by the traitor orou8 8word. Oh is tnere one heart in America born, That thinks on that Flag as every son ought, That does not o'erflow with anger and scorn For the man that first breathed a disunion thought? W. Tbe Ball Reom Belle. BV GEO. P. MORRIS. The moon and all the starry train Were fading from the morning sky When home the ball room belle again Returned, with throbbing pulse and brain Flushed cheek and tearful eye. The plume that danced above her brow, The gem that sparkled in her zone, The scarf of spangled leaf and bough, Were laid aside they mocked her now, When desolate and lone. That night how many hearts she won; The reigning belle, could not stir, But like the planets round tbe sun, Ile.r suitors followed all but one One all the world to her ! And she had lost him ! Marvel not That lady's eyes with tears were wet! Though by a man is soon forgot. It never yet was woman's lot To love and to forget. FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS Goldsboiio', Oct. 27th, I860. Dear Progress: Our Fair closed on last evening. The attendance was very large, and the utmost good order prevailed during the entire four days which the Fair continued. It is a complete success, and reilects great credit upon those raider whose supervision it was con ducted ; and especially so upon Mr. Jas. A. AVashington, the President of the Society, through whose enegry, perseverance and liber ality, the Fair itself, and its success, is mainly attributable. Competent persons pronounced this exhibition superior to the one held at Ral eigh. I should have been pleased to have seen some of those Raleigh editors present who are want to designate this as the " AVayne County Fair." I think they would be willing that it should be known, henceforth, as the " North Carolina Eastern Central Fair," and thereby escape the mortification of being excelled by a County Fair. One of the moat interesting oc currences of this eventful occasion, took place yesterday afternoon. It was the presentation, by Mr. E. A. Thompson, in behalf of many citizens, of a puree of 100 to the owner of a superb steed, known by the s'iuialhy -awakening name of " Orphan lioj'-," as n slight testi monial of their admiration of this horse's uali ties, and consolitory of the Committee's omis sion to award him the premium so justly his due. The Committee, however, are not at all blamed in the matter, as they acted in strict accordance with written instructions too strict ly, perhaps. Among other things intended for the comfort of the inner man, I noticed a great variety of excellent wines, all of which were manufactured in this State. Mr. John Ran dolph, of Pitt co., exhibited three qualities of Scuppernong and black grape wines, two of which were 1G j-cars old, for which he obtained first premiums. It is needless to say that there was none left of those AYines when the Committee were done "sampling." I would be pleased to enumer ate many things I saw, but as the premiums will be published, I will say no more. The stables of Dr. Goelett, about 0 miles from town, were consumed by fire on last Thursday night. Supposed to have been set on fire. It is reported that one or more hou ses, and other property was destroyed. Yours, &c, HORATIO. Not CSuiStT. The whole day of Thursday was ocupied by our Court in trying a free negro on a charge of an attempt to commit a rape on a white woman, in this town in August last. The case, after hearing witnesses, was ably argued by Solicitor Houston andO. K. McRae, Esq., for the State, and Geo. Green, Esq., and J. W. Bryn, Esq., for the prisoner. The Jury returned a verdict of not guilty. We deem it unnecessary to give the names of the parties as the community feel but little interest in them, beyond the common require ments of justice THE TEN MILLION LOAN. AVashixgton, Oct. 24. As the new loan of ten milions of dollars will soon be called in, of course notice will be given to holders of treasu ry notes now due that . interest will not longer run upon them. The treasury will be relieved to the extent of a million of dollars, which is about the sum that has been redeemed since the commencement of the present fiscal year from accruing revenues. It is understood that the bid of $2,800,000 of Mr. Riggs was for savings banks for the most part. Those who bid at par will get about one-third of what they bid for. ' The average premium is one third of one per cent. The bid of Mr. AVain wright, of Boston, was for $500,000, instead of $200,000 as published. ANOTHER BLAST FROM GOV. WISE'S BUGLE. Norfolk, Oct. 25. Gov. AVise addressed a great crowd yesterday at a Breckinridge barbe cue in Princess Anne county. He spoke three 'hours and a half, advocating the unity of the South at the present crisis. His speech was received with tremendous cheering. He offered a resolution for the formation ef companies of Minute Men throughout the adjoining counties, and called on all parties to adopt them. They were unanimously and enthusiastically adop ted. . - " ' :, NEWBERN. - Miss A. C. Johnson, an American Lady, has written a new' book entitled . "The - Cottages of the Alps, or Life and Manners in ' Switzerland," which we see noticed in the Home Journal, and from which we copy the following extract in ret erence to the old town of Newbern : .. How Many of my readers know that tha town of Newbern. in North Carolina, - was settled by a colony frpm this old city of hears, 200 having emigrated thither in1710 under Christopher Graf fenried T but whether they transplanted a menag erie we do not know. . MONDAY MORNING, OCT. 29, I860.. ; Tlie Court Journal. The work of destruction is finished, and the North Carolina Standard is no longer the offi cial. organ of the present, State administration. Its head is off and now rolls in the gutter while the knife of destruction with its shining blade hangs suspended over the block for another victim. Notwithstanding our friend Holden labored zealously for the election of Gov. Ellis in 1858 and again for his re-election in 1860, opposing his own measure, ad valorem for the success of the party : and the elevation of his Excellency, and abandoned those he had de clared" the nominees of the national democracy to secure the Governor and members of the Lea: islature he is i.ow thrust out from cabinet councils, snubbed by those whom he has help ed to elevate, and actually, as a last attempted degradation, the organship of the party with the Court patronage is transferred to the Dem ocratic Press. Notwithstanding we suppose the Standard has as many thousand readers as the Press has hundreds, the public advertising is given to the Press. AVe are not complaining at that at all none of our business, and we don't care a fig who has the $24 paid by the State for advertising the Fall distribution of the Common School Fund, Holden or AThitaker ; but we only want to show to the public that while the Editor of the Standard may claim the Breckinridge democracy as his party, they do not recognize him as their partizan. He may love them but they hate him, and the majority of their leaders lose no chance to abuse him and to prejudice the rank and file against him. That they will attempt to take the public printing from the Standard at the approaching Legislature there can be no doubt, but wheth er the members from different parts of the State, who are not familiar with the peculiar ways of the officials and their advisers about Raleigh, will suffer themselves to be iressed into such an act as that of guilotining their former noble leader remains to be seen. That the Editor of the Standard has too much brains for the wire workers about the Capitol is evident, and had he had a little more independence and determi nation and had defied them when they attempt ed to coerce him into the support of an "irreg .ular" Presidential Ticket, he would have soon been able to have defied them ; but he yielded to their dictatorial demands, thus giving them an advantage over him, which advantage thejr will not be slow to use on any and every occa sion. The fiat has gone forth from the throne and the prime ministers have caught it up and re echoed it, that Holden must be killed off; he i challenged to the fight, the glove is thrown down, and they have said to him, "you must kill us or we mean to kill 3 011." Having great confidence in his courage nd determinat:on, when aroused, we shall soon expect to see him direct his batteries towards the Government fort, and if so fur will fly in some direction. AVc beg our friends to remember that from this date forward, while the present dynasty continues to reign at all events, the Democratic Press is the Court Journal. It has hitherto been the custom of the party Governor to give the State patronage, what lit tle there is, to the party press, and under the present law and with the precedents before us, no one should blame Governor Ellis for doing as his predecessors have done ; and to show that we think "to the victors belong the spoils," when approached by Gov. Ellis soon after he was installed in office and assured that, on ac count of his personal regard for us and admira- ! lion for our paper, the Progress though not a i party paper should share the Executive patron I age with the party paper then published here. ! even promising that we shou'.d have (he biggest half, we thanked him for his good feelings to- wards us and his admiration for our paper, and ! said distinct-, that we thought the party pa pers actually and entirely in the service of the partj' had a right to ex-pect this patronage and that tl 1 ey should have it, adding, however, that we would be thankful for small favors, kc. Du ring the interview, which was not sought hy us, we were voluntarily given to understand that the large advertisementthe Fall Distribu tion of the Common School Fund would be given to us, while the smaller one the Spring Distribution would be given to the then dem ocratic paper here. This was not asked by us, nor dreamed of, but was voluntarily promised, and when it was withdrawn without an- expla nation we must confess we were somewhat as tonished. AVc suppose, however, we have not been loyal to the crown and hence we must be made to feel the crown's displeasure. One thing we can say, however, with a clear conscience; we have never asked the crown for anything, and when it was voluntarily offered to us we expressed the opinion that it belonged to anoth er. As a matter of common justice, however, to the people who pay the tax, and who are the recipients of the Common School Fund, we think the attention of the Legislature should be called to this matter. . Here $24 is paid a paper at the seat of government for an adver tisement, said paper having a very limited cir culation, probably not more than three to five hundred ; but the paper has served the King and the King must serve the paper. But as there are papers at the capitol with from three to Jive thousand circulation which would insert this advertisement for the same money, we ask why the same economy should not be practiced in advertising for the State that any prudent business man would practice? Here 12 papers are paid $24 each to advertise the distribution of the Common School Fund, and after taking out the Register and Journal the remaing ten have not, we suppose, an average circulation of 500 each, and this course is pursued too when there are papers in the State which number their subscribers by thousands. AVe . are not blaming the Governor for this for he is only doing what all his predecessors have done, but we would suggest to the Legislature to so alter the law as to require that this advertising be done in the two papers at the capitol having the largest circulation, and in one or two in every other Congressional district, it to be given to those , having the largest circulation. Let it be given out in the same way that the Post Office advertising is, and then the papers hav ing the largest circulation will get it. Important Information. The AVashington correspondent of the N, Y. World, writes to that journal under date of the 20th inst., as follows : ' N " An agent privately sent from the South re ports to the President that 'Alabama and Geor gia will certainly secede in forty days after Lincoln's election. Confidential friends of the President assert . that in that case he. will re main, inactive and permit the thing to go 6n. The Richmond Enquirer to-day exhorts Tvr giriia to go with the South and thus present a solid front It is(fo? disunion without wait ing for an overt act, and says, -"if that be trea son, make the most of it, , , Certainly it is treason, and if we had a Jack son instead of a Buchanan you'd swing for ut tering it; - - " ' ; ;' ' " ; ' - The Superior Court. v The Term closed late on Saturday afternoon. AVe have been prevented from paying as close attention to its proceedings as we would like to have done. . In the notice of. the trial of the free negro on a charge of rape, on Thursday, we omitted to give the name of J. II. Haughton, Esq., as one of the counsel appearing for the prisoner, in fact he was the original counsel of the accused. This omission was purely acci dental. On Friday morning the case of Thos. Spar row, by his guardian, vs. R. C. Maynard, was taken up. This was a suit brought by Spar row against Maynard for damages for alledged slander. After the whole of Friday had been consumed in examining witnesses the plaintiff was non-suited on Saturday morning, the Judge deciding that the allegation could not sustain the charge, the defendent being charged with accusing the plaintiff of swearing falsely in Bal timore, and the Bench not being judicially aware of the fact that the plaintiff had been be fore a Court in Baltimore authorized to admin ister an oath, and further that the charge was not specifically made in the declaratian. This case has been in Court sometime having been continued from term to term. The plaintiffs counsel took an appeal, and so the decision of Judge Baile'- will ha veto be confirmed or reversed by the Supreme Court. Our Fair A Last Appeal. To-morrow our Fair opens, so what is to be done must be done to-day. All entries must be made before the Secretary's office closes this evening, or they will be subject to the dis cretion of the Executive Committee and to the confusion which a late entry might cause. The printed regulations request Exhibitors to have all articles on the Ground by 5 o'clock this af ternoon, and in order that their request may be complied with and the programme observed in every particular we would urge all persons to have their articles on the Grounds to-dajr at as early an hour as convenient. And let ever one who has anything worth exhibiting carry it to the Fair. The Ladies are particularly appealed to, and they must not only help us by their presence but must assist with their articles in swelling the Exhibition. All may be assured that the greatest care will be taken with all articles, and after the Fair is over everythinj; will be carefully returned to the owners. E4ug!as in t lie Soistli. J udge Douglas arrived at Memphis on Thurs day evening last and was most enthusiastically received. He addressed an immense assem blage there on AVednesday. He spoke at Chat anooga on Saturday. Tlie Fusion Strength in Vev Yoh. mi f 1 nt mere ma' yet oe nope 01 .ev ionc. ine Union demonstration there last Tuesday eve ning is said to have exceeded by far all the pre vious demonstrations of the campaign, even in that great city. The following is a brief notice taken from the Exjtress : Tiik Great Union Parade. AVe have no hesitation in saying-, that the magnificent Parade of the Union men, in this city last evening, was, beyond all cmj--rison, the 'greatest demonstration of tin; hind trer seen in Xtic York, famous as New York is for the imposing displays of which it has been the scene in times past, when the Union was appealed to. Men well skilled in uumbers, assured us that there could not have been fewer than f orty Thousand people on thgline of march, and that the length of the Proct-ssiou was from fire to six miles.' The Republican turnout, a few weeks ago, was thus, but the farthing ea'dle, com pared to this great Union Sua The enthusiasm, too. w;is immense. We never saw anything like it. Kvt-rv body seems to he parried a.vny with it. Tha IJepulilieKii display of rustics, compared with this parade, wjis hut a funeral procession Cheers for " the Union." ' tlio Constitution." rung out clear, loud, heartily and spontaneously all along ihe whole routo. '1 here is scarcely a doubt that on the Gfh. of Xoveniber, the Empire City, under such inspira tion as this, will roll np a majority for the Union Electoral ticket equal m the forty thousand good men and true, who turned out. in her thorough fares last night, following no music that did not chord with the music of the Union '' Woman's Coi:ka(;e. Nn one the statement of the clerk of the can have read steamer which went down on Friday niaht, struck by his description of the ladies. without being bearing of the ' They were pale, but silent; there was not a cry or a shriek." The fortitude and resignation of men may, have failed, but theirs failed not So is it always in the great exigencies which women are called to meet. When troubles or dangers are but slight, they are more excited ami more aiarmed than men But let an overwhel ming calamity bury the fortunes and hopes of the husband, or father, or brother in sudden night, let disease or accident strike him down and stretch him on the bed of keenest suffering, then when strong men's hearts fail them, when their nerves are unstrung, when quaking fear or hopeless despondency takes possession of their souls, the frail week woman rises with elas ticity and calm determination to the demands of the terrible emergency, and with untremLliiig hand and cheerful voice she hastens to perform those blessed ministrations for which the might of man was inadequate. How many scenes of danger have we heard described conflagrations, assassinations, shipwrecks in which women have, with heroic patience and submission, bowed meekly to their fate, and have taught the sub lime lesson of Christian resignation to tbe hus bands and fathers who were with them. In the hour of trial her weakness becomes strength her sensibility is swallowed up in faith. There were men of renown in the Lady Elgin men whose names are known through the wide world but none of them ever did a braver or more heroic deed than was ochieved by those noble womenwho sat in silence awaiting their death' Providence Journal. The Prospect in New York. The Journal of Commerce says, "The impressions which gained possession of the public mind in the early stages of the cam paign, were natural enough under the circum stances, but are by no means justified at the pres ent time. Then, the Anti-Lincoln men had sepa rate tickets in the field, and their efforts were quite as much against each other as against the common enemy. Nous, this entire strength is concentrated upon one Electoral ticket. The Re publicans never had a majority of the vote of New York State, and if proper exertions are made they will not have a majority in this election. They are positively and unquestionably in a minority of all the votes in the State. The only question is, shall the vote be brought out, so as to secure a full expression of the sentiments of the electors. If this can be done, New York will vote for the Union ticket, and Lincoln trill be defcatel. The only doubt about the result in New York is whether a full vote shall be polled. What we want, then, to ensure success, is faith anrf work. Let the Anti-Lincoln men of the State believe in the possij bility of success, and act accordingly." Fine Flocr. We have been shown by a friend a specimen of flour, manufactured at High Point, N. C, which excels anything in that line we have ever seen. This flour has just taken premi urns at Raleigh and Goldsboro', and we learn it will be on exhibition at our approaching Fair, manufacturers will have to exert themselves, or this flour will take a third premium- ; , . ' Amusements for Fair Week. Our Thea tre will ho open every evening during Fair week at which chaste and elegant entertainments will be offered by the Parker Family . " Old Joe " is too well known by the people of the State to re quire "pufling," They give refined and unexcep tionable entertainments. Go and see them when you come to the Fair. . 'Hands on Your Pockets. We learn that several pick-pockets were around at the Golds boro' Fair and that one man was robbed of $300 on the Fair Grounds. ;A report came down last night that two of them had been arrested. But others will na'doubt be at our Fair, and so we ad vise all to hold on to their wallets. v . 7, V ' Patriotic The following letters fm ir . Graham and B. F. Moore, f " by us on account of the conservative character of the distinguished authors and because they breathe fealty to the Union and th fW,; tion. AVill Hons. T. Ruffin and T L Clin man denounce these good men as " dishonor able" and "infamous" because i'...nt Union preserved ? Hillsboro', Oct. 15th, I860. Gentlemen : I very sincerely regret thai is out of my power to accept your kind invi tation, to attend anu address the people at tb mass meeting of the Union party in Wash ington, on the 17th inst. I trust, however that mere will De present otners more capable of doing justice to our principles, and of demon . . . . - . j 1 . . ... tirauug me necessity 01 electing tsell and Ev erett, as the only sure means of giving peace to a distracted country. AVe have no reason yet to despair of the election of our ticket, pro vided the people of the Southern States can be induced to overcome a little of party pride and old prejudice, and vote for this ticket, as the most probable method of defeating the Black Republican candidate. The recent elections in Pennsylvania and other States, although result ing in favor of Republicanism, have but shown our friends there the proper points for attack and armed them for a more determined effort in the contest for the Presidency. But if it shall please Providence to afflict the country with the election of Lincoln, while we shall regard it as a calamity deeply to be de plored, and shall increase our vigilance over the rights of our section, and be at any moment prepared to defend them, it will be our duty to prevent a dissolution of the Union and the des truction of the Government bequeathed to us by our Fathers, for that cause alone. The Presi dent of the United States is not a sovereign we are not his subjects. Our government is not an elective monarchy, but a representative repub lic. High as this office may be supposed to ex alt tbe man, be is at last but tbe servant of tbt people, and clothed with powers only to do good. If these powers are perverted to our injury and oppression, resistance will be made with united hearts, and with the hope of success ; but who can prepare a declaration of independence, ap pealing to a candid world for its approbation and sympathy, upon the ground that we hae been out-voted in an election, in which we took the chances of success, and a candidate has been elected, who, however obnoxious, we did not deem unwortlvy to compete with us for votes ? The revolution (for by whatever name the change may be called, this is its effect) should have been made earlier, or must be post poned later. If there has not been sufficient? cause for it heretofore, the choice of a Presi dent, made according to the provision of th Constitution, is no cause at all. By his fruits he shall be known and tried, not by the hands which implanted him in office. Let us not in jure a cause capable of the best defences, and admitted to be in peril, by taking counsel of passion, not of wisdom. Let us wait the ac tion of the new President, no matter who he shall be, make resistance to acta if they shall demand it ; but let us not prostrate in the dust the fairest fabric of Government everdevised by the wisdom of man, by 3-ieIding to the advices of those whose sensibilities out-run their judg ments, and still less of those who, there is rea son to believe, seek cause for th.ssolution, rath er than dissolution for any cause. I am, gentlemen, AVith high respect,. Yours, Jtc, AA'. A. GRAHAM. Messrs. Jno. A. Stanly, 1). 1. Tayloe, AV. J. Ellison, Committee. R.U,eigii, North Carolina, Oct 13, 18G0. Ifov. I?. Doxxfu. : Jify Dear Sir; I have received yours inviting me to participate in a mass meeting of the friends of Hell and Everett, to be lipid on the 17th inst. The Fair at this place and pressing professional engagements, forbid me the pleasure which would be greatly enhance', hy the gratification which yon are kind enough to assure me, it would af ford to you. personally Although the recent news from Pennsylvania is very adverse to our hope.?, and well calculated to dampen the a lor of a political party competing ahnie for the spoils of oftice, j"et the mission of J onr party is immeasurably higher than the at I tainuient of dignities and official emoluments ;, It. is to rouse the love for the Union , to save it i from a threatened shock ; to prepare the public mind to maintain its intesriity against the mad i ness of disappointment, and the supreme folly as well as the supreme wickedness of dissolving it, in the event of Lincoln election. The advocates of such a step forget, in tho him ness of their excitement that tho consum mation of that event for such a cause, would, at once, both concede ti the world the incapacity of man for self-government, and proclaim aloud throughout all North America, that African ser vitute is the weakest and most difficult to be main -tained of all institutions , in a land of freedom and laws. The formation of a Southern Republic upon the ruins of the Union, would begin in distrust and jealousy, proceed with acrimony and embit tered divisions among ourselves, and end iu a to tal disruption. Founded, if founded at all, amid the beats of party spirits, in which extreme opinions on fun damental principles would be embraced with ardor ; imposed on thousands of dissenting and unwilling freemen, with no choice but submis sion or exile; embedded on the dogmas of nullifi cation and secession, at will and without ques tion, it would epitomize, in ten years, all the rev olutions of France, and all the broken confedera cies of South America. With a free-soil border of fifteen hundred mile and an Indian and Mexican boundary yet longer to defend by arms on land, the whole army of the present Union would not half serve for the de fence With two thousand miles of sea coast to protect, every ship of our present navy would not he too many for her need ; while the internal and foreign administration of the government, conduc ted even without extravagance, would be both costly and burthensome. All these would be necessary to maintaiu her respectability among the powers of the earth, even if she were perfect ly united at home as one people, and with one heart. A Southern Republic could not maintain her position without an ample treasury and a strong szcord. I know the reliance of the disunionists for protection. Cotton, they say, is King, and will command the courtesies of the earth. But Cotton Is a God at home, as well as a King abroad. If our Southern nag should be insulted on the sea and we cannot avenge the disgrace for want of marine, will we cease to grow cotton ? If we are invaded and a maratime power shall com mand our coast with permanent military positions and drive every sail from the sea, will we turn into a wilderness our snowy fields of cotton? -No such consequence will follow. If the powers of the earth will let us grow cotton, we will con tinue to do so, without reference to our dignity or independence. We shall never stop its culti vation to humble an oppressor In this seperate confederacy, if united at heart, doubtless tho proud spirit of the South will, in the outset, make heavy and cheerful sacrifices to maintain its dig nity and honor; but enthusiasm and excitement have but an hour to live and then will come re pose and heavy taxes ; repose but to be disturbed by alarms and wars and taxes but to be multiplied and endless. I say nothing of the probable con dition of the Northern Republic; doubtless that will be bad enough, if our whole trade can be diverted from her, a difficulty which seems to me insur mountable, so long as the Chesapeake Bay on the east, and the "king of floods' in the great valley of the Mississippi on the west of the mountains, shall draw their tributaries alike from the free and the slave States, In the Union we have more than a million of friends, who will come around us in danger. They take our side at the ballot box ; and in tho day of threatened peril will fight our enemies up on their own soil. If we withdraw from tha Union we shall lose the efficiency of their friend ship for our defence, and leave them no alterna tive but consolidation with our foes. Most truly did the father of his country proclaim to us that the Union is the palladium of our safety." Why should we manifest such unbecoming fears of Lin-? coin ? He can tqrn neither the Ai my nor Navy upon us, while we sit under the shield of the Constitution. Ho can command no legislative powers to barrftss us by oppressive laws. He can claim no power above the Constitution, and we can defend ourselves under it. - If he should be elected. I, for one, do not fear him; and my prayer shall be as ever, for the proa perity and happiness of our country. I am, very truly yours, B F.MOORE. Fire. The alarm of. fire yesterday was caused by the burning of a small quantity of Rosin at the Gas works. Quite a stampede took placo from tho Court House, tlie Superior Court being in session this week. No material damage was done.' - . . - '. -1
Newbern Weekly Progress (New Bern, N.C.)
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