North Carolina Newspapers

BYfJ. L. PENNINGTON. THE OTWBEKN WEEKLY PROGRESS, AN INDEPENDENT NE VVS PAPER, . IB ISSUED FROM TBI PROGRESS BUILDINGS, Every Tuesday morning, at TWO DOLLARS a year for single subscribers, and only ONE DOL LAR AND A HALF to cluba of six or more. The Paper will not be sent to any one till the money is received, and all subscriptions will be discontinued when the time paid for expires. Money, if mailed in the presence of a Postmaster, may be sent at our risk. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MHRCH 13, 1861. County Matters. The session of the Court yesterday was mostly consumed in the transaction of Coun ty business. The same magistrates who have heretofore acted in that capacity were re-appointed a special Court, to wit : F. P. Latham, Charles Kelly, J. D. Flanner, N. n. Street and Wm. B. YFadsworth. The old board for Common Schools were re appointed : J. T. Lane, F. P. Latham, Charles Kelly, C. B. Wood, Wm. B. Wadsworth and Dr. J. P. Redding. Mr. M. Matthews was re-elected Treasurer of Public Buildings. Mr. Elijah Clark was re-appointed County Trustee. Messrs. Charles Kelly, S. R. Street and W. Ilay were re-appointed special magistrates for this town. George Green, Esq., was appointed proxy to represent the county in the A. & N. C. R. R. Company. The following taxes were laid by the Court for the present year : On Poll. On $100 val. of land- Poor tax, County tax, School tax, Court House, Pub. Building, 48 cts. 1 1 cts. 32 cts. 8 eta. 16 cts. 5 cts. 1.40 cts. 35 eta. 16 cts. 4 cts. , 8 cts. 2 cts. 28 cts. 7 cts. G cts. 1 J cts. 1.40 cts. 35 cts. $4.34. $1.08 J. 80 20 $5.14. $128i. Insane Asylum, Jury tax. Bridge tax, R. Road tax. State tax, The Court agreed to purchase the lot on the corner of Craven and Broad Street for tho site of the new Court House, and appointed Edw. R. Stanly, A. T. Jerkins, Chas. Kellcy, I. Dis osway, J. D. Flanner and J. J. Roberson, a committee to select a plan and to build a Court House at a cost not exceeding $20,000 ; a tax of $10,000 was laid for tho building. She is Satisfied. The Black Republicans are rejoicing over the result in this State. They say that North Carolina is with them and that the border States will stay in. Not only so, they are re joicing at the prospect of establishing freedom in the border slave States in a few years. Free dom ! and what kind of freedom ? Simply this : they claim that North Carolina, Tennes see and other border slave States are with them in sentiment and that they will so impress the people with the ideas of freedom in a few years that slavery will be abolished in these States. Slaveholders, Union men, and you who voted against a Convention, we beseech you to pon der these thuigs. We do not doubt j'our pa triotism we concede that but examine your own position and see if you have not been de ceived. Fort Sumter. Fort Sumter has not been evacuated though it is thought tVie administration may order the withdrawal of the troops at an early day. The rumor to the effect that they had been withdrawn was an error. FirxHr. The Virginia Convention reckons, now that the North has said it would do no fcuch thing, that much could be done to restore harmony in the country by the prompt return of fugitive slaves. This is all gammon. If Virginia means to submit to Black Republican rule let her Convention say so at once and end the suspense. Sewardism. The Republicans say that they have fought tho battle for freedom and won it, and that now they must save the Union. The -V Y. Tri bune has the following : The citizens of Illinois now in Washington called on Mr. Seward after the inauguration, and in response to their congratulations he said: "Gentlemen: If you want to save this Administration, and have it successful and pro fitable to the country, I implore you to remem ber that the battle for Freedom has been fought and won. Henceforth forget that Freedom ev was in danger, and exert your best influence tacw to save the Union. Let it not be said r.hat the Republican party of the United States vcp at first, last, and only victory, over the dissolution of the Union." One of his visitors remarked: ' Governor, I want the integrity of ithe .Republican party maintained." Mr. Se award responded : "Remember, that the way to gnaintaiJE tbe Integrity of the Republican party ifs te maintain tbe Union. Remember that the ,point zt which the enemy strikes is always the oint rhieh you gbxiuM defend." Mr. Lovejoy nterpsKcd and added: "And remember that the Ucion is worth nothing except so long as ihere is Freedom in it" To this Mr. Seward replied; " Freedom is always in the Union." WHAT MR. SEWARD EXPECTS. In response to a complimentary address from some of his New York friends, last Monday, Mr. Seward said : The administration which you have come here to inaugurate comes into power under cir cumstances of embarrassment and peril never before known in th& history of the Republic ; but I believe I know the character and purpos es of the Chief Magistrate. I believe that, while he will be firm, fee will be also just to yery StatCj tnd every .section, and every citi zen that ljU will defend and protect the rights And' interests, the peace and the prosperity, of All the States equally and ab'ke., while he will practice the moderation that eprings from vir tue, and the affection fh&t arises from patriot ism in Confederated .States. Under his gui dance, and with the blessing of God, I believe And trust, and confidently expect, that an Ad rninistration, that is inaugurated amid some distrust and pajr.fui apprehension, wiU close upon a reunite, restored, prosperous, fr.es and happy Republic. The State of New York, the greatest" and most powerful of he States, will Jead all other States in the way of conciliation; and as tje path of wisdom fs always the path of peace, so I am sure that now we shall find fhat the $vay pjf cpnciliotion is the way pf ;jvisdom. ALABAMA AND THE PUBLIC LANDS. The Montgomery Post says : The public lands in this State, by an Ordi- Eance pf the Convention, have been resumed y he State. The laws of the United States, regulating their sales and disposals, have been adopted so far as applicable. The land offices are continued, and the Registers ar d Receivers are directed to transact their business in fu ture with the State of Alabama and not with the General Land Office at Washington. Three cars heavily laden with shot and shell passed through Goldsboro' this morning, en route for Charleston. While preparations to meet the approaching storm is going on all around us, what is our State doing? Let the "watch and wait" 6ubmissionists of North . Carolina answer ! Rough Notes. A CHEAP NEWSPAPER FOR VOLUME III. Lincoln and tiis Cabinet. Lincoln's Cabinet is not likely to last long; the elements there brought together are too discordant, and as they are all fanatics on a leading issue an early disruption may De ex pected. The following letter is from the N. Y. Express, and was written from Washington to that paperby one of the editors : Washington, March 6. Mr. Lincoln is disappointing the conservative members of his party, and preparing the country for a greater strain ttoan it has yet received. He is, upon tbe one side delighting the Sumners, the Wilsons, the Preston Kings, the Chandlers, the Wades, the Lovojoys and Greeleys cf the Republican wing, and giving equal pleasuie to the St-cessionists of the country. The latter fl nd just enough in one interpretation of the Inaugu ral Message, to excite meir worst aporeueueions, and it is tbeir purpose, as 11 is tneir poucy, to magnify every word looking to coercion, en forcement, collection of the Revenues. &c, &c. In common with other " union savers, so de rided and denounced by the extremes, I have chosen to give the pacific rather than the Con servative, believing at the time, and still be lieving, that Mr. Lincoln does not mean to prac tise any but a pacific policy. I have believed that one month in public omce would teacn mm, uy public experience, and from intei course with oth ers, that the issues of civil war were in his hands, and that he would not dare to take the initiative in any steps leading to that most disastrous re sult. In order to avoid that worst of all calami ties, a Republican House of Representatives, de liberating ovr and over again denied him either men or means for any such purpose, even when many of his friends denied there was any such purpose. The Force Bills were defeated by a union of Conservative Republicans and National Americans and Democrats, 100 to 76 upon a test vote after a fierce trial. Thus restrained for means and men, with a barren Treasury, Mr. Lincoln cannot make war if he would, unless in defiance of that Legislative and popular power, which he is pledged to respect. The Cabinet appointments, however, are not in accordance with any peace policy. They em brace some of the worst elements of the Republi can party. They were made in defiance of the solemn exhortations of the most patriotic and eminent men of the Conservative members of his party. The North-West, even Ohio herself, remonstrated against the name of Mr. Chase. Maryland as strongly remonstrated against the appointment of Moi: tgomery Blair, who lives not in Maryland, but here in Washington, inheriting that proscriptive character and bitterness of opin ion which distinguished his father, Francis P. Blair, in his hostility to his benefactor, Henry Clay. Mr. Welles, of Connecticut, is not known here, though once holding a subordinate office in the Navy Department. This appointment, with some others of a Democratic kind, and tem per already foreshadowed, is said to come from Mr. Hamlin, the Vice Piesident They show an extreme policy, and if the characters of men mean more than the words they utter, there is but lit tle hope for tho country from the personnel of Mr. Lincoln's Administration. The Border State Union men feel disheartened and discouraged by the developments of the week. It nlaces the Chases, the Greeleys and the Blairs in the front rank and the Se wards, the Weeds, and the Corwins far in the rear. The Whig element of the Republican party is under foot, and what is worse than all, even a lower deep is reached, should there be no change of policv, than the free soil element of the old Whig party. Mr. Lincoln will soon learn that there is to be no attempt at domestic violence without involv ing the whole country in civil war. Even the people of this Federal Capital will not permit an attack upon Virginia or Maryland without personal resistance, nor will Virginia allo v the soil of one Southern Slate to be invaded. On this point there is perfect unanimity of opinion in the Virginia Convention, aud no material dif ference of opinion in North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky and Maryland. The refusal of Mr. Lincoln within the last, forty eight hours to take any counsel from such men as Crittenden and Bell, Gilmer and Johnson, Douglas, Wilson, Boteler, Nelson, Etheridge, Clemens, and scores of Southern Unionists who are denounced at home as Submissionists, has alienated from him thousands who were hoping for words and acts of peace. j It is with no pleasure that these new signs of ! the times are recorded. They are true ueverthe lesss, and in public matters it is never wise to conceal the truth. The immediate effect of them, will probably be to induce Virginia to call a Con vention of the Border Slaveholdinar States only, with power, perhaps, to invite such other States as this Convention when assembled, may think j proper to have associated with them. hen Vir ginia, in January, invited a Convention of her sister States.it was addressed to those who were for Peace, Justice and Conciliation, upon swine basis of National Compromise. She did not ex pect a united New England Delegation here, op posed to all Compromise, nor sucli majorities as came from portions of the West, no such men as Mr. Chase, too ultra, even lor the majority of Delegates lrom Uino. tier invitation lor 1'eace was responded to by men. more eager for war than peace, some of whom, like the Senator from Michigan, sent forth a cry for blood. The conservative men here, though desponding much for the country, greatly disappointed in all their good expectations from Mr. Lincoln's Administration, as it has started into life, are by no means ready to yield all up to despair. A true, constitutional Union Party must be formed in every State of the Union, and if possible, in as out of the seceding States. It must embrace all who love Justice, Fraternity and Union. It must hold on to the Border Slave States, and ap peal to the patriotism of the American People ev erywhere irrespective of States, sections or ante cedents It must stand out against coercion, be cause coercion means civil war. and civil war will lead to endless bloodshed, with no prospect of peace for years and years to come. It must, at the North, ally itself with all the 'true Union men of the South, and oppose equally aud every where all extremes of action aud opposition The sooner the good and true msn of the country establish such an organization, the better for the peace of the country and of the world. E. B. Mr. Lincoln on tuk Functions asd Pro vince of the Supreme Court. To show that the monstrous doctrine maintained by Mr. Lin coln in relation to the functions and the prov ince of the Supreme Court does not take its rise from any recently formed opinion on his part, we republish the extract from his inaugu ral, and append to it the avowal which was pub licly made by him in Illinios during the pro gress of his well known contest with Judge Douglas ; From Mr. Lincoln's Inaugural, March 4, 1861. "The candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government upon the vital ques tions affecting the whole people is to be irrevo cably fixed by the decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own roasters, unless having to that extent practical ly resigned their government in the hands of that emjnent tribunal." From a speech made by Mr. Lincoln in Illi nois, in 1858, aqd published in the New York Tribune on the 1.5th of July of tne same year. ',lfltyere in Congress and a vote should come up on a question whether slavery should be prohibited in a new Territory, in spite of the Dred Scott decision, J would vote that it should," Letters received from Major Anderson by the War Department say that the most friend ly feeling exists between him and the South Carolina authorities. The facilities of the Post office are yet afforded. The Charter elections held in New York on Wednesday, have generally resulted in the success of the Republicans. The feeling of caste is so strong in India, that a soldier lying wounded on a battle field has been known to die rathsr than drink water offered him by one of the lower caste. A sick soldier in the hospital at Agra suffered two hours rather than receive water from an Eng lish lady. His words were, 'though no man see mc drink, God will see me.' THE MILLION. SINGLE COPIES $2.00; TO CLUBS OF SIX NEWBERN, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 19, 1861. THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY. In the February number, 186!, of "DeBoWg Review " the editor thus sums up the important advantages which will be possessed by the South ern Confederacy : 1. It will have a territory aa great as the whole of Europe, with the exception of Russia and Tur key. 2. It will have a population Sve times that of the Continental Colonies ; twice that of the United States during our last war with Britain ; and equal to that of Britain when she contested the world with Bonaparte. 3. It will have a commerce which, in exports, already equals four fifths of the entire exports of the Union. This commerce has built up the com mercial marine of the United States, as it almost employs it. and in building up this, builds up tbe navy with it. 4. It will embrace a homogeneous population, little admixed with those of foreign blood, and its organized servile labor will be the greatest source of strength and not of weakness, as is the pauper population of other countries. This homogenity will keep us a unit for as long a period as any oth er government can be kept such, and much long er than the Government that surrounds us. 5. It will be speedily recognized, and form treaty stipulations with all civilized countries ; for in this age "Commerce is King." rather than sen timent, and controls the diplomacy of the world. The people that have such to offer will uot long go begging for recognition. t. Its mission will be peace, for it is impossible upon any rational theory, that it will be warred upon by either Europe or the North, seeing that war, while, to say the least, it left conquest doubt ful, must destroy conqueror as well as conquered, while peace mnst allow each to thrive and devel op. The English very soon discovered that the colonies, after independence, brought them vastly more wealth than before. If war, however, re sult victory is never to mere numbers, but to skill, martial character, spirit and wealth ; and these are with the South to an extent that must balance the difference of numbers. Besides the i J 1 - . . . . . invaueu are aiways as ten to one against the in vader. 7. It can maintain the civil list, and an army and navy, to such an extent as is desired, and keep up relations with the rest of the world with a great decrease of the expenditures of the United States for the years which immediately followed, the adoption of th e Constitution, ranged only from four to five millions of dollars, and when the population of the whole Union was that of the present Southern States, its expenditure was a little oer $20,000,000. In our greatly decreased seacoast, and simpler establishment the Southern Government could bo brought down to half of that sum; but supposing 20,01)0,000, and we should then save to our people every year at least .$100,000,000, which they are contributing for the benefit of other sections. Thus : The South buys from the North, or from Eu rope, every year, at least as much as she sells to both, aud pays duty on all that she buys from Europe in the tariff, and from the North in the additional price which it is enabled to exact, in consequence of the tariff keeping out the compe tition of foreign articles. The total Southern purchase does not fall short of .-$400,000,000, which at the average tariff of 30 per cent, would give 120.000,000 a loss of 100,000,000 Un der a Southern Government our imports would equal our exports, viz: $400,000,0U0, which, at five per cent., would give the required revenue. What would be the effect of this saving of $100, 000.OUO every year on the general wealth of the South f What the Federal Government takes from the South, let it be understood, it does uot expend here, but takes to the North." Charleston. A corrrspondent of the Rich mond Dispatch writes from Charleston : Already the future permanent Capital for the new Confederacy is being discussed. Ev ery man lias his place and I have mine. Columbia is spoken of it being the Athens of the South, having much wealth, plentr of space, and, for the most part, regarded as healthy. I do not very much like Columbia ; for, unless I am mistaken, it is a very damp place a dampness from fresh water and much out ol the wa Atlanta, Ga., is urged by the citi zens of that place. Atlanta is central, it is true, and healthy ; but those streets, and that inud, and that population ! Macon, Ga., is also spoken of, but for mer cy's sake, unless we are like "Shedrack, Me shack and Abednego," don't think of it for, without doubt, it is the hottest place this side of Vesuvius. Huntsville is also named, but that won't do not quite "sound on the goose." Montgomery Ala. Ah, now I am baulked. Montgomery is one of the most delightful in land cities in the South. Situated on Alabama i river high and rolling. dry and healthy, and 'beatiful for situation" with the hills round i about it, with a population of as cultivated and refined men and women as is to be found on 1 this green earth, and if my choice is not the choice, then I go in fur Montgomery, and Mont gomery will be the Capital of the Southern Re public. " Which is your choice?" you begin to ask. There is the rub. My choice is just the right place-no mistake in that-and I think you will agree with me before I leave you. "Well, what place is it ?" you ask impatiently. "Well, I'll tell you it is Charleston. It is due to her. Never would these Cotton States have been from under the tyranical rule of the North, if it had not been for Charleston-" But, you ask, "is it healthy?" Healthy? Look to the statistics, and you will find fin Hall's Journal of Health, I think,) that its bill of mortality is the smallest, except two, of any city on the Continent of America, and only third of fourth of any known to the world. Except once in about three years we never have yel low fever, and that is not always of virulent kind. " It is pleasent in summer ?" No city in America is more so. The sea breezes pre vail through summer, and altogether it is the most delightful summer city that I know of. Then we have everything here for the accom modation of the Government The finest mar ket in the South convenient to the ocean near to Cuba, Boston, New York, and, Phila delphia immediately on the great highway that will be from New Orleans East, and suffi ciently central for any purpose ; and more than all, there is not a people on earth more highly polished than the people of Charleston. Yet I confess I had rather have Washington City than any, and if you and Maryland will come along and get into good company, we will have Washington anyhow, in defiance of "fuss and feathers' VIRGINIUS. (From the Wilmington Journal.) Jacksonville, N. C, March 5th, 1861. Messrs Editors : At a meeting of the citizens of Onslow at this place on yesterday, (Monday, March 4th.) a Company of Minute Men were formed. George T. Duffy was elected Captain ; Daniel C.Ward, First Lieutenant: A. J. John son. Second Lieutenant ; Thomas J. Hemby, Oi derly Sergeant ; Daniel Venters, Ensign : Dr. M. L. Bolton, Surgeon. The Company numbers thirty-two. The formation of the Company is for the purpose of tendering their services to, Governor Ellis ; provided, North Carolina takes a position with her sister Southern States ; aDd in the eveutof her failure to do so by Convention, (if we have one,) they have pledged themselves to offer their aid to Jefferssou Davis. President of the Southern Conte ieracy, and to fight if need be under the flag of the new confederation, or die in tbe cause of Southern rights and Southern homes. The members of the Company are all young men, and with one or two exceptions, are not married, and are ready at any moment to pro ceed to action. SOUTHERN RIGHTS. An ice machine, Harrison's invention, is at work in London, producing, with a ten-horse steam engine, eight thousand pounds of ice in twenty-four hours, at a total expense of $2 50 per ton, whieh is said to be fifty per cent, cheaper than imported ice. Theycity council wheeling, Va., have voted to ejend the hospitalities of that city to Sena toy Crittenden on his arrival there en route for home. One of the "pretty waiter girls" in a Bow ery saloon in New York, poisoned herself re cently because abandoned by her " friend." SELECTED POETRY. We publish the following Union song at the request of an ardent Union friend whose attach ment to Union we very much admire and in whose devotion to tbe rights of the South we have the greatest confidence. He clings to the Union and we admire him for it, but we cannot see the Union to which he clings. While there was a Union we too clung to it, and even after some of the pillars which supported the column gave way we clang to it ; but now after seven States have withdrawn and established another Government, and with a sectional taoatic at the head of the fragmentary establishment at Wash ington, We can see no Union to cling to. Would to God there was a Union. THE FLAG OF UNION. Tuns "DlXir.'S land." Come, brothers, swell our royd chorus, While the storm cloud lowers o'er as. Look away, look awy,lookway, se tbe flag ! By faction torn, but storm defying, Brothers, look ! our flag is flyiDg! Look away, look away, look away, see tbe flag CHORUS. Shall traitors dim its glory! never never ! A gallant band around it stand to live aud die for Union, Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah for the flag of Union! Great Washington whose farewell waruiug Bade us beware of factions dawning Look away, look away, look away, see the flag! Peacefully slept when his toils were ended Under the flag which his sword dafended Look away, look away, look away, sea the flag CHORUS. Shall traitors, &c Those are our foes in every section v Who stir up strife and disaffection Look away, look away, look away, see the flag! Preachers of strife and hate and scorn Shall rue the day that they were born Look away, look away, look away, see the flag CUORUS. Shall traitors, Sec. Awake Little Sleeper, Awake thee, little sleeper, No longer slumbering lie. The rosy light is breaking O'er all the eastern sky, And joyous birds are winging. Their flight f-rom tree to tree, While all the a r is ringing With sweetest melody ; Let their young voices be lifted In strains of graceful song, Unto thy great Creator, Who doth thy da3's prolong. Awake tbee, little sleeper, Aud view the glorious sun, His circuit through the heaven Already is begun; He looked in at my window. To-find thee sleeping still. Then hasted on his journey Far over vale and hill : Behold him as he speedeth Upon his onward way, For never once he pauseth Till evening s closing ray. Thus let thy path be onward And upward every day ; So shall thy rest he glorious When lite has passed away. Mong ol" the Newspaper. I am a newspaper I carry the news To all of your dwellings Wherever you choose. A more faithful servart Can hardly be found Almost omnipresent, I'm scattered around. Like stars in the heavens, And sands on the shore Like leaves that have fallen When summer is o'er, I fly o'er the land, I pass o'er the sea, I brave every danger It's pleasure for mc. I gather the news from The steamers and cars. And telegraphs, sparkling With trade, peace and wars I fill up my mission Defending the Truth, And teach useful lessons. For old men and youth. Medical College of the State of South Carolina. The annual commencement at this institution took place last week The number of students in attendanca during the session just closed, was 222. Tbe number of applicants for graduation who passed a satisfactory examination was 93, among whom we find the following from North Carolina: W.J. Love, of Wilmington; J. S. Robinson, of Elizabethtown; A. McLean, of Gilopolis; J T. McLean, of Sumtnervillle; W. P. TeHgue of Kernersville ; C. A Thompson, of Uuiouville; W. J Torrance, of Crowder's Creek. The Western Virginia papers continue to bring accounts of the extraordinary oil "striks" there. The Parkersbug JSFeica says that the well of Lewellyn & Wilson yields, one day, oil to the value of $20,160. If the whole aperture of the well were left runnin, the yield would be 100,000 per day. Lincoln is said to be a Kentuckian by birth. We now have our doubts on that point. No Ken tucky born man ever would have run all the way from Harrlfeburg to Washington, with but the ghost of an enemy in pursuit. Shocking Accident. Miss Sallie Lane was so badly burned at the Central Female Institute, at Clinton, Miss., on the 1st inst., that she died the next day. Two or three young ladies were in the room, and Miss Sallie's dress caught fire while passing across the hearth. Suicide of a U S. Soldier. John Rich, a soldier in the U. S. barracks at Carlisle. Pa., com mitted suicide last Tuesday morning, by cutting his throat with a razor. A day or two before his death he had handed to his comrade about S10O in gold to be sent to his grandfather, in New York State. Paper Cravats. Application l as been made by a firm in Now York for a patent for paper neck ties, printed in imitation silk and gingham with great exactness and beauty. The Scientific American snys this firm ld last season, of one single style of cloth neckties, seventeen thousand dozen. Crime in Great Britain. There are said to be in England and Wales 39,.'J3ti knowu thieves and depredator?, 4,407 receivers of stolen goods, 30,730 fallen women, 87,688 suspected persons, 23,353 vagrants, all preying on the public, and known to the police. Sudden Di:ath at a Wide-Awake Parade At Newport, R. I., on Monday night, Mr. John Hunt united in the Wide Awake parade, but soon after the moving'fof tbe.procession he dropped dead in the street Forty Per Cent. Dutyon Wines. A new clause was added to the Tariff as it finally passed establishing a duty on wines of all kinds of forty per cent, ad valorem, and.that this .is now a part of the new act. Prayer. One morning last week, in thejFul ton street prayer meeting, N. Y., a letter was read from Maj. Anderson, asking prayers of the meet ing for himself and country ; expressing great confidence in his ability to take care of himself; and indicating that the good Providence of God has been his guide thus far. Fifty-three colored persons left Mobile last week, for Hayti. Miss Harriet Lane, a niece of President Buchan an, and who has done the honors of the White House, for her bachelor uncle, for four years past, was married a few days ago to James Carlisle, Esq., a leading lawyer in Washington City. Mrs. Gage said, at the Woman's Rights Con vention that the next best thing about a house to tbe cooking stove, is a husband. That's so if he's good for anything if not, not. The greatest pleasure in the world is, to do a good aetion by stealth and have it found out by accident. - Mr. Holt publishes a letter which exonerates ex-Secretary Thompson from the charge of having betrayed Cabinet secrets. PROGRESS, OR MORE ONLY S1.50 A YEAR THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH 14. ISfil. Our Xew Arrangements. At our earnest solicitations, W. I. Vestal, Esq., has returned to Newbern and become in terested in the management of the Progress. His position will be that . of Associate Editor and general business clerk. He is fully em powered and authorized to conduct and attend to any business connected with the establish ment. The Editorial management of the Local De partment of the paper will hereafter be entire ly under his control, and, ia our absence, he will have entire charge of the paper. We hope that this arrangement may prove satisfactory to our local and business patrons. For Secession. The people of Petersburg, Va., have held an immense meeting and in structed their delegates in the Convention to vote for an ordinance of secession. Finished at Last. The Hon. Mr. Summers, of Va.. has finished his address before the Convention upon the Peace Conference resolutions. The following from the Petersburg Express contains his clos ing remarks : Richmond, March 12, p. m. Mr. Summers favored Frankfort, Kentucky, aa the place for a Convention of the border States. He closed by demonstrating that dissolution was the first step to the abolition of slavery, and drawing a parallel with Europe, showed that by making a line of division in this coun try, which had hitherto been protected from invasion by its geographical position, we would be reduced to the status of Europe, requiring upon each side a standing army at least 100, 000 men. He advocated the trial of every effort for adjustment, and not uutil Virginia in her " heart of hearts " had come to the conclu sion that there was no other alternative but secession, then the sentiment of her people would bu unanimous, there would be no di division. but she would speak with a voice that would resound from centre to circumfer ence. The speaker closed in an eloquent pe roration, full of deep devotion of Virginia and protesting against separate State action. The Hon. John Tyler, member of the late Peace Conference, and delegate from the conn ties of Charles City, James City and New Kent, has the floor to-morrow. A Fearful Positiion. A mournful mar riage is rather merrily related in a accent Ken tucky paper. Two rare specimens of rural simplicity, Mary and Isaac by name, came in railway haste to the Spencer House, and in quired of the clerk the speediest process by which they could be made man and wife. When he imparted the requisite information, they both became suddenly overcome with the responsibility of their position, and fearfully impressed with the awful future before them, aud at once burst into tears, and fell like cry ing children iuto each others arms. So grieved did they seem, that they were told if they had repented there was no necessity of marrying, and that they had better return home as they came. To this they objected, and Mary, drying her eyes for a moment: and they had run off to get married, and marry they must, to which Isaac silently consented. Here they indulged in a fresh fit of weeping, and hung on each others necks with steamitig optics apparent victims to a fate they could not resist. Persuasion and reasoning were em ployed in vain. They would weep, and they would get married. So, some one induced Isaac and Mary they would not be separated to get into a carriage, and drive to the Pro bate Court for a license. There they did the lacrymose again very copiously, but their hearts were still firm. They looked through tearful orbs at the dreadful shape of marriage, and though they trembled, they did not fly. The license was obtained and back they went to tbe Spencer House. A clergyman was se cured, arid as soon as he had asked them to stand up, in order to have the ceremony performed, they set up such a regular boo-hoo as is rarely witnessed outside of low comedy on the stage. The parson was alarmed: the lookers-on were surprised, and D. D. toid them very blandly if they were not prepared for tbe serious and solemn occasion, it would be well to postpone the alfair, at least until they were composeu. .no po-po-posi-ponemeni, u;uo bered out Isaaac; "we mu-must get spliced." " Yes," said Mary, "we ca-cant help cr'in' ; but we are bound bound to get married." Thus assured, the service wnt on, and at last the minister pronounced them man and wife a declaration that was received with a burst of aqueous agony that .surpassed all previous efforts. The spectators ot the strange scene could no longer repress on audible smile, and left the newly wedded pair to themselves and their tears. Soon after, the wedded weepers were in duced to retire to their room, where thty re minded until late in the morning. When they appeared at breakfast tbej" seemed very well satisfied with each other and wedlock, and their aces bore no traces of their late sorrow, whii'h had given place to many smils and the presence of a jocund joy. They returned home on the afternoon train, quite as happy as persons usually are under similar circumstances, and here we leave them to thir fate and to their truer causes for copi ous tears. War. A few weeks since and war was the word. But now the cry of blood and blood shed is hushed. Still tbe question often arises, will there be war? We answer: there may be and there may not. Americans are too highly civilized to be bloodthirsty. More, the interests of both North and South intervene and forbid such a calamity. It is likely Fort Sumter will be surrendered without the spil lirifr of blood. A bankrupt treasury cannot sustain an army. Black Republicans are un- j willing to fight for nothing. They must have ! good pay. Scott will not enter a campaign without some strong security for his monthly , wages and rations. Patriotism has no place in the bosoms of such foul ami polluted repro- ! bates and moral cowards as the Black Kepub- j licans. They would fight for spoils riot coun try. j The free born sons of the South have the principles of liberty at stake. They are se curing them in a Southern Confederacy. Black Republicans can't shake it, and know ing it they will not attempt it. The combined armies of all the world beside cannot move one stone of the great temple of Southern lib erty. Our people have justice on their side and God is always with the just and brave. Let Gen. Scott go to Halifax. We can whip him and all his host. But take our word for it there'll be no war if so, but a .hort struggle, and then the Confederate States of America will assume her place among the nations of the earth. Rock Hill Chronicle. Legs do Yocb Dcty. Lincoln said in Phil adelphia, Independence Hall,, that he would rather be assassinated than abandon the prin ciples of tbe Declaration of Independence, but within one week he ran from the first whisper ings of danger as fleetly as ever a naked leg ged Highlander pursued a deer on Scotia's hills. The men who made the Declaration of Independence did not make it good in that way. They fought for their rights Abraham run for his. The inference is, they could best maintain its principles by fighting Abraham his by running. Let all men use the talent that is given them. Pet. Ex. INVARIABLY. IN ADVANCE. NUMBER 29. PROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS. New York. March 10, 1SG1. Ds.ir Progress .-Believing that you and your readers have been well posted in regard to the stirring events that have transpired du ring the past few months, and as I could sav nothing of interest aside from these momentous moTeinents in national affairs, I have not sent you a line for your paper in some time. And now instead of writing exclusively of matters and things here, I must say something of North Carolina, as I have not been an uninterested observed of her movements in these trying times. That her conservatism is or was commenda ble I agree. But to-day, aye, long before this, she should have seen that her conservatism was lost on "the rule or 'ruin" puritanical fanatics of the North, thse " no concession " men ; and hence I was not prepared to believe that she would have voted against a Coven tion for the consideration of her weal at this time. The larg vote of Guilford and adjacent counties may, I suppose, be called the Quaker vote. The vote of a people who fostered the teachings of Worth," the Abolitionist, whase villianous course is familiar to all. There are men in North Carolina whose sentiments re so directly opposed to her institutions that it would, no doubt, be well fur her and perhaps better for them if they were citizens of some State where their peculiar views would be ap preciated, say Ohio, or Massachusetts, where they could enjoy negro equality without re proach. Perhaps Mr. Gilmer mav be in duced to call a Convention to consider this matter of emigration of these pious people, es pecially as vortn - has lett, and may be re garded as " a pillar of fire by night." and Hel per as "a cloud by day," to guide thm to some promised land where philanthropists and aints "do congregate." In this connection I will all that it is fact beyond dispute that there are businesj men here who have made and are still making every effort to secure and keep Southern pa ronage, many of whom have realized fortunes out of the South, yet who us this verv money in supporting Republican papers and preachers of the deepest dye. 1 have lately been credibly informed that a prominent mem ber of the firm of a Commission House here recently paid a high price for a pew in "Beech er's Church" and when the bid was made Beecher triumphantly exclaimed, "hurrah for the Southerner ! This pew renter, though., is' a son of Connecticut who lived in North Caro lina some years ago and I believe now has two branch houses in the latter State, one at New bern and one at Kinston, if I mistake not. The Commission House here, I see by the pa pers, has vessels sent to it from Georgia and South Carolina as well as from the Old North State. But so we go ! At this writing the public mind here abouts seem3 greatly exer cised by the late developments in regard to the so stated design to assassinate " Old Abe." It seems that a Mr. Williamson of the detective police (with whom Mr. or "chief Kennedy" has had a difficulty,) stated upon oath before the Council that at an interview in December last with Kennedy he (K.) said to Williamson, " I intend to send one or more detectives to the cities of Baltimore and Washington, for I un derstand a plot is being organized to assassi nate the President elect, at all events I de-tire it to appear so, so that fan do the President a service. You sec hate been spoken of as a candidate for the olfice of U. S. Marshall of the Southern district of New York and I. don't know but shall be a candidate." Hence from this information it is infered that the mysterious stranger "who roused Old Abe at midnight and bid hirn make a hasty flight " was none other than the wonderful Kennedy, self-appointed " Chief of the National Police," seizor of goods, contraband of war, candidate for Marshall, Sec, &c. A witty rhymster has shown up Old Abe's flight in to-day's Herald, a part of which I here st-nd, as perhaps all your readers do not see the Herald: At midnight to hi.s guard-id bed A messenger stepped slow, And told old uncle Abraham A man was down below, "An office seeker darned," said Abe, Uplifting high his head, "No." said the messenger, "a man," Who comes with news most dread. "Show up the man," said Abraham, The man coma out of breath, "Abe Lincoln, President elect, 1 know thy hour of death. The messenger ail mufiled up Went straightway out the door. While Lincoln gazed with tragic look From ceilling down to rlour. He ca'led his trusty man-at-arms. At midnight snoring yet, And tr Id him to be ready noVv, His c:ip and cloak to get; The cap was brought a Scottish cap A cloak both long- and black ; Quick on his head the cap was put, The cloak put on his back. And like an arrow swift he dew, yhot by an archer strung. Instead of being shot himself. ' Old Abe," but shot along. Preceding the above, the boys on the streets for several days past have been crying for sale, "Abraham's flight, by Clear Moonlight" only one cent," very much to the annoyance of his Republican friends. You must have observed what a diversity of opinion is expressed by those who profess to know the meaning of tbe "Inaugural." Some say its peace, some war and some say it means "a masterly inactivity," but time erelong will develop its real meaning. Let us watch and be prepared. 'Tis said a Republican editor of Connecticut has sent to President. Davis a pen-staff made of a part of a rafter of the house occupied by Benedict Arnold. No doubt this very staff was used in drawing up the resolutions of the "Hartford Convention" in LSlk Wonder if its color is'nt blue 'i Yours truly, MAX. The Carthage (Illinois) Republican, a strong Douglas paper, indulges in the follow ing, to waidsa negro-worshipping contemporary; it is rich, rare, racy, and to the point : "Again, while our hand is in, we will give a little mora plain talk. If party, by its obsti nacy in rejecting all proposition of compro mise, force the border slave States out, a strong attempt will be made to divide the State of Il linois, by running a line paralel with the North line of the State of Missouri, near the 41st degree, with a view of uni ting with the Southern Confederacy. When the Union is broken up, each part is justified in sec-king its own interests and mak ing the best arrangement for the future. The interests of southern Illinois is certainly with that of the great outlet, the Gulf stream. Now, howl over that, if you like." Rcsh of Office Seekers at Washington. A letter from Washington, dated fcth inst., says : The rush of office seekers upon the depart ments exceeds anything of the kind ever be fore known. From early morning till late in the evening, Uncle Abe snd each one of the members of the Cabinet, are beset by men, women and children. The crowd was so pressing yesterday and to-day as to render it utterly impossible for the chief clerks in the different departments to consult with their heads on important business. Every train brings in a fresh company. Those who have been here a couple of weeks have assurance that all the principal appointments and re movals will be attended to immediately. Dr. Barton, on being told that Mr. Vowel was dead, exclaimed, " What ! Vowel dead ? Let us be thankful it was neither u nor i." RATES OF ADVERTISING- IS THE WEEKLY PROGRESS. The following are tha only Rates of Ad vertlriii,; in the Weekly Progress, to all save those who cc.i -tract by the year and advertise iu'b'otli veeiJy acd daily papers: One sqaare (12 lines mision) one insertion, 1 tO. Subsequeut insertions, each, f.Oceuts- Any uuinbt-r of 4qure will I chared in p; portion. All advertisement;; :aikc-J ilf till lore . . will be coctiiaed till ordered out nud t-harmed -.i above. PL BLlSnED BY iiEQCn V. IFromthe N. ('.. Christian Advocnte j LETTER FROM NEWP.EKN. Messrs, Editors: You b.ive aski-d for c. casional letters from the friend of i! :- A.l.r cate, and surely this is a service which aii us ought to be able to render. Here in ll.. ancient town of Newbern. cluster m.ir.y fn.: rant memories, and are to be seen many zrc: things worthy of attention. "Lattiy. I I been much aliacted to the Cemetery, th . h-.:: of the dead, where th"V sleep sou-r.-i.-iiy . neath the cedar.-:. Th;-i: is much i Vr-: Methodist preacher there in.w. 'in.: .-. Brame and Brent, three men of ur!.f::ic. gentleness and power, are ail awaking the :v urrection under it sod. How o.im u;i'i .-; ui:v ing is the thought of them ! V ht a t!ic . ship of peace and tenderness scjijrs to kjcp their graves in the shadow cf coll l.ioni meats. They have come t i heaven, ar.d th works do follow them, liow w.ll do I remem ber the retreating frtht-aJ, tho mouth tremu lous under excitement, and th strong, fJr::i eye of Brame, much of the intellectual oat o; what I have imagined Fletcher and i'L-ke Vj have been. What a direct, logical f jr. e vva, in his thoughts, and what k n:an!m.-;-; va-; i: words. Polished bevond the ir.arf -; winch j his covers his bones, tenderer than the tCM -; J which have been shed for him, and pur.r th u. ! the skv which bends above him. sou: ::i j b-j dy shall both come to immortally nt How I love to thint of him I cnee k.iew him, and I slmll know him aain. . sleeper, thou shalt open thy scaled ewiid--, ::; that morning; and thy uumhood, thy ir.itii and power shall all be raided for Jcsns. And what a prc-acher and pastor was li. vr '. A Sabbath or two ago, Cer.ie:iiiry answer.-, an appeal which I made to her. by raising h : tween two and three hundred dollars to e-v . a monument over his remains. But tho'v her gratitude :jJ i.vmh'y fir exc-ded she eoiild ne. cr i :...t up t thu ..- -re at : earnest labors. Every where 1 tind the or: dences of his faithfulness and 7. ;al. Ik whs prayerful for the penitent, and tho:!Lf;il !; the poor. Every day he se.:iied to bo svvdtiy getting ready for glory, and i.tyu-.g up. trea sure in the skies. Willi his B:'v!' and iivi:;:: book under his arm, he was perpetually ;tiiig. And in the presence-ol such a record 1 involun; a nly exclaim, precious Son of Mary, shall 1 ew do a work like this'.' "Ah, brother Long," said a weeping .sister to xac niter the inon;-' ment had been secured. ""U hae lilted such a burden from my heart : I knew the d.a: people would do tin's, but then it seemed such a weary time." And now tin: marble shall be placed over our brother, an 1 it .-hall awa ken tender thoughts with the people, for whom he labored and sutlcred ; and the so- rowful, wasting itinerant shall oo;ne here .1:1. i think of Brent, and grow stioug and radiani. It is worth years of exhaustive service, t h,; loved and remembered m he is by this peoph-. I would willingly lie under the ecvl.irs without slab or stone for such remembrance. In this same cemetery slumbers the mortali ty of John Stanly and of Gaston, two men who were giants in their dny. Their si-pulchr,-.-, are neither monumental nor garnished ; b:i. they awaken stirring thoughts. Stanly is bu ried just at the right hand as we pas.; from thr; gate, and Gaston to the left further up path. Somehow we have always thought th; latter of these distinguished men much inferior to the former. He had more soberness, states manship and philosophical breadth and purity of intellect, but he possessed loss genius, brii liuncy, impulsiveness aud electric energy, in deed, we have believed from the beginnini', that, with the single exception of Badger, .John btanly ws clothed with more ti u; incntal greatness than any man ever produce f by the State. But Stanly and Gaston were both great. What splendid chapters d j they ii;ako up in the history ,"of this Conmionwcal'h ! To visit their graves, if to serve 110 other purpose, is worthy of a visit to this ancient pko'e. I have been informed, that the ('ciucliy i.i to be speedily improved. It much needs it. woneler how people can alkcv thistles and briars to grow over their dead. And v et wo do this, when we ought to be planting ev..: -greens und blossoms. Here in the very pres ence of sculptured urns and princely urove stones, the lingers of neglect ail rLiiu l.uvo been busy. Newborn partakes very inueh of th3 t ci. . . ment and passicn of the times. Men, w or.-en and children are talking politics, und iriuhh'--. ing their interest i;i the country. To day, v.-is vote on the Convention question, and we fe:e much bitterness will be engendered. But ;u the midst of all this storm, we have much v, encourage us for religion. Professors of ; ligious truth are pressing to tbe cross, i.nd looking to Jems. You know the people 1. te respect und cling to their preachers, and their preachers are enabled to do them pood. May God bless us all, and make us useful. JOHN S. LONG. JSezcbsrn, X. C, Feb. -Hth, 1S( !. DrsTHKssixi Casi'ai.tv.--On Thursdav af ternoon last, Thomas 11. Durant, a lad of four teen, the on of Mr. George Dut af t, was kioe ! by the accidental discharge of a gun, the 11114 zle of which was resting against his stonuielv, Reclining at his esse, in the woods, after th'.v morning's hunt, converging cht-erlsil'v with hi.i , companion, not dreaming of dang'-;-, he allow ed himself to handle his gun areh:-.-ly but his foot lifted the hammer of the loci;, which failing open the cap caused tho tnlire load of large shot to enter his stomach and th'3 upper viscera. le survived only a lew moments. Pec Dee Times. Moke Pokk. We understand that Stephen Herring, Esq., of Rocklish. Duplin county, killed two hogs twc years old on he ls.th day of Feb., weighing respectively J i .-uid "SO pounds. The smallest ff the-o was a noble fellow for hi.s age, but if he wasn't dead, v.o should like to enquire of hiiu how he came to lef the other fellow get "J.i pounds ahead of him. The big fellow must have been fat. What an oily grunt he had. Lard, but ho w us fat '. What a line Uar he would have made for the New York Perfumers! Hi.s :rrcise would have made Old Abe's whiskers grow Journal. A Tempting Offer Stei-:xi.t Ri-:n:cn:i. 'An, English paper says that when Rev. Hcnry G rattan Guinness was lately in Philadelphia, a young lady of "wealth and position" inaao him an offer of her heart, hand and purse.--The minister replied : "I came to America not to seek a wile, but to preach the gospel. Your note strikes nic as much out of place ; and my advice to you is, that you give your i.ieney which you stm willing to bestow on i:h" t the poor, your neart to the Lord, and your hand to the first one that asks for it.:' SERIOUS SHOOTING AFFRA Y. We learn that on Saturday night last, about 10 o'clock, a very unfortunate elil'dcilto occur red in front of the Drug Store of Mr. L. 15. Erure. bert, under the City Hotel, in this place, which resulted very seriously to Mr. A. J. Costin, and Mr. Erambert, but to the latter particularly. They were both shot by a man named Piilk Shelley, with a Colt's pistol. As. the matter will undergo judicial investigation, we forbear any statement of the facts as we heard them. Mr. Costin was shot in the sideor hip, the ball ranging around the back, and making a severe, but not dangerous wound. It was extracted yesterday. Mr. Erambert was bhot in tho thigh, the ball shattering the bone and making a very painful and serious wound. We learn that the ball has not been found. The wound will, under the most favorable circumstances, confine Mr. Erambert to his bed tor months, we are informed. The whole matter is greatly to be implored. Wil. IlcrM.