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SATURDAY MORNING, FEB'T 9. 1861.
Till: OLD DOMINION" RIGHT IDE
: CP. '
, The re l urns received justify the) belief that
the voters of Virginia have determined, ij
k an imnxDM majoritj, ootto be precipitated,
, or harried intnr' eceaion and rerolatioo, bat
i exnaoss ail Honorable means to aecore
their ribta ia the Union, before taking the
tul step of leajing it. The poaitton of
irgtma u n proud eootraat itb that of the
. -oceding States. She gave away an empire
to secure Uie Union she vaa the firat State
that adopted the Constitution she ia the
Iirfet ulareholding State, and at the same
rime among the moat exposed ie the assaults
and depredations of, the abolitionists and
et, under all these circumstances, and na-
Jt-r an outaide 'pressure to force her into se-
(iitf,rhe prefera lo make, one more effort
ro iDiintain berVight in the Union. That
iltc c:ion of Virginia tkotdd have a great
moral influence cannot be doubted, and teat
iLi- influence will be felt moat beneficially,
tle rr ran be u little doubt. Bat, if fanati
cUa aud madness rale the hour, and Vir
ginia'' .righteous demands for joatiee and
constitutional rights are refused, then ae
will leare the Union, and demand, if
need b at the point of the, bayonet and
tuoath of tb cannon, her hare of what was
' ttoee the national property . Fire-eaters and
a precipitators may sneer at Virginia and tantt
I er with "jubncisiioo," bat impartial history
will kbov that ahebebated with thepradenee,
tuodentioti and bravery which became
rrcit State, instead of following the exam
plt i.f those who ingloriooslj torned their
backs upon, and ran away from .their rights
and property. If Virginia ahall determine
to ccedc, she will not, -like the soi dirant
chitalry, a--k for a barrier between her
ind danger, She will know fall well that
upou her will be the brant of the conflict,
ir.J that her fair fields will, in the event of
war, bo the tattle-ground on which conflict
r..vr h. stj will settle the bloody issue. Bat
yet, calmly and. bravely ahe will maintain
Lct right, and that, too, without hectoring
aou tiravaao. : .
Three times three cheers for Old Virginia!
TIIK PUCE COM CRESS. .
All eyes are now turned with eager gtie
on the Peace Congress now in session at
Washington. .While ardently . wishing. a
I rr jitious result to the patriotic labors of the
I'eaeo-makers. we candidly'confess to lively
frar of contnry issue. The Black Kt
5 iihlicim in Coogrea have displayed such
irs;ed obstinacy, that we cannot feel any
- r. njr hope that the action or the Northern
iiicu.b r- of the Peace Congress will be more
, c.jncifit..ry. If they are not if Mr. Crit
t.:i,Jei compromise, as amended by Vir
.wz. r rouethiog in every way eqniralent
. tj it, L i-ot agreed upon, then the remaining
slavcholding States will bid adieu, as " fellow-citizens,?
to the non-slaveholding States.
In .ueh a eoctmgsney, any talk of coercion J
will be idle and impotent. VThe idea 4n
pltigb
. eighteen Sutes coercing fiftfeiS" State to
join, them in a Union upon their own terms,
i supremely preposterous. Coercion means
war, and war requires money. - A war wag jd
l.r the eighteen States," would be the most
oxpeosive of wars, a war of invasion, and
Lerc-L- the money to be procured ? The
rdit cf the United States would vanish
with the destruction of ihaJJnion, and money
i-juld Lot be raied by eighteen States to
f njbark in a war of invaion against fifteen
States. 'As sioo a fifteen States confedera
ted their government would be recognised
- by Foreign Powers, and Kre products of the
South would secure for it commercial trea
ties of the most favorable nature. But we do
uot believe that all the eighteen non-slave-
.holding ."atcs would remain ia one govern
ment. California and Oregon would form a
Kepublioof &o Pacific," ft4 Pennsylvania
would a.k admittance into, the Southern Con
federacy, and as when a member of that Con
federacy her oice wonldJe controlled by the
Marehelding States, her application for ad
ri.Uion would; be grantedj
These speculations arCgiven f r what they
are wortbj and while they contain oar candid
r iuion, we Jcannot conclude without ex--rMu
the ardent wish, however feeble may
he 'Lope, that the labors of the Peaee
YPrc Dk7 enure tr the re-constrnction
of the Union, . '...
liKEELY SET BACK.
It gives us great pleasure -lo learn that the
immaculate Greely was disappointed in his
a.piratioua to envelope his elegant person in
a Senatorial robe.. He, with Wa. M.
Kvarts, was a candidate fo. Reward's acat,
and they wen both dropped and the nomi
nation given to Judge Ira Harris, wbo'has
boenl subsequently elected. , tt ,
(IT" The majority for subjecting the ac
tion of Uie Virginia Convention to a ratifica
tion by the people will be overwhelming;;
THE CAMDEX JUSTICES.'.
Session after session there is a fight in the
Legislature over the appointment of Justices
of the Peace for Camden county. Camden
is r Whig eounty and Currituck t Demo
c ratio county. The two, counties compose a
Senatorial District, and the Democrats carry
the district, and the Senator tries to place
as many Democratic Justioes on the bench
of Camden as he can.
The Justioes of the County of Camden,
from 1846 to the present time, have, at the
December Term, (a majority being present)
recommended such persons as were thought
suitable to be appointed Justices. ! In doing
so, they especially regard the moral and in
Ullectnal qualifications, and the wants of
the portions of the county from which the
selection is made.
The Democratic strength in the county is
one in six. 1 be present number of Justices is
ten, eight Whigs and two Democrats. The
Court recommends six names at this time, five
Whigs and one Democrat. This would give
them (Democrats) one in five, nearly, in the
Kregt5- At the last Court the name of a
certain person was presented and unanimous
ly rejected. He afterward got up a peti
tion from the people to have himself ap
pointed, went round with a Democratic Jus
tice who had the petition, and helped, by
false statements, to induce thirty persons to
sign it. The said Justice was on . the bench
when the name of the petitioner was ejected.
The petition was not drawn by any one in the
county, but by a third rate County Court
awyer in Elizabeth City, and sent to Cam
den by mail for subscribers. It recommendi
five Democrat. Some few Whigs signed it.
They have sent certificates (read before the
House by Mr. Marsh,) stating they signed it
under false representations, and ask to have
their names withdrawn from the petition.
Several letters, abb read by Mr. Marsh, from
prominent citixens of the county, certify that
the person whose name was rejected by the
Court was seen with the individual who carried
the petition around and urged the citixens to
sign it to have himself appointed a Justice.
He resides in the neghbothood where there
are now tour or nve Justices, and no more
are needed.
The Senator from Currituck and Camden
has recommended for Currituck nine Justices,
all Democrats. Two years since he recom
mended twelve remocrats, and, it is believ
ed, not a Whig. The Whig strength in
that county is over one ia three in the gene
ral vote.
We have made this statement for the pur
pose of showing that there is a design on the
part of a Democratic portion of this Sena
torial District to place, for political pur
poses, on tne Dencn or a strong nig coun
ty an undue number of Democratic tnagis-
c
trates.
This subject has, in its discussion from
i
time to time in the Legislature, caused the
expenditure of many hundred , dollars, and
those who by. their attempted tyranny have
contributed to it should be held rigidly re
sponsible at the tribunal of publio opinion.
sir. Ferebee has, time and again, fought the
battle for right and justiee successfully, and
will, we are sure, continue to do so.'
NORTH CAROLINA'S AMHASSAOOKS
TO ALABAMA. -Never
did a more ridiculous embassy land
on a "loretgn snore tnan was presented in
the persons of . .North Carolina's! Envoys
Extraordinary to the Congress of Seceders
at Montgomery. Their treatment by the
Congress, was in keeping with the character
of the mission. They were admitted to
seats ia open Convention, but no Allowed to
be present at its secret sessions. They seem
to be regarded as " sorter so, and sorter not
so," in a state ox Qtivetnuy, description
of political hermaphrodites. This ; embassy
should hereafter be known as the liermaph
rodite Embassy-.
Till: HCIIOOLMASTKR ABROAD IN
"THE REPUBLIC OF ALABAMA."
' The following delectable piece of compo
sition, with chirogrsphy exactly to match,
was received with a returned Register at this
office on Tuesday : ' . !
To the Editor of the Rolley weekly Jtegft.tor
Sir what do you think 1 want witn sucn a paper
as that out here any' man that Preaches union is
look upon as worte than a Tory a Tory of the
revolution war was much more excusable than a
union now I am a forth Carolinan by birth and
Education I am ery that such a Principle is Eo-
taired anv man of that rxale it a state has not
the Right to secede than no oih-r,firns can be (te-
solred. M
' From the Republic of ala
Per Conlra. The mail which' brought
the above from Alabama, brought the annex
ed letter from Georgia : f
St fAM Mitt, Decatur Co., Ga.,
- - January 31, 1861.
Mesvrs. StMb & 11 ALL: Enclosed you will
find f 2, for which please send your valuable pa-
p-r. 1 boogb I live in a seceding State, 1 ftearuiy
enuorntth iwntintoriU advocated by your excel
lent J Hiri.nl. 1 am a North Cartdininn by birth and
sympathy, and nvtlnitg could s:ive me irofouixlir
sorrow than to bear that my native State bad b
wrns MDtroe to her cotistiiuiioiml oMigations.
ping. .Sirs, tbktyou may be eininrtitHrsuejes
I in vor advonuy of Union and Whig princi-
pl, I iriM-tibe mH)l, " -
- iut ooHaini n-rvtnt,
JAMES S. YEATES.
DEATH' OF 'A VESERAHLK AM)
CJOOD MAN.
Col. Cad wallsder Jones died at his resi- j Pkhsacola, Feb. 2. A truce has been conclu
des, near Ilillsboro', on Friday afternoon: th..M.i!s,!,,IPt,UB wW W0Ahmrf?
Ilia disease, we learn, was pneumonia.'
JOHN B. FLOYD.
One of the gratifying results of the late
Virginia election is the defeat of the notori
ous John B. Floyd. Floyd will now have,
time to prepare bis defence against the
charges of roguery on which he has- been
presented by the Grand Jurr of the District
of Columbia.
ELECTION rOR MEMBERS OF THE
VIRGINIA STATE COHTEXTIOIf A
GREAT UMIOlf TRIUMPH. ,
An elec in took place in V irginia on fondsy
last, the 4 ill, insL,for members lo .that Virginia
State Convention. A vote was also taken at the
same time as to whether the action of the Con4
Ten lion should be referred to a vote of the people.'
We r rejoiced to state that the Union eandidaUs
have tarried the State by ' an unprecedented dm
jority, and there is also a large majority infavor
of submitting the action of the Convention to th
ratification or rejecliou of the people. In the city
of ltichmond 3Ieurs. Marmaduke Johnson and
Wiu. tl. MacfarUnd, Unionists, and Mr. Geo. W.
Randolph, Secessionist, nre electetl. The whole
Union ticket would undoubtedly have triumphed
in Richmond, but for the unpopularity of Hon.
John Miner Botts, one of the Union candidates.
Petersburg has elected Thomas Branch, Esq.,
Unionist- Petersburg gave 739 majority for the
Union. Norfolk elects Gen. George Blow, Union,
by a majority of 484, and Portsmouth rives the
Union candidate, J. G. Holiday, Esq., 76? major
ity. Lynchburg gives the Union candidates
about 700 majority. The Counties of Pittsylva
nia, Campbell, Spoltsylrama, Roanoke, Henrico,
Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Sussex,
Greonville, Surry, Bedford, Halifax, Culpepper,
and, in fact, almost every county heard from have
elected Union men. The exceptions are Amherst,
Charlotte and Nottoway, where Secessionists have
succeeded. From present appearances we think
there are scarcely forjy. Secessionists 'elected in
the vbole State. Hurrah for Old Virginia!
But it must be borne in mind that thee elected
delegates, alhougk in favor of maintaining the
Union, are determined that it shall be the Union
formed o.) the Constitution as made and construed
by their tor fathers. There is not a man elected
to this Virginia Convention who will submit 'to
any other sort of Union. i '
TifK Pit tea CoKoaxss This body met at
Washington on Monday last, the Allowing
Sutes being represented, vis: North Carolina,
ViVg.nia, Maryland, Kentucky, Delaware, Now
jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Vermont,
New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, In
diana, and Illinois. The members from Tennes
see bad not arrived on Tuesday, but were daily
expted. Kx-Prident Tyler, of Virginia, was
chosen President. He delivered an eloquent and
touching speech on taking the chair. The sessions
of the Congress are held with closed doors, and the
members are pledged not to divulge any of its
acts; consequently, nothing can be ascertained as
to the progress it has made towards an adjust
ment of our difficulties."
Tkxas Gose Our. The Texas State Conven
tiu aJopted the Ordinance of Secession, on the
1st insL by a vote of 165 to 7. The action -of
the Convention is to be submitted to a vote of the
people on the 32nd of February, and. if ratified,
it will go into effect on the 2nd of March.
Thk Mail to bx STorrco. The House of Rep
resentative on Wednesday, by a vote of 131 to
2C, adopted a bill authorizing the Postmaster Gen
eral to withhold the mails from the seceded States.
Advices from Vera Cruz state that Secretary
Toucey's orders to the home squadron were re
ceived by the commander of the squadron, on the
19th ult., and he immediately proceeded to exe
cute the order sent, which was to send to Florida
the steam frigate Powhatan, the babine, and the
sailing covetteSL Louis. On examination, bow
ever, it was discovered that all the vessels of tbu
fleet were so short of provisions a. to render it
i uiiwi iu nna n t oi ui tcbscis oi special
( service before the stores were replenished, and fit
J: V.1 - - l . r .. t - I
was believed that the vessles designated would
first proceed to Havaaa for that purpose. The
order from the Navy Department had created
the greatest excitement in the squadron, and
some disaffection existed among the officers of the
Powhatan, of whom the First and Third Lieu
tenants, and the Purser, immediately resigned.
Their resignations were only conditionally accep
ted, and tley we refused permission to leave the
ve&iels. .
TukSkceuiko States. It is reported that
according to the new census, the population of the
six Slates which have p assed ordinances of -secession
i a follows :
J Free.
Slaves.
497,185
479,607
63,809
435,473
467,461
312,186
.Total:;.
i 805,371
88,158
145,694
i 955,917
1,082,797
666,430
South Carolina,
Misissippi.
Florida,
Alabama,
Georgia,
Louisiana,
308,186
407,551
81,885
520,445
615,336
364,245
2,287,647 2;265,721 4,543,368
('icxtinci thx Pssldkntial Vot. The.iLJ.
S. Senate, on Saturday, passed a Joint resolution
apoining a committed tocount the vote ot the
Electoral College for Iesident and Vice Presi
dent of the United Stat. The House concurred
and the committee was appointed as follows: On
the part of the Senate, Messrs. Trumbull, Foote
and Latham ; on the part of the House, Messrs.
Washburne, Adrian, Ely, Anderson and Craig.
The Southern Confederacy Conven tion met : at
Montgomery Monday. Hon. JL W. Barnwell,
of South Carolina, was elected temporary Chair
man, and Hon. Howell Cobb subsequently elected
permanent President of the body by acclamation.
mi ' ' ' ' 1 p
The Louisiana State Convention has an ordin
ance before it for the establishment of a standing
army, and also a proposition to except capital
employed in manufacturing purposes from taxa
tion. 1 . I
Tux Isdiak TacsT Yvsd. It is understood
that the cases against Floyd, Russell, and Bailey,
are to be tried as speedily as possible, and accor
dirgly arrangements re being made by the coun
sel for the delendants to that end. Gov. Floyd
ha ot word to the District .Attorney that be
is ready to attend here whenever his presence U
required. Waahingtott Star.
Governor Morgan," of New York, is said to have
received a 'message from Governor Brows. ; of
Georgia, demanding the' immediate surrender; of
the niu'kt U seizea on boara tne steamer juonu-
jCiriUa. lie has not replied to the demand.
.
fit tr n . xt ruin XTf nl T f 1 1 A
' TAACK ON FORTPICKBNSCONFIRMED.
The Alabama troops will remain until relieved.
" T BJE SXttlSTK. ;
SEPARATE SECESSION.- j , j,
"TLi Liberty tor&IS "H own chain Happi
ness poisoning its own cup; prosperity commit
ting tuicide." '-: if HlLLt OT Otmaji.'
"For the American 1 JCnion, 'separation ( fsui-
dde; It is the murt"T. vz great nation, and a
r':nej van not iena a nana lo
1 thii tnicM this murder.
.-.. . !i '. Paris Pisi.r
How sineular the coincidence between the al
most prophetic warning of the Georgia Orator,
and th nligbtened pobiic sentiment in a for4
eignland. j ... ! ' i,J ... . vl :04'
That alone, It would seei might he eaoogh to
cause our public hotupurs to "bold v their horses''
awhile, ere they take the irremediable plunge in-'
to the chasm ' of chance. But our political men
at arms are not,; I ghrowdly soipect. the one
destined to 'settle this difficulty; smooth down,
"this Raven Down of Darkness" (whatever that
may mean)' until it sroil ind eejthe tide ito
now evenly again ; bm some steady goers, from
the every day walks of .life; whose mighty puis
sance hath never
csue-l them in antic mood to
overleap this lawful boundaries of coicmon sense.
PoliUcians, who for long time have been en
gaged in that game, practicing the Various qui
and quirks of tnesm t gin each his Jittlo per
sonal end,: or log-rolling bere, ! soft sawdering
tbero, and hectoring in another place, to effect
some Vtrcsent Dartv purnjee, ; are - apt, like some
lawyers, to lose. sight of) the main end i.f,
and the direct road t justice, and even inlad
varcin a righteous :tue to depend more upon
their old tricks ot fnce to obtain their object,
than upon that Ido right, open and straightfor
ward course with which man meets man in the
honorable buaine transactions of private life.
Mere politician, then, I think, cannot settle
this matter! , They are ever too much alive; to
the idea of: securing ' advantages, to be able; to
play successfully the simple, honest, childlike
game of "give an! take." j: . . f
There is no my iter? about it, no delicate veil of
chicane, suadowinftnow one side of the picture,
now another,' according. as different hands1 may
p-esent it; and tbriplomaticooiiequence is lost
in their estimation, wjan they are seen tohave
done no more that, any ether set of plain,; honest
men could have done. ' :;t ?! ;
The question at issue, i rvally seems to me,
could (the parties agreeing jbe settled by any
common court of Equity as readily as by .the
Supreme Court. 4 j
A Bond of Agreement, eititled the Constitution
of the United States', is entwod'into by the People
of the Slatei, as represented by their Attorneys,
the members elected in Convention, for itheir
mutual benefit, which al' sign and assent to
binding themselves and thdr posterity in purpe
tuity, each and ell being upon a footing of perfect
equality, for without that understanding of per
fect equality, the agreemmt never would' have
been perfected, and upon lie intact maintenance
of that understanding the integrity of the docu
ment depends. , i I
Tne question is, has that compact been viola
ted ? We say it has, and we further affirm that
those committing the icfrsf.tion have legally for
feited their rights under the instrument. We
claim that we have done no. wrong, but ori the
other hand have suffered grievous wrong, and
we now demand a final and thorough settlement
of the questions at issue brfore matters progress
any further. Violent aggressions , have been
made upon our rights and troperty, and because
of the holding of such prtoerty. it is b- ing at
tempted to be enforced agtfnst us that we have
forfeited our rights in the common Territory of
the Government. Now, as regards that property,
every intelligent man knows the history of j its
original introduction into ibis country, and also
that it was considered property at the time of the
formation of the Government, since it was both
at that-time, and for lng afterwards, a subject of
merchandise, and importation for sale. Our ag
gressors, argue that it is ths Local law alone that
makes slaves property. I( that be the casOf in
what light.' I pray, can it be said that they are
viewed by . the Constitution,! which recognizes
their representation, if it (e not as property It
certainly is not as citizens. It can only be, then,
as a largo tax-payinginterestr which, unless recog
nized a.- a portion of the property and wealth of the
communities in which it exists, would go altogeth
er Unrepresented. - So far a I have been able to
discover, the Constitution has nothing whatever
to do with property as a relative question, but'only
pledges to project all, be its nature what tt may,
belonging to each ami every individual of the
Nation. Slavery is a local institution so is the
codfish business both indigenous to their respee
ive localities. The fisheries are, protected, and
maksa handsome addition to the annual Income
of the North ; yet no one at the South complains
of the fishing bounties, because, forsooth, we have
no codfish to catch. MM
Wherb, then, is the equity of interference on
the part of the North with property so absolutely
essential to our interests, sea which they only Sur
rendered the use of when found to be an incum
brance instead of a source of profit? Why not
be satisfied with tbeir self-gratulations, and leave
u to bear our burden as we may ? M
Anothericry is that the spread of Slavery ls in
imical toi the prosperity of the white laborer.
Now, I would simply n.-k the question, Which
does, or has interfered most with the prosperity
and the profits of white tabor, Slavery at the
South, or Mnchinery at the North ? Slaves are
employed at the South for the advancement of
Agricultural wealth, as tbe New England Cotton
Spinner employs his Machinery for the advance
ment of his Commercial prosperity T I
Nothing will spread Manufactures like Ma
chinery ; nothing will furnish 'the necessary sup
ply of the raw material with profit to the Planter
like well directed Slave-labor. I ' ; j j
The differenoe to' ! the poor white man, is, that
machinery in the branches where it ia employed
is perfectly destructive of all tbe prospects of hand
labor in those departments of industry, while the
slave is principally engaged in labor, and in a
climate perfectly congenial to himself, but deadly
ia most instances to. the white man. ' ,
The machine and slave are equally the pro
perty of their respective owners, each owing its
value to the particular manner in which it is em
ployed, and each more or less employed according
to the locality. '" 7 H i V .
The great difficulty always has been, that the
question has never .been looked squarely at ; but
always glancingly, through the spectacles 'of a
pseudo philanthropy; its advocates, instead if sim
ple asserters of right, being rather apologists fcr
a compulsory necessity. '.
Slaves, then, being recognized as properly at
the. time - the constitution was formed, buing
bought, and sold, and imported for sale as sacb ;
it sunds to reaoaJlhat the people of the slave
States never would have enured into any such
compacts unless under the full assurance that so'
important an item of their wealth,' was to the
full as much entitled to protection in the eye of
the National Law, as either Machinery, Codfish,
Train Oil,1 Shoe-pegs, or, Yankee Bum, neither of
which,! I believe, are specially recognized in tbe
Constitution as propertv. Such being the ;case
when the interest was comparatively a small one,
t . .i . y i x I
now mucu more are iney vounu to insiss vmi
their rights when the staples produced by this pro
perty have become articles of such prime necessity
not only to the owners, but to the w hole civilized,
aye, and heathen world. .Oi f '. (k..
Anv.iri'ertorence theo, with;ouf rights in this
proHsriy, and (he use of h, is a palpable viola
tion of the Bond -of Union the Constitution
by whosoever does or attamnta the inlurv. ii.nd'
so far from being a causa ws)y we should surran-i
der tbe Constitution and its rights and privileges
is only tbe stronger appeal to us to stand by this
proud heritage of our fathers, and hold to a strict
accountability all who would mutilate its pledges,
pervert its meaning or assail the integrity of its
provisions. !;t ;., ..."v.: i
Only those who ; are willina: to abide by! the
bond are entitled to the privileges- of the hopdi.
ana an tnosa states that are j willing to live up to
the letter and spirit of the Constitution, in a spi
rit of harmony . and brotherly equality, should
nail the Old Stars arfd Stripes, the brave emblem
of our sovereignty as a Nation, to their aeyie;ral
mast heads, and call upon, all the rest, whether
Northern Nullifiers or ,Southern Secessionist; to
come into Jine, or else forfeit every interest Jf
which that flag is the representative,, Secession,
is no remedy for us, who pave never violated the
Constitution, v Secession : is j simply , itevolution
since it is .the violent . rupture -of an agreement,
by one set of parties, without consultation with;
or consent given bv those others who are mutu-
ally interested in its maintenances The parties
thus agreeing, wre not the States, but the peofde
oi tne o tales ; each individual of whom in acce-
ding to a secession movement, resigns tbe proud
title to which so many of the down trodden and
oppressed of the earth arej aspiring, that title
which, like theKgUof Minerva, protects in everv
clime and on every sea, all i who are entitled to
oear it "An A-rerican uittzcn." Vibe Union
is not a Union of States, but of the people of the
jmm, i,uub luroiing. a poupie : or ., iua jiuieu
States. The people are citizens of the States in
so far as Slate policy is concerned. Ia a National
point of view, they are American citizen, and
each and every individual entitled to. the same
privileges aud protection, both ot jxirson and
property, and it was a singularly felicitous stroke
of policy thus to resolve things into thoir original
elements, and by making tna people in their pri
mary sovereignty parties to the contract, to give
each individual a personal interest tn its pieser
vation. '... . . j ' .
Let not our people, then, be led away after new
things, or rally under' new emblems, but rather
cMng to that flag under ..whose shadow his every
privilege accorded, every interest achieved during
tbe tnagnifioent march of the Republic.
Washington and its archives, are under that
banner, all tbe public property has the same Em
blem for its security, and only in the name of; the
Government of which that banner is the symbol,
can claim be laid to any portion of it. Violence
may seize, but no shadow of right sanctities the
acuon : nor can any claim be laid to peacefulness
of intent, when the hands which are extended
are bristling with the weapons of war, and with
words of forbearance are j mingled the deep
mouthings of the cannon, followed by the unmis
takeable hints of tbeir iron bail. Let those who
still value the name of an American citizen be
firm, but calm. Anv thins, save honour, may be
surrendered to preserve it. Not that pinchbeck
Uthing miscalled honor, which: rests upon the "ipse
dixit or this or tnat batch, of seU-constituted
judges, but' that feeling which is based upon a
proud consciousness of all its duties performed,
and to which self-reproach would carry mocja of
condemnation than the verdict of the world. ?
-No individual has any claim for privileges, or
protection, under thu Constitution as a citizen of
North Carolina, any ; more than if he were a
citizen of Korth Wales, only from the fact that
ber connection with,' and .forming a poruop of
the Government of the United States, constitutes
him an American citizen.
T rKaoilvA that. nAnniw.
tion, and he is only "Ole Tar Fitch and lurpm-
tine, or "tup Van YYinklevi or whatsoever else
the "o-jt'ide" blackguards may choose to vrm
him.
CONGRESSIONAL.
"Wasuixotow, Feb. 4. Scnaic. Mr.
Hale
in troduced a resolution inquiring as to the seizure
of tbe Mint, Custom-House, &c, at New Orleans.
Messrs. Slidell and Benjamin, after well-timed
remarks; withdrew from the Senate ; tbeir State
having seceded. , I I )
Mr. Clmgman sustained tbwclainisof the South
to the elements of a powerful nation. : He -ead
from English journals to prove her independence
would' be recognized br Enzland. i He denounced
coercion. He aluded feelingly to the vacant
scats of the Southern members. '!
Mr. Hale said if war came, tbe, JNortb would
have to take care of tho traitors in thoir midst-
Mr.. Lane inquired who Hale meant?
Mr. Hale replied those alluded to by Mr. Clinc
man as intending to fight against the Republi
cans. ): 1 u-
Mr. Lane said those men would fight against
Republicanism in behalf of the Constitution and
State's-Eights and should not be called traitors.
The bill organizing Pike's Peak as the Territory
of Colarado, was passed. j j.
House. 'The House admitted tho Commission
ers from the Border States to the floor. I
Mr. McClernand endeavored, but failed, to in
troduce a resolution of inquiry as to the seizure of
the Mint, &c., at New Orleans, i ' f
The Deficiency bill was taken up. ' The $300,
000 for the Chiriqui grant was rejected, and the
$ 135,000 for Wendell's printing establish bent.
Pending the vote on its passage, the House Ad
journed ; ;.. j . " . .-.; .
WAsrfiKOTOS, Feb. 2. Senate. A. joint reso
lution was passed for meeting of the two Houses
to count the Presidential ballot. . i t
The usual number of peace memorials wa pre
sented: .;, ''' --.: .-' i I r . - A ,.. : M
Mr. Johnson, of Tenhesseet addressed thief Sen
ate on the President's message. . He opposed se
cession ; He indicated the sympathy exhibited
yesterday at the withdrawal of the LoulsUna
Senators. He said it was well! gotten up, and well
acted. He was exceedinglv bitter against, the se
ceding States, South Carolina, in particular! and
attacked Senator Benjamin's position with great
vehemence. i, f .:. -M jf
- House. The certificate of the election of Farns
worUi, delegate from tho Territory of Colorado,
L was presented and referred, j j !.
Mr, Taylor, el la presented tne ordinance ot
Secession of his State, which was read. In his
remarks he intimated that amendments to the
Constitution would have the j effect of restoring
her to the Union, but that the resolutions of the
Committee of Thirty -Three would not be accepted
as an adjustn-ent- He sustained the seceding
States fn holding the Federal; property therein.
He gave warning that any attempt at the coercion
of any seceding State . would; unite all in! 'resis
tance. - M-:MY Mrl-:M-MM !M t
Mr. Bouligny, of Lsu, followed. He said he
would not withdraw, but would remain -until re
called by hia constituents.- (Applause. ) i
The Deficiency Bill was taken up. The! Sena
te's Chiriqui amendment was disagreed to, I
Mr. Colfax called , up bis bill to suspend the
postal laws in seceding States. - $ ;'
Mr. Branch opposed iu j M M !l '
Mr. Sickles advocated It as being better to re
move jurisdiction than to coerce.; M .'; j j -
. The report of the Committee of' ThiriyiThree
was taken, up. , :'- ' .""
Mr. Hughes, of Md , advocated the Critten
den resolutions as a reasonable basis of adjustment.
A recess was taken until 7 o'clock. y
An ARM8Ttt0NaQcIiANiiD. An Armstrong
gun of large calibre arrived here to-day irons
Europe, viaSavannah. Its destination is George
town, and it conies to the order of Mf. Weston, a
wealth v rdanter. who resides in that loealit v. He
--
has also iiuported one hundred and fifty muskets, ie"1.
at his Own expense for a volunteer corve in - hiv1isJL:
own neighborhood. OAarte ton Cor. fhili it.
- A DkLeoatk To . NpsTtt CakolinaJ The
lion. Franklin J. Moses, of Sumter District has j
been appointed by Geoentl Jamiaos, President of
tha Convention, a delegate from Sooth Carolina t.
to ittend tho Convention of the people of North y
Carolina. Mr. Moses is peculiarly fitted for the
position, and we feel satisfied that the State, will be
ably and faithfully represented. CWtofo Mer
cury,
roll TMfSXQMTXK.
; ; CEDAU FORK UNION CLUB.
A meeting was held by the young men of Cedar
jrorK tor. tne purpose of forming a union umo.
The meeting was oreanized by calling W; J.
French to the chair, and appointing C D. Up
church Secretary, The Club , was styled "The
Uedar irorlc Young Men's Union Club."., ' ..
.. The following Officers were elected.: ' r ,
' ! I w! .1 FRTCWCrT. Pr.uient.
l D..C. GUNTER, TicePresid'l.k
O." D. UPCHURCH, Secretary.
1 W -i- - W J. ALS WOOD, Treasurer, i
- j. c.-witherspoon;v l
s w" C. D. UPCHURCH,-' lEx. Com;
' ' H. C. RICHARDSON, j ' "
- Resolved, .Thai we rtise a Constitutional Union
Flatf, and hold a Mass Meeting at Cedar Fork on'
Eesolved, That We" go to the Mash Mee'ting'at
Kaleigh, on Saturday the 9th.
On motion, the proceedings were ordered to be
ent to tne itegister, btandard and Banner.
1: M v a- iyvrf.,jt,jsjtcttf rresiaent.
f. D. Uw'UUKCir, Secretary. FV ; ' '
CONVENTIONS IN 'FEBRUARY..
During the month of February elections and
Conventions will be held in nearly every one of
the Southern States:! Like South Carolina in the
cotton States, Virginia leads off in the border
movement . .The following is a calender of ' the
movements in the Southern Stales for' the month
of February: . . x i
. Feb: -4.. Congress of Cotton States at Montgom
. ery, Ala. . , . , '
' 4-. Con faience proposed by Virginia at
Washington. -..u
4. Virginia election for Convention.
' S). Tennessee, " , "
' 13.; Virginia Convention meets.
" 18. Arkansas, election tor Convention.
' " 18. Missouri, " ' . ; tt ,V :'.
V 25. Tennessee, Convention meets.
" 28. North Carolina, election for Conven-
tion. .1 ; .i :
" 28. Missouri, Convention meets.
The Arkansas Convention, (if called by the peo
ple,).will meet March 4 lb, and the North Corolina
Convention on the succeeding Monday, March
11th, -I 'r-f: H "'" ! -:f ' . - '
No action has yet been taken in the States of
Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware. iM
In the elections in Tennessee, Arkansas and
North Carolina, the-people will vote for delegates,
and at the ?ame Unto designate whether or iiot it
ia their will that a-Convention shall-be. hqlden.
If a majority say "aye," the Conventioa? will as
semble at the times Appointed.' '
In Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri and
North Carolina, the action: of , their . respective
Conventions will be submitted to the approval or
disapproval of the people. M M
The United States revenue cutter Cass has been
seized by the Alabama authorities. . :
LAND FOR SALE. I WISH TO SELL
privately a Tract of Laud; lying near Neuss
River, in Wake county, within -sVvcii or eight miles
of Raleigh,, eentaining 2.6 crer more or less, and
adjoining the laads of Willie Riddick, the widow Rog
ers and others. There are some 40 br 60 acres of
woodland, the balance beiag cleared and in a high
state of cultivation. ' There is a good dwelling house
with four rooms and all necessary out bouses on the
premises, lucre is ujso a one oxenaru oi young ap
ple trees. The tract is well watered, and there is a
well in the yard and a spring of as good water as any
in the county near the house. '
Anv person wishing to purchase IS invited U call
fend examine tbe premises. ,' 1 ' 7
feb 9 wSoi wiiiijiK . uiiiirrwa.
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TATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, ROCfc-
INGUAAL COUxNTY..Ia Equity.
' Stephen Hamilton and others, Ex parte.
. '. Feuuon to seu li&na. .
In this caso it is referred to the Master to enquire,
ascertain and report to the next Court the . number
and names of the heirs at Law of Jane Lynch, deceas
ed . Notice is horebv riven to all persons claiminz to
be heirs of . tbe said .Jane iiynon, aeceaseo, laic or,
Rockinirhamcounty, State of North Carolina, to ap
pear before me at my office in the town of Wontworth,
in said county of Rockingham, and State of North
Carolina, en' the fttb Monday after tbe 4tn Monday
in March next,' and then and there to show forth by
proof their relationship' to .the said Jane Lynch.
: Witness, A. M. Scales, Clerk and Master at office,
in Wentworth, this the 30th day of January, 1861.
fch6 td A. M. SCALES, C. M. IS.
NORTH CAROLINA, MORTUAMl'TOS
COUNTY.--In Equity. ; .
Anderson Futrell vs llirain L. Joowden, ami otners.
- ! Original Bill.
It apnearine t tbe satisfaction of the Court that
the defendants, Hiram L. Bowden, and William Gate
wood, and wife Martha, are non residents of this State:
It is ordered by tbe Court, that the Clerk and Master
advertise fur six weeks, in the Raleigh Register, a
newspaper published iu the City of Raleigh, com
manding tbe said . defendants to be, and appear at
the next term of this Court, to be held for Northamp
ton eounty. at the Court House in the town of JackT
son. ob the 4th Monday after : 4th Monday in March,
1&61. Then, and there to plead, answer or demur to
said bill, or the same wilt be taken pro confess and a
decree be entered against them.
Witness,! Ueorge . Barnes, Clerk and Master, iu
Equity of Northampton eounty, at office ia the town
of Jackson, the 5th Monday after the 4th Monday in
September, I860, and the 85th year of oar Indepen-
feb 6 6w
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NORTH CAROLINA, NORTHAMPTON
COUNTY-Court of Pleas and Quarter Ses
sions. December Term, A. On i860.
John V. Elliot, Adminstrator with the Will annexed,
of Randolph A. Futrell, deceased, vs Eleanor Hall,
John F. Elliott and wife, Mary Jne. .
; . . Petition to Snake real Estate Assets. ;
. . It appearing in this caee, to the satisfaction of the
Court, that the defendant, Eleanor Hall, is not a resi
dent of this State) It is therefore ordered that publi
cation be made ia the Raleigh Register, a newspaper
of the State, published in the : City ot Raleigh, for
four weeks, for the, said Eleanor Hall to appear at our
next Court.of Pleas and Quarter Session, to be "held for
Northamton eounty. at the Court House, in the town
Jacksen, on the first Monday of March next, then and
there to plead, or decree final will be entered against
her, and the land condemned, to be sold, for the pur
poses aamed in said petition.
Witness, Isaac Peels, Clerk of said Court, at Office
in Jacksen, the first Monday of December; A.D. 1860.
1 o w4w. . T ISAAC PEELE, C- a Ct
TkJORTH CAROLINA; NORTH AMFTON
J3I COUNTY. In Equity.; MMM
Littlebcrry Futrell 'vs Hiram L. Bowdeo and others..
i'-M'Mv : -Original BilL:M '"V M'; '
It appearing to the satisfaction vt the Court 'that
the defendants, Hiram L . Bo wden and William Gate
wood nd wife Martha, are non residents of this State:
It is Ordered by the Court-that the Clerk and Master
advertise for six weeks, in the Raleigh Register, a
newspaper published iu the City of Kaleigh, com
manding the said defendants, to be and appear at the
next term of this Chart to be held for Northampton
county, at the1 Court House, ia the towa f Jackson,
on the Kh Monday after the 4th Monday in March,
1861. Xhea and there to plead, answer or demur to
aid bill, or the same will he -taken pro eonfesso and
a decree be entered against them. A . if
- Witness, George B. Barnes, Clerk ; ahd Master, in
Equity of Northampton euntyt effice in the town of
Jacksoa, the 5th Monday after, the 4th Monday in
September, I860, and the 85th year of our Indejen
JOHN MAUNDER'S M 1
3.. RALEt01I,'If C.hMMM'
Moansacnts, Tosabs, HeadstoneM
Marble Mantels and Furnltnrc.
" ' 70R& rURNISHED .AND PCT CP.". ;
' Designs furnished for Monuments if required, ,
90rders hy mail punctually attended to. '
packed and Warranted. r . ; mar 18 wly
.... w nnmtTTi T. I'
MMii-liAar Ucademymm;
THIS INSTITUTIOSfl 18 UNDER " THE
ooaduet of CoL"C C. Tew, formerly Superinten
dent of the State Military Academy of Columbia, S. C.
It is designed to afford aa education of the same
seiantifia and practical character as that ehtaised in ,
the State Military Institutions of Virginia and ftwath
Carolina:"" ' -T - - - - i t.v .
i ;i'';t;w,WRsii'.o'.sTuY.v ':
. . firtt Year, iticim -XrithmetiC, Algebra', freneb,'
History. United States Englisii Grammar, Ijoorrapby,
Orthography. ; - ' " , ' ' 1 ' i
" Second Year, Uk C7a Algebra, (3eometry, TriC
onometry, French, Latin, Universal History, Com po- .
sition. : ' ' : l'-, .-. ' ir:
Third Year Unl f Vom IMoipUr louetry.
Shades, Shadows an 4 Perspective, Aaalj tieal Uevuie-..
try, Surveying, FreonU. Latin, Rhetoric, lliitorof
England, literature. Prawiag, Elooutioa. . I, '.
Fourth Ter, 2W, tV-Dif. and Int, Calcalus
Natural Philosophy. Chemistry, Rhetoric, Logic, Mo
ral Philosophy, Latin, Jrwing. Elocution-. : f
Fifth ftor, Ut C'l Agricultural wneminry, m-
tronomy, Geology, Mineralogy, Civil ' Engineering,
Field Fortification, Ethics, Politleal Economy . iff!-;
denees of Christianity, Constitution- of the , tiMitod ,
States. , . ; "-' , V.-' . .
Infantry and Artillery DrJI will form fmt r ,
the whole eoureei ;. .. ... ' .. . ,
'ACADEMIC YISAlt "BARRACKS.
The Ace.leinio year will commence, Iths 'first
Wednesday id February, (Feb. 6, 1861.) and eoatiiHte, ,
without intermission, to the foarth Wednesday in Xu- K
vember. The ItaiTaeks are arranged with snecia' re-
ferenoe to the necessities of a Military Academy. Tbe
main building, is 21ft feet long and three-stories high: .'
another buiMiug ISO feet long, contains ike mess halt,
kitchen, " mom, surgeon's office and hoopltal, .
M';; " TERMS. p; .
Tho chances for the academic year are $313, "forV-
which the academy provides board, fuel, lights, wsh 4
fne, instruction, textbooks,. medical attendance ,! ,
clothinjr.; - ''.. ' V
For circular containtng lull informaUoraaurej
1 OOL. C. C. TKW, . ;
dec 5 wtf e . Sup'kll. M. A. ,
OXFORD FEMALE COLLEGE. , . '
-M c LITERARY SCHOOL. "
rpHIS SCHOOL COMPRISES EIGHT PERMA
' X. KENTLY ergknlsed classes, whose studies com, '
saeace with the alphabet and are continued lathe Fie
mentary Branches, Mathematics, Lnguafes, Engtish
Literature, Natural Sciences, and Moral Philosophy,
until the minds of the Students are properly trained
for the duties of life- . The investigations and discus j.
sions are thorough and comprehensive. - Neeeaeary
apparatus is freely supplied. - Tke Libraries ami Cab-'
inets embrace rare and exteusiva collections.,, -y. t
- f FINE. ARTS SCHOOL. - j ,
Special attention is devoted to Drawing, Oil Paint
ing, and Embroidery. The various styles of "fancy
painting" aud "omaineatal work" are also taught, .
, iniiHiu i;huijs . rl. H-
Music is taught as a seience and as an art. Iutrue--
tion is given on the Piano, Guitar and Harmonlam'
Unusual attention is devoted to easl an J Sasred
Music.
I...",, Expenses.....
Elementary Branches, ' - "- $15
College Classes, ' -- ' . " 3V
Drawing, (materials ine'uded,) , . I
Painting in Water Colors,, , , 15
Oil Painting, (materials included,! 20
Wax Work, (materials included,) 1
Embroidery-, (materials include J,) 10
Music, (instrument furnished,) ' J3
Board, (washing included,) ' 50
Tuition
Remarks. VV
xperienca d and thoroughly qualified teachers give
their entire time to their respective departments. I
Extra charges and needless expenses are strictly pro
hibitednecessary purchases are made by the teachers'
Picayune pedlars are not allowed to eater the premises,
and no pocket money is required. ... ' . 1 . ' .
: Oxford L situated on the healthy hills of Granville,
It miles from the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, and is
connected with Henderson Station by a line of daily
'Stages., i ' 't '' ) r -,'.,.
The scholastic year is divided Into two sessions. The
first opens on the first Monday in July and closes on
the last Thursday in November. The second opens on
the first Monday in January and closes with the an
nual commencement on the last Thursday in May. '
Students are received for one er more sessions.
Correspondents trill direct their favors to . .. .
MILLS 4 CO., ;
dec 12 ly. , - y . ... Ox roan, N C.
SALE OF LAND ! t ? ' .:
OKT1I CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY.
Court f Equity Fail Term, A. D. 1160. -
Turner C. Utley and others, Ex parte, Petitioa for sale
of Land.
Pursuant to aa order made at Fall Term. 1160,! of
the Court of Equ'ity, for Wake county,, in the abere
case, the undersigned, Clerk and Master, for said,
county, will proceed to sell, on the premises, to the
highest bidder, the land in- the pleadings mentioned,
and described, lo wit: . A tract of land aa Bras wall's t
Creek, on both) sides of said Creek, adjoining the
land of Alvin Cross, Uaston CUey and others, eon.'
taining 1000 acres,' more or less. ' " . .' '
The said sale will take place on the 8th ef Mareh
next, at 12 M.M- "K-:'- ,f-'.-."-'
TERMS OF SALE Seventy-five dol ars of '
the purchase-money will, be. required to be paid la'. V
Cash, and a credit of six months will be given to the ..
purchaser for payment of ths balance, of tha purchase
money by his entering into bend With approved surety
for tha samev. . R.. G. LEWIS, C M. E.
-; ian 23 6w . ' .- .. V : -.ti' '''!
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STATE OP NORTH CAROLINA-WAKE
County Court of Equity, Fall Term, 1860
William Ward, and ethers, vs. William Brogdsa, and
wife Frances, Mary 11 ester, Jeffersoa Rogers, Wil.
son Whitehead's children, Elisabeth Wllxin'e ehU- '
' Uren, and Issac .Whitehead. ., Petition to sell Land '
for Partition. .'
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that j
the above named1 defendants reside beyond tha limits
of the State, it is therefore, en motion, ordered that 1 -
publication be made for six successive weeks la the
Kaleigh Register, notifying the said defendants lo .
.appear at the next Term of this Court, held for the
county of Wake, at - tbe Court House in Raleiah, on
the first Mondajuafter the fourth Monday la March
next, then and there to plead, answer or demar to the '
said Petition, or the Petition will be taken as confes
sed against them. . :. . ... :.,.., .
: Witness, Robert 0.' Lewis, Clerk' and Matter iu
Equity, for said County, the first Monday after ths
fourth Monday in September, 1860. ' . . '
t Jaklr-4wi R. O. LEWIS, C. M. E.
i.
rVTOTICE. AN AI'KIDAVIT V HAVING
jCS been made beti-re - me, as Clerk and Master in
Equity, for Wake eounty, by Henry B. Hayes, Ad
ministrator, that he 1olieves that Addison Spikes is
beyond the limits of the State of Nvrta Caroliaa, and
that the ordinary process of Subpena cannot be served
on him ; Notice is therefore given to the' said Addison
Spikxs, that the said. UeAry B. Uyes has filed a Bill
in Equity, for said county, to Spring Tern, 186J,
against Addison Spikes, and for another a Settlement of
theestates of Chas. Finch, Jas. Finch and Penny Spikes,
deceased, in which estates, e the said Addison Spikes,
is interested as one of the distr .butoes, and the amid
Addison Spikes is requested to come forward and
answer, plead, or demur to said Bill, or it will he tan
en pro enafosso snd heird 'tjc parte, se to him." .
vjaa2 fw M- K. ti. LBWItf,C. M. E. .
s
TATE OF NORTH CAROLIJf A-vVAliK .
OuuntyCourt of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, .
November Term. 1S60. ' v . ;
i ;Turner, I I' tier and otfaem, Heirs at Law of
"'.'"."' ''; ji-i.Ynong W, Utley, deceased. '(- S.Cs" '
' c M Petition fur sale of Slaves for Division. ;
' It appcariug to the satisfaction of the Court ths t
Saiulvrs L'tley, J. B. Olivs Snd wife Nancy,' Caroline .
Ulley, .Kdwiu ;. Wood and wife folly, are non resi
dents : " Il U ordered that . advertisement be made ia '
the Raleigh Register! for x Weeks Ut said Heirs at .
law, to sppeir at ih next Court of Pleas sd Qdtuiv 1
Sessions to be held for said county, at the Court Ke,
m. Raleieh. on tho Prd Moudey of Febniary next, then
I nod there t'i plead, itBswervr demur to said Petitiea er "
f - " . . - . -111 ' - . 3 .1 . .1 -
S jutfgmwu procoiinwso wui oeeDterea a w smo, aau
f jbe praj er of tlio Petitioners granted,' -' f- i ' ; '
" Wunce, Tkotna J, Utley,' Clerk " said Court at "
; t t-tfiiet iM Kaleigh, the 3d Mvn da f Sovember. 1860.
. jan iu-6w . THOMAS J. UTLEf . Clerk. ' t'
sT aX t- OUl UOTEL. OPENCD. Wltl. 4
J IIA.ULUT hasUken the Oxford HoteL He
will endoavtt to please and hopes to be sustained. - '
Jan23 w4w, ' j " " ' . ,'
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