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UALEIGH. N. C.
SATURDAY MORXIXO, MARCH 23, 1SG1.
. UWt publish tbe communication of A
Voter" in relation to a candidal to repre
sent this Congressional District in the next
Congress. We think that a moyement in
this behalf would be tathex premature at this
time. Matters are sow unsettled, and it
would be better to await, in oar opinion, the
farther development of events. There are
good, sound, consistent, Union Whigs, in this
District men who ham stood bj their partj
and their principles in victory and defeat-
men who have never snsLained that Demo
cratic partj which ruled the country but to
curse it and. among thtst we shall End
candidate whom we will support to represent
this District in the next Congress. At the
election on tbe 28th ultimo we voted for
a ticket on which jrere placed the names
of two gentlemen with whom we totally
disagreed in party politics. We did so be
cause we believed the question of Union and
Disunion was of sufficient magnitude to over
ride all other questions; "In doing so we
gave a strong earnest of our devotion to the
Union, but in doing so we never designed,
directly or indirectly, to pledge ourselves in
the future to support either life-long Demo
crats or renegade Whigs for offices of honor
and trust at the expense of the claims' of
Ufa-long, consistent and honorable Whigs.
We hope we shall be understood now, as well
as hereafter. s ' ' '
"STATES RIGHTS"1 '.MEETING AT
tiOLDSHORO'.
Yesterday was the day for the assembling
of the " States Rights Convention at
Goldaboro. From all we can gather, we
think the object of these tox-diant 'States
Rights" men, is to manufacture a popular
excitement, and work. upon Governor Ellis
so as to induce him to recall the Legislature
for the purpose of having delegates elected
to a Convention called peremptorily by the
Legislature. These "States Rights" men do
not pay the slightest attention to the will of
the people as' expressed on tbe 2Sth ultimo.
Tbe action of the people on that day, was a
decided ' expression in favor of the Union,
for although the majority by which the Con
vention was beaten was small, a large ma
jority of the Convention, had it been called,
would have been against secession. Can it
be possible that any considerable dumber of
the people of "North Carolina will favor this
tlan of the secession leaders?! We do no
believe they will.
DEMOCRATIC OFFICE-HOLDERS.
We see by the papers that efforts aro being
made to have Col. Bigger, the Postmaster of
Richmond, Va., retained in office.. Person
ally, we like Col. Bigger Tery much. He was
. one of the old Petersburg Canada Volunteers,
and we would rather see him retained in of
fice than any man of his political faith." Bat
how can he hold on, even if he were permit
ted to do so f Was it not declared last fall
that no Democrat should hold offioe under
Lincoln 1 In faet, was it not proelkimed
that any Democrat who would hold offioe
under Lincoln would disgrace himself ?
Most assuredly it was, and . we have a right,
therefore, to expect that Jhere will be a gen
eral resignation by Democratic offiee-holders
in tbe South of their posts, and there plaoes
filled by Union men, who would not conceive
themselves to be incurring any obligation to
Lincoln by holding offices which belonged to
the country. ' . , -
TUB CHATHAM RAILROAD,
The Commissioners of the Chatham Rail
road Company held their first meeting on the
20th of March, last., at this place. Dr. Thos.
D. Hogg was called to the chair. . Dr. Hogg
and Kemp P.-Battle, Esq., were appointed
a committee to confer with the authorities of
the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Company
and the North Carolina Railroad Company, to
ascertain their views, and report at a meeting
to bo held on Thursday-, April 4th next,
at the office of Sion II. Rogers) Esq.,-in
Raleigh. '
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SICKNESS OF GOV. ELLIs.
We rery much regret to learn that Got.
Ellis is very -sick in Newbern. .It is cur
rently reported, and generally believed, that
he is sinking under a rapid consumption.
We hope that the report may turn out to be
unfoundsd, and that Got. E. is temporarily
afflieted with one of the catarrhal diseases
prevalent at this tetsoa of. the year, and not
with the incurable disease of consumption.
In the event of tho 'death of Got. Ellis, the
gubernatorial offieo wosld bo filled by the
Hon. H. T. Clarke. SDeaker'cf the Senate.'
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MrDICAL CotXXQK OF SoCTH Carouka.
The annual commencement at this Institution
took place on the Sth inst The class in attend-'
ance daring the last session numbered 222 stu
dent. The graduating rJase' numbered 93. A
roocg those upon whonr the degree cf M, D.
was conferred were the following from Rorth
Carolina: W. J. Love, A. McLean, J. T.ilc
Lean, D. McLean, J. 8. Robinson, W. P,
T;ua, and W. J. Terrene,
PROBABLE ACTIOlf OP VIRGINIA.
The following artiole from the Richmond
Whig, setting forth what probably will be
the action of Virginia on the . subject of
est. The plan strikes us as an exeellent one.
As the Whig is the organ of the conservative
portion of the Convention, and writes on the
pot, we are warranted in believing that this
plan is the one agreed upon : .
We have eon versed freely with members of
the Convention, and we are persuaded that the
action of the body will be eminently wise and
conservative, and'aa our distant readers will na
turally desire to know what that actios will be,
we venture, for their satisfaction, to state our im
pression on the subject.
. We believe that, after full debate and thorough
examination, tbe Convention will indicate by re
solutions the constitutional amendments and
guarantees which, is the judgment of Virginia,
are necessary for the security ot her rights and
institutions. When these are agreed on, she will
invite a eonferenoa of the boo seceded slave States,
at Frankfort or Nashville, to consider oar Trono-
sitions, and to make common cause with her.
She will not toffs her propositions as an ultimatum.
but merely as her contribution to the general
stock of suggestions on the subject. Some of her
wisest and most patriotic citizens will be sent by
the Convention to this Conference, and her pro
positions wiu there be considered, and, it may be,
modified in some respects though not in any es
sential particulars. When harmony and concur
rence shall have been secured among the border
States, the propositions, as agreed on by them,
will be submitted as an uliitnatumy to tbe North
era States. This ultimatum we feel assured, will
embrace no unreasonable features nothing which
is not ia strict conformity with the principles of
the Constitution,' as understood and acted on by
the fathers of the Republic If it should be ac
cepted by the North, the Union will be preserved
and harmony restored. If, on the other hand, it
be rejected, then the border States will, in a body,
withdraw from the Union, and nmte with such
States, both slaveholding and non-slay eholding.
as may be willing to adopt them. In the . event
of rejection, we believe that New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
will unite with the border States. The result may
be f throw off the New England States aqd the
extreme North-western States. The Gulf States
will soon find it to their interest to re-unito them
selves to this conservative Confederacy, and ulti
mately the exscinded Norther States, having learn
ed a lesson of wisdom and humility, will knock
at our doors for re-ad mission Into the family i
mansion.
, This is a noble programme, and it is one which
o believe will lead to . the restoration of the
Union to all of its pristine glory and ample pro
portions. We are satfened that the ultimatum or
the Border States will be so fair and just and rea
enable, that it will be promptly and gladly em
braced by an overwhelming majority or tbe
Northern Stales, and that any which may feel
temporaray dissatisfaction will be compelled to
acquiesce. . .
. The Precipitators obi act to a Border Conference.
Ani why 7 bimpiT because tney ao not desire
any settlement or any restoration or too union.
Their dream is of a bouthera Confederacy a
Breckinriie-Dernocratic Confederacy a Con
federacy baed oa aristocratic principles, and sus
Uined by military rower, which will protect the
elite from the rude assaults or Ins people! a
Conf?dercy,which wil! have a plenty of fat offices
e bestow, aud in which the tenure' w for Life, In-
ttead of being subjected to the awkward contin
gency of expulsion by the' voice of the people at
the end of every period of four years 1 What a
glorious refuge this would be lor such politicians
as Hunter and : Mason and the whole brood of
Virginia Treasury rats!
. In the judgment of all disinterested men, this
Border Conference is eminently expedient. It' is
demanded by a just regard to tbe rights and in
terests of tbe Border States. 1 1 offers the only
hope of peaceable adjustment and of a restoration
of the Union. It would be alike presumptuous
and. indecorous, after all that has occurred, for
Virginia to act without consultation with her
Southern sisters. And none can deny that any
action taken with the concurrence of the whole
body of the non-seceded States, would carry with
it a far greater moral weight than if adopted by
Virginia alone, i
i To carry out this programme, it will be necas
aary for tbe Convention to have an adjourned
session at some remote day say in October. In
the mean time, tbe other States will have acted
on the ultimatum submitted by the Border Con
ference, and when the Convention comes together
in adjourned secession, it will, take such Anal ac
tion as circumstances may require. '
j This line of policy'will, we feel assured, meet the
approbation of Virginia. The conservatives pro
per approve it, and the wiser and mors conside
rate of those who are not. regarded as altogether
consevative such as Ex-President Tyler and
Governor Wise have favored something very
nearly akin to it J
' In the mean1 time, may we not exhort our
Western friends to postpone the consideration of
the State Constitution until the adjourned seces
sion ? There is not time now . to act on these
questions. Moreover ,they are calculated to produce
embarrassment in the adjustment of federal diffi
culties. Let them lie over until the adjourned
session. The Convention was not elected with
reference to these State questions. Let the mem
bers go home and consult their people, and come
back in the Fall, when excitement has subsided,
and' settle them all basis, taxation, elections,
judicial tenure, county courts and suffrage. Let
all be overhauled and our miserable botch of a
Constitution be put into something like decent
shape. At the adjourned session there will be
ample time for all these things, and again we urge
the postponement of them until the FalL
WINTER 1.IJIGERIJIG, C II ILLS
THE
LAP OF SPRIHC,"
The above was a favorite quotation with
the late Thomas Ritchie, and with our la
mented friend and predecessor in the Regis
ter office, Weston R. Gales, whenever winter
substituted its unwelcome presence for what
should be balmy spring. Were these Tete
rans of the Press alive now, and at tho posts
which . they adorned, they might use their
favorite quotation with emphasis, for we have
never known tho " lap " of any M spring " to
bo more seveiely ' chilled" than this one of
1861. Apricots and Peaches, hare, we fear,
been killed, and garden Tegetation set back
snd blighted. On Thursday night there was
a Tery severe frost. .
OLD TOM WO.VT RESIGN, BUT WILL
OBEY. ' i ' ;
We see by the re marks of our old friend,
Mr. Branohy of Petersburg, made in the
Virginia State Convention on the 10 th insU,
that he regards the late vote taken in Peters
burg as an instruction to him which' he will
obey. From the concluding portion of his
remarks we should infer that old Tom would
not bo surprised if bis constituents were to
turn him back again. , V
Waldo H. Jo'&nozr was on Mocday last elect
ed by the Missouri ' Legislature United States
Senator to succeed Mr. Green, the late Senator.
RALEIGH
TESTIMONIAL TO HON. WILLIAM C.
r 8MEDES.
Wt find in a Yicksbnrg paper the follow
ing account of the presentation of a splen
did servieo of silver to the Hon. Wm. C.
Smedes, President of tho Southern Rail
road Company, by the Stockholders of that
Company. Mr. Smedes is a brother of the
Rot. Dr. Smedes, of this City :
rn-ssiirTATioif of a Splxlvdid SitTiE Bru
nei; to the Hon Wm. C. Smipes, Prisidittt
o th South ami " Railso ad CoifrAWT. The
magnilcant silver dinner service, voted to the
Hon; Wm. C. Smeedee, by the Southern Railroad
Company, as an appreciation of his faithful and
efficient services as President of the road, was pre
sented to Mr. Smedes yesterday morning, in the
fresence oi tne uoara or .managers and a- few
nvited friends. The presentation look place at the
office of the President at the depotand the presen -tation
speech was made by Dr. M. Emanuel, Vice-
.rresiaani oi tne road, in an appropriate and well
timed commentary on the services of Mr. Smedes,
as well as the important advantagus likely to flow
from the completion of this great public work.
tne response or Mt. rjmedes was eloquent and
reeling, ana like all bis speeches, equal to tbe oo
casion.
The service presented was manufactured to the
order of Mr. J. N. - Klein, jeweler of this city,
and is the most splendid dinner set we have ever
seen, or that ever has been exhibited, perhaps, in
wis section or tne country. It consists of seven
teen pieces, maenificentlv and elaborateli
wrought. The design is a deer cbaseTbeautifulJy
displayed on the large pieces. Altogether it is a
gut alike creditable to the givers and to the re
ceiver. ,:
The occasion of the presentation was made one
of general good-feeling. Incidents in the history
oi ue progress or the road were detailed, compli
mentary sentiments were offered, and congratula
tions exchanged over the completion of a work
calculated to do so much in developing the re
sources oi our State, and building up our own
city. i
Nokth British Review. The Febru
ary number of this periodical is on our table,
Its principal contents are : " India Convales
cent; Shelly and his recent Biographers ;
Large Farms and the Peasantry of Scottish
Lowlands ; Lord Dundonald Modern Ne
cromancy ; Engineering and Engineers ; Dr.
Calyle's Autobiography ; Lord Pamerston
and our Foreign Policy," &c. Address L.
Scott & Co? New York. .
Ukitirsity Magazixx. We have received
the March number. It ia embellished with a
portrait of lie v. Dr. Deems, and well filled with
interesting matter. Hon. D. L. Swain furnishes
an article entitled "Life and Letters of Whitmill
HilL" - - ' !
, This is really a valuable periodical; It k not
merely a work for the encouragement of young
men in developing their powers as. writers, but
such men as Hon. D. L. Swain, Hon. Wm. A.
Graham, Hon. Wm. H. Battle, and many others
contribute to its pages. It is well worth the sub
scription price,, which Is $2 a year, or six copies
for $10. Published by John B. Neathery, Prin
ter to the University. j
, Rkport or Tits N. C. Institution fob th
DXAr AND DUMB AND TBE BLIND. W 6 have
received the Biennial Report of the North Caroli
na Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the
Blind from Sept. 1, 1S58, to Sept. 1, 1860. This
report includes reports from tbe President and
Directors, the Principal, Treasurer, Auditor,
Broom Shop and Printing Offieo. The progress
of the pupils in their studies, and in the printing
and broom making business, is highly spoken of
by both tbe Board of Directors and the Principal.
The Institution, under the superintendence of one
so well qualified to discharge tbe duties which de
volve upon him, and one possessing the indomit
able perseverance, energy, fidelity, and business
tact of thepresent Principal, Mr. Willie J. Palmer,
aided as he is by faithful and efficient assistants in
every department, cannot fail to commend itself
to the unfortunate for whom it is designed in all
parts of the State. )
Thi Southern Cultivator. We have re
ceived tbe March number of thjs excellent Agri
cultural publication, the best of the kind publish
ed in the South. It is published at Augusta, Ga.,
by D. Redmond, at the low price of $1.00 per an-
numn. We do not see bow it is possible to got
up in such excellent style a work so superior m
every respect at. so low a price. L
. FORTS JOHNSON AND CASWELL.
The Richmond Dispatch of Thursday publishes
the following extract of a letter from authority,
it states, "than which there is none more reliable
In the City of New York," and upon the strength
of it vainly attempts to frighten the people of this
State from their propriety. The idea of a "strong
force of regular troops" being sent to Forts John-
eon and Caswoll "to prevent their seizure by State
authorities" is simply absurd. Tbe State authori
ties of North Carolina have no idea of seizing on
the Forts in this State, and the Government at
Washington knows it. But here is the extract
from the Dispatch which has so much excited the
fears ot that papesj-for our safety : , '
t "Kiw iobk, juarcn is.
"I learn from a reliable source that a vessel is
now loading big guns and ammunition for Forts
Caewell and Johnson in North Carolina, and that
within one week a strong force of regular troops
will be sent to these points, to prevent their seiz
ure by State authorities. It is further designed
by, the Government, acting under - the advice of
General Scott and General Totten, to garrison.
arm, and provision the forts in Virginia and
North Carolina for one year's siege. Norfolk
ha been determined upon as the Northern 'point
d? avvui or seaboard base for further movements
against the (jonxeueraieu duk. . A.ey v est wm
be the rendezvous, from which the Naval foroes
will menace the Gulf coast. The basis for the
land operations have not yet been determined
uoon : but it is confidently supposed that Wash-
... . . -vt . i : . j o l r :
ing ton Will DC ue ioruiern puio suiu ow xjvuim
the Southwestern. Fort Pickens attracts the pre
sent attention of the Cabinet and General Scott,
and a strong reinforcement will be sent there
forthwith." - v - i
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The Louisiana Convention on Saturday refused ,
by a rote of 74 to 26, to submit the permanent
Constitution to the people for ratification. The
despatch adds that two parties already exist ia
the State, one for a reconstruction of the Union,
the other in favor of a ' perpetual separation.'
The Union element in Louisiana is strong, and
though now kept under, will eventually assert
its power.' j . :'' I
Tax Mississippi Cohtxbtioot. Hod. William
S. Barry, President of the Mississippi State Con
vention, has Issued a call for the reassemblage or
that body on the 25th of March. V
WEDNESDAY MORNING
- j ':" NeIvS PtEMS. '
The prospects for business at'Louisville, ky., are
so discouraging that many of theleading merchants
of that city have published an appeal to their land-
lorus 10 reauce me price oi renis.
The MilledgevilleJ (Georgia ; Recorder Jconsoles
itself over the prospective loss of the Border States
to tho Southern Confederacy, with-the reflection
that they will constitute a wall of protection
against the felonies pf the free States:" j i
In case an extra J session of Congress is called,
special elections will have to be held in Maryland,
Tennessee, North Carolina,; Kentucky! Rhode
Island and California. Virginia holds her regu
lar election in the latter end of May, inj' season,
probably, to do awajr with especial election, t
It is stated that Rarey's Amphitheatre and the
Tnauiruration Ball-room, two large temporary ed
lflces in Washington, have been leased as barracks
for the troops expected from Texas. Major An
dorson's command fiiay be ordered there, but tbe
government prefers
to fcave it sen t to fort Alon-
roe,
Among the passengers who arrived j at New
York on Saturday last, by the steamship Arabia,
was Mr. W. H. Russell, the special cor respondent
i
of the London Times, who has come to this coun
try for the purpose of giving a fair and impartial
account of the nature and extent or our political
troubles.
The New Orleans True Delta of Sunday has the
following: "The pew law of the Confederate
States, requiring steamboats for "foreign? ports to
take out clearances, iwent into effect yesterday, and
created no little excitement and comment on the
wharf. The most important feature of it! seems to
be the fee which the custom- bouse officiate never
fail to exact." 1 '
An election was held in St. Clairsville Ohio, a
few days ago, In compliance with what ihas been
announced to be thej wish of Mr. Lincoln to deter
mine who should receive the appointment of post
master. , There wee three candidates, two very
respectable and popular gentlemen, and a lady
named Mrs. Ramsay, the latter was elected by
bout twenty-live ajonty
The Cincinnati Gazette has reports of a horrible
case of poisoning at Rockford, 111., by I which a
whole family, consisting of father, mother, and
'eleven children, have been destroyed. The pois
oning was produoedby eating pork.in the curing bf
which somedeadly sotstance (probably blue vitriol,)
had been used by mistake forsaltpetre. The father
died first, was buried on Saturday, on which day
the rest of tbe family died. They were buriad
on Sunday, hearsed having to be procured from
the neighboring towns.
Tbe New Orleans Delta says the communica
tion between the Red river and the Mississippi is
bein? graduallr cut off. The former is takiner
itself to the Gulf by way oi Atchafalayainto Ber
wick s Bay. Unless something is done to prevent
the Red river from stcsding, New Orleans will
lose a large amount of valuable traffic. A com
pany iis talked of l(f keen the channel open. It is
thought it will costj $2,000,000. I ! I
The annual report of the Petersburg and Weldoa
Railroad Company shows a falling off lof nearly
$17,000 in gross receipts as compared with the
previous year, turee fourths or wnicu is in tne
passenger department, caused by the interruption
of-travel arising out of the disturbed cbndition of
the country during the Utter part of the year.
The aggregate debt of the company has been re
duced to $99,266. .
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The Norfolk Herald states that a paper signed
by over 809 persons in Portsmouth, has jbeen sent j
to Messrs.- Holladay snd White, delegates in the
Slate Convention requesting them to staridjby
the Union until the last link is broken, j Another
paper, quite as numerously signed as the first, has :
been forwarded from Norfolk to Gent. Blount,!
a delegate from tiiat city, requesting him bot to
favor secession. ill'
The Augusta (Ua.) Chronicle says r-4'Some; of:
the people ot South Carolina appear to be getting
sick of separate State secession and forced loans,
and are moving ffom the State with all possible
haste. " Messrs. Farr, Cotter and Burns, ith their.
families, .thirty-five negroes, twenty horses, wag
ons, carriages, &cl, were found on the Admiral
last event ne on their way to a new home near the
mouth of the Arkansas river.; There are said to
be many others in the Palmetto State who will
follow, their example, and leave., as soon as possi
ble." gi
From the-jLynehburg Virginia.
THE NO-PABTYISM OF THE SOUTHERN
CONFEDERACY.
We have heard it expressed in tho streets of
Lyhchburg.by the advocates of immediate secession
who happen to be of the number of those who
voted -for Mr ! Breckinridge, that all airty linesj
are obliterated in the new Confederacy; and that,
in the selection of public functionaries,1 no refer-
ence whatever is bad to the political antecedents
l
of the candidatesj Hence, they argue that it is
unpatriotic and' reprehensible in us to think of
party in a great crisis like this that demand) our
united action. This is all very fine talk upon the
part of those whojhave always mada their party
interests the touch-stone by which to try any can
didate for public favor, and who, for the most part
as we conscientiously believe, originated this se
cession movement, on party grounds simply, or
chiefly,, because power had departed from them.
But, there might be some force in this assertion,
and some patriotism in this pretended abnegation
of party, if there were any truth in the oft repeated
daclaration that no respect whatever is paid to old.
party affiliations ia the new confederacy -So fair
as we can remember, every incumbent of high
office in the ndminlstation of President Davis, it
0f Democratic anteoedents--every one.
It would reallyfseem that this could hardly have
happened in so many cases, if undue partialilyi
based on former political relations, bad not gov
erned in their selection; especially when - such
men as Judge Sharkey, Watts, Crawford, and ai
host of able men (could be found in the seceeded
i States. The course which these close Corporation
teceders have pursued in tbis as iu many other
respects, has given rise w muca aissausiacwon, ana
we subioin the followine comment upon the sub
ject immediately In hand from the Columbus (Ga.)
Enquirer, which says : . r
'Every membetj of the Cabinet, we belie a, was
a Breckinridge Democrat and an original secession
ist The BeU ani Douglas men have been entirely
excluded from a share in the administration of the
new eroverment Even such men as George vv.
Crawfordfof Georgia, and Thomas H. Watts, of
Alabama, who supported Bell, but sustained seces
sion as soon as it i was made an issue, are passed by,
and politicians of less ability and influence with
the people selected. Presenting as the Bll and
Douglas men did, such fine material for Cabinet
appointments, their total exclusion cannot he re'
yarded otherwiethan u proscription on account
of their course previous to the secession. issued-' Tbe
cew Government, we believe, has made a great
error by this .exclusive promotion of a particular
party a party that was in a minority in two oi
the teceding States. :;. j ,1 -
MARCH 27 1861 j
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-Messrs. Wm. L. Yancey, A. Dudley Mann
and R. ARost have been appointed Commission
era to represent the Confederated States in Europe.
They proceed to their destination via New Orleans
and Havana, taking the British steamer at the
latter point on the 27th inst. for Southampton;
, The Federal Administration has also made its
selection of Ministers for the important European
Courts. Honi Charles Francis Adam?, a member
of the last Congress from. Massachusetts, and a
son of John Quincey Adams. ; is nominated for
England. Hon. ; Wm, : L. Dayton,' of New
Jersey, is nominated for the French Mission. Mr,
Dayton served a term in thr United States
Senate, and was- a candidate for' Vice President
on the Fremont ticket in 1856.' Hon. George P.
Marsh, of Vermont,-gets the1 Sardinia. Mission,
i which was so strongly demanded by the ultra
Republicans for Carl Schultz.; Mr. Marsh served
, one term in the House of Representatives, and
was appointed Resident Minister to Turkey by
President Taylor in 1849, in which post he ren
dered essential servue to the cause of civil and
religious toleration in . Turkey, tie is more
eminent as a scholar and author than as a politi
cian, and is one of the most distinguished linguists
of the country. All these nominations for foreign
missions, as well as those of Mr. Clay for Spain,
and of Mr. Corwin for Mexico,(not yet accepted,)
are from the conservajve wing of the Republican
party. General Watson Webb, editor of the
New York Courier, has been nominated as Min
ister to the Turkish Porte. ! ; M
Fir. The Mt. Vernon H jtel, near the depot,
in Salisbury, owned by Mr. John L'Sbaver, but
occupied by Mr. S. Benjamin, caught fire on Fri
day morning last, between 9 and 10 o'clock, and
was entirely destroyed. Nearly all the furniture
was saved. : It was a valuable establishment, and
the loss ia estimated at $10,000.
Partially insured.
From the Ad Valorem Banner.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
We take pleasure in publishing the subjoined
note from Attorney, General Jenkins ; and we
again assure him that it was only to give him an
opportunity to deny the rumor that we mentioned
it at all. We could not believe it, but the report
was being circulated to his prejudice, and we were !
desirous that the truth should be known, and mat-
ters set rectus in curia - ' ij
it Tarbobo', N. C 'March 16. 1861.
Mr. F.J. Wilsok: , , -
Dear Siri Last week whilst at Greenville, your
paper containing a rumor that I had said in a
speech at Weldon, " that Raleigh was a Black
Republican hole, and that no one should be prose
cuted wbo snould kill a citizen of Raleigh,? war
rorwaraed to me by a friend. The rumor was so
ridiculous that I did not think it necessary to take
any notice of it, for I did not believe that any one
could seriously make such a charge. . In looking
at the Raleigh Register of to-day, I see that you
have mentioned it again, and also say that, because
have not mentioned it, many are reluctantly
compelled to believe tne rumor to be true. 1 will
simply say that the rumor does me gross injustice.
1 said no such thing, and if any one so understood
me, he was most gregiously mistaken. If you
think proper you can publish-this in your paper.
ery rcspecttully, . w M. A. J KSi KliNS.
roajTHX sxoisTxs.
OUR CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS.
M essbs Editors : The Union men of this dis
trict should select some one as their Candidate at
once for Congress, as Mr. Branch is a Disunionist
and should no longer represent us. I am opposed
to any Convention, if we can possibly get along
without it. ' .!
I believe H. W. Miller will be perfectly acr
ceptable to the Union men ot the District, and I
have beard rr.anv express the desire that he would
run, and I am certain .this section will support
him in preference . to any other. Mr. Miller is
certainly a very, able man, and would be an honor
to tbe Mate in the National .Legislature.; Will
Mr. Miller consent to run ? . - ?
- ' A VOTER.
ARKANSAS AND THE UNION.
The Memphis Bulletin publishes the following,
styling it a '.'reliable latter from Little Sock."
Little Rock, March 1L The Convention h. s
been in session here 'now one whole week,. and
nothing material has been done. ' Various resolu
tions have been offered and referred to appropriate
committees, looking to an endorsement, on the
one hand, of the doctrine of secession and the; right
and dutv of Arkansas to secede, and on th other I
to a clear definition of the position Arkansas should
- ... -. ..I
take, stopping, short of secessfon with a view
to the: security of - her rights' in the Union.
One thing is certain and fixed, Arkansas will not
change her relations to the Federal GOverment so
long as things remain in statuquo, and there ia hope
or obtaining tbe guarantees demanded by the south.
We nave a majority or six forty members in ail
j . . a i ' j
gouu auu trtte, urin sou swiuauu, pwitsciiy un
derstanding each other, and acting in concert ; and
if Arkansas should be forced to secede, they Intend
that the politicians, who hare their Own selfish
aims in view, shall not thereafter control her des
tiny. Never fear that Arkansas will, desert her
border sisters. - She will stand by them to tbe end.
l)o not believe any report to the contrary.
v: What . Hitbt ', Clat Said About Alls-
aiurci. According to the report ia .the Benton
Abridgement of Debates, vol. 16, p. 691, Henry
Clay thus spoke, in 1850, respecting a South Car
rliniaa, now infamously notorious ; . .
"Mr. President I said nolhine with resnect
to the character of Mr. Rhett, for I might as well
name him. Uut u he pronounced a ; senumeut,
attributed to him, of raising the standard of dis
union and resistance to the common Government.
whatever he has been, if he follows up the decia-.
ration by corresponding overt acts," be Will bar a
traitor, and I hops he wll meet the fats of a traitor.
Great applause in the galleries, with difficulty
suppressed by the" Chair."J .'; ' .'" ; ; :
Mr. Clay resumed I have heard with pain and
regret a confirmation of the remark I have made
that , the sen U ment of disunion Is becoming fami
liar, i nope it is connnea to oatn uaroiiaa. .1
do not regard aa my duty what the honorable Sen.
ator seems to regard as his." If Kentucky to-mor
row unfurls the banner of resistance, I. never will
fight under that banner. I owe a paramount al
legiance to the whole Union a, subordinate one
tomyowa.Stat.;t
- - Out rao a. We were surprised to near that
one of eur old citizens, .W, W- Qneaa,:now of
Morefaead city, was insulted and violence threat
ened him, at Golds borough, a few days age, by
mob, upon a supposed want of loyalty tolha South.
We" know Mr. Guess well ; he left Orange three
or four yean ago. He was regarded as a good
citizen and a christian gentleman : all who know
him respect him.. Upon inquiry we learn that he
owns some eighteen or twenty slaves, more we
venture to say tnaa is owned by the whole mob
who insulted hxmHUlsboro Recorder,, . - '.
- Ak IsDicATroH of Rmrtufuia Qwrrtri).--As
an indication of the fact that confidence ia being
restored and that the afSairt of the nation are set
tling down Into ; quietude, " we notice that the
Banks of Philadelphia resumed spede payment
on Monday last: The Baltimore American state
that the Banks of, hat city will also shortly re
same specie payments. .The Banks of New York;
we believe, have never suspended.' . -
It seems that the snow storm extended to Wil
mington. The Herald of that place says that for
the first time ia several years,, the streets were
covered to the depth of two inches. : The Journal
"During tbe night it thundered and lightened
witn great violence. It was ia every way a re
markable state of things for the season. '
Outside of the destruction done to the gardens,
we hear of no damage or loss save that sustained
bv the Wilmiflztoa and Manchester Railroad
company by the falling in of the whole roof of
the round bouse or ear and. locomotive shed, just
finished on the opposite side of the river: The roof
- r - . . . " . 1 If
was oi irou, auu u gave way mis morning at u ail
past ten o'clock, from the weight of the snow press
ing upon it or from the contraction of the mate
rials of which it was constructed. But one man
-a negr was injured, having his head badly
cut, but not supposed to be dangerous. .
In twenty minutes toe whole available force oi
the Company was engaged under direction of Mr,
Kobinson, superintendent, and Mr. ilaniuns, Mas
ter Machinest, in. clearing away the wreck of the
roofr so that no detention or interference with tbe
operations of the road are likely to be experienced.
We have not been able to ascertain' the amount of
loss, but think it must L considerable, as the shed
is very largesome 170 feet in diameter, and we
presume the locomotives and cars upon which the
roof fell must be more or less injured." . , .
EXTRA SESSION TJ. 8. SENATE. , :
Washington, March 20. Mr. Hale offered a
resolution; which lies over: that the Senate ad
journ on Saturday next, at 1 P. M.
Mr. Douglas' resolutions were up. . Mr. Bay
ard, of Delaware, said the crisis be had long
anticipated had culminated. Sevan States have
withdrawn from the Union. - He intended'to oner
a proposition, giving the President the power, by
the advice and consent of the Senate, to enter into
a treaty with the Confederate. States, and thus
avoid the other alternative namely, civil war.
He explained the elementary principles of gov
ernment, and defended the relations between the
States and Federal Government. Secession was
not among the reserved powers of the States, but
revolution is a common right. The present state
of affairs was revolution, and in this connection
the will of the majority was to be considered the
willof the whole. Insurrection and violence in
a State may be but down by law, but rou cannot
meet the collective act of acollective people except
by war or peaceful negotiation.'. When revolu
tion comes it cannot be met by the law of treason.
Allegiance is due to States as well as the' Federal
Government, and the law of domicile must neces
sarily govern the case when a State has separated
irom tne zederal Government.
.After an Executive session, adjourned.
FROM WASHINGTON.
WaaffiNGTfrK, March i 20, Information de
rived from authentic sources says Ho movement
of the Administration now in progress involves
hostile designs . It is generally believed that the
military status of the Gulf will be preserved.
1 he (Senate confirmed the following nomina
tions by the President to-day: Chas. Francis
Adams, Minister to England ; Marsh, of Ver
mont, Minister to Sardinia ; Jas. Watson Webb,
Minister to Constantinople : a. a. Man ford, of
Connecticut, Minister to Belgium ; Mr. Thayer,
of New "York, Consul-General to Egypt ; Capt.
J. Devine, Consul to Cork ; Mr. Defriea, Super
intendent of Printing. i .
Nominations pave beer made by the treident
of Anson Borlingame, Minister to Austria Ru-
fus luae.of Visconsin, Minister to Kome ; Jtirad
ford R: Wood, of New York, Consul to Belgium:
Jas p. Putnam, of N. York, Consul to Havre;
Freeman A. Morse, of Mo , Consul to London :
J. W, Nye, of New York, Governor of Nevada.
Capt. Jc razer, of Mississippi, and Lt. U. can
non, of South Carolina, U. S. A., have both
resigned. . . . ' , .
; FROM TEXAS.
Nxw Osuiss, March 18. Forts Brown and
Ringgold, and the barracks at Brazos and Santi
ago, have been virtually surrendered to the Texas
authorities. .. :. , !'
The entire evacuation by the Federal . troops
will take nlace on tbe 30th inst. Possession will
then be taken by the Texas troops, who have en
listed for six months. 1
A resolution has been unanimously adopted by
the Texas Convention tendering their thanks to
General Twiggs.
MISSOURI STATE CONVENTION
St. Lotjis, March 18. The following 'amend
ment to the fifth resolution of the majority report
of the Committee on Federal Relations, whioh
hat been under discussion during the past week,
i voted down on Saturday, in the Convention,
!by a vote of 61 to 39. , 4 " ' i V
la amend the nan resolution, by adding, the
following : -.
And further, believing tbe fate jpr Missouri
depends upon a peaceable adjustment of oar pres
. j l . r i i . : J . t.
en tuimcpiuai4e wiu DBTwtuuaigatacswuu lua
seceding States in making war upon the General
Government,nor will she provide men and money
for the purpose of aidine the Ueneral Govern
ment in any attempt to coerce a seceding State. ;
AppoiTMiNTa, &c. The following nominations
nave been confirmed by the senate : .
Charles S.. Throckmorton, of Maryland, to be
a Second Lieutenant 4th Artillery, United States
Army. . .-.a - v-.,v
Wm. C. Butler to be Collector of Customs in
Camden' district, North Carolina, vice Stark, re-
Signed. ' , - -'
Cnrlstopner uore ttipiey, or Minnesota riecreu
ry of Legation to Brussels. " -; ; -
James ah, jsimonas, oi jaicnigan, commission
er of Qeneral Land Office, r ; ; , S -
Jacob Haldemad, of Pennsylvania, Minister
Resident at Stockholm, vice B. C Angell, of New
York, recalled.' : c, -r-f-i
T A. telegraphio despatch from Washington states
that the State Department; is about transmitting
to the several States a ratiflcatioa of the passage,
by Congress, of the following proposed amend'
ment to the Constitution. which , shall become
vahd when ratified by three fourths of the Leg
islatures, via; ; fl-. 'vr'' -r:t -' :'' -
"No amendment shall be made to this Const!-
tation which will authorize or give to Congress
the power to abolish or interfere within aay State
with the domestic institution thereof, including
that of persons held to labor or service by the'la wa
of said States.; T'-r' "f";-, -V-- -
Several gentlemen, recently from the Seceded
States, have, within the past few days, in conver
sations held with us, stated that no correct knowl
edge of the deplorable condition of . aflairs among
men ef all classes in those States, existed ia Vir
gnULAleandria Gautte, yrr.-. ,; i
We are requested to aaaounce that Revr i.. M.
Atkinson will preach at the Church of the Young
Men's Christian Association of thir City On Sab
bath aftemooB, S4th insL, at half past three o'clock.
STRATBD.-FKOM THE SUUSCKIBJSR
oa the 18th inst , a Sorrel Mara, four yaart eld,
with a star la the forehead, ana white hio-t feet. Also
a Filly twe yean old with a bias ia the forehead and
thick tasJM aad tail. Aay information respeettaa- eith
er or both of them will be thankfully received, aad all
aeeeesary expenses paid. , Address vtaa subscriber at
Oxford, K.C. ; : : v - 'ASPElt HICE;S. ;
TAW
SCHOOL OF. JIARYABD
COL
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The Neat Tens wiS ommeaoe 8EPTEMSEB 3rd,
18C8. For Catalogue and Circular address
:.. -JOEL PAftKSR, Royatt Professor,
Cambridgv Jalj 1S00. . ' .Casabridge, Mass.
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MIX.I1 ARY ACADEMY.
THIS INSTITUTION 19 UNDER THE
eoaduet of Col. C. C. Tew, foroMrly Saperiatoa
dent of the State Military Aeadsmy of Colombia, 8. C.
It is designed to afford an sdaeatiea of taa earn
seientifia and practical character as that obtained in
the Stete Military Institutions of Virginia ana Soath
Carolina. . -., . m--
COURSBOFSTUUY. V
' Hrtt Ytar. itk Via. Arithuutin, Algebra, Frenob,
History United States, English Oram mar, tieograpby,
Orthography. .
Second Year, Atk Clan Algebra, Geometry, Trig
onometry, French, Latin, CnWertal History, Comjo
sitioa. . -i
Tkird Yar, Zrd Ciatt Deserlptirs Geometry.
Shades, Shadows aa 4 Perspective, Analytical Ueoine
try, Sarvejiag, FreBch, Latin, Bbetoric, History of
England, Literature, Drawing, Eloeefioo.
fourth Ytar, Sad Clcu Dit and 1 Int. Calculus
Natural Philosophy, Chemistry. Rhetoric, Locio. Mo
ral Philosophy, Latia, rswing, Elocntioa.
t itA x ear, lit cjm Agricuitorai tnsmutry, as.
troaomy, Geology, ' Mineralogy, Civil Engtacering.
Field Fortification, Ethics, Political Economy, Evi
dence ef Christianity, Constitution of the United
States.
Infantry and Artillery Drill will form a feature or
the whole court. - . r
ACADKVIC YJ3AMBARRACK8.
The Academic vear will comiaeaee en tbe fimt
Wednesday in February, (Feb. 6, 1391,) aad continue,'
without intermission, to the fourth Wednesday ia Ho. .
vember. .The Srrcks are arranged with specia re
ference te the neoeteitief of a Military Academy. Tbe
main building is S15 feet looirand three itories high;
another building 190 feet long, eostalns the mess hall,
kitchen, ttoro room, surgeon' office and aospltal. ' ;
Theeharges for the 'aeadeaia year are $115, for
which the academy provides board, fueL lichu, wash
ing, instruction, textbooks, medical attendaooe anil.
clothing. f i... . f
For oirculars containing fall hformaUqp address
COL. C. C. TEW, SV
dee 5 wtf f fup't II. M. A.
OXFORD FE.UALE COLLEUE. V -LITERARY
SCHOOL. )" '
THIS 8CH0PL COMPRISES XIOnT PERMA
NENTLYerriBited classes,' whose studies com. '
Bseace with the alphabet and are eontiaued ih the Ele.
mentary Branohes, Mathematics, Laagaafes, English
Literature, Natural bciences, ana Moral Pbilosopb y, '
until the minds ef the Students are properly trained
for the duties of life. The'investigatioas aad discus- :
sioos are thorough aad eomprehensire. Keeessary .'
apparatus is freely supplied. The Libraries and Cab
inets embrace rare and extensive collections.
FINE ARTS SCHOOL. .
Special attention is devoted to Drawing;, Oil Paint.
ing, and Embroidery. Tbe various styles of "fancy .
painting" aud "ornamental work" are also teufht.
MUSIC. SCHOOL.
Musis is taught as a scienae aad as aa art. Iostraa- , 1
tiou is given en the Piano, lluitar and Hanaealum
(Jausuai attention is deroted to Vocal and Sacred
l Music. . , I ,. :' .
Expenses. ' ' '
Tnition la Elementary Branches, ; $14
: College Classes, I !
" ' " Drawing, (mtrtals loo Wed.) . . IS '"
" Paintiag in Water Colors, . ".'16
" M Oil Painting, (materials ineludeJ,) 20
M . Wax Work, (materials ineluded,) 10
" Embroidery, (materials Inoladed.) 19
. " '- Music, (instrument fumisbed, . H
- . " Board, (washing ineladed,) eO ,
Resnarks." '
xperenned and thoroughly qualified teachers give
their entire time te their renpeotlre departments. .
Extra charges aad needless expenses are strictly pro
hibited necessary purchases are maae by the teachers
Picayune pedlars are not allowed to eater the premises,
and ae pocket money is required.
Oxford b, situated ea the healthy hffls of QraavQIe,
11 stiles from the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, aad is
connected with Henderson Station by a line ef dally .
Uges.- - "J . ? j
The scholastic year is divided Into twe sessions. The
first opens on the first Monday la July aad closes e
the last Thursday ia November. The second epeas on
the first Monday in January aad closes with the an
neal commencement on the last Thursday la May.
Students are received for one or more sessions.
Correspondents will direct their favors to
1 mills co., ;
dee 12 ly. 1 " 'y : Oxroan, N. C.
JOHN MATJNDER'fl
RALEIUIl, Jf. C.
Monuments, Tombs, Headstones.
, - Marble Mantels and Farnlture.
f I ' TOBK FUKKISHED AND1 PUT tP.
. Designs furnished for Monumeats if required.
. ' VOrders by mall punctually attended to.
packed and Warranted. mar 16 wly '
GEORGE Is. WILD. . '
l ' t WAKKENTOlf, N. C. . . : ' :
RESPECTPULtY OFFERS HIS SER
VICES totbecitisensof Raleigh aad vicinity,
as a TUNER AND REPAIRER ef -
wherein ten years experience enables him to jruaran-.
too perfect satisfaetion. "All communications address.
d to him at Warrentea wDl receive prompt attention.
Refers to Rev. Aider Smedes and Prof. 0. 1, Haa.
sen, of St Mary's Colleger and Mr. W. J. Palmer,
Principal of the Deaf aad Dumb and Blind Institute,
Raleigh - . E. Parham, J Wilcox and Professor
C. H. Kchr, Warronton; J. II. Mills, OxfordVN. C. .
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