VOL. LXI
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ATCRDAY MORNING, SEPT. 14, 1861.
THE 8 f ATE JOCRXAL AMD THE CO X
' TESTION. .
We desire do controversy with the "State
Journal," or anj other journal in the State,
Ai we hare repeatedlj said, this is do time'
for soy other controversy, than the great and
vital one ia which the-SouthJis engaged in
Jefence of its property and its liberrj. To
conduct that controversy to t successful re
iul', will require all the union and all the
energy of which the South is eepehle.
Heoce it is that we have deprecated, and do
tirnestlv deprecate, the raising of an issue
between the Legislature and the Convention,
in issue which will excite strife and discord
from one end of the State to the other, to the
diversion of the pablic eye from the great
ind vital issue now pending between the two
tactions of the country, and to the encour
agement of our vandal enemy by our do
KcAtio qiarrel. Bat we feel if to be
oar daty to correct s series of most unac
countable blunders into which the (State
Journal has fallen ' in its anxiety to excite
popular odium against the Convention.
Speaking of that body, the last "Journal"
Yheo they had. done this thy bad done all
which they bad been elected, aod should have
Home: We are alitffed we peak the senti
ments of niaeteea-twentieths of the people when
r xv.
lctd of dong en, bower erclheT commenced
nd carried oat a tjtieca of " tear-down policj,"
tee like'of which was sever before witnessed ia
this Slate, aod gave a melancholy bat concliuive
widence of their total urfitneaa to build up again.
Tb-r annulled the stay law, aod alter every
rtfjft, failed to substitute anything tor it, leaving
the property of the people, of the state at the mercy
i.f urscrupulcus money-leaders and creditots.
TLer transferred our troops, from the State to the
C!frdrale authoritws taking from our own
t Softs the power to pay the nan, and making do
. provision or proviso for their payment by the
Confederate officer. They also Iran f erred our
cat deleoee oar gun-boa is, dec , to the Con fed -rv.e
Governmect. without the slightest regard,
w far a they were concerned, to the defences of
lh roaut. They transferred the arsenal at Pay
rtieviile to the same authorities, after an appro
priation had beea made by the General Assembly
to commence forthwith the manufacture of fire
urixM the consequence of which has been that no
arias are now made there, though the machinery,
, the material and the workmen were available.
It is not a litue surprising to find in a
paper published on tie very spot of the Con
vention's deliberations, such a display of pro
found ignorance of its actions. The asser
tion that the Convention "annulled the Stay
Law," will convey news to every body in
the State outside the Journal office, and most
particularly to the Justices of the the Su
preme Coart, who, for reasons satisfactory to
themselves, though perhaps not to the State
Journal, "annulled the Stay Law" by pro
nouncing it (the work of the great and wise
. Legislature of which the "State Journal" is
the champion) to he unconstitutional.' Will
the Journal propose to take the sense of the
people on a proposition to disband ths Su
preme Court 1
But the Convention "transferred our troops
frjm the State to the Confederate authorities,
& a." This, in the estimation of the Journal,
was a grievous offence, and of course it is the
opinion of the Journal that North Carolina
snduldfhare exrriei-on this war, as far as her
troops were concernedon her own account
should have paid and supported them through
out the war, whether its duration was long or
short, by funds taken from, her own treasury,
bo matter what might be the amount of taxa
tion required to supply said treasury.' We
apprehend that three-fourths, aye, ninety
nine hundredths of the people of the State
dissent from this opinion of the Journal.
Bat the Journal aays that no provision was
made for the payment of our troops after the
transfer. Here, again, is an error. By the
Tery terms of the transfer, the Confederate
Sutes assumed the -payment of the troops
from the very moment the transfer was con
summated. The other objections of the Journal to the
acts of the Convention are utterly untenable.
Were it k otherwise were such objections
valid, then it would prove that North Caro
lina should, never have joined .the Southern
Confederacy, but have maintained an isolated
existence, with no concert of notion between
herself and her sister States of the 8outh !
Is even the State Journal prepared for such
a conclusion 1 We cannot believe that it is.
And yet, to such a conclusion it would be
"inexorably" brought by its own logic
But, says the Journal, the Convention acted
ia this transfer "without the slightest regard,
as far as they were concerned, to the defences
of the coast." Llere again the Journal is
all wrong.' The coast defence were in the
hands of the. Military Board the offspring
of the Journal? pet Legislature, and remain
ed in its hands until the transfer was eon- I
animated on the 20th of August, one vxtk
bfort the surrender of Halt era. The Con-1
federate Government never interfered with !
the coast, exoept to supply it with artioles re
quired by the Military Board, until the trans
fer was consummated, and if the coast de
fence were insufficient, whose fault was it!
7
Did not Governor Ellis, in tbe most solemn,
manner, declare in a message that they were
such as would defy an attack by the com
bined fleet of the United States 1 If he was
honestly (and about that we entertain no
doubt) misled, was it the fault. of the Con
vention? Again, late in July, Major Bev
erhont Thompson reported Hatteras as able to
! repel an attack. Wm this the fault Df the Con
vention ! Was the failure of Qen'l Gwynn'a
repeated applications for additional troops the
fault of the Convention ? Will he Journal
answer these questions, and at the same time
teU us why it opposed the seven Regiment
Bill while it was pending in the Convex
tion t If the defeat of that Bill was a fault
of the Convention, the State Journal partici
pated in it. We think that we have conclu
sively shown that the charges of the Journal
against the Convention art as unfounded as
the "baseless fabrio of a vision," and might
here eonclnde onr remarks. Bat the Journal
ohargei us with "sneering" at the Legislature.
In the discharge of our duty as a public Jour
nalist, we have held up to publio reprobation
the eondnot of one branch of the Legislature.
We did so because we honestly believed such
conduct was highly mischievous in its ten
dency, and we have as yet seen nothing to
change our opinion, but every thing to con
firm it. If this convicts ns of "sneering" at
the Legislature, so far from complaining of
the verdict, we shall, as sure as fare, repeat
the offence again and again.
DEATH OFUOX. WILLIE P. MANGU.
As better than any tribute we could pay-
however heart-felt it would be to the mem
ory of one of the most worthy and distin
guished sons of North Carolina, a gentleman
whom we knew well and sincerely loved and
respected, we eopy the following obituary
notice whioh we find contributed to the last
dillsboro' Recorder :
DEATH OF HON. - W. P. JIANG UAL
Died, at his "residence near Bed . Mountain,
Orange county, on the ?th instant, the Honorable
Willie P. Hangum, aged near seventy years.
The demise of to eminent a citizan demands of
os some brief memorial of a life, connected for
near a third of the past century, with only oc
casions! interruptions, with only occasiQnal In
terruptions, .wikii ILj public history "of the coun
try. - Commencing his career as an advocate . at
the bar of the 4th circuit, ia the period of its
highest renown, he was thrice a member of the
Slate Legislature, from his native county of Or
angeat three different times appointed Judge
of the Superior Courts of Law and Equity
twice elected to the House of Representatives in
the Congress of the United States for three full
terms he represented North Carolina in tbe Sen
ata of the Union, and for the latter half of tbe
term of Mr. Tyler in the Presidency, from 1842
to 1815, he was' the President of the Senate, (suc
ceeding upon the deaihof the Hon. Samuel L.
Southard cf New Jersey,) and though in times of
high party excitement, acquitted himself to the
general approbation of that august assembly.
In 1836 be received theyote of South Carolina
for the Presidency of the United States, ia oppo
sition to Mr. Van Buren. i
Mr. Mangum was a native of the county of
Orange, and born, we believe, in 1T92. llu pre
paratory studies, prior to his entrance at the Uni
versity of the State, were pursued in his own
neighborhood, and at a later stage under the Rev
erend Doctor McPheelers in tbe Raleigh Acade
my. He was some time, also, an assistant teacher
in this Institution, and was perhaps indebted to
this em ploy meet for that neat penmanship and
exact observance of the'rules of elegant composi
tion which characterized all his writing. He
received his first degree at the University in 1815,
studied the Law in the office of the late Honor
able Duncan Cameron, then a Judge of the Supe
rior Courts, and a neighbor of his lather. Upon
his admissission to the bar, "he at once acquired a
practice which gave him both profit and repu
tation, insomuch that within five years he wa
elected to the bench. . This he quilted the year
following, and resumed bis practice until 1823,
when be was returned to the House of Repre
sentatives of the United States. From this
time, although he. was twice ! afterwards a
Judge, and for two or three years at the bar,
his attention was mainly devoted to politics.
His powers as a publio speaker, his intimate ac
quaintance with the motives and habits of thought
of the people, and an elegant parson and address
gave him high distinction as an advocate, and
general acceptance as a Judge. ' Bat it was ia the
deliberative and popular assembly, the eongrega
tioos of the masses of men, and above all, in the
social intercourse, aod conversations ot public
men, that his talents, his incli nation i, his habits
and tastes, eminently fitted him to j shine. In the
House of Representatives, with Clay, . Rsndolph,
McLane, McDufBe, Starrs, Buchanan and other
leading spirits, in 1823 and 35,Jie took aoonspia
nous part ia the debates, and well 1 nustained the
character of the State, ia the public counsels.
After his election to the Senate which he first
entered in 1830, lie made few elabjra'.e efforts,
but partook in the running debates, and was re
cognized as one of iti distinguished m 'imbeds,
when Clay, Calhoun, Webster, Wright,Foreythe,
Clayton, Benton, Leigh, and a galaxy of
Parliamentary talent, not seen in this country,
before or since, were members of that body. In
populareloquencench as is addressed so the people
la their primary assemblies, Mr. Mangum has
had bat few equals in our country, and it may
well be doubled whether Clay, Crittenden, Cor
win or Presto- wc-tld hare borne from him tbe
palm ia that field of oratory. . His tall and com
maodiag figure, al rtys becomingly dressal, his
rioh and melodiou voha, his flawing periods, his
splendid imagery, often gorge os and not in the.
best taste of the rhetorical critic, but apposite, and
dazzling to the less acute, his sympathetic nature,
and perfect acquaintance with all the springs and
motives of human action, gsve him an almost!
mesmeric swsy over the multitude. '
This Influence was equally well kept up in his
style ef address and oon venation, not ; merely on
the busting, but in assemblages of statesmen and
courtiers. His coloquial powers, his genial ard
social temper, his spirited and appropriate re
marks, often illustrated and adorned hytasteful J
literary allusion, gave a charm to his fsmtTTaT "d!
course, and rendered him an admired and agree
able companion in any society. This, with native
genius and sagacity, and a natural command over
men, gave him weight in the consultations of his
associates, and in the deliberations of the Senate;
for his habits were far from studious, and as he
advanced in life be seemed to avoid elaborate dis
cussions. In the fiercest strifes of party, his gen
erous bearing and fine manners preserved to him
cordial relations with political opponents, and to
Randolph or Clay, Benton or Preston, Webster,
Ring or Wright, ha was alike an agreeable talker
and listener, t or several years past, Mr. Mangum
had been prostrated by paralysis, and greatly
afflicted by disease, which deprived him of the
power of speeech. He retained, however, his
mental faculties, and took a deep interest in the
current events of the struggle in which the coun
try u engagid, until tbe fall of his only son, a
Lieutenant in the North Carolina State Troops
foamed in honor of the cherished friend of his
palmier days, William Preston, of South Carol i
na.) from a wound received in the-gallant dis
charge of duty. In the triumphant battle at Man
assas plains pn the 21st of July. Overwhelmed
by this distressing bereavement, he seemed to
surrender bis bold on the things of this life, and
welcome the grave. - A widow and three daigh
tert, whose grief is shared by all his neighbors,
and a widecircleof friends and admirers through
out the country, survive bim.
50JH5AT10XS FOR CONGRESS.
J'he letter of Mr. Venable and the an-
nnnc;ations of Messrs. Waddell and Gooch
as candidates to represent their respective
DU'riots in Congress, will be found in today's
paper. In this connection, we deem it ap
propriate to suggest that hereafter the ma
chinery of Conventions for the nomination of
candidates shall be dispensed wi'h. So far
from these Conventions beiog the exponents
of popular opinion, they have been, in nine
cases in ten, the month-pieces of a few lead
ers in a County or District. If men desire
to be candidates for publio stations, let them
take the straight-forward, honest and manly
course of announcing themselves, and putting
themselves on the country. We remember
when this was the case in a neighboring State,
and we do not believe that the breed of publio
men in that State has been in the slightest de
gree improved by the abandonment of the old
and the adoption of the new plan of caucuses
and Conventions. The people know well
enough whom to choose as their Representa
tives, and do not need tbe instructions on
that point of caucuses and Conventions,
managed and led by selfish and aspiring pol
iticians by trade. ' .
EST 4BLISIIMENT OF POWDER MILLS
We are glad to see that North Carolina is
taking the lead in tbe manufacture of this in
dispensable article in the prosecution of the
war. ' A company for the manufacture of
powder at j Charlotte was chartered at the
present extra session of the Legislature.
This company has gone to work in earnest.
At a meeting of the Stockholders on the 10th
inst., the eompany was fully organized by
the election of S. W, Davis, Esq., President,
and Messrs. B. B. Williams, S. P. Smith,
John H. Caldwell and Jas-M. Hutchinson,
Directors.; .We learn that a powder manu
factory near this city has also been chartered
doriog the present session of the Legislature.
This company expects soon to be able to turn
out ooe ' thousand kegs a day. ' They are
making aetive preparations, we learn j to com
mence manufacturing.
I I-- ' STAY LAW.
The Supreme Court having pronounood
the "Stay Law" passed by the Legislature
at its first extra session unconstitutional, an
other "Stay law" has been passed at its pre
sent session, which we will publish in onr
next. ' ,; " : '
KF" The Legislature on yesterday eleoted
George l)a,vi., Esq., of Wilmington, to the
Confederate States Senate.
1U We are requested to state that a special
term of the Confederate District Court will
be held at Goldsboro on tbe 18th inst., in
stead of Newborn, as stated in some of the
papers last Wednesday.
ttJWe call attention to the advertise
ments of Q. S. Baldwin,VClothier, of Wil
mington. Mr, B. keeps a very large and se
lect stock of Clothing.
: A BKisroacKMKVT. Col. Clark's regiment of
North Carolina volunteers passed through Lewis
burg Va a few days ago on tbe way to join Floyd's
Biigade. .The Greenbrier Era says: ."We have
seen no corps - so' handsomely and - comtortably
equipped during tbe war, and none whose warlike
and manly bearing gave better promise of efficient
service in tbe field. . 1 We tender them a cordial
welcome to the mountains ef Old Virginia. and
doubt not they will receive the tame at the hands
of Gen. Floyd, as a most valuable acquisition to
hU brigade. - . ,
PxRCUssioK' Cats. Mr. W. W.- Johnson, of
KnoxvUle, Tenn., has invented a percussion cap
machine, which k: capable Of turning out about
150,000 caps per day. He has sold one to a com.
pany in Memphis, who are going into tbe manu
facture of; caps. ' Mr. Johnson' has applied fr a
patent foe his machine. - - ' ' ,; v ,
PaTRioTia-Captain David; Marks of New
Orleans,has raised and equipped a military company
at his own expense, and the day they were sworn
in presented each member with twenty half dol.
Jars for pocket money. Such instances of patri
otism are as rate as they are commendable. v: ,
' SsHTKHCXD to B Shot. The Washington
correspondent of the NswTTork Tuna says that
a court-martial at Alexandria has just sentenced
thirty soldiers to be shot for various offences . '
ACKNOWLEDGMENT DF CONTRIBU
! i TIONS FOR THE SOLDIERS.' .
, Mrs.O. D. Lipecomb,"of Baleigh, four pairs of
drawers, four pairs of socks and four blankets;
Mrs. H. L. Evans, two blankets and two pairs of
socks Mrs. L. Marling, one flan el shirt, six pairs
socks and soap; Miss E. Marks Upchurch, four
pair socks ; Mrs. Sarah L- Hogg, two dozen pairs
socks and two blankets ; Dr. T. Hogg's children,
fourteen pairs of socks and two blankets t Miss
Maria T. Haywood, two blankets; Mrs. A. JVL
Gorman, two blankets and three pairs socks;
William H. Hieh. Jr.. two blsnkets; Mrs. H. A.
Depkin, nine pairs of socks ; Mrs John O'Roake,
ooe blanket, two pairs socks and soap ; Mrs. Sallie
Miller, one blanket, a pair of socks aod four cot
ton protectors, for the lungs ; Miss Jane Ruth,
one' blanket, a pair of socks and four protectors ;
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Pool, one blanket, two pairs
socks and four protectors'; Mrs. A. J. Foster, of
Wakefield, two blankets and twenty nine pounds
of sap, twenty years old ; Mri. Fenton Foster,
one pair of socks and fourteen pounds of soap;
MiwU. H Wilder, of Was, four blankejju Mrs,,
Gilly Jeffreys, four pairs socks :. Miss Pauline
Jeffreys, two pairs eocks ; Mrs. Robert Jeffrey?,
three blankets and two pair socks; Mrs. ' Jack
son Hopkins, one pair of socks: Mrs. Beni
rain Marriott, two blankets,' seven pair socks,
two flannel shirts and two pairs flannel drawers ;
Mrs. Isaac Procter, of Wake, two blankeU, three
pairs socks, two pairs flannel drawers and sixteen
cotton protectors for the lungs.
i SHERIFF HIGH.
Henry Snoddy, a young Georgian, who was en
gaged in the fight at Carrick's Ford, when Gen.
Garnett fell, died recently in Northwestern Vir
ginia; from woutds received in 1 battle. He
leaves a fortune of $100,000, . which ha baa be
queathed his mother, to dispose of just as she may
- The IjynenDurg Virginian says mora never
bas been so great a number of soldiers encamped
around that city as at the present time.
FROM COL. STOKES' (N. C.) REGIMENT.
Correspondence of the Petersburg Express.
Camp Bek," V
Aqcia Crekk, Vi., Sept. 6, 1861.
Mr. Editor: By previous permission, I give
you a brief account cf our Regiment, a detach
ment of which passed through your city last
week.
The detachment arrived at this point on the
3Cth ulu, at which place (Brooke's Station.) we
found eight companies of our Regiment stationed.
At the time of our arrival, there were nume
rous vases of measles and fever ; but, fortunately,
the most dangerous season is now neariy over
watermelons, cucumbers, &c. -
Below I give you the order of the Commieioned
Staffs . "
M.S Stokes, Colonel. ' .
M. W. Ramsom, Lieut. Colonel.
John A. McDowell, Major.
J. H. 8. Miller, Adjutant.
NJN.Flemming, Quartermaster.
J. W. Hacket, Conamicsary.
The regiment isin tbe brigade of Gen. Holmes,
and if the 1st Regiment . N. C State Troops.
situated five miles from the junction of Aquia
Creek with tbe Potomac, and on the Railroad
running from Fredericksburg to Aquia Creek.
.The regiment is composed of ten companies,
according to the following order of Captains :
Uompany A, Uapt. b tinner,
" B, Capt. Brown, . ,
. M C, Capt. Hines,
D, Capt. Scott,
E.Cspt. Wrigbt,
" F, Capt Harrold,
G, Capt. Latham,
H, Capt. Rieves,
I, Capt. Foote,
K, Capt. Gee,
Capt. Frasier, foreman of the Band.
The last few days have been "big"? with events,
indicating larger ones soon to occur. Both forces
are rapidly, but firmly closing upon! eah other,
the Potomac being the only impediment.
Twenty steamers and small vessels are reportea
lying off Aquia Creek. The highest opinion be
lieves a collision sure within the next eight or ten
days. Every thing seems to confirm the opinion.
Six very large guns, with all accoutrements, am
munition, ccc, arrived yesterday at this place
Three companies ot our regiment leau this even
ing for "Evans' Points,", to guard the guns on the
way, and to assist in planting them on me jroto-
mac, where tbe 12th Regiment is stationed, Col.
Pettigrew. : - u '
1 could tell you many good things aooui tne
defences on the Southern side of the Potomac,'
but it is more expedient for our welfare to allow
tbe next ten days to develop these facts, stubborn
and piercing to all Yankeedom., -
I am lust going to leave in tne oetaenmem
to Evans' Point, and will give another account
soon, Providence permitting.
lour correspondent, ; icaaiCK.
jt FROM WISE'S LEGION.
Weliave authentic intelligence from Wise's
Legion, (says the Richmond Dispat ch of Wednes
day,) in a letter dated Hawk's Nest, September 6.
On the Sunday previous at an early hour, Gen
eral Wise marched, in obedience to orders, in the
direction of General Floyd's camp, ten miles north
of Hawk's Nest.' When very1 near the camp of
General F. he was ordered to countermarch,
which he promptly obeyed. On Monday morning,
the main body of General Wise's command advanc
ed upon the enemy, who were found strongly en
trenched in tne gorge oi a mountain some lour
miles from Gauley Bridge. - General Wise led the
advance guard, and, on receiving their fire, charg
ed upon the cowardly, miscreants as they took to
their heels and fled, irom ine snots oi our ganant
boys. Two of our men were slightly wounded.
-a 1 aa-11' 1 A .1
As.lt was nara we com a not ieu waai tne result
was on the enemy's side. Our correspondent con
tinues : -.-; .; " . -s". ' V'
"The Legion slept upon their arms on Monday
nieht. "i Earlv on Tuesday a 12 'pounder howitzer
was sent forward to an eligible position in range
of the enemy's advanced post, and opened D re upon
iM The enemy responded with a rifled piece, out
without effect. The rear of artillery in; these
mountains was , grand beyond conception. ' We
threw some ten" or a dozen shell among them, when
they ceesed to respond and withdrew beyond the
hill, to their entrenchments. . We are now en
camped within two miles of the enemy, end are
expecting a warn time of it every day. - The men
are anxious or the fray, and officers and all hands
are in fine spirits. Trusting in the God of battles,
we have no fears as to the issue of an engagement.
4In a notice in the Dispatch of the skirmish
with the Taskees at the "Hawk's Nest.'? it was
stated that we lost one man killed. That is a mis
take, one was badly wounded and supposed at tbe
time mortally, but ia recovering and now out of
danger. - As for the account of this affair taken
from a Cincinnati paper, it is an iaise trom begin
ning to end. 1 ' . ;a -,.,Ji
The health of our troops is improving. Gen.
Wise is exerting every energy of body and mind .
to carry forward this campaign to a victorious,
consummation. ? Gen. Henningsen is deservedly
popular in the Legion; ad with theindomitableen-
ergy and gallantry of Gen.' Wise, aided by the
experience and skill of Gen. H., we have every
reason to anticipate a Driuiaat career tor the Le-
gion.
. ""v ' : CORRESPONDEN(TE i? . f
His Honort Chief Justice Pearson; j f
. Having seen the proclamation" of the Presi
dent of the Confederate States, I am desirous of
Knowing whether I am affected by it, or would
wusmcicu a vitueu us n a native.: i f ? "j
was uorn in . tne orate or new xotk in
1795, and in 1820 removed to North Carolina,
where I have resided ever since. I married in
North Carolina;, all my jropertyis here; atri
an acting Justice of the Peace in i Yadkin, and
have been for many years, and have held offices
of trust and profit an der the State,- and have
repeatedly. sworn allegiance to North Carolina.
I settled here to remain permanently, and have
never altered my intention of remaining. - Am
1 required to do any act under that proclama
tion. . An answer will oblige,
. -Yours, truly, f : '.
JAS. R. DODGE.
Yadkin, N. C, Aug. 24, 18G1. ? . .j, ;.-.'-
Richmond Hill, AueJ 261 1861. -
James R. Dodok, Esq. Dear Sir Upon the
immus cutwu iu juur uuie oi mo ana mat., my
opinion is, that the act of the Congress of the
Confederate St&Ux promulgated by the Presi
dent does not. apply to your case ; for the rea
son, that by the act of removing to this State
in 1820, with aa intention of-remaining", here
permanently and becoming a citizen of the State
of North Carolina, you became one of iWur citi
zens " by electiou," as fully, to all intepts and
purposes, as if you had been born here. After
that act, you no longer owed allegiance, to the
State of New York the State of North Caro
lina was then entitled to your allegiance, as of
right.., , . ,:,:-r, : -v ;,, ,
The facts stated by you holding offices of
trust and profit, being now an acting Justice of
the Peace, &c", have an important bearing, and
furnish unequivocal evidence of the intention
to become a citizen of this State.' r - '
, When a foreigwi, a citizen x( France, : for
instance, removed to the United States, although
with an intention of remaining permanently
and becoming a citizen, ne did not become a
citizen until naturalized according to the forms
required by law." But when a citizen of one of
the States of the United States removed to an
other of the States with a like intention, his
purpose was, ipso facto, accomplished. There
being no law requiring any particular mode of
proceeding in order to his naturalization; his
act of election had the legal effect of making
him a citizen of the State to which ho had re
moved. This difference results from jthe rela
tion created among the several States of the
United States by force of their Union, Such
has been tho universal understanding1, and in
stances without number could bo referred to
where citizens of other States have, by Ithis mode
of election, become citizens of North Caroliffa,
(Chief Justice Ruffin, the late Judge; Strange,'
Judge French, Judge Heath, occur to me) and
where citizens of our State have ceased to be
such and become citizens of other States, simply
by the act of rjemoving and settling there.-
It follows that when the State of North Caro
lina withdrew from the United States and be
came one of the Confederate States,, you, like all
of her other citizens, became a citizen of the
Confederate States ; so, of course, you do not
fall back under the description of "an! alien."
Indeed, being) already a citizen of this State,
and as such a citizen of the Confederate States,
it would be inconsistent for vou now to make a
declaration of an intention to breome a citizen of
the Confederate States. . I J ,- ,
The act of Congress was intended to apply to
that description of persons, who, being citizens
of States adhering to the United States, hap
pened to be in some of the Confederate States,
for a temporary purpose, without an j intention
of becoming citizens, and with an intention of
returning ; inj respect to whom, it was deemed
expedient to require them to leava the Conede-.
rate States, unless the condition of things in
duced them to! change their purpose of returning
to the .Mate of which they continued: to be citi
zens, and to j become citizens of the; Confed
erate States, which intention they are required i
to declare " in due form, acknowledging the
authority of this government." Persons of this
description having come into what ia now the !
Confederate States, were entitled, under the
Constitution of the United States, art. 4, sec 2,
" loan privileges and immunities of citizens
of the several States," without, in fact, bocom- ,
ing citizens of the State in which they happen
ed to be, not having elected to do so ; and it was
proper, under existing circumstances, to put
them to their election, jand require, formal evi
dence of it, if i they staid among us, ; This poli
cy has no more application to you, who have
already made your election and become a citizen
of this State, than to any other citizen of any
State of the Confederate States. m
Yours, fec., ,
R. M. PEARSON
From the Standard,
A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
Mb. Holdkn: I wUh to ask a;' couple of
questions, and jl hope you will answer them, if
you can. I am a plain man aud I want informa
tion." , . ' . ! . . ' I. .: ,
Has the Ijegislatnre any right, under our State
Constitution, to appeal to the people i'ngainst the
Convention ? .
And has the Legislature, in extra ; session, a
right to elect Senators to Congress? and if it has
not the right, lean an act of the Confederate Con
gress give it this right ? .v yS- j; JmT ,;,,
-: I- A CITIZEN.
In reply to .the first question of our; correspon
dent, we say, that tbe Legislature hay no Consti
tutional right, to appeal to the people against Jthe
Convention. That body may assamejthe right to
pronounce against the Convention, just as legis
lative bodiesand military chieftains 'i in Mexico
and South America assume the right ; to issue
pronunciamentos one against the other, but, so
far as our State Constitution . ia concerned, the
Legislature has the same right tosubmit the ques
tion to tbe people whether or not they will have
a Ring, as It has to appeal to them to abolish the
Convention, j Let our correspondent study the
Constitution carefully; and see if he can find any
such right vested in the Legislature, j ; .
In reply to jthe second question we say, that the
Constitution" of the Confederate States, under
which. the Senators proposed to be elected would
take their seats, expressly declares that Senators
shall he chosen at 'hreguiar". sessions of State
Legislatures. Tis State agreed to that when the
Convention in May last, adopted tbe Constitution.
Th" present Legislature is now in its second extra
session. " Can it, then, elect Senators? JLet our
correspondent decide for himself. But our cor
respondent asks us, in substance, if the Confede
rate Congress! can construe ot change the Consti
tution? Most cerUinly not. No enabling act,
like the one recently passed, nor indeed, any .en
abling act, can confer on the Legislatures of the
States the right to do that which the Constitution
expressly forbids. .--; r--:r . ' i i ;; ; .. .
We have, indeed, fallen on evil timet, 'when
Juestions so plain as the foregoing are raised and
iscussed. The old Republic was destroyed by
violations of lU Constitution. Our liberties as a
people are garnered up and fortified in our State
and Confederate Constitutions. - Of all the things
which pertain to government, these j are the most
sacred. We advise our readers to study these in
struments; to insist on a strict but fair construction
of them, and to trust no publio man who would
misconstrue, or pervert, or bend them to purposes
of passion or ambition, . Let no doubtful powers
be exercised . if you do, fellow -citizens, the ex
ercise of other, powers, stilt more doubtful; will
follow, until at last, the infractions of the instru
ments will be as numerous as their unbroken
parts. Sound It again and again, .as with the1
blast of a trumpet, on all the wings I of ail tbe
winds, that 'eternal vigilance is the price of Lib -
k 1 erty V'Standard.
; LATER FROM EUROPE. ' '
.... . . i . ',
St: Johns," Sept. 10. The steamship Africa
arrived yesterday, with Liverpool dates, via
Queenstown, by telegraph, to the 1st of Septem
ber, vv T "' - ; -
5 The sales of cotton at Liver popror the week
were 70,000 bales. The market was calm, at
a slight advance. - ; j - V ":.
5 second dispatch. ; .
. Ns w York, Sept 10. The English newspa
pers, brought by the Africa, whioh has arri ved at
Halifax, contain some few points of interest. "
The London Olobe says that . the army in
Canada will be increased 22,000 !men during the
month.' ',-. ; ' ; . : ' '.'.-' '.-.:-
The London Times calls editorally upon the
Government to strain every nerve to develope the
cotton culture elsewhere than in the Southern
Confederate States. ' ' "y7" v-'-i V -7v '
Late advices from tbe West Indies have been
received in England, which announce that the
privateer Sumter had taken and sunk forty ves
sels. : ' ': ''-..; :. ' '"" '' i.
COMMERCIAL :
The Liverpool broker's circular " reports the
salj of cotton for the week at 120,000 bales, of
which speculators took 50 000 and exporters 19,
000. - Cotton had advanced ' 1-16, a I. The sales
of Friday amounted . to 15.000 bales, including
7.000 to speculators and exporters. Reports from
Manchester are favorable, Consols 92Ja92j. .
PADUCAH OCCUPIED BY UN ITED
STATES TROOPS A PROCLAMATION
BY GENERAL GRANT. I .
Caieo, Sept. , 6. General Grant, with two
regiments of infantry and a company of tight ar
tillery on two gun boats, tookr possesion of Pa-
ducab, Kentucky. He found .Secession flags
flying in different parts of the town, in expecta
tion of greeting the arrival of tbe Southern army,
wbicn was reported to be 3,800 strong, and only
sixteen miles distant. . ! :
Tbe loyal citizens tore down tbe Secession flags
on the arrival of our troops. General Grant took
possession of tbe telegraph office, railroad depot
and tbe Marine Hospital. He found large quan
tities ot Cumplet6 rations, leather tc.,for the South
ern army. . ' , r J ,'
The General issued the ' following proclama
tion: V' ,'",; -.. '. 'i '" : e "'.
ul have come among you, not as an enemy, but
as a friend and fellow citizen not to injure ooe
among you, but to respect, defend and enforce the
rights of alt loyal citizens. The enemy is in re
bellion against our common . Government. He
bas taken possession of and planted his guns upon
the soil of Kentucky, and fired upon our flag.
Columbus and Hickman are in his hands, and be
is moving upon your city. : ; " j r
"I em here to defend vou against the enemy.
To assist to maintain the authority and security
of your Governments I have nothing to do with
opinions, and shall deal only with armed rebellion,
its aiders and abettors. You can imrsue your
usual avocations without fear. '.' ;-
"The strong arm of the Government is here to
protect its friends, and to punish only its enemies
wherever manifest.. " When youl are are able to
defend yourselves arid maintain the authority . of
yeur Government, and protect the rights of loyal
citizens,! shall witdraw tbe force under my com
uiand. . ' ;
. fSigned, N.S.GRANT, ..
, "Brigadier General Commanding."
NO PROSPECT OF AN EARLY ENGAGE-
MENT. i . .
The war correspondent of the Richmond
Dis-
patch, writing from Fairfax county,. Va. , under
date oflbe 7lh says : ' ! v ;
Our men hold Munson's and ' Mason's Hills,
but have made no attempt to extend the line.
Tbe pickets are within shooting distance, and
keep up a continuous fire upon each other.
Strange to say, none are killed on our side, and
how many on the other is not known. . ,
The "firing" and . 'neavv ; cannonadingv
which is heard every day, and from which the
large stories of battles and horrid slaughter pro
ceeds, is from Fort Corcoran, aj little above Ar
lington, where the Federals waste a great deal
of time and powder in endeavoring to become
food marksmen. They practice at targets every
ay with heavy guns and howitzers. That is
the cause of the "heavy firing," and I do assure
you there is to-day no reason for th belief that
we are on the eve of a great battle, or that our
.army contemplate an immediate fight. - What
may transpire to-morrow, it is - impossible to
say; hut it seems very ridiculous here to read in
the papers that the army is "on the march," and
that a "great battle will begin to-morrow. .The
object of the public journals: should be; to
allay, rather than excite the feverish anxiety
of the public, and I know no better way of do
ing it than by a prudent statement of facts by a
careful and experienced reporter who is near
the army. v - I
Important vbom KximjCKT. The Lynch
burg Republican of yesterday sayss ' . ; ,
We learn through a gentleman of reliability,
who arrived here yesterday from Nashville, that
news bad been received there that at a .caucus of
the Union members of the Kentucky Legislature
on Monday last, it was resolved that the neutral
ity of that State must be preserved, ahdtbatif
the Lincoln despotism decided to violate it, they
will vote for the secession of Kentucky. .We
hope this report may be correct, and that the day
is not far distant when Kentucky will take her
stand unequivocally in Dixie's land. . . - .
MR. VALLAHDIQHAM ANDTHK WAS. ; -
Hon. C. L. Vallandigham ! closes -a recent
letter : contradicting certain Black Republican
falsehoods about bim, with tbe following emphatio
expression : - ', ' ,. ' -f-1 - -'f- r ;-'
But how allow me also to say that X am for
peace speedy and honorable peace because I
am for the Union, and know, or think I know,
that every hour of warfare but so much diminishes
the hopes and chances of its restoration.; I repeat
with Douglas, "War is disunion, War is final,
eternal separation ;" and with Chatham r "My
Lords, you cannot conquer America." .. , t-. ..;
We attended dress parade at Camp PattonJast
Saturday afternoon, and were much pleased with
what we saw and heard. The Regiment is com
posed of the very best materials, and the men are
making satisfactory progress in drill and discip
line. .'.- .-.V- , :. . '..I '.,,..:
Capt Hayes' company of Mounted Bangers
were also on the field, and elicited much admira
tion by their proficiency in drill and Splendid
horsemanship. They seem to ride equally well,
standing, sitting or, lying on their horses. To
pick up a blanket, switch or stone1 from the ground
with the horse at full speed, is a common feat.
The men and horses seem to be a parcel of each
other. - A batter looking set of fel)dws,or a superior
lot of horses would be hard to find. - Cant. Hayes
may well be proud of his boj.rAhevule Neuss.
- Abrzst of Prkachers is" StI Lotns: We
learn, says the Louisville Cburier, that the reign
of terror and despotism in St. Louis is daily on
tbe increase. The arsenal is converted into a
Bastile, in which have already been incarcerated
three Babtist preachers.' Not a word of. these
outrages appears in the suborned and government
papers. All tbe honesty free papers aie silenced,
and our only sources of information are from
travelers who detail the facts. p : . ;
It is stated that Gen. Polk's furoe-at Columbus,
Ky., has been increased to thirteen reiriments. '
six field batteries, a siege battery1.' three batteries
of cavalry, &c He has a : gun-boat , and three
steamers.
At Pxssaoola. Brigadier i General fB.' H.
Anderson, lately appointed to the command of
the Confederate forces at Penaacola,' arrived there
LATEST NER'. .i
i); BAD NEWS FROM HATTERAS. " "
The Washington Dispatch of Tuesday last baa .
the following,: .,.- .. - : .- ..- y
. Important Infobmation trom HATTtaAS. :
We stop the press to announce the following : '
! A gentleman in town, who left there on Tours- -day
last, gives us these facts. Col Hawkins is in i
command has 1,300 men and but fe boat
cannot make an advance now says he will be, re- .
in forced in two weeks and then move. ' He gave .
the inhabitants of the Island the privilege of, -leaving
or of taking the oath of allegiance to .
support Lincoln's Government. All but . 5 or 0 '
have taken tbe oath I Old Mr. Jen nett, a former -representative,
and several of the prominent men .
are among them 1 A Company that had been -organized
and offered its services to the former '
Governor, and which Warren Wfhslow reject:'
ed, has been accepted by Col. Hawkins and is '
now marshalled against us. Many of them
thought that our Government cared nothing for
them and would not protect them 1 Col. .. H.
promises protection and to carry them away on
his vessel, if compelled to retreat. So much for
tbe miserable managemant of the Military
Board. '. '. .- . ; - '
The scouting, marauding oarties have boken
up furniture, burnt the elothing, killed the poul ".
try and fat pigs of those who Would not take the -
uafcu. . ' I-,...
'- Portsmouth nor Oregon wai taken possossion .
of by the enemy up to that time. ThU inform a
tion ia perfectly reliable. J . '
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FURTH.HR FROM EUROPE.
MORS ENGLISH OPINIONS. ' , ' ,
MoNTRRAt, Sept II. The steamship North
Briton has -arrived. Her news generally' bas
been anticipated. v' :
Lord Paltnerston has beeninitalled as Wardon
of the Cinque Ports. In his speech be ' inciden
tal ly alluded to tbe battles of Bull Rut) and Man.
assas Plains.' aa .an avMadpa hf the : heinlaaa-
ness and inefficiency of brave but unditoijinadV
troops against an organized enemy. - - "' '
The London Times conclude! a leading editorial
on the American question, by stating that tbe
subjugation of the Confederate States by the
United States is a hopeless undertaking. . ,
Fifteen thousand bales of cotton have been pur
chased by leading houses here for shipment to the '
United Sutes. - '
. Correspondent Russell's latest letter say a that the
issue is narrowing down to the question of slavery
and abolitionism, and thinks that President Lin k,
coin will soon declare all slaves within the United
States' to be free. ' ' -:"-' ' '
THE AUGUSTA BANKS :
Augusta, Sept 11. The banks in this city held .
a meeting to-day and adopted the resolution pass
ed by the banks in Charleston, agreeing to receive '
the Treasury notes of the Confederate Sutes for '
dues and on deposit. , . ''
. The following are the resolutions adopted by'
the Charleston banks, and referred to in the fore
going dispatch : . . ' "
1. Resolved, That the several banks in Charles
will continue to receive Treasury notes in payment '
of all dues to themselves, and also on depotit, and ' .
will receive payment in the same medium for all
paper sent to them for collection; and they hereby
decline all collections for which payment int Treas
ury netes is not satisfactory, r-
2. Resolved, That in conformity with the spirit
and purpose of tbe foregoing resolution, all credits
will be given and be payable in jmrrency, in
which term Treasury notes are included.
THE PRIVATEER SUMTER -
Niw York, Sept U.-An arrival from Barba.
does reports that the privateer Sumter was there,
and was short of coal, and found great difficulty
in getting a supply. .. ' . ;"' " " : ' ".
MOVE TOWARDS CONFISCATING PROP.
;i ERTY IN MARYLAND. , - '
Naw Yoac, Sept 10. The Washington cor- .
respondent of tbe Pott says that the Gjrerment
Attorney at Baltimore is under suspicion of dis
loyalty , as he bas Uken no steps to confiscate the ,
property of Mary landers who are known to be i o
the Confederate Army, or who are warsa ymja
thizers with the rebels. , , - ' j
DISASTER TO A FEDERAL TROOP
: TRAIN. " .. . :
Baltimorr, Sept 10. A train of cars with a
detachment of cavalry ran ' off the track on yes
terday. Four were instantly killed, three mor
tally and many seriously wounded. The engineer
has been arrested.' "j. -' .
REPORTED FIGHTING; AT. PADUCAH.
LotrisyiLtl, Sept 8. We have nothing later
from Paducah, although private report sUte that
fighting Is going on there. ', , .'. , "
LESLIE COOMBS ON COERCION.
Louisvllk, ,Sept 11. Leslie Coombs has
witten a strong coercion letter to the Syracuse
Convention, , ' ' ' v
i NAVAL PREPARATIONS.
Wabhdiqtov, Sept 1 1. There Is great activity
at tbe Navy-Yard.
I,
1HTE HAVE REQUESTEiD TO
f f Annnoonee J0BH-B. GOOCH, Esq., as a
candidate to represent this, the 6th Congressional
DiitrioY in the next Congress of the Confederate
SUtes of America. , . , "; ,se 14td ,
E HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO
announce HUGH WAUDELL, Esq., as a eaa
didate to represent the 7th CoagTMsleaal Plstriet, la
the next Congress of the Con'ederate Sutes of Amer.
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EXECUTORS NOTICE. ,
We, the undersigned, having qualified at la.
gait term of ma Connty Conrt of Wake, as eseoators
of W. Crenshaw, deceased, request all persons Udbi
ed to said asUte to make fmmedUte paysMot All
persons having claims against said estate will present
them duly authenticated within the time prescribed by
law, or this notice will be pleaded la bar of their re.
eevery. auuuakl THUHrsnor.?
JNO.' M. CKSSSHAW. f
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