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Al 1 ; "i X w fly ify ii w J III y I III II Hi ! r . :r .. ; v . ; ' i , , , t ,. .. 4 . - tol:lxi Sdii-Wxxxlt, (tingle copy,) I 00 Wkkklt. 2 00 Pjbl inttritblj in adrance. RAIiEIGlI, y. C, SATURDAY MOaNINO, OCT. 19, 1861. OUK REDUCED SIZE. ; We present tbe Register to oar ruder to-daj i a eoaiewhfct reduced eixe, elthnogh with no redaction in wbet my properly be called "reeding metier." The derangement of basinets thrsagnoat the country - baa eat off a good deal of oar adrertishig custom, knd we Lave thought it beat to economise in the vay of newapaper material. When bo siaeee reeume itt vented ehaanels, we hope to restore tie Register to its wooled size. In nxi'.Lg this redaction in the tin of the Reg Uter, we hare bat followed the example of to maay of our contemporaries, that an ex ception here, and there, prorea the rale. As there will be reading matter on ecery page, sJrertisements inserted sow will be more eonspkaoas than heretofore. THE PEOPLE'S T1CKCT.' We gire a place to the following commu nication, and for the lake of that harmony to essential now to omr welfare as a people, cheerfully agree to support the Electoral Ticket recommended by Jlsnj Voters," and adrise cor friends to do likewise. Ta the Sditos or tub Beoutsb t Sir .-It is doabU tbe with of all the good citixeoa of the Staia, that in the approaching election of Elector of PretUent and Vice Pmident of the Coofaderate SUtee, all CMuee of difftreace or dis cord i bail be baniihed from the minds of the po pta. To contribute to thtf eod, w are aare that it a beat, If poribte, to have bat . one 'electoral ticket. We diacover that the rpr of the State hate rawed four tickets with but a elifht differ ence. Can we oaite them T After ooaulutioa, hoping to effect that rject, aod at tbe earne time be just to all parties, we reapctfull j propoM ta the people and to the preae of tbe State the ac companjieg tkXet, which we think cannot fail to mert the wiahee ol the people of all aectiona aod 1 rt tea io the Sute. 1 MANY VOTEItS. TI1E PEOPLE'S TICKET. For the State at Large s non. WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, lloa. DAVID S. RKID. For the Diatricta: 1st. JOHN POOL, of Pasquotank. 2SD. COUNCIL "WOOTBN, of Lenoir. 3a. I "W. nUMPHBKT.of Ooalow. 4TB. J ESSE O. SOKPHKED, of Cumberland. 5TH- noo. THOMAS BRA GO, of Wake. era. Hon. BEDFORD BKOWN.of Cajwell. Tth. ALFRED G. FOSTER, of Randolph. 8th. JOHN WALKER, of Mecklenburg.- . tii. TOD R- CALDWELL, or Burke. 10th. A. S. MERRIMON, ot Buncombe. SYNOPSIS OF THE NEW S. The moat interesting item of news which we cire to-day is the probable engagement on a large scale between the armies on the Po tomac. Tbe Croatia of the Jfotomae in laree foree br the Yankees and the burning of Fairfax Court Bouse, and falling back of our army to Centrerille indicate the fighting of another treat battle in elose nemity to the erer memorable field of Maoasra, Cen- treTille beinz distant hardly three miles from Manassas. We shall await tidings of of the result with intense anxiety, bat with of the result with intense anxiety, dui witn . TV Mntrt nf an n?pement I . . Z, j HT.n.f5.1J in the en- between Magruder nd Mansfield, in the pen- insula, doesn't teem to bo credited by the Richmond Dispatch. The report which reached here on Thars dsy of the defeat of Fremont by Prioo has not been confirmed. THE TABLEAUX. . The Tableaux given at the Chapel of the D., D. and B. lactate on Monday night last, by the young ladies of this city, for the benefit of our Baleigh boys" now in. the field, we are happy to state proved to bo very successful, the net receipts, we learn, being aboot $200. The Chapel was densely crowd ed, and the Tableaux were very entertaining. A pantomime ealled "The Burglar," per formed by Mr. and Mrs. Grow, and Miss Bet tie Little, of the Institute, afforded, much amusement to the audience. SCARCITY OP 8MAIX CIIA5CE. The hoarding of small change in this com munity has become an intolerable nuisance. There ia plenty of specie ebange in tbe country as an examination of many a miser's stockings would abundantly prove. But not content with hoarding this sort of change people are getting intotfie practice absolutely of hoarding $hinpla$ter$ it MOVET OX IIAXD TO DE TAXED. We have seen a letter from Mr. Men min- ger, in whieh he, in response to an enquiry on the subject, states that money on hand is liable to be taxed under the law of the Con federate Conereas. So certain gentlemen with large sums on hand on the 1st of Octo ber may eipeot to pony np a part ot it lor SUBSTITUTEVgiJOJTniWPIStOPJICE A writer in th. Raleigh Standard, after giring bis reasons for thinking that : "the Produce Loan" will not attain the end pro posed, brings forward the annexed plan of his own, which we cannot help thinking will do more for the relief of .Government and peo ple than any which has come wi'hin oar ob serratiou. There ean bo no doubt that cbt ton would constitute an excellent basis on which to make an issue of Treasury Notes.' Witfc the Cotton in the possession of the Con federate Government, we should hare sn as surance jh at until the blockade is raised no Cotton will leave the country, and that as rurance would do much towards raising the blockade, inasmuch as Europe and the Yan kees must and will hare Cotton. When the bloekadeie raised, the Government would be in the market as owner of the entire stock of American Cotton, and, as the writer Bays, would re Use $200,000,000 profit on the in vestment opon its Treasury notes. The Cotton being sold for specie, or its equivalent, would enable the Government to redeem its Treas ury noUs, s$d have $200,000,000 left to carry on thenar. The people and tbe Gov- eminent mast have money, and unless some such plan as this is adopted, we do not see how either is to get it as long as the block ade outs off the money-making products from the . markets of the world. As to making tbe policy of the Government's being a mo nopolist or speculator, a permanent one, we have not the least idea, JJ ot every oase must be tried by the facts, and circumstances ac companying it. We are now engaged in a war upon the issue of which depends our ve- ry existenee as a free people. We must de termine whether we will bo enslaved or ex terminated, or vindicate by the success of our arms our claim to be recognised every where as a free and independent people. This is the emergency in which we are placed, and it is one in which no time is afforded lor the discussion of questions of political econ omy. What would do very ngnt now as oolicT. aye, absolutely necessary and indis pensable, might be very wrong end unwise as a permanent policy of the government When our peace and liberties shall have been eeeured when that bleeeed time eomee when we shall bo acknowledged as a Free, Sovereign and Independent Nation then will be the time for making such a governmental policy as in our ealm judgment will most re dound to the publie welfare and prosperity. "We do not,however, see the policy of limit ing the denomination of the Treasury Notes to not less than $59. The currency will be a good one, and we do not see why the issue sboold not be in decimal denominations, reaching from $10 to $100. . With these remaks, we give the views of the Standard's correspondent : "My plaa, or the plan which I would respectful ly oeget, ia thia: The cotton crop, at well aa to laoce Ac, of the Confederate Statei, aay at 10 cenU per pound for cotton, la estimated to be worth two hundred milliona of dollar. Let thegoTern ment become the purchaser of the whole crop at 10 cents per pound, which is as much if not more than ean now realised by the grower in conse qoeaceof oar being cutoff from the msrkeUand it is beridea a fair remunerali"g price to the pro ducer; mcb better than the Rrain grower can get,nd. In tact, ia oer an aTerage prieeat which the whole cotton crop of tbe South has been told for several years past. Let those notes be of the denomination of fifty dollar and npwarda. This would give as a good circulating currency, which .lt L nnon ft minder hsb thin bank notes. WW ia avwj aay . lot the banks are permitted to issae their notes, .Tree dolUr. lor every dollar of specie in vi. ..,ti ThautMunn notea would be iasu- ed upon the bassU of dollar for dollar; yea, tor trMtt o( TreMary som, the goTernment every dollar oi .treasury sow, mt goTcraiucuk would have to secure the payment thereof, 1U in trinsic value In cotton. The government could hold this cotton as long aa It tbougnt proper, lor Tu.inn nntAa would not dra interest: it could force the price to twenty cents per pound, for cotton is now sailing iur )wij-iv " "Why Is IbUT. for the simple reaon mat un - . . . ... less they get It at some price, their manufactures :n k. .tnnrut& nnrtion of the New England wui tra do eolation be thrown out of employment, and bar dense population oe wiiuou mou wu viuuuug. She manufactures only 800,000 bales in twelve month, wnai wui Angiana ao, woo manufactures over three milliona of bales annual ly I What will Prance do T I do not propose a nt tha mtioa bv the government as a aeUled policy, but only as necessity may require it, and this Ss the time when I think it should be done. If the crop of ooUon is worth two hundred millions of dollar, at ten centa per pounu, me government could hold it and force It to twenty cents, that price would secure four hundred mil lions a nett profit of two hundred millions of dollars, with which to pay tbe expenses of the war, and which, If not made by the government, would be made by speculator and capitalists. Tbe government, when it did sell, could sell the cotkra for gold or it equivalent, and thus every dollar of her Treasury notes be redeemed with specie so soon aa the cotton was told, would be anxious to obtain them and that would give con fidence to the wbole system, and there would not be felt the want of a good circulating medium." A BONDHOLDER' ERROR COR- - ... BECTED. Ia the communication of "A Bondholder' in the last Register, it was stated that Mr. Wheeler, daring bis late visit to this place, drew from $15,000 to $50,000 on Coupon Bonds. This is a mistake, as we learn that Mr. Wheeler only drew some S400 on Cou pons attached to Bonds registered here in his own bune. , The crops in Mississippi are said to be abun dant and the wwathar favorable for gathering. RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY, TI1E EXTREME OF THE FARCICAL. j . Of all the burlesques upon government ever played off, that of the State (!) whose Capital is the Ohio-Yankee town of Wheeling, takes the lead. This Government claims to be the real simon-pure Government of the State of Virginis, Richmond being a rebel town, and all who have given in their adherence to the the Southern Confederacy arch traitors to tho United States Government as well as the Government (!) at Wheeling. This Govern ment at Wheeling is playing at Government with all the parts east. One man plays Gov ernor, another Treasurer, a third Auditor, a fourth SeoreUry of the Commonwealth (!), &o., Ae. vNow, when it is remembered that Wheeling is a place inhabited by that worst of all eoneievsble classes of population a com pound of Northwestern Virginians, Yankees and Ohioans, and that the little tier of counties whioh elaim to be the State of which Wheel ing is the Capital are little better than half civilised, we think it will be admitted that no spectacle more ludicrous was ever pre- scnted on the politioal stage than the one which we behold in the Government!!) at Wheeling. The following gives an account of some of the late doing of the Government (!!) at Wheeling : - THE WHEELING STATE GOVERNMENT TRYING TO RAISE THE WINU-flKK-PONTS UNBLUSHING IMPUDENCE. . "We copy the following from the Winchester 1rffiniaH, of the 8 lb I nsUn t : By the following documents which have come In ntir hand, it will annear that the obscure per son who ia playing Goternor at Wheeling, as a bo; plays captain on a scnooi piay-grouna. ami the men who call themaelvea Auditor, &o., Presi dent of ConTention, Ac., are wanting a little more money that which they stole from the Bank at Weston, and the few thousands which Abraham sent tbem. having been used up. Tbe circulars halnm vm unt to the Sheriff of Moreen county. The 11 rat advises him to take on the Wheeling la bel, aa follows : CoMUoawxaxTH of Vibqikii, Exactrrrva D epaktm ent. Wheeling, June 29th, 1861. To Ut Sheriff of Morgan Vbunty: Sir I have the honor to anoea copy of the oath of affirmation, which by an Ordinance of the Convention assembled at Wheeling, on the 11th' of June, 1861, ia required to betaken by all affirttra nnv in the service of the State, or of any county, city, or town thereof, hereafter to be elec ted or appointed tor sucn service. You will please return "to this Department, within three day after you receive this commun ication, a certificate of soma proper officer that you have du!y taken tbe said oath or affirma tion. 1 havo the honor to be, , Your obedient servant, " " F. H. Pi aarosr, Governor.. By the Governor : . L. A, Uaffaus, Secy Com'th. State: or Virginia,- .County, ss: RjfnM tW in WriSAr & Justice of the Peace for tbe county aforesaid, Ibis day, in my said couuty, came and took and subscribed the following: I, -.solemnly that I will sup port the Constitution of tbe United States, and the laws made in pursuance thereof, as the su preme law ot the land, anything in the Constitu tion and laws of the Sute of Virginia, or in the Ordinances of tbe Convention which assembled at Richmond on the 1 3th day of February 1861, to the contrary notwithstanding: And that I will uphold and defend the Government of Vir ginia as vindicated and restored by tbe Conven tion which assembled at Wheeling on the 11th davofJune, 1861. Given under my band this day of 1 186. ,J. P. The second circular bids him bring in h "bal ance. It read tnos : Th Commonwealth or ViaaiNtA, Acditob's OrricK, Wheeling, June 29th, 1861 2b the Sheriff of Morgan County , Y a. : Sir I b g leave to direct your particular at tention to tbe fifth section of the "ordinance rela ting to the receipts and disbursements of tho pub lie revenue, and providing for tbe appointment of an Auditor, Treasurer, and Secretary of tbe Commonwealth." . Tbe Governor, pursuant to law, having appoin ted tbe Undersigned aa Auditor and Samuel P. Uildreth, Esq , a Treasurer, to fill temporarily the vacancies heretofore existing in those offices, we are now prepared to adjust your accounts and receive the balance due the State. I send you a copy of the Ordinance above nam ed, also a copy of an "Ordinance relative to the collection of the revenue." :. Trusting to hear from you at an early dato ron ;he matters herein specified, I remain, , .Respectfully, yours, 1 N WitKiKsoN. Auditor. The ordinances above named, were duly sent and stated. These document, as we have said, were sent to the Sheriff of Morgan county; but that gentle man ratber thinks that he will not comply ! Francis H. wilt have to try somewhere else for nis market money. Ther wilt aid in convicting Francis and his fel low tones ox tne treason wmcu iubj n m5i mA . ihair farce into a traced v. There is an- other day coming even for Wheeling. VVe do not intena to'part wwn one ioo i v. rill of water, in our entire territory., Tbe only thing we intend to part with are Francis- ml such as be. They will have to run or oscillate. YANKEE LYING. A Yankee acoount of the sffair at Chick amicomieo ssys that Col. Bartow was killed in the enMgement; Col. Bartow, it is well known, was killed at Manassas. MAUTACTTjas. The manufactures of Fred ericksburg for the war, in the wy ef cotUius, woolens.- erne and canister, harness, leather, swords, sabres, ahoea'. clothing, etc., etc have been greater, aocordisg to the Herald, than those of anv nlaoa of the same size In the on federate Slates. Another want is now Teiig supplied by Mr. Clarke, at hi factory, who has l rl famished about five hundred noepitai oea steads, beside about three hundred camp bedsteads, for the camp contiguous. ' A rfew York paper states that over ten thou- and bale of cotton ar now lying at Apaiacoico la, Florida, and hints that Butler's expedition may be soon beard of in that locality. MORNING, OCTOBER '28, THE NEWS, IN BRIEF. . General Twiggs, !n command of ' tie Confede rate force In Louisiana, has resigned, wishing to retire from the active duties of the army. Gen. Mansfield . Lovell has been appointed to succeed him, . ; ' ''';' -j " The Louisville Journal baa moved fver te Jef fersonvillc, Indiana, where it should have been Dublished Ion? since. It ia to be honied that it will stay there, and never again curse Kentucky I wiuj am uepuiprtuuB IUUUUIIVQ. i ) .. - . ' ' ' Gen. Hardee ha made a requieilion upon the military board of ArkansasVor four j regiments This wiU make nine new regiments to be furnish ed by Arkansas. -K "A Chicago paper says that the bill of the Adams Express Company against Lincoln's government, per Gen. Fremont, for the transprfra.ion of guns, ammunition, etc., since the great "Pathfitider" took command at St. Louis, will amount to $300, 000. . . j "'. - It is reported that Col. Doniphan, of' Missouri, whose name is linked with brilliant achievement in the Mexican war, has joined the Confederates in Missouri. If this' be true, wehave made a val uable acquisition to our cause. ; . Fob the Kkqistkr. NORTH CAROLUJACOUPONS. Mb. Editob : By way of increasing our means to carry on the War, let every one holding Cou pons, instead of presenting tbem" at the Sute Treasury for payment in Bank notes, pay them out as money, and nil band, Ly general consent, take thtin and pas thenl in payment of debts. There , are some Coupons of $C, -$15 and $30, very convenient for payme deDW, ana tuey are handsome and lasting much better than the coarse, ugly shinplasters in circulation. Why not circu late coupons? KALEIGH. , FROM THE WEST. I Nashtillk. Oct. 14 Passengers by today's trains report that large additions have boon made to Lincoln's forces in Kentucky. j . Tbe Louisville Courier was issued at Bowling Green to day. It says that Gen. Rousseau wilh 5,000 men and 8 pieces of artillery occupied Nolin Bridge, wnlcn is 18 miles irom aiungiora- ville.on the 10th inrt. The Conner also learns that large forces are concentrating at Lexington, Ky., in view of a speedy advance on Zeigler's forces. A division of Sherman's forces is at Lwiaville, actively on gaged in pushing forward bis forces, i Tnere appears to oe mucn eninusiasoi at toe North in reeard to Kentucky, and it is the gen eral determination to make her the battle-ground. Sherman' column is reinforced by one or two regiments from tbe North daily. Sherman ksued an order at Louisville, of the 9th inst. in which he rays that the c jiefe, in the different departments of his military department are directed to make estimates at once for funds adequate to supplying an army of 60,000 men. A dupatch irom wenerson vixy, aaiea me 8th last, savs that Col. Mathews had telegraphed to Gov. Gamble from Herman, saying that be was compelled to surrender h's camp, with 400 men with three cannon, to a superior force. Union men from Lexington, Mo., j deny that there has been any session of the Missouri Leg islature recent'y held there. , Fremont left Jefferson City on the tth insl., In Dursuitof Price. It i reported that he expected to concentrate at Sedalia not l&s than 35,000 men and 100 pieces of cannon. Geri. Price, it is reported, has directed his course to the. South. ; LATEST FROM EUROPE. Fatbxb Point, Oct. 8. The steamer Norwe- gian has arrived. She left Liverpool on the 26th, ... . i l j i r t :... . ami Dnngs teiegrapu uiua irom uiirw jiuui,, Ajondonaerry, to tne iuj. ot oepijuJur. . Tho T.rii PnHif.Afrei. but Enclish iournals reassert, that France and Spain iii tend to interfere In the affairs of Mexico. i Tbe London Times says Ike intervention is with the full concurrence of the American . Gov ernment. . j . The issue of notices for tbe adoption of short time in working hours in the Lancaster Mills ia becoming more general. Under these- circum stances, spinners and manufacturers, are showing an increased conuaenco. anu avsiain irum rw ing their goods on the market uniil prices rise in propcTlion to me vaiue vi iu raw ti artiola In tha 1 voruton Jftme attrib- ..w ... utes tbe continued decline in the funds to the feeling aad disquiet of the prospects of tbe opera tives in Manchester the coming winter, under the influence which the partial suspension of-the cot ton trade will have have upon their revenues. : London funds continued to droop under con siderable realizations. Consols declined one fourth. On the 25th, the discount market show- ed increasing ease. The general rates showed 3 . . - -1 t . 1 . . A3 per cent., oat cnoice Dim imugu - . - l LlViaPOOL, Sept. 26. The sales of cotton at Liverpoal for three days ending Wednesday, mora rs ooo bales. The market has been excited, prices Jd. higher than on Friday. The sales to speculators and exporters were 48,600 bales. The mrketciosea wimu ujjwbi kuuvuvj.. en.. ..iMntrnm Munr.hester were favorable. and prices for all goods wore slightly higher, though sales were smau. t Tonmnr Snnt 27. ( Bu TeUdranh to Lon- domkrry.)-Salee of cotton to-day esumated at 20,- 000 bales, xnemarne ww uuujr" ;o"uo; price. The stock is estimated at .i 751,000, of Wbtcn 443,UUU woro aui ivbu. . i . Manrheater advices continue favorable, and prices still tending upwards." , (. ? .i SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL s! CONVEN . . - - - nun. i Macck, Ga-, Oct 14. About 400 delegates are fim nina NlttM. -I Mr. A. O. Andrew, of Charleston, S. C, was elected permanent President oi tne tonvention, a irx..M u IT Manrv. of Ye.: W. A. Berrv. .w n.n M T,mar. of Ot.: D. Hubbard, of m. . n It Rmmr. of Miss.: J B. De Bow. of La; Samuel Tate, of Tenn.; and J. T. Myrick, of x la., were eiecieu y x t Tbe meeting was very harmonious, but no bu siness was transacted except the organization. The Cotton Planters' Convention will meet here to-morrow, (Tuesday,) and they will be invi ted to take seats in the Con vention. .. second dispatch. Macon, Oct. 15- The Cotton i Planters' and Commercial Conventions to-day merged into one. The Committee on , Commerce and Finance submitted resolutions recommending a modifica tion of the sequestration act, which was laid on the table until te-morrow; also, a resolution re commending insurance companies to lake risks on cotton stored in interior towns and oo plantations, which was adopted unanimously, j : A resolution declaring the proposed issue of Treasury notes and the present bank note curren cy under tbe resolutions of the bank to advance to planters, will furnish an adequate circulation for the country. To this resolution sundry amend ments and substitutes were proposed, looking to a Government advance on produce, in Treasury notea and bond, which are now subjects of in teresting discussion by numerous peaker.- The Convention adjourned until to-night. Dis cussion pending. - .. ., . ' j 1861. TO THE YOTERS OF THE FIFTH CON GRESSIONAL DISTRICT, COJHl-OSisu OF THE COUNTIES OF ORANGE, .WAKE, GKANVI1XE, FKANKXIN, WARREN ANO NASH. -J -' Want of time will prevent my speaking so to be heard by tha voters of the whole District. I therefore take this means of communicating with yoi. -v Much pain is taken and . great efforts made to make the election for Congress turn upon my course in IheXeglslature. To that I have no ob- jecUon, when ny votes ,-' are ; fairly ; understood . 1st.: I am charged with .; voting against, the Stay Law. 2nd." Against' arming the State. 3rd. Against returning thanks to Gov. Ellis for taking the Forts. 4th.- Veting against Mr. ; : BledscVs resolution declaring North Carolina would pay no portion of the debt which Lincoln's Govern ment was incurring by this war. 5th. Voting azainst Convention. - 6th. Voting for and introdtt cing a refcoluiion declaring it r the duty of thej President to collect duties in an tne ports. I plead guilty and justification. ' .'J 4 ' I could - not vote for the Stay Law, because I thought it unconstitutional ; because it closes the Courts of Justioey aad ties down the strong arm of the law, which should be upraised to defend the virtuous and the weak against the vicious and tbe strtmg. 1 know a citizen wnose norse nas Dees taken from him violently, witnoui allowing ioi the continuance of his cause bj the CourL Four years must. elapse bef ire he can recover bis horse, or damage for bis seizure and detention. A law staying executions 1 could favor, but not such a one as this. i . i-.. 1 To the second count in the indictment I say, the bill appropriating $300,000 for arming the Sute was voted pn on tne" 19th day ot December, 1860. I could see no reason for arming the Sute at the call of those who. said "secession would be peaceable." At that time the people of theSUte were decidedly against Secession. Only a few, such as Clingmaa, Venable and Avery were cla morous for it. i r Col. Ransom's regiment of Cavalry will have cost more than that amount before be gets to tbe seat of war Most of those who advocated . tne Bill were not in earnest. An amendment was of fered appropriating two millionsand authorising tbe Governor to draw upon the Treasurer for any further amount necessary to arm the State this was offered by one who was classed as a union mem ber. Tbe secede or precipitators, with a few ex ceptions voted it down. ! If the friends of tbe Bill - i .i . t ii . . c anticipated war, wnat can equal me louy oi au appropriation insufficient to equip one regiment. Third count Thanks to the Governor, Col. Leighcraft and Capt. Pender, with J- thirty-Six Carteret county militia, took Fort Macon before Governor Ellis gave the order. I stated upon de bate upon the resolution, that I might vote thanks to the militia of Carteret, to whom it , was due: but I would not do thorn the injustice of render-, ing thanks to the Governor, when it was due to humble citizens. If Col. Leighcraft and Capt. Pender had been invested with power to appoiat all officers in the army and distribute to office holders the vast amount of money we daily spend, I am inclined to the opinion that they would have been thanked for taking the Fort instead of the Governor. . , . ,, - :- . Fourth Count Voting against Mr, Bledsoe's resolution declaring we would notpay any of the debt incurred by Lincoln's Government in pros ecuting the war. This voU was given at tbe Ex tra Session. Tbe battle of Fort Sumter bad been fought. I had been for some time in Fort Ma con, gun in hand, watching and waiting for old Abe to come and repossess himself of the Fort, as be said be would do. The whole! South wero marshalling their forces for the fizht. , The idea of bravely resolving that we would not pay .'the enemy's expenses was so ridiculous that I could but laugh, ar.d vote against it. ! Fifth Count Convention. I voted for Conven tion nn the first rea'ding of the bill. ; Mr. "Worth offered an amendment that the Convention should not be perpetual, but ; sit for two 1 years .only. This was voted down mainly by tbe precipitators. Mr. Outlaw offered an amendment that the Con vention shrnld submit its acta to to the people for their ratification at the polls. This waa rejected by the PrecipiUlors. I ottered an amendment that those voting for Convention ! should have written on their tickets "Convention and Disun ion," and those voting no' Convention should say "No Convention and Union." . This would have Informed tbe people what the Convention design ed doing. My amendment was voieo. aown. j. then voted against the Convention Bill. When an old Government is tp be destroyed, or a new governmentset up, I think the people' should be consulted at the polls, i r j - Sixth Count Declaring itlhe duty of the Pres ident of the United States to collect duties in all the port. Remember, South Carolina had not then seceded. Buchanan was President. South Carolina had allowed him to collect duties in Charleston for three year" South 1 Carolina had voted to make Charleston a port of entry. I shall support President Davis and Vice-President Stephens for re-election as President- and Vice-President of the . Confederacy. I am for prosecutibg thii war to a successful issue, if it takes tbe last man and the last dollar we have. I wish to see more of the speech-making warriors and disunion heroes of last winter ia the fight. . I am charged with opposing secession, and remain, ing too long in the old Union. - That i the best evidence of qualities which are necessary to make a good and loyal citizen of the Southern Confedr eracy. - ''-''" !it-';v;;Vi I will be opposed to the doctrine of, secession in tha Southern Confederacy whenever any State shall itnmnt to nut it in practice. I will oppose the secesson of the counties of .New Hanoyer, Colum bus and Bladen, as nowproposea Dy tne w iimmg tnn Journal. That editor says "be is in earnest about it," and he calls on the Sheriffs of th e three Counties to open polls in November, and. vote to separate from North Carolina and put themselves under the protection of South': Carolina. I look a nronosltion as subversive of eood gov ernment, social order and civil liberty, and if it be attempted, IshallsupporiGovernor Clark in using entueh of salutary coercion to keep those counties true to xtortn uarouoa. , iu w" u"s m mnA the (ountv of New Hanover1 pay nearly nna-twentieth part of the taxes of the; State, The tnmn nt Wilmington was foremost in the present enterprise of peaceable secession. - She should get through tne nrst act oi secession aeioro sua uiw the curUin and prepare to entertain! us with the With these remarks, I await the verdict of the people, to be renderel at the polls ep - vyeoneBaay the 6th of JNovemDer. : . . Very respectfuly, - . - - , . , JOSI AH TURNER, JR. THE RECENT ENGAGEMENT. AT THE MOUTIiOF THE MISSISSIPPI.; - I ; Naw Okliahs, Oct 14 The Federal steamers Richmond and Vincennes have got ff the Pre ble is miBsing, ard was sunk ; the Water Witch hi r with diBrAtchee.i sisao stiw gwa vi f " " " J w t The Niagara had left before the action.. The river is clear. - :.' -'vt.'' IMPORTANT IF TRUE. i. RlCflMOUD, Oct 15. A report i in circulation here, on the authority - tn. arrlvml from Baltimore, that .k. i-7.-. nf that oitv. nnblished os Saturday mo VV v v j r i " morning last a dispatch stating that General Price Jiad obtained a victory over x reiuuut m y" recently fought ia siissouri. , NO 42 PRESENTATION OF A HORE TO COL. .frivj RANSOM. yjV'r 4 -, :: We publish by request the following correpon dence between Mr. J, G.t Yancey, on behalf of a portion of the citizens of Warren ' county, and CoL Ransom, . on "'. thes occaaion of .the .presen Ution of a fine horse to the latter by the former : . Wabes nton, N, C Oct 9th, 1961. Cor- RoT. Rakbom : Pear Sir A portion of the citizens1 of your native county Warren, being desirous thai you should be well mounted, have thought proper, perhaps 'unknown to you, to enfrust me to purchase aj, fine Horse, and pre- sent to you, at a small memento of the confidence and regard you have In their bosoms. ' , , ; ? Allow me now, through thia note, in their be half, to present to you the finesfe animal that I could purchase in North Carolina. "' Hoping he jnay bew you afe to tViumphnt victory. Z 1 remain, Very truly, - :i .3 : ,s - - ,, Your friend, ; -. . " ! 1 J. G. YANCEY. i . i': vllJ , . ,?!..... ". ? Camp BKAtraaoAaD, Oct9ih,186l. Ma. iwo. G. v Yaxcet : Dear .Sir : Your kind favor of to-day, notifying me of the pre sentf rom a portion of my j fallow .; county-men of Warren, has tfeen duly'received. ' ' i i Shortly after it was handed me, I ;had an op portunity to publicly thank the gon'erous donors for the splendid stud I then rode. I can but re peat to you my grateful thanks for their kind ap- .1 ( A nr 1 mnA. tr auilPA - V fill . uii that mv earnest efforts shall be exerted to deserve whatever of both they may extend to mi With great Respect, Yours very truly, -R. RANSOM, JR., Col. of Cavalry, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS OF CONTRIBU- If ' . TIONS. .. . ' Mr. Isaac Oettinger, tenj pair .of socks and six pair or drawers; Mrs G. H. Wilder, three pair of socks i Mrs. Grausman, six pair sock and six shirts'; Mrs. L;M. Brownj, one blanket and two pair of socks; Mrs. W. B. Chamblee, two pair socks and two blankets ; Mi$s H. O. Chamblee, two pair socks; Mrs. Alfred Moring, two blankets and two pair of 90cks ; Mrs. Daniel W. Courts, three blankets and four pair ofj socks ; Mrs. Ijucinda Creech, two blankets and three pair'socks, and one pair of drawers ; Mrs. Jordan Womble, it., three pair socks, one of drawers land one blanket ; Mrs. C. B. Harrison, six pair of socks and ' two net shirts; Mrs. Scheib, eight pair of socks; Miss Marv C. Christophers, four pair of aocks ; Mrs. G. T. Cook, five blankets, five pair socks and two pair drawers; Mrs. Ai MV Lewis, four pair of socks ; Mrs. Weeley Jonoi, two blanket and one pair of socks ; Mies Rachel P. Jones, two pair of socks; Mrs. N. J. WhiUker, sit pair socks ; 'n. W H Mrmtntrnfl. sir blankets and six pair of socks; Miss Bertha Nichols, one .blanket; Mrs Michael Whitley, eight pounds 01 soap auu tureo pair socks ; Mrs. Clara J. Ray, nine pair of socks ; TnVin W llarn - aiorht nair of socks : Mrs. Nick Jeffreys,two blankets and three pair of socks ; Mrs. J. J. JNoweiijOneoiannei; jura, unvm xxiu ton seven blankets and twenty seven pair of socks. SHERIFF JIIGH.. JOHN MAUNDER'S RALEIGH, N. C w Mondments, Tombs, Headstones. Marble Mantels and Furalture. r : TTORKl FURNISHED AND PUT UP. ' Desitrns furnished for Monuments if rsquired. . s-Orders by iuail punetaally attended to. r naAktd and Warranted. - t ' " mar 18 wl 1 . WIVES AND. CHIbWUEN, Of XlSJa u att eras CAPTLVES. Under a resolu tion of the Oeaeral Assembly, it is made my duty to pay the wives of th6 officers and men captured at Hatteras, one-half of their pay, and when there Is no wife, then to the guardian jot th children. It will be necessary for the respective v!ves to procure a certiacate irom tnerx 01 too uouui vr ouw .a a thsxir irtewntUv aM tHck. uDon the BrodaoUoa of whi:h to Ma). A. M. Lewis, Paymaster either tn neraon or throueh an aeent, autnoruea in writing, m money will be paid.. --4' w"'' . It will be an act of kindness if their friends in the different counties in the east will aid these good ladies in fixing up their certineates ana btu mom pre sented as above. By order of T. ' - ' '' ! - Adit. General. Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 1, 1861 oct S-wlm 1 GEORGE I. WILD. ' , WARRENTOil, N. C. . ' R ESPECTFULI-Y OFFERS HIS SER vrrES t tha aitiuna of Raleich and vicinity. as a TUNER AND REPAIRER of : V. wherein ten Tears experience enables him. to raaran- tee perfect satisfaction. - AU communications address. ed to him t warren ton wui, recetva prompt " . a j t e n V XT. n 1 tteters to itev. Aiaert umwuiun jrruit . . -et vr.i-v'. nniiamJ mnA Mr. W. J. Palmer- Principal of the Deaf and Dumb and Blind Institute, . . . nri - 3 Tl - n RaleiKb; K. K. farnam, j. wucox un - C. H. Kehr, Warrenton; J. IL MUls, Oxford, H. C. - janlft wtf u ") ' " " :"'' ' STATE OF NORTH CAKOLINA, JOHN STON Conntv Court of Pleas and Quarter Ses sions, August Term, A. D., J86l.--r-,.;v'.i,,-",,-' , Joanna Rhodes John Evan and wife Caroline, : Joseph E. Rhodes, and others. . - . j K- 'Petition for Dower. ' It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that John Evans and wife Caroline, aad Bridgera-Prioe and William IL Webb, defendants in this cause, reside be-." yond the limits of this fcSUte, it is, therefor, oa mo tion, ordered that publication be made for six sucoei Sive weeks, In the Raleigh Register, noUfying the above named defendants to appear at the next term of this Court, to be held for the county of Johnston, at Court Hoase in Smithfleld, on the fourth Monday in November next, then and there to .how caase, if any they have, why the prayer Of the petitioner shall Sot ;be granted. " ' : v" .:' "! 1 ' " Witness, Thomas D. Saead, Clerk of the saidTSoart, at effioe, the fourth Monday in August, A. D 186L -- oct 9 wow .v : TH0S. D. SNEAD, C CC. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, JOHN STON County Court cf Pleas and Quarter Ses siens, Angnst Term, A D., 180L ; "';f J A. J, K. Rhodes, Joseph, Rhodes, and others,. rt. , :, 'John Brans.and wife Carolina. ,1', ; ' : Petition for Partition of Land. c It appearing to the satisfaction of the Conrt that John Evans and; wife Caroline, defendants, in tbe above entitled cause, reside, beyond tha Unfits of this State, it is,' therefor, en motion, ordered that publica tion be made in the Raleigh Register, for six sncees ire weeks, notifying the said defendants to appear at the next term of this Coart, to be held for the County of Johnston, at the Court Hens in Smitafisld, oa the fourth Monday in. November aext, then and lhre -to snow cans, i any thay hav, why the prayer ot the petitioners shall not he granted. ? , ; 'i i Witness, Thomas D. Snead, Clark f ear said Court, at office, the fourth Monday In August, A. Dt, 1S61. et9-w6w. :; ; D. ENEAD, CC. WW J .-? I Cociederau porpoeee. I h 4 : : i