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i ....... i r changd ; but least of all that change hlch the hypocrisy and malignity of abolitionism, at home and abroad; wish to force upon them. ' We ask the British press abroad, and the . Aboli tion press at home! to'-feel and ac knowledge the rebuke which the slaves themselves have administered to affect ed benevolence and philanthropy of these fanatics. Not a single slave in V irginia could be Ifound who would raljy round their standard at Harper's Ferry, when Browij and his company had undisputed possession of the Uni ted States Arsenal. This noble ex- hibation ot ndclity on the part ot the slajres is grateful and honorable to the country. It will fasten more strong ly .-the relative-ties jwhich bind togeth er the interest of the master and the blafe, and it furnishes an indignant refutation of the base slanders which barn hpfln so r.rnfuKfdv lavished unon . ....... r. j -i the slave population of the South. i : : ; CotKPpouibiive of the Raleigh lU-xirtrr. A Vote for Speaker The Democrats - Betray the 8outh-4The Cloven Foot of Disunxon The Dutjfof Patriots. t Wiington j Pec. 17, jl 859. The ballot for Speaker yesterday stripped the flimsy jveil of deceit and hypocrisy from thejDeraecratic party in die-House of Representatives. Ev cr 'nce this Congrs convened, the Democratic members have not ceased to make the land rng with cries of danger to the confederacy, if the 'Black Republicans' were jiot overthrown. The have pronounced the defeat of that party the one great issue he fore, ikcountry, before which all others should sink n nd be forgotten. And ther have called upon all other partiesi . day after day, to "lay aside all past differences and rally as one man m opposition to the Republican party Thii course, the Democrats contended, was) the last hope of the Union. These appeals j.f the Democrats Southern Opposition members of Con gress.. And word of flattery, and words of Earning have been alternate ly addressed to thd sensibilities of the Oppositionists to induce them to aban don f their orcrankatibn and ioin the Democracy. The fanperitivc duty of all patriots, the Democrats said, was to defeat John Sherman, the Black iiepiuDiican canuiaate ior peaicer. It was treason to the South to refuse. I vwaa astonishing to mark the chance tlmt seemed to have come o- verihe judgments of these Democrats The Southern Oppositionists were told thatthey were considered sound on the slavery question (Pi The Democrats were pleased io add that they thought the Southern Opositionists as loyal as themselves to .Southern institutions (I) This was wonderful condescension on the part of the Democrats. It was very different indeed from their vio lentabusc and misrepresentation of the, Pjrposition, on the stump during the canvass, when faithlessness to the fiouth was among the least of crimes charged by the Democrats, upon the Opposition. j Ybur correspondent cannot say that the Southern: Opposition members were wucfc relieved and elated by the patrpnxsxnq airs oi s tne oimon pure IJIIllUa J hllQ WUUHJi VVI bull! JV is, that they doubted the absolute sin cerity of the new-born friendship of the Democrats, and demanded the clearest ' proof that the Democrats themselves" were true to the South prontise to support them. "When Gov , ernof McRae, of Mississippi, was urg ing the. Southern Oppositionists to go over jto Mr. .'Bocock, the Democratic " candidate for Speaker, and was en- L'j r-tl . ' r a. i' i a. Tv respansiDie jor noi neiping me uemo cratsj defeat John Sherman, Mr. Eth eridgje, of Tennessee, asked the hon orable gentleman from Mississippi to explaan Iiow the Southern Opposition vote ould elect Mr. Bocock? Mr. R. liatd nfiverirot theientire Democrat ic vot. Mr. Davis, of Indiana, (dem.) had not voted for him. Mr. Pugh, of Alabama, would not vote for him. Mr. Bocodk could no vote for himself. any ballot over 88 votes. The entire opposition vote was inly 23; so that , if every Opposition vote should be giv en to Mr. Ilocock. he would onlv have 111 votes, which would leave him 8 vo,tes to obtain, in a full House, to se cure tyis election. These additional votes for Mr. Bococlc could no where be Iiau. Jlis election was therefore impossible. I ' ' - t4But," aeked Mr. Etheridge in con- John A. Gilmer, shal receive enough votes, bo that with the Democratic vote ot the House added to him, he can be elected Speak cj; will the Dem ocrats gire him- their votes?" Mr. Ethcriilgc was particular to add, for the information of the whole House, that Mr. Gilmer;was ot only a South ern "tnan, but af slavctholder, owning nearly j one htiridred! negroes. Mr. McRae, of Mississippi, still on the floor, declined answering this question; but said,' "when Mr. Gilmer shall get such Additional votes,tf Am it will be time to ask Democrat of the House t. vote for and elect him.". Well, 3csterday, thle test was an- iieHd the Ucmocrats. 31r. Gilmer did get the accession pf vote's, nthe Democrats put themselves on the re cord against Aim, thereby refusing to beat the "Black Republican" nominee when they had the opportunity and the poer to do it ! On the first bal lot yesterday, thirteen members of vxmgress irotn tne conservative estates of Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersev, imcluding such old Whigs as n. vvr piurria, ui x iiuaueipuia, aim Gov. Bennington, of N ew Jersey, who had not before done so, did vote for John A Gilmer, and run his total The Democrats m tm vote up ta th irty-sir. w itttesscjd this ballot proceed. They saw these conservative? go bvef, one after -another, to this Southern candi date. And tne Democrats knew that their vote (86 on this ballot) if .thrown for Mr. Gilmer would have secured his election and theldefeat of the Black Republican candidate ;Jt would have given Mr. Gilmer! votes, to 9$ for John Sherman, thus beating the latter by 20 majority ! " and getting a major ity of 8, of the whole House ! Did the Democrats seire this oppor tunity to put a Southern man in the Chair and defeat the Republican par ty ? Did they accept this golden mo ment to .show their sincerity in declar ing that all other issues should be sunk in the. one great national necessity of defeating the Black Republicans r Did they manfully come forward land vindicate their former professions, that they regarded the Southern Opposi tionists as sound on the slavery ques tion and as loyal as themselves ta the South? " , ; ; They did no tueh thhhj. They sat like statutes as the votingprogressed. Some began to grown pale, some flush- ed with anger. As these votes were given by the Pennsylvania and New Jersey men for Gilmer, vexation and anger were depicted on every counte nance ; Sinister whispers and low mut terings were occasionally interchang ed. . Butno man of them rose from his scat and offered to vote for John A.Gilmer. Not one of them dared to sacrifice his party allegiance i for the sake of procuring the triumph of a Southern man and Southern institu tions ! f At length the voting was end ed. Tne ballots were carefully cast up. Some members who were out of the Ilall when the roll was called came in and recorded their votes. The tell ers then read off the result and the Clerk announced it to the House : Sherman 96; Bocock 86; Gilmer 36; Scattering 9. The scene was ended. The Democrats spurned the only op portunity perhaps, that will ever oc cur to beat the Republicans with a Southern man! Mr. Gilmer finding that the Democrats were determined to place mere party success above all considerations of patriotism, withdrew his name from the contest. The result of this vote has electri fied all parties at Washington. It has produced unparalleled commotion. It has stripped, as I have said, the veil of hypocrisy from the Democratic par- ty. It shows the hollowncss and in sincerity of all their appeals to other parties to sink aw other issues and help them beat the "Black Republi cans," preserve the rights of the south and save the Union. It now stands recorded that their love of the South is a sham. Their object is to save not the Union but the Democratic party to continue their hold on the Federal offices ! If thev cannot do this, they spurn all other parties, and would willingly convulse the Union by placing in power those that they claim are the worst enemies of the Re public !: In fact, since the damning record of yesterday was entered up, establishing the purpose of the Dem ocrats to trample on the dearest in terests of the South Itself they cannot secure the success of their party ndm ivee, the Democratic members are freely throwing off the mask they have been wearing and boldly avowing that they would as soon have John Sher man elected Speaker as Jonx A. Gilmer ! And Crawford, of Geor gians reported to say that he prefers Sherman's election, as thereby his disunion scheme will be promoted.) r What can the patriots of the. South, and of the Nation, think of Democrats in the House after these astounding revelations? That it was not by ac cident, but by design, that the Demo crats failed to defeat John Sherman by electing John A. Gilmer for Speak er, is sufficiently clear from the en closed extract from a leading editori al in one of the Democratic organs of the House in this city. I he States and Union says : "John Sherman now requires but four votes in fact only three if he should be his own choice. Can he get them ? The chances favor him Before the House adjourns to-day he may. be. chosen, i The Democratic members can con sole themseives with the reflection rif anything can console such true-heart ed patriots, in view of the triumph of Sewardism and Helperism that they have not sotted their hands with Know Nothing ism. Wo have advocated from the first the election of Mr. Bocock. We de sired a Speaker who, in the possible event of his translation to the 1 resi dential chair, would be occeptablc to the country-for his practiced and ster ling virtue. Ve are free to declare t h a t, u n der w o eirc u m sta nees wh aterer. would ice have ever advocated the elec? tion of a Know Nothing as the presid- mq omcer or trie nouse. fsn tne con trary, "we should have resisted such., purpose, if it had been entertained, wan all tne energy ice , coma com mand. What ! an expiring faction, utterly hostile to the spirit of the Constitution, to be revived through the instrumen tality of the Democracy that very Democracy which it had, through hid den lodges and mystical contrivances, endeavored to stab to the very heart ! Never t never.' Now, what will the Opposition par ty of the South, and what will all truly patriotic Democrats say of these sur prising facts? Is this the way to Vw'njfc all other issue for the defeat of the Black Jtepublicans" ? Is it the way to secure a united south r Is this the way to ."allay all past differences" to save the Union and the Constitution from their present peril ? Let tho pataiotic masses of the South decide on yesterday's terrible record made bv the JJemocrats against themselves I GASTON. VcS" A tiro in New Orleans last week destroyed the watch and jewelry es tablishment of Hyde & Goodrichr-esti-mated losa $100,000. The house was the largest of the kind in the South : Organization of the Home of Represen tatives Who, and What Party is re - sponsible 1 ' If the editorials and correspondence of some of the democratic papers are to be believed, then the American Whigs are responsible for the House not being organized by the election of Speaker. Is this so? We-assert that it is not, but that it is untrue, as those ed itors know, br ought tofknow, if they have kept up with the proceedings, the votes and the admitted facts, as brought out in the debate in the House of Representatives. We have received a letter from our Representative, the Hon. J. M. Leach, dated 14th December, in which he states what we arc sure is true, and which facts, he Eays, cannot be de nied, and shall not be misrepresented, without the exposure of those who at tempt thus, by misstatement, to de ceive and mislead the people, lip says there are two Democrats absent on account of sickness, and one other, Mr. Brown, of Kentucky, will not take his .seat until next June, as he is too young to be constitutionally eligi ble, until that time ; and that sup- posing the vvhigs withdraw .tneirnom- mee, ana mat tne nominees oi ine Black Republicans and of the Demo crats do not vote, there would still be present and voting j232, necessary to a choice 117. The highest vote Mr. liocock received is o ; supposing Pugh, of Alabama, should vote for him, 89 ; add to this the Whigs, 23, and all told, it foots up only 112 votes We would thus fall short of an elec tion by five votes, and yet the false statement is made and kept up, that if the Whigs would all go to the Dem ocratic nominee, he could be elected I This is not so, it is false ! It must also be remembered that the anti-Lecompton Democrats have not voted for Bocock, and they say thev xoill not. but will sooner eo for Sherman. One of them, Gen. Leach says, has already voted for Sherman; and one other, (Hickman of Pennsyl vania,) has introduced a resolution in favor of the plurality rule, and anoth er (Hoskin, of New York,) has declar ed he will never vote for the Demo cratic nominee, and in a speech has indicated a. purpose of going for the plurality rule, and also for bhcrraan, if necessaey. Again, Gen. Leach says, (and h cites the proceedings of Congress to prove it,) . that Mr. "Etheridge, Whig member from Tennessee, all along re garded so hostile to the Democratic party, that he would not, under any circumstances support its nominee, declared his readiness (nothwithstand ing the abuse its leaders had heaped upon him,) to support Mr. Bocock, or any other man the party might name, if he could be assured by any gentle man that by so doing enough anti-Le- compton votes could be obtained to effect an election. He went, further and pledged all of the Whigs or South ern Opposition. l He then asked, if Mr. Gilmer coult get enough of the anti-Lecompton democrats, ajuieu to nis own party friends, (and Mr. E, expressed his firm belief that he could,) to elect him with the aid of all the Democrat ic party proper, whether in order to beat Sherman, the Democracy would support Gilmer, and the response was, alas ! not affirmatively, but twenty or more of the Democratic members cried out No ! - Gen. Leach also says, in the course of his lengthy letter, that he has been ready, as well as his party, to go for a Democrat for Speaker, at any time when his and their votes will be effec tual ; and we learn that he has told leading members of that party so, a gain and again ; and he declares he would do any and every thing that was fair and honorable, to defeat the election of a Black Republican, and he believes such arc the sentiments o his party, and he knows it to be the feelino-s and determination of his col leagues. The General concludes by express ing his fears, that either the plurality rule will be iorced: upon the House, (which, however, every Whig will op pose to the last extremity) or that nough anti-Lecompton Democrats wil go over to the Black Republican nom mee,-to elect. He further says : It is well known in Washington, and openly spoken of, that if the higs vote en masse for Mr. Bocock, that the anti-Lecompton men will go over to bhcrman, or nough of thera to elect,--thrce having already virtually gone to him, while the others stand aloof and continue to throw their votes away upon each oth er; and it is confidently asserted by those who oueht to know, that enoug of them would come to Gilmer to elec him if all the Democrats would unite upon him. So that in any or cither event, Gen. Leach 6ays, the Southern Opposition, or Whigs, (as ho alwav calls them); will have done all in their power to prevent the election of Black Republican Speaker, will have shown themselves .eminently national and will stand forth, aa he confidently believes, vindicated, and their course throughout Approved and commended br all just-minded, honest-hearted and patriotic men throughout the coun try. ...'!.'. We have thus, hastily, given the substance, and in many "instances the phraseology of Gen. Leach's letter re ferred to, and it all 13 so conclusive that we deem it unnecessary to add any thing by way of commeat, .at this time, though, in all probability, we shall allude to the subject again here- atter. caaiem l'ress. Another Southern Movement. It is proposed to establish ra &i town a joint stock company for the manufacture of boots and shoes, with a view to assist the movement now go- uig uu m tuo oouiu ior coinmercia independence ef the North. Roll the ball.; Salisbury Banner n EUfiENE B. BBAKE & SOU, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. STATESVILLE, -O . FRIDAY, JAM VARY 6, I860. Our Terms. T BE "TXEDEIX XXPRESS" i pnblUhfti npon the fot- lowiOK Tnun, from which then will to no donation Subscriber therefore will govera thenuelva accordingly. 1 copy one yew, tr paid la wirnee, - ; If paid within 3 moatha, , t2; If paid within 6 avtatha, If sot paid till the end of the olwcrlptloa year. 001 Mk. E. C Fairchild, Agent for the sale of "Colon'a AUaa" and "Johnaon'a Map," is also Authorised to receive subscriptions to th IREDELL EXPRESS. Receipts sign ed by him will be acknowledged by us. gf Having laid in a largo supply of Newspaper, Flat Cp, Fancy paper of various sizes, Cards, colored Inks and other materials for executing the fin est style of printing, the Express Office is fully, prepared to tarn out work of any description in the. best style of the art, , and for, Inodcrate cost; r Bgk, The first snow of the season fell in this place on Saturday last, having a depth of about three inches. The weather was afterward very cold for several days and nights. t$ A subscriber at Laurens Court- House S C, is informed that the Ex press has been regularly mailed to his address. We can but regret that he did not receive it. Wo have mailed him the missing numbers as for as we had them. Ifcay We acknowledge receipt of a bottle of very superior blackberry cor dial, as a Christmas presout from the Misses M'Laughlin,, of this county. We tendcrthe fair donors thanks for their kind remembrance of us, and wish them many returns of a happy New Year. The Map and Atlas. Have you subscribed for the Map and Atlas ta Mr! Fairchild f If vou have not, and do not, tho loss to you wtll be great. They are the great works of the Age, and those who have bought them, are well pleased. John A. Copeland, one of the free negroes who was hung at Charles- town, Va., according to his own confes Inn wns hnrn 5n Pnlr?rV A n cm af 1 f lPo. And Fred Douglas was once the slave of the late Gov. Dndlev. of Wil mington, N. C, from whom hoabscon ded in a vessel bound for a northern port, where he received protection of tne a,oonuonisis. The negroes hereabout seemed to eiyo' themselves amazingly during the holidays, and to us appeared the happiest beings upon earth. Many came into town to sell their truck an lay out the money for such articles as pleased their sable fancy, which was no small amount. Several hundred dol lars was no doubt expended by them, in the stores of the place- What could the progeny of Brownites say to that ? Western Advocate. W e hiivo received the first issue of a new paper bearing the above titb, which has been commenced at Ashe ville,N by Henry E. Colton, Esq., a vigorous and popular writei of the Whig school. Price 2 a year. Vance and Cotton are the right sort ol men to take care of the 'Mountain.' We congratulate, the Editors of The " Greexsboro' Times" upon th improvement which thej have made in the typography and general appear ance of their literary journal, by the in troduction of several ma.ks of taste. The Southern public would act wisely to patronize thtir home papers more than the have been in the habit of do ing, ahd subscribe for the " Times" and " Iredell Express." Gen. Leach will accept of thanks for a copy of the President's Message and other public documents. We tender acknowledgements to friends in Kew Orleans, St. Louis and San Francisco for late files of papers from those cities. President's Message. Tho first side of this week's , issue having been put to press before the re ception of the message, which is long, and desiring to publish it without di viding, we will insert it entire next week. Large, Fire In Kew York. A fire occurred In Kew York on the 29th rult., which burned six large im provements on Beekman street, four on Ann street, and two on Fulton street Among- tho sufferers wcro Cyrus W. Fielo & Co., Duncan West & Co-, and Berkley & Co., paper dealers ; Ily decker, drug importer ; Endicott & Co., lithographers, Edward Black, importer of 'Musical instruments, and others. Estimated loss $800,000. Another Outbreak. . On the night of the 28th December a body; of negroes attacked the town of Bolivia, St. Genevieve county, Mou, a bout twenty miles south ' est of the Mississippi river. The ciMzens booji rallied and drove thera iat the woods haying! captured several, who were jmt in jad at fhatAace. A eompany f mounted men at once started in pursuit of the remainder- The citizens were all.afnled. - ' - Magnificent Cake Present t We i-e?eivel on-Taesday last front the Establishment of Mr S. J. I?ickert of this place a largo and exceedingly tastefully1 ornamented : Cake, which knocks the icing off any cake we ever feasted our eyes with before, , and we challenge the world for a match to it -to be sent to the Express Office be tween this time and next Christmas. We (would describe this magnificent present to most worthy Printers, if we knew how, for the information of those who! we know will rejoice at our good luck! but when we view the beauty; and sublimity of oixr Present, tho pen fails us. ,j Then, a -better- planrwould be for the public to call at Mr. Hick- ert's Establishment, where he will keep on hand and furnish for balls and bri dal parties, cakes and bijouterie ofieve- ry description to adorn a feast, which cannot be surpassed. Mr. Hickert hay ing engaged the services of a first class Baker and Confectioner from Balti more, can supply families with any ar ticle in his line at short notice, and ve ry moderate charges. p The Kogue's Mirror. Frank Leslie, a kind of Barnum in hnmbuggery, ard no better than an abolitionist in principle, publishes'in New York a weekly newspaper, in it very frequently appears illustrations of eminent scoundrels, (and among them Leslie's own picture has appeared.) In a late issue was given the hanging of Cook and Coppic at Harper's Ferry, and the thie Helper- It is somewhat interesting to notice how rascals will scheme to make money, and acting mean by the public with their vilhv nies. Helper published a book, which he knew would take at the North, be cause it traduced the Suth, and is ma king a fortune by the sale of it to silly freedom-shriekers. Leslie catches the idea that Helper's picture, wou'd suit marvellously well to appear in compa ni with Cook and Coppic swung to a gallows, and to make money gives it a place in his l rogue's n-irror" He'per, old Brown and Leslie arc a- bout on a par. Simonton Hotel. Attention is directed to the adver tisement offering this Hotel for rent. This presents a first rate oppoitunity to an enterprizing landlord who might dosiro to embrace one of the best open ings of the kind in the State. The Hotel is new, well furnished, and has a high reputation, having been wel conducted by Mrs. Vren, who retires because the duties are too arduous for her feeble health. Statesvi le is one of the promising towns in the old North State, and soon will bo the junc tion of two Railroads, one of them be increasing back-country trade. Toiler ges, ihale and female, of high grade are in the place. African Slave Trade. It must appear perfectly plain to every re flecting man, we think, who will bestow an hour's thougbt'upon the subject, that, to re open the African Slave Trade would prove the greatest evil which 'possibly could beta the eountry, except a dissolution pf the Un ion ; and if the two were to happen, which God forbid ! the South would, like a ship thrown among the breakers, go to ruin in a few years. We jvonld dread Disunion, but we would dread a re opening of the slave trade more! Re-open the slave trade, ami how long would it be ere the South would be crowded with uncivilized and untutored Afri cans in numbers sufficient to displace the white race? rendering a Southern home any thing than safe by the disparity in numbers The slaves now in the country will be sura ciently numerous with their natural increase to develop nil the slave territory that, wil ever he appropriated to the peculiar institu tion. If the U nion stand, not another slave State can ever be admitted into the Confeder acy then where could room be found forth millions of black heathen, that, in the event of a re-opening of the traffic, would be cast upon our shores by avaricious dealers. The country would soon be over run by the im ported helots, who, afterwards, would have to be exterminated as were the red-men be fore them, to make room --for the whites Besides, there would be the horrid crime of capturing and conveying a race of beings from their own country, in the most inhuman manner across wide-spreading oceans, sub jected to hardships worse than death, to be sold into bondage ! Is this right T God has planted the negro in Africa, and there let him remain there let him .be civilized and christianized, if it can be done, until he attain the status of a progressive being among his own color and upon the soil of his nativity. Those who would bring him away, would.be influenced by a hope for sordid gain, without any reference to improving his condition that might follow as a matter of chance. We believe that the proper position of the negro, when transplanted among the Cancas an race, is to yield obedience and be a slave and hence we reason that all persona of African descent now in any part of the Uni ted States, should be in servitude, and in no -wise be made equals with the whites: A "free negro," in our opinion, is the most objection able personage that can exhibit himself in a country inhabited, by whites ; he is beneath the slave in the estimation of all proper thinking people and ought to sell himself to the first man who will accept of his inden tures, w return to a nation of his own race and color. Bule or Bain. It is quite evident from the course pursued by the Democrats in Congress, that they are determined to rule the eountry or ruin it by disunion. They will sot vote for a southern man, not of their party, and elect him, and. they cannot, even with the aid of the Whiga, elect one of their own number. The conser vative northern men who would rote for Mr. Gilmer, will not vote for Mr. Bocock T Mr. Millson, and. without their votes neither of the latter gentlemen can be elected by the united Democratic Mod Whig strength in J Congress together. Twice and agaio, has this been tried, and fiiledrlTh obstinacon the part of the pemocrats, who profess ch bit ter hostility to Ue republicans, wcl.&ppear truly anrprising did we; not j know .thf a motive for it, which, would indueejrjbem to see the country ruined, rather than Mve ex- posures tnaoeoi comipuoia wuicu w them in the estimationof the people thenev er they are brought to light ' ' Whtheranoittbern Republican r.;soath era Whir. shall be the Speaker, thf, 'Demo crats know that ithe House Commie Us will be so constituted as to make a searejng in vestigation of numberless frauds aa mass of stupendous coreption,thia't will stt rtle the country to hear lin detail. It is th a, and nothingjelse, which would! render fiWhig Speaker so objectionable tothenx any chance they can make one of their q'r nam- ber the Speaker, ! the country win nervf know how the public money has beea sadered. The letter of 'Gaston" to the Bale jo, Ibgm ister, which we publish to day, upon fje sub- lfltt fiKnnl.l KavMil Kv all. 11 Ho Bank Yet! 1 - We regret to learn that the Director of the Bank of North Carolina at their late iieetinz at Raleigh, failed to locate - a Brancf of tlie institution at Staitesville, while they bestowed favors upon places with smaller trado. But we hope they will do justice ,to vou!j town,. which certainly has subscrilted very I -pe rally for the stock, and give ua a J5ranc when they meet again in June hext. ' have heard it stated, that very erroneous '3ad un just, influences were 'brought to beat )n the i a ie meeting oi uie xxara aijX-uiieignrgaini Statesville. by gentlemen in a nei,joring town, which was the cause of the'fa-'pr of a Branch being reflused, at least for th et present which we would hope is not true, It is reported to have been declared that "Charlotte and Mecklenburg belong to South Carolina. and Statesville and Iredell belong tf; Char lotte." Nowj what this idea eouf have sprung from, we feel much at a loss 'xj con ceive. True, Cliarlotte and MccktinbursL Statesville and lreiell have; commenced to build another Railroad, with their yrn pri vate means ; but would that create areason why S tatetttffc should be denied banpng fa' cihties, with her two Railroads: and several proluctive Counties to send her tradf ? Very 6trange llogic, isn't it? . 1 -r Fra the Pliikuk-lplri Bulletin, IVc 81- Departure of the Medical Students. Alont two hundrel seceding Kiedii fll stu dents left the. city for theSoulh by th:eleven o'clock train last! night. .They were cored off by a number of their classmate who cheered them lugply as -the-irainmof jed off j i rem tne depot ai troad anu fnme ; itreets The escort made considerable noise am they returned to the city after the departuryof the train. We learni that the great maj irity of the seceders have taken the responsiIity of leaving their schools without consult i their parents or guardians. - I :- $ . t . The following are the preamble andj resohi- tions adopted at the students meeting! held at the Assembly Building on Tuesday; morn ing: Resolved, That a committee of fiv;i beap- J L .. 1 :.i ' Ti"; n Vi rouiicu ut iiic citmr w wait; uiku um. r. K: Iuckett, Hunter and McGuire, to Request their presence at this meeting; and tht these eentlemen. who. we believe, will freelcheer- fully and fearlessly devote 1 tlieir- eff Wts to Tr1n atxut a-roiper state of feeling tmong Southern students and will sacrifice! fvtry pecuniary interests nd bright prospectof pro fessional preferment,, be requested th to an nounce publicly their position, and accompa ny us to our Southern institutions, ' The persons named above were intijlduoed, and made speechics approving of thereon rse proposed to be pursued, and cOnsentii to ac company them. 4 The following preamble and resfutions were th?n read and approved :H- 1- vVhcreas, We have left our homes id con- gregaieu minis city, witn a view-to pf Becute our medical studies, and having becotfully convinced that we have erred in takvjg this step; that oir means' should have hpMi vex pendel and our protection affonledo the niaintainance and adranoementofinstf lutions existing in our own sections and Ibsi-ed by our own people. ' f ' 1. Resolved, That, in a body, or as ifiany as approve of the act, secede from thcrtnstitu tions in which we have severally matricula ted, return to the South, and hereinf pledge ourselves to devote our future lives titty best efforts to the protection of our coinmoi-rights and the' promotion of our common interest. 2. Resolved, That in taking'this slp, we disclaim any personal animosities andndepre cate any political agitation, i . ';f 3. Resolved, That we tender our 'grateful acknowledgments and heartfelt thankto the Hon. Henry A. Wise, Governor of Vinia; Dr. L. 8. Joynes. Dean of the Virginip Med ical College, at Richmond ; Henry Rrost, Dean of the Medical Department of tlti Uni versity of South Carolina; toPrsidentbbin son. of the Philadelphia, Wilmingt! and Baltimore Railroad, and all others wbjhave extended to us thesulstantial eneoura'Mnent and aid so essential to the fuitherenvV.and successful accomplishment of our entriprise. 4. Resolved, That we extend acordtf j invi tation, and will clueerfnlly welcome' rn the South any Northern rtudent who wi sub scribe to the previohs resolutions. ' .' 5. Resolved, That a copy of these pt feed ings be sent to all Northern Medical C;5gea, for the benefit of Southern students w ? may have matriculated in thera ! . ' . 6. Resolved, That the Southern pap gen erally ne requested to publisn live proce, pings of this convention, i , , ; . . '- Fraa the CharlotU Bulletin. 4 The Atlantic Tennessee & Ohio If B. At a meeting of the Board of Direct ja of the Atlantic, Tennessee Jk Ohio-Rail Road Company, held io Cliarlotte on the 19tpnat., the following Among other proceeding I were adopted. - i " vf Mr. Gardner, the Engineer.submittei are- port of his. survey for eight miles, commenc ing at the Depots of the Charlotte 4 jouth Carolina and NorUii Carolina Rail Roaik by which it appears that the cost of gradu ation would not amount to $1500 per mile, Was therefore, tj lUsolved, That the Mecklenburg tiona to the Atlantic, Tennessee t OhiT.RaU Road will justify he letting of Id miVis of aata uoati, and tbathe Engineer procf fd to locate and let the same as speedily aej tosai- W. - , , v-,jt' , .. U : Roeletd, That as soon as the snbaemsions at Davidson Colleee shaJl amount to SU1O0O. a ad that at Mount Mourne to ths sqi n .of w,uw, uie engineer win proceea u IF1 and let the Contracta for the Road to bunt Monroe. ' f ", t.-.'- Resolved, That an installment of ai rier Share oa all the Stock aubacribed in f jeck lenburg countv he, made due and payatjp on the 16th day of January, WOO , A ballot was then held for Secretary land Treasurer of said Company, which ret! ted in the election f M,L Wraton. f . lUtolvcd, That the Salary of the Seen jtary nd Treasurer be $700 per annum for t;pre sent, and that he give good security in a. joad of $10,000 for the tkkhful discharge bis duties. - "1 ' u ' . ;.i . It was also, Resolved. That Mr.' Gardner, the Chief Engineer, be retained tt the rates of 125 per month. JUsolvedt That tbe price ot tne work be de termined by the Engineer with the advice of the Executive Committee. Resolved, That all Contractors be required to Uke one half of their pay in the Stock of the Company always including their present subecriptkm. ' -J i i;' Resolved, That in all easel preference be given to Contractors, riving the right ef way, and offering to take the largest proportion of pay for their contracts in Stock smbscribed by themselves V . Resolved, That Contractor! will not be al. lowed to take Stock subscribed by others ia part payment of their cootrada. After much conversation onjwveral matters connected with the prospecU and progreas of the Road, the Board adjourned tjr meet at the eallof the President.'; -A X , M. h. TTwstojc, Sfc'y. Appoiutmeuts. 1 Of the Preachers if North CaroOnm. CW ferenee, for the nsby Tear : Raleigh Dwfrirt D B NiCHOtsojt, P. E, Raleigh City Toel W Tucker. , - " Mission Dugan C Johnson. " Col'rd Mission JttCfSNewhy, Circuit Jas B Bobbht, K C May V nanl, supernumerary. i Tar RiverJos B Martin : Jas Keid, SupeV, Henderson B F Long. . Person T W Moore and Junius P Moore. Granville Williamson Harris. . Hillsboro' CircuitJohn W Tinain. Chapel Hill 4 cone A Cunuinggim. . Louisburg T P Ricand. Nashville Geo E Wyehe. v R T Heflin, Blitor of the North Carolina Christian AdmcatQ. Grtenatxtro' DiMrirt N F Rain, P E Greensboro L L Hendren-. Gnil ford James B AlfordA Davidson John W. Lewis. Forsyth D W Donb. . Winaton-r-James E Mann. Stokes Clarendon M Pepper. Wentworth 1 It Urn ton. . . Alamance Cliarles II Phillips. ; Yanceyville William Barringer. . Leesbnrg Alfred Norman. -Frankliiwville R T N Stevenson. Trinity College Braxton. Craven, II i?h Point .James F SmooU . ) Ashlwrough Jos C Thomas. B Craven President Trinity College. X II D Wilson Agent for trinity College. Stitislvry DistrtctVf 11 BoBaiTT, P. E. Palisbnry Thos W Guthrie. , Rownn Robert A Willis. East Rowan James J Ilines. MocksvHIe M CThomas; T B Reeks, Sup'y. Irclell W C Gannon: W W Albea, Supry. SoiUh Irclell RH Webb. Alexander John W Floyd. Jonesville Isaac F. Keeraus. Wilkes Charles M Anderson. Snrry--Isaac"W Avent. Blue' Ridge Mission Marble N Taylor. Sanratown Solomon II Ilelsebeck, : , II 'akinffttm District ItA T. WrcHI, P. EL Washington Wm E Pell. Roanoke Adolphns W Mangum; TB King bury. Warren John N Andrews. Williamston Abraham Weaver. Plymouth John W Jenkins. Greenville N A H Goddin. Columbia Win Cle'gg. Mattamuskeet H II Gibbons. i 'Rath Washington DMeacham. Xeuse--f'lrarles P Jones. Tarloron eh Robert S Moran. Neusc Mission Nathan A. Hooker. Wheeler. Cape Hattams F II Wood. Robeson Wm M Jordan. . , J.-r Marcus L. Wood, Missionary to China. William Carter, transferred. to. Jtha. yifjpiu ionterenee. M John S avis. transferred to the f Tennessee Conference. Newber DUtrict M CWs. P. E. Xewlrn: Centenarv-y-Jas II BreiX Andrew Chapel Colored Mission Wm II - Burnes. Newbern Circuit Berenice B Calbreth. Snow Hill Jas B Baily. Wilson H T Hudson. Contentnea Jno R Brooks. SmithfieldL Shell. Goldsboro' R O Barret. Everettsville Jos II Wheeler. - Jones no M Gunn. Trent ThdB L Triplett. Beaufort Ann St. -James L Fisher. .Purvis Chapel and Look-out Mission Isham H Hill. . Straits-J no C Brent. S M Frost Pres't Wayne Female College. Roanoke Colored Mission Moses J Hunt. Tar River Colored Mission Medicus II Hight. v Edgecomlo Colore! Mission Wm M Walsh. More head City John Jones. -Slocum Creek Mission P W Yarreil. Caje Look-Out Mission To be Supplied. Witmiwjton District C. T. Dexs, P. E.. V ilmington -Front street John S Long. ':. Fifth street Joseph: Wheeler. Topsail Geo W Deems. ! Onslow Simeon D. Peeler. i Duplin B F Guthrie. fl Sampson P. J. Carawav. Bladen W B Richardso'n. Elizabeth Alexander D BetU. Whitesville Caswell W King, ' ' Smitbville J II Bobbins. Ca pe Fear Colored Mission Wm M D Moore. North Esst To be Supplied. Sooth River Mission Hani ell Culbreth. FayeOeville DiMrietVm Dora, P. E. Fayetteville Lingurn S Birkhead. ; Evans' Cliapel Robert P Bibb. ! ' Kayetteville arcuit To t Supplied. Cape Fear Gaston Farrar. f Haw River John Tillett. Pittsboro' James W Wheeler. Deep Rirer Washington 8 Chapio. Mentgomerv Thomas C Moses. Zion P H'Scbville. Rockingham 8 D Adams. Xlwharrie Zebedee Rush.! . The accusation again st Dr. J. C At er. ofLcwell, for etabbing It 8, Fay, Jr.. the Treasurer of the Middlesex Mills, has been withdrawn because tho prosecutor found that no complaint a cainst him could be styttained. Tho tact is that Dr.Ayer merely defended himself as best he might, with I a pen knife he happened to bare in his hand, against a cowardly assault made on him from'Jbehind, with the premedita tion to diahonor and punish him for the exposure he has made and a mak ing of the wrongs practiced by the of ficers upon out mantifactaring corpor attoos. This' community upholds not uui; wo fwwr a aaccessiiu ueieaco yi his person, but i heartily approrea his course in publicly denouncing the Tito Barnacle rjamily mangement-ftb aw buses of our public property Ibr rirate ends. Dr. Ayers medicines; boweTeir valuable, are notavfl for which the mas ses of our pcop'e hold him in regard Boston Herald. , I Theodore Parker says that "i grain of corn as better than a diamond It wonld be dxulcult to snake m marriage able young lady' believe this, jnnleis she was Tery hungry,, 'yh,.. For sale a Stove, large enough to keat an exienaive room or suop. Apply at tae tx- press ume.