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The Duty of Conservatives.
Never in the history of this Gay era-
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ment has the public mind been so per
plexed as now. Never have so man
voters been unable 'to determine, their
duty, Old political landmarks have
been swept avay, and all parties seena
threatened "with : destruction by the
Storm of sectional strife that is raging
around-us. ! The Gaverjjraent itself is
endangered, and may be destroyed, if
the storm continue.
The danger arises from slavery agi
tation, and that agitation must he
stopped if tranqui ity is to be restored.
-By whom is this' agitation sustained
and how can it be stoppesd ? A solu
tion of these questions would remove I
many aouots uipei many ic&rs
that sow oppress the public mind.
By whom is the agitation sustained?
If we review the history of the slave
ry, question we will find that it never
assumed a serious aspect, after the
adoption of the Constitution, until the
application of Missouri for admission
into the Union. At that time the
country was convulsed by an agitation
which threatened the overthrow of the
Government ; anjd, so far as we can
j now see, the Union of these States
was saved only by the adoption of the
, Missouri compromise. That compro
mise, though violently opposed by ul
tra men for a tiirde, was aoon acquies
ced in, and 'cheerfully sustained by
all parties as a fair and honorable set
tlement of the question.' Ultraism
was crushed, and peacetestored to the
country. From that time the anti
slavery party maintained but a nomi-
. nal existence, until it was revived by
- the memorable struggle for the annex
ation of Texas.
In 1840 the anti-slavery party pol
led but 7,000 votes. In four years,
under the excitement of the straggle
for the annexation of Texas, (which
was forced upon the country by the
Democratic, party,) the anti-slavery
- vote wa3 increased from 7,000 to
02,000. IVIr. Polk then entered upon
his administration ; and soonunder
circumstances now understood by the
country, involved us in a war Avith
Mexico: The war policy of Mr. Folk
. was adopted and sustained by . the
Democratic party, and resulted in the
acquisition of Mexican territory. That
acquisition renewed tlmskvery agita
tion, "and increased the anti-slavery
vote frorp 62,000 to 286,000 ; and
. Jr. Polk retired from office in the
midst f a sectional storm more vio
'lent than any ; that had ever Before
-swept over this.,country. Daring the
raging p.f that storm the Government
t ; devolved upon Miilard'Fillmare., Af
ter a fearful - conflict the compromise
of 1850 was passed, ultraism again
was crushed, the x anti-slavery party
almost annihilated, and peace andhar
ro.opy once more prevailed. The con
servatives of the country hailed the
. ( result with 'delight, and all parties
pledged themselves to sustain the com
promise ut all hazards'.
Under such auspicious circumstan
ces took -place the celebrate! carivas3
01852. ,In that canvass' both .par
ties enthusiastically adopted the com
" promise qf 1850 ; declared it, 'in prin
ciple, and substance,' a final settle-.
merit of the whole subject, and vowed
to. resist all further agitation, in Con
gress or oiit of ity wider whatever col
or or pretext it might be made.' Un
der (these pledges the Democratic par
ty swept the country, and bore their
candidate into the Presidential chair
with a unanimity unparalcjled in our
political history, ;
Mr. Pierce entered upon his ad
ministration in March, 1853, with an
anti-slavery opposition of only 158,000
and. with a majority of eighty-four
members of Congress. In his first
message he eulogized the measures of
. accepted them as a finality, cal-
. lei .upon the country to sustain htm
in their support- and assured it that
this repose should suffer no shock dur
. ing his official term if lie had the pow-
- erlto avert it.' Notwithstanding such
pJedgesMr. Pierce was hardly in of
fice before the Missouri compromise
was repealed, the Kansas and Nebras
ka bills passed, and the' people of the
country startled by civil war in Kan
sas. I'he result of the repeal of the
' Missouri compromise of Mr. Pierce's
- faithful 'dcfeiwe of Southern rights
was the production of civil war and
.the brmation of the Republican partv
with 1,841,000 voters. If Mr. Buch
anan has defended 'the rights of the
South' wit,h; the same fidelity, Mr. Lin
coln will pertain ly be our next Presi
dent. f Thus we find that in the short spaced
or sixteen years (from 140 to 185Gjl
me anu-siavery party has grown from
7,000 to .1,841,000 ; and this, too, un-
der ib. auspices of the Democratic
party, which has always arrogated the
-exclusive honor of defending Southern
.tights..
"tj Thi&i constant agitation of the Dem
;ratic party for the benefit of the
South has always engendered .opposi
tion from anti-slavery party of the
North. The Democratic und the anti
: shivery parties have been arrayed
against each' other with intense bitter
ness. For this reason, in all the strug
gles on the slavery question from 1845
4 f . ??? the Democratic party hasiof the 'Constitution and the Union
maintained and defended tbe Missouri
.compromise while the anti-slavery par
ty has always opposed it.
. . ; Iu 1854 both parties changed front!
" The Democratic 'party suddenly found
.. that the Missouri compromise, which
'had.been in practical operation for a
ihird of a century,' and had received
the sanction of all parties in every
section,' and had allayed alteectional
jealousies,' had .'harmonized the whole
country,' and had 'become canonized
. in the A carts of the people 09 a sacred
iking, which no ruthless hand wpuld
ever be reckless enough to disturb.' I
,s.y, it suddenly discovered that such
a 'measure was unconstitutional, was
an insult; to the South, and it must be
repealed . "It was repealed, and forth-!
with the anti-slavery party, which had
voted against it en every previous oci
casion, became its wannest advocate,1
and upon it8 rujn erected the present
Republican prty ' i
lhus, in . order to gain party ends,
have the Democratic and anti-slavery
parties waged an incessant warfare oh
the slavery question. 9he He publi
can, appealing to the prejudices of tUs
North, agitates that he may get Nor
thern votes, and thus ride into power.
The Democrat appealing to the fears
of the South excites sectional strife,
and threatens disunion, that he may
frighten timid men, and force them to
retain the Democratic party in pow
er. From what has been said, we see
that Territorial acquisition always
gives rise to the agitation of the slave
ry question, and that such agitation
.engender sectional strife ! We see
that the acquisition of Louisiana gave
rie jto the struggle that was termina
ted by the Missouri compromise ; that
the acquisition of Mexican territory
aroused a fearful conflict, which was
only subdued by the compromise of
1850 ! We see that the compromise
of 1850 crushed ultraism both in the
North and in the South, and restored
peace and good-will to both sections.
We see, that thig peace was broken,
and tho flood-gates of sectional fury
thrown wide, open, by the wanton rei
peal of the Missouri compromise. We
see that the Democratic party effected
I that repeal in spite of the most solemn
pledges to sustain it : On the other
baud, ye ajsp see that the Republican
part opposed the Missouri compro
mise so long as the Democratic party
sustained it, and tUat it became its
zealous advocate so soon as it was rc
eu: We thus see that the slavery ques
tion can never be SQttled so long as
the Democratic or Republican parties
are in power, or so long as they hope
to attain power by .appealing to the
prejudic.es or fears of eitler section.
We also see that theie secjional strifes
bcom.e more and more -fierce. We
see that tjiey add strength to the anti-
slavery party, having in the space of
sixteen years increased it from 7,000
to 1,341,000 !
So much for the past. In the pres
ent we see the same conflict raging
with greater fury than ever before.
We see the Democratic party rent in
twain, and.its sections waging a re
lentlesswarfare against each other.
We see the Republican party bold and
united, fco-nfident of getting possession
of the Government. In the South
we .hear 'muttering the thunders of
dis-unian. . Every where are heard
notes of alarm. Patriots' and conser
vatives are doubting as to. their duty,
and the hearts of many are quailing
before tho storm.
In such a crisis what must be done?
How can agitation be stopped and
peace once more restored ?
' -Can it be by placing in power the
Republican party ? Would that not
be considered a 'standino menace' to
the South ?- Would t..e South sup
ports Northern and sectional Admin
istration ? However moderately such
an Administration would be conduc
ted, would it not at least engender
doubt and auspicion ? Might it not
'afford restless, revolutionary spirits in
the South an excuse for such actions
as might involve us in -civil war, ,and
may he in utter ruin ? .
Can peace be restored by retaining
in office the Democratic party! ? That
party nas, in the past, been the chiejt
instrument in fomenting sectional
strife ; would it now refrain from an
agitation that has hitherto kept.it in
power ? Would such a party be sup
ported cordially at the North? Would
it not excite the continual opposition
of the Republican party, and thus per
petuate sectional strife ? But, Leav
ing put of view 11 such considerations,
the Democratic party is rent in twain,
is utterly powerless for good, and nei
ther of its candidates has the remotest
prospect of success.
Surely, under such circumstances,
no conservative can support either of,
these parties. Where, then, can he;
go ? Can he do else than support Bell
and Everett ? They are pledged to
maintain the 'Constitution' as it is , to
aetend the. integrity. or-the 'Union'
under all circumstances, to enforce
the 'laws' in every section and at all
hazards. Upon such a platform men
of all parties can stand. No conser
vative, be he Northern or Southern,
can refuse his support to such a plat
form. No conseivative can or Avill
ask more than his constitutional rights.
These are'all guaranteed by Bell and
Everett.
Let me. then, annpal to ovonr Vt
s'ervative in the land to lay aside par
ty trammels and party prejudices and
unite with Bell and Everett in oppos
ing all further acquisition of territo
ry ; in allaying all sectional jealousies ;
in stopping slavery agitation, and in
crushing Northern ultraism and Sou,
them Sfbessionism. What matters ii
whether it be a Northern or Southern
hand tha t 'fires the temple of our liber
ties? From either comes utter des
truction. :
Come, then, conservatives of Am
erica, joiu hearts and hands in defence
In such a cause party names and nar-
ty conflicts must disappear What is
the triumph of Breckinridge, or Doug
las, or Lincoln, in comparison with
the overthrow of this Government
the hope of Freedom throughout the
World ?-Can the friends of Breckin
ridge and' of Douglas not cease to war
upon each other1 and unite with Bell
and Everett in sunnort nf th 'Con
stitution and the Union ? In the same
glorious cause cannot the Republicans
also unite ? Can they not all lay aside
their mutual animosities and unite
with Bell and Everett upon the only
platform that is broad enough to em
brace them all, and upon which thev
can meet in the 'bonds of 'brotherly
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love, and upon which thev can sacri- J
fice every thing for jhe good of .our
ommjOn country, V-'" i i.P, ,C. W :
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i i i f prtb Carolinai Ilines. v
Within :a very sborjt time, perhaps
within the last two years, an extraor
dinary impetus has been given to min
ing interests in North Carolina. In
the census returns of 1850 the fifth
schedule, which was devoted to the
classification of industrial products,
gave the results of one years labor in
the gold mines, which were confined to
two or three counties Guilford, Dav
idson, and Cabarrus, perhaps and
me annual vieju ot the precious meta
was a very insignificant, item in the
btate s product. BuJ; a comparison 0
the returns therein given with the re
ports of the present year would un
doubtedly show a wonderful increase
ot product in this branch ot ma us try.
Ihc increase in yieldVx)f gold, now
ever, has been in a great measure an
incidental result within the past year
or two. Many, if not all of the mines
which are now worked for copper ex
clusively were formerly worked only
tor gold, and in some districts all these
mines were abandoned when auriferous
deposits became scarce. It is said by
those familiar with the subject that
ground tec.omes unprofitable for gol
working as sioon as the presence o
copper is indicated. There is, however
more or less of the precious metal stil
found, sometimes in the lower levels,
far below the point at .which the mines
were given up as worthless. Califor
nia, Australia and Pike's Peak offered
so much more that was tempting to
the gold-seeker, that the comparative
ly small returns from the North Car
olina and Virginia mines seemed very
insignificant ; besides, with some few
exceptions, the gold deposites that
were found have been too trifling to in
duce the outlay of sufficient capital to
make mining profitable.
The want of capital on the part o
4he original owners, as well as the fa
cility with which stock companies were
formed and a large profit secured by
the speculator, caused tbe transfer of
the properties now upon our various
stock boards. More energy was infus-
ed into the mining system, and larger
explorations were boldly made, some
times with extremely satisfactory re
suits. From one of these mines there
has been sold in this market durin
the present year nearly one hundred
thousand dollars worth of ore, and, as
is very clearly demonstrated by the e
laborate report of the President just
issued to the stockholders the capa
city of. this mine is only beginning to
oe ueveiopea. vvnetner it is mere
good fortune that has attended this
particular enterprise, or whether the
necessary explorations have been con
ducted with more, skill and prudence
than is common, does not matter; the
facts if we are to credit the report
are sufficiently encouraging.
It would be very unreasonable to
say that similar or equal results might
not bo obtained from other mines in the
sarfle region. The mineral wealth of
North Carolina may be over-estimated,
and it isquite possible that the flat
tering prospects claimed for some of
the properties may fail of realization
But there has been an undoubted and
continuous product of copper, silver
and lead during the past year, and it
is not -impossible that the results al
ready Obtained are but the forerunners
and earnests of future products. A
mong"the more recent companies thai
have been formed there has usually
been provision made tor an adequate
working capital, to be retained perma
nently in the treasury until, the mine
is productive enough to pay it own
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way. xu auuuion to inis conservative
feature, the managers of several of the
apines now m process of development
nave made an important improvement
upon the old Cornish system of verti
cal shatts. Ihe excavations, by the
modern plan, follow the trend of the
vein, and, instead ofk sending barren
earth or rocks to the surface, the miner
is continually working in ore grotind,
descending upon the vein from the out-
cropping. Balti. American.
Density of Population in the United
States.
Some of the facts disclosed by the
consus are that the' non-slaveholdino-
States are twice as dense as the slave
holding States. The middle States
are the densest ; next, the New Eng
land ; then the North west ; then the
South, and lastly the Southwest. The
States taken together have a density
of about sixteen to the square mile.
With the density of Sweden and Nor
way, which are the least populous of
any European. States, the United
States would have; forty-five millions
of inhabitants ? with' the density of
Russia, over eighty Millions ; with
that of Spain two hundred millions ;
of France, five hundred millions ; of
Britain, six hundred and sixty mil
lions ; of Belgium, eleven hundred and
fifty millions. j
In population, the United States is
probably exceeded only by four of the
European powers, namely, Russia,
Austria, France and the British Em
pire in Europe. , It is nearly or quite
twice as populous as Pruss'iaj Spain
or Turkey, and is eqfcal to th aggre
gate population of twenty-four out of
the thirty-seven States of Europe.
Madame Le Vert, of Mobile, is in
New York, receiving much attention.
Her accomplishments extend far be
yond those winning ways which please
so universally. Of Jier lingual attain
ments, Prof. Ingraham, in 'The Sun
ny South, speaks in high terms. He
mentions a Frenchman who says of
Madame, 'she can speak five langu
ages well, '. and I have seen her con
verse at the same time with a Spanish,
German, and French gentleman around
her, answering, questioning, and hold
ing lively conversation with each in
his own tongue, and with a precision
of pronunciation and elegance of phra-
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seologv remarkable,
iREDELtEXPRESS
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EUGENE B. DRAKE & SON,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS,
STATESVILLE,
FRIDAY.
OCTOBER 26, I860.
Our Terms.
TUB IREDELL SXPRES3" is pblhOi npon -tU fol
lowing Terms, from which tliorf will lie no leitio.
Suljtfcribttt therefore will guvern thenuelvei mxotfHnglj
1 copy one year, if paid in advauce, $"2 0(1;
Jf paid withia S months, 2 25 ;
If paid within 0 laoaths. 2 50 ;
If not paid till the end of- the sntm-riptioa year, 3 00.
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Nominees of the Union Convention!
For i.P resident :
HON. JOHN BELL,
OF TENNESSEE.
For Vice-President :
EDWARD , EVERETT, 1
OF MASSACHUSETTS.
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Electors for President & Vice-President
For the State at Large :
Hon. Geo. E, Badger, of Wake.
Dr. R. K. Speed, of Pasquotank.
Districts :
Dist. J. W. Hinton, of Pasauotank.
do Chas. C. Clark, of Craven.
do
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O. II. Dockery, of Richmond.
L. C. Edwards, of Granville.
Alfred G. Foster, of Randolph.
Henry Walser, of Davidson.
Wm. P. Bynum, of Lincoln.
Col. B. S. Gaither, of Burke.
The Presidential Election
Will be held on TUESDAY the 6th
November, (not on Thursday.)
Tell your1 neighbors the day.
Hon. J. M. Leach's Appointments.
Betlianiit. Yadkin Co., Saturday,' Oct 27.
Francisco, Stokes. Monday, Oct 29th.
Wentworth, Rockingham, (court-week)
Tuesday, Oct 30th. .
'Walnut Cove, Stokes, Thursday, Nov 1st.
Kernersville, Friday, Nov 2d. "
Thomasville. Davidson, Saturday; Nov 3d.
Lexington, Monday, Nov 5th. 7
Ticliets.
We have printed a large tiutnber of Bell fc
Everett Tickets and will supply orders for
them at $2 per thousand and pay postage. .
Counties which are not already supplied with
Tickets 6hould send orders for them at once
to some Printing Office. It is barely possible
to" write them without the risk of making a
mistake. .
BThe heaviest storm of wind and rain
visited this place On Thursday-night contin
uing all day Friday, last week, that has been
known here in many years. We look for
appalling details of shipwrecks and loss of
life and property at sea and the coast, where
the storm was no doubt terrific.
The late Col. Lumsden.
The .remains of the late Cel. Lumsden, of
New Orleans, a victim of the Ladv Eljjin dis
aster, has been found on the beach near Ke
nosha, Wis., taken to Chicago, and from
thence sent to the desolate home of the utv-
fortunate deceased, to be interred with prop
er marks of respect by his numerous friends.
Poor Lumsden! It's hard to realise that
the manly form, so full of life and buoyancy,
which we so freqently beheld passing to and
fro in the streets of New Orleans, has met
60 sad a fate ' Peace to thv ashes '
Conviction, of Moses Smith.
,We learn from the Winston Sentinel that
Mse8 Smith was tried at the late term of
Forsy the court, Judge Saunders, presiding;
and coiivieted of thjp murder of J. R. Vocs,
near Waughtown, some weeks ago. The pris
oner's counsel took an appeal to the Supreme
Court, but the Judge candidly stated to the
prisoier that he saw no hope for him iu this
worliL
Not so, Easy.
We publish elsewhere, one or two extracts
from Breckinridge papers, flippantly showing
how eay it would be for a State to secede
from the Union iu the opinions of the edi
tors. Now, we deny the right of any State to
eecede from the American Union, short of j
sufficient cause for revolution aad we deny
that any such cause exiU at present, also,
that the election of Lincoln would afford no
just cause for secession so lopg as he admin
wters the government, not worse than it is,
being adminutered by James Buchanan.
Pepend upon it ! Fire eating Disunionists
the day the American Union is dissolved.
will be memorable for th beginniug of evla
the South had Bot before tasted, ilark our
prediction.
M a$-Mee ting at Taylors ville.
W learn that tbe Maes-Meeting of the
Union Dten held at Taylonville, last week,
a grand success. Such a throng of pa
triotic, devoted citizen to the " cause of the
Union, was never before assembled in Alex
ander. The throng was addressed by Hon.
Z. B. Vance and Hon. T. Crumpler in
speeches of great ability. Mr. Crumple
like Mr. Vance, is a mountain boy, and is
destined to rise high in the zenith of distinc
tion and usefulness in the cause of his coun-:
try. ' He is a member elect to the next Legislature.
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he Design of the Breekinridge-Disun:.
ft ' . icn Party. ; " ;
r jEa.ch.daj furriiahea new datathat it is the
intention of the Breckinridge party to dissolve
the Unior. in tWevent of Jncoln's election,
while at the same time, 'they are doing every
thing to precipitate the event. The evidences
which we receive from South Carolina and
sosie other eo.u4.hero States leave oroom
to doubt the existence of a
combination form-
ed in advance,' to accomp
ish the dialolical
I deed, l he arrangements
are quietly con-
smbmatiog Tor the solution of a. separation
of the Union, and at the .proper time the
South will be precipitated into a revolution
and slough off from tiie Union, quietly if she
.can, forcibly if necessary.
One grand feature In the programme, -and
which will be highly necessary to successful
resfstance to the general gjtxyerntnent, wijl be
to get possession of all the Southern fortifica
tions from Charleston to Galveston by a well
executed coup fetal, which, as the garrisons
that defend them are small, it is be-ieved will
not be difficult to accomplish. Once in pos
session of the forts, and backed by a Union
of most or all of the slave States, formidable
resistance could be made to any assailing
forie from the sea, and the1 government would
hate, then, no other alternative but to march
against the revolutionists jin the rear, where,
also, formidable opposition it is likely would
be encountered. For it ife helieved. that the
Southern leaguers have already made their
arrangements to prevent federal troops cross
ing any portion of slave-jterritory but at the
point of the bayonet, whenever the South
strikes the blow for her conceived rights.
North Carolina and Virginia, in that event,
will be made the battle ground, and of course
they must suffer severely fn the dreadful con
flict that would ensue.
. To avoid the terrible consequences of dis
union, let every man vot for John Bell and
Edward Everett the Cth dav -of November.
The Time is Short.
It is less than two weeks till the Election,
which will take place Tuiesday, 6th Novem
ber. Fellow-Citizens, are you discharging
your duty as you ought to do, in behalf of
the Uiuon? Do vou not' know that if Joux
Bell shoufJ fail to be elected, by your indif
ference, thi Union will l4 dissolved ? It cer
tainly will, and the fault; will be yours. If
John Bell is not elected,! Lincoln will, and
then follows dissolution with all the horrors
of civil war ! . '
We say what we believe what we know
will transpire, if the people fail to elect John
Bell. Be diligent and jiersuade voar neigh
bors, to go to the polls- j neglect it not and
vote for BELL and EVERETT, and save the
Union. j .
Mr Hilliard's Speech.
At Concert Hall, on Thursday night,
was all that an intelligent assemblage
of eitizens could reasonably desire, of
eloquence, language, and manner.
ihe nail was crowded to its utmost
capacity and notwithstanding the ex-
cessive hot weather, jthe audience was
remarkably patient and attentive. Mr.
Milliard spoke just one hour ;and we
never witnessed a greater degree of
enthusiasm than that with which his
remarks were received. The people
gave vent to their feelings in repeated
shouts and rounds of applause, as the
eloquent, soul stirring and patriotic
sentences flowed, in one continued
and inspiring stream from the speak
er s lips. L It was just one ! of those
kind of speeches that sensible, consid
erate and; patriotic men love to listen
to. There was no abuse, no falsehood,
no misrepresentation, ho clan-trap :
but every thing and every body dealt
with iairJy, candyliy and truthfully.
There was no appeal to the prejudices,
but exhortations to patriotism for
the union of allgooid men for the sake
of the Union.
The speech is having, and will con
tinue to have, a most excellent effect.
There was just-enough said, and said
in the right way, and in the right spir-
Lit. We have heard of three Breckin
ridge men who haye confessed, since
the speech, to thejimportance of uni
ting upon Bell and Everett, as Buch
anan was united upon in 1856 ; and
we presume there are many others
similarly convinced.
Altogether the) friends of Bell and
Everett have abundant reason to be
cheerful, and to continue the work of
the campaign with renewed and in
creasing hopes of j success. Mr. Ilil
liard has had ample opportunities for
gaining information, and he speaks
with much confidence of the success
of ( the Constitutional Union ccause.
Let the Bell and Everett men cast
all doubts behinjd them, and go to
worlcresolutely, jind Ave must succeed.
There are many who have friends yet
'on the fence;' urge them to rally with
us upon the Constitution and under
our old National flag. We have not
a doubt but . there are over ten thou-
sand intelligent men in the State of
(jeorgia, to-day, who are yet undecid
ed how they 'will vote. These votes
cast for Bell apd Everett would give
them the State: ; and the vote of Geor
gia may decide the contest. Let us
hope that every man will do his duty.
Macon Ga.) Citizen.
Southern Union.
The Richmond Jfnquirerl'in an ar-
tide, upon political matters in that
State, has the following naraoraDh in
relation to the unity of the South at
the approaching election :
'A perfect union of all parties at the
South might possibly defeat Lincoln in
New York for if the people of the
North eould be Ed vised of what will be
the action of the Southern States, they
would never consummate the election
of Lincoln, attended as it will be with
the wreck of the Union and the ruin
of the North as well aa the South
The silly cryf disunion will not avert
the calamitytnor could Virginia pre
vent it; if every man within her limits
were opposed to it. Any pne of the
Gulf States cab effect equally, as much
towards the dissolution of the Union
as all of, tbe Southern States together.
That Lincoln's election will be submit
ted to is the hope of very many people
in Virginia, bat the belief th&t such an
event will be acquiesced in by all of
the Southern States is not entertained
by any man in Virginia,
r A EemartablfiJact!;
-Alt is'a reufirtahle fact, that the
leading Breckinridge inen of the cun
Jtrf maintain that Lancoln will be fe
ted. ' When pressed to the wall to
fr." Breckinridge's utter inability to"
be elected President, thev admiif it :
but declare Lpcoln will be. What
aoes tpts ?meanii oinipiy : tha,they
knowj their own! candidate hajf no
8trengtHpaiid lneyitaye'"'H'oi.pfgh''
patriotism to encourage those whotand
some chance (to eay the least) jf de
feating the ''irrepressible' Abevl:We
ask our Breckinridge friends, Be j ong
er to throw cold water on the pat otic
efforts of the friends of Bell atfd Xxiig
las to save the! country. DesefJ the
standard of the Disunionists and jrally
to the standard of Bell, who . ca and
will be elected if the Union mi will
unite and vote for him. This is n time
to go triggering for the ascendapy in
the State elections hereafter. First
use the means by which our Uniq j can
be preserved in peace, and thenljd to
work fq'r the ofiSces, if you are ijer
mined to have (themr but we slmit
that the offices will do you "but liittle
good if your want of homogeniois ac-,;
tion with the fnendsof the unioiyou
should precipitate such a state of tjfmgs
as will require -your services iB the
capacity of a soldier againstyourn rath
er instead of being the gormandiiing
recipient of a fat civil -office.5 jBave
your country first, and then
for office.- Chattanooga Gazette
Disunion.. jv
In a careful and well considered ed
itorial, the Charleston. MereutM of
Thursday last,; holds the foiling
pregnant language : ' ' ". if-';.
"Before Messrs. Lincoln and 1 (am
lin can be installed in WashingK p, as
President and Vice-Presideiit oj. the
United States, the Southern Sates
can dissolve peaceably (we knowivhat
we say) their union with the Nort,h.-
Mr. Lincoln and his abolition CQ5orts
will have no . South to reign ovfV.
Their game would be blocked.. f The
foundation of their organization ould
be taken away; land, left to the tThder
mercies of a baflled, furious, andrkra
bled. North, they would be cursengand
crushed, as the llagitious cause the
u.iers arountj tnem. ut,-ir wuo-
. I -1. I il T t . : t
mit, apd do not dissolve our uniotrMth
the North, we niake the triumph Jf our
Abolition enemies complete, amlena-
.ble them to consolidate and wiehl thej
power of theNoHnfor our destruytion.
. i . .
Fire. " : ' '
The Foundry attached todlaeNleB &
Frecks' Machinie Shop took fire.e;last
Wednesday ni4ht and burned f jown.
It is supposed to have taken fi'foby
some oversight of, the workmeliqr? ei
ther leaving hrej in sojoae of the. asks
used in casting the evening T)efo5, or
some combustible substance iieal the
hot castings, thugh'th-e. men .: s tlie.
usual' care was taken. It' utushave
been burning some time before l wa
discovered. lire loss is estimai.jbd at
three thousand-dollars. The Insur
ance on the property had 4ebirec
about three weeks before. Salfelury
n ate h man. , lyx
The Time Has Come.' -U
The Charleston Mercury is out
in an article - declaring that theime
has, come for the people of thejjouth
to break up and go out cf the llion.
It says it has labored for this fdthir-
xy years -expostulated, expou.tsded,
1 T.. .1 1 'f
naiucu. .nut now me time nas-(tome.
A South Carolinian told us, a few'fdays
ago, that South Carolina hadvbeen
ready, willing and anxious to out
for years, and the only reason she; had
not done so was fhat she did nourish
to go alone. She is now cpuntwjg on
Georgia and Alabama- to "'back her,
ana expects to drag North CaSdina,
Virginia, Tennesse, Kentucky and
Missouri into protcctinq her ii her
treason against the Governmental Will
they do it ? Salisbury Watchii$rtn
: : , -
Declines to Answer, v ;
It will be recollected thati?ivhilo
j ucve iougias was uelivenng hts teeeh
in Norfolk, Vaj, certain questic is in
regaru io wnai snouia oe uoiro ikicasj
: l i ii i . . .;Si .
Lincoln was eiecitea. were nut to him ov
itajor William Iiamb, the lJrecfcff;rid"te
elector for tho Norfolk district' Mr.
Douglas said he would answer 'the?nter
rogatories it Mk Lifm,b would pBt the
same question to Mr. i$i't'ckin'i(ire
This ho promised to do, and the. ques
tions were answered In a sneeV h de
livered by Mr. Lamb, in Noif.ik nn
lie had put to Judge Douglas, -bt
Mr. Breckinridge had declined otiiv.
ing them. The following are Xlmhi
tions: ; w?, .
Ui Abraham Lincoln should elec
ted President of the United Stutej! will
the Southern .States Le justified in so-
ccuuig irom the Union - :
It they (the Southern Statessecede
irom tne union upou the inauguration
of Abraham Lincoln, before he Com
mits an overt ac!t against theirwnsti
tutional rights, will you advise vin
dicate resistancb by force to ihHr se
cession? , - :
The Contest Between Bell and Xlijlaln.
It must be apparent to ever Obser
ver that Ihe contest in the prcserrlf cam
paign is now between John Ueif, the
candidate of- the! Constitutional jflnion
party, and Abraham Lincolnr tOKai
didate of the sectional iiepubilit& par
ty. Is there a ! conservative in
any portion of obr Union' who.fire8
the election of the latter is leilling
to iisk the conseqnene which rjjay re.
6ult from the sujecess of tho Blk Re
publican party? S We-do not aasurt that
the election of Mr. Uneoln,by consti
tutional 'majority, would be a cause for
the disaolutioo of the Union; wtido not
bold any such doctrine ; but wefld say
that nothing would tend so muef to in-'
creaso the prejudices and disnsions
which now exUj betweeu theNorth
and thc'South, making mote ji-obable
a final dissolution. Neither thjTrenda
of Mr. Douglas br Mr Breelnridge
can claim even a probability of )ecess ;
and therefore if they ai o sincere' la their
desire for the defeat of, Lipcolfy they
Buoum at once unite with the Rational
the mri ult., he said that he hftl ful
filled his promise, and uVpo'undffl the
questions to Mr. Breckinridtriiilhielr
Unfon partyyio4h the North arid Soitb',
and make . certain his defeat. "What
are party claims or distinctions , in an
emergency' like the present ? Is not
the preservation of the Union and the
overthrow of sectionalism paramount
to all other considerations j 5VVe then
appeal to all men; : of eierjrpirtyj who
love the Union, to unite with us. We
present yon the only National and safe
platform, with candidates' who have
been tried, and whose record is such
as to assure us that in their hands the
Government .ilKbe .safe, and that in
their administration "section a' ism and
disnnion wJU be so rebuked that tliey
will rieyer again raise tbeir deformed
heads to disturb) pay peaee' Let every
patriot 'now rise above party and' de
termine to cast his influence iu favor of
the Union, the constitution and the en
forcement , of the laws -f Wadesboro
Argui1 ;:- " . -' .
vProm Washington. ' 4.
Washington, Oct. 18.
The receipts into the Treasurr dur
ing the first quarter of the present fis
cal year, commencing with July, were
about $18,000,000. The receipts dur
ing the present week amount to
$877,000' amount subject to draft
$4,193,000.
The number of . Troops soon to be
sent to California and Texas, is up
wards of one thousand. Those for
the . former State go via the Isthmus.
Geu. Lane haa returned. Xrcim' his
Kentucky estate. -
The pistol, valuable as a relic of the
Washington family, taken by Capt.
Cook fromjCol. Washington during the
Harper's Ferry raid, has Veen return
ed to the latter by Thaddeus Hyatt,
who recently received it from an un
known source. '
Shnoting Affair. 7 '
We learn tfmt a shooting affair of a
very -serious natnre oecuired fourmiles
west of Moeksville, i n I)avio cou n ty , on
Tuesday of hi t week. It scetus that
a man by the, name of Inscore, had
rented a house by the month, ffom a
Dr. Jones ; at die end I of last month
Jones declined to rentjiim the house
any longer and desired him to leave.
Iseore refused to leave nd JegiU.jtep
yere taken to him. ,On the day j men
tioned as Jones was returning from n
visit to see a patient by the house iit
wiiiuir jnsscoro iva, ne ncara inscore
exclaim, "vou're a dead man. ' and inw
amediatel v was nirnAd:,Kv lv,U
dmtely
in the left side of ihe abdomen, which
ranged round the hip and lodged, near
the spine. He did not fall fn.m his
horee, .but-reached his own licmser a
short way off, where surgical atten
dance was soon procured. Contrary
to the opinion of tile attending physi
cians, the wounded man seems likely u
recover Ioncoi-e has leen arrested and
lodged in jail to answer. lle fii-Ctl on
Jones fiosn ar: upper window. High
Point Reporter. . ;
, Douglas on the Union,
Judge, Douglas closed his speech at
Chicago or i. the Sthinst., aa follow.:
'I believe the Union is in peril, and
that nil goox) men, all. true men, nil
friends ot' tho Union, should rally, to
put down t hese sec tional pa rtie. There
are :times when lnty is paranioant to
party. In li532, when fiuHifioation and
disunion raised its head iii South Car
olina, Clay and Webster forgot tln ir
partisan feelings and rallied under the
baunor of 4 Oid Iliokory'f to avo the
country. A t a later poriydf when Jack
son Imd boert taken to the bosom of Id
fathers, and Clay was stilt living, wo
Deniocrats rallied under tho lead of
.Clay, in 1859, in support .of the com
promise measures of that year. ' We
did not Ifesitatc to drop our nnrtisan
strife- Wtt knew that Clay wasiis em
inently fitted to be our lender as Jaek
soh was in 1832, and I rallied nnder 4
Clay's banner in defonco of that great
principle of non-inservontion which I
have defended before )ou to-day. 1
now call upon a!l Union , Whigs, nil
cojnservative men, all the opponents of
sectional parties, to rally under tho
banner of the Constitution, the Union,
and the Knforceraeut of the Laws, to
put down Abolitionism and disunion.
The New Fall Bonnet.
The New York Commercial Adver
tiser thus describes some of tho "coin
ing bonnets :"
"Among the bonnets are to be some
of tlw finest description of velvet that
can uo made.--Ihe ground work of
one that we have seen is composed Of
white uncnt Velvet, ornamented by
fruit of gold and b ack color, with rich
purple velvet leave.., The front trim
mings are (mpsed of velvet, ornamen
ted with point lace, purple velvet grajHS
with gold stem stars with connecting
ehauiAof gold, otc. Another is ac eve
ning bonnet of cherry -colored velvet
and paint lace, maribout plumes fasten
ed with gold pins Tho front trirn-
iningsarc composed of inuribout plumes
uionae. tui another is a chapeiia dc
visite. an is piade of purple and black
velvet, with curling ostrich Wunies. tlio
front trimniin'r eom posed of velvet
flowers and blonde lace. Another is a
very rich article, and is formed of pink
uncut velvet and ostrich feathers, tho
latter locking as if they were .careless
ly thrown ujjon the bonnet and had
there rested. Thety lo hui ornaments.
The--front trimmings are moss roues
and blonde. ' We need scarcely tell our
hidy readers that the "aeoop," or "coal
scutt e." ha entirely vanished, and the
style of tho I new fashions da tf'hent.
smalt bonnet, suitable to almost any fea
ture adding beautv to the queenlike.
and improving the appearance of all.
"Serious Affray. -
uesday jnight , of last week, a
party- of nienarmed with snrns, and -
edited with Uiquory approached the
house of Mrv Terrell Brooks, who lives
about fire miles 'east of thisplace) in
this beat, and fired upon the. inmates,
wounding a lad by the name of !Chap- j
man, Capt. Dawson, and a son of Mr.
Brooks. , None of the wounds are dan
gerous," eicept those of young Brooks,
who is lying in a very critical eondi-
tion. Two ofthe offender, Wajkins
and ipayare now in jail, awaiting an
examination; the others have fled, TW
attack was occasioned by previous ilf
feeling between the parties. Mr. Brooks
was absent at the time it occurred.
'.As the matter will undergo judicial
investigation next week, we forbear
making any comments at "present.
Tuskegec Hep. 4ih inst.
II