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THE NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD : TUESDAY, DECR. 28, 1858. CENTRAL AMERICA. SPEECH OF IIOnTt. L. CLINGMAX. Ectulced, That th President be requested jto communi cate to the Seuate, if u)t in his opinion incotnpaiible with the public interest, nny correspondence which may have passed, since bis inuu j;urai ion, between tins government and that of Great Britain, and between this government and that of Nicaragua, with respect to the termination or preservation of the C'layton-Uulwtr treaty. The foregoing resolution being under considera tion Mr. CLINGMAN said : If senators will indulge me for a few minutes, I should like to offer a reason or two why I think some action ought to take place immediately with reference to these questions. The American public is very sensitive in relation, to the proceedings in Central America ; and we have had within the last few days some remarkable informa tion from that quarter. AVe were told, Mr. President, in the annual mes sage of the Executive, that England had abandoned the right of search, and I thought we had obtained a great triumph of some sort on the question of the right to search and visit our ships. It turns out, however, if the newspaper statements are to be re lied upon and there seems to be no doubt about the fact that Great Britain has not only boarded our ships, but that she has examined the list of men on board, to ascertain who they were, whether American born or not, and whether they had arms. Now, it will be recollected that when those proceed ings were taking place in the Gulf, last spring, which attracted so much attention, the allegation of Great Britain was not that she had a right to search our ships, but that she had a right to visit a vessel to ascertain its nationality, to ascertain whether it was really an American ship, and if it was, then she would let us alone ; but she thought our flag was liable to be abused, and to prevent that was her sole purpose. That was the point in controversy ; and I supposed from the President's message that she had abandoned that. It turns out now, however, that her officers go on board a ship, well knowing it to be an American ship, not raising any pretence of that sort, and then examine the list of passengers, and make inquiries about them. At the time of the war of 1812 they went on board our ships to take off their own men ; they have now gone a step fnr ther ; they went to ascertain whether Americans on board have arms or not. Is not this a very extraor dinary proceeding? The great difficulty in the way of righting these wrongs is the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. 15y the terms of that treaty the United States is bound never to occupy, colonize, or fortify any part of Central America. We have abided by that treaty and Great Britain has not That treaty is a very extraordina ry one. It is the application to us of the Monroe doctrine by Great Britain. The Monroe doctrine was a declaration upon our part that European go vernments should not colonize America ; but Great Britain says to us " you shall not colonize Central America." They have turned the tables completely upon us. By this treaty they have actually got the United States to agree never to colonize, or fortify, or occupy any part of Central America. While we are talking about the Monroe doc rine and filici tat ting ourselves on the progress it has made, Great Britain has actually applied it to ourselves. I have quoted in this resolution the language of the Presdent at the last session upon this subject As 1 then understood it, and as the whole coantry understood it, it was supposed that he ardently de sired the abrogation of that treaty ; .but if it could not be abrogated, as a choice of evils, he would ac quiesce in some settlement which was not inconsis tent with the American view. But, from the tone of the present message, it would seem, I think, that the idea of abrogating the treaty has been abandoned by our Executive. I desire to give the Executive, if that be the fact, an opportunity of stating the rea sons for this change to the country. I think the country ought to know them. But there is an especial reason, Mr. President, why I desire this subject to have an early considera tion. It is not easy to determine precisely what the President means in his second message, but I take it that it is something like this : that this treaty is to stand upon the American construction, which ex cludes us of course forever from that country ; but that Great Britian is to go in and make separate treaties with these States. Now, what sort of trea- tus are they to be ? I ask gentlemen what sort of treaties is Great Britian likely to make ? Sir Wil liam Gorely Ousely has gone down there. Will he take care of our interests? It is said that "straws show which way the wind blows;'' and I was f amused three or four days ago to see an elaborate article in the Washington Union by whom writ ten I do not know, but that paper is sometimes, at least, supposed to reflect the views of the adminis trationthe purport of which, as I understood it, was that Great Britian is the only free country ex cept our own, and that she is standing up for free dom, and will protect our rights against threatened dinger from the French Executive. It is said that Napoleon is despotic and menaces us with injuries, but that Great Britain will kindly take us under her protection ; and I suppose Sir William Gore Ousely has gone down there to make treaties for our joint advantage ! What sort of treaties will he make ? The newspapers say that they are to be bottomed upon the model of the Cass-Iaisarri treaty. I do not know that the programme for a treaty has ever been promulgated by our Executive. I read it in manuscript at the last session ; I then read it confi dentially, and I have no right to speak of it ; but there was published in the American papers durin the spring and summer what purported to be a copy of it, and I have a right to allude to that, because I I-6 Vi-fi -SOme f thc Jiritish papers have represented t-ir AY llhara Gore Ousely as making similar arrange ments. There were two features in that treaty to which I had decided objections. The first was that under it and upon thc construction placed upon it by Irisarri, who made two publications, gave two notices in the papers, which I commented on as a member of the other house, the right to go to Nicaragua, or to pass through it, might be limited to those who went up on a particular line from New York, and who had permits from the consul. I was opposed to that I thought that Boston, Philadelphia, Charleston, and New Orleans had a right to establish lines, and that American citizens had a right to go on them to Nicaragua, and to pass through it. I made some objections m the other house to this feature But there was another feature which was still more objectionable in my judgment. It was this : accord ing to that programme of a treaty the United States had the right to protect the transit route by the landing of troops, &c. There was another clause perhaps the fifteenth or sixteenth article, by which the United States bound itself to use its influence to induce other foreign governments to make a similar guarantee of protection and neutrality to the routes. W hat is the meaning of that ? We bind ourselves to induce Great Britain, for example, and France to guarantee the neutrality and the safety of those routes. If they do it, of course it is not to be a na ked guarantee without a right to carry it out If they bind themselves to keep those routes in a cer tain condition, they have a right, of course, to use thc means necessary for that purpose ; and what means will they use? Most unquestionably they will have the right to use exactly the same means that the treaty allows us to use ; that is, they may occupy with troops, and therefore I regard this as a treaty for the joint occupation of those countries by the United States, France, and England, and all other nations who propose to come in What 1 desire is to get all the facts ; at present we are in the dark. It looks from these late pro ceedings very much as if that were to be the policy of Great Britain. You find her going forward and searching our ships in a neutral port, avowing the purpose to prevent fillibusters going there, not only on the high seas, though they may go in our ships and stopping our own citizens who attempt to go there in large numbers, and obliging them to put back to New York. Remember, sir, that the very ground on which the Clayton-Bulwer treaty was placed, was to open the way to our Pacific posses sions. Our government went into it to tret a ras- "sage across the isthmus. That we have not got but the restrictive provision by which we bound ourselves never to occupy or colonize that region went in as a sort of appendage. ' That, however, is in force ; Jind the other part, for which the treaty was mainly made, is not .. i . c? :n : V,o ttia -. i. ' more objectionable to us, or ougnt to nave been, , than even , the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. That was an agreement that we would not take possession of Contra! America, and that nobody else shoujd ; but whenever you provide that we and all others may. have the right to take possession and hold it, does any ojic doubt that Great Britain will keep a larger force there than usual, or that perhaps France will do so, because they have vastly larger armies and naval establishments than we " have ? I regard that as a proposition for a joint protectorate of those countries. It is said in the papers that Sir William Gore Ousley will go down there and negotiate trea ties. Suppose he adopts this policy, what will be the effect ? Great Britain will get the right to sta tion her troops on that line, and she will hold it. There is no doubt about that Then, how are wc to get rid of her ? Are we to stand still now and al low this treaty to be in force against us forever, ac cording, as I interpret the President's message, to the American construction which excludes us ; and are we to permit Great Britain to go into Central America and make what treaties she pleases to pro tect her interests ? Are we to stand with our arms folded until all this is done? If so, then, I suppose, we shall be protected by Great Britain from the dangers that menace us from France and other pow ers ! I do not know that France holds our govern ment responsible tor these things. It is very probable, I think, that the course pur- I dore Paulding furnishes a key to some of these pro ceedings. It will be recollected that when Paulding went there, wrongfully as it was admitted, because the Executive declared he had no right to go into that Territory your Committee on Foreign Rela tion's made a report on the same subject, and I dc not believe a single senator pretended he had a right to do it our government, instead of censuring him in any way, eulogized him ; the President's message was mainly taken up with an attack on the fillibus ters and compliments to Paulding. I believe I do not do any injustice to the report of the Committee on Foreign Relations when I say that the body of that report was mainly directed against the fillibus ter movement; and while it was admitted that Paulding had violated the law and the constitution, they took a . great deal of pains to eulogize him. Now, supposing that the recent occurrences are truly stated in the papers and I have no doubt they are, because you have the statement of the purser" and others who have just returned what has Great Bri tain done exceeding our movement? If we can al low our officers to go there, (I admit not under the sanction of the srovernment! but. then thn ment took no especial pains to prevent a recurrence of these thinss in future. and dri ve anvbndv out will not Great Britain do it ? Y mi' rinvo in fatt. n British protectorate over Central America. T 1 1 a . ... . inow, i aesire, lor one, it possible, to get rid of this Clayton-Bulwer treatv. Then the eminent will be free. Until that is done it is utter ly impossible that you can protect American inter ests prooerlv in that miarter. Tf tho Prwl.mt Hc a a 1 - " - . v a v into any new light since last December upon this subject i nuiih. u lair ma i ne snouiu indicate it to the coun try. In mv ouinion. as I statif on the flnnr r th.. other house, the treaty could have been abrogated last spring on terms that ought to have been" ant? would have been, satisfactory to ns. Tt was nnl done. I do not propose now to innuire Imw nr whv this was prevented. I hone, howt 'VPr that. tln re olution will pass, and that we shall h cnmotl.in,, on the subject from the President. Air. masoa. Mr. President, I do not know whe ther there is a printer to the Senate at this sessioi or not; but if there is, it seems to me he has not ex actly performed his duty as a printer should perforn. it. The President's O V v. v V 1 1 1 . day week, was ordered to be printed, and I have a. yet received no copy of it in any shape. I under stand that in the other House it was nrinrorl If it were printed so that I could refer to it 1 would as- 1 it .i I . WI l' nciner mere is not a paragraph in it, which I think I recollect. gress on the subject of our existing relations with" uiu v,eiurai American Mates, unit mrnrtninn- rv. gress that with Nicarasrua and Costa Rica nefrotia- tions are now pending, but that they are in such condition that it would not be public interests to give further information. Do I understand the honorable Senator from N- Carolina to ask the Senate to differ with the President on that subject, and to request the information which he s iys it would not be compatible with the public in- tci ehu-s 10 communicate ? Mr. CLINGMAN. The President W c;, thing similar to the statement of the Senator from Virginiajvvith reference to those States. There may be nuHoer, ia ins possession mtormation wich he can communicate with regard to correspondence between Great Britain and the United States, and between us and those governments. I leave it to him. He can determine whether or not it is cnipatible with the public interest to reply to this resolution, I thought it fair, under all the circumstances, that there should be a call made. If.the Senator and the Senate differ with me, they can vote against the uro position. I do not see, however, that the President says anything in his message which renders it at all amiss for any Senator to make a call of this kind. I have made the usual exception. The Resolutions axd Fkee Nekkoes. Since our last issue we have thought more seriously, relative to the resolutions introduced into the Le-isltmp by Col. Humphrey, and we are not certain that we iuuw niu i-igm position m the lew observations we made. Nor are we inclined to the opinion that we could assume now a position that would either satis fy our readers, please ourself, or meet the exigency of the case. The resolutions, we are at leastsatis fied, need some amendment some modification and also a provisional clause. That nine-tenths of the free negroes are a moral curse to any community, is a fact which any observing person will acknowledge, and that something of a positive and stringent char acter is necessary to be done, no one will or can de ny, but what that we-thing is, ah ! " there is the rub," and for ourself we can not devise any plan more satisfactory, or which will better meet the stern and pressing necessities of the times, than the series of resolutions already before the Legislature. We think though, that some provisions should be made for the removal of thc ncgnx-s or that portion of them who prefer to be colonized rather than to o into voluntary servitude. To throw the improvident wretches solely upon their own means of removal would be to command an impossibility, or rather would be restricting them virtually to but one course would be tantamount to forcing them into slavery whether willing or not Whether the Humphrey resolutions pass or not, we hope some measures will be adopted to relieve, in some degree the "crvin" evil." Oxford Leisure Hour. Speech of Jous T. Gilmoke. We publish in another column, from the Raleigh StandnL the ex cellent speech of the Senator from Cumberland and Harnett, delivered in the State Senate, upon the coalfields Railroad bill. The material furnished in the subject for a masterly and uncommon effort had a just measure of appreciation at the hands of our representative, and although attended by no practi cal result favorable to the project, demonstrated that argument and power were not wanting as its auxil iaries. With such a graphic and forcible presentation as is set forth in this speech, the Legislature was at least made sensible of the. peculiar merits of the Kaih oad Bill and its title to their bounty, and if dis regarded m the end, must so fail from influence more potential than the power of reason or the dic tates ot wisdom. FayettecMe Carolinian. Hoxoits to Senator Douglas. The Boards of Al dermen and of councilmen of the city of New York have unanimously adopted a joint resolution in re gard to the reception of Judge Douglas. The pre amble and resolution are as follows: Whereas it is eminently due to this esteemed pa triot and distinguished Senator, that the city of New York, through its constituted authorities, should ex tend to him a cordial welcome on his arrival, iu order to express our admiration of the man and of princi ples which he has so long and so ably advocated therefore, Jteolted, That a committee be appointed to extend to the Hon Stephen A. Douglas the hospitalities of the city, and to invite him to become the guest of the Corporation during his stay in New York. lhc committee appointed to arrange matters for Senator Douglas' reception, have engaged rooms for him at the Everett House. N alley -Fan.;' . The name was first applied to leather made in the Territory, and has since become a common name for all 'articles of domestic manu- WHAT IS TO BE DONE WITH OUR CHARLEY? Yes that's the question ! The fact is, there seems to be no place in heaven above, or earth beneath, exactly safe and suitable, except the bed. While he is asleep there our s uls have rest we know where he , is and what he is about, and sleep is a i gracious state; but then he wakes up bright and ea'tyrfcJlnd begins tooting, pounding, hammering singing, naeddling, and asking questions ; in short overturning the peace of society generally for about thirteen hours out of twenty-four. Everybody wants to know what to do with him everybody is quite sure that he can't stay where they are. The cook can't have him in the kitchen, where he infests the pantry to get flour to make paste for his kites, or melt lard in thc new sauce pan. If he goes into thc wood-shed, he is sure to pull the wood-pile down upon his head. If he be sent up into the garret, you think for a while that you have settled the problem, till you find what a boundless field for activity is at once opened, ami- all the packages, boxes, bags, barrels, and cast-o. rubbish there. Old letters, newspapers, trunks o. miscellaneous contents, are all rummaged, and the very regin of chaos and old night is instituted. He sees endless capacities in all, and he is always ham mering something, or knocking something apart, or sawing, or planing, or drawing boxes and barrels in all directions to build cities or lay railroad tracks, till everybody's head aches quite tljwn to the lowei door, anj everybody declares that Charley must be kept out of the garret. Then y0u send Charley to school, and hope you are fairly rid of him for a few hours at least But he conies home noisier and more breezy than ever, having lcarned of some twenty other Charleys every seperate resource for keeping up a commotion that "ie superabundant vitality of each can originate. rle can dance like Jim Smith he has lcarned to smack his lips like Joe Brown and Will Briggs has shown him how to mew like a cat, and he enters the premises with a new war-whoop, learned from Tom Evans ITpfeels lnrwennrl valrtrnii& he has lpam. ed that hcj's growing immensely strong and know ing, and despises more than ever the conventionali ties of parlor life ; in fact, he is more than ever an interruption in the way of decent folks who want to be quiet It is true, that if entertaining persons will devote themselves exclusively to him, reading and telling stories, he may be kept quiet ; but then this is dis couraging work, for lie swallows a story as Rover does a piece of meat, and looks at you for another and another, without the slightest consideration, so that this resource is of short duration, and then the old question comes back : AVhat is to be done with him? But after all, Charley cannot be wholly shirked, for he is an institution a solemn and awful fact ; and on the answer to the question, What is to be done with him ? depends a future. Many a hard, morose, bitter man has come from a Charley turned off and neglected ; many a paren tal heart-ache has come from a Charley left to run the streets, that mamma and sisters might play on the piano and write letters in- peace. It is easy to get rid of him ; there are fifty wajs of doing that He is a spirit that can be promptly laid, but if not laid aright will come back, hy-and by, a strong man armed, when you cannot send him off at pleasure. Mamma and sisters had better pay a little tax to Charley now, than a terrible one by-and-by. There is something sisnificant in the old English phrase, with which our Scriptures render us familiar, a man child a man child. There you have the word that should make you think more than twice before you answer the question : " What shall we do with Charley?" For to-day he is at your feet ; to-day you can make him laugh, you can make him cry, you can persuade, coax him and turn him to your pleasure ; you can make his eyes fill and his bosom swell with recitals of good and noble deeds ; in shot t, j-ou can mould him if you will take thc trouble. But look ahead some years, when that little voice shall ring in deep, bass tones; when that small foot shall have a man s weight and tramp ; when a roua;h -rv-.il j .-Mian iu.it ll till., JUU11U UMIIl, aiHl IIIC wilful strength, of manhood till out that little form. Then you would give worlds for the key to his heart, to be aide to turn and guide him to your will ; but if you will lose that key now he is little, you may search for it carefully, with tears, some other day, and necer find it. Old housekeepers have a proverb, that one hour lost in the morning is never found all day. It has a significance in this case. One thing is to be noticed about Charley, that rude, and busv. and noisv as be is. and ii-kmii ic carpet rules and parlor ways are to him, he is still a social little creature, and wants to be where me rest of the household arc. A room ever so well adapted for play, cannot charm him at thc hour when the family is in re-union ; he hears the voices in the parlor, and his play room seems desolate. It may be warmed by a furnace and lighted with gas, but it is It uman warmth and light he shivers for; he yearns for the talk of the family, when he so imperfectly comprehends, and he longs to take his. playthings down and play by you, and is inces santly promising that of the fifty improper things which he is liable to do in the parlor, he will not commit one if you will let him stay there. This instinct ef the littie one is Nature's warning plea God's admonition. O, how many a mother who has neglected it because it was irksome to have the child about, has longed at twenty-five to keep her son by her side, and he would not ! Shut out as a little Arab ; constantly told that he is noisy, that he is awkward and meddlesome, and a plague in general, thc boy has found at last his own rnm. pany in the streets, in the hiirhwavs .and liorUoc where he runs till thc day comes when the parents want their son, and the sisters their brother, and then they are scared at the face he brings back to them, as he comes all foul and smutty from the com panionship to which they have doomed him. De pend upon it, "if it is too much trouble to keen vour 1 ' - " A ., ,, , . 1 iu your nocieiy, mere win be places found for him warmed and lighted with no friendly fires where he who finds some mischief still for idle hands to do. will care for him. if ton do not Vnn put out a tree and it will grow while you sleep, but . sou you cannot you must taKe trouble for him, cither a little now or a creat deal bv-and-bv. Let huii stay with you at least some portion of wciy uay uear ms noise ana ins ignorant ways. Put aside your book or work to tell him a story, or show him a picture ; devise still parlor plays for him, for he gains nothing by being allowed to spoil the comfort of the whole circle. A pencil, a sheet of paper, and a few .patterns will sometimes keep him quiet by you for an hour, while you are talk ing, or in a corner he may build a block-house, an noying nobody. If he docs now and then disturb you, and it costs you more thought and care to reg ulate him there, balance which is the greatest evil to be disturbed by him now, or when he is a man. Of all you can give your Charley, if you are a good man or woman, your presence is the best and safest thing. God never meant him to to do without you any more than chickens were meant to grow with out being brooded. Then let him have some place in your house where it shall be no more sin to hammer and pound, and make all the litter his heart desires and his various schemes require. Even if you can ill afford the room weigh well between that safe asylum aud one which, if denied, he may make for himself in the street Of all devices for Charley which we have, a few shelves which he may dignify with the name of a cabinet is one of the best. He picks up shells and pebbles and stones, all odds and ends, nothing comes amass ; and if you give him a pair of scissors and a little gum, there is no end of the labels he will paste on, and the hours he may innocently spend sortine and arranging. A Iwttle of liquid gum is an invaluable resource for various purposes, nor must you mind though he varnish his nose and fingers and clothes, (which he will do of course) if he does nothing worse. A cheap paint-box, and some engravings to color, is another; and if you will give him some real paint and putty to paint and putty his boats and cars, he is a made man. All these things make trouble to be sure they do but Charley m to make trouble, that is the na ture of the institution; you are only to choose be tween safe and wholesome trouble, and the trouble that com is at last like a whirlwind God bless the little fellow, and send us all grace to know what to do with him. The United States Senate was opened on Thurs day with prayer by a Roman Catholic priest in a white surplice. LIST OF APPOINTMENTS By the 2Torth Carolina Conference for the ensuing year. , Raleigh Dis. D. B. Nicholson, P. E. ' City L. L. Hendren, City Mission G. Farrar, Colored Mission James Reid, Circuit T. S. CamnbelL it it Taw River Wm. M. Jordan, R. C. Maynard, Henderson Benj. F. Long, Person Theo. AY. Moore, Granville Junius P. Moore, Hillsboro' Circuit Jon. B. Alford, j Hillsboro Station I). C. Johnson, ' ( Chapel Hill A. AY. Mangum. Louisburg. Thomas P. Ricaud. Nashville Caswell AAr. Kino- .Tnhn AY. JonVins . - ... , IEnoe Colored Mission To be supplied, North Carolina ArlvrratA Knfnu T Hoilin Raleigh Female Seminary David R. Bruton, Greensboro' District N. II. D. AA'ilson, P. E. Station L. S. Burkhcad, Guilford Circuit Moses J. Hunt. Davidson Circuit Thomas B. Reeks, t Forsyth Circuit Z. Rush, AVinston Circuit James F. Smoot, Stokes Circuit Clarendon M. Pepper, AYentworth Alfred Noi-man, Alamance C. II. Phillips, Yanccy ville John AV. Lewis, Franklinsvillc Jos. C. Thomas, K Normal College and High Point Jas. B. Bobbitt, (Asheboro' Benj. F. Guthrie, Leasburg James P. Simpson, AYm. Barringcr Agent of Greensboro Female Col- Joseph B. Martin Agent of Normal College, B. Craven President of Normal College. Salisbury District N. F. Reid, P. E. " Station H. T. Hudson, Rowan Joseph AVheeler, East Rowan Simeon I). Peeler, Mocksville M. C. Thcmas, Iredell AYm. C. Gannon, AY. W. Albea, South Iredell Enoch Moore, ( Alexander Mission Isaac AV. Avent, Little River Mission To be supplied. Jonesville Charles M. Anderson, AVilkes Robt A. AYillis, Surry Marquis L. AVood, t Blue Ridge Mission To be supplied, Summertown Mission S. H. Helsebeck Agent of Olin High School. vasnmgxon uisirict ira l. N vche, F. K. Station AYm. E. Pell, Roanoke AVm. AY. Floyd, AVarren Robt G. Barrett, Plymouth James E. Mann, AVilliamston Isaac F. Kerana, Greenville AVm. A. Hester, Columbia AV. F. Clegg. Mattamaskect H. H. Gibbon, Bath AV. D. Meecham, Neusc Am. M. D. Moore, Tawltoro' Robert S. Moran, Neuse Mission N. A. Hooker, Portsmouth & Ocracoke Mission Wm. II. Wheeler, Cape Hattcrass Am. I Newby, Roanoke Colored Mission P. A". Yarrell, Tar River Colored Mission AW H. Barnes, Newbern Dist AVm. Closs, P. E., " Centenary James H. Brent, M Andrew Chapel Mis. AA'ni. M. AYalsh, " Circuit J no. H. Lontr. Snow nill .Jas. B. Bailcv, AVilson Joel AV. Tucker, Contentnea Mission Jcrc Johnson. Smithficld Lemon Shell, Gohlsboro' .las. L. Fisher, Evcrcttsville N. A. II. Goddin, Kinston Jno. S. Davis, Jones Jno. M. Gunn, Trent John Jones, Beaufort Ann St. Jos. II. AVheeler, u Punis Chapel J. H. Hill, Straights Jno. R. Brooks, S. M. Frost. President of Wayne Female College. J. J. Hancs, Agent " " ' Jno. N. Andrews, Agent of Normal College, C. P. Jones, Agent of Book Depository ; AVilmington District C. F. Deems, P. E., Front St. Jno. S. Long, " 5th St T. AY. Gurthrie, Topsail AVilliamson Harris, Onslow Jno. C. Brent, Duplin Jesse A. Cunniggim, Sampson Paul J. Carroway, Bladen AVash B. Rit hardson, South River Mission Dan'l. Culbreth, Elizabeth Robert P. Bibb, AVhitesville Geo. AV. HeptenstalL Smithville Alex. D. Betts, Cape Fear Miss. M. N. Taylor, North East Thos. L. Triplett, AV. II. Bobbitt, Agent of American Bible Society, AV. I. Langdon, Secretary for the benefit of seamen, Fayettcville Dist Peter Doub, P. E., S " Sta. Abraham AVcaver" Evans' Chapel O. J. Brent " Circuit Geo. E. AA'ychc, Cape Fear Circuit J. AV. Tinnin, Ulaw River Jno. Tillett, A. Gattis, sup. ( " u Miss. To lc supplied, Pittslwro' James AV. AVheeler, Deep River AV. S. Chaffin, ( Montgomery Thos. C. Moses, Trion Dirby H. Scovill, Rockingham S. D. Adams, Moharne Henry Graj-, Robeson David AV. Doub, R. O. Burton, R. J. Carson, P. II. Joyner, James H. Jefferson and Samuel Rolrtsnn wpri to the A lrguua Conference. Methodist Pkotestast Conference. The Annu al Conference of the Methodist P. Church for the N. C. District, composed of Ministers and Laymen, met at Jamestown on Thursday 18th inst, and continued until AVcdnesday the 2-ilh. The following is the list of appointments for the ensuing year : A. AV. LVneberkv, President. Buncomle AV. F. Gray. Cleveland J. AV. Taylor. Mocksville J. M. Kcnnett Yadkin James Deans. Asheboro' Jacob Guyor. Davidson R. AA Pcgram. Guilford A. Robbing J. C. Forbis. Haw River R. R. Miehaux. Randolph R. R. Prather. Orange J. AY. Heath. Granville C. F. Harris, A. C. Harris, sup. Halifax T. H. Pcgram. Roanoke A V. II. AVills. Tar River J. F. Speight, R. II. Wills. Albemarle Unsupplicd. Nashville R. II. Jones. Monroe N. Bobbins, F. S. Gladson. Fayettcville Unsupplicd. Seaboard S. Kotohman. The Conference raised three thousand dollars for the Methodist Protestant Female College, located at Jamestown, Guilford county, North Carolina. It is confidently believed, that the College will be com pleted, and go into operation the first of July next Conference adjourned to meet at Enfield, in No vember, 1859. A. C. HARRIS, Sec. Foreign Policy op the United States. We regret greatly our inability to spread entire before the Star's readers thi f w" 'm vxsui v.i vo awuur panying the President's message of the dav before y esivruay, oecause iney involve the most triumphant vindication of Presidont. Titmh nnnnfo 4V.A?nm maI.m. conceivable; showing that he has carried out to the iciiei, me nign-ioneu view ot American national rights and duties in connection with the affairs of the American Continent, he was well known to have en tertained ere being elevated to the presidency ; and also that he has super-induced from England and Spain plain acknowledgments not only of the pror pritfty and justice of that policy, but distinct declare tions that those governments entertain no purpose whatever of interfering to prevent the consumma tion of that policy. Wah. Star. Latest from Havana. - New Orleans, Dec. 24. The steamship Cahawba from Havana, with dates to the 20th inst, has ar- jivcu. xuc rresiacnts rnesfinro hod ch Cuban authorities, and pred 7- tion. Senator Douglas b t-oo, :o:..:..i.-j 1 nonors in ail quarters. J . . o w-,. . uukiuKuuucu 1 Mb. Everett's Contributions to Bonner's Ledg er. Our readers arc aware that with the New Year the first number of Mr. Everett's Mount Yernon pa pers will appear in the New York 44 Ledger." The fact that Mr. Bonner paid Mr. Everett in advance ten thousand dollars, to be devoted to the Mount Yer non Treasury for one year's literary labor, has been niucij wiiruiiiinru. ?i ucii iw. jjtcicih siderable hesitation, accepted the munificent offer, he himself says, he "felt it his duty not to forego the opportunity of adding so large a sum to the Mount Yernon Fund." Those only who are person- : u j ni ir r r allv acnuainted vim the tinsel nsli natriot can com prehend the full extent of the self-sacrifice he has made to achieve an obicct which now enlists the sympathy of the people from Maine to California. Three years ago, almost from the hour the project was revealed to him, his clear-sighted vision saw the whole beauty of this work of woman's hands. AA'hen thc success of the enterprise was looked upon by the multitude as more than doubtful as jmjtotsible he openly espoused the cause with a martyr's de votion. Ills hand has' piloted the gratitude-freighted bark of Patriotism safe from threatened ship wrecks; his voice, his labors, (unequalled, save by her's who originated the scheme) have won thc tri- .. i. i - i i. i - uiupii which an awaKeneu, an approving nauon now accords. AYe liave said that, in accepting Mr. Bonner's pro posal, Mr. Everett made a sacrifice for we know that thc kind of publicity, given to his name by Mr. Bonner's peculiar method of advertising, must be repugnant to Mr. Everett's sensitive nature. The sarcasms and criticisms to which he weekly exposes himself, are not very attractive ; and, added to these drawbacks, he assumes a weekly labor which, com bined with the numerous engagements that summon him to the rostrum, must tax even h is elastic mental powers and rapidly-renewed strength. Apart from the noble motives that impelled Mr. Everett to become the contributor to a weekly pa per, we can sec nothing derogatory to his dignity in the fact, that a distinguished orator, an able statesman, a profound scholar, consents to address the public through the columns of a periodical. Are not Johnson, Addison, Steele, Swift, and Goldsmith, identified with the periodicals to which they con- inouiea r AVhy should not Mr. Everett become the sage in structor, thc delightful entertainer of the masses ? AVhy should he not open for them the affluent treas ury of his mind diffuse among them the wealth of his knowledge carry the benign and healthful in fluence of his teachings to their firesides elevate and refine the popular taste by his style, and spread out a rich intellectual repast, to which the humble and secure may gather, side by side with the great and prosperous, and be refreshed? The sweet voiced Milton, of womanhood has said : " It takes a uul To more a body ; it takes a high aouled man To more tbe mas r." Such a man Ls now enlisted to move them, and there is no degradation in the work to which he puts his hand. Bonner's 44 IdiTr" rtrriilntoo mnnr ttiMA t,,,n dred thousand subscribers. Hundreds of that num ber never turn the leaves of a book, but religiously con me imager, irom us title down to it last col umn. For every one individual who may have the opportunity of being stirred by Mr. Everett's elo quence, one hundred will peruse his contributions in the "Ledger." Thousands who can never hope to hear his voice, will listen with reverence to the words he speaks to them through thc Mount A'ernon Papers. They will look forward with eager delight to the weekly pleasure in store. Old and young will gather to welcome the expectant visitant, and they will find a new charm around the hearth-stone, that is gladdened by its presence. And we venture to predict, that when the period of Mr. Everett's en gagement expires, his classic pen will have so edu ratml trip taetoc rf tlin l : . : i cated the tastes of thc magazine reading portion of the community, that they will turn with disgust from the highly wrought fictions of the sensation school, and demand pure and wholesome intellectual food. Richmond Enquirer. r ti, ' r AIR. IIORXER S CLOSINfi KTFWftsr AVr irnro tt-o Classical School closed. Declamation and Comosi tion constituted the order of the evening, and we found both unusually interesting. Ordinarily we are a victim on occassions of this kind, but both the Declamation and the Compositions were generally good. Some four of the pupils in the former, ac quitted themselves very handsomely, and two or three of the compositions were creditable performan ces for persons of much older years. It gratified us to learn from Mr. II., that the deportment of thc students had been uniformly unexceptionable, and that the scholarship was far'in advance of anv pre- vuug stolon, i nai mis is an excellent school, we have taken occasion to say more than once before, and we here reiterate our impression, that no teach er in the State, in the same length of time, has se cured the approbation of so many judicious minds or won for himself a place as high iu the estimation of the Faculty at our University. AVe presume that there arc at least forty student at Chapel Hill, who were prepared by Mr. II., and a portion of them have secured the highest honors. The present se nior class in Mr. II.'s school, is composed of seven or eight students, and we were told by the Principal that the most indifferent scholar in that class, was superior to the best student that he had hitherto prepared. The next session will open in January 1859. Oxford Leunrt ' Hour. . 3 Ax Opponent's Opinion oe Mr. LETcnER. The Bedford Sentinel publishes the following remarks relative to thc choice of the Democratic convention, recently held in this city, for Governor of the State: ''AA'elL the Democracy ha v so Wfvi !,;;. t 1 " j bearer and mftr . T n bearer, and, so far as we arc individually concerned, we rejoice at the preference riven to 'honest .Tnho oHhVw? inieTery 2L:!JI0.T?ilCZh0' 1,ke FranMin and many oth- ciQineni men wnom our country has produced, has raised himself, by the mere force of intellect, perse vering study, and an indomitable energy, from an humble origin to his present high position. AAe never had a doubt that Ttrhnr a-ni.i i. t- . of the Convention; and wc have expressed our be- lief that he would h ih r T ,V , JSbto Stin?Tt0f vrauie uihunciion. on more than nno m-tacinn v.u umuiitiw un more man one occasion. b'-vuiiiusui uie oenuneu We repeat we rejoice that he has had this honor conferred upon him, for two reasons. First, lecause, if we are to a ucuiixrauc uovernor, we believe; that Mr. L. will make as good a one as any other that could have L. oeen selected from the ranks of that party; he nos- scsscs the rare virtu fTV V 1 J ,v . n honest politician, a raosi commendable quality in one to whom a most commendable quality in one to whom are to oe entrusted the destinies of the State. AAre believe that, ,n the exercise of his Executive functions, he will consult his own sense of public duty, and pur sue the line it indicates- that he will endeavor to discharge his duties faithfully as the governor of the Otate. and not Of a rlinno ni fr-tX D.i: : .i - . 1" ' "-"''" -uciicviiisr 11118 tn the event of no Ojpostion candidate of our own North Carolina f2m n v .1 c . urday, says the Richmond Yhig ofyesterday, a spec imen of North Carolina gold, ten and a half ounces, and almost perfectly pure. It was taken from the mines belonging to Mr. Christian, in Montgomery county, and is certainly the handsomest swscimen we have ever seen. Mr. Christian has Ukeiout thirty thousand dollars worth of the ore in the course of three months, and at a cost of only a few hundred dollam His mines are believed to be almost inex haustible. They were discovered in August last and he has just been offered for them in New York? three hundred thousand dollars, which he refused to TTe are indebted to D. AV. Court Vjin rv- rer of the State, for a copy of his report of the fi nances of the State, made to the Legislature now in wTn Vf haVC n0t had time 10 ne it yet but shall endeavor to Hn u ei AVe are not eiven much tn 1 deviate faHnr3iSBrflr there is no officer in the sK I that edly popular tSn Ture? Cnnlc " "T8 de??V that Shere is any Stale? the finanL"0 Z'u m.r,. J.we' , ne nnances of which are B so fa rrVJu56 NS mingtonJourvnf Courts is concerned. Wil Hon. Albert PiKE.AVe notice that some of our Eastern exchanges are again publishing tb?!.,,?". JffiRfi 5. so r - tlS"! - V . me colonel, onlva j since. navinr ct n . . . j J,nt 0 iort smith on a buffali buflklo Fr tbeSt, In IlaKfex, on Mondyf6th iat, the ofr-n exacted a fearful retribution in the cxecutio Gregory, aged nineteen, whose conviction ? ' J K tence must be fresh in the recollection of t I ... ers. ' TL loougD an unusually Heavy ram fell a moraing and the greater part of thedav II "? cncy of tne WCatber bad no effect in V-Ju"1- people from witnessing the tranC exhn v an early honT a1 Uie stores. hot, . ' ;!n. At - I -.j i i,:t., . ,i.. . '-,--u Iy arriving. Men and boys, from a distanecIt" ty miles, were parading the rtreeus at 1 " M., and remained till thc hour of execution , to a drenching rain. The entire conversation est and feeling of the various groups Kat'" through the town, were, of course. ibswU-d melancholy subject. Such has been the e."1" months with many in the county. ! ' The bustle and agitation which pervaded the ses outside, strikingly contrasted w ith the k ncss that reigned in the cell of the liapWs(X,uJ" man whose impending fate gave occasion toso"0" commotion. The silence thei c was unbroken "" t uji ?i i Kin by the accents of penitential prayer, nliich in j..v,.. ...n. oiuiMi ..imtur, lie v.ni to the Father of mercies. AVhat ! the m,rnVr ? reckless, thc abandoned, prostrating himself it !i feet of his Saviour, and, with a heart filled compunction, asking forgiveness of his tUs "? change indeed had come over him, tiim, ,," proving that, if licjond the pale of human svtiimt; he was not beyond the reach of thc iuercv.rrJ'-' uium- i jj vuriiu w wpiicai oi, this p,-.,. I would say, if the actions and reported words John Gregory were taken as convincing proof.. (f rcprolxite state, there are no just grounds for re ding the testimony of his words and arts as deprn J of all efficacy, when they go to establish the Ja, his conversion. AVhat chiefly contributed to Aii on the condemned the gates of worldly chariiT compassion w as the reports in circulation eoneernin! his defiant attitude in prison and during his iraf his rough expressions, the . indifference which 1 manifested when he knew that his days were nim! bered, and an awful eternity was opening on hiu. Then, since there is evidence that this relent;, spirit bowed under thc influence of divine pr,. that, like the returned prodigal, he exclaims " Father I have sinned against heaven, and lf thee " that with thc poor publican, he smote uiKn If breast, saying : " God be merciful to me a sinner" surely those who founded their repugnance and de nunciations on his insensibility to religious inn, sions, ought now to pause in'the ferocity of thia condemnation. Were not the sinful Mcrr'a tears An offering- worth? heaven. When o'er the faults of former rears She wept and was forjriven? A few days before his death he was baptized and received into thc church by the liev. AA. Croglsin and one who had better opportunities of cibsmin him, during thc last six hours of his life, than anv other save the clergyman in attendance, gives it as his conscientious belief that this world-forsaken youth died as true a penitent as the most faithful Christian could desire In a brief interview which the sheriff had with the condemned on the morning of the execution, the latter expressed deep sorrow for all his trensgre. sions, asked forgiveness of all whom he ever offendcd as he freely forgave all who had ever offended him; said that he felt quite happy, and was fully resigned to the death that awaited him, relying for'pardoii of his sins on the infinite merits of his Lord and Savi our Jesus Christ In reply to a question, whether he intended to address the crowd, he said that he haft ilncitmru) fti m,l-A a. . 1. rr , i . apprehensive that he might get excited, he had re quested Mr. Croghan to speak for him whatever was necessary. Except what occurred at this interview, there is little to record respecting his conversation and deportment in his last solemn moments, for all I um-uiioH were auaressea to uoa. His heart I I i , , , . . quu. mere was no aticctation of composure. His mind was then elevated bv the contemplation of ota.ciiij uu up, iar a oovc masquerade or pretension. In fact, at no time from his arrest did he exhibit the least cunning or dissimulation.. He held in his hand a crucifix, on which his eyes were constantly fixed, and which, better than the most descriptive sermon, brings vividly lefore thc mind that awful hour when darkness overspread the heavens, and the graves pave up their dead. For this purpose he used it, and had he been directed to employ thc em blem of salvation in such a way as Catholics are represented as doing, there is no question that with thc keen and searching intellect which he possessed, all the eloquence of the earth could not have pre vailed on him to conform. Thc tolling of the IkII gave warning that the fatal hour was come ; the drunken uproar round the jail rse louder and louder; thc sheriff and officers en tered the prisoner s cell, and, after a short delav. be went forth, his hand resting on the arm of the Rev. Mr. Croghan. He was respectably attired ; his icr sonal appearance was good ; and his pace to the scaffold was without swagger or feebleness. " Hi pmvers end deeds are all recounted. Hi hours to their last tninui mounted ;" l et upon his brow there is no shadow of the coming night. He stands on the threshold of eternitv with as calm a mien as the most indifferent spectator; confronting the terrors of death, not with the reck less hardihood of a desperado, but with thc meek in trepidity of thc Christian. To his lis is pressed the cross the dear rcmemberanee of his dying Lord. The dmn falls witli i Klnnnim, orah nirfr 1 ,,c aroP with a stunning crash poor, suffering, repentant creature may God receive von Jnt w i , - UoU rccc,TC JOU Thul Phedinthcmorningof life's dav, a voun5 ma" tinder favorable circtTmstanccs. in Ut like some of bis inrKfArc ln - i...,,l.1f - f t . - . - distinguished in the annals of thc State, instead of meeting a felon's deatli. A gentleman who visited him in jail, struck with his intelligence, his vi?or of thought the almost intuitive power with which be B, ! 1 conclusion that few could arrive at without a lg Process of reasoning, expressed astonishment I at An,i n v: i V. ,.r ... . ., at finding his mind so well disciplined. The other JIT: cP'anation, that to relieve thc weariness of his confinement he had devoted himself to read ing ; before that period, he could bnrclv read and write. ' It is idle nnw tn rnAml4 n ik. r l.:,.V v njvuiw vii iiic viiecia thorough course of moral and mental training might hsiA C ..a ",ur""5" course oi moral and mental training mipM have had on such an intellect- but we know that superior talents, when unnni1tml nfl Tirnre the source of grievous errors. Thc day before his death hetoreinto shreds a manuscript containing a sketch of his life, on. being reminded that what he had writ ten before his heart was turned to God, his judgment would not then approve. There are other circumstances in this connection, which I hesitate to mentinn m;icf - infant Ulltlk v - w father, a mnct intotlont : 1 1 -.s killed in thc performance of an act of humanity, and the helpless orphan was thrown on the resources of his connections. Too soon the boy contrived to le fme,i f own Philosopher and friend; and bchoW the sad resftt ! One act of his life, a deplo rable marriage, was chiefly instrumental in precipi tating his ruin, by deservedly estranging from him all who felt disposed to give him succor. In a community distinguished for the highest be nevolence, there were few, or none, to lament Greg ory s dreadful fate. This was owing to the prevail ing impression, that the young man was destitute of the common feelings of humanity. In this respect, he was too hardly judged ; but he seemed not to le aware that the idlest words of a man placed in his awful situation are caught up and regarded as the strongest indications of an indurated heart words which, in the mouth of an ordinary person, would not be considered i .KtsPecS 4e profane language attributed to 5S T tW inRtance &t least- 1 that he 7 m,srePrescnted. ? " nly justicc to T that Sheriff Snowr' tha" a,worthier or ore humane man is not in ex- istence. Mr. Johnston and Mr TWcii officers of tei. ReS Ieetin ih nrnfina lann.M rfT-;imtfHi to W did in thdr pwer to soften the rigor of the prisoner's doom. - tivn n oo uu, niiiKU , v.. - to effect any revulsion of public feeling, or to exten uate the commission of the offence for which Jojn Gregory suffered; but, since human justice has in flicted on him all the penalty it could -inflict, let not obloquy mirsne rnm Wnnl tlxa o-r-A. nuestion- ing, against all evidence, the sincerity of his repent ance. ' C. . V v