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RALEIGH I SVTUKDA.Y, DEC. 7, 1881.
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The Convention.
We invito attention to the proceedings of this
i . ,iv on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, in our
itimnl to day. Thursday being Thanksgiving
Bor, the Convention was not in session.
On Monday the Convention passed the ordinance
ii c . v. " .e o.,n am u. co-
piVIUIIIg lor liic uiauuiavtui o ui ouii. wu uic nw
is!; and on Tuesday the ordinance to punish se
lition, and to provide that every free male person in
s State oyer sixteen years of age, with the ex
vntiou of the Volunteers, shall take an oath to
Hipport the Constitution of the Confederate States,
imc up for consideration. This iiicasure is usual
known as the "Test Oath" oidinance. Mr.
B cgs, of Martin, who reported the measure from
committee, spoke at length in favor of it, and
vis followed by Mr. Leak, of Richmond, and Mr.
Dick, of Guilford, in opposition especially to the
"lest Oath "-feature of the ordinance. Mr. Leak
delivered one of his best speeches on the occasion,
i:l Mr. Dick thrilled and moved every one by his
Rirring and touching eloquence. We trust these
linemen will do themselves and their constituents
; o mstice to write out their remarks for publica
tion. ' ; 4 !
this ordinance is highly objectionable in one res
ist, at least, and we do not think it will pass in its
:nsint shape.
Electoral College of Jiorlh-Caroliua.
In pursuance of the proclamation of Gov. Clark,
the Electoral College of this State assembled in the
a h . .1 . ItT J t 1 . .
LommonS Hall, in tilts UlSjr, on n eunesuay iaas iu
cast the vote of the State for President and Vice
President All the Electors were present, to-wit :
William B. Hodman, II. V. Guion, John Pool, H.
1 Bond, L. VV. Humphrey, V. McL. McKay, Wel
lon S. Edwards, David 3. Rtid, Alfred G. Foster,
J.M. Long, Anderson Mitchell, and N. W. Woodlin J
.1 ri ii- t , X- T.l 1.. I
t il motion, uie uon. n eiuon x. Mivarun, ui
Warren, was unanimously called to preside over
t ic College, and Edmund 1. Freeman, Esq., of
Weigh, was appointed Secretary. Mr. Edwards
returned his thanks for the honor conferred upon
him, and spoke briefly but most impressively on
the state of the country, and with reference to the
:.;e'ii duty which the College bad assembled to per-
firm.
The Electors then proceeded to vote, first for
President, and then for Vice President, when it ap
petred that the whoie vote of the State was cas'. for
Jcteisos Davis, of Mississippi, lor President,
and Alexander EL Stephens, of Georgia, for Vice
President of the Confederate States.
bmiel Coleman, Esq., of Cabarrus, was unani
mously appointed to act as messenger :o carry the
Sealed vote to Richmond. It is a gratifying circum
:Unce that the State and the Electors themselves
fete saved the reproach of appointing John Spel
tran messenger, (a recently naturalized English
tun,) who we understand was a candidate for the
Thnuks to the llalteras Defender.
' Tuesday last the Convention took up and
nnuhaously passed the resolution introduced by
Mi. Warren, of Heaufort, tendering thanks to the
others and soldiers who defended Fort Hatteras,
-ad who alterwardis surrendered. The courage and
!:Juity of these brave men, now pining in captivity,
Cannot be questioned ; and it was peculiarly appro
priate that the Convention should thank them for
their services on the occasion referred to, and let
'Mm know thai they are remembered and cherished
t home.
" hen the resolution was first introduced, some
'Jnysago, Mr. Whitford, of Craven, moved to sus
pend the rules so that it might be passed at once ;
'mt he subsequently withdrew the motion, on a sug
gestion that there was some doubt as to the proper
defence of Beacon Island, which had been unjustly
confounded (as Mr. W. said.) in the minds of some
with the defence of Hatteras.
Beets.
"r. E. C. Fisher, of the Insane Asylum, and B.
! Moore, Esq., of this City, have sent us some of
lie largest and finest beets we have ever seen, and
hich reflect much credit on their horticultural
are and skill. They are the mango wurtzel, for
wt'-le, and the ordinary beet for table use. Dr.
fisher's largest mango wurtzel weighs 10i pounds,
Wd Ins three mango wurtzels together, 2'J pounds,
"is largest sugar beet weighs 8 pounds, and his
three sugar beets together, 2:i pounds. Mr. Moore's
Wicst mango wurtzel weighs 8 j pounds, and his
wee mango wurtzels together, 23 pounds. His
irst sugar beet weighs 9 pounds, and his three
""gar beets together. iU
ether. 24 Dounds. Thp u-i-ifht of
n r
ibiicr s six betts is 52T pounds, and Mr. Moore's
junds.
We feel bound as a just judge to say
Wat l)r. Fisher
takes the ualm as to the m.iniro
furtzelg, and Mr. Moore as to the sugar beets,
MIe the former is also entitled to the premium so
the entire weight of the two varieties is con
rned. Of course w take the beets. Thank you,
Sptlemen; and if not content with this decision!
Hfttte send us some beet seed next spring, or some
'lore beets next autumn.
Prersbubo Express. We were pleased to see
town a day or two since, our friend Mr. Crutch
Wd of the Express. Mr. C. has traveled over a
thousand miles recently, to procure paper on which
f' Print his large edition. We were glad to learn
lhf hld 0Lb,Aincu "iPPly which will last him
several months. The Express is an " Institution
nich n'ust not be allowed to go down.
! 7;'; ; e d n eTther the Weekly or Semi-Weekly for
SW Months, or $10 for twelve months; or id i both
i ...rVlor tlO for aix month, or 15 for twelve month..
11 ilradij " mmpitm
Vol. XXVII. No. 50.
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The Duty of the Conservatives.
We publish to-day a communication over the sig
nature of "A Volunteer," written by one of the
most patriotic and useful soldiers in the service, to
which we inve the attention of our readers. Our
correspondent, with our former correspondent" A
Democratic Confederate "is of the opinion that
the Conservatives owe it to themselves and to tha
people to present a firm front to the faction which
now controls this State, and to insist on justice for
themselves, and that the gross partyism which has
heretofore and which still prevails, shall be checked
and extinguished. In our next we shall publish a
communication over the signature of "Patriot,"
from the pen of one of the most eminent men in the
State, in which the gross partyism of the faction re
ferred to is thoroughly exposed.
Dince our recent article on the subject of " Party
Spirit," we have heard from friends in all quarters,
who warmly endorse the tone and the sentiments of
that article. Proscribed, crowded out and crowded
down, suspected, maligned, and almost crushed, the
old Union men are determined now to make a stand,
and to appeal to the people. This course has been
forced upon them. They will not submit to be pro
scribed any longer. They are the equals in every
respect of the old secessionists, and they intend to
assert and maintain their equality with them at all
hazards. This is a war for Southern rights, and not
for the exclusive benefit or advantage of a certain
faction.
The Character of the War.
The fiendish character of the war waged by the
North against the South, may be judged of, espe
cially as to the future, by the following speeches
recently delivered by Col. John Cochrane and the
Secretary of War of Lincoln's government. On
the occasion of a presentation of a flag to his regi
ment, Col. Cochrane said :
"In such a war wc are justified, arc bound to re
sort to every force within our power. Having open
ed the port of Beaufort, we shall be able to export
millions of cotton bales, and from these we may
raise the sinews of war. Do you say th:tt we should
not seize the cotton ?
No ; you are clear upon that point. Suppose the
munitions of war are within our reach, would we
not be guilty of shameful neglect if we avail not
ourselves of the opportunity to use them ? Suppose
the enemy's slaves were arrayed against you, would
you, from any squeainishness, refrain from pointing
against them the hostile gun, and prostrating them
in death? No; that is your object and purpose ;
and if you would seize their property, open their
ports, and even destroy their lives, I ask you whether
you would not use their slaves? Whether you
would not arm their slaves (great applause) and
cany them in battalions against their masters?
(Renewed and tumultuous applause.) If necessary
to save this Government, I would plunge their whole
country, black and white, into one indiscriminate
sea of blood, so that wc should in the end have a
Government which would be the vicegerent of God.
Let us have no more of this diletante system, but
let us work with a will and a purpose that cannot
be mistaken. Let us not be put aside from too ereat
a delicacy o! motive. Soldiers, you know no such
easoning as this. You have arms in your hands.
and those arms are placed there for the purpose of
exterminating an er.cmy unless he submits to law,
order, and the Constitution. If he will not submit
explode everything that comes in your way. Set
tire to the cotton. Explode the cotton. Take prop- i
erty wherever you may find it. Take the slave and
bestow him upon the non-slaveholder, if you please.
Great applause. Do to them as they would do to 1
us. Raise up a party of interest against the absent I
slaveholder, distract their counsels, and if this should !
not be sufficient, take the slave by the hand, place I
a inuskct in it, and in God's name bid him strike '
for the liberty of the human race. Immense ap-
plause." Now, is this emancipation. Is this aboli- :
tiouism ? I do not regard it as either. It no more
partakes of Abolitionism than a spaniel partakes of I
the nature of the lion. Abolitionism is to free the
slaves. It is to make war upon the South for that
purpose. It is to place them above their masters
in the social scale. It is to assert the great abstract
principles of equality among men. But to take the j
slave and make him an implement of war in over-
coming your enemy, that is a military scheme. It i
is a military necessity, and the commander who does
not this, or something equivalent to it, is unworthy
of the position he holds and equally unworthy of
your confidence."
Immediately after the speech of Col. Cochrane
there was a tumultuous demand for the Secretary
of Wat. Mr. Cameron came before the regiment
and said :
Soldiers: It is too late for me to njake you a
speech to-night, but I will say I heartily approve
every sentiment uttered by your noble commander.
The doctrines he has laid down I approve as if they
were my own words. They are my sentiments
sentiments which will not only lead you to victory,
but which will in the end reconstruct this our glori
ous Federal Constitution. It is idle to talk about
treating with these rebels on their own terms. We
must meet them as our enemies, treat them as our
enemies, and punish them as enemies, until they
shall have learned to behave themselves. Every
means which God has placed in our hands it is our
duty to use for the protection of ourselves. I am
glad of the opportunity to say here, what I have
already said elsewhere, in thise few words, that I
approve the doctrines this evening enunciated by
Col. Cochrane. Loud and prolonged cheering.
If any attempt shall be made to carry out these
sentiments of Cochrane and Cameron, by arming
the slaves, then wc shall advocate the extermination
of every Yankee found upon our soil with arms in
his hands.
Fart Spirit.
The following pieamble and resolutions have
been introduced into the Convention by Mr. Thomas,
of Carteret They appear to us to embody senti
ments which should meet general approval. Their
unanimous adoption by the Convention would go
very far to repress that spirit of party 60 unfortun
ately prevalent at this time in this State. We trust
that these or similar resolutions may be adopted :
" Resolution Discountenancing Party Spirt during
the War, and declaring the military to he sub
ordinate to the citil authority.
Whereas, The delegates of the people of North
Carolina, in Convention assembled, did lately adopt,
unanimously, a series of resolutions, expressing,
among other things, undiminished confidence in the
justice of the cause for which we have taken up
arms, our sense pf the duty of the people of these
States to maintain and uphold that cause, and a de
termination to shrink not from the performance of
our whole duty in the achievement of our indepen
dence which we have asserted, and to accept no al
ternative therefor: And, whereas, unanimity and
harmony are necessary, and whatever would impair
these among those who would, in good faith, keep,
stand to, abide by, and perforin these resolutions,
should be discountenanced ; therefore,
Resolved, That we, the delegates aforesaid, will
discountenance all party spirit, which may have
been excited by former differences of principles,
measures or conduct of parties as designated prior
to our act of separation from the government of the
United States, and during the war in which we are
engaged, wc would condemn all mere party manage
ment, political proscription and favoritism; as well,
also, the selecting and appointing men to office, or
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LEIGH. N. C. WEDNES
places of trust or nroflt either civil or military.
within this State, or the Confederate States, because
of their resistance to the old government earlier
than our unanimous act of separation referred to,
therefrom.
Rttohed, That the military should be ever kept
and held in sttict subordination to, and governed by
the civil authority; and while a conflict of these
should be deprecated and avoided, any interference
with the rights of person or property by the former,
except in obedience to the latter, or in cases where
the public safety demands, and the civil authority
cannot be invoked or had, should subject the person
or persons so exercising it to the reprehension and
censure of the people, and to disqualification for
posts of distinction, and to removal therefrom, by
the civil power."
Work! Work!!
The South has work to do hard work, to carry
her successfully and trinmphantly through this war.
Our men who are able to bear arms, must not hesi
tate to rush to the field of battle. Our sacred
honor, our property, our lives and our strong arms
are pledged, and must be consecrated to the main
tenance of our liberties and our rights. Our sol
diers in the field must be clothed and fed and sup
ported by those who stay at home. Men of pro
perty must not hold back or hesitate at the large de
mands which will be made upon them. Every man,
woman, and girl or bey able to put a hand to work
must go at it with a true heart and will. There is
no use in blinking the matter longer. We must go
to work. Idlers and spendthrifts and men unwillin.;
to work for the support of the war, must be made
to shoulder their muskets and go to the field. But
we must not only work but economize. Our food
and clothing must be made to cost less than hereto
fore, and every effort must be made and that quick
ly, to drive back the immense hordes of Northern
Vandals, who are coming down upon us. Let those
who are faint hearted, who indulgo in gloomy fore
bodings as to the future who discourage and par
alize our efforts by magnifying the strength of the
foe and our own weakness, shut their mouths and
go to work, or take up arri s in defence of the South.
Let those who were anxious for the war, who in
dulged in bravado and gasconade about the weak
ness of the enemy, let not one such man stay from
the field. Above all, let us make a long pull, a
strong pull, and a pull altogether, relying upon the
justice of our cause and the favor of Heaven.
English Feeling on American Affairs.
At the Lord Mayor's dinner, in London, on 9th
November, Mr. Adams, the Lincoln minister, and
Lord Palmerston were present. In toasting Mr.
Adams the Lord Mayor said :
" I am about to associate with this toast the name
of a gentleman whose mind must necessarily, under
the circumstances, be occupied much with the affairs
of his own country, which unhappily is at this mo
ment in a condition to require the sympathies of the
world. In no country will those sympathies be
yielded more readily than hi this. Cheers.) I need
not say I allude to America. I will associate with
this toast the name of the American Minister, and
I can assure him taking on mysely for the moment
to be the exponent of the feelings and sentiments of
this great city, over which I have the honor to pre
side I can assure him of the entire sympathy of
the citizens of London, and 1 think I may say of the
whole British people. I can assure him that our
most earnest desire is to see the day when those
difficulties, which we hope are enly temporary, shall
be entirely eradicated from the soil of that great and
free country. Loud cheers."
Mr. Adams responded at some length, but made
no particular allusion to American affairs. In the
course of some remarks by Lord Palmerston, he
said :
" The condition of our revenue is altogether satis
factory, cheers ; r.nd, although circumstances be
yond our control may threaten for a time to interfere
with the full-supplies of that article so necessary
for the productive industry of the country, yet no
doubt that temporary evil will be productive of per
manent good, cheers ; and we shall find in various
quarters of the globe sure and certain and ample
supplies, which will render us no longer dependent
upon one source of production for that which is so
necessary for the industry and welfare of the coun
try. Cheers.
Gentlemen, when we look without, we see no
doubt, in many parts of Europe, circumstances
which, if not dealt with by prudence and discretion,
may lead to local disturbances, which I trust will
not at least extend themselves to bring us within
their range. Cheers. On the other side of the
Atlantic we witness with the deepest affliction
cheers with an affliction which no words can
express cheersj differences of the most lamenta
ble kind among those whom we call our cousins and
our relations. Cheers. It is not for us to pass
judgment upon there disputes ; it is enough for us
to offer a fervent prayer that such differences may
not be of long continuance, and that they may
speedily be succeeded by the restoration of harmony
and of peace. Cheers.
The Court Journal of a late date says it has pos
itive information that at the last Cabinet council
the question of the propriety of breaking the block
ade of the Southern ports was discussed, when it
was agreed that no countenance could be given to
such a proceeding.
The Biggest Lie of the Seasou.-Norlh-Carolina
.Reported Returning to the Union t
A PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT FORMED.
New York, Nov. 21. A letter from Hatteras
Inlet, the 13th, says: We learn that North-Carolina,
by a convention of delegates representing
forty-five counties, has declared a Provisional Gov
ernment, and has entirely repudiated the secession
act of the State, re-affirming her loyalty and devo
tion to the Constitution of the United States. The
convention met at Hatteras on Monday last The
act passed contained several sections, the substance
of which is as follows :
The first declares vacant all the offices of the State.
The second names Marble Nash Taylor Provis
ional Governor.
The third adopts the Constitution of the United
I States, with the statutes and laws contained in the
I revised code of I860.
The fourth repudiates the ordinance of secession,
passed at Raleigh, on the 20th of May, together
with all the other acts then adopted.
The fifth directs the Provisional Governor to
order a special election for members of Congress.
The sixth gives to the Governor authority to
make temporary appointments to official vacancies.
The Convention then adjourned, subject to the
call of the President
Governor Taylor has issued his proclamation for
an election in the second Congressional district,
which will be held on Wednesday, the 27th tnst
The foregoing embodies one of Charles H. Foster's
most enormous lies. No Southern State is more
united or more unanimous in its opposition to Lin
coln than North-Carolina. The only Convention
which has been held in this State is now in session,
composed of 120 delegates, chosen in May last by
the people. These delegates unanimously signed
the act of secession or separation on the 20th of
May last; and the very last thing which they, and
those whom they represent will think of, will be a
re-union with the Northern States. They will
never consent, under any circumstances, to re-unite
themselves with the non-slaveholding States.
DAT, DECEMBER. 11. 1801.
To the Public.
On Wednesday, the 27th of last month, I attacked
Mr. William Robinson on the pavement in Raleigh,
near Mr. Turner's Bookstore, and caned him, and
otherwise punished him. We both subsequently
appeared before the Mayor, and gave bond to appear
at the February term of Wake County Court I
have no taste for statements or disputes about such
matters, and I was consequently disposed to make
no public allusion to the rencontre ; but as the nom
inal senior Editor of the State Journal has given a
totally false account of the affair in the last number
of that paper, justice to myself requires that I
should state the facts, as they appeared in evident e
before the Mayor, and as they will appear more
fully before the Court The State Journal says :
"On VVednesday last, while our Assistant Editor,
Mr. Robinson, was standing on Fayetteville street,
examining a paper in the hands of Hon. D. M. Bar
ringer, Holden, of the Standdrd, advanced upon
him nearly from behind, and wholly unobserved,
and struck him over the head with a heavy loaded
gold headed cane remprking as he struck, "you
call uie a poltroon, do you P A second blow was
received upon a sword-cane held by Mr. Robinson,
and then the belligerents closed. After a struggle
of some minutes, during which Mr. Robinson drew
the sword from his cane and made an effort to "use
it on his assailant, they both fell together. They
were immediately pulled apart As soon as Mr.
Robinson regained his feet, he tore loose from the
persons holding him and brought his cane down
with a vim upon Holden's head, making him bleed
profusely."
Now, it is not true that I approached Mr. Robin
son " nearly from behind, and wholly unobserved."
He was conversing with Mr. Barringer, and both of
them were standing with their backs to the south,
with their faces slightly turned towards each ether,
while I approached them from the north. As I
approached, and when within ten feet of Mr. Rob
inson, I gave Ii tin warning, by the expression re
peated above by the Journal. Those who were
present at the examination of the witnesses before
the Mayor, will recollect that Mr. Robinson endeav
ored, after the examination was closed, to produce
the impression that I had approached him and
struck him as stated by the Journal ; and they will
also recollect that I at once rose and 'stated I had
approached and struck him boldly, fairly, and
squarely, and that my statement was not to he dis
puted. Neither Mr. Robinson nor his counsel made
any reply.
Nor is it true that I struck him with "a heavy
loaded gold-headed cane." The cane, ifts true, has
a golden head, but it is not loaded. Nor is it as
heavy as many canes which are worn. The nom
inal senior Editor speaks feelingly on the subject,
and imagines that the stick is much heavier than it
really is. It is the same with which 1 once chas
tised him through all the tneanderings around the
pillars in front of the Yarborough House, in this
City.
Nor is it true that the struecle lasted "some
minutes." Mr. Robinson made effort after effort to
stab me with the sword-cane, but failed. 1 held his
sword arm with one hand, and punished him with
the other ; and 1 would have thrown him instantly, 1
but for the apprehension that in falling on him,
the point of the sword cane might be turned up
wards and run through me.
Nor is it true that we " fell together." He fell
before I did, for I was on top of him.
Nor is it true that " as soon as Mr. Robinson re
gained his feet, he tore loose from the persons hold
ing him," and struck me with his cane. Mr. Bar
ringer testified before the Mayor that two minutes
elapsed between the time we were separated and the
time he struck me with his cane; and another wit
ness testified that when he struck me I was held by
at least two persons. My belief is that one had me
by the left arm, another by the right arm, and an
other by the shoulders, and I think the evidence,
when fully brought out and sifted, will show this,
though it is far from my purpose to reflect in the
slightest degree on the witnesses who were examin
ed. -He advanced ten feet and struck me when I
was powerless, I looking him in the eye. The
friends who held me no doubt meant well, but it
was hard to he struck in a manner so cowardly,
when I could not wield a finger in self-defence. The
blow, it is true, was a slight one. It occasioned no
jar, but only broke the skin ; and the nature of the
wound, so greatly magnified by the senior nominal
Editor, may he judged of by the fact that it did not
need to be dressed, and occasioned me no inconve
nience. I have thus shown that there are at least five
palpable falsehoods in the above brief extract from
the Journal. The writer knew them to be false
when he penned them, for he was present at the ex
amination and heard all the evidence. But I am not
at all surprised at the account which the Journal
has given of the rencontre. . 1 expected, if it noticed
it at all, that it would misrepresent the whole affair
deliberately aid wilfully ; and the result has shown
that I was not mistaken. My observation has con
vinced me that that paper will never tell the truth
wlipn a lalsehoou will suit its purpose better.
'The intimation by the nominal senior Editor that
1 am not under bona to keep the peace towards Aim,
and that he is teudy to fight me, is unworthy of no
tice, especially after what occurred in front of the
Yarborough House, some time since. -
In conclusion, I beg leave to say that no man is
more averse than I am to personal broils and con
flicts. I have resided for the last twenty-five years
in Raleigh, during all of which time I have conduct
ed myself and been regarded as a peaceable citizen.
But 1 have been pursued for months by certain poli
ticians with the utmost malignity ; and the nominal
Editors of the State Journal have been instruments,
and are now instruments in the hands of these poli
ticians in their warfare against inc. For months
that paper has teemed with the most bitter personal
abuse of my friends and myself. We have been as
sailed as untrue to the South, and as unworthy to
be trusted in the present crisis. The people have
been called upon to put a "hideous mark upon our
brow,'" as persons whose "wicked counsels" have
brought the "present sufferings" upon the South!
Indeed, this abuse has been so vile, and has been
indulged in to such an extent by the State Journal,
that Mayor Root, on the occasion of the examination
referred to, distinctly intimated to Mr. Robinson
that the course of that paper had tended to discord
and breaches of the peace in this community, and
that, as a Magistrate, even if be were not guilty in
law of an affray, it would be his duty, on account
alone of the character of the paper with which he is
connected as associate Editor, to bind him to the
peace. Mr. Spelman was present, and beard this
warning given by the Mayor. I have paid but little
attention to this abuse, and, so far as Mr. Robinson
is concerned, I have never even alluded to him. I
know that I can gain no credit by personal collisions,
especially with such persons as Mr. Spelman and Mr.
Robinson, but I trust my friends will pardon the
sudden impulse under which I acted in chastising
them. I intend to maintain my position firmly and
fearlessly, and to tear the mask from the faces of
those who owe and control the State Journal, and
who, if not checked in their partizan conduct by the
people themselves, will inflict great injury upon the
character of the State, and divide and paralyze trje
public councils at a time when a common front
should be presented to our eucmies.
W. W. HOLDEN.
Raleigh, Dec. C, 18C1.
The Nashville Banner says : S
We learn from a gentleman just from Kentucky,
that Andrew Johnson made a speech at Frankfort,
one night about ten days ago, in which he vaunt
ingly announced his intention to eat his New Year's
dinner at home. Andy's ''home" will be so hot
that it will scortch his meat
Twelve sacks of saltpetre were received in Mem
phis, Tennessee, on the 20th from While River, Arkansas.
Whole Number 1393.
Salt.
We publish below the ordinance passed by the
Convention making provision for the manufacture
of salt on the sea-coast On Wednesday last Dr.
John M. Worth, of Randolph, was elected Commis
sioner by the Convention. Dr. Worth is an ener
getic business man, and those who know him best
are confident that he will make a most efficient
Commissioner :
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SALT.
The Committee to whom was referred the resolu
tion in relation to Salt, have had the same under
consideration, and instructed me to report :
Tha', though they have no means of ascertaining
the quantity of Salt required, or the precise amount
on hand in the State, it is quite certain there is a
great deficiency in the supply.
It is believed by your Committee that something
near hve hundred thousand bushels will be required
for the use of the entire population for one year ;
while it is doubtful if more than one hundred thou
sand bushels is in the market, and probably less
than that in private hands. It is thought there is
a deficiency of three hundred thousand bushels, or
more, and that one-half of this will be required in
the next six or eight weeks.
The only source from which any part of this de
ficiency can be supplied beyond our own limits, is
at the Washington County Salt Works, near Abing
don, Va., and it is doubtful if one bushel from that
quarter can be furnished for ten that is absolutely
necessary. At this establishment about twenty
five hundred bushels is furnished per day ; but so
large a section of country is dependent on it, that
no considerable portion of the deficiency can be ex
pected from that source. It is true, that salt is be
ing made in the remote portions of Texas and Ar
kansas, but entirely out of reach of our people.
It is then certain that we must look to our re
sources and to the manufacture of it on State ac
count, on our sea coast ; and though there is little
being there manufactured, and none for sale, enough
has been done to satisfy your Committee that an
abundant supply can there be made, and at a cost
greatly below its present market price.
It is believed that it can be made and furnished
to consumers for less than two dollars per bushel,
even at this season of the year, by boiling, while it
will cost much less in spring and summer seasons,
when evaporation by the atmosphere and heat of the
sun can be called to our aid.
It is not believed that individual enterprise can be
relied on to turnish any part of the supply now re
quired, owing to the uncertainty as to the blockade.
Your Committee, therefore, recommend that pro
vision be made for manufacturing and supplying to
the people of each county in the State, salt at its
actual cost ; and to this end, recommend the ap
pointment of a Commissioner, to be charged with
the whole subject, and recommend the passage of
the accompanying Ordinance.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
N. W. WOODFIN, Chairman.
AN ORDINANCE IN REGARD TO THE SUP
PLY OF SALT.
1. Be it ordained, &c., That a Commissioner be
appointed by this Convention, to manufacture salt
for the use of the people of this State, at such place
or places as he shall judge best and that he furnish
it to the people of each county at the most conve
nient depot on the railroad to such county, or some
navigable waters, on the payment of the cost of
manufacturing and transportation, which price shall
be paid on the delivery of the salt.
2. Be it further ordained, That the said Com
missioner shall have full power to employ the neces
sary agents and laborers, and to contract for mate
rials, in the name of the State, necessary in carry
ing out the provisions of this Ordinance, and to
draw upon the Public Treasurer, from time to time,
therefor, not exceeding the sum of one hundred
thousand dollars.
3. Be it further ordained, That it shall be the
duty of said Commissioner to proceed as soon as
practicable to the discharge of this duty, and as salt
can be made, it lie sent forward to the various de
pots on the several railroads in the State, or on some
navigable water for the accommodation of every
section of the State, equally, and in such order as
he may find best to meet the wants of the country.
i. Be it further ordained. That Justices of the
Peac j in the several counties in this State a majority
being present may meet at the Courthouse, in term
time, or in vacation of the courts, and make such
order as they may prefer, touching the delivery,
distribution and payment for the salt manufactured
for the use of the people of such county, and to that
end may advance the money out of the Treasury of
the county, or otherwise: Provided, That they
shall not allow the salt to be sold On speculation, or
for more than the actual cost
5. Be it further ordained, That it shall not be
lawful for any one to purchase more of the salt, so
made, than he requires for his own use, or distribu
tion, at the cost and expense of transportation ; and
if any one shall purchase any salt so made, and re
sell it for a profit, he shall be guilty of a misde
meanor, and on conviction thereof, in any of the
County or Superior Courts, shall be fined or im
prisoned, at the discretion of the Court
6. Be it further ordained, That this Ordinance
shall continue in force and operation during the
continuance of the present war, unless the Legisla
ture shall otherwise order.
7. Be it further ordained. That if the Commis
sioner should die or remove from the State, resign,
or refuse to act, or should prove faithless to the
trust reposedain him, the Convention then not be
ing in session, the Governor shall supply the vacan
cy created in any of the forementioncd means.
8. Be it further ordained, That it shall be the
duty of the Commissioner to make report to the
Governor every month, showing the progress of the
work, ltscost, etc. It shall be the duty of said
Commissioner ori the first Monday of each month,
to report to the Governor the quantity of salt man
ufactured during the month preceding, and the dis
position made of all the salt made, the cost of pro
duction and transportation, and the income to the
Stale on the salt made and sold, and that the Gov
ernor shall lay such reports before the General As
sembly at the first session, and they make such or
der for change in the management of the business
and settlement with the CouirMssioner as in their
wisdom may seem right
0. Be it further ordained, Aat the Commission
er shall, before entering on the duties of his office,
take an oath of office and give bond payable to the
State in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars
with security to be approved by the Governor, and
shall take bond and ample security from every agent
by him appointed, whose duties shall require him to
receive or pay out money, and that all such bends
shall be payable to the State of North-Carolina.
10. Be it further ordained. That the Commis
sioner shall receive an annual salary of fifteen hun
dred dollars and his travelling expenses.
Read three Ames and ratified in open Convention
the day of A. D., 1801.
The South Carolina Legislature has passed reso
lutions with only one dissenting voice, expressive of
confidenceMn the patriotism and ability of President
t
A
Davis and he Administration. Ihis is more grati
fyinfTrom the fact that some'efforts seem to have
been made in that quarter to impair confidence in
the conduct of the Confederate affairs. We are
glad to see, however, that, with such gratifying
unanimity, the Legislature of South Carolina has
endorsed the universal judgment of the other States,
and shares in the univeiAkamVNaWnt of hearty
confidence.
Pkf.vrntino Planting .uafhe Senate of.
Mississippi has adopted a pweWle and resolution
proposing the passage of effective laws preventing
the growing of another cotton crop until the
one is disposed of. ,
tfce Lkteit Newi.
Ths Legislature of South Carolina has eWeta
Robert W. Barnwell and James L On- Confederate
States' Senators.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
of the Confederate States, assembled at AugtuU,
Georgia, on the 4th. The Rev. Francis McFarland
was chosen Moderator.
The campaign in Western Virginia is said tt be
virtually closed for the present Gen. Floyd has
fallen back to within thirty miles of the Va. a4
Tennessee Railroad. Gen. Loring still holds his
position near Cheat Mountain. , it-.'
There is oo important news from Kentucky.
Every tiling is said to be quiet at Manasmi. We
have rumors of skirmishes on the Potomac, but
there seems to be no great probability of a general
battle. It ia stated that twelve more regiments warn
transferred from Washington to the Alexandria side
of the Potomac on Saturday last
Latest rxox Eunore. Thirty-five thousand 1
of cotton were sold m Liverpool on the 11th ami'
12th of November, at an advance. The London
Timet seeks to calm the general dismay consequeaV
on the short supply of cotton. It says there is a
ground for national alarm.
An important Council was held in Paris on the
12th November. The Paris Constitutions! urges
that American ingratitude enables France to witness
the disruption of the Union with the utmost indff
ferer.ee. There was a report that England wonld invite the
United States to join in the expedition to Mexico. ....
The Spanish journals refer to a probable Spanish
protectorate as the result of the expedition.
For the 9ti
Four Ellen, Va., 5ov. 27. 1861.
Mr. Holdks :' Your readers have been Ignorant
of the manoeuvres of the 4th regiment of Notth
Carolina volunteers for some time past, ana taking;
it for granted that a letter from camp would not be
objectionable, I ask a small space in your paper to
day for the purpose of giving-one. , . '"
Out regiment is still near Smithfteld. We have
finished our winter quarters, and are as well satis
fied and as comfortable as any regiment of men can
wish to be. Since we have got in our quarters, the
camp has been changed from Camp Bee to Fort Bee.
Two companies, the Raleigh Rifles and Cleaveland
Blues, have been quartered at the Bay for the win
ter. They have also got into their quarters, and
the camp is called Fort Ellen, in honor of Colonel
Daniel's estimable lady. The two companies are
under the command of Maj. Faison.
It was rutucred through camp the other day, and
the rumor is still rife, that we were going to.be sent
to Kentucky, which meets the general disapproba
tion of all the soldiers I have conversed with on the
subject Now, if we had been sent there a month
or two ago, we could not have been pleased better,
but after having worked and toiled to build quar
ters to make us comfortable during the winter, and
fortifications to protect us, we arc loth to leave them,
and go to a colder region, where wc will have noth
ing but worn-out tents to protect us from the snow
storms which are frequent in western Kentucky. .
We hae heard with much astonishment of the ap
pointment of L. O'B. Branch as a Brigadier General
in the Confederate States army. I guess he has
forgotten that when the Raleigh Rifles were formed
he appeared before the company and made a speech
of nearly an hour's length, throwing office to the
dogs announcing that he was among the first to
bring on the war, and that he was going fully into
the fight as a private in the company he then ad- .
dressed. As soon as the meeting of the company .
adjourned, he proceeded to the Court-house, where ,
a meeting of the citizens had convened. As soon
as he entered the hall, he was called on by the au- rik.
dience for a speech. He responded to the call, and
in his remarks he went on to tell his listeners about .
h is volunteering that he hoped they would go and
do as he had done that Ae had set them an ex
ample ; (and I doubt not but at the same time, he
had a commission in his pocket) The sentiment
of all the soldiers that I have heard speak of his ap
pointment, is, " God deliver us from such Generals
as General Branch."
Cols. Daniel and Lovejoy have been sick for the .
past few .weeks, but are now improving rapidly. ...
The health of the regiment is tolerably good. The
Raleigh Rifles held an election yesterday, for first
Lieutenant, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the
resignation of Lieut Sion H. Rogers. Mr. Quentin
Busbee was unanimously elected.
ALPH0520.
The Norfolk Bay Book says it is in contemplation
to hold an indignation meeting in that city for tha
regulation of the price of salt.
Alabama Pikes. The Legislature of Ala'ianm,
on the 27th, appropriated $6 000 for the purpose of
arming the 48th Regiment, Alabama Militia, mt
Mobile, with pikes and bowie-knives. The pattern
is said to be formidable and destructive. -'
For the Standard.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
At a meeting of tbo " Moore County Independ
ents," Company H., 2Cth Regiment N. C. Volun
teers, held at Camp, near Carolina City, on the
29th day of November, 1861, on motion, Capt Mar
tin was called to the Chair, and Lieut C. Dowd,
Richard Street and Duncan Kelly appointed a com
mittee to draft resolutions, who reported as fol
lows :
When the aged pilgrim, weary of life, yearns for
rest and dies, we feel that it is but a momentary af
fliction, which, in the ordinary course of nature,
must needs be expected. But when the young man
just ripening for usefulness and honor, with bright
hopes and prospects before him, ia cut down as by a
mighty blow, then is our reasoning baffled, and our
philosophy put to the blush, and we can but ex
claim : " Truly the ways of Providence are myste
rious, and past finding out"
Whereas, Death has again invaded our ranks,
and stricken down by the hand of disease our much
esteemed fellow soldier, Dr. D. W. Shaw.
Resolved, That in the death of Dr. Shaw, our
company has lost one of its most worthy and patri
otic members, and the Regiment a kind, attentive
and ski'ful physician and surgeon.
Resolved, That the deceased, by his faithful per
formance of duty, his polite and affable manner, his
upright and manly deportment, his noble and gen
erous heart, and his extraordinary kindness and at
tention to the sick, has engraven his memory deep
in our hearts ; and while we sorrow that he is dead,
it affords us no little solace to remember that he
sacrificed his life, which was full of promise for the
future, in the cause of his country, ministering to
the sick and afflicted of the Regiment.
Resolved, That we offer our sympathy to the aged
mother, and to the brother and sister of the de
ceased, assuring them, that whilst the one has lost
a dear son, snd the others an affectionate and war
thy brother, we too, by the same sad dispensation,
have lost a friend, a brother, a noble comrade in
arms, whose death has thrown a heavy pall of gloom
over our entire camp, and filled every bean with
the most unfeigned sadness and sorrow.
Resolved, That these proceedings be published in
the Standard, Observer, snd Presbyterian, snd that
a copy be sent to the family of the deceased.
W. P. HAKlLiN, C um n.
C. Dowd, i
Richard Street, Committee.
Dcxcah Kelly, j
TRINITY COLLEGE.
THE NEXT TEEM WILL COMMENCE JAN.?. IMS.
The College ia in foil operation, with a earnaMe
Faculty , elaaaes of good aiu, and evcrythiag asaaaaiy for
tboroojfh Collegiate education.
Whole aebeaaee for ten month, about ties.
Addreuieuoteraiiiat"TriatyOc4te(te.N.a
E.OEAVEN.
December 3, 1861. 4S wtt
THE US1VKRSITY OP I0RTH-CAQLII
Chapel HiH.
THE NEXT SESSION WILL BEGIN ON
DAY IHfh JANUARY is.
This lastUation, sitnatea" in s rejtioe remarkably seal
t oL eaa tameae frum the seat of war, has aan leMM
fat operation finee February, 1 75. At So pwvibef V
have the meua and opportunities or imawveowit '
greatutheraowere. oAVIO L. 8WA?
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