The North-Carolinian., 1860-12-22
WHOLE NUMBER 1910

The latest advices announce insurrectionary
movements in the province Of Abruzza. Seven
thousand Sardpian troops had occupied .he deales
of Mount Velino and several guerilla companies
were being organized.
FLYING columns were also being organized by the
Piedmontese to defend the points menaced.
reactcHary movement was made at Naples on
the 29th ulimo; by the priests and laZaroni. Sew
eral arrests were made and the demonstration sup
pressed.
Advi.es sIom Gaeta to the 10th, state that the
Piednontese fleet had returned to Naples the in
tantion being to attack from the land side The
batteries were being placed under perpetual but IN
effectual fire from the forts.
Victor Emanuel arrived at Palermo on the 1st
and was received with great enthusiasm.
1t Y,s currently reported that the ex-Kng Of
Naples had fed from Gaeta.
Diplomatic relat ions were about to be resumed
between Prussia and Sardinia.
The provinces Of vclletri have been ocsn,.se by
the French troops.
CALlFoRNIA.-Thatls lsccession excitement was tho
all-absorbing question in California. Some of the
papers were publishing carefully written articles
favor1ng the formc ton of \ Pacific republic. but
they attracted little attention The Republican
papers urging the selection Of Californian in
the formation Of Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet Also IL
change in the judiciary system, so that the United
States supreme judge shall presida at .he Circuit,
court on the Pacific coast.
with 81 ,2oO,6OO in specie, for New York.
PH1LApELPn1A.-Pursuant to a ca1i ALI immence
Union meeting was held in Independence Square
Philadelphia Mayor Henry presided. The list Of
vice presidents and secretaries embraces the names
of many of the wealthiest and most influential c-
zens Of Philadelphia. Resolutions adopted
expressing love for the Union, declaring that its
permaneace depends on the observance by the peo-
pie of the Consultation and laws. deploring the
passage by northern States Of acts nulifying Fed
eral laws pledging the people of Philadelphia aid
IN repeating such acts recognizing the binding fo'
of the fugitive slave law of 1850 expressing readi-
ness to submit cheerfully to the decisions of the
Supreme Court, disappearing denunciations ofs;la-
very ard Shareholders cordially approving the sug
gestion for convention of the southern States, de-
claring wish to remove all grounds of complaint
and earnestly appealing to the South to adhere to
the Union, ''the joy and hope Of oppressed millions
throughout the world"
A1ABAxA.-A letter from distinguished source
has been received from Alabama, which says that
it is certain that the co-operationsts conscr
vatves will cary every county in northern Alabama
the election for delegates to the State convention
and more in the middle southern portion Of
Alabama, thus rendering doubtful the question
to which side will triumph in the State
Colonel Taylor, leading Bell in that State,
has published letter strongly favoring co-opera-
tion If, however, ordinance Of secession be
passed, the conservatives will insist that it be sub
tntted to the people for ratification.
GEoRe1A.-Private accounts from Georgia state
that the conservatives, under the lead of Hon Messrx
stephens johnson. Jenkins, and others. are in
strong hopes OF carrying majority OF the members
of the State convention, and that the concato-h
tone of the Republicans will do much to strengt
the southern conservatives.
A I,oRpLY PARK--General Harding; gentleman
of great wealth, residing Nashville, Tennessee
has park including 800 In it he has 800.
deer, about 80 buffaloes, and herd Of elk.
ern University" Alabama, has fund of $50, 900
and still increasingl for paying the board of the
sons of itnerant ministers, and of young men pre-
pairing for the ministry. Nearly all the students
were converted durioG. a recent revival.
THE M1SsIpP1 METHODIST CoSrERENcE.-Thc Con-
cordia Inteligencer says that last week, and por
ton of the present week, have been rendered mem
orable in Natchez by the presence and the religious
Rev erend clergy that convened i'll that ancient
city. There we're l40 or $50 present, and as they
generally quartered in various families all
the city, their presence added much to the social
influence of the Conference.
The venerable Bishop Early, Of Virginia, presi-
ded.
BArr1Srs MARrLASD.-Thc Maryland Union
Association was formed in October, 1896, with 6
churches numbering but 346 members, Now there
34 churches, 4, 143 members. OF these church.
ches. 10 in Baltimore, Of which are coc sec;
and only are self sustaining, while the Methodist
have about so, the EpiscOpaians Is, and the Pres
byterians IL The missionaries of the Union have
baptized 1892 persons and it has collected and ex-
pended $37,536 IS.
SUFFERING IN THE SoUTH.-The distress consequent
upon the troubled state of our national affairs ix
not confined to any one section ofth Union,
Never before have there been many laborers
thrown out of employment in Atlanta, Ga, at this
tune. Most of the carpenters are idle, the improve
ments ceing all dscontenned,l and any of them
have large families depending upon them for Bread
aud they can get no work. There is indeed great
deal Of suffering among the laboring classes in
midst. and think something should be done 70.
them
Lient. Maury, in his Ocean Lectures, a2noun-
the startling fact, according to the Cleaveland
Paindealer, that "animal matter at the bottom of
the deep sea, owing to the superintendent pres
sure the exclusion Of light and heat and the saline
properties of the water, copld not decompoSe but
must remain precisely in the state in which it is
| when the last trump shall sound and the give
perfect in form when in pursuit Of the children
of Israel they were engulphed by the waves Of the
Red Sea-"
The population of the city Of New York is s21
600 and this result is obtained by counting many
trans;ents. The whole population is about 800 900.
VIRGINIA PEAcE-MAKE.R-The Richmond Dis .
patch thinks it probable that Governor Letcher
will at the session of the legislature just called,
renew his proposition to the last legislature for
convention cf states, under the fifth article of the
constitution, to consider the state of the country,
| and SEQ if some measure cannot be taken or some
amendment of the constitution be made, which viii
restore harmony the Union and protect the rights
and equality of the states.
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