Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-12-19

winter, one of the most important has been I
sight OF. Whist the Southern ports are !
throwing back on the hands of the New /
York people numbers of persons who have !
been in the habit Of seeking work there at !
the approach of the severe season, there is !
unfortunately no check to the emigration !
f ON Ireland aud other places. A New {
York exchange says there have been arriving
on an average every week, from fifteen hun
dred to two thousand cmigrants, who, as
they lind no encouragement to proceed out
West IN the present position Of affairs, hnSer
on in New York or the adjacent cities until
their means are exhausted. Thus, besides
their own poor, they will have weekly added
to their burdens a number of strangers who
will exhaust all thc resources which their
public charities and the benevolence of the
wealthy may furnish them with. The pros
pect presented by these facts cannot well be
more gloomy. 1t is seriously apprehended
that hundreds, aye thousands, may die in
New York from actual want before the ap-
preaching spring.
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD
At a meeting of the stockholders of this COM
pany, held recently in Salisbury, on the
question of a choice of route through the
mountains, the Ducktown line was adopted
by 37l4 shares against 173 for the French
Broad. A resolution was also adopted re-
commencing the Legislature to remove the
restrictions in the charter against the con-
tractors on the second section receiving their
pay.-N. c. Argas.
4 SUGGEsTIoS.-A writer in a Philadelphia
paper makes a suggestion that may have
some weight with those interested. Nothing
touches the heart so quick as that which at
fects the pocket. The writer says, 'lmme-
diately upon the occurrence of secession,
every Patent Right now held, will become
almost if not entirely worthless The Sc
ceding States will be freed from all patent
laws. Articles manufactured in those States
will be smuggled over the line; so that the
South may yet become the great manufac-
turing mart of the continent.
THE PROSPER GLooMY.-The Republican
Senators caucused last week and were unani
nous against any compromise or concession.
Thurlow Weeds propositions, were denounc-
cd. Mr.. Seward was called upon to know If
he endorsed Weeds course, and he replied, NO.
Per c1ntrd, it is reported that Mr.. Lincoln is
anxious that the difficulties should be AMIGA
bly, adjusted, and has so advised his friends
at Washington.
Mr.. DOUGLAS TO ADDRESS The SENATE
Mr.. Douglas is preparing to address the Sen
ate on the present emergency, and will take
distinct ground that secession involves war
and all its calamities, and that fact mus be
confronted by the men who are now precipi-
tating the Cotton States into revolution. He
thinks it wiser to face the whole issue, and
let the people see the consequences, than to
blink it until the real crisis is upon us.
TELEGRAPH FEAT.-The Presidents Mess
age was forwarded entire from Philadelphia
tC Tipo,npoti hy +o1onronI ~ civ hot1r1 o.
unparalleled feat of telegraphing A boy,
who is a telegraphic operator at Pittsburg,
sent the first column of the matter in fifty
five and the second column in forty-eight
minutes. Five columns and a half of matter
were received in the office in Cincinnati with
out breaking the circuit, and it was written
in manifold, from the sound of the instru-
ment. The capacity and usefulness of the
telegraph is strongly illustrated in this
achievement.
DeBow's mortality statistics, compiled from
the last census, show that the people of the
United States are the healthiest on the globe
Virginia and North Carolina are the healthies
of the States, and have 63S inhabitants ovel
one hundred years.
CASTOR, n. c., Dec. II, 1S60.-A free ne
gro named John Scott, struck a death blow
to a white man at this place on Friday eve
ming last. Mr.. Bynum Harris was the MAJ
murdered. They had some difficulty abou
4 horse. The wound was a terrific one, in
t1icted with an axe, cutting him across tn
face, and ranging down through the breast
He lived but a short time. The negro vii
have to pull hemp no doubt when caught.
We find the following item in the Wash
ington correspondence of the Baltimore Su
received yesterday.
Zone who participated in the caucus {
southern Senators, held in the Senate chan
f Der yesterday to discuss and consider th
, question at issue between the North an
South, told me it was an occasion ofabsorbin
interest. Mr.. Crittenden addressed the cat
= Gus at length in one of his characteristic al
:. peals in behalf of the Union, and of cours
, strong sympathy was manifested with a
! such sentiments. Mr.. Breckenridge coul
- not restrain his emotions, and the who
scene was touching.
/, No HoPE.-We understand that Hon. Ware
Winslow, who is on the Committee of thirt.
three, writes nome that there is no prospect
any concessions or guarantees from the Mort
The appearance of things is hopeless. 1t wi
0 be seen that Secretary Cobb has resigne
PITT CoUNTY.-We learn by a private lett
from Greenville, Pitt County, n. c., that
: new secession pole has been raised there. III
: pole is of native pine, brush at the top, ar
; bearing the flag of Southern Confederacy,
white fold with blue border, and in the cent
) a single star for North Carolina, overarch,
by a bow of fourteen smaller stars.
= LEAVING.-Thc free negro populate
' of Granville is rapidly diminishing by Ell
t grafton to Ohio. We understand a compar
y numbering twenty left a few days ago, al
many others will follow ssoon.-Leisu
l. Hour.
:, The following is the committe of 33 appoir
:. cd by the Speaker of the United States Hou
;" of Representatives., under Mr.. Boteler's res
y luton, referring the secession portion of t
' Presidents Message to a select Committee
one from each State. There are copservati
men on it and good men, but the gene,
- complexion of the committe is not good, b
;e the very reverse:-
IT Corwin, of Ohio, rep, Chm; Millson, of V
dem Adams, of Mass, rep; Winslow, Of
!, c., dem Humphrey, ofN. Y, rep; Bow,
n offs. c., dem; Campbell, of Pa, rep; Lo,
'' of Ga, dem; Ferry, of Conn, rep Davis.
= Md, amer; Robinson, Of r. l., rep Viii
Ii ley, of Del, dem Stratton, of n. j. re
&c Bristow, of KY, amer; Morrill,, of Vt, re
Nelson. OF Tenn, amer; Dunn, of Ind, re
Taylor, of La, dem; Davis, of Miss, de,
- Kellogg, of Illinois, rep; Houston, Of All
v dem Morse, of Maine, rep Phelps, of NJ
souri,, dem; Rust, of Ark, dem; Howa
r. of Mich, rep Hawkins, of Fla, dem: Han
I'd ton, of Texas, dem Washburn, of w