Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-12-12
NEWS OF THE DAY.

AloSlSolf1.-lIC OOfeTI1OF Oh mISSlSSlDpl,
in his message to the Legislature, takes the
ground that the lives, liberty and property of
the people of that State cannot be safely en-
trusted in the hands of Lincoln's incoming
administration and says he can see but
one path Of safety and honor for her, and
that is separation from the general gov
eminent. The Governor also recommends
an appropriation to each volunteer company
in the State; the passage of a law staying
the bringing of suits and the collection of
debts by execution sales, until the close of
the next regular session of the Legislature,
and also a law prohibiting the introduction
OF slaves into Mississippi unless their owners
come with them and become citizens, and
prohibiting the introduction of slaves for sale
by all persons whatsoever. Thu Legislature
has passed a bill, calling a State Convention
on the 7th of January.
~ On the first December, middling
grades Of Cotton are reported at New Orleans
at 81 cents.
~ Among the secession candidates for
the State Convention of Alabama we notice
the name of Hon. John Bragg, formerly of
this State.
TExAs.-A committee of Citizens of Texas
have petitioned to Gov. Houston to convene
the Legislature. To this the Governor res
pended that, viewing the proposed measure
as unwise, he could not esll the Legislature,
but ifa majority Of the citizens of the State
petitioned for it, he would not stand in their
way. The secession feeling strongly pre-
dominates.
VERMoNT.-The Legislature of this State
has refused to repeal the law of Vermont
which makes it criminal in any of her citi-
Zens to aid in the rescue of a fugitive slave.
The committee recommended the repeal, but
the Legislature refused by a vote of two to
one, and then adjourned sine die. This act
will add much to secession feeling in the
South.
P. S.-We haveseen it stated that a Com
mittee was afterwards appointed, to inquire
whether the law was unconstitutional, with
a view to its repeal at the next session, if so
decided.
TIE POPULAR VoTE FOR PREslDENT.-The
majority against Abraham Lincoln it i now
pretty well ascertained, is hard on to a mill
ion so that if the majority were to rule,
Mr.. Abraham Lincoln would not be, 4th of
March next, President of the United States.
BosToN.-The anniversary of John Browns
execution was attempted to be celebrated by
a public meeting in Boston on the I'd inst,
but before the abolitionists opened, the house
was taken possession of by the Union men,
who organized a meeting for themselves, and
chose Richard Sullivan for Chairman. Res
~olutions were passed ~denouncing John Brown,
justifying his execution and praising Virgin
Ia for the act. Fred Douglas, Redpath,
Frank Sanborn and other well known aboli-
tionists vainly endeavored to be heard
There was a great deal of confusion, and at
last the police were called in, the hall clear
ed and closed by order of the Mayor.
HANNIBAL HANLIN.-A correspondent of
the Montgomery Advertiser, writing from
Bangor, Maine, says
81 noticed in a Southern journal the init
nation that Hamlin was part negro. You
can rely upon it that it is true-that his
grandfather was well known to the older in
habitants in the portion of the State from
whence he sprang. Hen. Virgil d. Parvis,
Naval S~torekeeper at Portsmouth, n. H.,
knew the family, and l have heard him as
sert such was the fact
BUSINESS AT THE NORTH DEcLINING.-The
secession excitement at the South is telling
with fearful effect on business at the North,
especially in the New England States, where
fanaticism has so long had full sway. The
Hartford Comm Times hears of large es.
taoiiSnlnentS reducing WOTk winch IL may
! not be proper now to name. In Bridgeport
: upwards of l 900 employees are out of work
and in New Haven 1000. Dunbar's HOOP
!, skirt factory at Bristol has stopped work.
. The Plantation Hoe Co., and the Southern
Carriage Co., both of Winstcd, have had
large Southern orders countermanded. Th'
stoppage of the Birmingham iron and stee
works is the worst blow to that village which
Birmingham has ever experienced. Tht
prospect is that many other branches of bus
mess in Connecticut and other Northern
States will be prestrated the coming winter
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