Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-01-30
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NEWs'oF THE DAY.

NORTH CAROLINA BoNDs TIE Bank Of
the Republic, at New York. under instfuc-
ton from the Governor of North Carnlina,
announces that it will pay the Interest on all
the bonds ofthe State, without regard to the
frau in the Interior Department.
agy~ The Post Office Department has dis
continued The Office at Pensacola, Flurida,
and also all the mail service which supplied
1t. The postmasters have been instructed to
return direct to the dead letter bureau all
letters addressed to that office. This arises
from the local au horities intercepting mail
communication between the government and
the troops there. The present co nm ,nder
of Fort Pickens, Florida, is Lieutenant 4
}. Siemmer of Georgetown, d.. c.
RHODE ISLAND. The Senate of this State
has repealed The Personal Liberty Bill by
a vote of 81 to o. The subject was warm
ly discussed in the House, and then post
poned till Thu. sday.
H The Secretary of the Treasury has
sent a special communication to the House,
which estimates the amount necessary for
public uses prior to July next, in addition to
accruing revenue, at twenty-one millions of
dollars. He suggests measures for raising
the amount, and among others, refers to the
surplus revenue deposited with the States in
1886, as a specific fund, which might be re-
called.
SrUcKY.-On the 22nd, in the House of
Delegates resolutions were passed by a vote
OF 81 to 6, declaring that in view of the fact
that men and money had been rendered by
several Northern States to the Federal Gov
arnment, that Kentucky, uniting with her
brethren of the South, will resist any inva-
sion of Southern soil at all hazards, and to
the last extremity.
FLoRIDA.-Hon. James A. Peden, former
ly United States Charge at Buenos Ayres,
arrived here yesterday from Florida, ofwhich
State he has been a citizen ever since it be-
came a State. He is an intelligent gentle-
man and a thorough Union man. He DE-
claIes emphatfcally that immediate secession
Is not the sentiment Of the people, as was
clearly confessed by the refusal of the Legis-
laturc to submit the ordinance of secession
to the people for their ratification. He states
further that the treasury is absolutely empty,
and the revenue of the State exceedingly
lmited.-States
~ Ex-President Tyler has wri: ten a let
ter ON the state of the country, in which he
says:
"All other efforts having failed, then l
would advise as a dernier measure, a Con-
vention of all the Southern States, and after
Incorporating upon the present Constitution
guarantees going not one ioGa beyond what
strict justice and security at the South re-
quire, adopt the Constitution of the United
States as it now is, and give a broad invita-
ton to the other States to enter our Union
with the old flag flying over one and ALL"
CoTToN.-The recent advance in the pric-
OF cotton has brought it into market rapidly.
An unusual quantity has come here within
the past few days-on Thursday especially
several hundred bales we're sold.
This rise is exceedingly fortunate, and
most unexpected. 1t will go far to relieve
the severe pressure upon the money market
in this State and enable thousands to pay
debts at home and abroad, who despaired of
any present means to do so. Fig. Observer.
STRANGE-The Hillsborough Plaindealer
mas the tolloyying; Last week Wills the
grave in the Presbyterian chprch-yard, three
excavations were made before a grave was
obtained. In two instances old graves were
entered. In one was found a skeleton Of a
woman, turned on her right side! May II
not be that she was buried alive? In each
grave a gold ring was found.
~ Messrs. Taylor, of Louisiana
Phelps, of Missouri; Rust, Of Arkansas
Whiting, Of Delaware, and Winslow Of Nortl
Carolina, have joined in The minority repor
of the House Committee Of Thirty-three.-
The principal points made by them are these
They demand an adoption of Crittenden'
resolutions as amendments to the Fedora
Constitution. If this is denied, they sa,
dissolution is inevitable, and immediate step
will be taken for calling a convention Of tn
States to divide the Federal property and sci
tie the terms Of commercial and social amity
as well as to decide upon perpetual arrange
ments for the navigation of the Mississippi
River.
~ There is a terrible restitution i
New York. The Day Book says: at wi
be seen by our police rernrts that 600 poe
people sought lodging in the station. house
last night. Thousands are suffering for war
of food and clothing-many are dying, ae
tually dying of starvation. We report al
other case today. Meantime, preparation
are going on to make war on the South b.
cause it cannot recognize the blessings
negro equality
|, IMPORTANT PROCLAMATION OF Gov. Hot
TON. Governor Houston has issued his pro
lamation for the election of seven comml
sioners to represent Texas in a Convention
the Southern States, in accordance with
law of the last Legislature-the election
take place on the 9TH of February.
A RESPECTABLE DowRY.-A young lac
of Cincinnati, a relative of Lord Dalton, r
Gently deceased in England, is one Of Il
heirs of his immense property, amountir
to about e9, 000, 900, or $4,000, 600. II
portion will make a respectable dowry.
: sg- WAsHINGToN, Jan. 18.-Let.ers fro
: distinguished sources in Georgia say, til
v though that State considers it her duty
t secede, still she is willing to ~re-unite wi
O other States on satisfactory guarantees t
: her social and political safety. She tax
n the secession step this time in obedience
. what she considers her vital interests. L,
S nights ago Fort Pickens was in immine
k danger of an an assault, but since then a d
patch, signed by numerous Secessionists
: Congress, has been sent thither by tn
e. friends, urging them by all means to ave
a collision with the Federal forces. Ths
seems to be no danger thereforefore Of
IF immediate conflict in that quarter,
o ~ The Louisiana State Convention 4
We on the 23d-and a committee of fifteen v
- forthwith appointed to report an ordinance
S secession.
l ns ~ Gov. Brown of Georgia, demanded
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