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Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1861-01-29

THE DEATH OF Lola MoNTEZ--The Death Of
Lola Montcz has been announced. A correspon-
dent, who her few days since she was
expecting soon to die, says:
Far from the members Of her family, and
rcpudiated by those who had been the friends
of her youth, she was far happier than she
could have been had she died in the midst of
the palatial spiendor which was SO long her
glory and her shame.
That merciful Providence who so constant
ly sheds His blessings alike upon the good and
the evil, threw this poor outcast during her
last DAYS upon the kind charities Of a Christian
lady who had chanccd TO be her Schoolmatc i'll
Scotland but who was for many years, ignorant
that the Lola MonteZ of the newspaper was
the innocent school girl of thirty years
ago.
>Though disabled by sickness, and deprived
upon any such association she here found Il
selCdenyiDg friend, who soothed her dying mo-
mcnts, and led her to take refuge in the cOnso-
lation Of the Christian iaith The Rev. DR..
Hawks, on being requested to attend her, was
frequently at her bedside, and gave her the
benefit of his pastoral instructions, as if she
had been one of his own flock. He officated
at her funeral, on the 18th inst, and Mr..
Brown, who has attandeA so many funerals and
weddings in his day, (rnay he live many years. }
was seen to wipe the tears from his eyes as he
heard the clergyman say that he had never
known a case Of more sincere penltence than
was cvinced in the present instance Let him
who is without sin cast the first stone at
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Major Anderson
We find the following in the Petersburg e

We find the following in the Petersburg En-
press:
The Position Of Maj. Anderson,-Lieut. r.
K Meade, of the Engineer Corps at Fort Sum
ter, has been in our city on a visit nome for
several days past. Several gentlemen, with
whom he has conversed, inform us that he
speaks in the highest terms of Major Anderson,
not only as brave and fearless soldier, but as
a strong and true Southern man, his position
in the present state of affairs, however, render
ing it impossible for him to take any other po-
sition before the people Of the South and ofthe
Union. He does not feel in the slightest comph
mented by the fanatical cannon firing in his
honor at the North, and it is with pain not
fear nor even embarrassment, that he realizes
the present attitude of the South towards him.
That he loves the South, that he prefers it, ev-
cry social tie gives ample testimony. He Is
bound by the holy ties Of wedlock to one Of the
fairest of the fair of fGeorgia-a daughter of Gene
raj Clneh He has four devoted brothers. ev
ery one of whom, it is said, is strong Seces-
sionist Add to this that he is a Southerner
! by birth, and a descendant of revolutionary
sires, we need hardly more to give us assGr-
ance that he not only loves his native South,
but will at the proper time, and in an honora-
BILE manner, draw the sword in her defence.
These are simple inferences from facts as
known Not a syllable has fallen from the
lips of Lieut.. Meade, to lead to the remotes'
deduction that Maj. Anderson will not perform
his whole duty to the Government of the Uni
| ted States. But that he will be hand in hano
with the South as soon as he may be, with
honor, relieved from his position, we have httl'
to doubt.
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NUMBER %.
FROM RALEIGH.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE "DAILY PROGRESS" :"
RALEIGIf, JAM %, 1861.

SPECIAL COhhESPONDESCE DAILY PROGRESS,
RALEIGH, Jan. 90, 1861.
Dear Progress Il have failed for two OF
three days in my accustomed letter, because,
in the first place have been very busy and
not very well, and, secondly, there has been
nothing done, though there was much doing
to form the basis of an interesting letter. Any
one who has ever attempted to write daily let
ters, must have felt what laborious attempt
(or task it is to undertake to make the said
daily letters sufficiently distinct in sentiment
and language from each other, to avoid being
daily bores to those who daily look into them
for something worth reading for. For in
stance, for two weeks the great topic of in
terest in our State, and even beyond its bor-
defs, has been the action of our Legislature on
the bill to call a Convention of North Carroll
ma on federal affairs, and during the said two
weeks the daily reports have necessarily been,
" the House Tor the Senate, IA the case may
be, } discussed the Convention bin again to-day,
but there was no vote taken" And thus it
has been, and thus it is to this day, (or rather
to this night, for am writing at 8 o'clock ut
night, J. and cannot vary the monotony in nv
letter tonight in regard to this days proceed
The Senate has been to-day, trying to fix a
day for the election of delegates preparatory
to acting on the Convention bill An amend
ment was finally adopted fixing the 2lst day
OF EeDruary as the QaV OF election, ana 1t Is
generally thought tnat this early day will pre-
vent the passage OF the bill by the corstit
al majority; as many who are not thoroughly
opposed to a convention, still opposed 20
hasty action in the matter, and will consequent
ly vote against the bill for calling Il convention
on the day named.
In the House, also the morning and evening
sessions were occup!ed in discussion Of the
same bill The bill offered by Mr. Clark, of
Craven as a substitute 10 the original bill. was
inserted, and put upon its second reading.
Mr. Ferebee then offered substitute, pro
viding for an election to be held on the 18th
March to decide on the question OF - conven-
tion'' or mo convention" and Union" or
s'Disunion'' and if the vote is in favor of CON
vention, then for an election Of delegates on the
10th of April On the question, standing as
thus indicated, the discussion hss progressed
through the day. NJ. Donnell, and Mr.. Per
500 N~-A occupied the time, the former oppos-
ed to, ana he latter in favor of convention
and secessH !.
This morning bill was in'ro,Iucad and put
through for warming and lighting the Halls in
the Capitol and this closes my summary of the
last two days expenditure Of the States funds
Yours, JACOBUS.
P S. The above was written before the ses
sion closed. and l have to add thereto that Mr..
Merrimon succeeded Mr.. Donnell in opposition
to Convention and in support of the argu
ments advanced by him in his speech of last
Friday He made a capital speech. j.
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*Died in German oftyphoid fever.
Home.

BY LAURA EGGLESTON.
What is left of Eden vanished
Where the parents of our race,
Dwelt in bliss, till sin had banished
Them from their Creators face!
OH there is jewel FURNISHED.
Left by Mercy's gentle hand.
In Life's desert, set, untarnished.
In shrine that aye withstand.
It is Home where Natures graces.
And the pure affections bloom
HOME the sweetest of all places,
From the cradle to the tomb
Mark, the pious parents dwelling,
Where are peace, and rest and love
And the hymn of praise is swelling.
To the heavenly throne above.
Father, mother, fraught with duty.
Train their offspring for the Lord;
Those young Olive plants of beauty,
Blooming round the fire and board.
On Earth's desert. such oasis,
Where the finer feelings play;
Home! the dearest of all places
Left of Eden on our way.
And how grateful to our Maker.
Are we for the joys of Home:
til pledge of its partaker,
Of that heavenly Home to come.
Where Death enters not to sever,
That vast family above;
There to meet and live forever,
In the palaces of Love.
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Is IT So?-YFe hear it stated upon what
seems to be good authority that only about
10. 900 votes were cast at the election in South
Carolina for members to the State Convention
which passed the Ordinance of Secession. If
this be 50 and we consider that the State has
10000 voters it is easy to see why the seces-
siozsists were unwilling to allow the people to
ratify or reject the Ordinance at the polls. If
onlv O.OOO votes were cast for delegates to the
Convention it clearly proves after all, that the
heart of the people of that State is not with the
secession movement
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OHr SfaDIe.

The Norfolk Day Book of Monday says:
We learn that over one thousand bales of
cotton are now being loaded on barges at one
point in North Carolina, for this port Besides
this lot. we know of several other lots that are
en- route by water. The railroads are also do
ing great work and the king staple is about
to usurp our warehouses and wharves again.
A few weeks ago. and every available space in
the city was filled with cotton, but when the
market opened it melted away like dew before
the uprising sun, until the market was perfect
ly bare again and best of all, it went off at
prices that were perfectly satisfactory to all
parties concerned.
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VOICE FROM KENTUCKY.

Gov. Magoffin, in his Message to the Legisla-
ture of Kentucky, now in extra session. asks the
Legislature to ex press their appreciation of Crit
tenden's resolution, says that eight States will
have seeded before their deliberations close, and
that Tennessee has referred the whole subject to
her people Virginia and North Carolina are dis
cussing the propriety of similar course; Mlssou-
ri seems likely to adopt similar policy; 1t sub
mits to the Legislature the propriety to provide
for the election of delegates to Convention to
assemble at an early day, to determine the future
interstate and Federal relations of Kentucky
Meanwhile, he recommends Convention of the
Border States to meet early in FEBRUARY at Baltl
more. in order to leave experiment untrleo TO
restore fraternal relations between the States
He disapproves of the hasty and inconciderate
action of the Southern States but says the Ken
tuckians will never stand by with folded arms
while those States, struggling for their constitu-
tronal rights. are being subjugated to an anti
slavery Government He asks the Legisat ture to
declare, by resolution. the unconditional disaP..
probation by Kentucky of the employment of
forces in any torn against the seeding States,
and asks appropriations for arming and equipplng
volunteer militia
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1 G60 10
Arrreoate

The one million nine hundred and ffty-slx
thousand six hundred and seven votes of the
above aggregate which were unitedly cast for
Douglas and Bell are known to be, possibly
without an exception, firm friends of the Union;
consequently that vote alone shows majority
against Lincoln of ninety-eight thousand nine
hundred and ninety-seven
This vote of Douglas and Bell comes from
every section of the Union, and the vote for
Lincoln being cast from the Northern section
almost exclusively we have, therefore, the
above majority against sectionalism.
Whilst Mr.: Breckenridge was nominated and
largely supported by body Of men who are
main originators aiderS, and abettors in the
schemes of secession, yet it cannot be said that
his strength was made up exclusively from the
ranks of that party =; indeed it is concedlng lib
orally to say that the eight hundred and forty
seven thousand, nine hundred and ffty-three
votes cast for Mr. Breckinridge not more than
five hundred thousand have ever been, or are
even now, classed with the disunion party of
the country Here we have an additional num-
ber, running we'll up to half million, against
both secession and disunonsm.
Of the vote cast for Mr.. Lincoln, it is safe to
say that full million of the number are Union
lowing law-abiding, and anti-fanatical citizens,
deeply solcitous for the continued permanen-
cy, prosperity, and happiness of the Union
determined, at all hazards, TO uphold the star
spangled banner and keep step to the music OF
the Union"
To sum up, therefore it can safely be as
sumed from the foregoing, showing that
when the people are analyzed, we can find a
majority in opposition to disunion of about two
milliODS
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s'L1GHr AHEAD IN A HoRN.-A despatch
to the St. Louis Republican, from Springfield,
says that Congressman Kellogg, of Illinois, had
arrived and was in conference with Lincoln
'It is supposed" (not ''it is reported" this time)
to be in reference to a compromise upon the
national difficulties 1t is believed that the Re
publicans, with Lincoln's sanction, will propose
the holding of National Convention and the
restoration of the old Missouri line to Califor-
nia
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THE GOVERNMENT LOAN.

On Saturday last the bids for an additional
loan Of five millions of dollars were found to be
nearly triple the amount asked for. When
viewed in contrast with the bids which were
offered about a fortnight since for the same
amount, the question will readily arise as to
what the marked change is to be attributable.
Then the rates of interest were so enormous
that the government prudently declined the
largest portion. Now the rate, though more
than has been heretofore asked in times of Of
binary stability and prosperity, is neverthe-
less much less than the rate asked about a
fortnight ago
It is a lamentable fact that nothing has since
transpired to impart additional confidence in
the public mind as to the permanency and
prosperity of the republic. We must confess
that we are at loss to define the real cause of
this apparently renewed confidence. 1t must
be greatly owing to the fact that an immensely
of capital is lying dormant throughout tho
country, and the holders, rather than cont;n-
ue that on-remunerativc policy, are willing to
embark in any Investment which promises
even slight hope of securty.-St@tes
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THE NEW YORK RESOLUTIONS IN
GEORGIA.


MnLFDGEv1LLE, GA, Jan 2O.-The Govern
or yesterday communicated to the Convention
the threatening resolutions adopted by the n
Y. Legislature on the 18th inst. After they
were read, Mr.. Toombs introduced the follow
ing resolution
Be it resolred, unanimously, By thepeopte Of
Georgia, in Convention assembled, asa response
to the resolutions adopted By the Legislature
ofthe State of Neu York, That we highly ap-
prove the patriotic and energetic conduct OF
the Governor in taking possession of Fort Pu-
laski by Georgia troops, and request him to
hold possession until the relations between
Georgia and the Federal Government shall be
determined by this Convention, and that copy
of this resolution be ordered to be. transmitted
to the Governor of New York.
These resolutions was unanimously adopted.
The PRESIDENT AND THE New YORK LEGIsLA-
TURE-The following communication to the
New York Legislature was read IN the Assem-
bly, on Wednesday:
To HIS ExcELLENcY Gov. MORGAN:
Sir: have had the honor to receive your
communication, covering the resolutions which
passed the Legislature of New York on the 11th
instant rendering aid to the President of the
United States. in support of the Constitution
and the Union, and shall give them that rest
nectful consideration to which they are entl
tied from the importance of the subject anc
the distinguished source from which they have
emanated
Yours, very respectfully,
JAMES BUCHANAN.
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BEEcHER MoBBED IN New HAvEM.-Henry
Ward Beecher lectured in New Haven last
Monday night On leaving the building vol
ley of rotten eggs was fred at his carriage
He drove off amid the groans of large crowd,
who afterwards followed him to his hotel, and
repeated the compliment Of hearty groaus
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RATES OF ADVERTISING
THE WEEKLY PROGRESS.

The following the only Rates OF advertising
in the Weekly Progress, to all save those VINO con
tract by the year and advertise in both weekly and
daily papers
One square ~ lines minion) one insertion, 81 w.
Subsequent insertions, each, so cents.
Any number ot squares VIII be charged In pro
portion Al advertisements marked tn till FOL od
viii be continued till ordered out and charged as
above.
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ORIGINAL POETRY.

o the Henory Of George H. Livermo
BY LAURA EGGLESTON.
A worthy man has perished.
Among our midst to-day:
And his young form. so cherished,
In death is laid away.
Farewell, George Henry. never
Wilt thou awake in time:
Bu, thy young spirit ever
Will bloom in Eden's cline.
O! thou vert young and gifted.
An aged mothers stay:
But Deaths pale wing was lifted
To bear thee, soon away.
On glorious hills eternal.
Amidst the angel bands:
None rest iE bliss supernal
In Gods immortal lands.
Weep not thou aged mother,
But lean on Jesus arm:
o! trust the elder brother.
And nothing will thee harm.
Yea, trust in Great Jehovah
You soon will join your son.
And All your sorrow over.
And endless glory won.
%Died in German of typhoid fever.
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GONG WHERE HE OUGHT TO Go.-James
Redpath Oate of the Trbune) has chartered
the British brig Janet Kidston to proceed to
Jersey City and thence to Port au Prince
She takes on board 13 colored passengers, also
John Brown, son of old Ossawattomie
The above paragraph is copied into several
Southern papers, but it would not surprise us
if Redpath and some of his associates were
found ere long making dash upon the coast
of South Carolina. These men are capable of
almost any act of daring, and they will be found
frontiers of Kansas and Missouri. There is
more method in their madness than in that of
old John Brown Boston Transcript.
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CoM1NG-Frank I. Wilson's Daily Id Va
lorena Banner will be issued from Raleigh in a
day or two. Frank says his daily shall sue
ceed and we hope it may.
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BRooMs.-The attention Of merchants is
called to the fact that brooms are manufactured
at the Deaf and Dumb ASYLUM at Raleigh
They are said too to be cheaper and better than
those obtained from the North.
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SUPREME COURT.

By PEARSON, c. j. In Griffin and Acher vs.
Tripp, from Beaufort, affirming the Judgment
In Riggs v Swan, from Craven in equity, di-
recting decree for plaintiffs. In Buchanan V
McKinzie, eight cases from Richmond, Nos. 81,
"a, So, Sc, 81, SO affirmed, and Nos. 80 and 3a
reversed.
By BATTLE, J. In Adams V. Clark, from
Beaufort, affirming the judgment. In Pridgen
v Anders, from Bladen, affirming the judg-
ment. In Wiggs V. Wiggs, from Wayne, in
equity, directing decree. In Houston V. VII,
liams, in equity, from Duplin, bill dismissed
with costs.
By MANLY, J. In Willis Melvin from
Bladen, affirming the judgment. In Koonce V
Perry, from Jones, affirming the Judgment In
State McGowan, from Hyde, affirming the
judgment. In Mcneil Bradley, from Bladen,
decree reversed and decree for plaintiff.
6nrd
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From the States and Union.i
WHO FAVOR DISUNION :

The continual strain Of excitement, antago-
nistic views, and apparently irreconcilable diff
erences which have developed themselves in
both Houses of Congress from the beginning OF
the session. would seem to convey the melan-
choly reflection that majority of the people
of the country, as manifested by the positions
of their representatives, were deeply imbued
with fixed and unalterable purpose to dis
rupt this glorious confederacy, and bring about
the horrors Of cival war
We have always maintained the opinion, and
have now much accumulated facts of the cor
rectness of our conviction, that the angry and
distracted condition of our country would be
Immediately dispelled, and better counsels
prevail, were the people enabled to speak out,
and give tone and direction to their national
representatives
The accommodating number ofpositions which
are now pouring into Congress from every sec
ton urging the adoption of some plan of ad-
iustment, is gratifying proof that the people
have at length become aroused from their ieth-
argy, and are speaking, trumpet-tongued, toi
quiet and restored confidence-for permanent
and equitable settlement of the present dis
tracted condition Of our Union
At the late Presidential election the entire
vote of the Union was as follows
Lincoln I,S57,G1O
Douglas 1865, 9S6
Breckenridge S47,953
Bell J90,93
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RE-ELEcrED.-Cspt W. Fl. Harrison was re-
elected Mayor of Raleigh on Monday last with
out opposition. The result would have been
the same we suppose had there been opposi-
tion
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ONE Coop EFFEcT-We see it stated that
the existing condition of things in the country
has caused very large falling off in the arri-
val of emigrants. So there is some good after
all, for there can be no doubt but the emu
grants have done their share in bringing on the
troubles
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MAJOR ANDERSON GONE NoRTH.-We learn
from private source that Major Anderson
passed through Goldsboro ON Tuesday. Pro-
baby gone to Washington City.
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In EFFIGY.-Gen. Scott was hung in cffigy
at Weldon few Gays ago, so it is stated.