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A Calumny Branded.

The Murfreesborough Citizen of the 11th instant
contains lengthy and labored EDITORIAL the object
of which is to prove that the Editor Of the Standard
is an aboltonist and the worst man in North Car
olina. This Editorial was not written by the Editor,
Mr. Olmsted, who is native of the North, but by
one who says he is a native North Carolinian. We
think We know from the style who the writer is.
The entire article is grossly unjust towards us,
but the following is maliciously cruel
"What, then, is Holden after! Listen. and may
God for(ive US if we wrong him in what we are
going to say; we believe and the facts warrant rs
in asserting that he is no friend to the STAKEHOLDER
of North. Carolina. Uriah Heap like, he hates any
thing belonging to what he calls aristocracy."
Now, we are ourself STAKEHOLDER. We have al
ways maintained that slavery is institution sane
toned by the Bible, and that, where the climate
and soil call for it, it is blessing to both white and
black. For the last twelve years we have labored
almost necessarily for the rights Of shareholders.
We know no classes in North. Carolina. All our
interests people are more or less dependant one
upon another. We have never charged that slave
holders are oligarchs-that is, advocates OF gov
ernment of the few against the many; and in wri-
holders and nonslaveholders has never occurred to
us. The distinction referred to we have regarded
as purely political, not social. =
The God to whom this writer appeals delivered
Commandments to Moses for the children of Israel
Nd for all men, one of which is as follows: THOU
SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS" He
that sins mortally in one breath by bearing "false
witness" and prays in the next, prays in vain We
leave this writer to his own reflections. If he has
any conscience or any justice, the calumny
and the wrong he has put upon us will rise up be-
fore him day and night and punish him seiently
He cannot escape this punishment 1t wiffSDllow
him, whatever he does and wherever he goes! He
may look death in the face and pray for forgiveness
for his numerous sins, but forgiveness will be denied
him as long as he persists in this monstrous cal.
umny against us. 1t is wisely ordained that sin
shall be its own punisher even in this world, and
that unrepented Of, it shall bar the gates Of para
disc against the soul that wilfully commits it
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Troops Refused for Coercion.

The following is the reply of Gov. Ellis by tele-
graph to the call made on him for troops to aid the
federal government in its efforts to subdue the Con.
federate States:
RALEIGH, April 15.-To the Secretary of War:
Your dispatch is received and if genuine, (Which its
extraordinary character leads me to doubt } have
to say in reply that regard levy of troops for the
purpose of subjugatng the States of the South, as
in violation of the Constitution and usurpation of
power.
can be no party to this wicked violation of the
laws of the country and to this war upon the liber
ties Of free people. You can get no troops from
North. Carolina.
will reply more in detail when your call is re-
ceived by mail. JOHN w. ELLIS,
Gorernor Of North Carolina.
The following is TIE reply of Gov. Magofin, of
Kentucky, to the call on that State: ..-.
FRANKFoRT, april 15.-To the Secretary of War:
Your dispatch is received In answer say emphati-
cally that Kentucky wM furnish no troops for tho
aoicked purpose Of subduing her sister Southern
States. B. MAGOFFIN
Gocernor Of kentucky.
1t is stated that Gov. Hicks, of Maryland, has in
formed the Secretary of War that Maryland will re-
spond by sending two regiments. We predict, if
the regiments are rendered, that they will never
leave the soil of Maryland.
Gov. Le,cher in reply to Lincolns call for troops,
says:
"In reply to this communication. I have only to
say that the Militia of Virginia will not be furnish
cd to the powers at Washington, for any such use
or purpose as they have in view. Your object is to
subjugate the Southern States and requisition
upon me for such an object-an object. in my juds
ment, not within the purview of the Constitution,
xbo of ot ho Al d1r;fh Vou
have chosen to inaugurate civil war, and having
done SO, we will meet it, in spirit as determined
as the Administration has exhibited towards the
South"
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PROCLAMATION

By the President Of the Confederate States Of Anseriea
WHEREAS an extraordinary occasion has occurred,
rendering it necessary and proper that the Congress
Of the Confederate States shall convene to receive
and act upon such communications as may be made
to it on the part of the Executive:
Now, therefore, ], JEFFERSON DAVIS, President Of
the Confederate States, do issue this my Proclama-
tion, conyoking the Congress of the Confederate
States for the transaction Of business at the Capitol
in the city of Montgomery the twenty ninth day
of April at - o'clock, noon, of that day, of which
all who shall at that time be entitled to act as mem.
bers of that body hereby required to take notice.
Given under my hand and the seal Of the
r, Il Confederate States, at Montgomery, this
L. o. twelfth day of April, Ammo Domini, 1861.
- -. JEFFERSON DAVIS.
By the President '.-A. s.. ...., u,
R. TooNBs, Secretary Of State.
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g:EE,S''DAF, APRIL "a, 1861.
sGod and our Native Land.", !,

"A portion Of the citizens of Beaufort with the
Cadets Of the Am. Institute at Carolina City, on
the 14th instant took possession of Fort Macon in
Beaufort harbor. The last Newbern Progress says:
:" The committee of which zoe were q MEMBER
having performed the commission they were sent to
do, returned by special train last night There
are nov about $50 to 200 men under arms at Fort
Macon and everything is being put in order. Should
sorssnment vessel attempt to enter the harbor
they Will receive q paTm reception certain" 49,
The fTogress Of the same date says: (.
There is no division of sentiment in our commu-
nifty now All are for defending rights as South
ern ciezens to the death. If divisions existed be-
fore upon the true policy Of the country, the pro-
clamation Of Lincoln has served to disperse them
and make our people unit Rapid preparations
are going on in our midst to place ourselves in
position of defence. One or two companies went
terday evening the E. c. Rifles and Neuse Cavalry
Of this City, together with several soldiers from
up the Road among whom We noticed Walter
Dunn, Jr., of the Kinston american Adrocate, went
down to join them"
The last Wilmington, Journal says: ..,..,
ION Monday and yesterday (Tuesday) our whole
community was deeply excited on the subject of the
Forts at the mouth Of our harbor, and it was finally
decided to occupy them in pursuance of ORDERS
The Jaag Of North Carolina now ,oares orer johnson
and CasaceM 1t was desirable that the action of
our community should be as quietly taken as posi-
BILE, and therefore no reference made to the mat
ter in yesterday Mondays issue of the town pa
pers. nor did any dispatches go off on the subject
none, at least to the North" .... .. -
In connection with the movements in this State,
which we approve we appeal to those citizens
formerly called Secessonists, not to agitate the
question of joining the Confederate States"-
This is no time for such agitation. Let us do our
duty now as one man, and determine hereafter
~hat our future relations shall be. The people of
North Carolina will do right. We have the fullest
confidence in their intelligence and patriotism.
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Gge Stanbarb.
RALEIGH: SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1861
The Latest News.


DISPATCHES from Augusta, Georgia, state that an
unparalleled war spirit is aroused in the South.
Iucolus proclamation is condemned in the severest
terms.
It is stated that the President has ordered out
$4,000 more troops. Every public building in
Washington is guarded by troops An artillery
force is stationed on the Maryland approaches to
the City.
An immense meeting was held in Memphis, Tenn,
on Wednesday night, at which resolutions we're
passed declaring Memphis out Of the Union.
A dispatch from Montgomery, Ala, states that
$4,000 Tennessee and Kentucky troops have been
rendered to the war department: of the Confederate
States.
1t was understood at St Louis, on Wednesday,
that Gov Jackson, of Missouri, will refuse to CON-
ply with Lncoln's call for troops.
TIE Boston Banks, it is said, will offer one mil
lion Of de,lars to the Governor Of Massachusetts, IN
aid Of the war movement
At New York at noon on Wednesday, Virginia
six per cent bonds were down to 80 cents in the
dollar
Mob law is 81 to be the law in New York and
fhiIadelphia. q6e Day Book, of New York, was
compelled to cal, on the police on "Wednesday for
protection against the mob
The people Of Portsmouth and Norfolk have sunk
hulks Of vessels in the main channel near those
Plates to prevent the entrance Of United States
vessels of war.
President Davis has issued proclamation datet
Montgomery, April 18th, declaring that the threa
of President Lincoln to subugate the Confederat'
States will be resisted to the last extremity. III
offers letters of marque and reprsa to private armet
vessels on the high seas, to make war on Northern
commerce.
Gpv Letcher, of Virginia, has issued procama
ton ering date the 18th, breathing resistance
LincdI wpclamation, and commanding all volun
teer rec ehents companies in that State forthwith
to hold themselves in readiness for immediate order
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Proclamation by Gov. Ellis.

We publish below the Proclamation Of Gov. Ellis.
convenng the Legislature Of this State in this City,
on the lst day Of May. ...,-.
We think the Governor acted with patriotic
promptness in refusing the call on this State for
troops; and that in converting the Legislature to
take action in this great crisis he will be sustained
by the whole people Of the State. ..as
We have heretofore severely censured this func-
tionary for his public conduct We did this honest
ly and from sincere desire to serve and save our.
country We were moved to it by no selfish or per-.
sonal teeling-by no disappointed ambition. We
come forward to sustain him in this day of trial.
and to encourage him in our feeble way to stand
like man Of iron for the rights and the honor of
North. Carolina. May God defend the right!
The Proclamation is as follows "
PROCLAMATION.
BY John W. Ellis, Governor Of North-Caroiiaa.
WHEREAS: By Proclamation Of Abraham Lincoln,
President of the United States followed by requsl
tien of Simon Cameron Secretary Of War, am in
formed that the said Abraham Lincoln has made a
call for rs, 600 men to be employed for the invasion
of the peaceful homes of the South and for the vo
lent subverson Of the liberties OF free people, con-
stitutng large part of the whole population Of the
late United States: And, whereas, this high-handed
act of tyranncal outrage is not only in violation of
all constitutional law in utter disregard of every
sentiment Of humanity and Christian civilization,
and conceived in spirit of aggression unparalleled
by any act Of recorded history, but is direct step
towards the subjugation Of the whole South, and
the conversion Of free Republic, inherited from our
fathers. into military despotsm to be established
by worse than foreign enemies on the ruins Of our
once glorious Constitution of Equal Rights.
Now, therefore, I, John W. Ellis Governor Of the
State of North Carolina, for these extraordinary
causes do hereby issue this, my Proclamation, noti
fyiag and requesting the Senators and Members of
the House of, Commons Of the General Assembly of
North Carolina, to meet in Special Session at the
Capitol, in the City of Raleigh, on Wednesday the
first day of May next And | furthermore exhort
all good citizens throughout the State to be mindful
that their first allegiance is due to the Sovereignty
which protects their homes and dearest interests as
their first service is due for the sacred defence of
their hearhs, and of the soil which hocs the graves
of our glorious dead
| United action in defence of the sovereignty o.
North Carolina and Of the rights Of the South, be
comes now the duty Of all
Given under my hand, and attested by the Grea
Seal Of the State. Done at the City Of J.taleigh
the 18th day of April, A. D., 1861, and in thu
eighty.6fth year of our Independence.
JOHN W. ELLIS
By the Governor,
GRAHAM Dawes, Pricate Secretary.
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SALARIES OF FoRRIGN MINISTERS salaries Of
the Ministers to London and Paris are
Turin Mexico, and Rio Janelro, $4,000; to Santsa.
20 and Lima. $4,000; to all other courts, $780, :
The Consuls a. London and Liverpool have salary
of $720O; at Rio Janeiro, Havana, and Havre &C.
900; at Calcutta, Paris and Japan, $4,000; at Hong
Kong Alexandra, Foochow, Vera Cruz. Psnams,
and Calao $500; Glasgow, Frankfort, Constantine
pie, Tripoh, Tangier, Annoy, Ningpo, Lahaina, and
Valparaiso $4,000.
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A body of the I'd cavalry were stationed Sunday
night as guard at the White House. Mounted
troops were stationed also outside the city, with
tons for the horses. Every approach to the city 10
guarded. Signals are arranged for speedy commuai-
200 and near the White House, 2s0.- Warrington
States ..I... -. r s'.-. P, ,1-5' s-t.--,,. =
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A YOUNG LADY has discovered the reason why
married men, from the age of thirty and upwards,
are more or less bald. They scratch their hair off
in dismay at their wives long mliner's billsi Yes,
it is certain. You have all observed that when .
gentleman is examining little account" he always
scratches his head and the longer the bill the harder
he scratches ;.....-s, .-.T I'll. r,.4 az
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!. And now aBlaek Rspubrcp emery Us endeav.
ored to takeblood Sn Southef son, I'D though il
has rs yet shed nons it Is preparing another ant
. greatE Afoft But even,th6Stt6mpehas Asbd1ed
feeling which cries for blood as an atonement for
such attempt, and as & puushmsFt for continued
efforts Nothing but the black blood Of the heart
of the Black Republican party, can still ~ c7ySf
qhench the thirst Of Constitutional Union men frI
blood Washington City must be the battle ground
and Of the North must now fight for the heritage
their fathers, and against the Black Republics psurI
pers, with Lincoln a. their head They must Sselk
up the rotten concern now called the govsrnnant.
aud drive from power and pace the pirates that i~,
fest the Capitol The Constitution is, ours, Mss
Union is ours the Stars and Stripes are ours, the
blessings Of free government and equal rights a1e,
ours, in common, and We can and will mainta;u,
them Secession is not ths remedy, That Is fleeing,
from our rights and resisting the attempts of ther
Black Republicans to bring back to the enjoyment
() Of those rights on their opn terms Let us not
merely stand of and fight to be let alone; but let
assert our rights and die if needs be- in their defense
under the Flag of Union. Let US make common !.
cause, North and South, against the distprbers Of
our peace and the usurpers Of that goodly heritage
bequeathed us by our fathers Of the Revolution. =,
We are not for disunion nor for secession but for
maintaining our rights in the Union by queng the,
rebellion Of Black Repu5licanism. Now let US. sea-
who are the "submissionists and cowards =" Let us
drive out the greedy swarm Of cormorants now prey
ing upon the blessings Washington fought for, and
represent only 1874 1893 out Of 4537, ,56l, No such
minority can be allowed to usurp the rights Of the
majority, and coerce that majority to bow the knee
before him. Let us crush out the Black Republican,
concern and restore the Union in all its pristine
purity and vigor-Ad Valorem Banner. 80, s.rs
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ed George Lee was arrested at the Southgate House
by U. S. Marshal Siford, yesterday, on the charge
Of being escaped slave from Clarksburg, Virginia.
He was taken without opposition before Commits
sioner Newhall, and on the testimony of Ar. Bart
lett Of Covington, and two Of the claimant he
was remanded to slavery, He was lodged in the
CoviLgton Jail last evening and will be taken back
to Clarksburg to Cincinnati Gazette of 4th.
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Virginia.

We have rumors that Virginia has taken final
action of some Sort but we have no positive infor
nation on the subject. In our paper Of the Sd Of
this month we said: "While the Coliseum stands
Rome will stand'' ut is /" uiM Virginia and the
Union" .. -aH .5| II
The Virginia Convention has been in secrSt seq.
sion for several days past We may heafmore
fully and perhaps finally as to her action before
gong to press. oi RI .ff1, ..a -a..sja
Since the above was put in type we hsve heard
on what we deem good authority, that the Virginia
Convention passed AN ordinance Of secession on
Wednesday only II members voting against It
inllEas done in secret session, and the fact was
ma Known on Thursday. faaa.l s.>slf q.
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ABoLrHoN1sM. night a serenade was given
to Hon. Cassius M. Clay and others at Willaids
Hotel They replied to calls from the crowd and
never were more bitter speeches delivered. ''s11Sil
Mr. Clay said that the "irrepressible conflict has
begun and should not be ended until ecery saee .ras
free. Gen. Nye took the same ground and was even
more ultra Wdshington States ''7E'a. E'> = q
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Yentuchv- Efset Of The proclamat;;,

Ksntucky-Ebset Of the Proclamation. -,
LOUISVILLE, April The news parazes the
people here, and they have not yet recovered 80,
Companies are enlsting for the Southern Confed-
eracy, and several start tomorrow. .-.-.- ~
The citizens generally depore the positions Of the
proclamation. -. 49,. ' - ~
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For the Standard.

For the Standard.
Mr. EDrroR:-Please announce Capt VIM G.
MANGUM as candidate for Brigadier General of
the l7th Brigade of N. e. Militia Capt. Mangum
is one Of the Oldest commissioned officers in the
State, and well versed in military tactics. y
SEVERAL OFFICERS.
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Guns FOR NoRrH-C CARoLlNA.-We understand
(says the Charleston Mercury that several heavy
guns will be spared to North Carolina in obedience
to the request of Governor Ellis. They will be for
warded Immediately. - =, ,
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1t is our Flag.

1t is our Flag.
In the Virginia Convention on the 10th instant
Gov. Wise said: F.S s.'.'
AS to parting from the Union, in my affections,
shall never do that As to leaving its flag, when
ever leave this Confederacy, this North star Con-
federacy, which makes the needle trembIe north
ward sir shall carry the flag of the old Union out
with me; and if I ever have to 6ght-so help me
God!-l will fight with the star-spangled banner
still in one hand and my musket in the other I
sin nerer take any Southern cross or any Palmetto
for my flag. will never admit that q Yankee can
drive me from the UElon and take from me our
capital. [ will take from him forts, I will take
from him flags, I will take from him our capital,
will take from him. if can, my whole country and
save the whole Will that satisfy the gentleman as
to fighting in the Union? 1t will. am glad of it.
I will act as my fathers did. If there are any
cowboys in my neighborhood, will drive them out.
will treat them, my fathers treated those in their
neighborhood whQ adhered to England-as English
men and as my enemies. I told my constituents,
when the worst came to the worst that some OF
them could not live in my neighborhood, or in
theirs. That the war, when it comes-we need not
disguise twill array neighbor against neighbor in
this Commonwealth, is too plain; this is not to be
| misunderstood. Not that 1 would not unite with
my friend from Augusta, (Mr. Baldwin, in deplor-
ing, deprecating and preventing it. l merely call
his attention to the fact that the whole question
now is, who is entitled to the fag-those who have
conscientiously kept the covenants of the Constt-
ton, or those who ruthlessly have broken them p
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The New York Legislature Appropriates $1,000
600 to Equip 10000 Volunteers. IL.
ALBANY, April 15.-The Legislature to-day psss-
ed bill appropriating 100000 to equip thirty
thousand volunteers in addition to the present State
force. Gov. Morgan has ssueda proclamation &C
cordingly. ..-. No.. ,s-..s.a. 3 s., ,.Fs
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No new conclusions have been reached in regard
to the sending of the mails The President hesitates
about cutting off all Southern mail facilites-- WasR
in0f0n iSfnfea -f .,.. - -...-s. 49,. ,.f
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The Portland (Me) Argus says that the new Nor
r Tariff will be death blow to Portland, and vir.
tually put an end to the Canadian business done
through that port by the foreign steamers and the
Grand Trunk Railroad ,''-' '.'-.s'-S
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GEN. ScoTT.-The rumor that Gen. Scott had re-
signed is still unconfrmed He will, however, no
doubt 60 with Virginia, his native State
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A Chance for Unionists.

Lincoln calls for men, and should arequistion be
made upon North Carolina it is to be expected that
the Unionists of North Carolina will promptly
buckle or their armor and enlist in the black Re-
publican War upon the Seeded States Of course
Messrs. Holden, (of the Raleigh Standard) and F.
l. Wilson Of the Banner, Bruner, the Waterman at
Salisbury and the other lesser lights who have been
fighting so stubborny with their pens for the Union
will be the first to respond. Charlotte Bulletin.
This is another slander OIL the Unionists If their
counses had prevailed We should have had peace in
stead of war; and all our rights. But the extremes
of the North and South have "precipitated" the
country into dissolution and bloodshed They have
created future through which no eye can penetrate
"a future of blackness of darkness, teemng with
armies and sounding with the shouts of brother
over brother fallen in mortal conflict
Shake not thy CORY locks at me;
Thou cans not say did it!
But the Bulletin is as silly as Lincoln in suppo-
sing that the Unionists of the border States will
countenance coercion. They have been opposed to
it from the first; and if war must come the SANDER
ed and wronged Union men of the border States will
expend their means as freely, and shed as much
blood as those who have slandered them, and who
are to small extent, the authors of the terrible
calamities that mpend. -.
The "Unionists Of North Carolina will promptly
buckle on their armor, and enlist in the black Re-
publican war upon the seeded States" Sir take
back that slander. There is no foundation for it.
Nothing that have ever said or written will JUS
tify such charge against u.s. All our writings, and
all our declarations on the stump have been against
coercion; and we are prepared to go as far as any
onein resisting the proclamation of Abram Lincoln.