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Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-01-31
from the Baltimore CIiprer.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 1861.
The Hon. John A. Gmer spoke to-day to the
most attentive House of the session. Tonight
nothing is talked of but this eloquent appeal for
the Union. | have listened to many of the best
orators here I; | have heard men make the masses
shout aud wave their hats; | have popular
preachers sway an audience according to their
will, but | have never such effect as was
produced by this speech. 1t was an appeal to the
Republican side to come forward and save the Union
men Of the border States. 1t was not like the &C.
centric and Sedge-hammer speech of Etheridge, the
splendid argument of Gov Corwin or the polished
sarcasm of Sherrard Clemens but it was the honest
appeal of great heart and such greater than all
these.
The broad, honest face of the speaker, the genial
countenance, the placid, yet earnest manner of the
speaker, all conspired to make it the most effective
of all speeches.-Long before the close Mr. Gilmer's
emotions powerful that his voice failed and
when he sat down there was scarcely an eye in the
House not filled with tears. Dozens of Republicans
and Southern Union men rushed forward to con-
graduate him, and it was conceded by every Re-
publican last night that some compromise must be
made to save John A Gmer from being carried
down by the secession tide.
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Weep not for those,
Who sink within The arms of death
Ere yet the chilling wintry breath
Of sOrrnw DER them blows"

DEATH OF MApAIE LIE EERT's MOTHER Our
readers will learn with the death of Mrs
George Walton-the mother of our accomplished
townswoman, Madame lie Vert. The maiden name
of the deceased lady Sallic Walker, and she
born, we are informed in Virginia. After her
riage she resided for many years in Pensacola when
her husband was Secretary of the Territory Of Flor
ida. After Gen. Jackson resigned the chief magis
tracy of that territory, Col Walton became the
Governor of Florida, Mrs. Walton, removed to Mo-
bile we think, in 1885, and has been permanent
resident of it since. Those who were most init
matey acquainted with her say that she
the kindest of human beings. This is the testimony
of those who knew her virtues and loved her for
them. But the best of us must pass away, and the
warmest of the deceased lady'S friends may find
consolation in the fact that she lived among those
who respected her, and well stricken in years.
Mobile Tribune, 18TH.
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SENATOR CRITTENDEN.

After the serenade to Senator Pugh in Washing
ton, on Saturday night, Senator Crittenden was
called out for a speech. He said:
g. have now, as have ever had from my natal
hour, love and admiration for my country. love
it for the blessings it has showered upon u.s. and
want to preserve it. 1t is not too large for me.
want to travel North and South, East and West,
until am tired, and still be upon my own country'S
SOIL and offer my hand to my own countrymen.-
Loud cheers. / don't know why cannot We
have lived in peace together we have fought battles
together, and slept together the battle-elds,
have seen battles fought by men OF the North and
South side by side and now, fellow citizens, VIC
want them to be so again. As far as there is any
power in me, shall exert it to this end and heartily
welcome those who are with me now, whether he be
from the North or South, East or West Let us
stand for the union Of our country.
This very city, the seat of government estab
lished by Washington IS dear to my heart and
mingled in my breast part of it are its memories,
and he whose name it bears | venerate still. | am
Kentuckian, and am proud of it. More than that !;
am citizen Of the United States you are my fellow
citizens and invite you to lend your voices for the
preservation of the Union Here, in this country,
political liberty has thirty millions of people that
worship her. Here she stands in mansion, and
want to keep her there in possession of this great
mansion. Excessive cheering. should be ashamed
to show my face IN my home if could not say that
| was citizen of the United States. Wear born
to tina. flag, and we will not desert it. Cling to it
as your countrys honor government calls, and
let your heart swell with that point know little of
disunion-the breaking of it up lightly into frag
ments.' IL you do you not worthy the existence
which you have"
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INTERESTING EXTRACT.

Perhaps says the Louisville Journal we have
published already the subjoned extract from the
Hon. Jere Clemens eloquent speech at Huntsville,
but it cannot be READ too OTTER pondered too deep
and solemny. We look for a momentous struggle
in Alabama, within the next month or two between
the Unions friends and the Unions enemies, and
We rejoice that the patriot forces will have chv
alrous and powerful champion and leader Mr..
Clemens:
81 hold it to be the duty of good citizen to look
well at all the consequences before plunging into
revolution, either under the influence of his own
passions or at the dctation of ambitious leaders,
Conceding his full right to stake his life upon
the desperate game il is still certain that he has
right to tritie with the lives and happiness of Others
We have ready refuge from tyranny but in the
meantime what is to become of that portion of our
race to whom are bound by so many ties? What
is 10 become of the wife who sheds halo around
your tireSde, of those gentle and tender girls who
are scattered like lovely flowers through this as
semby- Of the little ones you have left at home
in the sweet enjoyment of secure and peaceful sleep
They debarred by nature, and the customs of
society, from taking part in these fierce conflicts,
and when we have gone down, they will remain to
become the victims or the slaves Of our murderers
Am l wrong, then, in asking you to he certain
that some ntolerable grievance exists, for which
there is other honorable redress, before becon-
ing party to disunOn! Lay your hands upon
your hearts and tell me, if you cam what that grev-
ance is. What wrong are you suffering? What
oppression weighs upon you? The sun which will
rise tomorrow from beyond yonder mountains, in
its long journey, will shine upon no land SO happy
and so blessed as ours. 1t will travel on from con-
tinent to continent sometimes in joy and sometimes
in sorrow-looking down upon the chained captive
in ore place-upon the lordly proprietor in anoth-
er-upon the widows anguish in another, and the
lovers rapture in another but nowhere else will Its
beams be gladdencd by the presence of universal
freedom. Why then should you wish to destroy the
government under which, and by which all this has
been secured? What desire can you have to sub
stitute for that splendid and glorious picture, a
landscape whose waters are tears, whose vegetation
has been blasted by fire, and whose inhabitants
have been thnned out by the sword?'
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HoS. Thomas BRAGG.-'rhiS gentleman made
most excellent and conservative speech in the Com
mons Hall on Friday afternoon While he despared
of any beneficial action by the present Congress- he
hoped that there was yet conservatism enough in
the country to reconstruct the Union, and was for
exhaustng all honorable means to accomplish that
object While he should stand by the South in u
denaned of all her rights, he was opposed to pre-
cipitate action and immediate secession.
Gov Bragg's remarks satisfied all who heard them,
with the exception of few precipitators and dis
unonists.-Register.
A Raleigh correspondent of the Salisbury Watch
man says:
"Gov. Bragg evidently CO.'S not look upon disso-
luton as blesSing-he looks upon civil war al
most inevitable in that event-thinks it better to
main i'm the Union If we get our rights than go
out of I-looks to exhausting all efforts for hon.
orable adjustment before we withdraw, and hopes,
but is not confident that will be successful He
appeared to deprecate the idea Of breaking up in
der to reconstruct He looks upon reconstruction
very Ioubtful-but impossible in the event of civil
war; But in case of reconstruction he is in favor
of excising the New England States. He was par.
ticularly severe upon the puritan blood, and remark
ed that even the New England "wOmen had run
mad and did not know how to behave themselves"
He wound up by urging prompt action on the part
of North Carolina.
The Governor was very respectful and deierentlal
towards the Legislature throughout, and upon the
whole, think his speech will do good. 1t was evil
dent that the immediate secesslonsts did not relish
the speech much. 1t smacked of the " watch and
wait" policy little too strong for them. l must
say that although differ in several particulars very
essentially with the Governor, yet was better
pleased than feared would BE-"
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THRILLING INCIDENT AT FoRr SUMTER Bal
timore american Of the 9Th gives the following in
cident:
lone of the Baltimoreans who recently returned
from Fort Sumter, details an impressive incident
that took place there major Anderson taking pos
session. 1t is known that the American flag brought
away from Fort Moultrie was raised at Sumter pre-
cisely at noon the 9th utmo, but the incidents
of that flag raising have not been related. It
scene that will be memorable Renaissance in
the lives of those who witnessed It short time
before noon, Major Anderson assembled the whole of
his little force, with the wOrkmen employed on the
fort, around the foot of the flagstaff The national
ensign attached to the cord and major Anderson,
holding the end of the lines in his hands, knelt
reverently down. The officers, soldiers and neil
clustered around many of them their knees, all
deeply impressed with the solemnity of the scene.
The chaplain made an earnest prayer-such ap-
peal for support, encouragement and mercy as one
would make who felt that mans extremity IS Gods
opportunity" As the earnest, solemn wordssof the
speaker ceased, and the men responded Amen with
fervency that perhaps they had never before
perienced, Major Anderson drew the Star Spangled
Banner up to the top of the staff, the band broke
out with the national air of Hail Columbia and
eXutans cheers, repeated again and again, were
given by the officers, soldiers and workmen. IT,
said the narrator, South Carolina had at that mo-
ment attacked the fort, there would have been no
hesitation upon the part of any within it about
defending that flag"
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From Udshiu1tou CitU.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.--The difficulty between
Messrs. Rust and Dunn, to-day, was honorably
adjusted through the Intervention of Messrs. Pryor
McClcrnand, Lieut. Nelson, of the Navy, and Mr..
Hindman
1t is now certain that private letters have been
received here from Mr. Lincoln, urging his friends
to Cancellation and compromise. And it is stated
that he indicates the border State resolutions as
reasonable basis of adjustment This information
is reliable.
Soon after the electoral vote shall be counted on
the I'd Wednesday in February, Mr.. Lincoln will
acquaint the public with his views on the pending
crisis Heretofore he has not felt that it was proper
for him, in advance Of an official declaration of his
election, to take prominent part in directing polt
ical affairs.
The friends of the Union are much encouraged by
the friendly responses to the invitation for commits
Soners from the several States to meet in
ton here on the 4th of February, and 1t is believed
its action will command the support of large ma
jority of both branches of Congress
The fugitive slave law introduced into the Senate
by Mr. Douglas is considered a thoroughly effective
measure obviatng objections to the present statute
and securing its complete efficiency.
Messrs. BENJAMIN and Slideli since the secession
of Louisiana have taken active part in the pro-
cecdings of the Senate. They will formally vacate
their seats they have received official in
formation of the passage of the ordinance.
The great point now aimed at by the friends Of
che Union, is to avoid all pretext for collision by
the seeding States in the hope that the sober sec
ord thought of the people. if adjustment measures
shall be presented, will induce them to resume their
, connection with the Federal Government
Secretary Dix has instructed the commanders of
Revenue Cutters, if attacked to make the best de-
fence in their power; and if they are assaled by
superior force to their vessels ashore and blow
them up.
The Mayor of Washington has been summoned
before the select committee to testify as to any in
formation relative to conspiracy to seize the Capt.
| tol. He privately says he knows nothing about it
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CHARLESTON, Jan. Is 1861.
The signs Of peace give dissatisfaction, and every
thing tends towards the idea that will yet have
fight South Carolina has declared herself an indie
pendent Commonwealth yet an enemy commands
the entrance to her commercial metropolis. Trade
is Frustrated business is suspended money is scarce
gold piece is rarity, and rag money plentiful.
Something must be done. The clouded future
looks ominouS indeed. We strain every point to
strengthen the sinews of war; and peaceful pursuits
are consequently depressed On the coast of Carroll
ma, and in the harbor of this city, we see military
preparations going on with redoubled vigor. The
deduction certainly is ,odr. The best informed tell
that peace may possibly result; but every thing
looks war-like, and cannot entertain any other
opinion than that contest will ensue.
THE WAR TAX.
In the halls of the Carolina Congress "a war tax
is the all-absorbng topic of debate. The tax bill
proposed, as you perhaps have seen, provides for
drawing revenue from articles of personal property
hitherto UNSOLICITED to taxation. Watches, cards,
carriages salaries, the stocks of the State,
included in the list of proper subjects from which
the State shall draw funds for carrying on the con-
test But something must be done to raise money,
and every source must be tapped. The rich of South
Carolina are very rich, and the poor arc very poor,
and the question how and whom to tax is a very
difficult question.
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j. HI. HORNER'S
Classical and Mathematical School,


FTNHE former Of the Principal in making Schol
IL ars. Notwithstanding many disadvantages, just6es
the expectation that with his present ample arrangements
and the excellent of text books used in the
school, he will be able qualify all his pupils that be
induced apply themselves to compete for the highest
honors in any institution.
The building is cnmmodous and handsomely furnished
with chairs and desks 1t stands upon emnence beyond
the corporate limits of the town. and the residence OF
the Principal Two of the are set apart for the
the Literary Society connected with the school, Tho
Society already has in its brary considerable number
of well selected books, and holds IFS sessions Friday al
ternoon Of each week.
The Scholastic composed of two erlns OF twenty
weeks each The Spring Term opens the first Monday
in January, and the Fall Term the second Monday IN July
of each year. The entire charge FOR board and tuition ~
ninetyfve dollars term. Payment BY cash or bond WI"
be invariably required in advance.
Applications for admission should be made before the
opening of each Term accompanied with siaienentet
he ace and uro6ceucy of the applicant And it is earn
esy hoped that student will apply for % M Who
tons of the school, and discharge every duty faithfully
Dec. II, 1860. ieo-"Ss"s"'
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The Convention Bill Passed.

The Convention bill passed its final reading in the
Commons last night and ordered to be enrolled.
This bill provides for the election of one hundred
and twenty delegates on the 2sth day of February
At the same time delegates are elected the people
are to vote for or against Convention. If a ma
iorty vote for Convention then the Convention is
to assemble; if not not
The bill also restricts the Convention to the con-
sideration of federal affairs but the action of the
Convention must be submitted to the people for
their ratification or rejection
The bill has passed in an excellent shape. 1t is
for the people now to come forward and act.
We come forward to say, in the very outset, that
the issue presented is UNION or DISUNION! Let
the Union of all parties rally in every neghbor
hood and County in the State. Let mass meetings
he held in every County, and the best the ablest,
and the strongest Union men be nominated Hence
forth there are but two parties in North Carolina
All other parties and all other issues are at once
lost sight of in this struggle for the Union according
to the Constitution.
TO the people we say, "beware of wolves in
sleeps clothing" Remember that the disunion
leaders deceived you last year. when they told you
that they were Union men, and that the election of
Lincoln would not be good for dissolution.
They have deceived you one tme-that was their
fault; if they deceive you again the fault will be
yours.
Nominate no man-vote for no man who will
not frankly and emphatcally pledge himself to ex-
haust all honorable efforts to preserve the Union.
Let there be no equivocation-no lodging
10 a1 c fha INN mt
ever submitted to our people Let every citizen
who prefers peace TO war; concord to dScord, civil
rule to military rule, and reconstruction and Union
to final separation and disunion, bestr himself and
put forth all his efforts.
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SoLoN BoRLAND AND JOHN BELL.-Solon Borland
in Il speech in Nashville, said that the constitutional
Union party" and its acknowledged champion, John
Bell had held the doctrine that the election of Lin
coin would be just for the dissolution Of the
Union. John Bell, who was in the audience, rose
and denied the charge Upon this, says the Nash
vile Democrat, the cheers rang again and again
through the vast hall, satisfying of the FREEDOM
inant Union feeling in that assemblage-notwith-
standing the dsuniUn element mustered its strength"
Mr.. Bell, before he sat down, expressed the hope
and conviction that all would yet be we'll with the
Union, and this declaration received with a
great shout of applause.
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DEATH OF LYELL SMEDEs.-Our community was
shocked yesterday morning, says the Vicksburg
Wig of the 10Th, to hear of the death of LYELL
SMEDES. The Wing adds:
This sad event occurred at the residence Of his
uncle, Charles Z. Smedes, ESQ, in this city, on
Thursday night. The cause of his death was an
attack of pneumonia of which he i'll but few
days. No young man in our midst was more be-
loved than Lyell Smedes; kind social and gentle in
manner, he had attached to him circle of friends
who will deeply lament his death. But the blow
falls with its most crushing force upon young and
loving bride to whom he united in marriage
only few weeks since, and large and attached
family circle. They have the coincidence of the
tire community. Lyell Smedes was a son of the
Rev. DR.. Albert Snedes of Raleigh N. c., and
the junior partner in the mercantile house of SmedeS
Dabney & Co., of this city. lie was about % years
Of age. Whom the gods love, die young"
Weep not for those,
Who sink within The of death
Erar thn clIll win fry
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The Clergy on the Crisis.

Some thrty-fve Bishops and Clergymcn of the
Presbyterian and Episcopal churches in New York,
New Jersey, and Philadelphia, have united IN ad.
dressing circular letter to the Clergy and Laity OF
the South. The object of the letter is to pour oil
upon the troubled waters The letter remarks upon
the gross and persistent misrepresentation of public
affairs at the South and at the North as having had
much to do with leading the nation to the verge of
revolution, and urges a more calm, discriminating
investigation of the of impending pers, and
calm and Christian efforts to avert them. Unswerv-
ing fealty to the Constitution, justly interpreted
and prompt return TO its spirit and requirements
is declared to be the first duty of citizens and Legis
latureS 1t is the belief of the signers that only
very inconsiderable fraction of the people of the
North will hesitate in the discharge of their consti
tutIonal obligations and that instructed and coz.
rected public sentiment will constrain stricter re-
gard for truth and for the rights and feelings of men,
on the part alike of the press and the pulpit IN the
popular discussion of political and moral questions
To this end all Christians are invoked to lift I'D their
voices in prayer.
We find also in the Wilmington papers, a very
wcll-consdered and eloquent address ITO the Cler-
gy and Laty of the Christian Churches of the Coun-
try" signed by Rev. Bishop Atkinson, and by the
Rev. Messrs Grier, Prichard, Guthrie, Mcqueen,
Mengert, wainwright, Morrelle, Drane, Murphy, and
Wheeler, of Wilmington We shall endeavor to
make room for this admirable address in our next
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From the Memphis Avalanche of January II.
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BLOCKADED.

Just above Vicksburg by direction of Governor
Pettus, battery has been erected and every boat
hailing from north of Mason Dc Dixon's line is
PEELED to round to and give account of themselves
The Imperial, from this port, passed there during
the night and was forced to land at the behest of
Underground shot fired across her bows Of course
she was all right and went on. The new Republic
is going to work in earnest
From the Memphis Appeal of January II.
The orders of the Governor Of Mississippi to place
a battery of guns at Vicksburg for the purpose of
mailing steamers and causing them to land has been
complied WITH We learn from Of the clerks of
the Simonds, who informs us that four guns are
placed at the foot of the bluff quarter of mile
above the wharf boat; that while the Simons lay
there on her "trip up the river blank cartridges
fired to bring to and cause to land the Gladiator,
the Imperial and the A. o. Taylor, and that it
understood that if the summons were not attended
to the next gun fired would be shotted. Tn, object
of the surveillance has not been made known.
From the Memphis Evening Argus of January III
Cincinnati steamboat men have been thrown into
fever from the Governor of Mississippi ordering
cannon and military company to Vicksburg to hail
all steamboats, passing. The Abolition papers of
Cincinnati howl over it, and are greatly ncensed.
We would like to see them help themselves.
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Secretary Dirs Instructions to the Rerenue Serrice
He DenOunces the Seizure Of the Marine Hospital
by the Louisiana Troops.
WASHINGTON, January 28.-Secrctary Dix has
instructed the Commanders of the Revenue Cutters
Southern stations. if attacked to make the best
defence in their power, and if they assaulted by
superior force to their vessels ashore and blow
them up.
He has also written letter to the Collector of
New Orleans, to apply to the Governor of Louisiana
to revoke the act of sezing the Government Hospi
tai and ordering 250 patients to be removed in order
that the building might be occupied as barracks by
the State troops. He denounces it as all act of out
rageous barbarity -dsgraceful any age country.