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The Convention Act.

We publish below the act passed by the Legisla-
If this State on Wednesday last calling Con-
",,toD 1t passed on the first day of the spe-
vi session. The House of Commons voted for it
.n.rimous;y, and but three votes cast against
II in the Senate
North Carolina is unit in defence of her rights
I'D liberties She hurls defiance at Abraham Lin
-, and his black Republican cohorts, and she will
DO common cause with Virginia and the other
sIaveholdlng States
BILL
r, ,y,Borizs and require the Governor of North
C,rolina to Gull a Convention Of the people Of
this State.
Src 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly Of
b State of North Carolina and 1T is hereby enacted
t the authority of the same-twO-thrdS of all the
n;.mbprs of each House concurring-that upon the
nsss,re Of this act His Exccllency, the Governor
h. and he is hereby authorized and required to is
.,a his proclamation ordering election to be held
in each and every county in this State, on Monday
tho thirteenth day of May A. D. 1861 upon the feder-
Al basis for delegates to Convention Of the people
r This State to convene at the seat of Government
IN the CITY of Raleigh, on Monday, the twentieth
,ov Of Nav in the wear of our Lord, one thousand
e;aht hundred and sixty-one.
SIC > That the said Convention shall consist of
ooe buaired and twenty delegates, and each county
in the State shall be entitled to elect the same num-
her of delegates to said Convention it now has of
members of the House of Commons under the last
apportionment
SIC. That the said election of delegates shall
he held and conducted in the same manner and at
he same III ices as elections for members of the Gen.
eral Assembly are now held in this State, and the
vote shall he counted and the scrolls compared and
certificates issued the delegates elect in the man.
ner prescribed bv law in the Of an election for
members Of the House of Commons.
SEC l. That in case any vacancy shall occur by
the DEATH resignation removal from the State OF
BY the refusal to Of any person elected dele
gate to said Convention the presiding officer of said
Convention shall issue his writ directed to the sheriff
of the county in which such vacancy may have occur
red after giving such notice as may be ordered by
the Convention, to open poll and hold an election
to fill such vacancy, in the same manner, and under
the same rules and regulations are hereinbefore
prescribed for the election Of original delegates.
Sec. s. That the members Of said Convention
shall be entitled to the same mileage and per diem
nav received by the members of the present General
Assembly, to be paid out of the Treasury in the
same manner as the said members are row paid, and
said Convention shall by vote fix the pay of all
their officers, and of any delegates representatives
whom they may appoint to any Convention or Con-
gress and shall provide for all other expenses incur
red by said Convention, to be paid out of any money
in the Treasury in the manner they direct.
SEC g. That this act shall be in force from and
Immediately after its ratification.
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MAIL RoBBER ARREsTED.-We learn that man
named Charles H. Sleuman was yesterday arrested
and lodged in Jail here upon unquestionable evidence
the suky mails for about year past first to Raleigh
via Summerville, then to Fair Bluff and recently to
Gilopolis When arrested by the Postmaster and
Deputy Shift Hardie, he had in his boot letter to
the Editors of this paper from which he had alb
straeted years subscription. and a letter to E.
Murray Go. covering draft for upwards of $780,
He confessed to numerous robberies to an amount
of which he processes tC have no idea. After exam
nation before G. Demng, Esq, he was committed
to JAIL He is native of Connecticut
The frequent losses by mail of late make this an
important arrest and the public is under obligations
to our efficient Postmaster, Jas. G. Cook, for the
eectual measures he has taken to catch the rogue,
and to Messrs Hardie and Deming for their hearty
cooperation. O6seruer.
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PRESIDENT JEFF. DAvIs.-Crafts j. Wright, ESQ.,,
who was classmate and roommate of President
Davis-graduating at West Point at the same time
has communicated to the press Of the traits of
character of the distinguished Mississppian. He
says of him:
President Davis is gentleman cautious, quiet,
irm-acting decisively. The natural inclination Of
the mind of President Davis is to military affairs
As Secretary of War he had large experience. In
the line of his duty he has made himself thoroughly
acquainted with the capacity of the country-its
lines of attack and defense the power of the forts
depots and stations. While performing his duty as
an officer of government he knew no party-he
would know nothing but efficiency and ability in the
performance of his duty or appointment to Office
He left his position without shadow of a charge.
He will not nOU know anything but efficiency. He
will surround himself only with those who CON-
petent know the most of the prominent officers
about him to be the most efficient in the service.
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PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT.
h the Presidsnt of the United Stats of america

by TIE fTeSldent % tRe Ontted StGttSV dHscTtco'
PROCLAMATION.
VIII .ereas, for the reasons assigned ia nv Procla-
nation of the 10th instant blockade of tire ports
of the States of South-Carolna, Georgia, Alabama,
louisa "a, Mississippi and Texas was ordered 10 be
establish led:
And whereas, since that date, public property of
the United States has been seized the collection of
the reven ne INSTRUCTED, and duly commissioned
officers of the United States while engaged in exc
cutting the order of their superiors, have been ar
rested and held in custody as prisoners, or have
been impeded in the discharge of their official duties
without due legal process by persons claiming to
act under authorities of the States of Virginia and
North Carolina an efficient blockade of the ports of
those States will also be established.
=. In witness whereof, have hereunto set my hand
H. S. and caused the seal of the United States to
be affixed.
Done at the City OF Washington, this twenty
seventh day of April, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one,
and of the independence of the United States
the eighty fifth
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President
WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
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The GRAYsoN DARE DEvns-There is a universal
feeling Of sympathy with these gallant fellows in
their modification at not being received here They
number one hundred men, all six feet high, and
unfailing rife shots. The company insisted of one
hundred and thirty-tive but it is sid their COM
mander informed them that only one hundred would
be allowed to come to Richmond; and to decide
which of them should enjoy that desired privilege
they fired at mark running, and. the hundred who
struck the target nearest exactly in the centre
were accordingly detailed, to the cha grin of the re-
mander, who were as confident as their comrades
that they could send ball at every crack through
the vitals of a Lincolnpoop.-Richnond Dispatch
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The FIRST REGmENr.-The first regiment of North
Carolina troops will be composed Of tie following
companies: Orange Light Infantry, Capt Ashe
Warrenton Guards, Capt Wade; Hornets Nest Ri
fes, Capt Williams; Enfield Blues, Capt Bell /;
Lumberton Guards, Capt Norment; Dupln Rifles,
Capt. Kenan; Charlotte Greys, Capt. Ross; Thorn
asville Rifles Capt Miller; Granville Greys, Capt.
Workman; Columbus Guards, Capt Ellis. This
regiment will elect its officers to-day, and
it is thoroughly organized it will no doubt be order
ed to Virginia
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BosroN, April 27.-Hon. Caleb Gushing has ten.
dered his services to the Governor in any capacity
PHLADE1PHIA, April sc. j. Ingersoll has in
vited Elk Presidents Buchanan, Pierce, Fillmore
Tyler, Van Buren,, and Hon. Mr.. Brown to act as
arbitrator between the North and the South. There
is bvt little expectation here of any good resulting
from the PROJECT.
A dispatch from Concord, N a., says that Elk
PRESIDENT Pierce, in obedience to a dispatch from
MT. lngersoll, of Pennsylvania and perhaps Baltl-
more, has left on mission to mediate between The
Government and the South.
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sY@ Gov. Morgan New York, telegraphed to
Seward on the 3Oth, that one hundred thousand
troops could be raised in that State easier than
they could be repressed Seward replied that no
more troops would be wanted for three months
service, but forty thousand more volunteers are
to be accepted for three years, during the war;"
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A CARD
From Hon. C. l.. Vallandigham.
DAYTON, Ohio, Wednesday, April II.

DAYTON, Ohio, Wednesday, April II.
To the Editor Of the Enquirer:
have word for the Republican press and par
tisans of Cincinnati and other places abroad, who
now daily falsfy and misrepresent me and matters
which concern me here in Dayton.
My position in regard to this civil war, which the
Lincoln administration has Inaugurated, was long
since taken, is well known, and will be adhered to
the end Let that be understood have added
nothing to it, subtracted nothing from it. said moth
ing about it publicly, since the war began. know
well that a,a right and that in little while 1.-THE
sober second thought of the people," will dissipate
the present sudden and fleeing public Madness and
will demand to know why thirty millions of people
are butchering each other in civil war; and will ar
rest it speedily But meantime, should my own
State be invaded, or threatened with invasion as
soon as may be- then, as loyal native born son of
Ohio acknowledging my first allegiance to be to
her. will aid in defending her to the last extremity,
asking no questions. Whoever shall refuse then,
or hesitate, will be traitor and bastard. And
this same rule l apply well to the people of Vir-
gna, Kentucky, or Missouri as to any of the free
States, North or West.
As to myself, no threats have been made to me
personally; none within my hearing; no violence
offered no mob anywhere none will be; nobody
afraid of any, and every statement or rumor in re-
gard to me circulated orally, or published in the
Republican press is basey idle and false. And now
let me add for the benefit of the covardy SANDER
ers of Cincinnati or elsewhere, who libel me daily
that if they have any business with me, | can be
found every DAY and at any time, either at home,
on the Northwest corner of First and Ludlow, or
upon the streets Of Dayton.
c. L. VALLANDIGHAN.
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To the Voters of wake County.

FELLow-CrTIzENs: I am candidate for seat in
the approaching State Convention
My opinions are so well known. to the people Of
Wake County that do not deem it necessary to set
them forth at length. The old federal Union
is dissolved. The President of the late United
States is attempting to coerce and subjugate
the people of the South. need only say that 1 am
with North-Caroina and the South, and for resist
ing to the last extremity the usurpations and agges
sions of the federal government.
W. W. HOLDEN.
May 2, 1861.
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One Thousand Volunteers En- Route for Virginia
MONTGOMERY, ALA, April 2s.-The Third Regi-
ment of Alabama volunteers, Col Jones NJ. Wthers
commanding, will leave tonight. for Lynchburg,
Virginia.
Ten full companies, consisting of one hundred
men each com pose this regiment, all sPlendidly
armed and equipped. A finer looking body Of men
never pulled trigger and should the "irrepressbie
come off, they will STAY the Yankee mercenares by
wholesale.
Colonel Withers is a graduate Of West Point, an
accomplished gentleman as well as soldier, and is
the present Mayor of Mobile.
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TIE MAIN CHANcE-There are indication IS that
the account of an extraordinary interview wi tn Lin
coin is true. See it in another column. Lincoln
wants to know what is to become of his venue if
he loses the South? The poor sordid { ;reature |
Nero fiddlng while Rome was burning, was decided
ly more respectable character. There one SEN
sible remark made by Lincoln, viz: II + lad better
go and hang myself on the first tree come to-"
This hits the case exactly.-Fay. OJserus r.
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From Kashinqton CITY.

A1ExANpRrA May 1.-The city is quiet, and there
are rumors of an attack by tie Federal troops
The citizens are leaving and the streets are deserted
More troops arrived IN Washington To-Day HUN
Annapolis.
The Long Bri dge across the Potomac is guarqeo
by eight pieces of artillery and large force Oh In
fantry.
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~ The Southern Star" company from Lin
coin, Capt W. j. Hoke arrived here on Wednesday /;
and the Leasburg Greys, Fayetteville Light Infantry,
Capt Starr, and the Arson Guards, Capt. Hall, on
Thursday. Other companies have arrived whose
names we have not leaned We learn that many
more companies have been rendered to the Governor
during the present week. Our people are united to
man and thoroughly aroused
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az We are requested by the officers of the
Leasburg Grays, who arrived at the Encampment on
Thursday, to return their thanks to the people of
Prospect Hill, Cedar Grove, and to Josiah Turner,
Jr., ESQ.,, of HIsborough, for attentions and kind
ness shown them on their way.
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A TLANTIt AND N. C. RAILROAD.

FOR THE WE Elk ENDING APRIL o. TO THE FOL-
LOWING CONSIGNEES. - =
Goldsboro'-'T Field s Saml Holt, SIeght J N
Wood, w X lie ne, A W Barbam, T. Granger d Ottin.
ger w, Robinson, Webb, N s Richardson
SALISBURY Austir. F FOard, Cidtr G. Baker
) Phillips, t'hllIps Hall, W Smith.
Morganton- &C Brown.
Icard-R L AberratrIy
Third Cree zoe Foard, 7 Ray, ] harrington.
Caldwell A Ray.
Stalngs-- j Pool
Charlotte-l-A Cru Sc Jack Reed ...r
Raleigh-jW utIey
Battlebor o-W = Lewis, J K Harper -
Durham y-R b Hobgood, W W Guss ] A McMspnin.
Smithh' ,d-A Sanders Durham Woodall 49,
Friends ,hip-h Lindsey. .-
Plonee Milf-J Barham. =
CHINA Grovt-J Hargrove. :.
Franz lintor-H Mitchell g. ....
Gree nsborc,-M Hughes, A Rankin.
WELL
Booo Hll-R Perry Sons, Wiley Hastings
Lexingttn-Jordan Rominger, J Stimson. =
Mebane 'ville-E Murray. -
Hlsbcro-J A Stanfield
High Pont-W & WEIGH,
CataV5ba-Sherrill Turner.
ConcOrd-A File.
liar sburg-J w Mehafey.
Tarboro-R q Pender D"0n' AiooFe'
May 3 .--'.. 81 =. -.
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Election of Delegates.

The people of this State will vote on Monday the
18th instant, for delegates to State Convention.
We trust that all party feeling will be laid aside
and that the best will be chosen to the Conven
ton Great interests are a. stake. Let the people
turn out and elect thoughtful and discreet men 10
REPRESENT them in this important crisis
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Alexandria to be Occupied By the Federal Forces
ALEXANDRIA. Nav Our citizens are much
excited to day. in consequence of rumors of the con-
templated occupation of Alexandria BY the Federal
forces. Our citizens have been warned by the
Westinghouse that this is certainly intended
Our scouts were fred upon last night on our side
of the aoueduct
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For the Standard

Mr.. HOLDEN: 1t is our wish that the Hon. Geo.
E. Badger should be of the candidates to repre-
sent Wake County in the approaching State Con-
vention MANY CITIZENS.
May 2 1861.
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"a" We direct attention to the proceedings of the
Legislature and the message of the Governor in
paper to-day.
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81 We had the pleasure of a call on Thursday
morning by Hon. F. j. Moses and DR.. R. W. Gibbes,
of South Carolina-the latter the Editor of the Co.
lumbia South CdrOliniaR. DIR. G. is, we believe,
Surgeon General Of South Carolina He has three
sons already in the service
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-" We are requested to announce B. F. Morton,
ESQ.,, a candidate to represent the County of Ala
nance in the approaching State Convention.
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eY- The Virginia Convention adjourned to meet
on the 18th of June next
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H- We are requested to announce D. W. G..
johnson, Esq, a candidate to represent Davidson
County in the approaching State Convention.
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81 We learn that the President and Directors
Of the Bank of North Carolina have rendered to the
State loan of 100000 for purposes of defence
The Cape Fear and other Banks will no doubt also
offer liberal loans.
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PRESIDENT DAVIS TO TAKE THE FIELD.-The
Charleston Courier learns from the most reliable
source, that President Davis will take command, in
person, as GeneralinChief Of the forces gathering
10 Virginia.
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We are requested to announce John W.
Cunningham, Esq, as a candidate to represent Per-
son County in the approaching State Convention.
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HilIsborough Military Academy.

We are requested state that the exercises of this
institution will not be suspended during the tempo
ary absence of the Superintendent.
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MARCIA ], 1861. ' NvtsEan
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~ The Hon. Asa Biggs has resigned his place
as Judge of the United States Courts.
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MORE ENCAMPMENTs.-Would it not be well to
have more Encampments in the State, for troops
besides the one at Raleigh?
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ALEXANDRIA, Va, April 50, 1ss1-P. NJ.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, April so, 1s61-P N
The steamship Coatzacolcos with troops passed
here to-day. 81 Ft,s 81
The government Of the United States win call for
an additional number of $4,000 troops, while with
the 70 900 already called for and the regular army
and navy viii make q total of 1sS 900 men ut the
disposal of Lincoln.
HARRISBURG Pa, April 2S, 1851. :
By an understanding between the Governors Of
New York, Pennsylvania Ohio and Indiana, those
States will act in conjunction to throw troops and
provisions into Washington City or elsewhere South
upon order Of the war department.
, Gov. Curtin in his message earnestly recommends
an appropriation of So 000, 600 and the raising Of
90 900 troops for domestic defence as well as for fed
eral service.
New York, April %, 1861.
In the Northern States Cities, &c, including pri-
vate subscription, the sum of eleven million two
hundred and thirty nine thousand dollars has been
contributed for war purposes.
The steamers F. W. Bfhne, Fanny, Cadwalla-
der and VIM. Woodward have been chartered by
the U. S. Government and IsA New York on yes
terday morning for Trenton, New Jersey, to take
troops to Washington. f
Several seizures of gun powder on board OF YES
sells were made on Saturday night
About 10, 900 troops are quartered here; destined
for Washington
Alderman Wilson's Zouaves, 500 stroag are
quartered in the Old Government houses on Staten
Island .'
Boston, MASS, April 9th, 1861.
Edward Everett in an eloquent speech, says that
we are of but one heart and one mind, and that the
federal government must be sustained. We forget
that we ever were partizans We remember only
that we are Americans.
The Collector of this port has received orders to
grant no clearances for any port South of Delaware
bay.
The Tribune says, that so soon as everything re-
OuiSte can he Derfected and supplied. there will
doubtless be force of 200, 900 men sent to the
lief of Fort Pckens and it will march through, not
around. Baltimore, Richmond, Raleigh, Charleston,
Savannah, Montgomery and New Orleans, being
Joined at the latter named city by like force which
will have made its way down the Mississippi.
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ADVICE TO VoLUNTEERs.-A writer, who signs
himself IAN Old Soldier" gives the following ad
vice to young soldiers:
l. Remember that in a campaign more men die
from sickness than from the bullet.
2. Line your blanket with one thickness of brown
drilling This adds but four ounces in weight, and
doubles the warmth.
8. Buy a small India rubber blanket [only s. sol
to lay on the ground or to throw your should
ers when guard duty during rain Storm Most
of the eastern troops are provided with these
Straw to lie on is not always to be had
f. The best military hat in use is the light co!ored
soft felt hat; the crown being sufficiently high to
allow space for air over the brain. You can fasten
it up as continental in fair weather. turn it down
when it is wet or very sunny.
3. Let your beard grow, so as to protect the
throat and lungs.
G. Keep your entire person clean; this proven is
fevers and bowel complaints in warm climates
Wash your body each day, if possible.
Z. Avoid strong coffee and oily meat. Gen. Sc oft
said that the too see of these together v ith
neglect in keeping the skin clean) cost many SOL
dier his life in Mexico
s. A sudden check of perspiration by chill or
night air often causes fever and death. When thus
exposed do not forget your blanket.