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Newbern weekly progress., 1861-01-08
The New York Press.
The Charleston Courier says:

the Aharleston Collrlsr says:
The sensation mongers engaged for the New
York press, who seem to be paid according to
the job in lying, continue their fabrications con-
cerninS the forts at Charleston, and otner top
les designed to stir up civil strife.
The position of South Carolina has not been
taken by stealth or under pretext, and those
who know her and her sons should feel assured
that while she shrinks from no consequences,
she will not wage war under cover.
She claims before the world, and the States
lately connected with her in Federal compact,
the right of peaceful secession, as necessary
and undeniable adjunct of Federal compact
While claiming such right and asserting It
openly and before the world, it would ill-becone
her to inaugurate war by premature or unneees-
sary violence.
The New York press has done more than any
other agency to promote and compel the sepa-
ration of the South, and its Satanic conductors
are determined to carry on the game of false
hood
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-01-08
Death of asa Editor.

We regret to be csiled on to chronicle the
death of the tsad4i4tor of the North Caro1ina
Whig. The Charlotte DEMOCRAT says Of Mr..
Holton:
Ar. Thos. J. Holton, of this place, Editor, of
the n. c. Nhig, died on Thursday last, from
the effect Of injuries received by being thrown
from his buggy while on his way to Monroe
and had been publishing paper in Charlotte
for about 80 years, Those who knew him in
tmately speak in the highest terms of his in
tegrity of character and disposition to do what
he thought was right. He was an industrious.
honest man, and an official member of the
Methodist E. Church. His large family have
the sympathies of the whole community in
their SAD bereavement 4Ead affection,
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Honor 10 Whom Honor Is Due.

Governor Ellis deserves tho thanks of all
good law-abiding citizens for his refusal to
listen to the suggestions of that ertraordi7aary
committee who visited him from Wilmington
ON Tuesday last. They proposed that he should
do no less thing than to authorize the selzing
of Fort johnson and the other federal works in
the State, SO rumor has it, and we arc disposed
to credit it. But Governor Ellis knows, as
does all sensible men, that SO long as North
Carolina remains in the Union, to lay violent
hands on single piece Of federal property
would be treason. Though we have but little
if any hope of the Union being preserved, yet
we desire that the people of North Carolina
should be loyal as long as they remain in it; and
we believe in clinging to it as long as We can
possibly do so consistent with our safety and
honor To have seized the forts in the State
would have been going far in advance of South
Carolina, because they declared themselves out
first, but We should have been guilty in such
an act of the most attrocious treason to the
Government whose protection and benefits we
are still enjoying and Of which we composed a
part
We are glad that our State is slow in some
things. We are glad that she is slow to COM
NIT treason against the federal Government; !;
we are glad that she is slow in the matter of
secession; we are glad that she is slow in
abandoning her rights under the Constitution,
but We could wish to see her little faster in
the work of preparation.
We hope kbat, should other committees
visit tile Goverfsor for such an object, he will
treat thera as he Sid the fast patriots from the
Cape Fear Region" when Revolution COM
mcnces, if,commence it zslpst. it will be time
TO seze tae fortifcatiops-sush a thing must
not be thought Of while North Carolina sus-
,tains the same relation to the Government as
she does atpresent.
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SELECTED POETRY.
ON God, Preserve my Country.

BY FRANKLIN w. FISH.
oh God. preserve my country
Keep it safe from every stain
Till we bring the stars in glory
To their lustre back again.
Keep it safe from strife and faction,
Till through the land is heard.
"Brothers meet as brothers always,
Both in deed and heart and word"
Let the cry ring out for Union
From Kentucky's grassy sod;
From brav- old Massachusetts,,
Where the Pilgrim Fathers trod;
From the rippling Madawaska,
From the mighty woods of Maine,
Till the hills of Sacramento
Send their echoes back again.
By the love of all that's noble
brethren, stand as one for right,
Till the traitar shrink before US,
To their own congenial night:
Leave US not, oh stout Palmetto
But remember ancient Rome;
It was civil strife destroyed her
We've enough of that at home.
Will Vermont now quit Union
That her fathers framed and won
Can she blind her eyes, forgetting
Molly Stark at Bennington
And thou. gallant South Carolina,
Pause before the deed is done,
By the memory of thy Jasper,
By the name of Marion
There are memories hanging DER US,
Memorials of land and sea,
Ofthe good ship Constitution,
Of the action at Moultrie-
Well preserve them by our honor,
Keep them safe from every stain,
Till we bring the States in glory
To the Union back again.
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-01-08
A " sensation" Letter.

The following letter from South Carolina ap-
pears in the Wilmington Herald of the 3rd-
We don't know how far it can be credited
1t may be real z1ot or it may be another
New Hanover Lnrkins affair; don't know
Nothing lost by vigilance:
FLoRANcE, jap. I'd, 1861
Mr.. A. NJ WADDELL Dear Sir. A tel
egraphic dispatch was received here this morn
ing fromGeneral Harllee, who is now in the
Convention at Charleston, to Major Pauley, to
send the volunteers down Immediately, also to
add as many more as can be enlisted. There
is great excitement, at this time, countenances
sad and gloomy Our country is in 4 wretch
ed condition, what is to be the ultimate result
cannot be foEeseen.
We have also received intelligence from
WadesboFo' Il. c., that negro had been ar
rested, who confessed that an attack upon the
whites is to be made so soon as the troops shall
leave the oountfy-a negro belonging to General
Cashnear CheraW has also been arrested and
has confessed the plot. A civil war is inevita-
BILE. and blood will be had in less than thirty
days.
South Carolina is determined to sink before
she will submit to Black Republican rule 1t
is to be hoped that all of the Southern States
will follow South Corolina Immediately, that
altho' she has precipitated things they will fly
to her aid and prevent the abolitionists from
crushing their Sister State.
have always been Union man, and have
always opposed secession, as much as any one,
hoping that the glorious Union might be pre-
served; but am now for war. What is the
good old North State doing at this critical juno:
ture, will she stand off and see her Sister State
slaughtered and not come to the rescue? | as
her native son say no. Come out and show
those Black Republican devils that we will pun
ish them for their repeated aggressions
You may make any use qf this letter You may
choose Respectfully yours,
JAMES z METTS.
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"FOREIGN NEWS
Progress OF Affairs in South Caro-
lima.

CHARLESTON, Jan. 1.-The Convention was
opened to-day with prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Du
pree in the course of which he said:
''Oh God! wilt thou bring confusion and dis
co1nfture upon our enemies, and wilt thou
strengthen the hearts and nerve the arms of
our sons to meet this great fire, in the name of
the God of Israeli
The President Of the Convention received a
highly important communication of secret char
acter.
On the table Immediately fronting the Pres
ident, is a beautiful marble bust. Of John c.
Calhoun. On apiece Of paper lying by it is
the inscription: Truth, Justice and Fratern-
ty. You have written your name in the Book
of Life; fill up the pages with deliberation
The storm is from the North. The day is far
spent and the night is at hand. Our Homes and
our Honor!"
There have becn~no restrictions in the trans
mission of Intelligence from this city. The cor
respondent of the Press deems it needless to
transmit mere rumors and has confined him
self to facts, all of which are faithfully chron-
icled
Strong Notifications have been erected in and
around Charleston harbor, to prevent reinforce
ments to Mayor Anderson. No attack upon
him has been thus far mcditated. The authori-
ties are anxiously awaiting the result of the
mission to Washington.
The populace are without any official re-
straint.
The Governor is hourly receiving tenders
of assistance from aboard, but refuses to ac-
cept.
A summons has been issued for all cit-
zens to appesr on parade ground for inspec-
ton.
\ Southern Confederacy will be performing
all its functions by the 1st of February.
Strong Notifications are being erected in and
around Charleston harbOr to resist if any rein
forcements are sent here by the Federal Gov
ernment The Governor is daily receiv-
ing dispatches from the South rendering
men to assist in defending South Carolina
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Fasting and Prayer i'm Newbern.

The outward show Of observance of the re-
commentator of the President on Friday was
pretty general in this place. The Churches
were open and the attendance at most or all of
them large. We have heard the discourses of
Messrs. Long of the Methodist E. Church and
Watson of the Episcopal Church spoken of in
most fattering terms. We have heard several
members of the latter gentleman's congregation
express desire to have his discourse PUBLISHED.
The ministers Of the other Churches in their
a manner very satisfactory to their audiencies :;
so we learn.
We could rot attend Church on that day on
account of indisposition in our family.
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-01-08

Mr. BucHAHAN's CoNrRIBuTIoSs NOT 70 AP-
PEAR IN THE LEDGER.-Owing to the state of
public excitement in reference to the conduct
Of President Buchanan, Mr.. Robert Bonner, of
the Ledger, has felt called upon to release him
self from his engagement to publish series of
essays on public topics from the Presidents
pen. Mr.. Bonner, it is alleged, says in private
justification of his course that he has received
orders in advance from many hundreds of the
most prominent newspaper dealers throughout
the country and from many thousands Of his
regular subscribers, to discontinue sending
them the paper from and after the issue of any
number containing any article essay written
by his Excellency the President Mr.. Bonner in
a letter to President Buchanan, dated December
81, says
DEAR AND RESPECTED SIR return you
herewith, accompanied, by my most grateful
thanks, your essays on The Science of Gov
ernment," intended as the initial chapter to the
series of contributions which you were good
enough to promise for the Ledger, to be COM
menced after next 4th of March."-Neoo York
Leader.
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-01-08

This contradicts the report hitherto prevail
ing that tho Alabama State Convention would
hold a cooperation majority.
NORTH CAROLINA.
WnMMaToS, N. c., Jan. 3.-The secession
Gag, with fifteen stars, was raised here to-day
by large and enthusiastic gathering of peo-
pie. A secession meeting was held tonight at
the theatre, which was densely crowded The
secession feeling is increasing daily.
KENTUCKY.
The Governor has called an extra session of
the State Legislature, to meet on the 9th of
January, to consider the distracted condition
of the country.
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-01-08
MONDAY MORNING, JAN. Z. 1861.
Progress of tine national Crisis.

We condense and compile the news which
reaches us from the North and the South re-
lative to the present alarming condition of our
National affairs, but bad as it is, the fact that
there is set of telegraph agents and news
paper correspondents at Washington City
whose object is to increase the excitement and
alarm which already exists, for base purposes,
is undeniable, and hence we caution the public
to be extremely cautious how they receive
sensation items, especially ifsent by telegraph.
Here is specimen which we find in New
York paper of the Ord instant, which we know
tn he false
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-01-08
WEEKI,Y PROGRESS
rpTn.y M0RNING, JAN. 4, 1861.
g. ETec1 of the Crisis ON Journaf-
fsHzl.


u;s very absurd and foolish notion tlla'
-, have fallen into that, while every otner
t,s;, xs languishes newspapers must neurlsh
.nrouot Of the panic and excitement IN the
country This is wholly mistake, ana ins'0t'o
os;. hs,.ttinp ,,s as class we all suffer oy IT.
,,o,r- country papers will no doubt be forced
to discontinue while those IN the cues III na''
to reduce expenses and weather the STORM aS
best they may We notice that ooth .he DA,5
ctotes and Union and the Daily National IN
teu;oencer Washington City, have commenced
100, With sheets reduced in size in
-. 20 enconouize their operative depart
ments.
W. Increased our expenses by the enlarge
want IF o,r Daily and Weekly issues the lst OF
Senten,ber last at least 80 per cent, ana we
must say that the increase OF patronage at
homo has not been as large as we expected,
nor as large, we think, as it ought to have been
There are business men, capitalists ana reai
estate owners in the town of Newbern who are
beneftted either directly or indirectly by our
labors who have never paid one dollar into tne
concern. OF course we do not expect or wish
that those few who predicted and desired our
failure when the enterprise was first commenc-
ed to become subscribers, though they may be,
as some of them arc, daily readers of the paper :;
bpt there ara others who owe it to their own
Interests, to the welfare of the whole communi-
ty. and to themselves, to assist in supporting
the only Daily paper in the town. These re-
marks are made in no unkind spirit, but to re-
mind those who are reaping, in common with
the community, the fruits of our labors, that
they have duty to perform in this as well as
in other enterprises where the community, as
such, is concerned.
To all who thirst for light an1 knowledge
and are not able to pay so cents month for a
daily paper we tender the gratuitous use of ours.
1t is kept constantly on file at our Counting
Room where citizens and strangers will be cour-
teously received and respectfully treated at all
times, Sundays Thanksgiving, Fourth of July
and Fasting and Prayer days excepted.
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-01-08
MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR OF NEW
YORK

ALBANY, n. Y, Jan. Ex-Governor Morgan,
in his message to the Legislature, refers to
needed State REFORM and devotes the closing
portion of his message to the Secession ques-
ton. He says it is the duty of the National
Legislature to act with moderation and concii-
ation and the duty Of the public press, with
that regard for the rights of all sections and in
terests which its vast influence demands, to let
New York set example in this respect
Let her oppose no barrier, but let her reprenta-
tives in Congress give ready support to any
Just and honorable settlement. Let her stand
in an attitude of hostility to none, but extend
the kapG Of fellowship to all. Live up to the
strict letter Of the Constitution cordially with
the ether faeasaers of the Confederacy, in pro-
claiming and enfoseing the determination that
the Constitution shall be honored and the
UniGp Of the States preserved. He recommends
the repeal by New York of the personal Lib
erty Bill" and that other States do the same
MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR OF PENN
SYLNANIA.
HARRISBURG, PA, Jan 2.-Gov Packers
message to the Legislature takes strong Union
ground. He terms secession rebellion. He
urges that the statutes of Pennsylvania be
purged of all laws which may be rightly chaEg-
ed as violating the rights of a sister State. He
recommends the Reprisal Act of 76 allowing the
slave claimant the right to choose his remedy
under the State or National law; also, that the
master have the right TO retain the services of
his slave while sojourning or passing through
the State. He further recommends the re-
enactment of the Missouri Line by an amend
ment to the Constitution, the amendment to be
ratified by State Gonyentions, if Congress re-
fuses to let it emanate to the people. He closes
by expressing devotion to Pennsylvania and to
the Union which her citizens will defend
through every peril
ABoLIT1oN1srs REFUSE TO FAsT.-The church
of Rev, Charles Beecher zone of the family in
Georgetown, Mass, bad meeting last Sunday
evening, and after much discussion resolved
not to comply with the Presidents request for
Fast on the 4th of January. The resolutions,
which were adopted By the close vote Of Is to
IL, "pitch into" the President and his mes
sage; declare that his Proclamatiipn is an act
ofhypocrisy; that the Constitution ought to
be stripped Of its slavery rendition and repre-
sentation and that the present distress is an es-
special judgment upon the sin of slavery: Mr..
Beecher had preached a red-hot anti-slayery
sermon in the morning. This fact will furnish
excellent capital for the New York Herald to
send South as an illustration Of the genu-
ine feeling Of the people at large in the North
towards the slavery institqtions. -Harttord'
Post. =,
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-01-08
IMPORTANT TELEGRAPHLC CORES
PONDENCE.

IMPORTANT TELEGRAPHLC CORES
PONpENCE,
We haBe been allowed to publish the fol-
lowing very itnEporte9pt telegraphic correspon-
dent:
" ATLANTA, Ga, Dee. 2e, 1850.
!" Hon S. 4. Douglas OF
Hon T. S. CRrTTFNDESs
:''Toombs' despatch of 22d unsettled censerva-
tives here: Is there any hope for Southern
rights in the UnionS We are for the Union of
our fathers if Southern rights can be pxeserved
in it. If not, We are for Secession. Can we
yet hope the Union will be preserved on this
principle You are looked to in this emer-
gency Give US your views by despatch, and
Qblige '"' ''''
WILLIAM EzzAG,
ROBERT w. SINS
JAMES P. HAMBLEToN,
THoMAT s. Powell.
s. G. HOWELL,
j. A. HAYDEN,
&. w. ADAIR
4. c. HouLEsTERp
Reply.
WAsHfNGToN, Dec. %, 1860.
In reply to your inquiry, we have hopes that
the rights of the South. and of eyery State and
section, may be protected within the Union-
Don't give pp the ship. Dor't dispair of tie
Rerublic.
J. j. ORrTTEsDEN
S. A. DoUGLAs.
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-01-08
Editorial CHANGE.

VIM. Robinson, Esq, has disposed of the
Goldsboro' Rough Notes to Messrs. Lawrence
and Blount. The paper comes to us with
''salutatory," and ''valedictory." Weregret to
lose Mr.. Robinson from the brotherhood, but
we hope he has profited popularity by the
change DIR. Lawrence will edit the Rough
Notes hereafter. He lately edited the Star of
Freedom, at Wilson, n. G.
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-01-08

PRosPERoUs.-The proprietors of the Will
mington Journal speak of constant accessions
to their Daily and Weekly list. Glad to hear
it. Messrs. Fulton & Price arc energetic and
Industrious men, they make good paper and
deserve their pecuniary prosperity
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-01-08

The SPECIE INFLUx.-The golden current
continues to set strongly towards New York
from Europe and the Pacific The arrivals
since Tuesday are:
By the Ariel, (Cal,) $1,225,217
By the Jura, Liverpool l45OO
By the Fulton, Havre 599O5O
By the Canada at Boston $4,000
Total 2,7ss, 767
Add to this the S., ,931, ,731 received by the
various steamers during the week ending Friday
last, together with some parcels received from
Havana, and we have an aggregate of nearly ten
millions of dollars, in less than fortnight by
far the greater proportion of which will doubt
less, go into the bank vaults, to lie there idle
and useless, under lock and key, until such
times the reviving energies of trade and
cemmerce-now everywhere PROSTATE under
the impending civil war-shall call it forth
n 7. Express.
A YOUNG JEREMY DIDDLER INvENTs THE
NORTH C4RoLFNA INsURRECTIoN.-A merchant
in WilE2ingtoR, n. C.. writes about the alleged
negro plot IS follows,
''You may hear of an extensive insurrection in
oar country. A foolish boy wrote to some of the
Republicans or Abolitionists that they were or
ganzing apj arming to take Fort Johnson. and
were ready to cooperate with the Northern hosts
and only wanted arms and $2eoin money Who
received the letter sc ut it to the Governor of
our State The fellow discovered and is here
in prison. His name is Larkins. and lives at Long
Creek. His object to get the &20O--more
money than he ever saw beforehand he thought
the Abolitionists would be taken in and send it
to him with out asking any questions. Faat is
all there is about it.
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-01-08
HIRING RATEs-We never saw. saws the Porte.

HIRING RATEs-We never saw, says the Ports.
mouth Va.) Transcript of yesterday. "a larger mum
Der of servants on the bring stand at the com
day :; and never before did we see So few
demands for this kind Of help. The prices as an
average were in great reduction Of last wears
rates. Able bodied nogro men ranged from $50 to
many instances, the reduction is fully oue-thirJ,
while in one case,we heard an offer. of : ss:3ant
woman Tor tbe hanehnt of her faxes
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-01-08

l;AlLkoAD AccIDENT.-We learn that coils
ion occurred on the n. G. Railroad near Char
lotte on Thursday night by which one of the
engineers was killed and others attached to the
trains seriously injured We have not learned
tho particulars. The loss to the road, however,
is considerable
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-01-08

GoINa NORTH FOR THEIR HEALrH.-We
learn that tUelcs men, Yankees we suppose
came down on the n. C. Road last Monday
night from South GasqIina, on their way to the
North. Rather un9H9ae.aalt4ay, for them. in the
New Republic" ana they are going back to
get some kind ofhealing pernaced from Gree.
icy, Their boards had been shaved.
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-01-08

The New York Courier and Enquirer Repub-
ican organ. pays the following compliment to the
Tribune:
"The editor Of the Tribune is as mnsh an abo-
ttionist as Garrison and at heart as anxious to
dissolv the Union as Yancey or keitt, and other
disunionists at the South
Yet the Courier IS close follower Of Greeley,
and believes in the creed Of Rsppb blicapism form
sa hyASp az Chisage-
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-01-08
THE SECESSION OF MONEY.

The yei unpaid requisitions Of the disbursing
officers of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives clearly prove that the money which hereto
fore abonnded in the United States treasury has
seeded. Neither Senator'S Members nor the
attaches in the various legislative departments
of the government, are enabled to receive
dollar We learn that employees of the Execu.
tive departments have been mostly paid.-States
and Union,
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-01-08
]. j. ORIrrEsDEN,
s. A. DoUGLAs

The Baltimore Sun is edited by an English.
man, the Washington Constitution by an Irish
man. The rose, shamrock, and thistle. Mem
pills Adeecstt
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-01-08

The Nashville CTenn.) Union accounts for
some of the milk in the South Carolina seces-
sion coeoa-nqtr II says it is fact well known
that large number of the planters in that
State live in England most of their time. and
their sons and their daughters would not
think of marrying an ignoble citizen of the
United States. They have more sympathy
with England than with this Government.-
They never have favored our form Of govern
ment. They. have kept their loyalty to the
British Crewn, from the days of the Revolution,
az which time we had more teries iln South Car.
Gina than gRJ where eioe,
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-01-08

FuaIrWE DELIvEREp fse OHIo.--A Ken
lucky fugitive slave was arrested in Cincin-
natti Tuesday, and legally surrendered te his
snaater,s agent.
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-01-08
CONsERvATIvE acT,oN

PORTLAND, Me-. Jan. 2-The City Council
today passed a resolution instrncting the repre-.
sentatives of this city in the Legislature to urge
the repeal Of the PERSONAL Liberty Law:
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-01-08

1sAUGpRATfoN OF THE GovHRsoB:-On Tues
day last, being the first day of the year, Gov El-
lis took the oaths of Office for second term We
understand the oaths were administered in
the Executive Office by Chief Justice Pearson,
in presence of Mr.. Speaker Clark, Mr. Speaker
Love, who is acting in the absence of Mr.. Spea-
ker Dortch, and several others, includin a few
members Of the Legislature. The Governor