Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-04-03
NEWS OF THE DAY.

ANANtAANAh AhAhh hNNhii6 W~o 49,
boro' on the 22d and 23d ult, Hon. Weldon
n. Edwards presiding. Delegates were in
attendance from tho LIST, I'd, I'd, 4th and 9TH
Congressional districts, said to be nearly 600.
in number. The meeting ADJOURNED t@meet
in Charlotte on the goth Of May, the aan:-
versary Of the Mecklenburg Declaration OF
Independence. As It is the Inauguration of
anew party in North Carolina, We presume all
our subscribers will want to hear the plat,
form Of principles adopted We therefore
subioin the resolutions, viz:
Resolred, That the interest as we'll as the
honor Of North Carolina naturally and i'm
pcratively demand that her political con-
nections hereafter should be With her sister
states Of the South, and not with the States
Of the North, opposed to her, as they are, IN
social institutions, and in pecunlary interests,
and enemies, as they have shown themselves
% he in both relations.
Res0lred, That we respectfully recommend
the formation Of an organization whose oh
iect It shall be to disseminate the facts and
present the arguments bearing upon this
issue To the people Of every county in the
State Of North Carolina, believing that when
the facts prior, as well as subsequent to the
day Of election, (2sth February, 1861 are
fully understood, the citizens OF North
Carolina will reconsider their action and
demand from their servants, the Governor
and General Assembly, an opportunity to
20 express their wishes through the ballot
box.
Res0lced, That for the purpose Of dissemina-
ting these facts and presenting the arguments
deducable thererrom, we suggest, Isl, that the
president of this meeting appoint a State
Executive Committee of two from each Con-
gressional district, whose duty it shall be to
adopt all honorable and prope~ means for
carving ont the objects and defending the
principles Of the Southern Rights voters Of
North. Carolina.
ResOirof, That we respectfully recommend
10 the Southern Rights citizens of each coun.
" in the State, to form at the earliest prac-
ticable time, county organizations, whose
proper executive affairs shall correspond
with the Southern Rights State Executive
Committee.
ResolreL That the forts OF the Federal
Government, on the soil Of North Carolina,
were intended to defend and protect, and not to
menace or subiugate her citizens, and that
any additional force, placed in such forts, not
simply without the request, but against the
wishes Of the people, and Of the State, must
be regarded as u menace and rs n preliminary
step to suhjugation, which as North Carroll
mans we must not only denouuce, but in the
last resort resist at all hazards.
In accordance with the third resolution
the Chair announced the following gentle
men as constituting the Executive Committe,
Of the Southern Rights party of North, Carroll
ma:
LIST District-L. j. Johnson, ~Perqu,mans
II. NJ. Shaw, Currituck.
ID Disttict-J. l.. Bridgers, Edgecombe
DR.. Milton Selby, Hyde.
Sd District-O. p. Mearcs, New Hano
yer, w. +. Lcake, Richmond.
4th District-Dr. Pride Jones, Orange
+. 4. Thornton, Warren.
9th District. r. S. Mclean, Gull
ford, Samuel p. Hill, Caswell.
9th District-F. d. Stockton, Iredell
Col Saml. llargrave, Davidson.
7th District-H. b. Hammond, Anson, Ru
ius Barringer, Cabarrus.
9Th District-Gen. G.. NJ. Avery, Burke
N. W. Woodhn, Buncomhe."
WouLpS'T ACCEPT Hm.-The Lynchbur
Va) Republican states that n few days az
Postmaster General Montgomery Blair re
moved Mr.. Pritchard, mail agent on the Ma
nassas Gap Railroad, and appointed in hi
stead a Republican, named Baer, from Rock
llBllalll. AS soon us JlllS Cnalgc DeCdtl
known to Mr.. Edward e.. Marshall, the Pres
dent Of the road, he promptly informed NJ
Blair that either his appointee or the Unite
States mail must be removed from the roa
TIL result was the reinstatement Of Pritchar
WASHINGTON, March 25.-The BaltimoI
Methodist Conference adjourned on Saturda
at Staunton, Va, after adopting n plan of sc
aration from the Northern Methodist Churc.
l.. - r. 90 m. I..l... ..n- ~
the chair, but aftcrward pronounced the actio
void. Forty-four members declined votiny
and t~hirty-eight were absent.
TnE UNpERGRouNp RAmRoAp.'-The HoI
Joshua Il. Giddings, the father of he OH
'rrepressiblcs,' has been assigned by tn
new administration the post Of Consul Gen
cral of the United States at Montreal, TIL
stations him at the northern terminus of Il
u. G. r.. r., where he can superintend tt
arrival of the passengers, and take the gene
al oversight Of the road.
s-y" Commodore Jesse Wilkinson, U.
Navy, died in Norfolk city on the 23rd Marc
aged 7G years.
New MExIco.-The War Department
anx,ously awaiting the news from the Nj
tary posts in New Mexico, as it is to be fe
ed that the officers Of the army there ha
been induced 20 join the Confederation, a
to desert their eolors, taking with them I
men, arms and stores of their respective co
mandS.
KENTUCKY. An esteemed subscriber VI
ting from Paducah, Kentucky, says
cession and Southern rights are rapidly
the increase here. Our State is acting SLOW
but surely. We have sent our circulars a
ing the Governor TO call a Convention abb
the LIST or 18th of May, at which time so
definite action may be looked for. Our L
~islature meets in n few days at Frankfort
think that during the interval Of the rec
some Of their hearts have been fired, 9
that they now do a little better"
Charleston Mercury
UNION FEELING IN FLoRIDA.-A lei
from Jacksonville, Florida, says, "SeccSsi
SO rampant when we arrived here in Dec
Der, is clearly in its descending node. ,
custom house has begun to collect duties
the State of Florida, otherwise there appe
on the surface no evidence of State Cove
ment. The Presidents inaugural mad
little excitement, but even that seems to b
died away. Union men arc as thick as h
here in Jacksonville, though this is the
bed of secession in East Florida.
~" The Virginia Convention is still o
ing. No definite NOV ement has been m
on the secession question, though the frie
Of he cause arc confident II is increasin