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Year: 1861

It appearing by an affidavit filed in the office in
Pigeon Township, in the County and State afore-
said that the defendant in the above entitled
is not resident of the State of Indiana. Notice
of the tendency of such action is therefore given
to said defendant DR.. j. Fleager that the same will
stand for trial the oath of June 1861 at 9
O'Clock in the forenoon at my Office in said Town
ship. JAMES T. WALKER, Justice


NAV 81 ltd2urH
Year: 1861

The disunon Of this great republic is fat accom-
f The reality has last burst suddenly upon the North
that we are divided people 10th every has here


ofore been 70 acknowledge the unhappy fact universal as
has been the disposition Of the people of the North dis
regard the movement at the South anything than


the result Of the feversh excitement Of the moment
which would terminate with the that gave BIRTH
IL s no longer possible to shake from the senses the
startling thought that two perfect and complete confede
races now in full operation in place Of the old org
nal United States under which we have lived and pros
pered On Saturday last February O. 1891 six seeding
States Of the old Union organized independent govern
ment, adopted constitution and elected President aud
Vice President. These States passed their respective
ordinances Of dissolution az follows
Year: 1861

Art. q That territory shall hereafter be acquired
by the United states without the Concurrence OF a
majority of che Senators Of the States North Of Mason
and Dixon's line, and also a majority Of the soma
ators OF the States south Of said hna
but no treaty by which territory shall be acquired shall
be ratified without the hrds OF the senate
required by the constitution.


AIT That neither the constitution nor any smand-
msnt thereof shall construct 10 give Congress power
10 regulate, abolish control within state or rerr
tory OF the United Statee she reaton established re-
c0gnxed by the laws thereof touching bound TO
labor involuntary service therein, to interfere
with or abolish involuntary service n the District
Of Columbia without the consent or Maryland and
Virginia. and the owners, without making
the owners who do not consent previously, full
compensation; the power to interfere with sb D
lh Involuntary servce Ia places under the exclusive
jurisdiction Of the United States within those ates and
Territories where the established reOo0nixed
the power to prohibit the transpol
Of pcisons h.i TO labor involuntary service In any
State Territory of the United States any other
State or Territory thereof Ia which 10 is established
re. og zs nor 10 authorize sp.cic tax any higher
rate of taxes persons bound to labor than land
III proportion 10 value; 10 authorize aay Of the
African their descendants become ctizene
exercse the right Of suffrage in the choice Of federal
officers.


That hereafter the paragraph OF the fourth art
Gle Of the constitution shall be construed prevent
any OF the States by appropriate legislation and through
enforcing the livery Of fugtves from labor from any
other state or Territory of the United States the
son to whom su. h service or labor is due.


Art D The emigration or importation OF the African
race INTO any state or Territory OF the United States
whether for resdei involuntary service forever
prohibited and Congress shall have the power by appro
pirate legislation, to enforce the provisions Of this
tice.


Art g. That the nrst second third and ffth articles
OF these amendments and The third paragraph Of the
second section Of the first article Of the constitution and
third paragraph OF the fourth article thereof shall not
be amended or abolished without tho consent Of AL the
Year: 1861

Gov Ellis has issued his proclamation in pursuance OF


law passed by the General Assembly Of North Carolina
concerning convention OF the people TO consider the
political purturbatons in the Union The proclamation
commands the shers Of the respective counties Ia the
State TO open polls at the several election precincts Ia
when and where all persons qualified to vote for
bers OF the General Assembly may vote for against
State COnvention those who wish convention voting
with printed or written ticket, Convention" aud
those who do not wish convention voting in the
way, No Convention also, to open separate polls at
the said time and places for the election Of delegates to
the conv. Dtion 10 be assembled such times are
hereinafter provided sad polls 10 be superintendent by
inspectors appointed by the shers with the advice of
three justices OF the peace OF the respective counties
who shall be sworn according to the provisions Of section
six chapter afty-two. Of revised code


The law further provides that II the people decide 10
hold Convention the day designated shall not be earlier
than the 11h OF March prox That the said Convention
shall consist OF hundred and twenty delegates and
each county shall be entitled to the number of dele
last apportionment.


The last two sections OF the law reads


Section 10. Be 1t further enacted, That ordinance OF
said Convention shall have any force validity until 1t
for members Of the General Assembly TO whom shall be
submitted according 70 the mode prescribed for elections
OF members to the House of Commons the assent dis
sent OF the people hereto being expressed as In preceding
sections Of this act.


Sec IL be further enacted That no delegate elected
shall be permitted TO take his seat In said Convention
until he shall have taken subscribed the following
before any Judge Of the Supreme Superior Courts
justice Of the peace OF Wake county, TO witt
A. b., do soiemniy affirm (as the may be)
raj Assembly, under which this Convention is called and
that will duly and faithfully discharge my duties
member Of this Convention according TO the best OF my
knowledge and ability, so help me God.
Year: 1861

From the Southern Path Finder, Neo Orleans, Ia


Try them you that afflicted, and are sure
that your testimony be added to the already nu
merous ist that has received benefits that no other
medicine can produce
Year: 1861

Sir:
Not long since sent to you for q box of Cephalic-
Pills for the Nervous Headache and Costive
ness and received the same and they had good an
effect that IsOds induced 20 send for more.
Please send by return mail Direct to


A. r. WHEELER,


Ypsanti, Mich.
Year: 1861

The President elect, according to the last pro-
gramme, will not reach Washington much before
the 10Th of February, and then he will be the
guest of Senator Trumbull up to the 4th of March.
No military escort to Washington will be accepted.
Mrs. Lincoln and her three sons will embark few
DAYS after the departure of the head ofthe family


and proceed directly to Washington by the short
est route.
Year: 1861

ready and only. waiting favorable
moment to assume the character of
the avengers of an insulted and polu-
ted State. Let the Republican copy
these statements into its lying sheet !!
We do not hesitate to confirm, as Il
matter of solemn conviction and be-
lief, that armed aid, to the number
and amount of 100000 fighting men
from our sister States, will be imme-
diately thrown into Missouri, If so
many be necessary, to relieve an op-
pressed, insulted and terror-stricken
people Of the presence of a hired
brutal, foreign soldiery. The war has
been forced upon us, whether we
would or no, without law-without
reason-without preccpt, except that
which is found in a deliberate and
openly proclaimed purpose to reduce
Missouri to a condition of vasalage
In order to accomplish this purpose
armed bodies of men have been invi'
ted from the Northwestern States
And in order to repel and prevent
the accomplishment of such an OBJ
iect, armed bodies of men from the
Southwestern States will enter the
scene of conflict.
Year: 1861

Though our cotton crops are In
Aourishing condition, we fear the
result of the heavy rains. will not
be favorable to our planters. The
river is about on q stand at this
point. We were visited by heavy
rain yesterday.
Year: 1861

The MAILs.-Postmaster Morris early yesterday
morning sent despatch to the Postmaster-Gene
asking instructions to what arrangements he
should make for the conveyance of the Northern
and Eastern mails. Not receiving a reply, at noon
messenger was despatched to Washington to re-
turn in the late train from that city, but it failing
TO get through, the Postmaster determined, on his
own responsibility, to send mail out by means of
wagons to Havre-de-Grace at an early hour this
morning. We received no Southern mail YES
terday, but were favored with several Savannah
papers of Saturday last by the officers of the
steamer that arrived here yesterday from that
port
Year: 1861

The New York Herald of Monday says that there
was report in that city that the Government was
about to concentrate large force at Harrisburg
and invade Maryland, with the view of reopening
communication with the capital via Baltimore.
Year: 1861

RESIGNATION OF MIDsHIPMEN AT THE NAVAL ACAD-
EMY-lt will be seen by reference to the letter of
our Annapolis correspondent, that large number
OF mdshipmen at the Naval Academy, have resigned
and returned to their homes
Year: 1861

ARMS FOR THE EASTERN SHoRE.-A gentleman
from the Eastern shore arrived in this city on Mon
day evening, having in his possession twenty-thou-
sand dollars loaned by the banks on the private
security of the citizens of that section of the State
for the purch ase of arms for the people.
Year: 1861

CoRREsPoNDENCE BETWEEN MAYOR Brown AND
Gov. ANDREw.-The following letter from Mayor
Brown TO the Governor Of Massachusetts, and the
reply of the latter, is published in the Boston
Year: 1861

One thousand troops from Boston were landed
Yesterday morning in addition to those landed on
Saturday. large steamer is on the Horseshoe
with supposed number of 1,50O, and another
troops.


Yesterday morning Lieut.. Spottswood, of the
Navy, Virginian by BIRTH ran up to the flagstaff
in the Navy Yard the flag of the Old Dominion,
Year: 1861

In consequence of the belief in some quarters
that the supply of coal in this city may become
small in consequence of the troubled state of the
times, there great demand for all kinds of
coal at advanced prices. We yesterday heard of
coal having been sold at from ST to $40 per ton.
Year: 1861

JOB PRINTING.


Connected with the Courier office is New and Ex
tensye Jon PRINriNG ESTABLISHMENT, wherein Plain
and Ornamental Printing of every description viii
be done in the latest and most fashionable style.
Patronage is solicited. GEO. Il. LEWIS
Year: 1861

Real Estate in Richmond, A friend Just
from the country informs us that one of the
most successful spectators he has ever met
with, assured him that he intended to make
large investments in real estate in Richmond


as he believed that nowhere could one more
safely invest in these perilous times than in
our city. We should judge that others are
resolved on the same course, as within few
days lots in Sidney have brought S35 per foot
Year: 1861

THE COTTON SUPPLY-SHoRT TIME.-The
London correspondent Of the Bulletin, in his
letter Of Sept. 81 It, says:


How far either Britain or France is Mt all
likely to break through their neutrality in or
der to obtain cotton, you will now be pretty
well able to guess by the position assumed IN
regard to the cotton trade. In the menufactur-
ing districts here, the pressure has fairly begun,
but il is . fairly met. Mill owners have APP
pealed to their work-people on the subject OF
the supply, and delegates chosen by the workers
have decided that it is for the interest Of the
trade TO 90 upon "short time" so that dimin-
ished production will become immediate. The
period for this shortening Of labor, as | think |
have already noticed, could not have been bet
tel chosen, for production has been greatly
over. done of late and the stocks are so large
that had the mills gone on at their usual rate
tie value of the goods and the wages Of the
workers must have fallen. AS regards the fu-
twrc supply Of the staple. Mr.. Laing, the Indian
Finance Minister, met the principal mamufac-
tlirers in Manchester on ThuTday last, and the
matter was fairly talked over. India has about
enough on hand now to make good defcien-
cy. and though not of a quality that manufac-
turers wish, il may do in lack Of hetter. The
difficulty oddly enough is that India can hard
" venture to send it without some guarantee
Of its being used up at MINIMUM price lot
it would be an embarrassment to have the
Southern cotton if the Indian were on our
hands. Another year of the war will undoubt-
cdly play the mischief with the trade of the
South: for manufacturers here are now ON
their nettle to open new fields of supply. In
dia. too. is straining every nerve to improve
the quality as well as increase the quantity, and
the government is Enthusiastically alive so far
to the importance Of the crisis, that it will
make the most material alterations in the ten
ure of land and other important matters, with a
view to attract british capital and enterprise
to India.
Year: 1861

FIGHTING PARsoNs.-Until very lately, with
their Bishop General Polk, and some other
Gospel preachers, the rebels have been ahead
Of us in the article of regular gunpowder fight
ing parsons. But, if we may credit the late
reported Union victory of Parson Brownlow in
Tennessee, we have in him a match for Bishop
General Polk himself But why do not our


blood and thunder abolition parsons-such as
Beecher, Cheever, Garrison and Greeley-illus-
trate their faith by their works, like Parson
Brownlow? They have been for years Iaboring
and preaching to bring on this rebellion. and
now they should shoulder arms ard assist in
Year: 1861

Since the reception tenderod to Commodore Wilkes by
the city althortos on Thursday last, that distinguished
officer has kept himself exceedingly quiet His modesty
loads him to shun, much possible, any demonstra
ton Of public character in his honor and yesterday
nothing Of material consequence occurred in his movo-
ments. During the day goodly number Of visiters
paid their respects TO the gallant Commodore, princi
pay ladies' Among the gentlemen who called were
Colonel Dea6eld and Lieutenant Fairfax In the after
noon he visited Gurneys Photographic gallery in Broad
way, whore he had large imperial photograph taken
also cartes de uise and likeness of his ttlo daughter
The Commodore returned to the Brevoot House, whore
he is at present stay ing at late hour in the evening
Year: 1861

RATHER LOOSE IN AssERTIoN.-The Little Viii
lain" says he has plenty of money in the bank,
but he omits to say what bank it Is in. If he is
80 flush would it not be a matter OF conscience
the owner of the vehicle which he broke down
in his fight from Bull run? We do not know
whether there is anything due on his Solferino
racing match. 1t is probable not; for abroad it
is easier for man to run away from battle
field than to escape from creditor.
Year: 1861

to THE EDITUK Of TIE HERALD.
We have noticed with pleasure the suggestions made
In the HERALD this morning reference to the destitute
and famishing condition OF Ireland Approaching the
generosity and beralty Of the HERALD in all matters
gardng suffering humanity enclose the sum Of thirty
dollars to be appropriated in aid Of tho fund which may
be raised for the destitute and suffering in Ireland Very
respectfully, yours, BR0SNAN DUANE,


149 Fulton street, New York
nrcr q
Year: 1861

The Posi- OFFICE ADvER1IsNG-A BROKEN
Dose FOR GREELEY AND THE LITTLE VILLAIN
Mr.. Mephistopheles Greeley and that "Lttle
Villain" Raymond are greatly moved upon the
subject of the relative circulation of the
HERALD and their own petty papers, and are
affected to tears about the matter We are sor-
ry for them; but their attempts to inveigle us
into silly bet are absolutely in vain. The
practice of betting is immoral. We cannot ap-
prove Of it. 1t may suit Greeley and Raymond,
who have exhibited very little morality In the
conduct of their journals, but it will not do for
us. We never made but one bet in our life, and
upon that occasion-thirty- ty-fve years ago-we
wagered ten dollars that jackson would be
elected President, and we won the money. The
transaction was 30 out Of our usual line, how
ever and weighed so heavily upon our con-
science, that we were obliged to take the money
from our pocket and give it to the poor. May
this disposition of the funds atone for the man
ner Of their receipt.


No, Messrs. Greeley and Raymond, our busi-
ness is to edit a newspaper, and we cannot
waste time in card and dice playing with such
idle and penniless vagabonds as yourselves If
however, you really believe that your papers
have any circulation to be compared with that
of the HERALD, we will show you how to decide
the question without any betting. AT the be-
ginning of every year the Post Office advertis-
Ing is given to the journal having the largest
daily circulation. We now have this advertis-
ing, and shall apply for it again for next year,
and wish you to do so also. As the circulation
of each paper has to be stated in sworn
affidavit, and as the Postmaster may examine
witnesses upon the subject, if he pleases, there
could be no fairer way of determining what the
relative circulation Of the HERALD, Tribune and
Times really is. Every day we print and dis
pose of over one hundred thousand daily
HERALDs, and frequently our circulation rises
to one hundred and twenty and one hundred
and thirty-fve thousand copies.


Now, if you can touch those figures, send in
your afiidavits to the Post Office and take the
advertising $4,000 year-and all the
prestige it brings with it. If not, hold your
tongues, acknowledge that the HERALD has the
largest daily circulation Of any paper in the
world, and apply your betting money-if you
have any-to the payment of your debts.
Year: 1861

The Secretary Cameron Bags the spells.


The following from the New York Herald Of the
10Th ult, shows that LINooLS's Secretary of WIr is
not to be foiIed in his control Of such lucratve
place as the monopoly Of selling goods to an army
of perhaps half million Of men. He has bsgged
the whole game:


sThe difficulty about the appointment Of certain
army suffers has Oceasioned change in the mode
of their appointment. Hitherto they have been SD
pointed bV what Is denominated Council Of Ad-
ministration, composed Of the commanding officer
a regiment for which the sutler was to be selected
ments will hereafter be made BY the Secretary OF
War. The position Of sHtler is lucrative one. Il
gives monopoly in the way Of selling goods, and
the pay is assumed BY the army regulations .
the extent of the pay Of each officer msu indebt
ed to the sutler. The profits are estimated by eX-
peFienced army officers ct one thousand dollars per
annum per company in the field, and the new
regiments to be raised will number each over tWen
ty-three hundred men, the post Of suter to one Of
these regiments is Of the most lucrative Offices
in the gift of the government. Considerable dissat


sfactiOn has been expressed at the assumption by
the Secretary of War of this extensive patronage
hitherto controlled by the officers Of the army them
selves. As they are to depend in great measure
upon the honesty and cleYerness of the suffer for
the comfort and accommodation of themselves and
the soldiers under their command they believe they
ought to be allowed 70 retain the privilege of
lecting the person who is TO furnish the extra sup
plies that usually procured Of the suffer They
resent this innovation with much warmth. and In
sst that ii viii prove serious detrmeRt 70 the ser
Year: 1861

! the response So IS that it would be well at this
time to Gil The iesding public offices, especially
in the federal government, to which the con-
duct Of public affairs belongs, with men whose
purity Of character and capacity for adminis-
trative labor were so well known as to COM
mand the confidence fthe people, is most true,
and it is also probable that il this example
were set in the conduct Of federal affairs, it
would be followed By the people in the Seec-
| tion OF their State officers, bat we would be
false to the party which we represent il we
considered any proposition OF union with for
mer political opponents, except Union be the
basis OF principle. The response concludes
by saying, We are, therefore, instructed by our
committee to offer that, in their call for the
usual democratic State convention, they will
invite all good citizens who are willing to CO.
operate with the democrats to these ends, to
come together at the primary meetings; and
unite, in selecting representatives to such a
convention, to nominate candidates for the
support of The electors of the State upon this
platform Of Union and patrioti'm.


ALBANY, August 8 The sub committee Of
the Republican central committee, met this af
ternoon, after the meeting of the Democratic
State committee. After agreeing on a call and
statement, they say the foregoing call is issued
under circumstances which require explanation.


The Republican State convention, at their
meeting on the 9th instant, feeling deeply SEN
sible that the present disastrous situation Of
affairs in our country demanded for the time
being an entire obliteration Of all party feel
ING, and realizing the fact that they, as repre-
sentatives Of powerful and dominant party in
the State, could best afford to make the first sd-
vance, did, aftzr mature delibera ion, adopt the
resolutions contained in the communication, of
which copy is given below.


0n the ssembng OF the Democratic State
convention, our communication was presented
to them, to which communication the c0nVen-
tion responded in labored refusal, to call a
convention as above requested, and indicated
A determination on their part to sacrifice to
party the government, State and nation, in
stead of yielding them generous support in
this struggle, for political Office, to restore aud
perPetuate the larcenous policy 20 sbamelessly
carried On during the late administration OF
Buchanan, and to compel compromise with
rebels in arms. at once hum liating and dis
honorable. Under these circumstances we
cordially invite all persons friendly to the
maintenance OF the government to unite with
US in selecting ticket for State officers to be
supported at the approaching election.
Year: 1861

AN ACI m reIatIOn to NaIine Hospitals.

 Resolued by the Congress of the Confederae States of America, That the expenses of the marine hos pitals in the Confederate States be limited to the amounts received for their support; and that the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to place any of such hospitals as may be practicable under the charge of any corporate or state authority which will undertake to keep open the same as hospital for the sick, and to receive therein such seamcn as the funds allowed by law for their sup port will enable them to provide for.

 Approved May l6, 1861.