Weekly Standard (Newspaper) - February 22, 1860, Raleigh, North Carolina Jl V I t 4 M J V f j ft I i w 1 kukri WILLIAM W. AMD 00 25 TERMS OF THE Dollars m TERMS OF THE invariably in TERMS OF THE WEEKLY TO 6 Copies 1 10 1 lfl All papers are discontinued at the expiration of the time which they have been erms of Advertising in Our regular rales of advertising as One or Lach subsequent Longer advertisements in Contracts will be made with at the for six or twelve and at the close of ihe contract per will be deducted from the gross Professional or business not exceeding five lines be inserted in either the Weekly or for for six or for twelve or in both for for six or for twelve Terms of Advertising in Weekly Oue dollar per square for first and five cents foi each subsequent inset will be made on no matter how they a limited number of advertisements will be i admitted into the All not wise are inserted in and ed When number of insertions is nut marked on the advertisement it is inserted until sent us by mail is at onr m RALEIGH FEB. 18, 18CO. of the Council A meeting of the Council of State was held in the Executive Office on Wednesday pursuant to appointment by the All the Councilors were in to John A. Dr. Columbus W. J. P. M. John L. T. and J. A. James W. of Mecklenburg was appointed a Judge of the Superior to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Judge And George of Wilson was appointed a Judge of the Superior to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Judge We consider these excellent Mr. Osborne is one of the ablest lawyers in the State; and Mr. though comparatively a young is well informed in the of studious and much devoted to his We learn that the Jesse G. Shepherd sent in his resignation to the Governor as Judge of the Superior to take effect on the 28th of May No successor will be appointed until the cancy We understand that William of having been consulted by the Governor in relation to the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Judge wrote to the Governor and Council declining the j We learn also that the Governor and ter instructed the Attorney General to investigate the affairs of the Albemarle and Canal and that an agent is to be appointed to examine the books and affairs ot the Senatorial Letters from says the Globe of that state that the Democratic members of the ate held another conference on Saturday which continued more than four The object of this conference is represented to have been the ation of the different resolutions now under sion in the Senate to slavery in the with the view of presenting some general form which will harmonize the conflicting views of Democratic Senators upon this About half the Senators were opposed to adopting any tions The other portion expressed selves favorably to those presented by Senator Senator Brown's asking legislation by Congress to protect slavery in the found no Mr. Saulsbury moved that it was in- expedient to adopt the This motion was it is by Senators Clingman and who were opposed by Messrs. nnd Mr. Douglas opposed the tion of any resolutions in advance of the meeting of the Charleston lie declared for the Cincinnati platform without and argued against legislation in relation to slave property in precedent to any action of the Supreme As to the power of the Territorial ture most of the Senators said Senator Green that a committee of five be to whom all the resolutions be with if deemed to report a sub- for the present We are not sure that any good will come of caucuses or Senatorial resolutions on the ry Our impression is that a Convention is to be held in Charleston on the 23d of April which is expected to agree on both the platform and the That Convention will consist of 000 fresh from the They will reflect the will of the If they do they had tor not Experience has shown that the race is not always to the nor tho battle to the Those who nre gaining or running well may be counted out of the race after the 23d of April Senators will not be likely to agree entirely on the slavery question until after that THE MOUNT attention of our readers is invited to the Appeal which we publish to-day of the Vice Regent for this State of the dies in behalf of the Mount Vernon We could add nothing to the force of this It is in patriotism and glowing of the fair hand that penned and of the hallowed cause in which it has been We are happy to learn that all the purchase money has been with the exception of some five thousand Funds are now needed to redeem the Tomb and Home of WASHINGTON from the touches of de- and to and preserve so as to render them in all coming time of a nation's and an tribute to the world's most illustrious The citizens of this we doubt will respond to this and contribute their full share towards the accomplishment of this noble SAVINGS attention of our citizens is called to the card of this institution in another Under the management of the enterprising directory controlling its it will no doubt accomplish all that its most sanguine friends looked for in its IN ELIZABETH learn that a de- fire occurred a day or two since in beth believed the work of an Some thirty houses were Many families are without VOL. 8. I. 22, WHOLE NUMBER 1300. Words and copy the following from the last New York The Times was formerly a black can having taken warning from the signs of the it is now moderate and conservative in its tone compared with other opposition journals in the free The under the heading of Words anil There are two measures at present before tho Legislature at introduced by the ty having tho majority when brought face to do not exhibit the family resemblance generally supposed to exist between children of the same One is a Personal Liberty and the other a series of resolutions avowing entire de- votion to the and a determination to pre- serve it. Tho Personal Liberty is tho same in substance with that passed by tho Assembly last which was lost in the Among rious other section 0 declares that while holding an office of honor or trust and emolument under the laws of this in any issue any warrant or other process or grant any certificate under or by virtue of an act of Congress passed the 12th day of 17U5, entitled act respecting fugitives from justice and persons escaping from the service of their Section 10 provides that every officer who does issue such warrants shall be deprived of his nnd shall thereafter be ineligible to any office of honor or emolument under the laws of the The would be much shorter and more if it would declare that all officers shall lose their commissions and bo ble to any office of honor or emolument under the laws of the who shall endeavor to carry out the provisions of Section 1 Article 4 of the Con- of the United have always condemned these personal liberty bills as frivolous and calculated nor intended to cure personal liberty to any and as introduced solely for partisan The nne now before the Legislature in Albany is referred solely to show what an extraordinary pair of legislative acts it makes with tho resolutions in favor of the and the The one proposition expresses a patriotic devotion to the Constitution and the Union the other strikes at compact One to the South the hand of fellowship as a pledge to the ful fulfilment of the contract entered the at the same annuls an important part of that It is not at all surprising that Southern men should sec in all declarations of to the when accompanied by such acts as this Personal Liberty nothing but j the bitterest nor is it to be at that Southern brethren should sny we want a fulfillment of your con- and nothing else can be expected to satisfy us that our language is Hut if the rights and feelings of the South are of no importance at we at that the Legislature ill itself and New York by the tions and the Massachusetts has earned an ex- right to this kind of and New York should not attempt to deprive her of the able position she has We give below the liberty which parsed the House of Delegates of New York at the last and failed in the The present says the is in substance the of the last We publish it in so that our ers may see for themselves the kind of legislation proposed in New whose chief City has been built up on the profits of slave would respectfully to those Opposition meetings in which have passed resolutions looking to unconditional submission to the sions of the black that it would be in their future to incorporate and set forth the two mentioned by the which New York proposes to perpetuate our rious And as the Editor of the Bey inter is about strike the flag of resistance to black lican it would be well for him also to set forth these two measures as the ground on which lie proposes to do battle as one of the champions of the Opposition meetings referred An Act to Protect the nnd Liberties of the of the of The people of the State of New represented in Senate and do enact as Sec. 1. Xo person within this State shall be con- as property or subject to purchase or nor shall any person within the limits of this State at any time be deprived of liberty or without due process of Sec. 2. Due process of law mentioned in the pre- ceding section of this shall in all cases be defined to mean the usual process ard forms in force by the laws of this and issued by the courts thereof and under such process such person shall be entitled to a trial by Sec. 3. Whenever any person of this State shall be deprived of arrested or on the ground that such person owes service or labor to another not an inhabitant of this cither party may claim a trial by and shall have twenty peremptory and in addition the other challenges to which a person in- in this State is Sec. 4. Every person who shall deprive or to deprive any other person of his or her contrary to the provision of the preceding sections of this shall bo guilty of a and shall on conviction thereof bo subjected to a fine not ing five thousand dollars nor less than one thousand and by imprisonment in the Stats prison for a term not exceeding twenty years nor less than five provided nothing in said preceding sections shall apply to or effect the right to arrest or son for any contempt of Sec. 3, Neither near or from an whether such African is or may have been a slave or nor color of skin or shall disqualify any person from being or becoming a citizen of this nor deprive such person of the rights and privilege Sec. 0. Every person who may have been hold as a slave who shall come or bo or be in this State with the consent of or her alleged master or or who shall come or be brought into this shall be Sec. T. Every person who shall hold or attempt to hold in this State in or as a any or any free person in any or for any timo however under the pretence that such son is or has been a on conviction bo imprisoned in tho Stale prison for a term not less than five years nor than twenty and be fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand Sec. 8. Any sustaining wrong or injury by any proceeding punishable by the preceding tions of this may maintain an action and recover damages therefor in any court of record in this Sec. 9. No person while holding an office of trust or emolument under the laws of this shall in any capacity issue any warrant or other or grant any certificate under or by virtue of an act of Congress approved the twelfth day of 1703, entitled An act respecting from justice and persons escaping from the service of their or under and by virtue of an net of said Congress approved 18th day of 1850, entitled act to amend and supplementary to an act respecting fugitives from justice or persons escaping from the service of their or shall in any capacity serve any such warrant or other process. Sec. 10. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of section ninth of this shall be ed to have resigned any commission from this State which he may his office shall be deemed ho shall be for ever thereafter ineligible to any office of honor or emolument under the have by Mr. Speaker laws of this Pennington between the black Republicans and Standing Committees of the We for future the ing committees of the House of It will be seen that the important Chairmanships Sec. 11. Any person who shall act as counselor attorney for any claimant of any fugitive from vice or under or by virtue of the act of Con- gress mentioned in the ninth section of this shall be deemed to have resigned any commission from this State that he may and he shall thereafter be incapacitated from appearing as sel or attorney in the courts of this Sec 12. Any deputy constable or officer of this or any man of any town or any city or town or any officer or other member of the militia of this who shall hereafter detain or or aid in im- detaining or returning any person for the reason that he is claimed or adjudged to be a tive from service shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand and in the State prison for not than two years nor more than ten Sec. 13. The Governor of this by and with the advice and consent of the shall appoint for every county in this an whose duty it shall be to defend every person claimed as a fugitive under the provision of the acts of Congress mentioned in the ninth section of this and of said attorneys so appointed shall receive fifty lars for each person defended by him under the visions of this and shall be paid by tlie Stale Treasurer on a warrant to be issued by the The Report of the Committee of the Virginia on the Harper's Kerry shows that New Rhode New New and Minnesota all have laws more or less the object of which is to prevent slaveowners from recovering their property within thuir Southern Know It will also be seen that the national Democratic party has almost en- tirely ignored in the appointment of This of itself shows who the black cans regard as their great They are very willing to have the in important of Southern Know Nothings but they are very careful to exclude Democrats from all such Let the people reflect on those They are which every one may see and understand for On Ways arid Messrs. of of of rep. of rep. of dem. of rep. of dem. and of New rep. On Messrs. of 111., rep of rep. John of N. of of N. of rep. of dem. of N. and dem. On Messrs. of C. of Mass. of Pa. C. of N. of Ky. f of Ga. J. of Pa. On the Messrs. of Pa. of of Ala. of La. of Tenn. rep. dem. Gov. of sent in a message to the Legislature of that State on Monday setting forth at some length the bad conduct of the nor of low a in refusing to surrender Barclay one of the Harper's Ferry and in giving the said Coppic such information as to the demand for him as to enable him to Gov. L. argues the question with much showing clearly that the Governor of Iowa has deliberately refused to give on just and proper the said Barclay The Governor of Iowa placed his refusal to surrender the on the ground that the papers on which the demand was based were not entirely but he admitted that his objection to the papers was Gov. charges and proves that the Governor of Iowa not only Coppic from justice on frivolous but gave him notice to make his Gov. quotes from the recent inaugural address of the Governor of showing clearly that his feelings and sympathies arc warmly ed on the side of John Brown and his criminal The Governor dwells in strong terms on this state of feeling in as shown by the ernor of that and We must meet this spirit of aggression upon the slaveholding sternly and and to this end union is indispensable to have a united ard duty to ourselves and those who are identified with us in interest and alike demand Tarborough cury charges us again with having the of ad valorem The charge is unfounded The Mercury has clone us deliberate and intentional injustice on this The Mercury also of two things must he done by the De- of this Slate Let them repudiate ad lorem in toto and our State Democracy will continue to hold band in hand let them adopt and we are no longer Wo know whereof we which time will in due course Our Democracy is very different from that of the We intend to go with the Democratic and to support its whether ad lorem be repudiated or That is the true Tho Democracy of the State never have divided and become disorganized on account of State and we trust never We want no controversy with the Mercury on this or any other We have not assailed that nor do we expect to do so. Wo have spoken only in Is it not a little strange that the which professes to bo a Democratic should so con- stantly and bitterly assail the and at the time permit the pass On the 13th tho death of Mr. late ator from was announced in the and eulogies pronounced upon On the same day the House voted for but no election was the black Republican lacked of an This is the man who is reported to have obtained his at tho hands of tho black by offering to them half his profits for ing A few of the black have some refuse on account to vote for And yet this is the party on which the Editor of the Reg inter relics to investigate tho affairs of the and shame and confusion of face on President Buchanan 1" Senator death was also announced in the and after the usual eulogies the House will be seen by the notice which we publish in our advertising columns that the second instalment of per on the stock of this Road will bei due on tho 1st of next We learn that this important enterprise is gressing and will be completed and in tion before the close of the present It will be eighteen miles in length from Rocky Mount to the terminus beyond Tarborough and Taw This Road cannot fail to be a most and prosperous It will penetrate and serve one of the iest cotton regions of and will stimulate agricultural enterprise and production to a still er point in Edgecombe and the adjacent of 111. N. Y. of 111. of Ind. of R. I. On Foreign of 0.; of Mass. dem. of of Pa of C. of Vt. C. of of Y. On Messrs. of of N. Y. Mi of i of of j of Tenn. of Pa. j i On Territories Messrs. rep. of Pa. j of Me. Smith of Va. of of of Mo. of Ind. of 0.; of 0. On Messrs. of of Pa. of S. C. of Va of Ky. of Me. of Ind. cornpton of N. J. af N. Y. On Naval Messrs. of of of Xew of N. C. Curry of Ala. of New York of Md. of On Military Messrs. of of of S. C. of Mass. of of Pa. of Va. dem. of of Miss. On Public Messrs. rep of Mass. of 111. of Ala. of. Pa. of of of of Windon of Min On the District of Messrs. of N. Y of Ind. of Ala. of Ky. of of of N. Y. of Va. of Ky. of Oil Messrs. of Pa. of Md. of of Ind. of N. Y. On Post Messrs. of of of Ind of Ky. Alley rep of of Miss. of Mo. of of of Yr. On Public Messrs. of Rhode Island of Mo. Waldron of of Va. of Tenn. On Revolutionary Messrs. Holman and On Public Messrs. Clopton and On Private Land Messrs. of Wisconsin Clarke B. of Missouri ligney and On Messrs. Stewart of Burch and On Indian Clark of New Leach of Edwards and On tho Messrs. Ir- Packer and On Revolutionary Craigc of Delano and Leach of On Invalid Messrs. Kellogg of Brabson and Martin of On and Messrs. Morris of Bui roughs and Messrs. and On Revised and Unfinished Messrs. and On Messrs. Graham and On Messrs. Van and of On Messrs. Covode and On expenditures in tho State Love and On Expenditures in the Treasury On Expenditures in the War of er and On Expenditures in the Navy Messrs. Hughes and On expenditures in the Postoffice Messrs. of Moore of rum and Joint Committee on the Messrs. of and Joint Committee on Printing Haskins and Joint Committee on Enrolled Messrs. vidson and new has established at Dudley J. P. M. says the Mecklenburg Dragoons have received from Gov. Ellis tho arms and accoutrements necessary for their consisting of 100 200 and 100 The hopes soon to see the Company and equipped as tho law Nicholas Longworth has now in his cellar four hundred and sixty thousand bottles of When it is remembered that there are two or three other large manufacturers in some may be formed of the extent to which the grape is ed in that BISHOP ATKINSON'S Feb. and March 1st, March 3d, Beaufort Pugh's 7th, Beaufort 8th, St. Durham's 10th, 12th, Beaufort 14th, 16th, 18th, Scotland 20th, 21st, 22d, 24th, Bertie 26th, Mlh and 20th, St. Luke's Washington 31st, Lake April 1st, 3d, 4th, Lassiter's 8th, Perquimans 10th, 13th, For the DEATH OF MAJ. JOHN Maj. Jons HODGES died in on 1 Uh day of A. 1B3U, in the year of hii Tho deceased retained his health and physical powers in an uncommon degree till 1838, by a he great bodily which for a considerable time powerfully and rendered him helpless for the residue of his In the long confinement which succeeded this he occasionally blessed with a prospect of recovery which inspired his friends with u hope that he would live to count his century of and it was not until a few weeks before his end that nature began to yield the and then soon tho power which had stood up against the shocks and wastes of so many vanquished on the couch of II will bo gratifying to the numerous friends of this venerable man to know in his long and protracted ho received every comfort and at- tention which the kindness of warm friends and the affection of near relatives could To be assured of it is only necessary to know tho amiable and gentle at whose house in ho spent the year of his Never was there during every moment of that a brighter instance of the untiring devotion of and of ever watchful to an- and eager to Sensible in the highest degree to the kindness lavished on his heart was full of gratitude and love to all mound and he approached the hour of dissolution in charity with all While his bodily strength was waning his faith as a tian was and in the strength of an un- dismayed hope he came down to the chamber of composing his person for its new habitation as ho ho placed his hands across his breast and closed his own eyes as the last sand fell from the measure of his Thus passed away this estimable and venerable man whose life and if fully would furnish much matter of pride to his and much of interest to illustrate the customs and manners of an age long gone and now essentially changed in many of its most Maj. Drake was born in Edgecombe N. January 29, 1707. Although too young to take part in the war for he was reared in day that tried and with the example before him of a father and of brothers who periled their lives in the he im- as ho grow that ardor of patriotism and love of justice which characterised the sentiments and his His memory constantly ed to those The writer has often heard him recount many stirring incidents of revolutionary though were full o. peril and Tho recital of them would animate every and it was a pleasure to look on his noble countenance lighted up with the patriotic fires of his youthful as his young friends would gather around him to hoar the One of which ho wits an eye seemed to warm his whole soul with It was tlic attack on his father's house in 1781 by a Captain Beard and his band of bi alluded to in Wheeler's History of Tho defence was made by his a and two against more than treble their The after a fierce were routed and over- Drake resided in his native county upwards of and for more than fifty years was in tho discharge of some honorable public trust He was n member of the House of Commons from 1792 to 17'JO, in this Senate in the years 1800 and 1803. more than thirty years ho was Clerk of the Superior and performed also the deities of Clerk and Master of the Court of Ho was a Justice of tho Peace from an early and in every employment he discharged its with firmness and Beginning his political career as a representative of the people so early and ending it in 1803, he was of course coeval with the stormy excitements of that interesting period of our and sanly partook of the feelings of tho times; but on whatever side ranged in the mutations of party tri- he bore always an honest and patriotic and a hand ever ready to defend the flag of his Like many of the old school of whom he was one in the full he regarded the suffrage of the as a duty never to be and not a privilege to be slighted bartered Among his neighbors Jie was beloved and lie decided their disputes as an and by the equity of his awards ho quieted the rising lings of and the order and peace of the citizens around Settled on the great thoroughfare leading from the tions of the State towards Petersburg and then the great routes of he loved to the traveller with the hospitalities of and a table spread with the luxuries of cious which then abounded in his woods am invited him to the For many years he kept on the a magnificent park of the noblest sight now worth seeing In social intercourse and the amenities of Major Drake was a most agreeable Possessed of much general information and a rich fund of an- which for the most part was connected with the revolution or revolutionary he made every body desirous to hear him for his and put everybody at ease by the natural simplicity of his No man was fonder of good or seemed easier in its enjoyment gracious ing won the hearts of the and he was proud of being their Never seemed ho so happy as when surrounded with children attentive to his 9r when surveying a group of young persons ed in innocent amusements proper to and The kind face that beamed over the scene was and at once converted every listener and observer into a happy For his vigorous health and extended age he was indebted no less to the temperance of his habits than to n robust But the beauty of the moral man was seen by those who knew in his and cheerful heart that loved rejoiced with all in the spirit that forgave und remembered none that v A- -i v Major Drake was the of the of years and oh every convenient to mingle O The writer can forget c sion feeling on then near as tho son carrying Sacred public Masonic Though always he seemed to fill this office Li all the relations of life he was signed As a master he indulgent His servants loved and reverenced His friendships and and nothing seemed to give him more than to find them He was and As a husband and father he was patient He cherished in sacred remembrance wife of his the friend and companion of his riper Together they hand in- for many years down life's -A family had been reared up to bless then God took her to Twenty years ago posited her remains in tho family at the old homestead in the county of but twenty years had not obliterated her and desiring that his ashes mingle with he requested thilt his remains should bo bornu to his old home and deposited by her From these there are living over one dred May they cherish love the virtues lives venerated Major Drake a the religion of the and sixty years ago was baptised in Swift near lie was a devoted reader of that sacred for his own and not for for no man was marc tolerant to the religious belief of lie loved service of and was always a punctual attendant at 15ven in his latter Sunday after his bent and venerable form might be seen tottering on wards the House of and there none more attentively listened to the words which fell from tho His faith unshaken up to his in the last hour it shone most Feeling that God Ind gracious to he bore his afflictions without a and when tho dim vista was presented and own strength he realized in its fulness the great for he found the rod and the hand to comfort and support him through tho dark valley and shadow of and died a triumphant After appropriate religious riles for the his remains were taken in charge by the Masonic Fraternity and borne to the where the last sad honors liar to the Order wore Attended by a number of his children and friends the body was conveyed to the house of his Dr. John G F. in Nash where many came to pay their last tribute of respect to one they had known and loved long years Tho old and kindred and friends testified their regard and On Friday evening the i Oth of 1839, in accordance with his body was placed in the old family by tho side of his deceased Now they but in tho Great Day they will arise and join the happy throng in giving praise forever to Him who redeemed So mote it W. D. 10th, 1800. In on tlie evening nf the Ulb by Rev. A. II W. to Miss Amanda E. all ul C. At on flic 12tl) Ihs Rev. Mr. Dr. of to M of C. Chatham on ilie Esq Mr lo Miss ter of of On tlie 24th by I ho Edward W. Harris to daughter of German B. ull of In on Till bv Dr. Mr. to Miss Mury daughter of Esq. In on 21st in 2Mb. year of her eldest daughter of Dr. William and A. At his in Duplin on 7th Gen. William L. in the your of his In on the llh a of Miss C. of Col. SAVIN THOMAS JOHN Dr. T. S. Swim Q J G. WILLIAMS This Bunk N nmv receiving deposits nt the Exchange Office of John G. Williams Co. DISCOUNT N. Feb. 17, M 38 33. 6 3BC A 3XT T T A O nest door to CALLS ATTENTION 0V HIS CUSTOMERS Ilie public to his Winter Style of nmt also his A or no charge N. An excellent assortment of Winter Clothing now selling of Call soon if you want Feb. 17., 18CO. N. C. THIS Of A THOROUGHLY military is under Ilie conduct of C. C. Superintendent of ihc Slate Military ill S. Circulars Till be foi warded on February 18, BANK STOCK WASTED TO 40 or SO for any less in the 1'eisons desiring to sell will please imply to CHARLES DEW N. C. 15, FIFTY DOLLARS THE OX THE loth a negro man named Said negro is yet rs of ii 4 or 5 Miches and weighs about 1HO has rather a pleasant always smiles and his upper and en ins when spoken Had when he ft twilled roundabout and kersey a dark vest and black wool It is probable he will aim to to a tree as he was taken from the of about three weeks where he und in attempting to jro to Ohio I will pay the above for his and delivery to tlie if within this or for his confinement in any Jail bo that I can eel him if caught out of Cumberland N. Feb. 1C, 850 THE ABOVE OF FIFTY DOLLARS will be paid lor the apprehension and delivery to or confinement in any Jail so that I can get of my man a bright mulatto fellow about years of feet 8 inches well with bushy head of cheek walks very excited or when mid about 13" Ibs who ran from me on Ills June I have reason to that the said boy has free papers in liis and is passing under an assumed as a Itee in Warren and Halifax Ho bus been from several times in the neighborhood of Shady Any information ing him will be thankfully D. N. C. February 13, 1STO. R. j. X Feb. f IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE Second Instalment of Twenty-Five per of Uio to tin Capital Stock of the Wilmington and Weldon the construction of the will be due on first day ol Payments will he made to R. II nt Tut or to the Treasurer at on or before that S. Chief ELIZABETH FOR SALB half of lot on wh ch is handsomely for a s and hAJ lliu advantage of two on and nn ihu east. Any one be of ihe terms by calling al IV
