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THE STATE JOUBNAL: RALEIGH, N. G, SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1861.
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INTERESTING DETAILS-
. Norfolk, April 21, 18G1, P. Ml j
-' Yostorclrtv Wfts an exciting day here. At an early
hour Gen. Taliaferro was waited 6n by an officer from
the frigate Cumberland, and Informed that the United
States forces here did not mean to inaugurate h63!U
tiesj agiiinst tHe citizens of Virginia, iutldesired' only
to be let alone.' If. they were attacked, dt their move
ments interfered with, force' wuiilcf be rqet by force,
( and the cities of Norfolk tand Portsmouth would-be
KhollwL This notice, it was added, was given thatop-
$M IV - wrtunity might be allowed for the removal of the wo-
!?& ' ;4f ?. i ' : . : X men and childirent ff it was contemplated to commence
' -; J-":: i 1 hostilities. Tlie. caution was not needed however,!";
1$? v; - v ; ' : : . ' the simple reason that, being almost wholly ; unprori-fhit'.-;;'-
- ded with men and suitable raunitiois of- war. there
It-s! i 1 ; ' was not tlie -least likelihood, that the commanding
. General would incur the penalty of Ordering an at-
tldC " ' ' ' ' - I - 1 ' j "I -
V fUiitii the arrival of the. Pembuf. battalion Jast
v'nlgfcihe whole force-Under arms here did not ritw-;
1 beri two hundred men. and even this Ismail force fa
but indifferently suppliecJ with means of defence; Of
arttHef the arms m.st necdI,fiir jrin cannon j (5
ponnders) and two eighteen pounders, Comprised the
; ; whole amount that could be renders! available. S6
urcrent;was the necessity for .artillery jfeltl to le ttiat
- old camion that have d me duty at stftcjt cor tiers! as
. Meaning posts f r half a century or more liave been dug
up all over the city, but Wing found worthless, asai.y
,'onei might have kuown; have of course been throivi
aside again. , ' . : . - - .- ..: .' ' ... ; .- J ' . . ' I-. 4 if
"' It seems unaccountable that a place; so importarifi, as
: ; jtfc'U, should have been, in-times like ibe'scy left ; so. ut
terly defenceless'. : : .- ' -I 1 I I
i Of p)wdeT and fixed ammunition t&ere is an abun
dant swpply. You have already' lieen informal Jijr
. telegraph of tlie seizure of the naval $ agazine at Frjf
- Norfolk last Friday night. '' By this seizijire we hajvd
. -ecurcl upwards of 3,000 barrels of powiler and fisjel
. mrnuniti'n. Of this quantity alout ue-third has
been sent to Richmond and' Petersburg, a portion tf
; "Hampton, and the balance js btoreil niear this i'ity. at
( present under the protection of the Petersburg City
'"'.' .Guard,, ('apt. May. It is pretty safe : ;
- .Reverting now to tlie enemy.-l AlLjday long it vfa?
C - vide;.f from proceerlings-in the harbor, that some rinT
usual movement was ab ut to he made, b,ut its precise
: rirttute no . one could determine. ' Eyerrthing, hojwi
vcr, indicated a purpose on the parj; of' the enemy
to abandon the Navy Yard, and destrpy all the pro
'perty that could hot be removed Withktheebb tide,
Quantities of broken musket stocks Abate! past the
' city, and workmen from the yaril repiirte l that .all tlie
i;;6aqnoo had been spiked, and a g2nefal -destruction
propcrry was.in progress. . ; Later ' in,. tihe ilay, it was
discovered-that the Germantiwn,Merimac,'Ilaritini
P ym uth and Dolphin', had been " scuttle 1, and that; a
pair of "enorinous sheers for takuig i!ii m l oi;t the
masts of vessels, and erected at a cost jof 15,000, kid
been cut. down, crushing with their ; yeij;ht the stirn
- of;th Germaiitown, across which they verc thrown!
AU these ats ami 'others indicated a- purpose to : e-
- treat. . . j -;'. I ' ' I '?
Jhst after dark, to the surprise of aJl.':ind the dpsr
-A
. th?. harbor ah
took jxfeition at the Navy Yarlj wheie she : was to-
! ceiytHl with such shouts of iejoieitig as cjoiihl Vie d8
: :-'tincy beiirdin 'ttdsr city. ' Her iarrivail pfit a ncw.fi'c
'on iatter4 It was rumored tjiat she brought laijire
- reiuforcenients. and that the Yard : wokildi now be (1c-
' fendlid to the last extremkv: but the! reverse of tM
. -. was 'ilier mission
She was je'rit tode'sttoy, hot to ptfo
ht with her 200 woifcnknj fr m th4
iifU She broug
WaUMngton Navy Yard, and large qulantjitirs ot' tiirj-
peiitJiie to lie used in firing the. bliildinis.". There is io
j... 4 doubt, that jt was tlie intention of the
Government ;t
make the work of destruction complete,
put ' a - .panic,
design 'i intq
fceizod'on .tliose emnloved to carrv the
. - .t-fiect. and much of the most "'valuable!
prnjH-rty wn4
'." : ' . saved. "Shortly after the arrival of tliie
'aw nee, th3
;t -'''' ' . nlilititrv comnanies from P-terslHtr2 airrived. and
f ';"(: trah"i vero kept running until ajtatelnjur jn the niglitj.
1 , :'a impressiun prevailed arnoug the etleiniy that reiit--
" fofccjtnents by the thousand were heinjg thrown . inltii
tlie city, and that, an immediate attack flight be.ek-f
' pectesl. -After that, the only thought Vni how to tls
cape. It was a cuuning d. vice of Presidjent. ilahonej
tliat running of the trains, ancl he deserves : credit fjof
practising so 'successfully so shrewd a tjrick. .1 j I
About midnight the alarm was giverj thiat'the Navy
;Yard wason fire, and sure rnough tjiere it Was, a(
'-sickly blaze that seemed neither to diminish nor in-i
V'Tcase for several hours. This, however, was j only
the beginning.'. The tide was not yet favorable t'r the
-i-esciipa-of" the vessels, arid would not life at 'flood .until
i day-;lrcak. Meanwhile men wore k'epjb bisy all niglil
transferring everything of value from the Petnisylvlat
I nta and'the Navy Yard to the Pawnee anil the Cmh
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.l remuu. ana not n vessels were ioautra, iqincir
ports. ' ' .
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At length 4 o'cUck came, and with
jit liood
.. A ticket shot up from the Pawnee and
then
abiKst
-in an instant the whole front of the N
lav f, Yard seetp
el oiie vast sheet of flame. The -next
. of flames thishel along the ri ging of
m uute streaks
the Pennsvlyivf
'.;';'; :-:nia ftlid, the other doomed ship, and nooji they were
- completely; wrapped in the devouring ichtmenti Th
, .' i harlwuir was now one blaze of light. l The. remotest
objects were distinctly visible. The purging flatnt'l
; 't leaped and rostred .with' mad 'violence n aking their
hoarse wrath" heard at the diitanee of wvoral. milf.
' C T'he eoile of '-Hampton and even those vho livetl 1C
V yondsiiw the nil light and -thought all "Norfolk wjas
" : jen fire. It was certainly a grand; jth ugh terrilplp
-.'"j.'i.' tpectfacle to witness, sncii an owe tis'itiis not given jt
i mab (more than ;nce in a life titne to lx:h dl. In "tlie
j, midst of the brilliance of the serene,-the Pawnee; wit i
J ' s the -Qimilerland in tow, -stole like i guilty;-; thin
'j; thrwgh the harbor, fleeing from the destruction she
. had'been senf to accomjilish". ' ) ! J
. . But the work of vandalism was only h df perform
: ed.j The nvit valuable portions of the yard are sfjijl
1' untouched, and are now the roperty of the State Jrjf
;.:'. Virginia...? The only buildings destroyed are two' ship
1 ".:'.. .houses, th6 officers, quarters, a. sail df fil ed witlr cftt
dage, the marine barracks, and some fw sheds. X I
, tlie 'valuable workshops, with their inai'hincry, tl cj
boat houses, spar honses, timber hoises with th .r
: ' costly contents," are all now in our posses ion. j
" The dry dock, constructed at so much (!xpense,,arfel
" - the finest in the world, was doomed, Hit iot''.dcst'r
. ' ed. Forty birrels of powder were inthxluced into Ms
.. chamters and a slow match applied. But, asijt
would seem, by thj inter posttion of Pr. ridence, this
. Tnagnificent work was spared. The firesaftwr burnirirk
.y few feet, rent out. and did not ignite th po wder. Tlh)e
dry dock is oiirs in perfect condition. jTi e machinery
1 in the shops is hIso perfect; the cutting o a few belts
- I .bel$'g the extent if tlie.damage infficti'd yn it. Tie
- I' stores of Mostly' timlnTs that it has' been the workjjf
x years to a-cuniulate are all safe, j Fifteen hunditjil
. jiiwM of the finest ordnance in the wotld, arecompjif
. . ' atively uiihurt It is true that the greater number if
. ':' -tliem were spiketl, but then the work va: so clumsjly
; perfonned that the spikes fr the moit wt can jhe
";.-''.; reriiovetl without the least difficulty. J iSoijne ,6f th- n
f can be picked out witlt the fingers. Forty-two we e
nnspiked yesterday in the course of art h url
v l ; The shipping destroyeil, except the Merrima44-.
v, which was;a first-chvss steam frigate near new -At&s
v!.'cfno great value. The Pennsylvania! is ml loss, is
";.'eYefylhdy knows. .The ; Plymouth, Piiritiin and Hk-
phin, hadbeen ei"ndemnel as unseawovthy. Tie
; Germantown though old Avas a fine friigate. She ckp;
j however, , I easily raisetl, as .can all the ikhers wil-
:'t out any great expense. The PcnnsyWarl is utter y
Vi - destroyed." : The others were burnt only o the watpj-s-
; i edge, having been previously sunk. ' Th Plytooijth
v'i 'vasnot burnt at all. ; ! '1 I " t
1 Two officers
were tmade
prisoners! tliis ; morning.
C im. PHlgers, of thei .Navy, and . C.ipt, W right, It.f
th?. Errgirieering Corps of the Ann They were
much frightened' when brought ashore.
fearinsr the
vrolence of the mob which instantly surrohndel therh.
But Iteihg placed under the protection 1 of- a! company
:.,'of .soldiers, they 'were.' .taken f to the Gjenerars. Heak-
anarters . at t his notei -ttie Atlantic! without airy
, emonstration of violence or. insult on jthej part of (foe
citizens. Tliey now have the privitegp w the hotfel
on tlieir parole. They denounce the j destruction f
the property as barbarous and vandal i btt j say thjejy
were obliged to oliey the onlers of their government.
. .They declare that tlie utter demolition; ofj, everything
,ihat could not be removed was in their jorders, aiid
; but for the apprehension of an immediate! attack by
aa iiyerpowering force, tlie command would havelieeb
citjied out to the1 letter. It was in .contemplation to
ruin .the dry dock, the machine shops; and other
BtiUCturcB, anil overwhelm everythiug in one common
v
ruin. But the plan could not be carried out for want
of time. Accident precipitated matters somewhat,
too. " A Sergeant of the marines named Mj'ere, know
ing what wa to take place, and not wishing to be
carried off with .his company, set fire to the . barracks
before the appointed, time, and endeavored to escape
in the confusion. He succeeded, but was shot at sev
eral times while scaling the walls, lilts circumstance
creating a lack of confidence in their own men, and
fearing attack from without, they discontinued the
preparatio is for firing the building but marched t!
men aboard the ships and waited f r the tide. This
was property t the value of several millions saved.
Officers Uodgeb and Wright were separated from their
commands when the conflagration was started, and
rushing to" the landing found Communication with the
vessels cut off.! They then matde all haste to the main,
entrance way which, when they reached, they found
enveloped in flames, through Which they had to make
their way at the risk of their lives. Going down to
the river they Seized a boat and started in pursuit of
the retreating ships, -but, passing the ferry landing at
Portsmouth, they, we: e headet off by a boat from
the shore which fired on Jhem, and they fhen made
for Ferry Point where they were captured. The ut
most confusion it seems prevailed in the yard all day
vtxt,nUv and also last uiiht. I The truth is- every
body was drunk, from Commodore Macauley,
the
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The Cjriimodore was so drunk as to be incapable
of any duty, ahd had to be b jrno to the ship on k
litter. Nearly icvery officer, iis reportel, was hav
ing a high old time. It seems we have a swilling set
opposed to us, even those filling the highest stations.
A gentleman arrived here this morning; who, with:
several others, was arrested jwhile passing through
.Washington for' being Southerners, and taken into the
presence' of the august .-BaWxai." lie declares that
Lincoln was so drunk that he could scarcely maintain
his seat in the chair, and it was notori usin Washing
ton that lie had Wen in a statp of beastly intoxication',
for more than thirty-six 'hours. The' man is seared '
nearly to death, and few people, in that, city are in
any better condition. 1 .
All day. yesterday soldiers and citizens were busy
in erecting batteries on points' below the city. ; j j
The Naval Hospital has been taken possession of,
and there the South Ciroliuians arc to be quartered.
Some twenty sick were in it, who are suffered to re-,
main, and will ibe properly taken car.c of. At this
point an iron nii'tery lis to be erected. -
Sand batteries are in process of: construction there
.now. - - : . - ' . " " ". '. . ' .'
" Guns were mountetl atrotd Fort Norfolk, and prepa
rations are making for constructing batteries on Cra-
.ney Island. In a few-days" with the means now at
command, this harbor will be efficiently protected. 1
Lincoln and his Cabinet hate djsplayefl wonderful
talent in involving 'themselves, and the people of
either section, in difficulties, ilhey have, brought.on
a war the end" of which nq
one can toresee ana
cooped -up lanre bodies of
Federal and Northern
'troops in Southern forts, there!
to remain quasi prison-
ers tf war until-the South is prepared to make them
actual prisoners of war. - Wei have, theni confined r
their eftkieucy as' soldiers paralyzed and are at no"
expense in supporting them, j We can take them at
our leisure; and, for the present had better attend'to:
other matters. We must have Washington, and have
it 'speedily.'-. The possessioii of Southern forts, other'
than Fort Washingtonwill ncjit advance our purpose!
The Cabinet is hemmed, in by a. circle of.-fi.rc'that ap
proaches hourly-nearer' and nearer to the Capital. j
Maryland cuts t!iem off fr.itn t!ie uter. world on the
one sidu, and Virginia on the other. After to-day.
they will have as little to do with governing the '
North as. with governing tM .South. Coninninicat
;tions .with their subjects, at least sj eedy comnmnica-
't ion.' such as is necessary in times of war. will ecasei
Virginia and Maryland have, practically .dep.e.t'
Ar.iiAH M TtiE First. Proba ly he regrets that great
strategic feat 'of'' getting - himself smuggled at night;
by ;diims Express, into the Capital. The President
of the ; North, it' s the- authorities in 'Maryland and
Virginia have acted promptly! and efficiently, is as
free-of the cares of State as old George the Third
in straights-jackets, or Bonaparte in St. Helena.
His dominion is. about as big. ;as the gardens of the
abdicated Dioclesian, or the Isle of'Klba. He .
should amuse, liirnselT with eiigineering, like Napo-
LF.ONor planting cabbages, like the Roman Empero
unless he prefers the iri;re classic employment of cut
tiiig down the trees about the Ci pi col, and splitfing ,
them into rails. It is said, however, that. although '
he st)!e into prison of his own accord, he doef not
much like his quarters, and is more restless than Na
poleon in exile, and more aiartued than -the usurper.
Cromwell, in the pataeeofj Kiugs. He' probably
finds aniusement in.no employment, yet a little hard
-rail sptitiing.might, for a while, --drive oQ" thq fearful
imaginations that haunt and torture him. . '
It is impossible to calculate tlie chances of wrar.-'4
GlkmI luck and ill hick succeedj .eaoh'otlier as rapidly
as at a game of cards. So far, the game has beeu' in
our hands, we think, because we are 'more skilful,
players. The South has not made a single false
move, and Abraham the First not -a single correct
orie. He is not master of the- Napoleonic strategy'.
He d. ics concentrate his force And direct it against a
single point. His line of operations is .too extensive,
vIIe cannot blockade tlie whole Southern coast, retake
and garrison all the forts, and keep up besides a body
guard of seventy thousand,,, tol protect his own pre
' cious person. I 'Colli d; he do all this, he would have.
effected nothing towards the cpnquest of tha South.
The Ninth can live comfortably on her own internal
resources, .and. would suffer no serious privation under
the most stringent and successful blockade. But' lie
can neither blockade our eoastsi nor capture our forts.
He is a blustering bravo and biilly. and his attempted
blockade will neither harm us jnof be respected by
foreign nations. A prisoner himself, he .issues 'orders
to imprison the whole South, jit is a common trick,
with lunatics, to affect sanity and charge their keepers
with insanity. Abraham the
First should be hi is
Jered and bled, and handcuffed
land put iu a straight
jacket .Rich mo'nd Exa m iiu r.l
Roger A. Pryoi and Edmund RufUn at
Goldsboro'. i
Hon. Roger A. Pryor and the venerable Edmund
Ruffin of Virginia, passed through our place last
eveuing, on their way to thei- native Store. After
supper, our patriotic citizens called on Mr Pryor tor
a speech, lie responded in aj soul-stirring speech--deoouncing
and exposing Lihcoln aud his corrupt
cabinet. Said Lincoln " wanted war, and his senti
ments were, let him have war' Was sorry that we
were not prepared to co-operate with them in the
fullest sense of the word, for ere a few more suns have
set, Jeff Davis will have the Mag of the Southern Con
federacy floating over the capital at Washington, and
if Lincohrsucceeded in making his flight from Wivshi-
ington, it would lie' in somt w;
iy more pusillanimous
had been. Mr. Pryor
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mail ins arrival in inai piace i naa been. Mr. I'ryor
brought tears from 'the eyes ofLsome of the strongest
miiKis and most patriotic hearts. ro sxner idid he
-make his exit, than it was announced 'by some of the
ci-owd that ivlmund Ifc-jiiii of Virginia was along.
- Our boys gave three cheers for Ruffin, and called also
on mm tor a speech. ' . I .
Mr. Ruffin responded, and told us among other
things, " that hi's State and our State had brought the
present war upon Us by waiting awl waiiing.-'' " For'
s;iid he, " had you acted promptly and prepared your-
; selves thoroughjy in seceding and joining the Southern
Confederacy, it would have brought all the Border
States with us. When Lincoln & C. saw this, they
would have begged us like clever fellows to suffer
them to make up and tit-at with us." He told us we.
should repent ami repent earnstly but act an.l at t
promptly, to redeem our condact. and restore to the
confidence and bosoms of our Southern brethren, as
well as tlie whole world." lift made us feel glad that
we had advocated the propriety and necessity of "im
mediate secession." and. had so 'repeatedly urged on our
. Legislature " to prepare us for the present emergen
cy But the past is gone and cannot be called back
. again, consequently.it doubly iecomes us to-our. duty
from this tin.e, ahd suir thj a.it, with all its follies,
to bj forgotten. Rough Notes J ' i
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Snout Dialogue. Tree Citizen, No. 1. I- have a
' right to the liberty of speech; I will express my views
ana ietungs. . am opposed to this movement against
the Federal Government and all its doings. ' .
Fret Citizen, No. 2. Mv friend voiir bncuacre is
J, calculated to do mischief. Please I quiet.
No. 1. No. I will not be quiet I will exnress mv
J' views and 'feelings in this free country. - .. . - "
- jno. z. i ao not wish to bersonal, but our mends
are desirous to know wdiich would bo the most agreea
.ble to yonr M.views and feelingsf toehold your Jongue
take yonr departure from hence, or take a Aa7to-,
Goldsboru Tribune. I
Meeting of the citizens of Raleigh. .
Pursuant to notice, the citizens of Rdeigh, without
distinction of party, assembled at the Court House,
on Friday evening last, to Consider the present state
of the country. Moses A: Bledsoe, Senator of Wake
county, explained the object of the meeting in a few
pertinent remarks, and on his motion,: George W.
Mordecai, Esq., was called - to the chair, and John C.
Falmer and II. S. Smith, j were1 requested to' act as
S.frpt;iri. ;-'-'" r .- '' f
Mr. M mlecai, on taking the chai r, addresse l the
meeting in a bold, forcible ami patriotic speech. ..
O i motion of WT. W. Holden, Esq., the jchairmah
appointed the fillowing committee to draft resolutions
IZ, . ..v cobi a;
Bryan, Dr.
Harrison
flhjirls Manlv
On the retirement of the committee,. tl, V. liustetl
read for the pleasure of tjie meeting, the patriotic
letter of H. w . Miller, in, which he declined being a
candidate for Congress in the fourth Congressional
District, after .whici Mr. Miller, in his usual-impressive
and eloquent manner, j res ponded to the iinani
nious call of the meeting. ; M. A. Bledsoe, Esq., and
Judge R. M. Saunders, in answer to calls made ui)ii
them followed in speeches! ;nrging unity of feeling
and sentiment, and total forgettulness of all past po
litical differences. : j i 1:1
At this point of the proceedings, the committee re
turned, and reputed through their chairman, W. W.
Holden, the following resolutions : ! t
Whereas, Abraham Lincoln has issued a recla
mation, calling for 75,000' men, for the ! purpose ;of
coercing the people of the Confederate States, or jof
making 'War upon them; ami whereas, Abraham Lin
coln is thus perverting- the law and violating the
Constitution of his country;") and whereas, thecausepf
the Confederate States has thus become the cause, not
"only of the other slaveholdmg States, but of every
American citizen who would .resist usurpation aad
the exercioe of undelegated j arbitrary powers; there
fore, .-',.'- ! - - ' - ;j
ite'solced, That we will resisff these arbitrary and'
iinooustitutioiial measures of s;iid Abraham Lincoln,
and that we will unite as! one man to defend ojir
rights and liberties at all hazards, and to the last ex
tremity.., ,'. :', 1 . J.
Resdved, That we plalge "ourselves freely to de-
vote our time,' our means and Our lives to the State
and to the South., :' "j ' ' '.'. .. 1 '.
' 'Resolced, That we applaud the movements now pn
foit for the defence of this; Stite, and that we afe
ready and anxious to contribute to' the extent of our
means in- aid of these movements. -";
Resolved, That' we approve the action of the Gov
ernor' in couveuing the Lagi.Hlature, and we trust that
body, when assembled, will, at once and unanimously
provi.de fir calling a Convention of the people of
this State. ' , ' - - jl ' " ,, ' .
Resolved, That we.'are in favor of taking promptly
such actirtn as the people of this 'State may . deem .
proper and necessary in thiagravc emergency. -
Resolced, That vve have hetird with pleasure of the
resignation by native soils of the State of -their offices1
in the Federal army and niiyy, and in the civil de
IKirtment of the Government; th'at .their fidelity to
their native hpid is the best evidence of their integri
ty, their valor, and 'their exalted purity of motive;
aud we welcome them with open arms to the defence
of liberties how. ih peril by the arbitrary action of the
Government which they have so patriotically aban- ;
doncd. ' ' I ' ; ' '.. i
Mr. Holden then took occasion to define liis posi
tion, which, in a few words may be state t "to stand
by the rights and liberties of the South at all hazards;
ami to' the last extremity."
The questioli was then -.taken ' on the resolutions,
and they were uXAXi5KLTsr.Y adopted.
On motion of M. A. B'ed.soe.'-' the thanks of the
meeting were returned to tlie offieers, . '
On motion,- the Secretaries were requested to fur
nish copies .of the-'proceedings' of'the meet ng to the
pajiers -of the; city 4 I , - . f 1
. On motion, the meeting adjourned. .' !
GEO. W: MOUDECAI, President:
JonsT C. Palmes, ) 0- , ' .
II. S. SMJTif, J t .
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Meeting in Balcigh.,
At a meeting of the. citizens of lUWigh, held in the
C 'iirt 1I use, pursuant to a ball on Tuesday evening,
23d -.April, oil motion pf-'llbii. J. II. Biyau. Ex-Oov.
Manly was cuiled to the Chijiir. Being, requested to do
so by the Chair, Moses A) BledsH 15sq.,-exphiin'eii
tlie object of the meeting. The organization, of .the
meetiug was then completediby appointing J. J. Litcli
ford, Secretarv. -I : i -
Oa motion. Messrs. Bledsoe, Hon. J. H. Brj'an and
Rev. T. E. Skinner were appointed by the Coair a
committee, to prepare business for the action of the
meeting. After having retired for consultation, Mr:
Bledsoe reported the following preamble and resolu
tions : v -'. '. ii, ;,' ' ' . ' - .
Wheiieas, -A'caH has b?ea issiied "by the order of
the Governor of North Carolina; for- thirty thousand
Volunteers, to resist the wicked, imhobyyand "unconsti
tutional war which Abraham Lincoln is now urgiug
against the South, for tlie purpose of .subjugating the
Southern' States, and degradiug the Southern people ;
and whereas, our patriot-id citizeus are responding
with alacrity to the call made upon thenr; ami where
as, it is the imperative duty of those' who may remain
at home to a d. protect and defend the needy families
who may go off to fight the battles of thd South, there
fore, - . . - f -.-:;'!'
.'Resolved, That the Mayor and Commissioners of
the City of R ihigh, are hereby tequested and instruct
ted to appropriate an amount sufficient to furnish at
least the neccssAries of life, to the .needy families df
those' who may enter the volunteer service from this
city, during their absence..- . ;
Rexolced, That the amount .appropriated should be
pajd by the City Treasurer; upon the warrant of a
committee of citizens, to be; pp tinted by the Board of
C jmniissioners, for the proper disbursement of said
funds, and whose duty it should be to see that no so--dier's
family should sutler during his absence in the,
service of the State. V j
Resdoed, Tnat the County Court of WTake are hefei
by requested to make a similar appropriation, to be
disbursed in a similar manner, for the benefit of the
needy farnilies of those who may' volunteer from the
county.; '
R'Usolv&l, That if the authorities of the incorpora
ted Towns, or the C unity C uirts should entertain any
doubt as to the legal power to make ah appropriation
for the purposes set f rth in! the oreg oiug resolutions;
that the Senator and Representatives from this county
are hereby iustru: Ia to exert t ieir influence, to secure
the speedy passage of a law legalizing such appropri4
ations on the part of Courts and incorporated Townsj
The meeting was then 'addressed by Messrs. Bled--soe,
Hon. John H. Bryan, George W. Mordecai, Esq-,,
and Rev. T. E. Skinner, :!; favoring the object of
these resolutions, a'fter whidi they were adoptel. f
Oil motion; of Rev. Mr. Fitzgerald, thei.; pr(ceeilings
of the meeting was ordered, to be published-in thei
City papers 'After whichl the meeting -adjourned.!-
CIIAS. MANLY, CmnJ
J. J. Litchford, Sec'y. h ; .
Resignation of Commander Maury. I
The resignation of such an officer as Maury wfll
carry moral weight in favyf. of f ie Southern cause
throughout; the civilized world. There is no Ameri
can as wide'y known in Europe.4 Wherever scienW
has she I a ray of light on the globe, there the narpe
of Maury is as familiar as a household word. Kings
and C airts. plnlosftphersaiidstatesnien, have vied with
each otlier in showering honors upon his head. The
extraordinary .and beneficent labors of M iury, for the
commerce of the w rlil, have associated. his name in
the minds of .mankind with all that is truly "great aiid
gKxl. The adhesion of sueli a man to the Southern
cause will cause men abra-id to reflect, and will exert
infiirtely more intiuen'ce thjm would that of Scott --
Europe is crowded with military men, far more emi
nent than -Seottr who is scarcely , known outside the
limits of our own country; and even then onlv as a
soldier ; but wherever the sea rolls a wave, Maury ;is
known and reverenced as a great light, and a benefac
tor of his XAZ..--Rich. Dispatch. .
A citizen of this pUee, who came down the Bay on
Saturday, bays that the Pawnee and Keystone State
were lying at Old Point, and.; that the C iptain of the
Pawnee wauled the Bay Steamer (which was landing
mails and passengers) to ajllow him.t embark troops
across her decks to the whjarf, but the Capt. of the
Bay Steamer, said' he would be d - -1 i f he would
do any such thing. The Pawnee had little or no
steam tip, but an attempt was rmd to press the B;iv
Steamer against the wharf and hold her, bnt the Cap
tain of the latter backed out fro n the wharf and put
off for Norfolk. The Pawriee t.ri l to chase, but didn't
Lave on steam enough. Rough Nuid. '
expressive ot tne sense oi toe uiuug,- vi
W. W. Holden, D. M. Barringer. John H.
Charles E. Johnson, William It. Cjx, C. B,
' For tha SUta Journal.
; a meeinS f the citizens of Duplin a.ui.ty, lield
in Kenansville on Taesday, the ltith inst., m' motion
of Gibson S Girr, Esq;, Dr J. .Bloiuit was calletl
to the cihair, and on niotion Gibstm S, Ctrr was re
questeit to act as Secretary. -.; -,.'-;, :-:...;r.;. ; i t .
The chair haying announced that tiler meeting was
ready for ; business on motion of John D. Stan for. I,
Esq.; a conimitte.e of fi vv was appointed to prepare
resolutions for the action of the meeting. The C.tair
man appointed the foil. .wing gc.tlemeu assiiul oin
mitteeviz: Joseph T. Uh.Iis, John 1). Stanford,
W E. Hill, James Dickson and James B. Cirr, who,
retire.1, and after aiihort absence reported through their
chairman, Joseph T. Rhodes, Esq., the following
.preamble, and resolutions, which were severally put:
to the f meeting an,l passed without a dissehtiug
voice: ' - - v .. '...:,. jl -.;'
Whereas, At a meeting of the friends of Southern
Rights i I North Cirolina, hald in G.ildsb m' on the;
22d and 23d of March last, a great Snithern Rights
party-vis organized in our State, and certain resold
tions- then and there adopted, setting forth in. a clear
aud lucid maimer the views, a'ms an I purposes of that
party ; and wliereas, by the 4th of the said res. lutionsJ
the Southern Rights citizens of each county in the
State are respectfully recommended to form a, the
earliest-practicable time, county;- organizations, whose;
pr per executive ofn.'ers shall he in correspondence with1
the Soittl.eni Rights State Executive Committee: be it
therefore . :''';".- ".j . ,....' f-.j . ;;; "f.-
Rejoiced; That we, the. Southern Rights citizens of
the county of Duplin, in. ! convention assembled, do
most cordial Jy approve ofthe patriotic design in hold
ing the Ooldsboro' meeting, and that we do most full',;
unequivocally and sincerely endorse every recommen
dation and sentiment -avowed in its pnweediugs publish
ed in the newspapers of the day. j '' ;i ..;'
RSolaed further, That ve proceed immediately to
the.organization of a Sotithern States Rights' Associa
tion f r thej county of Duplin, by the selection at once
of all, the pfoper officers usually appointed in such an
organization
; -
fiesdcedl further, That, we entirely approve of the
Convention of the Southern Rights party of North
C.irolina,rebommendefl to be held in. the .town of C uir
Iotte.'on the 20th day of Maj' next, and that five dele
gates be selected to represent us in that Convention from
every elect ipn precinct in the county. f
On rriothsn of Thomas Sj Kenan, Esq., ten delegates
were also selected from' the county at large to represent
us in said ;0ovention. j ;! I
The meeting then -proceeded to the election of offi
cers for the: Association, and the following gentlemen
wer unanimously elected :
For President, James Dickson ; Vice President, I.
B. Kelly, C. D. Hill and S. M. Grady, Esqs.; Secre
taries, John' I). Sotitherland and Joshna R. Ezzell,
Esqs.; Treasurer, S'ephen 'Graham, Esq.; and the fol
lowing gentlemen were appointed an Executive C'm-..
mittee for tlie County : Owen It. Kenan, T. HaU, Ma
jor Rhaford Lanier. Gibson S. Car r, W. Rt AVard,
Jacob Wells, Jr., Abner M. Faison, W. E. Hill, Ben
jamin' Oliver, James G. Branch. ZacIi. Smili, jr.,
Seth Davis . ; ' V- ' ; t
James Dickson, Esq.. the President of the Associa
tion, then took the Chair, and John D. S anford, Esq.,
offered the following preamb'e and resolutions, which
were unanimously adopted : - '
In. view f the peculiar condition of the country, a
state of war; actually existing between what were th
Northern arjd 'Southern States of the United States,
on account of the single fact that Southern States
claim ; tlie right hr manage their own domestic affairs,
without the; control or interference of either the Gene
ral Governrneiit, established 'only fir sieciric purposes
without' any original rights, or the Northern States,'
who have no rights'over tlie domestic polity of States
outside of tie .immediate limits : Tiierefore, ' j
RestdredTly the Southern. RigJits Association of the
.ounty pf D:iplin. Tliat the Governor of North-Carolina,
shotild Hmnicfliately reassemble the L?gislature of
t,he State, to provide the ..necessary niean for tlie de
fence of our State,, and the prescryation of the rights
of her citizens. '.V. - 1
Resolced f urtherx That w are in favor of connect
incr the interests of N orth-Cir olina with that- of the
Ci m federated States by. immediate, secession from the
Government at -Washington' City, now controlled by
Abraham Lineoln as President, who has already"
roved himself a usurper by undertaking to make war
withmit.aurhoiity fr)in 'bngress, and a TJni-m with
the Oiiifedqrate States, whose Constitution and Gov
ernment '.-wej approve. !
", ResdorrLX That the Secretary of this meeting lie re
quested to furnish the proceedings of this meeting for.
all. the Southern Rights editors in this Congressional
District, and request their publication in their respec-.
tive papers,; mid also furnish the Governor of the Stated
with a, copy. : ;
On motion of Major O. R. Kenan,'
Redred' That with pride we ha ve heard of the re
signation of Maj r Thcophiliis Tlolnies, who. long has
graced the dalli ng of a soldier, andlietn the brave and "
fearless defender ff his country: so long as the equal
ity of his native State,; North-C irolina, :w,n respected.
His bold and manly course merits our heartfelt thanks
and warmest approbation, and to the veteran of thirty
years we extend the warmest welcome upon hi.Treturn
to the State of hi-! birth, and .will ever delight to honor
him as a patriot and a soldier. . '.. - .
On1 motion (f John D. Stanford. Esq., .
t 'Rea)U(dx Tliat ten delegates lie appointed to rep
resent this bounty in the mass meeting- to be held in
Newbern: '-. .'
On motion of Major 0. R. Kenan,
"Resdced, IThat in the event of a call
)Cing made by
Abraham Lincoln upon the Governor of North-" aro-
lina ; for trops, then we request Governor Ellis to re-'
fuse such call, and we do hereby pledge ourselves to
resist any attempt to raise troops in our midst for the
purpose of coercing our Southern brethren.
During the proceedings 'able and eloquent speeches
were delivered by W, Robinson, Eli W. Hall. II. L.
Holmes, Johti;" L Holmes, A: A. McKay, - Thomas
S. Kenan; "W.f E. Hill .and Samuel M." Stanford,
Esqs.-': ; ; '. . ; '" j '''; :!
The following gentleman were appointed delegates
to Newbern i W-., J. Houston, Zich. Smith, Jr., B. M.
Stanford. Stephen Graham, O. R. Kenan. Lewis Hicks,
W E: Hill, Grady Outlaw, Bryant K. Outlaw, W. W.
Miller, Abner Faison, Hugh G. Maxwell -and Henry
Grimes. j - ' .. ,- .. -.- , ' . - '
. The following from the County at large to Char
lotte : W. A". Allen, W. J, Houston, John D. Stan
ford, Thomas S. Kenan, JohnN. Stallings, Dr. James
G. Dickson. iW, R. Ward, Major Jere. "Pearsall, Jos.
T. Rhodes, Halstead Bour.len. ' . -
Kenanscille District! XV,. W. Whitehead, John W.
Gillespie, Patrick Merritt, Robert B. Carr, W. H."
Williams, j ; ..;. !- '';;
Limestone District. -"W. B. Southorland, Stephen
M. Hi nes, Stephen Judge, William Sandl in, William
Sharpless. ( ' . j.. . -. - ;
C'jpress Creek District Benjamin Lanier, Tliomas
Burton, Samuel C. Jones, Daniel Lanier, Thomas
Lanier. " j j-, , L- ' . " -.- '. v.
Mand Creek ' District. Stokes Wells. C rneliua
MoVlillain, Gabriel Boney, Boney Wells, Jr., John R.
Wallace. ! '.,' ';' .."' ' ' ' ' - '
. Rock fish District. David Williams, Stephen Her
ring, Benjamin iNew'kirk,: Bizil Johnston, John W,
Boney. k ";.! - - ; t v J : - ' I ' '
3f tgndia 4Diifric'.T)r. C. II. tTarriss, Li A.
Merriman, B V. Carroll; James G. Stokes, N. P.
MatMs. ; ! . ; : f ;f ; ' --.--:';
Warsaw District. T)Ai-( G. Morissey. James R!
Hirst. D miel Bourden, Samuel Gavin. J. B. Ezzell.
Faison' Depot District. B. W. Herring, D. B..
Newton, Isham R. Faison, Dr. J. W. Blount, Jas.
F.-' Shines: .! .-:.
Wdfscrajw Disfric'.-Joe Loftin, D. K. Kornegay,
D. B. F. C bb. Ed. Hines. AlWrt R. Hicks.
Dad's District Tlev Henry R. Kornegay, iMnicl
Herring, James G. Branch, Harget Kornegay, N. B.
Whitfield, ; ? ' !':; :' j .' ;". ' . - !"
RirfieltFsipisfrictA-'Kl 0. Grady. . Iwia Outlaw,
Jonas Smith, Sherwood Grady, Gradv Outlaw, j ;
Smith's Ditrit"f. John Howard, Houston Maxwell,
John R. Miller; John Smith, Ivey Smith. j
.'; On niotioriJ the Assofiation adjourned to meet again
at the call of the President. r
i ! j j JAMES DTXON, Chm'n. '
J. R. EZZET.L. - Vcr .
' J. D. SQCTHERLAyp, farres.
'-Axdt Joiinsox's Nose Pulled at Ltxciibubg,
Va. ;We atej info-med by an rye witness, that An
drew Johnson,:of Tennessee, had his mtse pulled at
Lynchburg, ja fevf days ago, amid the groans of an
Outraged Southern people.! Andy will not make any
coercion speeches! in the SoutK Rough Notes. 1
. -': i t -1 ' ' '. -..-' I-
Davis drives from BAirfMORE. We learn that
the notorioasi Henry Winter Davis, of; Maryland; rjas
been driven out of Baltimore. He made bis escape to
Washington id disguise, Rough Notes. Ve , -
..."ijl'-f "- Fort Sumter. !
' The firt; is five miles, from the Coarleston Battery.
It is thui described by the Charleston Mtrcury : J j j
, Fort Sumter is built upon an artificial island, at the
entrance of tmr harbor. The foundation being of st n,
it h'iut Ihj of the strongest nature. ' That'vportion ut'
the f rt abtve the. water Hue is hf brick and cooen to
of the most solid character. ( Its plan is a tre.ica'ei
pentagon, with one side parallel to tlie a.lj lining shor j,
thus presiitEug au angle to th channel. Of the triiLp
cated angl-. Itlie eastern, western and northern are sim
ply fcnni'diitbt Fan'-cjinpecs,' whilst the other two are
formed tf two small f.iccs, making an augle'of about
liftniti decrees with the sides of the pentagon. At
eich intersection of the small facesisasally-p.irt. The
height of ther parapet above the water-line is sixty feet.
On the easte n aud western sides are the' barracks for
the privates, mess-hall, kitchen, &c. On the South
ern si le ar pe tfB.ers' quarters, w hich are finished iti
very handsome style. ' ; ;
It is nioitnted with the heaviest guns of theXJniteil
States sernc0, arranged in three tiers, the two lower
leing Ciisemates and the upper Barbette guns. The
Casemate guns are those which are fired from an em
brasure in ;the Scarp Walls,' and arc protected from
the en my's shells by an arched boml-proof covering
over-head ; theB irbette.thoe which fire over the pir
ajiet, which exposes the canbnniers to the fire of the
enemy, although in this instance the height of the
ramparts is So grwit that there is comparatively no
dangjr fropi jthe sh t of an enemy's fleet. The ar.na
meut consists of 1-J0 pieces, p'lace.1 in the folio wing or
der: The heaviest guns, su:-h as the 32 aud 64-pound-crs,
on the" fust tier ; 24 and 32-pounders on the second
tier ; Columbiads (8 and 10-mch) and heavy sea-coast
ni.irt.i-s on the tp of the ramparts. .
The hy:iviest pieces are turned toward the harbor,
the lighter toward the land side ; which sid; is further
protected" byj musketry, fo.- which loopholes are cut iri
the SoarpjAY all. The riumbci of each kiud of gun is
about, thirtyj G4-pounders, "the same number of 32
P mtiders,; forty 24-pi u rulers, ten of eac calibreof Gf
'Jumbiads, ten 13- nch and ten 10-ureli m ort.irs, capa
ble of thr .rtying about four thoiis ind (4.000) pounds of
shot and four thousand three hundred (4,300) pounds
of shell at each discharge. - .
On the 'terra-parade plain are situated two furnaces
for heating jshot. The magazines are situated on the
inner. sides pf the sally ports, alii contain, at present,
40,000 poujids of iMiwdc.-, and a proportionate quan
tity of ,..shptjind sliell. The landing to the fort is on
the' southern or land side, and is formed by a wharf
projecting fejiwanls the shore, and also extending the
length of that face. I
This fort yould be nearly impregnable if finished
and properly! manned. Its weakest pi i ut on the South
side, of which the masonry is not only weaker than
that of the Mhcir sides, 'tyit is not protected by any
flank fire, winch Would sweep the; wharf, v Once laud
ed; an entrance may, at the present state of the con
struction, U; easily' made, for the blinds of the lower
embrasures, though six inches in thickness, mayiyet
be easily bldwn away. Andeven if this was impossi
ble, scaliilg ladders can reach those of t!ie second tier
which are riot protected in this manner.
This concludes the brief sketch of a fort which is a
most, per fejt specimen of civil and military enginebrr
ing. The Vvliole work has been cond acted in a inen
uer that rerfepks credit up in the engineers, and is wor
thy t occupy the prominent position tint it Jiohls.
In conclUsioii
, we take occasion to alla le to one point
of especial,- Ibej
autv the construction ofthe arches of
wrhich there!
irejiearly every variety the "Full Cciii-
tie.
the
the 'Sginent,"the "Groined," the "Askew," and
'U.uni
ind to add that the walls at tlieir
base are 12i
feet thick, aiuHit the tlJp 8 V feet thick.
Fort Suniter
les about one mile from the shore, di-
rectly on fcie
.riiain "ship channel, which passes between
the' fort and Sullivan's Island, on which is located Fort
Moultrie, about 'one'. mile distant, From the battery
of Charleston! city I' lrt Suniter j lies about live o'iles
distant, standing out in the opa bay. one mile ftfm
the land oi either sidv. F-rt M ultre is, in miliary
phrase, "commanded by Fort Sumter.
- "- I I-" J - i' -. ." .". " ! ..
wiui Major akderson is ins cajieer.
The New York Leader has a biographical sketch of
tlie piesenti CjommarKler of rrt Sumter, which is in
teresting at! t his moment. Wej copy a pass gc:
"Major Ainjderson is now about lifty-six years old
and was Uirn in Kentucky, jentcring the Military
Acail'-niy fp.Tfn that. State, and,. gradiuiting with dis
tinction, oiij June 30, 1S25. The record of his niilii
tavy servu'ej shows tliat he was I promoted to a,-first
Lieutenancy in 1833, and .ntadej Ciptaiu by 1 revet in
18o8 for gallantry and successful strategy in the. war
against the Florida Indians. In the same year he
was appolrijejl . Assistant-Adilitant-General, with the
rank of Cjiptaiu the Captainey itself not joining
until tlie Oct. -ber of 1841, and his present rank 5f
Major only reaching him last year.
" Major jAnderson has' a-s pcrforme.1 a large
amount of tha staff duty incident to the service a few
years sincfy ii id- before it was made distinct fnim duty
In the line1. ' He-acted as Assistant Iiis'pcct .r of-the
Illinois Volunteers, serving With Abniliam Lincoln
in the' Blaiclf llayk War of 1832. lie was Assistant
Instructor a)il Instructor of Artillery at t'le Military
Academyj in !the years 1835-'6 .a:id "f. and was-aid-le-cainp
to jMajor General Scott in 1838.
"During thjc Mexican war, the Major , endured all
the labors; aiid dangers of the - -ampaign. being severely
wounded In ?t le assault on the enemy s w.jks at Molino
del Key,' an 3 -ecciving brevet majority 'for gallant anl
merit rioiis i nduct in that acti Jn.' Major Anderson
has als.vr(ec:ivel from the Government many evil
denc-vs pf -afe; urust -. and ..-.confidence' oilier than thse
bestowed ty the War Department.
"Histlast 'sfj'rvice, previous to-his taking crorimand
of Ford M -ill rie, wiis.-asa member of thee, mmission,
ordered lakt; si imnifr ly Congress, to enquire .into the
manner; of instruction at the ' West Point Military
Academy.! The labors of that commissi n.(in which
Major Anderson performed his I part) have alrcady
beeh lal 1 heft re G)ngress.; j (:
"In physic ue, the Major is about five- feet, nine
inches in lleiglit ; his figure is well set and s 1 'ierjy ;
his hair! is! thin and turning to' iron grey; his cam
plexioi is Iswjlrthy ; liis eye dark and intelligent; his
nose prominent and well formed.! A stranger would
reaj,.inr hts ajtr and. appearancej determination, and
an 'exn?'tiot ofj what w;us due to him. He has a gwxl
dcyd of manner. In intercourse iie is . very courteous,
and his rith voice and abundant gesticulations go
well together. He is always agreeaUe and gentle
inanly, firjni and drgnifid,- a man of undaunted
courages, and, as a true soldier, may ' be relied on to
ob;y orders, a id to do his duty' , i . .
, The IGa'rrso is 'the Fort. Major, R. Ander-i
son, 1st Artillery, July 1, ' 1825, Kentucky. I
Assistant Surgeon, S. W. Crawford, Medical Staff j
March 6,1184. Pennsylvania, j '.- f
Captain- Abna Doubleday, 1st Artillery July lr
1812-,-y York. ' i ' ' ' )
Ciptaini Truman Ssymour, 1st Artillery, July. Ij
1846, yerrnoijt. ,)
1 st Lieu tenant;, Jeff.
C. DavisJ 1st Artillery, June
17, 1848, ; Indiana.. - ;. f
2nd Lieutenant, J. S". Hall. 1st Artillery, July
1J
C iptain,- J. G.
New Hampshire.
1st Lieu enrint,
1856, Newi York.
'' !
F(ster,"Enginecrs, July 1, 1946,
-''-":i . i
G. W. Sayder "5 Engineers, July 1
2nd Lieutenant, K. K. Msade,
1857, Virginia. '
Engineers, July lj
fi . . RECAPITULATION.
Officers. 9. ; Band, 15 ; Artillerists, 55 ;
tol
79.
Under thei most fivorable circumstances, ibis force
would only be jsufiicient to operate nine guns. j
! ' THECOMISO FLEET. j
. V ''''" : "'''-' i v v ' .1
Tlie New York papers are speculating on the abili
ty of the fleet Iwhich is how approaching Charleston
to enter the : harlxr and exct-ute it; mission. The
York - News thus sketches the IFort Sumter pro4
gramme oti the Crovernment:
"The troops are all intended for!
Fort - Sumter ; the
transports for Texas, as state 1 in the clearances. Capt.
Ward's sand-haz experiment, and another new inyen-l
ton, have been pronounced by engineers, sufficiently!
useful to solve Affirmatively the long-disputed pro
blem " can! Fort Sumter be reinforced?" Fach of
the small . steamers. Crusader, Wyandotte, Mohawk
and Water-Wjtch, are to be lined on the sides with
bags of damp sand, the launches shall be temporarily!
ro-ifed. covered and lined outside w'th the same ma
terial, men Uy ill embark boh in the gun-boats and
launches; itt!re in the latter rthey le:ng smaller tar-;
gets thati in the former. ' Hawsers ';'. will connect . the;
boats with thej steamers, which will tow them into
Charleston liarbor in spite of all Morris Island and
the other batteriea can do to prevent them. In fact,
so enthusiastic .are the advocates of this plan, as to
the feasibility 'of carrying it out, that one: of them"
lately remarked to ua iba.t Moultrie might play away
at the intruders without any more i serious result aria-
i g from l.er amusemc.it than tln tih, I
criart. l rtsts. ' . - ;; f S.,
Ti c N w York Express savs i : '
"1ilj.
At njr as can be estimated, about twn k
tint from th forU of New Yo.-k i.. o USanl
tive hundred, and th men-of-war hare i" r tM''i(tv '
hundred sailors and matrin 's. Thi would TK (iit -' i
Htntjs th diapnsal Oi e.ww- well-d, i!Ld - '" l mt A
meu, miiiij iuc iuii.-! vvitnaitf oi th (';, .r "Jfut
.v. v. .v ... v. nun, Tiff y vy ( , M'l.
ever am At gunpowder in actbn. "Th trt, n h-m'1 '
st j n vsals ot" wa.1, and tbj do ..r "" f,'":. "
rt fivf u.trl fiiriA llilidanrl m. a.
most pow.T.nl st.a n-tuV to h s found in Xt.- y' l"' "' 0..
also givethi Unit.li Stat.'s a tfreat atlvanr,,.' ''k,,i l. ,. i
oiJd by thosi wh pr jtjnd io be well pott4i' (h V
tiffhting becomes
n, r
njcewary, several iri-n-or, a -,",'"'
J mrl Uii .,.; . . . .1... '., -"ir .n I '
will b3 lanJ.-d and inaki ai attack from tbj 'r..aT a',,'l r; '
r!,nf:lrato ortill .rijtj . that V..t . UiMin ii':'
. . . ... , .UHV ouimij
$and that th.-o th j teatn-tup will bs put inui Hr.
ana .isiie rincKnjv i;
Bin all force in Castle
rtak-n bv assault.1 Tli'-rJ rlU'l!i-i"ll'i:
U Pinckne.T, but . from 0, L r "n,':
jston, the citj. could:
ire. Whether thi,
which id neat CharL
bai ded and set on tire.
these conjectures or not, the plan thev' su rg. uth i
plausible ; but a few hours will probablY 'uf us "'"I"!
sion of certain intelligence ; , 'ln Pl.j.
, - . . lF, i the AViln.iujjton IIlta-,, ,
Resignation. Capt Win. B. ' Whli.-L 1
JkCiuuuc viniri xri ire .will OH l.ls rcsi"i o',.
Gint Whitehead 4sir' Wr.: 1 ' ' 1
uw 1 v.'v-'ixtv iiv.v lie IS ;ln
1 nv. 1 1..,-.. f.- ........ 11
T 1 . . " V " ' 'n.ii liv 1 ir 1
- - .Mi
ccr ana nas iieen mine service a long time
The Gra .vide Grays, dpt. W.rtliani, 'arrive i t
niorning iind were detailed for duty at tlie II.k.? , 'U
relieving the lreilell lilucs; who havb .rj
forts. . : . - - !. " I :l
. We learn from the Cliarleston Mercury Jiln O UT ,
mar. aid to Gov. Pickens.' Las bwn di'i:iUu-.i t- "1K
. - - t ..tiviii.M I,,
vice 111 iuiui varouuii. j
urov. ijeicner nas appouiieci juator U-altcr fl
" T- .-I. 1 . 1 . 1.: 1 lr ... . 1
b the office of Maior General if Tin. ,,!,,, ... :, l!l
, k . J I r wwr inrcoi.
1 1 lv 1UK U
of Virginfti.
AYe learn that Cl. Cant welHn' cjMiin laiu) (; tV I V
regiment at Fort C .swell is proving 1 his"df wi'.rtin-' r I
ins j)ostiion an. 1 is very p. purar wit lr Ins ooinni .
The Block ape. The Projlamati n ,'of tfm IJ:,,
President,, declaring the jMr(s of the K'cc,ll St;(t'i t)
be in a state of blockade, is one of the 1-e-it .ke i ,f
the season. . Fifteen hundred miles of sea o;jk .
aded bv ab )ut tvo d zin war veisels ! I All h .
side world is. to see its trade cut up hv snc!i a'cu.
toinptibl'3 nival f rz3 ! Gre it Batain'ist F sul'mit
t i 1... . a .i.-rr- j.- - -1 .
ikj riuou'i uy ;i p;ipur 11 iuii.ii innn me pen nf
Iiucohi France ditt 1 ! Every' nati n jin Enr..
ditto !
What a th uiglit RVi.
Ecaniii
SALE OF LAm1
coS?: 6i-t ofEquitv, Spring Ti-roi, lsckj
Abthcb Macom,
vi. ; .- , .
George Little and others.
PlRSUAM to a decree, made at Sprln? Term
A. I)., 1861, of the Court of Equity, tor Wak - count
111 the above casu of " Arthur Macon v. u w Iittl aii.l I
oiuers, ine unaersignea, ti -i k- ami Jlast'-r m awl fi,r
uai.d count v, will proceed to" a U' th ' land, in'tliVU-alin-"
mentioned and desci ibed on the 2oth dar .A' .Mav n x( "t '
in th Citv (f 'italeic-h, ,comineneinrat 12 'fl(K-k.
' Said trftct'of land U one of four tiaetri( b loiiifinc to tl,
h .'ii-s-at-lavv of Stei)hen llavwood, d c asrdtli ,,t,'r
three tracts having, been h-'rtolore JI for divi-ionl and
contains about ozU acre?, haul land lv ,nl),nit 6 mil
no ta ol Kal jigli, anj tins th' land ot And -imi l'.i.
otlurs, js locat d in a l 'altliy portion ot tin- cuuiili, jiuj
id in a good nclglibo: lioo.l. -. " i r
TtiHMS OF SAI,fc: " ; i . '
I ist.v dollars of tbi pa.--has moti y will b -r -quircd t . .
b:; paid in ca.di : and a credit of six month w ill h jiw nii
thi Duichas.T for tbbavinetit of the kalanc '' tlr in :
ch isj mon 'v. by his-enteiing into b.)inl willi a i'mjui
suretv for tlu' sanlc. 1, 1 J '
R. G. LEWIS. C. Vj k.
April IG, 1361.
-'1 i-w'iM-;
jVEWSpAPER FOR SILL j
THE UNDERSIGNED, havlnx removed to Monl.
goinery, Ala.l d .-siijes todi-ipo j-ot' th Mui-riv-;lmii';
N. C- Citizen,' of which paper h i.-dilor ! and t. '. i.-jr.
iiu l wizen is mcai-'a in in. puasani ana. iii-aitnan vu
of' Murfreeb( o', Ilertlb. d Co. n.-ajv irf tlu cut re !' lux '
wealthy and popul ui counti in u.hiiii th -re 1 iimnili r
p intniflr pr.-ss. Its advertisinl' and: i ihhinir f;w -il 1 1 1 n e
th Te'ore hvII worthr tlu consideration of k wnu o ,r
a tid ability. To such a in an thu o lics mafl.'i-iiil, piil-ill.
&C will bj soul at a sa3; in,e:, a .4 th prppj-Ljtor tui'ls it rn-f i
posiiiui.? to att.'pa to ins dun -s hjre,'ani4 at thj sauu-li ne
edit.a paner in .Voi th-Gai oliTia." : ;' )
Thjo'tic'e is w 11 establish ;d, cornpl -15 In all its d v'V
hii-nts, is in good lunniiin: ord-jr, and lias heretofore i1 n
considered th o.-pan of the Democratic tarty of the lust
Lonfrressioaiil District ot orth-Carolina. i ,
For termsT&c! address C. II. Fostku, Washint.in. D.
C, Dr. S. J. aEEtEB;-MurfmlMro,t or!
S. U ULMSTiiD, Montgo'mory, Alab.vnS.
April 3, IPC!' .-' -1 ;, 2h-H
, :"-. HILLSBOROUGH! 1
MILITARY ACAD MY.
THIS INSTITUTION Is tinier Itie con Wt of ,
Col. C. C. Tvw, fornierlv Supjiint.nd'iito: th;Sfv'l!
Military Academy at Coluinhia, S. C. It i d fiu V -
all'ord an education of. th? same Fci -nlilit an'l practwal
character as that obtained in-th,. tate Military Juatita-'
tions of Virginia and South-Cai-olina. .
; COURSE OF STUDY: j : -
First Year; 5'A CVa Atith netic, Alj: bra, frfiifli,
History United Stat jsj English Grauuiiar, Gei:i apliy, ":
thotaphy.'" ..'-.- 'j j r-.;; ' ; .
Second Year, ,4'ji t7'' Aljffbra; Geonietry, Ti ionom
ctry, French, Latin, Universal lli.-tory, Coip(miti:n. . i '
Third Ypar, 3i Uiat Descriptive .(rjometry, lial,'
Shadows and I'erppective, Analvtical Geometry. :Wv v
ing, French, Latin, Uhetoi ic, 'History of England, Liuia-.
ture, Drawing, Elocution.' . " . s '
Fourth Yea? 2nd CVa u Dif. and Int. CalcAilui", Natural
Philosophy, Chemistrv, 1th toric, Logic, Mo; al I'Lilo-xi-phv.
Litin, Drawing. Elocution. . ' . - 1
Fifth Year, tt C'.a. Ajr icultural Ch"mi?trv, .Atrnn
omy, Geology, Mineralogy, Civil Engineering, Fi W FKlf-:
fication, Ethics, Political Economy; Evidences of .Cliriis'ti;
anity, Constitution of tha United StalJ. j :'; , -. ' :
Infantry and Artillery Drill will form a feature of ths f
whole 'course. ; ;;'..' : ' :' . - ' ! ;' ;
ACADEMIC" YEAR BARRACKS. ;
The Academic year will coirimenc; on tha. first Wfdrijs-!,
day in February, Feb. 6, 1861,) and continue, without i
termission, to, the fourth Wednewday in Nov'Hib-er. i The
Barracks are arranged with speciat reference to th j nec s
sities of a Military Academv. Thj main buildin?( i 21a
feetJong and three stories high ; another building,1: IpOft ..
long, contains th? mess ball, kitchen, store ilooui, nuiKeon
otliceand hospital. - '
' f " TERMS ',;., .'!-.' V . 1
The charges for the academic year are ' S315, for' liicK !
the academy provides board, fuel, lights, vahing initi un- ;
tion, text-booKs, medical attendance and qlothing. ;' ,
For circulars containing full information 'addres- !
: col. O vC tew, ; -';
... ... Supt. 'II. M. A. -
April 10, 1861. . V . V'?.. : wAswIt L
J. FB ED. SIMMOXS.
t; b. w. cat'JiP. ."
SIMMONS ife CRI MP,
ATTOilXEYS AT LAW, ;
' . , SA IIDIS, MISSISSIPPI.
Will practice in the Courts of Panola, Di Soto, ,id
othar counties in Mississippi: and will pay particular
attention to 'tn etcoll ection of djbU, and all other businesij
entrusted to their care. i . : !j ...
REFERENCES: f : ; . 1
a-Thos. Branch A Son, Peterfbiicg. Va. : Dr. IL
Leigh, do.i Hon. 31.1 W Ransom,; Weldon. C? C;.
M. Long, xlo. ; Gov.) Ellis. Raleigh, '. C. ; H in. U.
Barringer, do,; Hon. W. II. TI,o:iiaf. "Jackson cuntv, .
C. ; Hon. It. U. H -ath, Menton, .Vi C. : lion- V
Wrfght, Wilmington, X. C. . i ' A "
J. F. Siininons is Commissioner for Xortb-CaT,oliT)
Vrwiwtnrvi . ; . . ' r. -30 t
Partner Wanted.
lnsniNC
T f th
auxious
utnutr.t
compit nt to take the entire editorial control.;,; The l'''.!.
is new doing; a good business, and its circulation is rap!'
incr.-aing. I consider it an xcllent ppn tunity for
ambitious of v innincr edito. ial honors. , J '. , -4- -At
plr to ' T. L. CO0LKY.
pril .24.'.' . ' HilIslo;-quh. :Vtv.
THE WILSON SI(00LS,
wlsox. x. a . . i
FOR BOYS AXD GIRLS IX SEPARATE BUILDINGS,
Y MB. AND MUS. 1UIHAUDS0N, aided ) f
full and able coi ns of a.si.-lant teachers, il) all De'1 ,
Sj lull an d able corps of astdataut teachers, ii) all Del
Ulelits.
epartments four Preparatorv, Academic, Co'H'g13"
University or Art, with a Rjgnlar Course ot stuuj 4"
and
ieach.
The ensuing Seession will be re-opened for the In,'?i
of pupiU on THURSDAY, 10th day of January, 161
Promptness solicited. f : , " J ; ' ; ':
For a Catalogue, address the Principal
r-wt.'.
Jr'eb. 16, lhCO,
6i?w
THE undersigned havlnz removed to tke ccun
trv will rent, tor the remainder of the present
the DWELLING HOUSE and LOT, on Davie'
Api'y
known as Sledge House.. It is a pleasant location.
to
A. Priee, opposite to the premises, or wmTAKER.
Ealeigb, March 26, ISM.' ' . .
to devote my time IpxrlnsirelJ V
i-i - -1 :
". mechanical depart-nent ot till I'ap-,' " .
to dispose of one-half of mv inUTist in the, llli-
;II I'f.AlVDEAI.Klt.' tn nuinc one willing "u
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