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' Mr.' Editor: The followiug patriotic ind soul
: stirring lides are from the pen of the distinguished
jurist, statesman and poet, Albert rike, f VVrkansaa.
- 'The writer of this knows that Mr. Pike baJ been ap
, pealed to, and has-for some time had his thoughts ex
ercised on- the subject of a war-cry for the South, in
this its hour of invasion and of peril. :Hf seems to
6 have caught the inspiration! of ithe occasion, and in
. poetic strains, to have condensed . the stofy of our
wrongs,; and tho momentous results, involved in the
..issue. - .Every people has its. national soqgs, which
" epitomise in pietry and consecrate in ?mtisic, some
greaf event in Ihe history of their strugglefe for free
dom and independence. Such is "Brace's 4 duress"
: "The .MarsellaiseK-r-Korner"8 "Appeal to his Sword '.
. - thn "Star SDaneled Banner" &c.
' May it not be thai "Mr. Pike has, inf these lines,
touched the nerve of the Southern, heard ? It s hisi
name will be as immortal as this national s ng of the
- South. Let our children learn to sing it; and let
every hill-top and valley, from the Potomac to the
r Rio Grande echo and re-echo its touching and
pa-
triotic sentiments. Let our Southern men
rush to
battle Under the bugle-peal of "Dixie"lbt
pur South
ern girls learn to sing it in nursery and' school and
let it be the first piece of music every gal
ant young
man calls for, when he invites some fair one to the
piano, the harp, or the guitar.
11.
s . "DIXIE."
Southrons, Hear your Country! call you
Southrons, hear vour country call you !;
Up ! lest worse than death befal you ! !
, ' To arms ! to arms ! to arms ! in Di
itie!
Lo I all the beacon-fires are lighted, . j
Let all hearts be now united 1 - ;
To arms I to arms! to arms! in Dixie f
' . -. - . - , Advance the flag of Dixie t I
v Hurrah I hurrah! 1
. '. For Dixie's land we'll take our stand,
; .- lo live or die for Dixie I
To arms ! to arms !
; And conquer peace for Dixie I
i : . Jo arms I to arms I
1 i And conquer peace for Dixie I
II.
Hoar the Northern thunders mutter t
; Northern flags in South winds flutter,
i i To arms ! Ac.
. Sendthetn back your fierce defiance !
Stamp- upon- the accurs'd alliance ! -!
! . To arms ! &c.
r
l' i . , . . s Advance the flag of Dixid
! Ac.
III. .
Fear no danger ! Shun no labor I
Litt up rifle, pike and sabre I -
i . To arms! Ac.
Shoulder pressing close to shoulder,
i '-.' Let the odd make each heart bolder 1
To arms ! Ac. ' .
Advance the flag of Dixiq
! Ac.
. I How the South's great heart rejoices,
; I At your cannon's ringing voices
I t To arms ! Ac.
For faith betrayed and pledges broken.
i .VVroDgs inflicted, insults spoken. '
, ! ; ' v . To arms 1 Ac. .
j . Advance the flag of Dixie
,? Stronu as lions, swift as eaarles.
i' Back to their kennels hunt these' beagles!
! . lo arms I Ac. -t.
I Cut the' unequal bonds asunder ! -i
Let them then each other plunder I
V.i. To arms! Ac.
j Advance the flag of Dixie
'.1 VI.
Swear upon your Country's altar,
.Never to submit or falter:
To arms ! Ac.
Till the spoilera are defeated
1 ill the Lord 8 work is
! lo arms
A.nj0r . tna najr ot lrxie
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VII.
f .Halt not till our Federation '
! Secures among KarthV Powers its s' ation S
i i .1 o arms ! Ac.
Then at peace and crow icd with glory,
Hear your children tell m-'sto'-j 1
i To arms ! Ac.
Advance the flag of Dixie
! Ac.
VIII.
v If the loved ones weep in sadness,
Victory Boon shall bring them gladness;
. To arms! Ac. .
Exultant pride soon banish sorrow:
'Smiles chase tears away to-morrow:
.f-t To arms ! Ac.
' . Advance the flag of Dixie!
Ac.
. Archbishop Hughes for Peaice.
. : I he opinions of Archbishop. Hughes up m the civil
warfare given to" the imbhc in the Metrojwlkan Record.
'AVe extract a -.xHtion ot tlie remarks; . !. n
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' . Above all the wars, a civil war is tho tnost deplora
. ble and imt destructive iu-its conHiut'iKes, both to
nit; v uaur-auu vnuquisuet its progrcssiisl marked by
ruin and desolation. lt;givcs a loose re'trj t the worst
.passions' of human nature; rapine sdnd earn igc, though
...horrible to gaze upon, tliough terrible to iwiitness. can-
not ie com pared to the moral evils whiici it: inflicts
upoii.s(xiety. It is not in civil strife tlkit the: nobler
: attributes of our nature are shown ; the niind of man
ueconies.naraenea and- cailous amid sefci
and devastation. 'Vhp t.
. tiublic'lo a military: desnotism
- through such a medium thau . ptxple generally sup-
-uwy. DKiuMiiu aie pretty mucn trie sjupe IU
age of tho world. "Mat trial civi1iz:itmn 4t.L tni
leveh)p the mind and sharpen the intellecl but itdoes
not purify the aspirations uorelevate thelmoral nature
. p il ; . - tt ' . . .S j .
oi intj race. - . " v
We have b6aid a nronosition marl hv
speaker at tho great demonstration which was lately
held at. Union Square, that we trust wkis either not
.seiiou-sly enterUiined, or . had its origin -iii the excite-
inenioi tne moment, it was nothing more or less
tnau a recommendatiou of the iwlicy whifh Euland
lias pursued towards Ireland. The speaker expressed
. himself in favor. of taking away the plamlations from
. the Southern owners'and le.stowing them'as . laud boun
ties upon the Northern soldiers. !; The idea as we have
mtimateti, is not an original one, as it was partially
carried into effect against the people of j Heland, and
- . iiieans vy wnien mat people were ;td be utterly
elterminatefl- Vj
' a wholesale system of spoliationa systfeih ' which is
; calculated to.pluuge the corintry irremediably into a
waT that this generation may never see the! end of and
w muiise ieeimgs oi uarreu ana revenge thht taay live
through centuries. - -
. The nropositioh to which wr hav
,ever, comparatively mild iu' its character kvhen com
pared with the' suggestion that has beenFpublished in
oue or two of our New York daily papers. It is noth
, -mg more nor less than a, proposal to incite the negroes
to insurrection, and by so, doing to pnttipitate the
boutbern -portion of our country into all ihji horrors' of
a servile war. This would be to re-enadt, pn our own
. soil, the fiendish brutality recorded in the history , of
Doming. It would be to rouse the a -age nature
of the negro against our brothers in rade ind blood
. it would be,to ciuntenance atrocities anid barbarities
at tU i sight of which our country, would! stknd appal
led ; ;it would be to encourage the whole black popu-
Vi latioh of the South to rise in arms against tire whites
'to murder women and children; to massa -re helplesi
4 . infancy' and age, and to give a license to fee excesses
. and .cruelties which characterize -all negr insurrec
tions. ;.y. o . .-. o o o . Ja - o
o . o . Jllaye we now sunk so low in' he scale of
humanity ? Have we so" far forgotten otr obligations
as Christian men, even lcfore we have fairly entered
. iuto t.'.e beat of the conflict, to calmly tolerite or sanc-
t9p;a proposition as fiendish and as inhunian as that
. against which the elder Titt raised his voiin ? . , .
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. We clip the following from the Wilmington Daily
Journal and suggest that the merchants, of eyery
town in the ..State, wight Honorably imitiie the 'exam-'
. pie of those in Cliarleston and other cit?es. -
Cisixo Stokes. We.have been requested to call
. attention tu the fact that, during these dul limes, the
stores in Chariest
closed at five or hatf.past five in the afterifoon, thus
giving the cmnloveps nvWhor i-u Lu .
- ,ii-t t . " , nwMin utuefs WHO'.
II l 40 r1 mpanies, or Imay wish to
' such prgantibnf an op- :
If T " a ;'nMiug.m aay-ngnt and in this open air,
L i U e- ?resume lhat this arrangement might
e here without:seriously iuterferiiigf with any
it fSenerl conyemece, while
ii is nirnlyiaesimhlr r? i -7
public safety v.-cu.uy conaerauons ot
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THE STATE
' The - Fight at Aquia Cbkek. The following
gratifying account of the attack and defence at Acquia
Creek, on Thursday and Friday, last, wilUbe read with
interest. It is from the pen of a correspondent of the
Richmond Examiner, who was an eye-witness; and of
whose gallantry and worth, the Examiner speaks in
the most complimentary terms: ' "
- ; i Marlboro' Point Camp, ) :
. .j Stafford county, Va., June 1, 1861. J
To he Editor of the Examiner:
: Another fight, the second, has taKen place at Aqtria
Creek, and the Purcell Battery were there, yesterday
morning, about 20 minutes to 11 o'clock, the writer
of thus letter was at the creek, in company with pri
vates Mountjoy and James Robertson of the Blues,
when the firing from the steamers ' commenced, (there
being four engaged,) at the battery, stationed at Aquia
creek, but with no effect. The cars were immediately
switched and started back to Fredericksburg-, from
whence they had just arrived. After travelling on the
cars about a half mile where they stopped for wood
and 'water, I having : then three miles to go, took a
hand car, and in a few minutes reached the place of ;.
my debarkation from the railroad, where I found a
waon in waiting for me, whicli I jumped into, and in
an almost incredible space of time, I was in line with
my company, followed by the ever glorious "Blues,"
and in thirty minutes, to a fraction, we had planted
our battery, and dealing death and destruction to the
Federal troops. - .- . . - '
; When we arrived at the battle ground, we took our
position about a half mile this side the creek, the Blues
retreating into the woods, so as to cover our battery
the steamers all the while firing at the . creek with
great rapidity, until we opened our little 12-.pounder
pocket pistols upon them, which entirely drew their
fire from the large battery upon us. Never in my life
did I hear siieh harmonious and melodious music. We
fired one hundred and thirty rounds of shot and shell,
and struck them eleven times certain, (once for each
Sjtate in the Southern Confederacy.) They were about
two miles from shore. Their shot and shell fell thick
and fast around us, and we have one of their thirty
two pound balls, which they sent whizzing at us, just
over our heads, and buried itself some four or five fest
into the ground, only twenty feet ; frorn where I was
standing at the time; We intend to send ii back to
them from some other battery, with compound inter
est. We lost not a single man, not even one wound
ed ; -while the enemy has lost not less than fifty killed,
and more than, that number wounded, for we could
distinctly see them take off into small boats their dead
and wounded. This information you can rely upon
as correct. The fight lasted two hours and thirteeen
minutes.? - - ' '
i The Purcell Battery are the pride, envy and admi
ration of all the soldiers quartered in this vicinity,
which numler abont twenty-five Jbundred troops,
among them the gallant Teunesseeans, Col. Bate. Wo
are as proud a set of men at this moment, and I do
believe as warlike, as ever the Emperor Alexander, had
to march under him. .
I Capt. Walker is every "inch a soldier," and our. lit
tle Lieutenant we had but one with us William J.
Pegram, son of Mrs. Gen. Pegram, is the ace of trumps,
and cannot beUeat. Lieut. Robiuson of the Tennes
see Regiment, had command of one of our guns, No.
3... ;But it. vvonld be a work of supererogation to dis
tinguish between so many where there was shown so
much bravery and coolness among the whole. Every
one is a soldier, .who is determined to do or die, We
expect another engagement to-day or to-morrow, and
rest assured that in whatever position the Purcell Bat
tery are placed, they will do their whole duty, and do
it with a will.;" Whrn another fight takes place, I will1
write you from the battle ground. R. J. A. .
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i - From the Richmond Examiner. ,
Arrest of a very Suspicious Person.
The following facts we get' from a gentleman en
tirely reliable : It seems that Capt. Murray i Mason,
late of the-United States Navy, , now of the Virginia
Navy, on Friday last, in- Warrenton, overhearing aii
umisual profession of friendship, in his judgment, to
wards our President, Jefferson Davis, and Gen. Bon
ham, on the part of a foreigner, he immediately cross
ed the street for further information. He discovered
a person in uuiform talking loudly and promiscuously.
His duty, as an officer, induced him to ask the Chair
mau of the Vigilance Committee to make some in-
quiries into the antecedents of the man, and, upon his
'Capt. Mason's), suggestion, the individual was taken
in a'room.and examined ; thp result was a -guard was
placed oyer his room for the night. In the morning
he was permitted to proceed a to Richmond under an
escort.. But. in order to secure him, Capt. Mason tel
egraphed to Gov. Letcher that this person was on the
i train from Warrenton to this city. Capt, Mason ar
rived here yesterday, and immediately made inquiries
to know if this person', who gave his name in Warren
Jton , as Ambrose Lewis, C. S. A., had been arrested
agreeably to his dispatch to the Governor.. Having
ascertained that he was yet at large, Capt. Mason im
mediately took the necessary steps to ascertain if he
was. yet in the city. , Happily,, meeting him ori the '
street, Capt. Mason" at-once' hatl him arrested, and he '
is now in jail aw.iitiug the orders of the War Depart
ment, He has passed under thp name of Dr. Rose
"Vhlly in Richmond, and Dr. Lewis in Warrenton. He
wears the uniform of, and represents himself as, a Sur
gn in the Confederate States navy. This is the same
individual whose exploits in New Orleans were made 1
generally known through the press of the-South, in
a paragraph from some. New Orleans paper,
i The public ought tp keep a strict watch for such
men, and, when proof of their guilt can be clearly,
fixed upon them, they should be summarily dealt with.
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j Official Appointments.- We notice that some
of our cotemporaries and others heretofore politically
ppptiseilto Gov. Ellis, are disposed to complain about
tlie party character of the military appointments, and
the eharge isiDtimated that only political'favorites of
the Stateadmiuistration are appointed. This charge is
certainly unjust and without good foundation. We
know that many of the highest positions .have been
grveu by Gov. Ellis to political opponents, as well as
an equal number of the lower posts in the military.
In fact, we think Gov. Ellis has been disposed to treat
with special favor applications from those heretofore
opposed to him, and in some instances preferred them
to old political friends. We. know of one Instance
where a political friend of the Governor, who never
asked him for an office for himself or relatives, and
never will, was treated uncommonly cool, the Gover
nor supposing, probably, that he was after an ap
pointment; but he mistook his man that time. We
merely mention this to show that the Governor is not
disposed to be partial. We think a fair division of
the offices of honor aud trust is right. All parties in
the State are united in maintaining her honor and in
dependencethose who were formerly Union men are
doing as much as any others for the Southern cause
and no particular preference should be given. We
make no objections to any of the appointments made
nor do we wish to be understood as particularly de
fending them, for we know little or nothing about the
Qualifications of the appointees those who are not
qualified will, we suppose, qualify themselves as
speedily as possible. We are confident, however
that Gov. Ellis tries to act impartially, "and do what
is right. : ' .
,1 . 4 The South.
.11 would be Well for some of our northern friends
who are entirely ignorant of southern characteristics
and institutions, and who are possessed with the im
pression of their superiority in arms, intelligence and
all the virtues, to. refer to the opinion of a philosopher
and statesman almost as great as Sumnerr Philips or
Greeley. We allude to Rlmnn,! ,Vrl-., f i..-.
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speech on conciliation with America, says, in speakin
j '"There is, however, a circumstance attending these
colonies, which, in my opinion, fully counterbalances
tins difference, and makes the spirit of. liberty' still
more high and haughty than in those to the north
ward. W hen this is the case in any part of the world
those who are free are by far the most proud and
jealous of their freedom. Freedom is to them not
only an enjoyment but kind of-rank and privilege
1 do not mean sir, to commend the superior morality
of j this sentiment, which lias at least as much pride
as iTirtue m it; but I cannot alter the nature of man.
u iact is so, and theseiPeople of the Southern G.lo
mes are much more strongly, and with an higher aud
more stubborn spirit attached to liberty thau those to'
the northward. Such were all the ancient common
wealths, such-were our Gothic ancestors, such, in our
day,. were the Poles, and such will be all. masters of
slaves who are n.t slaves themselves.' In such a peo
Ple the haughtiness of domination, combines with
.the spirit of freedom, fortifies it and renders it invin-able.
JOURNAL . RALEIGH , N'
Scotsmen at the . Souths . , ;
' We invite the attention of our readers to the fol
lowing communication, which 'we find in the Scottish
American journal. -:. " -
Mobile, May 23, 1861.
, Editor Scotch American' Journal .-rStop, sending.
your abominable Abolition paper ; it is only fit for;
Itoarx or fools to read. If you ! think such articles as
appear inHhe. edition of the 25th ult., please the
Scotsmen in jiobile, youare devRisldy mistaJeen- We
are all eager to have a hand in r pulling the , rope we
are preparing to bang oia.x.mcoin witn. j '.. , ,
Abchibald Mackat.
Notice. A,t a meeting of the "Moble Scotch
Guards." held on Wednesday,; 1st May, 1861: at their
drill room, Capt. Robert Greig in the chair, the folr
lowing preamble and resolutions were unanimously
fldonted : . i - . "--. I i
i Be it known to the citizens, of the Confederate
States, that a certain journal, published in the city of
New "York, called the acouisn American Journai,and
hadng a large circulation in these Confederate States,
'was started a few years ago, with a programme to
take no part in the political issues of the day, but to
be devoted exclusively to all the matters appertaining
to the well-being: of the sons of Caledonia and their
descendants; but alas I the. editor of that paper has
changed his front with, a right about . face into the
ranks of our enemies. In his last issue, he calls upon
all men of whatever rank or station, to rally under
the banner of their common j country, the glorious
Stars and Stripes, and be ready to march to extirpate
a nest of traitors, who are in rebellion against their
Government. That editor, like all others of his sec
tion, knows not that we, of these Confederate States,
are a unit, ready and willing to meet the enemies o
pur common country: Victory may not always be
Ours but the Pass of Thermopylse is before us, and
we are ready , to enter it. Xerxes may have his num
bers; but we shallmarch to meet him, relying upon
God. and the mstice of our cause.
We are ready to do battle for all that is held sacred
among men the defence of our hearths and homes
and we wilt tell that editor that so far from being, as
he saVs, a divided people, we are one and indivisible
ready to uphold the honor of our country both with
our purses, and our swords. And when the day of
battle does come, he will find j u ready to"; fall, with
our faces to the foe and our backs to the - heavens, for
we are. glorious in our might and great in the justice
of our cause: Therefore, f ; !
v Be it Resolved, by the Officers and Members of the
Mobile Scotch Guards, now assembled, until fuR ranks
in their drill room, That we collectively and indivi
dually will do-all that l ys in our power to suppress
-the Scottish American Journal looking upon all men
that hereafter may receive that paper as contributing
to the. wealth and prosperity of ourenmies
And be it further Resolved, y That the above pream
ble and resolutions' be published in all .the j papers o
the South, and a copy of the s,ame be sent to the edi
tor. of the Scottish American Journal.
ROBERT GREIG, Chm'n..
John Jack, Sec'y. V ;j. i ,
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From the Richmond Enquirer.
Can't be Beat Too Good to be Lost.
The highly accomplished j lady . of Col. Bradley
Johnson, left this city on Saturday morning vith ml
equirments for 500 gallant isons of, Maryland that
Icrt. b rwlenck under command of Col. Johnson and
placed themselves on the Maryland heights Mrs
marcinng witn ner nusoand lounu tnat arms and
equipments could not be had for them 'in time left:
her husband and went to North Carolina her nativei
State and called on; Gov. Ellis, who introduced this!
noble wife of a gallant soldier, to the: Council,-where:
she-was allowed four minutes to. express her wants
Before the time allotted to her, was . np, the 'order fori
500 rifles, &?.r was' made out and handed her. The)
same day she made a speech to some of her old school
mates, and about $400 were made up for her, on her
way uiuier. , omau qonauons were made at feters-:
burg. Much has been and is doing for her. Oa her
arrival here, Gov. Letcher presented her with mater
ials for tents and knapsacks, fcc, and 100 in cash
Mrs. Judge Hopkins has also lent this lady Genera
much aid in carrying out her plans, and ere this;
doubtless, Mrs. Johnson is in full command of the
-Maryland heights, with her rifles and munitions o
war.. Does not Virginia possess such an example o
female heroism ? Js this proud young lady of nine
teen summers to carry off the palm of victory ? Is
there none, to emulate her ? -Virginia has! been out
flanked by a daughter of North Carolina, in the
South, who selected one of Maryland's sons, in thj?
iNorth, tor her better-halt, kand plants her staff on
.Maryland, heights in defence of the sovereignty of
btates aud freedom and religious liberty. !
. Yours truly, . D. N. L.
Richmond, June 2, 18G1.
Party Spirit. A very intelligent gentleman, who
was in Raleigh this week, informs Us that at no time
heretofore has he ever witnessed party spirit so ram
pant. Tluit the declarations 'of the Democratic leaders
professing to desire that all party distinctions should
oe atwiished are all bosh, and that in making appoint
ments but little regard is paid to fitness or; qualifiea
tibn, the main question being: "is he a Democrat ?"
Obr informant says, that a prominent gentleman told
htm. that if thinsrs did not alter in this resnect that
t ' a t . i .
there was no hope for us except in the forbearance of
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'"wiu ciuu iiic ineiuy ui uuu, lor inai l'emocracyin
their intolerance, and in their grasping after office and
the spoils, were hurrying us on to destruction.
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If the Patriot knew the former politics of many of
the appointees,' it certainly. would not publish such
stuff as the above. The insinuations of the Patriot
are unjust and untrue, and we resrret to see them at
time like the nresent. We.sUrmose the editor of t.hk
Patriot and his informant have not yet got clear of their
party ieenngs. Wesfem Democrat. - '
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I he blockade aud non-intercourse between the
isorth and the South is working' wrII in nne wnv
The strychnine whisky that they used, to send from
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Cincinnati aowu the river to .rennesscepaiississippi and
Louisiana, and all around until it eot this far. is now
bound to stay at home. The health of the lower Mis-
s-ssippiis mnch improved, while the "troops" of the'
Pork State are very much tangle-legged and have
-VvTT-r-,Vr1 4.1, V I .1 '
wu" ovci meir laces, vjr course tney are driven
to desperation when they drink their own liauor.
knowing how it was made, but they don't want to
waste it, so they throw themselves outside of it. to
prevent its running away. Ten cents a gallon for rot
gut. We are glad that traffic is stopped. Without
joining in the repetition of hackneyed phrases about
" King Alcohol," which all ought to uuderstand and
appreciate by this time, if they could be made to do
bo uy uint oi iteration, we will venture to say that
discreditable potentate never made hi
a more abominable or unwholesome guise than that ojf
Cincinnati whiskey. Even absynthe is perhaps less
wuiiiuijr poisouous.: uauy journal.
Though We have refrained heretnf.
the suggestion of the military authorities, jfrom any
mention of . the arrival or departure . of Confederate
troops' at this post, we cannot forego b day the plea
sure of giving a warm greeting to that glorious body
of citizen soldiery, the Volunteer Southrons, who ar
nved m this city yesterday from Vickeburtr. Missisi
ippi, to the number of 110 men. Cmt. Moodv hl
great reason to be croud of his tinlil.
did not need a second glance: to assure us was compos-
vf "4 "uc .v "gutmg and social material of a place
not unknown for the abundant possession of both arl
tides. . The lousy and God-fj.rsaken emissaries of ohl
Abe may well tremble when
Un arnving opposite the Spottswood House yesterday
evening the Southrons were drawn up in Unh and sal
luting President Davis, (who commanded some of the
men at the battle of Buena Vista,) were afterwards
reviewed and briefly arirlrpsw Kir i
sy, ... , . J j urn cuiei.-
Cheers, three times three," rung out on the air as h
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enency HfKJKe the last word. We trust thatJ
Alie may be enabled to eet a tjt.
joid.
these men before the war is over. Richmond Examil
nci , out illJil. : , . , j
Gov McRae's RegikeiJt. The excellent corresJ
pondent 'F.' bf the Richmond Examiner, writing ti
that paper, from Raleigh, on the 31st inst., says : I
1 learn that two Regiments more of North Carolina!
roops will leav. for ' Virginia on Monday next, and
that social. D. K. McRae will join you with his?
picked Regirneut. Col, McRae is known to vour citi
zens as, perhaps, the most brilliant orator in the'
Southern States, and he is. as brave as he is brilliant j
His Regiment of one thousand men will be equal to
four thousand Black-Republican hireling Of this'
Regiment, with Col. McRae at their headword Car-!
ohna will hear a good account. j
C, SATURDAY, JUNE 8,
Proceedings or the ConVentlon.
. " 7 : 'Tuesday, June 4 1861.
idenUnTheCl,SrM
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Tucker, of the M E. Church
South ,-r -TT rw,rie!--'--:-.i-i-!'
T The Journal of yesterday was read bv the Clerk
and approved. ' "
Mr.. Venable moved to take np the special order
for the day, but at the suggestion of Mr." Badger with
drew his motion. T r -r ? -
-Mr.' Badger offered additional rule ind regulations
for the government of the Convention; which under
the rules lies over till to-morrow.
it The President announced the, following committees:--
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. . Committee ' to enquire into the expediency of amend
ing the Constitution, so as to restore annual sessions of
the General Assembly and annual election of mem
bers Messrs. Osborne, Howard, Battle of Wake,
Thornton and Gilmer.
frMr Ellison moved to take up his resolution introduced
on yesterday,! concerning the daily hours of sittino"of
the Convention, upon the adoption of which the yeas
and nays were demanded, and resulted as foliows veas
75, nays 25. I ; , - ...
;By Mr. Hicks, a resolution to theeffect that rib person
wh shall not have attained the age of twenty-five
years, shall hold a seat in the House of Commons, aud
that no person who shall not have attained the age of
35 years, shall be eligible to a seat in the Senate.
Adopted. .-,.
By Mr. Speed, Resolved, That the Committee on
constitutional 'amendments be instructed to enquire
into the expediency of so amending the State Consti
tution, . as to reduce the number of the Senate to 32
and the classification' of the same, so as to elect one
third every tivo years, so that the entire body will be
changed every six years. If the election for the
House of Commons be held. biennially, or so that one
fourth shall be elected every year, and the entire body
shall be changed every four years. Also, to enquire
into the expediency of reducing the- number of the
House of Commons to one hundred. Adopted, t
Mr. Houston of Duplin, offered a resolution that
this Convention ad journ on Monday next to m eet again
on the 25th' of July. V Various amendments were of
fered, and Mr. Pettigrew submitted a motion to refer
the: question to a special committee on which the yeas
and nays were demanded,, and resulted yeas 59, nays
A communication was announced from his Excel
lency the Governor, and on motion of Mr. Craige was
read in secret session. 1 .. -
. After some time spent in secret session, the doors
werp opened agian, and the unfinished business of yes
terday was taken up it being the ordinance to adopt
the permanent Constitution of the Confederate States.
Mr j Graharh obtained the floor 'and addressed the Con
vention at some length in opposition to the ordinance
to adopt. Mr. Graham urged his objections among
which he said : We acquire no rights by the ratifica
tion of that Constitution to representation in the first
Congress ; nor in the first elecfion for President under
the permanent Constitution. f ': .
; Mr. Badger desired ;te reply to Mr. Grahani, but
the lateness of the hour as well as the exhausted pa
tience of the ; Convention ' warned him it was time to
adjourn, and he; therefore, asked leave of the floor on
to-morrow after the business of, the morning. '
! The Clerk read the following committee on the ma
chinery at- Harper's Ferry Messrs. Woodfin, Craige
and Graham J - :. ; .. - ...v
Mr. Rayner, from the committee of Finance to whom
was referred au ordinance to create a Board of Claims,
reported a substitute for the same, and recommended
its passagej and also "recommending. Messrs. Diilard of
Rockiugham, Sawyer of Buncombe, aiid Nor fleet of
Edgecombe, as members to constitute the said Board.
Objections were made by Mr. Spruill of Bertie, and.
the ordinance was not read the 2d and 3d time.
On motion of Mr. Badger, the Convention adjourn
ed: . ;. -:-;' i - . " .' '
. - -'j . ' r; '; Wedxesday, June 5.
The Coilverition was called to order by the Presi
dent at 1 1 o'clock, A. M.
Prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Smith, delegate
from Macon. '' . . 1 . ' -' '. ,:- .'
; The clerk read' the - journal of the proceedings of
yesterday, which was approved. -
: JHr. J ohn Ju. llomies, elected trom Wilmington to
fill the vacancy caused Iby, the late resignation of Col
R. II. Cowan, now absent on military dutyappeared
m the hall and took his seat.
Mr. Craige made a inotion that the Convention go
in secret session, to receive the report of the committee
to consalee the message ot tne Governor, sent to the
Coriveutionn yesterday, but withdrew it, lti order to
the consideration of Mr. Badger s ordinance of addi
tional fules for the government of the Convention,
offered I yesterday, and which, under a rule of the
House, had to lie over one day.
Mr. Badger's ordinance was read bisections, adopt
ed, and ordered to be placed among the rules already
existing; and 250 copies of the same were ordered to
be printed for the use of the members of the Conven
tion.- . n . .. h. ' .-")'- . . -
Mr.- Stewart moved ! to take up his resolution of
yesterday that no member of this Convention shal
1x3 allowed to speak more than twenty minutes upon
any subject, until after the question of the adoption of
the permanent Constitution of the .Confederate States
ot America, and the election of delegates to the (Jon
federate. Congress shall have been disposed cf." .- ": j
Upon! Mr .-Stewarts' motion the yeas and nays were
demanded which resulted m,yeas 6U, nays 50.
j Mr. Craige's motion tb go into secret session was re-
hewed and prevailed :
After remaining in secret session about an hour
the doors - were "again opened, and the ordinnce to
idjpt the permanent Confederate Constitution being
the order of the day, the . President announced that
the delegate from Wake was entitled to the floor. -
Mr. Badger after some remarks in relation to the
proposition which was rejected this morning, to limit
discussions to twenty minutes, proceeded to consider
the two mam questious at issue, in the pending que
tion-7-one' to postpone till the 2Qth. of August, and the
other to submit the Constitutioiil to a vote of the peo
ple. Mr. B. differed with gentlemen who had spoken
in favor of each of these propositions, and proceeded
to give I his reasons therefor. He addressed the
Convention,; at length, in favor of tho- immediate
aDoption of the Confederate States Constitution, and
was several times heartily applauded in the delivery
ot bis speech. !.
After some time spent in debate, the Convention
adjourned .
Thursday's proceedings were crowded out.
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Topography of Hampton RoADS.-Hampton Roads,
says the Petersburg Express, is the name given to the
broad expanse of water "between the mouth of James
river and the entrance into Chesapeake Bay. New
port JSews romt, on the North side of the river, and
Pig Point on the South, at the junction of the Nanse
mond with the James, may be considered as the mouth
of the James, i Between these two points the distance
is about five miles. ,. Craney -Island lies at the mouth
of Elizabeth river, some six or seven miles East of
Pig Point. Sewell's Point is about the same distance
north of Craney Island. These four points, therefore.
form very nearly a paralellogram. Old Point is five
miles North of Sewell's Point. Along the Northern
shore of the Roads, "it is believed that no batteries have
been erected; and the Federal troops may be disem
barked without any resistance. If the reduction of
Richmond is the object, as the signs seem to indicate,
the march of the Federal army from Newport News
will be jninety miles. But whether the invasion is
made with one column, or two or three columns, it
will require an army of overwhelming force, and in
the highiest state of discipline, to cut its way to the
Metropolis, i Whether Scott and Lincoln have such
an arnryj at their command, our readers can judge as
well as we; but for our part we do not believe they
have.; When the '' attempt is made, the peninsula
between the York and James will be watered with
blood. 1 f-' :;-"'v:v'--
Not Prisoners of War. We are happy ; to be
able to announce that the report published in 5 yester
day's paper, on the authority of the Washington
Star, to the effect that Capt. Shaefier s company had
been captured, and that Walter Lenox, formerly
Mayor of Washington city, was a prisoner in the
hands of the Liucouites, is wholly unfounded, v . Capt.
Shaeffer is now here with his entire company "ready
or the fray." Mr. Lenox is also here in good health
and spirits. Richmond Enquirer. ' ; . - i.r .
Fort LSumtes Garrisok Orpebed Orr. New
York," Jnne I.1 Capt.. Doubleday 'has been ordered to
Chamoersburgj Pa., with the two companies of the
Fort Sumter garrison, now at Fort Hamilton. .
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lje State Jfltmtat.
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JOHN SPELMAN,! PRINTER TO THE STATE '
SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 186L
Terms of the State Journal.
WTe beg to remind our friends that our paper is con
ducted on the cash system. The cash must accom
pany the order in every case. '
! 1 Terms.
Semi Weekly, per annum...
Weekly..;.!..
; BST Clubs, six copies
Clubs of ten and upwards, each..
....$4 00
.... 2 00
....ib oo
1 50
What we. may Expect. '
The Northern vai.dals are doing thieir -worst in
Virginia. They are enacting sceue3 disgraceful to
humanity. Their brutally ferocious deeds, as record
ed by the papers of that State, have no parallel in
any history of civilized warfare. Their progress, thus
far,", has been marked with rapine, robbery, murder,
arson and rape. Every crime and cruelty 'which has
ever characterizecV sa vage warfare, has been infused
into their system. , In vain does woruaii fly to
the sanctuary of female honor as a refuge from their
bestial passions. 'There she is pursued and dishonor
ed. t In vairi do the smiles of unconscious infancy ifn
plore for mercy. Thej dagger .of a murderous blood
hound reeks with its innocent bloai, ere it has been
conscious of' existence. In vain- does the civilized
wiirld ring the laws of civilized warfare iu ; the ear
of those northern savages and -plead their sanctity.
Regardless of theselaws and iu utter defiance of the
rights of man; citizens are slaughtered while engaged
in the' peaceful pursuits of life, or while' defending
heir own firesides against the marauding-attacks of
these legalized robbersl With the ravenous appetites
of vultures and harpies have they descended on our
beloved broners of Virginia, and with the ferocity : of
tigers have ihey perpetrated these hellish cruelties. -
But why repiue why murmur- and " complain at
the deeds of men who are but carrying out the cor-
i. ?: 'if 'i C 1 . i'1 tr IT . TT I- j 1
yupt instincts of their unsanctified hearts !
ma tuey
committed their brutal outrages in a moment of
phrenzy, when flushed with the joys vof triumphant
victory , or smarting under the pangs of humiliating
defeat, they might, .perhaps, have had a plausible ex
cuse for sonje of their abominable" excesses, but, under
no circumstances, will the civilized world lend its ear
to any excuse j for their brutal outrages on unoffending,
innocent Vornan. ;
. Fellow-citizens of Nortli-Caroliria, what excuse will
you listen to?! O, men, of North-Carolina will you
.pause a moment to listen to any excuse? Shall any
thing but ihe gurgling life blood of , those soulless
brutes atonej . to you,, fur the inappeaseable grief of
woman wronged. In he name of woman, are we all
asleep ? In; the narna of our lovely wives and fair
daughters, have we, while bearing the image, lost the
courage of men? In the nama of the virgin purity
and youthful loveliness of our sweet-hearth and our
sisters, shal
siich brutalities go. unpunished ? , In the
'name of oui venerable
motners ana agea tatners, who
are already tottering on the brink of eternity and im
ploring us to' seize our jarms, rush to the field and ex
pel these cut? 'throats and robbers from our soil, that
they may bpqtieath to us, their sons; the richest in
heritance of man, civil and religious liberty,, and die in
peace in tlioir names, we ask, has the distinguished
chivalry cf ithe sons of North-Carolina transferred it
self from their bosoms, and taken up its abode with
dumb beastfe ?, ' J .' ..
" ; Ah ! men of North-Carolina, we know to whom we
propound -these qu3csticms, and for you, and in your
name, we will answer-i-NEVER ! A thousand times,
NEVER 1 j Then why are you not in arms ? Why, O
brave; chivalrou.i sons of North-Carolina, why are
you not in Virginia to-day,', fighting your way to a
crown of glory that will endure-through, time, and
which you ill wear ' through all eternity ? ,' You go
not to shed the blood; of , your fellow man. You go
not to conquer any territory.. You go not to deprive
auy rimn oisl-any rights, civil, political or religious
No, no ! Neither all nor any of these things invite
you to the; jfield. You g), brave souls, to avenge
your slaughtered citizens or share their fate. You go
. to expel a niercifess army of desperate villains, inured
fcUipiuo auit piuuuur, irusu me s:ti;rea, sou oi Olu
Virigniai The wails of Virginia women, maids and
matrons,; outraged and dishonored, -invite you to the
field to aveijge their wrongs. Can you longer hesi
" tate? : V;i -.. :f :'.
Whom have we to meet ? An army, most of whose
officers have ruined their fortunes by gaming or more
diabolical vices, and a majority of whose men have
been collected from those dens of iniquity and crime
where highwaymen and pirates are the principal offi
cers, and where assassins and murderers, thieves and
robbers annually graduate. What few honest men
are among them are the silly dupes of unconscious
ignorance, or the "delude! victims of a wild pseudo-
religious fanaticism. Of such med are the armies of
the North cjrnposed ; such are the men who have in
vaded Southern soil,' and such are the men who have
come to Virginia to whip freemen into obedience, by
desolating tlileir country, and parpetrating such hor
rid crimes as! the tongue of man cannot utter without
a blush. j .' :r. -
- v - What are the numbers of the enemy's forces already
in the field j . They are put down at ninety-five thou
sand men, already at the different seats of war, ex
clusive of those whose destination or .location is not
yet decided On. - These I vast numbers are largely in
creased by daily accessions. : These numbers are large
and formidable ; but in 'stating their numbers we have
told the worst. , The question now is, can we meet
and conquer, ; them ? i ' ' - '. '
We need not say that this cannot be done on paper.
It can be done only on the field of-.., battle, aud to be
done successfully, cheaply, and with the least possi
ble loss of Ii f, we mnst send man for man; and one
man more, wjith the enemy. Tnis, we all know, we
can do, and. what vwe can do must be done speedily.
Noble reader are you willing to go, and if so, are
you ready If business or . the decrepitude of old
age compel you to stay) at home, are you kindliug a
fire of patriotism in the jheart of your neighbor that
nothing but the blood of our ruffian fpe shall be able
to quench, j: -, j ' - ' '- '; " ' .- "
Men of the Srjuth, there is your enemy. We have
told you but. faintly -of i his formidable "numbers and.
their hellish crimes crimes which noue but "the rep
tile spirits of guilty miscreants and, wretched pol
troons wouldjdare to perpetrate. ' V , .
In numbers we must equal and by valor conquer
him! ' The day of retribution has come and his crimes
he must atone, though torrents of hid perfidious blood
; should flow as rivers throughout our land.
' tnako
: i-uia utuiieiiiuui, curiam, tne orave sons of Xrn.
Jino mtist : buckle on their swords anil ruah U
camp where their brothers now are. Let mone
as brass and property of no value; farther than 'he
be employed iu raising troops, equipping them for ti!!
fiel.l and ; supplying the necessaries of life. I Butter e '
pend all I that we have in securing the means of '
W.e VnC(A ani driving his blood-thirsty ie
from our saerpd mi? I tli
and horrorsnf Tfofoaf on,lti,A..,c..'i:- i
! " ' ' yui iaii me ignomirtW
erty. f" -.- -U
Then, we warn our raiders to be more active If
possiple, than they yet have been, in getting reu'lv
for the fight.. All our available forces should at on1
be underj arms. ;Every man in the.lafcl'siiouid- u
fighting man and fully prepared,' at a moment's ym'l
ing, to rally unc(cf his captain, and march t
point of ganger. , We can't be conquered ; but to i1'.
V; - We need not tell our readers ttiatif Virginia fall.'
North-Carolina falls with it. Is not the cause J
rgiuia, the cause of North-Carolina, tlie cause 9f tl,c
entire South, and the cause of every man in its ci ';'
secrated limits? Then.iwhile
invaded, by hordes of miserable poltroons, led 0u ,y
a perfidious tyrant,' who are laying waste ner field, -sacking
her towns, murdering her citizens,1 aud eiuet-:
ing such scenes geuerally as would disgrace the caU
endar of crime, of the most savage nation on tlie cu th '
let us fly to her rescue and a venge her vvrongs. It '
us Pot wait till the enemy" hs reached ! 011 hXr
I t us aeet him on.; the frontier, and - contest his tm'y.
gress inch by inch while we can pull ; trigger or
wield a sword. And, when victory has, perchedpoii
our banner, when our honor shall have becfi vin.li,-
ted, when our lives and liberties sliall have ceased to ,'
le imperilled, and the dastard minions if a tyrant
foe shall have taken up his retreat, let tlie gijsti,,",,
steel and waring cannon of Southern patriate offer up
his infamous, coward host as; au'expiatory holocaijst
merited ;but'una vailing, to the holy iudiguation of the
outraged, spotless honor of Virginia's lovely woino-V
- The Richmond Examiner has loiig been a' fav mtr
paper in some portions of; North CirolinaV but siiico
the question of "death -or liberty" has assiiined a tangible,-existing
form,' the gallant editor of! that hWt
has wreathed his brow with, unfading laurels, and lias
commended his paper, as the index of an indenen.L.ut '
mind and fearlesa-spirit, to the no, not to the appro-
bation, jut to the admiration of every Southern man
whose t lirst for the blxd; of domestic tralitbr Ur Air- - :
eign foe will never be appeased, till the last ftprint
of the ruthless invader of our rights aiid liberties be ; ;
-'eflacetl fir. an the surface of our. siicred soil. ' ' : i 1
The. fearless,. unadulteratel patriotism of JTr. I),n.
lei 8 heart surges from, his burning pen, as th
n " - v . ' ' -" ' - m. ... - '!'
'waters
01 some roaring cataraet bounding Iroin its,
tOWtTNili
summit .to their deep abyss. With such wajwisas tli'o
Examiner, and such patriot souls as iaihabit th tabr-.
n;icle ofj its chivalrous editor,' ten' thousand cuiiM jmt
one hundred, thousand to flight. 1 ,1 i : T
of the Examiner, we may as well .add that its
correspondent, " J. F. L." is an accomplished
a 1 -ivrii r
gClltll'..'f
man and one m whom the rentiers of the
X'lHltW'1
may implicitly confide for reliable hformat i )
subject which may engage the attention of
oil any ,
is' p'ljli. '
la the fallowing statement which we clt
of hi.s late communidatrons, he has Wiid
North Carolina is determined to perfohii.
fit 'in iis
only what
h'et' hotur
xue 5 jus 01 iNorm Carolina nave taken
and her interest in their own keeping,' an
1 they w.ijl 1
will 'preserve her limits aiid liberties iiivioj.ite "froiiV
tlieir Vabdai read They will not wait for t!,e ineiu.i .
merit! of ejtiqueuce to. urge them to do tlioir dntv.-- '
Their hearts .will leap to the Voice of- North (Wilia"'
oiiuvv luitnunt- iuiserauio.ioriiieru! lire iu's r. i.ir. r iwv
as to thd cry of a -mother,- and their- blades to li i
defence, land will fight for their homes'and th' . rights
ot the bouth . " ; .
MTill the last armed foe expires."
In spiJaking of the Ecaminer we would not be con
sidered as m'ikin; any invidious eompari.son Inttween
that favArite paper and its patriotic contetnporaiifs of,
Richmond and Petersburg. - They are all equally eu-!
deared to us by tbedrilliant warfires whicli thev keeri'
y burnwg in tho popular heart and by the';
i just exposition uf the brutal deeds of those mrtliet;ii
ruffians Who have already jwlluted our soil; and we
wish theni all many long years of happiness and pnis
perity, alter victory shall have perched On. the baii
ners of tlie South, and the haughtiness of the northern ;
barbarians shall have been humbfe'd in the dust.
Strike "em Again.
Our con temporaries "who owe no allegiance to bit
ter part'san cliques are beginning to manifest 'their
honest indignation at the iusidut?us attacks, ion Giv-'i
ernor Ellis which teem weekly in the teileigh
ard. The Western Democrat has expressed it! !opiil-
ion frceIyon this matter and its '-judicious rebuke "t v
the-Hssailants of the Governor, will be' fo ind to-day .
in another column." ' ' K-
To the testimony, of the ,L)eniocrat, w jire .pleasd '
at being able to add that of ithe Newberu Daily Vr
gress, which is, one of the special friends of ihe Slanl-
ard. Among other good things, the Progress boldly
and truthfully remarks :
'.Ve believe that Governor, Ellis and the Militrtry
Board are doing,, under the circumstances, . the very .
best .they -can for the interests of the State."
And again: . . : . - . ' ' . - -
. "Now it is false to assert that all the offices have
.juwij. wuivicu .ujhju me: pun m; tti jiieiiua ui . vrof i ii"i, j
Ellis, and equally false to say that the commission.!,
have been monopolized by the Uuion men. ApfMnt- I
iments have been ;con"ferre(l'upon gentlemen in this sei
tion who iav6 never been dem(K;rats, and who, we tsuii s
pose, never voted for Gov. Ellis."
j And again : '? ' ..' ": "' '. ' ' ' ' " ;.
-"Gjv. Ellis is doing the best he can and! i not de
lierviug the censure being heaped upon hiiii in certain'
quarters." ( ' .' . .'
V We will simply remark that What .Gocrnor Ellis
is raid, by the Progress, to have done iii the Newhern
section f ; the State, in conferring appointments iipon .
jgentlemeu who never voted for him, he has done in;
tlie Raleigh section, and in every other soctiou, and
nobody can truthfully deny it. But the Governor has
.linan r.nnro.fo,! t-... 4- V, . . . . 1 1 C . . . . 1 C-Z .3 . t S1 ....,
become used to such carpings, from' their! frequency
and will, we suppose, be able to stand it. Bark pu,
gentlemen, there's a moon somewhere in the firma
ment. r "' -i,
, . Arriral of Troops;
Tlie following additional companies liavj
arrived i a '
Kaleigh : Chatham Rifles, Capt. Erley, front Cliatham, :
and Jeff. Davis Guards, Macon county,, Capt. Angol,
pu Saturday. Also the Buncombe Sharp Shooterv, !
Cipt. Thrash, from Buncombe'county, and ft company
from Jackson, Capt. Coleman, and one from Beaurt.
Capt, Poole -the last en route for thecamp at Garys- .
The following troops left Camp Ellis, this city,, on
Saturday i Oak City Guard,' Capt. Faribault; Stanly
Marksmen, Capt. Anderson; Rough and Ready G uards, 7
Capt. Vauce ; Read Guards. Capt. Slade. And on ;
Sunday, Italeigh Rifles, Capt, Harrison; Ellis Guards,
Capt. Sinclair. ;; , ,. v: ' ::' .-
Otficeks; Elected The following gentlemen
were" elected by the' 4th' 'Regiment North Carolina
Volunteers on Monday. .. ' ; . . ' ' ;
Junius J. Daniel, Colonel; Geo. S. Lovcjoy, Lieut. )
Colonel; Paul F..Faisoii, Major. - iu. j L
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