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THE STATE JOURNAL: RAI.EIGH. N. C, SATURDAY,' JUNE 8, 186L- itl;' 0 ! f " V "I.?'' 4!: 'V.'U. ,7 . 7 Trom the London Times of May XTt. - TT! -Pnoebla T.nttOTa fmni AmeHfift. Charleston after the fall of Sumter--? Carolina : TrovvslGen. Ueaureaard FS.7 j .fbfe Jlaior Anderson's Defence. 1 ' i Charleston, S. G, April 21. I finl jonje conso ciation for ithe disappointment of not arrivi agj ju tithe - to witness the attack upon Fort Sumter an describin the condition of the worMsoon after Majoi Anderson ' ..-.J. AT J If"!, I I f; pamphlet entitled "The JJirtttc of Fort j Sumter and :jf-f First Victory of the Southern Troops," &c.: seyeral ' -1 77 "nnenis." and a varistr of versicules. soil pis and rhp- i , Uorical exercitations upon this event which, however .important as a-poiiuuu ueuionsiration ,s pi smau I value in a military sense, except in so far as the blood- i 7 j; leas occupation of a position commanding Charleston :f;. harbxir is concerned. It may tend -to prevent any I ? false' impressions founded otfimperfect information to f 7 and its effects, which will interest, at least someraili 1 - tarv readers. - . t 1 I 1f;r J 7;f In the, first plaeet may be well to admit that the r"-:' ;c)linrar)S were taore formidable- tMn one ivis ftrpnnml 1 "to expect n the part of a small State, 'wftthout ariv j . conbiueraoie internal organization or- resources. The ! comparative efficiency was due mafnly toj Gen. Beat regard and his Assistant Engineer Majoi Whiting, xv ho, are both professional engineer ofBcere )f ihe Uni- ' tel States- army, and who had capacity ahc influence enough to- direct the energies of the mn disciplined masses.in the '.proper direction, instead I cf.il lowing them to rush on their fate, in the p'erilou ssay of an ,e;ala,de. The state of South Carolina har for a long urae past oeen accumulatme' arms and miimtinns nf jn;;waY,and it may be said that ever since the rinllifica I ! . Jtinn contest she had permitted herself to djvel on the iqea or u inmate Accession , to be euected ) t Jy force if i, . ing came here the yorks intended to resist- the fleet ft OTWl! nrTliili tV, firf wrftro n a vonr ' i rv- ttu- J T fir-- - dfifi : M a.lc.r.n n rvl lii officers fiad a tru? profession- : al contempt for the batteries ..f the civilians and mili- tiamen, -vhich was in some measure justifiable. : One 'r f; morning, howevter, as they took'tlieir survey of their enemy's labors for the previous night, they' perceived a change had come over the design of theii works. That ''some one who knows his business is over there" : was evident.' ThHr strange relationshipf ith those . '. who were; prepanng.to destroy them if. possible, how ev.Y prevented their recourse to the obic us ;means .whicUwpre'.ttien in abundance in their iapids tb. avert l.tl)e corning danger. ' Had Maj. Andersoii'j nairjtafned' ; a wHl Tegulated fire on the enemy the mpnenf they : lWigan to throw up their batteries, and prepare Fojrt Moultrie against him, he could have made heir pD- greks very slow and exceedingly laborious! and! hafe marked it at every step" with blood. His command :':,-;overthe ground ..was. very mariced and decide id, huiie :bad,it is to be supftosed', no authority to kc end hfni ' self Jii -the only way in which it could be fjor e. "Tile : late" that fatal phrase-r-was'the echo tolevery'nrHtfr ' which canio from the seat of Govei;nmeit at Wasli ingtoi . Meantime, the South Carolinians worKedi at.-' their hateries, and wjere- sopn able, to obt.1ir cover oh : r ,..t- ,1 ; i .i ' ' i ' i i tllc 1,1,11 hmy puuns on vvmcn tney were planting 'X ." their guns and mortars. 'They practised tjh ir nienP at p. stacked slwt and' shelly and funiis bed tbfei- i magazines, and drilled their raw levies with irnpurjltt within'. H00 yards of the fort. We all Know what : J' iiirpuiiity. iwirth in offensive demonstratio is. llfii ajPwet-fiil. figent sometimes, iii 'creating eti husialml I .;:Ev4ry. day more Voruriteers flocked to the vjir ous ccjrh-1 ; i:pat,:-orreatecJ ew-ass()ciati6ns of-armcjil arienijiict, .--:-ho;heterogenous and motley mass began to assuTn4 .rnd Resemblance to -an army, however irrog ilar; Ati T. tlie'present moment Chartoston is like "a plac? in the f 7 neighborhood of a camp where military inl volun ; j? te;r tailors, are at work rtying experimeijtf iii ini4 uy.ujvairu senain in tDei.r animate models for iih-j ; ,sF(!MMon. There is an endless, varietjf oftfen of tili-l sswin dress and . equipment and nob' 'nc'Iatutej among these companies. The' head dressisj enerally,l ho.wever, a smart cap life the 'French kepi j tie tnncf is of different v cuts: colors, facing: and mn fpriajLi-i green with "jay and yellow, gray with ol-alge aird ' xw.u nuiV3. tjiiirr il v ill lit? il l vi-i uv inrinnra roan,; I)rov d, bu nt sienna and oIive-ackti. frocf a' .1; v. .V ; tunics,. bWius. cluth, liticn, 'tweed, flannel. I 1 rr:-i.p' ' 7'ij;;ccrsl re. generally m .blue troclis and brass ij'- I : -. iii'' I'ed sashes, the rank being.lndicated bj ' f v l;.: ? 11; parallelograms oh the shoulder straps, whiql: dier is the "best proof of the reality of the spirit which animates the class they represent. Mr. Lucas is a gen tleman of the State, who is acting as aide-de-camp to Governor Pickens. Passing through the dense crowd which, talking, smoking, and reading . newspapers fills the' large hall.of the Mills bouse, we emerged on the dirty street, sufficiently broad, and Jined with trees protected by wooden shea things at the base. The homes, not very lofty, areclean and spacious, and pro vided with! verandahs f cing the South as far as pos sible. The trees' give the street the air of a boulevard, arid the town has somehow or other a renpniscence. of the Hague about it which I cannofexplain or account-' for satisfactorily. The headquarters are in'a large, airy public building, once devoted to an insurance company's operations or to the accommodation of the public fire! companies. There , was no' guard at the door ; officers and privates .were passing to and fro in the 'ballpart of which was cut on by canvass screens, sd as to form room for the departments of the Horse Guards of South Carolina.; Into one of these we turn ed, and found the ;' desks occupied by officers in uni- . fqrm, writing despatches and copying documents with "; all the -pbandon which distinguishes the true soldier when he can get at printed forjns and Government sta tionery, In another momentve were ushered into t a smaller room, and were presented to the General, who was also seated at bis desk. Any one accustomed to . soldiers can readily detect the "real article" from the counterfeit,' and when Gen. Bearegard stood up to wel come us it was patent he was a man capable of great- ' er things than taking Sumter. He is a squarely-built, ; lean man, of about 40 years of age, with broad shoul ders and legs "made to fit" a horse, of middle height, and his bead is covered with thick hair, cropped close, and showing the bumps which are reflective and com bative,' with a true Gallic air at the back of the skull ; the forehead, broad and well-developed; projects some what over the keen, eager dark eyes ; the face is very thin, with very high cheek bones, a well shaped hose, slightly acqiyhne, and a large, rigid, sharply cut, mnntJi , set alxivp. a fiill fichtinar chin. Tn the event of any important operations taking place, the name of this Qfficer m 11, 1 feel assured, be heard often enough-' to' be my excuse, for this little sketch of his cutward man. He was good enough to detail his chief engi neer officer to go with me over the works, and I found in: Major Whiting a most able guide and agreeable companion. It is scarcely worth while, to waste time indescribing the position of Charleston. It lies as low asj Venice, the look of which it rather affects' from a d i ktancfi. wi th Ion e sand Y isl ands stre th i n .or im i. at. arm s to close up the approaches, and lagoonsreutting into thh hand slinrR stands Fnrt. Mnultrift On tlio southern side, on another sandv island, are- the ilnes JJ v r - -. p i i j i 1 : 1 1 1 i ' . - J or uie oatcenes wnicn, proDaDiy, were mosc.aange- rous, irom tneir proximity ana position, to tne unpro tedtod face of Sumter. The foft itself is bU t in the 'he offi- Inittonsi. old la-c are like of the ; ukish; in use in trie itussian army.- I he arfn4 i tmi'n seerQ tolerably well kept and in good hrder.l ;f i latfy, however, stiil shoulder "White Bess'l p nioothbpre musket ; with unbrowned bajrol I '; J"i""ving 1.1 an official return, which I am ,enr i 'T'ieseht to vou through the courteav of. th 'fAif . . . - j . .... ........... i....... ..nuowiiijr x,ie actual number oi men umier iar nstyesr terday, in And around Charleston : , If .'7;r Morris Isla'hd.sl7th'Jlegiment: 70D 'iu'eni st ReU ji iirnenfgoO tuen; 2nd Regiment, 975jnen: 1Sotill2.62S '-t: i Sill 11 van's LslanS SH Pom'mmit 1 ATS J ,lL' tachfient of 8th Reirihient. 250 men- dft:it-liTltot.t. Uf H Gth Rjinieut, 200 men; cavalry and others "2 25 nieh- f :t.,t-,1! :i -r.t' . - - "- 1 i ' : tfi.anu oiner points, VoU nionjiUharlesitoti, 1,1900 ;meu;'Uplumbia, 1,950 men, f i l the old The bled ito lorities. - Mjcris Island SuJpvan's Island Stone and other Points men. ; $,625 IS : 750 ; ' ',125 .950 I i ' if."- 'f : . Columbia" 1 Charleston - T - n . . . i in nrui at the time ot report . ,1V5-?7 :.;7;fotai.:. :-:v,;:-.' '' jKBM S The regmiente mentioned herd are corpse '! jf ithe s various companies raised in diff'erenUaUti s with i different -names,: but the State regulare in expeq ;' tation tbat they Will soon heiJe pofliojis of tlse J ;regular army of arnfede tes, which id in course i of formation. YPx'fT, i U.ieve, only o5,j00 ) regis ' tf red. voters iu Soutb Carolina. The number f men furnislieil by them. is a fair indication of thie : :eal f(?r i thecaiisettv'hich animates' the ftormlntinn Ti,. r,7.,U If Ti6 of the troops is undeniably g d." Nowj-'add then iKiersizai,veaKiy men may be met.withj Hut tKe L great; majoritv of the comnariies consist, nf t-aib- 'k-Ax file exceeding the average! stature of EuropeatJ,' antf ncii wuui iiuu muscuiar. . ine men rt a verj! ' large tdowu here. Nothing, indeed, can be more 0b tious hen ; one, lMks at the: full-gTown.f h jalthi,: handsome race which develones -ibwlf i ; in tghe bar-rooms, and in the. hotel halls, than the ziZ rorof the argument, . which is mainly used ly the ! !r - . wctui w, ifiuu, w uire men cannot tnrjve. m ir cjtate. In limb, figure, height, weight! they ' are equal to any people I have ever seen, and 'their feafitires! are verv f pcrnlnr anil TMVnnnnfiy "Tki. .iincfeed:As, unlike the idpal Amprir.nn' f ''J.v:X ..... If- . - .. v.. wuii ' -vi iy j f turists and our stage as is the -"milor" of the Pojre : ; 4-t - Martip to the English gentleman. Sonie if tjiis 7 .;. .Superiority is due to .he fact, that the bulk of the ' 4 T1 population here are in all but name aristoc ats or rather oligarchs. ; The State is J)ut a gigantic J parti; ;. j . riri wiikh the helotry are.marked byan "indellil le diI 7f , ffereiice-pf ; color and" race from the ; masters ! The . : white population which is not land and slave-i (.ldi;n'" j v arid agcultural is very small and very insign ficahf! !4Tue sters enjoy every advantage which, can rond4ce 7 :; 4 "M t?)? physical excellence of a people; and to t ie ctiU : . f tivationi of the graces and accompKshmenta f Ufe , 7, ;i even though they are rather disposed to neglec ; pure ,f : r7:y .mtellectHal etijoymepts and tastes. Marij o ' thoe ' :whj serve m the ranks are men worth 5 H)0io H :;!-ft0,O0Q a year-x-at least, so I am told an 1 men 7f f P,He(1 out to me who were said to be worth fir r :.'.'more. 'jOno private feetls his company, on renlh 7 .'Tpatls and Madeira, another provides his fomradbs "7 feyth nlimitd.Cliarlipane most grateful on the arid 7 hills; :a third,; with a more soldierly vier fiothdir i tauni cn.iu jv,.iwiuuiu euiciency puncnasps j flr the men of his ."Guards" a complete equipnfentbf 1; Enfield rifles. How Ion's?' the zeal Rnd i-AsiiirUro Up i these sentlfmea will last:.. LilirAt present they "would prov formidable to ant enfe- V "' eepc a regular army on tne plain and n the 7j7;open field; Jb4 they are not provided with ifie Id A- ( -v.. ....vu.n.ti ivuti -jf , aim uiev are i oc ac- cistomed to act in concert and in large bodies. i . j I testerday morning I wkited on Geo. BeaLr arfl who is commanding the forces of SoutH-CaroBna0 His des-de-camp, Ir. Manning, Mr. Chesnut, Mr.Por-' ?her Miles-and Col. Lucas, accompanied me,! 07 these w C w r fe been Gornor of his State ; jth ( neit uas been a Senator, the thin! a ; 1? ac?f VO'u"tee!s &nd gentlemen of'Udtiou h 111 the Stati ainA 4V, i..i .t if T""1 -r m vc fcuai, lDey are not omltf con i; tent. Knt. m-9tifoA n . . ! . . -..TM J1 ii i- -i . cisut uuu ten incn cumbiads for. throwing solid or hollow .hoUnd the upper tier for mortars, and guns. But bnlyf75 are now mounted. Eleven Paixhan guns are amcg that Some of ; the . Cdumbiads are not mounL Four of ti. 32-pounder barbetie guns are on pivot carriage! ana ptners nave a sweep of 180 tideway on a rwky point, which has ' been ins creased .by I. artificial deposits of -granite chips. Embarked with a few additions to our origi nal party, on board a small steamer called the Lady Da vis, we first proceeded to Morris Islaud, about 3 miles from Charleston. Our steamer 'was filled with commissariat stores for the troops of whom 4,000 were said' to" be encamped among the sandhills. Any one wTVrV; llAS PIW lwil nt Rilitlil-u .rt ' . or . Tina uiun the dunes about Dunkirk or Calais, will have a good idpa of the" i)l:ire. Our landino- was rmnnsM hir.o'' vr j- y .t:--r-- , e "ff" " guard of stout volunteers, with crossed firelocks; but pnicecded ankle deeu in the soft white sand tr visit' the! batteric:s'!which played ou the landward face of; Sumter. They are made of . sandbars ' for the most! part, well placed in the sand-hill-;, with orood t.rnvpr-! ses jind well protected magazines, the embrasures being; faced with palmetto logswhich cannot splinter when; struck by shot. It did not,, however, require much in-1 vestigation to show that these works would be great ly injured by a fire of vertical and horizontal shell from'. the fort, and that the distance of their armament would render it difficult to breach the solid walls which were opposed to them at upwards of 1.250 yards away. However, there were two powerful mor- tar batteries, which could have done great damage if" I they were well sorted, and have made the terrf nlpln 1 . 1- C - ' 1 . 1 it . . a.iiunirHue m me ion a complete "sneil-trap unless the mortars were injured. The civilians and militia men set greater store on the Iron Battery at Cum mirig's pointwhich is the part of the island nearest to the forty but the fire, of heavy guns would have soon, destroyed their confidence. It consists? of velLm- nfnA I logsj placed as vertical uprights. ; Theoof of the same ! . umicnaBiujies iium me top oi tne upngnts to tne ; sand facing the enemy ; over it are detailed bars of raikoad iron of the T pattern, from top to bottom, all 1 rivetted down in thp ninst. ewnnKmnor r., i, . .... . . . .in ..jJii llill.. I , ' JU VliKj i .iront tne ranroaa -irou root and incline present pn anr- J jgleoftnirfy degrees. There are three, port holes with I iiron; shutters. Wheu.opened by' the action of a le- f Iverlhe muzzles of the Columbiads fill up'the space I jviupiciejy.. iiie uolumDiad. guns? with which this, battery is 'equipped bear rfn the south wall of Sumter. iat an angle. The inclined side of the battery has been struck by six shot, the efiect of two of which is jenough to deraonslrate that the- fire of the guns en harhe.tte would have been destructive. Thecolumbiadis ;a kind ofDahlgren that is, a piece of ordnance very thick in the breech, and lightened off gradually from the itranyious to the muzzle. The platforms were rather light, butthe carriages were solid and well made, and the elovatinpr sm-pwr nr ftitiioe i; i o w yi tug guua were ill !goo( order. : The mortars are of various calibres and 'descriptions, mostly 8:inch and 10-inch; and itis said there were 17 of them in position and working against the fort, and that 35 guns Were from time to tune di rected against it. Shot and shell appeared to be abun dant: enough. The works are all small detached bat teries, with, sandbag merlons and open at the gor-e and they extend for four miles along the shore of the island. The camps are tritrhed mmtt. irrom,i.i i,a tween the sandhillstents of all shapes and sizes in the fashion called higgledy-piggledy, here and there ' in knots and groups, in the way that would drive an Indian quartermaster general mad. Bones of beef and mutton, champagne and wine bottles, obstructed' the approaches,. which were of a nature to afflict Dr Suth erland and Sir John.M'Neill most bitterly, and to sug gest the reflection that the army which so utterly ne glected sanitary regulations, could not long exist as . soon; as the ,-sun gained full power. They say ; hmTOver, the men are not sickly and that these sand lnlM; are the most healthy spots about Charleston. fhejmen were occupied as soldiers generally are when theyjhave nothing to do-loungiug or lying on. the Jfaw and plank carpets, smoking, reading, "sleeping, Thejowners ot the tents give them various' names of hich . -The Lions'' Den,"' "The Tigers' Lair," "The Eagle s est, : "Mars Delight," are fair specimens, and these are done in black, on the white calico. In one of Which we visited: the hosnitahlo i engaged m brewing claret cup, and Bordeaux, lemons sugar, ice, and Champagne, ami salads' were in abuh dancoj and at the end of the tent was a bar, where aniy-' T-w5 -. " '"""uwuim w iiau jorine asKin, tnough water was not so nlenfifnl ttie great object .of attraction was a gun made on Cap- tamvK akplPVVvirinrMTla' K. TIT T7 it . r v- t"",v",t-aucosis. rawcen, rreston il P t vt rpooi,. wnicn was only put in battery he day before the fire opened, and the effect of which dn the masonry is said to have beenverv powerful .It isa 12-pounder-the. same which . was tried last jear I thinkt-and bears a brass plate with the in smptio.) i r'Tresented to South Carolina by one of her EvS8- remarkable enough that the vessel hich carried it lay m the midst of the United States war vessels at the mouth of the harbor. Having satisfied our curiosity as well as time and a sane! Utorm permitted, we got into a row boat and pro- roln'li bTr" a ,listance the rt bears some resemblance to; Fort.Paul at Sebastopol. It is a trun cated pentagon, with three faces armed-that winch towards Morris Island being considered safe from attack, as the work was only', intended to resist an approach from; thesea. It is said to have cofct alto gether more t than 200,000 sterling.. Ti e walls are of solid brick and (xcrete masonry; built close to the twelve feet in thickness, and carry three tiers of guns on the north, east and west exterior sides. Its weak t pomt is on the south side, where the masonry is not protected by any flank fire to sweep the wharf f he avork is designed for an armament of 140 pieces bomfnT df a" ca1ibres- Two tiers are" under ?f ca5ma!es' the third tier is px bar- .... : -" i' . ;- ' -f ; a supply of shot, powder, and shells. The garrison was amply supplied with water from artificial wells. The war garrison of the fort ought to be at least 600 men, but only 79 were withirr its walls, with the la borers 109, all told at the time of the attack. I The walls of the fort are dented ou all sides by nl.. mn.te liiif in no instance Wait nnv armrnvh BUUb fcM - . . J IT X " made to a breach, and the greatest damage, at one of the angles on tne souia iace, uiu uot exieaqmore tnan two feet into the masonry, which is of very fine brick. The parapet is, of course, damaged, but the casemate embrazures are uninjured. On landing at the wharf we perceived that the granite copings had suffered more than the brick work and that the stone had split up and splintered where it was struck; Tne inge nuity of the defenders was evinent even here. They had no morter with which to fasten up the stone slabs they had adapted as blinds to the windows of the'uri protected south side, but Maj. (Anderson, or his sub ordinate, Capt. Foster, had closed the slabs with lead, which he procured from somejwater piping, and had rendered them proof against escalade, which he was prepared also to resent by extensive mines! laid under the wharf and landing-place, to be fired by friction tubes and lines laid inside the work. He had ahjo prepared a number of shells for the same purpose, io act as hand grenades, with friction tubes and lanyards, when hurled down from the parapet on his assailants. TI.o nntfonpa t.T the fnrf. WA bloT.kn.flpfl HTl lw Tnaccoe kf masonry, which had been thrown down from the walls 1, t.i,n 4 lAVMtVa nnt aItim'Ki' miarraiKS nlAnn 4-"U yl tilt? UUIilb Ul l CLK.ri.iy auu jiaxs-m.& ucjvxo aiuilg IIJC south side. A number of men were engaged; in dig-; ging up the mines at the - vharf, and others were busied in completing the ruin of the tottering walls,; which were still so hot that; it was necessary to keep a hose of water playing onjpart of the brickwork.. To an uninitiated eye it would seem as if the fort was untenable, but; in reality, in spite of the destruction done to it, a stout garrison, properly supplied,' would have been in no danger from anything, except the ex plosion of the magazine, of which the copper door was jammed by the'heat at the time of the surrender. Exclusive of the burning of the quarters arid ! the in tense heat, .there was no reason for a properly handled and sufficient force to surrender the place. It is need less to say Major Anderson had nefther one nor the other. He was in all respects most miserably equipped. His guns were without screws, scales, or tangents, so that his elevations "were managed by rude wedges of deal, and his scales marked in chalk on the breech of the guns, and his distances and bearings scratched, in the same way bn the side of the embrasures. Hej had not a single fuse for his shells, and he tried in vain to improvize them by filling pieces of bored-out pine with caked gunpowder. -His cartridges were out and he was compelled to detailsome of his few men to make them out of shirts; stockings and jackets. He had not a single mortar, and he was compelled to the desperate expedient of planting long guns in the; ground at an angle of 45 degrees, for which he could find, no shell, as he had no fuses which could be fired, with safety. He had no shears to mount his guns, and chance alone enabled him to do so by drifting some large logs down with the tide against Sumter. i Finallyhe had not even one engine to put out a fire in quarters. I walked carefully over the parade and could dfitfift, fhfi marts of n'nlv rpvAti Rfiplls in tht ground, but Maj. AVhiting told ine the orders were to 1 a AT 1 ' i.1 L i. - - a r j . i uursi, nie snens over ine parapet, so as to irustraiq any attempt to work the barhette fruns. Two of thesri - . i , c - . . . were injured by shot, and ?ne was overturned, ap- Daren tlv. bv its own rfiPnil lint, thprp wn nn I ininnri done inside any of the casemates to the guns or works. rPL.'. ' V. n l: a L 1. j J!-' ' l J - 'i ne -r. jliio hueii synuiers nau an uisaDnearea. carriea oir. i am . told, as "trophies." Had Maior Anderson been1 ; . i ' 1 I.rfillPr V nnVirlon Rrt thnf. FiA rnn hi horn of nnnn cant- men to the guns, opened fire; from those in barbette: mruwu snen auu not snot, Kept relays ro an nis case- mates, and nut. mit, firps sis thv nrnsp from rnA-hr shot or shell, he must, I have no earthly doubt, have; anven rne troops on- Morris island, burnt nut Fort .Moultrie, and silenced the i enemy's fire. His loss might have been considerable, that of the Confederates must have been very great. I As it was, not a life was lost bv actual fir on pitlipr sielp A wppV Tiono 6rA it will le impossible for a ' fleet to do anything, ex-. r a t- irTl. i-Wrt 1 ..i nnM A i ... . . X. n n - . 3 AT viu vuici IUC ucatClIV Wl till cllllJJf I1CIC, itllU HlCy mdjst lie off, at the least, four miles from, the nearest available beach. ? " Census of North-Caroiina, , The following takle has been furnished by the Se cretary of Sta'U to the Convention.- ': ;. ! .: f ' Talleofthe Population 'of the Slate of North-Carolina, according to -the 8th f Census, arranged by Counties Alphabetically. . i FREE col'd. : 421 COUNTIES. WHITE. SLAVES. TOTAL. , . - --..v. uniu uci la tn vur ine 'lower tipr us infoTiri An -3.- nan guns: the! twtf,nA r., :i. . a . . . . . i ..... v. Ail I nil fur nr 1 .1,1 rnn . Alamance, Alexander, - Anson, '" Alleghany, -Ashe, Beaufort, Bertie, - Bladen, Brunswick, Buncombe,' Burke, Cabarras, Caldwell. Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Catawba, . Chatham, 7 Cherokee, ... Chowan, Cleveland, Columbus, Craven, - Cumberland, Currituck, Davidson, Davie, DupliiL, Edgecoml)e, . ' Forsythe. Franklin, Gaston, .. Gates. Granville, Greene, Guilford. Halifax, Harnett. Haywood, Henderson, ilerttord, Hyde. Iredell, Jackson. Johnston, Jones, Lenoir,... Lincoln, Macon, Madison, Martin, . McDowell. Mecklenburg, Montgomeroy, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Orange, Pasquotank. TPerquimans, , 1 erson, Pitt, Prfk,' Randolph, . Richmond, Robeson, ( Rockingham. . Rowan. Rutherford, Sampson, Stanly. Stokes, -': Surry, Tyrrell ' Union, Wake Warren, Washington, Watauga, Wayne, Wilkes, Wilson, ' . 7,986 5392 ;so2 3,057 7,423 8,172 6.846'" " 6,233 4,515 10,623 19 151 27 142 72D 279 435 260 100 219 7402 - ,.,104 . 6,297. 2,940 6,064 6,581 9,038 12,555 8.609 2,978 10,108 5,779 8,795 9,561 4,671 13,378 " 6.001 ., 8,286 6,880 ' 10,716 6,490 7,009 4,180 11,189 2,826 ,15,738 6,642 - 5,351 5,488 8,981 3,948 4,682 11,141 6,241 10,548 - . 2,210 4,903 6,000 5,370 6,693 5;435 6,642 10,543 5,781 8,725 6,8.19 10,617 5,912 5,198 11,318 4,473 3,287 5,798 7,480 3,317 14,768 511 8,584 10,021 10,522 9,060 9,106 6,590 7,847 8,949 ' 3,203 8,903 16,470 4,923 3,596 4,771 8,721- 13,28a 5,944 9,110 8,229 3,445 611 6,951 . 206 : 391 6,878 8,186 '5,327 .3,631 1,931 2.371 3",040 . 276 152 279 28 304 ' ' 38 151 109 355 1,288 . ; 978 ' 221 147 101 374 388 211 541 102 352 1,121 152 693 2,459 104 85 1,111 259 2i 6 i 193 107 ' 177 80 115 7 '.' -451 213 390 45 184 688 766 656 15S 522 1,484 392 318 127 106 380 345 1,450 407 135 122 489 42 86 184 f43 53 1,424 405 . 295 ' 82 734 261 280 168 . 64 't 2,127 l,969 ,355 ,664 6,246 " 519 3,713 2,131 2,463 6,190 ; 5,830 2,524 3,076 2.392 7,126 10,108 1,764 7,079 2,199 3,902 11,086 10,349 2,584 313 1,382 4,445 2,793 4,177: 281 4,916 3,413 3,131 2,115 619 213 4,303 1.305 6,541 1,823 2,518 4,681 10,332 6,808 3,499 5,109 2,983 8,569 5,196 8,473 620 ' . 1,645 5,453 5,456 6,318 . 3,929 2,391 7,028 1,169 2,469 1,246 1,597 ' 6,246 10,733 10401 2,465 104 6,451 1,208 3,496 1,433 362 11,853 7 6,022 7 13,664 3,590 7,956 14,779 14,311 11,995 8,406 12,654 .9,237 10,546 7,499 -...5,343 8,185 16,215 10,730 19,105 9,166 6,842 12,348 8,597 . 16,273 16,369 " 77,416 16,601 8,494 .15,786 17,376. 12,691 14,110 9,310 8,444 23,396 7,925 20,056 "19,431 8,039 5,801 10,448 9,504 7,734 15,347 5,528 15,657 5,730 10,211 8,195 6,004 5,908 10,189 7,120 17,374 ' 7,649 11,427 11,688 21,715 13,376 8,856 16,949 8,940 7,248 11,221 16,080 4,043 16,793 11,009 14,490 16,746 14.586 11,573 16,623 7,801 10,492 10,379 4.943 11,202 28,627 15,726 6,357 4,957 14,906 14,749 5,760 10,711 8,655 Proceedings of the Conyention. ' I i ' Wednesday, June 6, 1861. e f?nTf non wag calleJ Qrder b preent at 10 o clock, A. M. Prayer was offered by the Rev. Mr Henkel, thedel ' egate from; Catawba county. 7 1116 aeTk! read the journal of yesterday, which was' approved, j -' 7 ' . ; . Mr. Bigg offered a resolution that the Convention T-nt, at 6 o'clock, A. M., until the first Monday in October mW tn n e .l- President, and in case of his death, to the call of any. -By Mr. jSmith, a resolution that the Committee on Finance be instructed to enquire the amount of ex penses incurred by the Sheriffs in holding elections for the Convention and to report an ordinanca for the same. . Carried. . I . . ' B Mr. ;i Hamlin, a resolution to amend the Consti tution so as to allow soldiers belonging to this State to vote in; Cam ji. for officers to which the people are en titled during: the cotinuance .of the present war. ' Lies over under the rule". ' By Mr. Wjlsori, a 'resolution to amend the Consti tution of the jState, by. striking out the 33d section and to provide for: the election of Judges and justices of the peace by . the; beople. Referred to the- Committee on the judiciary.ji j 7 By Mr.-Armfield, a resolution to amend the Consti tution sofa? toemove the restrictions of Clergymen tp hold civil offices. Passed its first reading. By Mr. Green, a resolution to take. up and consider his resolution to go into the election of delegates to the Congress!; Prevailed. . ! The resolution, together with Mr. Holden's substi tute, was read,1 and the question being on the substi tute,. Mr; Spruill demanded the yeas and nays, and the call was sustained. i Mr. Holden said 'he was willing to insert the num ber 10 in his substitute and would prefer it." .:. Mr. Gorrell suggested that his motion io strike dut "five" and insert "eight" was pending when the mat ter was postponed and was sustained 'bythe Chair. I PendingSthe" qestion on Mr, Gorrell's motion to in-' sert eighth' 7 j I' Mr. Ellison; said he hoped the motion would be so shaped as to provide for the election of two delegates for the State a hirge, by the Convention, and one for each Congressional district by the people. 7 Mr. Holden jasked for a division of trie question, and the motion to strike put was put and decided in the 'an3rmative-;7 ' '' ."7 7 ' - . ! Mr. Osbbrng'said that when the question was for merly .under! discussion, he was in favor of the small number; (five) !;) but upon farther consideration he was in) favor? of the original resolution calling for ten. . I 7j? - . .. 4 . : . " i 7 Mr. Hicks was in favor of efectinor rpn but. W tVA Convention and not by the people. 7 Mr. Green jsaid ; that the State will cast only one vote in the Congress and five can do as well as tPn ; arid this! would ibe amole for the interest, of th Stnto i He was jalso in favor of electing them by the Conven-' tion . . 1 7-! i I . ' ' . '' 7 Mr - Bond considered five a sufficient number to rep resent North-Carolina, but as there seemed to be a decided will of the House to elect ten, he would vote for their being elected from each Congressional district,! ' and by the Vote; of the people. The question, then re curring upouiMr." Gorrell's motion to elect eight, 'was adopted.! ;- - ' . j 7; Eleven jo'ock; having arrived, the President an nounced fhei special order of the day, being the ordi-; nance to adopt the permanent Constitution of the Con-; federate States. !j The question being upon the motion of Mr. Graham to postpone ; until the first Monda v i n August. ; ;1 ' I : ' :- " ' i : i Mr. Hadfrj said he had listened attentively to the delegates from Orange, Wake and Alamanc, and at first, he waa adverse to postponing the matter, but after' calm and deierate reflection he had come to the con-; elusion that jte gentleman from Orange was right in! his' proposition for postponement. , ; The discussion j was prolonged by Messrs. Rayner,' Graham, Tenable and others, Mr. Rayner opposing . the adoption rof the permanent Constitution of the Cm federate .States in its present form, in a speech of great power; ji : ; ' . . ; At a late hour various nonsensical amendments had; been offered and rejected,.the ordinance , ratifying the ; permanent Constitution of the Confederate States was! passed unanimously, after which the Convention ad- I joUrned to meet to-morrow at 10 o'clock. i I-".- I! : t-.l LI t . ' ' . " The proceedings of Thursday . were mislaid, but 631,489 30,097 331,081 99,267 will appear hereafter. '. '; : ''. ' Friday, June 7, 1861 The Convention met at 10 o'clock, A. M-, and was called to ordef by the President. The Journal of yesterday was read and approved. jMr. Foy jfequested the privilege of voting on'Mr. Dick's amendment . offered yesterday, which, was granted. , 1 1 ; : ' ' . ;. By Mr. Graham, a resolution instructing the Pub lic Treasurer! to . lay before the Convention a tabular . statement of f the public taxes for the last five years. Jbies over under the-rules. Mr. Headen 7 -a resolution Taisimr a committee to enquire what! iamendments are necfessarv to the Con stitution iri relation to holding office. : Lies over. : Mr. Thomas.! of uTackson. a resolution instrnrtitio- J the Committee on Militarv AfTa irs tit pnnm'rfl intn arA j report ati prdinance; relative to the necessity of addi- Mr. Ashe, absolution esplanatorv of an ordinance passed yesterday,' ratifyins: the permanent Constitu tion of the Confederate States. Mr. Thomas. f of Jackson, a resolution eonfiernincr" i common school fundi Mr. Houstori7 of Duplin, a resolution concerning ; . i' i t i t O :Tro liiinnnwTTr .f. : .. . ' j-'1 Mr. Ashejmoved to suspend the rules in order to iconsider the resolution. ,; Mr. Satterthyaite objected. N . Mr. 'Ashe iusisteii on his motion delegates wished to record their; votes bn this subject, i Mr. Rayner thought that members had recorded their votes yesterday. Mr.. CraigeV said 'they had not : and, judging from ;.the faces of delegates, he thought they had played- off a nice legislative trick. ' : 7 I The chair ipterposirig called delegates to order. ! Mr. Smith, ; of Macon, called up the resolution offered by him yesterday relative to the expenses in curred by sheriffs in I holding elections for delegates, and moved Jtd Tefer to the Committee on Finance. 'Carried. : : ; . ! - Mr. Gorrell moved that the communication of the Governor received yesterday, and" the accompanying documents,!, relative to .the articles, of war and the army regulations of he -Confederate States be taken from the table; and that 4,000 copies of the army reg ulations be printed for distribution, 10 of which should be for the use of each member of the Convention. : .Adopted. ! ' ; ! I - j" By the delegate from Forsythe, a resolution, the purport of which the reporter could not obtain. .1 By Mr. Hamlin, 'a resolution to the purport that the Constitution be so amended as to allow citizen sol diers, who i are volunteers, to vote as other citizens wherever located ;on the day of any election. 1 7 Mr. Smith moved 4o amend and offered' a substi-', tute, which, together with the resolution, on motion of Mr. Biggs,-was adopted. 7 1- Mr. Armfield called up his resolution providing for the amendment bf the Constitution, so as to allow Ministers of the Gospel to hold seats in the General Assembly of North-Carolina. Referred, j ? Mr. Green moved that the Convention proceed to the consideration of the resolution providing for the election of dele&ates to the. Provisional (Tnnorrpss of tbft Confederate States. 7 j 7- r Various amendments were offered, all in volving the number of delegates to be sent and the mode of elect- ins them, wmeni were briefly debated by Messrs. Gor- liell. BigKSjjraham and Badger. 'The whole subiect was referred to the Appropriate Committee. object of the :Board is to audit and report to a future i session of the ''Convention, on principles of equity, all claims against the State, for money advanced or other services rendered the State, in matters connected with its defence previous to the 20th day of last . May.) 1 After considerable debate, in which Messrs. Spru- i II nf KertiP Kavnfrr Karirer. Headen Martin I!irl , J -- - , O 7 , V. A., -v. . Ruffin, Biggs, Mj'ers, Gilmoreand Howard participa- tea. ; ': : '. . .: ' - - ' -(A motion to ttecommit with instructions to the Com mittee to leave the1 "names of the members to compose .' the board blank, ; was carried ayes 56, noes .not 1 j Mr. Smith', of rialifax,.moved that the Convention proceed to thefconsideration of the ordinance provi-. ding for the eastern detences ot the Btate. J Pending the motion, Mr. Venable, from the Com mittee on Military Affairs, said that the. Committee had had that subject under consideration, .but, as the Convention had seen fit to take the matter into their own hands, the Committee had declined to makeany re port; and, as the Committee had some information to impart :Which might facilitate their deliberations, he moved that the Convention go into secret session to receive it. f 7-y- . :; ... :- ' . . -' The motion prevailed and the Convention went into seeret session.': v . 7 . 77 ' ' ' 7;. j 'I '' -' ' '; - ' - ; i j V Saturday, June 8, 1861. ; The Convention assembled at 10 o'clock. 7 : : The President in the Chair. --' . ; - A most eloquent and touching prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Durant, Chaplain to the 5th Regiment South Carolina Volunteers, now on their way to the seat of war. " i ; 1 jf ; , ; - . , , - , . , ' 7 i The President announced the election returns from fhe Sheriff of Caswell, in the late election to fill the vacancy which occurred by the resignation of J. A, Graves, whih resulted in the election of Mr. J. E. Williamson:;; , : .'.-.-. -7- . ';. I Mr. Houston of Duplin, having been absent when the vote was jtaken, desired to vote no, on the eastern seven regiment bill. (7 , ' . j Mr. Myers obtained the consent of the Cbuvention f-'ATi j.: ii. e nr t 4 t I The following Committees were announced. r 1 Committefe'j. on soldiers' suffrage in camp, Messrs'. Smith. Holmes. Cimnino-ham and Arrinf-tj-n j Committee ;on resolution concerning removal of re-. Strictions on Ministers, of the Gospel, from holding seat in the General Assembly, Messrs. Armfield, Leak" xiiomas, crown ana otewart. , - j 7 i S kesolutions -sitbiiitted. ! By Mr. Ferebee- that a committee, he. l " j - W enquire into the expediency of establishing a Court ta 'XL-. i..l : ci 1-i.a e -.i - V ... V. w s.i,jf icu a, n vourt 01 uiaims, ana tnat they report hYi ordinance or , othetwise. -The. Court shall have power to hear, and decide all. causes arising from the loss pf Slaves and other property, occasioned by the brutal warj waged on the South by the Northern Gov ernment :--rtp- decree payment for said loss out of any funds in tliefTreasurv of TNnrth Harnli' na sot ar5irt f,ir the payment; of the debts due to the citizens of the North frnm: fhio Stoto' ' nr unit nnn.li!An :t- T) yideJ, the! same do not amount, in any one year, to more thanjthie. liabilities of the State to the Northand demandable for that; year. Such payments, so made shall; be held and decreed to be in satisfaction thus far1, of the debts and liabilities due to bur Northern enemies. Lies over under the rule. 7 JBy Mr. Washington'.1 a resolution reauiri'ner the Ad jutant General to report the number of volunteers and regular troops offered to, and accepted, by the State; the; names of officers, also what progress lias been madej jnj organizing the Militia of the State- Lies over under the rule. Mr. Biggs sked the unanimous consent of the Con- . i.1 A. (! i !i ' J. J 11 .' ft - veimoo u) suspena ine auemoon session ot to-day. ' vai nea. -. j ; . . - .-)..:. ; By Mr. Thomas, of Jackson A resolution instruc- aL a nJl. i. -u. . . .-. tiiJK ine ommiiiee on taxation to ennmreinto thopv pediency of a change of the basis of representation. 4ir, opruui, ,oi liertie, trom the Uommitiee On the elebtion of ideleirates to the Provisional Contn-pss nf the Confederate States rpnnrtfvl an 1 1 v V- w v wu -S 4. 1JI1IUI f- dmg . for the election 6fltwo from the State at larce. 0V tne uqnyentiqn, ancUeight one from each Con eressionardistrict bv -'ihe- -neonle. " ' ivtriusoorne was in tayor of electing the entire del- Ration Dy, tne .invention and moved an amendment a ti t nr : . f 1 V tnat enect. : t '. . Mr.- Bachelor was in favor of electing by the Con vention. 1 ; !' ' . Mr. . Speed offered a resolution declaring members of the iCon-entiob: laehgible as delegates tot the.Confede rate .('ongress."r j -7. ' ' . .' ' Mr. iiuears thOUrht Mr: Nnppd's rpsn nhnn a -wrv singular prppgsition and insisted on. the right of gen- Al.! A li'f .. L Al 1 1 .1 Lieineu; 1.0 yoi ior wnom mey pieaseo, wnetner mem bers of the Convention or not. . After some debate, in which several delegares par ticipated, a motion that,1 on Wednesnay next, at. 12 M. the Convention proceed to elect ten delegates two from the. State at large, and one from each Congress- lOHai district, prey ailen, l s ; A! farther debate arising as to whether the Conven tion should elect by ballot or viva voce. The latter mode i as adopted, a qd the Convention anjourned till Monday mjOrning at 10 O'clock. - ':r .; . Of any it' 71 7 7 p ; For the State Journal. : Guilford County "Vigilance Association. Pursuant'toj previous appointment-, a number of the citizens of Guilford county, met at the residence of D. W. Edwards, Esq., on Saturday June 1st. at 11 o' cloc, -jfe. jjl, 71861. On motion, A. E. D. Tatum, r-.sq , was mi led to the Chair, and William H. Reece, Xy V juiivu iu (uv Ssq jj aj)i)oiiitdd Secretary. ' The object rif the meetin r g beingexolained bv S. W. JVestbfookU on motion.! the Chairman atinointfi. 'n ' Commijltee jd live, consisting of the following gentle--mennkmelj-j-l-Wm. H. Reece, Dr. . J. L. Robbius Clement SmithIsaac II. Gardner and Samuel W. Westbrbok to report resolutions and business for the action of th meeting. The Committee, after an ab sence of twcihouis, submitted the following preamble and resolutions for the consideration: of the meeting, which were adopted: L Whereas, ive are in the midst of a Revolution which is portentous with ithrilling events that are ra pidly transpiring, the end of which none can foresee, and the results of which none can imagine. And whereas, believing as we do, that there are a number 6f the ditizetjsjof Guilford county whoj are bitterly op posed to Southern' measures and institutions by a vow als and practice, and should they be permitted to re main in; quiqtude amongst us during the present dis tressing I'crisisj j we have no evidence that we can de ducefrom thjeir former demeanor and practiceto cause us to believe: that (they will maintain neutral posi tion in respect to the belligerent sections of the coun try, if the invading army should unfortunately get into theiinteijibr.nf the Southern States and assume a formidable position. Therefore, i Resolved, That the timej has come, and" there is no disguing theifactj that the citizens of the Southern States are compelled t,obf !onp. tiinoTr the nthr "-KoW must. all be fori the South and her institutis. or they must be'aainst them ! trie t.wn nxtremea r.f rtnlinu cannot remain in the same temtorv. and the Trfi?pnt. jLvevoumon ana tne distracted condition of what was once our happy Unfted States of ; America, is signifi cant bf the fact that the two extremes of ad verse rnl. icy cannot dwell together in unity, and when all ex- amine tne extremeTsentiments and interests ot the bel ligerent parties! we are the more thoroushlv con vine. ed that the two sections cannot be reconciled one party endorsing the negro-Philistic-Blaek-ReniihliVnn- irrepressible-conflict dijctrine, having its basis, on the higher Law, the whole superstructure founded in fa naticism ; and 'false tradition - cl aiming t.Tifi riffTit: tn abolisih slavery in -the Southern States, and tn r.nerre and shbjugate a free people who claim the right , of sell government and a people who rely emphatically Unon !the teacbrnWand inrtr"n rf the TRiWo 'K.iH A . : O . . . . u VA uw a.viv hsviiJl under the old'ahd new disbensationV as their nil a nf faith to sustain hem: in the legality of their institu tions !a.nd'"in in'sw nf the ol-w-itro fao roaMtroA 4Wn have ho confidence in the moral Or religious character of any person or persons that have or do endorse the Iinoeiidinff .Crisis.' per, or the John. Brown raid upon Virginia ; and mr thermore. that we have no ronfidpn-p in tiiLainiii7i1 iial Who are so vile as to -disregard the teachings of Saint Paul jon tliat subject, and to teach insubordina tion toj slaves; and furthermore, we have no confi dence in those, whose consciences are so elastic as to permit them, iii the face of plain teachings and exam ples oft Holy Writ, to abet or assist in decoying slaves from their masters; siich,we are Confident, if permitted to entertain1 such fanatical opinions and remain among us, will, if the Northern" army should unfortunately obtain sacces tobur section bf the oountrv ioin t.liom in their unholy and unnatural crusade upon us, and so manage as u stretcn tneir consciences to an extent sufficient to enable .them to misconstrue all divine and hnmanj law, and think that they are in the service of God. 1 ; . Therefore, to protect ourselves ; nl our property, we a port;0n of the citizens of Guilf ri, in piiblio meet ing assembled, do hereby resolve that it is expediabt to appoint a general Committee of Vigilance in this countyj to be composed of at least thirty of our mast reliable and prudent citizens in each quarter-section of the coUnty, any.five of whom shall be authorized to hold meetings in populous; neighborhoods, captains' beats or school-district.s. in ponnprtinn wit.fi r.tV -a- . T- , ""..v. un liable citizens, the object of which meetings shall be to Of tain tta oantirnonK, anni, i-rA i .Un.l 1 it. ,,PV v CrtVli IUU1I lUUiU 1U luls COUU ty declaratory bf the position that they may or do now maintain inl reference to the unfortunate difiBcul ties now existing m the South. And Mesolvea, mat where any of the citizen. ...... v.iuj,, uifctT one notiri v. J given, do not attend the meeting u v.n , "ein-' of the 0.mmittees holding ucirmeetin-s V-d,Uy ' on them at their homes and obtain their ' m Up -either for or against Southern , measures and :"t3 ' tions and in the event that they refuse to make v'WW,u-'" their septiments when Waited upon by thefj -XVn or show any resistance, it will be talien as0S'tlee' that they are in favor of the Lincoln policy Slv"';? i their programme of abolitionism, coercion and j l ' gation,-and consequently any of the Committee T': t mav wait uron such, will he nthnrU . . i l"&t i r : '"""i iwv. tu reiutn t! ' names' as such to the Chairman of the General Y' v ance Committee. - . V 'oU- 1 Resolved, That those Committees who hold win posed to Southern policy, to take their expressi'uhs" ; writing in connection with their names and jihce 'af 'residence, and also the names of those persons prosed who heard them utter those expressions, and jifol expressions shall be regarded as treasonable by anv fi of the general Vigilance Committee, then it shall betta duty to arrest or have therii arrested and taken befo the civil authorities, so that they may be dealt with iri accordance with the law made and provided fir tl punishment of treason, enacted, at the extra term of tl 6 last State Legislature, May, 1801. 7 7 i- Resolved, That any one of the Vigilance Committ or auy portion of them beauihorized to arrest ii'iy u, i every suspicious transient person or persons that nviv be loitering about the country,' and cause all !uoh' V,' give a satisfactory Account of the'r business; ancl deU ' nation, and also that they be authorized to.tike qo. nizance of all persons who have no visible means f?,J the maintenance of themselves or families, and cause all such to be brought under the exercise of the va grant law. i. ' ; . ' ' . - , ; . ; Resolved, .That no person or persons will be prrniit ed to leave Guilford conntv with itlipir efTwte -ifi .... giving satisfactory evidence that they are not goinMr 7f .t Oa A- .,'.... i M O- "J.- I Resolved, That any and every Committee that may hold meetings in -different . sections of the County, '".he required to see that all persons' who' are io favor (Jf this preamble and resolutions,' and the institutions anH laws of the Confederate States of America, do sub scribe to them by signing their names on a slioc f paper attached to the resolutions, arid also that they be required, to take a list of all those pers(ns .'viio re fuse to sign, and return all the papers with the si ti ers' names, (both for and against) to the Chairman" of the Executive Committee. : 7 : , t . ' : 17 ! Resolved, That the general Committee of Vigilanfo' be authorized to elect their own officers, for wjueh pur-' pose fifteen' of whom shall constitute a'.quoruni. Tiicv shall also make their oa rules and regulations as tlicy may think proper and best, to carry out the objects s,-t forth inhe above preamble and resolutions 'ViU .1 1 .1. , t tj liU'y ou-xji aiow nave iu 1111 VituailClfS UHU&eU yluh 1 tuoi p,urti tun 4 I Resolved, or removal from the board. i s That a conv of these resolutionaa j..7 I . Aw -.t w O III to the State Journal and the Greensborouh P:itrif,t with quest that they publish them n'nd aUi that three hundred copies be printed in hapd-bill forrn. and that we have printed five hundred notices for meeting. ! Resolved That the following gentlemen compose the general Committee of Vigilance : y For the South-west Division. 1 ' Isaac N Gardner. Thomas E Co)k, John Iliatt, " " D W Edwards, Esq.'. Hudson .Mendenhall, Barnet Idol, Dr S G Coffin, J H Johnson, Wm L Kirkman. " R CBailey, A' V Sullivan, Wyatt F Bowman, ' Alison Qakey, J E Marlow, J W Free m on, Joel Chipman, f- For the Graf ten Gardner, 7, Dr J Lobbins, Jno M Blalock, . A II Lindsay, . John Clark, ' ' Dr J R G TFauctt, Thos L Sandridgei Daniel E Albrieht. Jesspe Benbow, Wm A Donnell, ' Green Brown, A E D Tatum, Pleasant McAdoo. John G Efland, Cleiueiil Smith. . Wm Smith.S Timothy. Smith, . Jbh'n- A Lambeth, Obed McMicheal, For the Branch Smith, w Peter Harris, John Smith, ' Jonathan Parker, John T Dodson, 7 Isaac," Thacker, '. Ludwick Summers, Dr Jos A MeLean. Watson Wharton'? Lewis Cobb, . John Mebaner . II P Moored J T Wright, Geo Donnell. 7 John Cannon, Pinkney Whcelerj Samuel C Sapp. : Alfred Edwards, Cyrus J Wheeler, Joseph A Davis, 'W L Edwards, William H Reece, Elmsley Armfield, George Ivirkman, Pill Bilbrow, . Jabib Irwin; Dr Gillam, . Dr V K Penix, S W Westbrook. Geo W'McCliutock,' North-west Division. ' ; John G Pearson, ' . -Ansel in Reid, Archibald Bevjll, . Wm Bowman, r Wm Terry, '-. Tho-C Moore, . Archibald Wilson, Dr Sydney A Powell, "John Gamble, ; .Walter Juhiison, Jos, Harris, I ' -N R Sapp, 7 '' J N Kelson, Jason Thompson, 1 Swift Brown, . Albert' Rankin, 7 Jos Washburn, 7 Pleasant Fitzgeial Wm Putnam, '' North-east Division. 1 John K i Hi m an , Es q 7Wm Mcaint.x-'k', 7, M B Wcatherly, Wm P Heath, . II C Dick, I 7- :;j Prof A C Lindsay, jj Wm R ,Smith,. Wm Pritchett', (? Jas M Donnell, Thos Buchanan, Sr., ' Gideon De vault, -Win P Wharton, John Doggett, v L S Bwm 'Webb Pritchett, J ;H Tarpley. James Miner. R' bert Stewart, Win D Ross. Addison Ross. Geo Clapp, ; J. D. McCullobh; Col. D. G4 Neelley, Alexander Han ner, Paul Coble, Absalom Jerall, Roddy D. Kirkman, reter Clapp, . ? w -Peter C. Smith,. Win. Mebane, Geo. Hendrix, Martin Bartley. , S. W. Westbrook For the South-east Division. Bingham N Smith. ! 'Jesse fHolmes, ' John BSIoustou, v Capt Robt .Thum, Allen llanpcr, Cliarles Hunter, ., Irwin Ilanner, . , -George Foust, Green- Wharton, ' Col. David Stewart, Ransom. Phipps, 7 , t- S.7W. Phipps, -David Coble, 7 ! Dr. WyattMcXairy, Jas. btewart, Joshua Clapp, the' Was elected chairman", .of general Vigilapce Committee for the ensuing year, and ITT ' -r Tl m -a . . ,v. M. iteece-was elected Secretay. . On motion the meeting adjourned. An Unexpected Meeting. A si ngiilar yet af fecting incident occurred at the Richmond depot on Friday last. - Several companies from Gebfgia, which 7 came in from the South, had just reached the depot, 7 ready to embark for.Richmond, when one of the pri- 7: vates in the "Macon Guards," looking among the pas- -sengers in the long omnibus, whichwere bound South ' from Richmond, discovered and recognized a sister, whom he had not seen for six 'years. 7 Of eourse he was overjoyed, as was the lady at such an unexpected and Unfortunate meeting. He immediately obtained a short leave of absence, and aiccnmrar.iivl W sister to 'the Southern depot, s where he learned, that she had oeen nearly three weeks getting this far from hew , York, being compelled to remain one week in Wash ington before she husband, whom she had married in (feorgia, a few , years ago, had persisted in volunteering to fight against her native South, her- relati vpa anA' ArAnA and had joined the famous 7th Regiment, against all her en- ....v uu vx uLcoitwoiKj ; mat an nis irienqsj nu acted in the same manner, and that she could do noth ing 1'ise. aner witnessing their departure for Sotrthern soil, )crhiips to murder those ncarpst nnf dpiirftst to her, but- leave forever the community whose passions were so inllamcd, and join once more, those whom she knew would be her protectors, . During her stay in Washington, almost in the very presence of her hus-f band, she positively refused to see him,i or have any thing to do with him. r . 7,, 7 . Arrangements were made here for her immediate . and safe passage home, where in alt probability she will remain till her life's end. The scene between this noble woman and h r brave brother, was pain- ' fully at ecting. And surely the treatment she receiv ed at the hands bf her husband, his desertion of her, ; to subjugate and enslave, if possible, her very parents, brothers, Bisters and friend, not fo say her whole cim - j try, were sufficient to arouse the feelings of all agaihs t I him.j They parted here, but Whether t)ie brothor an d " the husband will ever meet urjn the field of battl ej and with what result, remain toe seen! Peters - burg Exprtua. : ; ' 4 v's t ! . .. t ... t . . .: f 't :i '4.
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