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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. WHiiHSGTON, N. C JUNE 7, 1866. The Fenian War. Our telegraphic columns have given very full accounts of the Fenian invasion of Canada, so far as it has progressed. A few days more will decide whether it is to be a raid or a revolution. As mifflit have been expected, Northern ac counts say that in this aggressive movement of the Fenians, a very largo proportion of the troops are those who formerly belonged to the Confederate Armies, and that the cavalry are mostly the dis- v.onArl "fmerrillas" of Mosbv, under the com mand of General Fitzhugh Lee. This is all stuff. General Fitz. Lee is quietly cultivating his plan tation near Aouia Ceek, and if Mosby had had under his command all the troops claiming or reported to have been. General Lee would now 1,0 wt "master of the situation," instead of ? W surrendering liis army in the spring of 1865. It appears that the Fenians who have made the present offensive movement are of the Sweeney wing, Stephens being adverse to the movement. The troops are under the command Col. O'Neill. This officer, although an Irishman by birth, has resided in this country since the years of his youth. Ho enlisted in the cavalry wing of the U. S. army and served for eight years on the Western fron tier. At the outbreak of the late war, O'Neill was a captain in an Ohio regiment of cavalry, and by distinguished gallantry, rose to a Lieutenant Colonelcy. Col. O'Neill was very prominent in the capture of Gen. John H. Morgan in his celebra ted and daring raid into Ohio. It is thought that the movement made is only a feint to cover a real attack and invasion from the banks of the St. Lawrence. I7nles3 this be the case it looks like a desperate and brainless attempt, on the part of the leaders to give importance and norm .an fn cv to their organization. Yet after their contemptible failure at Campo Bello,. they must have persuaded themselves that they have a chance of success ; at bast that their present movemen will not add to the odium brought upon them by that miserable fiasco. "Wo take for granted that our own Government will at once exert the most active and honest ef forts to preserve the neutrality of the United States according to her treaty obligations. Radicalism in the Convention. Mr. McDonald, of Moore, whose political sym pathies are with the Radicals in Congress, and who, with other par excellence " loyal " North Caro linians, hates the conservatism of the President onlv to the intense hatred he has for Southern "Destructives," and would gladly see North Carolina returned to a province," if, as he mav have reason to believe, he .could regain the , - - position from which he was so justly ejected, has introduced a preamble and resolution declarin what we have done towards a return to the Union, and authorizing the appointment of five Commis sioners to go to Washington, asking of the Presi dent and Congress, what more is required of us. The preamble to the resolution expresses the "hope that the President (during the recess of the Con vention) would be authorized by Congress, to declare the States restored to the Union." Should the resolution be adopted it will be fully endorsing the most ultra radical theories of Ste vens and Sumner, by the highest authority known in North Carolina. It declares, in fact, that the President lias acted thus far without authority, as ho has acted without the sanction of Congress. There has been no linal vote upon the proposi tion, but upon the motion of Mr. Richardson to lay upon the table," the vote stood ayes 20 to nays 71. We, of course, at this distance cannot say that the vote is a test of the strength of the resolution, and we certainly are surprised to see some names recorded! in the negative. We will watch closelv the final'vote and call the at tention of constituencies to their faithf ul repre sentatives, and dwell more at length upon the ef fect of the pioposition, should it pass. The resolution was referred to a select commit tee of seven, where we hope it will find a decent burial. The debate and vote will be found among the proceedings of the Convention on the first page. The first Martyr. Among the graves visited by the ladies of the Richmond Memorial Association on the 31st of May, was that of Henry Wyatt of Edgecombe, the first Confederate soldier killed in regular action in the late war. Wyatt was a Virginian by birth, but was living in Edgecombe county at the com mencement of the war, and volunteered in Com pany A, 1st Regiment North Carolina Infantry, Captain (subsequently Colonel) John L. Bridgers. At the battle of Bethel, 10th of June, 1861, he, with four other men of Captain Bridgers' com pany, volunteered to fire a house which was occu pied by the enemy's skirmishers, from which an annoying and galling fire was made upon our lines. The duty was one of the most imminent peril; but there was no faltering or hesitation on the part of the five gallant young men, and they steadily, cheerfully advanced. At the first fire young Wyatt was mortally wounded, Charles Williams and C. Rodgers, everely wounded. Wyatt had the satisfaction of knowing that the position had been won, and the work to which he gave his life, accomplished. We are glad to see that the grave of this hum ble but patriotic martyr has not been neglected. He rests in the sacred precincts of Hollywood, beneath the shade of a little grove of pines. The head-board bears the inscription, "Sacred to young Wyatt, the first martyr ; peace to his ashes." On the 31st ultimo his grave was beautifully decorated with magnolias and other flowers, and on the centre was laid a handsome wreath, the handiwork of Miss Alice Keach, bearing the ini tials "II. W.," in evergreens in the centre. Ribbons of white and blue were attached to the wreath, on one of which was the inscription, " The first martyr to the South. Killed June 10, 1861." Tlie Right to Vote in Tennessee. The bill regulating the right to vote, which has lately passed the Legislature of Tennessee, and is now the law of the State, embodies provisions which may be inferred from the following oath which voters are required to take : "I do solemnly ewcar that I have never voluntarily borne arms against tne Government of the United estates for the purpose or with the intention of aiding in the late rebel lion, nor nave x witu a,uy euen intention at any uiiuo given aid, counsel or encouragement to said rebellion, or to any act of hostility to the Government of the United SUtes. I further swear that I have never sought or accepted any office, either civil or military, or attempted to exercise the functions of any office, either civil or militarv, under the authority or pretended authority of the so-called Confed erate States of America, or of any insurrectionary State, hostile or opposed to the authority of the United States Government, with the intent and desire to aid said rebel lion ; and that I have never given a voluntary support to any such government or au thority. So help me God." Any bill containing these provisions must dis franchise at least nine-tenths of the people of Ten nessee, taken as a whole, and in many portions oft the State, we , imagine, ninety-nino in every hun dred will be debarred the right to vote. To add to the proscriptiveness of the bill, it is provided that a commissioner of registration shall be appointed, who. e consent must be obtained before any citizen can register and vote. Thai commissioner is to be appointed by Brownlow, and will, of course, be some tool of his, who, if he al low any but Brownlow men to vote, will take care to preserve a safe majority of that class. In this way the curse of Brownlowism seems to be fixed upon the State indefinitely. Our Relations with the Freedmen. The riots which have recently occurred at Mem phis, at Norfolk, at Goldsboro', and perhaps at other places, suggest matter for the jjravest re flection. From the different stand-points from which they are viewed, they are made the cause of indiscriminate and wholesale abuse of the black race or the white population of the Southern States. In Congress they are powerful weapons in the hands of the violent partizans of that body to mould Northern political sentiment, and the low curs of party take up the cry, and by insinu ation and open charge, fan the flame which fanati cism and sectional hatred has kindled in the breast of prejudice. The people of the South, while not responsible for the present state of feeling existing between the whites and their late slaves, by acts of commission, may not be entirely guiltless, on account of growing carelessness in regard to the freedman and for surrendering his destiny too much into the hands of Northern missionaries, New Eng land ad venturers who come as the agents of pious political societies, to teach the negro, for party purposes, insubordination to and hatred of, their former masters. In consequence of their late condition as slaves. the freedmen are ignorant of the operations o the civil government and the laws of society to which they are responsible for their conduct, almost wholly illiterate careless of the restraints of public opinion, and regardless of the obliga tions of a contract, improvident, and with imperfect, false and mischievous notions of their new relations. It becomes the duty of those among whom they have always lived, and with whom their destiny is cast, to lead them up to a proper decree of civilization and usefulness, and teach them the importance of their duties and rights. It certainly is for the welfare of both the whites and blacks, that we, rather than those indifferent alike to the fate of the white or black population of the South, should bring them to an appre ciation of their true and appropriate sphere in their changed relations to society. Our duty and our interests go hand in hand in this matter, for if we leave the mental and mora' trammer of tne Ireedmen to those who, upon a false assumption, would have themselves regarded as their special guardians and friends, they will cetainly become indoctrinated with the belief that the very people with whom they were raised, and are to be their employers, are their natural ene mies, cruel and oppressive, against whom they must entertain prejudice and disgust. This state of affairs will but prove fatal to the best interests of the South, and we honestly believe that the bloody scenes already enacted have had their ori gin in tne Daneiui mnuence ana direct teachings of slimy hypocrites, who come among the negroes in the attractive garb of religious symathizers and friends, but in fact are the wiley tools of a fanatical party who desire and expect to maintain political power in the blood of the negro and the further ruin of the South. ve These men, under the cloak of religion, wolves m sneeps clothing, are daily and hourly sowing the seeds of discontent in the breasts of the freed men. Taking advantage of their ignorance their sudden release from servitude, for which they claim the chief merit ; and supplied with liberal means by politico-religious societies, they are weaning them from the real bonds of attachment existing between the'two races. "Faithful servants who have gained the esteem and confidence of their former masters, and possessed and reciprocated tender feelings of affection from those whose in fancy they have watched, and in the sports of whose childhood they have participated," are be ing artfully led into conduct which justly forfeits all considerations of former attachment or present good will. Beside these drawbacks, we have to counteract the baneful influence long exercised over the negroes by the shameful abuses of the Freedmen 's Bureau, an institution which is now in the throes of a disreputable dissolution ; and we have little reason to suppose its latter days will be less honor able than its former have been disastrous to the best interests of the country. Under the mal-administration of this Bureau, the freedmen have been induced to forsake their former homes and occupations, and have congre gated in large numbers in the towns and villages of the Southern States, living in idleness and crime, but swelling the coffers, and the import ance of useless, and too often, dishonest officials. Protected by the Bureau, they form nests of laz- aroni, equally injurious and dangerous to them selves and the communities in which they have concentrated. In this situation they are easy dupes to the feelings of malignant hate against their former masters, which a few bad men, sent and paid by Northern fanatics, encourage. The ignorant negro, little knowing that in a conflict between the races, the more victims that are offer ed up to the Moloch of fanaticism, the greater number of votes will be registered for radical can didates. And for an indefinite lease upon power, they will mortgage the life of every freedman within the limits of the United States, and make as frequent and bloody forfeitures of the same as will insure their ignoble purposes. It is our duty, if possible, to regain the confi dence and esteem of the negro, which we have to some degree lost by the scheming of political emis saries, and by proper and judicious treatment turn them from the headlong course which will soon place them in antagonism to the whites and which must inevitably lead to their utter destruction ; and by inducing them to quit the vice and idle ness of the towns for the useful and remunerative labors of their native agricultural districts, those causes of danger and of crime, so frequent, will be prevented, and those incentives to violence and hostility will be removed, which are now the oc casion of sorrow to the peace-loving and of mis chief for the ill-disposed. : Purpose of the Radicals. Can any mortal man be so under the influence of party or sectional prejudice, as to see anything in the policy of the Radicals, which has for its object the good of the country? Have they yet proposed or suggested anything at all likely to be of the slightest public service? Are not all of their measures and propositions calculated to pre vent the return of the country to the channels of prosperity, in which it was so smoothly running before the war? It would seem that every intelli gent man would see this ; and it is utterly impos sible, upon the presumption that the American people are sane, that they should be much longer deluded by the unscrupulous fanatics, who now rule as with a rod of iron, and disregard the clear est teachings of common sense and the require ments of duty. The country is torn and distracted crippled by four years of exhaustive war its trade to a great extent destroyed a large portion of its most pro ductive soil laid waste its industry mortgaged by debt and taxation, and its future in too much doubt and uncertainty to commence with any de gree of earnestness the work of recuperation. In this deplorable state of affairs, instead of looking 1 to the true interests of the people with the calm eye of an enlight ened statesmanship, and amid the dangers to a common country, to sink for a moment the bickerings of party and honestly endeavor to heal the bleeding wounds from which the life of the Republic is flowing, we see these Jacobins doing all they can to keep alive the exasperations and to aggravate the enmities of the war for the sake of the political "flesh-pots." Instead of giving peace to the country by recognizing the fact that the war is at an end, and the Union restored, they are legislating as though hostilities were still going on, and the Confederate armies as yet uucon quered. What reasonable excuse can be offered for such an insane policy ? Upon what sufficient or even flimsey pretext can the refusal to restore the Union be justified ? Disloyalty of the people is the pre text, party ascendancy the object. This hurtful and costly uncertainty must be continued and an honorable people denounced as false to the solemn obligation of their oaths, for the purpose of main taining the control of the Government to be used for unconstitutional and injurious discriminations against the we aker section. Even if the people of the South were disloyal, the fact would be unimportant. The question i3, are they capable of harm, and will they be as dan- thos e lov.ed onea at home. who were 80 anxiously awaitinj tiieir arrival. Statesville, $200 Capt. Hayne Davis, Maj. P. B. Cham- Warrenton, $200 Wm. Eaton, Jr.; J. B. Batchelor, G. B. Sleidge. . ' v ' larboro, $200 J. L. Bridgers, JohnNorfleet, Gov. H.T. Clark, Mrs. H. T. Clark. Plymouth, $200 H. J. Spruill, N. D. Norman - - -Kins ton, $200 CoL Jno. C. Washington, Council Woo- tn '- -' Chapel Hill, $200 Prof. Chas. Phillips, Andrew Mickle, C. P. Mallett, Mrs. C. A. Spencer. Lexington, $300 Dr. Wm. B. Holt, B. B. Roberts, Mrs. D. Holt. Rutherfordton, $300 Gen. Collelte Leventhorpe. Salem $200 E. A. Vogler, E. Belo. Pittsboro, $300 Hon. A. H. Bencher, Thos. Hill, H. R. London. Graham, $300 Hon. Thos. RuflSn, Jr., Giles Mebane. Milton, $200 Sam'l Watkins, Wm. Hill, Bev. E. H. Harding. Wentworth, $200 Hon. D. S. Ried, Hon. Thos. Settle. Huntsville, $200 Hon. R. C. Puryear. Roxboro, $200 Col. J. W. Cunningham, Hon. E. G. Kenansville, $200 Isaac B. Kelly, Jno. W. Hinson. Albemarle, $200 Eben Hearne, Dan'l Freeman. Walnut Cove, $200 W. A. Lash. Madison, $200 Wm. B. Carter. Clinton, $300 Pat. Murphy. m Smithfield, $300 Col. J. B. Watson, Hon. J. T. Leach. Louisburg, $200 Mrs. Edward Lawrence, Mies Peninah Ruftin. Troy, $200 Mrs. Jesse Spencer. Ashboro, $200 Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Jackson. Monroe, $200 Gen. Sam'l Walkup. Halifax, $200 E. Conigland, H. J. Hervey, Mrs. E. J. Eppea. - Washington, $200 Col. D. M. Carter, Hon. R. S. Don nell. Memorial Association. The ladies of our noble sister city, Richmond, have gained immortal renown, and the affection and esteem of the whole Southern people, by their untiring efforts in endeavoring to perpetuate the memory of our immortal dead. The work to which they have consecrated themselves is one of love, admiration, respect and veneration for the deeds of those heroes which have challenged the admiration of the world. Inspired and invigorated by their example, why have not the ladies of our own city formed a like association, with the avowed intention of endeavoring to emulate the example so forcibly set before them by the ladies of Rich mond. In our own Cemetery repose the remains of many noble Confederate dead, whose graves are entitled to every mark of respect from the ladies of the place which they endeavored to defend. These noble spirits left the comforts of home, and removed from the pale of the influence of fond and doting parents, to enlist in the com mon cause for their country's weal. Many of them, while flushed with fever, and tossing to and fro on their couch of pain, were visited in the hospitals by some of Wil mington's fairest daughters. Why is it that those who were regardless alike of disease and death, while minis tering to the wants of the sick and wounded, fail to show, now that they are gone from among us, that they still venerate and respect the memory of those to whose wants they so faithfully ministered ? During the progress of the " deadly struggle," many a eon of the South, from every State, could testify to tho zeal and energy of the ladies of Wilmington, who would meet them at the depot, dress their wounds, quench their thirst, satisfy their hunger, and with faltering voice and moistened eyes, bid them God-speed on their journey to F COMPILED lEOM THE REWKEaH COMMERCIAL. ) I: EPISCOPAL CONTENTION SECOND DAY. - May 31, 1866. Bev. R S. Mason, D. T., presiding. The Chair announced the following committees: Special Committee on the Division of the IHocese and the Appointment ofan-AssitUantliisliop.Jtev- LM. ForbesT Rev. M. A. Curtis, D. P., Rev. J. B. Buxton, Rev. F. W. Hilliard, S. L. Fremont Gen. J. G. Martin and John Committee on the State of the Church. Key. A. A. Wat son, Bev. H. H. Front, Rev. W. E. Snowdon, R. W. Pul liam and W. H. Standing. Finance Cimmittee. Revj W. R. Wetmore, Dr. A. J. De Rossett, John Wilkes, Andrew Mickle and W. H. Oliver. Committee on Canons. Her. George B. Wetmore Rev. C. F. Bland, Rev. M. M. Marshal, T. B. Hill and John White. , ' Committee on Elections. Rev. S. S. Barber, Rev. M. H. Vaughan and George Mills. Committee on New Parislies. Rev. R. B. Sutton, Rev. Israel Harding and W. B. Leary. Committee on Unfinished Business. Bev. S. C. Roberts, Rev. Ed. W. Gilliani and Jessee Noble. - On motion, Resolved, That the Convention go into the election of Deputies to the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. Whereupon, the following Deputies were elected, viz: Rev. F. M. Hubbard, D. D., Rev. R. 8. Mason, D. D., Rev. J. B. Chesire, D. D., Rev. A. A. Watson and Hon. W. H. Battle, R. H. Smith, Col. Robert Strange and Dr. A. J. De Rossett. On motion of J. H. Haughton, the word " Con vention " was substituted for the word "Council," wherever it occurs in the Constitution, Cannons, &c. On motion of Jlev. E. W. Gilliam, a Committee of three was appointed on the subject of Diocesan Missions. Revs. E. W. Gilliam, Jarvis Buxton and W. E. Snowden comprise the Committee. FBEEDMEN. The Special Committee to which all matters re lating to colored people were referred, reported as follows : The Committee to whom were referred the sev eral papers which touched the interests of the col ored people among us report the following resolu tions : A. J. gerous in the Union as out of it. As a matter o policy, merely, would it not be better to conciliate the people of the South by admitting them to an equality of rights, and their former positions in the Union, than to embitter their feelings by ad ditional injustice, and by treating them as a con quered and subject people ? If the mere fac that the men of the South joined in the war be an objection, the men and boys of the presen generation will be excluded. Test oaths and hos tile legislation will keep them aloof from the Government, and the people of this section wil crrow, day ty clay, more Hostile to a uovern ment which will hold them only to oppress them and has no use for them but to levy most onerous taxes for Government support. Thus used and abused, no love or sympathy can be expected ; no community of interests or harmony of feeling can be fostered, and the Union will remain bro ken and dissevered, with the gap widening with ich succeeding day the national prostration a crvinffr curse upon the criminal fanaticism of the dominant party. We utterly fail to see any good reason for hold- ing tne people oi a great section in aoubt as to their ultimate fate, or by partial legislation to oppress them with burdens beyond the limits of reason, and which their impoverished condition will render them unable to bear. What is meant as a punishment for rebels will, if continued, ul timately result in disaster to the country. Already two important departments of the Government the Treasury and Postoffice Departments are languishing throughout the South for want of proper persons to put them in operation, these departments are at a stand still to gratify the mal ice of men who have nothing to justify them in their wicked policy but an intense hatred to the South and a criminal lust for office. To gratify such unholy feelings the interests of the country must be sacrificed ; the restoration of the Union postponed ; the energy of the people crippled and destroyed, and the day of general reconciliation and prosperity indefinitely post poned. The New York Herald considers it great good ertune in the United States to find so much cot on in the South at the close of the war. Had England been so fortunate as to discover three hundred millions of dollars in gold the estima ted value of the cotton that has turned up in the South immediately after her exhausting war with Napoleon, how easily she would have passed hrough her troubles ! Yet the Radical party in Congress are doing their best to destroy the El Dorado from which this great national wealth is derived. The North the whole nation needs all it can yield now, and the only way to secure it is the immediate restoration of the Union. The Memphis correspondent of the New York Times attributes the recent negro riot to the rad ical element, which has complete control of that city. "The disfranchisement of the citizens of Memphis," we are told, haa resulted in the dom ination of a low and worthless class, with honora ble exceptions, who are directly responsible for these disturbances, and whose chosen Mayor is even a yet more guilty pctrticeps criminis" The Baltimore Relief Fund in North Carolina. We have been favored with the following state ment of the amounts forwarded, and the persons to whom they have been sent at the various points in our State, it will oe seen that tne amounts sum up twelve thousand dollars. The balance of the fund, three thousand dollars, has been for warded direct to destitute families by the Commit tee. The names of the ladies who have the imme diate charge of the North Carolina fund, are Mrs. J. J. Bankard, Chairman ; Mrs. Joshua Vansant, Treasurer ; Mrs. A. D. Egerton, Secretary ; Mrs. Chas. J. Baker, Mrs. Harmon Brown and Miss Lizzie Wright. Communications and reports of he distribution of the funds should be addressed to Mrs. A. D. Egerton, Secretary of the Board. Fayetteville. $500 Hon. Archie McLean. E. J. Hal. Tt. A. Ray. Charlotte, $300 Gen. D. H. Hill, Gen. Barringer, Col. Wm. Johnston. Salisbury, $300 Mr. M. L. Jarvis, Rev. Mr. Rumple, Rev. Mr. Haughton, Mrs. Burton Craige. Wadeslsoro', $200 Alex. Little, Hon. Thos. S. Ashe. Concord. $200 Maj s. V. C. Barringer, Robt. Ford. Rockingham. $200 CoL W. L. Steele, Hon. W. F. Leake. Goldsboro', $300 Colonel Wm. K. Lane, Hon. Wm. T. Dortch. Greensboro, $300 Hon. John A. G timer, Mrs. Jno. M. Morehead. Edenton, $200 Mrs. D. T. D. Warren, Alex. H. Bond. Hillsboro', $300 Judge Mathias E. Manly, Hon. W. A. Graham. Mrs. Graham, Hon. Thos, Rufiln, Sr. Ashenlle, $200 Col. G. W. Hardy, CoL D. W. Coleman, Gen. R. B. Vance, N. W. Woodfin. Elizabeth City, $200 Dr. L. R. Saunders, Col. Wm. F. Martin. Lincotuton, $200 General Robert F. Hoke, CoL W. J. Hoke. - Raleigh, $500 G. W. Mordecai, Charles Dewey, John G. Williams, B. W. Lasaiter, a W. Unchurch. Wilmington, $500 Hon. A. H. VanBokkelen, Dr. and Mrs. A. J. DeRossett. - Newbern; $300 Benj. Ellis, W. W. Fife, Dr.: Gilmer, John D. Whitford. Morcanton. $300 Cols. A. C. Averv. IL C. Piers TWVa D.Tate. ' Oxford, $200 Hon. B. B. Gilliam, A. Landis, B. S. Hunt. Lumberton, $2QQQqL Jnc, Morrisey. Deeds like those will. never be forgotten. But the ladies of our city should not rest satisfied with past acts they should consecrate themselves with renewed energy and zeal, to hallow the spot where the bones of many noblo defenders of the cause lie buried. We trust the ladies will act upon this matter, and testify by their action that they are as ready now, as in days that are past, to render immortal the name of Confederate soldier. Grand Royai. Akch Chapter of Nobxh Carolina, Through the kindness of Dr. T. B. Carr, Grand Secretary of the Chapter, we have been furnished with the following list of officers installed at the " Convocation" just closed : Comp. Alfred Martin, G. H. P. " Luke Blackmer, D. G. H. P. " Wm. Robinson, G. K. " W. J. Hicks, G. S. T. W. Brown, G. Treas. T. B. Carr, G. Sec. Burnace Walker, G. C. II. Hugh McAlpin, G. Chaplain. W. J. Hicks, G. Lecturer. C. A. Cillev, G. P. S. C. J. Kountree, G. R. A. C. W. H. Faucette, G. M. 3d V. Dr. J. W. Blount, G. M. 2d V. W. L. Wriston, G. M. 1st V. A. Boon, Tyler. A meeting of tho Grand Council ot Royal and Select Masters for this State was also held, and during the ses sion the following officers were installed : Comp. W. J. Hicks, 32 .. M. P. G. Master. " Luke Blackmer, T. I. D. G. M. C. A. Cilley, 32 .-. I. G. P. C. W. T. W. Brown, G. Treas. T. B. Carr, G. Sec. Wm. Wurdock, G. C. G. E. F. Watson, 32 .'. G. C. C. P. M. Smith, G. S. Jlesolved, That this Convention commend the people of color to tne continued Kindness and good wm of the unurenmen oi in is Lnocese. Resolved, That it is the sense of this Convention that separate houses of worship should be provided as Boon as practicable for the colored people ; that there should be separate Sunday Schools and separate congregations for them ; and that the attention of the clergy of this Diocese be directed to the importance of seeking out suitable col- readers ; and giving, as far as they may, personal instruc- J Ayes, clergy 10, tion to fat them for these positions, in the hope that, un- ishes y der God's providence, many of them may be ultimately qualified to become tne spiritual teachers and pastors of meir race. Resolved, That we heartily approve and earnestly re commend the mental and moral training of the colored people in such manner and to such degree as the condi tion of affairs may justify. The committee suppose the particular case re ferred to them to be covered by ehe above resolu tions, and ask to be relieved from the further con sideration of it. the South, resulted in the choice of Rev. M. Uurtis, V. V., non. Tnos. Itulhn and Dr. A. De Rossett. The Church Building Committee was elected as follows:. - Rev. W. E. Snowden, Rev. F. W. Hilliard, Rev. W M Marshall, Dr.. T.D. Warren and CcL W.F.Martin. Rev, Jarvis Buxton offered the following : Whereas, It is highly important for the interest of tho Church in this Diocese at this time in particular tl at preparationB 'bo 'making, in order to uso with effect and without delay, the Church property at Ashevillo for tho Surpose8 of a Theological Seminary, in connection with ail .ssociated Mission,' therefore 1 1 Resolved, That an Agent bo sent abroad by the Standim? Committee, in the absence of the Bishop, to solicit funds for carrying these purposes into effect, with the aid if p0M. sible of the General Domestic Committee, and that he be commended by this Convention to the Christian attention and charities of the members and ministers of the Church " Rev. F. W.. Hilliard offered the following : Resolved, That tho Missionary Committee be instructr d to consider, and report to the next ' annual Convention whether there cannot bo a system of itenerant mission arv labor set afoot, by which all the settled clergy of the Dio cese shall regularly each year make missionary journevH by two and two, of, say a month's duration, in those to gions where the church is unknown. The report and the foregoing several resolutions were adopted. The Convention then adjourned till 9 o'clock to-morrow. FOURTH DAY. Satubdat, June 2. The Convention met at 9 o'clock, p. m., pursu ant to adjournment, Dr. Mason in the chair. On motion, Mr. B. Hill was excused from serv ing on the committee of seven appointed to report to the adjourned Convention, and Dr. W. A. U. Norcum was substituted. The committee on the state of the Church made a report which was read and received. Mr. John Wilkes offered tho following preamble and resolutions : Whereas. The Standing Committee, in their report state that there has been a colored applicant for Order' and action upon tho case postponed and refered to this Convention, Resolved, That the sense of this Convention is that tlu application of colored persons for Orders shall bo granted when the candidates are properly qualified. Mr. Haughton objected on the ground that the resolution was out of order. The chair ruled the resolution was in order. Mr. Haughton appealed from the decision of the chair, and called for a vote by orders. The decision of the chair was not sustained parishes 2 ; noes, clergy 5, par- The Convention adjourned until 4 o'clock. F. M. HUBBARD, Chairman. The report and resolutions were adopted. Pending the consideration of a motion to go in to the election of a standing committee. The Convention adjourned till 4 o'clock, P. M. Four O'Clock, p. m. On motion of Rev. F. W. Hilliard, Resolved, that the question of a future divibion of H:p Diocese be referred to the adjourned moeting of the Con vention to bo hold at Goldsboro.' Adopted. On motion of Mr. John Wilkes, Resolved. That the Convention of this Diocese, bavin" received information of the bequest of the late Mrs. Cha peaud, of New York, of one thousand dollars to St. Pe ter's Church, Washington ; one thousand to the fund for disabled clergy, and one thousand to tho orphans of cler gy, desire hereby to express their gratitude for so liberal and timely a bequest, and request tho Secretary of the Convention to transmit to the familv of the late Mrs. Ch.i- peand a copy of this resolution. llie following resolution was adopted bv a vote of clergy 18, parishes 8 : Resolved, That a Board consisting of three clercrvmen and three laymen, of which the Bishop of the Dioceo shall be ex-officio chuirman, be annually elected, to whom the furtherance of the objects embodied in the resolutions relating to the interests of the colored teonle anionc nn. shall be committed. A resolution was adopted embodying a vote of Rev'd Comp. The Riot in Goldsboro. from our own cohhespondent. Goldseobo', June 5, 18C6. Messiis. Englehakb & Pxuce, Eds. Wilmington Journal. Dear Sirs About 1 o'clock yesterday our town was thrown into some excitement. The chief of police, Mr. George Morrow and his asssistants arrested one Bryant, a freedman, who had for some time been making threats as to what he would do if one of his colored friends who was in jail was not released. He had manifested his dig- pleas ure in such a vehement and unbecoming a manner that it became necessary to arrest him. He was carried up to the guard house but refused to enter, and immediately drew his knife and succeeded in inflicting a severe wound upon Mr. Morrow, who, together with his assistants, drew pistols and succeeded in killing the negro before he could do further injury with his knife. Jim Jones, another freedman who assisted Bryant in re sisting tho police, was severely wounded in several places by pistol shots, and received several stunning blows upon the head from sticks. Mr. Morrow, though having received a severe wound, is doing well. The excitement seems to have entirely subsided. The negroes appear to be unusually quiet, and the general im pression is that they will continue to be so. Galloway, (so-called) who is supposed to have incited the negroes to some extent in doing as they did, has dis appeared and taken himself to " parts unknown." Very respectfully, GOLDSBORO'. P. S.-Maj. Stickney, of the Freedmen's Bureau, and Lt. Geo. Granger, Q. M. at this place, conducted them selves in a becoming and praiseworthy manner, and used their influence in restoring quiet. Forn O'Clock, P. M. The Convention acreed to go into the election of a Standing: Committee. and tne following were elected : Rev. F. M. Hubbard, DD., I Geo. W. Mordecai, Rev. R. S. Mason, DD., Hon. J. H. Bryan, Rev. A. Smedes. DD. The Committee to whom was referred that por tion oi tne isisnop s Address relating to the ap pointment of an Assistant Bishon and tho Divi sion of the Diocese, reported the following resolu- tnants to Mr. John Spelman, Editor of the New tion : utsmtj commercial, ior tne sansiactorv manner in Resolved, That an Assistant Bishon be elected bv this which he has reported and published the proceed- Convention, with the understanding that as soon as pos- m6a OI tne convention. sible the Diocese shall bo divided, and the Assistant Adionrnfwl till fi nVlnoV. A M MnTwIo-p ThA nnrWtn.Tiaino.nf th mmitfDO F w examined and approved the proceedings of tho the Assistant Bishop will hold the Rectorship of meting and then adjourned to meet in Golds j 1 1 11 , . - . fill if fin T.rm Tiii tvi i rvn n i n ix at-otyi i rt r-v some one ot tne aoiest parishes of the Diocese, I? nr i7', n. Pending the ouestion of thn arWinn nf fn0L.T,hrotIghth.ecourtesyof Mrs. W., we are ena J. -" v r-r mM. V UMU I L- I n A. A I m m T i 1 r resolution the. Convention nrlinnrn fill o v.iv w Fe. names oi somo ot JNortli (Jaro- ,VHW. VM w xv V V VlULA, II. . 7 1 ijl -1J1 4 1 " a 1 . to-morrow. gaiiant aeaa mat lie in tnat viciuity : ti it 41 ( l( ( C (I (( c (I (( tl It II died Mar 31, 18C5. ti it i ti " Feb. C,' ' " 22, 1801. April 3, 18C5. it j it " 8,' " June 11, Mar 20, " Nov 19, 18G-1. June 24, Feb 10, 18(15. 12, " " March 17, 18C5 Uravo turfod and STATE NEWS. John Watkins, 42d NOT, (illegible.) o i nan, uo i, Dtitn Capt J D Colbert, Co G, 25th N C, LttLtLi Kankin, Co II, 49th Joseph Evans, Co F, 12th J Penney, Co A, 5th L Klenhardt, Co H, 49th R W Alexander, Co F, 49th M Henderson, 56th J P Barnes, Co B, 24th Capt J B Cherry, Ce F, 4th W E Camer, Co C, 34th Marion Mast, Co C, 48th J S Sims, Co A, A Wilkerson, Co A, 4Gth, J C Reaves, Co K, 34th J L Griffin, Co G, 6th T F Boyd, Co H, 57th L Woodward, Co H, 24th Alex Voss, Co F. 6th W L Britton. Co K. 55th N C Cav. S Love. 24th N C T. died Oct 2d. 'fiS A xj ;tv n ' ucuui awu wiiu nowers. J T Revels, Co K, 57th N C, died March 2, '65. F M Nelson, Co D, 1st N C Cav, died Dec 17 'Gl. A Huftsteckler, Co A, 49th N C, " " 7 J M Cooke, (indistinct.) 49th 44 " Nov ' S Robertson, Co I, 56th N C. L Powell, Co B, 44th N C, died July 18, '65. A F Neal, Co H. 1st " Apl 25, " R W Leonard, Co A, 2let N C, died Apl 26, '65. J H Turner, Co A, 25th " " May 25. 65 W P Barnes, Co I, 4th ' " 21 " R W Bates, Co F, 10th " " July 10 " C J Alexander, 56tL N C, killed Mar 25, '65. Corp T N Waight, Co D, 45th N C, died Ap'I 19, '05. Evan Smith, Co E, 6th N C, died Ap'l 17, '65. J Robinson, Co H, 16th N C Batt, died Ap'l 16. '65. W H Strayhorn, Co K, 2d N C Cav, " i: uapt o m Mitchell, Uo li, 35th N C, ft " 15. H Wilton, Co II, 13th N C. " " 15 J S Harris. Co G. -d N C Cav. " 1:1 J W Joyce, C , 2d N C Cav, died July 16. '65 J R N, Co K. 24th N C T. died Aug- 21. 'in 1 j ones, uo n;, :sa w J (Jav, died July 24th. '61 it it 11 The Baltimore Ladies The Fund for this State. To correct an impression which has got abroad, that the Governor has been made the agent to receive and distribute the money raised and set apart for this State, by the benevolent la dies of Baltimor we are requested by the Gov ernor to say, that he was not asked to receive and distribute the money, but only to present his views as to whether it should be sent, in part or in whole, in provisions, and as to the best plan, of distribution. He immediately answered, but was informed by the agent of these ladies, some two weeks afterward, that his answer, by reason of some mail detention, did not reach its destination till the ladies had decided on their plan of distri bution, and sent forward a part or all to their agents in this State. He is not informed of the I particulars ot tne plan, or the name of the agents, tSentineL Moee Outrages. We regret to learn that the residence of Mr. Scott, near deep Gnllv. nnnn whose family a great outrage was perpetrated a few weeks ago, was a night or two since burned to the ground. "We have not heard the particulars. The negroes convicted at Trenton Superior "I X f 11 1 1 M ' ... . vxnin, 01 tne last outrage upon this unf ortuate old man will be hanged to-day at Trenton. Jewber?i Commercial. A lot of North Carolina fancy leaf was roA n Friday at the Tobacco Exchange, Richmond, for two hundred dollars per hundred. This is f b highest price that lias been obtained this season anywhere. " Highway Bobbery. Three nccrroes wer 11 arrested in Pasquotank conntv on the rh t highway robbery, and on application by the offi cer in charge of the Freedmen's Bureau for their delivery over to his iurisdiction. th manding the Federal troops, who arrested them, refused, and surrendered them to the civil anthm-. lties. It was thoueht that the those who had engaged m the riot at Norfolk. THIBD DAY. June 1, 1866. The Report of the Committee in relation to the appointment of an Assistant Bishop and the dl vision of the Diocese was recommitted. Fifteen hundred copies of the Journals of the convention, with Constitution and Canons, were oraereci to be printed. 1 4 4 vrr-i r n r ... j-vevi. .a., a. Yvauson, irom tne committee on Education, reported the reception during the past year of two dollars. On motion of Rev. S. C. Roberts, the considera tion of the resolution designating what shall con stitute a quorum for the consideration of business, heretofore postponed, was still further postponed umu lue next annual convention. FINANCE. Rev. W. R. Wetmore, from the Committee on Finance, submitted a report embracing the fol- lowing resolutions, wnicn were adopted : Resolved, That the Treasurer of the Diocese is hereby authorized to dispose of the securities of the Permanent episcopate and permanent Missionary Funds, as he shall think .best, and reinvest the proceeds in active and safe securities. T I I mi ill la. jLwsoicea, xn&i me scale or assessment continuous it is, and that each Parochial Clergyman, who does not now do so, is earnestly recommended to take up weekly collec tions, unless he has stronc reasons existing in hia Pm-idi to lead him to a different course, in order to raise the as sessments upon nis ransii, as well as for other purposes. BISHOr ATKINSON. On motion of Rev. R. B. Sntton : Whkreas, We have heard with profound regret of the oicimeoo ui uur ueiovea jjiocesan, anu tne consequent ne cessity of a vovaere to EuroDe. Resolved, That we do sincerely sympathise with him in ma Bimumigs. anu our constant prayer to Almighty God is tha t he may be speedily restored to health and usefulness. Resolved, That while we feel his absence as a privation and a loss to the Diocese, yet it is our earnest de .ire that he should remain away as long as he thinks expedient, in "kd A iciiuciiuy mu cure more complete. Resolved, That the Secretary be directed to transmit to me jsisnop a copy 01 tnese resolutions. ASSISTANT BISHOPS. The committee in relation to the appointment 01 an assistant Jishop and the division of the Diocese, reported the following preamble and resolutions as a substitute for the report of yes terday : Whereas, This Convention is painfully in. pressed with the conviction of the inability of our beloved Dioceesan from what is believed to be a permanet cause of infirmity' to discharge the duties of the Episcopate, and whereas ue iia aaaeubeu 10 ine election oi an assistant BishoD therefore, " Resolved, That an assistant Bishop be elected bv this vvu.ouiwii, mm tiic imueromnuing mat as soon as possi ble, the Diocese is to be divided. jwsoivea, xnat tne convention expect the Assistant Bishop to hold the Rectorship, ior the present, of some anen in the Diocese, and thus with the co-operation of rVii Kjini m-. 9 lt.A T; , v mo icon ui Luu iiweee, secure a support. Resolved, That the aggregate amount of the salary to be paid to the Assistant Bishop be dollars ner an Gen. W. R. Cox moved to lay the whole suiecfc on the table. Lost. Thos G rinsly, Co E, 6ist N C, killed July 2 Ci Dr. A. J. DeRosset moved to post ifc 51 A Contis, Co I, 25th N C, killed Julv so. r,4. ' sideration of the sublet. t''ZZ JTl iJ m, Co A, 25th NC. ' ' i i M uUiO JJ11V1?11- uon. ioi adopted. The question recurring upon the adoption of tne resolutions, they were rejected. The clergy V Xones S? VhA0t kmed Aug 18, '61. voting, ayes 16, noes 7 ; the parishes votintr. aves n Xn n"r ESS? &Ktone "ead .'FoS, S'Ctock, P. M.-COI. S. L. Fremont n,L,""ttH-'-.-OT. M, trouucea a series of resolutions which were adop C4. 8gt G W Moore, Co E, 51st N C, died J uly 23d, 'U4, at-ed 18 A Lynch, Co G, 42d N C. died July 13th, '64. h O White, Co D, 61st N C, died July 20th, '04 S E White, Co C, 5Cth NCT. M J Campbell, Co C, 24th NCT. Thos A Williams, 35th NCT. W R Hutchins. Co D. 24th NfiT v;n,i t oa . Mason, wu' U1 W A May, Co A, 7th N C, died Oct 23th. '04 ased 23 L Gilliam, 25th NCT, aged 43. ' S ' 3 W B. Co I. 7th N C. R A Barnes, Co E, 42d N O, died Sept 16, 'Gl. J Blackwood. Co H. 49th N n riiWi si n , . ... ' 1 v v. v IIU XX. U wiiiiui, sv xj, outu 11 tuea oept jjuth. '04. J Dickey, Co E, 35th N C. J T Denney. Co E. N C T. W J Gates, Co D, 2Gth N C, Oct 28th, G4 aeed 18 SgtE T Nibblett, (Chapel Hill,) died Marclf?9 '65 Aner Cheek, Co I.KCT, died Julv aw tJ o:l years. h Corp W D Reagan, Co C, 24th NCT. GL W A May, Co'A, 7th N C, died Oct 'eT ared 23 R T Hill Co B, 25th N c) died July 13, '64. g Jno C C Luther. Co I. 25th NOT. AiA a a v i combe county. ' V U nine:, Jo A, 00th N C. Lt P A Moore, 24th N C. 8ergt A 8 Siffurd, Co K, 16th N C. hiu uagear, jo l, 43th N C died July 22, 64. S hanTCo B' Cth c TL"ed July 14, ' w S Ward, Co H, 61st N C, died Julv 12, '04. ' J P Whitaker. Co A. 17lh NnT .lioh tJi o. V . ume V8t or 47th N C, died Sept, '64. 3 A Rich, Co I, 25th N C. V ' W J Monroe, Co D, 49th N C. killed Auc-14. '64. ted, referring the subject of the Assistant Bishops to & Special Session of the Convention to be held ai, vjiuosDoro, on tne third Wednesday of Novem beI with provision to insure a full attendance and The appointment of a committee of seven lay men to ascertain what means can be raised to aid in the support of an Assistant Bishop: Messrs. S. L. Fremont. W. R. Cox, John Wilkes. John Hughes, J. G. Martin, Thos. D. Hill and R. J. Fuhjum were appointed on this committee. An election for the Executive Missionary Com mittee, resulted as follows : Rev. J. C. Huske, Rev. R. B. Sutton and Messrsl a T Haigh, R. 1 Buxton and C. B. Mallett. ' i.0" motion, John Wilkes, Esq.. was elected Treasurer of the University of the South for North Carolina. . On motion, the Educational Committeo was elected as P KickhSon Wat80n and Me88"- J- G. BurTand On motion John Wilkes was re-elected Treasurer of the Convention. Aa lection for Trustees of the University of T A Johnson, Co K, 56th N C, died Nov 9, '64. 3 A Johnson, Co F, 42nd NCT, killed Oct llf, ' VVrX," - jsis5 jm u, jailed Kept 10, T4. ? Drn,er,Co mh N O, died Feb 29, '64. a tr otripiana. uo li. 4th N f! Aie n io 61. t u He8 V 85th N C, Oct 26, '64. T B. Powell. Co F. 31 N a rr a. oi vi J Scott, Co H, 47th N C, died Ber t 13, '64. R H Russell, Co K, 55th N C Cav, died Oct 10, '64. M C McClure, Co H, 7th N C. T L Dais. Co IL 42d. N C. killed .Tnl 91 vu 3 R Maffit, Co A, 27th N C, killed July 20, '64. k xioweu, jo u, 4ytu JN u, Oied, April 9, '65. W A J PauL Co F. 35lh N C. wonmloil Juno 90 Ai.-A Dec 20, '64. . ' ' J J Alexander, Co. K, 56th N C, killed March 25, '05. John J Spright, Co B, 24th N. C. . - Coro'l W H Thompson. Co C. 49th N. a. killed Aucriut 2, '64. ' John Tnomason, Co B, 49th N C, died July 20, '64. D A Clemmon8, Co E, 56th N C, killed July 15, '64. L B Simmons, Co B. 35th N C. died '64. WSCk)okeCoK.2ithNC.
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