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RALEIGH WEDNESDAY MORNING- APRIL 24
galtigt 'Register,
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SATURDAY HORSING, APBIL SO, 1861.
rrtTP.OP50RTU CAROLINA.
' a proclamation; ! - ;
i-" BY JOIIX VT. EL.L.IS, i
N - OOTIRHOaOf KOETH CAROLINA.' I
WammsAa i By PmUaui oi akdu "'-
ri-iii t f U Uito4 8utH follw4 fcy ttquUU
tloa of 81m Ctomi, Srj w4 1 la
for! Ik U iI Abrim LUooJ
H for T5.08d mm U ppfyI for th 1btmIo of
tk pwf fnl bomtM of th Sooth, ad for th rioleoi
tnrvnom of U UVrti f ti Fopi titar
uaC ajtrg put of tK koU pofruUtU. of th.UU
Coital StaUt t' Aat, whrV thiJ .handed ct
of tyrJkl tr U t wIj U ioUli of H
MMtUutUuJ U tUr diarcw4 of ti
aal f kamaiu't? m4 ChrUtiM' etriluali,
cirW te tpirit of tffnwM maparalUd ky ay
of r4U fckUry, bu, U if direct ep toward
tho smbjantloa of tbo w&ol'stli, and tho eovtu
nou of a frM VUc lakorited flro our (atkara, laf
ta & mHiUTT daipotiam. U ko aaublwkod kj won
tkaa Urng aaama tbo ratat of u onco tloriou
CoaatfUtia of Eqaal KigkU. !
Xmw, Urfcr X. Jaa W. Xixis, Gnoraor of tka
StaU of Kartk Carolina, ft tbaaa ztraordiBary
nuM, da keraky lasaa tbla, aiy proelaaaaUoa. otUy
iag aad nqaoatiag tbo Saaaton aal Ifambara of tba
Hoaaa of CooaaMaa of tba Qaaaral Aaaombly of Kortb
CaroUaa, UawlU Spooial Seaaira at tbo Capital, ia
tko CHy of .Balaitk, oa Vedaoaday. tka flrat dy of
May Mii Aad I fartbaraaoro oxbori all good rit
iaaaa tbroagboat tba State to be Buadfaltbat tkefr
first allagiaaoo U daa to tko Sorercigaty wkkb pro
taeta tbek koaiaa mod daaraat iBtaraita, aa tbair ftrt
Wriaa Sa dua for tbesaerod dafoaea oT tbair. kaartba,
aad af tka aoU whWk bolds tba grarca or oar glortoa
daaJ. J :
" Tattad actio ia dafaaoa of tba aorereignty of JiarU
CaroltBa, aad of tba rigku of tba Soatb, kaeooaea bow
tba datj of aX I
" - GiTaa aadar aiy kd, aad attaatad ky tba Ora
EoalafibaScata. Doao at tba City of laleigk,
ik. iTtW or AnriL A. J.. 1861, and ia tba
ahotjt to 'takb possessioh
GOSPOKT. MAVT YARD I
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' Tko followmig talegi.pni dkptob- were,
reoeirta ia thii city on Tbnrtdiy lui, tad
ra frtna perfectly relhbl aonroes. We mo
rejoiced to aanounoe that the Old Dominioo
hta witbdrawn froia the nry of tke inf
moaj usurper end tyrent, Abrhm Iioeola :
Richmond, April 18tb, 1861.
Virginia ii but: i The Custom House hu
been taken and the United States sign taken
down. The Confederate State flag
orer the Capitol, j : , , v
Koaf OLK, YA-, Apnl 18, loot.
The H arbor baa been Utruoted by snnken
veeael. Arrangements are making for tak
ing the Nsryj Yard. Sute troops are ex
pected here torday.
J . LATER.
' a i.fni- rr4 - uiis Lhal th NT Yard at
P. O- BrrHABTA, roriTthe coanty, H . C, V
- April 16 1861. ;
Msaexa. Stm & Haiti ChniUnmt My
.iniu. ta tha RmI-WaeklTBtistar" ex
plrea in July, but aa ire In tbh part of the BUto
are dafoted to, and love the Unum, and bar no
aaefor a Joarnal that adrocatoa itt diaroptton,
I reqaaat jm ta diaooBtinaa nay copy immadiat-'
ry. AVa maintain that force uaed againat Tratona
of a rabellioua, SUVa or aUa ta not corrcum.
, Yoora, very truly,
O. J.LEHMAIT.P.M.
We hope Mr. Lehman, "P. M.,M does
not apeak aa a rpreeentati?e man of bis
part of th 8tate, nor do we beliee that he
does, 8o far from it, we beliere that by this
time be is keartily sorry that be wrote the
above letter. We shall send him this num
ber of the paper to let him see that we yet
hope that A will not prove a " traitor " o
bit country. ."
giniaSUta troop. .
RESIGNATION
GENERAL I
OLD GUILFORD IN THE FIELD. ,
We learn that two gentlemen, members of
the Guilford Grays, eame down to this eity
on yesterday and offered the service of that
Norfolk baa baea Ukaa poaseatioa cf by the Vir- I oon1pajBy .to Gov. Kllia. This la 1 fine company
of brave-hearted lellowa, ana tney iw n
doubtedly give t good account of themselves
when the trial comes. The company is com
manded by, Capt. Sloan. We learn that at a
meeting held in Greensboro, on Thursday
night, speeches were delivered by Bx-Gov.
Morehead, and others, lately strong Union
men, counselling the union of the South in
thie. terrible erisis. Our informant sUtes
that Old Guilford will respond to any call
that may be made upon her for volunteers to
resist the usurper and bis myrmidons.
igkty tftk roar of oar Iadapaadenca.
JOHN Vf. E
By tka Gararaor,
OaAiaa Dates, Frirr Sttrtary. . '
.plia td s-
KLLIS.!
I
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THE COVEBNOasi PROCLASIATIOBu
The above rreelamation is brief, to the
point, and eouehed ia unexceptionable lan
guage. When the Legialaiure convenes, we
trust that there will not be a moment's delay
in passing aa act calling the Convention, and
ordering the election of delegates te it. ;The
Legislature is already organised, and there will
be no excuse for delay oroolatory aeneo. e
cannot believe that there will be any diversity
of opinion on the subject, and therefore there
will be. no excuse for protracted debate. The
people will not be satisfied with anything less
than the promptest action. When the bill
calling the Convention shall have been passed,
and the day fixed for the election of mem
bers to it, the Legislature can Uke sueh addi
tional steps for the safety of 'the Bute as its
wisdom may dictate. When the Convention
assembles, ia one hour after its organisation,
an ordinance declaring th connection between
North Carolina and we former United Slates
Government to be totally dissolved, should
be passed, and after that it. will be the prov
ince of the Convention to declare what other
steps are necessary to be taken. For our part
we are of the opinion that North Carolina,
and all the slaveholding States, should U
united in one Confederacy. It will require
the strength of . the united South ; to'driye
back the Claek Republicans, who, like po
many bloodhounds, will be let loose upon the
South, and we protest against any subdivis
ion of the South into a Border Bute Confed-
eraey and the Confederate States or tne
South. Let the South aet as one man, and
it will successfully bid defiance to Lincoln
and his myrmidons. t ,
.HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUli
w. TiTiftfJ in candor, refrain from ao-
cording to Gbvernof Kills the honor which is
due to him for the prompt and decided ac
tion wbieh be has taken to praee North Car
olina in a condition to aet well her part: in
the terrible dram a whioh is soon to be enacted
upon the stage of this once happy country.
Although enfeebled by disease, Governor
Ellis ha displayed' the mental energy of a
man in the full "Vigor of health. We trust
that era long be will te enabled to, leave bis
sick chamber and in person superintend the
movements necessary to the safety and honor
of the State. Governor, Ellis' telegraphio
reply to Lincoln's Secretary of War j ia re
sponse to the requisition for troops from this
Sute was directly to the point, and hie
proclamation convening the Legislature can
not be improved. j . .
We leant that1 our friend and fellow
eitixen, J. M. Ijovejoy, Esq bae requested
hu son, now at Welt Point Military Acade
my; to leave that institution and return to
bis borne. This parental request will no
doubt be promptly eomplied ith, and as
Mr. George 8. Lovejoy baa been three years
under dentins and military instruction at
West Point, we tare no doubt that oa bis
return to his native State, his services in her
defence will be tendered with promptness.
If be la a ehip cf the old block," aad we
do not doubt that be is, be, has pluck enough
for two offioers.
OK 1.1 ETJT.
We reioice to learn that the old hero,
Winfisld Scott, has thrown up his commis
sion ss the Conruiander-in-Chief of the Uni-
ted States Army.; We presume that no wiu
come over to bis native 8tate. Virginia, and
take command of her brave-hearted eons.
The following diipateh is from a reliable
gentleman in Petersburg, one whom we know
well: - ; j '-: , ;
i. JPxtxrsbuxg, Va., April 19, 1861.
Yirrinia has seceded certainly. General
ocott nas ocriaaiujDMguw
ORGANIZATION OK MIL1TART COMPANIES.
The military spirit is fully aroused now in
the Old North State. We learn that more
than lire thousand men had tendered their ser
vices up toThursday last to Gov. Ellis to be em
ployed on any serviee whioh he might direct.
In this city the finest spirit possible prevails.
A large sum of money has been subecribed
by patriotic individuals to assist in the
equipment of volunteer companies. A eom
anv ealled the f Home Uuard," -composed
of men beyond the age of forty-five and
heads of families has bees- formed. As its
name implies, the object of this company will
be to protect our homes and firesides, while
our young men are on the field, either con
tending or ready to contend with the enemy.
This company now numbers one hundred and
twenty-two men. We understand that two
other companies are forming, one of infantry
and the other of artillery. We trust that we
may be pardoned for giving a word of adviee to
those who will compose these companies. In
their uniform and equipment let them steer
clear of anything in the gew-gaw or "fuss
and feathers Ene. Let everything about
them be plain, simple and serviceable. These
mt tha timta for holidav i soeerinjr," but
COURIER Alf D ENQUIRER OH
MAJOR ASSdttWa--..
Wa sincerely hope that the aext account
from New York will inform jus that.Major
Anderson has cut off the ear of that detes
table scoundrel, James Watson Webb.i 4 A
more iumitigated liar, puppy t and polUoon
than James Watson Webb is not to be found
ia the broad' land. . With a knitUag needle
in his band Major Anderson could make
Webb run with all the speed, which his ton
belly would permit him to use. . : - . :
: ; Ha?ORT MACON..' '
Weiearn that Col. O. Cw Tew, Superin
tendent of the Hillsboro, MilUi7 Academy,
u.m twum nt 1 Governor. Ellis to Fort
Macon, to take command of the troops now
in the pohieesjon . of that jFort. 1 Colonel
Tew is now a Colonel lif the regular line
of North Carolina Militia. He is an aooom
plisbed officer, and the Governor oould not
have conferred the command upon a more
worthy and oompetent man.
T THE SEW YORK TIMES.
The "little Tillala," as Raymond, the
editor of the New; i York Times Is called, is
becoming more and more satanio in his rage
against the South every day. Ia his issue
of the 16 th inst., he makes innumerable
threats as to what will befaU Virginia in the
event that she unites herself to tha Southern
FROM MONTGOMERY,
I MoSTaoJfXB.Y, April WBfty thoatana Ten
OMoes and Kentucky troopa offared this morning
ai the llontgomery War Department.
Government bas beenaakad from . Bow .-.'Orv
leana for tha whole of the fifteen million loan. ..; .
'. Tenders have been made for leUera .ot, marque
aad reprisals.: . :; x ; f?i M
f:f:-tr" saoOKB SATCS. K '
Mohtgomkrt "April -1 Ti President ! Dvfa'
Proclamation will be issoed knorow 1 : -. r
' The CJaMnet bad a long sewion, and will proba
bly call 1 60,009 mere troops ieto t be lektj v 7
PRESIDENT DA VIS PROCLAMATION. r
Proclauatioa bv the PreaUeat tf the Con.
.-. 'x-r? ftalerate Btalaa f Aaaeriea. U
Wbereae Abraham Lincoln , PreeMent of tba
TTnitH fltataa. haa bv oroclamation announced his
intention of invading this Confederacy with an
..mv4 forca for tba numeae of eaptorine tha for-
tresses, and thereby aabverting Ita independence,
and .subjecting the free people thereof ta the do
minion of a foreign power; and whereas has
thuaWoroe the duty of this Gownnent to repel
the threatened invasion, and defend the rights and
liberties of the people by allsaeana which the laws
i f nations and the usages of ciriliaed warfiare place
at iu disposal V :.
How, therefore, I, Jeffersoa Dn, President
of the Confederate Slatea of Amorioa, do tsauathu
my ProclamaUon,invkiag aU those that may desire
to beof serviceln private araaed vessels on the high
in id JkM havernment ia resistinar ae wanton
and wicked an aggression, to make application for
commissions or latter, of marque aad reprisal, to b
issued under theSeaiof the Confederate States; and
I do further notify aU persona applying tewers
ot marque, to make a statement u writing, giving
the name and a suitable descjiptioa o'rtbe charao
ter, tonnage and force of vessel, name and place
of residence of each owner concerned therein, and
intended number of crew, and to sign such stale?
meat, and to deliver Lbs same to the Secretary of
State or Collector of a port of entry of the Con
federate States, to be by him transmntos y uw
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w TT. Laa atkaw IMA fn 1 CIl l
Uonteaeracy. o i . ----rsLtea.nd I do further noiifv all ai-
PHOCLAMATION AT THE GOVEKWUK
: . ; op Virginia.; ;,' :..
The ibllowiag ProclamaOoo was issued yester
dav bv Governor LrrcHXa. -;--The entire mUltary
force of the Common wealth will respond with
alacrity to the order : Lj' ; t:.;
BY THE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA.-
.'ifcA PROCLATlAtlON. 1 ,
Wnxasaa, aeTon ot thm States fomaeriy oetn
posing a part of the United States, have, by aa
tbority of their people, eoteennly resumed the pow
ers granted by them U the Uftited Stales, and
have framed a Constitution and organised a Gov
ern ment for thelnsehrea, : te whioh" the people of
those States are yielding willinir obdiDC, and
have so noUfied the Praeident of the United States
by all tit formalities incident to such action, and
thereby become to the United States a separata,
nifiandant and forefoa- Dower; and, ' whereas,
the Conatltatioa of Vx Uuited States, has inver
ted CoBgreaa with the sole power "to declare
war," aid until such declaration is made the Pres
ident has no authority to call for an extraordinary
fore to wage offensive ; war against any foreign
power: and, whereas, on tae iin inifc,u
ident of the United States, in plain violatloa f
the ConatiUtioo, has issued a Proclamation call
ine for a force of seventy-live thousand men, to
cause the la ws of the United States to be duly ex
ecuted over a people who are no longer a part of
tie Union, and In said Proclamation threatens to
exert to is. unusual lorce w compw oueuieucot.
his mandates ; and, whereas, the General Asaem-r
bly of Virginia, by a majority approaching to en-
tire unanimity, has .declared, a Its last session
that the Stale of Virginia would consider such an
exertion of force as a virtual declaration of war,
to be resisted by all the power at the command off
Virginia ; and subseqoenUy, the Con veatioa now
in session, representing the sovereignty of this.
State, haa re-affirmed in substance the samepolN
h almost aoual naanimity : and, whereaa, the
Btate of Virginia; deeply sympathizes with the
Southern States, in the wrongs they have suffered,
' : HOME GUARDS,;.:;
tk.' unAraiorned aifree to unite ia fotmUig a J
a" Military Company, for the protection pf the
City of Balelgh and its immediaU vicinlt vr wbaa
titty names are hereunto subscribed, aU of whom . . :
shaU be either heads of families, or men too for ;
advamsed In life for actual service in .the regular J
army,- and of steady and moral bsbiti: .,a , . ,-. ' ;
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n'nat Virginia is formed that tne eoitor ox Bh'f .ra.iA beforeanv commission or letter f ,. ou neacmblv to compose the dlf-
the Times will lead it. ' ' , of marque ia issued to any vessel, or the owner or j drmC)M whicb have severed the Union, and have
owners thereof, and commander tor tnauroe oemg,
that they are required to giro bond to the Con
federate States, with at least two responsible bum:
ties pot interested in such vessel, m the peaal
turn of fivetbousandidoUarSjOrittoase sugh ves
sel be provided with more than one hundred and
fifty men, then in the penal aum of toil thousand
dollars, with condition. that the owners, officers,
.nil rr who shall be emoloved on board such
commissioned vessel, shall observe the laws of the
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING IN RA-
;- : ' - " LEIUU
ALL PARTIES UNITED' IN RESISTING
THE USURPER, LINCOLN n
A large and enthusiastic meeting was bold at
the Court House In this city a Tuesday evening,
which was participated in by alj parties. The
meeting was presided over by Dr, Pabiuo Jf Hay
wood, U B. Boot, Esq., acting as Vice JPresident.
Speeches were delivered by HonJD. 3i . Barringer,
t who explained the object of the meeting,) John
W. St me, Esq , Hon. Thomas Bragg, Kx-Governor
Manly, Hon. L. O'B. Branch, Paul C. Cameron,
Esq., of Orange, Gen. SisgleUry, of Pitt,! sjor
H. W. Hurled. W. H. Bunn J Esa., of Wilson, and
J. W. Thomas, Esq., of Davidson, all unitiag in
nrging our people to Join together aa one man in
defence cf the South, and in resistance to the tyrant
and usurper, Abraham Lincoln, The sentiments
of the speakers were responded to by the large
crowd with the oynootanthnaiaaBa.: . j
Daring the evening the following gentlemen
were appointed a Committee to draft reeolutiona
expressive ol the sense of the meeting, tia : A.
MJ Lewis, Eq., Hon. Dj M. Barringer, O. B.
J.iha Wi Srme.
tiarnaoD, , ; . If
Esq.. Tho Committee, through their Chairman, I
AJ M. Lewia, Esq., reported the following resoiu- j (
tionsj which were unanimously adopted :
Whxkxas, The Black Bepubllcan Administra
tion have in ita filiy ana WKjaeanwu, roi.
receive the Commisasoners of the Southern Coo-
will be a meeting of the "Home" Guard,1
on Saturday night, at 7i o'clock, at the
Court House, for the election of officers, and
other imytant business.
It is understood by the signers to the
Home Guard that the most active mem
bers will patrol the city every night, when
so directed by the Captain, and that they are
ready to go to any point where their services
may be required, here and elsewhere.
. THE PRESS OP NEvirYORK.
We are not at all surprised to sea that the
unprincipled eoouudrel, James Gordon Ben
nett, editor of the New York Hetald, has
turned his dirty back upon the principles
whioh he professed to hold, and has taken his
filthy carcass iato - the midst of the Black
Republican camp. "But we are surprised
that the Exprttt has imitated his example.
The editors of that paper have long been dis-
Dxath ofDa. Wait A. Nonwoo'D. The
HeBdersoo (Ey.) Daily Mail of the Sd inst, gives
the following account of the melancholy death of
Dr. W. A. Norwood, who resided on the Sulphur
Springs road, some eight or nine miles from Hen
derson: 1
On Monday evening last, Dr. Norwood bad
occasion to go out to bis stable, and while there
discovered a negro man concealed in the 'loft.
The Doctor asked the negro who he waa and what
be waa doing there. Hie reply was that his name
was Jim Brown, and that he had run awayirom
Mr. Watson, to whom be was hired. Dr. J.
thesi told the negro to come down from where be
was : but he refused to do so, when the Doctor
seat to the boose for bia gun, but before it arrived
the negro shot bia through the heart, killing him
almost instantly. The villainous perpetrator 1
the tool deed fled, and had not been captured at
last accoaats. i., . . s
Dr. Norwood waa a gentleman of high tanding
in this somanunity, aau waa university "T -"
respected, and bis sudden and violent death has
created a deep feolMg of Borrow, mingled with in
dignation ia the minds of the people.
Dr. Norwood was a native of this place, and
resided here until the spring of 1853, when be re
moved to Kentucky, and took up nis resiaence in
Lexington. While here he was greatly esteemed
aa a gentleman and an able physician, and it ap
pears that in his new home be made himself
equally respected and oTed.JTUUboro' Recorder.
We knew the deceased intimately. : He
. , a .v Tnto. Vnrnrnnd. of
was tne oon oi ui 6 " I TT.Tk- flP .ml nravented all the
HUl-boro', and a man of high character and y whlch,ra favorableet-
fine talent. I tlement of existing oimcuiBea
made, ana a xair suujim . r. -r
ertv in the seceded States effected; and whereas
. .-' . V vtAnaivn nrenara-
tUS ac waa ww!"""" A ' ' -
tiena in one Department of the Govenmen de
monstrating beyond all question, the object and
intention of the Administration t be that aet
forth In LincoU'a Inaugaral Address, and as re
cently reiterated to the Virginia Commissioners,
and still further shown by the , fleet sent round to
Charleston, of whioh principles, preparations and
objects were not only not made known to the
Boathera Confederacy, but carefully, falsely and
T.:.nii,rwraI in order that the wicked
uow rr r- ; . M . o ofr.
work or coereum migns tne
tuallT be commenced j Tnerefore, ! i . ;
JlLolvtd, lsL That we take this occasion to
express our most unqualified disapproval pi the
course pursued by Abraham Lincoln and b Cab
Uet towaida the seceded States, and especiaUyo
wedenounce the reioolion by them of the Commis
sioners of tie Southern Confederacy; , , . - -j
iPk.i . ,m nm-nmnromuinelv opposea
to eoercioo in whatever form or shape "J M
attempted, aa well aa to such causes as will lead to
H either directty or remotely. ' . , . ,
" 3rd. That by climate, soil, production, .interest
Md feeling, we are with the South, that God
with hlTown omnipotent band has planted us
with the Sooth, and by Hia help, we inlend to
'.UkslrSaurviveor perish" with the South.
j 4th. That we earnestly request fthe Governor
of the State to convene the Legislature, so that
the proper steps msy be vaxen in wu r , "
our political connection ith the abolition States,
Md to resume our separate independence. - ' -
m aaMaa lava
Centrl
i. tw .unnnt thrnuvh thit unwarranted
act en the part of the President ; and it is believed
that the Influences which operate to produoe this
Proclamation against the seceded otaiw iwu
brought to bear upon this Common wealth, if sne
should exercise her undoubted right to resume
tha powers grunted by her people, and U is due to
the honor of Virginia that an improper oaerclae
of force against her people should be repelled;
ThAmfore. 1. JOHV JjITCBKS,
P. Fw Pescud,
L. SI Perry, . H l
A M. Gorman, . .
Thomas Bragg, . -
W. R. Kicbardaon,
a W; D. Hatchings,
William Grimes
A. M. Lewis, . - .
John G. Wiliiama, :
L. CB Branch, v- . -D.
M. Barringer, ; :
A. Wiliiama, .
John H. Bryan,
William R.- Cox," ,. :
R. M. Jones, .
M. A. Bledsoe, -E.
Burke Haywood,
Thomas E. Skinner, .
WF. Askew, . U
William R Andrew
W. D, Johnson,
Albert Johnaoa,!
W. VV. Vaas,
James M. Pool, ,
RufluH.Pag. ; t
A. Creech, ; '.;,;:
H. A-Depkln;
J. J." James, f . ,
Willie J. Palmer,
J. Deverenx,
C Dewev,
George W. Mordeeal, i
Tboh.as H. Briggs,-
A. Kline,
John W. Ryme,
Everard Hall,
Joha Armstrong, -Jacob
Soheib, :
L'E. Heartt,
M. Grausmaa, ' .
W. Wauoe,
M. B. Boyster,
John Spelman, ' :
Robert Dobbin, .
Charles Kuester, "
B, J. Perklnson, :
J. M. Perkinaon,
John C. Palmer,
C. B. Harrison,
T. M. McGee, '
Ebeneaer Emmons, . r
commissionea vessel, subji owwn m xneretore, i, wohh unvuns "" i a rr Youn
Confederate States and Instructions given them J Commonwealth of Virginia, have thought proper l Maddox
r... MwmWinv their conduct: that ibev shall satisfy J , -ii armed volunteer reeiments or oom- I 1
for regulating their conduct; that ibey shall satisfy
n )mina done contrarv to the tenor thereof by
.ok mw) dnrin? her commission, and deliver up
the same when required by the President oT the
Confederate States. 1 1 do further specially enjoin
on all persons holding offices, civil and military,
under the authority of the Confederate States, that
they be vigilant ia the discharge of the-.duties
incident thereto; aad I do moreover solemnly
exhort tho good people of the Confederate State,
as they love thrir country, and as they prise
the blessings or iree government, mj
the wrongs otthe past and those which are
now threatened 10 an aggravatediform by
those whose enmity is more lmpiacauto
unprovoked, that they exert themselves in pre
serving order, in promoting concord,5 in main
taining the authority and efficacy of the laws,
and in supporting and organising aH themeas-
.hiXh av be adotrted for tbo common
defence, and by which, under the blessings of Di
vine Providence, we may hope for a speedy, just
and honorable peace. ;" - .
1 in testimony wnereoi x raraiuwro
I my hand and seal, this 1 Tth day of
j April, 1861. "
: JEFFERSON DAVIS.
By the President r . :. , v
Bo. Toombs, Secretary of State.
SEAL.
' MILTON BLUES.
Wa bad the nleasure of seeing on yester-
the times for plain, practical, stern business. 1 CapU Mitchell, of the Milton Blues. -
W ara reauested to announce mat uicid i ... ... -al Mtnrned from CbarieStOO, ana
- 7 . , I U. umm J-"- , .
tinguished for - oonseveratism, and a strict
regard for the right of all the parties em
braced in the late Union, aad it is a most
teutons sign of evil when such men are foreed j miloQSi jet them oome when they may
came to Raleigh to tender the services of his
.Jl- iA tfi Oorernor. The offer was
GUUJWJ J w ; j
accepted. . '
C" We publish the following communi
cation from Lady " in order to show the
pirit which pervades the ladies of this city,
Nearly every lady in town was for accession
long before the war was begun, and now they
actually want all the men to leave una go
into the field, while they will protect them
selves ! Hurrah ! for the ladies of Raleigh.
They are as brave as lions, and setfa noble
example to the sterner sex.; -' But we must
beff leave to dissent from the views of oor
fair correspondent. Tbe noma uuara . u
to be composed principally of men who are
past the age for seryioe in the ranks, yet,
when" united into a regularly drilled corps,
they will prove an effectual protection to our
homes and our firesides, while there will be
plenty of yoang men eager to serve their
native South in tne cause w reaiawBg
At a meeUng of the Executive Committee of
the Southern Rights Men of North Carolina, on
tbe 18th day of April, A. D-, 1861 in the City of
Raleigh, the following 'resoluUons were adopted.
' Resolved , That events since the Inauguration of
Mr. Lincoln, and especially those of a recent date,
plearly demonstrate that ft ia the determination
of those in power to reduce the Soathera States
to submission by force, and in our Opinion , the
fegue presented thereby to the South is one of un
condftional submission to a military despositism,
or resistance ; we therefore think the South should
unhesitatingly adopt the latter, and m view of im-
rjendine evils, that tne otaa vi au.
Jhould at once take position with her sisters of the
South and share their fortunes, whether for weal
or for woe. " : '
Resolved. That the recent aeiaare ana wup-
psnies within this State forthwith to hold them
i fir immediate orders, and upon
tbe reception of this Proclamation to report to the
Adjutant General of the State their organisation
and numbers, and prepare tbemfeives for efficient
service. Such companies , as. are not armed and
equipped will reixv t that tact, mat tney ayji
-properly ripDUedjV'V'r? v:--V ,v ' ' '' ;' ; 'l
' in witness whereof, I have hereunto set my
r k'oni .ni naiiM)! tha seal of the Common-
U s- I wealth to be affixed, this the nth day of
( ) April, 1861, and w'tfl KR.
Common wealth. JOHN LETCHES-
GOVERNOR LETCHEBS REPLx" TO
SECRETARY CAMERON.
7 r ' EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. 1
:Y.. BtCRtfovn; Va. April i, 1861, ; X "
Hdn. Simok CamiboS, Secretary of War :
rtr i I received vour telegram of the 15tb, the
genuineness of which I doubted- ' Since tba Ume
I have received your communication, mailed the
same day, in which I am requestad to detach
from the miUtiaiof the. State of Virginia "the
quota designated in a table." which you append,
"to serve aa infantry or riflemen for the period of
three months, unless sooner discharged.1 .
rln reply to tnis communication, i u
say, that the Militia of Virginia will not be fur
nished to the powers at Washington, for any suth
use or purpose as they haye in view. Your object
i ,n ...W.Kr.tatha Southern States, and a requisi
tion made upon me for such an object an object,
m my judgment, not within; the purview of. the
Constitution, or the act of 1796 wiU not be com
plied with. . You have chosen to inaugurate civil
war, and having done so, we will meet it, in a
spirit as determined as the Administration has
rhihitai towards tho Souttt. . - ,hr
-flsnectfullv.-. '-
JOHN LETCHER. .
E. Hunt.
Joba Kingy
Henry Keim,
W.t J. Young,
8amut E. Philips.
Baliwh, April 16, IML;
Wesley Jeori,
George Utile,
8. Smith,
Reuben Moan,
X. C. Fisher.
Frederick FjtZgerald,;
E. B. Freeman, j
Charles E. Johnson,
AldartSmad '. v-.
1L W. Huated, ; :
M. Andrews, '.. ; ' -William
E. Pell, ...
r Jamas M.Uarrlsa,, . L
, J, J. Christopher, . - i
. Joaer-h H. AUlnaon. i ...
K M. Andrews,
. William Whita, . f
.' Jaok M. Tewlea, -J.
W. TuCker, ,;- fi
. John Maunder, ,, j,.
Georq;o W. Haywood, ,
T. H. fielby,
; W. C Upchurch, i .
;E. M-'Faan.t, -. . V
John MitcheU, -
W.J. W. Crowder,
; Cbarbe Msnly,; ; , -"A.
P. Woodau, A.
v Jeff. Fisher. , .
P. H. Winston, -
' J- Ml. Lovrioy.
James B. Sbeperd,
J. Brown,'. I 4.
i 'WilUam Yaarby,
O. L. Burch,'
J, J. Lanadail,
IX L K.ystar,
IVMcGowaa,
R X. Sauedm,
J . Horton,. '
It. Porter, '
, J. T. Williamson,
S. U. Pariah,
W, D. Hackoey, I
Jaioes Dodd,
.J.C Flawing,. ;
Harris Vaughn; ,
F. K. Strother, ;
Joseph Kreth,
M. A. Pendergast,..
W. D. Williams,
N,S. Harp,
A. Hardie, - ; ' "
John Ray, Jr., '
K. Smith, : v.:
BmsoD F. Jones,
j; &. Bonn,
1 : FROM WASHINGTON: . - '
4 WASHncoTOir, April It. It fa reported, hot not
yet confirmed, that Government has called out
150,000 addUional troop.. ' ; x. .r
. .1 i. .... ...Intuir. havasnlacted noSltlOnS
tkn of the Federal Forts m North Caroluul, by fo tho erection of batteries m and around Wash
command of his ExceUency the Governor o this 1 a for ttae protection otthe city. - "
Uemanaea oy hw . 71H..riol Charles Lee Jones, Adjutani uenenw vi
Quia aawaaa
crisis, and meeU tbe enure and eoff! P fa District MUitia, threw up his commission to
w7,f this committee i and that, In tne opinion 1 .T? "... ' 1 .
- ... r nnlW and 1 UJ. ... -' -w ' - . . ; N ... J -
Khnda island volunteers are vruoiou w
of this committee, the dictate of wfae poUey and j
theaafety and honor or xnortn uaroiinareqnxr ,
that that occupation ibwm w wnBuaw
dLi Thai thia committee approve the ac-
V r nim(ir of this State, in calling an
extra session of the General Assembly on the first ;
a f Mav next, and endorse the views of bia
Excellency expreaseo m u y1'""''.-
f : W. N: EDWARDS, Pros'.
" S. J. ZoriXtoKSec'fy. ; 7r:J 'Z':Y r.
The
Cir.lilnfAn
I Capt Stuart, of the splendid Georgetown Cav
alry. nas resigned, v :'-'': ;" :tV
n wi. boildins- in this eitv is now openly
Warded, day and night, by onusted soldiers. The
D . " . m 4t O a Ain. LKYIa waviin TFas
'pX:t V From the Richmond Whig.
THE YANKEE DESPOTISM. AT WASH- v
-r--v .INGTON. - ?';'! - . '
A The declaration of war againat the Soulhera
States ia a grew and flagrant tisurpatloa. Tbore
is no authority given by tho Constttotion to the
Federal ExectUi- to make war at alL The Fad-,
oral Omgrtu itself has ne power to aaake war upon ,
the 8tatesi . That " power was proposed 'to 1 bo 1 :
.tL ia the Convention which framed the
Constttotion, and expressly and emphatically re-
fused. ' - .: "x "" ' .1 ''
s The action or Preaidant Llncole, la 'there
fore a palpable usurpation of dictatorial powers.
It is a clear invasion of tbe riglta of tbe people
and Ue Stater, and a subversion of Free Govern
ment. ' '- '-' . '" ' "."'.' ' ' T.
The contest no w is the same In which, our fata- .
ers foogbt-ltU for the great principle, of rea .
Government-It is for Liberty or death. The .
authorities in Washington and at tbe N orth, while
professiag Peace, hae been during the last month
exerting all their energies to organixe an army
fof theinvasion, and aubjugation of our land.
Their act Is purposely, without an oMsjt, It It
does not oomtemfJate-oar supjagatioe.. Our
country 1 lobe overrun by Invsding'armlee
our lives endangered, our 11 berties oppresaed, our
nilUad. our hearths profaned, 1 aakee
Proconsufs are Jtoba quartered upon the people to
harrv and daspoll them. This k the programme ,
or it is the most senseless and useioss piweeeaiag
ever perpetrated. ; snaii we- tamaij aa
necks to tbe yoke and shcA a yoke t : .
J ;k Rather the Roman come again.
The Saxon, Normaa and the Dane1;
; I ' In all the chains we ever wore.
" We grieved, we sighed, we. wept we never
: .,. blushed before, ,?:;'. .,
vTbo eountrynsea and kindred of Waabington,
uw. r iba Iaat the Raadolphi, the JeHer. .
sons, the Harrisons, tbe BUods, the Nelsons the
-IJlu r YuikM Task masters I Better tea thou- ,
sand times to stake everything life, liberty, area-...
neritv.' altars and aresiaes, uss swm aw - .
radatioa. Great and manifold are the horrors of -
. Kv.f ihmirs aveaser avuo waa. mwj sa
our
pOKmS TwUh nro- r,fw";; wouaded aad humiliated U
visions in barrels and boxes, and guarded. V I f honor, U a nation lortad lost beyond .
An ammunition train passeo along toe i redempttoa. r
5tn- That we are opposea to v
of the Border Statee into a Ja-luili w V
Sfederacy, but think all the Slave-holding
States should as speedily as possible unite witha
Soathera Confederacy, tnereoy su.u6-i,-.,
DOr-t j LinAoln. and hismvr-l a nreventlne war,
rood OPP i' "3T.T,:. mav. , VZSZZttZL refrain fx5m expressinz
1
. i 1
It is rumored that fighting haa eons-
raenoed at Harpex's Ferry. V.j " , ,
either by their own convictions or by tne
fear of a diseased public opinion in tbe sec
tion in which they live, to take part with
those who have undermined, the jallars of
this onee great and glorious government.
As for the JVVw York Herald; we do not ex
aggeraU wbea we say that the dailj eircu
latioa of that paper in North Carolina is
three times as large as that of any viekly
paper published in the State. Will it be
sustained hereafter in this State to the im
poverishment of our own press t v: Will the
people of jNorth Carolina now continue to
put money ia tha pockets of a pres whkb
jj daily urgag cruaada against the lives,
fortunes and liberties of the people of tha
South 1 We hope noL
t PATRIOTIC XJaxiJSS.
Ws learn that tfie ladies of Newborn,
headed bt Miss Annie. Dares, are busily en
raced makios mattresses for- the use oi tne
. . .
troopa at Fort Macon. - Three nunarea nave
already been sent, and they are but the pre
cursors of suany. mora. The Itdisf every
where can and, we doubt not will be, uiefal
in this erisis, as they can do In without com
promising utir ismiTHim ctaiisacj.
Vn'mi diBoLrvxs OnoTs- The number of
man which oldLiaoola's requiattion requires from
North Carolina to aid la subjagatiog oar South
rn brotbreo Is 15SO two- regtaaeata of ISO men
; f Von teb RxoisTxn.
HOME GUARD." r
iinma k bosv. and I hear that some are trying
to form a ban in this city under the above title.
Will yom be kind enough to inform tne energeue
mmt that tea
ones wno are engs - "-
a eompany. TeU them to go waere
.. . Thm Father of the fatherless aad
UwysriBW"' l ... .
Husband of the wiaow wiu ftwx "
their safety this prayer shall hang upon our lips :
Thou who oloreat tbe raven's wing, burnish the
swords of our precious friends, and shield warn in
tbe thickest of the fight.- ,;-:. LADY.
Fon tbk RxoisTXa.
Tha friends of the South, without distinction of
mrtv will have a meeting at Springfield Acado-
' !H be addressed bv Hon. S. H.
" -.
Roeers. W. B, Cox ana otners.
7 "
. tKa true cOuraee, boldness ana
daring of the army of the! Confederate States In
. j ; .tiir nnoB Fort Sum.
the recent ana buuwwmi -r - - - .
ter.
7th.
Is Insdeouate to express
our disgust at the foolish and Insulting proclama
tion of Abraham Lincoln, aod we heartily endorse
tho patriotic answer ot uovernor x-uia . hU foul
. aMMi-tA- itrwHi nam fir l lavsa raw m
A BLAST FROM THE UNIOJI TRUMPET,
The Lynchburg VtrgCdea whfch has bttherto
battled maafully for the cause of the Uaioni thu
rasposdsto taMoaTtmXT-
"But the Ust feather which breaks the camel's
back, has been applied. Not enly-Jtava Federal
troons been sent upon a mission of wart nut tne
man who, above aU others, held the destinies of
this great nation in bis hands, and could, by a
word, have restored peace, has drawn the wofd
They that take the sword shall yerlsh with the
sword,' is tbe strong language of oly writ. Let
thero be a HtaralTulflUment of the prophecy to
Uatanna -CUV i bat tha wretch who wrel erred
violence to peranatkm snay.U hirai vietta of
hiuon. . J3l lum a wan vm inn
SU
ments,
I M
warouaaw - - v t,. f.
. & . a sw a. a ana as r aa a am ri ls. aviiuwii ssksi asis mmt
rit Tariffia a groat outrage uoon the, people or
North Carolina, and well calculated to oppress
indlnjutheS while it was "tended to foster
and enrich the North at the expense ot the South.
I In presenting the report Mr, Lewis took occa
ioa to say that the retolutions had been drawn
up with a view of avoiding anr expression of
oarty sentiment, or uaing; party namea.fe He bad
himself neretoiorsj p"i B.
! Am,. rA nMrretown..':Drobably to supply
the bauery, whkb is said to bo erecting on the
Heights ot -Geotgetown '- -V
. The Light Artillery are le-nigu u w
, r.JU.tn twrminrl of Virelnla. k appointed
District Attoraeyberi J, M Fleming laj appointed
District Mtorney lor aastant iwiwbw.- r -; .
THE REIGN OFvTERROR IN NEW YORK.
Naw Yonx. April 17. Terrorism te inaugura
ted nere. The office of the Journal or wmmsros
baa been surrounded by the mob, and compelled to
put out the U.S. flag. It k said that the office of
tbe Daily News k to be attacked. ? -J- ;
Border 8tate stocks are depressed by a combina.
4w MirlitAn those States. " ' ' , ' ; t" 'A.
HUH W .. . ... '' '--'-
1' - . r' MOB LAW.IN NEWYORKfe
Naw Yoax; April It. The Day-Book news-
no uiw . - - , lumuiu . i.v i i Ym.
bavedowtoeirworsti and from newseforttnothiBg
and execrations, deep, bitter and endnriag, await
nlaved bis infamous part
snaltoccupya blcbon bktonr
wbo'bave destroyea ,ine peace jiisv :
, "Let him send bis myrmidons to Invade our j
1.av shall be welcomed with blood
UU, J - .w-'i-tli
i j. Wn.nii.tviM trravee. ' xae war wui wo w.
of extemlnarlon-let tba be waorstoodthe
berlaning. Neman wao uxea op ru jw s
MISSOURI " AND .THE PRESIDENT'S EE-
; i ;s':quisition:
! StLotjm. Aprit it--It k nndersiood that Gov.
Jackson will refuse tocomply with the , requunuon
:3 if 'TENNESSEE MOVING; 'jy:
i .Mimfhib, April v n-Tbere U letense excite;
ment here. A
here last night,; whan Mempms jmm resoivou
There k nothing left for aa, but to fight for aU
that k dear to us. i very man, womaa ana
tn the Commoawealtil foals the fc
ismskforeodupoaus. WP witr
to lgat either fordtyotism or forqyaaw to side
aiUfat with oar enesnka and oppraiors, or cur
friMds and kisswL- TBS Northera Prealdeot
leaves as ao alter native; it wuaerty w
tion, glory or the grave i ;
J "'V; '- .. FRGM GEORGIA.'
Aoril 17.2-Verv little doing In cot
ton In the Southern saarketa. Little oflfarisg. ,
Holders demand aa advance.. - v ..
, Ltncola's Prockmatioa te exmdemied aad
ridlcolad, and aaacy coosidar tho offers of Northern
volonteers mere gsaoooade but hnndmk of i bat.
taUoeaand regimenk of volanteere are qoltety
forming la tbe Sooth many secretly to moot
tbe Norther volautaars U oase they eao be found.
Aa waparaltakd war spirit ts aretawd l the
Boutn. ' Men aad means are freslyaod kvishly.
offared. It k believed Impossible to satdoeit short ,
ofagraadaatiofial Waterloo coat let, .
IiTaEcio--Hsar the story oT tho hUdtbai.
went forth Into thoaaouataia ravtoe. WbUe to
child wandered tiwre, be erkd aka Jo brtk tb.
lnelteest, and beard a twos wuwo -iTttteeaie
tone. ; He aalkd; ajadv M k.
thought, the veice egnia moei
with anger, be rwshed "to Aad
SwhTdin JS
and snme equally hard thing, had been said of wlSU V? h - i
LI a MANLY, :
W. R. POOLE,
JNO. H. JONES,
J. B. JOPJ1S, .
And many others.
THE GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY'S RE-
....... , PLY. L .. .
Gov. Magoffia, of Kentucky, replied to
Lincoln's requkiUon as follows: , -
Faayxronx. Aorfl. 15.-To the Secretary of
- ;.t v r Cfosansor ef Ktmtueicih
It ketated tbatGovBicka, of Maryland, has
iafornttdUe Secretary or War that MaryUnd
. -mm.M- ava.cfaBaata
tui n -
him, but he believed that tbe whole South were
now willing to unite in a oommpa wummm
v. villint? to forrive others for all they
bad ever said about him, he trusted that hk recent
i .tfaries would meet him In a nxe
IXtt aa that w aH might onito and prepare for
antrlt.l
the contest which was now upon us.
adjournea aoou w
FORT MACON. ' ,;
The meeting
The Committee of which were a member,
bavlnsf performsd the pntmisfioa they were isont
to des returned by a special train last tiighW
There are now about 150 to 200 men under arms
at Fort Macon, and everything k being put ia
iorder. Should a Governmeat vesselj attempt to
enter the harbor, they will tJ-TM fMfJK
tlon eartain. . Severe dameatio af&lctkm win nre-
-JSt'
nv it war comes.
Paducan.
The New York Courier and Eoqoirar of Mon
day last, buttm following amiable parsgraph about
tint Anderson, have bad W .f2,." I' andEBSON BRANDED AS A TRAITOR,
Aat of the soldier ana wo nw
em man. , xws, v - -"iriZJxZZ , i
infi! witn- tunerserviceaDw wa wtfiv.
nfade the Swlh, should know tbarthey take
theif lives la ttSr hands, and taatfrom every
mountain gorge and akv nnerrtojrfle
of the JUieVaer; wllTaste tr affrigbtod
rauka-:.r-n
' KENTUCKY TBVB TO TR BOOTH."
L6TrravtttArtTAA artie -tethir was beM hlJ9
opposition to Lincoln's war 1- 5
Tunanimously passed that XaMU7.4U
-s. tt a .wt hr nf traont snlsit tb iywa-
U Confederacy, but wU 1 ahara htt4l.
a aimiiar maeuns: wm w .
tif4j,ir'' tymi8i& ;..j;v
MsloT Aaldenoa t
Sumter baa tallen-surreiMlered, we tear, b a
.if. .v tbkt traitor Maior Robert Andaraoo.
Thk k harsb ' language, but k the' langUago of
truth demanded by what appears to be tha grossest
act of treawtf ever perr)lratlj IS this or any oth
r coontryr The treason of Twl- Is adadttod
bv a to have exceeded that of Ben-ilet Araoldi
ba the names of both Arnold and sTwiggV i
sink iato toaignlficanoa, indeed, are almost ren
dered aaspectable, wbenbompared with tbo asove
j..in 'rnfamv which, front the present appear
anv mast fdrever attach to that : of Robert Aa.
mocked him. Flushed
td bo oas. Ue wen .
. . . . a. . t
called out to bias la ranger, ana wim avw
StiVetTaS efThicb weVe aattUUry rraed
nVm.Tcaong with rage, the chiM ran tohk
Lther, and oomplalaad that a bojr b lUej od.
had Insulted him' with words. But the mother
took her chili by the band and said t -My child.
thtL awsWwere but tb. echoes of thae owe
SS.' lend forth Jrr?
tboasbalt aever have a clouded day tarry
SoutV vindictive spirit, and even in tie Itowere
Satt lurk curses. t Thou aba receive evJ"V
Jhoogivast, aad tka alone.-, Always,- said the
nedir, k thatcbild ia tbo owntaia rossen aad
ll!!,Vmn and womaa k that child,- - r . . ,
ye
I sola 6w.'
XaI8SOLUTIO!l-TB FII13 OP T4M, '
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