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r- TV- i.i i J "t i t i ' . ? ' -; 9 4 Ml 1 i At 'S! i a i 1 ' f I ! , i ; 1 ), - WW LETTEB FEObl THE NOTORIOUS CPAS. i JIENRY FOSTER TO THE LATE GOV. ' ELXJS. i -V 1 ?-::'.- 1 .-;'.i .: i- :' ' W:r !nehte4 to Governor Clark" for the Ouri are the puntornur delightful peace , f A. number of the Hewbern Progress of the . yyfJ)ltX fnnnA mnnihm w XT T ' , ' BY I ..1 .mmmm WA. MFAIMW I1.IJ1B- .11 - EDWARD 8TANW TO BE LINCOLN'S SATRAP FUR NORTH CAROLINA BTJIIXSIDE PUTS A. SfOPPEBON THE lLLUSTIlIOUS CI1AELES HEN RY FOSTER. C;: '-L. ' V i .. : RAIiEIGU, X. ! - " .' -: - H "WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 21,1862. . vThe .Semi-Weekly Relsgter Is published every Wednesday and Saturday mora. iMg, as S.oo per annum, payaue in mimci, or .vu per annum if payment ii delayed until the expiration or the fuMenpnoB year . - . t The Weekly Register -j Is published every Wedneeday morning, at $2. Op cer annum, parable invariably in advaaoe. Subicri- ben are notified three weeks before their subscription year expire by a cross-mark on the margin ef their papers, and if advance payment is not cent or anoth er year, their names will be strloken from oar list at .the expiration of the subscription year.-. This rule will continue to be inflexibly adnerea o. ; yS'.Chib Rates. Clubs will be supplied upon the following terms : For a Club of Ten to the Semi-Weekly, $30 per anm. For a Club of Six to the Weekly, .510 For a Club of Ten to the Weekly, 1 a -it. H It The Register JotfQffice 1 . ls supplied with unrivalled facilities for ex eon ting all kinds of aook ana iee pnnnns; wiu neaoiMs ana - fiTtfeh. Havinr an excellent STEAM POWER - -" PRESS, we are enabled to execute Job printing with unequauea ceieruj. - v OUR ARMY NEAR RICHMOND. Owing to the hot that Friday last was set apart aj a day of prajer, the newspaper '-I offiaes in Pfltersburer: and Richmond i were cloted, and, of conrte, no papers were issued :.from them on Saturday. We are, therefore, ' ' without any newspaper intelligence from those 1 quarters of a later date than that brought by the TjaDers of Friday evening. We learn, J - - ! however, from another source, that the front of our army is within four miles of Richmond, and the gunboats of the enemy are collect ing a short distance below the obstructions I -intherirer. We, therefore, will soon hear, :21st day, and the . gentleman - who 'got it brought it to ns.' We extraot from ii a letter from Gen. Bnrnside to the infamon4 and notorious Charles Henry Foster, and also an editorial article. will i be eoen tha . the Yankee General and Editor, both confidently allege that Edward Stanly is to be appointed Gov ernor of such portions of thiajStatej as have fallen and may fall into' the hands of the Yan kees. ; But for the faet that Stjtnly consented to run as the Black IRejpubUoan Candidate for the office of Governor aHfornia we should be inclined to discre&itlthe Btatement that he would consent to at'ai the Baboon's instrument for the oppression !of his native State, and his kith and kin. M We have heard that it has been suggested that if Stanly does accept such an appoint ment at Lincoln's hands, he will do so for the purpose of having North Carolina-dealt with as gently as possible ! j Id other words, that he will gill the pill of-slavery, and by his benign rule reconcile the people of his native State to their down-trodden condition. For our own part we would rather be under the most despotic rule of the vilest Yankee ever whelped, than 'under the domination, however mild, of a vile traitor, to his native land. : We sincerely hope,t u Stanly doea accept this appointment, Jthat ;the bullet of some patriot win nna a loagment in nis skull j. or, what would be stiU. better, that the rope of some lover of his 'country will choke the wind out of him. ' -j I We also publish to-day a .letter received by the late Governor Ellis, in May last, from Charles Henry Foster, in which he says that his oath as a member of the Order of the cialparofue tote Govr miis: . 1 ; -cV till x Htobsisbobo; IT. 0.1 ' : :;-4; -May 9th, 1861;.. .. To His Excellent; Gov. Ellis, "' ' j Raleigh N. C. TTTTS TTTOHT AT DRTJRY'S :BLUFF&& PTTMB OF THE ENEMY'S IKON-UiJAXf GUN BO ATS.' i it The Richmond api s of JTriday contain high ly interesting Accounts of the repulse of the Yan kee iron-clad gunboats by pur batteries on James RivAr about seven or eieht miles below the city, on Thursday last.: At this point . the authorUies haye been for sometime engaged in filling the nv er with obstructions, and we presume that the riv er is by this time so effectually obstructed : as to render their removal a' tedious and 'difficult mat- Sia -You are ere this in receipt of a comnra- Murfreesboro feqntstingyonraecriion;WmyB8i s r;! ; y :t I trtfct thisdecifiion wilfnot be rendered haslUTl following oflicial j I account oijme engagemeBv. Desween oar vw -4 A tha YanJcae Ganbofttsf f -3 , we iresnme, .of . another attempt to pass ' Brnry's Bluff.- We learn, also, that yellow Knights 0vf the Golden Cirole; wiII prevent 'flags are fljing over the buildings designated hia taking up arm3 against ; ay part of the- by ns for hospital purposes, ana - mas inn i JSoutb. French Consul iias collected U the tobacco purchased for his government in Steairn & Brommell's Bistillery Building, and raised thfl French flap over it. We do not know SKIRMISH BEIOW KINSTON. We understand that a portion of Ransom's Cavalry had a skirmish with the enemy below ! whether or not this flag will be respected by Kinst0D on Monday, in which our loss was t the enemy in the event that Richmond is shelled, but we do know that it is the duty of tfjtr men, when they are destroying property to prevent its falling into the hands of. the . enemy, not to respect the flig. . We know of nothing in the conduct "of the French Gov ernment towards the Southern Confederacy which-should give toits property an immu nity from dinger or loss. Seward has prom ised he French Government the tobacco; and let it look to him for'it. We do not believe that it would be in the power of the Admin istration,, if it was so disposed, to save the French pwroertv from destruction, as the w , people of Richmond, would take the matter in their hands, and see to it that every pound of the tobacco was destroyed. From the region of 'the Appomattox we hear that'the enemy's boats had ascended the river as far, as Port Walthall, five miles above - CityiPoinf, on the North or Chesterfield'side of the river, and shelled the woods in that vicinity. A railroad, between two and three miles in length, runs from Port Walthall and joins the Richmond and Petersburg road, about seven miles from Petersburg. The shells of the enemy, : we learn, fell within 'half a mile of the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad. Sometime since the Appomattox was nav igable to Petersburg by vessels drawing 11 feet water This depth was acquired and kept by 'constant dredging, and we learn . from a gentleman recently from Petersburg . that for the last twelve months the dredging machines have not been at work: - The pro bability, therefore, is, that the channel above Port Walthall has been so choked up by the immense quantities of sand brought down t from the upper Appomattox, that few if any : additional obstructions will be required to prevent the enemy from getting within shell ing distance of Petersburg. , " ! - ' SENSIBLE MOl-EMENT. r At a recent meeting of the citizens of the County, of Hanover, Va., the following, among other resolutions, was adopted : ; - JUscIctd, That, in the opinion of this meeting;. in the er'enl of oar country being occupied by the enemy, it is bnt that all, who Jrom age or other disability, cannot render efficient aid to the cop mon cause, should remain at borne with their families and panne their asaal vocations. We commend this resolution as an example to such of the.counties of this State. as may fall into the possession of jthe enemy. . It is obvious that if places regarded as safe are resorted to by large crowds of refugees, that great distress for want; of provisions will ensne. ' -j i , :- nine killed- and wounded, and that of the enemy about seventy-five. f KF" A letter from Professor . Emmons on the subject of Salt is. unavoidably crowded out of to-day's issue." It will appear in our next. -..- i 0" Go and see the Great Wizard, "Mago del Mage," at Phillips' Hall; "for three nights only," commencing this (Tuesday) evening. The proceeds to-night will be giv en to the families of indigent soldiers. "A Citizen." We call attention to the communication of "A Citizen! in to-day's paper. 11 ' Fob th$ Eegistjeb. Mb. Editob : The article in your paper of Saturday last referring to the fact that a. large number of ladies had to sleep upon the floor at the hotels,sugg6sted to my mind that some arrange ments ought to be made whereby the large num ber of persons now arriving in our City could be accommodated at private houses. There are a great many families in Raleigh who could accommodate j- from one to a dozen persons ; but strangers do not anow wnere 10 apply ana tne citizens do not go out and solicit their company; i - Would it not be well, Mr. .'Editor, : to have a committee of-two or three, whose business it shall be to ascertain from each housekeeper in the City how many they can accommodate, ' and then let this committee have some regular place to sit for an hour or two after the arrival of the train each evening, to whom strangers can apply, and be directed to some place where they-can obtain lodgings for the night. The Committee can have some three or four boys who will conduct stran gers to the houses of the different citizens where or ntozSea; parte evidence. That th!r&er was referred to you, I do regret, btaose I am confident that the JChief Magistrate of a great Statewith honqeiutherto stainless,, and just entering upon a mighty politi calpfOlution.standiBg as she does in , the mdst solemn and responsible hoar of her existence will be adequately impressed with the Importance of his every act. and Calmly weigh its issues. T I am a citizen of North Carolina, recognized , ai such by its Constitution, and entitled to the pro-' taction of its lawsC- The State has not yet, that I am aware, called upon its loyal citizens to resign Federal office, nor has it jet formally seceded. J have.however, resigned my place at Washington, land am now absolved, legally and morally, from all the obligations of official oaths. As a mem ber of the order of Knights of the Golden Circle.' 1 am bound by an oath, unlimited in tenure, ner. er to take up arms against the South. For several days before troops began to arrive in-Washington," and whiileit was credibly reported there that the city wa9 threatened with attack from a lawless combi nation unrecognized by Gov. Letcher, I was at tached to a volonteer company, organized ftr ths express and sole purpose of defending the cttjr tern nor aril v. ' !' ' : . As being myself a husband and a father, I could not refuse to aid in defending the women , and children of that unprotected city. , T distinctly stated that I should assent to a similar call,- were I sojourning in Richmond, Montgomery, or any other place ; and I solemnly affirm that I never for a moment regarded the act as committing me to any aggressive . or coercive policy of the Ad ministration. -. If I .m suffered to remain in North Carolina, where are my wife and child, and the six ladtes of her family, I shall be found even more prompt in defending the Commonwealth, and, not only that, but in choerfully conforming-to any military re quirements whatever that may be made oi me. AH that I ask is, that,; if my word of honor or my oath cannot be considered as eub3tahVialing my .statement, I . may be allowed reasonable time to support it by other evidence, which I think I can produce. t Meanwhile, -I refer you to Mr. Holderi, cf the Standard, to Hon.) K. Eayner, and to ' Messrs. Yeates and Slaughter of this county. B tit, if it be deemed inconsistent with the safety oi the State to permit me to remain in North Carolina, I pray you not to allow me to be driven out 'until I shall have received the safe ' conduct of Gov. Letcher through the territory of Virginia to Eich mond, where I propose, if rejected here, to tender tny services in behalf of that chivalrous and gal lant commonwealth. " ' I think that my past record, which can be pro ven to' be irreproachable up to the time I went to Washington, at least, and the honorable recogni tion I year last received from the Democratic party of the District, as one of their representa tive in the National Convention at Baltimore, give me a claim for oharitable consideration. Many prominent citizens of Murfreesboro have expressed themselves as satisfied with my position, and a vote of expulsion taken last Mon day night was rescinded the following evening. But there is still great excitement, and consequent danger of the perpetration of an outrage which will forever disgrace North Carolina,-at a time more historic than any other, and when it most becomes her people to act with dignity and mod eration, j Very Respectfully ' i ' Your obd't serv't, CHARLES HENRY FOSTER. LlJ l-' '- they m&y be Bent. I call attention to this matter with the hone that our excellent Mayor will take it in hand, and have the proper arrangements made. In times like the present, we all ought to do on r duty, add extend every accommodation in our jower to those who have, had to, flee from .their homes. We know not when we too may be placed in the same condition , . A CITIZEN. ! APPROPRIATE VALEDICTORY. Our readers will find in to-day's paper the . very eloquent and appropriate . Valedictory Speech delivered . by President Edwards, in response to a vote of thanks tendered to him by the unanimous Tote of the Convention for the satisfactory manner in which he had pre sided over its deliberations. FIFTY-FOURTH REGIMENT. The Fifty-fourth Regiment N. C. Troops was .organized at Camp Mangumi on Friday , last! The following are the Field Officers of this regiment : . ' ; , . . ; Colonel, J ohn Wlmbiah, of Granville. . Lieutenant Colonel, Jas. C. S. McDowell, oC Mo'rganton. . ;4'. , -, Major, r-MBfdhlion, of Fayetteville. From the Newbern Progress, of Afril 21st. . . HlADQTJABTIBS. Department of North Carolina, JNewbern, April 21j J862, Chas. Hikrt FosfiB,"sQ., ; Sir : I see by the "ZTewbetp Progress," of Saturday morning, that you propose to speak to a political assemblage inthis place on Wednes day next, which I think would be very unwise in jeu to do, and decidedly unwise in me to allow. You oecupy no official political' position in the State, as was evinced by the refusal bf the House of representatives- to grant you a .seat in that body. - . : The President of the United States "has verv wisely appointed a Provisiocal Governor for this State, who is a native thereof, and was at one time, one of its most prominent and influential citizens, and represents at this moment, the views and feelings of a majority ef the people, cf theTState of North Carolina. . 1" " Th Government will doubtless I indicate ' its civil policy to Gov. Stanley.and I cannot consent in tne meantime to embarrass either him or the uovernmeni, oy initiating myself or flowing an v one else to initiate any eivil nolicv. From mv own inexjerience in matters of thi kind, I am sufficiently embarrassed already in taking note of civil cases that absolutely require immediate at tention. The occupation of North Carolina thus far, is entirely military. ' t ' . . j Another very serious objection . to the assem bling of such a meeting as you propose, is, that I have never been informed by any .one that it was in contemplation. None, of the citizens have re presented to me that they desire a meeting of this kind, and officers and soldiers ot the army-have no right to originate Or organize political assem blage. t ' 1 beg to uy that I do not question the honesty or disiDtereetedneasof your' intention, but the wisdom of your course is to me clearly open to criticism, and the meeting cannot be allowed to assemble. , .;? rv: .1" i ; ' . Very Respectfully; : ?' - (Signed) a. E.BURNS1DE, Maj. Gen. Comjnanding Dept. NP. From the Newbern Progress, of April 21st. MILITARY GOVERNOR FOR NORTH CAROLINA. r n The policy inaugurated by thePresidenti when he made Andrew Johnston Military Govornor of Tennessee, seema to have been followed by the appointment of Edward Stanley to exercise a like responsible-authority in North Carolina: A tele graphic despatch from Saa Francisco of the 10th inst., states that Mr. Stanley will leave Califor nia in a few days to assume the duties of the new office in that part of North Carolina which is un der the actual control of the United States. It is added that the people of San Francisco, who have long known Mr. Stanley, consider him the best man the President could have selected to lead North Carolina back to the allegiance from which she was so forcibly wrested. Edward Stan ley early enjoyed office and distinction by the suffrages of the people' bf his native Stale, and 'never forfeited the confidence they reposed, in him.' When young he was elected District At torney, and after completing his term in a manner satisfactory to the public was returned to the State Legislature. His tact and ability were al ready so well known in the State at large that he J was chosen Speaker ot tne House a remarkable distinction for a new member and a young man. He was afterward elected to - Congress from .the Newbern District, and served in that capacity for many years. At tne close of nis Congressional service, he was chosen by the .Legislature of North Carolina as Attorney-General of the State, which office he filled for some time with the same capa- city ana regara lor ine puduc interests wnicn naa marked his employment in other positions.' All this advancement and reputation he secured in a district famous beyond all others in the Common wealth for the able. men it has produced. His own father was the most eminent lawyer of North Carolina,.as well as distinguished for his services in a Congressional and Legislative capacity. While acting as the presiding officer in the State W 1 A 1 -.1. - t .Legislature ne was stricken wnn paisy, wnicn put an end to his public services., His son Edward succeeded to the confidence and affeetion bf the people which his father had so lone and worthily enjoyed. Newborn,! too, Whs the birthplace of Ueorge .Badger, late United States Senator , William Gaston, Judge of the .Supreme Court; Williana Graham, Jiidge Manly, William Bhep pard, the' Rev: Francis Li Hawks, Cicero Hawks, the present Bishop of Mississippi, and other men of distinction. - Mr. Stanley's knowledge, of the public men, and of the people of North Carolina, is not exceeded by that of any other native of the State. " I - i . FROM THE VALLEY. l - The Lynchburg Republican of Thursday con tains a letter from Buford's Depot, Va. and Ten nessee Railroad,in which the writer says he has juit arrived there from Fincastle,and at that place there was great excitement.) Mr. Wm. Skeen, the Pro vost Marshal of Alleghany, had sent a despatch to thatplace.stating that, the enemy had taken posses sion of Lewisburg with 800 men, advancing either towards Fincastle or Jackson'sRiver Depot, Va. Central Railroad. He stated that old and young were rallying at Callahan's, in that county,' The people "of Botetourt, of all ages, were assembling at Fincastle when I left,' with all the arms they could get to aid the Greenbrier Cavalry, who had in charge, this side of the White Sulphur, wagons loaded with supplies for Gen. Heth's army, now at Dublin. Depot. The mountaineers - were deter mined to give them fight The 800 men may be the advance guard cf la large force: ; Couriers had been despatched ! to ()raig, Roanoke and Rock bridge counties for aicj, and the people of the up per part of Bedford wiare also called upon to help their brethren demolish; the hirelings. U ana inBAsaf "uuw;, , I : ".. - TPbukt's Bttrvs", May 1562 Hon. S. RMaS(.lobt,; Secretary of the Navy: 'Sotr ' The enenr came up the rivet at half-paet i A.M., the "Gaten' ahead, theInitor'' nd a small iron'steAmerfai sidf wheel and a smaller ganboat fblrbwingj in succession. m i - TWhen about four hundred yards fram our b- Btructions our batteries Opened" fire upon the Mon- itor ana waiena. xney aia not ropijr. uuwi.nuo nian had nlaced nerselr direcliv aiawart ,ine .hknnel. After which the 'Monitor opened brisk fire, the other vessels j keeping underway, and at about from a quarter to a mile lower down, and so close under the opposite shore that only four of our guns could - Dear; upon -ineui. Our fire was mostly direoted upon the Galena, only occasionally paying'? a compliment to the RAveral of our shots atlonff ranee passed through and through them, and they soon dropped out of radge. The small iron-clad and the suie-wneei wahhoata were badlv crinDled. We turned' pur attention to the Galena nearly every one of bur shots telling upon her iron suriaceat : eieyen o'clock A. M. one of the Patrick, Henry's eight f inch solid shot passed Into her bow ;port-r-imme- aiateiy toe tmose rusaea out oi awpuru, uwiug evidently that 4be ;was on; nre. we gave ner three hearty cheers as she slipped her cables, and moved down the river. . Our pickets: heard her captain say, to one o the other gunboats,: that , she was "in a sinking condition." "V' :V'i Our sharp-shooters did 'good service, picking off every man who showed himself. j, ' , ''.' i . There is no doubt we i struck thenaT a hard blow. The last that was seen of them theyWeretteamfng down the river, r " i J. Every officer and man discharged; their duties with cool nes9 and determ-inat jon, and it would be doing injustice to many if I should mention :or particularize any. - Captain Drury and his com pany fought their guns with great effect., j Casualties. feieven killed, among them Mid shipman Carroll, and eight wounded, -j '.. ? Very respectfullv, vour obedient servant, 1 EBEN FARRANT, C. S. N ; Commanding Post .. : . It would appear from the above 'that out gun- j ; boat.s also participated in the fight. i . . The Petersburg Express gives the following in teresting account of the fight: li The fight at Fort ; Drury yesterday on James river, (Chesterfield side) ,was quite an exciting affair, and, we have good, grounds for believing, resiilled in a decided repulse to the Lincoln gun-J boats.. A gentleman -who was present, : informs us that the approach of the Federals ;was first dis covered by our, picket? about day light. . ,Te fighting, was commenced; at half-past seven, and wa$ continued : without intermission until t when the gunboats, entirely satisfied,! retired rap idly down the river. The Galena, an . iron-clad, but not so formidable as the Monitor, was the on ly vessel engaged,although the Monitor and three gunboats were present. Theenemy fired very rap idly, and did some execution in and. around the Fort, but many of the shells wentiar beyond the works, some of them exploding: a mile distant, and others bursted over the turnpike. The Ga lena was placed Tiors du combat by a plunging shot, which entered her upper deck, ranging downwards, and setting heron fire.'; She proceed ed 4 mile or so down the river, when she was run into! shallow water arid sunk, to save her .from total destruction by fire. I :: f- . ' A shot from one of our rifled guns cut a smalf boat in twain, which was swinging from .the side bf one of the wooden vessels, and sent two men which it contained to the bottom. ., r ; j - As the fleet moved pff, oar sharp shooters, who lined, the banks of the . river for threo or four miles, poured their deadly missiles . into every port-hole and at every pilot-house. One pilot was! certainly killed, as he was seen to fall at the crack bf a sharp-shooter's rifle. Others of the in vaders, it ig thought, were sent to their final ac-' count. The high bluffs, thickly covered with under growth, afford ..rdmirable protection for, sharp-shooters, and the number, we hear, i& to ba greatly increased. : . ; -j--, S; The casualties on our side were five killed and eight wounded. We have . ascertained the fol4 lowing:. : - ; . . iij,.- h Bbwyer's Battery, from Botetourt county, lost one man killed George Clements and three wounded. . .. ' ;j ' ' :' Jones' Battery, Bedford county, 2 men killed. Sales' (Bedford) Battery. 2 men killed. , Carit. Sales was slightly, wounded in the arm; i j : ?- : Oikr informant saw a mule which wasl drea-. fully mangled and killed, more than a quarter of a milefromtheFortbytheexplosionofashell. The animal had. three legs cut off, and its side was' torn out. - " . . ;.: s It! is the opinion of several who were present at the bombardment, that; the enemy - will make another attempt to silence our guns" at Fort Dru ry, and that when, he next comes, it will. be with mortar boats. The bluffs are too elevated; for his gunboats to do much execution :', We.aro pleased to learn that the best ' spirits' pervade our men, and that they are determined to mjake Old Abe's "on to Richmond" by wate, as 4ifficultas -have been his efforts to reach ou4 elarious canital on terra firmd. ' V Y 1 ... - ' '- --.-I ' ! t I'.y The Examiner says : i ; ; i 1 Nearly the entire extent of our los3 was owing to a terrible casualty. It appears. that in the ear RICHMOND- TWDEFENDEIXTO THE .rhawhoeouitry wfll be rejoiced to.learnthat the President of the Confederate Statesj the Leg ialatureand Gover nbr of .Virginia and the-Mayor of Bichmond alf unite in the determination to defend" Riclondtoth Legislature ' of Virginia :bn :f. Wednesday - last adopted the following resolutions andcommunica ted them to ibeTd&-J:V - V-' iin.iji ti "Km aprnl'A&aerfiblv,' That the JrnnT;?iThere Is patriotismenough to this city, and there are men; enough ; kll yOU Watil is organization.;" . ' i ,' '-' ' t- As regards ?he surrender . of the (city, I have but one remark to make... Some one said to rat the other day that the duty , Of surrendering the city would devolve either upon the-President, th Mayor, or myself. I said to? him, if the demin(j is made upon me, with the alternative to surren: der or be ahelled, I shall reply, Bombabd and ,bc . Damsid.'V Immense applause. '! But let's j to work.- Organize yourselves 1 into companies, and I shall do what I canj to artn y0u. 1 do not, lor a momeni, uouui yuu can organ ze a - mU . m ti il 3 mP a OAnlrAl AssLniblv hereby express its desire that forcQ sufficient to resist he advance bf five guni. General ASsemDiy uBTtswy . ... t A-.ntflrtn nlfhmv . tbA nanitkl of the State be defended io extremity, if such defence is in arance with the views of he President of thoj Confederate States; and that; the President De aeBureu. whatever destruction or loss of. property of tne State on individuals shall thereby result will be Cheerfully submitted to. . . ' -v i V-: . Resolved,-ThiX : a committee : of two on the parfof the Senate and three on the part of the House be appointed to communicate the adoption Qfjthe foregoing resolution to the President. Vfp: , The Committee to whom was assigned the duty of cdinmunicating these resolutions to the Presi dent reported as follows on Thursday : . . i "The joint committee appointed by the two Houses: to communicate to the President of the Confederate : States the joint resolutions of the General Assembly, in relation io tha defences of the city of Richmond have discharged the duty confided to them and respectfully report J That their interview with the President was in the highest degree satisfactory, and) his . views, as "communicated with entire frankness to the committee, were 1 well calculated to inspire them with conndeBCe ana to reassure, tne puonu uiiuu. "After readiner theresoastion he desired us to say t the. General Assembly that he bad received the communication of! theie resolutions with feel- i m 1 X- A ' -V' 3 S J L A J3 . -mm Am. ings oi lively grauncation, ana insirucieu u w assure 'the Houses that it would be the effort of of his life to defend the soil ot Virginia and to cover her Capital. ' ' ' r y Iff'.'"'"' ":"-; ; 'lie furtner stated tnatUe nad never enter tained a thoueht of withdrawing the army from, Virginia and abandoning the State ; that ifi in the course of events, the Capital should fall; the necessity of which he diiftiot see or an ticipate, that would be no reason t for w'ilhdrawihg the army from Virginia. The war could still : be success-1-fully maintained? on; Virginia . soil for twenty years." j- ..; ; . - . ; 1. .JZ: On Thursday Governor -Letcher issued the fol lowing Proclamation::: '-'' -::- ;s ;" t:i f BY THE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA A : - , PROCLAMATION. f -r t The General, Assembly of this Commonwealth hav'ns: resolved that "the Capital of (the State shall be defended to . the last -extremity, if such defence is in accordance with the. views of the President of the Confederate States, and havineri declared tnat whatever destruction- and:-loss of nropertv of the State or individuals shall therebv: result will be cheerfully submitted to;"t and this action Deing warm ly approved ana seconded Dytne Executive: Therefore, I do hereby request all of cers who are out of service, from any cause.and all others who may be willing to unite in defending the capital of thisSiate, to assemble this evening at the Ciiy Hall, a't'five o'clock, and proceed forth with to organize a force to. co-operate ! with the Tredegar Battalion, and any other force which may be detailed for the purpose indicated. ' The organization, upon being reported to the! Execus tive, will be recognized and properly officered, as. prescribed by lawj and be subject to the brders- of the Governor tor local defence, under regulations to be hereafter prescribed. . - . 1 1 " , ' Prompt and efficient action is' absolutely neces sary. . We have a gallant army in, the field,upcn whom we fully and confi4eutJy rely; but ho effort should be spared' which can contribute to the no?- ble object The Capital of Virginia must riot be surrendered. Virginians must rally to the rescue, f I JGiven under my hand and under the Seal ii. s. vof the Commonwealth, at Richmond. (, -r- J this 15th;;day of May, 1862, and in the eighty sixth year of the Commonwealth. : .' . " i JOHN LETCHER. . - By the Governor : : . Geo. W. Munfobd, , Secretary of the Commonwealth. In accordance with the . above proclamation a large concourse of citizens and visitors assembled at the City Hall at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, when resolutions were adopted to organize compa nies forthwith of all the males in theCityj. l1 The Examiner gives the following account of the further proceedings of the meeting, from which it will be seen "that the. most determined spirit prevailed: . ' - v . - ' ,'. . ' 'Speech es were made by both Mayor Mayo and Governor Letcher, and the sentiment of each, to see the city laid in ashes rather than become the spoil of the enemy, was received with a storm of cheers, which; announced a spirit of demotion on the part of the people of Richmond of extraordi nary morai sublimity, when it is recollected that the cheers were not .those of a rabble, but of an assemblage; nearly i every man or wnicn nad a boats. Make an Organization without delay. 4" , "l Fob the Register ,THE GUNBOAT FUND. Those ladies Of. the city of;Raleigji who bav8.. taken an actiye'part in soliciting and collecting V money for the purpose' of buildmg an iron-claii gWboat for te defence; of our State, fuel it t0 be their inty t& publish the : amount received uri4' jby? whoni contributed. 'Owing! to the xbanged condition of affairs, "it is jUken for, granted that tne idea of building such'gun-boat must be abun, 1 :dbned.:-:'.Tbe-mpriey;'clected, amounting $1965, has been deposited in the Baik of North Carolina as a special deposite, in the lame of the ;Gunr$oat jFundV' In addition to this, varioui articieJ Of valuable jewelry, plate, &c , have been contributed. The question is, what ts now to Lie done wim mis iuna i. - auobb wno. nave most in terested themselves in jthis business hereby giy, public notice to the several cohtribulps, tbat thfy can, at their option, either call at the Bank nj receive the sums respectively -(contributed by theni or they may let it remain for a while and 'await the developments of the next few weefcs. In bf -the seat of var; being transferred to Nonh ' Carolina, a great battle within our bjorderg will render necessary;: enlarged hospital -accommoda- ' tions for the wounded, -and that probably in tbQ City of Raleigh, That is a praiseworthy object to which this fund might be applied. (Or the fund might be applied, in distributing it among the .in digent widows of such; North Carolina soldiers as may die in the service either in battle or from disease.! Still, inasmuch as the contributions were biade for a special object, which is bow imprncti- ! cable, those who4 choose may call at the Bank, - knd have returned to them the sums contributed. A list Of (he Barries, with the amount i their contributions, will be left at the Bank, ud Mr. Wi E. Anderson, the Teller, has kindly laereed tb attend to-! those, wha may apply fot the recep- ' tieh of theircontributtons. . , ! ( ' ' ' 1 - - . : . j ( H CONTRIBUTORS' NAMES. Sirs Boy lan, Sen v " V Mrs Husted, " : : ' Mrs RS Tucker, '- v Mrs' Henry T Clark, , Mrs Singeltary, ju.183 iuaniy, Mrs John Grimes, Silver Bowl valued Mrs DM Bar ringer, Mrs M Henry, Mrs John A Baker, '' Mrs CB.Root, v : ' '; Mrs H S Smith, ' Mrs E L Harding, ; j 'Mrs W H Jones, - ! Mrs Alfred Williams, Mrs Cantwell, ' Mrs M V D Cooke,: Mrs W M Black, . Mrs W. T Sutton, r Mrs Engleharo ji . . ' Mies A Pierce, - . Miss Mllie Nixon, '. Miss Burgwyn, , Mrs RuffinlTucker!, MrB Atkinson, . ' Mrs R Patterson. , Mrs T McGee, r Mrs C W D Hutchings, Miss Julia J Courts, ! . , Miss T Lane,, . l Mrs Henry Mirdecai, 1 Mrs W" M Boy lan, Silver Pitcbar and Oob- share of "property or a family in the fate of the City. - ,- : ) '' I '":"!' Just as the resolutions were read Mr. Mayo en tered the hall, and was evidently much surprised to find himself in so numerous a concourse. Al most immediately he. came forward and! said r "Mr. Chairman and fellow citizens I am Bur prised and delighted to see this meeting j of the citizens of Richm6nd.; I am informed it is in re sponse to a proclamation of the Governor,; which I have not seen, and did not before this minute know of its existence. I feel assured that it relates to the defence of this city. I wasjustbtf my!way to "see the Governor on this very subject,and,ln pass ing through this building encountered this meeting. It was. the first intimation I had that there! was a proclSmation, er that there was an . individual In this house. To day, when invited tb attend '" si meetingof the Council, I have for the very first time been cailed on or consulted by any of the au thorities, and, in pursuance of their resolution re-' 1y part of the fight One ef our guns, not being 1 questing the Governor 1q put at my command the prupeny casematea, got out or position, ana, in endeavouring to raise it, - bur. men were: entirely exposed to tne nre oi tne enemy, tne poor leuows being cut to pieces in the storm of shot and shell to which they were exposed. Some of the bodies were; hideously mangled. 4 One' poor fellow, had the top of his head taken off, the entire brain be-$ in? carried awav with the nknll. A KU ho struck another about the point of the knee, and nad crusned up the thigh bone,; flesh and all, into a 'hideous mangle, extending to the hip. The whole side of the body of a third had been carried away by a cannon ball. - I : ?.. ' The spectacle of carnage that is so terrible to one Unaccustomed to it becomes familiar and trite, we suppose, to our soldiers.1 The mangled corpse of one poor fellow was stretched out in one of the batteries, and his comrades were by hirri, compo sing his limbs, tieing : his1 hands across his, breast with a twine string, while in one of his own hands he still kept hold of an unfinished ration of meat and' bread: ': , ', .'rl7' 1 . v' It was reported that the shell of the er.emy had killed a soldier m our infantry camp at some dia- tancbin the woods, , but we could find no confir mation Of it.;-7 . - ' Y" fS:-l:i v':- : '-':-- It is considered in every Quarter that tha rftsnit of yesterday's fight is most glorious atd gratify ing. Our batteries are positively uninjured, and we nre mounting more gansamong them onethat will bore the Monitor.throush if she ever n the line of obstructions. It is quite urobable that tuw Bnemy i neei win not essay another attack on the batteries from the water : but we ftrti.fi that tiiere is occasion for preparation to meet the enemy should he land a force to' assault our bat teries through the woods in their' rear. A recep tion is ready for him in any event. ' Noi men in the world could have behaved more gloriously than ours did y esterdaV. An old army officer, who Jtood by and saw the' engagement, says that he is satisfied by the behaviour and looks of our soldiers that there Was not a man in the batteries who waa not ready to die rather then aurrsjnder thenu - ; ---I r. - '-i i-j. Tredegar battalion and any other troops in this -city under his authority, I was about to visit the ;(Governor.t Of the result of the battle which is to be fought by our army with . the invader I have ;no fears; but there should, While the great battle i- that struggle, for life and , liberty --ia going, bn; be an armed force ia this city to protect the lives jand property of those not in the field. What, in uch a time of excitement, may be attempted by foes in our Jiiidst" it is imposible to tell. j f: ' "Though not pertinent to the subject of this meeting, I venture to say a word On another subs ject. It has been said that, when the trying hour came; when a demand was made for the surrender pf this city, that I would either run away or base ly surrender. I say now, and I will abide bv it. when the citizens of Richmond demand of ma to surrender the capital of Virginia and the Confed eracy to the enemy,Vthey must find some other man to fill my place- I will resign the Mayoral ty. Great applause. And when that i other man elected in , my stead shall deliver np lhjs cU ty, I hope I have physical courage and strength enough left to shoulder a musket and go into the ankr Thunders' of applause. This city i was founded ny a man of my name, and it shall never be recorded in history that it was surrendered to the Yankees by; a man named Mayo." Deafen ing applause, and three cheers "for Joseph Mayo, tcher, The lets, valued at Mrs A M Lewis, Miss Jane Keith, Mrs, Cowper, Miss Grimes, Mrs R H Page, Mrs E Hall, , . ) Mrs Edward Yarborough, Mrs J ohn R Wiljiams, Mrs A M Gorman, MrsB F Moore, Mrs Seaton Gales, ; Mrs WE Pell, ; Mrs C B Allen, .-'!. ' Mrs L M Brown, . j Misses McPheeters, Mary A Smith, , 1 Mrs Thompson, Mrs John O Palmer,. Mrs James Taylor, .' -Mrs F J Haywood,- ' Y Mrs John G Williams, Mrs J M Lovejoy, : Mrs W D Haywood;- l y Mrs J JLitchford,:, , , , rs John Hutchings, Mrs Dewey, :- . . MrrJ. H Bryan, Mrs O B Winder, Mrs Wm E' Anderson, Mrs G W.Mordecai, . Miss M C -Cameron, . Mrs John Devereux, Mrs G L Ryan, ; Miss G Hinton, . Mrs S K Phillips, -' , Mrs White, . ,: Miss-White,. ' Mrs H L Evans, I Mrs H M Whiting, jynss a jn. stuarr,. . Mrs H D Coley, ' ' Mrs Fitz-Gerald, ' . Lillie and Mary Fitz Gerald, Mrs J2 B Haywood, Mrs M E Snow, Mrs R M Jones, L Mrs G SLoyejoy,.; m.ra u aeawell, Mrs Elizabeth G'Rooke, i Mrs H B Bobbittr . . Miss S A Partridge, j Miss Juiia A Whitaker, Miss Virginia A 'Whiiaker, ' Mrs It A Creech, . Mrs Kufus Womble, ; ' Miss Marv Strdnacbi Mrs Colburn, . " . Annie and Mattie Marliu,V Mn carter B Harrison, 1 U ; and Jewelry valued at Mrs A M Lawrence, Mrs Wm R Richardson, Mrs R G Lewis, ; Mrs Albert Johnson, ' Mrs William Millers Mr G B Waterhouse, TP o 25 00 20 0iK 100 oio 10 OiO so mo 50 OK) 10 00 10 0!0 5 00 Id oio S 00 10. 00 ' 10 GO 5 OO'I io oo b oo 6'QO 5 00 5 00 , 3-00 25.00 2 OO 5" .00 3 00 10 00. 5 (10 20 00 60 00 50 00 100 00 25 00 1 00 14 00 io oa . &' Oi) " 5 :00 . 10 00 ' 5 5 b 3 2 2 2 5 5 3 10 00 Oil 00 ' 03 00 J oor; 00 ; DO 1 oo l oe I 00 I 't 4 00 ' 50 0O 5 00 2 00 4 00 . 2 00 Y 2 00 - 10 00 i25 OQ . 10 00 - 6 00 250 00 250 00.' 50 0' 5 0Q . 20 ' 5 4-. 06 oo' oi ' 00. oai od oor' oa oo oo V enroll- j ; uaiis were .now made for Governor Le who, it was announced, was in the hall!. Governor said: ' Ifr.f 1 'Fellow citizens 1 had rather see vou mg your names than 'to hear you calling on me wr a speech. There is now no time for speaking. The enemy is almost at your doors; but Virginia, like you,' must have a talk before you do anything Let me make a suggestion to vea.- Get thn'A. capitatel officers now in this city and enroll vbur.. " uuuer miui, bwi jl wui answer lor it they will make out of you the very' best 5 regimen t in the servicje. f They will show to their fellow ci t ens of this common wealth that they are good and true officers, and. that they have been: unjustly Mrs John Spelman. Mrs M Bowes, ' Mrs Askewj; - ;":";i' Mrs W R Andrews, f Mrs Sylvesta Smith, j Mrs L O'B Branch, ' Miss M Iredell, w ? Mrs Cam Iredell, . .-Mrs a bxinner, ',: ' v Mrs L A Fisher, Mrs Ellen Mordecal, . Mrs Isaac W Hughes, Mrs John Hugbee, . Mrs W W Roberta' Mrs John P Daves, -Miss Nannie Daves, ' -i ; Silver Cup and Gold Chaini ouias d utinton, v Mrs .Lawrence Hinton, Mr H' IC RnrBTii ' . j Teachers and Young Ladies at ' 6t Mary" i ! l School 86 09 and Jewelrv . r j- MrsKEayner. v . . .. i 50 00 l 5 1 1 '5 5 . 5 10 KiO 5 0O 2 W 200(1 . 2 00 :5 00, ' ,Jt 15 001 3 OOi 2 0O 5 00 . 1 00 1 00 1 oor 52 00 10 OOi 20 GO' 6 00, 5 00 6 00 5 00 2 00 -2 00 2 -00 ' 2 00 1 2 00 . 2 00 10 00, 25 00 5 00 10 00 io oo ' 15 00 ; 50 00 25 00 25 00 ' 5 00 .15 00 : 10 00 10 po 5 00 25 00 1r 4
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
May 21, 1862, edition 1
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