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i- (rtratr Clark Messrjf. C 1 JV Hi ZItmirabU OJ Cmend JLmimVw ,y-.' U i th duty of the Executive at th .tneetiag of the General Awembly to lay . beore' them a tatemcnt o Ib affair of : the State and make ftach aoggalior.a m . a a a MMf an! (hem )a their aeiioeraiioo. ' 4 (levia to recently labeV charge of thia office! with an extraordinary preeaur of baataeae Uioq H, and wilUeuvb limited op- rortaniliea lor rxerrin(r eUtcmeot of iof tlJ kind; I might well he aicuJ from ' ' thi Jot jr. But the very great reaped I ; Lav for tU LcgiUlur, and toy earueat desir to secure their aid aaj co operation, prompt me to- make this eorumoaicalion. boweter imperfect or nnaaliafactory it may be. For the Bret time ia tb biatorj of tbia Slate," bar to deplore the death of a Governor. Tb lion. Job W. till, UU Govareor of tbia &tate. died at lb 1U1 Sul i php.rSpriogv -Yirgiai..oa-tb July ' IaaU Tbie eorumunivalioa might afford an t appropriate place lor a tribute to bw worth aad merit; out ui puwic ana puvaie vir tarn have but recently been caaaed through lli State, aud their thorough, en doreuenl br tbe people cojutitatc' bif highest reward while living, aod a rich leg acy to tumre hint. - a Tba erat uriiifgle wlnea bow raja tbroogbout our country, eicitea the muat inUne interval at boiua and abroad ; it ia oeedlvaa to arua to ouravl? ea, or lb world. of tba justice wr propriety of our ;oare. We pali'-ttU yieUleJ to every eipedieat, Md. jiaierjcd to etery prumiae Ja Ubalfof '-that L aion, arooad wbicb bad ao long clang a a i wx oar inureat aol Oearta. aaedtooa. put aoddeaiy tbe taak was raited, and we taw before it tbe aword of tbe tyrant, and bene forth there wae no beaitatioa ia our coorae. .An Etira Seaaioa of tbe Lagialatura im mediately convened, and with no diaaenl iag voice, submitted tbe iaaue to the peo ple m Coaveniioa, whtch uaaoiraouily rr"Ptfjl t b ordioance ef i?paratioo aad d Hveraoce, and that act baa bees aasUioed - and ratified bytbe people with aa unanim ity unparalleled ia the hiatory of tbe world, i Ilea who bat yeeterday were fronting Vacb otbe? in i fierce and angry dvbata oa tbii refy jue, are to-day roarabaied. aide by aide To tbe aaiiw ranka banded like broth era, and aukiaz " their Kvea, their fortune, and their -aacred honor," ia the comrooa caate. The nnanimiu of North CaroKaa ia this f- great air Jgte, w bile ft nroat enautra ancceea, wift ernbeiiwh a page ia bar biatory aa bhl liaot aa tba victory which icb'wvea her io- . dependence. Sudvleo'T thro wn kto thk grealf tr2- gle, without an army' or tba orgnuuikn - --to eopport one,- we fiji'l rffered to'oru ar -my of Wanteerfi who bare come forward -wtth brave hearts and wilhog bandi to en fiat is the caue of their countrr. ' ' Toauiuia their rotina and make it eSc- tira ia tbe field, the LeiriIatare have rotl ample poera to the Eieculiie, and d- volred oo tIoe entruiw with tbe adrnin- "tttraUon of affaira a fearful reapooatbiUty. v The Contenuon which aaeeroUrd aoon . after, wot foreaeeing tbe tnereaaiog demattd , for troopa, and diaaf. proving o tbei pro alone of tba LegUlatart for raiting and quipping volunteer, repealed tbeta with out providing a auUtitute. . UndVr tbe influtnee of tbe action of lb Coovtiition, coropaniaa ! were dabadVd. j Tbnd a check. waa given to volunteer wb3li waa f kejy to prof "la)l'fto'Tele"wf . mora troopa, ioduced me to vary aoroewbat ftbta th policy frceribrd by the Conven- tioa-i-a cbanga wbicbjyhiak tbey them " selve woold have MetToneeu-lr th : . chaaed atpect of aflairt I might iuiely aay that the de(L-oee of the eoaat, and b tteeatari., ZTl:'':.:. ' 1. ,Tb Cooventioo with ample power from , the people, repealed tbia law of the Legia f ,ialure lintihey did oot repeal or modify -"'-- -the power-of Itialaung granted by t be ' CootUtation to the General AaWmbly ; and a it iwat otJya ccurr powr eierciaed ' " by tWtyoavMtioeihe. Geaeral Aaaemblr sKirre atill the tame power to legwiau'oo uat reticular tubject a Utore; and the f Omveatioo, miking iu repeal to tak f Y fct oaly after tbe meetiog of the. LtgiaU V . tire, eem to indicate a deaiga or eipecta tioa'that something should be dooe, I j Z matt ihereiore, prat k oa your immediate rtiBlio- "sr -f .:-'"' -; Ia eoaaectioa with the subject of eohia-1 ter;n2, I w.U turceat tbe propriety of aoeM rvhvion w hereby it suay be eqaal- Lad among toe sever! covatiat aad amoeg tha' diOcreat durtricta of the aarqe cou ol T, Socae' OUnliee sod parts of aihef count j4 have airradr funuabed toor lhaa their furl quota, while other have beea mor lardy j la tbeir movement, and tbe bar not toe eavied 'privilege of- aerriag their country. Tbia Could U doe by aelectiog thoae eooetka which hr furawbod (rweat vol aateen, aad poioliog out the mode of eer roinegtheoi frets thoa eoeatiea. It fair aod ef eitaU,' that ia each eoea ty a jaat proportioe should he ebaarved, be twen those who remaia te take care of tie home, and nuka previaioaa for the abaent soldiers, and those who go forth to riak their all for the coealry. Th expeaditaref of the "State have beef and eoctiao to be rery Urge. Tba great andjiarried demand lor troopa i Virgiala bat atralaed avery poiul to equip and aend tbeta forward a rapidly M poawibie, and U baa beea tba aim of tbe aaihuriUea to fur aiab our troopa a lib every comfort comial ent with our meaaa. 1 Uve bare sot ba eniirelr aucoeaaful era bava at ieat beea flattered with tbe compliment of anadiag tba 'boat equipped troop that hart gone' to Virginia, and we art taking every meant of oowtibving tbeae corolurta. Tbe tuoject of blanket aad wialer elotbea Uh the Uoom baa occupied, ou,r attention, and if are making. eSorta and aiHWaia to acuoru pliah tbia eeeaaary object; and aaedical aid fat tba auk aad autfenag ahaJI be Uoded by every meana In oar power. 1 I tboukl like to communicate ,- to "yoai boJy tbe whole dereoce and armament of tbe Mate, tli lore wlitcb baa Uvea aeot out, aud that which it atill equipping ia (he Sute, tba ttate of tho eoaat dlncea, and th' plana for "giving theio atill mora tlreagxL ll ia your right and. duty to know -tLeae facta,- bat frutn pradeotUI roa aideratiuwa, I conaider it beat each tulor roatioa ahoald not be cooiuiunioated ia a Feblio UH-aaaga.1-- With your commiueea invite a full and free couferenco, and, through them, hope to communicate all iaforma:ka that may be deairvd. I will here call your altea.boo to a bea- y aource of etpeote ia' tba iquipmcnt of troopa. Madera warfare baa made a largo demand for cavalry and flying artillery, and tbe fumikbiag and equipping of boraea eicveda ail prudent caJcuUlMM mad for tbe war, and raue up oar eipenee further than can meet them ia justice to other Uaochof defcaoe. If tbe caaby rrgi menUooo authorised by th Lrgialalura aud the other by the Convention -are to be fully equipped, tbia Lfgiaiaiure nut provide mora meana than we now have the eoalrol C. Tb great leocf.b of eoaat that bow re-1 uuire gnaruiog una already oraan largely 1 a a It I " I oa our fond, bat not larger than it im roenaa ttuportaace deaerve j and whatever amoont or Btea and money it need moat be furukhed. Is aorae iarta of tbe Cfl we have beea unfortunate in obuiuicg pro per officer and engiuuers but belter man prw(etty falle aader the care and direction I of the Confederal Government, Tbe Sut oarai armammi oa oeco uauMcrred pur- 0 auaat to aa ordinance of the Cooveouon, rd ia oow Uinrfroperly mn.oed and traosferred to tha'd of our own tavjJ.IJW will coutributa materiaily to their dofenc. Aa officer of th Confederate State baa abo been aeot to inainvt our eoaat defo - cea and baltettea, preparatory to aaaomingX tbe oonlrol oftbem, but at yet it baa not iea aouTjplibed I hbrtery addreai-ftd" ed a couraunicatioa to th i'reudnt on ConvcnUou M an incompetent arid the tubjest, aod am daily eipectiog a ia. j. nselea bod, onder the coverof aob vorabU rply. . ,; mittinjr to- the wopte the miettion The curuilioent of eipeoar-a baa occu- S.m' ?rl;tt"li? oilier neit ' Trte debate alio 4beW i iri mi nave yoor cmcieni aid in u all importaot mailer, Th convention rtrid th. i-oin of Tnaaurv cot, authoriisd bv roor bodv till -r - ri f ( n 1.1 I, a t iu i?m- allowed the Treaaorer to burrow three iwil-1 lioft of dlara of Ui Ilaakt, Waa th ; amount already borrowed aadet the act ' paaed at your extra aeaeioo. A lare . portion of tba turn borrowed hat been et - pelded, and the addUooal turn to U bor- ri -TT L u --1 trawed itT kU omk lhaa the bnkt wil be prepared '.-'bit loan. More full io fer ma: 1100.00 thia bead can be bad from th Iwoaldia.iujour eapeual attention iod any reviJ Wat will give more eOiciency -.o, w-yvrvwiwav, aa ua er jou cap ortng it bocaio lue old atana 4irdt the more tikefy tow are to tueceed. Tbe ayttero of eteraptioa i very-detriment- j t ' ' "s, . v al. Inquire the tame duty of all, aod it i ckMHK AtO Sot'irnr.--Tbo La will U more cheeriully tabmitted to. A ! diet of the Sooth east corner of Aia- miiiiia, tjsiem, .with arm ia the hand of! the people, abouli be tuataaord a on of. the maJB toatitotioM and propa of a free country. They are the Volunteer, Nation al Guards of a ipulTce ,uUuTute lor Ibe tUndiBgarmy etdpniZZ3 It ia auoftifying to our, rotate pride to ibiak that we have hitherto beea eo de- pendent oo lb Northern But for even thel meana of dfeoca, including all the maaiU4M of war, aod apprbDtioot'fave beta felt among aa. that the want of tbeae might Impair the meana and reeoartee of mauwning iu:a ,w,aiju uuro a reoeu eurvey mJ by eer able Kute GeuiogieV Prof. Emaoaa. I am gratified to state that j we hate ia oar midat, wiihia a lew pile of riit North Carohea liaiiroad atnoMextea valuable aarrplf of lead, now ready to be takea ep.; aad he fanbur rvports that w bate tbe material for tbe maaafactur eigaa powderr The moat valaabl tegre- Jal U powder aaJtpetre, ia found abua dantly ia the limeatoae cav ia Teaaeaeee, Georgia aad North Alabama, . A compaay n now eogaged le the weatera part of the Stale, for the maaefactare oT powder, and if any aiiattnr i req aired, I would og gest that the State should furaiah aid for the pcrpoa of facittatSog the sappjy of thi aeofaaary mataHal, wbTC.h the IbckaJ of oar eoaat aew effeCtaaJly eaU of ; Th blockade of oer eoaat aad the aoa ietercoars areeai oer borders hart mub- iiabe4 wa frj: unponnai iaw-Tyj laai ia oare lumtrviai : rauuona we becotaa enti.tly 4rpeedeat aa th Korlh lor almoat every article that wt waa roa necled with ajachioery, merchandiaa, bod and clothing both lb luiartet and aeeea aari of life, Impeding almoat ivery article needed t oar' tVenoa. - Th4 tecoad 1 more imporUat fact k alao no aatabliah d, that . hata the meaaa aad material fur tunwriaif afl the want within oar own border. Nrceaailt ia developing tbeae rinaraawi aad driving aa to tba aa of The coatiaiaaco of tht war aad block aJe (or two or titer year may laflkt ranch pettonal taflWief. bnt k will tnrvly ac- complah our ftatioiial and commercial ia- dopealenc. ' " If th war were to termlaaU aoon, oar political rlghta mluKt ba secured, tat trade would return ha oM chaaueU. Time alone will tocoeAiHv ditert the coart of Irale, but wbea diverted K brcorae mora difficult ibaa aver to raatore it. - One check aod turn offth great flk of Northern trade, and Southern trade, and Soathero capital will roll their aUeoeth locether to eetab- liah Southern proapti ity and IndVpeDdeace. And it M equallr imixHiani 10 oa loea- taUisb our comnMirial aa our political oJeixndence. " A decisive t ictoT way ra ta bliah our political right la a tingUday, but a contiaaauce of the war and blockade ooly can aceompliah tbe other. To ua the biotkadu ami war it a aharp, but temporary pain, bat It ia a alow con- lumption preying oa tbe vital of Worth- em wealth and commerce. . I aiuat conclude ih'ta cemmaoicatioa, by elating tker are torn other aulject that ! muat aubmit to the coaaideratioa of tba General Aaeetabfy ia a apecial, moiahge, which I will do at theaarlirK momeat. UEXItV T. CLARK. Eucitivi OrrtCK, Aug. 10, 1601. THE LEGISLATURE TIm proceed inga of . Uave been crowded out.. Tlio moat jut- jHrtaut action vrai the ampenaion of that part ol liio ordinauca of too Convention which ditbandeU iho ur p!o volautccra on the 20th. inaUat, urli'K mirrlil nnt lu mrvttoA hv prett4ejit Davia, aod tho continnanra f tf- ti- .,, n-.l nn..i.rn.... I a arwj J wi wvatv wae wa waawe arwj" eaowaaw- I . r'L: ... ! M-C5Llf PV,W'-T? " 1 -tbwia ordered by th Up.Utqre. ! Honaca and enrolled, Anj oohiberof j ruilitarj and itafiUw orpronioory ; itIU for relief are before the ueneral Aembiy. It will b tccn that the ; Leintlatore in it wisdom ii.ropoaed.. dlsVand and" deit f o1; (he btale j l.,l,ftf. u l.-ll xi-t aft or Vn.m.. I . t r.u-... i .l I J nil ua ii iun utntj iiu iu mi urno, i.r:.-. I - .1 - . I r t : - mmJ lHmn w I in lu" voiuuary roovemen., there aeemi to be a trani congloni- riipn of urbite ipirita and gry.B KaUtgli Standard. M ' "stniKIVO A IULiVf:R ! . n , . "i. . tJiL t. A merchaut lefUie boute, on 1 Thurdy-eM4ef j !omet ea error! r, . ... ' n. - . . ... ; ti.i..L-.i.:.i. tiTr-i j i me erro. tynm wvi euici itsrwisv una i unriiMkl t "iWo ITolhMB TK tl j lfc4 rc earriag waa bailed to iw -Uk aJitaW4J-ad error " hidf. TharcctwneiBimi ately" tuared and the baJaoce ttrock." tuance coonty luire formed a Society Md at tb reeoftef one weekV opera- tina bare tent to the sick aoldieraat Yorktown articles of Jba ralaa of tuore-lban f lOv. Tlie Favetteviile Societr has tent an I Attalmciilof article, but of what value we have not beard. . ' . Piumti or SoLwttts---Jt. Sprin k!e, of the Iredell Llaet, died at Mart nasaaa on the Ctiu Wo. lknnctt, of CapL-WeaiinorelaRda Stokee coonty t Co- died at liaaaasae oa the 8tb. Kerry Mayo, of -"tba Confederate Guards, fifth regiment: volunteers, died at Bethel on tha iHh, of meatle. Leinnel M, Howell, of the Stanly eouuty -Marktrnen, died at Snflollt on the 15th, aged SO, leaving a wife, a child,' and mother. ay. 0. Jot. TuoMrwaJt'a Forces Wuir ma FtcMosTt&c The Memphtt pa per of the 13th intt, contain the fol lowing: ; " 7- ""-.:' : ."rT -'-r ' A-telegraph from Hickman, tayt a battle wat fooght at Cliariettoo. Ulteou ri, bet ween J effersoa Them p-'-j tone forcca and tha Jrrrmontert, Tba -Utter, were driven back with aevere Iota. - t - rULlSDURY.X.CU - V ; ,iuir-m5A TU Cotftdtrati Congnu-K ronton of tbe mambere of thi tody are iM.tli on an erlj diornmeat Tli JMchroona tx aminer, Fajetterille Obaerter, and aotne other jonniali TLTn ItUial It ouffht not to adiouro ; bat that tba eoodition of oar public affaira re quire It to continue it aetaiona aird be on band for hnj emergenej that tutgUt demand their iiuroediatt at tentioo. We ara eery willlnf to de fer to the judgment of tba able men who "compote Ut dlttlpgolihed body, oa the object ; and ire trait ther will be guided by a patriotic elite of the public interest in decid irig upon it. . ThU i the first Con grtu vt have known Jn many ear that almost every body did not want it to adjourn. a . Tlie Kichmond EiamTner ba an able article in vindication of. Vir ginia against tome unkind and total ly urijuat auiiuadveieioaa of a por tio'n of the presa in the Sooth. It showt that Virginia baa furbished 730 com panic, an aggregate of 3V 250 men, lor the Coofoderateservice. Tint in addition to thi, hand red of her citizen are amateor fighter. rendering valuable teiiie by cat ting off eonta and picket goards of the enemj. : That the State bai actaall ei8ded'lnxotit-jita for ber volunteers the into of f 6,000,000; whiltt coontire aSd ludividaal have expended for iiiuilar porjov not lese than H,000,(HH) luore. Iiut tbU ia not all: Virginia, by becoming t he, bat t le gron nd 4 t hl greatratnig- gle between the ortb and -the Sooth, La incurred almoat indeacrib able bardena and hardthipa. Whilst the people of the more Southern s;aie reM iho coMilict at a die - ' T" if " 'A' : . tance, titling quietly around their Qndistarbed beartfi-toneV reading the accounts of battle, and marches the private.familic of Virginia are toiling, night and day, narsing the sick and wounded told re r witli al the tendcrnct of pnrerilat aflectioot acrificing themaelvee and their property; ;t, to nor eoiauina cante. Tbia, and much more, the Examiner adverts to, and upon it demands that the people of Virginia may ba pared the oajott eenaaree WItieb-ineotMtdn eraamod'faatt fiftdijjg writer have attempted to heap opotllhero. Fo oor art, we have had tta hand 4a wonndirg oor brethren of Virginia, aldwi The are a wall between 'ua and a avaga ami refentW foe: and a snch,thcj are entitled; to oor love and gritiiuJe, fo alt the help wa can tend, in men, toouey. and every oth er aeaifabltf meant for the common V Tha Examiner part North Caroli- B4Taavrihwteitaiig'ifo ti'if "la'ii Virginia, d'me most lor "I ha Con federate ca ate. 1 Thit may, or. may not be to, aa the opinion it predica ted a poii correct br erroneottt laforV mation. . Wa are Tierfectlr certain that the hearte of our fieoDla are deeply -engaged ia tlta - work, and .. w , that they will , not ttop now to In. JuIra whether the Slate hat done r mora or lest than an of her tUtart, aa riocerei oevoted to It at the. Salt-U telling, at Cliartetton, at f3-Wto 4 per tack. Ja Iaichmood 0 to $7 rreparationt ara being made at Salt Workl In Virgin ia,aad on the coatt in thit State and Sontli Carina, ibfarnith tbia' lodiipeata Via article, in c nantitr atfaal to, tha demand. i .- - - ,:i': 1ST Iliea ta aallisg in Charleston at$l.?5 io $U7 par rlOO lba ahotrt ooa half tha atoal price, ' i:ZLzt. A prttToa'b to lafsrttbe Cosfoderata Congreu t0 admit .'iljoori- into. the 6oatheni Coofcdcraej- - Tba : demand . of toUxIotr U made by the lawful Gov. araor (Jackaoti,) npoo Uia'aatbority gtnn Llm bj tU Legialatnre. There, la soma cppoaltion oq ha ecoa ef ir regularity, bnli 1 .confidently be Uered that ahaywlll ba ananimoatly admntJli tiwjr " ! -"UlalOBrl )i A ftlilnt BiateTand now axertiog temirilka a jroong giant to lreAk tha power with wlid, bar aaemfea tbonghi to bind ber hand and foot, and, alienate her from her Southern iltera.r Shi deli rered on blow apon tba ioradera oo tlie 10th instant which tent them, Mattered and :foUdVlilaafff wiad.-YSlia haa an titmy7 of fifty thousand in different division ; and wbeo they bare joined their force, ther will aweep the Mack hearted horde bow at SL Louis, from the fact of tbe eartb. t'. ;.-'v . . MUaoarU a grand acqniiitioa to tha Southern Ctafcderacj.She i a large and rich State. Kef gengraph ical poeition commands the Wett, and will, moat likely, decide Its political relatlotitT'"7 Att acconnta agree irr feprreetit Ing tha Federal camp at and about Washington, at affording-nnintr- oua Instances of insubordination and ditordcr. The elevatloa of McClel Uo loan enajlty Fn edewtthGen eratTScott, and tba degradation orieDowellljiaet? -fiaitiul ran tea ot oiaaautiacuon, general The K. York ?0th Jgt men t threat ened a rebolliott because they we. denied the privilege of electing their own CuJooel to fill Cameron place. It took one orjwo rcgimenta eiidj company of artillerj to keep them. down. The tecoud Maine bat also been very refraclory, and the amba lanea driver hato struck oo Uie ti duction of their wagea frotn' 23 to aid per inooiu. iiieae aro omy a few instance wh!ctigu to ahow that the Yankee ara In- a conaiderabte matt among theouel vet. 1M " '."rfe . , . ' '-' Asothm OniiQt Tire private dwelling of lion. A. ti. Itotelerj near Sbepherdatowty Vvt waaarroiind ed by 200 Llncolnitet one aight hut week, and a pert entered and de mander the aarrender of Mr. B. Dcfore ha bad dreeeed, bUdangbter, 17 or l$Miw old, presented bertvlf and demanded ppon what aothority : theweireleiraT looking man in tba compaay told her to retire, or he would blow her brains S"4IlillllJ forward, andbeing anarraed and dc feoceleta, turreodered. lia waa ta- ken aero tltt river to Oca. Djokt' quartets, but wat ihortlv aAer ward released. Mr. Ritelcr it a servant if old . Abw bad Bo juatitt cation for thut uittorbtug hitn. - - WABTix.---Tba Confederate Con-g on ever one bqndred doliara worth of property, monc, ttockt, Ac li- Thoae) whote proper!, , mone and other effectt do pot amount In rals to a turn exceeding $500, UI be- ampt front ; tbia tax. Tnit will fall prettr baa ft soon the wtiola South' f noltr at Uwa when wiooe- (a scarce j but wa mott all aqoare ? onrtelvee te tha borden and ehonldef lika taeni If old Abe'e blood ; boondf get Into tha countrV the will t weep a var thing before them negroca, money: baatea and aver : thing alta. Tnera will ba ftr f djtpoaed lo gromtia at tkla damand upoa them. . Indeed rather than j rabmiib Uta dominion of th11an- "v keet, oar peopla have tatde vp their mind lo part with ever thing, tbeir Urea foeladed.' Victory or datK oar xootto.: -:!' ;;-"f-' v?-'-;. v"
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