Tne Affair Km HTorftellc. fighting to do, which, thTT2225 no Com-batta- nU Republic W. C. Whiting, of the C. jodgine Ilxey will Dlnpers. Who are to t the North Carolina an Independent Wb lkark that Major H. account of the attack by the played by - boys," T0 THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. -- We take the following the 1 Will there b much War 1 Is Iuiin. . At 6 o'clock p. m., on the glorious, but now twice S. A., who has been Acting'Inspector Gen'lof the State Yankees will only give eCt,a tS tilat Peace Desirable? federal steamer Monticello on Sewell'a Point Battery, them a chanceto? glorious 20th of May, the Sate Convention ol North of North Carolina since the commencement of the pres. By others it is ?urmised that WILMINGTON, N. CM THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1661. from the Norfolk Day Book Extra, of the 20th inst. the attack The rebellious persons in Virginia seem to have been Carolina passed unanimously, the ordinance of secession, ent difficulties has been ordered to Harper's Ferry. finished battery was intended ,tht accounts by telegraph and by the papers assert did not know . NEWS. called together by Mr. Lincoln's proclamation ordering thus severing the shadow or form of connection between We rather think that there is work about. Maj. Whit- Later the, it ,M there ffifi&S fi THE Monticello were oa-toraa- " that some six or seven men on board the whilst in pursuit of the stealer H MONDAY, MAT 218T. the seceding States to disperse." Before that proc- North Carolina and the once proud but now degraded ing leaves this afternoon. Captain Childs will probably FIT1 in Sunday's engagement, finding it unprepared to return their thS?Dkee-- lamation came out Virginia was as quiet as a lamb and of killed, and several wounded fire uev novelist, died at Italy, in the Union. We are no longer even in name the subjects be ordered to the same point. Maj. Whiting is known near bv to deter our folks frnm &nchnj Charles Lever, the Spezzia, steamer seriously injured, though the latter ap- North Carolina opened not her mouth, or if she did, it King Abraham and his military satraps, Scott, Wool as an engineer officer of high standing. Captain Childs and the they latter part of April Few readers of light literature as she was off the Battery th(a!!Wer Sfc from waa in a feeble way, through the mrdium of officers pears to have been repaired, Point HF'battery yesterday evening took ttl I', which so much abounds the Scuth. or Mr. Butler of Lowell, Massachusetts. had secured the confidence and respect of all the them . will forget the rollicking fan Minnesota, and also QUI lOCm ern Right3 organization, which, without circumstances Convention also on the same the next day in company with the UJ in " Harry Lorrequer," " and " Charles O'Malley," or We understand that the and men at the Forts here. had intervened, would have bad a long and hard struggle ordinance providing for of General the day following by herself : NORTH CAROLINA COSvSJq the more irresistible humor which every day, yesterday, passed another Harper's Ferry is under the command quieter, but steam-tu- g Kahukee, Captain B. Taylor, started FIBST DAT. before attaining ascendancy in the State. Lincoln's order the entrance of the State into the Confederacy, as soon Johnson, a brave and able officer formerly of the United The " crops out " in the LoiteriDgs of Arthur O'Leary. down on Saturday about half past twelve o'clock, to W. P. Leak nominated Hon. to disperse caused the Forts to be occupied, the Arsenal as the various forms and requirements can be complied strongly entrenched Weldon N m had seen much ofthe world, mixed with so- States Army. The troops there are carry one hundred negro laborers to the battery now in permanent President. award! f Dr. Lever U An 1 1 hr. KQlfrAl TtATVMnat A TT and Mint taken and the people to spring to arms. It with. This we suppose will be done promptly. and fortified, ably officered and superior in every respect course of erection at Seweli's Point When she arriv- ciety in all its phases, and shared in many of its dissi- The vote resulted Edwards 65. nzL' i," abam. worked like a charm. here on the receipt of the num- ed in the vicinity she saw the steamer Monticello laying &nlMr. pations. For years past he had been a resident on There was little excitement to any Northern force of anything like the same wards was declared duly elected Prai.. in well over in the mouth ot James River. The Kahukee On taking the chair, Mr. Well now the finest vessel in the United States Na- news. It was a foregone conclusion, and no man could ber that can possibly be sent against them. Harper's Edwards was recti.. less from choice, we earth-wor- ks the continent of Europe, presume, took her position as near the as prudent, applause. He gracefully acknowledged th looi the Convention who was opposed to se- compliment to him from the pressure of debt. His stories of camp vy, assisted by a smaller armed ship, has been battering Have gone to Ferry will be found to be a hard nut to crack. lowered her yawl and sent it ashore with as many of paid and pledged, as the nDexPectd than conld make, his utmost eflbrts to discharge tif 8Vetttfn " and banging away at a little earthwork thrown up has- cession. The State was a unit. On the question of laborers as would carry ; these were landed, and hi and field are inimitable. We think Mickey Free BgU We would call attention to the great letter of the it posed upon him in an efficient and acceptablB tie in immediately joining the Southern Confederacy there was about returning for another load, when ter an allusion to the wWv! !?&nnr-- will generally be preferred by the readers of Charles tily at Seweli's Point, some eight miles from Norfolk Mr. Marcy to Count Sartiges, on the subject of priva- the boat circumstances in At unanim-ty- , Monticello, which steamed away from placed, he said North Carolina was not wroft?A?to, and, strangely enough, neither the earthwork nor its de- may possibly be not quite so large an amount of the steamer hd O'Malley, to Dickens' character of " Sam Weller." teering. Its doctrines were endorsed enthusiastically by the mouth of James River and gone in the direction of ot the troubles with which the country wm n8lb fran u but we presume there will hardly be even a show of paid a high tribute to the character " Monsoon," Webber, Captaia Power fenders can be induced to " disperse." On the centra, the whole North, which now turns up its innocent eyes Old Point, as those on board the tug thought, came of the mnl' S Major Frank the convention and sat down amid loud cheer ComPoain- - revers ," for the Minnesota steam-shi- p ol opposition. extreme end of Seweli's Corney Delaney and msny other of his creations are ry, quite the in holy horror at the idea of Southern privateers. round the point of woods at the On motion of the Hon. Asa Biggs, the Cm gun power, with a Strangely enough, although promised telegraphs from Point, in chase of the Kahukee. The latter was now ceeded to the election of principal Clerk vention pt0. later and more pretentious style never untold size and fabuluus together of its rreat. His Convention, we The Petersburg Express, on the authority about three miles below Boush's Bluff, the only place Col.'W. L. Steele, of Richmond, and Jag t mate of been driven off and slightly dis- sundry parties both in and out of the in rp'.nu took so well. In one thing Lever had a great advan smaller her's.have three hundred immediate Raleigh weie put nomination. The vote ,re. of Norfolk correspondent, say that there are where there are any guns mouDted in that ."P-Ste- eU persed themselves. are yet ignorant of the organization or officers of that 94, Moore 18. Mr. Bteele was accrdinelv 1 Dickens he wrote of gentlemen and seeing Monticello about coming after Ex-Go- pT-S- tage over as a gentle Indians at that point, and that they come from the vicinity, the Reid nominated for 0.' body, and indeed oi everything about it further than as Monticello ' man. Dickens was and is a snob and a cockney. But the sinners ocght to tremble, for is not Mr. Gen- county of Cherokee, N. C, and under the skillful train- her, steamed up the river to escape. The hard, of Tarhoro'. L. C. Edwarda acd tw f m stated above. then fired a shot after her, which not answering the also put in nomination.. The vote stood Frio 5erg 're for believing that a collision eral Benjamin FraDklin Picayune Butler coming io 2 3. 5R- There are strong reasDns ing of Gen. Jackson, a distinguished member of the of her, she repeated by firing a shell, gelhard 33, scattering Mr. Edwards was Zu ? - This morning the Wilmingtoo Horse Artillery fired purpose, stopping '?cle(J- - Norfolk, between Fed- town ? Is he not the commandant of Virginia, North Pace of Randolph was then took place yesterday near Ya., North Carolina Senate from Cherokee, are now ready which we understand exploded about 50 yards in ad- priDciPal . Lovell a salute io honor of the independence of the State.: Doorkeeper and and J. C. Moore A eral troops, probably from Fortress Monroe, and a Carolina, Tennessee and the Rip Raps ? TheEe ar2 for immediate action. vance of her. In the meantime, the chase had become The Convention now being organized, This is about the first salute fired here since the war ex- the Confederate army in questions worthy of all attention. Mr. Butler has been so exciting to those in command of the Monticello that opened with an impressive prayer b portion of the stationed the The only errors we find in the above statement are fiFJ'nT Hi. citement commenced. crack- Tucker. . on our made a Major General on account of his high military she was about getting into a good position to be neighborhood of Norfolk. We presume that first the Indiarjs.are not from Cherokee second jsl cummuuicBUbii was jcvcjvcu lrom Hon P T interim, now that we have left the one Union that ed at by Uaptayi Young's battery at Boush's Bluff. ' displayed in the capture of the Relay House In the Commissioner from the State of South Carolina side " nobody was hurt," and almost as a matter of abilities that they are not under the skillful training of Gen. now one bear on her, v and are not formally a member of the other, we are not Captain Young having gun to On motion, Hon. a. w. enable and Hon Thorn which Buffia course, the Federal troops suffered an ignominious and the Patapsco Bridge, in the performance of Jackson, a member of the North Carolina Senate, and though at long range, let fly at her with that, which were anpointbd to conduct the Honorable OnnTm; simply a sovereign and independent State, but we are a 10 feat he gallantly captured the watchman and scared three was grape shot, aud scattered about her like hail stones. a seat in the Hall. Ah Mr. Moses entered, he wMl0ner repulse. third, that we doD't believe there is a man of them down took his M.lec?i' notion for this day at least. The Monticello immediately backed he engine, and with hearty cheers, and seatto iherieht p. S. Our dispatch shows that the affair was be- colored persons. at Norfolk. dent. fcUlittePieij without turning round got out of harm's way. She Craige offered an steamer. Old fcarapson Aroused. Hon. Burton ordinance of Becowi tween a battery and an armed Nevertheless, we must not underrate the forces of the The eo-cal- " Junaluska Zouaves " would probably where we are of Convention. He for meeting of ot Sampson then dropped down opposite the place te action the urged the annrnn at St. Louis trample without we do At a special the Magistrates of the 20th of May for the act contemplated 'M The Federal authorities enemy. There is a class of their population that number about two hurdred fighting men, the whole erecting a battery at Seweli's Point. She here opened 1 and t county a week or two since, (which we noticed,) a sub- there would not be a dissenting voice. slightest hesitation upon the rights of the city, of not fully understand. Their people and ours are d.ffer-entl- y Cherokee her fire on the unfinished breastworks, with the inten- the tribe (a branch of the once great Nation) Mr. Badger called up an ordinance offered by him v scription of $15,000 was made to defray the expenses tion of demolishing them ; this she continued until as it oefore the State, and of private property . They have seized organized, as we might say. The military strength numbering about 1500 souls. Col. Thomas, of Jack- the organization of the Convention. was supposed her ammunition was exhausted ; and in to Commissioners. from of the volunteers from that county. We learn that the the arms belonging the police of the South is, and indeed must be in the country, son, who has loDg been the agent of this aboriginal rem- steamer Yankee came up to her to receive the communication i me regular session of the County Court was commenced in the meantime the little commissioner They have visited the State tobacco warehouse, and the fact that we have no large towns, or so few large nant, is their leader and advisor in all things Col. id. They two, together kept up the bombardment for South Carolina two-thir- ds Hon. F. J. Moses was received with the warmoaf .... find there. Also, they have Clinton on yesterday, at which of the Mag- 1 o'clock. seized what they could towns, as not to affect the general average. In the " path-finde- r " about three hours, say from to 4 many kind Thomas is something of a himself. Few ne said he was warned by intimations to be h istrates were present, who unanimously approved of the They were still firing when another little steamer, sup- No one be mere seized five hundred Colts pistols in the hands of Adams North the case is different. Tak'mg out the very lowest in his remarks. could gratified than k . men know the geography ot the Southern Appalachian find in snch great i.etion ot the special court, and made an additional sub- posed to be the YouDg America, came over from Old North Carolina haste to get ont of Express. They treat the people as conquered slaves. class the loafers ot the cities, th most t fficient soldiers be he invalu- Union she had not time to hear a i country better, and and his Cherokees would Point, when they ceased. The two small steamers the that word from him t go on to ashington from New fire- scription of $35,000, making the county subscription would be the best answer to his mission to inform Troops continue to W that that section can raise will be found among the able in any mountain or partizan warfare ; but down at Yankee and Young America, then left for Old Point, v State that she could not be listened to here in to lat- $50,000. ' , y"Ufr York. Some three Regiments were leave the men, the " Moses " and " Jakes " of Philadelphia, New Norfolk, amid the bustle of camps and thunder of great and the Monticello kept her position in the neighborhood An.no nftha liaata with whirfi Knrtli nni;.. to-da- old Sampson is fully r.rcused But, he 1 ter place York, and, measurably of Boston, i hese men are gen- Our informant states that until our informant left. (Loud cheers.) continued. have to fnidi guns, the simple dwellers around Quallatown would be and present my credentials. There v . iy will her whole She has now one Com- These steamers were about a quarter of a mile from ""M The S tee mm Parkersburg and MouDt Yernon have workers, somewhat dissipated, foLd of a row, and do duty. mY.an Qnntli Parnlina. Viorf foar Tint ..- - i.. erally lost and perhaps worse than useless. the unfinished works, during the time they were ham- inmt if of 120 men iu service, and three more Com- for she could not forget your patriotic , York with provisions for Pickerjs. pany about sol-le- tion, anceorgJh left Nlw reckless and ready for a fight, and will fiht as hard as " Junaluska " was the name of a favourite Chief of mering away at them so, but we learn have scarcely d are ready to you bad a Macon and a memorable 20th of May (rn Stephen A. Douglas is reported to be very ill at Chica from life ex- panies have been organized, and getting of log Things anybody, and their habits of are inured to the tribe, said to be in many respects a good man, and the works, theouly damage being the starting a tinued cheers.) had greatly changed since he tu numbering already hia mission to this State. North-Carol- n go. His disease is typhoid fever. His recovery is posures and irregularities io living that would soon use tuke the field the latter Companies of one of the embrasures. Out of about thirty shot and honored with who deserved well of the State. had thrown offthe lethargy with which she had tana? near 300 men. shell only one took effect as above. been doubtful. up the more methodical farmers or villagers of the ed as was seen in the spirit of the asiemWage then befori No Very Great Bullies. The women and children living in the nighborhood him and in the haste now displayed, which shows General Cadwallader of Philadelphia, who is a gentle intericr. Outside of this element of the city We regret to see the announcement in the last no listen Although the appearances of force and of military were very much alarmed left their houses and sought ing ear for her neighbor. He believed that if North-Ca- r the in command of the Br man, has taken place Federal population, the older States of the Noith are number of the Wilmington Heruld, that, owing to the safety by flight. linians were called on to fight at Johnston or Caswell their preparation in all parts of th? country are very large, acts would eclipse all that was done at Sunater. troops at Baltimore, from which General P. F. But moun- of the timps, the publication of that paper must, There was no one on the place armed. A white man Ailudiar not formidable, until you the pressure South-Carolin- a, very strike there- to he said, that if she had hastily and in the aggregate are large yet we must not had a Sharp's rifle loaded, with which he stood upon acted ler of Lowell. Mass.. has been removed. Whatever tain populations, and all along the Alkgbany for the present at least, be suspended. We trust that the course she had taken (which however he denied,) sheL fore expect that battles will any where be fought oa this the works, took aim and fired; though it is not known ration. Georgia and other States had followed else B. F. B. may be, it is evident that he is not a Ridge in New Hampshire, Vermont, portions of New the suspension will be but temporary, and as we do not her, and continent at ail equalling, so far as numbers engaged is with what enect. Another man had one of Allen s old shown that she was capable of vindicating her paper declt we he is soldier. gentlemaD, and doubt if a York and Pennsylvania, ynu will find a stalwart race. wish to regard our friend Waddell or his spirited paper style pocket pistok which he had left near the beach in nothing now remained but to receive her old sister. North. concerned, those of the recent Italian or other Euro- Carolina, to her arms. (Cheers ) Bat, as he had It turns out the whole statement about Major Ander- - This race of people influenced by the mountain climate, as " down among the dead men," we refrain from many the crotch ot a tree. He mentioned the circumstance kirjit pean wars. ted. he would throw no impediment in the way of the work . son and Mr. Breckinridge comes from a Pensylva-nia- n those commendatory remarks which however deserved to a negro who volunteered to go after it for him; he of this second great 20th of May. In conclusion he thank, is physically superior to the inhabitants of the seacoast, of place, the of is too In the first theatre operations told him not to do so. 1 he negro however watched his ed the Convention for the kind reception he had met, and with an unpronounceable name, who says he over- especially in the Kastern States. The people around in his case, have a decidedly obituary tone about them, large to admit of such concentration of forces. Second, chance between fires, and darted to the tree and got it; said, iu reference to the entrance of the old State iutotbe new Confederacy, when 6he did come, no heard Andtr3un say it was reported, and so forth. Massachusetts Bay are generally rathtr defective in by no means pleasing to the living subject. We hope thus a remarkable degree of fearlessness. that matter hot the resources of so sparsely settled a country as is likely to evincing many guns you may fii e in celebration of that event, MAY 22D. The contrast between natives of Boson to Eee our gallant cotemporary soon returned from the I he Kahukee s boat then at the shore, put off for the WEDNESDAY. physique. tte be the theatre of the first conflicts, would wholly pre- will fire one more. (Load cheers.) ry, resun:iDg avo- steamer, aud the battery at the Bluff, mistaking her for The ordinance offered by Mr. Badger was now read. TLc bank of closed doors last Sat- and its neighborhood and the' men of the up-count- wars, coven d with hunors, and, the qu:et Albary, N. Y., its clude the massing of large bodies of men without almost Hon. Burton Creige offered his as a substitute. life, proclaim " the one of the enemy's boats, fired a shot after her which may at once be seen by comparing the merchants' cations of peaceful once more that Hon. Kenneth Rayner moved the Convention resolve itself urday. certain ruin both to the forces and to the surrounding caused her to put buck. 1 his shot we understand was i into secret session. It was possible some differences of opi- ses-fcio- the sword," aud forth once The Old School Presbyterian General Assembly in rj clerks or operatives with the tiuckmcu, the latter being pen is mightier than "Herald" the country. I he dimeulfy of subsistence will be the great a line shot, but distance was too great to do aDy nion Eight exist, and they would be seized uponby the Black all and New Hampshire men, or, if more the glories of Southern independence. damage. Union at Alexandria have refuseJ, by a vote of 123 to nearly Vermonttrs obstacle. Republicans as an indication that there still existed a 104, to appoint a special committee to enquire into Massachusetts men, generally from Berkshire or some The timts are hard on newspapers, sure enough ; and The hands at the works were s'rongly tempted to sentiment in the State. D- - cirewn-stance- Tba theatre of the war in Italy covered a space of 6camj er on, till the hrst two or three shots lrom the Hon. S. Reid thought there was nothing in the s of of de- other Western and mountainous County. The men tbey rre falling " like leaves in wintry weather." If as at present existing requiring secrecy. the expidiency giving some expression their not more than one third the area of the single State of Monticello were fired, but hading their ability to dodge 'rom the valley of Virginia, and the mountain regions of any, unaided by official patronage, succeed in keeping Mr. Rayner withdrew his motion. votion to the Union and loyalty to the old govern- North Carolina, but with a population of something them so finely, they held their places in order to see the Mr. Barnes renewed it. North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina and Georgia up, it will be all they can do. As for making money, un. Many of shots took enect trees, limbs Mr. Reid was opposed to secret sessions at present. Ail ment. like five millions of people. was within striking dis the in the is no It rom which were cut off, which was most dangerous agreed as to the conclusion to be arrived at therebeins The 14-t- New York Regiment, 1,000 strong, arrived are all distinguished for their stature, but it is probable that would be a nice juke. The fact that daily the tance of vast depots and teeming populations, so that eature of the hole affair. Tbey however kept clear ot oiily a question of form. at Washington on the night of the 19th inst. that this culminates in the upper portion ot the latter paper can be sustained, or ever has been sustained, solely lion. J. w. Osborne concurred with Gov. lleid. There subsistence was easily to be obtained. the trees, and avoided the danger from that source. was really no difference existing, save as to matters of torn, threatened iu Chicago in conse- State, known as " Cherokee Georgia." Enlistments upon its subscription list, and we need inform no one of Riots arc said to be We hardly expect to hear of more than twenty thou The ball and shell mostely fell in the rear of the works in The ordinances were identical, except that one was accom in " for the army show a larger average height for the extent to which all other sources of revenue are cut bog, the mud from which some of them would scatter panied by tne reasons leading to it the other was not. quence of the laborers beios paid Wild Cat sand men being brought into the field on either side at off. know although daily list is like a bail storm. waiter b. LaK concurred witn Judge Oaborne. He cou- Money." the recruits from that section, than lrom any other We this, for our about nselled harmony, but saw no cause for any difference. one point of collision; not at first, certainly, and hardly ball struck among a flock of crows in the neigh Several arrests have lately been made in Washington section in the former Union. The artizans of the doubled, that inciease falls fur short of compensating for A Mr. barnes insisted on bis motion. Rejected, 59 to Si. at all. It is possible that as casual encounters occur, borhood, who rose en masse, aud ascertaining that it The question now recurring on the substitute offered bj were Northern and especially the Northeastern states, cooped the losses arising from other causes. But we truppose City, under the plea that the parties Southern reinforcements may come up and the numbers be swell came from the " d d Yankees" left in disgust. Mr. Craige. else feels well we and Mr. Badger spoke at length in support of the proposition. epics. up as they are in close and artificially heated workshops everybody the pressure as as do, -- ed to proportions never before known on this Continent. Another Engagement The BXoiittclllo Crippled and Mr. Craige followed in reply. lie thought the reasom -- troops Wash and factories, for about half the year, will uot make very there is no use in complaining. A paper must be kept would come in the snaps of an addreu Fears of a pestilence exist among the at Abraham Lincoln's quietude for the present arises Withdrawn. for secession better ington. efficient soldiers. Neither will the great majority of the up here, and we will endeavour to keep it up in the best will appear from the above the steamer Monticel from a committee than in connection with the ordinance less from any disposition to keep the peace, than from As Besides, the reasons set forth in Mr. Bad tier's preamble did raw emigrants from Ireland or Germany, none of whom way we can, and to give all the satisfaction and infor- lo kept the position near the breast-work- s, where she Lincoln's proclama It is reported that the Kentucky House of Representa call for not go farther baok than the issuing of the fact that his first was three month's volun ot many ot the Convention, tives have adopted a resolution in favor of a strict neu in Ireland could have acquired any knowledge or expe mation we can to our readers and the public in general. hitched on to a buoy, on Saturday after the firing. She tion, in the opinion members teers, and their terms would expire before he could carry remained there until yesterday, watching the operations causes for secession existed along time prior to that period. ! rience in use of a gun unless nor in We will, in short, do the best we can the public. Ruffin amend the preamble trality. Queer Has Kentucky been sold to the the surreptitiously, ashore, and in order keep them from going on Judge in order to give time to out any plan of effective operations against the South. to with of Mr. Badger's proposition, submitted the following hell-houn- will feel inclination, if ds of Sewardism ? so, we pity her condi Germany, either, we suppose, outside of the regular We truat the public some added If Some of his levies will hardly have time to find out the works. I he battery is on a sand bank and very He favored the immediate secession of the State, tion. armies, and even this the younger portion generally es- not obligation, to do the best they can by us, so that we much higher than the steamer, she conscqueatly did not but thought the ordinance should be accompanied bj tie which eud of their guns shoot, before they go home may weather the storm end spread the news. We have see everything that was going on, notwithstanding the reasons which led to its passage : caped. 01 We learn that our friends of the Wilmington Light 4 Mesoivea oy tne convention. That by reason variou again. strict watch, for the boys ' were at work like moles, of " for We have heard speculations and suimises involv- plenty of ink. illegal, unconstitutional, oppressive and tyrannical acta Infantry, stationed at Confedederate Point," some of them we understand having to lay flat on their and of on-- Col. Meares requests us to state the the Government of the United States of America, merly known as Federal Point, had a jolly time of ing a doubt as to whether, after all, there would be any At tilt) Forts. 8 Gaston that stomachs to pertorm some part of their labor. and injurious acts of divers of the Northern is sense of the people of thi it yesterday, a large number of the beauty of the great amount of fighting. This doubt is based upon We have heard that the Flag ordered for Fort Cas-wel'- , Head Quarters of the 3d Regiment of the State troops On Saturday evening wb :n the firing ceased, there States, it the settled btate that they cannot longer live in peace and steamy u be-a- t was not a gun on the toewcll's Point battery, but by town having gone down early in the morning. The the evidences of some reaction in certain quarters at the by the ladies of Wilmington, would be hoisted of North Carolina will Wilmington for the pres- the Union heretofore existing under the Constitution of tb men hghting tor their rights herculean teats can be per ought of , to-da- United and State acknowledge the presentation of beauti North. Thus we can now see that Frank Pierce i3 there y. We have suggested in conversation with ent. All letters relative to matters pertaining to his States, therefore, that this Company a formed. 1 hree short 62 pounders were carried down immediately and finally separate from the otherSutec ful little soncr. bv iieortre Davis. Esq. I he corres not to be numbered among the coercionists. We see sundry of the volunteers stationed there, that perhaps command should be addressed to him at this place. from the and got tolerable condition for tem and that a committee be appointed by the President to briar city, in fu- in a proper purpose ; and resolved that papers like the New York Bock, News, and for would porary use. I5tsiae8 tnese, two six-inc- n neid nne pie ordinance for that pondence will appear Lay the best time hoisting the flag be when the rther, object be referrel Every Northern paper contains announcements such ces, ot that all propositions touching that Journal of Commerce, are enabled to speak out with State passed the ordinance of secession, which will pro- the guns the United, were drawn up in position, to said committee. The of the secession ordinance by the Conven- or passage aa that a government agent just returned from Hich. the whole concealtd from view of the enemy. vital interests to-da-y. Resolved further, That the safety and some freedom. So far as these things go they are all bably be of t tion of the State of North Carolina, was celebrated mond, reports so and so ; another has been to Yesterday (Sunday) evening about four or five the people of this State and the common defence just Har without d- here yesterday by the firing of 11 guns at 8 o'clock right, but they fall very far short of the requirements of At Bollts' Battery, Confederate Point, the Wilming- o'clock, a small schooner from below passed up, and South, depend essentially upon her becoming, per's Ferry, another writes from North Carolina. Is elay a member of the Confederate States of America; w the occasion. All these influences in their fullest ton celebrate when near Monticello she fired gun which nance w in the morning one for each State that had left the strength Light Infantry the anniversary of their the a passed that the same committee briDg in a proper ord this to be borne, if it can be avoided, if even the pro. 01 over the battery. is not known positively whether Constitution old Union. 12 o'clock the official report of the were exerted to avert the catastrophe before the election Company, by larget firing and other exercises. They, It that purpose, also, in conformity with the At clamation and enforcement of military law be necessary she fired at the schooner or at the battery ; though it is the said Confederate States. of Lincoln, but without the slightest effect. They are with their invited guests, are to partake of a dinner on w passage of the ordinance of secession, and also the to prevent it ? asserted by some that the schooner was acting in the Judge Ruffin moved to lay the two propositions still more powerless now, but we honor them none the provided by their lady friends. look-ou- table, with a view to oSering the foregoing. ordinance adopting the Confederate Constitution was capacity of a t for the steamer and bad sent a hsrmony and less. Perhaps we respect them General Van Dorn, of Texas, is a great hunter and he Hon. Kenneth Raj ner was desirous of received, when an additional salute of about 90 guns now more than ever. We trust our friends at all the forts will enjoy them- boat alongside of her before she fired the gun. The idea much like to see some proposition made to combiDe thei Seme also predicate their surmises in favor of selves. we get news of any movement always bags his game. Every now and then he " capti is that the schooner got as near the fort as possible and ordinances now before the Convention. He liked w P , was fired near town hall. The above salute was fired by an early If important by ideao " sent a man on her mast head position of Mr. Badger, though ho did not like the peace upon the manifest justice and common sense of the convention, we will try to get it down to our friends vates a force of United States troops, and makes them up to spy into the fort, the Wilmington Horse Artillery, under the direction those inside being unconcious of what was going on ignoring the gallant little South Carolina. BldwJ the thing. They know, as on service. prisoners of war. He is after Reeves' command of six respect should be shown to tLe feelings of those and management of Lieutenant S. R. Bunting. every sensible man must and deeming her a friend. However, first gun was It hundred men and will have them. that lieved this remedy necessay prior to the proclamaliB know, that peace must be made some time or other, and taken as a banter, and answered w:3 the first time the troop had been called upon to To-da- May 20th, is the Anniversary of the battery it, with as Lincoln. the would vote for e.,.f g it might as well be made now as hereafter. When is much spirit and rapidity as convenience would allow, Judge Ruffin explained that he perform such duty, and we have no hesitation in say-ir- it Mecklenburg Almost a Sseriocs accident. we learn tnat on Declaration of Independence, of the which me proposed propositions. . made,the basis of settlement must be the recognition of the the second ball, we understand, taking effect in her rig that, if the opinion of experienced men is worth yesterday afternoon a freight train on the Wilmington uuugc Biggs could noi Deneve mrc - jolj the centenary celebration is near at hand. is likely much 01 which wa3 cut away. firing 01 absolute independence of seceded It ging, The con Convention who would dissent to the ordinance well, the States. Why, say and Weldon oe anything, they manoeuvred their brass pieces to be bareafter marked by a still more solemn and im Rail Road run over a cow just beyond tinned for some considerable time, by both the steamer Mr. Graham spoke harmony. He would some, does not JLincoln for end every man seemed anxious to perform his part Abraham and the section cf Goshen bridge, some 62 miles north of this place, when ana tne Dattery. with Mr. Badger's ordinance without the preamble. eJ portant event in the history of the State. It will be been rc which he is President, take a just, reasonable and fair The two rifle cannon it is said done the most execa Mr. Craige announced that intelligence had faithfully. known, we as the the Locomotive and tender were thrown from the track, that the ton trust, anniversary not only of the first tion, a shell from one of which is of a collision at Norfolk. He hoped view of this thing, aBd settle it at once ? They think for it reported bursted on would to and once act, as the enemy The Norfolk correspondent of the Petersburg Express but of the second and crowning declaration and act of tearing up the track some distance before the Engine 6tnkmg the steamer's though cease talk at he will not be fool enough to sacrifice life and prop rigging, it is not known dering at our gates. (Great cheering.) tv,r,aaiW says that Capt. Hunter who had been on board the independence for the old State. could be stQpped. The Engine, tender, and several cars whether it proved fatal. The steamer was struck in Mr. Rayner said that whilst he would do erty for no purpose. This is all fair was due w w off enough, but were thrown off Goshen bridge down a precipice some 25 her hull several times nearly amidships, and one hole we mony, still he could not forget what Federal fleet Old Point on the 20'oh inst., under a And this secocd declaration will differ from the first, movement Mr. .Lincoln and bis mends no more realize the true understand was knocked into her Bide, large enough for who had inaugurated the secession u' flag of truce, reports that the steamer Monticello fared not more in the magnitude of the or 30 feet, but, strange to say, no one was injured. point. (Cheers. interests represented flour and had sustained it to this o state of the case than did Lord North in the first Revo- consequence of the a barrel to enter. The steamer's battery was support Mr. Craige's proposition and wouia very badly in her engagement with the Sewell Point than in the unanimity of the persons representing them In obstruction at Goshen, the tnoBe lution. The North is drunk with prosneritv finally silenced, and about that time the two little steam which even seemed to cast a stigma upon men and inflated Mail train due here this morning at 5 o'clock did not Battery. Six were killed on board, and several Then, the movement was local. Now, it pervades the ers, the Yankee and the Young America came up, both been fighting this battle so long. , with confidence. does not half-pa- S It realize the difficulty of the st Th onoctinn tn at.rilrA ont Mr. Badger wounded. and whole officially arrive until about 8 o'clock. 01 wnicn we understood nred a lew Dans at the fort State the State is present in Sov decided in affirmative yeas 72, nays 39. ,in.acetj job it has undertaken, and the tone of its press and its 22d They all three then started off down the river towards the Later accounts say that eight men were killed and ereign Convention. Thee, and lon,r after the actual Daily Journal, inst. Judge Ruffin moved to amend Mr. yaig "'rUff8)ial officials shows plainly that they are not much swayed by Old Point. striking all propositions to repeal a number wounded on board the Monticello, in her outbreak of hostilities, it was very doubtful whether Soldiers Waiitid. on theoticnwui 01 uw ji r considerations of justice, or It is the general impression that the Monticello is nuttine the act of secession- - f a regard tor common sense. Sjvvi., Ticrht of secession. engagement on Sunday last. Whigs or Tories were most numerous in certain locali- D. A. Lamont and C. H. Stevens, one of Wilming- seriously crippled, from the manner in which she was u. 5;. the , We cannot yet see any reason to believe or to hope that opposed to striking out a letter ot the oraiww Four war vessels are reported to be eff Fortress Mon ties. Now, we think, nay, we feel sure that the unani- ton and the other of Black River Chapel, New Han creened over when she left, and probably from her hav this cloud will pass away without bursting in thunder mg ceasea ner nre so by Mr. Craige. roe. mity is such as perhaps has never before been witnessed over County, advertise for recruits to form a Company quick. Judge Ruffin withdrew his amendment. over our heads. It would be weakness to flatter our ihe shot and shell from the steamers flew over Mr. Rejected- -a o t ori in any country. for the service and the defence of North Carolina. the Graham renewed it. rf The election for the ratification or rejection of the se selves otherwise. It would be worse than weakness to battery, many of them striking a mile in the rear. One The question now recurred neXPe andcnftcallflf Neither cf the gentlemen have any other object in try nance of secession proposed by Mrwnflinnatiw - ! shell bursted near the battery without injury. cession ordinance passed by the Virginia Convention dream so for a moment, so as to abate our zeal or relax What a Lie The New York Herald reports that A piece the roll every member present voted in deao- ing to get up this Company than to promote the inter of it weighing four or five pounds we saw last was tates piace we presume our preparations. Major Anderson, while night. The announcement of the vote re?ftviDg of (inursday.; at Harrisburg, Pa., told Gover- of qsicWbf ests and the honor ot J orth Carolina in the contest The tops the pine trees in the neighborhood were ing cheers, renewed arain and again, waa that the volunteer companies of the State have al- is altogether desirable in nor Curtin that John C. Breckinridge was to command pretty well cut down by the shot shell kerchiefs, Ac, Ac. The sound of rejoicing rattled-echo- ed It a political sense, that now impending. Those who wish to enter the service aid from,. the The ready voted as an order was issued last week by the a regiment in his (Anderson's) Lincoln Brigade from x anKees, ana tne Dougns and splinters were scattered from the Capitol grounds. fLexcitt111 this thing should be settled without some fighting ? Of of the State will find this an excellent opportunity. the church bells rang and a scene of the Governor and of com about with a good deal of activity, though with no bad d Council State, authorizing the course humanity would and in Kentucky! We suppose the lie must be with the followed. Baffin , dictate fact compel the Richardson, Esq., of J uagc,e ; John A. Bladen county, also results, except the scratching ot the hand of one of the As the vote was about being taken, Bo0. manders of the various companies to take the vote of Herald. Badly as Anderson has acted, and bad as has 01 adoption of all honorable means to avert the shedding proposes to raise a company to serve " during the war." stan omcers who was present. would vote aye if a baiter was round hia net. tionl their respective companies immediately, and not wait been the character of his late associates, we he ue of human blood ; we much think has to-day- It gives us pleasure to hear so glowing urauain ueuiareu wouiu wo " but question if all the ends 's a report o to-- for See notice in paper. form and would vote for the ordinance; the regular day of election. not yet so yielded to tne influences me 01 uravery was C of separation would be so fully or so substantially at- of low company as spin i wnicn Drougnt out in this en The ordinance as passed will be fund mafI;Wb a artilf to have lost all sense of shame. and the Adams' gagement. we leel satisfied that our cause is in the ixrniA. v t v..a cheers weteW1 The report of the death of Stephen A. Douglas has not tained without a fight as in- The Herald never had The Mails Express were on Satur with it. The commercial hands of the right kind of men. Una, "the noblest Roman of them all, wwcu been confirmed. for any. day last prohibited passing through Washington from tbe It was the death of a Colonel of dependence ot the her V,- - South, manufacturing prosperity During the cannonading, we understand, some of the given by tne entire asembiy. rau';.otifvine a New York regiment, that the shipping on the Po- require a wide breach, Masonic. We learn the North. We do not know that they have been pro infantry sallied out on T. D. Meares presented an ordinance a deep ditch, a high wall of that at a regular Communica- the beach and discharged their visional Constitution of the Confederate 8ta' 5ndus tomac carried their flags hibited from passing through small arms, i at half mast on Monday If this thing passes off like a summer tion of Cape Fear Lodge 194, held in Elizabethtown, from the South. (Minnie rifles, we presume,) at the Monti- a short debate was adopted by acclama"0 cello, she being, what was considered at the time, within great cheering. This ordinance wm DB ' i,tive D last. cloud, this independence will be seriously jeopardized. May 15th, 1861, the Lodge appropriated $15 to each of SAMPSON COTJNTYOfficlal. range. It is said that every man engaged onshore WUU U. II utuviu vmw.ww its members who had volunteered. Good I flag. Referred to a committee. is a painful reflection, but it is also one founded H O acted the part of a hero ; the only regret commit It cr being that An mntinn nf Hnn. Kenneth Eavner,- 01 t learn that Capt. Robert n. Cowan, (of the o "iVHU" w V - fli K,We 00 o iuey were more ro: occa- V" upon experience.that bloodless revolutions are seldom per- Duplin County CD a not tnorougniy prepared the Wilmington has been Official. ST CosW Horse Artillery,) appointed Lt a sion, by having their heavy ordnance in better condition dinance of secession. . fle manent. As in ordinary human life, so in national life, W. J. Houston. J. T. Rhodes. appointed ttnd Colocel, and Wm. L. DeRosset, (Capt. of the Wilming Kenacsville 209 210 lor the reception of the enemy. A number of committees were CB 3 11 . what comes easy, goes easy. Looking at things in this Halls ville 24 24 O ES The only tion adjourned till o'clock ton Light Infantry.) Major in the third regiment ol X EL injury, we understand, with the exception Snatcbett 109 W o0H,! light, it may well bedoubted whether the claims of hu- 107 2 of the staff officer, was that received by Mr. Wm. Mor- Supreme Court North Carolina troops. From what we learn this regi Cypress Creek 93 94 Term, m tn a ris, of the Woodis Rifle corps, who got his bruised Will commence its Summer w'.n. will manity or of policy are entitled to the greatest consid- Island Creek 90 97 Clinton, ankle 10th AtLV nonaaa will hfl CSiltU " ment soon be raised, as our volunteers are generally 272 271 rebound of one ot the of Jane. eration, Bockfish 86 85 . Tajlor'B Bridge,...., 135 135 by the the big guns. We understand June 12, those from the I Circuit. desirous whether some suffering on the part of the pres- 44 of active service in the field. Magnolia 164 165 Libbon, , 84 84 the injury is very slight. Not a shot of the enemy t 17' v ent generation may not be necessary to secure the liber- Warsaw 119 120 Turkey, 50 works to injure it 24 44 II FaiBon's t 60 struck the them, most of them passing Frank Pierce. It will be seen by Depot 47 47. "-- III our telegraph ties of the next. McDowell,...... , 69 69 far overhead. " Nobody on July Wolfsrape 115 116 hurt our side, though 4 that nt is for Little Coharie, 96 S6 8, Pierce out peaceable seperation Branch's Store 26 26 HoDeycutt'a, we don't believe we can say the same thing for the ene- t it and VIII Circus Deal's. 95 95 15, l arc! against coercion. Mr. Pierce in a letter to the Richmond Countt Leake, 86 35 Hall's, 39 39 my, as the apparent confusion on board seemed to indi- A Walker F. Esq, has .Albertson's 79 70 Piney otherwise. Cape Florida--- ' Boston Post emphatically denies having made the ' Grove, 92 92 cate A British Squadron off use of be3n elected delegate to represent Richmond County in Smith's 30 33 Ming'a, . 94 94 - is vpd at Key Weston Barecta. 26 It thought by some that this attack on oar battery coercion expressions attributed to him in that and 26 Dismal, 32 32 ' r other the Contention to assemble at Raleigh on the 20th Duplin Rifles, B&leigh,. 66 is intended as a ruse to draw our attention from some instant from the Reef, reports that ontU Jt papers. 66 West brooks, ; 22 21 60 78 13 Fiona We are happy to be able to feel again, wha: instant. The vote stood, Walter Leake, Franklin Grays, Home, 34 33 Fort Johnson, point of more importance to the enemy. However, this fleet was off Key Travnier, near Cape ; f. 267; 75 77 2 . u -s- it pained us to doubt, may be, they will likely find unavailing, as our people sisted of three-deck- er (uiaet guns; that Frank Pierce is a true man. Alexander McQueen, 157 ; Col. W. Harrington, 31. Total. it a Total...... 1155 use 62 78 U now begin to realize that tbey are at war, and have got crew vesiels.