Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-03-04
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At meeting of the citizens of the surrounding
counties. held at Whitehall, Wayne county. on Sat
uray, the 18th of February, 1858, for the purpose
of considering the proper steps to be taken in regard
any and ali persons suspected of incendiariSm. and
other base crimes The President being unweIl. AL
len w. Wooten requested to take the chair
The object of the meeting being explained, the AS
ISOLATION proceeded to business, follows
On motion, the chair appointeda committee ofsx
to draft resolutions for the consideration Of the
ting, viz Jesse Lasst l.. Mark Kutely, Col. James
Davis, Calvin Rouse, Lemnel Dawson, and Needham
Waters; and motion Of DR.. Davis, the chairman
and Secretary were added to the committee.
The committee after few moments retirement
! returned and reported the following preamble and
resolutions, through their chairman Jesse LaSster :
! WHEREAS, the peace OF the community has been
broken, and the good citiza thereof have: from
time to time. been molcsted by unknown vii
liam or Williams and whereas, the property of some
Of most worthy citizens has been maliclOnsly
ciandestneIy destroyed by fire and other means. by
these mdn;g ht maurauders & public safety thrown
in jeopardy, we: portion Of the citizens we'll wish
ers of good order. in convention assembled, tho
! roughly convinced from evidence gained from vari-
Gus sources, whence the above named depredations
come.
l. ResolreI That We do most earnestly regret the
distracted and unhappy condition of our community,
caused by the endish perpetrators OF darkest crime.
2 Res0lued, That whilew regret the performance
of a duty incumbent upon all honorable people,
which public we'll as private security, demands
at our hands, task we could rather forego dep
recate, and will no longer submit to such wanton
and rascally outrages have been from time to time
perpetrated on good and peaceable citizens.
3. Resolved, That have strong reasons to sus,
pect Enoch Cobb as being accessory to the commits
sion of the many acts of incendarisms heretofore
; witnessed by the good people of the surrounding
country, by which great and severe losses have beer
sustained and that lie is hereby particularly reques
ted, for the sake of the peace and safety of all
cerned to leave peaceably this State.
4, Rcsolred, That word to the wise is sufficient
ard sincerely trust there will be cause for fur
Their and more active means of redress
5. Resolved, That copy of these proceedings b
furnished the New Era, Republican & Patriot
d Telegraph, Wilmington Jcr al and Weekly News
with request that they he published
> On motion, the association adjourned, to meet a
It this place at II o'clock, Saturday Goth inst.
E VIM. kornegay. Prest: L. Whitfield, Sec; Jesse
: Hardy, VIM. Hines, Ira Davis. ]. t. Dawson. j. II
Jarman, Loft. Quinn, VIM. s. Bowden, Edw Out
; law. G. Quinn. Thos IIarliSon Jacob Turner Cal
s vim Hays, Insel Sullivan Jesse Taylor, Asey Gregg
: ry, G Outlaw, Willis Ppkin, VIM. B Whitfield, 7
+ T. Wise. Lemucl Dawson, Thos. Dale Elijah Bizzle
u Sutton, w. NJ Boes, }. NJ. Davis, C. L. Davis Sell
e Davis, 0. L. Hawkins. John p. Davis, VIM Kornc
gay A. t. Davis, Jno f. Davis, J. M. Kornegay, r
# A. Whitfield, n B. Whitfield, Wooten Bizzell, R. f
~ Davis, Jno. S. Davis. David Tindal. Isaac Casey
Bright Brock, Will. Eason, John w. Casey, Simpson
l. Harper. John Tinda John II. Blizzard Gatlin Pate
;, Oliver Spencer, Jno. H. Allbertson Churchill Bel
# Wiley Rouse, Samuel Loftir, T. T. HoowclI, E c
!. Patrick, Oliver Smith, s. D. Phillips, Giles Smith
Kinch, Grant, VIM Smith, F J Cox, G. Staacil. P
;. c. Brister, Blount King, B. H, Smith, VIM D. Cobb
;, VIM Robinson, VIM. Carroway D, B. Everett, Jas
" F. Kornegay, G. w. Collier, John Wright VIM
Thompson John Everitt, John B. Griswold, R. Ed
e mundson. E. Murray, John H. Powell, James K
5 Green, VIM. Holloway, John T. Kennedy, c. j. Ne
If son. j. Baker. Daniel Cogdell: James S. Lane Jno
- w Davis