, 1861-01-09
MILITIA Tn THE DI STRICT OF COLUMBIA
CoNSEKEATIVE.'A MOVEMENTS IN NORTH


Especial dispatch to the N. 7. Times.]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, IS !.
The discovery taat Capt. Stone is about to
organize tue militia Of tile District of Column
bia, has greatly jise0nccrtcd the conspir,tors
for the seizure Of the Capital, and ,nay imprl
have little idea how far their plans have been
exposed, or how many Of them will find ttln-
sclycs, in durancc, helpless victims of their
own madness and Of violated law, The instant
they take single step in execution of their d.
signs. Already the blacklist in the hands OF
Government officers is unc0mfoEtably definite
for those whose names arc inscribed thereon.
The conslirato1s still talk Of prccipitatins :.
collision lit the streets of the Capital,-b Il
single man like Gen. Scott, backed by tho law
and the prestige Of great nasnc, is worth d
thousand men who move in the dark In 4 b;asl
cause, fearing their stadow because they
know that they arc plotting treason.
Officers Of tho Government are marking 4
good many Of these conspirators, and only
await tile first overt act before making then,
feel how powerful is the grip Of a strong Con-
stitutional Republic.
Gen. Scott is visited every day By u large
number Of Union men and personal friends.
Tic old hero grccts them ill cordially, and
warmly denouuccs the "rehcllion" Of the
South, as he calls it, with IN emphasis, aud
says Anderson must be sustained, the Union
preserved aud laws executed ut all hazards. lie
Will exert all his influence and power to that
end.
In conversation, this evening, with several
OF the North Carolina delegation, they inform
me that they had been aware, for some time
past, that the small squad Of Sccessfonists in
that State Ind been for weeks past concoctinG
schemes to seize the Federal property, which,
perhaps. might have been consummated with
out the knowledge of the Union men Of tho
Stlte, whereby the Inter might possibly lave
been drawn into it; but having been advised
of that fact, the members Of Congress f1utne-
diatc'y te!c.;rarhed to their friends 10 suppress
MI such revolutionary schemes, Which adriee
WIS at once taken, aud this movement thus
interrupted Having Implicit confidence III
the honesty and ability OF Governor Ellis, they
also sent a dispatch to him to quell all such
tnsurrections, and it Is believed he will
use all his power to prevent MI out
break. They also state that there need be no
alarm IA to North Carolina tlkins any such
prccipi.atc action. 1t is recommended by
these members that 4 Convention DC immcdi-
atcty called to discuss this question, and 10
present some plan for the adjustment Of all
these difficulties, and thus saye their State from
being drawn into this vortex Of certain ruin.
It Is not unlikely that such . Convention will
be called in the course Of o few days.
Messrs. Brunch, Smith, Leach, and Vance,
fro.n this State, are deserving Of great credit,
for the manner in which they meet these diff
cultics, and in their devotion to the Union and
the Constitution.
find, In conversation with these gentlemen,
that the Union feeling which is SO generally
entertained by the people of North lArolina
fact that the people Of this State, arc the
descendants Of ). race entirely different in their
character from the aristocrats OF South Carroll
na- They are actuated by strong Democratic
sentiment, which, perhaps, Is much stronger
than is seen In the people Of Virginia