Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-13
AId for North CnroIIna.

TIE large hall of the Cooper Institnte in
New York was crowded on Thursday even
ing to hear the Statements Of two clergymen,
Rev. Nj. N. Taylor aud Chaplain T. NJ. Con.
way, who have been sent by Major General
Wool and the loyal citizens Of the coast OF
North Carolina to give q fair statement OF
the privatbns and sufferings which these
people have endured. Rev. Mr.. Taylor, who
was the first speaker, said unhesitatingly
that North Carolina was not for Secession,
and bad not seeded by any fair vote of her
people. A dSy or two after the troops ar
rived at Fort Hatterss, all the inhabitants
living on that narrow strip Of land stretch
ing along the sea coast from Hatterss Inlet
up to what is called Oregon Inlet, distance
of forty five miles, and varying from half
mile to four miles in width-the whole popu-
lationa of four thousand persons-hocked
down to Colonel Hawkins, and gladly took
the oath of allegiance. Mr.. Taylor said of
these people:
"They live by fishing, and selling the fish,
which are abundant there, upon the main
land. They also gather what is called yapon,
an evergreen of spontaneous growth, upon
the banks, which they cut into thin strips,
and sell it at two bushels of yapon for q
bushel of corn, and any RAN can gather
twenty bushels of it in day. Another
means of life there is gathering oysters and
taking them over to the main 10 sell. Bat
inasmuch as these people have taken the
oath of allegiance they have been cut off
| from all these resources. They tried 1t few
| times and brought back fine news with re-
gard 10 the Union feeling of the border sonD-
ties. There were several ussion meetings
on the main, bpt they broke up in fg6t;
| and these people soon found themselves cut
off from oil the resources of trade. The
majority Of the people there have no
bread. They can get fish in abund.
ance, but they have no salt to salt
their fish. They were several weeks age
dividing their breadstuffs with one another
and to encourage them, l told them nten.
ded to 60 to New York and get some -four
and bresdstuffs upon credit, for they do moi
desire that these things should be given to
them-they are not beggars at all. They
would not have been thrown in this condi.
tion had not the national troops landed there
and captured them, and glad were they in
their hearts at the very time they were
captured"
Chaplain Conway then related his expert
ence among these people. He preached a
Hstteras, and also went up twelve mile
into the country and visited their differen
congregations, and in all places he was re
ceived with pleasure. He related the fol
lowing instance as q proof Of the loyalty o
the inhsbitants;
"When the regiment was retreatiug, thu
people of Chicomacomico left their homes
without shoes and hats and almost in rags
mothers carrying their infants in their arms
old men on their crutches, the strong meI
carrying the sick and lame on their backs
the whole population put themselves in mas
in front of the retreating regiment, anC
marched through the burning sand unit
many of them fell from exhaustion by TIN
roadside, and were leit to fall into the hand
OF the rebels. The rebels finding that th
entire community had retreated, took it as
living evidence that they were friends of tn
Union and enemies of the rebellion. So the,
went into their houses, stripped them 0
everything valuable that they could TAX
away, and destroyed what they could of tn
rest. There we're at least five hundred G
these fugitives. They went down to tn
next neighborhood, who were just as poo
as themselves. Some of them returned agai
to their devastated homes; Others RENAME
with their neighbors."
In the light of these and other fact
forcibly presented a strong appeal was mad
for the suffering, starving people at Hattera
} and it will doubtless meet with a generou
: response from the Union-loving people {
] | the North.