New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-23
the WAR FOR The UNION.
FROM NORTH CAROLINA
CHEERING LOYAL INDICATTONs'
DOMESTIC LIFE In THE STATE.
rrorn onr sreciAl Corresponden,.

hay at the confluence of CbOWan RIVER ahu az
bemarle Sound. 1t contains several very ancient
buildings. The Episcopal Church, IN "hich
public worship is stl held, was erected III '"o
18th century, the brick used IN IFS constructor
beng brought over from England Ibe C"u'F
Horse-tbis il the shire town Of ChoWah Couh-
ty--has a siugularly antiquated look. 1here are
many handsome private residences OF moeerh
x.yIe the most notable of which is that OF Dr. L.
ID Warren. who owns fine plantation in the
reiobb,rbood. The soil is rich Ond productive.
no the rieht of the boy, as you enter il, are tue
beautiful and spacious grounds OF Mt. johnston
one Of those icw gentlemen who rejoice IN tee
possession of their thousand slayes--a sOld nan
Of several miaions. He is unmarried, and quito
old. In the Masonic Lodge here 10 the Identical
chair once occupied by George Washington as
Grand Master OF the lodge at Alexandria 1t
was sent hither during the war Of 1912 for safe
keeping, and has been very safely kept indeed
ever since, the Edenton MaSOus refusing to seud
&c back. There are two hotels ia town, tho
most popular being GregOrys--formetiy known
% Floyds.
w, E. Bond represented this county in the
State Convention which met at Raleigh on the
ROth May. lie is gentleman of very intelligent
and liberal opinions, and was elected as q Union
candidate by large majority at the election Of
eSth February. The Convention to which men,
bers were chosen on that day, it will be remem-
hered, never assembled, the people of the State
voting in the negative upon toe question, also
submitted to them, Of "CenventiOn" or No
Convention" The COmmOuer for ChOwan is b.
A. Small Democrat elected last year by the
majority of six; aud the Senatorial District
composed Of this county and Gates, made choice
Of young lawyer named Eure Wing, and
brofes.ed Union man, who, however, now
.shows with the wolves"
OF the ten counties bordering upon Albemarle
Sound and its great tributary the ChOwan River,
ali but Currituck were carried largely for Bell
and Everett last year. Currituck, which DIR. IL.
N. Shaw a pestleut Secessionist, appears TO
have completely under HIS thumb, gave 595 votes
Ear Breckenridge to &C for Bell aud none for
houolas. The other nine counties, Bertie Chow
nm. Camden, Gates, HertiOrd CasquotsDk, Per-
a,,;naps Tvrren and Washington, pO,ed 1852
votes for Bell 10 ! 1863 for Breckinrdge, besides
t2O for Douglas, or almost exactly two to oue
seAinst Breckenridge. At the polls Of February
hese counties went with scarcely any opposition
Er the Union. This viii indicate the falllcy Of
he notion that the extreme east OF North Caro-
ina is particularly strong for Secession. War
rem, Halifax, Nash, Edgecombe and Martin,
which are "Deu,ocratic and largely slavehOd-
bg, it is true are 80. Again, in the four counties
hclosing PamlicO SQUAD and the PamcO aud
Eeuse Riyers-Hyde, Beaufort, Craven and
cartere.-oat of 4 600 votes, Dreckinridge got
kaly 1896. This does not look much like hot
bed of See sson. The late ceusus statistics for
his important section will doubtless reveal other
aopefaI signs. This region is to be the stage of
sf great events before the rebellion is suppressed.
and no statesman patriot should neglect 10 :
INFORM himself thoroughly about its features,
geographical political and Industrial 1 know
hat there are thousands of loyal rnen here, poor
but patriotic, who would have rushed with srdor
10 the stars and stripes, had it been unfgrled
upon these shores few weeks sgo, and backed
BY Federal bayonets. Had the Government
sctsd promptly upon the representations made in
Washington by gentleman of this State, at the
instance Of Union men, and sent down brigade
aud few guuboats to occupy these sounds ana
take possession of their principal strategic
points, terrible blow would have been struck
Mt the rebellion, and the mischief now wrought
with impunity by the privsteers and smugglers
which infest these waters would have been
enectually headed of. / fear it will be matter
Of great trouble and expense TO diilOdge them
now.
This is what ia known as "Court week" in
EdentOn, and there rs large crowd Of country
people in attendance, as usual Chcwsn is in
eluded in the First Judicial District, which en-
braces nine counties, for which +. C.. Hines,
ESQ.,, is Solicitor. Each county in the State has
six court sttings annually, two Superior Courts
sud four Of Pleas and Quarter Sessions. the
Magistrates or Justices OF the Peace presiding
over the latter. Temporary booths for the sale
Of cakes pies aud other Refreshments. mostly
kept BY negro women, abound in the neighbor-
hood Of the Court House, aud there are also nu-
tnerous "tobaccO wagons" which resemble, by
their large size and huge canvas tops, the
Western emigrant vain, in use fifteen or twenty |
years ago. These are nearly all from Granville |
County, and their drivers live for the most part |
o nouadic life, roaming about the country, sell. |
kDg the Indispensable "weed" in every variety of |
quality and style Of manufacture and in quantities
large or small, to suit purchasers. "Court" 10 the
6Outhern country Il believe this is a peculiarly
esnfned to this section Of the United States,) |
10 very numeropsly attended, drawing together
nearly the entire adult male population of tho
eounty, with many persons from adjoining cOun-
kes in this respect much resembling fairs in