Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-05-02
North Carolina Items,

THE LEGIsLATURE.-The Legislature
will re.assemble in this city on the lst day
of next month, under call from the Gov.
error. We trust We may be pardoned fol
most respectfully making one or two sug'
gestions:
lst. Let the Legislature, the first day ii
ASSEMBLIES, unanimously pass an act pro-
viding for Convention. Let the Conven
tion be chosen, assemble, and act as soon as
practicable.
I'd. Let the Convention be chosen with
reference to both State and federal affairs
and let it submit all it may Go to the peo
pie at the ballot-box.
We not think it will be necessary for the
Legislature to remain long in session.
The Convention representing the people,
and untrammeled by the Constitution, cat
remain in session aud take such steps as
may be necessary to defend the State.
N. C. MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
AT call meeting of the Board of Direc'
tors of the North Carolina Mutual Life In
surance Company, held at the office of the
Company, in Raleigh, April 20, 1861, il
was
Resolred, l, That all Insurers in this Of
fee may enter into active military service
against the late United States, on giving
notes annually for two per cent extra on
the amount insured said notes to be de-
Quoted from the amount insured in case Of
death ; Prorided, however, that the insurer
may discharge said note at any time by
paying one-half its amount.
Rcsolvea, 2, That all slaves insured in
this Office may be employed in the military
service against the late United States
the owner paying one per- cent extra on the
amount insured.
Reso1rctl, 3, That the regular salary vii
be paid to any officer of this Company en-
teriug the military service against the late
United States. Other members of the
Board will perform the duties of said officer
without charge.
sa% The Adjutant General of North Car
olpa calls for thirty thousand volunteers
Never let it be said that North Caroline
was called upon to draft her sons to fgh
in this righteous war Virginia calls to u:
for aid She must have it Better to raj
ry and beat back the enemy than to delay
and have to fight him on our own soil.
THE TOWNSVILLE RIFLEs.-We learr
that Rev Willis L. Miller and A. G. Eos
ter, ESQ.,, who were Union men up to Lin
coins proclamation, made stirring Wal
speeches in Thomasville, Davidson, on Sat
urday last, and the Thomasville Rifles unan
imously resolved to tender their services tc
the Governor The Rev. Willis i. Miller
is Captain of the Company. The wal
spirit is up in Davidson Several northern
mechanics are in the Thomasvile Rifles.
BG- We trust that as citizen of the place
we may be pardoned for saying that Raleigh
is responding gloriousiy in the cause of the
country. Three companies will be raised
here and rendered to the Governor, compo
sed of men who will make their mark in
any post of danger to which they may be
called. In addition to this we shall have
an efficient Home Guard, and Cadet com.
pany. But if the three companies men.
toned should not be sufficient for future
emergencies, we have no doubt that anoth,
er full company could be readily formed
for active service. Our whole people Of
all ages and sexes, are compacted as one
body for the common defence. The La
dies (God bless them y assembled yester
day for the purpose of making uniforms fol
soldiers. Every purse is open, and every
heart pulsates for the State and for the
South.
THE DEFENcEs AT FORT MACoN.-We
had the pleasure of seeing in the City or
Sunday last, Capt. Junius B. Whitaker, Of
the Wayne volunteers, who informed Us
that the works at Fort Macon are being
rapidly pressed to completion, aud that the
Fort will soon be in an excellent state o.
defence. Eight cannon have been noun
ted. The Governor of South Carolina has
sent some eight or ten inch Columblads
which will be distributed between Fort'
Macon and Caswell.
There are some four or five hundred
troops at Fort Macon But one spirit per
vades the people of Eastern Carolina
Many of the Wayne volunteers who wen
down with Cartaiu Whitaker we're unused
to heavy labor, but we learn that the!
sprang to their work with the utmost zeal
Soft hands will soon become hardened b.