The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-11-22
THE NEW YORK SUN
FRIDAY MORNING, NOV. %, 1861.
The New York City Press.


principle for which the United States have 50
long contend,d-.hat frco ship, make fre,
,;oJls-frmly established, is rclly even 20 give
up the noted rebels, if this will establish the
principle as international Law for thl future.
But in proof ihht their surrender cannot o. de-
mandcd as ri nj, under prcscn. ciccum ,tan,'',
it adds
Nothing IS NOR certain than shat Great
Britain hes often acted to our prtiudic' on thr
opposite principle to that which che must a..
s,it IN demanding tn, liberation OF NJ ,son and
Sll,n To instance but single cLSc--,ht. Of
Iiynry Laur'n' is ,coGpl.tcly in point
Mr.. L1urcns was a leading rebel at;ains.
the sovereignty Of Great Btitin, a.,
Mason and Sld,ll are t5bts against
that ef the United Sia'c-. lir WIS 4
leader in our fathers revolution, Is they are in
that Of J,f Davis. lie wa. sen, to Holland to
solicit her al! ia 6hr struggle, As they were Dis
patched by Jeil. to France and England. II
va on board neutral (DutoD ship, a, they
were on board a neutral (Brti,n)yc'-rl. lie wa.
captured and taken out oi his yr-,'l Ivy British
cruiser, precisely a, NJ pon and Slidcll were
from th.ir, by Cap. Wllkc.. llo wa, carried
TO England, a, ih,y hav, been brou; ;ht to tn
United States. lie wa, Imprisoned in the Tow
cr OF London, just a. they have been IL Fort
Warren. lilo was kept there to the end oi the
war cover eighteen munth) a, they art very
lii rly to be detained in Fort Warren And we
have no recollection that the Dutch ever Gem.
planned " III capture a, unwauantcd; if they
d,d, 1t !, certain tia. they wers lolt 10 iak IL
out in complaining.
Its Correspondent, writing from Fortrc,,
Monrpc, gives the following account Of how
smoothly the negro question j, working in that
quarter, and suggests that the whole subject b.
allowed to work Itself out in tie ,imc satisfy
tory manner, elsewhere -
" Re konin, negroes ~ tho FORMER tariff Of
slaves, General Wool must now have several
million, Of th, knd OF property. A. yet |
have not seen or heard oi any pTocllm,lion,,
allrc.~c, OF other cltrttiou, In this depart
m"ut on til subject. The practice i. simple,
srais ishi-lorward, and quite sufficient for rrtson-
/ able men.
Al who como are received. clothed, fed anl
/ m lintlincd in generous, just and systematic
/ manner; the negroes are mtlH to work, receive
| $40 per month, beside ratiOns-s2 in ish; the
/ rest, over and above the cost OF their clothing,
/ goes into common fund TO support those who
| cannot work. Nothing /, said about the future;
/ nobody Is particularly cNcr,iscd about what 10 to
become Of the negroes. Everything goes ON
/ smoothly, and each day Is doing som thing 10
solve the problem 80 interesting, AMI ~ liable To
| b.. iutcricrcd with 10y doing TOO much especially
| iu the way ol procamtton- and th' like.
Another correspondent give, a copy Of orli
raucc., unanimously passed by a convention oi
| Union men at llattcra, Inlet, y. c. These arr
very fair and ,Splict, aud II adopted by lnrgr
portion Of the community, in the body of that
state, instead oi being Issued from under the gun.
of the Federal forces, at ono idle, they would
&c. cmincntly cheering in their effect. The Or.
diuincr. are az follows
| -.
as represcRtdiH COHr,RtiOH at H,pterds, NDv
ember, 49, ISL.
Be il orciuned by thi- Convention, aud It /
hereby ordained and published by the authorit.
| OF the same
l. That this Convention, on behalf Of the pro
pie of North Carolina, and acknowledging tn
Constitution Of the United States Of America a
tn supreme law of the Land, h rely declare
vacant all state offices, the iucumbcnts Of whcl
have disqualified thcm-clvr, to hold them T.,
violating their olths to support the f'd'iai Con
! -titutiOn.
II. That the office OF Governor Of thi. Com
mOuw,alth having by the death Of John w. ~
Ii, aud by the active treason to thr Union of hi
constitutional successor, Acting Coy. Clark
therefore MARBLE NASH INNLuE hc hereby up
pointed AID declared Proyi ionll Governor 0
North Carolina.
III. That the Constitution Of this Safe am
its amendments together with the statute ail'
laws thereof, as contained in the Il Ns"d Cod
put in operation January !, 1885, hc declare
continued in full force, also such subsrqu"n
acts of the General Assembly As wrr' not adopt
Ell in conlraycntion Of the National Constitution
or in d,ro ,aton Of It's authority.
". That the ordinance OF the COuvcntO
which assembled at Raleigh on th" 2O.h OF Ma,
, last. prOcaimug the secession of this Common
wealth from the Federal Union, such secession
being legally impossible, is Of no force or effect
and said ordinance, together With all other or'll
nanrcs aud acts OF said Convention, or oi tn
General Assembly, made and done in pursuanc
Of the trcasonablc purposes Of the consprator
, against the Union, is hereby declared 90 mih
null and void
V. That whereas It Is desirable tina, thi, Sta,
shall bo represented in the Federal Congress
aud maintain her due weight In the councils {
the Union therefore the Provisional Govern,
bc directed hereby to order special 81 ctlOnr'
: accordance with chapter GO Of the Revised Cod
Z as soon a. practicable and eXp,dicnt, In ~
|, district or districts now unreprrsonttl. An
J in view of the prevalence of armed rcb 'lllon ~
- disorder in many portions OF tins common
u wealth the Governor il hereby directed to i-sl
his certificates Of his election upon prcsentItit
n of such evidence as shall -atsly him Oi the la
5 If an election.
7 VI. That the Governor be- authorized N
.. empowered to ill -uch official yicIuci'- 10y ten
d porarv appointmrnt and to do -ugh acts a.
the cNcrcisc of a .onud discretion, Ia may d 'c
. cvpcdicnt for the ,dfrty ud good ord"
r the State.
" The same correspondent dr,crib.s the ,inkil
- of old hull, in Ocrocokc Inlet to prevent Il
V mgrr,, and cgrcs, OF rebel pryaterr-, which u
. ported to rendezvous in large number,
o Albcmarlc and Ptmlico ,ound'. The currcn
y how ever, il very rapid, and new channels vi
probably be- at once formed. The writer thin
II the only way to close up thi- rebel rendezyo
NJ ~ l. 10 occupy the tort at tho entrance, which
t., reports in good order, and to have cost oy
4 5000 600. pryatccr,, he say,, have enter
- inc, the bulls were sunk.
~ TmE Eceaing Post, Of late date, under t
" head of "a Convenient Position, thu, quail
- ~ brings up an incident Of the Slidrll and NJ
/ -on capture -
~ 1hcr, was one littlr paragraph in the ca
,i dispatches concerning Capt. Wilkes cNpl'
which has escaped attention, but Is very 81 =
- Hrnnt. ltwis stated that when the comm md
R. Of the English steamer showed fight and den
20 the power of the irigate, Capt. Wilkes INN
th duatcly placed the San Jlcinio in conNelie
10 position. This was mild way Of putting
- hut inasmurh as the convenient ppsltio
IL probably brought the iiigate's hroLdalde II
'n view. the English skipper had no longer Il
{" chuic,. oar navy gen, rally is getting into
y" Ncnicnt positions, and with equally cNcyll'
results.
F., To late speech Of Col. John Cochranc,
Nh its endorsement by the Secretary Of War,I
~ subj jects Of discussion by most Of our contom
rarics, The Jo,nnol GC Commerce oondar