The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-23
The North Carolina Convention.

| from the Raleigh Register, May 22d1
| This body-the most important that has
| convened in this State since the one which set
| forth the famous declara ton of l775-met on
| Monday last at ii O'Clock A. NJ .. in the Com
| mons Hall of the Capitol. Considering tina
| the election OF delegates took place so re-
| Gently, there was remarkably full attend
| ance of members, there being present III ont
| Of l20 cleo ted. The body is L remarkably fine
| looking and Intelligent assemblage, and in it
| may be found good deal of the first taleu t
| in the country Before the hour OF NEE ting
| the gallsry was densely crowded by ladies and
| entlemen, and every place on the floor with
| out the bar Of the House crammed with male
spectators. The venerable Weldon N Ed
wards, who was bred at the feet of Ma
thanel Macon, was chosen 10 preside over
the deliberations of the body, and Walter
l.. Steele aud l.. 9. Edwards chosen as
principal and assistant Secretaries. While
there was some diversity of opinion al
to the mode of North Cardinals severing her
cennec ton with the Federal Government
there was but one opinion as TO her duty to do
| so, and do so that day. So, after a good deal
| of debate 10 the mode she should adOpt n
vote was taken At six o'clock 2. M, by which
| it was unanimously declared that all counec-
| ton between North Carolina aud the Federal
| Government is, and ought to be, forever and
| totally dissolved. When the President in his
solemn and impressive way, announced the
| vote, there arose from the House, lobbies md
| galleries, loud and prolonged cheers.
| The Ellis Light Artillery, in anticipation of
| the prompt passage of the Ordinance of Sc
| cession, had, ut an early hour of the day
| brought down from the Damp of instruction
| their splendid battery, consisting OF six brass
| field pieces, and ranged them on the Capitol
| Square, in front of the western portico OF the
| Capitol. AS soon AS the Convention had
| adopted the Ordinance the loud mouthe
| cannon proclaimed the joyful tidngs to the
| VII lie city and surrounding country, and
| instantly large numbers OF our citizens might
| have been seen hurryins from every direc-
| ton towards the Capitol In Il few minu ties
| the Capitol bell and the bells OF all the
| churches united their voices in proclaiming
| the joyful news. The Artillery, after firing
| one hundred guns in honor OF the passage
| of the Ordinance, rested Il few minutes. Then
| ten guns, one for each of the other seeded
| States, were fired, followed by three cheers
| for each of those States; then a whole battery
| and nine cheers for North Carolina; and then,
| the fact that the Convention had adopted the
| Constitute of the Confederate States being
| ascertained, twenty guns We're fired in honor
| OF that event
| The enthusiasm of the large crowd that had
| gathered on the SO are was beyond our DOW :
| ers of description.
At night the mansion of the Governor and
| the residences of several of our private cit
| liens were brilliantly illuminated-after
| which all hands went to bed and slept sound :
| ly i'll the Confederate States of America Few
| people outside of North Carolina can say that
| they have been i'll one day the citizens of three
distinct Governments. Until six z. M, on
Monday, they were citizens Of the Federal
Union. FROM tnal time tlIl +. NJ, they
were citizens of the independent Republic Of
North Carolina; and after that, became citi-
zens OF the Confederate States OF America
Government which, We trust In God, will
exist in peace, prosperity, greatness and lib
erty, until the last syllable of recorded time.
TIE LAST OF NELSON'S OFFICERS AT TEArAL-
6AK-The London Sunday Times, OF May 5,
reports Lieu tenant Roteley died Al his resi-
dence, May Hill, Swansea, on the 2lst, aged
70. Lieut., Roteley was the last surviving Of
ficer OF the ship Victory, of Trafalgar, having
fought with Nelson at the memorable engage.
ment at Trafalgar. He was allowed to retire
from full pay about forty years ago, and from
that time he has enjoyed his pension. On his
retirement he held the rank OF Brevet Major
in the Venezuelan service. He was much es-
teeined, and will be regretted by all who knew
him. Out Of nine hundred men who were on
board the Victory NJ Trafalgar. five only now
remain and Lieut.. Roteiey was the last sur
stsing omeer He was born at the Castle Ho-
tel, Meath, dlamorganshire.