Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-06-10
L0ESEGAR IN BAD ODOR.
ALLEGED UNION AEE1IS PORTSMOUTH.

ALLEGED UNION MEE1IS PORTSMOUTH.
a Norfolk letter n the New ok Herald,
is!ad May 22l, furnishes an interesting para
gss95 or iwo !. lative 10 lhs renegade Jpo Sc
gar. "e eopy tbe following:
iurt2rslacI ttst Hon. Jus-I.ls Scgar !. Ia
III axe iS appearance here 10 dabbls III The
;:.s,I i;tion 81 Whist hitl. Federal patronage
there Is. ! am warranted in saying that If
4! LIED, Mr.. 3essi IL Tic most unfortunate
aeisc:oH fdr such mission that could be
made, SId : e movement must be regarded as
oLe questionable 10 policy. Fir. Segar does
not IL any manner represent tho peopls If
fhi. district; he is extremely unpopular here.
ha appearance i5 uncalied for, and cannot
tut prove mischievous. His interference at
H.: sine wi awaken much bitterness OF feel
!as. I'D be csanat hy any possibility be Of
say benefit 70 any ona IN md here He
can oaly manage TO mskoa mess Of everything
IA lnis qnar:e:, and ne hsd batter stay away ;
hs has no in euence Tor good, la, can 9 ,n;rIre
10 give good cea! Of trouble.
Notwithstanding the inclemency VI the
weather. an enthusiastic Union meeting VA,
held in Portsmouth, last evening in whlxh sotn e
eight hundred citizens OF that piac, partic;.
p.tet. Ite;oldtions we're 2ssaed rccogni 2ins
The supremacy OF the Federal government, and
declaring that Portsmouth would at once re-
turn 20 hef allegiance. The best feeling vas
manifested; there was no cxcitemcut, but q
cain determination Of people 10 declare
themselves Tree from The reign OF terror y h;ch
has 70 long regnod ever them TINS injecting
was Designed 10 instruct The city authoritit 8
that they must signify to the Military Cover
nor that Portsmouth, wished TO be coEs:deI 81
in tho Unicn, and if they do not follow the
suggestion S" enphatrcaliy placed before them
last evening, they will undoubtedly ~ sum
msriiy depo.eo. Portsmouth has always been
Unionin continent, but she bus been overawed,
and to-day suffers most severely fer the FOLLY
c! her neighbo!s There IS dawn Of bet,tr
oiy before her, Inc authorities here having &c =
:e:Diinsi IT, snow ell tha consideration in IT, sir
p11ar to tbs "uferiGg city, and she v, |
,ton;.:eas profit ty ths sIubborrlc.s IF her sis
:sl c!:y-Norf,lk. Norfolk will soon iollo..
The oath of, al!egia has been admins e,-
cd to some 800 peisaaa in this city within
tao past ten days
AL ibis correspondent nas said Of the rens-
2ads Segar may be correct But (ssys lhs
"Express," y bin last paragraph We know to be
false. 10 the day OF har greatest prosperity,
Portsmouth EBver pol!rd 1895 votes IL ia
scarcely probable tia. thtre are now 1900
persons il TINT place to take the oa,h of allie
glance to the Llncol,; government, unless it
has been forced upon TIE women, children sad
slaves, ss VOL as adult male citizens
-Gs->---
Esson tie WILMINGTON a. o. Journal. June "a
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
On yesterday, Sunday ss::aas scclac,.,
occurred ct Osmp Wyatt, under tho following
circumstances:
Some soldiers had got hold of she'll Th;ch
fns Yankee sunboa!s had thrown OIL the 5each
III their late demonstration in that rel ghhut
heod, snd after having brushed of the mud Or
ssnd had SC! Il doSn amongst them, when
.nothsr soldier caMe up a..l dropped coal Of
hrs on tho fuse, which csused tho shell! to ex
p!ode in their midst Five OF those present
~ere wounded MORALLY. four seriously and
three slightly. This thing ought to be a w.1a
ing to our men Of the danger Of foolinjs with
uneIploded shells, If anything be Of any use
&. lesson 10 this way. Men seem anxious to
De killed by what can hardly be called IN acct
dsni, Tor surely anybody ought to hsve knosn
mo result, Of putting coal Of are on the iuse
g sii anexplodsd bomb.