Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-03-12
Highly Interesting from The Burnside
Expe1it3Cn.

Loyalty Of the People Of Eastern North
CtuOLiHu-ihc New York Tribune pub
hShes several very interesting letters, CIV
Ing an account OF events on Roanoke Is
land AID on the djacent mainland The
writer shows that the captured rebe.s
were exchanged, not simply ptro.ed, rs
rs the Gale crapn stated As last as we
liberated men 1t Elizabeth City, were to
seni their captIye5 to TT Monroe We
having i surplus, the excess n numbers
are passed To the Government credit, and
the recessed rebels Kept from re-enllstins
uItil actually exchanged.
Inc chlcf Difficulty To be unprecedented is,
that the Rebels In their need OF men. will
not allow these returned soldiers to re-
main id.e. Inc expedition to Edenton on
the lin, proved ust clearly that the PEG
PIE "a + .stern North Carolina are mostly
Union. Inc writer says that the res !dents
oI Edenton were very much alarmed on
the approach OF the Heet, having been
tot. Gy the rebels that It's errand was to
p:iiage and destroy; but on being reassu-
red, they became very communicative and
friendly. y brisk cotton trade Will doubt
less spring up IN tbs vicinity, as loyal
men own Large quantities OF it
Loy,My Of North Caroli,.ians.
We quote the following paragraphs:
The authorities OF Edenton SAID that
they had not taken up arms against the
Union, or suffered any notifications to be
erected about the CITY, or menacod III
Government IN any manner wnatever -
On the contrary they organized a Union
company ut the commencement Of the re-
beilIon, and continued 10 keep it up until
4 late day, when they were finally obi
Sed to take Il neutral position, in order to
save their EseS and property from the
Vengeance of Virginia rebels. The couI-
! y, IL appears, Is mon, two to one 80
arr also all the eastern counties of the
state, we are informed by the people, but
they dare not openly express their seuti-
mentS.
ne citizens are more lOval than at
EIzabeth City, where they com to Us
in delegations without numher cl;limin :
tue protection OF the Stars and Stripes.
and begging IN tae most piteous ones Tor
US 10 ait l force . Il give them, their
property and lives tn protection they
Were entitled to; which reasunIbe re-
u st. trust, VII be complied witt. It
appears that the { " WAS ordered to be
"red bN - Use Legion, an tnlt the cit
ZehN, or ali the property holders, were op.
posed II such i RASH course. lt is truly
IN affecting scene To see with what rever-
nee these oppressed Union people looked
upon the STARS ANA Stripes. / saw a
group OF men under it. ample folds, reIa-
ting now much they had suffered since
the.f h4d been deprived OF Its protection,
hIs>In, their hands at the proud EN- lem
as they took their Departure wishing that
their eyes might never again be insulted
~ the si5ls OF tue pirailcli Dag of the
rebellion. haze been informed b1 many
prominent Union men tnat Just as soon as
our forces en- assure the people Of this
section OF our ability 10 afford per,nln ent
protection, that not only viii we see at
'east twu-thIrds OF the people arravinr
themselves openly on the side of the Tn
n.un, bat anE number VII volunteer TO
JsaF Tor the o.! ds-