Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-01-07
For the journal.
HAMILTON, n. c., Jan. 3rd 1864.


MEssRs. EDITORS IF the enclosed oath and parole
WILL in your estimation, be Of interest to your readers,
you can publish them in orGer to show the citizens OF
North Carolina ard Virginia what they may expect
should they meet with the unparalleled misfortune
to Gene nodar the rule Of B EAST Butler.''
TIE oath is Lincons and the parole is added by the
Beast himself The time set fer the people OF Eastern
North Carolina is the 9th OF January, inst All per-
sons who do not forward and take the oa;h and
give their Lsoe within that time are to be seiz3d
and held IS prisoners of war; and their property
fscated 10 the use OF the United States Gov
ernueat. Persons can leave their lines within that
time but they will be allowed to bring nothing with
them except fifteen pounds OF meat to each member OF
families. These things which l have mentioned above
are not 10 the extract, but they in the General Or
der No. 49, with much mole, which will endeavor to
give you at length as hearty as Can recolIect.
Having been engaged 10 scouting in the lower coun-
ties for sometime past have I'd frequent opportuni
ties Of observing for myself the way in which the cit
Ems of Eastern North Carolina treated by the
Yatkee vaudals. Near the posts ct Plyn outh and
W.shington they have established trading stands, and
their trade is carried in this way Any citizen can
pass the outer post, provided they carry anything to
sell; the rext post half mile dislant, is the
trading mart where their produce is bought by
the Yankee soldiers at their own price They
| pay a Buffalo twenty cents to carry the order
to Major Il. Willis, in Plymouth, miserable old
Buffalo, WHO for many years has been citizen Of
the place and had the esteem ard confidence OF the peo
pie. He, knowing every man in the country, signs the
order, ii he is good union that sends it, and tol
this he receives twenty cents ato. The order is theI
carried 10 Brig Gen. Vessels for approval, who also
must have his twenty cents for writing hm name. Tne
order then carried back to the picket stand and be
tore the get what he wants he must give
Buffalo, appointed for the purpose dollar to go
get the articles frequently the amount of one mans
sales will reach dollar and sixty cents, and in ina
case he must 60 back home and bring something els
order to get his request through the proper channels
merely ment IN this in order to show to what imposi
tions the people in the eremy'aline subjected,
General Order n o. 40 is stuck up the trees at ht
inner trading stand. In addition to what have before
mentioned is order to a persons between the age
of ard 49, both white and black" to report to tn
Commanding General without delay. Another orde
makes it incumbent upon all PERSONS to encourage TIT
blacks to enlist il the services of the United States
This has been the order of things up to the presen
tine; what il will be after the 9th January, God alon
can tell This section of country might have peen east
y deauded, and would have amply repaid the Govern
for lis defence. Before the fell Of Roanoke Isl
aud The counties lying the A.bemare and PamIic
Sounds furnished nearly all Of the provisions consumed
by tie Army of Virginia; now they serve to feed al
army Of cur invaders. ROANOKE