The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-01-11
Butler In North Carolina.

Reast Butler 10 furnishin. admirable illustrations
Of reconstruction for the announcement and in
ssruesion Of No IN Carolina, which IL now under
his command 20 far as 1t Is under Yankee rule. A
correspondent Of the Wilmington Journal, writing
from Hamilton, N. c.. gives a specimen Of how tn
beast Is working the oath:
The oath fs Linco!n's and the parole IL added
by the beast himself. The time set for the people
OF Eastern N,rth Carolina is the 18th of January,
inst. All persons who do not come forward and
take the oath and give their parole within that time
are to be seized and held prisoners of war, aud
their property con6scaled to the Of the United
States Government. Persons can leave their tines
within that time, but they Will be allowed to bring
nothing with them except fiffee, pounds Of meat
to each member Of fami les. These things which I
have mentioned above are not In the extract, hut
they are in the General Order, No. -, with much
more, which will endravor to give you At length
- nearly as | can recollect.
Having been engaged in scouting In the lower
counties for some time past, 1 have had frequent
opportunities Of observing 70. myself the way In
which the citizens OF Eastern North Carolina
treated by the Yankee v;ndais. Near thopOsts of
Plymouth aud Washington they have established
trading stands. and their trade IL carried In this
way: Any citizen can pass the outer post, pro
vided they carry anything to sell; at the next post
half nils distant, Is the trading mart, where their
produce Is bonght oy the Yankee soldiers at their
carry the order TO Major E. H. Willis in Plymouth,
miserable old buffalo. who for many years has
been a citizen OF the place, and had the esteem
and confidence Of the people. He, knowing every
man Ia the countsy, signs the order, If he s good
Union man that sends il, and for this he receives
twenty cents also. The order Is then carried 10
Brig Gen. Vessels for approval who also must have
his twenty cents for writing his name The order ID
then carried hack TO the picket staad, and before
the owner can get what he wants he must give
buffalo appointed for the purpose, one dollar to 60
and get the articles. Frequently the amount Of
one mans sales will not reach doltar aud sixty
ceats. aud in that case he must 60 hack home and
bsinG something else in order to get his request
through the proper channels. I merely mentien
this In order 10 show to what impositons the peo-
pie In the enemy's lines are subjected.
General Order No. 40 IL stuck up on the trees At
the inner trading stand. In addition to what
have before mentioned IL an order to "aIl persons
between she ages of ls and 45, both white aud
black )" to report to the commanding General with
out delay. Another order makes 10 incumbent
upon all persons 10 encourage the blacks TO enlist
in the service Of the United States. This has been
che order Of things up TO the present time what It
will be after the 18Th January, God alone can tell.
This section Of coastry might have been easily ds
Tended, and would have amply repaid the Govern
NEXT tor its defence Before the fall Of Roanoke
leland the counties lying on the AIbsmarIe and
Pamlico Sounds farnfshe1 nearly all Of the pF0vi-
si6ns consumed BY the Army Of Virgisia now
they serve 70 feed an army Of our isvsaeS.