The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06

fall Of Fort Monroe, April Goth, 1862,
b ythe army in blue was this morning
brought back to North Carolina by a
special escort headed by Judge W. w.
Douglas, chief justice of the supreme
court of Rhode Island. Others in the
party were \. H. Larkin, New York,
Messrs. Studley, Shepley and Watson,
from the north country, NJ. J.. Perry,
and +. S. Cannon of the A. II y. {. Ry,
w. W. King, NJ. W. Mcclure, of Nor
folk, Va, and !. +. Case, New York
city. \ sort Of spirit of evenness
characterized the movement of the
tiag, it being brought down both by
nOrtherners and s%outherners over the
S. A. L. road but in q Southern Rail-
way car, that used for private purposes
by President Spencer. The party re-
NAMED in the car until 10 o'clock
this morning, when they were met by
a reception committee made up of the
following named gentlemen; Lieuten-
ant Governor Winston, Mayor Jas. l..
Johnson, ]. G. Brown, and r. NJ. Phil
lips secretary of the Chamber OF Com
MERGE and Industry. Carriages were
in waiting and the entire body were
~ WV LIN >iIS W NhC SyoS-
diers Home and the federal cemetery,
the state museum, II many other
points of interest about the Carolina
capital. After this outing and short
resting spell the party proceeded to the
senate chamber where the impressive
cermonies attendant upon the return of
the flag was witnessed by throngs Of
people. The chamber was beautifully
decorated with flags of four kinds, most
conspicuous in the arrangement was
the battle flag of the Confederacy
which rested between wv large Unit
ed States flags and just over the flag
of North Carolina. About the columns
in graceful arrangement were display
ed the small bunting emblems of the
state of Rhode Island. These togeth-
er with a rich conformity Of red, white
and blue, SurmOunted by golden eagles
produced the ~handsomest effect yet ac-
cOmplished in any Raleigh decorations.
General Julian S. Carr, commander of
the StateEeterans Association presided
over the exercises. Lieutenant Govern
or Francis d. Winston made an ad-
dress of welcome and the chief justice
of Rhode Island presented the old
southern banner that bears within its
folds an ~unspeakable history. Speeches
of acceptance wer made by Chief
Justice Clark Of the supreme court of
North Carolina, State Auditor b. F.
Dixon, Lieutenant John w. Saunders,
of Beaufort, the ranking surviving Of
ficer of that company who first bore
the flag to the front.
The flags of the regular Confeder-
acy pattern with the white, blue and
red tri-color and silver stars. Two
dates, that of M~ecklenburg's Indepen-
dence, and the states secession are in
scribed upon it. The sacred relic was
made by fou sisters in Beaufort who
were Misses Mary and Henrietta
Robinson, Mrs. Cinderella Poole and
Mrs. Susan Rowland These ladies
will be represented by descendants,
Mrs. c. A. Clawson, Jr.. Mrs. W. 8.
Robinson, who are daughters Of Mrs.
Pool, and by Misses Mamie and Eliza
Rowland. daughters of Mrs. Susan
Rowland
Company E Of the Fifth Rhode Is
land troops succeeded in taking the
flag in that time Of warfare from
Company II. Tenth North Carolina
Confederate troops. It was given to
Captain Arthur Dexter OF Providence,
r. l.. who was the organizer of that
battalion of which Company E wae q
part At the Captains death his wild
ow bestowed the flag upon the Rhode