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Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: may 3, 1861., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) or search for North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) in all documents.
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Prompt action in North Carolina.
--The Legislature of North Carolina was organized on Wednesday, and a bill calling a Convention of the people passed unanimously.
The election of members will take place on Monday, the 13th inst., and the Convention is to assemble at Raleigh on the Monday following.--There is to be no reference of the action of the Convention to the people.
The flag of the Southern Confederacy is already waving over the Capitol of the Old North State.
The Message of Gov. Ellis (an extract from which we published yesterday) meets with universal approval.
The blockade.
--Our correspondence from the seaboard represents that Lincoln's blockade of our ports is in full operation.
The following is Commander Pendergrast's notice to captains of steamers:
U. S. Flagship Cumberland Off Fortress Monroe, Va., April 30th, 1861. To all whom it may concern:
I hereby call attention to the Proclamation of his Excellency Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, under date of 27th, 1861, for an efficient blockade of the ports of "Virginia" and "North Carolina," and warn all persons interested that I have a sufficient naval force here for the purpose of carrying out that proclamation.
All vessels passing the Capes of Virginia coming from a distance, and ignorant of the proclamation, will be warned off, and those passing Fortress Monroe will be requested to anchor under the guns of the fort, and subject themselves to an examination. G. J. Pendergrast, Flag Officer, Com'g Home Squadron.