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The Daily Dispatch: September 23, 1861., [Electronic resource] 8 0 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.1 (search)
s in 1858, 1859, and 1863; R. B. Gilliam in 1862; R. S. Donnell in 1864; and with the exception of twenty years they had filled the office continuously since 1812. The members of the Supreme Court of the State, M. E. Manly, W. H. Battle, and R. M. Pearson, were all alumni. Of the judges of the Superior Court in 1861, the University was represented by John L. Bailey, Romulus M. Saunders, James W. Osborne, George Howard, Jr., and Thomas Ruffin, Jr. In the same way four of the solicitors were Un J. Whittaker, Aug. 21, 1864, W. D. Flintoff, Oct. 1, 1864. Died of disease. Captain J. R. Jennings, of yellow fever, Sept. 10, 1862; Privates H. T. Burgess, George Cole, Carney Haitchcock, Whitfield King, July, 1862; John W. Lloyd, Forest Pearson, Edward Pearson, April, 1862; William Potts, April, 1863; James K. Gaths, of small pox, Feb. 1864; W. B. Cates, William Cates, Feb. 1863; Anderson Turner, May 25, 1863; William Petty, Nov. 26, 1863; Corporal D. J. Norwood, Sept. 1863; Private J.
The Daily Dispatch: September 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], The distinction between aliens and citizens. (search)
The distinction between aliens and citizens. The following correspondence has just been published. It gives the opinion of Chief Justice Pearson, one of the most eminent Judges of the Confederate Courts, upon a subject which is of vast interest to a large number of the residents of the South: [correspondence.] His Honor, Chief Justice Pearson: Having seen the proclamation of the President of the Confederate States, I am desirous of knowing whether I am affected by it, or would be considered a citizen as if a native. I was born in the State of New York in 1795, and in 1820 removed to North Carolina, where I have resided ever since. I mader existing circumstances, to put them to their election, and require formal evidence of it, if they staid among us. This policy has no more application to you, who have already made your election and become a citizen of this State, than to any other citizen of any State of the Confederate States. Yours, &c., R. M. Pearson.
The Daily Dispatch: September 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], Our correspondence. (search)
Alien enemies. --This is the last day of grace allowed by the statute of the Confederate Congress for taking the oath of citizenship in the Confederate States. Those aliens who omit to qualify may subject themselves to the disagreeable alternative of being sent forth by the Marshals beyond the limits of the Southern Confederacy. As to the question — what residents of the South are aliens liable to be treated as such under the statute in question?--we publish to day an opinion of Judge Pearson, who is the Confederate Judge in North Carolina, whose reputation as a jurist gives his letter on the subject of alienage especial value and importance at the present juncture of affairs.