Named Entity Results, North Carolina (North Carolina, United States)

blood with full interest, and let them feel that they are now, as they were then, our brothers. March to Virginia and lay your heads upon the bosom of this mother of States, and hear her great heart beat with new impulses for a renewed and glorious independence. Surely the good and the virtuous of the Northern States cannot sanction the lawless and brutal despotism now maturated at Washington. Be ready! Stand by your arms — mark time to the tap of independence, and at the word march forward and on ward to the Borders.--Our glorious old sister, North Carolina, is with you, and her freemen are in arms. Join them in the struggle for defence; and let tyrants know that there are men who can make them hear the firing and feel the weight of Southern steel. I shall endeavor not to expose our own State, and shall only march you beyond our borders under pressing emergency; but wherever the Confederate Flag floats, there, too, is our country, now and forever. F. W. Pickens.

to the President that he had better keep an eye on their movements, lest they may, in case of an attack on Washington, unite with the South, and turn their guns upon the North. The following intelligence is from the Washington Star of Saturday, and from other papers published in that beleaguered city. We give it for what it is worth: On Monday morning there will appear another proclamation of the President, extending the contemplated blockade to the ports of Virginia and North Carolina, but not to those of Maryland. Commodore Stringham is to be officially named in it as the commander of the whole blockading force. It has been determined by the Government immediately to increase the regular army 25,000 rank and file. Also the navy from 7,000, its present force, to 25,000. Col. Henry K. Craig, the head of the Ordnance Department, has been relieved, and ordered to other duty. Lieut. Col. James W. Ripley is appointed in his place. The usual oath was admini

More Hessians at Washington.Martial law proclaimed.Virginia and North Carolina portsBlockaded! Alexandria, April 29. --More troops from Rhode Island and New York arrived in Washington to-day, numbering about 1,000. Martial law has been proclaimed in Washington. Travel is not interrupted. President Lincoln has issued a proclamation blockading the ports of Virginia and North Carolina. Citizens are leaving Washington in great numbers. The expression of sympathy for thNorth Carolina. Citizens are leaving Washington in great numbers. The expression of sympathy for the South is the cause of their banishment. [Second Dispatch.] Alexandria, April 29. --P. M.--The special express to the Gazette says the Long Bridge over the Potomac at Washington is guarded on the northern side by a large force of Federal troops, and on the southern side by Virginia troops. It is reported that Federal troops occupy Arlington Heights; also, that a U. S. steamer is to lie off Alexandria, and that all fish caught at the lower landings on the Potomac are to be sent

f Capt. Finley, evokes the most cordial praise. The Captain has been offered promotion, but prefers to stand by his "boys." After the muster, a large crowd collected in front of B. D. Morton's store, and called lustily for a speech from E. R. Chambers — That gentleman appeared, and among other good things, said that no propositions for peace could now be listened to by the South, and no adjustment made, except dictated by us at the foot of Washington's Monument. Col. Eaton, of North Carolina, responded most zealously to the call made upon him. --He said that North Carolinians ran "powerful" at Guilford Court-House, but they intended to show Virginians how they could stand fire in this fight. As to Virginians, he declared that they could never be conquered. They would fight, in his opinion, gloriously and unbeatably. A note for $8,000 has been made by our wealthy citizens, and the Exchange Bank will cash it, for arming and equipping our volunteer companies. A larg