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Passage of the Secession Ordinance. Governor Pickens's Proclamation. Judge Petigru's Visit to Fort Moultrie. Floyd's Treachery. Yancey's Lectures in the North. The Removal to Fort Sumter. On the 17th a bill was passed to arm the militia of North Carolina.
He was too well aware of the source from which they originated to awaken any fears, and instead of daunting his energy they only increased it, and brought to his aid the valuable services of the Hon. The truth was-and much against Mr. Petigru's popularity in his own State-that he was a man of sound logic, practical judgment, and legal discrimination.
At 2 P.M. the Washington Light Infantry and Meagher Guards, both companies of Colonel J.J. Petigru's rifle regiment, embarked, under command of that officer, on board the Niña, and steamed down to the little island upon which the Castle is situated.
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