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Front the University Magaziiie. | begau in their o/rn u-a// to correct these things. WAR OF THERBQULATION -MECKLENHURG 1>E- Hence they assumed, or were called by the namt CLAUATION OF INDEPENDENCE—BATTLE OF | vj lieyulaton. MOORE S CREEK ! Sprinjf of 1771, a battle was fought For our leading article we are indebted to Hon. i bf ^ecn them, about a thoueand in and - — . .nvornnr I i-vnr* at thc head of three or tour nun- re beaten, sonic was followed by !ince by Tyrou iSpecially the ror our leadini; article we are indebted toiion. Rivid L. Swain; it i.. the substance of a lecture -ovornor Iryon at the head of thrt delivered bv that irontlenian before the lat! Kdu- f Hogu ator. were cational Convention, hold at Xcwbern. We \W~\ and all dispersed. This wa M,.Iv „v..rv North Carolinian, the imposition of the oath ot allegui confident that not only every North Carolinian, the imposition n.v ^ but every patriot in everv place, will read with 'ipon a large part of the ‘ especially the .ho deop-es. in.crest thc .wry of the first struggle , for Ireedoni in .\nioru-a. I he \N ar ot tlie I\egu- lation tonus an important era in the history of North Carolitia; and we believe that no man is more conversant with the history of that early period, than (rov. Swain; and, cunseijuently, that no one is better able to give an interesting and succinct account of those times. Doubtle.'^s our readers are as highly gratified as ourselves, at his promise to continue th« subject at some subse lUWUI WICF i jnent, and oath of allegiance, caused hundreds honest, butintiniidated nion, ^.specially the Scotch, ti> b(‘ what was tlien called Tories; h term uscm in Kiigland to de.^ign&te those in favor of the high handed and arbitrary measures ot the Crowu. Sec Kapin's History ol' Kugland. ‘•Th. se ste})s of the Scotch brought on them aiK>thor humiliating battle, and defeat by Col. well, after the Kevolutiou really began. faT The * » V" ' i ' i'"' I \ 1 n * hIxivc roirulation measures were, in fact, of a re queut time; and we only hope that he will not ... ,. ’ , , . delay it too long a period—we are very anxious to know more of our bra V the interest now awake Campbell, the resident editor of the “Educational Journal,” has asked for, and obtained irom us, the advanced sheets, that it may appear also in his issue for October. However some men may atfect to regard the Regulation as the petty iusuriection of a few countrymen, we think that tho most important results may be traced to it; for at tlie Battle of Alamance, .\moricans tirst learned to vlie for their rights; and it exani]>lo i? worth anything, this event surely kept aglow the fires of liberty, and paved the way for the final Revolution. It shows us, too, what was tiie spirit of those iron men; and how well they had jireserved the sacred princi ples of freedom ever connected with the Saxon race. We are not aceustnnied to judge of the importance of an event by the numbers engagfd in it, so much as the principles which are at stake, and the results which the earrving out of these principles is to entail upon us. We feel confi dent that Herman Husband could not be an un- f)rincipled rioter, and this belief is strt-ngthened when we have gojd rta^ons for saying that l)r. Franklin was the prime-mnver of the Keirulation; and surely no one will dare accuse that philoso phic statesman of encouraging an unmeaning re bellion. We believe that this article, in which iiov. Swain so ahly treats) ot the Regulation and its supporters, will throw an additional dignity upon the events of that period; and we most hearti ly recommend it to thc careful j.erusal of all our readers. The Historical Society of the University is in debted to Robert K, Martin. K.S(|.. Clerk of the Supreme Court of (.leorgia. for the only cojiv sup posed to be extant of a sermon jTeached b\ the Rev. Hr. Cummins, at (Jreensborough, (/a., on the 4th July, In]!*. 3Ir. 3Iartin resides at pre pent at Milledgevillo, but was then a citizen of Greensborough, aud heard the discourse deliver ed. We subjoin a copy of the title page: ■ ‘‘The Rise. Progress, .^laturity aud Fall of the Jewish State and Church; and the Rise. ProL'iess and Prospects ol the United States. An .\nni- versury Sornion. delivered at 1 reensboro'. ia. . on a Sabbath, the 4th day of July. 1^10. Hy the Rev. Francis Cummins, A. M. * Publi>hed at tho retjuest ol a respectable nuinher. (jn cns- borough: Printed hy Patrick L. Ivubinson.” The value of-the discourse, as a historicul docu ment, consists in the incidental e\ idence afforded by the brief notes appended to it. with relation to the motives which gave rise to the Regulation, the leading facts connected with the Mecklen burg Declaration, and the que.stion so ably ex- ■ . , . amined in our pages with respect to the command ‘‘“‘urder! murder'.’ at Moore’s Creek. With the exception ot the " ^ publication by Col Polk, in the Raleigh Register of the 30th of April, InPJ, this note of Dr. Cum mins it the earliest printed reference of which we have any knowledge to the Mecklenburg procoed- inga. Brief as the notice is, it ]»resents to our minds the true solution of the difficulties arising from the fact that authenticity is claimed for two series of Resolutions—the first as adojitod on the 20th, and the second on the .‘Jlst of May. All doubt, with respect to the Resolutions of the 31st, was removed by the discovery, almost simultane ously, ten years ago, in Charleston and in Lon* don, of a cotemporaneous new.'^paper containing the entire series which bear the date ot the 81st May. There is no conclusive evidence arisin- from auy coteniporaneou.'^ publication of the Re- . solutions of the 20th. It is not reasonable to I suppose, however, that a Committee met on the 31st without any previous notice or preliminary action, and adopted, without discussion, the twenty well-drawn It. soluti.jns of the 31st of May. Dr. Cummins evidence will probably satisfy the read er that the latter was not the only mcetin-r. and go far to sustjiin the conclusion that thore~was a meeting of citizens on the I'Jthand 20 th, the pro ceedings of which led to the adoption, by the re gular Mecklenburg Committee, organized under ■ 1 • vo utionarv sinrit, but undigested, hasty, unpro- eriod—we are very anxious x- ! . . .. .• toctcd, and they sunk instanter tor want ol sup- rave ancestors. As anroof of : i.* akened in this subject, Mr. concentration^ ^ote top. lb. ...lirornf t},.. “K.li.cational , ^o the leadership at Moores Creek, he simply gives the name of the command er in a manner which shows that no doubt on the subject had been su>:gested in his day. In con nection with Dr. (’ummins’ ixjte, we have con cluded to present illiamson s account of this subject, hitherto strangely ovcrkKtked; and to pub- li.-^h for the first time an original coten;poraneous lettiT from (iovernor Rurke to (jtovernor Caswell, which will serve to fhow who was regarded by that eminent p.itriot and statesman, not merely as the commander, but thc leading spirit at Moore’s Creek; “The legislature being sensible of the great loss they had sustained by this want of system, instituted a couiptrollership in the year 17S2,and tiiat ortice was very properly given to Richard (’asweli, a gentleman who had acquired military re|)Utation, in the year 177^, by the action at ]N|(lore’s ('reek, in which seventeen or eighteen linndrv'd royalists, highlanders and regulators were defeated, cut of!’, and dispersed, by the militia un der his command.”—tj Wi/iiat/tsov's ilhtorj of yvrtft ('itrnlina. T. Bur/ct fii It. Cusicelly (lurernar, dc. “Uaxovkr Ctn KT lloi SK, Jan'v 27th, 1777. “SiK:—The agreeable intelligence that Gt ii. Washington ha.- gained several advantages over the enemy, will doubtless reach you long before you will receive this. Thc amount of what we have learned is. that thirteen thousand of the ene my under Cornwallis, marched from Princeton to Tii-nton with the design to force a piussage over till- Delaware at Trenton. They were opposed by Washin;^ton. and the advanced portiou of the ar mies Were all day engaged. They each retired under Cover of the night, and Washington i>ruc- *.i>ed the .-ami' expedient to deceive the enemy, which you. sir, did at Moore’s Creek Rridge; and w hile his fires were burning, he decamped, passed the enemy, and surprised three battalions of Hes sians which were in the rear. These he entirely routed, taking a great many of them, and all tlieir tield pieeej and bagiiaiie. He then marched di- reetly to Princet4>n, and after an obstinate engage ment, defeated a strong party of the enemy who was jiosti'd there. Our killed are said to exceed forty, and 1 know not the number wouinled. Sev eral gallant officers fell, and Gen. Mercer was des perately wounded.” Jfi'i'h Ado Ahuut Xot/iinj.—The Chicago Times tells a story about a man who registered hii name at the llichmond House, jus H. B. Tut tle. At 2 o’clock in tho morniuir he alarmed the His door having been burst open, he was found still iihouting “murder.” On the door being opened, he rushed out through the corridors and down the su\ircases with headlong speed, yelling “murder!” at «very bound. Tho wondering crowd of course foll'kweil hini. Into the street he rush ed, and “murder!” “murder!” echoed fearfully through the city as he ran with all possible speed down Michigan avenue. Three or four policemen joined in the pursuit, and official speed and bot tom were never before so thoroughly put to the test. 'i’he bell-ringer in his .steeple on the court house, hearing the hubbub, and supposing half the city wa,x on tire, rang the alarm bell furiously for no less than four ilifferent fire districts. Tho engines were brouirht out and ran in all di- The man continued hi- flight, and the policemen continued their chase, as tar as Van Ruren street, where the for mer was overtaken. I pon being assured who the j)ert>ous were who had been pursuing him, the man suddenly became rational and explained matters. It appears that he had with him about 61,o00 in money. On going to his room he had not gone to bed, but .-at down on a chair and meditated upon tlie probable chances of liis being robbed before inornin;;. He had thus sat there, the Articles of American AssooiatitTn, of the Re- | know how long—but in fact for solutions of tho .'list. The noto upon tliis sub- thre.; hours—when he heard or fancied he ject is the more worthy of consideration on ac- j ^ slight noise at the door of his apartment, count of its incidental character. ]Jr. Cummins ‘‘Suddenly conceiving that he was to be murdered, seems not to have been aware that any question , •'^P^aug up and placed iiimself against the door, had arisen, or was likely to arise, in relation to ; “murder.” the authenticity ot any one of the three events, i brouirht back he refused to remain at which came within the range of his metnorv and 1 hotel until mi)rning, and at his own request observation. His letter of the lOth November I "■'“ locked up in the strongest cell of the watch- l«rj, to the Hon. Nathaniel Macon, published in j **ouse. the State Pamj)hlet upon the subject, pp. 17 and j 18, was in reply to sjfecific eiKjuirics, and the re- | sponse will be found on examination to be in strict accordance with the j.reviously published note His statement ot the motives which actuatcl the Regulators, that it was an incipient strut'>’!e for Independence, is the earlie.st printi;d intiina- tion of the faot that we recoileot to have met with All the leading fac^s connected with this jmrtion The balloon expedition—attracts great atten tion. The “Tribune” says: “.Mr. i.a Mouutain and Mr. Haddock were less than five hours in thc air, and must have landed about 10 o’clock at night, having traveled at the rate of a mile a minute, the balloon being froui tour to fi\e miles from the earth. This extraor- linary vctyage due north strikes a hard blow at -f 1 ■ ■ . * , J iiui III omivuB » uaru DIOW at iirt or_|, lire undergoing an exauiinatiijn in i the favorite thet>ry of a steady ea.sterly current our DULTfca. MrJllpJi x* _ t ! i.. «1 a _ . i ii i ... our pages, which renders further reference to the subject on our part unnece.ssary; “Some tin^e (May, 1 think) in the year 177o. the principal cnaraeters in the county of Meck lenburg in N. Carolina, met twice in the hall of Queen B Museum for the purpose of digesting ar ticles tor a State Constitution. Numbers formally before niagistrates, abjured the authority of (icor-e 111., and ail foreign governments: aud on an ap- in the upper strata of the atmosphere. U'en hours further travel in their direction would have brought them to tho point where Sir John 1‘rauklin is suppo.sed to have perished. Mr. Coe, the UTonaut who came down in a bursted balloon near Romo last week, went on Saturday to remove his balloon from the tree in which it w'aa lodged. hile engaged in releas- pointed day, said county of Mecklenburg gencr- ' cordage from the trees he accidentally ally met, and by their herald ( Col. Thomas I'olk, ' sustained serious injury. He had no I believe,) proclaimed on the court-house stairs! ' broken, but his right wrist bones were dis located and protruded through the skin—one on each side the cords. Mr. Coe fell about 70 feet independence of Great Rritain. Cai.t. James Jack, yet living, and now of Klbert county, (jleo- — .m. vuc len y gia,wasaent with intelligence of these facts to Phil- ! sank to the waist in tho swamp. adelphitt, to Congress. (!ongress returned thanks to ; the county for their zeal, but advised a little further patience. ( )f tho truth of all this note, the au thor assures the public; as he was a personal wit ness to the whole of these things, and one of the abju^rors as above. Of the day and month, dates of these thin-ra he cannot be certain, but positively knows they were done before tha declaration of u,dopcnJe„fc by C.,„„r„ss. If prwritv, thi-rc fore, m thing, of this can cJtille a State to a claim of primary honor, thc claim of North i *■ '• »poites f.ftrohri!! in m . * I of onc of the rapidly revolving wheels of the morning there wa.s found in one of the coaches on the Richmond and Peters burg railroad the large sum of ?40,000 The owner was found, aud the money was handed over to him. A lady came near losing her life by a singular accident, in Louisville, while riding in a buwcry fore/in •■■-t-Khis'-r ean^Si^r'^Str^to | 7^ a claim of primary l.onor, thc claim of North off, a id was caught in the spokes Carolina IS pre-eminont. Massachusetts lost the fvT ^ revolving wheels of the first blood, unless we allow that honor to the re I wound up in such a manner as to draw gultttors of N. Carolina in 177U” JVot* to > > “ her severely 17, ]s. “It is not improper to observe here, that ac It appears from tho reports of the Life Insur ance Companie.s of Great Rritain, that the aver- Itvtar V'arol,,,,; ajre duration of l,„„,a„ life isTo;.*;;;;;;!;"™*^ .bus-as the, coneeivedVtl;r;:i',i;‘l"*:la 1 Jerru^LS^ “ j FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER. I APPEALS TO OLD-LINE WHIGS, i Our conservative and intelligent contemporary, I the New Orleans Bee, in remarking on the dis- I organized condition of parties in Louisiana, can- didly acknowledges* that for once it is pufzled and hardly knows how to define the principles and positions of the various candidates for office ^ in that State. Such is the confusion that even the Democrats are anxiously imjuiring “where they shall go” in the curious medley of parties that has arisen on the decline of the ancient and compact organizations which once divided the people of Louisiana in common with the whole Union. In this stage of*aflair8 we need not say that “Old-Line Whigs” receive respectful atten tion from all the several claimants upon the pop ular sufl'rages, and thc most earnest appeals are addressed to their “comprehensive patriotism,” especially by the .so-called “regular Democracy.” Nor is this importuuity peculiar to the Democ racy of Louisiana. “Appeals to the Old-l^ine W’higs” have become a standing topic with many of our Democratic contemporaries, and it was under this head that the Government journal a few weeks ago remarked with satisfaclion upon “the disposition manifested in many quarters by worthy and enlightened citizens, heretofore known as Old-Line Whigs, to co-operate with the Na tional Democracy,” and deprecated any effort “to reconstfuct the organization of their party.” To a similar purport the St. Louis Re})ublican declare.s that, in the recent elections hehl in the States of Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee, a majority of the people, “including a large portion of those heretofore acting with the Whigs, have declared their preference for thc Democratic party.” Ac cordingly that journal expresses the benevolent and unselfish hope that “all honest Whigs” will not be drawn into “such an egregious act of folly” as to support any (»ther than the Democratic can didate for the next Presidency. For ourselves, we take leave to say, in behalf of what seems to us the most primary principles of political consistency and propriety, that we re gard all such “appeals” as in the highest degree inopportuuc, if not impertinent. The Old-Line Whigs, in conjunction with conservative citizens of every name and denomination, in all parts of the Union, will be able to interpret for themselves, at the propt;r time, the indications which shall mark out the path of duty in the civil conjuncture brought about by the disturbing elements of Dem ocratic misrule. Whether thc authors and abet tors of that mi-rule have a prior claim uj>on tlio adhesion of Whigs would seem to be a (jucsti(»n that admits of easy determination. Whatever may be justly or unjustly said against the Repub lican organization of the North, the Whigs of the Union cannot forget that it owes its very exist ence and derives its daily food from the seetional agitations provoked and fostered by the demo cratic jxirty. If, therefore, the Rejiublican party were as odiims aud dangerous as the Democratic press, particularly of the South, is in the habit of ropre.seiiting, it would only be so much the more a cogent and convincing argument against anv affiliation with a party which has been the primal cause of the movement in question. The Repub licans very po.saibly have been and may s>till be in danger of carrying their feelings of resentment to a needless extreme in {>oint of defensive tactics, and in this line of conduct they can exjmct. as thev a.sk, no co-operation from the National Whigs, but we are at a loss to understand how such a want of moderation on the part of the former cai; be construed into a valid claim to the character of conservatism urged in behalf of the Democracy, since thfif must none thc loss be held mainly rV sponsible for the political chaos which has been precipitated on the country. In the present aspect of affairs we would, there fore, advise against any coalition such as that into which Old Line Whigs are so unctuously invited to enter. It does not become the Democracy to address any such appeals to their ancient oppo- nentit, for the Whigs cannot avoid the conviction that these expostulations are the offspring of a simulated patriotism. They remember that in other days the Democracy bad no such abhorrence of “coalitions” with Freesoilers, and they there fore doubt the genuineness, or at least ♦he disinter estedness, of the advice which is now so gratuit ously proffered. W'here slept the Democratic thunders of denunciation when a Freesoil Senator of thc United States was elecU*d from the State of Ma.ssachusetts by a combination of Democrats and Freesoilers against the National Whigs’' Why did the sentinels of Democracy neglect to cry aloud and spare not when a similar “lusion” was effected in V ermont, in Connecticut, and else where at thc North;' As late as tlie year 1^54 it is known that the Federal office-holders in the State of Ma.ssachusetts were among thc most pro minent supporters of tho “coalition” which had defeated the \V bigs, and some among us perhaps have not quite forgotten the circumstances under which a distinguished functionary in the city of New Vork lost his head for stubbornly refusing to recognise “the Freesoil wing” of the Deruocracv in his appointments to office. While the memory of these transactions survives we incline to believe that Whigs will not be greatly moved by the fer vent “appeals” of our Democratic friends, who suddenly manifest so much more zeal for the po litical virtue of their ancient adversaries than they formerly showed for tlieir own. Tonmht's lioust.—In a late speech, as we had occasion to ob.serve a short time ago. Senator Toombs, of Georgia, thus boasted of his agency in defeating tho Post Office Appropriation Rill he said, itn Jut, ,'h nu/hand, and itamped it under m;/ feet” We remarked, at the same time, that the Democracy had en deavored to throw the responsibility of the de feat of the aforesaid bill upon the Opposition, and we hoped they would now see where it prop erly belongs. Commenting on Toombs’ boast, the Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer says that the greater part of the monuy which this bill appropriated (being tho revenue of the post-offices of the country) has been used by the Department without an appro priation; and one of the most urgent demands upon the next Congress, when it meets in De cember, will be to legalize this use of the money and to make up the deficiency. This cannot be evaded, for the Administration has given out cer tificates of indebtedness, whose repudiation would di.shonor the Government. How short lived and empty, then, was Mr. Toombs’ boasted triumph! how silly to brag of the accomplishment of 80 silly an act! The only advantage to anybody, that has re sulted from the defeat of the bill, is found in the fact that it has enabled Democratic candidates for office to make the quibbling assertion that the appropriations made by Congress for the current year amounted to only sixty millions of dollars, when in truth the twenty millions appropriated by the bill defeated by Mr. Toombs have also been used or pledged by promises to pay. But this is simply in keeping with all their other bumbugs and deceptions.—Hich. Whiy. Novel Matrimonial Announcement.—A N. C. exchange has the following remarkable notice: N. C., recently, Mr. W’’m. A. Ro- boy of Simpson county, Kentucky, aged 54 years, to Mlss Mary Edwards, of Caldwell county, N. C., aged years both for Guthrie for President. \ oupg people think old ones are fools;” ijut It 18 a mistake. From the New Wrk Titne.s. THE SLAVERY QUESTION IN THE SOUTHERN STATES. The Slavery Question as u political issue is vigorously discussed in the Southern Stat«s. The bold crusade which Mr. Douglas has com menced, has arou.sed the public mind, South as well as North, to tho principles at issue in the pending contest. His proclamation of Territo rial Sovereignty,—of the right of the Territorial Legislature to act upon the subject,—has had a two-fold effect; it has compelled the Republi cans at thc North to fall back upon their original position, of the power and duty of t'oni/rexx to prohibit Slavery in tho Territories, in spite of the Dred Scott decision; aud it bus constrained Southern ultraists to take the opposite ground, that Congress must prutccl, although it can not confiscate, slave property within Territorial limits. Mr. Douglas took middle ground, de nying both positions aud asserting that although slaves might freely enter the Territory a.«i pro perty, they could not be so held and protected there, unless the Territorial Legislature saw fit to enact laws for that purpose. The coutrover.sy has led to the formation of still another party at the South, and to the state ment of a new position, which bids fair to rally a good many adherents. The Hon. W. C. Smedes, a distinguished lawyer of-Mississippi, wrote a vig orous and patriotic letter a few weeks since, urg ing, as thc interest of the South, as well as the country at large, cntir* inaction, on thc part both of Congress and of the Territorial Legislatures, on the subject of Slavery. And he has now written another, reinforcing the same projtosition. He denies utterly the power of Congress to make any laws whatever concerning Slavery in the Ter ritories; and shows at length that in the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court positively de nies the power of Congre.s3 to legislate for its protection. He affirms, as a {(rinciple of law, the j>osition of Mr. Doughuj, that the Territorial government may, by unfriendly legislation, make Slavery so burdensome on the slave-owner as vir tually to exclude it; and he, therefore, urges that the Territories be orgjiuized on the basis of let ting Slavery entirely alone. This would leave the whole matter of protection to Slave property with the (’ourts, where it belongs, and would put an end at once and forever to the political ;igi- tations which have hitherto grown out of the subject. Mr. Walter, who is spoken of as the Opposition ('andidate for (Jovcrnor of’.Mississippi, has also written a very frank, manly and explicit letter on the subject, in which he expres.';essubslantially the •■^amo opinions. He adds the just and evident consideration that if this policy of letting it alone can be establishei. Slavery will only go where it may be profitable; and that wherever the climate, the soil, or the temj>er ot the peojde is opposed to it, it will certainly be excluded. Senator Ches- nut, of South Carolina, in a recent speech, has alx) Uiken ground against any intervention of Congress on the subject, and al.so against the power of the Territorial (legislature to act u{»on it. lie in sists that the whole subject >hould be left to the c urtrt.aiid that it is their duty, under the Constitu tion, to give the same protection to slave property as to any other. These speeches and letters indicate the growth of a comparatively conservative party at the South, whieh projHjses no longer so surrender the j>oliti- cal control of that section to the ultraists and dis- unionists who have hithertt given direction to its political activity. In common with all the wiser and more influential public men who have spoken upon the subject at all, the.se gentlemen all unite in denouncing the movement for reopen ing the Slave-trade, as fatal in policy and wrong in principle. Mr. Walter does not hesitate to brand it as aiming at disunion. In almost every |uarter entitled to respect, it has been discoun tenanced and repudiated. 'fhe character of the coming Presidential con test, in our judgment, depends entirely upon the attitude of the South. Senator Chesnut deals in gloomy forebodings, and predicts that the North ern sectionalists will push the anti Slavery issue more sharply than ever before, and that they will be very likely to seize upon all departments of the Federal Government, and certain to use them for the destruction of the South. He states very stronirly the numerical superiority of the Northern Statt'. over thu Southern, and says there is no possibility that the equality between them will ever be restored. Under the most favorable cir cumstances, even it Sonora, Lower California. New Mexico, Arizona, and the territory west cf the Arkansa.s should become Slave States, the North will still have 2tJ and the South but 20,— when all thc available States shall have been ad mitted. H« antici{>ates, therefore, a combination of all these I'ree States against the South. This depends as wo have often said, upon the policy, and temper of tho Southern States themselves. The Free States are not naturally “fanatical,” or even zealous, on the subjeLt of Slavery. They have never shown any special interest in the (jues- tion, except when they have been goaded to it by the ultra and reckless action of the South. They could never have shown so much union and strength upon it as they did in IS.')*!, but for the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, thc cru.sade of fraud aud violence against Kansas, and the brutal at tack upon Mr. Sumner. Any one of these acts wad enough to arouse the indignation of any community not utterly lost to self respect. If thc South chooses to give its kindred provocations again, they will undoubtedly be indulged with similar results. If they permit their fanatics to control their action, and commit the South to the scheme of a (Congressional Slave code and to re opening the Slave trade, they will unquestionably see tho tide of Northern resentment swell still higher than it did in 1^50. Rut if the conser vative portion ot their people will take the polit ical affairs of the country into their own hands, they can easily disarm Northern sectionalism of the only weapons which make it formidable. The question will be substantially decided by the South in the Charleston Convention. The Peiho Affair.—It is w'ith much satisfac- ticm that we find the annexed authentic statement in the latest letter of the well-informed corres pondent “Ton.” “There is no reason to doubt that the conduct of ^liniBter Ward and Capt. Tattnall, in the dis astrous affair on the Poiho, will be heartily ap proved by our (Jovernment, as well as by the American {)cople. In thc exercise of the duties of humanity they did nothing that couhl amount to H violation of American neutrality. Iheir vessel, the Tooy-wan, was at thc I’eiho, in com pany with the British and French vessels (»f war, at the request of the ('hinese Commissioners themselves. They had been put ‘on the same platform’ with the English and French by the Chinese authorities. While in this situation their vessel, with all on board, was placed iu im minent peril, from which it was extricated, with great exertion, by the British s|U»dron. The very next day occurred the disaster to the alliel squadron, when happily our Minister and naval commander were in a situation to afford them some relief, which was required both by human ity and national courtesy.” The \attonal Inttllujcncc.r.—The New()rleans Bulletin says; Journalism in the Ignited States is honored and ennobled by thc National Intelli gencer. This every man of intellect, education and lib«;rality in tlie ooiintry, whatever may be his party predilections, will acknowledge. A circumstance has just occurred whieh illustrates its character. The Government has recently withdrawn its advertisements from it. The In telligencer simply ann()unces the fact, and says it will make no difference, as thc advertisements will appear as usual, which it will give for the benefit of its readers. We learn from the Wash ington States—for the great cooservative journal would never tell it itself—that the Intelligencer “ha.s the largest number of permanent subscribers of any paper in the city, and that it is legally en titled to tiie government advertisements.” We Cordially endorse the suggestion of tho States, that Congress should order the Govern ment advertisements in tlie Intelligencer to be paid for, on the grounl that by the plain and express provision of the law it is entitled co them. The law declares that such adverti.sements shall appear in two newsjiapers ot \\ ashington “hav ing the largest permanent subscription.” The States says that in order to get them away from the Intelligencer, each subscriber to a daily paper was considered by the Government as s/./ ptrmanunt suLsirihrrs'. The (lovernnient will gain nothing b\' this inameuvre, but lose much, and the National Intelligencer will correspond ingly gain Honesty is always the best policy. I even for a government.— f'hax. (’>,ur. AT H E EmiPorium of L^ashion FOR LADIES .\ND GtXTLE.MEN. \ complete assortment of nRi;\SliOI)IIS.IIOSIRRV.RIi{RO\!i, I..ace (lioofkM, Eiiihroi(lerie««, Zoph)r Work, At., Ac., Cluaks. Mantles and PROM EN ADE SACKS. A verv hitnilsonie stock just rec'd. I\ t'L(ITIII\fi \\1) FlilMSIIiVf, GOflDS, we are ss usual very handsomely assorted. Our fricnil? at home anj nbroiid nre very rospcctfuilv iiiTiteil to caT in time and make their selections. (Jur Qoodsi are new, beautiful and cheap. G. & L. BRANDT. Oct'r 3 54- Boiiiiets! Boiinetsi!! 1loniiet«!!! JUST RECEIVED. ONE of the larj^est and finest assortments of Silk and Silk Velvet Bonnet.s ^ver exhibited in this market, already trimmed. Our French Bonnets are pronounced to be the handsomest and the cheapest. We have al«o rec'd a fine assortment of Ladies’, Misses', (’hildren's and Infant’s Hosiery and Zephyr Work, to suit all ages and sizes. Two Cases of Mantillas just iu and now opening. In all-wool DeLanes. DeLane Rohes. English Mc- rinoes. Blk Bombazine. English aud Italian Crape. I White Goods, Embroideries. Needle-worked Collars and Undersleeves. Infant's Waists, and in fact ever3'thing j that a Lady may desire, we have i general assortment j of. This being our first Fall season in the regular I Dry (Joods. will at once convince our customers that j our Goods arc fresh. I Ladies will please call at once, and they shall not be disHjipoinled. We would ofler great inducements to Milliners in Bonnets and Millinery Goods. G. L. BRANDT. South side Hay Street. Fayetteville. N. C. Sept L'O State Tax for limitjort.—The Sheriff County paid into the Treasury of the St>ir. i ^ week, $11,409 10, being the State tax frou,' County. This comes within a fraction .‘‘-* per cent, advance upon last year.— A Hiij Day's Fi>k!nj.—The followin,, think, will equal, if not surpa.ss, the lar.ri.t'i cotton picking ever accomplished in tlii> n, On Mr. S. V. Simons’ plantation, oiie duvf' week, eighteen hand.s—commenciiiw ^t " and stopping at sunset—j.icked four of the fast^st l,17t) pounds. I'iy,. hands had to leave the field three times durin,-^V day to nurse their children, losing cacir ^ hours, and at noon all the hands losin>' on.. » Accii>knts.—Mr. Robt. f>. McNair of ■p borough was shot through the right hand },> horse throwing him, discharging a trim heH ^ his hand. It is hoped that he will save hi, 1,^,| i but with the loss of tho thumb. Mr. J(,s j Dickon, of the same place, in carelessly takinj,' . pistol out of his pocket, discharged a ball tlirou liis own hand. /Vre’.—On Friday night of last week, tin-i, House of Mr. Redmun I^uproe, of this countv was destroyed by fire, together with ahijiit his crop of Cotton, including twelve i^alea reaj\ for market. A negro boy undertook to li^-ht candle with a match, which he threw down ae* ting tlie cotton on fire. Lob-s estiniaterl at al 82,600. On the .same night the steam »aw mill. Falkland in Pitt county, belonging to Mr was also destroyed by fire, togetlier with :i {hi, siderable quantity of lumber.— Tar. South-.ru-r New Ort.eans. Oct. ; Missis*!j.pi Kh ctiou.—Scattering returns tr.jHi the ^Mississippi election show Democratic i:ain« St. Lot is. Oct. 7. Another Indian (Jutraijv on the de.spatch from Independence .^ays that the mail party which left on the ll»th. for Santa Fe. \vas:it- t'lcked by Indians beyond Pawnee Fork, and the conductor and other men killed. Nkw' Orleans. Oct. 3. Louistana Crops.—Accounts reprrsent the Cotton crop of Louisiana as tirst rate; the Su'.^r crop, inferior and small. R^C: WHIJKEY. Having taken the Agency of “NICK WILLIAMS' OLD RYE WHISKEV,” I am prepared to furnish any quantity wanted at distiller’s prices. C. E. LEETE. _Oc^^ On CoiiKiffniiieiit. ''^ICK WILLIAMS’ Rye Whiskey, (2 years old.) ii North Carolina Apple Brandy. Wheat Whiskey and N.VSH BRANDY '2 years old. Scuppernong Wine. C. E. LEETE. Oct. (i. 55.2t UIIEELER A: mm ^pHE Scientific American says:—“We are having a I X great many inquiries for Sewing-Machines from various parts of the country, and as we cannot conve niently reply to them all by mail, we have thought it proper to state our opinion in regard to them in this j>ublic manner. We have used Wilson's patent, manu factured by the heeler (Si Wilson ManufacturingCom- pany. No. 505 Broadway, and we can say, in regard to it, that it is without a rival. It is simple, not easily put out of order when in proper hands, and in point of effectivene.ss and finish, no other machine stands ahead of it. We state tiiis much in regard to this escellent machine, upon our own responsibility.’’ I expect another supply in a few days. Price $50. S. J. HINSDALE. Agent. Sept. 20. 5Sitf W. T1L.L.1^0HA»T AGENT FOR TUB SALE OK FAIRBANKS’ SCALES IN NORTH CAROLINA. }j^VERY' Scale iii warranted to bo correct. Hay, Coal. J or other large Scales not on hand, will be ordered at the lowest prices Sept. 1 45J. O W. BOWMAN.] [k j( MtTRCHISON. BOVViMAN & MURCHISON. 4'0.n.TlI!$SI0.^ .nERC'HA’VTS. NO. 118 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK. Liberal cash advances made on Consig.nnients of Cotton, Naval Storeo and Southern Produce generally. AVO\ E. Forwarding & Commission Mercliant) WILL give quick despatch to goods connigned to him Particular attention given to all produce 8«nt him for sale. Consignments of Nav&l Stores, for sale or shipment, solicited. WiLMiNOTON, Jan’y 19 1869 Slilypd 3 ITIoney Wanted. The subscriber having suffered a heavy loss by the fire of last flight, earnestly requests all persons in debted to him to make immediate payment. M. McKINNON. Fayetteville, Oct’r G, 1859 65-3m JVEW STOeU OF BOOKS AND^ATIONERY We are just receiving our new stock of Law, Medical and Misoellaneous Books; School Books; Blank Books; Writing Papers; Envelopes, &o. Oct’r 0, 1859 J. HALE i SON. 56- E. MIRRAT & CO., Commission merchants, AND WHOLESALE GROCERS, WATER WILMINGTON, N. C. Particular attention given to sale or Mhipment of Naval Stores, Cotton, &c. I. MURHAT O. a. HVRCH180H. J. T. MCRRAT JiiMt Received. 1 AAA choice Baltimore cured Sides; 10,UUU 25 Bbls. Mullets; 3,500 lbs N. C. cured Baoon—hog-round; 50 boxes assorted brands Tobacco, at Fac tory prices. For sale by R. MITCHELL. Oct’r 4 55-2w iVew Vork I.«e«lffer Ibr Ocl’r It'S. HARPER’S WEEKLY, for Oct, 8, to-morrow. Oct 6 E. J. HALE & SON. W. €. TROY Has just received this morning, from Steamer North Carolina. *') hbls. No. 1 Mackerel, new. 10 “ “ 3 20 i and \ bbls. No. 1 do. 25 boxes Cheese. 5 kegs selected Goshen Butter. 10 bbls. Leaf Lard. 15 “ New Mullets in oak and pine bbls. He has on hand a general assortment of G ROrMCMI ES, which will bo sold cheaj> for Cash or exohanpoJ fui Country Produce. Oct. ti. 18.'jy. .Viti Fresh Teaii. HALF CHESTS IMPERIAL, OOLONG and S(»L CHoNG TE.\S. .lust received by S. J. HINSDALE Sept. 29. 5,;itf “wTi\. tillixghast" OFFERti FUR H.KLK., '^A Sets, Gilt and Plain, 20 diffenii' OU styles; 160 prs. China Vaset, over 50 patterns: An assortment of White China Dinner it Tea W.ire; !■ anoy Articles of China and Glassware for Pre»entii. S« Cilas«-ware. 14(M^ Dozen Tumblers; KKi “ Goblets; W “ "Wine Glasses; 175 “ Glass Dishes. Nappies aud Buiters; 50 “ Bowls, on stands; 40 “ “ Jars; 14 “ Lanterns; 10 “ Lamps, for Kerosone, Fluid, Oil au'i Lanl: Eartheu-ware. 1600 Diixen Plates; 2S(MJ Sets Cups aud Saucwt-s; 125 Doxeu Dishes; 75 “ Pitchers; 175 “ Bowla; 200 Ewers and Basins. The above are of WHITE IRONSTONK CHINi »dJ the usual COM.MON WARES. Together witli «1! ‘be smaller articles of China, Glass or Earthen-ware r«- quired for complete housekeeping. 9JKO liOoking'-OlasseM, All siiei, from 8x4 to 30x17 inches; Silver Plated Casters, Of 20 patterns, ;55 and upwards; Silver Plated Spoons; Silver Plated Forks; Silver Plated Cake BaskotK, Cupi. Communiou Sata, Candle-Sticks, Butter Dishes, Kaives, Ladles, and a number of Fancy .A.rtioles. Rritannia-ware. 17 Do*. Britannia Casters; 850 “ Britannia Spoons; Candle-stieks, Coffee Pots, Tea Pots, Lamps, Sic.. Knires and Forks. 300 Doien, comprising Fine Ivory handle Knivas »lon«. Fine Ivory handle Knives and Forks; Horn Tip, Ebony, Bune and Coooa handle, with STEBL Forks; Superior Carvers, of Rogers's and other good msrkii; China Rnife Sharpeners, good. Dozen Baskets. Also, a fine assortment of Tea Trays; Old Dominion Coffee Pots; SCISSORS, small ambroidery up to Shears; Planished and Plain and Japanned Tin-ware; Wooden Ware. A variety of other articles useful to House keeper*' too numerous to name here; but all contained in b'" Catalogue, whloh he will be pleased to send to all *PP‘‘ cants. These Goods are offered at wholesale or retail. prices whioh ought to please. Remember to oall at VV. N. TILLINGHAST’S JOH.N H. COOK. .lUlTIOXEKK, .IFreror* lor .Vale. 1)> virtue of an order of the Court of Pleas and y,ur- ) ter Se.ssions of i’ujulierland County, I will I tor sjiK', at the Market Hou!«e in Fayetteville, onTuts- j day of next Sujierior Court. i Mne \es:roes-.l Man, 2 Women and 6 (hlldren, I as the projterfy of the late Janies R. Gee, on a crodr of six months,—notes with approved security. -\t the same time— One Horse; One Cart; One Carriage, and Wagon aud Harness; • Household and Kitohen Furniture. GEO. W. GEE. Adm r Sept 20, 185W 55*t» RO Rl \ AI r7~ •.tttorney and Counsellor at LUMBERTON. N. C. 11’'1LL attend and practice in the County and Superii.r M Courts of Robeson. Richmond and Cuniberlainl •\11 business intrusted to him will receive prompt at tention and collections punctually remitted. Oct. 0. 1859. 6.')tC Koofingr and Outterln^, Done at short notice, by C. \V. A:iDRE\Vf>$. MARKET SijUARE. f JOct’r 4 M- Croclcery Sept. Ti Store. 62ivJl OBS ^ M0X»AY kvi Okoani/atm>!' have great pleastn of the naisrule of i joined proceeding the Oppositii’*' luent of that (,’otn Americans, frouj i co-operating toget session of the tit well as for the hi^ composing it, the doubt receive, as i Opposition party. It remains for I tiei to meet togetl State Convention; county and over^ look around them and popular fcllov next Legislature, and with proper c Legiilature, ther( triumph in the el year. The redetii tion from mi?rule be, a suflBcient me thinking men to c The undersigned iiiittec of the meeting of its nicml ’9.) having conferre to them by that app therefore reconimen counties, to select d tion, to deliberate State, and of the cn nations of candidat elections of IKCO. They also reconin place, and the 22d assembling of such They are aware i posed from source« Commitier, on matu above stated most every couiuy sliall b the views ami i>]iini( harmonious action s (>ctober ♦>, 1 ThK 1*0MCV Ol this subject whicl telligencer is sens is, that it does no cause the occasioi cer to re«iuire it.) uot only with the publicans. Let ui perfect our own own candidates, parties choose to us be content to and hav(! been, to-day be as he it have to n proacli put in power 15u suckers whom he New Pakty 1 youngest, and an papers of that cil an anti-Southern to have been an had modified its lately become i though we are ts yet upon the w paper. We are to support I>oug be much b'tter hia sect of highe We copy frou which merits t Southern men. add, in connecti people are not trade. That W( other point mo( for the })rotecti( tories, is too litl duced any settl Southern mind, and Congress, large and incre there will scarc S.iuth cannot i Congress, with the uni form re; on thc Constiti Congress as sel lowing (^ongre with the quei North at\d Sou fore they kt r Cnion men. an should do thoi and out of Coi CitORt'.lA I Democrat.s hai majority, and opposition lia> The Filli phia, which pi with a gang o Having beeu of New Orlei bar comuiaud oretiou the b( Orders hav ingtou to Ne^ vessel, which day the boat A suspicioi by the marsl
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