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-jt ,r , -.- --..."V-''. ... - j - . . ,1. I ttxrBsanirriorr iUinM -, ix -. . .v f. . ; .v. . :;. 4 00 rn .uou. 2 00 JltWA. . ' . I ' . J it 4 Attitt titittif' .'78 Has fcMQjppiraqE JTOPiiea wttlx ereir needs innW'aod wulx tfce,l&test stylet ol Type. sn4 erery . Destaeni dtspateb. tndohetpBtM. We eaa torn WiBt short notJoe, , , ' ' fiyv. ( county) m adttaiMf . ....f2 00 BLANKS, BILL-HXiDS. LTrrKB-HKADS, ClEM, i2' . VOL. XXIV. CHARLOTTE, N. C., TUESDAY OOTPER 12, l8p. NO. 3,618. v rp"v -4 1 inn 1 ! m PfT MI-P fn ,JfTl WMfT 4 FAMFHlnS. CIECIJXB3. CBTCTS. ACJ m6-OCTOBER1880. ' ADDRESS OF HON. JTnHN TT. DAN- iKLs:jr.viQiiffA At the Celebration of ibe Centennial Anairenarr of the Battle of tLing'm maanuon, ucu 7tn 1880. MrGotTN'CRyiiiaT; Upon this spot one hundred ears ajio this day was a great battle of the people fought by the people alope Thef 3 wxis not a bayonet there was not a cannon there was no martial taWf-ft-herf 'was Qo gilded bannirlfeTe- was SJorchapJain there was no Aabalanc. or wagon there was no general offlcev there was not a single regatniS soldier s iti the army of victory there wetfi'MEN here. They were clad l&'carse homespun garments made- aft the .eabjnri-fireside y their sisters, wives and jnpthersT They had knives in theit 'belt,l"aWit j lllnt-lock nilps in itheir 'hands; and they did a deed for which alt nVankind should be ;iiiteful?iCndr which; the ages wilt re ineinbf n -They climbed the strong liietustworks of this rugged mountain through terrific fires of Tory rifles, and through fiercest onsets of British bayo nels; they tore f torn this proud summit the royal bannerol-Great Britain; they laid low in battle or led captive every one of the (leli;tit soldiery who defend ed it. "Complete to a, wish" jwaa their victory, as tbeir .commander said. As they stood conquerors, here, their shout of triumph was heard seven miles "on the plain." But far beyond the plain that eclioed back the voice of the moun tain that shout of triumph rolled. Like a minstrel's song its joyous notes swept over the land of the pine, the palmetto, and the moss-clad oak; lifting op the hearts of tliose who crouched under the sword of Tarleton ; rallying the frag ments of the Southern army who had fled frim the fury of Cornwallls; sup pressing the uprising of Tory factions, who "were willing enough to wound but yet afraid to strike,1 and re-animating the scattered band of Sumter, and cheering anew the dauntless men who stood by the side of Marion, the lion hearted. Northward it rolled, and the continental Congress received, it with jubilant thanksgiving. The peerless commander-in-chief heard in it the first note of hope that broke in upon the miseries of despair that wailed upon his ears from the disastrous fields of the Southern land, , and his 1 bursting heart, bowed with the recent treachery of Arnold, found solace in the loyalty of an artless people who made liberty their first love, and life the only meas ure of their devotion. Jefferson, then Governor of Virginia, afterwards wrote, "It was the joyful enunciation of that turn ot the tide of. success which ter minated he Revolutionary war with the seal of Independence." It had turned "the shadow of death into the morn ing." The men who did this deed of vast and unending consequence were rude foresters, huntsmen and herdsmen of the wilderness, "who cams from be yond mountains whose very names were not known." Pause, O century! ere thy latest step be taken pause and bow before the grand old niouutain salute the "venerable witness of that glorious day. Hear once more the sol emn tread of the huntsmen as they file around the rocky lair of their oppress ors hear the wild melody of their soul ful voices e'ehoing through these gorges, and carrying dread notes of warning to the foe at bay. Look once more ! Be hold the men of the wilderness as their Arm feet Urnb frora ledge to ledge up thege rocky fastnesses, bee' them as they receive the charge of the. veteran warriors of England, recoiling now be fore the bayonet, yet ever returning wih instant and fierce onset; see them as theirjeoncentric fires close around the desperate and unhallowed valor th behold th64 blafeoned stahda George as it falls n the niidt of the sunburned stqrm-beaten faces, as it is torn from thia proud crest tijf the horny hands of the me& of the desert who 'came from beyond mountains whose veryndmes were not known." Hear! Let the last sound that falls upon thy ears be that wild victorious shout of the mountain men which shall echo through the ages, teaching the'world lts grand est lesson how to be free! My coun trymen, from some partiality whipR I rjannot explain, an$ which J cannot Vpe to justify, 1 have been summoned rum the qld commonwealth that was the home, and from a county that bears the honored name of CampbeHl, to speak of the portentous scene that was here enacted, and unite with you in its com memoration. When I recall that a Ban-: croft, standing here, has depicted it in the vivid lines of historic truth, and that a Preston has shed oyer it that rare and lustrous eloquence whlPh be? longs alone to the tongue that has qeri touched ; litfing Ifre, elf khay ' I Shrink from the unequal tasjt and envy the silence which the meditative mind brings to its contemplation. But I have considered that the things Jwhlch here came to pass are so engaging in them selves that in their plainest recital ev ery deficiency of their orator would be forgotten, and as the mde men of King's Mountain came in their rude j'Hstic dress to its wondrous deeds, so let me in all srnplicity ' of? speech tempt to tell once more its wondrous story. DISASTERS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE. The history of jtbe revolution, from the firing of the first gun at the battle of King's Mountain, re calls a series of disasters to the teefbyS scffllationlf vicSS gl5?ii fled all' the way by splendid exertion, patience, fortitude and courage, but at tended with but few successes that were followed by substantial conse quence. .-; ; -, (' r'J 1775 LEXINGidN, CONCORI TICONDE- IJOGA. RTTtJK'PrR'S TTTT.T. AVD aTTFRWrt flush of war before the ' desultory . re tlie unorganised rebels, and m the next mouth of Maj, Ethan Allen and Arnold hadv made a brilliant dash and capturefl Ticonde roga; but ere Washington! ? who was chosen commander-in-chief i by the Co lonial Congress, could reach the field of action, Bunkers's Hill had been storm- ed by the thrice repeated I assaults of juuiu ngnt witli deadlv nrowAsa ati'dflisi-1 cipiined yalor. our enemv were' vet niuj i rTr '-'-r -TT77 -r--- masters of the situation. On the Very last day of that vear the expedition against Canada under Montgomery and Arnold met with a foretaste; of its disas trous close, and on the heights of Que ppo, wnere Wolf e had peri&hed ; in the WalleaderrtiadTallen Hiie,anfl miivwcvtt -1 tf r)uv(m vt. .1 tion. long rarAKnrwvp'a Tiirm WAsniNbTON, trenton. rg f -ouiauion, iwifliufl,! . 5 In Mawh 1 r,.5;k "wtoivDutoniy to strike &t more vital Pn June e yet the Dec frOmtlit ixojlx or, v r 1 mi inini"A inrHvnr f nravnr footftef lahdy there arose in at meets us fate with grim ana Stem ance. Look! Let ttiV latest dance rd6f St. the Southern horizon what Bancroft has fitly termed -the bright, the morn ning star that , narbingered American independence," and frora the guns of Mdultrie at the Palmetto Fort in front of Chai lesion was proclaimed the first great triumph of the incipient republic that was ushered into being amid the clash of resounding arms. All hail! noble South Carolina, of whom her elo quent orator has said that, the sky whieh bends above her is scarce large enough for a single star to glitter inl and of whom I may add, never was so small a sky illumined by sq-auspicious or so ungnt a star, un tne 4tn ot J uiy following the Declaration made at Phil adelphia announced the birthday of a nation, and old independence bell rang out ;Prociaim liberty throughout the land, and to all the inhabitants there of."? But, oh! how many cheeks were to be withered with , woe, how many gladsome hearts were, lo be pierced with inexorable - aorrowrhow many homes' were ta be desolate; what griey ous hardships were to be borne; what keen pangs of disappointment and de feat were to freeze the genial currents of the soul, ere the bold adventurers who had pledged life and fortune and sacred honor to the cause shoufd brine forth in travail the completion of their heart s desire. Ere another month had waned the American army on Long Is land, commanded by Putnam and un der the eye of Washington, .had been surprised and driven from the field in the first battle delivered bythe United States" to the opposing power, and the light of the young nation was nearlv extinguished, ere yet its radiance had penetrated the naunts of despot ism of the Old World. A thous and men were lost, Sullivan and Ster ling wre captured, and only by the in domitable will of Washington, who was twenty-four hours in the saddle, did his dejected and beaten army escape across the East river into the city of New York. I The British general followed him. On September 15th, at Kyp's Bay, where Thirty-fourth street now pierces the heart of the great metropolis, the American troops fled, from the advanc ing Redcoats, and in sickness of soul Washington exclaimed as he vainly ex posed himself to rally them, "Are these the men by whom I am expected to de fend the Liberty of America." Re turning to uanem iieignts now sur rounded by the great Central Park, which spreads its varied landscape of hill and dale amid the nalaees of the ever widening city and thence to Fort Washington hard-by, he now confront ed his victorious foe ; but new defeat awaited him. While at Fof t Lee, on the opposite Jersey bank up the Hud son, he witnessed on November 16th the surrender of its garrison of 2,600 men, and retreat through the Jerseys now opened to them the only avenue of safety. While the elated British pursued, so confident were they that the back of the rebellion was broken, that proclamation of amnesty was made by Lord Cornwallis and Sir Wil liam Howe, to all who would in sixty days promise not to take up arms against the King. - The Convention of Maryland weakening offered to re nounce the Declaration of July 4th for the sake of accommodation with Great Britian. On the 12th of Decern ber Congress adjourned from Philadel phia to Baltimore, and the closing days of 1776 seemed as dark and dreary as disaster, retreat and general depression could mage t. 451 "As stars to-night, woe lustre gives to man,' . never so grandly rose the charao ter of Washington as when now his dauntless spirit wrestled with adversi ty. Suddenly turning upon his over weening enemy be marched at ' quick step from the vieinity Qt Ph1a4elphia ppqssed tle Jel'ewaro ijv the darkness of wintry nght, while thick masses: of ice swept along on its swirt ana; angry currept, apd - pursuing Us course midst wind and sleet andnaU he fell on Christmas morn, with 9400 m.en,yupon the Hessian camp at Trenton, " captur ing 1.000 prisloners, 1,200 stand or arms and six pieces or artillery, i nence oe pressed on to Princeton, and on the 3rd of January, 1777, repeated his ex ploit by capturing 230 more of the . ene my HYWINE, G ERMANTOW, VAtt FORGE ANP SARATOGA, Notwithstanding these auspicious ODenlnzs of the vear. verily now "care sat heavily on the brow of the .young people who were to be formed to forti tude bv tribulation, and endeared to the after aees bv familiarity with Bor rows." Human life and fortune have been fittingly plaid wherea &E6 side ov side, and Vicissitudes; 6f7T furnish a aotabfe illustration; Until the affairs at Tren ton and Princeton the life of the Unit ed states mcRerea uko a aying name, Washington bad rekindled it, out ere theend of 1777 it again sank low in its socket In September Stark, with the husbandmen tf Vermont, NewJKamp shire and Western' Massachusetts in shirt sleeves ftPft 1 fowllncr nieces wit rounder atjd assailed the Bdtisheamp of BaUm, beat liacfc the bayonets of the regulars and the sabres 01 tne dragoons at Bennington; September island gave our enemv a foretaste of what irregu lar militiamen can do' when theifhearta Arraflame with -patriotic ardofi With 1ms than 30 killed and 40 wounded; lie captured 692 of Baiim's menftd thpir nrtlllerv. and. he. but .bohur tKTrettW6f lBr tWofficers when; he declared that Bad our j people fceen r AiAYAdrs or Charleses of Sweden the onaW not have behaved better." But how quickly was this bright spot ahndftd Inr -the dartr ones. The-nrery next, month (September; rAXXb) Wsb ington was deieatea LafavBtte-Ti rftorffers iostr On TtsiA a seoarwLume from i'miauei wrta; to ' Lancaster. tjt T.-A.nar u. n rs-r rn an rrt ir tRMth the; British with ;fly- incr colors marched into and took pos session bt the city. Misfortunes came "not single file but in battalions." On the 4th & oV October. Washln eton was again repulsed at Germantown, losing fmif hundred more prisoners' from "the tne ranks of .bis thin and exhausted troops.f A!nd the-eampaignr' or 17774 A:nd the-eampaignr' or im. in t.hii Jw -err" i repair mtianr v.i eak triBa of Valley Forge,nwenty-six miles from Philadelphia, their bare feet tracking the frozen grounds with blood, anr-4hlr scantv ; raiment scarce con cealing their forms from,. the pitiless sMe of winter., But rnean wTilie a very mirnra Aeetned tAlrradiate ineaaraneas mm JWj a Ki,wiw thfiranitniation il Df Burgovne with his entire forced .'i 0r liurgoyne witn nis enure v . I liTwK 'trleeea of 4n itiuery, the aaos.niiwotdwjeuicij I o .the s war; saving. - alone e final 1 i.ri 1 1 in 1 11 1 .1 uiAMinu. aum wvvw tM tnumpn as x otkwwu...a 1 been:caiiea tne turning pomy compared to tne scotcjv 1 Ag vHbU mjc iuiuiw m n tne dara ana ojignt s.poig 1 ne wioy wi c usuuig uu ium , ij : ax waMrV.W -wounded ana tout nun- the' lath Con? Revolution, and Croesy, the scholarly j author of "The Decisive Battles of the World," has numbered it, with Mara thon, Blenheim and Waterloo, as one of those few battles of which the con trary event would- have essentially vanea tne a ram a 01 me world in ail its subsequent scenes. I would not shade a single ray that glows in the sunburst of that glorious da v.' Glorious in itself. it was alike glorious in its consequences. it largely contributed to induce tne re-! cognition of . the United States' by France and other European govern ments which speedily followed it, car ried cheer to the weary , watchers by many a camp fire, and heightened the efforts of their allies beyond the seas; but it did not quench the dogged spirit of Great Britain hOr paralyze British power. It revealed the tremendous task that the Motherland had under taken, but with unshaken nerve she pdt forth renewed efforts for its ac complishment. Ere long she had re gained all that had been lost and much more, and two years later, occupying every vantage ground, the flag that "had braved a thousand years the bat tle ana the breeze floated high over a weak and weary adversary, driven to the last iangs of extremity and de spair. 1777 MONMOUTH, FALL OF SAVANNAH. During 1778, Washington, in June combated Sir Henry Clinton) at Mon mouth, but the decisive results hoped for were lost by too great a display of the rascally virtue of prudence on the part of Gen. Charles Lee whom Wash ington rebuked upon the field, and soon after British commander at Monmouth succeeded Howe in chief command. He speedily changed the theatre of opera tions, and to the subjugation of the South he turned his veteran legions. On the 23d of December of that year a British armament, under Col. Camp bell, appeared near Savannah. Right speedily its mission of conquest was accomplished. On the 29th the Ameri can Gen. Howe was defeated, and Sa vannah fell, with 450 prisoners and a large store of provisions and amuni- tion 01 war. The Bntish were already masters of Florida. Now Georgia had been felled at a single stroke, and lay prostrate at their feet. The year end ed in deepest gloom. The conquest of the South had begun. 1779 STONY POINT, FAILURE OF THE AMERICANS TO RETAKE SAVANNAH. The year 1779, came and went, but with it no decisive turn in the aspect of affairs. The war like a wounded snake "dragged its slow, length along." in tne spring bir Henry Clinton cap tured Stony Point; in the summer Mad Anthony Wayne stormed and re planted the American colors on its ramparts. In December Gen. Lincoln, assisted by the French allies, attempt ed to recover Savannah, but defeat again befell our arms. The hour of deliv erance had not yet come; hope deferred had made the heart sick, and care still sat heavily on the brow of the young nation. ISO EXTREME EMBARRASSMENTS OF CONGRESS. DISCONTENT AND SUFFER ING OF THE ARMY OF WASHINGTON. EXTREMITY OF THE AMERICAN CAUSE. FALL OF CHARLESTON. And now the year 1780, the sixth year of the struggle, was at hand. The heavens were hung with black, and the bleak earth was wood stained with rpany a Yain sacrifloe, to the un propi tious God of War. In New York the British power was firmly riveted. Es tablished the city under Knyphausen, tneir iorces aenea tne tnreats or vv asn ington, while marauding parties scatter ed forth to pillage and burn in Connec ticut and the Jerseys, r . 1 i. 111. l uongiess was uese wim extreme em barrassments and difficulties. The treas ury was an aohme void. The Continen tal notes so multiplied by frequent emissions and ingenious counterfeit. floated in the markets "thick as autumn leaves in Valarabrosa;" but depreciated to a ratio of forty to one or good money. A Colonist's pay would not buy oats for his horse, and five months of a private soldier's wages would not buy a bushel of wheat. The unfilled fields were grow ing up in briars ana broom seage, ane I troops, were m-oldthed and ill-fed,and suiien uiscontenv now uroae iurui in onen mu tiny,. The army of ..Washing- i A . . - A. . W 1 A' . M J ton, wintering t ja.orriiowii, ujuuu there "in the wretchedness in ill-pro vided camps' a repetition of the ter rors of Valley Forge. Life, bereft &t comfort, seemed to Did adieu to hope. "We have never experienced a like ex tremity at any period of the war," said Washington. TThe troops, both omcera ana men, are almost n perramng want. tions of aU ability, and petty ambition conspired to strike him down, while de spondence hovtred on raven wings over our Northern camps. Sir Henry Clinton, the British commander-in- chief, seemed to follow tne eagles or victory, and now prepared to swoop down and conquer the Southern land. m December. 26, ne set sau irom few York with &600 men, in the' fleet 1 or Admiral ArDUtnnor., ana on jaay 11, 1780, he established his troops on John s Island, within thirty miles of Charles ton. Gen. Lincoln, who had been sec ond to Gates, at Saratoga, then com manded the American garrison, but was unequal to withstand the veteran, army launched against t, The story was sqon tojd, On the lSJth of May, beleajiured and helpless, he capitulated, surrendered the city ,all its fortifications, shipping, artillery and public stores, ana live thousand men stackea arms Derore t our conqueror; Saratoga, wnere are ail thy glories now? . "Gone thnuneilng through the drama 01 things Out wep Florida, ftdorgia, and now .South to he vjotortoui Carolina lay a prey isword,' euanfON, tarleton and ferguson IN THE SOUTH, TVOE TO THE CON QUERED. Brave as English blood has everbeen in battle, bravely as it has borne, the same flag, keeping even pace with the drum-beat of the sunrise around the world, the descendants or those- rav gersof theseawho ca.rred bes Raven Bannei! of the Norsemen, to te ; con quest of their iilad home, have too ot- I ferocitv to the conauereo, ana - nere in the Caronnas tney -visiieu , upon, xueir offending victims tnose unuueraoie Calamities of cruelties which made hu- Til RT1 nature blUsh'. ween - and : shudder Tsa 1.4. AtiAoinf lAn a? nrAtu&viv, and stinmore lAfiA'jiMtmf were demanded against all wioaould: dppoae the Jiugft aToMr bfr av na wrf Aon" ItAfliifnrt and : Ninfitv-8LS -1BUT- ATilAred under Dromise of - Tsecurity from Clinton, Jiut neswas nisown an- I teroreter. OOn: waue 7piaut -wu I fseawyniis i 1 . ; r vt . rJ? VrT I the inhabitants, even ttose.5oulside j of eaa aio requiru,u TOww--va 1 role. t9 ffi -jz. 1 - . 1 . . . r"z 1 j -y vv ,o-r-1 tne nevointianarv ddou mm, uwkiuuk men iuouu 4iue- proclamation-fUiey win te treated -as; rebels to the Government of the King.' As Tarleton swept over the rand with his vengeful iblade, sometimes ' rode with him Major Patrick Ferguson, his fit associate, a character of whom you will hear again ere this tale be ended, a a hardy partisan of vigorous and daunt less courage, himself the inventor of a rifle and extolled as the best marksman living. Theson of an eminent Scotch judge, he had entered the army at an early age ana naa served in the German wars ana m tne army in the Northern States, v Experience had ripened in him the qualities of a born soldier, and he was well fitted for leadership in irregu lar, predatory war. Before the fall of Charleston. Taneton ana he together had surprised the camp of Gen. Huger ana col Washington at Monck's Cor ner, capturing one hundred of their men. ana soob aiterwaras naa scatter ed Col. Bafora's command of Virgin ians.at the Waxhawseaving ohe hun dred and rlfty mangled on the field and slaying one hundred and thirteen in cold blood, despite the fact that they threw down thtir arms and-cried for quarter. This deed of bloody savagery had been followed by others not less re volting. Patriots were surrounded in their homes in the dead of night and put to the sword, while widowed wives and orphaned children fled from burn ing woes to the woods and can brakes. The dumb beasts of the farm-yard were either driven away or left dead by the ruthless bands, the garden tools were torn up and scattered, the grape vine made snort work of the hesitant rebel who would not swear allegiance to the King, and the midnight torch made funeral pires of the altars of home. An universal panic seized upon the people. Bowed to the dust in humiliation, they were now driven to dishonor and dispair. A pall of dispair was upon the land. All op position in South Carolina ceased. Stripped and desolate, scattered, bleed ing and broken, ravaged and dismayed, they crouched under a power that brook ed no resistance, and ground out all re sentment Sir Henry Clinton gazed up on his work and thought it was good. Leaving Lord Cornwallis in charge of the conquered provinces, he set sail for New York on the 18th of June, carry ing with him 4,000 of his victorious men. THE DISASTERS AT CAMDEN AND FISH ING CREEK AND THE TREACHERY OF ARNOLD. Northward toward North Carolina now marched the conqueror Cornwallis, while Tarleton and Ferguson, his parti san rangers, ravaged the land, attract ing or joining to their standards the most profligate and abandoned men, villains and desperadoes, who, hopeless of liberty, revelled in opportunities to hang, scourge, burn, plunder and prey. Alone in the field remained Sumter, the Game Cock, aud Marion, the Swamp Fox, (as the British called him,) with their little bands of hardy Carolinians, who, scattered to-day into the forests and swamps, reappeared on the mor row, vexing and hindering, if they could not stay, the onward progress of their oppressors. A mighty effort was now Eut forth to retrieve the disasters that ad befallen us. As early as May Wash ington had detached from his Northern army of less than 15,000 men the Mary land Division and the Delaware., Regi ment, under Maj.-Gen. Baron DeKalb, and with them marched southward the corps of Light Horse Harry Lee. This column was yet in Virginia when Charleston fell, and there received in telligence of our misfortunes in the Carolinas. The piteous cry for help that reached Virginia and the Continental Congress was speedily responded to. Arms were hurried in from the Old Dominion to North Carolina upon her requisition, and though threatened by savages on the Western barriers, and exposed to invasion all along her sea board, the valiant State stripped herself to help her struggling sisters. 44 With a magnanimity which knew nothing of fear," says Bancroft, "Virginia Jaidber self tare for the protection of the Caro linas Nelson and Armand, White and William, Washington came with their corps to reinforce the column for the relief of the Carolinas, and Gen. Hora tio Gates, the victor of Saratoga, was appointed by the Continental Congress to command the Southern army. When Gates was summoned from his Vir ginia plantation to this arduous service he assumed it with the most sanguine confidence of victory, laughing at the warning-of his friend, Gen. Cbaries Lee, who said, "Take C&re Gatea, lest your Northern laurels, aye turned to South ern willows.' Baleful prophecy. How speedily was it fulfilled! On the 16th of August with a superior force Gen. Gates marched upon cornwallis, wno was posted at the Village of Camden. Singular enough his advanced guard. pushing forward, met the aavance or Cornwallis. who was likewise moving in battle array against binv and swiftly the two armies joioea Datue. j.ne British regular were too stout for their contestants. The Virginia militia un der Stevens soon broke and fled ; the North Carolina militia under Caswell speedily followed their example, De- ivaio, mirepiaiy leauiug uw men uj. Delaware and Maryland, fell mortally striken with eleven wounds, and wben the dav closed the whole American army, leaving only 100 men who escaped with Gust or Maryiana, inrougn tne cane brakes, was dispersed, leaving all of its artillery and utterly beaten. The Yictor of Saratoga spea away to Hillsborough, where the North Caro lina Legislature was in session, 20Q miles in three days, and officers and men vied with their leaders U the rapidity of their night from the ill- starred field of Camden. Verily, the Northern iaurels were faded into Southern. wiUows to wave mournfully Oyer the tomb of American Indepen dence, One disaster troa swntiy on ft!otherVbeel. On the 18th day - of August, lust two' days after Camden, the camn of Sumter at Fishing Creek was surprised by the fierce and wary Tarleton, and utterly routed and cap tured, on the zotn jsumter, wno es caped, rode into Charlotte alone, with out hat or saddle. In all the Southern land the ttttle band of Francis -Matfon alone opposed an unbroken front to overwhelming forced of tfce conqueror. HENJE SHALL SUCCOR COME? Whence now. O bleeding sons of Liberty, shall succor come ? A hush of riAsnair nlnaes the white lins that trem ble at the mention of Tarleton's name. The chilly winds ! of autumn and the vftiirtwinff foliage of the trees tell the sad-eyed atcfrst by -the flickering flume of tViair country's cause ; that - the summer is past, the harvest of tattle is tended; and vet they are not savedA-The scythe of death has mowed down the tne last rans 01 mesa-ueieuueia mcu wive and j UtttenelarelshivJBrinff around the cold ashes of what onoe j was bome-i-their;, armies are' scattered and tlroreis (ai help intht:ttWhbpJ,Q 'illustrious, Oo$ohfor-CMef; f on wnonr ean von bow tciv m ur' rwv ed ueuteriant1 haS "forsaken yoa f tin-? com ana tiateftre- jueatea; tnciqvin : COI CLCPD ON SECOnD PAGE-J, i--..!-;::. . ; r .... . ; .... . 1 - ; -m? SIEIPflEMWMtli. lay of Openipg for Inspection. X3ST ASEIUQ -STOTTE. -A.'Tl'EISrTIOlJr TO , OUR NEW AND ORIGINAL FASHIONS FOR FALL, Permit u to assure you that our aim In manufacturing a STOCK OF CLOTHING Is to produce Fashionable Garments with good Workmanship. cons lm catering for the Trade, Is PRIMA. FACLiX Tldenoe that our endeavors have met with the requirements of our easterners. We Shall Open for Vour Inspection this Season by Fag The Handsomest Line of Men's 's,. Month's and Children's Suits, Overcoats, Vandykes, Ulsters and Clsteretts THAT HAS "WIE I N VITE EVERYBODY. TO CALL OJST THE XD-A"3T OF OTJS, OZPElsTIliT'Q-- Verrrespectfull,. L BERWANGER & BRO. NT) WE HAVE ON HAND A FINE LINE OF SAMPLES FOB MEECHANT TAILORING. . X). "'"NOTICE. FIT GUARANTEED OR NO SALE. mm Mill CHALLENGING COMPARISON AS TO QUALITY, WORKMANSHIP, MATERIAL AND PRICK Gents Furnishing Goods of a We have the Pleasure of Announcing FALL PURCHASE DRY GOODS. It has been our endeavor in preparing for the coming season' trade, to surpaf all previ ous efforts ; and in now soliciting your patronage, we do so tuny comment mau our H will be mutually satisfactory. Trusting that you will put Jthese assurances to tet by giv ing us a call, or favoring us with your orders, we are, respectfully yours, anc29 W. 3 A. . We take pleasure to annpuhce to the , pubUc, that Oar Ba'rin Confer WHICH WE WILL JOHN li. HARDIN, MERCHANDISE BROKER and . GENERAL COM? MISSION MERCHANT. CkartoUe,N.a, -n-. Charter, S.C. Contizamenlsluad CotTMpoodenee SoUeito& f A)l. shipments Jiuid)ed to ;beat adtantac and ' . , promvtietarnsmade.., . - ' Ample storaga room, Sheltoo bulldlflt, Charlotte, N. CL ' .'J ': TO THE LADIES.; i rrm taam.issmiMg stasias address iffll be JX at Wlhntettcw! Lsdles dealrtac hslr Drnal ments will please address her there, enclofclHg stamp xor npv. epsiii-iL , Tir ANTE1--By m RenUeman wh has hM eon aV -3 gldarable expeneoeeaadi ha eaa commanc 'some trade, from Iredell tn& aentns countt m aitoBiton In a stoi la C. rlotte-an:Klvs EVER BEEN EXHIBITED, BEADY-MADE, IN THIS or Men. for Youths. mm ' wita raw isstjb oir thb observer U IT M. -A JSI -.A; -. :.;.;., - .... . . Aftd '''iiiiil idy foir insptipn shortly ; also, onr Entire Stock of Spring CLOSE OUT REGARDLESS'OF COST. W. ITAITlSSAl & CO. 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' J.!l we are receiving uauy our have placed on , and Sunder Clothing, rjH K WAaULKUlUX UlUilAi . .TniMAtr ry a im iMrVKV DnKiiahui at thn National Canltal ererr San day Giving a full resume of the preceding week, news of all national topics and general Intelligence, be sides being the only , - . : REPRESENTATIVE SOUTHERN PIPER There snpportlng the National - Demecnuw ranr. Edited by ttEOHGE a WEDDERBURN. of Virgin- ls formeny puJMisner oi toe jucuibuuu v 'u U-: Ttmim or snBSCRiPtiON t ? jrtreeopiea,Hoooaaawaa,jioBUMs piuu. . Ten eopies. to one addrews, postage paid, 12 "O Twenty copies, w ens aoxiress, pubk w, w (with a copy iree to ine person swunaK ua wuw. GAZETTE PUBLISHING COMPANY, Box 822, Washington IX a, or the Editor Dec 23r - - ;:.':-WANTEO:; ir TJY a ybtng man; wen ieeommextied. mtlre ot j Iredell county, a Biraauon as . saiesuioa in some business bouse in unariooe, or te Ms, at I ,r li ; in mi I, ii a CI! -:i I 4H 4t is