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BALISDUHY, N. C.rUK iDAY, JULY 01, 1817.
VOL VJJI.NO. 87a.
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laia ICmmV
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Juba ItHry
lurwll Wuh
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k ivnwiui,.. i hh M ecfu
irn iftmtmfVM nrilTfrtV.
ill PIWIU I -"V W V -Waa B"t IVW4N.
J rtii mm UllfUutl Im UJ f ra ff
kr wak.r m V tur7 iWctAii ftt-
rtrrr tuccixr aV6ff a FWia Orv
mm
MWvleg Oratioa m ktcft4 ia rcrM UA
klaviatawaVcl U OaWc lacWtj try Ibc
anJrfU Sock.
Tb Lltcraff SocUdea of ihl la.tlia
tlon. a.ia raioltcd that an addrt L
dclittrcd bafuffl tben anaiultf by ton
one of lhlr mtmhert. Tali rtauluiiva,
If f rrU't inia tff.cl la lha l&ifU in whka
ii bat txen Ja?J, will ba crerflntl lo
lb SatlatUi and Utounbli lo tba gen
arI Literitura of lh Slate. II I
It oo
more linn lllrtf yctit kJnca ibcM Suclc-
,,Tkai Uwef
Wit&aa IL Toowy
KatbaaWallU
ItakWwx WiWa
, )tat Wkitiw
Caf Yoimf.
SOVKSAVlLLC, ..!.
1. U8T-OF LBTrEHS
on or tba oibir of Ibcm. lfpoo Ihcw
tlorenl ni tipoo ki o ntli (fo
forth from ihit Uoiri(f, our boi
rautl cbicOf rtt lor lnprotraB( in our
litewy thacitrj tbclr tal for
curV lmner tnr nl unnot f.il to ba rici
lad b bciii? nnuillr ritled lovtlkcr.
and ona of ibam tclcctcd to deliver
Miblte iicMiraa uroo iba Drorreta and
r ' -r
teio of our Hter.iute. or tomo tubjeel
conocclcd tbcreailb. The Societies luve
confe'rred" on'tnfl ifl onmeriltd boowr bf
DDoiniinir mo lo deliver Iba Grit of
It.aiediouree.- I arcewed ta
of b HJ, -o4 M bUorkaliftf hitMd Uu bU b tb !rdt Fra-
w uwMfMOi vru, n'M pTMio.1 rtiiUiOt to eiwta ia vaurxt
uyitiad oar poetry vttasWaad bf Ike of frgUnd, to diuUatfi mater! fro
riilflti of Kaiioa, f'f Jit, tiUr, tad Ulni me&Ur of the AiKmUy. Tkl.
niy., Afcortty rurardCrr W H U direct trUatloA tJ tb cbartartd
a nt coionmi. i nf aiMaatart
ramtaunt. if ! lha I fi'i f -frntt
flit Ollf.a Jlnaul' Bhi (14 kf4li-a ttfta
wvim faM4 tM tMXao Kiirg ai iui joocr, ciutrd tbre Uwito M rtpvt.cd
tvf to iiyU tbt cbesa f txli!atd coo
vcnetloQ.
Wkilu ik tlf.rart tai o tLa bitioo
al ltutlu.fwlflf .rtlICldnilftlWroia
ttrota froM raUfwl a araal a u l ka r oi
Hutkert, rreeby terUae vi otur jaetart
nt, a bo aouakt refiro U lb VrrioJe
colwnt . Tbav tkera tooa met ibe
wai prta(ti!ioa wblcb bed driven tbtm
frora Ih.lr atla counlrt. Ihe vara
roanMllfil In Ion Ik. reloai 1 aiuf Pro.
idaoct dirtctritbarrcoarMtbtM(b ibe
a.lL4arfta. ikaa aottlail Am P.MlUAlafik
end Perf)uieorm end lomed tie Kerea of
iba Larolma Loloov. near of toeai
ere Quake rt, tod ibelr Icauodanii coa
... ViOaa Caavnlaa
Job CampUll
IWrick CUrb .....
Joba t. Cara "
f.tf I'pcburcb
Abnar Dudky
satb ru
rorrart Caitbcr
Kdaard Orci
Boot. II. HU1
Jataca Hara
Adara florTiivaa
XHvVS Hokiaaa
Thoaua aae
WiTOaai Johaaoa
' tCbm C. Uaeb
L'tttWHirv kturphry
. JoUtf lUvbrw 2 .
Joarph iJcU'm
Jdba Nibct 2
laharn Fuut ' "
EtkWI fearce
Jowpti iron
Henry 9tb
" James Kautb
Jcrrotlab Sloan
Jotiah Tray
liaae Trneaoa
Scrab Tucker
lleary Tepia
Xntain Vunkannon
A mo Weaver
. Wa. Waraar or
Joel Wi
lo eirbl Lord Procrie:ora bo. 10
courage eenljritioo.lvtld oil. favourable
term. Tbey proaJt ioaeo4urar jre
luiiici lo laod ercordiot A lb umber of
Ibeirreiccllve fenitUttibd rbe moat per
feci freedom in tha eirreve of ttfitfc A
civiJ covemmeot auUltbed purely
representative i circosiBea, to wbicb
miy bo attribotedi ia a jrtut dctrtCi Ibe
renublitan Irellnn and inioO okkb
a t ... -.ti..M.J..J .4.. uJ aaklk
rtolntmrnt with onde. itil wj en rvH. . r.t i.i!...,...ku
dence of .heir esteem ; yrt ih bum.l.ty,! . Dww When ,Urd. FrofKie-
i ram a cormciron oi mr in.uiuir to mrci .... j i .c. .l j tiv.i.
... . . ' , .. . ion giKSurro imnnj wa' wmh.h.
....Kit. ..it.rlftllf.it .it in.Kllllft lI linln . r .
I r r '
II am ronsr loot ar.ir times, riot per.ira
larly so alter a painful and tecious m
nest.
Jaatea laxk "
. W ... u'srvir.iir. P. XI,
OKI 4lkmii
. ' Q t -.m 1 1 Fairy (tueen, Shakspeara bit .rlay t. Si
"rBYlVuillWA A .M:: PKnfp-SMrierlrArcirtitrKrolle, bt
TlANr fro inriAunr.on the night of GeDera History or the Turks, end ou
at. the y- ww. r: --T, r,rr..
I of liicriinra ran ba ex reeled in lha
: : . : r. ,
fancy o! a colony plsn'.ed on ionunent
three thousand mile distant from the
mother country in the midst of a wilder
ness end surrounded by tavaeet. Under
such circumstances civilization declines
and miniH ami lantruaira rlairr ntr.la
...-..... -..- d - a --
Whan the first patent was granted jo Sir
tr . 11 . . 1 . . . . IT .
W.II.I BiUIii m ' a "
LanguiKC bad received contidersble im-
profcment bpencer bad puoiunea nu
?ir
bis
or of the lurks, ena our
L,be rL&Tbtdnr h.d been enriched bvlih, eh-
fSbi Tuchia notbU qnt writing of Hooker, ihl. ,m
amXL' S P'by trtde. and a provement wa, not confined to the learn
- ed t it hid ..ready extended itself to the
ZIsce. Be boarded with me, and by hypoc- con,mon people, particularly in the townt
. Zi,i and tlllalmw pfatencca, induced me to . yln.nu inj ,ne laneuaee of Ibe
W co'oniM. no doubt p.rtook of tbU
I7,1"rr " . .vl uiX. He U J feet 8 or 9 mprovemenU Kuuniie wionm. were
- tSS.nZ Uaf il'drt .11 adventurera, Ibcuolned i ir W.l--akosriHloiw
Vtt.b countenance in- ,e, Kalelffh'e expedition only Tor the pur--2eaGv
of dispoHtioa to toucb and t.kei poof.m.Viok foitune., and llielrchier
- hUappetfr.b. hope-w, thet tbey would tjukkly find
SeaorTu enjoy their we.lth. 1 hi, delusive hope
band baa visited many secret places, lie sayi continued for many veart to beguile ad-
k. aa raised in Boaton, and haa worked in Au- .eriturer,. who not Gndinir the treasure
rHa.Jea. Torkvilk. 8. C. they ctme in quest of, became idle and
a- . ..v. ha baa been merchant in AukiU, r . j v..,i , ,., tn
. . r -urn: ...U rwi hair. DrouiKir situ - r
. , ', .. I W" IJB. " nen laa 111"'
from s conviction of my ln.b lily lo mrel , ... .h.ithaooteif wMllkeli
10 become numerous and powerful, ibev
endeavoured to restrain He civil atd re
ligious liberty which the had pro mi ltd
10 emigrants i Ibey esldithed I new
form of frovemmentt declaring tbeir ob
iect to be M 10 mike the roverafnent of
ibe colony agree at rtciily M possible
tik ika tnnnarrka nf ktrh h Was a
part, and to avoid eredW Doraerout
Little that is interrstin; in the history
in
in
C lllkl BV J llf W. fti...'w.-i VHVI I - . J ,
ih inlni work of Lord Ashler and the tuoeriatenci.nce of ihit colony
the celebrated Joba Locke : end ite chief 1661. Pave thanks lo Heaven thai there
. i . . ...
aim was to a&bolot orders of Jkobtlhr. es- ai not a Fnntinir-Ufbce In any ol me
KJiak a twvawriil ariV , , Ktihrn rmvtnrrt
lha nrocrc.a of teDUbUCktvJDioioot ana
' . .:J:...l r.
in
demoerscy." This plan of tofertmeoiLyj and Sir WiHUm Berkley, who bad
t -" w iw -m mm m m isjr mrw f
Bui the Hirb Clarets funn ttesdr to
ika'r porposa, varied their mode of it-
lack 1 lha anil it of Inial.riBca ttm whk
lha grawUoaf ika PrwsUco omlgratUM
from Ike Vlrgloie colooy end the patron
tea of tka Iorda PreovUtorB. rata to this
party a decided majority h Iba Astemblr
they leviad a 1st on each precinct foe
(be support of minister, and built
churches. Protestant disseetert were
oly ptrmltiad to worship U public, and
ft. .-.. .! ... .ft. . A
iaa rm ia na iudmci ib i oa ruin iia rii
trk i ions cootslaed In the several set) o
farlisnicot. Qaaberi wart permitted to
affirm iaataad of awtarine t bnf thee could
sot t-oid an or&cf or proai or irusi, serve
linu. la euU that dbtrld of Cutfrr " J''.0' ,fL,"br
.. . " 'lift anv criminal ease. Jilt coolest a
tolhJtdjy. iwten ibe hirh church oarir and iba dis
In iha tear l&ol. Char U i lha fecood I ....... .-J.,,.a s...,t:- nr c.iu.
I - - i niii,f if ftrvvwvaw via .,wui,.r . .
s;raniaa ia sni .ou ariajaw t varvnua iwtuci (rnc ae SoHined, MJl WDICB Ifte
lapse of mora lhan a ceniury hat beeo Jo
sufficieol lo slliy. Thit contest bowe
vrr, promotad freedom bflhotigbl and en
quiry among the people I it iwerpeoao
heir understandings, and in a great De
gree supplied the place of books for In
struction. At that lime the re were few
hooks in the colony t lha library of a
f nmmnn man ronui led of a bible and a
SDcllinr "boof f ihe Tawem-had a fa
hmbi mi aiwl tka anlalaura a few ca
ihr(.tM-lii.fiublects.nJsomctiDet a few
of the Greek and Knman ilewict t for
thr. oarticuUrlr tha Presbvterian minis
ters, were generally school-masters and
ith them the poor young men oi tna
. a.. a
coluny, who wished to preacn ina uotpci
or plead the law, received meir ouroow
education. The turbulent spirit ol tn
colonists, their leanioir lowarde repub
liraniim and serlarisnitm, had iodoced
tha Lord Prooiletors to forbid the estab
lih me nt of Priniini; Presses in the colo
nd irl!a ay Xsc,rf cjiilBi per.lsarrf hi
a nka icuww w- . .... . rrr" v
tntt ridiculous cnongb indeed. All nf0 expending a Iarg p bit estate in
earaaroed igtintt btvinK any thjnf to -m J0
viu) niB. apt iniru.r. - - Thoma Sm th. of London, and his asso-
' r 1 JOHN KINDER, ia and or continuing the colony. Thorn
V i . tvr 3t71 cimith tan atramlr famous in the annali
KIJ ... ' . . j
j b i !. k.r.d iva ounir men of thia of chivalrous adventure, and wis destined
place went aft with eakl French, (or whatever , reccive at-increase of fame by new
his nume may be) one a snoeiar, uic oir i dTent(Jret upon thIS Continent, in his
a piece of aecachaker by trade. And the ,h. Indians and in his deliver
pubhe ?! T sr"ey .;: from death bv Pochont... Under
mav mass oi wc im' ... ...... ,
" ; TZ Mh advice of KalelRh, be directed his ef
, riViv TfftTA TVft'WaTa..:.- Ifnria in ih waters of the Chesapeake
j'ia ale STATE, gl5 f tut ih STATE, and there: pleMed a cotenrwblct Ucaine
T AN away from the tubKnW. on the night permaneni, and from which Virginia and
a ,k. iiih 'mat. an aoDrcntice bov bv the n . . . i.j a ..... -hori.
ft"- i i . i i.amiini waa iir.iiiiiru. iiu vilmvi
made to hit heia-bti carried away with bim a company, in 1606, and enlarged in 1609.
frock coal, nowerea wmi mu "'" i nit voinpuny continuea wnn mauy i-
dirftcoloM a dark one of a reddialvbrown, cjiShudei of fortune until the year 1636,
homemade lining , Jfu"Ttole i dissolved. The history of
pr.takoni. also, a pale blue pair, aUo, atole ,k!. dUolution
and earTied aw.y witn nim, a diuc uiwuiwui z,
twlth-yaflow buttoae to-- iuHvi.-J tfM vmritten ,Tomai ,Smitlv and alto
. .. t 4 nn iwuinlV. lr Alabama. I hn Slilr. :,Tkal .ni.mrnrarv With
Any pt rsotl th -wHI prheiid
W ahull receive the .bore rew.rd. 1 he hid- f . R . ... . r; .. w . E
.HfllllgajGTON ADAMS, and the public paper, published by the
. . N. B. He mijVlV''" nngflHsEH6tf,videntf great ifnprove
.v. ,.v.nr. or house ioiner buainew, ment in our language. The chaoa in
he is middling good at tha form. r. ' W. A. which it lay in the early part of the reign
ibe c-ovtroment of the colony could not
have devHtdTh people, were jocus
tomed to-ecmalirr and ali eovernaient i
a rank of nobility wit odiooa to tkem.
and ibey disregsrded laws which they bid
not beeo consulted in making." " The
prosperity otjbe colony declined, public
morals relaxed, the laws loU tbclr ener
rm. a Ptrneral aDirit of discontent rrew ud
and ripened Into rebellion t tbe governors
became corrupt, and tbe people idle and
irintii. The alterant-to live effect to
tbe new plan of government entirely fail
ed, and the Iftorda Pronrlelorl abolllhd
tbe plan at unsuited to tke cqpditton ;of
the colony. Two tacuoot men arose j
one that withed to ettabJitfa a high-toned
prerogative government; tbe other con
ai..tH of hitrh ChurchBien, who cvlned
the ascendancy, and by their violence
brought the, government into conieropt.
ii ti auan.iuiicu a wwuii.i r hi wvm.i rt
. i . . . . ,, j . .
- .tft.,t.u4,a .a is.k nnikmo t.ntili I 1 Jinr obiect wit t deprive aii gjsscniers
t. oir aner nsicirn auer oi i .w ,
FROM the aubacriber, in September last, a
bound apprenttee to tha Tailoring Busij
nets, by the name of Edward Brotherton. All
eeraont are forbidden to harbor, trust, or em-
. . . .nift..,,a iinorlfT
ploy him, jrttAPiwiB
miktiben,' 1826. 373
a.. .. -' " - - . o
of Elizabeth, gradually gave way to tbe
a . L I a. ! . L. ft 2
oraer ana meiooo wukh gooo tense m
rroHurfd into everv Dursuit : the nedant-
ry and conceits which disfigured our lit
erature n tbe reign of Jamei tbe first,
vildd tn tha influence of (rood taste.
I Sir Walter Itycigb published bis history
4efo
civil riehis, and rendtr tfceir titaation so
V e .a a
oppressive at lo compel mera io leave
the colony 7 A party of French Hogunots
had emigrated lo the colony, to enjoy
that liberty of conscience and of worship
which was denied to them in their native
"mint Ft. Thi oeoDle. entitled bv tbeir
.iifferintr. no lets than bv tbeir Protettan-
ism, to the friendship aoi notpitaniy oi
th colonists, were treated witn a crueuy
that disgraced the high ourch party.
liana, thev were incapable of hol
ding lands until tney wers naturalized,'
mhl. not onlv refisedto natural
ize them, but declared tkeir marriage!
by ministert not e.ikLPicP;, sume form and tyttem in the reign of
bfsboptTl!lei?lrBnd their ehtldreivll egL d f afuber
timaie. The progre.t of (h violent, p,ed -?y.
pertecuting tpirtt, waa checked by the , b,d fre.
wise and conciliating measures adopted
by Governor Atchdaje. . t astuma- ma
government of the colony in 1693 j he
was a toekerrand- poasuodin an erai
tent degree the philantbrohf and com
mand umpeialorit-ttch is.ect haa
been disunguisbed. He was one of the
Pfoprietora pi ,J.ne roving 7 .
. r .i....,4.ft -Viinriatrl
V ropnetori Oi .'' -J .r Lj ai0 our ume
mere force of his cbaradtef W
n.-i..rVii!ent:drid restore
To tHIs iicelleM man wuf anttawa-ire:
indebted for that , tolerant provition . in
their militia law, which we stm retain at
-r C.ruf. for eranttne exemp-
bubiiui 7' i . i'
uon to men. who were rettraioed by reu
gious principles from bearing
intolerance of the nicn
, a nib
Chureh party was exerted with new en
eref. after tbe depatture of XJoyernor
Arclldjlc frpjn the rronnCf.
What improvement in literature could
ka atnaried imonz a Deopla who were
thus distracted bv 'faction, destitute of
. ,
4hoobsr and daniad tha ta olJbt press
rMHl.suntfinit all thew oiscourago
menu and disadvantsget, nowever, ine
literature of tba colooy evidently advan
ced. The public papers of that period
re ar'uten in i nersoicuout, nervous
st!e. eorresDondinir. in force of expret
tion, purity of laogutge and perspicuity
of arrangement, with similar wniines to
the relent of Charlet tbe Second, King
... a m i . t:
William and teen Anne- ne inieui
cence of the common people and me
ahllita ' and leirftintr of tha meiv-wbo
managed the affairs of the colony in that
period, are niatlert ol turpnse ana asion
ishment to my one acquainted with the
disadvantages under which the colony
i.H,,r..d. The Assembly and tbe Courts
of Justice, sat in private oouset ; the actt
n...d h iha Atsemblr were nol printed
.i..- ..r. r..i1 aloud lo ilic'DcooIe at the
iF.fWJHW,r---;.:.-. j
t.Rrtbtinfierjsw'd'i
were in. force only lor two years, ana
every biennial Assembly wat under the
...ii. nf ri-rnaeiini? all that were
thouirht useful. There was no printing
i tk. rnlnnv before tbe Tear 1746
at which time the condition of the statute
kL r.n..;rrl a revissl. and the public
interest called aloud for the printing of
it. The learning and literature oi mc
colony were confined to the lawyer! and
ministers of the Gospel, most or whom
.,i.... !., In Knptand : and it was
WCrS cviuua...- -
owing to this circumstance chieHy, that
the literature of the colony advanced to
s'eadily with that of tbe mother country.
The legislation of the colony oegan to
AmerU.BftevoIuiba. Tblt c&etttlgra
dually htroJ.Krd Into Nonh Carettne
wvd Into all tha fliltisb ckoUt which
took part la i, a Wrk in trrrMUioti
which disilng ulsk i Ma period liUS all
others in r.n1l,k or Arnrrkia literature i
ayW CurddaV anj tspfesUve cf T"
ataitad faenmf; torn In n amb4i:Ub(
htmij give toh tiew WisjUett but in 1-"
fnrra and lmurrajia ekaiwtaa stata fcar.
ceptlble In tbt wHitngi aad speeches of
ordlnar matt. Xthmi aa tar nation, eve
produced eornposllcfii,soprW Jo Jb
addresses ol.lhf lootinent.! coogrtaar
VTkan m where akatJ wa Cnd a aaraUal to
" w -w ' - W
Ibe corraspondcact of Oeotral Westlnj:
ion and the uencraJ umcers of tb Air
Ican Army f Tba atyte of these add res
ms and of tbe correspondence, la lb
tJjUof high tbougbuaad of lofty, yet
chastened feeling and reminds the)
reader of the finest specimens of cara po
st i ion In Tardus, and ef tbe correspon
dent! of Cicero and bis friends after tfcf
death of Pompey.
There ia something In. tbe style and
sentiment of tba writings of ibis period
wkicb elves to them a marie charm, and
aeeeat lo consecrate ihe subjects oo a bleb
ii is employed a aomeimnr CTfloected
Ilk lha 'iu.I narranttona rJ ouraalarc.
The reader Is every moment conscious
mm . a .a a
sympalby which charteteriied the Amec-
ran revefotlof,, have given to it a aairow.
.,na.. .r rkararlar. It is forTUftSti for
us that Chief Justice MarsbsH has vrh
ten the bfatory of ibis revolutloO. . What . ,
eycr may be the defects of Ms work, lbo
bUioryafoor revolution will.never be so "'
well writtrn tln MWotk ow that sub -jeel
will aver appear, so well calculated
lo produce an Useful effect upon tie "
readers. Marshall was a aoldier of the
revolution, and - posaetaed the neat
ka wa the nertooal friend of Ihe .
Commander i. Chief ha partook In all
Ibe feelings of the officers or the army ;
and he has transfused Into bis work that
exalted sentiment whkh animated bis
compatriots in srros. This sentiment ia
strongly pourtrtyed In the writings of the
Marquis de Chastelleux end Count Ro
rhamheau. two French ireneral officers in
the American service, and in the corres
pondence of the Commander m iMet
and tka Ame-trart reneral officers. Bttt
-1, -Hi-,
la-tran f erjera
it can never he embodied
into an bistort-
SIX acta, ,
quently re-enacted before. Many of those
' r r . ,v iKia dav. and are
acts remain hi orw -monumenta
of the polmcl idom and
legal learning of that time. : In ttyle and
coriiposition tbey are equal to WV
oSr .toto book ; they ; .r the ; first
w a . L . a L a u a r SV aB
statutes or the colony uw u."
in ine y. -i
Z 'or'rendered to the rown tbetr
rieht to the soil and aeigwory of
v...k.r.rtna i and from that time
Lhe popuUtion-rand. protperity of tbe
yie . . ut . . few
colony rapiaiy i"viv
yeaVs, the groat conte.t commenced be
f "een be prerogative of tbe.Crown and
JbeTberty Vbe colonial subject; bicb
conwst eventuslly tcrn:itaed-iw,
cal work, by a man who "did not feel it lis
.it lia fhrra In the American camp. - Lit
erary'elcgince dlssppeart tjefore -tuch
moral beuty. iherets.no nisioricai
work in any languigt. that cari be read '
with to much a.lvtoiage, such moral el
recti by American youth, aa Marshsll'a
Lire of Washington. They should read
it with diiiance, and read it often., Thy
will never rite from ine perusal oi it,
without feelinir fresh ioceotivet both to
public jnd private virnie.
TkavrVstof the strle wlilcS initk'" "
a .k. ra.rlr.it nf the American revolution.
l.iv. f - - - - -
... ka irared in North-Carolina from .r-b
lha edmiriUUalitrt of fftJQvernrjr. pobbi. T
It had become the common style or Iba
l.trinir men of the colocy, before the
meetiug of the Continental Congress in
1 771. Tha correspondence and public
papera of Samuel Johnston and Joseph
It. nf f-'.nVnion. bf William Hooper
a.,i.thuM Mrrialne of Wllmlntrton.
W;-4faraW-;tos
, i noma w. . ....
cis and Ahner Nash of Ne wbern, upon tbo
great subjects which men engrossea too
public attentioo, do honor to the litera
ture of North Csrolina at that time.
They wrote upon tnatteraof business
business which concerned the welfare of
the nation ; they wrote as Ibey felt ; and
their compositions coming warm front
ihe heart, are free from affectation or
n.,t.n,r.. and enuallv free from that pro
lixity which is the vice of modern com
position.
When these men disappeared, oqr lit
erature in a greu -degree . pisappweu
with them. The; war had exhausted tbe
resources of the Slate, and ruined the
feyafuntuny individuale I we had no
schools for the education oi our youm ,
few of our citizens were able to send their
sonttoihe northern ccdleget or to Eu
rope to be educated. Two indlvidualt,
k .aaaUad i hair edutstioti durinef tbe
-war, were destined to keep alive tbo
remnant of our JiteratureManu prpr w.o
pubTio mlnd fof lb estabiishrnent f thii ;
University. esV:.atWrp:.WMHa-K .L:
. . a r . . L n.k if tKaaara
Davie and Allred moore. ""
hadendearWrtittlfiii.:ibunt
taking an.Jc.Uye p in ihe latter acencs
Oflhe war tsind when puTOTrw;s . ':
restored, "atid iWroortwfif VM,C9 ww..i
..ri tko anneared at the bar. whre
vwni - -ri , 'At
ibey quickly rose to eminence, and for
many years shone like meteort in North-
Carolina. Tney adorned the courts in
" a a a iLa
which they practised, gave energy x ino
a .' a- al.a. at at iM !tial fat If all ff
Eaws and cijgnny io u.
justicf . Ji neir geuitw was ...., . :
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