North Carolina Newspapers

1 i . -re lina :.' TOT VOL. V.THIRD SERIES SALISBURY N. C.J AUGUST, 6. 1874. NO. 42.WHOLE XO. 1931 : sen I - r ' I 1 I,- f 1 -mra, o lk m o ti H I M.I I I iBILm JBl JbhbW aW-sat iw Msa-wwa a-- j ' ' ' i i ..ir rw iJT t . , ... , .-. W t - . ' ' f . . 7 " . . i f . ir v v V I V i ..... ... I .... . . I . ' PUBLISHED WKEKLY . j, J. BRUNEB, Proprietor and Editoi . J. J, STEWART Associate Editor. gATEN OF SI BCHIFTION WEEKLY WATCHMAN. on pylu a-- "iTiji jX 0nD' in ft I Copiw to any "Wress 1U.U Tri-werkiy - Oxb Ykak in advauce. - -gixM6lrTHS" 4 0 Mohtii $5.0 i 30 i 50 RATES t O flqtlAU (1 inch) Oneinaertion iw iJL tor a greater number of insertion. KSjr bpScUl notice. 25 per cent, more !larWrli-menU. Reading notice But just in the doing, and doing Aa we would ne aone oy, m all. Through envy, through malice, through hat ing Against the word early and late, No jot of our courage abating Oar part is to work and to wait, And slight is the sting of hia trouble Whose winnings are leas than hia worth, For he who is honest is noble, Whatever his fortune or birth. The Church. i A pernicious though not an natural idea which has sprung up in the church it that its normal state is that of rest, of quiet, of self satisfied peace. 1 remember having bad a conversation with a devotee in the Romish Church who laid great stress npon the fact that she never found rest till she entered anon a life of isolated holiness. 1 bat was a strong argument against Iter religion. Excitement, not rest, is the normal state of the ehurch, and essential to her progress. God does not educate or save the race by rest. Out of the clash and surgings of the nations hu man progress is evoked. 1 here is a rest but it is the test of stagnation. The brook is purest and brightest where it murmurs over pebbles and breaks in wa terfalls over rocks at once giving and receiving life. Follow it down to the meadow where it collects in pools and there, beneath its glossy surface, you find dead insects and loathsome black mud, treat in ng the dreaded miasma, so 1 re cognize in the restful form of the church tnatwnicu breeds schismatic heresy or hierarchical domination. And I hold that the social agitatiens and historic crises are God's winnowers, separating, like his judgments, the chaff from the wheat. Selected. black clouds came up from opposite points A Card. of the compass, one to the southwest and I have just seen a poHUeal circular. one to the northeast. They rose slowly, issued bv Col. W. F. Henderson, in which like two awful demons. Their edsres there is a letter from myself and others. were ragged and black, flecked here and 1 that lhe publication of that tetter that there with fiery colors. A dozen little DO explanation that I can give will fujly er- promontoriea jotted out here and there, ner?te me w,ron ,n "tTjn4 8ind like the heads icf hydra upon each, cbang- Pe simply to givethe tacts. ,, i j J While Col. Henderson was Assessor of mg shape and appearance every moment, Interliai ReTenae T WM a manufacturer of aasumtug the appearance of bird, or beast, tobacco, and I was new, in aa oflicial capa- or monster ; occasionally extending far city treated by him unkindly. During the up across the intervening space, as though time I had a revenue difficulty in South to recoonoiter the enemy, and then again Carolina he manifested every disposition to receding. But all this time the two great aid me ia etti nS cat of it. When his office giants, swathed in inky blackness and abolial he asked me to sign a recom- almost without outline, slowly approached to P "uoa Qow- 0 i , , - t'"w",v ernmeot, stating that the Department kuew each other. Suddenly a noise between a how he had di8?hj4rgei with the roar and a growl burst from each. There Government, but he wished to satisfy them was no distinct detonation, like ordinary that he had done it aeeeptabU with the utuouer, out a tow, ternoie ana continue 1 people. eeitng that 1 could coasoientipos ous rumbling growl, causing the air to My sign such a recommendation, and thai It vibrate aud the very foundations of the wou,a on'y ue usea at tbe Department to earth to shake as thoueh a terrible aue aid him in g"in office that would eith- : j .t r . i i . I er be oven to him or some other Reoublican uau onscu uuou me everiasung inns. I T j -.u j- Tl. j . . . . . . - . ... o ! I T MrneA it without reaHnur it. In thus dnr. jx innge or nre use the aurora Dore : t t T i ij alls began to ran along the ragged edges, not have BiKned it had I read it. I wonld taint at farst, but growiugm intensity every to-dav cert if v ' that I thouirht he dis moment, until it looked as though the two chared the duties of his office acceptably to demons had put on an armor of fire. On the people. Aud I would farther state that they came, nearer and nearer, when sud- ,f ne even engaged in any scheme or eoiius denly a mighty bolt of blinding light ion to dfraud th Government I did not leaped from the central head of the demon Jno it, and had no reason to believe that of the northeast, burned high up to the Lharaeter and his worthiness to fill nv of. eny, and then fairly struck the opposing Uce that he iniKht apk of the G.ivemineut, I demon. A. moment and a deieating crash inli not ami would umlnrM. f.r T would THFFAVnRITF HOME REMEDY. 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Armed with this ANTIDOTE, all climates and changes of water and fHd may be faced without 8ea8on whereas now wives dance m ii a r f t i i i i v i, i, r war. as a nemenv in iiiijivivjci w W5R3, BUWKL, COMPLAINTS, RESTLE NE88, JAUNDICE, NEAUSEA. T TFT V WO EQUAU It Is the ( Veapest Purest and Best family 4iciao in tho World ! Manufactured only by J B ZBXXiXXV CO., Macon lia., and Philadelphia. Price. $1.00. Sold by.all Druggists. day School, and one gospel sermon every San- day. Minuter of any denomination, except Roman Catholic, are invited to preach in col lege chapel.) Ever thing is conducted without respect to denominations or creed, as far unite with the Governor in Presi fh inH ! v!ilii I an ii Ii I 1 1 free and mil oardon " - ol tnc greatest disaster. Tae-work of de -w- - . ! a . LAbtle and a hundred or so of hia follower awucuon commencea at a point about iw b with the Governor in a request to the a per portion of the cily is situated, has. dent of the United State to extend to .ccordinir lo .H rtm. . KUM t Jl individual so marching and so actinc a ae5lne lo fccoump, scene the Protestant churches are concerned. The embraced tbeae conditions; and more than half miles north of the CCUtrd portion of Alle aim la . . n A rmi t- i . t -.11 !. U - - - I I l . I r. M . - n . i . . ins. mimucr canie om w prison 10 enrol i mem- ghanv city r selves in Jackson's army, and their services 6 Rnlrh ''. tnn ..lili .. and conduct received tbi highest praise. u , J k V 7 ) - T11 An official account of the battle saya: "Thas probal iy between four and five doudred early on thelmorning of Jan. 8, 1615, a rocket ect w id. , and at the poipt M hi re the work sent up by the British forces announced that of destruction commenced k IS not mote ine action was about to begin. The Aasencaaa than one hundred and fift g''iaJTg. .W. Between Nonh arenuvj CAicuucu uuiu hit; ictct IU uic WUWU HCk Ol I . . . . . - UodrimiM nlMUlJon. and atmnt S n'rlork in P0"" nUmerooS ruVtiifJ emnff ?W the morning the cannon of the British forces r Run valley. Along ibis run uui is, uiinuuciniiaw an in ine principles es sential to salvation, and let them join whatever christain cJiurch they may choose. Ro theo logical controversies arc tolerated which in volve creeds. There are three Literary Societies connected with the institution, none of which are allowed to discuss a political question. In short, Rutherford College is second to none, wjuch a young man can attend, and re ceive claical instruction during fire months, for the sum of $70. were brouchtto bear upon it, but without Excelsior and the surrounding vicinity, are General Carroll, with his flat-boat drilled Tea as much noted for morality as for healthfulness. beaseeans, went to work like men accustomed No one need entertain the absurd idea, that be- I to such scene. General Co flee had a po.it ion canse it is situated in the mountain region, its with the troops under him near the woods, and inhabitants are savage, knowing nothing about Very successful ia repelling the attacks of the social and menial culture. enemy, ana W foluuiesrs oi lrWsn tmSfr Favorable inducements are offered to any Major Pluche covered themselves wifi who may desire to purchase and ' improve lots. I glory. Lafitte and his followers had command Several new dwelling houses are now being 1 of two guns near the edge of the river, and the precision and coolness of his every movement won for him the approbation of aiL" Thirty days after the battle the President is sued his proclamation of amnesty, in which be mid : y icct ide. . - . irmtl "acilv - "ROCK OF AGES' Seldom have we read a sweeter illustration of the thoughtless aud the experimental way of singing the precious hymn thau that which is embodied in the following annoy uious versus, which we take from an ex change : ''Bock of ages, cleft for me,' Thoughtless the maiden sung ; Fell the words - unconciously From the girlish tongue ; i Bang as little children sing ; Sang as sing the birds in June ; Fail the words like light leaves down On the current of the tune "Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee." "Let me hide myself in Thee." Felt her bouI no need to hide, Sweet the song as song can be And she had no thought beside, All the words unheedingly Fell from lips untouched by care, Dreaming not they each might be On some other lids a prayer ' "Rock of ages, cleft for me, Let me hide mxsclf in Thee." "Rock of Ages, cleft forme." 'Twas a woman sung them now, Wan hand on her arching brow, Bom the song as storm-tossed bird Beats with weary wing the air, Every note with sorrow stirred Every syllable a prayer "Rock of Ages, cleft for me. Let me hide myself inThee." "Rock of Ages, cleft for me," Sung about a coffin-lid ; Underneath, all ret si fully, All life's joys and sorrows hid N eve i more, O storm 'tamed soul ! Nevermore from wind or tide, Wilt thou need to hide. Could the sightless, sunken eyes, Cloicd beneath the soft gray hair ; C x Id the mute and stiffened lips. Still, are, still the words would be, "Lt mc hide myself in Thee." Old Maids. There was a time wheti a i a a a a "old maias were looked upon witn an eye ot pity, it not contempt, and it was thought that niarriatre alone cave women any claim to consideration. Of late years ( however, there has been a change of opin ion in this respect, and unmarried women not only rank as high in general estima tion as their married sisters, but bid fair soon to surpass them. Nor is this to be wondered at. A very few years ago it was a rare sight to see a married woman dancing at any ball given in the London with greater pertinacity than their sisters or daughters and balls are even given ex pressly for married women. The char acter of the British matron has, in fact, completely changed ; instead of being ; grave and decorous, she has become a hopping, skippiug creature, delighting every one by her graec and activity, but a a a a a well as physical, what, sue gams in en joyment. In the meantime the spintcr is rapidly rising scorning flirtation, she leaves vain pursuits to the wife and moth er. The Emperor of China has set a good example in the encourgement of spinters. According to a Shanghai jour nal he has just decreed that special hon ors be paid to two old maids, one of whom lately died alter a life of devotion to the memory of her betrothed, while the other, who is still living, declined in her youth ful days to make a most tempting match, on the ground that she could not leave her home. Some few old ladies in Eng land have an equal claim to recognition of their merits, and it would both elevate and appease them if they were in like mauner rewarded. Pall-Mall Gazette. divided the hoi atmosphere and made the earth tremble palpably. But the demon of the southwest was not even stunned, but paid back his assailant with a forked jave lin of sulphurous flame. " This was the opening of the grand battle. The long lines of flames that en veloped the combatants ceased to dance and flicker, and like the borealis gathered into tongues of silver aud blue fire, leaped forward simultaneously from both direc tions, until tho rapidly narrowing space between them seemed to be an ocean of fire. The demon clouds met directly over thu city, and seemed to rock tne earth to its uttermost foundations. For a few not in that respect be his accuser or his de fender. I will only add that Col. Henderson, knowing, as he does, the circumstances un der which that letter was given, and the purposes for which it was intended to be used, not only does me, but the other geu tleinen who signed it, great injustice in pub lishing it in a political circular, aud nearly every one of them so express themselves, and some go so far as to say that it is not what they signed. T. W. KEEN. Salisbury, N. C. July 23, 1874. The following additional cards show the imposition Henderson has practiced on the signers ot that certificate. A ma built Others will be built shortly. Mc Connelly A Co., have moved their steam saw mill on the incorporation land. The first lum ber they saw will be used in erecting a new college building ft. 100 X ft. 70, three stories high. We write that which, by observation, we know to be true. C. W. CARRIHER. LAFITTE, THE PIRATE. An Interesting Chapter in American History '11 Fate of the Pirate Chief. The following interesting sketch is by "Law rence Leslie," in ihe Chicago Inter-Ocean. From the days of Morgan, the King of the Buccaneers, to their final destruction by the navy of the United States, hardly fifty years ago, tne uiriooean ?ea and tne surrounding waters was the principal theater npon which the pirates pursued theit vocation. At one time it fairly swarmed with rakish crafts, man ned by desperate outlaws, and flying the somber flag, borne only for booty and blood. These vessels scoured the bays, the inlets, and the open sea, and very nearly swept all legitimate commerce from that quarter of the ocean. For a time they had almost undisputed possession of these watery highways ; but in the latter part of the eighteenth century they sensibly de clined, and with the execution of Oib'bs at New York, some forty years ago, and the dia- were built directly over thcMSural water course, culverts b-.ag made and used in part as foundation fur tho dw.ll.. Ihe line of destruction followed tho ogKvoivcu an not the h-Hrnff btft mfft appre hension was entertained, but those who live near the head M the valleystate that suddenly it seemed as if tWAHO "Among the evils produced by the wars " " w " which, with little intermission, have afflicted and the water came down as If dllllarged Europe and extended their ravages into other (roin immense nitx. The -volume was followed fcmrvoivo immense number of bnuscf jJCt were on the line of the culvcrla, ,Vi'nen rain commenced raHfntr hur WPR ap parts of the globe, for a period exceeding twen ty years, the dispersion of a considerable por tion of the inhabitants of different countries, in sorrow and want, has not been the least inju rious to human happiness nor the least severe in the trials of human, virtue. It had been long ascertained that many foreigners, flying from the dangers of their own homes, and that some of our own citizens, forgetful of their duty, have Co-operated in forming an establishment on the island of Barataria, near the mouth of the Missisappi, for the purpose of clandestine and lawless trade." The president then goes on to recite the heroic conduct of the outlaws at JNew Orleans, and closes with a grant of full amnes ty for all past oflencea. Soon, srter, the pirate chief visited Washing ton, and was received with much distinction by the President and other officials. For a time he seemed to enjoy the flatteries of govern ment officials, but eventually grew restless went to Baltimore, purchased a vessel Jcal led tor a volunteer crew, obtained a commission from so great that the valley was filled with a raging torrent Frame dweJHtgt, stables and slaughter-houses gave way ; fikc pipe stems, and the debris from the wrecks was swept down along the line of the plank road, the weight being augmutited every moment. In the district lying west of Chestnut street and north of the line parallel with North avenue, the waters rose To a height of at least twenty feet. In some places the occupants of dwellings were ucab.e to escape in lime to save their lives In many places the force of the water rent STRUCTURES INTO STLl.N XCl - After taking away a large numUs of lencos and nuthouses. Hie uohhI struck a minutes previous a few heavy drops of ;orily Df the gentlemen, whose names are Peion of Lafitte's band, American piracy be- rain had been pattering down, but when the two giauts met in tbeir death embrace it seemed as though a river had been un chained in the heavens, and was falling bodily to the earth below. For half an hour it did not rain. There was no dis tinguishible drops as the term is generals ly understood. It was the descent of a torrent, like a river leaping over a preci pice. In three minutes after the terrible waterspout had burst more than one bun- a a a t dreu human beings were swept away. Down Madison avenue, Alleghany, came the flood in its most awtul destructiveuess, sweeping away more than fifty dwelling houses, and causing the death of seventy persons in that immediate vicinity. At Wood's run, ou the Ohio, fifteen were swallowed up in the twinkling of an eye, and at Saw-mill run, on the south bauk of the Monongahela, twenty -five more were suddenly eugulied. The three rivers have been full of the dead all day, while the waterways leading thereto have yielded up a harvest that sickens coroners and undertakers." According to South Carolina papers the colonization of South Carolina by the for eign elements continues. JJurmg the year the State Immigration Society has settled several hundred families, and on of which is printed in - - a i a a n h -.! Friday last another colony of forty En-! newspaper, glish, Scotch and Germans arrived in the reported S Our Duty Towads the South. New York Herald. The President seems to have had what the Scriptures call the "sense of quicken iug" in reference to South Carolina. We could not believe that the manifold ins famies heaped upon that State as "gov ernment" could altogether be overlooked. We find now that J udge Mackcy has had an interview with the President, a report a South Carolina appended to that certificate, denounce it as au imposition. Salisbury, N. C July 28th 1874. Dr. T. W. Keen : Dear Sir : I did not sign the W. F. Henderson recomnieudatiou that I see in his circular scattered over the State. Col. H. presented it to me, but it was stronger than I could sigu aud positively refused so to do. I however gaae him my own certificate ss regards the busiuess I had with him ; noth ing more. Respeefully yours, W. H. CRAWFORD. Salisbury, N. C, July 28. 1874. Col. W. F. Henderson read his letter of recommendation, or a part of it, to me and stated his object. I did not understand it as now priuted. T. J. HERON EY. Neither did I A. M. SULLIVAN. I simply understood it as endorsing his conduct while here, aud as an assessor. Did not read it carefully, J.D. McNEELY. At Col. W. F. Henderson's solicatation I signed a letter of recommendation, without reading it. supposing, as he stated to me, that it was an endorsement of the manner in which he had conducted hiinse'f as au assessor of this district, and nothing more. A. J. MOCK. For the Watchman. RUTHERFORD COLLEGE. In the conversation as here reported senator Robertson, having te- State. The colonists are mechanics and f erred to the course J udge Mackey has agriculturalists and enter the State with ; lately pursued in bringing criminals to ample means to begin life. Other large ' justice, General Grant turned sharply to parties are now being collected in England the latter and asked, "Why don't you and Scotland, to follow these aud from convict Moses ?" The Judge replied present appearances, there will be a large that he had not had an opportunity of luimigiatiuu oi vaiuaoie peopie 10 ooutu , having the robber licvernor brought to Carolina in a yery short time. NOBILLITY. BY ALICE GARY. True worth is being, not seeming, In doing each day that goes by Some little good not in the dreaming Of great tilings to do by and by, For whatever men ssy in kindness, Aud spite of the fancies of youth, There's nothing so kingly as kindness, And nothing so royal as truth. We get back our mete as we measure. We cannot do wrong and feel right, Nor can we give pain and get pleasure, For justice avenges each slight, The ajr for the wing of the sparrow, The bush for the. robin and wren, But always the path that is narrow And straight for the children of men. 'lis not in the pages of story The heart of its ills to beguile, Though he who makes courtship to glory Cites all that he hath for her smile, For when from the heights he has woo-her, Alas 1 it i only to prove That nothing's so sacred as honor, And nothing's so royal as love. We cannot make bargios for blisses. Nor catch them, like fishes in nets; And sometimes the thing our life misses 1 Hslpa more than the thing which it gets or good lieth not in pursuing, Nor gaining of great ox small, Iowa Clamors for ?tatb Rights Recently, at Des Moines, the Anti-Mono polist party declare ! that the ''right of justice. The President then remarked that he bad heard that a judge had maintained that Moses could not be tried before impeachment, and denounced this proposition that a President or a Gover nor is above the law as monstrous. Ue seemed much anuoyed at the condition a each Mate to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own , of affair in South Carolina, and reproached judgment, exclusively," is indispensable ; Judge Mackey, for the reason that "every (A til-, am. it4 nfllintnlaa n i 17.. w. rl 1 1. 1 DnnnkliMn" ia n a . r t r. I -1 f 1 ..til . then proceed to "denounce as criminal j existing there, tie emphatically declar- the excess of constitutional power exhibi ted by the policy of President Grant's administration, in fostering enormities perpetuated iu certain States of the Union, iu a: bitrarily interfering with their local ed that there must be a true reform this fall or the Republican party would at once repudiate the so-called Republicans of South Carolina. He also denounced the conduct of Moses in calling out the affairs, in sustaining their usurpations of militia to defy a process of the Court, and aliens and irresponsible adventurers, who, 1 inquired as to fhAi posse the Court could by certain men, have been illegally in vested with official anthority, thereby depriving others of their contitutional rights ; oppressive laws being enacted, burdensome taxation imposed, and an im mense aud fictitious indebtedness created, resulting in the degradation of these States and the general impoverishment of their The Pittsburg .Waterspout. Graphic Description of the Ter rific Storm. A Pittsburg correspondent of the New York Tribune furnishes the following vivid description of the terrible storm which visited that vicinity on Sunday last, and of which we have already published some very thrilling details : " A description of the appalling storm, or waterspout, whichever it may be called, should not. be out of the way, although it would be impossible to draw even a faint 1' picture of the awful original. At about 0 30 o'clock on Sunday evening two great raise to enforce its warrants. He was in formed that there were enongh honest men of sufficient courage to be found to arrest any miscreant. President Grant then affirmed that the Federal troone iu South Caroliua were "not there to enforce the collection of exhorbitant taxes," and that he wished this to be understood We are glad to see that the President shows interest enongh in a State so sore ly harassed as South Carolina as to ex press even the moderate opinions here re ported. We observe a tendency in the minds of Southern men like Lamar and Southern journals like the Richmond Dis patch to encourage this disposition ou the part of the President by suggestions that they will support him for a third term as refuge against the criminals ambition of the colored men and their unscrupulous allies. At the same time the Southern people will have to show unusual mag nanimity before they can support Grants The President and his party are alone to blame not only for what we see in the Carolines but for what we sec iu Louis inana, Alabama and other Southern States. Rutherford College is located in the western part of N, C, one mile from Icard Station, on the direct road from Icard to Lenoir, equidis tant from Morganton, Lenior, and Hickory Tavern. From the above statement, any one who is acquainted with different portions of North Carolina, will perceive that Rutherford College is situated in a section as favorable as any other college in the state. The vicinity is daily receiving the cooling mountain breezes, , .1 L lT. I . 1 . 1 . , . ana ine innaoiianis oreaine notuing dui pure salubrious air. The college is situated in Ex celsior, a flourishing village, which is free from many of great evils winch generally attend our institutions of learning, especially those in towns. The inhabitants of Excelsior, are not inflict ed with the malaria, said lo rise from fresh graves, while the bodies interred are decaying ; for, with the exception of one infant, no one has been buried in the village grave-yard for over two years : and during the past year, we have heard of only three deaths nearer than ten miles. Chills are not known by their "feel" to any only those who have been off to other portions of the country. Bv an act of the Legislature of N. C. no alcohlic liquor is allowed to be sold pear the college ; nor is any one allowed to give intoxi cating drink to a student, under penalty of the law. Becoming influenced witn drinks or any kind, is an offense punished by expulsion from the school. No one need fear, that if his son or ward be sent here, he will spend his money for drinks, and waste his time lying senseless under the influence of them. The school is governed by Rev. R. L. Aber- nethy M. A. its first and only President. His came practically ci t i not. Jean Lafitte, the "Pirate of the Gulf," as he was usually called, was a Frenchman by birth, early enlisted in the French navy, and soon fell into the hands of the English, by whom he was cruelly treated, kept a long time in prison and only liberated when brought by confinement and torture to the very boarders of the grave. He thus acquired a hatred of the English, which he took occasion to gratify on the occa sion of the memorable attack on New Or leans. Of his early life more than the above is not known. That he was wild, restless, and dar ing ; cold unscrupulous, and cruel, may well be imagined. The first positive glimpse we get of his mtiture life is at the island of Grand Terre or Barataria, an undulating piece of land five or six miles long, some sixty miles west of the delta of the Miasissppi. Here in a good harbor, in a strong natural position, made stronger by forts and batteries well armed and manned, Jean Lafitte, with 600 or 800 men and eight or ten vessels, established in headquarters about the year 1807. From this stronghold his cruisers went forth, sometimes under one flag and sometimes under another, plundering the rich merchantmen which were traversing the (in If on their way to a profitable market. But Lafitte repelled the appellation of pirate. He claimed to be only a "privateer." Spain had become involved in war with the South Ameri can colonies, and the later were sending out privateers to prey npon Spanish commerce. From the Government of Cartagena Lafitte ob tained a commission, and entered upon a career of plunder, little caring what flag his victims bore so they covered a rich cargo. Spanish, French, English, and American were all the same to him, and he soon became a terror to all honest navigators. It is estimated that 400 a a . l T . 1 wa a ricniy-ianen snips were captured oy mm and his lieutenants, their cargoes being marketed in New Orleans, into which port they were smug gled. Finally, in 1813. the authorities of Louisiana, weary of such lawlessness carried on so near their borders, issued a proclamation through Governor Claiborne, dated New Orleans, March 12, 1813, renting the numerous acts of piracy and smuggling with which the occupants of Barataria were charged, and ordered them to disperse. The proclamation was disregarded, and soon after the Governor offered a reward of $5,000 for Lafitte's head. This was shortly followed by a counter proclamation from the pirate, promieing a reward of $50,000 to any one who would deliver Uovernor Llaiborn into his hands. Mattres were in this condition when, late in 1714, the English resolved to attack New Or leans. But the difficulties in ascending the MisBissppi were numerous, and they jfinally re solved to seek a passage through Barataria and its byous ; and considering our relation be tween the authorities of New Orleans and the piratical crew at the point, they were confident of attaching Lafitte to their'interent. Thas, on the 30th of August, 1814, Captain Locker, of the British ship Sophie, sailed on that misson. The Baratarian chief then had 1.100 men un der his command and thirteen armed vessels. Chaplain Lockyer was permitted to lane, one of the agenkof the South American repub- dwelling occupied by Henry Mm aftlifa lies, and sailed for the Uulf. Of au operations and two children, nil of whom were there the following from a report of the Gov- drowned. The next bouac w as that of ernor of Louisiana will give a key. The writer J,. Winkh-r, who found tke...d cti- ""The breaking up of these freebootere is of ngering his bam and stock. TV with the utmost importance to the United Plates, for his bmther, started out to the worsi-s ; it is ascertained that vessels clearing from Mrs. Winkler remained in the hr if T And New Oorleans with paenj?crs, have been cap- in less than five minute all tho krer tured.ereroaowJ m board murderrd, d Uu rooms were filled ilh w.Ur. ufcaW cargo brought A OrUon, and mld . mmmiJ&.. oy i ne pirates ageau. I -- ...i, A rendezvous being indispensable, and not before it could reach her the baildfogfkve daring to return to Barataria, Lafitte fixed I way and she was engulfed. upon tne present site otuaivcston and noiateanu i further southward was tin iaaliiat of !... t U ..-. n 1U17 ... V w iuot ui Jo in S lMnmr Aa tAAn .k- Vrv n .flo, rV.llv.tnr nf foms """T'"-' M EUOH " "e waur at New Orleans wrote to the authorities of commcuced ruing Shearing asoved hia Washington as follows : family, consisting of his Wife knd twia "I deem it my duty to state that the moat boys aged four year, to the -fcHride, shameful violation of Our revenue laws continue which he supposed U be a plaeo of aasVtv to be committed will, Impunity, by a motley ! be children were sleeping soandlniiui mixture of free booters and smugglers at Gal- - , .. . , .. r ,"uu"7 ,u' veston; it being little less than the re-establish- one of the litUo felloe was arouaed by ment of Lafitte's Baratarian band somewhat the storm, and rolled over the embank- more out of the reach of justice.' ment into the angry flood below. The But slranae to sav. the Government took no bodv nminJ iU. :. ' . . v. , , , . , , I J ling UiJ I IJILtL. tion, and the rover who had but lately been i a( action the President's guest still scoured the sen for booty. His force increased until his navy consisted of thirteen aimed vessels, manned by 1,000 men. The largest of his ships mounted fourteen heavy guns, i In 1819 the Collector of New Orleans again wrote to the Government urging the breaking op of the band, and said : "On the pan of tbeae pirates we have to con tend with, we behold an extended and organi sed system of enterpise, of ingenuity, of ir.de fatigabi 1 it v, and of audacity favored by a variety of local advantages, and supported always by force of arms--" In 1821 decisive action was then taken, and Lieutenant Kearney, with the Enterprise, ap peared before Galveston, and demanded its immediate evacuation, 1 here was, no alterna live, and in two months the last of the pirates had fled, and organized American piracy be came a thing of the past. Lafi te died in Yucatan four years after, and is onried in tne utile Indian village oi bilan, about fifteen miles from Merida, the capital. THE LATE DISASTROUS FLOOD AT PUTS-BURG. Its Ravages Loss ttf Lfe Distressing Scenes the Supposed Lausc of the Flood. In addition to the accounts already published of the terrible disaster at Pitts burg, Pa., last week, equaling if not sur passing the late destruction at Mill River, the following particulars of the affair will be fouud of interest t Accounts of the terrible flood which has deluged nearly all the eu' urban sections of Pittsburg as tbey come in show that the disaster was far greater than was at first supposed. It TJIB JtUSII OF DJE8TBUCCTO. Extensive glue works were the noxt to succumb to the action of the water, and were totally destroyed. A short diitsrfte below these works was a small baft dm g occupied by August Uvkoff and family, embracing hia wife and two ih ilium. Tbey were unaware of the desttwetion which was sweeping down npon them, and with the building were, carried down the stream. Mrs. Kykoff, brascd .and bleeding, was rescued from the torrent several squares distant, bnt the remainder of the fara ly were drowned. At the corner of East street and Madison avenoe the water seemed to deviate. In a triangular house at the inn rsectioo of these streets, resided Mrs. CooloaV with four children, also a young man named Arnold, and a cripple named ffw ALL WEItE LOST. is now thought that and had a private interview with the pirate, at I the loss of life will reach fully two huno which he promised him, as a reward for his co-1 dre(j perBOUi, ana Ufc loss of property be operation, $50,000 in jot i.imseii r j,, , . - s mnnnpr nf crnvprtiinc. I? not interior to that of (roods, and it was important tnat ne stiv other. The first thimr he teaches his stu- conciliate the American (iovernment Maiestv's navy and a free pardon and followers. Lafitte requested ten davs for consideration, pretending a deire to consult some of his associates who were then absent. ,s before intimated, Lafitte hated the Eng lish on account of their cruelty to him in early life. His interest, too, was with the Americans. New Orleans was his best market for stolen should There- dents, is that he loves them all. The greatest lesson he teaches, is, that all who die without a reeeneration of heart, will be eternally lost. - . He tries to have all college ruies ana rules oi politeness obeyed from a sense of duty and for the interest of the students, and not through a fear of punishment. The two sexes are kept separate oy ine raosi rigid rules, except during recitations and pub lic services. The renort circulated by some one, in and around Salisbury, that offices on the hills around Rutherford College, are occu pied by the.diUerent sexes without any imme diate control, is an infamous falsehood, and the one who fabricated it, cannot tell the same, and have a pleasant night's sleep, unless "his con science isseared as with a hot iron." The instruction given by the faculty is not inferior to that given in any other college. Students are not refused instruction at any time, when the Prof, are not otherwise engaged for the interest of the school and students. The faculty is comDOsed of kind social gentlemen, just such as it requires to educate those who may be placed under their care. Instruction is freelv ei ven on anv subject without respect to creeds or political whims. The report that nolitiral meetinn are held here, is also uu- I o true. fore he instantly departed for New Orleans, Dresented himself before Governor Claiborne in disguise, laid before him the dispatches from Captain JLockyer, ana otners irom i.atme, pardoned. At the time of his arrival an expedition was fitting out to drive the pirates from their strong hold, and asked thai it be delayed. Claiborne laid the letters before his council, but they would not believe them genuine, and the exped ition was ordered to sail. Sorely disapioiiited, Lafitte returned, but before he reached his quarters his forts had been attacked, his fleet sunk or captured, and his men scattered. The spoil that fell into the hands of the Americana locality to form an idea of this disaster, or a . arn rvrvr . . The extent of territory damaged is not less than from twenty to twenty-five miles in diameter, and how the main portion of the city of rittsborg, lyiug as it does in the centre of this circle, escaped fnrthcr injury appears almost miraculouic The prevailing theory is that the disaster was caused by some kind of waterspout. A gentleman who watched the storm from a point a few miles down the river, where there was little rain, says that by the fit ful flashes of lightening he could tee a huge, mky black, TUJtKKL 8I1PXD CLOCD, which overhung. the city, the narrow end of Spring Garden avenue, the being lowest, while (he dark part gave j taiued a dephth of folly twenty vent to almost eontiruoos flashes of light ning. It is almost impossible for any one not familiar with the geography nf the Kiel Conlon, leaving young Arnold, had gone into the house to rescue soipe of the inmates, bnt fill a victim to the de stroying elements. Abont a block b low the inlerseclihn of Madison avenue sud East street the tor rent again united and swept with- redou bled violence to the low-lands, em writing Concord, O'llara, and a portion ofOhcat nut street. The course of the flood was probably two hundred feet wide, and frame and blick buildings fell before the devastating element as though they bad been sand. Dwellings, stores, workshops and debris 4 all kinds miucled to-i (her Ira one coo fused mass, making it impMiblc fbt the the rpectator lo discover eveu Hs Street lines. M HOUSES TCRNED UPSIDE ixiWJJ In some instances, houses were Ww-rally turned upaidedown. (hi O'U-iraeAreet t ie dweJliiioi Alderman liwlstcw mm re duced lo its original elemeaif. aud one Ot his children dmwmd. KJu tuc sice street was a family con - .-.iug ol Jacob Furches, wife, one child aud Joseph, brother of Mrs. Finches, and the adjoin ing house contained Jacob Melxer, wife and two children, all of whom, exerpt one amounted to $500,000, It was now too late to accept the flattering overtures from the English, even if he was so inclined ; and his only salvation was in the American alliance. He again wrote to Clai borne, saying (hat he and his command were '"willing to enroll themselves against the enemy." General Jackson was consulted, and wasstronglyin favor of the scheme. Accordingly Governor Claiborne issued a proclamation, concluding as follows : "I therefore do hereby invite them (the Bar atari ana) to join the standard of the United Slates, and am authorized to say that should ! . IJ il I rata uow ii couia possioiy nave occurred, l ne main city of Pitisburg, as it rises gradu ally from a point formed by lbs junction of two rivers, has many gulcbea in certain localities, which under a flood of this de scription are liable to do great damage, 'and the park known as Hill region is fre quently liable to suffer from local inunda tion. The damage lure, however, is at this time light, compared with other lo calities strictly surbnrbao. child, were lost. Their bodies were found in the morniog. v . mm . On Cbeslnut street, at the u tat at- M but the buildings withstood the force better, and 4n only one instance was auy serious damage done. A large frame building occupit d as a beer hall was moved from its foundation and floated directly a'croee the street, completely obstroctlri tht It is estimated that in this ditriet'scv. enty buildings were destroyed, bat no estimate has Ixx-n made of their A largo number of people are It is thought that many bod if fre sttl. fn the debris. As fast as recovered tbey will be taker to ihe various undciuk.is in the" city. way. The spiritual well fare of no student u neg-I their conduct in the field merit the approba- lected. Every one is required to attend Sun- lion of the Msjor General that the officer will The north bank of the Allighauv, upon Thirty eight arc now known lo Lave g hose hillside and iU wboic valleys tbefrvm this district. j I 1 .9 - . . - . J ... . - . . . . - ' i 1