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Hi fii; 'fl '! iii-'Dv; ! ; i !!' r rvj; Wf '. J - ' . ! - ! - i i ... . " n T ii: ! n !' -".!;!. ! r - 1 1 - -j i ;- . - !! .,:. .: I - - I ; w. NEW TEIOIS. ftjr ill a Iftfc dav of Jannarr from . . M &$he subscription price of the TJ afA UilflW as follow f ,j f " Tiar. pi advance, r $1.50 -' ffi pSiyin1 delayed 3 lumiths, 52.00 j j ; .-payment delayed 12 woutbe, 2.50 yjTj plain gold ring, With the let, lM- M " drfj scratched on the in- liberal reward will le paid for its jllry ftji the 'Watchman office. ; 'Igvj ii'ocfcB of Spring Goods are ar for fior niercnanw ninioac aauy. o -eraded school continues to flour. 1. j All dot schools are full and work We regret to bear that Mr. Edward nJeey'got ins nauu. uduij crusueu m we mine, a icw utt,j J . gf eruf Waggoner has announced a post- Dj,weDt of tue collection oi tue stock S totomtiliurther Dotice. t . ife learnj th pleasure lorers of our ci- i.iticiie having a picnic at St. John's oD iauu -itBin wuuuuj, -;.Ti . . ' . 1- O ureter Eccs'V besiu to adorn the .indows of the fancy stores colored in jjtte shades of the rainbow. x V O j Weather, cool, dry and slightly windy. oiii drtinjr off rough, niiere have been slight frosts several mornings lately botiiothiug yet damaged by it. . v o ; jJps,J.Peraons wishing sto invest in knds within from 6 to 8 miles of balls barf, are referred", to Mr. M. L. Ilohues fof prther information. : j ill : - : i il . -o - . fL first No. of the "Salisbury Exami- itTl by Mr. J.J. atewarir was lssueu on fi.fiirdav. His review of the history of 4tlJ Radical party" will be found in this paper. ' ... ' jff. Lnkfe Ilartman, of this Township, Ayfter a short spell of sickness, last Tuesday. He was a good and faithful sol- dieliin tue: Confederate army Tie merchants excursion to Cincinnati was'! attended by about 3,000 southeru mercliantiJ' Wilmington sent a delega- tioa;of four or 6ve but no other town or citv the State was represented thereT j: y'H':; o- : . Mb.C.Peeleu, a native of this county, ' aged Aboat sixty years, returned here a - few 'davsagu from Illinois, after an absence of fiirty-two years. hen lie went to li linui4 it took him five weeks and three dayaJ He returned in less than three days Our two 1 jauds, the Silver Cornet add Xo.!, h:ive consolidated, and now form one bund under the leadership of Prof. W. U. Xeave. We are pleased also to sniunc4$.jtliat they have arranged to play at Davidsoii College Comiueiicemeut iu Juue. The lovers of Music should subscribe for f Southern Musical Journal," by loud en 4 Bate!, Savannah , G a. $ 1 .25 per an - aun for wliich they not only get new mac erery mouth, but a vefy handsome Jiagume or literary merit. - -o- He are pleased to note the enterprise of somj of the young business men of our city, Annjng whom are the firms of J. D. Gaskill, Ktdf Messrs. i Ross & Greenfield. Both of thcsl houses have received their stocks of goods for the new season which arc unusu- , allv jine aijil ; comj)lctc. Sec their ads. in Imperii;.; -this M Pv(detce. rThe examination going attfie; tlijieoui hist week's paper went to pteus, whereof it was stated that A. II. uWred. jlleilig were accused of tiring t'OiMiikers mill j and were then under going a preliminary trial, resulted in the te9tojieaccus( iuen. The public 'airily expecting this result, for the have a long established rpMtaQouliove the deed imputed to : - M .1. t O , " lUiLaoAD Accidents. Two accidents Loceurred; on the W. N. C. R. R., w't8 a (few' days. The first one on MW(lyiasti, three; miles east of Conover, liere a traiu except the engine, teyder ear next to it, were thrown off .we track ahd?rolletl down an embank- . erL !ur, cars were badly wrecked, nuately no one was seriously hurt. ia&scjii:eri came down on the re- ttf ipkrt of the train, arriving a lit- fjec6ud accident, on Tuesdav, above TOI was moro serious. The train fll 1 track and three men, two w4 a guard, Were killed. Three "Iff iwe badly wounded. The cars rm not touch damage. P. f lleilig from which we inake the fvit,ltfact: y V.; . - a the last issue of your paper , you Miol fflf's'mili; and chargiiig myself IfS KK IleiKg with tlie crime." iiuWri of t,,U letter ,,as doue tlie vSu'' gTeltil,jW8tice 08 ia very P,iiiD- m i wlieu vo Pt tlie language oyed t List. waoI-'h t. . oil, . . ii , UMrer"was the Work of au in- '. Uinl !. : t 10 'parti tii - ... ... h, :! i !' vu -ri'Kifprsiinn mnn in rn ci ' 1,UVe been anested on suspi 1wlT'De anuecc88arjr ejcept to say, ri4vT not bwUien; and that the ,in Wi10? the lire is in doubt ! It wiui W!4ioauced on the streets, where A COtTCSDOudent nf TTiilA'a TVvi New York, say: j No pue. can be "otherwise than pleased to heai of a kiud generous action, an I so I toko the liberty to mention one of which i nave Heard. Air. John P.'Browarof oAHsbury, came on abonr. a mnntii a attend to Liar Jrada a a salesman ja the uuusuoi r o. jaitray Co in which capacity he has been engaged for six or eight years past. Soon after reaching here his health Tailed. He put himself under In very competent phvsician, witli pu$ Diaterial improvement. Mr. Jaffray sent his pwn -physician also ; and firiallv, whenjit was coycluded that he sliouid travel, Mr. Jafjray bade him go whehe pleased, to his home, to Florida, or to Cuba,; and the house would pay his bills. It is Hot easy to decide which is I biore honored by this incident, Mr. JJrow-ii or the house which devised so liberal a iuea sure. ; .. - Mr Brown decided to return t his home iu this place, and is thought! o be improving in health. His eldest son!, Mr. Jas. D. Brown, is filling his place ill the Jaffray House in New York, with ihtire acceptability, as we learu from prjvate sources. - 1 : Unclaimed Letters. j List of unclaimed letters remaining in the Post Office at Salisbury, N. C, March 22, l&tff: j B Willie Been, Miss Mary Buckanau, James Barton. ' ; j C Wiu.Crust, Brintie Carter, colored, .LT-J B lm8' iss Alice J. Linebarier, Lizzie Livingston. '! M-j-Miss Annie C. Myers. j S Miss Delia Spain Smith, 2. When called forlease say Advertised, and give date ofjist. D. L. Brixgle, P. il. " Mr. Editor : Is there no way to abate the nuisauce of having our Streets block aded with cows? They congregate and cavort about in such numbers, and with such disregard to our sidewalks, that lady pedestrians cannot pass theui ; audi iu many; instances must retrace their steps aud find some other less obstructed way Where is our Mayor and his Board of Commissioners T Is this state of things to continue I The country people hav all gone into the stinrk law arrangement and have peuned us up in Salisbury with! the cows and hogs, -which are enjayingaU the privileges of citizens witlumt paying iauy tax to support tlie cit' govcruiuent. Is it not awful t Axxious ENQumEh. Davie Letter. - March 1C. 1880. Dear Watchman . ' I am sorry I have to relate sad news in this letter. As you are aware, very heavv rains have been falling for the past ejiglit or teu days and as a natural consequence, tlie streams, both great aud small are much swollen. Monday, the 15th, bjcing the time appointed to hold the spring term of our county court, those hai ing business there might have beeu seenmia kiug their way early in the morning, some afoot, some horse-back aud somtj in wagons. It was in a covered two. horse wagon, the property of Kobt. Orrell, jtliat he and six others were making for Moeks ville, wheu they came to what is known as ''Mud Mill," on Dutch Creek. They found:the water was over the bridge,1 but thinking it not too high, plunged into the swelling erirrent. The bridge had no railings the plank being nailed to! the nether logs to keep them iu place, fl'he horses became frightened after" they! got on the bridge, and in a moment the t'eam and itsload of human freight were sub merged in the muddy, raging water.! It is useless to attempt to describe the strug gles of those seven men and women laud two-horses in the swift water. After a struggle for life catching floating tim bers, the boughs and trunks of trees,? six escaped while the seventh, n Miss Kacheal Hampton, was drowned. Her body !h;is not yet been recovered. The wagon aud horses are also still iu the creek. These are the facts as I got them from those residing in the neighborhood of the-j mill. Occasional. : Davie Letter, More About Those Druicned Mill." at "iftrf " Davie Co., March 22J, 1830. Dear Watchman : In my last, I told of the drowning of Miss liach. Hampton, at "Mud Mill." Jj Al so, that there were six others in the Wag on at the time it capsized. A Mr. John Hai-dman, one of those in the wagon at the time, died the next day from the ef fects of his watery exposure. When res cued, just after the . wagon turned over, he was almostgonc, and Was only saved by being rolled ou the ground. Mr. Kobt. OrrelU' who, yoa remember, owned he team, is lying in a critical condition, 'and is not expected to live long. So that iu all likelihood, there will be three deaths from this cause. I regret to state that in the search for the body of Miss Hampton (which has not yet been found), several bottles have beeu found, which affords ground for conjecture that those aboard had been indulging in drink ; and in this, as in so many other cases on record, liquor is to blame. Regrets crowd fast upon us, when ive think of this fearful and sudden mortality and know that whiskey had a hand iu it. 4'0, that meu should - put auL cue in.) in meii iiiouius, mj suai unuj lueir I.. ..il. . ....! I l- brains ! that we should, with joy, revel, pleasure and applause, t musform ourselves into beasts!" "EVery inordinate cup is unblessed, andTtbe ingredient isa devil." It is rumored Wiat Miss Hamptoujwas tied in the wagou. It appears that Kobt. Orrell and Joht Hartlmau had goue her security to appear at this term of Davie Court, aud that they had her tied tu be delivered to the sheriff. But this rejiorl is denied the Jruth will probably be known when the body is recovered, f it ever is, -Which seems now to be doubtful. It is: also rumored that if Mr. Orrell re covers he will sue the county for damages; but the common opinion is that a suit in this case would be fruitless to the pros ecutor. Of course this depends entirely on the facts which he may be able to es tablish before the court, and the rebut ttug testimony. It isa glorious privilege we enjoy to bnug suit in a court of Justice when it is believed we have good cause. A suiter should, however, consider well the points for and against him, or he may come out worsted msteadof mendedrNBiit these remarks are meant to be understood as general and without speeial applica tion to! Mr. Orrelloaso, which is a mat- ter all his own. : Trulv. your I h ! J Occasional v' PHYSICIANS KECOMMEND STIUI ner's Indian Verniefuge in I their practice as a superior article for destroying khd ROWAN COUNTY. ST I. B. "THE REGULATION.- The echoes of the Indian war-whoon had not died away before the muttering of ao- ouir, siorm was Heard over the hills, and Tally8 of Orange and Rowan Counties. l Dig is what is known in the history of Jorth Larphna as the war of the "Regula tiox. It can scarcely be called a war, and yet it rises above the dignity of a riot. It wasfrather. thejfirat blind, unorganizetl ris ing of the spirit of liberty against a long tram of oppressive acts, for which there was tfo remedv and of which there appeared to bq no end. As the men of Rawan were to some extent connected with this struggle, aoriic on each side, it wilj not be amiss to give a brief sketch of its rise and Sad term ination Though a detailed account would exceed tlie limits proposed iu these papers. As -the firet factor in thi problem, we have & liberty loving population, who came to the wild of North Carolina for the ex press purpose of escaping from political and ecclesiastical oppression. Such were the early refugees from Virginia, who settled on the Albemarle Sound t such tbe hardv Scotch who came from the Highlands 16 the banks of the Cape Feaf such the Swiss and Pala tines on the Neuse and Trent, and iu a pecu liar sens such were the Scotch Irish and Germans of ancient Rowan, Orange and Mecklenburg. These, or their fathers, had once felt the weight ofthe oppressor's iron hand, crashing out their liberties al most their manhood; and : having once suf fered they , were jealous of the approaches of tyranny in their new homes. i As tlie next factor we have the most wretched system, of miggovercmentof mod ern times. This misgovernmeut began with the cumbrous and Utopian Constitution pre pared by Locke and Shaftsbury, having in it the, germs of a provincial nobility land graves arid caciques totally uncoDgeniAl to the wild and free spirit of the people. And such governors as Seth Sothel, George Bur rington and Richard Everard were a reproach to humanity and a stench in the nostrils of decenjy. The testy and prosy Irishman, Gov. Dobbs, the warlike ami ambitious Tryou, and the incapable Josiah Martiiii, who enacted the last scenes in the drama of the royal government, were peculiarly cal culated to irritate aud aunoy the people, tw aggravate and sting-to rebellion a people far less independent aud intelligent than the inhabitants of North Carolina. Nor coulfl the prudcacc of such governors as Drntn moad, Arehdaleand Johnstone counteract the deep-seated opposition of the people to the oppressive anJ tyrannical legislation, dictated by tlie royal cabinet of England, and enacted by an obscquiona Colonial Leg islature. The struggle between the people of North Carolina and their foreign rulers began one hundred years before the yoke was thrown off, in 1609, when the ' Gr ind Model," Avas forced upon unwilling people and when the bnoxious "Navigation Act" crippled and strangled the commerce of the infant colony. The struggle became more serious,' when the "Parish Laws" were enacted, disallow ing & marriages to be celebrated bv DU- seining i-.iinjsiers, anu taxiug tue country for the support of a religious system which was distasteful to an overwhelming majori ty of the people. The obstinaey and nepo tism of Governor Dobbs, added fuel to the flame. Governor Tryon was not a bigot, but his tastes and hisexpenses were princely. Aided by the blandishments of his elegant wife and her bewitching sister. Miss E&ther Wake, Tryon secured from the cringing General Assembly ah appropriation of 15 000 pounds sterling, equal to nearly f 75,000, for the erection ot a palace a Newbern more suitable for a Prince of the Wood royal, than for the Governor of an infant provincial colo ny. This palace was said to exceed in magnifi cence any structure of that day found upon the American Continent, and its erection ren dered a large increase of thetaxes necessary. But Tryon never did things by halves, lie must needs make a military expedition to the land of the Cherokees, in order to run a dividing line of a few miles in length, and returned with the significant title bestowed by the Indians, of "The Great Wolf or North Carolina." All this w as .very ex pensive, and to supply the means, not only were" the direct taxes increased, but the Governor required a share of the fees allow ed to the various crown officials for their services. The crown officers, in their turn, taking the cue from the Governor, doubled or tripled their charges for every act done for the people. The lawyers also refused to serve tlieir clients for the established fees, and thus closed up all the avenues to the temple of justice. In this emergency there arose the two persons necessary to bring on a collision. These two persons were a poet or ballad-monger, and a popular leader. The rhymester was named Kedaap l Howell, a native of New Jersy, who occupied the position of oldficld 6chool master somewhere on Deep River. He was the author of about forty songs or ballads, in which he merci lessly lampooned the extortioners and crown officers of tbe day. Prominent among these were Ldmund Fanning, Esq., of Ililisboro, the Court Clerk and son-in-law of Gov. Try on, and John Frohock, Clerk and Register in Salisbury. The fallowing effusion of How ell's upon these two ofticers affords a fair 1 specimen of bis political rhymes. r-Says Froliock to Fanala?, to teU the plain truth. When I came to thiscouuiry I was but a youth. My father sent for me : I wa'nl worth a cross. And then my first study was to steal for a horse. I quickly pot credit, and then run away. And hav-nt paid for him to this very day. Says Fanning to Frohock, lis folly to lie, 1 m1 an old mare that was bUivl of an eye: Five shlillncrs In money I had in ray purse ; My coat, It- was patched, but not much the worse ; But. now we've got rich, anil its rery weUj known, That wll do very well IX they'll let us alone." - By such rhymes as these, sung and repent ed from plantation to plantation, from the no taitne l ad kin, called tor at everv house- raising, log-rolling and corn-shucking, at every court and vendue, at every wedding and funeral, the minds of the people were wrought up t aJiigh pitch ot excitement and indignation against the crown officers, and the lawyers. When this leaven had worked sufficiently a popular leader arose in the person of Her man Husbands, from Sandy Creek, near the line between Guilford and Rowan--now in Randolph coliuty. Husbands was by birth a Pennsylvania Quaker, and said to have been a relative of Benj. Franklin. He poscs scd great shrewdness of character, a natur ally vigorous mind, and by boldly protest ing against extortion upon all occasion, he won tlie regard of the multitude. By the influence, -and under the guidance, of this man many of the people of Orange were in duced to associate themselves together, in bands, sometimes called Mhemob," some times the ,lSons of Liberty," and at last the "Regulators." The first general or public meeting of Regulators was held at Mad dock's Mill, in Orange county, October 10, 1766. : Thev pro nosed to consult concerning their grievances and the orooer mode of se curing redress. Fanning and other crown officers ;wre Invited to be p esent, but re fised to come on some pretext or other. From this time sympathy with the "Sons of Li beity" spread far and wide, and many peo ple, not only it.' Orange and Guilford, but iu Rowanf Mecklenburg and Anson counties w re ready to venture into the same peril lou path. They first stated theirjrrievance to the Governor and appealed to him forre: iier.. i: rronuscu wnai mey askcu, anu. out and posted up for public Inspection. But the officers laughed in their sleeves at the gullibility of the people, arid went on de manding the same, or largerj fees. At last a true bill was found against Edmond Fan ning, fr extortion in no less than six in stances. Wheu ,the trial tanie on ai Hillabo ro, in Fanning pleaded guilty in each count, and was fined-ww 'pence and eotti. Such a mockery of Justice, under the very eye of Tryon for he was -: present and in the case of .his son-in-Jaw, j plainly demon strated that no relief was ,t be expected ironi xue courts oi justice. ! j i ne very foutt-' tain of justice was corrupt, and poured forth streams of bribery and oppression. The Regulators were maddened, and committed several acts of violence and lawlessness up on the person of Fanning, and threatened to control the coUrt by violence, and at their suggestion many refused to pay any taxes. But Governor Tryon was also alive to his own interest, and began to put j into operation measures to allay the irritation of the pub lic mind, and overawe the disaffected. One of these measures was a journey, or progress io iue western counties, with a body of troops escorting him. In i July 1768, he marched to the Yadkin River and crowing that stream, reached Salisbury on the 18th of August. Alter a brief stay he visited Cant TPhifer in Mecklenburg, (now Cabarrus) and irum lurnce went io uapc folk's, returning to Salisbury by the 25th, in, order to review the troops, or nbilitia of the County. Here Col. Alexander Osborne called upon his Excellency for instructions concerning the parade, and read to him a letter from the Rev. Messrs. David Caldwell, Hugh McAden, Henry Patillo, aud James Creswell, Presbv terians, touching the conduct of the Regu lators. These ministers labored in Guilford, Orange and Granville counties, and as Col Osbore and the; four ministers were of the same church, it is presumed that the tenor of the letter would be such as not to irritate the Governor against them. : In fact, while these ministers sympathized ; with the peo ple in their oppression, they appear to have done all in their power to prevent violence and secure the restoration of peace and har mony. Eleven companies appeared in Salisbury ia this review all except Capt. Knox's, company, whose sympathies appear to have been decidedly in favor of the regulators. CoL Wheeler states that this Capt. Knox was the maternal grandfather of James K. Polk, the President in after vears of the United States. President Polk was born in Mecklenburg county, ten rhiles south of Charlotte, and : his maternal grandfather, James Knox, resided also in! Mecklenburg, in the Hopewell region, and lit does not ap pear probably that he was the Cant. Knox of the Rowan militia-compauy that failed to appear at tue baiisbury review. Still it may Polk lin ve been the same. Some of the 4' Tamil v, relatives ot the resident, were in after years, citizens of Salisbury, and their dust lies under marble slabs in Oak Cemetry, in Salisbury. j From the Salisbury reviev Gov. Tryon went to sec the spot where iu 174( the com missioners left of running the dividing line between the King's lands arid Earl Gran ville' lands. He found the place about five or six hundred yards east of Coldwtter Creek on the presunt dividing line between Rowan and Cnburru?. He tlien paid a visit to Capt. John Paul Barringer, in Mecklen burg, (uow Cabarrus, drank freel of th. Captain's rich wine, and tried his hand at mowing, with a Dutch scythe doubtless iue gieeu njeauuwf oi uuicu lsuuaio. 1 lie Governor then visited Col. Moses Alexan der's on Rocky River, and returning to Sal isbury, spent eight days in the town and surroundiug country. A goetleman, a sol dier, a genial companion, hi visit no doubt was one reason why Rowan County did not enter more fully into the Regulation stru But while the policy of the governor stay ed lor a season the rushing of the torrent of rebellion, it did not avert thd final catastro phe. Matters grew worse and worse, and in the spring of 1771 the Governor left New bern a second time with a body of troops to enforce tne laws and disperse the Regula tors. At Tryon1 approach the Regulators were massed near the Great Alamance Riv er, and here the long delayed collision took place on the 16th of May. It is not necessary in sketches of Rowan to enter into the details of this battle, if it can be called a battle. For the Regulators were not or ganized as a piilitary force and had no offi cers beyond the rank of a captain. Many of them were unarmed and seemed to be rather spectators than soldiers, and the rest were armed with their hunting pieces, with enough ammunition for a days sport in the woocIb. So perfectly unprepared were thev to engaere with the troops of the Governor that the Rev. David Caldwell, who was pres ent, after passing backward and forward several times vainly trying to prevent blood shed, at last advised the Regulators to sub mit to any conditions they could obtain, orLllisncrse, rather than engage in the hope less contest. ft is said that Col. Fanning,better acquain ted with the logomachy of the court-room than with the dangerous contests of the bat tle field, with drew his company at the be ginning of the firing. Husbands likewise, the leader of the Regulators, is reported to have followed his example, and saved him self by flight. Thus the two men who did more than any others to excite toconrlict, left their adherents to fight it out without their presence. Some lime previous to the conflict Gover nor Trvon sent General Hu;h Waddell to Salisbury with a division ot troops from Bladen, CumWrland, and the western coun ties. These troops were to remain at Salis bury until a supply of powder, flints, blunk ets etc., from Charleston should reach them. But the "Cabarrus Blackboys"! as they have been called, intercepted the convoy at Phi fer's mill, three miles' west of' Concord, un loaded the wagons, stove in j the kegs of powder, tore up the blankets, and forming a huge pile, blew up the whole. The mili tary stores failing to reach him. Gen.' Wad dell, with two hundred and fifty men, left Salisbury and attempted to Join Tryon in Orange or Guilford county. But when he had reachcd-Potts' Creek, about two miles cast f I he Yadkin, he was confronted by a larue force of Rowan Regulators, who threat ened to cut his troops in pieces if he offered to join the army under Tryon. Calling a council afofticers,he discovered that the Reg ulators out numbered him by far, and that his men had no desire to engage in battle with their brethren. He wistly resolved to fall back across the River to Salisbury. This was on the 10th of May, 1771, six days be fore the battle of Great Alamance. A few days after the battle, Tryon march ed to the East side of the Yadkin, where he effected a junction with General Waddell, and extricated him from his painful posi tion. I must not omit to mentio that on the 7th of March 1771, a public meeting was held in Salisbury, probably just before Gen. Waddell arrived here, at which a large and influential committee was appointed to meet the Clerk. Sheriff, and other crown officers, nd require them to disgorge their unlaw ful fees. Thee officers agreed to the de mand of the committee and signed a paper to that effect. Mathew Lot ke and Herman Husbands with ethers, were appointed on the committee to receive and distribute the unlawful fees, but it is doubtful whether any were ever rt turned. After theafiair at Ala mance the rilling party acquired additional power, apd no dpubt for a season longer, hd everv thing their own wav. At this (lay, a in that, it is difficultto i rii-1 r , .-: ... , ... . 'Z ' - -r - :r- mmhilw rnaite a proper estimate of the character of iue iV:gufatiaIa-Uowftnv in Anaoa" arid aiecklenburz. nubile. Anin;. AiiA.i p the Govmorsvs side, eithar activelv, or" a ii J were sncn me: as Uo!. Wad fll,f4aiael f: Spencer-Ric-hard- CaswR, Waightstill Avery, Griffith Rutherford; Win! Lindsay Adlai Osborne, John Ashe and others, of the. noblest men of the State, who afterwards proved their devotion to the cause f liberty.1 )YMle no doubt thev were opposed, to the exactions of the officials, they still adhered to the regular administra Upn of the law in the hands of the'cobsU: tuted autaorities. . The struggle can neith er be. properly characterized as tlie noble uprising of arr oppressed people in behalf of liberty, nor condemned as mob or in sumption. It would , seem rather to have been a good cause, prematurely, rashly and violently conducted, arid led on by men in capable of allaying or controlling the storm they had evoked, and the effect was disasi trous, for Gov. Tryon so entangled the com sciences of many of them with oaths of al legiance, mat when the real strul oi v a a tan. I a. . . r six years later, a great noiukr of tlie Reg! ufatora felt CQustrained to cast in their lot with the Tories. ' Centennials of Cownens and Guill ; ford Court House. - f : i Dtath of Qen. William, DasidsonXeiolw j tioa vf the Continental CongreuMonu tnent to Davidson. Correspondence or the RalelgU Observer.) Ur i WlLMINQTOS. March 11, I860. j Bluch interest is evinced in the approach irig "centennials," so called, of the battles of Cowpens and of Guilford Court House which were fought n the 17th of January and 15th of March, 1781, (A. II . Stephens says 25th) respectively, and preparations are making for their proper observance. As pertinent to these interesting occasions it might be well to know whether the resoj lutionof the Continental Congress, given be low, was ever acted upon; If not, and the writer is informed that it never has been; the time would seem to be propitious for the present Congress to carry into effect the wishes of their continental predecessors, and it, would be a graceful act on their part to do justice, though tardy, to tliememory of a revolutionary hero. Perhaps it may seem good to. Col. Steele, of the Charlotte district, to test the sense of Congress on the subject. Col. Steele is sug gested, because it was within the present iiiiiJLs ui ins uisinci mat tien. Davidson was killed on the 1st of February, 1781. The death of General Win" Davidson was, in some sense, a connecting link between the battles of the Cowpens and of Guilford, for it was in a vain ittimrw tn nromn r -,i Cornwallis, then in hot pursuit of Morgan's troops, burdened with the spoils and pris oners of the victory at Cowpens, from cross ing the Catawba, that Davidson met his fate. A little later, and growing out of the further prosecution of the same pursuit, came the action at Guilford; and as the "centennials" of those battles are to be cel ebrated, it would be in keeping also to com-mcmo- ate the fall of the, patriot soldier of that. by dedicating to his memory, upon tnc hundreth anniversary of his death, the monument of which his contemporaries adjudged him worthy. The following is taken from a sketch of Gen. Davidson in the memoirs of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Lce,"Light Horse Harry,' the fathor of Gen. Robert E.-Lce : I "The Congress of the United States, in gratitude for his services, and in commemo ration of their sense of his worth, passed the following resolution : uIi(3ohtnl, That the Governor andCoun cil of the State of North Carolina be desir ed to erect a-monument, at the expense of the United States not exceeding the value of five hundred dollars, to the memory of the late Brigadier General Davidson, who commanded the militia of the District of Salisbury, in the State of North Carolina, and was killen on the 1st day of February last, fighting gallantly in the defence of the liberty and independence of these States D. No Fence Law. From tliF! Raleigh Observer. - IIiCKsi ORi), Va., March 13, leSU. Editor Observer : As the subject of a "no fence law'' has becu nnd is yet much agitated in North Carolina. I wish through your valuable paper to give to the advocates of this execrable measure a very significant fact for their considera tipn, and one which will help the farmers of the State to act advisedly on this vital question. I presume it will be conceded that all theories, to prove their value, should be subjected fairly to the tost of experience aud thereupon a just verdict rendered. To this test I brin this the orj. T wel ve years ago a few of the farm -ers in Greensville county, Virginia, ob tained permission of the county Court to establish the "no fence law" in that portion of the couuty north of Muhcrrin River. For the first few years they seem ed pleased nnd thought favorably of it. But as the trial lengthened they found they had made a monstrous mistake. Their stock was lessening in number and depreciating in q n a 1 i t y, and their table comforts diminishing to an aiarminsf egree. in short, the svs- teni worked so badly, was so detrimental to their interests every way, so destruc tive to the peace and harmony of neigh bors, and fraught with evils so numerous aud 'insufferable, that they resolved to abolish this modern delusion and have the good old svstem of fences restored. Tu accomplish this a vote of the people had to be taken, and nt the election re cently held for this purpose only two votes were polled against it. Every vote in the district save two, was for the abo lition of the no fence law. Here, now, Mr. Editor, we have a fairandexhanstire illustration of (he working of this hydra headid monster. If an epciirnce of twelve years is not a reliable and conclu sive test, pray how many will It require ? Many of the farmers tell me that of all the numerous curses inflicted upon them by the results of the wrir, none would bear A comparison with this no fence sys tcin. It is simply and truthfully this: no: fence, no stock, no hogs, a fe w ie.m, worthless cattle, no milk or butter, and no; mutton for dogs, to devour and man to feed upon. As 'before reinarkc 1, exper ience, fairly made, is the- nly infallible guide in matters sublunary. M. The agricultural papers of the State of North Carolina are requested to copy thi letter. M. Ffula1 1 night liMiss Annj HonTOcker, d uaghr 5-Mr. V. j W HnnsPcker ef this totrn, tcn d herself after supper to step ijrerj to a doorieiglibors, since wliich time site lias not been seen in this vicinity. e see from our Raleigh ex changes' that she was married in that city on Saturday night Inst., to P. B. Austin, a contractor iu this county, who had been persuading her to elope for some time. The father of the young ladj is a two hundred aiul sixty pounder, and ins iucKy son-in-law 'had better it eerJ- clear of this place for ? awhile. Mooi-e Index. i - M0NTS2AL HEARD FROM. E. L. Mosely, of Mont1eaI,Canada, cer tified, Sept. 27, 137!, that he had suffered teniblyjfrom dyspepsia, aodjwaa com, pletely i cured by tajkiug Wainr's Safe Bitters. ) He Kys; My nppetir.e is pmmV, and I now suffer no iu convenience Jiojn eating hearty meal." These Bitter a i- also asneceifie for all skin di JanitcApl -v- .. BUSINESS LOCALS. DON'T FORGET IT COME AND GET YOUR Pliotogrnpha. C. W.C. W00LW1XE, " ' I llOTOKKAPHKn. I 3 Just received at A C. Hauri j a fine .ot of No. 1 CjoAnaac () Fkexcu Candies. PRICE, CURRENT. uorrectea uy j. h. Knox cc t'o.J March IBtfO. CoTTov-tfirm good Middlings, 12 jjuaunng 111 low do lOirTAll ' stains Bacox, county, hog round 88 Butt eu - 20 E;gs j 10(11 CnicKEXs -per dozen t.-50(a2.00 Corn New tiU(01 Meal nioderate demand at 65 WiiE.T-fgood demand at 1.2.jl.ao Flouh ibest fiim. o.SOfciS.OO extra I super. Potatoes, Iiush Onions no d;mand Laud Hay f Oats Bkeswa Taiow Hr, ckbk,tiuies 3.25 .r)0 50 20('21 ! 7 Apples, dried - HC. SroAK 1012i Chew Jackson' Best jSvreet Navy Tohaccr. iimirui. NEW ADVEllTlbEMEN TiJ HOT-HOUSE AND BEDDING PLANTS, CHEAP ! I have a fine collection of Plants, well grown, at reduced rales, which I will soli cheaper than can be purchased anywhere else. Price list free.. Correspondence fo!icitt J. W. M. SMITH, 20:1m Concord, N. C. BOAHOS! F O U COTTON AND TOBACCO: WAHN'S PLOW BRAND Haw Bone Super Phosphate For Cotton, Diamond Soluble Bene For Composting. We are offering the above Bra of Guano to the Farmers, confidently believing thai they cannot purcha.se any otlnr iliai will give better results. Soliciting yourjatri)n:ige, we hupe that all will call and see in and hear term befor making arrangement el.ewJiere. Respectfullv, BERNHARDT & BEOS. 19:6w -i. Y. BA8BER, AT Qraham'a Old Stand! DEALER IX FAMILY GROCERIES, Fresh Meats of nil kiutl, Canned GooI., Fruits, Confections, &c. rOall and get his pricef.j J9:lni asniss, Saddles, &C, LOW PRICES AHD GOOD WORK Have made my Business a success. And I now ofl'cr the M-ople of tLis county and iuljoining sections the BEST MADE V0RK in my line liai can oa lo.ir.ti in the Male. The Material I Ufe f tl.e Iirl (ualiljr, ai.tl as the be-t i-a!ways the ( iiej't, POLANDS HSaDQUASTEES For Ilnif-s ajvi Satldtes4Ml!ie place to niuke 3 our j-urcbatii-ii All I ask is a trial anj I guarantee tiaf;irtion. I can dell a Good Set of HrnH ft,r $80 and up Iu u tiiiol ouixitle of New York city. 1 can gel! you a Good Saddle t v"..:0 ui.d upwnnl. v ;;...! ,': ; ' r"Kepairiuj done neatlj and wilh ilis pafcl. Catt and ne me, next door to Craw- , luru ilurjtfure eioit, on ii.iier Street. 18:3m W.E.POLAND. Ml II , II B II. 1 J ULUIU "ACORN CUO'K-STdVl rr, r - - l t : T7- 'ii 9 WILLIAMS BRO WIT 1 II;i the erriuiT-Mlfthii clbrat.l!? vkkik, oiove atiu cakes. are g lug liilke:iuitir ) .tf A FIN 2 JSRSEY-EtJLLl T at my stable. A ran -chance ro orMt; yilrr ock witli lUe very uesj, W4iicialUi4iUt to einbiace. 6:3m . C. l'LVLEU. JAMES M. GRAYf' Attorney and CounseUcr at Lavr, ' 4 SALISBURY, X. G. 1' . Ofllce iu the Court Uousa lot. next door; to Squire Haughton. Wul practice ifi a1! ll the Courts of the State. Blacta and. Heita, Attorneys, Counselors t and Solicitors. SALISBURY, a ' Jauaay22 1879 tt. i.: it TIME TABLE WESTERN N. C. RAILR3AD .Leave . GOIXU WEST.. .'. Snlicl ury f M Third Creek ..... Ettl'ood Stateirillft .... Catawba Stutiou NVwhm Cnnti va llickury .... Ieanl Moranton Glen Alpine..,.: 1 l ollit . ... ... sir Oik M - 9 Z . j , 10 J) f : : J ' : - 11 u . 12 7 -1 44 , . ?'. 2 J" i nv " 41 1 I Hrinfrewator.... j Marion Oi(lI,;t- . Henry j Swufihanoa Gap Black Mountain (JHirs A rri ve giving east Suliiurv - Third Cutk K!in'A i'f 1 Statesrillc C'.itiiwba Newton OttDoVu Uickdiy Jcard M.r;rauton Glen Alpir:o Bridjrpwa'er Ma rii n Old P.rt Jlcnry Hwaii iniiKi Hlatk Mountain C- 1 's 4 !' o,7 if. I., 46.' I . I 3 4y-' Vl ' p. 1J 'i- 9 : pas - f 7 44 ' . t;if J CO A. If. trains run, li'v, Snmlays excepted, Tram poinr W,. breakfaft at ta"f.- viI.e ai.adiUi.er atlionry. T ain K'oinjr East J hrealuast at Henry and dir.ner at IIickryw- J. T-WILSOy.Treidfnt.'. CMCffllffi FiW Other Pianos wear out BUT THEY GO OH FOREVER, VICTORS la J1 great contertt and for 53 years past the acknowte feed Sliula.rl ofth World. Musical PerteUion.Wonderful DurabiU. tjr and Reasonable Cost. True ecouotny indicates purchase ot a sennino Chickerio(f ana no other. LAST CHANCE TO BUY CHEAP ChJcltcril & Son 1 .rgely adviutceU their price Feb. i. Our oW contract s erpire Ai.ril i, all r jrlll fifl an erdtri ttUni t:for (Lt 4u at oU rat, Cw prtew io ara poiitin tta cica Aatnci. Order now and save ln.ni to iO oa the pur Chase(yresent rates guaranteed only to April ! LUDJlEX & BATES, Savannah, Oa. Wholeaale AgeuU .r ij.,r U.,s. C.,N. C ,& Ala. No. 20: 4f BE. GEO. W. GiHAHAM; C HAIiLOTTE, X. C. U 1'ip.cticc Lin.itcd to EYE, EAU, asl THSOAf Elseasesj ., i Oliice uitii Dili. JoNKS k OliAIIAAL 10:: !tl KERR CRAIG2, tturncs at Xaiu, SAllsbnry,. TO".. O. CUeap Ciiat lei MoriTts, arionsoiher blantcii f r ;! Church Sl Co's. Fine Uakixo Soia, Tut no in mar i!ckapfx, f.-r anlq . at J. I). MeXEEU'S. At RiGhmoRil Prices ! CLOVILIl, OECiini), All othiT Orass Seti!. I'lices, (!u is'l ii-eludtd; Call .Hid SViTUt 17:lf ' ' at nichmoiid NOW IS TIIK.TIME TO SUnsCIJIliE FOR THE WATCHMAN I- - fr'f La if: il -V v. 1 r-1, i 4 '