A POSTAL MONEY ORDER SY'STEM.
The suggestions contained in the following re
marks of the New \ork Times, on the necessity
of a postal money order system, are worthy of
special consideration:
for a Postal Mnney-Order Si/stem.
—It must be confessed, to our great discredit,
that the postal system of the United States is
practically inferior to that of any European cnun-
try. Id one of its roost important branches—the
safe conveyance of money—it is wholly deficient
A merchant prefers an express company’ rather
than the Post OflBce Department with a valuable
package, and though the inadecjuacy of the
to supply the great and increasing wants of the
people is notorious, j’et year after year passes
away, and we do not see the slightest effort at im
provement. If, to obtain such improvement, we
were obliged to wait, by force of circumstances,
until some new and unheard of plan coul o
successfully adopted, there might be some excuse
for this negligence. But plans have been al
ready invented, and, in other countries, arc work
ed with tTie most marked success. We have only
to adopt them—to put into practice a system, the
benefits of which have been already demonstrated;
yet we refuse to make the attempt, and cling to
old fogyism with a tenacity wholly opposed to
the general spirit of Yankee go-aheadativeness.
“Our present system of registering letters is a
humbug. Every one knows it to be a humbug.
It offers no more security for the safe transmis
sion of a valuable letter than is to be found in
the ordinary channel. The only difference i.x |
that an extra fee is charged. This system ol ;
registration has been established for several years, j
but, instead of being a check to stealing money ,
entrusted to the mails, it has rather been the |
means of pointing out to dishonest men in the I
service the exact place where money letters can
be obtained. |
“The practice of remitting sums of money j
through post office orders has existed in Great
Britain for a long period. In Canada, also, the i
saize system has been in successful operation for !
several years. It is estimated that over 850,-
000,000 are annually transmitted through the
British post office by means of money orders, ami
not two dollars in the million are, within the
same period, lost by mail robberies, fire, or other
causes. This is surely ample proof of the safety
of this mode of transmitting money. In Great
Britain no order is issued for over five pounds
sterling; but we see no reason why orders should
not be issued, as in Canada, to the extent of
twenty-five pounds, or 8100. According to the
English plan, every post office is a money-order
office; but in Canada, the larger offices, or about
one-eighth of the whole number, are authorised
to draw money orders. These, however, are de
tails which may or may not be adopted, accord
ing to circumstances. We want the system first,
and can make improvements afterwards.
“We believe that the establishment of some
safe mode for the transmission of valuable letters
amounts now to a necessity, and the want of it
should no longer be tolerated. We trust that
the matter will receive the attention of Congress ,
before adjournment.- Its importance to the mer
cantile community cannot be over estimated; and
the adoption of the British money-order system
will be invaluable to the whole public, and will
make a considerable addition to the revenue of
the department. The charges made in England
for issuing orders are on a scale of one-half per
cent; and our people would willingly submit to
even a higher tax, provided it insured the safe
conveyance of their letters. The benefits of the
system would be felt by every class of the com
munity, and especially by subscribers to news
papers and other periodicals.”
Improved Postage Stamps.—The Postmaster
General has ordered the adoption of an improve
ment in the manufacture of Postage Stamps,
which has been for some time in use in England.
They are to be prepared on sheets with perfora
tions around the borders of each stamp so that
they can be separated, one from the other, with
out using a knife or pair of scissors. Besides
the saving of time in this improvement, there is
greater security that the stamp will adhere to the
letter, for the points or rough edge left by the
perforations will stick better to the letter, there
being none of the risk of the edge turning up as
when it is continuous; these stamps are prepared
by Messrs. Toppan, Carpenter & Co., of Philadel
phia, and the Le^lgcr states, that, in addition to a
supply for Philadelphia, they have already been
sent to New York, Boston, Baltimore, Cincinnati,
St. Louis, New Orleans, Chicago and Albany.
The amount of letter writing in the United States
may be inferred from the cumber of postage
stamps used. The number sold by the Govern
ment last year reached nearly one hundred and
fifty millions of stamps!
A Smyular Case.—On Sunday last Drs. Free
man and Perry, of Saratoga, amputated the leg
of a Mr. Smith, a resident of that village. The
cause for the amputation was the actual death of
the limb. Mr. S., who is a laboring man of in
dustrious and temperate habits, some six weeks
since, while walking was seized with a sudden
pain in the leg, about half way from the knee to
the ankle, and immediately all sensation or feel-
ing below the region of the pain ceased. The
look and color of the skin, and to the touch, was
that of a dead body, and all life or animation be
low midway from the knee to the ankle, was en
tirely eradicated. The above physicians attended
the sufferer and used all the skill and ingenuity
known to the medical profession to rcKtore the
circulation but to no avail. The individual had
previously enjoyed good health, and the cause for
so sudden and singular a result could not be ac
counted for. Circumstances of palsiod or paral
yzed limbs are of frequent occurrence, but
the death of a limb, we understand, was never be-
fore known to the medical faculty. That the
hmb was actually dead is shown ^^Trom the
fact that decomposition had set in, and it was
ound necessary to amputate the limb to prevent
mortification. The leg was taken off above the
knee.—Albany Aryus.
The culture of Cotton in India a Failure.—It
seems that after all, John Bull will have to rely on
America for cotton. By the last dates received,
we perceive the cotton supply called forth a discu.s-
sion in the British House of Commons Mr.
Hatfield adverted to the increasing demand from
the English manufactories, and the high prices
paid to the United States for the raw material,
instead of fostering the policy of looking to the
vast poBsessions of the empire in India. Mr V.
Smith responded from the ministerial side, that
the government was willing to entertain any
specific proposition from Mr. Hatfield on the
subject. He denied that it had been neglected,
stating that experiments had been made, and
were still being made, but except in Bombay, but
little success had been met with.
A Paris paper says that a duel lately took
place between a barrister and a merchant, in the
Bois de Vincennes. On the day appointed, the
rain fell in torrents. Nevertheless, being men of
spirit, the two combatants took off their coats
and fired twice at each other without hitting,
when the matter was settled. In a fortnight af-
ch^t*^ ^ inflammation of the
MIXING BEED WHEAT.
We find the ft)llowing strtiole in |he Mark
Lane Express, which contains ;i stijfgestion. which
may be worth an experiment by the farmers ot
this country:
“ The MIxinq of Seeds.—An interesting expe
riment performed in Franc-, in mixing different
kind.c of wheat for peed, has lately been publish
ed. Fifteen varieties of wheat, amongst which
were Hunter’s and Fenton’s, were sown iseparately
on about twenty-four poles of land for each, anl
a sixteenth plot was sown with a mixture com
posed of*ill the varieties; this latter plot was the
most disadvantageously situated of any, beini;
bordered by elms whose roots stretched into the
plots, and which shaded much of* the ground
from the influence of the sun. It was on this
account rejected as being unsuitable for the ex
periment with the varieties singly, and a mixture
of the whole was sown merely that the ground
might be occupied. The results were quite un
expected; for while the yield of the most produc
tive variety, viz; blood-red wheat, sown singly
was 26i bu. per acre, ar-d that of the least pro
ductive, viz: a French variety, was only about
bus. per acre, the produce of the mixture
was *29} bus. per acre. So in straw the mixture
produced about 44* cwt., while the next highest
produce, viz: that of the red chaff Dantzic, was
43J cwt. per acre. M. Ro.s.«eau, the farmer who
p)erforiued the experiment, explains the prolific-
ue>‘!i of the mixture from tbe fact of the different
kinds of wheat coming into ear at different times,
thus affording more chances for the proper fecun
dation of the flower, and also for the development
of the pickle. He also considers the inequality
in the length of the straw of the different varie
ties an advantage, in preventing the ears being
too closely packed; thus allowing the free admis
sion of air amongst them, and more liberty to ex
pand during the filling of the heads.
• The practice of mixing different kind of wheat
for seed is regularly followed in some parts of
France, five or six varieties being used for the
purpose. The results of such mixtures have al
ways been successful, the produce never being in
ferior to that of any variety sown alone. The
mixing of oats in this country, also, has always
been attended with success, both in the yield of
grain and straw. And when, during the time of
low prices some years ago, the coarse but prolific
varieties of wheat, such as Fenton, were not very
readily bought by bakers, some farmers adopted
the practice of mixing them with the finer va-
rietie.'', such as Hunter’s, and sowing the mixture.
They generally succeeded in olttaining a larger pro
duce than if the wheat had been sown pure; and
as good a price was obtained for the mixed pro
duce as for the best variety when sold by itself.”
From the Wilmington .Imirnal
MOORE’S V.liKKK CELEBll.VTlON
SKETCH OF MR. WRI iHT’S
Mr. Wright cnogratulated iiis hearer^ th.\t
they had again the privile^re >f mot^ting upon
groiijid consecrated by the jjalhint deeds of their
patriotic ancestors, and upon the anniversary of
a day illu'»trated by a feat of arms who.se jjlory
heralded the still greater glory of their country’s
freodoiu. He welcomed them to the spot, and
could only wish that it were in his power to do
justice to the occasion.
iMeet and proper was it that they should as
semble to do honor to a day and n deed so emi
nently worthy of commemorative homage. Too
long had that homage been withheld—too long
had the field consecrated to patriotism remained
unmarked and unvisited—too seldom had the
deed which hallows it been the theme of patriotic
encomium. It may be that the illustrious dead
need no monument—their glorious deeds no for
mal commemoration — that both are alike present
to our memories and enshrined in our hearts.
But, whether they need it or not, it is due from
us that they should be honored otherwi.se and
elsewhere than in our hearts. This duty of the
living to their dead benefactors has been recog
nised in all ages and in every land, and the
column and the cenotaph had been caused to as
cend, and song and story, and formal celebration,
had appealed to the hearts of the nations in honor
of the great men and the great deeds of their
history. Prompted by a kindred feeling, we had
met together to indulge in grateful recollections
of the men and the deed of the 27th of February
1776
He would open to them the volume of our
country’s history wherein is written the story of
the tyrannies which were practised by England
and endured by us for ten long years, before
1 IIIIV*, .lllU
appreciate the ptrength of the I
nd ndmire the jndgraont which I
The main features of the scene then were very I
much a'^ they -ire now, and the eye rlancin>;
•iroiind. cin easily
p ■>fs’ p t«iiion, and
selected it.
The night of the ‘26th passed in busy prepara- J
tion. The morning came and brought with it the i
note of conflict—the Highland blood was stirred
by the bugle and bag-pipe—the Highland column ;
pres.ses on unbroken until it nears the Ameri- j
can lines, where all is silent. But that silence is I
broken by the roar of musketry—the hot fire i
bursts from the lines, and the column sinks before j
it—the cannon sweeps the crowded Bridge—Me- 1
Leod, the Highland leader, falls—Campbell falls j
—still the fight goes on, until a portion of the |
American forces having crossed the Creek, take ;
the enemy in tbe rear;—bereft of the leadt^rs, the i
clansmen are seized with panic—the battle of;
Moore’s Creek is won, and the standard of King ^
George is in the dust. Thus was fought, and '
thus was won the battle which we commemorate.
The immediate loss of the enemy was consider- .
able—the ultimate effect of his repulse would be
difficult to estimate. Many men were, most
probably, wounded on the American side; but one ^
is known to have been killed. That man was ;
John Grady of Duplin, a private in Caswell’s
regiment of minute men, who won his death by
an intrepidity which scorned the shield of the j
breastworks. i
The trophies of the field were large quantities I
of arms, over eight hundred prisoners, and a box
of English gold. Among the prisoners was Geo- j
eral McDonald. But the great result was the j
breaking up of the concerted plan for the inva
sion of the State—the elevation of the hearts of!
the patriots, and the depression of their enemies.
The State, if not the whole South, was saved.
The ranks of the royalists were thinned and
goaded by in'olerable oppression North Carolina j broken, and the preponderance given to the pa-
broke out in rebellion, after having in vain ex- j triot cause in the councils of the State, which it
haustcd remonstrance and appeal Tyrannous ' never subsequently lost. The banner of liberty,
taxes imposed, appropriations refused for the re- ! before drooping, was never subsequently lowered^I
lief Of the colony, the courts of justice closed to* North Carolina followed up the blow by the ,
her citiiens, the asylum of her legislative rights first legislative recommendation of a Declaration ,
violated, the sanctity of life and property no : of Independence by the Continental Congress,
longer respected, all these called for redress, : made on the American Continent. That blow, the j
which all felt could now only be looked for from first victory ever achieved over British power in i
their own stout hearts and strong arms. The America, was succeeded by other triumphs, until
spirit of rebellion pervaded the province, it blazed ; the crowning day at Yorktown left our forefathers
out in the stamp act sedition in the streets of in undisputed possession of the precious liberties
Wilmington, it was felt in every town and ham- ' they had won, and which we now enjoy,
let in the land. But this was not the occasion, I But, it might be asked, who was the comman-
nor was his the duty to dwell longer upon a theme der at the Battle of Moore’s C»‘eek. To General j
which belonged more properly to tbe annalist.
He would turn to the events bearing more strictly
upon the subject then before him and more di
rectly connected with the occasion of the meeting.
Moore was due the stratagetical arrangement that
indicated the point at which the stand was to be
made; whether the immediate command at the
battle rested with Caswell or Lillington, was
Journal of Agriculture.
In the mouth of January, 1775, a royal cruiser ! Texed question, which he regretted his inability
From the Boston Traveler of Thursday:
Great Ox.—The splendid ox raised and fat
tened, by Mr. Samuel Steddins, of Deerfield, was
slaughtered in that town on Wednesday last.
For beauty of form, fine points and fatness, he
was undoubtedly superior to any other ox in
Western Mas.sachusetts, and probably in the State;
indeed his equal is rarely to be found in any part
of our country. He was of the Durham breetl,
and took a premium at the State fair at Boston, in
1S55—also at the Franklin Co. fair in 1H56.
He was seven years old. He was purcha.«ed by
Justin Root & Co. of Greenfield, for that market.
His live weight was 3,050 lbs.
His quarters, after hanging three days, weighed 2,051
“ hide, “ “ “ 153
“ tallow, “ “ “ 253
Total dead Weight lbs. 2,4*i‘2
If sold at 10 cents per pound, dead weight, the
price would amount to tbe round sum of S246,
although without a doubt a considerably higher
price must have been paid.
Old Woollens.—The little town of Dewsberry
in Yorkshire, England, is chiefly respon.xible for
whatever of merit or demerit attaches to the
utilizing of cast-off woollens, which generally pas
ses in England by the name of the Dewsberry
trade. Immense warehou.ses are filled with old
stockings, worth 835 to S50 a ton; white flannels,
worth 850 to SI00; and carefully assorted black
cloth, worth §100 to ?150; while all the rubbish,
consisting of seams, linseys and nondescripts,
are worth 810 to 815 per ton for manufacturing
prussiate of potash. All the better materials are
ground or “pulled up” into a loose mass resem
bling the original fibres. Generally speaking,
this material is far inferior to new wool, and its
admixture into almost every species of cloths,
now extensively practiced, while it detracts but
little from their appearance, has a serious effect
upon their durability. The peculiar stitch or
bend of tbe worsted fibres in knit work, and the
hot water and washing to which they are subjec
ted during their stocking existence, has the effect
of producing a permanent elasticity in the pro- ,
duct, which no new wool can be found to equal;
and this fact may be of value to those who man
ufacture blankets for printing presses, and the
like permsineutly elastic sheets. By this trade
Dewsberry has increased from a little village to a
city of 30 000 inhabitants. Garments from all
parts of Great Britain, Europe, and even Ameri- !
ca, are there torn up and as.sorted.
floated upon the Cape Fear, behind whose wooden
walls Martin, the Ust royal Governor of North
Carolina, had taken shelter. Driven from his
palace at Newbern, which he had vainly attempt
ed to fortify, he had sought refuge under the
better protection which he supposed was to be
found behind the guns of Fort Johnston. But
the eagle eyes of the patriots of the (>ape Fear
were upon him. They discovered his plottings
against their liberties—his attempts to arm and
excite the slaves against their masters—and they
determined to dislodge him. There re-appeared
on the scene one who perhaps did more to kindle
and keep burning the fires of freedom than any
other man of that perilous time. That man was
Col. John Ashe, a man of whom his native coun
ty and State should ever be proud, as one of the
to discuss fully at this time, while he did not feel
at liberty to totally pass over a question in which
the claims of a favorite son of New Hanover were
involved. He briefly reviewed the evidence of
history, and the circumstances of the case, which
bad led him to the conclusion that, however com
mon report, and even official action, had led to
the impression that Caswell was in command; the
truth was that the command on the occasion
rested with Lillington, and that if to one man
more than another could be awarded the title of
“the hero of Moore’s Creek,” that man was Col.
Lillington, of New Hanover.
But the revolution had other fields, and the
Cape Fear Country, justly termed the Gibraltar
of North Carolina, had other brave spirits, who
struck many a gallant blow for their country.
ablest, most eloquent and most gallant patriots Time would not serve to blazon their names, or
■ ■ ~ amplify their deeds. He would ask them to go
with him in imagination to but one of those fields
of fame, where a battle was fought, only second
in iaiportauce to that which we had met to com
memorate. He alluded to the battle of Elizabeth
town, fought by the gallant patriots,—among
whom were Owen and Morehead, and Robeson
and others of Bladen county, under their cho.sen
commander. Col. T. Brown, who marched with
his forces against the stronghold of the Tories at
Elizabeth, crossed the river noiselessly, and gave
of the Revolution. Holding the rank of Colonel
under the Royal Governor, he instantly resigned
hi? commission as soon as the machinations of
Martin were discovered; he wa.? immediately ele
vated to the same rank by popular election.
Holding his commission from the people, he
promptly led the regiment which he raised and
for the support of which he had pledged his own
private estate, against Fort Johnston, which was
soon demolished, his own hand applying the
torch Gov. Martin sought refuge on board the
COMMUNICATIONS^
FOR THK OBSERVER.
Since my reply to the Standard wa.s prepared,
a friend placed iu my hands the VV arreutou News
with the followinji article:
“ Whn is to Hlamf?—The following extract
from the Raleigh correspondence of the ,\sheville
News gives a Western man’s opinions on the pro
ceedings of the liite Ijegislature. His opinion
is entitled to the more weight, as he saw and
heard for himself. The people of Western Caro
lina are too sagacious to be deceived by the plau
sible “clap-traps” of the unscrupulous opponents
of the democratic party. They can and will com
pare the vast difference between the practice and
professions of the Know Nothing Ixader General
Dockery:
“We thus see that the counties West of the
Blue Ridge have been ‘slaughtered,’ their just
and reasonable expectations thwarted, and their
members, as one of them expressed it in debate,
‘go home, emphatically, with their fingers in their
mouths!’ Where does the blame of this thing
lie?
“No^ar/^ can be held exclusively responsible
Both are implicated alike on the record. The
vote on these questions was not a party, but a
sectional one. But the man on whom, of all oth
ers, the responsibility rests is the former
improvement candidate for governor—Gen. Al
fred Dockery. The ‘Western Extension’ bill,
providing for the prompt cutting of the tunnel
through the mountains, as a State icork, had pas
sed the Senate. In that body, from its constitu
tion, the West is weakest. In the Coriimons the
two sections are more equally balanced. It was
regarded, therefore, that the battle was over. By
the rules of the body, when a bill had once passed,
no ‘motion to reconsider’ is in order, unless made
on the same day, or by twelve o’clock of the day
succeeding. About eleven, the ‘Senator from
Richmond’ made his motion to reconsider, which
was finally adopted, and resulted in the death of
the bill. He, therefore, is entitled to the ‘bad
eminence,’ the unenviable distinction, of striking
that death blow. Nor was the honorable Senator
content to stop here, in dealing out his favors to
our Western people. On the very next day he
made two elaborate and effective speeches against
the French Broad bill. But it is useless to de
nounce the gentleman. He announced that he
never expected again to ask office from the people,
and our Western friends can therefore only ren
der him their thanks.”
I have never seen an article of the same length
which contained a greater number of unmiti
gated falsehoods, expressed and implied, than is
contained in the effusion of the above Raleigh
correspondent. One or two of them I will notice.
The writer says, “on the very next day he
made two elaborate and effective speeches against
the French Broad Bill.” Now sirs, I have never
made the first speech against the Bill to the
present moment. I gave my reasons at the time
for moving a re-consideration,—that I wished to
amend it only; and the two speeches I made the
day after were in self-defence, in reply to two
violent and vindictive per.sonal as well a.s politi
cal assaults made by Speaker Avery, in which I
again assigned my reasons for wishing to re-con-
.sider and amend the bill. After the amendments
had been made so as to leave the old charter in
form from Morganton to Asheville, the new bill
granting aid to reach Morganton, and all the aid
a.sked on 43 miles West of Asheville, had not a
warmer friend in the Senate than I was.
Again he says, with the view to render my
course more odious, that I said I n«ver expected
to ask the people again for office. This is false.
I said I never expected to occupy a seat in a
Legislative body again.
Every new development shows there is a con
cert of action to injure me, that stops but little
short of a criminal conspiracy.
ALFRED DOCKERY.
King’s sloop of war, and from that last strong- notice of their presence to the foe only by the
hold of royalty, issued his proclamation denounc- wild war-cr}' of death or victory. The stronghold
ing the rebellion and promising forgiveness of of the Tories was stormed, and his forces defeated,
all offences to such as would rally around the Thus was achieved a victory which shattered the
standard which he proposed to erect. Commis- strength of the Tories, thrilled through the heart
sions issued to Allen .McDonald, Donald Me- of the Cape Fear with joy, and exhibited a degree
Donald, Alexander McLeod, and other leading j of skill and valor only exceeded by the patriot-
mcn, to erect the Royal standard, rally all loyal isoi which called them into action,
subjects under it, and meet him (Martin) at Such were tbe men and such the days of the
Brunswick on the 15th of the following February, Revolution, days in which you had not only he-
for the purpose of effecting a junction with Sir i roes in the camp, but also in the council—your
Henry Clinton and Lord Cornwallis. Strangers Hoopers and your Harnetts, as well as your
to the soil, ignorant of its language, their clan- Moores, and your Lillingtons, and your Ashes,
nish feelings appealed to, the Highlanders, sur- , Men unsurpassed in valor or devotion by the
Fifti/ Years Hence.—lit. Rev. Bishop Clarke
delivered a lecture in Cambridge on Tuesday
evening of last week, taking for his subject.
Fifty Years Hence. From a sketch in the
Cambridge Chronicle, we take the following ex
tracts:
“Fifty years hence the newly married pair will
step into an emporium for the sale of houses, look
over the book of patterns, select one to suit their
taste and means, order it, and it will be sent
home in the morning, put together and occupied
at night.
“In travelling, as great changes will take place.
Instead of the dusty road and crowded car, there
will be a splendid Locomotive Hotel, flying over
a road carpeted with turf and bordered with shade
trees, and heralding its approach with sweet mu
sic, instead of the demoniac shriek of the steam-
whistle, and labelled. Through from Boston to
San Francisco in four days.
“Instead of the unsightly telegraph poles, there
will be, fifty years hence, a net work underground,
and under the bosom of the deep, and it will click
off thoughts instead of words. Then the Electric
Battery will light all the street lamps at once,
enable all the clocks in the city to keep exact
time, ami kindle the Beacons on the dangerous
rocks, where now men hazard their lives and wear
out their lonely days.
“Then the author will not write by our slow
process, losing his rarest fancies, but he will sit
down to the newest invented Chirographical in
struments, and putting his fingers on the keys
write as fast as he can think.”
Considerable excitement was got up in Win
stead last week by the sudden disappearance of
two little school boys, who it was feared were
drowned. They were found finally, seven miles
from home, drenched with rain, “going to Cali
fornia,” because they had “such hard lessodte to
get, and were afraid of a flogging at home, in
case they did not get them. So, taking each
other’s hands, the little “round-a-bouts” put out
for California, with perhaps as much calculation
as one half that go to that delectable region.
New Haven Regitter.
vivors of the dark days of Culloden, whom expe
rience had taught to dread the weight of the
royal power, while they were anxious to conciliate
the royal favor, rallied promptly around the
standard of King George. Called upon “to step
forward and draw their broad-swords as their
forefathers had often done in defence of their
King”—stirred by the pibroch of their native
land, they did step forward, with the martial en-
thusiam of their race. They came, but they
came not alone—the rascal tory—traitor to his
native land, was with them.
But the patriots were not idle. As soon as the
rally of the clansmen and their allies at Cross
Creek became known, they flew to arms. The
plough was left in the furrow—the wife girded on
her husband’s sword, and the boy, not yet fully
arrived at man’s estate, pressed forward to meet
the enemies of his country, with all the determin
ation of mature years. Led on by the able and
gallant General James Moore, the patriot forces
at once moved forward towards the rendezvous of
the Royalists, and being joined by Cols. Lilling
ton, Ashe and Kenan, with their respective com
mands, they encamped at Ilockfish, about eight
miles from the enemy.
On the I9th of February, Gen. Moore received
a letter from Gen. McDonald offering Royal cle
mency to all who would join the Royal standard,
and denouncing Royal vengeance against all who
would not. The Royalist overtures were prompt
ly rejected. On the 20th, the Highland army,
two thousand strong—left their position at Cross
Creek, with the evident view of forcing Moore’s
position and continuing their march to Wilming
ton, but finding it too strong to be forced, they
retraced their steps and crossed the river at Camp-
bellton. On discovering this movement Moore
sent an express to Col. Caswell who was coming
up with about eight hundred men, to take a posi
tion at Corbett’s Ferry on Black River, with a
view of intercepting the enemy. Cols. Lillington
and Ashe were ordered to make a forced march,
and if possible, reinforce Caswell; or, failing in
that, take possession of Moore’s Creek Bridge—
that field of fame on which we stand. He him
self at once proceeded with the remainder of his
army, to cross the river at Elizabethtown, in the
hope of being able to aid in arresting the progress
of the Royalists, who crossed three miles above
Caswell’s position on Black River. Meanwhile,
Lillington, with his brave comrades, reached
Moore’s Creek Bridge on the 25th, where he was
joined on the ensuing day by Caswell, with his
minute men. Soon as the juction was effected,
preparations were made to receive the enemy, who
had hurried up, and arrived on the 26th, confi
dent, no doubt, of victory, as was F«rguson at
King’s Mountain, when he said that all the rebels
out of h—II could not drive him from his position.
proudest names of antiquity—men whom we must
hold in honor or be recreant to all the feelings
of gratitude and patriotism. Let us not be so re
creant. Let us build high, at last, that monu
ment, the foundation stone of which we this day
lay in honor of a victory ennobled by a noble
cause. Let us ever hallow in our hearts the spot
on which we stand—let the monument we build
on it ever be an altar to freedom, where we may
relume the fires of patriotism, and hither, like
Hamilcar of old, let us come with our children,
and swear on such an altar undying hostility to
the enemies of their country.
We have thus briefly glanced at some of the
points in an address, which was listened to with
marked pleasure and enthusiasm by the vast au
dience assembled—much has been unavoidably
omitted—much merely hinted at rather than
reported.
After Mr. Wright had concluded, the ceremony
of laying the corner stone of a monument com
memorative of the event celebrated, was proceeded
with under the direction of the committee of
arrangements. Dr. F. J. Hill of Wilming
ton, made a brief but highly appropriate address
and proceeded to deposit a box containing the pub
lications of the day—all the remains of the patri
otic Grady that could be found, etc., after which
the stone was sealed up, the benediction was pro
nounced by Rev. Mr. Grier, the military fired a
salute and the ceremonies of the day were at a
close.
Something New.—Ploughing with the power
of a locomotive steam engine has been success
fully practised in England the past season. W.
Smith, Esq., of Wolsten, England, publishes a
letter in the Mark Lane Express, stating that he
had ploughed his whole farm by steam, except
one field and small spot purposely left to try the
sieam plough upon in the spring, and it is stated
that the work is much better done than it coitid
have been done by horses, besides being done more
expeditiously and at less expense.
Faster and Faster.—This age (says the N. Y.
Day Book) is getting so “fast” that it will be
necessary to get an improvement on the tele
graph soon. We learn that private telegraphic
wires through the city are getting into use.
Some of the large jobbing-houses have wires
running to the “Commercial Agencies.” While
a person is negotiating for the purchase of goods
in one part of the store, a clerk is talking with
the “Commercial Agency” some blocks off about
his habits and pecuniary resources.
Men and women are extinct—they died
about sixty years ago, and left no heirs. Ladies
and gentlemen have usurped their places.
FOR THE OBSERVER.
Messrs. Editors: Since the last Legislature
failed to give your Rail Road State aid to devcl-
ope the mineral resources of the State, I have
been a close observer to see what course the
friends of the Road would pursue, and I see you
and some few others are for building the Road.
By all means let it be built. State aid or not; it
can be built without State aid. I learn there is
a clause in the charter allowing counties to take
stock. Now let it be submitted to the people of
Cumberland at once, and let us see if she will not
take 8100,000. The interest of Fayetteville is
the interest of the county; both are links of the
same chain; and what benefits one will benefit
the other. I think if the matter is fairly placed
before the people they will decide in favor of
8100,000. It will be a good chance for the poor
to use the rich; for the poor pay but little tax,
and the rich, the tax payers, would help to build
a road for the benefit of the poor. The poor man
would be benefited in buying his flour and oats
cheaper. Some few tax payers may object, who
have but little soul, from their acts; but in my
judgment the liberal will stand up to it. Other
counties may come to your help, if Cumberland
will lead off. Let the question come before the
people, I say.
The interest on 8100,000 will be but 86000 a
year for two or three years; and in my judgment
the stock will pay over and above interest enough
in a few years to pay off the Bonds.
I have no pecuniary interest in Fayetteville,
but I have in the county; and I have the welfare
of the State, county and town at heart. Let us
have the Road. I believe we would have received
State aid, if the boys who were in the Legislature
had been at school, and their places occupied by
men. This I hope will be the case hereafter.
A County Tax Payer.
P. S. Let us for the time to come tax our
selves for home improvements, and oppose, all
State aid on principle, as we have been so shame
fully treated.
FOR THE OBSERVER.
COLPORTEUR’S REPORT FOR CUMBERLAND
COUNTY, N. C.
TO THE PUBLIC.
Since my first annual report, made in March
1856, I have labored 10 months and 22 days,
humbly relying upon the blessing of God for suc
cess. I have seen much to make me sad and
much to cheer me. As a Colporteur, I have vis
ited 916 families; have conversed and prayed with
864 families. I have found 158 families who
habitually neglect all Evangelical preaching;
have found 41 families destitute of the Bible—
30 of these I supplied with the Bible; visited 95
families having no religious books except the Bi
ble, and have addressed 91 public religious meet-
ings.
I have, during the 10 months and 22 days,
sold 1683 volumes, comprising a little more than
100,980 pages of religious reading, amounting to
$331 18. I have given to the destitute 1017
volumes, comprising 61,020 pages of reading
matter, worth to the Society $131 41. I regret
to state that only $13 50 have been received by
me as donations to the Society since March 1,
1856. Those in our midst possessing tbe means
I hope will feel it a duty and a privilege to con
tribute something, which will be properly applied
in carrying the knowledge of Christ to the'poor
and ignorant.
Suob friends to the Sooietj’B work are needed.
I could not jiave been persuaded before enira,
in this work that fh^'re exists so much
gradation at our very doors Many arounri
are perishing for lack of knowledge; fhey ■„*(.
to do evil, bnt to do good they know ?Ip
their poor little children! what will
them? I cannot tell what have been ruy feeli
when looking upon the scenes of poverty unij
tress with which I have often met Their
dition can be bettered. There is a power
ligious truth to do it. Shall they not have th^^'
In my field of labor I have been treated hv^l!
with great kindness, and I do verily believe th
people are ready to contribute to niy success
this work in every possible way. I am hapD**'
say that good, in many places and to many f ^
ilies, has already been accomplished. My
has often been gladdened when I have lear h
that the books and tracts distributed have effect
ed good. I feel more and more anxious to b
constantly employed in doing something that win
improve, temporally and spiritually, the man ■
who are now living in sin, ignorance and wretch
edness. JAMES CAI.\,
Colporteur for Cumberlaud Co
Fayetteville, March 1, 1857.
FOR THE OBSERVER.
DOWN ON ’e.m:
Democrats, \Vhigs and Americans are all down
on the last Legislature. If the next is to be of
the same stripe, poverty and misery will most as
suredly stripe our old North State, and the peo
ple will stripe it, or '■^streak it" to another State
There is much sympathy for Fayetteville in
this portion of our county. I sincerely hope that
she may yet come up out of the wildernes.s of
Democracy, build her own roads independent of
their Legislature, and swear allegiance to th^
most noble doctrines of a gloriou! Henry Clay
and those of the father of our liberties, George
Washington. ®
Montgomery Co., March 2.
THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUR(JPK~
Halif-\x, Feb. -2S.
The Niagara, from Liverpool on the Uih iust.
arrived this forenoon, bringing three days later
advices from Europe. %
The news from this side, per Atlantic and
Persia, greatly excited the Liverpoi>l cotton
market, and, with an unsettled market, prices
were considerably higher.
The mtst important portion of the news by
this arrival is the rumored termination of the
Persian war.
The London News says that no more troops
will be sent either to Persia or Canton, and that
the British forces at Bushire will not aJvunee
into the interior of Persia. ,
Every effort is being made to effect peace, and
there is every reason to hope that the negutiaiioDs
at Persia will terminate in amicable relatioD'i
I between Persia and England.
I New troubles are brewing in Europe, growing
I out of the question of the principalities.
! Commercial.—The advices per Atlantic caused
I an advance in the Liverpool market of Friday
j The sales of the week ending Friday were67,0(J0
; bales, including 25,000 on speculation and 5,500
for export, closing at the following rates: Fair Or
leans, 8Jd.; middling Orleans, 7^d.; and middling
uplands, 7id. The advices per Persia, received
on Saturday, caused an unsettled and excited
market, and with sales of 15,000 bales, prices
were fully 3-16th penny higher than reported per
Indian.
The Very Latest Commercial Advices.—Liver
pool letters received here by the Niagara, dated
I on Saterday afternoon, 14th instant, report the
actual advance in Cotton from the sailing of the
Asia up to that time from id to id per lb., the
market closing firm. The sales on Saturday
reached 17.000 bales at the annexed quotations;
Fair Orleans 8fd; fair Mobile 8d; fair Uplands
7|15-16d: middling Orleans 7|d; middling Mobile
7fd; middling Uplands 7|. The receipts during
the week were the largest of the season, reaching
9,400 bales, chiefly from American ports. The
stock on hand of all descriptions was 341,000 bales
Cape Fear and Deep River.—We understand
that the gentlemen authorized by the company to
make arrangements for the completion of this
work with certain parties having mining interests
in the Deep River basin, have made such arrange
ment for getting the work promptly into opera
tion. The details have not transpired. We can
only say that we are assured that the arrange
ment is not one with which the company or
the community will have any just cause to be
dissatisfied.— lft7. Journal.
The Rail Road.—The stimulating eflects of
the Railroad already begin to be felt in the Town.
Some lots have exchanged hands lately at an ad
vance of 100 per cent., upon prices paid only a
year ago. We know of a lot that was bought
some time since at S1200, on a five years’ credit,
without interest, sold for 82050 on a two yeais’
credit.—Eufaula Spirit.
Slaves Carried South.—For the last week or
two, the number of slaves carried by the Alabama
boats, down the river, for New Orleans, has been
large, beyond all precedent. These negroes come
over our railroad, mainly from Virginia and North
Carolina.—Mont. Mail.
From the Dublin University Mayasine.
OLD CHURCH BELLS.
Ring out merrily.
Loudly, cheerily.
Blithe old bells from the steeple tower.
Hopefully, fearfully,
Joyfully, tearfully,
Moveth the bride from her maiden bower.
Cloud there is noae in the fair summer sky;
Sunshine flings benieon down from on high;
Children sing loud as the train moves along,
“Happy the bride that the sun shineth on.”
Knell out drearily.
Measured and wearily,
Sad old bells from tlie steeple gray.
Priests chanting lowly;
Solemnly, slowly
Passeth the corse from the portal to-day.
Drops from the leaden clouds heavily fall
Drippingly over the plume and the pall;
Murmur old folk, as the train moves along,
“Happy the dead that the rain raineth on.”
Toll at the hour of prime,
.Matin and vesper chime.
Loved old beils from the steeple high—
Rolling like holy waves.
Over the lowly graves.
Floating up, prayer-fraught, into the sky.
Solemn the lesson your lightest notes teach;
Stern is the preaching your iron tongues preach;
Ringing in life from the bud to the bloom.
Ringing the dead to their rest in the tomb.
Peal out evermore—
Peal as ye pealed of yore.
Brave old bells, on each Sabbath day.
In sunshine and gladness.
Through clouds and through sadness,
Bridal and burial have passed away.
Tell us life’s pleasures with death are still rife;
Tell us that Death often leadeth to Life;
Life is our labor, and Death is our rest,
If happy the LiTiag, the Dead are the blest.