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NOirril (WUOLINA IN 1775. H«ncrott’s 8th volume, just published, is a his tory ot events in 177'3, iind in 1770 to the De claration of hulept'iidence on July 4 of that year. There are several notici's of the proj!;res8 of eventii in North Carolin.-i, whicli we shall transfer to the Observer, beginning \yith the first—a statement of the |K)sition ot the colony in the Spring and Sunmier of 1775. “North Carolina, fourth among the thirteen colonies in importance, ranking next to Pennsyl vania, wa.s huppy in the natural security of position, and it.s comparative unuiiiniity. In the low country, for the distance ot a hundred miles from the sea, all classes were penetrated with the enthusiasm for liberty. Men whom the royalists revered as of “the first order of pe4j>le in the country,” of unblemished integrity and earnest eharactur, loyal by nature, gave thoughtful con sideration to the political questions in issue, and decided irrevocably against the right of the British parliament to tax the colonies. In IJruns- wick county, Robert Howe, formerly captain of Fort Johnston, employed himself in training the people to arms; though Martin, the royal gover nor, held his military talents in light esteem. At Newbern, the capital, whose name kept in memory that its founders were emigrants from the high lands of Switzerland, volunteers openly formed themselves into independent companies. Afraid of being seized, Martin, suddenly shipping his family to New York, retreated to Fort John.ston on Capo Fear river, lie had repeatedly offered to raitte a battalioa I'rom the Scottish Highlanders in Carolina, and declared himself sure of the al legiance of the Regulators, who were weary of insurrection and scrupulous about their oaths. Again and again he importuned to be restored to his old rank in the army as lieutenant colonel, promising the greatest consequences from such an appoiutment. He could not conceal that “the frenzy” had taken possession ot all classes of men around him, and that the news of the affair at Lexington had universally wrought a great change, confirming the seditious, and bringing over to them vast numbers of the fickle, wavering, and unsteady multitude. Being absolutely alone, at the mercy of any handful of insurgents who should take the trouble to come after him, his braggart garrulity increased with his impotence; and hav ing formerly called for three thou.>«and stand of arms, he now wrote for fourfold that nunjber, ten thousand at least, to be sent immediately from Kngland, with artillery, ammunition, money, some pairs of colors, and a military commission for him self; promising, with the aid of two regiments, to force a connection with the interior, and rai«e not the Highlanders alone, buf the people of the up per country in such overwhelming numbers, as to restore order in the two Carolinas, “hold Virginia in awe.” and recover every colony south of Penn sylvania. After the termination of the seven years’ war, very few of the Highland regiment returned home; Soldiers and officers choosing rather to acc.pt irrants of land in America for settlement. Mmy also of the inhabitants of North Western Scot land. especially of the clans of Macdonald and 31acleod, listened to overtures from those who had obtained concessions of vast domains, and migrat ed to Middle (’arolina; tearing themselves, with bitterest ;:rief, from kindred whose .sorrow at part ing admitted no consolation. Those who went j first, reported favorably of the clear, sunny clime, I where every man might have land of his own; 'he , distance and the voyage lost their terrors; and from the isles of Ra«ay and Skye whole neigh- ‘ borhood.>i formed parties for removal, »wceteni!)g [ their exile by carrying with them their costume i and opinions, their old Celtic language and songs. Distinguished above them all was Allan Mac donald of Kingsborough, and his wife Flora Mac donald, the same who in the midsummer of 174»), yielding to a womanly sympathy for distress, had j rescued Prince Charles Kdward from his pur- j .suers, with a self-possession, fertility of resources, | courage, and fidelity, that arc never mentioned i but to her honor. Compelled by poverty, they had removed to North Carolina in 1774, and made their new home in the west of Cumberland county. She was now about fifty-five, mother of many chil dren, of middle stature, soft features, “uncom monly mild and gentle manners, and elegant pre- j sence.” Her husband had the graceful mien and { manly looks of a gallant Highlander, aged, but ! still with hair jet black, a stately figure, and a ! countenance that expres.sed intelligence and stead- | fastness. On the third of July he came down to i Fort Johnstjn, and concerted with Martin the raising a battalion of “the good and faithful High landers,” in which he was himself to be major, and Alexander Macleod, an officer of marines on half-pay, was to be the first captain. They were to wait the proper moment to take the field; but the design, though secretly devised, did not re- : main concealed; and rumor added a purpose of in- • viting the negroes to rise. 1 he spirit of resistance, quickened by the tid ings which came in from Bunker Hill, extended itielf more and more widely and deeply. )n the waters of Albermarle Sound, over which the ad- ! venturous skifl.^ „f the first settlers of (\irolina I had glided before the water.« of the Chesapeake | were known to Lnglishmen, the movement was j a.ssisted by the writings of young James Iredell, | from Kngland; by the letters and counsels of | Joseph Hewes; and by the calm wisdom of Samuel Johnston, of hdenton, a native of Dundee in Scotland, a man revered for his integrity, tho- •roughly opposed to disorder and to revolution, if revolution could be avoided without yielding to oppression. Ihe la.st provincial congress had in- ' vested him contingently with power to call a new one; on the tenth of July he issued his .summons to the people ot North Carolina to elect their de- legate.s. But two days later, Dartmouth wrote from the king: “1 }„,pc that in North (Jaiolina t le governor may not be reduced to the disgrace- u nece^^ity of seeking protection on board the ings ships; and just tlicri Martin slunk away trom landj and took refuge on hoard the Cruifter. Jn the eighteenth a jiarty came down, and, en couraged by the presence of John Ashe and Cornelius Harnett, set the fort on fire before his face, and within reach of the "uns of the man- of-war. As sooii as the deliberations at Philadelphia would permit, Richard Ca.swell, a delegate to the general eongresn, hastened home to recommend and promote a convention, and to tjuicken the daring spirit of his constituents. He had with reluctance admitted the necessity of American re sistance; but having once chosen his part, he ad vocated the most resolute conduct, and even cen sured the Newbern committee for allowing the governor to escape. On xMonday, the twenty-first of August, the {>eople of North Carolina assembled at Hills borough in a congress, composed of more than one hundred and eiglity members. A spirit of mod eration controlled and guided their zeal; Caswell proposed Samuel Johnston as president, and he was unanimously elected. In a vituperative, in coherent, interminable proclamation, Martin had warned the people against the convention, as tend ing to unnatural rebellion; that body, in reply, voted his proclamation “a false and seditious libel,” and ordered it to be burnt by the common hangman. They profcs.sed allegiance to the kin«-, but in tlie plainest words avowed the purpose to resist parliamentary taxation “to the utmost.” They resolved, that the people of the proviQcey singly and colloctively, wore bound by the acts of the continental and provincial congresses, because in both they were represented by persons chosen by themselves. A conference was had with the Regulators, whose religious and political scruples were thus removed. The intrigue of Martin with the Highlanders was divulged by Farquhard Campbell, and a committee, on which were many Scots, urged them, not wholly without success, to unite with the oth««r inhabitants of America in defence of rights derived from God and the con stitution. The meditated resistance involved the institution of government; a treasury, which for the time was supplied by an emi.ssion of paper money; the purchase of ammunition and arms; an embodying of a regular force of one thousand men; an organi*ation of the militia of the colony; an annual provincial congress to be elected by all freeholder.^; a committee of safety for each of the six districts into which the province was divided; a provincial council, consisting of the president^ of the convention and two members from each of the six divisions, as the great executive power. Richard Ca.swell, who, for the combined powers of wisdom and action, stands out as the foremost patriot of North Carolina, efficient in building up .society on its new foundation, a financier of skill and integrity, a courageous statesman and a man of capacity for war, was detained by the people in their immediate service; and John Penn, a V ir- ginian by birth, became his successor in the gene ral congress. The most remarkable subject brought before the convention Wius Franklin’s plan of a confede racy, which, on the twenty-fourth of August, was introduced by William Hooper; like Franklin, a native of Boston; trained under James Otis to the profession of the law; now a resident in Wilming ton, “the region of politeness and hospitality,” ot commerce, wealth, and culture. North Carolina was always prompt to respond to the call of her sister colonies; her convention listened with ready sympathy to the proposition, though it included a system of independence and government, and it was about to be adopted. But in the committee of the whoie house, the moderating prudence of Johnston interposed; and, by his persuasion. North (Carolina con.sented to forego the honor of being the first tj declare for a permanent federal union. On ^londay, the fourth of September, it was voted, but not unanimously, that a general con federation was not at present eligible; that a fur ther ipflt’ederacy ought only to be adopted in case of the last necessity, and then only after con sultation with the provincial congres.«». Hooper acquie.-^ced, and the bouse adopted unanimously his draft of an address to the inhabitant^i of the British empire, most solemnly disavowing the de sire of independence, consenting to ihe contin uance of the old injurious and oppre8.»ive regula tion of trade, and a.'«king only to be re.stored to the suite existing before 17)-^. On the eighteenth of October the proviu^-ial council held its first meeting. Among ius mem bers were Samuel Johnston, Samuel Ashe, a n^n whose integrity even his enemies never questioned, whose name a mountain county and the fairest town in the western part of the commoawealth keep in memory; Abner Na.'h, an eminent lawyer, described by Martin as “the orac-le of the com mittee ot Newbern, and a principal promoter of sedition;” but on neither of these three did the choice of president fall; that office of peril and power was bestowed unanimously on (’ornelius Harnett, of New Hanover, whose earne»tn«'SJ» of purj>ose and disinterested, tinquenchable zeal had made him honored as ihe Samuel Adams of North Carolina. Thus prepared, the people of that colo ny lookel tow.ards the future with di-rnity and fearlessiieas. The continent, still refa>»ing to per ceive the impending necessity of independence, awaited the answer to its hst petition to the king. I860. DBLGS, «EI)lll\ES, CIIE«ll’ALS, ^ THK subscriber is now in receipt of a large and iiE- LECT mock of Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paint*, Oils, (ilaw- ware. Perfumery, Dye-Stuffs, Brushes, Varnish es, (ilues. Pure Wines, Brandy and Gin for Medical use. Surgical and Dental Instruments, Trusses, Supporters, Cupping (’ases. Elec tro Magneto Machine^, Black and Green Teas, Spices, Extracts for Flavoring, Porter and Ale, Soaps, Starch, itc. Sic. To which he inviiea attention of Physicians and others. Particular atteaiion j.aid to o;Jers ami satisfaction guarantied both as reganis PKIPK ami (JLWLITV. JAS. N. S.MITM. Druggist. Nor. West Corner .Market Square April 20. ii.jtf THKY H.4VE .4T ARRIVED! PER Steamer Fanny I hare received a fine a.«sort- ment of «arato;;a and Viewport TKI NKS FOR LADIKS. They are perfect in their arrangement; Houiething en tirely new, and for strength, beauty and econoiur can not be beat; in fact, surpasjiing all odiert ever before brought to this luarket, and are sold at great bargainti. UentH Sole Leather Trunks, Vallsrs, Carpet Ba^s, Buejj) Trunks, Xew Sljle Knglisb Travelling Trunks, ImhrellaK for iiuggiea and Promenade. All tho.^e Goods are sold now cheaper than ever, to make room for niy large F'all Importations. Call at Nog. H and IG, Hav St., Fayetteville, N. C. ■ GEOKGE BR.4NDT. July 10. oo-itf IMPORTERS AND UKALKRS IN Hinen, Liquors and Havana Cigars, ,Vo. 1^*, MMuy Street. Respectfully invite the attention of Retailers and Bar-keeper« in general to their extensive stock Of BraiidieK, Fancy Bottled I^iqiiorK, and l^ej^ar$», * which for excellence of quality and cheapne.ss of price, cannot be surpassed by any other Hou.se in the country. Special attention is invited to their PURE GER.MAN WINE VINEG.\ll, an article not known in the South, and when once tried no dealer nor private family will do without. Also, Best RHINFj l^INES, for Table use; first quality SARDINES, at ERRANT, WILSON & BRO., , , No. 12, Hay Street. 37-ilm JTulff \st, 1860. Ij^VLRY ACCOUNT on our books previous to above J date IS MADE OUT and due. Those who call and pay will save us the necessity of presenting their bills. Interest charged on all bills after they fall due and remam unpaid. money and patrons will please oblige us with PRO.MPT PAYMENTS o. s. BAMjrwiIV & CO., J J o Clothiers, Ac., 21 Hay St. ^ ■ 33-1 m FilRBMRS’ SCALES. PLATFORM to weigh 400 and 600 lbs Platform, o.v whkbls, to weigh MO and 1200 lbs “Union Platform and Dish, to weigh 240 lbs Counter Scales of various kinds. The above are the best Scales made in The United States. Every Scale sold is warrantbu to bk cohrbct tor sale at New York prices (adding expenses) by W. N TILLINGHAST, Agent for North Carolina, JuM«,i8eo. •'tte “Cro«».r,^|or«.” SPEECH OF (;EN. LESLIE COOMBS. fjetter anil Rpsolutimix Wn'llrn Ay litnry Clut/- Oen. Leslie Coombs, of Kentucky, addr^ed a Bell and Everett ratification meeting at Cincinnati, last week, ."is follows: Fellow citizens, this is not the first visit that T have made to-your St;ite, by several. My first appearance in Ohio was on the occasion alluded to by the honorable gentleman, when I came ac companied by Kentucky Volunt?ers, to protect the women and children from the merciless toma hawk and scalping knife of the savage, 4nd the still greater cruelty of British sohliers, standing by and seeing the work well done. Then we came armed with muskets and bay onets, now we *me with firm hearts, and g(K»d rejisons to stand by you in this contest for the preservation of our Union. Long may it bo be- tore any of the despoilerA of our I'nion, residing along the Gulf coast, shall dare to cross Kentucky and invade Ohio. I have for man^i years seen the movenjent,s which are now looming up, both in the South and in the North, threatening de struction to our glorious I'nion. 1 am here to night, prepared with a written power of attorney from Henry Clay, appointing me his j)olitical le gatee upon this great tjuestion. He foresaw the trouble, and fearing it.s imuiinent danger, wrote a letter to me, and drafted resolutions, which I to night, for the second time, present for the adop tion of the lovers of the Union. The first time w:is in Frankfort, last night. Mr. Coombs held up original letters of Henry Clay—one written to him (Gen. Coombs) during the pendencT»of the Mi.ssouri Compromi.se ques tion, expressing great fear of the fonuatiou of section'll parties, and another written in 1S19. Mr. Coombs said the sectional parties that Clay feared then had been smothered by the Missouri Compromise, and they had been formed by the abrogation of that Compromise. Mr. (Vombs said the suggestions of the letter and the resolu tions which (May had drafted, were precisely ap plicable to the present contlition of the politics of the country. .Mr. Coombs then read the letter and resolutions, of which the fclhwing is a copy: [Confidential.] WasHINOT(*n, Dec. ‘22, 1S41». My Dear Sir:—I received your favor of the 17th inst., and thank you for its details. My object in writing you now is one of great importance and J t/m to leoi/ in it. It will do the country good and do you giHnl. The feeling for disunion among some intem perate Southern puliticians is stronL'cr than I sup posed it could be. The ma.s.ses generally, even at the South, are, I believe, yet sound; but they may become inllaniid and perverted. The l»est coun teraction ot that feeling is to be derived from popular expres.sjon at public meetings of the peo ple. Now, wijat I should be glad to see, is .'nch meetings held throughout Kentucky, for you must know thitft the diii)inioni.«ts count upon the eo- o{>eration of our patriotic State. Can’t you get U|i a large, jwwerful meetinir nf both parties, if |>o>sible, at Lexington, at L«iui.-- ville, A:e., to express in .-trong lani;uaze tlu-ir de termination to »>tand by the In ion!' I h>pe the Legi.-lature, and the Convention al.so, if ii h.i> not been adjourned, may do the name If y*)U remain^-'ilent and passive, there i.^ danm-r that the bad feeling may reach you. Now is the time for saluUiry action, anil t/on irr thr iiinit In ili> i'. 1 enclose some resolutions, which, »»r "1100 >iniil;»r to them, I should be hapjiy to see adopted Prudence an«l propiiety will suggest to you th;it to«i free a use of my name should not In- madt- in gettini: up thin nioVtiment. You will kiinw the j»er*ins to counsel with, and I wish you w.nild keep me advised of what yon do Your friend, H. Ci.AV. Crcn. Leslie Comibs RK!*0LI TIOSO. 1. Resolved. That this meeting is f.ruily attached to the union of the«o States, and that they go for it one and indivisible, now and forvver. 'J. Resulved, That whlNt thin meeting would be most happy that the cwntroverti’d quest ion of ttlavery within the territory recently acquirei from .Mfxioo should settled in a manner •ntisfactorj to all parts of the country, no settleiuent of it whatever it iiuiy be will create any just occaMiun for di."*solving t!ie Union 3. Resolved. That this meeting beholds in the dis solution of our glorious Union no reiuetly for any alluged evils, real or imaginary; but a great aggravation of them all. and contemplate^ that deplorable event a.>« the parent of other calamities, far transcending in magni tude and fatal consetjuences any of wliich complaint is now made. t. Resolved, That, as far as depends upon um, we will stand by, support anl uphold the Union against all attacks from witliout or within, and against all ultra- isms, whether at the North or the South.' Here you have the power of attorney which con.stitute8 me the legatee of Henry (’lay in this behalf, nor would I give it for half his estate. Ah Mare Antony exhibited the robe of Ca'sar to the Roman populace, so I exhibit to you these relic’s of that great man, and ask you if you are prepared to give up the I'nion to say yes. [(_)nly one yesll He put Mr. Clay’s resolutions before the nteet- ing and they were of course adopted with im mense enthusia.'^m. I stoKl by the death bed of Henry ("^lay and retired from jxilitieal life, but wlien the people of the North and of the South are rending our Union, the one trying to uproot slavery from where it is, and the other trying to drive it where it don’t want tj go, I feel it is time to rise, and I feel renewed for the fight. I evi denced my attachment to the Union, not one star of which I would lose, on the occasion before re ferred to. On that occasion T had the honor to be a captain of those Kentucky volunteers who came to the rescue of your northwestern frontier. 1 was called the boy captain, for I had not the sign of a beard upon my chin. It became necessary to send a forlorn hope to Fort Meig.s, fifty miles in the advance, to receive orders from General Har rison. Having served in the previous campaign and obtained some knowledge of the location of the Fort, I volunteered; my services were accepted, and on the 80th of April, 1S18, with a command of four white men and one Indian, I sUirted for Fort Meigs, in the night, on the river. Daylight found us eight miles above the Fort. Hero was a dilemma; what to do I knew not; to land I dare not, and at the next turn of the river 1 mi'dit be assailed with British muskets, nor had I long to consider. I went on, for I remembered that when, as my mother’s youngest child, I cricd to join the army, she bade Hie a weeping farewell, but told me not to be run. As we approached Fort Meigs, fearing each moment to see the white flag of surrender waving from the walls, we sud denly turned the la.st bend of the river and saw the glorious stars and stripes. I asked old Joe Paxton, who was by my side then, how many balls he thought it would have taken to kill him dead when he saw that flag flying; he said “liy . iTfir^foin oKrk-iif « The Great Coniiny drain Crojix.—The Lon don Times, of the 22d ult., forebodes a famine in England, owinj^ to bad weather and consequent short crops. The prospect of the grain crops in France is also said to be unpromising. On the other hand, the cereal crops in the United States and Canada never promised better. A larger crop of wheat than we ever hail before, by, perhaps, one-fburth, is now secured, or in the process ol harvesting. The crops of hay and oats are also large, atid the promise of the king of our cerfjals —Indian corn—was never better. Nothing short of a large export demand can keep the price of this abundant cereal from falling below remuneration to the grower. Of the last year’s crop, it is said that the large farm cribs of Illi nois are still nearly full of last year’s corn, yet the receipts at Chicago have averaged over 100,- 000 bushels a day from the Illinois canals and railroads, throutrh the season. I BA Hi BO.%» ill KKTI . HIE ST0(;KH0LI)EHS of the WESTERN RAIL- RO.AD (’OMI’ANY iire re(|uesled to meet at the President's Ortice, ou Tuesilay the Hist, at 11 o’clock A. M. , C. B. MALLETT, Pres t. July 2»h ,‘{8-2t ’ (’ar. anil (’ourier 2t. TBI ^TKK’S KAI.K. ON Thursday the 2:’.d day of August next the subscri ber will sell at public auction in the town of Fay etteville, t!ie Stock, Lots of L:iinl, Hngines. I^oiler.H. Shoj> Tools. Fixtures, Lumber. Wagons, Curts, and all the materials used by Walton iS; Barry at their Foundry. One tract of land is situated on the Western Railroad, near .lohn Mol’herson's. The other is a small lot on the railroad in the suburbs of town—where their Found ry and car shop is established. The terms of sale will be liberal. WILLIAM .MURDOCH, Trustee. July 2(). 38fs BB. BI.OIM.iF/rT ll’^RlTING to the r'o.*moa,” condemns theii-'e of fine charcoal as a tooth-jK>wder. He Msserts tiiat “it is as sharp as diamond dust and soon w«-ars off the enamel.” He says: “The great dentrifice that should be used at all times and under all circumstances is soap. Its alkaline properties serve to neutralize the acids con tained in the fluids of themouih.and itscleaning proper ties will correct the breath ainl remove all offensive odor sooner than any article I have ever seen.” The ^^iromatic aud .Intheptic’' Tooth Soap, is offeretl for sale with p'^rfect confidence in its ability to perform all which it promises. Put up in neat pack ages at 25 cenlH each, and sold by »>. S. B.XlDWIN X CO.. 21 Hay St., Fayetteville. N. C. .lilly-1. .‘i7-4t \T thisceasoii of the year we always desire lo settle accounts with everyfiody. Thoxe indebted hive had or will have their ai'Ciiunts jire>*en!ed. and tho^^e having claims ag.tinst i:i will please piusent thum for pavm*‘iit. E. J. HALE \ SO.V. Julv 2. 1S*)0 ■ill Bacon! Bacon!! HHDS. BALTIMORE B.\«'ON SIDES, ju.st r« reived by E. F. MooHK July '-’.’I. ^ .‘{J-i'tw '«»i*n! I'01*11!! IlKtlTFnKl* ('0L'NT\ '0KN. reoeivf*il r.oo July 5(1 .liilv B \(iS bv B.VLKS * Bay! E.VSTKUN Bay!! H.^V. received and for H-ile K. F. i:{ w \Vaiifc«l f» l*iirlia^(‘, G«M»1» C(M»K. washer and IRONER; middle age.I woiiiMU j'ri’ferred. .VdJn-ss Box llo. Fayette ville 1'. I ». Julv 2.t. -jO fA.K. LIME for Male by July Iti, IsfiO. ;17-itf i.iTii:. in prime order, just r^^ceivcd and PEMBERTON SLO.XN. 3.>itf L PI Bi: WBiTi: l.NSEEl* (ML. and P.\1NTS .and BRUSHES of kinds, for sale by S. J. HINSDALE A CO. All kerosene Oil i»R SALE by 31) .\pril 1 S. J. HINSDALE A C(». OiMfillcrM' r. VRItELS Distillers' Glue, for sale bv S. J. HINSD.VLE CO. !Mf Toofli Brii«li-«, Toilet «oa|», and English Perfamery, Combs, HINSDALE ^ CO. ,^1’ONGES. French ^ .'fcc., for sale by S. J. , Captain, about a peck. Remember, fellow-oitizens, that I have two weeks of active campaigning before me, and on the first of August we intend to tell a story that will settle the hash of some of our Southern neighbors. Damwjes.—A Mr. Nelson, of Monroe Co., Ten nessee, recently recovered 811,000 damages from the east Tennessee Rail Road, for detainin'-- his wheat in the depot until the price fell and his wheat was spoiled. New Cutton.—The first bales of Alabama new cotton arrived at Mobile on Sunday. FouHl^les new Cotton were received at New Orleans from Misaiaaippi, on Monday last. Any Oeatlemaii liesirin? tils Chtthes mude to measure, Is invited to leave hi» orders with us any time PRE- \’lorS T(> ir»th .VrCil’.''T. (Ntr faoiUties enable u> to manufacture an^- kind, style or price of garment, :tnd satisfaction guarantied. (). S. B.\LDW1N & CO., Clothiers, kc., 21 Hay St., Fayetteville. N. C. July 21, 1 St',0. .‘^7-lm KNIVES AND FORKS. A LARGE and wel' .assorted stock constantly on hand. Ivory aloiiu. Curvi'i*si, some superior. ^ilv«*r PhifcMl ForkH. Above double and treble plated. Silver Cawl‘r!«. The best assortment in town. A vari«>ty of Fancy Kiipi^i’ior M4*i«ior«. f..ookiiiK CilaMN«^.^A:«r. Most of the above goods are obtained directly frot* the manufacturers, and will be sold cheap, at “Th« Crockery Store.” W. N. TILLINGHAST. Jan’y 18, 18fi0. 84itf T/iejUaiivats in Mr. Dinfrict. Od Wed nesday Thursday, Friday and Saturday, ot last ‘week, immense Mass Meetings of the Opposition, of the counties of Currituck, Camden, Pa.«»quotank and Perquinions were hehl, consecutively, at all of which vast numbers of the people were in at tendance. We do not remember to have seen such large numbers of the people, and so much enthusiasm,*evinced since the .stirring titnes of 1S40, when (»en. Harrison swept the Country as by storm. The jttitpln are moving in the great cause of the 1,'jiiou and PJtfiKil Tajntinu, and parties are being crushed out. At Currituck the number of people were esti mated at from six to eight hundred, and at Cam den, l^asijuotank and I’erijuiuions, the numbers could not have been less, (at each place) than from 2,000 to 2,500. * * * • Our frietid.s in other sections of the State may take the.se meetings—these out-pourings of the people—this enthusiasm, as some earnest of what will be done on Election day, in this section, for John Pool, Equal Taxation, the Union, the (Con stitution and the laws. TIk; people are aroused, our friends are at work, our opponents are dis heartened, and they niay be .sure on ‘the 1st Thursday in Augus't, the first Congre.s.sional Dis trict will cover itself with glory. Elir.afjetfi City Utate. ChtTriiiy.—We have been informed (by Cap- tiiin Wni. H. Lyon) that Williat^t Lyon, Esq. formerly of this place, and now of (Jates county, has left the Democratic party, and will support Jt>hn Pool, A(l Valorem, and the Opposition can didates for the Legislature^ Messrs. Eure and lioothe. Mr. Lyon is now 60 years old, and never voted any other than the regular Democratic ticket. The acce.sssion of such men to our ranks is omi nous of the best resulta. May the old gentleman long live Uj vote for E«(uality and the rights of the people.—Elizahilh (,'ity State. The TIi>jh Point RaUif.—The Mass Meeting at High Point on the llHh and 20th, was one of the most sucee-ssful affairs which ever came off in this section of the country. The crowd on Thursday was estimated at about 3,000. Able and elo^juent speeches were made bj’ ( Jen. Leach, A. (1. Foster, Es(|., Dr. 8pefed, tlov. Graham, and Hon. Na thaniel Boyden. The greatest enthu.siasm pre vailed, and it is reduced to a certainty that old (luilford will roll up one of her big votes on the second of August. A gentleman from the Ea.t writes us that the route agent on the Atlantic Uoad, was industri ously circulating; it that there were no .>ipeakers at High Point on Thursday. This only shows to what lies the Democracy will re.'iort. (ireti*hor(i' Patriot. ! A ‘we.stern friehd,’ writing to the Wilmington ' .lournal, say^; e are all right in the mountain.^. A1 ralor- \ > ni diH.*.-; not distract the Deuiocracy. In the four wt'stern counties of our district, together with I’f>lk and Kutherford, the people area.* strong ly ojtposed to ra/or> in as in any part of the State, perhaps more so. The same may be said itf Ashe and Alleghany- In the three countie.s • in the French liroad \'alley and in ^ ancey it has I some strength, but that is fast giving way. My i candid opinion is that Ellis will beat Pool in the * mountitin district.’ } ‘Our candid opinion is* that (^lov. El!is has been inisinfornKHl. He was in Rutherford and ; l*«»lk but two days, and we are sure that during ■ that time he obtained very little reliable infor mation in regard to the feeling of the people on i ad valorem; for he talked of political affairs with j political friends only, and they, of course, did I what they could to ‘revive his drooping spirits’ by tellini: him “we are all right in the mountains.’ j We are not in the habit of gue.ssing, betting ! or briirring, but we will wager our stock in the j Mlreat Eastern' that John Pool gets a larger vote i in this district than Vance got last year. ! Itutherford Enquirer. j The Ct nsits Taken.—As the distribution of I pilitical documents is understx>d to be one of the ' official duties of deputy Marshals in North Caro- I lina, and as they have already- shingled over the j western part of the State with anti-ad valorem j circulars, we beg leave to suggest to them that they can obtain for circulation, at this office, a few ilocuments which are admirably calculated to excite in the minds of all just men a desire to change our present iniquitous revenue system. Census Uikers are paid by the people, and .should serve the p»eople without distinction of party. Rntherfordlon Enquirer. e learn that the census taker for a (’ounty adjoining this discovered last week, while prosecut ing the duties of his office, a gentleman who owns forty-four thousand dollars worth of negroes under twelve and over fifty years of age. The discovery converted the census taker to the true faith, as he was opposed to equal taxation up to the day he visited the house of the gentleman in question, but since then ha.s declared him.self in favor of it. Rutherfonlton Enquirer. Roads.—(hi Monday, during the discus.ion at (rum Spring, it was contended by a Democrat that if niggers were taxed as property they could not be compelled to work the roads. The absurd ity of this proposition was exeiuplified by (]!eneral Walkup’s exclaiming, “to be sure if you tax a cow, it will prevent her having a calf.” IVadeshoro' Ar^n*. SUPERIOR COURTS—FALL CIRCUIT. Edenton—Howard, (exchanged.) Newbern—Hailey. Raleigh—Heath, (exchanged.) ()range—Saunders. Wilmington, (vacant.) Salisbury—Dick. Moui\tain—Osborne. Raleinh Standard. K. MURRAY. ]). R. MURCHISON. J. T. MURRAY. E. MURRAY & CO., Commis§iion merchants. AND NORTH WATER S'fREET, li%*ilmington^ JV. C. SfST” Particular attention given to sale or shipment of Cotton and Naval Stores. I). W. BOWMAS.] [K. M. MUSCBISOM. BOWMAN & MURCHISON, :nER€HAIVT)$. NO. 113 MAIDKN LANE, NEW YORK. TIBBRAL cash adTanoes made on ConsignmentB ol i Cotton, Naval Stores and aonthern Protluce Kcnerally AVOI¥ E. HALL, Forwarding & Commission MereliaBt, WILL give quick despatch to goods consigned to him Particular attention given to all produce sent him for sale. Consignments of Naval Stores, tor sale or shipment, solicited. WiLmMOTOw, Jan’y 19 1860 Slilypd SHECIAf. IVOTICE Mrs. Winslow, an experienced nurse and female physician, hat a Soothinft t*yrup for children teething, whith greatly raciiitutet the procesi of teethlnt; hy softening the gunt* reducing all inttaniDintiun—will nllay all pain and ji sure lo regulate the bowels. Depend upon It uiotheri, it will gWe re»t to ynu^lves and relief and health t> your infanU. P /(bctly safe la all ease* flee advertiiement In anoihe' eolumn. Feb’y S, IBM, M-UT An E.ipensive Farce.—The called court, ordered by Judge Heath to be held for McDowell county, was in session last week at Marion, but adjourned, as we understand, without trying a single case. His honor Judge Howard called over the docket but found no case in which both plaintiff and de fendant were ready for trial. We presume the lawyers on this circuit, most of whom are candi dates for seats in the Legislature, have given their undivided attention to polities during the last month.—Ruther/ordton Enquirer. Heather, Crops, tV.—Wehave had several light but very refreshing showers during the past few days; and although the corn crop has doubtless suffered some, we trust it will yet “come out” and make an average yield. We learn that drought has prevaileti not only in some Eastern counties, but in nearly the whole Western portion of the State. Much of the forward corn is too far spent to ever recover, but with good seasons from this time out, the later planting will greatly improve. The last five or six weeks will be long re membered as “the hot season” of the summer of 1860, the thermometer often going up to 100 degrees, and sometimes more. A Johnston farm er informs us that a few weeks ago his prospect for 800 barrels of corn was better than it now is for 300.—Raleiyh Standard. Awful.-~Y\ie Newnwj (Ga.) Blade states that a house and four negro children belonging to G. 0. Wynne of that county were burnt on the 12th lost. Stanly County.—A letter to the \v.„j, rongh A.Tgus (rom this “good and gli»ri(,u> I,, counter,” says,— . “I had the pleasure U> visit a preeiui.i thi.s place on Saturday last where tlu-re ar hundred and fifty vot.es polled, and Hlliv get vote. ()ur friend V. (’. Barrin.r,.r ' one of his happy efforts. He is doitiir tiee to the cau.se of ad valoreni .” Richmond Crops.—A frietid at Mockiti -t writtfs under date of J uly 211:— We are suffering the .severest drou^ia k,. in this community for a number if yoav> i crops are hopelessly ruined on the cluv ]■,, We cannot make corn enough for hre^il. There are now, and have been for several ! signs of rain but they prove fallaciouM and ; sive—the clouds pa.ssing over without one drop of the rain so eagerly looked for, y, greatly needed. Edyecombe Cropt.—A well-infortuid p!^, told us yesterday, that he estiiuateil " C(»tton crop of Edgecombe county wouM to the amount of four thousand bul(?s i.n of the injury sustained by htiil. The doiru of crops by hail this sea.«on has b«-:*n vi rv -r. WHm injion Jour mil. 9 ^ Odd Etllotctthip in X. ('.—A Ciirr(.‘sp.,riij„| the Kinston Advocate writes from SuitoviH^ The (i rand l^odge of the Indepeiujcjit t, of Odd Fellows, after three da3’s of h:\ri;ii,i,v , closed their labors by electing .Martin St r.!r,j G. ^L, W. R. Edwards D. (1. M.,W. I'. G. W., A. P. Repit^»n G. (’haj)., K. .J Treasurer, T. M. Gardner G. Scc’y, .{no i; G. Conductor, J. 15. Webb G. Jiianli.oi. i; Caldwell (i. Rep. toG. 1j. U. S. The (irand Encampment elected T. jj (,j. ner G. P., J W. Beasley, (i. II. P., .J t; ( (i. S. W„ J. li. Webb J. W., \l. ,J .1 (i. Scribe, W. H. Clark G. Kep. From (Jalijorniu.—R3' the arrival of r]^. ! ny Express at St Josephs, we have mivii ; - ir (California to the 7th in.-t. On the dav iirt;; to the leaving of the Express, J ud)^? ! been acquitted of killing Senator Jiiudcrick i' duel, by a jury in .Marion County, unJcr i ln stances which left no doubt of collu'iori 1 witnesses against hiui, who were delayed, ir . supposed purposely, did not arrive, and >■. ; ca.se went to the jury without evidence, an ! verdict of acquittal was rendered. A'e/r Jerat-ij l^Jitics.—'I'he State Convftit of the Union Party met at Trenton oti Wedh. - and or anized by the election of Cul. I’lit r, Clark as President, who, in a speech, iJicl;. that the party w:is growing in New Ji r.s. '. . that men of all parties wore coming t>> t,hi> suj i of Bell and Everett. Edward rayton ol K tucky, addressed the ('onveution, stat^'_ rf.ut • had reliable information that Mr. Hvll v carry Ma.ssachusetLs, Kentucky, '1 . imwt of the Southern States. Re.-iolutic.iii' v then ad(*pted confirming the noi'ilnatioii- i;:.; posina: all sectionalistj-. Elector.' Wrre thuii nated, all straightout Americans, induiiin:; three Americans on the fusion ticket. The Doughis State Coiiventioii auoplcil r tions declaring that no alliance could h.- h r! u sectionalists, either Lincoln >r BreckinriiLv. then adjourned xine die. The Breckinridge or fusion (’onventi-m a'l ed res«dutiori6 instructing their eJecti>r.> to the vote ol New Jcrs»-y so as to defeat l.Uu and secure the election of the nominees ot • Democratic or Union parties. The electnrs n nat^jd include three Antericans. MlssiiKtppifur Bell.—Intelligence of tin- 11 reliable character corroborates the opinion alrc:. pretty general in this quarter, that neither I' las nor Breckinridge can possibly carry Mi- sippi. The Democracy had but seven or l i. thousand votes to spare before, and the detcriir ation of the two “wings” to crush each other unflinching and unchangeable. A residinr Mississippi, well acquainted with the parties, states that in some districts there is scan a Breckinridge man, while in others thert scarcely a single Douglas man; and “partir' both parts” afBrni, if they do not swear, that H is their second choice at all hazards and tu: la.«t extremity. IIILISBORO’ MlLITiRV If iili;}!. The next term begins August 1st. For a ci’ lar address the Superintendent. July 23. Col. C. C. TK" ATK Or OKTII €\ 1CO3«lt COUNTY OF RICHMOND Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, July Teriii. 1' Wall and McDonald vs. Ev^jnder Currie. Levy on Land. ORDERED by tbe Court, that publication bo ' for six consecutive weeks, in tlie Fayettoville server, notifying the Defendant to be and appear i' next Term of said Court, to be held at the Coun II in the town of Rockingham, on the 8d Monday ir. tober next, then and there to sliow cause, if anv In' why an order shall not issue to the Sheritf, to “interest in Three Hundred Acres of Lund. hiii. said county, on the Grassey Island road, near theh- of the Poplar Spring Branch, adjoining the lands S. McDonald,” levi^ on to satisfy a Magistrate ment in favor of Wall & McDonald. Witness, Louis H. Webb, Clerk of our said office in Rockingham, the 3d Monday in Jii!\. I80O, and in the 84th year of American IndejnT.l?' 31»*6t] P. F. $4 20. L. II. WERi;. ( Ur Southern Piano Manufaciorvi RUN NO RISK! RUN NO RISK Those who wish to purchase a good and rf PIANO, would do well to get one of 150.^"- CO’S Xew Cross-String Iron Frame (irand Patff ACTION I'lAXOS. They have given universal satisfaction wlierevor have been sold, and are considered V>y judges to of the best SQUARE I'i.\NOS tliat are now made combine all the late improvements, together with !.. ER SOUNDING BO.\RD, which niakcs their ti's full and melodious. All our Pisnos are sold on « antee for five years, with the privilege to cx’ within six months after the sale—should tlicy ik’I- satisfaction: and we guarantee to those who pu'' ' from us, a safe delivery of our Pianos, we a'suinin.' responsibilities. Therefore, those who purch«?t' RUN NO RTS^ A large numb^ of our Pianos have been sold io State and elsewhere. W'e name some who have : cbascd of us, to whom we can refer. Geo. Houston, Esq., Miles Costin, E«o,., Vyrigbt. Esq., Wilmington: Mrs. Banks, Warren!' Esq., E. J. Lilly, Esq., Fayetteville; "“"u Draughon, Luke A. Powell, Esq., Sampson Co.; Hicks. Esq., Dr. Jos. lihount, Duplin Co.; E. Esq., Kenansville. Also, Ex-Oov. Branch of Co.; Dr. Q. C. Marchant, Currituck Co.; .lolm I’ Esq., Pasquotank Co.; and many others. Old Pianos will be taken in exchange in psrl pO new ones. We sttll for cash or approved nore.i and twelve months. All orders sent to our address will be faithfu.'.'' promptly attended to. Address J. E. BOSWELL & CO , Piano Manufaciiirf'"' No. 5 & 7 S; Eutaw St., Jun« 6. The Pre«b>teriaii character notes. A further supply just receiveJ- July 20, F. J. H4W ^ OB8E ^_FAV KT .HONHAY EVKN HaRAND Tb« friends uf PUOL RKLL .4M) KVKKKTT, ol lyiOV. .4\U THK K\FI are retiuested lo nieel oil WKDXKSDiY EVEN o’clot k. Several speee U be a fall Urn-out. July 30. Work!.\Vorl more days remain befo decide the question of Carolina, and very p itself. We have ever; formation derived iron a glorious trium{>h aw John I’ool and a .suring a victor)- for B( bor, and in.spiring hop other States. Such a est efforts of every pa fore, give to its accon between this day and next. Wokk'. WoiU 60V. Ellis’s i'l tvxu Wilmington Journa’s n of the Governor who is the h.ands of the people to say that it coiiIrhis 11 which the condemned s sion” of his misdeeds. Governor is har lcucl i gogueisin. We propose to noiice dition to those whidi w ••The organization of Governor,) is now comp “How this world is tionable whether auy o! have ventured to toll ai organization of a ^-iirty ton aud at Baltimore, every State in tlw I'ni ful whether eve,* Gov. puch a story to any otl (which is an otl'shoot “surroundeil and biilw> portunity for reply.” prints for ••Holly Slielt ventured to print such (.Jov. Ellis read tlie .1 pl:itfoviu (we learn thii :id vulorcm resolution li.-iving to do ihiit fur li “Resolved. Tliai we ]ieople of the .'tiiic be e as practicable, for the ‘•I it ution that en rtj >,jic cording to its v.ilue. w favor of the native pro drial pursuits of her And upon this the ti “The only f>vir and solution was that (// taxed alike, with a disi into the State, on the be no exemption.'’ If this is a fair san powers, we think it t( Judge of our t’ourts. tion any thing about their first iiitrodiietio information that sue! be discriniiur.tod ngai it is that is to be dis wisdom of the I.egis nate ayaiual goods wl against many other thing about “discrimi And then says the G tion.” Why noff T' lator, Lawyer, and U it to bis very igtioran sert that under a resi the nativT products, even of the smallc other such su\alt mat an educated niati lik( rant as really to t>eli the credulity of his ) are ignorant. He ca Worcester's Diciiona struction) without a “power to discrituim difffn-nce aiiii ixi nij’ti shown by ^^ebstcr, eriviino, from di.^cra among the esamiiles may usually diycmm the last judgment, t trom the wicke'i: ’ and wrong.” Aud point as these: “tv sheep;” “a satire t corrigible, and ni:ik itiat are and tli >.'-e t Why should such dently because thos satire should be ■. pl.iiner, and we c; ignorant of this lexicographers; we ' to the desperate str Course th* rc i ior u Qiiarto Uitti'inaries “Nearly lialf ou Ifcteil by i:ixes iip lively liigh r-it( Ihe nec;•s^:ll■ie^) ol' 1 ate bound.-!. What are hi.\uri “jdeasure carriufiC etc.” “liquor.'’ ant] Now these little a tricky politician U" we assume tiiat merchani's capita no, I didn’t mean on the artio’es tha troller’s last Repo Pleasure Carriage in tlie Ke|>ort,) Gold Walchf-', Dirks and ‘^inv'^. Pistols and Knive Liqiuir Ik-alers, Liquor l‘oUait^. Salaries and Fees, 0 Now tliese are al ■]»eeitled (aduutti fees, gold wateh«^ atid liquor, arf doubt.) l!yes tl is “nearly half ou tha “et ceteras,” dead aud pTofit”
Fayetteville Observer [Semi-Weekly, 1851-1865] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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