NOKTU CAROliTNA IX 1770.
From Bancroft's Uniteil States History, Volume 8.
The expedition to the Carolinas never met the
approval of llowc, who condemned the activity of
the southern frovernors, and would have had them
avoid all disputes, till New York should bo re
covered. When Lord Dunmore learned from
Clinton that Cape Fear River was the place ap
pointed for the mcetin'i of the seven regiments
Irom Ireland, he broke out into antrry complaints,
that no heed had been paid to his representations,
his suft'erings, and his efforts; that Virginia, ‘‘the
first on the continent for riches, power, and ex
tent,” was neglected; and the preference given to
“a poor, insignificant colony,” where there were
no pilot.s, nor a harbor that could admit half the
fleet, and where the army, should it land, must
Wide for many miles through a sandy pine barren
before it could roach the inhabited part of the
country.
But Martin, who had good reason to expect the
arrival of the armament in January or early in
February, was infatuated with the hope, that mul
titudes, even in the county of Brunswick, would
revolt “from their new-fangled government;” and
“his unwearied, persevering agent,” Alexander
Maclean, after a careful computation of the num
bers that would flock to the king’s standard from
the interior, brought written assurances from the
principal persons to whom he had been directed,
that between two and three thousand men, of
whom about half were well armed, would tike the
field at the governor’s summons. I nder this en
couragoment he was sent again into the hack
country, with a commission dated the tenth of
January, authorizing Allan Macdonald of Kings-
borough, and eight other Scots of Cumberland
and Anson, and seventeen persons who resided
in a belt of counties in middle Carolina and in
Rowan, to raise and array all the king’s loyal sub
jects, and to march with them in a body to
Brunswick by the fifteenth of February. Don
ald Macdonald, then in his sixty fifth year, was
to command the army as brigadier; next him in
rank was Donald Macleod.
The first return to Martin represented that the
loyalists were in high spirits; that their force
would amount even to six thousand men; that
they were well furnished with wagons and horses;
and that bj' the twentieth or twenty fifth of Feb
ruary at furthest they would be in possession of
Wilmington, and within rbach of the king’s ships.
On receiving their commission, William Camp
bell, Neil MacArthur, and Donald Macleod issued
circular letters, inviting all their assotiatea to
meet on the fifth of February at Cross Creek, or,
a.s it is now called, Fayetteville. At the appoint
ed time all the iScots appeared, and four only of
the rest. The Scots, who could promise no more
than seven hundred men, advised to await the
arrival of the British troi>ps; the other royalists,
who boasted that they could bring cut nve thous
and, of whom five hundred were already embodied,
prevailed in their demand for an immediate ris
ing. But the Highlanders, whose past conflicts
were ennobled by their courage and fidelity to one
another, whose sorrows, borne for generations
with fortitude, deserved at last to find relief,
were sure to keep their word: from a blind in
stinct of kindred, they took up arras for a cause
in which their traditions and their affections had
no part; while many of the chiefs of the loyalists
shrunk from danger to hiding places in swamps
and forest. Employing a few days to collect his
army, which was composed chiefiy of Highland
ers and remnants of the old Regulators, Macdonald,
on the eighteenth, began his march for Wilming
ton, and at evening his army, of which the number
was very variously estimated, encamped on the
Cape Fear river, four miles below Cross Creek.
On that same day Moore, who, at the first
menace of danger, took the field at the head of
his regiment, and lay in au intrenched camp at
Rockfi.sh, was joined by Lillington, with one hun
dred and fifty minute men from Wilmington, by
Kenan with two hundred of the Duplin militia,
and by Ashe with about a hundred volunteer in
dependent rangers; so that his number was in
creased to eleven hundred.
On the nineteenth the royalists were paraded,
with a view to assail Moore on the following
night; but his camp was too strong to be attempt
ed; and at the bare suspicion of such a project,
two comptanies of Cotton’s corps ran off with their
arms. On that day Donald Macdonald, their
commander, sent Donald Morrison witli a procla
mation, prepared the month before by Martin,
calling on Moore and his troops to join the king’s
standard, or to be considered a.s enemies. 3Ioore
made an.swer instantly, that “neither his duty nor
his inclination permitted him to aceept terms so
incompatible with American freedom;” and in
return, he besought Macdonald not to array the
deluded people under his command, against men
who were resolved to hazard every thing in de
fence of the liberties of mankind. “You declare
sentiments of revolt, hostility, and rebellion to
the king and to the constitution,” was Macdon
ald s prompt answer; “as a soldier in his majesty’s
service, it is my duty to conquer, if I cannot re
claim, all those who may be hardy enough to take
up arms against the best of masters.”
Jiut knowing that Cas'"ell, at the head of the
gallant minute men of Newbern, and others to the
number of six or eight liundred, wa.s marching
through J)uplin county, to effect a junction with
Moore, Macdonald became aware of the extremity
of his danger; cut off from the direct road along
the Cape hear, he resolved to leave the armv at
Rockfish in his rear, and by celerity of movement,
and crossing rivers at unexpected places, to dis
engage himself from that larger force, and en
counter the party with Caswell alone. Before
marching, he urged his men to fidelity, expressed
bitter scorn of “the base cravcns who had desert
ed the mght before;” and continued: “If any
amongst you is so faint-hearted as not to serve
with the resolution of concjuering or dying, this
is the time for such to declare themselves.” The
speech was answered by a general huzza for tlie
^^ing, but trom Cotton’s corps about twenty men
laid down their arms. 1'he army then marched
to Fayetteville, employed the night in crossing
the C’a{.e Fear, sunk their boats, and sent a party
fifteen miles in advance to secure the bridge
■South River. This the main body passed on the
twenty first, and took the direct route to ^ il-
Jnington. On the day on which they effected the
pa.s.^age, Moore detached and Ashe to
re-enforce Caswell, or, if that could not be effected,
tj occupy Moore’s Creek bridge.
On the following days the bcots and Regulators
drew near to Caswell, who perceived their puii-
posc and changed his own course the more effect
ually to intercept their march. On the twenty
third they thought to overtake him, and were ar
rayed in the order of battle, eighty able-bodied
Highlanders, armed with broadswords, forming
the centre of the army; but Caswell was already
posted at Corbett’s Ferry, and could not be reach
ed for want of boats. I'he royalists were in ex
treme danger; but at a point six miles higher up
the Black River a negro succeeded in raising for
their use a broad shallow boat; and while Mac-
lean and Fraser, with a few men, a drum and a
pipe, were left to amuse Caswell, the main body
of the loyalists crossed Black River near what is
now Newkirk Bridge.
On the twenty fifth Lillington, who had not as
yet been able to join Caswell, took post with his
small party on the east side of the bridge over
Moore’s Creek. On the afternoon of the twenty
sixth, Caswell reached its west side, and raisin"
a small breastwork and destroying a part of the
bridge, awaited the enemy, who on that day ad
vanced within six miles of him. A messenger
from the loj'alists, sent to his camp under the pre
text of summoning him to return to his allegiance,
brought back word that he had halted upon the
same side of the river with themselves, and could
be attacked with advantjtgc; but the wise Caro
lina commander, who was one of the best wood
men in the province, as well as a man of superior
ability, had no sooner misled his enemy, than
lightincr up fires and leaving them burning, he
crossed the crct’k, took off the planks from the
bridge, and placed his men behind trees and
such slight intrenchments as the night permitted
to be thrown up.
The loyalists, expecting an easy victory, unani
mously agreed that his camp should be imme
diately assaulted. H is Ibrcc at that time amount
ed to a thousand men, consisting of the Newbern
minute men, of militia from Craven, Johnston,
Dobbs, and Wake counties, and the detachment
under Lillington. The army under Macdonald,
who was himself confined to his tent by illness,
numbered between fifteen and sixteen hundred.
At one o’clock in the morning of the twenty sev
enth, the loyalists, commanded by Donald Mac
leod,- began their march; but it cost so much time
to cross an intervening morass, that it was within
an hour of daylight before they reached the west
ern bank of the creek. There they had expect
ed to find Caswell encamped; they entered the
ground in three columns without resistjince, for
Caswell and all his force had taken post on the
opposite side. The Scots were now within less
than twenty mil^s of Wilmington; orders were
directly given to reduce- the columns, and for the
sake of concealment to form the line of battle
within the verge of the wood; the rallying cry
was, “King George and broadswords;” the sig
nal for the attack, three cheers, the drum to beat
and the pipes to play. It was still dark; Macleod,
who led the van of about forty, was challenged at
the bridge by the Carolina sentinels, a.«»king:
“Who goes there?" He answered; “A friend.”
“A friend to whom?” “To the king.” l.^pon
this the sentinels bent themselves down with
their faces towards the ground. Macleod then chal
lenged them in (.laclic, thinking they might be
some of his own party who had crossed the
bridge; receiving no answer, he fired his own
piece, and ordered those with him to fire. Of
the bridge that separated the Scots and the Car
olinians, nothing had been left but the two logs,
which had served as sleepers; only two persons
therefore could pass at a time. Donald Macleod
and John Campbell rushed forward and succeeded
in getting over; Highlanders who followed with
boadswords, were shot down on the logs, falling
into the deep and muddy water of the creek.
Macleod, who was greatly esteemed for his valor
and his worth, was mortally wounded; and yet he
was seen to rise repeatedly from the ground,
flourishing his sword and encouraging his man to
come on, till he received twenty-six, or as some
8ay thirty-six balls in his body. Campbell ^Iso
was shot dead. It was impotisible to furnish men
for the deadly pass, and in a very few minutes
the a.ssailants fled in irretrievable despair. The
Americans had but three wounded, one only
mortally; of their opponents, about thirty, le.ss
than fifty at most, were killed and mortally
wounded, most of them while pxssing the
bridge. The routed fugitives could never be
rallied; during the following day the aged
Macdonald,? their general, and many others of
the chief men, were taken prisoners; amongst
the rest. Macdonald of KingsU)rough and one of
his sons, who were at first confined in llaliiKX
jail and aftt’^wards tran.sferred to Reading in
Fennsylvania. Thirteen wagons, with complete
sets of horses, eighteen hundred stand of arms,
one hundred and fifty swords, two medicine chests
just received from Kngland, a box containing fif
teen thoiisand pounds sterling in gold, fell to the
victors; eight or nine hundred common soldiers
were taken, disarmed, and dismissed.
A generous ical pervaded all ranks of people
in ever) part of North Carolina; in less than a
fortnight more than nine thousand four hundred
men h id risen against the enemy; and the com
ing of Clinton inspired no terror. They knew
well the difficulty of moving from the sea into
their back country, and almost every man wa.«
ready to turn out at an hour’s warning. Moore,
under orders from the council, disarmed the
Highlanders and Regulators of the back country,
and sent the rinirleaders to Halifax jail. Vir
ginia offered assistance, and South Carolina would
gladly have contributed relief; but North (’arolina
had men enough of her own to crush the inbur-
rection and guard against invasion; and as they
marched in triumph through tlu*ir piny foresLs,
they were persuaded that in their own woods they
could win an ea.>y victory over British regulars.
Martin had promised the king to rai.se ten thou
sand recruits; the storeship, with their ten thou
sand stands of arms and two millions of cartridges,
was then buffeting the storms of the Atlantic;
and he could not supply a single company. North
('arolina remained confiilent, secure, and trani|uil;
the terrors of a fate like that of Norfolk could not
dismay the patriots of Wilmington; the people
spoke more and more of independence; and the
provincial congre.ss, at its impending session, was
expected to give an authoritative form to the pre
vailing desire.
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THE “NO CHANCE” ARGUMENT.
We are sure that our readers have marked
with satisfaction the daily increasing evidences
of the popular favor which every where attends
the nominations of the Constitutional Union party.
It is one of the peculiarities of the pending can
vass, that, while each of the organizations com
peting with this party has its peculiar adherents
and especial patrons, they all alike unite in ac
cepting the policy and the candidates of the Con
stitutional Union movement as their “second
choice.” The ardent friends of Breckinridge and
Lane, of I)ougla.s and Johnson, of Lincoln and^
Hamlin, in default of securing the election of
their political favorites, look with complacency
upon the success of Bell and Kverctt. Ihe fact
is not without its ea.sy explanation, and constitutes
in itself a merited tribute not only to the high
personal worth of the candidates thus distinguish
ed by the preferences of friends and of opponents,
but also bears a strong testimony to the pre
eminently national and satisfactory public senti
ment which they represent. The exponents of a
policy which looks to the pacification of the sec
tions so long arrayed against each other in an
antagonism a.s unnatural in its beginnings as
needless in its continuance, the.se honored names
are already accepted by the consenting voiao of
their countrymen as the harbinger of repose, if
only repose bo deemed a matter of the first ne
cessity. As no practical interests of either sec
tion, according to the admission of those who re
spectively profess themselves the peculiar cham
pions of each, are suspended upon the success or
defeat of either the Republican or the Democratic
candidates, it remains to be seen whether the de
lusive force of party names will prove sufficiently
strong to repress “the sober second thought”
which propitiates the favor of political opponents
in behalf of a policy whose triumph it is recog
nised by all would secure the ends of justice,
moderation, atid peace.
The only opposition which the Constitutional
I'nion party seems called to encounter in the
Northern 8tatjs i.^ based on the alleged paucity
of its supporters in that quarter. It would thus
appear that Conservative Republicans at the
North, in common with Union-loving democrats
at the South, have no charge to bring against Kell
and Everwtt which they cannot remove by giving
to those eminent statesmen the hearty and united
support which they are admitted to deserve at the
hands of men in all sections and of all political de
nominations. One of the most intelligent, as
certainly one among the most candid, of the Re
publican journals—we allude to the New \ ork
Commercial Advertiser—ha.s not hesitat*.*d to ad
mit that the Constitutional Union party adopts
“th« standard which fhouU leprtsent the popular
mind,” if it be true that, owing to the evil of the
times, it may not be said to take the standard
which «/(*■* represent the actual st:ite of the irri
tated sections. To this purport that excellent
journal recently remarked at follows, in speaking
of the party we have named:
“Connected with it are unquestionably .some of
our country’s best men and .sincere patriots, but
they have fallen into the error of sup|M(sing that
they can make a party because of tbeir pcrs«»nal
characters and positions in the country. For
their platform they look within themselves in
stead of into the popular mind. They take the
stautliird that fhuuhl represent the popular mind
instead of that which and the inevitable
con.«equence is that, instead of rallying the mxs-
ses around them, they muster in their ranks only
the select few, and weaken other parties witfiout
becoming a }>arty themselves."
Recent events have greatly modified the seem
ing force of the only allegation here brought for
ward in excuse for witholding from the Constitu
tional Union movement the support to which it is
admitted to be entitled on grounds of moral ob
ligation, if only that moral obligation can be con
ciliated with the practical wisdom which rcspt^cts,
in their due subordination, the facts as they are.
We do not know that we are called in the forum
of politics, any more than in the fornm of con
science, to lower the standard which shvuld re
present the popular mind in order to make way
for that which The casuistry which de
mands "that the riyht should also be proved the
before it may justly challenge the hom
age of men, ha.s long sinee been driven in disgrace
from the schools, though, from the attention re
cently given by .some ol our contemporaries to cal
culations of {H)Iitical chances and probabilities, it
would seem that there is still one domain in which
it is not deemed .safe to strike bravely for the
ri'_dit unless assured that the strongest battalions
are also arrayed on its side. For the benefit of
such halting spirits we have only to citc the \ ir-
gilian maxim whicfi |K»ints the in.«piring force of
high resolve in the pra^pect of a prize held up a."
the incentive and the reward of manly and per
severing efforts: />omshh( posse viilrnUir. or
if it were true that any considerable weight should
h.ave been justly given at any time to the ‘no
chance argument.” as it ha.s been satirically call
ed it mu.st be conceded that the time has now
p:4ed and that the friends of Hell and Kverett
may every where labor for the succea.s of their
ch(»en candidates under auspices which afford the
reasonable hope of success in the line of patriotic
—Xitional Intelligencer.
W/iat the \Vhijs of the ^urth Intend to Do.—
The New York P^xpress thus lays down the pro
gramme of the northern Whigs and Americans,
in the Presidential campaign:
The Old Whigs of the State and the Americans
chalkcd out their line of policy at Utica, and
abuse or temptation is not likely to drive them
from following it out. Bell and Everett are their
candidates fur t/m Pretidsncy and Vice-Prexi-
denci/, and their onlif candidates. They mean
to do all they can, in every honorable way, to se
cure their election. While they hope for and
expect Kentucky, Tennessee, Delaware, Mary
land, Virginia, North Carolina, Louisiana, and,
perhaps, Alabama, Missouri and Florida, with
Texas, if necessary, they mean to u.se their Bal
ance of Power in New York, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Indiana, Il
linois, and elsewhere so as to take away the elec
tion of a President from a geographical minority,
existing only in one part of the Union—a minor
ity not known in, or recognized by, the Consti
tution—and to transfer that election to a recog
nized constitutional tribunal, the States in the
House of Representatives, or to the States, as
represented in the U^ S. Senate. They mean in
these Balance of Power States to win as many
Bell electoral votes as they can, and they see no
difliculty and feel no embarrassment in co-oper
ating with Union men everywhere—as, after the
John Brown raid, in the Union meetings, begin
ning with Fanueil Hall, Boston, the Academy of
Music, New York, and from them extending all
over the Northern States. Their course is clear,
upright, honorable, straightforward—and they
will pursue it, as in 1856, without flinching, fear
or favor—with this difference, however, that the
divisions in the Democratic party hold out to them
at the present moment every prospect of ultimate
success.
A Junmei/ Under Paris.—A correspondent of
a Swedish journal furnishes an interesting ac
count of a subterranean voyage made through one
of the admirably constructed sewers of Paris.
The boat which conveyed the party was reached
by descending a flight of steps to the depth of
about forty-five feet. The boat, a flat bottomed
affair, was lighted by four lamps. The sewer is
Uft archway, fifteen feet high, and of equal breadth,
with a ditch or canal about ten feet wide, wherein
all the dirt and filth of Paris is carried away. On
the sides are sidewalks which, together, are about
four feet wide. The whole is built of white sand
stone, and is kept remarkably neat and f*!f':in. No
.stench or bad smell was perceptible. 'I’he den.ser
portion of the filth is carried away through large
drains beneath the sidewalks. The sidewalks are
excellent and exhibit no signs of dampness, while
the walls of the archway are kept whitewasht!d,and
are at all times as white as the driven snow. The
structure pos.scs.ses the properties of an immense
speaking tube, the workmen being able to converse
at the distance of two miles from each other. The
echo is very lasting and strong. The fabric is said
to be built after a model of the catacombs of Rome,
aided by all the latest improvements. On both sides,
at about two hundred yards distance from one an
other, are openings through which the workmen
can ascend by means of jiermanent iron ladders,
in ease a sudden rain-storm should cau.se the water
to ri.se over the .sidewalk.s, which is, however, of
rare occurrence.
The contents of the sewer flow into the river
Seine, ftiid the current is sufficient to carry the
boats used, alotig with considerable velocity.
Large reservoirs are constructed at intervals, into
which the water can be turned for a short time, in
case it should be necc.s.sary to have the canal dry
for a little while. The whole work was completed
in two years. Besides the main canal, there are
many minor ones constructed under the principal
streets, all of which can be made to comnmnicate
with one another. These admirable underground
works are accessible from the Louvre, the Tuil-
leries, and from all the barracks, and shouhl the
Parisians take a notion to barricade the streets in
any part of the city, the imperial government
might at short notice, and without any person
being aware of it, transport troops, and if there
is time to make use of the reservoirs, so can
cavalry be transported in the .same w.iy. There
is an end to shooting on the soldiers from the
windows, and a revolution in Paris will .soon only
be remembered among the things that have been,
never to occur again. Through the.se underground
pa.s.sages a prisoner can easily be Uiken from the
Loure to the Seine, without attracting atten
tion and thence sent off by railway, which is near
at hand. The splendid system of sewerage was
one of the pet schemes of the first Naf»oleou.
A school-house at Marion, Lynn county, Iowa,
was struck by lightning last week, Friday, and
three out of seven children present were instantly
killed. The other four, with Miss Kellogg, the
teacher, were knocked senseless.
The seeds of repentance are sown in youth by
pleaaurej but the harvest ii reaped in age by pain.
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Porter and Ale, Soaps, Starch, &c. Ac.
To which he invites attention of Physicians and others.
Partictilar attention paid to orders and satisfaction
guarantied both as regards PRICE and QU.\LITY.
J.A.S. N. S.MITII, Druggist.
Nor. West Corner Market Square.
April 20. ii.itf
SETTLE.nEi^T5!i.
At this season of the year we always desire (o settle
accounts with everybody. Those indebted have
had or will have their accounts presented, and those
having claims against us will please present them for
payment. K. J. HALE & SON.
July 2, 1800.
Oacon! Bacon!!
QA HHDS. BALTIMORE BACON SIDES, just re-
ceived by E. F. MOORE.
37-i3w
C'orn! Oorn!!
pr AA bags HERTFORD COUNTY CORN, received
Ol/U by E. F. MOORE.
37-i3w
Hay! Hay!!
1 EASTERN HAY, received and for sale
IcJV by E. F. .MOORE.
July 23. ^ 37-i3w
Wanted to PiirchaMC,
A GOOD COOK, WASHER and IRONER; middle
aged woman preferred. Address Box 110, Fayette
ville P. O.
July 23. 37.jtf
C.
I>. W. BOWMAN.]
[K. M. MlTRCniSON.
BOWMAN & MURCHISON.
1VI1BR€HAI¥T$$.
NO. 113 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK.
Liberal cash advances mado on Consignments of
Gottoi^ StoTM wad Soathen Produoe
DQUOLAS CONVENTION IN NORTH CAROLINA,
r.' From th# llaleigh Standard.
To the Voters of North Carolina:
Fklt.ow Citizknh: By virtue of my appoint
ment as a member of the “National Executive
('oniniitt«e of the Democratic Party” for the
State of North Carolina, and at the earnest solici
tation of a large number of the friends of Doug
las and John.son, the nominees for President and
Vice President, of the National Convention of the
Democratic party of the Union, I am induced to
issue this call to the friends of that ticket, to
meet in 'onventi»n in the (Jity of lialeigh, on
Thursday the IJOth of this month (August) for
the [lurpose of organizing for the IVesidentlal
Campaign.
The e.xcitcd political contest in which the peo
ple of the State have been engaged, since the ad-
journmc-nt of the National '.'onvention, has caused
the ]M.»stponement of this call to the pre.sent time.
I can now, without fear of embarrassing our local
elections, api>eal to the friends of Douglas and
Job nson—the nominees of the National Democracy
—throughout the State, to arouse themselves to ae-
tiort—to rally to the support of those tried friends
of the Constitution and the I ’nion—to stand firm
ly and boldly by the flag of the National Demo
cratic Party—unawed by dictation from the Ad
ministration at Washington City on the one hand
or the Yancey Secessionists on the other. What
ever politicians may have said or done—however
willing and ready some of them may have been to
commit our good old State to the purposes and
fortune.s of the .secession ticket, the people of the
Democratic party liav(j never yet yielded their
willing assent or approval, but have been waiting
anxiously the opportunity to speak out boldly in
behalf of the National nominees of their party.
To all such I appeal, (’ome together^National
Demociat.s—friends of Douglas and Johnson—on
the 'Mth of this month—and let us take coun
sel, and determine what duty amd patriotism—
devotion to the Constitution and I’nion—demand
from us. in the present threatening aspect of p(»-
litiea’. affairs. ROBT. P DICK,
(Jf the National E.t. Com. of the Dem. Party.
(Jrkk.nsiioro’, Aug. 1st. 18t50.
The Editors of the State are respectfully re
quested to publish the above in their papers.
K. V. D.
M’aA-r Forest CoHfy.—The Fall .session opened
on .Monday !i.‘{d ult. with a greater number of
students than it had last se.ssion, and it is under
stood on irood grounds that others will stion ar
rive. The pro.s|Mcts of the College are brighter
than they have been for years j>ast. The Profes-
.sor? are all at their posts and prepared for the
arduous, yet plea.sant lab>rs of the term.
Jiihliral Recorder.
Baufort.—(Jn Saturd.iy we went to Beaufort
and returned on Monday evening. The crowd at
Heaufort is large. They all seem to fare well and
all seem to enjoy tbem.selves. There is fishing,
.•ailing, excursions, eating, drinking, dancing and
sleeping going on all the time. The landlords
.seem zealoirs to please and the guests seem chari
tably dispo.sed and determined to be satisfied with
what they can get.
In pa.ssing Carolina (Mty we noticed that there
was a very pleasant crowd there, where the ac-
et)mnuidations are as gumi in every respect as at
any point on the Harbor, and where no efl'ort is
omitted to make all visitors comfortable. The
crowd is large helow, but as .some are leaving by
every train no one need rem.ain at home, for all
who go will be c*omfortably entertained.
Seicbtrn Prtnjrefi.
Tht Weathfr and tht’ (.'r"p'.—Since our Ix'^t
we have had in this neighborhood and through
out the county several hravy showers, doing cot
ton anil late corn and vegetables much good; but
early corn h.-Ls been two badly hurt by the recent
droughts to be brought around much.
Hadesboro’ Aryus.
Rain.—At last we have had plenty of rain.
During last week showers passed over various
sections in the vicinity of this place, yet there
were neighborhoods left suffering from droughl;
but on Sunday last, we think the rain diffused
itself impartially over the country for miles around,
and farmers whose faces were a.ssuming longitu
dinal dimension disproportioned to the latitude of
their physiognomies, are now putting on hopeful
smiles and talking about selling eorn next winter.
Iliyh Point Reporter.
Iloir Alahmna Stand.*.—Col. Clemens, laite
editor of the Memphis Enquirer, in a letter to
that paper, says of the prospt'cts in Alabama,
where he is now sUiying: “Placing no great re
liance ujHjn the reports I hear daily from other
parts of the State, and judging only from the
feeling manifested in this .stronghold of Demo
cracy, I tell you with entire confidence that you
may set down Alabama as lost to Breckinridge.
He could not carry the St;ite to-daj’, and will grow
weaker from this time until November. The only
thing which ever gave the Secession Party any
strength in Alabama was its assumption of the
name of Democracy, and when that is torn away
they will dwindle into a faction too contemptible to
excite the fears, or disturb the peace of the
country.”
Senator Toomhs on Hell.—In his speech at
arrenton, (Ga.,) on the 24th ult.. Senator
Toombs endorsed Mr. Bell’s soundness on the
slavery question most emphatically, declaring Mr.
Bell to be “is sound as himself."
Ao Chance—An Honest Admission.—The Erie
Observer, one of the most, prominent Democratic
papers in Northern Pennsylvania, honestly admits
the utter hopelessness of the Democratic party.
It says:
We will not stultify ourself—we will not com
promise the position of this journal by misleading
ita readers with vain and delusive hopes, when
there is NO ROOM FOR HOPE. “I'nited we
stand, divided we fall,” is an aphorism which has
n#ver been controverted either in theory or prac
tice. No political party divided can succeed!—
We tried it in 1»48, and a like result flowed from
a like cause. And we aie about to enact over
again, in 18t>0, the disastrous campaign of 1848.
\V e know it is said “there is a silver lining to
every cloud,” but we apprehend it will take a spy
glaiis, at least four years long, to see a “silver
lining ’ in the “cloud” that spans the political
horizon of the Democratic party at this time.
A Curious Conscience.—One of the Editors of
the N. Y. Observer, who is now rusticating in the
Country “down East,” relates the following, in
his last letter to that paper:
“I heard of a man the other day who had a
curious conscience on the subject. It was Mr.
Jones, who lives down in the hollow. His neigh
bor Johnson, whose hay was all in, saw that a
large quantity of Jones’ crop was down, and as it
looked very much like rain, he went over on Sun
day, toward noon, to advise him to get it in, and
to offer the whole force of his men to help. Jones
and all his boys were gone: nobody was at home
but Jones’ wife; and she said that ‘her husband
thought no good ever came of working on Sun
days, and so he and the boys had gone to the
Sound a fishing.”’
Scepticism.—When once infidelity can persuade
men that they shall die like beasts, they will soon
be brought to live like boasts
Politi4^ &C. in Cali/ornin
which arrived at St. Josepli,
night, brought advices from San iv’^ '
lyth July, Oregon and Wasliiti.^t,,,,^''
and British Columbia ti the I Itl, j',
tions of Douglas and Johnson, ;i,„j j,
and Lane, bad been received in '
respective wings ol the f >cmoer:i. y
demonstrations of approval, salm,.^ J'
fired by each in all the i>rinci[,;il
State. It is considered certain tlmt ^
tickets will be nominated. V l)„u ,j,
tion meeting was to be held in p "
the evening of the lV*th. A
operations of the Mint for tho pa'tvi ir
gold coinage tj have been SI 1,1 IIk’min,
silver coinage Si>(j0,000. I'urtli. r (h .
silver mines arc reported nearOw(;i,\
the eastern slope of the niountaiiK
hundred miles below Washoe. |)j„.
gold are also announced in (Iroj^oii m,,
Columbia—the former on the frilmir *
Des Chartes River, and the latter ii, (,
and Inseuelle Counties. Indian tn.iili
ported in the whole Pacific region
I)(tmjlas Con cent im in , _'jj|
of Douglas and John.son, in Tenni^s,
State Convention at Nashville, on
and a}>pointed an electoral ticket. T),J
ance was quite large, and great etitliuv
vailed. The Convention was presid,,]
the Hon. \. K. Steven.son, who
speech on the occasion by declaring it in
for Breckinridge to carry a single Ndrtln -
and that Ayr any man to uolt Jor Jl,-,.,
irould be to vote for Lincoln!
The brother of President Polk a-
OUK participator in the proccetlings of -,
vention, and was also appointed one of •
tion for the State at large.
Mr. Evfrett.—The Boston Courier, ir,
to the cock-and-bull story about .^i^ K
withdrawal, says:
“The New York Triloine, of last >b.n ;.
lished a statement to the cfieet that Mr
contemplated withdrawing from the
contest. There was no foundation for thi-
It was an invention—an invention at tla
Mr. Everett will not withdraw further tha:
—he will withdraw the Stateof Massachun:;
the Republicans.”
That is good news. AVe have never had
a doubt that the vote of 3Ia.ssachusetts wfn
ca«t for Bell and Everett. Roll on the bal!
Thf Drouyht at tin South.—A pPdtj,
Southern paper asserts that the corn croji ji,
sissippi, except immediately in the valic.,
distressing failure; and the cotton en»{.. -f,
there is a changc in the weather in a briel
will be no better. It will mature early l-
sent forward to market promptly; liu f/ycn
be a Sfld falling off in quantity. So had \ia
drought been in Texas that the (iraiid .Jun-
several counties have called meetings in
respective jurisdictions for the purpose ol a.
ing some measures of relief tor the }>.iirtr c
of citizens, who are threatened n itlrfamiii.
count of the failure of the eorn crop. In
fear of famine the people seem to have bot n
to prayer-meetings as a last re.source, and j.r
tive against drought; and we read oi'tluirhi
been very largely attended in many jilace'.;;
such gatherings have not been of frequent
rence ficrctofbre.—lialtimore Amri-icmt.
E.ctraordiuary E.capcs From /hatft.—i'
a storm at Bloomfield, New Jersey, on the .
ultimo, the lightning struck the Methodist ( '!
at Bloomfield and ran down the gutter
ladies of the church wae bolding an kc-.
and strawberry festival tn tents on a vacant -
adjoining the church, and one of tlniii
erected immediately adjacent to the building’
the water from the gutter ran against the i
Joseph Osborn took hold of the gutter toalti:
direction just at the moment that the electrici
struck it. The lightning went into the toj> uf
shoulder, past down his left arm and .v
out of his foot to the ground. The .skin
torn off, and a round hole, about tuc size
stuall bullet, was left in the bottom of the
His leg was completely blackened. His clot!
was nearly all torn off, and he was of course rm.
ed nearly insensible. Mr. Osborn was taken li
and this morningisbetter and will probably rev
Most of the persons present were stunnoii .
some of them knocked down, but only Mr
received serious injury. Duringa thunder sh ‘
near Livingston the lightning struck a houK
Bcended through a room, and passed down a yc.
man’s person, tearing off his boots, and then ?
into the earth, without seriously injuring 1;
Mill Burnt.—A large flouring and lumber r
in Austin county, Texas, was burnt on the -
Loss 8100,000. Act of an incendiary.
Tico Abolitionists Uuvg.—By advices re«.'
at New Orleans from Texas, we learn that "
Abolitionists, who were caught distributin*: a:
among slaves, were arrested and hung in :
State.
__ _ •
Serious Illness of Gen. Ca&s.—Gen. t’a."
very ill at Detroit, Michigan. He will proba
never return to Washington.
Another Steamboat E.rplosiou—Nine L
Lost.—The steamship Lacrosse, exploded
boiler below this city yesterday, killing nine;
sons and wounding four.
ITndoubtedly the Democratic party is dead,
it is the worst-behaved corps we ever saw in
lives.—Prentice.
OB
FAV
The Rksli.t.
date for Governo
down the Denioc
that we can look
as.su|ynce. Gov.
has dwindled dow
number, and that
being already in c
the State. It is
crats have cxpre.s
tion would undo
trial. We thoug
the glorious run
counties satisfies
if there had bee
well understf>od
We therefore
ernor for 1802; ar
test for “Bell and
Union and the Ei
for “John Pool ar
NORTH
We have defini
counties, as follow
I’Ot
Alamance,
Anson,
Bladen,
Beaufort,
Bertie,
Brunswick,
Burke,
Chatham,
Columbus,
Cumberland,
Cabarrus,
Caldwell,
Catawba,
raven,
Chowan,
Carteret,
Davie,
Duplfli,
Davidson,
Edgecombe.
Franklin,
Forsyth,
Granville,
Guilford,
Gates,
Greene*
Halifax,
Harnett,
Hertford,
Iredell,
Johnston,
Lenoir,
Moore,
Martin,
Montgomery,
Mecklenburg,
New Hanover,
Northampton,
Orange,
I’erquimons,
Randolph,
Rfbeson,
Rowan,
Richmi^fld,
Stanly,
Sampson,
Surry,
Tyrrell,
Fnion,
Wayne,
Wake,
Washington,
Warren,
WiI.son,
Yadkin, •
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A Bad Sj^lit.—U is said that Chang and ' ■
the Siamese twins, differ in politics. Boti.'*:
veteran Democrats, but Chang is now for I>rt ’
inridge, and Eng for Douglas.
Go(xl Will.—Good will, like a good nauu
got by many actions, and lost by one.—
s. MURRAY. D. R. MURCHISON. J. T. MIBR-
B. MURRA7 & CO.,
Commission fflei’cliani*'
AND
NORTH WATER STREET.
HHtmington, JV, €.
Particular attention given to sale or shipt®^®'
Cotton and Naval Stores.
30
Dintillers’ Glue.
B.\RRKLS Distillers’ Qloe, for sale bv
8. J. HINSDALE \ CO
April 16. I'-tf
Ai 6p¥ 1e, H A LI..
Forwarding & Conmij^ion IMerrhai)t
WILL give quick despatch to goods consigned to h'®
Particular attention given to all produce s'fo’
for sale. Consignments of Na»al Stores, for s»lc
shipment, solicited.
WimiiiOTow, Jan’y If* I860 81ilypl
KPECi.il. iiOTic;i:
Mrs. Winslow, an experienced nurse and tow''-
physician, hn* a SoothlngHynip for children teething, w tiich '
facilitnte* the pn>cesn of teething hy soflening the gnii" ''''
all inflnii>m«tion—will allay all pain and is sure lit retulittf
bowel*. IVpenil U|>on It mothers, it will fWe re'£ to
and r«lier and health to ynar infhau. P rTitetly safe in all
8m adv*rtis«ai«nt ia aaoiW aolama.
rsb’X S, IMO. &^UY
3n,:v
In the above ;')
Tty is i,215. In
his majority in
He has therefore
144 to the count
of 193 to each of
majority of
not be hoped for
or four thousand
" ST.\T
Cuviberland i
ate; Commons, C
ton, John C. V
For vote see tiib
Richmond.—i
67 majority ovci
change.
Robeson.—A1
elected to the 
changc. Poll:
Rae t)90, Cobb ♦
Senatorial I>
Gen. Alfred l>c
yet received, bi
mond very large
Moore.—Alex
Poll: Kelly 819,
our next.)
Montijorttery.-
mons. Poll: B;
cey 32, Borougl
Senatorial 1>
Gen. W. D. l>o
Moore,
Montgomery,
Bladen.—l)i
loss. Poll: Da
Brunsirich.-
mons, without 
Cftlumbns.—
mons. No cha
phens 510.
Senatorial i
Columbus.—JI
change. Poll:
Columbus,
Bladen,
Brunswick,
Samj>!io n.—
Faison and — -
crats; no cha
Dem.) 84s, .M
•—Faison i^i7,
Dup/in.— 1
ford, Common
—Dickson DU'
^6^ Stanford