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Jb Oiiill XLli iliL. . -;UBKlUJk.ND Wwr present ill the Cumberland Centmlal end jjut two day! not pleasantly la lh hospitable old tows of 1 FaieUevlllr . '.,.2 X- . - '- On Moa Jay evening at j fYlock lb l" ditnlMinJ fl ig were nufurled. Th two ni'iuri companies of tb tbwa war ootlafull foroa. Many peopl of Corn berUad, Robeson,: Blades, Moor Bad t, Chatham assembled nd marched fajffo 'rTcwriaii'to Libwty uio, modi immortal , wwband 39 jbm who pledged UwmMlvw to resist ; fare with lore tho , ggrear of tho Tho Biottlog was opened with prayer by Rev. n. 0. BUI, Mr. IL 8. Husk reed Ibo declaration or association paper and prefaced it with the following lo . quest words; , . Wo ar gather J tc-dy, fellow-coun-try men, bbob a ipot immortal! std sa tory ago by tho pronounced action of few resolute men, guided by tost Inde pendent spirit; which. In New J7. BOW, ' iBfloeacod tho fear tea Ash nd gallant . Waddeu, with tbotr bold comrade, wao, storming th palatial hom of thchsugnty Tvyoo, wrong from hU frighten! tabor ' dinate a solemn pledg to decbt front tho Imposition of aojoot, aarou dutlas oad that loo whoa a BritUh fleet wai an chored a the water of tho Cap Fear. ... .. Btnog perhaps by tb thought that Brit ; iaa troop had. crushed th ftrtt prompt Jog of freedom among the ragged hilla of AuunaBoe, when th Rrsnlatora had aaalod their devotion to liberty with their koirta boat blood otimd nceatly by th tidings from Lexington, end emulating tbo declaration that had Juat omaaatod ' from th grand old county ol Mecklen barg, lby gathered )0t la disguise, sot wader lb com of th sight, bat beneath ' tho light of yoader giorioo na ; not b haste, aoV ia fear, for (km jetn bran . mem. deliberation was written on vary brow th look of mryywu a look of high resolve. Desplto . the fact that tb military prowess of Qreat Britain V eoolj compete with the world despite the tact that her maritim power rode , sapcrior oa vry ocean ; despite the fact that British soldiers were 'erea then star tiooed la etery co!ony, and, what is mors BsUmlablog,', aotwIUisUtttllog '. the fact, - the glaring fact, that they were sor- ' roaadedf coapletely hemmed la, by a race of ansa boom by a pecnliar oath, aad coaatqomtly as tro as steel la their devotiua to the catalog sovereignty--, psaoe genUs sstbs broi see from" oar Wei- . their enemies as rough a the billows oi the stormy ocean ; yet, despite these dan ger a haadfnl of mea met here, with no o discipline, as organisation ; aloor, ia sight of, aye, ia - the midst of this haughty race of loyal highland clans men, who house were scattered from Cross. Creek' to Qleogary, from Long Street to Killle Gray. They ' met with the determination . .that the Colonies should know that there were men ia Cumberland who dared bind themselves , to tha Ameriean cause, betide them wa ' or woe.';'.' v 7 . , t ; v ; Think of, it, fellow-cit'sens, twu s dssd that emulates Thermopylae! Twas aaactioa that will go sounding down th sges I - W ar bow gathered here, at .!. bu been, aptly said, to mak tradition aatheaticatioB. It la oar privilege, It i oar duty to remind North Carolina, to remind America that ther were mea who . knew their rights, aad kaowiog dared maiataia them. It 1 oar duty to- Stamp th seal of prosperity approbatioa apoa their deeds, to give vent to their admire tioa for their matchless bravery, . ' It ban bean l aaaaiUA lhl ihi. Vhrntu tioa la a copy of one passed in New Bsc-".-!.ovsr oa , the , prsvions day... The bar atatement of this assertion, proves U tb idle fancy of an ill-iaiormsd emavlst, for tb brevity ot tb interval negative lbs " possibility el its truth. ; It Is, beyood doubt, the expressive ' outgrowth of th bold conceptions of tha mea of Cumber land, and . most Admirably does It com pare with prodoctioBs of its kind. Th deelaratioa ol this Assoclstioa is on 01 . In th capital, ia th handwriting f member Robert Rowso, -on of th few, the immortal Bam- that wer not la emulation of tb noffj of ' thV Arnc! ciauoa. ar upon this common altar of or community, let us each, on sod all, aaltsiu a solema resolve thst 'wis will go aeaos, determined, by oar coBtinued self. . . sacriactng efforta, ii build up and push forward the Intellectual and commercial interest of oar town, and then, when a esutnry has rolled awsy, a genua tlon ixceedmg ass u aioeed these thirty ain aMciatef, gathering hero to com memorate a second centennial, will pro- aouoc us not, unworthy descendants ol theas heroic men.. r?.: Ladies and gentlemen, my only plea lor having thus detslnad you I th sug gestion of ths Committee that I should preface thf reading ot th Association, and how 'ev&LI any one, wUa anght L U 3 t n J eves era tons u.;;:ani:j tca&irj. t Ia conclusion. I w': rer 3 the e- clantloa t I ; Tut AssociATtos, June ?, 1173. Tb actual eommeteemeot cf b'wfill iUes sgaloat tbs eoatioeat, by ths tfitUb troops la the L!o4 scens oa th I9:b ol April last, near Boston, the Increai of arbitrary imposlUoa from a wicked aad dsspotie Uloiatry, and the dread of laati gated IsiurreotloD Is th 'colonies, ax caoiti sufficient to drive an oppressed poop! to th nst of urna. 1Ti tbere fore, the nbscrlbers, of Cumberland County, holding ourselves bound by the most sacred of all obUgatienr, the duty of good cltlasas towards aa lalured eoue try, aad thoroeghli oonvloced. ihat nn- der our distresssd cireumitsBCw, we shall be joallfled la resisting force J by force, do unit ourselves under every tie of re ligion aad honor, aad assoctats as a band la bar defence sgalnst every foe, hereby otomnly engaging, that whenever our Continentol or Provincial Councils shall decree It necessary, we will go forth aad be ready to sacrifice our lives and fortunes to secure her . freedom aad safety. 'I This obligatloa to continue la full force until t Rooocillatloa shall taks place bstwsea Oreat Britain aad America, upou coostU tntiooal priaciples, aa eveal we most ar deatly desire; aad we will hold all those peraons Inimical to the liberty of the oolonles, who shall refas to subscrlb to thi Asaociatloa f aad we will ia all things follow tbo advice of oar Constat Committee respecting the purpose afore said, ths preservatloa o peace and good order,' and the Safety of Individual and private property. 8Igned, ; v , BobertRowaa, Lewis Brge, If aarloe Kowlaa, Lewis Powell, Martin Leonard, George Fletcher, Walter Hurray, David Kvanf, Joba Siwell, Beojamia Klwell, Joseph Green, B'ibert Green, Robert Carver, Tbeopbllus Kvaaa, Thbe llosdy, Joseph D Lespine, Arthur Coancll, Jao Oliver, Charles Stevens.'; Wm Ilirnn, Robert Teraer, i: David Duaa. Simon .aday, Joha Jones, Robert Coancll, Samuel Carver, David Bbepherd, Ulcajah rami', Joha Wilson, James Xmmst, Aaroa Nardsy, Joha Parker, Philip IIr- ria, James Gee, Wm White, Joshua Med ley, William Blocker, Samuel Uolllnga. worth, Wat Carver. "v At thecloo of the reading, Mr. Troy introduced the orator of the day, Mr. B. Puller who responded hi the following eloquent address i -J. ..f ' f v The immortal Scott, la on of his dnest work', gives ntteraaco to this nobis sen timent i :!'. iCm,!. vtl iy: i '"llaa die, but glory lives." . H It is th bugle-aote which bsa seuuded through the centuries of man's existence, summoning the race to Its loftiest deeds of , beroiim, , aad its most magnificent schiavsmsnti It Is the motto which In- --- t - ""'v I renowned warrior, the poet,aiBt, his-! toriaa aad statesman ot avery epoch, to laav behind a asm aad memorr unea which m delight , taV dwell a record ol aobl deeds, the Outgrowth and exprcs lonof a aoble, life, and aa exatnpl which succeedldg generations would de light to honor. , ilC.-ixth -Wit Oar gathering together this afteraooa is but a bsw token of the reverence which we feel for that glory ; which was woo ia tb past time, by ths mea of th century gone won for as,' who enjoy their well earned fame as a part of our right!! la- .. , nmm Ulan IUI lUIHIWMM I reward of civil aad e rwTielonn libert v which hev rmrchaaad with h.lr it. . I They left their footpriato upon the sands of t'!UM,ii, Prvteveniyetto indicate the pathway flrst troddea by them to the height ot aa Imperishable renown. Boeing these, we may take heart and led our strength renewed for ail ths conflicts which await a in preserving, consolidating, strengthening and beauti fying th temple of liberty, whose foua- dati4n they laid broad .nd deep anongh We clasp handa with thm tc-day ever aa hitervenlng chasm of in hundred years. Their tames are preserved to us by a thoughtful care, and it is every way fitting that we should do honor to them, avea at this day, bowing ia isvertnoe to their memory, and holding their ashes dsar to our bsartr. Would that we kuw mor of them that w could point out how each on nobly falflilsd ths promii which h made, and redeemed the pledge which be laid npoa th altar of hi conn. try. But thsy have faded out of our ken : their kindred, most of tbem, hsve passed sway aad been forgotten j they hare sn eonntered the 1 Coaimon fain if !l ths IWog:- w "The men areduit, - ' . Their good sword rust, " " Their aouls are with ths alntsi trast," A hundred I i years Who 'ahaUr fflJ this mighty space 1 -i Who nhall re-peo- pie the past with . Us thronging multi tudes a eager m the pursuit of happi- ness as those who now nurrouird us 1 1 Generation after generation have been I gathered to their lathers l the acattemd I gathered to their fathers th scattered provinces which made thie embryo re publio a century ago have been multi plied In territorial extent, la numbers and in power, until tlte Infant cation launched upon the uncertai n and dan- '-:a lc I let eje ar thusbr;"lani!y gcrous experiment of self-government, has become the mighty power that J k ' ! C.. - Vi ..a iU 4... I. . 'Ua or mluuto c -.rt: .. t of i'uc I i t' a r ;il :i- e r t t '.o s ' UC :. WOU'J I ! CCS Cut lonj;iLctic J pcrivi.l. A pOr, : I 'c is required to brL 3 to; thcr c ni t.i wUcly scpjatcil, or t ,-cn1 to wUilJi In one view tiie expanded present and the meagre beginnings of our prosperity and power. Jl'ere It not that we are linked to the past byaproad, ennobling iiruuon 01 grauuuia, we nuouiu una a iTuikulty IinJcuUijing ourselves with tho apostles of liberty as to claim a puro, unmixed succession (o their wor thy titles. But it la a heritage that boa or thorn in bestowing, no loss than ourselves In rooeiving and improving, Uiat wo may send it down unnullicd nay, extended jwid glorLlcd-ta tho men of the century yet to 'eonifi.' ' Ttie tx mous Df.' IlreckinrliTga wua once naked how otd ho was.4 His reply came with tlint promptness and vehemence .whkli were cwuractoruiuo or Uie mnu t .rl am otm hundred and fifty years old, sir I" The astonishment created by the reply was greatly lessened when " ho Imme diately aUdod, "If I measure my age by the work which I have done, I am one hundred and fifty; but my actual age, by count of yean, ,1a but sixty-five," So it is with our nation t If we measure Its existence by Its tremendous growth In everything tliot makes a people great, we might well claim that "forty centu ries look down" upon us t or that, like the! celestial empire, the most remote antiquity foils to reveal our earliest be- ghmlngajid we need the touchstone of a true contemporaneous- hlstory-to qualify and keep hi bounds what might otherwise degenerate Into the mere ar rogance of presumption.; And yet, in a very high and important sense, what we have done is the more accurate meas urement of our liloi' either as Individuals or communities.' The momentum, "ae- quired is the "trim gain to be noted and valued, whether It be the result of Ini tial force or the' gathered strength 'of longWbntinued motion,. , Jhei; power of to-day la the net product of all the past, bo it long or short, and its capacity for future usefulness Is the one" criterion of Ite excellence. . . (?6uld we summon to our midst thin day the men who stood her one hun dred years ago.-how much ." greater wouiu do uieir astonisnment uian ours 1 They would move in world entirely pllances, not evolved out of the old, but new-crcatod would add to their bewil derment, until they would be . 'In won dering mazes lost t' while It might be difficult for us, out of veneration , for the hr name and memory, to repress a feeling of complacent . pity, though aungled wlth; tender -reject for their I helpless wonder. Vet these men were ders of our greatness ther- filled the of Llr mllv. measure of their own time more . fully, perhaps, than do we of .' thin ' advanced agei . They are to be honored for ' their achievement on a limited field no less than their descendants who have .ac quired a broader fame on a more ex tended theatre.': They obeyed and, in obeying, fulfllled and honored the, law of erowth and expansion under wrhlch they lived, and made all our advances possible by their own attainment of a hlKherplone of development., than Jhad J oeen occupiea oy uieir. unmeomte an-1 ceeuy. ey, wunout Js,jrouitt not i . . ' i. I - f" Peffeu J . nl WH.. ' .KhKrt. aAA wonUnotl The onward progress of the human rweTias not been by a continued prc cesa of evolution and quiet development from the lower to the higher from 'the pent-op circle of ancient thought and action to tha full-orbed rotundity and majesty of modern civilization. ; On the contrary, there seems to have swept over, the world, from, timd to time, !i SSSJSSSi S fjceaerving, has perished forereri"1cv lug, as the materials with which to be gin the reconstruction,' oulythbse eolld and enduring ideas whicbV.have slowly crys talked into strength . and.1 beauty. Tha wood, haj," stubble have been tried and they have miserably perished. The gold find sliver and precious stones have alone, survived the crucial test of their endurance and value. . If istory , is full of such examples.- ( Men and idea, gov ernments and peoples have decayed, waxed old and vanished away ; some times they have, disappeared. vqh the suddenness or an explosion sometimes they have succumbed to the slower but quite 'as certain progress of a mortal disease which ended in dissolution. The former tilings passed away ; the new was nota rpructionr of the old, but f an advance. Into, a higher, life, a more beautiful as well as a more healthful existence, lifter tA death came the resurrection.' 'Three' such periods have otabl fi.lfiil,l in i,tfr. g nat0B wWJa th, hundred years I -it ' n.. ..... .... I now cloning. The first of these culml nated; uv the' revolution , of 177& by which we became free and Independent States!. . Itwaa not raerelw!passion,nor Impatience of leiral restraint, nor an Im pulsive longing for somQthlng'itewv'un-1 certain Whether it was to hir belter or I worse, (hat kd thoe foW cooragcona . ..-.-6 rL.k 1 lu ,cr u: u 1 ..lined to obey. ; 'cit r v i it t ti;trforclglttfwl. t n'. t 1. ? tlw vTtcnccs 01 uicur 1 , hc' in the strata which tl, ih"p began. But tliey were men who lucw and tilt the burdens of their own time and con- dltlonr-who wereMctous of ftecugtSj OS pvt UuiriOll, vmt warn iiuvi-iuis m nuroTAhi2iiricanirip4tui.oiura fuTi and more complotf ipvelojriulnt- who spurned the swaddhng clothes or an early Infancy,' which they had been con ihfnned to wear long after they were outgrown, and who reached , out , after (ha possibilities of the- future, though w&nown and tmccrhilm PecauRf 40icy could never again be satisCod without a new experience of their own creation, the men of 177P76"took a ne w depar ture s Ihe past for ' them war fin!h6d; t)i Yoiutne was" wHUcnbut, rolled up and laid awaV the drama was fully played to the last act tho curtain was louered for a apace j ami tlusn drawn up to present scene, not, only different, but conceived and executed by a new school. . When it till, the interval was filled with arms, conflict, tha, noise of the; captains and the shouting, the exul tant ' neighing of the war-horso---the pomp and circumstance 61 battle, with blood and wound 1 and death! When it rose, the scene was peaceful, if some whot desolate, and youth and freshness had replaced the decrepitude and decoy of 4 debouched and uisolute old age,. "" The second of these periods was, one of shortduratlou. The vigorous youth Which appeared a lusty and strong. never attained a mature . development Front 'i the close of. tha devolution .in 1733 to the adoption of the Constitution Of the Vultcd States In i783-'a, a feeble existence, anarno to Uve was alLtht! we could chum. Once mors a new lib wai to be attained, and gain a resur rection front the dead past was to be the means of its ncluevement. 1 ' But this time the old life ebbed peace fully away r its sands fell into the hour glass with no rude hand to quicken its steady wasting ; Loving and gentle ministrations' assisted v the passage' to the tomb, decently composed the arms now limp and poweries. and tauiy 1 A l. lhl, nrn f th. n. , thjl Mrttm of !u i&XSnJtim, L'The Klng ia,deod but hla successor known and rendy, to be crowned. "Ixmg lhre the Ktag'Waiul the oW iCfirfdrm- fcoaptbe wcakung or tho.-doy-rgiyas ptaoe to (he giant or me ,ges--tne, gov- nmaUot the United StateaV. v sij Iorn our entrance on the .new system unt3 .the year 1801 our nation grew and streogthenod with unexampled rapidity nnd'robuataeu and, nnta the culml- nating eventi of that period; there were but Tew who saw that another death and! smother resurrection - must take place before' the nation could become thoroughly fitted to enter upon its larger fleldi of glory. "Again; the curtain fell upon the past, - and again the interval was filled wltit eighs and groans- and tear and blood and death An! . then the ilemon' of war had A holocaust of victims, and tlie 'land yet mourns the loss) of its best and bravest men.' But th curtain rose asnin upon a new scene, wto4e4n was opened to the .Vision the ffreat iA ito s clrcmnferenco is In tbi land of the nlbndv inist i Ite heliihl ; , , t:. ..i v U wo ci;!.-'r:a t i!. ;, (j .it- no lu CiiiK' ' r-' I.-. whoao com- . .1 .m- ilnrul dnnthl Ita lemrUi and. breadth no : . i rr UUimH UlVITWUO Villi JVMWgu A.A'yj sluU we be, if we can but rightly fulfill oof parte, so that future generattons may stand upon this Spot and pay to us the reverence Which we now cherish and ex press for our fathers of a century ago t Here (hey met and pledged to each other their most solemn troth. 'They builded wiser than they knew : they rendered pottiblti nay; certain, all that We have Vt-Mrmmt,-. still lives j they loft to us their memory fresh and green," and fragrant of good deeds, and to-day we enshrine them among "the few, the immortal ; names that were not born to die.H They lived and i acted under the behests of duty, thajt,God-given incentiv to noble and genorous effortduty that ale . dawn with us at night and rises with us In. the morning that contina' with as like a shadow, and never leave na, :until we' leave -the light of life. Let ua emulate theirj virtue, let usigrapplo boldly yet pot presumptuously' with the duty which beckons us onward let ua' ig.: f'r'emth'o living Keart within, and G irescntf"" i o'erheod." ; At the conclusion of Mr. Fuller' flue oration,' ' the crowd called upon lion. Jdslah Turner;' editor of the Setttineti who i was upon (ho s tafid,' and that geni nan spoke iu'K-ply'in his usual hap tlcman py and vigorous style; .Vf.rnf V ,7 n u The military companies were then re-formed, and ' marched to " UowAii itree' where Colonel Starr had" dress-' rti,t,iitU t'vi:.i1..l parade of th( batmlioh,'' m tha'prescnti) of a large concourse of ladles and gen tlemen. 'h,-'t HI HU :i Under the manamt-ftt bf Cbl. Etarr, the' ceremonials Ja&ed 'IS siutiothly ad saXlsfaaoriiy and the' day, ending whl, fireworks nud a "granii- ball' at niglU, was very plcaiimt.: V. .' . , -,',' " Irodaccd by s.u 1 i.. oiue to listen ! to l humble iart . greai c z in which , gronl g mdfather and hi j : grci!; ind.' h unci toe : parti It was a great i.ly la l! Ltory of Cumber i eve land and the Cape Tear, but .In Uie his tory of the world. It Was a time of great destruction and great creation. Aa old and, long tried government was oyer- tiirowu, and a new and untried system created.' ISevcn , years of darkness. blpodiiliod, sufl'eriug and tears followed thft declaration made' on thls . spoVr to.liborty.'lilght.Ott this spot thlrty-oine bojld, good and true sons of Cumberland solemnly engaged the on with ths other nil all togetiior by tfio soleiiiii, ties of region,.uonor ami amy , to, resist rare wiih foTce) tho "agsressions bf King Gqorze and every other foe. - ind they declared aothewJtainBa to the' tiljer- tiop ofj the colonies, who would po( Join thara. ., It was a solemn and trying oo' cson,:'ThoworU' .mdyeye)r;Jicfor looked upont such j an event save at Uecklenburg, Just 'one month before. Z Tlie next year ' the declaration of Uecklenburg . and. L Liberty I'olut be came the declaration "of 'tho thirteen colpuics ou Uie 4tn or July, 1770. Yfi compute tlte, age -of , men ' by years, and the age of nation by centu ries. ' llirce score and ten Is allotted to man by the Fsalmut, and If by reason of Strength they be fourscore years then Is dielr strenctb but labor and sorrow. W'e learn from U same aacred source that a ' thousand years are as yesterday when it I past. . With tins mode of com putation We may call out nation,' dating Irom tiie IJborty I'pint doclaration, one eeutury,',or ooo year. old.. .Nations, like individuals, have thctr fah, youth; bid ageiaud decay UKe ooys, natious sow their wild oat. r I hope as a nation we are through sowing wild oats Ma have certainly reaped an abundant ltnr vest from the seed sown. ' . , ou and Imj friend, have witnessed the birth and death of many nations.' might mention that of Jfaxlmlllan, Xi poleoa theTliird trie pohfodcratii States or America the' French, and bwnish Ucpubllcs. L The bust named ' was stran gled in Infancy' by a'ffghMiaired.lad calll dAlphouso who ports his hair in the middle.lllft wa I guilty ' of m- fanficlde. We are now closim up the firsiccnBiry.ijCyou please; the first year vr our existence; uur youtn as a nation has not been as tranquil and prpsperou as I could wbili. Our Repub lican baby has grown as never did a babjr before. But the baby has' been til with colic and fits, and all the 'ailments incident to Jnfimc century more boa run out, and our des cendants 'stand where we now stand to I&Tupuelr find more cause; to rejoice tiian we have at tpe close of our century .1 hope they will be In a spirit and Jhune of mind to insr ro tiiclf tifMKjcndonte with love and revereno for uie free and noblo Inatltu- to, which wq owe tour' 'wwh greainea otti atrength ' despjte of (he eolle and fite which' hove ' so 'sorely' af- fflcttd the baby BepubllS j fPe havb had my mends too mucn or. war. s xnrtcod of nesting out w9rd,mbiiplOTWharea we liave i turned i our ' plowshares into swkwdf ohd cast our', 'church' nelhijlulo eahim j A even years, war follow the bdioj decliuatidn made one huddred years ago where we now stand. ...Only twentv-mne vears or . neaca followed. when came . tha . war .. of -1812. Oulv thlrjgaljenM followed the Mexican,' ; war.Ji phirleen earn of peace followed to. be succeeded by fbitf .years of the', greatest and most destructive war ever : known to ancient e modern times, " I jtnean the kite war between the States. , ; , 5 IViien tha next ono la. to come Cod only knovr.iI ahall not oltewpt tedi- vino, It will all 'depend upon the wis dom! of those younger than myelf.The Athenian taught their children tliat they werej bom not only to their parents but to theirj country, and tho same sentiment inspired our ancestor Who stood where W stand a century ago, A government to be loved must be lovely. 1 The gor- eminent of King George was not lovely in tut) signt or our ancestors auui jney wouhl have no more of Hi1 'w,t.- Tbef govorumeui '.of the Uuited States has iot been lovely In our sight,' and when It is I will answer for you all, you wJU lot 0. until Ihcn you may obey but yon jcannot love it. Nor are you to blanw, the Lord bos' so made you1 and yon snap! hplp Itvir-' .JJut I am talkimr mora than I uitend ed, aV4(hatr Is1' worse," more perhaps than you expected. - I cannot, however. dosei without syius:.soraething personal 9f tlo tlilrty nine whose great deed we have! met- to cwroeinbrate ft regre( Utst pnowsllttio pf-tijem, Whot. I know was mostlv ewllected this snocnlnr httajklri itH the j'jnd 'chDdreu;!ind great gmud chOdsGU of tlie tblrty-nme t ltotraa, -auer whom la called one of your htwiuftirathp claratiou or association ' paper as it Was callaU.. IIe. was the leading plrii in the grea movemcntt lie was Wthri Signers of tins Cumberland 'dcclnrallon In Ifli JoLh Tisnii Jfr. Fuller. -nd to Iciim,!! ..i c " li; ' !u2 , - - - -.-.-...riffls; t ' I ' ; i - - ' V 1 ' . r k miat J,1orta wan to the signers of tii imtlonal declurulion in' 1770, I learn from a great grand 'daughter'of Georgj lietclurr that ha lived. hi4 the hound on ' Upwan Street where Il-.lellie: now Bjret, and was killed hi :KU I r,(Hli wifiT was a sister, of TheoplUlui'wi.Yjliivid il ann, two of the signers of Uw dm-lur-ttlon,' ahe was dresNing fur hail witrn lur hu-sboiid entered the houe ,abuL sifulonu ftud said he would r;tuni hi a half hour. He returned within the time pitt was a lifeless torrwc? aim-, Fit-tchirr -ws resolute, courageous woiiian,' and hatl great coutempt for. such teis M sqhTels luonkeys and ; poodle ..divs. 4r favorite pot was s she.bear, ui,.f wih till tl she saved tlie fife of "a a tript friend who was pnreuetl by the en- einy. , m WM required to enter u. . ..i. las by a trap door, and bruin Was ' ia tiotied at tlie entrance, and tbo pumpm feared to search tlio cellar wlicie tlM ir vidtlui m'i concVmleJ.'A 'etaml !- i.... of Tolm Elwell tells u how Liifo swam the' Cape Fear, .riding Mw tUlj leatiing onouier horso to get tlii-m IY.mi the reach 6f the enemv. T1u ir,.i..... of fjomuel Ifolliugsworrh tmyi ,e wa killed by a bite from a rattlesnakor He lulled the snake and carried It to the houw, where he died in ix hours after the! bite. yjhunei iee served fuUhlully for seven veara b mnk'mwv1 f . it.i.. . . . 7 o ' v...- lenburg," the Cumberland and the Hila deqdiui declarations of iudfiendeuce. DHDuiTy nnd tiie Kirkpatrkks are of his grandchildren." Theophlhw and In td Evans, were brothers. -Tbcophllu rnarriod 6usau Carver, tiie daughter of WaimmCarvcrVtme ofthe'thiitMiue, DaVld Evans was the fiuhec of the lute Joiiatiwn Evans, whose chUdreu ore of till JLtsemhly. Mr. Kirkiiatrick, the gratidson of James Ceo soya his graud moibcr, Mary Gee, often told him' h..w she! ransomed Thcophilus Evonn ti. iu thoi hands of his- ca)itor by givinu i(hiu a bottle of whiskey, and this limy ac count for the pat tiahty of some of tliut oldj mans descendants for that exhilara ting beverage. Ilk captors we are told bed hhn under his horse'a belly with ropfes and chuiim, and it may bo tlmt Mary Gee, ills' doliverer, found him in tiiia unpleasant attitude,' mid novel mode of securing a prisoner of war. I shall be glad If the descendaiiU of Uie thirty-traie 'Bigncrii will give uie what tradition has huuded down t tlu-iu rs pectlng Uieir - ancestors, .1 iruHt my trickle that ' tiie next century ' wilt b brigiiter and liappier than the one whU-h has! just closed, and, whether it will or will, not depends upon the virtue, worth and intelligence of our posterity. .! hoi our evil day are over, nud that this is' tho 'first day of a tiauquil and happy love!; of peace, for Its leva of religion and! political tolerance, ite temperate rreoaom ana equai justice jo an, i am gratified I assure you at having boon al lowed to take VaH in such a ;jubih of which no mane vcr sees but one And now when I have thankod'.'you ogaiii for the kindj reception you have given me, I will say good evening and good bye, aud if 1 am jiving you may look for mo at your nexi centenulaK '. :t$ VW trTltBt and axntle '' rnrjrtli , t- jrnikDdrd ror u ear or nil datmip nh-i I .tha iomach llwirj - It' iiH-r Vm1) . oca ah kaa b pirrrateO '' in ter or taintvea tave irovia iicm u- v . .fhi'1r."7Vrat';aBd beat el an Hi- t fc YtfiouWixl 'o tb public Ihey 'lie blcd. mm t an corratirori and - li' Ik el'Mtcd trw to iwlaet bml'li. . ar-iMot ocn:iia ana revar ifcet u raa'. For l)J'ria they ire a ) r-iic for mea ue-.aa at rin-jaa vwi.-1. ui a ear car. rot i oawtlpatioft, Kiirum- Pilea. raloltttli or in- -art. fam in m-. fldci Back aad Loins, NitTot.t.PM. h . tlT; raaedy. fur Ft male rrexu i' wltiiontarlTal. "flu cm duet n.t ri ifm well.' a alrrle du rinnlatef iiiii Stviaaih and noWtl; mrr k, lx VIhH'.V aad liuiri vUrur u It w x k.i.i . - enwtrre. W ft tilmmyh'tn.f.- Ta. ; I PR. TUtrir.i'AlK VXf.. ri-l ll UtwUV. m'tMrt- lrf-au( 'v t' i iiri. aa' - like urn f" tf-r itld. Kuid by ail crtu-r rU. t r ti ILKifhaitlTiwoTd ol deaths' that malt Iron DalBonarr afiectloaelatihihtlaL Tbrre la no olaraae Uwt la ao iBaldaoaa la iu at trk aa eonaompUon. By U rKlect of "l'litt colda" tbev toon beeoat i v aealrtl Bd My naMlta whieb, II applied at the t atai-L wonld ha?a averted all Tatk'a liipeitonal baa-woven it If tb aurat valaabla Lane Balura aver dkeoverad. tUalU auUr.cd clenrymaa of tw lota, clerjcjuaa oi new ivib, e "ritatcat bleating of tbe ry,''.aad aaja n fhutU' HIL It la plaaaaat luti c prow ui ti n mv niacleraih renun abouldl. wltlu-alf latai .i t a anuria doaa will often ranOTat V aiuali ol-ailiiau coacb. Office. 1 Man i AuS. f rwrk. 3 1 tsdUt iur.i --u- Jllll lOKDi ur-8tA8()NIU PINK Illli ftooddd;rcdforS.TSUab, rend va utdm taviVIM JUUator UUMwto Uthnmt t'antsn, anaawvaL. Cakrea. OAUTKU SH CAHTHI AT10RNXYS at law, Aaaevuxn, H. 0. Tree' lea ht1bBprBiCort atRalteb, na-iMUe araia aad f edtfal UarU M ty hortbCarolUav ' S,laAav eoUoetrd ' ay aowaty ol ta fttatei WAwmAmmmmmmmmmwmmmtA- - t 1 v. J ...
Daily Sentinel (Raleigh, N.C.)
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June 26, 1875, edition 1
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