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MISCELLANEOUS. . - 10IPT. r If ACQS T m mm t I A SB fU 1 IIO ' . ' -. fmblol -Hamilton dreaded anarchy. - Zd Zd the En5!Uh government ulde -7 r MnnManrd monarchy. JefiSrson VdrcadedmonaWi government shouW i onmu - perbaps doubted the republican experiment rbut he said, it cost him the Ust drop of his bloaU . Alteon bad fH Mtb b the nt democratic nv. - lit; a trt irnit tha Deonle further, pef. : -T-J in mk It lf rOOQ laiin. uwuzu, m hip than Jefferson would ha to tenured far . W..V;rrtn anri to' in extent WIUCO Hamilton considered anarchical. Madison. disciple pf Jefferson and admirer of .Washington. took middle' ground between then all. Was ington. Jefferson, Madron. and Macon all proved 1 the sincerity of their profeaiica; by. practising thm through life, and to the last when beyond life's bommoo dimacteric, when no elfih or improper motive could induce it, calm! djiogaa tbsvlired. entirely faithful to their respective nn'rv-inWa. - Hamilton was cutoa oy wuuu ; dstth. in the prime of life, killed in a duel at 4 ,T years of age, by Burr, on the earn .pot and about the same Urn where tod when h tldett son was also killed m a dueL He, too, no doubt, cherished to the last the polities he VfT ' Selecting frcm the government of the Old World, . , rintnrrw inini siia ww - TiK3morrtical royalty of mother country. the founders of an American constitution chow i the Utler aa a model, reduced it to republicanism, . - confederation, and much enlarged suffrage. Mr. . Aimm t tk -American revolution, the r ritiie of a Stale where English tories were rooat viiTin4cu?e aiM. suacnieToiia, uu Ure been, an innate republican, deteeted Enjluh monarch r, deapiaed Eoglia h anatoency, ina never coald bare been reconciled to the tfirbalence of Engluh democracy. He waa a man of middle ."- etatare, between 60 and BO yeara of age, when I firat knew him, with a round, ahining, plaTfal ' countenance, btld and gray, aJwajfdreaeed in the aame plainT but not inelegant manner, and aa peculiar in hi Weae and coovemtion. that one . U the Jeraey membera told himthat if he ahould --' v K iimriHu!. hm Kouldlook for Uacoo'c wAnn tha'atream inalead of floating nn tfcii'.treim instead of floatine with the - - . - m . . m . a m. t -. ecrianL . Of a diatiDgotaned laraiiy, ofougm up Princeton -college in the revolution, not for an , epauleue and email aword, bu the mu.ket'and . knapaack of a common aoliier; aa auchVeoliated ' and re-enliated in the American army ; aerved Joiiz In the raoke at one time a. a private under ine conunanu oi mi uwi muuwi--utwi ald, dcairing to be eommteaioned" aa an oiBcer . ut lata eirange prrreraiwu w wiuuwu 1 ahould seem to imply any dinsolute vulgarity of I dpositio, it a boa id oe auoea ioai on moki, Ltaates, tod aaaocialioaj, were all gentlemanly, . . oeifectlr temperate,, anil without the .lightest" - : touch of unaocial, gloomy, or coarse propensity. . . -Elected to the House, of . Commons of North . Carolina, he unfurled there hie radical banner in the aame quiet and iooSeitaire way that always marked his aingulareareer, opposing the adoptioo of the federal cooetiiotibd with all his ability. In 1791. chosen to the House of Representaiirea of thn On:ted States, he remained there five-and- .twenty years by continual re-eleetionv, baring i filled the great station, for a linw, of Speaker of j that boBse. -Dut neither bis prc.iiles nor .his habiu fitted him for its indusuious, onerous, absolute, if not arbitrary, fanctions. " To ruW govern, wis disagreeable to hi mi or to labor. Aa a speaker, be pracliaed the principles be always , professed, of the utmost freedom ; letting the " hoose alone to keep iuelf In order, without the prestiiog oS car's interposilioo a principle, in . theory, so true, that seldom does a newly-elected '8peaker return thanka for that honor, without reminding hie suffragans of the hoose that he is 'but their reflected image, and that unless they ' keep themselrea io order, it will be vain for bun . toaUempt it.V ; . . la 13 6 Mxctn waa translated to the Senate, ' as krepfTseatkUve of North Carolina in that rbody. . 1$ 132 be voluntarily retired irons pun ; He lUerandrspent the rest of his days at home, a planter and sportsman ; to the last, fond of his came of whist, the cbse. and other recreations. ' EeWved by his family, neighbors, and alaves, io -charity with all mankiod, at eace with himself, he died at a good old age, with much more ven- e ration and inaence than fall to the lot of many 4 more, coeepfcueu. , personages. His system of . ", cover ama fifwM la governak Jinie aa possible. Eiteniv discunsion, and Jorio legislation, be lieid to- be the policy and duty of Congress. Let akroe, was his policy for nations, for parties, and individuals ; his atrongreferenee tn this respect "being. proVably; strengthened by plMtatien life . and property, which beget intractable indepen dence,' ar- KobolJeo proprietors to claim a sort .'of Polish -jettf. against whatever crosses their -homestead, or equirea their submission Six years' service fat a Senator, were, in his opinion ' - five too many, aad one enough for a represeuta- tive in Conzress, .Tyranny begins where annual elections end, was oae of bis maxims. Nothing is more miserable than a splendid aod'expensire v 'government, waa another. He waa a constant C advocate of 'frequent elections, that all offices should be elective, knd for ahoH terms of office " not aa the only democratic," but likewise as the most durable; tenure. , High salaries he con- ' eiiered mere baitaor irregular and ungovernable ambhion. I hare often beard Uim triumphantly . argu,JLhit the annual, aadeven semi-annual ju 1 diciai etcnioua la parts of New England, were ' the best guarantee for' faithful and permanent i service); and fee would mention familtea kept in " ',;oGce from geterat'wa to generation by such elecs 1 tiooaaa trrefutahle proof of his opinion. Armies, V:uavtest cities, and all coercive authority, in. - chading taxes, be opposed, as well as the rood . behavior tenure, and political authority of the "judiciary. Unbounded confidence in popular virtue eras the religion of bis politics. As during , most of bis life British power and influence were - the monsters of republican aversion, he waa in. variably set against than Jefferson called Anglo men, Ipokad with contempt upon all the import ed aperies, and what many consider refinements . . of fashionable life, and with a stronger feeling than contempt en that American idolatry of Eng. land, which is not yet extinct- Jefferson, a free thinker would level opto the' doctrines of Frank ' I'm, Pena, Locke, and Mil too, sad extirpate aris- tocratio and regal eacroachments, which hare usurped the place of aboriginal liberty-and equality, llasbo not so deep in thought, litera- tore, or science; aa Jefferson, would hare ouU stripped htm in actual reform. - But be waa a passive, not active, radical, exeeot bv ruboIa. Negatioo was his wsrd and 'arm. ilia economv of the public money waa the severest, sharpest. . t mow siriageni soa eooaunt refusal of almost any grant that could be prooosed. Everv one with UgisIaUve experience knows thal'masr: if not . most, public domtions, bounties, , indemnities, : and allowances are unfaaL often unconsthntiAa. al, to Individuals, commonwealths, corporations. r coojpaniee, , It requires courage, however, and brtitude, to vote srainst penaioos. comoenma. Uoaa for alleged wrongs, asd the .various other demands on Corurresaiooal cbariir. Mr. Uiran . 00 each charily, - disclaimed . h altogether, M kept the public pnrae. much wore ating-Jy contxiraace couW .educe hi. tot. for ncbobjecU.r whim are me common couinvi popuUritf of moattnemheraefCgrehutwere with hin repudiated, to the great gratinca-- y 1 r KHn Irr the nearly t' nami ai iiiuii u a uu w - : .- n th four of John A4amaT. aninin- iatration t 2id not coiheiderwitb, all of Jefferaonjr 4 mrt 0 Madieoii.? preferred reatriction. and roeacurea of paire .nfermg, that he Uiougnt m?ebt prevent war, which he eooaMered dagger - oui to republican inatilutiona, though he Ibr it aa a neecsaary evil, and then igainal moat of the etronr acta prfpowd Tbongh eopportlng the war wtin au u according to hi. own peculiar ponuc, wu ay roe, aa oecreiary 01 hm v""w ,7 q" cooacriptioe to raise an army, and eo - retary of the Treasury, repaired all tn uxea to be much increaaedand otbera auperadded. Ma- coo voted agahwt all these ineaure. It waa at- leged, however, by othere beatdel bun, eminent awjorter. of the wir, thai eome of theae meae- f- ..1LI nn Clnntrrrrta for ores, especially conscription, were of rigor beyond law. When Mr. Eppes. ttie wn-in-iaw 01 jobct son, chainnan of the Committee of Ways and Means, during the war, had constitutional ecru, plea as In some of these meaauree, Mottroe aaid that we should look to the constitution after war; but that, with the capitol sacked, and the enemy threatening ca at all points from Platuburg te New Orleans, we must put forth the whole foroa of the nation, wirhoot too scrupulous regard of what waa constitutional.- When, in patriotic eff ort. Dallas noured out a flood of paper in treaau- ry notes, one of Maooo'e maxima was, that paper money waa never beau m v Knoutevcr kwiu u confidence -of his party, ho member of ito often voted against theim ''Tenacioaa and inflexible, remomtrance availed othin2 with him. .He nev. er cuarrelletl about his frequent nays, but nfcyt J abandoned or. reduced ; them. . Not Uaturn or austere,' h waa a frequent. speaker, always good humored and jocuhr.'bnt always self-opinionated. Macon had ingrain preference for theadvantagea of rpral over,city life,'form the faculties, both; mental and bodily, for extinction for. courage, eloquence.codurance.andevery kind of eminence. No man, should live, he said, where be can bear bis neighbor's dog bark. Sometimes, when 1 ci ty member addressed the house lo bis satisfac tion, he would jocosely say, J like that; what a pity you were born in town ; out tor tnaj, yon might have come to something. :.; Towns he tho't unfavorable to the fervour, and fortitude which atimulate exeelleace. Frivolous occupations take place of earnest contemplation and enterprise. Reading is notof the right sort, if there he not even too much of Tu Rural life is less atignant more racy, more thoughtful, and eel f-de pendent. When it is not only rural, but border life, (ujl of exposure, adventure, and exploit, it ebtiously conduces to greater strength of character. Some aarageism' may become- mixed with it, whirh dues not detract from the etrenjrth, however it may oc casionally tarnish the civilization. Not one of the greatest Preaidenta of the United States.laid the oasis oi nrs eiovauoa iu - , awtt.w... Napoleon, Jackson, were sylvan born-r-bom W effort and endurance. I believe Macon never held any office by other than popular election. '. Indeet he was too food of ease lor me laoonous rerpon sihilitv of executive olace. He is an illustrious example of tbo eminence and celebrity attainable by faithful service 10 uongress, wun moaeraie a. biliUes. epnstaat integrity, and no ulterioror un toward ambition. ' Few public sneakers, secretaries, ministers, or judges, aspiranta or incumbents of place by exec utive choice, nil, wiui posieruy, so largw a in public esteem as Nathaniel Macon, or exerci sed as much influence while in any office.- Born and educated among what Jeuerson calls natural aristocracy, the aristocracy of virtue and talents.. Macon's distinction is that he loved the people. LeiTnine, eloquence, and action were not his mer t- ? - r ; ri:r ;M gress, he hrj ere rpropneed any measure ; but sincerity, simplicityfK)deration, forbearance, and nte?rity, gave nimtitlesro respect wnicn msae even bis memory influential. Artificial aristoc racy;, by birth or wealth, Jefferson deemed a mis chievous ingredient in government, whose.ascen dancy should be prevented. 'But natural aristoc racy, by virtue ana talents, ne rrgaruea as uie most orecious ffift of nature for the instruction. trust?, and government of society? and that form of government the best, which provides most effect- ually for their pure selection into ine otnce 01 - Some think that the aristocracy should be pot in a separate chamber of legislation where they may be hindered from doing imscnief by co-ordinate branches and be a protection tn wealth against the agrarian and piunderingenicr S rises of a majority 01 uie people.- wt 1 nai, wrote eSerso'o to Adams, is your opinion while I think that the American constitution provides a better remedy, by leaving the free separation and elec tion oi the natural aristocracy from the mass, who will 10 general choose the good and the wise. Wealth will take care of itself. Cabals in the Sen ate nf the United States furnish many proofs that to tve an elevated class power to prevent mis chief, is to arm them for it." Macon's equality and radicalism went beyond Jefferson s.. But be was an inactive reformer, and", merely .by the force- of example, as the American Republic acts en the rest of the world. , A planter of moderate fortune, coveting no wore, disliking the labor gained rich es of professional life, and the chance of trade, he disregarded the vexatious vanities of riches, prof, fice, except that of serving the people as one of many law. makers, among whom, too his rule was to do as little aa possible. After serving a quar ter of a century in the House of Representatives, what most would consider promotion to the Sen ate, waa perhaps, departure from his principles Did he deem it rotation in office 1 a principle or republican government, tf which Macon's twelve re-election to the same seat io Congress, prov ed tharhe did not consider it applicable to elec- a . t 1 . :j T1. live places, men grow insoieni, aia ji sciiao, in a stogie year's public, trust. Doubtless they should by frequent recurrence of popular elect&w, be continually subjected to that; ordeal. But when inumbents of elective posts, like Macon, are faithful, they are not often supplanted with- out detriment to the constituency. When one Dartv vanouiahes another, it is but just that the principal placea should be filled by the victorious. But abuse of this unquestionable principle as to o- titers demoralizes communities oy pampering mor bid thirst, and insatiably yearalpg for emolument substitutes avarice for ambition. Does not Macon's success demonstrate, that no American States nan can be successfully both am bilious and a V a- . . . r. t.: .tr the people, than aerve Mammon before God 1 To be of the aristoerscy of the democracy, is common ambition; but Macon's desire was of the democracy of the aristocracy. 1 ' , rirmcir- I hit Mcln DO Diwr9 preici.uiiiw.il w Whatever (says jjurxe, writing 01 ine rrencn National Assembly) the- distinguished 'few may bave been, men of known rank or shining talents, it is the substance, or mass of the body which constitutes its character, and mast finally deter, mine its direction.,-. In all bodies-those who will lead, roust siso, in a considerable degree, follow. Macon was a leading follower not a summit, but part of the mass of Congress; not a comman ding acter or writer, no demagogue, hardly com muning with hie const it cent a but by the mono. syllables of votes, always before them in print. out taxing no undue means for soliciting tneir --rl H jf , . - ,. - Ki.n in -J -,-,,0, a mi wiu 0D m the radical pml f , Juacoo. Will that be declining or advancV ti rsTnRTfUL SOCIETY.or N.CAR0lIN j . tV4 K. imivm1 from the Preaxtent iM l 1 ... ,.. . . . ' m n;ttoricti Society of the Unirerahy ofNoli cKntf iu firtt report, for whkh we AtetuVn oqf asaociaUon ahonld be etrii- . . erefy of bla st6f od Mch - bould feelhimaelf tspeciaBy caUed nponf. bef tfae ob:cUcr th,v Society. The bwjfy North: CaroJiia baa been too long onwrittffcaM ; he baa auftered much from the ignore oca jn cwweqUence, prerailed, a to ' pore m our atraggw wr inarpcjiucuw. f 1 te TOW dated 1T74, from one Be . t Ura, and moat aagacioua miphrm CjroKoa4-10 bi, Uiendia Londoote c- i t -1 CM venture to aaaure yon thatfoh : C4rojina wUj behind any of her aietgr j , . , irt eteadv adherence flcsuh : . i. I, ..AAx&non mmilpfl. Mm IO IITB Dm I m yesolves as tho Continental Congress, xxO-JK fa ting at Philadelphia shall adopt.'? In etUr" letter dated5th August, 1774, Mr. Vyili0 Hooper writes to his friend Judge Iredell t$e people of Cape Fear have sent a Teasel with provisions for the aupport of Boston T&e subscription in a few days amounted to i8CP and in all other respecte they discover a yieyy proper reseptment for the injuries dope U tbst peopfe. Again, we extract from paper li.tJor possession, dated 5th Nov. 1788. -Durl tlie whole of the late war (the war of the xioo tion) whenever the neighboring State wOrv yaded, Worth Carolina was sure to lend tUH eistance. ' We have seep in the -coorse. t jfiqye campaign; j6000 or 7CXX) men of the NpTthJCaif lina milkia, in South Carolm,-. on their fhaiPh n its Relief, and aha now tiounle 8000 or 4i WOf hercifi2eha who. tell a" sacrifice in Georgia ytr South Carolina, toaheir leal for tb welprejjpf the Union We say nothing of tbe'Conteiival Hue, nor of those who fell within the Sutewbj4e the. enemy perrade.d every part of iL l85t probable that such armies could be sapjtortid without money 1 Surely toL ..But NorWra rolina uniformly supported and "paid heg ot;n militia, though th?y were, in the Cont&eqp.al service, and she furnished provisions to con siderable part of tho Continental troopa te Southern armies. Who haa paid for thfe rst stores consumed by "such bodies of armedimfiJ In other States. Commissioners were pmv&P to settle the. chime of individual agaiif' United Stijes, and certificates for many njliois were1 Issued by those Com miss ioaere ; b U io such officers have had occasion to settle acfjbute in Nobth CjxomccI. because the Bute asfonetf all the debts of her citizens doe "by the Unirir- xept acoiall baJance due me vonynenia,iie. These debts amounreH- to severaf, piuiioj,. These-, wehaveevery reason to believe, t'H words of General Robert" HoWE,',of 'oqr fov-W who- could speak aoowinglytf tbeatteriJret- "uz KniAl liiA uhi' Wei knT Wrl eo or, as MM that sobje- of the North Cnaanrnops 1 .Tlttto'w. XtnjTttfKKtta so tnwnime. naq Southern annyerer nuid. neither oytae i?wie, nor . byt he Union, Dtit the. commandipg oflt Wfci cut we nave not room ioui nwre-iw w already said enough to show (hatmuch tgnance prevails on the subjeet of the early hist)iyf North Carolina, thai great injustice- hasben done ber illustrious deadVtt ia enoagh?thtti, to state, that it is the object of theHis1rtfal Society to repair this injustice, to remoVtitis evil, to insure the hearty co-operation off Vcry North Carolinian whose soul is not dead UjttXa hinw Wilmington Chronicle. "... - , jji II STATisTfna of wlLMlNGTOi A frtnaifortinn rvf tkm fallowing facts wiU f C L our friends at home and abroad, some ideadf t;le imponasce ana uuauiesa oi niDingiuu.' do not pretend to mathematical accuracy yi o-V figures and statements, but wb bave conjAaltid the best sources of infermatiso,and think ttwt o;r statement does not vary far from the trulfi ifit be not strictly correct . " r j The number cf eteam saw-mills, capaj le f runniog altogether, 180 saws, is nine.. heib mills cut annually, thirty millions of feet o()aq& ber, valued at 8360,000. Capital invested a Vae mill, 810,000 capital slock, 5 1 2,500-4 nd 812J500-wages paid for while service, 00r This given tor the nine "eteam saw njlls three of which have -planing mills atcjedjj four hundred and five thousand dollars ini)s(ijd in the manufacture of lumber. There are ele en? distilleries up, and going up, which ruhtii four stills consuming two" hundred thdlisaiu barrels of turpentine : worth four hundred 1i6i ana uoirars. iapiiai iotpsicu ta uwuiienuscv 006 labor. S68.000 oterBeers wa?es,$6V?00 capital to work dwtilleries,$83,750tota)ahpu4t inveatedin the manufacture of turpentine, &2& 750. Besides to distilleries in town, inclu'Iedn our calculation, lhern are-nine in the imm'Miaie vicinity which consume onan average I0.0C9 ba- reis eacn, oi ine raw material. riu wtvr barrels, 9 180,000. There are also several luiti ber mills, at Orton, and elsewhere not inch led W our estimate. The river lumber may be ejttrnv. ted at 15,000,000 feet, worth 5130,000. TnD ti ber exported. 5.000,000 ftis estimated s3, 000 Crude, or unmanufactured turpentine j?xpv. ted 75,000 bblW worth 0168,000. Tar pp3, 3O000 bbls, worth 345,000; . Rice exporteA15fV 000 bushels, worth at 80 eta- per bushel, Wl 800. Ground-pass 5O000 bushels, worthg$5u-. 000- Staves, shingles; &cvS100,000. J- It will be perceived that in thie exhibit,e; c ly include a few of the leading, and ttostfajr j ble articles which enter into the trade of :W$ miortoo. "We have said nothing, of the. t faci4 cotton, flax seed, beeawax, maiwfactUreuVotJt gooJe, minerals, elcelera ; whkh are shippj frtr and through our port, i We have forbornjUofo this, because we have been unable to obtaf en able information of the amount and value d thofte commoditiea ; and in maUersof business, i s ear ed not to indulge in-vague conjectures : M, i s -That Wilmington JSTrapidly increaaing pop ulatiou, health, business, and wealth, ia c jviots to the most careless observer, but it beiloove our citixcns not to be idle, Not to Jay fisJeMi'y upon their oars, but to make a strong Jiuia long pulP'on "the tide which leads to fof ;une;V We have already done much ! yet, much rf tnaii to be done apd Wilmingtonians will be iinut's to themselves If they do not accompl ish it I -! - - v ' . WUjningUn rckJ9. : -. 10 - .. ii Cf A YxirriK TKicav Ashort time since a forilfy . man arrived at Cincinnati, from Boston, tith large stock -of table and chimney clocks, fpetoud a store, and made a grand display of hiswatj, but put such high prices on his articles Ifeat i s one would buy them, - Not many days hadsis? wuvu wiuiMvi irciovu iBurc, luu wiiv,, the person and property .of the dock- tnttrhat incarcerated the one, -ana pot tne ware up: ur sale,-bv auction. The notoriety of the effeut stance attracted a .numerous crowd, and iI '4e clocka were disposed' of at extraordinary li( . prices. .The account being wound" op, the? lebtjr waa released by his creditor, and they boswejit on their way rejoicing at having cheated tbigof 4. citizens of . Cincinnati, by "eelllng them time keepers which would not keep Umek acwepe not worth half the money , which they, bttfcr confederacy, bad ebtajnedior them,. .;, - $tj. y , v 'wVn bullet ea the c:wt aJraang , " " nHeU inM Miitrt W with a snnMnooa to the aide or VVsTbingtonhe General in ctei was already oi horseback, surrounded by his staff, andon the point of setting out - He, waa calm and collected as if ia his cabinet. jNo wwer- did bx : tee; me than he raised his hat ;aa a signal tn Jtalt. .VI checked my steed on tha instant and lifting ray hat watted for h" commands -; ; ? - You are a native of this country. -r- Yes your Excellency . .! . .f ;jv; : Yon know the road from JTConbey's ferry to Trenton, by the riverand Pennrogton the bye roads and allV - ;';" jt v -i As well aa I know my own Alphabet," and 1 patted the neck of my Impatient charge Then 1 may have occasion for you--ytHi wUl remain with.the ataffr alit that to PMD mal yotr ride,Xieut. Archer he added, imthogi as the fiery beast made a demivolve, that set naif the group in commotion. j : ; " . Your iCxeellency A - . - Neveemind,' said Washington, amiJUig again ar another, impatient apring : of my charger -cut short the sentence, 1 see the heada of the col umn are ia motion, you will rememberand wa ving hj hand, he gave the rein1 to the steed White I fell bewildered inthestafll . ' ..'-The ferry was close at hsnd, hut the intense cold made the inarch, any thing hut pleasant We allr however, hoped on the morrow toredeoov our cootry, by striking a signal blow and every i,rt Kt hirh with anticioation of victory. Col- rumn after coTumn of our little army defiled at the ferry, and the Jiight had scarcely set meewreme last attachment had been embarked-- As I wheel ed my horse on the little bank aoorethe landing ruJ t nmW an instant to look back thro the Ibseurity pf the eceae.Tbe night waa Ark, I Wild and threateiiingV-the ciouds betotenett an approaching tempest, arid1 1 could wilb; difi5calty. penetrate with-my. eye the increasing gloom. Ak I irilt mi hand acrof i my brow to pierce WW the darkness, a gust of wind, sweeping down the river, wntrieu ine suow iuw ij Urily blinded my sight. At last I discerned the opposite shore eaiid the obscurity. The .land scape was wild and gloomy. A few desolate look iug housea only were in sight, and they now jam med wkh arash together and floating alowiy.a oart leaving scarcely apace for the boats to pass. The dangers of the navigation cap better be im agined than described, for the utmost exertions could just prevent the frail etrttcturee from be ing crushed. Occasionally a stray fife would be heard whirling over theTWalers, mingling feebly with the fierce pipiag of the w'thde, and anon, ih JMn tnll of the drum would beam across the night, the neigh of a horse would float from the opodsite shore, or the crash of the jamming ice would be heard like faroff thunder. . The canon eere beneath me were dragging piece of artil ttery op t be ascent, and the men were rapidly for ming on the shore below aa they landed. It was stirring scene. At this instant hand of the . . .regiment struck up an enlivening air, and nlnnaimr of toweto into my steed, I whirled him around Si Ihe roadVand wet off off a gaop to o- rtfe rhn f oeencons"'neuui pipecauw wi Weatinau'on; bfor'ediybreak I ... ' ' i ' f . .T-. ... . wm ' Ay. ft t jjr ait ceirainiy urMw.wp. ..-, couns'ef waa therefbrecalled on liorseback Ui de termine whether to retreat or ftot A. few min utes decided. All were unanunoUB to proceed ai every peril.. "-' -: . j-- . Gflntlemen.' aaid Washington, after they had Lseverally 'spoken, then we aU. agree ; the atUcfc Ill aa I a lllv yjeCP 11 IjqatCTealf . vwuiHw&uf uu- Hig to Sullivan, your brigade ;4hall march by the river road while, I wiU take that by Penning ton let ua arrive as near 8 o'clock as possible. But do not pause when you reach the outposts thmm in befere their rank cart form, and pursue them to the very centre of the town. 1 shall he there to take them in the flank the rest we must leave to. the God of battles. And now geiftlemen toour poet. In five minutes we were The eagenre'sa of oor troopa to come op to the enemy was never more conspicuous than on-the morning of that eventful day. We had acareely lost sight of Sullivan's detachment acrosar.the in tervening fields, before the long threafning storm burst over us, The night was intensely cold ; the sleet and rain ratried, incessantly upon the reen'e knapsacks, and the wind shrieked, howled and roared among the old pine trees with lenflfe violence. At time the snow fell perpendicular ly downwards hen itoeatliorizantally into our faces with furious impetuosity, and again itt waa whirled wildly on high eddying round and round, sweeping away on the whistling tempest far in to the gloom. The tramp of the men the low orders of the officers the occasional rattle of a musket were almost lost ia the '1sfcrlttoic of d sale, or the deepvsullen roar of the forest Even these sounds aj length ceased, and we continued to march in profound silence, incieajungaa, we drew near the outposts of the enemy. The re doubled violence ufthe"gale, though it added to the sufferings of our brave continentials, waa e,i xea hailed witn joy, aa oecreasea ine cnances pf our discovery,' and made ua once more hope for a successful surprise. Nor were the sufferings light Through' that dreadful eight nothing but the fof ty patriotism of freemen could, have sustained them. Half clothed, many shoeless, whole compa. niea without bknketa, they yet pressed he?vily against the storm, though dreifChed tu the skin, ehivering at every blast. -end too often marking their footsteps with blood. Old aa I am, the re collection to still vivid to my mind. ? God forbid that such suflerings ahoaid ever have to be en dured again. ;t '. , -.;' ; r.' : 'i The dawn at last came hut the atorm still rag ed. The trees- were borne down with the sleet, and the slush was ancle deep in the roads. The fields that we passed were covered with wet led spongy snow, and the half buried housea looked bleak and desnlatg in the uncertain morning light, it has been ray lot to witness but few such fore boding scenes. At this instant a messenger daabv ed furiously up to an nonce that the ontposta of the British were being driven in. v MForward forward cried Washington, himself galloping up to the head of the columns! asbo&f inv brave leliowf ott.? ;i f '.;n;;rt "The men started like hunters at the cry of the pack, as their General's mice, seconded by a has ty fire from the riflemen io the van, and forget, ting every thing but the foe, marched rapidly in silent eagerness,- towards the sound of the, con flict. Aa they emerged from tne woods the scene burst upon them."- . ; "' f" ; The town lay hut a short distance ahead, just discernable through the twilight, and seemed ha. Uiedin repose. X:'W& .The streets were wftpity uesenear ana as yen the alarm had not reached the main body of the enemy. ' A aifigle horseman' was aeen however, fleeting -a moment through the; mist he waa lost behind a clump of trees, and then re appeared, dashing wildly do wn the ialn street of the vil lage.. I h'sd no dough! hut that he was a mess enger from the outposts for a reinforcement and if sofiered to rally wnce we knew all hope was gone. T the forcear he left we now turned our attenUon. . ' '- tn ! - ; The first charge of our gallant continentals had driven the outposte In like the ehocbr of an avalanche .. Just aroused from sleep and- taken completely by surprise, they 4id not at first pre tend to nuke a stand, but Te treated rapidfy ,a dUordir before our vanguard. - A, iaw taomecta, hpwevcrfc'had au3ced to recalltheir r,reeTifl; facukks j and perceiving the iui'nigcant force opposed to-them, they halted, trsiutedi" rallied, Doored Tn a heavy fire, and eve o advanced cheer- rin to the ensety But el thiexi-aent cyr main body emerged, from the wood, and: when ray eye first fell upon the Hessian grenadiers, they, were beginning again to stagger. .':'' " ' On on push on. continentato of the . . sbouted the otScer in command, r ' The men with admirable discipline still fbre- bore their shoutsand steadily pressea on the how flying outposts. Ier ratant the Hessians were in juu reueampoR me wwn. Tt- Hnav ai ! ejaculated an aid-de-camp at hit side as a rollinff tire of musketry waa all once heard at the distance of half a mile across the village; ' there goe BuUivan'a "brigade-the day to Quown. - -V- " " :Cbargethaf riillerj from deUchment irom the eaatern reglmemV ihoated the, General as the hattery of the epemjr Was seen e, little to the right, t - f' :.v - v - - The men levelled their: bayorets, marched steadily to tb mouth of the cannon, and: before the artillery could bring their piecea to bear, crrfedtlw'!ritk:.d prised enemy were eeen endeavoring to form; in the mam street ahead. ntf the rapidly increasing fire on the side of Sullivan, told that the day in that quarter waa fiercely maintained. A few momenta nf thdectoion-: would rein al & v Press on--pr'esa on there shouted the ConT mander.io.Chief charge them before they can fornWfollow' jne." The efiect was electric Gallant aa they iad been before, our brave troops now seemed carried away wirh perfect enthusiasm. The men burst into a cheer at the eigtit of their Commander'a daringi and daahing into the toWn carried every thing before tbem. , , 's' Thm ktr ftmtied Hessians ooened a desultory fire, fell fn nefore our impetuous attack, waered broke, and m five mtnuxes were oyiog peu-meii iWnh the town while our trooos, with ad- Vith ad - njlAble discinline atill maintaining thefr ranks, pressed steadily up the street, driving the foe before theni. ? They had acareely gone a hundred 1-, before the banners of SuHtvaQ'ft bngde seen -floatiBSf through the' mista ahead cheer buret from1, our nen, it was answered back from our approaching comrades, and perceiving themselves hemmed in on all sides, the -whole regiment we hadroated laid down their arm. The instant Victory wa ours, and the foe having surrendered, every nnroanly exultation had.dis- aooeared from the countenances of our troops, The fortune oi war naa lurnea agauu wjeir iow, it wa&pot the part of a brave man tp add insult tpmialwoh-L-n-;ti:'-'-'.v--. : - . . '- We were on the point of dismounting when n klH.d.camn wheeled Jiround the corner of the 'street ahead. ? and cbecking? hto foaining 1 charger at the side w Washington, exclaimed breathlessly. , . . . ' , - ', A detachment ; naa escaped they are in full retreat on the Princeton road. j . '. Quick aa thotfffht the Commander, in-chief flung himself into the, saddle again, and looking hastily around tne troop oi - onicers, singieu me ' out. ' . : " :-v !,' -; ; 1 i .;' : .;. lJeutenantAiTber; you know 4he roads.r- fjxUnmt f .i will march his re?iiherit around and nrevent the enemy's retreat iioar will take! them b the shortest route. 1 bowed in- humble subraissioir to the saddle how. and Dereeivinsr the ColoUel Wat tome cis tance ahead, went Hike an arrow down the street to ioht bim. ' It waa. but the work of an instant to whetff the men into- a neiirhborinff avenue, and before five minutes the muskets of the retiring foe could be seen through the intervening trees ; I had cbosep a cross path, whkh, making ai it were the longest aide of a triahglsr entered' the Princeton road a short distance aboyetheiowni and would enable us to cut oa tnf oemy a n treat The struggle to attain' the des ired potnt where . fher two roada intersect waa ahort- but fieree. We had klready advanced, and although the" enemy pressed on with ther eagerrt?st of despair, our gallant felJowa were on . their, part with the entbushsm o conacipua victory. As we were cheered by finding ourselves ahead,-a bold, quick push enabled us to reach it some secontto before the foe, and rapidfy facing about as we wheeled into the road, we xummoned the discom fitted enemy to surrender, -In half an hour 1 reported myself st head quarters as the aid-de camp to Colonel 1 r to announce oursucceae, The exultation of our countrymen; on learning the victory at Trenton, no pep can picture, One universal shout of victory rolled from Massa. chusetts to Georgia, and we were nailea every where' is the saviours of the' countryV The drooping spirits of the coleniea were re-animated bv the news, the hopes for a successful termina. tion of the contest once more aroused ; and the enemies, paratiied by the blow, retreated in dnv order towarus rnnceion anu ixew fK-uaswwK. Years have passed since then, but I shall never forget the BaUle pf Trenton. s FIRE. - , - . - About dJVclock on Friday evening last, afire broke out iu the rear of a bouse, on ltrchardson street n Cotton town,) owned by the ramer.' cia) Bank, and in less than two hours the whole of the Square lying east of Rkbardson, and south of "Boundary street with the exception of the two brick buildings occupied by R. Cathcartnd J. V. Xylea was burnt to the ground. The iosa 'falls principally on the owners of the property, aa the annexed list ot sufferers will show. The brick store owned by Ker Boyce, nd oc cupied by J. ti. James. Stock Insured and prin cipally save4:;:.:-! Pr'$i$Ki- Wooden building used by R. & Swindler and othere as a store house in which was burnt -a ouantity of furmture belonging to R. C Swindr ler ; 50 Sacks Salt stored by R. Caldwell; and 77 bales of Cotton, stored, -aud insured Jn account of planters, - V.-'t ' Brick hoose owned by Ker Boyce ; stored bj J, M, Blakely, 160 sacks Salt; by R. Sondley lot ' Bagging.-.?; -':t : ' . 'J' ; Store owned by J. Banskett and under lease to A. Neely, who lost 200 bales of Cotton, and to the amount of about 01000 in goods. V' House belonging to the Commercial Bank ; un- 5""- , , . SC-.A..-S" ' " '..'. '' ' -'' ArnniAd. --.,- . Brick store and dwelKna owned by D.,MiM lings ; insured for $4.000 ; and occupied by Ma thew.Crawford!iX5obds hearly all sayed. k Store owned;bjr J- BauakeU, occupied by B. tllyl cM) bates of citltmib oss.ooir- -tlfe"" v . Build rag in the rear of Aiken's, lot used by X. Cathcart as a store: bouse, having in it 160 bush els of corn. ' ' ifsl:--Ul"' ' ' The t hree story brick building adjoining, caoght repeatedly, and was with great diGculty . saved. The square on the north aide of -Boundary street, mutt inevitably bave burnt but for the protection afibrded by. the dense foliage of f row of mulber ry and china trees, growing, upon the side walk. The square on. the west aide of Ricbardaon.atreet was saved only' by the ejtertmna - of the . firemen and citizen; A brk wind; blowing at the time, covered it wkh af continnarfhewer of sparks, burning shingles, and iher-ignited matter. The total loss is sup doi to.be about 025,X). We are $ paind tbTecpra: the death of Mr. Chaa. IJTmalCWtrct.in2'eC a blood teasel, caused by ovfer-exeftfon at tbe fire. . A negro-boy was taken on Sunday, nfgbt, with matches, gunpowder, shavings, in tup act of setting fire to the new cotton toU?" of EL DaHn, and ia lodged in. the guard W&$X6$'f Jnvesi1 tiationtttbo hai-CtSswii -StS. Curolwan. vl. YTc are -3oaded that we gratifj our ioleU thsa ourselvet by transferring V colarafeam the Bostoh papers the foiu1 troducing; at the Car Meeting of Suffulk'fo ujl tony the resolutiona published in our lat L lI of the tMmory of Judge Story : Mr. VaWk addressed the Chair in suUa astowf;.-, ,.f . V . : 4 We hkve just heard from ypu, sir, em :nion of tha .JiemH fact Which we hadVT.M heard through other channels of intellk.n.'J u I which ha ftraura tntt1mM iK kT o J -- .v. nirvUD UUIiO(l k , anrl a Tl nnnilwl B if K tlva mm-. -r . i to teatify their sense of the loss whirh tk. . -1 Venerable man' (Judget Da via) whom . tuniiata nf lK Aar-mmmA niumiL. L. Urn-- mmlimA li smW. T .. J T.J ... I iiyw m ecu upoa mil Which you preside, and who waa himaelf . the instructor in the law of bim whose loot . moorn The membera of the school over su nocMicu iu pnuiic w iw private we, have here to-day. One sontimeut only prevail am all, a sense of profound grief. But all ot fcim j mi wu n v"i vcupc wi ine irreuarab' loss, we feel that be still fives among u, i0 t4 spirit H his recorded wisdiin,and in the decision of authority which be has. pronounced. Viri nemortti komtnnv et aermme. xersabitur. dm rtcesnL .., i Vtr.Cbief Justice, the loss is not frit alw, 'aojo4hji bar, or in the courts of this Comm w$iWC but is felt in every bar and in everv con. Inrthe Union. Jt is hot confined to. this counJ nor'tn Ihrs continent He had a wider ranm J l reputation. In the High Court of Parliament, kl KYvry wufi m , cofciniuvivr- fjaii, in every du ttnguished judicature in Europe, in the cout of Paris, pf Berlin, ? of . Stockholm, and of t Dm.Ii.i In li&nni.MMi!.i a n..'... I. i isiciauHig, jHturuiuicisKiciui vicriiiailTi H;t -ana opsin, ois mooriij was received ; and ilj .when they hear Pf bis death, will agree tbit great luminary nas fallen, tie has in tw measure repaid the debt which America owei England : and the mother can receive from i! daughter, without humiliation and without etm' the reversed hereditary transmission from lU child to the parent By the oowprehenaivcDai of his mind, and by his vast and varied attaia. ments, he was most fitted . to compare the coda1 ot different nations, and comprehend the resulti of such research. - . " His love of country was pore, and be rejarM justice aathe great interest ot man, and the on!; foundation of civilization;. On this foundation be has built his famei and united bis own name ski that Of trislpUyiU waa to constitutional hv that much of hUattention as directed, and in )he elucidation which be was pre.emioeou 4-d TdQcam .firmandam . et adf HabUienh xirtuJ&rtwbtm pypuluoomni 'vs yrrgek Bui it jtf quneceasary for cf this day to speaV iI detail w bis public or ttdicial services. . Tbi: duty will remain for us to perform, and it will no doubt be executed in a manner worthy of the oe- casion. Stiff, ft the homage that will be paid to bion, then; is one tribute which may well come' from us. : We have seen bim and known him inf private Hfe. We can bear witness to bis strid uprightness and purity of character; bis simplici ty and unostentatious habits; the ease and afiabili ly Of U1S luiercourse j ui great titoch wonu. the severest labors; the cheering and aaiioatinr tone, of bis conversation, and his fidelity to bit friends ; and some of us can testify to bis larp and systematic charities, not dispensed in a pub lic: manner, but gladdening the hearts of those whom be assisted io private, distilling happinea like the dew of heaven. - Mr. Chief Justice, jooe may live as a conmrci- or,. a king, or a magistrate, bat he must die at t man. The bed of death brings every mair to bit Dure individuality : to the intense contemplation oitneueepeai oi ait rsuiiouvyurarvisuouwciwccu. tne -creature ana nis creator. ni-jciwwh iue dticeased alwavs acknowledged. He revereneeJ tbe Scriptures of Truth ; he received from then this lesson, and submitted himself fo aUfiunfi&i tbe will of Providence? ' His careef o earth an sustained. : To the last hour of his lifStfli :fM ties remained unimDaired, and tha lamp went W attbe etpse undimmed, and without flicier(nre obscurity. Ilia last wOrda which were beard rj mortal ears were a tervw suppncauou io rnasu ker to take bim to himself. " , " , i . m. iwi ma. BRAVE ACT OF A BOY! Mr. Wnv SuWett of Powhattan, who keeps tavin ia the vicinity of Jade's Ferry, has also a to hojue, about 50 yards from his dwelling, and acrontht Car teraville road, leading by his bouse. Oae night M week, there was an attempt near day break, to breu into this store house. Mr. Subletfs soa,Thornac,I4 veui old. and a voudwr brother, slept in it tor U proieetioa of "the properly. Thsmas SuWett wu mwateued by the boring of holes in the door, but toot no notice. The window was then amiiea, -r i... kmVvii nnt : Thi lad. who bad a load edan by his bed sld woald yet make no movement. thhikiBztlM Trieht time bad not eome, and dfepJayuf, for bis age. a heroie presence misd. lie eta have shot the burglar In the hands ss he broa w window pane, but would not, for bo heard vokw Without, and-knowiBg there was more than o -gaged, reserved his fire to make it tho more effecw. feariog that if he only wounded tho aasaihint, hio-J sad hm brother would be murdered : Tho awail having at length broken through tho " J tered the tooL vou.r Sabiett flred and lodged tt- cerea loo room, jvi tuw. ,. contenU of bw gun in his braia 1 aoolse tn? eji ammaiiii arhiin. . .AfuMrinr his tender sre, command, which, eonsWoring. his uouer sf". At nWrVt mnA thm elnnnnataoees of extreme p cnal danger, justify tho highest eotnroendaUon. The burglar thus shot never spoke J lot s short Ume-naJr an near we una. r- U&WJl W. know IHf-glg: ted the suBpicion, but the next day oaesfp s ZJLm. . it ta be weU foosder IU confe-ed thatthe plot wastorob. iwbj boys.andthsn burn the store t HrwM;the wW f th plan, aud taskaied-bis daps ana vxr This tasesi is now in rowaawaa i !.The country, wssrs and self eommand sf young Soblett Hal ' J brother did pot awake during the bole aff i : : Vi Caiswxr September 19, 184i Ban, Roan- yaoai Oxdsdw to Camdih-' ingf iit Camden and owe other placea tJ"T prospect of .tbe Rad Road being Ukee ta is very fiatterioj. - Tne citizens of Camdea ap adjourned meeting the 6U inst, ws says the. Journal, n was well attended and co erable spirit manifested otbe occ" ' thsroaJvxustl etriZf, teemi to fTg body, and this being the case; we cannot IBJ any fear. for the result-Eighty .tJfJJj larsbWtlready beesubKribediaodeD twentyve tbouaand dollars at Suteburg. ter District 8. ,C.j-JournaL jVV J " Dejf8WTIo"A run-away slave ie scribed : Hits' ikkk: set mlly wttn f bkt, five feet Mgh, and iron shod shoes wiU"T eyes' sH- 1 J V ft- .'.;,'i - . 'I .f.r; .
The Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Sept. 26, 1845, edition 1
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