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VoLUilE 3. LlNCOLNTON, NoRTII CAROLINA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1847. - NUMBER 29.
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Lincoln Business Directory.
Court Officers Superior CYurt F. A.
Hoke, el'rik. Equity Wm, Williamson,
elerk. Courtly court Robert William
son, clerk, Eadi of these offices in the
Cout House. VV. Lander, Solicitor, law
office on the main street, east of the public
square. H. N, Gasion, Sheriff; Paul
Kistlcr, Dcpuly.
Register, U.J.Wilson; Deputy, C C.
Henderson. County Surveyor, Isaac Hol
land : County Froeessioner i. H. Holland. I
Coroner, W'm U Holland.
Lawyers Uay wood W. Guion, main st. j
tine door east. L. E. Thompson, main st. j
east, 3d squire W. Lander.irnin st. east, i
2d square. - V. A. McBee, and W. Wil-j
liamson, offices at McBee's building, main
si. 2d square, cost.
Physicians S. P. Simpr.on, main street,
west. 1). W.Schenck, (and Apothecarv,
main st. iwo doors east. Elim Caldwell)
nain-stiesf, 6 doors east. 7.. Hutt, offi
ce opposite Mrs Motz's hold. A. Ramsour.
main st. ws.
Merchants Wm. Hoke.rtorlh on square,
past corner. B. S. Johnson.north on square
vest co'iior, J. A Ramsour. on square,
tf.iorlh west corner. C. C. Henderson, on
square, (pest office) couth. J. Ramsour
Son, mam st., f dois west. Johnson &
, Reed, on squsre.SHtilb west comer r.ntit, st.
Academies Male, R. Sunnier; l-Vmalc,
under the chargo of ;tr. Sumner also; rest
dence main st. Gib corner south cast of the
court Ijousc.
Hotels Mrs Mo;z,s. w.cnrrcrof mum
st. and cquare Win. Slade, main st. 2d
corner citst of square. A. A . McLane, 2d
corner, west,na main st. B. S. Johnston,
north vrestv i --
Grocers G. PresiitHI, main st. 4 doors
east of square. Wm. U. Edwards, south
west of square. L. Rolhreck, south-west
.comer of square-
Tailors Daiby & Sengle, main tit. one
ooorwest of square, Allen Alexander,
on square, t. by v. hide. Moore 6c- Cobb,
on square, north west corner.
Watch Maker and Jeweller Charles
Schmidt, mam st. 4 doors cast.
Saddle and Harness Metiers J. T. Al
exander, main st. 2d comer east of square.
B. M..4c F. J. Jetton, on square, north by
west. J. A. -lettf.n & Co., main st. wet.
Printers T. J. Ecclcs, Courier office
main st east end, south east corner of the
Charlotte road.
Book Binder F. A. Hoke, main st. on
2d square west of court house.
Painter U.S. Hicks, next to F. A.
Iloko, west.
Coach Factories Samuel Landcrmain
st. east, or 2d square from Court Houec.
Ab'ter McKoy, nninst. oast, en 3d square.
S. 1. Sunoson, street north of main, and n.
w. of court houc. hu;c Erwin, miin si.,
west, gji 2d square. A. 6r. R. Garner, on
- main st. east end, north side.
v Blacksmiths Jacob Rush, main st. 5th
corner east of court bouse. M. Jacobs,
main st.,east end. A. Dclain.main st. nar
east end. J. Bysanger, back si. north west
of public square. J. VV. Pavscur. west
ond.
Cabinet Makers TnoinasDcws 6c Son,
main st. east, on 4Ui square.
Carpenters, $-c.- IWiel Shuford, main
'$t.t east, 6ih comer from square. James
Triplet:, main si. M'Bce's building. Isaac
Houser.main st. west end. James Wells,
main st. west of square.
Brick Masons Wittis Peck, (and plas
terer) main st.j east,4th corner from square.
Peter Hccscr, on east side of street north
of sauare.
'Tin Plate Worker and Copptr Smith
hos. R. bhuford, tnatn st. ea-st, on south
side ot 2d square.
'Shoe Makers John Huggins, on back
t., s:uth -"est of square. Arr.zi Ford 6c
Co. south west co-ncr Charlotte road and
main st. east end.
Tanners Paul Kbtler, main-st., west
end. J. Ramsour, back st., north east of
square. F;fc A. L Hoke, 3-4 mile west ol
town, msitvrftdd.
Hat Manufactories John Cline, north
from public square, 2 door3, west side of st.
Jchn Butts 6c son, on squnre. south side.
Oil MiilVeter and J E Hoke, 1 mile
gou!h west of town. York road.
Paper Factory G. & R. 5-losieIler, 4
rni!e jouth-east of court hcuse.
Cotton Factory John Hoke 6c L. D.
Chitds, 2 miles south of court house.
'Lime Kiln Danie! Shuford and others,
9 miles south.'
WANTED A youth of about 16 yeart
J-ageas an apprentice lo the Printing bn
stntM Apply at this office.
Seng for the Volunteers.
We're far away in foreign land
Resposiye to our country's call,
A little lut a gallant band
Fair Freedom s sons and brothers aM,
Our pleasant homes our kin and friends,
At thought of these our bosom thrill ;
And memory her magic lends
Our hearts, dear girls are with you still
New forms and faces meet us here,
Unlike the loved ones left behind ;
Strange voices fall upon our ear,
But none with tone so sweet and kind.
The dark-eyed beauty strives in vain :
Affections lonely void to fill ;
For you we only wear the chain
Our hearts dear girls are with you still.
No holyday pursurt is ours
The burning sun, the chilling dew,
The battle, where the death storm showers,
We cheerful sufl'er all for you !
We ask no guerdon but your praise ;
Go where we may, and come what will,
Forever, as in bygone days,
Our hearts, dear gills arc with you still.
Camp near Jlonicrey, Mexico, Dec. 1, 1846.
Froir the Columbia Seuth Carolinian.
Starvation in Ireland,
it is strange to u?, that the public prints
are forced to appeal to our citizens, to en
list their sympathies in behalf of the starv.
ing Irish. We live in a land of abundance
plenty pours into the granaries of lite
ppopie, and God and nature blesses the
lund with bounty on all hand. Our labor
ers are happy our indigent poor are pro
vided for by the laws of the country, and,
as a nation, speaking amidst plenty and
prosperity, we have good reason to rejo;ce
it our lo'. Such is our happy lot, but how
different are the scenes amindst the once
green fields of Erin ? Whilst with us the
smiles of plenty abound, in Ireland the dark
clouds of slaivatioii enshroud the hearts of
her people. Want stalks forth and cuts
''-- till r?rrnr? '-of j.-prii. the oitl.. tU
middle-aged, Ihe young rnd the innocent
Mothers sink with starving babes at their
snr;ve!id breasts, to rise no more, and to
yield up life, because cries and importuni
ties no longer bring them bread. The ac
counts of destitution grow more and more
appalling, and the horrible and revolting
evidences borne to our shore, sickens and
astounds u?, when we rend that the life of
c ration is being sircpl from, the face of
ihe Earth by the hand of famine' Not
even is the garbage of the whole land suf-
ficient to sustain the lives of her children
Despair has taken possession ofherpeo
pie.
"W hen,' a British journal says, 'a more
than half-naked cottier has toiled down
field in a November day, turning over all
;he soil a spade's depth in search of food
that comes up only in quantities ofofTens
ivc decomposition, and when he looks in the
face of bis starving child who stands by lo
pick up the foetid masses from his spade
few can blame him that he despairs."
f 1 I .1 1 I T
uoa nas given us me tooa. ve csn re
j heve their hunger. We, in America, can
slay the fell spirit of wantengendereJ dis
ease, which stalks in destruction and deso
!l.a- i i ...
I rauon over ncr once lair Iieias. It is our
duty to do so promptly. It would be our
duty as human beings, even if we laid no
ciatm to the humanities ofa Christian
People. The over-peopled realms of Ihe
globe can do bul little to aid ihem, but A-
merica, overflowing with her surplus food,
must give the supplies with which the De
ity has blessed her.
Send Ireland corn,send her anything that
will sustain life. Her hands are stretched
out to receive food, and the mouths of her
famished children are opened to us, like
that of Elijah in the desert. The white
winged ships of mercy,from Young Amer
ica, can waft life to Erin's shore. On the
American people now rests the responsi
bility. We must either give of our bounty,
or we roust stand still, and listen to the
long torturing cries of increasing starvation
borne to us across the wide Atlantic, and
say to the world, "Ireland and the noble I
rish people, cry out to us in their suffering
in ram.
Columbia is asked to go to a Relief Meet
ing to-night. Her people are too generous
to refuse, either to go.or to read the follow
ing heart-rending letter, describing the
frightful and appalling destitution which
is devastating every portion of Ireland :
ToHiaGrcctFd.Marshdii the Duke of Wellington; I
My Lord Duke without apology or pre
face, I presume so far to trespass on your
grace as.to state to you, and hy i!ie use. of :
your .illustrious narhp, to present to the
British public the following statement of
what I have myself seen vithin the last
three days : 4
Having for many years been intimately
connected with the western portion of the
county of Cork, and possessing some stnall
property there,! thought it right personally
to invest joate the truth of the-several la"
mentable accounts which had reached me,
of the appalling stie of misery to which
that pari of the country was reclined.
I accordingly went on the loth insf. t'
Skibbereen, and to give the instance of one
townland which I visited, as an example nf
the stale of the entire coast district, I shal
state simply what 1 there saw. It is si'ti
ate on Ihe eastern side of Castie haven har
bour, and is named South Reen, in the pa
rish of Myrosa. Being a ware that I should
have to witness scenes of frightful hunger,
I provided myself with as mucir bresd as
five men could carry, and on reaching the
spot I was surprised to find the wreched
hamlet apparently deserted. I entered
some of the hovels to ascertain the cause,
and the scenes that presented themselves
were such as no tongue or pen can convey
the slightest idea of. In the first, six fa ad
ished and ghastly skeleton?, to all appear
ance dead, were huddled in a corner, on
some filthy straw, their sole covering what
seemed a ragged horseIothe; Iheir wrech
ed legs hanging out, naked above the kuers.
I approached in horror, tiud fouud by a
low moaning they were yet alive they
were in fever four cliildrcn, a woman,
and irAat had once been a man. It is im
possible to go through the detail suffice
it to say that in a few minutes I was stir
rounded by at bias! 200 of such phantoms,
such frightful spectres, as no words can
describe. By far the greater number were
delirious, either from famine or from fever.
Their demoniac yells are still ringing in
my ears, and their horrible images are
fixed ubon my brain. My heart sickens
at the recital, but I must goon.
In another case, decency would forbid
what follows, but it must be told. My
clothes were nearly torn off in my endea
vor to escape from the throng of pestilence
ground, when my neck cloth was seized
from behind bv a gripe which compelled
me to turn. I found myselt grasped by a
woman with an infant appa rtnly just born,
in her arms, and the remains of a filthy
sack across her loins the sole covering
of herself and babe. The same morning
the police opened a house oa the adjoining
lands, which was observed shut for many
days, and two frozen corpses were found
lying upon the mud floor, half devoured by
the rats
A mother, herself in fever, was seen the
same day to drag out the corpse of her child,
a girl about twelve, perfectly naked, and
leave it half covered with stones. In a
nother house, within 500 miles of the cav
airy station at Skibbereen, the dispensarv
doctor found seven wreches lying, unabl
to move, under Ihe same cloak. One had
been dead many hours, bul the thers were
unable to move either themselves or the
corpse.
To what purpose should I multiply such
cases? Ifthesebenot sufficient, neither
would they hear who have the power to send
relief and 4o not, even "though one came
from the dead." Let them however, be
lieve and tremble, that they shall one day
hear the Judge of all the earth pronounce
their tremendous doom, with the addition
"I was an hungered and ye gave me no
meat : thirsty, and ye gave me no drink ;
naked, and ye clothed me not."
But 1 forgot to whom this is addressed.
My lord, you are an old and justly honored
man. It is yet in your power to add a no
ther honor te your age, lo fix another star,
and that the brightest, in your galaxy of
glory. Tou have access to our young and
gracious Queen. Lav these things before
her. She is a woman. She will not allow
decency to be outraged. She has at her
command the means of at least mitigating
the sufferings of the wreched survivors in
this tragedy. They will soon bo few in
deed in the district I speak of, if help be
longer withheld.
Once more, my lord duke, in the name
wi aiaiiiiiiiit:;aiiu?,i IIIipiUIU I'll, UiTctl
the frigid and flimsy, chain of official eti
quette, and save the land of your birth, the
kindred of it jallant Irish blood which
you have so often seen lavished to support
the British name, and let tljpre be inscribed
upon your tomb, Servata Hibcrma." I
have the honor to be, my Ford duke, your
grace's obedient humble servant,
N. M. CI Ml MINGS, J. ?!
Ant-Mount. Cork, Doc. 17, 1816.
TSic i"pi(t. Nation ol ITfcnlcrey.
Official Papers aifrt Letters
From the Union of IVednesuay night.
Victoria, Tamaulipas Mexico Jan C.
To the Editor of tie Union. Dear j
Sir: After mjch speculation and no little "j
misreptesentation about the capitulation of j
.Monterey, I perceive by our recent news
papers, that a discussion has arisen as te
who is responsib'e for that transaction.
As one of the commissioners who wre
entrusted by General Taylar with the ar
rangement of the terms upon which the
city of Monterey and i'S fortifications
should be delivered to. our forces, I have
had frequent occasion to recur to the
course then adopted and the considerations
which led te it. My judgement after the
fact has fully sustained my decisions at the
date nf the oceurrenre; and feeling myself
responsible for the instrument as we pre
pared and presented it to otir cotrnnanding
general, I have the satisfaction, after all
subsequent events, to believe that the terms
we offered were expedient end honorable,
and wise. A distinguished gentleman with
whom I acted on that commission, Gover
nor Henderson, says, in a recently pub
lished Ieuer, "I did not at the time, nor do
1 still, like the terms, but acted as one of
commissioners, together with General
Worth and Colonel Davis, to carry out
General Taylors instructions. We ongh1
and could have made them surrender at dis
cretion.!' &.C.
From each position taken in the above
paragraph, 1 dissent. The instructions
given by General Taylor only presented
his object, and fixed a limit to the powers
of his commissioners; hence, when points
were acted on and finally submitted as a
part of our negotiation. We fixed the time
within which the Mexican forces should
retire from Monterey We agreed upon
the time we would wait for the decision of
the respective Governments which I recol
lect was less by thirty-four da s than the
Mexican commissioners asked the period
adopted being that which, according to ou"
estimate, was required to bring up the rear
of our army, with the ordnance anil sup
plies necessary for further operations.
I die not then, nor do I now, believe
we could have made the enemy surrender
at discretion. Had I entertained the opin
ion, it would have been given to the com
mission, and to the commanding general,
and would have precluded me from sijn.
ing an agreement which permitted the gar
rison to retire with the honors of war. It
is demonstrable, from the "position and '
knenti prowess of the two armies, that we
could drive the enemy from the town was
untenable whilst the main fort (called the
new citadel) remained in the hands of the
enemy. Being without seige artillery or
entrenching tools, we could only hope to
carry this fort by storm, after a heavy loss
from our amy; which isolated in a hostile
country now numbered less than half the
forces of the enemy. When all this had
been achieved, what more would we have
gained than by the capitulation?
General .Taylor's force was too small to
invesl the town It was, therefore, always
in the power of the enemy to retreat, bear-
ing his light arms. Our army perly
provided, and with very insufficient trans
oortation. could not have overtaken. if it.pv
;had pursued the flying enemy. Hence
me conclusion mat, as ii fas not in our
powar to capture the main body of the
Mexican army, it is unreasonable to sup
pose iheir general would have surrendered
at discretion. The 'noral effect of retiring
under the capitulation was rertainly grea
ter than if the enemy had retreated without
our consent. By this course, we secured
the large supply of ammunition be had col
lected in Monterey which, had the ar-eaolt
t,eeri corjtinueu must have been exploded
by oar shells, as it was principally stored
r ilie Cathedral," which, being supposed
to be filled with troops, wss the especial
aim of our piecesl' The distrcrtiou wbirh m
this explosiuu would have produced, irrnst
have involved the advance of both divisions
of our troops; and I commend this lo ibe
coniertplation of those whose aijuments
have been drawn from facts learned since
the commissioners closed the negotiations.
With these introductory remarks, I send a
copy of a manuscript in ny possession,
which w?s prepared to meet such necessity
as now, exists for ai explanation of
views which governed the rommishio'ier
in arranging the terms of capitulation, .
i'tstifv the commanding general. s'ioi;M
misrf presentation and caUirr.nv itturvf ;
Ornish bis well-earneJ reruutio.i. fu:. ''
all time to come, t fix his truih f '
saction. Please public it.! ti ;
per, and believe me your friend.
JEFFERSON LV. V. '
Memornnda of the tr'jnsatiic K i : i
ncxion with the capitulation .
rey, capital of Autva Leon, M
By invitation of General Amjn.d ?, i
mandi.g the Mexican army General T
accompaired by a number of his n'T!.
proceeded on the 24ih September, ISic.
to a house designated as the place at
General Ampndia requested an inln?
The parties being convened. Genera-
puda announced as official mton .at, .
that commissioners fro n Ihe United Stat
had been received by the Government rr.
Mexico ; and and that the orders uiur
which he had prepared to defend the city
r.f Monterey had lost their force by the s!
seqiient change of bis own Govern.iet ;
therefore he asked the conference. A brief
convention between the commanding. Gen
erals showed their views to be so opposite
as to leave little reason to expect an arnica
ble arrangement between them.
General. Taylor said he would not Jtlay
to receive such propositions as Gencrd
Ampndia indicated. One of General Asa'
pudia's party, 1 think the Governor of the
city, suggested the appointment of a mixed
corr.rtvssion. This was acceeded to and
Gen ?T. G. Worth, of the United States,
Army, Gen J. Pinckney Henderson, of
the Texan volunteers, and Col Jeffersou
Davis, of the Mississippi riflleirenjon the ,
part of Gen Taylor ; and Gen. J. Ma. Or-
tega Gen. Rtquena, and Senor the gever
nor M- Ma. Llano, on the part of Gen Am'
pudia were appointed.
Gen Taylor gave instructions to his
Commissioners, which, as understood, for
they were brief and verbal, will be test
shown by the copy of the demand which
the United States commissioners prepar
ed in the cenference-roora, here incorpor
ated :
Copy of demand by United Stale Com'
missioners. " ' s
"I As the legitimate result of the opera
tions before this place, and the preseul,
position of the contending brmifswe de
in and the surrrender of the town, the arms
and munitions of war and all other public
property with the place.
"II. That the Mexican aroicd force retire
beyond the Rinconada Linares, and San
Ferando, on the coast.
"III. The commanding General of the
army of the United Slates agrees that the .
Mexican officers reserve their side-arms
and private baggage ; and the troops be al . '
Uwed to retire under their officers with
eut the parole, a reasonable time being al
lowed to withdraw the forces. .
IV The immediate delivery of the train
work now occupied to the army of the U
nsted Stales.
''V. To aveid collisions, aod for mutual
convenience, that the troops oftbe United
States shall not occupy the town nntd the
xMexican forces have W. en withdrawn, ex
cept for hospital purposes, store house,
&c.
"VI The commanding General of the
United Siates agrees net to advance beyond
tne line specified in the second section, be
fore the expiration of eight wetks. or until
the respective Governments can be heard
from." '
The terras of the demand were refused
by the Mexican commissioners, trko drew
up a counter proposition, of, whcl I rnly