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Lincoln Business Directory.
Court Officers SupeTSor Court F. A.
Hoke, clerk. Equity Wm. Will latnson,
clerk. ' Count y court Robert William
.fr,n, cleric. Eacti'oT these offices in ihe
;: ouit House. VV. Lander, Solicitor, law
' -y.ifice on the main street, east of the public
square. 13 S Johnson, Sheriff. L P
J Uothrock, Town Constable. v Y:
Register, J. T. Alexander; County Sur-
veyor, John Z. Falls; County Processioner
Ambrose Co stner. Trustee, J Ramsour.
f Treasurer of Public Buildings D. V.
f Schenck. .
p Committee of Finance J, T. Alexan
1 der, Benj. Sumner. John F. Phifer.
i , Building Committee J. Ramsour.Peter
f- Summey, John F. Phifer, and (I Cansler.
v Lawyers Haywood W. Guion, main st.
one door east. L. E. Thompson, main st.
(east, 3d square W. Lander,main st. east,
, 2d square. A. McBee, and V. Wil
liamson, otfices at AlcBee'a building,. main
, St. 2d square, east.
: Physicians S. P. Simpson, main street,
jUwest. D. VV. Schenck, (and Apothecary,
' it)iain st. two doors ea3t. Elim Caldwell)
"' .;iain-street; 6 doors east. Z Butt, offii
ifice opposileMcLean's hotel. . A. Ramsour,
tmain st. west. ;
. ( . Me reliant s-R S Johnson,north on square
i west corner: J. A Ramsour, on square,
I north west corner. C. C. Henderson, on
'square, (post office) south. . J. Ramsour, 6f
, Son, main st., 5 doors west. Johnson &
4 Reed, on square,suuth west corner main st.
. Academies Male, B. Sumner; Female,
' under the charge of Mr. Sumner also; rest
dehce.maio st. 5th "corner south east of the
'jcocrt house. .
j1'.. Hotels Mrs Motz, s. w. corner of main
A t. and square v Wm, Slade, main st. 2d
-corner eusl of square. . A. A. McLane, 2d
, corner, west, oi .nain st.. B. S. Johnston,
north west, On square. .
; Grocers- G. Presnell,. main st. 4 doors
east of square. Wm. R. Edwards, south
west of square. James Cobb, south east
Corner of Main and Academy street.
Tailors Dailey & Seagle, main st. one
ooor west of square. Allen Alexander,
on square, s. by w. side. Moore & Cobb,
, 0" square, north west corner.
r , , ,Vatch Maker and Jeweller Charles
Schmidt, main st. 4 doors east.""
v. "Saddle and Harness Makers 3. T. Al
1 exqnder, main st 2d corner east of square.
?DVM. & F. J. Jetton, on square, north by
west. ' J. A. Jetton, south west on gquare.
Printers T. J. Eccles, Courier office
'5 doors north of court house, Island Ford
road.
Book Binder 'V . A. Hoke, main st. on
2d square west of court house.
Coach Factories Samuel Landcr,main
;!8t. east, on 2d square from Court House.
Ab'ner, McKoy, main st. east, on 3d square.
S. P. Simpson, street north of main, and n.
V.' of court house. Isaac Erwin, main st.,
iwest, on 2d square. A.& R. Garner, on
main st.east end, north side. -
'Blacksmiths Jacob Rush, main st. 5th
corner east of court house. M. Jacobs,
main st., east end. A. Delatn, main st. near
east end. J. Bysan:er,back st. north west
of public square. J. W. Paysour, west
end. .
Cabinet Makers ThomasDews & Son,
main st. east, on 4th square.
- Carpenters, c. Daniel Shuford, main
s., east, 6th corner from6quare. James
, Triplet:, mam st. M'Bee's building. Isaac
Houser.main st. west end. James Wells,
main st. west of square.
Brick Masons Willis Peck, (and plas
, terer) main st., east,4th corner from square.
. Peter Houser, on east side of street north
,of square.
? Tin Plate Worker and Copper Smith
;T1m3. R. Shuford, main st. east, on south
;side ot 2d square.,
; 'Shoe Makers John Huggins, on back
stM south west of square. Amzi Ford &
Co. south west corner Charlotte road and
nain st. east end.
y Tanners Paul Kistler, main-st., west
' nd. i J. Ramsour, back st., north east of
f fiquare. F t A. L Hoke, 3-4 mile west of
own, mam road.
Hat Manufactories John Cline, north
vl frm public square, 2 doors, west side of st.
1 y- John Butts & son, on square, south side.
Oil Mill Peter and J E Hake, 1 mile
.south west of town, York road.
l Paper Factory G. & R. Hosteller, 4
I uiles fouth-east of court house. . ;
f ,'. Cotton Factory John Hoke k L. D.
Chtlds, 2 miles south of court house.
iV Vesuvius Furnace,' Graham's Forge,
' Brevard's, und Johnson's Iron works, ast
i Lime Kiln Daniel Shuford and others,
j) 9. miles south,
THE BIDLE.
3T WILLIAM LIGGETT. -
This little book I'd rather own
Than all the gold and gems,
That e'er in monarch' coffers shone,
Than all their diadems,
Nay, were the Seas one chrysolite,
The earth a golden ball ;
And diadems all the stars of night, -
This book were worth them all.
How baleful to ambition's eye
His blood wrung spoils must gleam,
When Death's uplifted hand is nigh,
His life a banished dream.
Then hear him with his gasping breath
For one poor moment crave ;
Fool, would'st thou stay the arm of death,
Ask of thy gold to save.
No, no ; the soul ne'er found relief
In glittering hoards of vcalth.
Gems dazzle not the eye of grief, -
Gold cannot purchase health.;
But here a blessed balm appears.
To heel the deepest woe ;
And he who seeks this book in tears C
His tears shall cease to flow.
Here he who died on Caltary's tree,
Hath made that promise blest ;
"Ye heavy laden come to me,
And I will give you rest.
A bruised reed I will not breafc,
A contrite heart despise,
My burden's light, and all who take
My yoke, shall reach the skies."
Yes, ves, this little book is worth
All else to mortals given ;
for what are all the joys of earth
Compared to joys of Heaven ?
This is the guide our Father gave,
To lead to realms of day ;
A star whose lustre gilds the grave
"The light the truth the way."
CHARGE OF THE OLD GUARD AT
tbc Battle of Waterloo.
BY J. T. HEADLEY.
At length a dirk object was seen to em-,
merge from the distant wood, and soon an
army of 30,000 ireti tlrpmyrUirtttrticmrWi
and began to marchi straight for the scene
of conflict. Blucherand bis Prussians had
come, but no Grouchy, who had been left
to hold them in check, followed after. In
a moment Napoleon saw that he could not
sustain the attack of so many fresh troops,
if once allowed to form a junction with the
allied forces, and so he determined to stake
his fate on one bold cast, and endeavor to
pierce the allied centre wilh a grand charge
of the Old Guard and thus throwing him
self bet ween the two armies, . fight them
seperately. For this purpose the Imperial
Guard was called up, which had remained
inactive during the whole day, and divided
into two immense columns, which were to
meet at the British centre. That under
Reille no sooner entered the fire than it
disappeared like mist. The other was
placed under Ney, the " bravest of the
brave,' and the order to advance given.
Napoleon accompanied them part wy
down the slope, and halting for a moment
in a hollow, addressed them in his fiery,
impetuous manner. He told them the bat
tle rested with them, and that he relied on
their valor. 44 Vive VEmpercur!" answer
ed him with a 9tout that was heard all over
the field of battle.
He then left them to Ney who ordered
the charge. Bonaparte has been blamed
for not leading that charge himself ; but
he knew he could not carry that guard so
far, nor hold them so long before the artil
lery, as Ney. The moral power the latter
carried with him, from the reputation he
had gained of being the bravest of tho
brave v was worth, a whole division.
Whenever a column saw him at their head,
they knew it was to be victory or annihi
lation. With the exception of Macdonald,
1 do not know a general in the two armies
who could hold his soldiers so long in the
very face of destruction as he. :
The whole continental struggle exhibited
no sublimer spectacle than this last effort
of Napoleon to save his sinking empire.
Europe had been put upon the plains of
Waterloo to be battled for. The greatest
military energy and skill the world posses,
sed had been tasked to the utmost during
the dav. Thrones were tottering on the
ensanguined field, and the shadows of fugi
tive lungs fit tied through the smoke of bat
tle. Bonaparte's star trembled in the ze
nith now blazing out in its ancient splen
dor, now suddenly paling before his anx-t
ioua eye. At length when the Prussians
appeared on the field, he resolved to stake
Europe on one bold throw Ue committed
himself and France to ; Ney, and saw his
empirt rest on single charge. - The in
tense anxiety with which he watched the
advance of that column, and the terrible
suspense he suffered .when the smoke of
battlewrapped it from sight, and the utter
despair of his great heart when the curtain
lifted over a fugitive army, and the despair
ing shriek rung on 5every side, 44 7a garde
recvlet" "la garde rectilc," make us for the
moment forget ail the carnage in sympathy
with his distress. '
. -
Ney felt the pressure oftho immense
responsibility on his brave hWrt, and res
olved not to provo unworthy; of the. great
trust committed to his care. Nothing could
be more imposing than the movement of that
grand column to the assault. .'That guard
had never yet recoiled before a human foe,
and the allied forces beheld with awe its
firm and terrible advance to"the final charge
For a moment the batteries stopped play
ing, and the firing ceased along the British
lines, as without the beating of a drum, or
the blast of a bugle, to cheer their steady
courage, they moved in a dead silence o
ver tho plain. The next moment the ar
tillery opened, and the' head of that column
seemed to sink into the earth. Rank after
rank went down, yet they neither stopped
nor faltered. Dissolving squadrons, and
whole battalions disappearing one after a
nother in the distructivo fire, affected . not
their steady courage. The ranks closed
up as before, and each treading over his
fallen comrade, pressed firmly on. ' The
horse which Ney rode fell under him, and
he had scarcely t mounted another before
it also sunk to the earth. A "a iri and arain
did that unflinching man feel his steed
sink down, till Jice had been shot under
him. Then, with ; his uniform " riddled
with ullole, -and Hij fawairrged a aftd
blackened with powder, he marched on
foot with drawn sabre , at the head of hia
men. In vain did the artillery hurl . its
storm of fire and lead, into that living mass.
Up to the very muzzles they pressed, and
driving the artillerymen from their own
pieces, pushed on through the English lines.
But at that moment a file of eoldiers who
had Jain flat on the ground behind a low
ridge of earth, suddenly rose nnd poured a
volley in their very faces. Another and
another followed . till one broad sheet of
flume rolled on their bosoms, anJ in such a
fierce and unexpected fi-jw, that human
courage could not withstand it. They
reeled, shook, staggered back, then turned
and ffed. Ney was borne back in the re
fluent tide, and hurried over the field. But
for the crowd of fugitives that forced him
on, he would have stood alone, and fallen
in liis footsteps. As it was disdaining to
fly, though the whole army was flying, he
formed his men into two immense squares,
and endeavored to stem the teirific current
and would have done so had it not been for
the thirty thousand fresh Prussians that
pressed on his exhausted ranks. For a
long time these squares stood and let the
artillery plow through them. But the fate
of Napoleon was writ, and though Ney
doubiless did what no other man in the ar
my could have done, the decree could not
be reversed. The star that had blazed so
brightly over the world went down in blood,
and the "bravest of the brave" had fought
his last battle. It was worthy of his great
name, and the charge of the Old Gunrd at
Waterloo, with him at their head, will be
pointed to by remotest generations with a
shudder.
Capt. A. It: Porter.
We regret to observe in the list of killed
in tho last battle in Mexico under Gen.
Taylcr, an account ot which will be found
in to-day's piper, the death of this Officer.
Capt. Porter resided in our town for some
years, and obtained a knowlsdg of the
printing business in this Office, while un
der the management of II. C. Jones, Esq.
Ho was a noble, brave and generous heart
ed man, and would, we know, if he had
lived been a useful citizen. From here he
removed to Lincolnton, and established a
small paper, called the 44 Lincoln Trans
cript which he published for a year or
two ; from thence he went to Batesville,
Arkansas, where he became interested in
the publication of another paper which he
conducted with much ability. Here- he
studied law, and soon after, was elected So
licitor. He was a native of Mecklenburg
county, and a warm and devoted Whig.
Salt slur j Watchman.
. From the New Orleans Delta. "'
.. 'V. Battle f Biiena Vista.
-We had the-pleasure of an interview
yesterday with Major CofTet of the Army,
who brought over Gen.Taylor's despatches.
This gallant officer a ton of the distin
guished General who fought so bravely. on
ihe Plains bf.Chaltnette. and in various" o-
a ...
ther battles, by the side of the illustri
ous Jackson acted 'as the? n4 of Gen.
Taylor ir. the bloody fight at Buena Vista;
We are -greatly indebted to him for, many
particulars of this hard-fought battle.
General Taylor had fallen in love, at first
sight, with ihe position at which he finally
mad'i his stand at Buena Vista. His
movement towards Agua Nueva was mere
ly a ruse to decoy the. enemy into the field
which he had selected for his battle-ground-As
soon as -McCulloch's men, who were
invaluable as scouts, informed hitfi of San
ta Anna's approach to Agua Nueva, Gene
ral Taylor quietly broke up his camp, and
fell back to his first love Buena Vista.
This position was admirably chosen. It
was at the foot of a mountain, or rather of
two mountains,' bet wean which ran the
road through a nanow valley. On his
right' there was a deep ravine, which pro
tected that flank more effectually .than half
a dozen regiments could have done- Hie
left of Gen. Taj lor'a line rested on the base
of a mountain. The road in 'the centre
was entrenched, and defended ,by a strong
battery. In front the ground was uneven
broken into hills and deep ravines well
adapted to tho mode of fighting suited - to
our volunteers, and by its peculiarities sup
plying the disadvantage of a great inferiori
ty of numbers. ' . : " t .
On the 21st ihe enemy were descried,
approaching over the distant' hills. At
their appearance thef volunteers raised a
great shout, and gave three tremendous
cheers. ..Their engineers and officers were
seen" fly rig over the . field,; and dragging
their cannon about to get them' into posi
tion ; but the nature of the ground did. not
favor the undertaking,aud it was late in the
day before the big guns began to open. .
The enemy had wilh them thirty-two
cannon, mostly of large calibre. Their
fire tho' kept up very briskly, and appa
rently well manned, did so little execution
in our ranks that it was not considered ne.
cosBary to return their fire. Our cannon
wore therefore silent the whole of the 21st.
Eight or ten .killed and wounded were . the
extent of the casualitie? sustained by our
army on the 21st. During the day an of.
ficer appieached our lines with a flag of
truce, and requested to be shown to Gen.
Taylor. The brave old man was sitting
quietly on his old white charger, with Ins
leg over the. pummel of the saddle, watch,
ing the movements of the enemy, when the
Mexican officer was presented. In a verj
courteous and graceful manner Ihe officer
stated thathe had been sent by his Excel
Jency Gen. Santa Anna, to his Excellency
Gen. Taylor, to inquire in the most res
pectful manner, what he Gen. Taylor
was waiting for." From the silence of
Gen. Taylor's batteries, and the quiet man
ner in which he received Santa Anna's ter
rific cannonading, the Mexican supposed
he was asking a very pertinent question, to
which however, old Rough and Ready gave
the very pertinent reply that 44 he was on
ly waiting for Gen. Santa Anna to surren
der." The Mexican returned hastily to
his lines. This message proved to "be a
ruse to asccrtaia where Gta. Taylor's po
sition was, for after the return of the Mex
ican officer to his own ranks the whole
Mexican battery seemed to open upon Gea.
Taylor's position, and the balls flew over
and about him like hail. Utterly indiffe
rent to the perils of his situation, there
sat ihe old chief, on his conipicuous white
horse, "peering through his spy glass at the
long line of Mexican troops that could be
seen at a great distance on the march.
The persuasion of his aids could not in
duce him to abandon his favorable point for
observation, nor lo give up his old white
horse. To the suggestion of his stafTthat
old.whitey was rather too conspicuous a
charger for tho commander, he replied
44ihat the old fello-v had missed the fun at
Monterey, on account of a sore foot, and he
was determined he should have his share
i his time."
At sunrise on the 22d February, the bat
tle began in earnest ; the Mexicans were
drawn out in immense numbers. The
dark columns of infantry extended as far
as the eye could reach, and the cavalrv
seemed to cover the whole view with their
interminable lines.- At intervals between
the infantry and cavalry, their big guns
strongly protected; by a large fartiller"
force, krpt up an incent ctnnonnado a5
gainst our lines.- Their forces were Boon ;
in motion. Our artillery was thrown for
ward to met them, protected by" the vol'
unteers. Gen.-Wool led the . main body . ,
in per hop, and' wan teen every where? ralT A
lying and encouraging 'the ' volunteers.- t
The two armies were soon engaged in hot
conflict. The broken nature of the ground .
divided tho forces, eo that instead ot ono ,
general engagement, the reg'ments; were .
compelled in a great measure to fight on
their own hook. Our officers were always
in the advance, leading their iroepa hence -
tho.grraljrjortality among them. In this.'
general. me'er,-one f cwrfnal!, regiments:; . '
of 400 men, would be attacked by a whole V
Mexican brigade of several thousand.
Thus the Kentucky infantry was attacked
at the foot of a hill, in a deep ravine, by an
immense force of the encmyi A large "j",'
number of the officers were killed here : "
among them was Col. McKee, who fell bad
ly wounded, and was immediately des' . .
patched by the encni),who pierced him
with then bayonets as he lay on the ground.
Lieut. Col. Clay was shot through the
thigh, and being unable to walk, was taken
up and carried some distance by some of
his men,' but owing to the steepness . of the
hill, the men finding it very difficult to car
ry him, and the enemy in great numbers
prefsing upon them, the gallant Lieut. Co!.,,
begged them to leavo him and take care
of themselves. Forced to leave him on the
field, the last there was seen of this noble
young officer' he was lying on his, back,
fighting with his sword' the enemy- who '
were stabbing him with their bayonets." "
The veteran Capt..Wm. S. Willis, of the l
8ame regiment, at the head of his company,
with three stalwart sons who fought at his C
side, was badly wounded, but still .contin- '
ued the fight, until he was overcome with
the loss of blood. . . . .. v.
" In the meantime, tho Indiana brigade, : ;
who were drawn out and ordered to charge
the cnenmy, were seized with n panicf&nd
displaying some hesitation. Assistant Ad' w
jutant Gen. Lincoln rushed to their front,
and whilst upbraiding them for their cow
ardice, was shot, several balls passing thro'
his body. In justice to this "brigade it
should be stated, that they subsequently .
rallied, and fully redeemed their reputation
bv the RimI gallant and flltotiro lighting.
Col. Hardin led the Illinotsians in very
handsome style, and the sturdy "suckers"
fought like lions. Their intrepid Colonel
fell wounded, and experienced the fate of
Colonels McKee and Clay, and was killed
by the enemy not however before he had
killed one of the cowardly misctean's with
a pistol, which he fired whilst lying on the
ground.
Col. Yell led, the foremost roan, a charge
of his mounted volunleets against a large
body of lancers, and was killed by a lance,
which entered his mouth and tore off one
side of his face. " '
The Mississippians, the heroes of Mon. :
terey, after djing hard duty as skirmishers,
were ordered into line te receive a charge
of cavalry, which they did with their rifles,
delivering at the same time a mostdettrue
live fire among the crowded column of
cavalry. The enemy were completely re
pulsed. The distinguished commander of
this gallant regiment, Col. Jefferson Dar,?, .
was badly wounded, an escopette ball ha
ving entered his foot and passed out of his
leg. He was, however, doing well when
last heard from. '
Col. Humphrey Marshall's splendid re
giment of Kentucky Cavalry were impa
tient for an opportunity of showing their
mettle, and avenging the capture of their
brethren, then in the hands of the. enemy.
They were soon favored with the desired
opportunity, by the approach of a ferce of
more than 2000 Lancers and Huisara, who
gallanily charged them. The Kentuckians
stood their ground with immoveable steadi
ness, and receiving the enemy with a firo A
from their carbines, charged in the most
gallant style through the column on tho
right, and wheeling, fell on their left. dis
persing and killing a great many of them. ' :
A like charge was made by Col. May. at
the head of a squadron of Dragoons, and r
one of Arkanzas -Cavalry, against a largo
body of the enemy'a Cavalry, with hko
results. -
During the engagement on the right,
Santa Anns seeing that Gen: Taylor's force
was not well protected on the left flank,
sent a large farce of Cavslry around that
point, and eutfUnking Taylor, succeeded
in throwing 2000 men into his rear.- , .
But Gen. Taylor immediately sent Capt.
Bragg, with his artillery, against this force. ,
who succeeded in cutting them off from the
main body. Lieut. Crittenden wss det '
patched, with a flag of truce, to demand
the immediate surrender of tins force.
The Mexican officer, pretending not to un
derstand the character of his mission,' in "
isted that he should be blindfolded, accor
ding to the rules of war, and thus had the
Lieutenant earned into the camp of Santa
Anna himself. This was s rose to get time
to extricate the Mexican Cavalry: from
their dangerous position, and pending thhi
truee they were all drawn off by a different
road from that by which they had gained
this position.
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