North Carolina Newspapers

"THE PUBLIC GOOD SHOULD EVER BE PREFERRED TO PRIVATE ADVANTAGE. Volume 4. Lincolnton, North Carolina, Friday Morning, August 25, 1848. Number. 20. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY, EY TUOMASJ.KCCLES. Terms. Two dollars pei annum, payable iriad.uiice; $2 50 if payment be delayed 3 month?. A discount to clubs of 3 or more. Advertisements will be conspicuously insert ed, at pi pel square (14 lines) for the first, and 25 cents tor each subsequent insertion. Lincoln Business Directory Court Officers Superior Court V. A. M'Bee, clerk. Equity W o Wil liamson, cleik. County court Robt. Williamson, clerk. A W Burton.Soh citor. B S Johnson, Sherifi". Caleb Miller, Town Constable. Register, J. T. Alexander ; County Surveyor, J. Z. Falls ; CVjiily Proees ssioner, Ambrose Costner. Trustee, J Ramsour. Treasurer Pub. Buildings, D. W. Schenck. Coroner, J M Jacobs Building Committee J. Ramsour, P. Suromey.John FPhifer, and 11 Cansler. Lawyers Haywood W. Guion,mam st. one door east. L. E. Thompson, main st. east, 3d square W. Lander, main st. east, 2d square. V A McBee, and W. Williamson, offices at McBee's building, main st. 2d square, east. A. W. Burton, 1 door norihol Cou iet office. T. T. Sfade, main st. Jd cor. east of sq. Physicians Simpson &. Bobo, main st., west. D. W. Scher.ck, (and Apo thecary, main st. two doors east. E. Caldwell, east ofFemale Academy. Z. Butt, afiice opposite McLean's hotel. A. Ramsour. (botanic main st. west. MerckantS'-iien S Johnson, north on square, west cornyr, J. At Ramsour, on square, north west corner C. C. IIenderso.n,on square, (post office) south J. Ratisaur$'!3on,mairi st.5 doors west. It E Johnson, on square.south west cor tier main st. R Reid, on square.south east corner. Hoke Sc Michal, on square Boot, Shoe Hat Store Horatio Thomson, mainst., on 2d square, west of court house, nor'.h side. Academies MaIe,T J Sumner; Fe male, under the charge of Mr Newson. Hotels Mrs Motz, s. w. corner of mainst. and square W. Slade, main st. 2d corner east of square. A. A. McLo.an, 2ii curuei, wcaiT vu muin . B. S Johnson, north west, on square. . Grocery W. R. Edwaras, mam st. east ol square. Tailors Moore & Cobb, main st. 1 door west of square. A Alexandei, on maiu st. 4 doors east of square. Watch, Maker and Jeweller David Welsh, main st. 8 doors east. Saddle and Harness Makers J. T. Alexander, main st. 2d corner east o frquare. R. iM.& F. J. Jetton, on sq., north b west. J. Ad. Jetton, south west on square. Coach Factories Samuel Laetder, mainst. east, on 2d square from Court House. Abner McK.oy, main st. east, on 3d square. S.P.Simpson, street north of main, and n. w. of court house. Isaac Erwin, main St., west, on 2d sq. James Cornwall, main st. 2d square, w. end, south side, corner. A. Garner, on main st. east end. Blacksmiths Jacob Rush, main st. Cth comer east of court house. M. Jacobs, main st., east end. A. Delain, main st. near east end. J. Bysanner, back st. north west of public square. J. W. Paysour, west end. Cabinet Makers Thomas Dews & Son, main st. east, on 4th square. Carpenters, fyc. Daniel Shuford, main st., east, 6th corner from square. James Triplet!, main st. M'Bee's build ing. Isaac Houser,main st. west end. Welta, Curry & Co. main st. east end. Brick Masons Willis Peck, (and plaisterer) main st. east,4th corner from square. Peter Houser, on east side of street north of square. Tin Plate Worker and CopperSmith Thos. R. Shuford, main st. cast, on south side ot2d square. Shoe Makers John Huggins, on back st. south west of square. 7Yz7J?iers-Paul Kistler, main-st. west jcnd J. Ramsour, back st., north east .of square, r & A. L Hoke, 3-4 mile west of town, main road. Hat Manufactories John Cline, n. from public square, 2 doors west side of st. JohnButts & son,on square, south side. Printers T. J. Eccles, Courier of .fice, 5 doors north of court house, Isl and Ford road. Oil Mill Peter and J E Hoke, one .mile suoth west of town, York road. Paper Factory G. & R. Hostel er, 4 miles south-east of court house. Cotton Factory John F. Hoke & L. D. Childs, 2 miles south of court house. Vesuvius Furnace, Graham's Forge, Bievard's, and Johnson's Iron works, east. LimeKiln Daniel Shuford and oth era, 9 miles south. Letters for the above to be addressed to the liincfilMon Post Office. From the Detroit Commercial Bulletin, Surrender of Detroit. We ask the attention to ti e following letter of one of the oldeM eeitlerand pi oneers of Michigan. It will be found to be very interesting as a narrative, of his torical facts and u conclusive reputation of the malignant slanders made upon General Cass by the whig and Taylor presses. Kalamazoo, July 17, 1818. Editors of the Commercial Bxdlctin: Dear Sir: The "Detroit Advertiser" of the 8ih inst., was placed in my hands yesterday, with a request that I would read the article under the caption 4,Gen Cass ai the surrender of Detroit." From that article 1 quote the following: "In deed, there is not evidence that Col. Cass ever urged Hull to hazard an en gagement with Broek none that, pre vious to the surrender, that he was of opinion that he could have beaten him. If there be such evidence we mean of a bona fide recommendation on the part ofCass to give battle to the invader we challenge the friends of Gen Cass to produce it." Now for ihe facis in refer ence to the above quotation. On the evening of the 14th of August, 1621, Cols. McArthur and Cass marched Irom Detroit with a detachment of volunteers under the orders of Mull, to open a com munication to the river Raisin, Col Mc Arthur in command of the detachment. At lhat tune it was known that Gen. Brock was nearer Detroit than Fort George, on the Niagara river. About ihe middle of the day ot the 15th, a boat with a white flag from the British shore was observed making for the pub lie wharf. Captain Snelhng, who was on duty near by, requested me to walk with him. 1 did so; and when the boat reached the wharf, two British officers were noticed in it. They made them selves known to Captain Snelling as the aids ofGen Brock, and informed him they had a letter from their general toGenHuli. They were conducted to the house of Col Hunt, which was near by, and leli in my charge, until Captain S, delivered ihe letter, and reported their arrival o (Jen Hull. This was ihe intimation lhat Brock was on the opposite shore; and the letter brought by Brock's aids to Hull was a demand for ihe surrender of ihe place. A little before sundown probably about three hours alter the British officer's retuin, fire commenced from ihe British batteries on the town and fort, and kept up a brisk fire until 10 or 11 o'clock at night, when it ceased until daylight next morning, (lCih,) when it commenced wiih renewed vigor, and continued until a surrender of the place, about y or 10 o'clock, a. m. A short time before the surrender, ('apt Barton, of the 4th infimtry, was ordered by Gen Hull to mount the ramparts and exhibit a white flag, which it is presumed was discovered by the cn.?my, as the firing immediately ceased. Gen Brock, with his force, crossed the river ai Spring weils, about 7 o'clock, a. ni., and -immediately formed and marched up the river for Deuoit, until they reached the ravine, near where Robert Abbott used to reside, and under cover of that bank ihey remained uutil ihe white ll-jrj was hoisted; and a few moueni.- Jier, Brock's aid (Capt. Glegg) cume r ua.g into town at a rapid pace, and 'Us couuncted io tho General, to know what the flag meant. A surrender h i. owed shortly afier. Gen Cass had no p;m or lot in this matter, nor do I believe any officer un derthe command ol Gen Hull was con sulted wi'.h, or advised a surrender; and it was even so sudden and unexpected, that the first intimation 1 had of il was the head of the British column marching up the lane that led from the lateCol Hunt's residence to the fort. The first intima' tion Col Cass had of Gen B. (with his force) being on the Detroit river, was made known to him by a letter from Gen Hull to Col McArthur, which was received by McArthur on the evening of the 15:h, about 25 miles from Detroit, in the swamp and thick woods not far from where Ypsilanti now stands. Those who know the situation of the country at that day almost trackless, interspersed with marshes and small streams, difficult to pass cantreadily judge of the delays that would inevita bly occur in moving a body of men over a country thus situated. Th&y, how. ever, commenced a return forced march at daylight on the morning of the lGth, and between 9 and 10 oclock, a. m. reached l he nverRouge, having marched 14 miles, near where the Ute Col. Ten Eyck resided ; here they halted to breakfast, and it was here, or shortly after they left this place, that they heard the cannonading at Detroit, which must have been not an hour before the sur render of that place, as they were not three miles in advance of the ground where they halted for breakfast, when they were informed by one of their spies who had seen a Frenchman from Detroit, that the place had surrendered, and was then in the hands of the enemy ; and sfioitly after, a flag reached them from Brock and Hull, coirobonting this information. The idea advanced by the editor of the Advertiser, that foot soldiers could march 10 miles in two hours and men, too, worn out with fa tigue is preposterous, xiut cen if it could have been accomplished, nothing would have been gained by it, as De troit was in the hands ol the enemy be fore they could have reached Spring wells. It must be self evident to any man that will not read with a jaundiced eye, from the editor of the Advertiser's own statement, that Col LW hu no hand in the surrender of Detroit; and it is presumptuous tor him to challenge ihe friends of Gen Cass to produce evi dence that he (Cass) ever urged iu " I to hazard an engagement with Ei..k. None pretends to say that he did; ;Vr it was not even suspected by a single o-'ii-cer ol Gen Hull's command, that BroVk would be arrayed against them. But I have olfen heard, and so have all thy officers of that army, Col Cass urge ihe General, time and time again to move againsi Maiden; and it was during one ot these interviews that the General permitted him to go and attack the ene my at the uver Aux Canards, where ru mor stated that beheld a strong posi tion; and but for an unforeseen accident, the British force at the Bridge would have been captured- Some prisoners, however, were taken, from whom im portant information was received. L'ol Cass and all the officers in bis command were for moving against Mai den; and nothing prevented the capture of thai place tit that time but an order from Gen Hull for ihem to return. Af ter the surrender, an officer of the Bri tish troops (D. McGregor) informed me lhat if Col Cass had followed up the detachment he had driven in from ihe river Canards, t-s he (Cass) desired, he would have found the fort at Maiden deserted; and, on the pages of the histo ry of the late waT with England, you would not find recorded an account of the surrender of Detioit, or of the tragi cal bloody scenes at Raisin; ihe invest ment of Fort Meigs, or the attack on Sandusky. Hundreds, 1 may ssy thou sands ol lives would have lam spared, as well as millions of property saved. Gen Harrison would not have had the glory of defending Fort Meigs, or Crog ban the honor of restating triumphantly the enemy at Sandusky. The elements of war would have been transferred to the enemy's country, and a vast amount of blood and tteasure would have been saved ours. And -ah this would been a chieved if ihe urgent entreaties of Col Cuss and his officers had been carried out (as ihey might have been) by Gen Hull. 1 speak the words of truth and soberness. What my eyes have seen, and ears heard, 1 know to be true, and to do justice to one who 1 think has been improperly assailed. 1 knew Col. Cass intimately when a colonel of volun teeis, from the time of his joining the ar my at Dayton, as a volunteer, up to the day of the surrender at Detroit. I saw him constantly during the day from the time we marched (Hull's army) from Dayton to Detroit saw him alter the army arrived at Detroit was in a boat near to him saw him leap from his boat the first man on the Canada shore, and expected to have seen him pierced with balls, as the enemy a few minutes before had been seen in considerablv foice near the place of landing. The colonel was highly esteemed by ihe offi cers of the army, and, although young soldier, all conceded he combined in his person ihe elements to make an accom plished commander. As we stood talking with a volunteer, the other day, who w as returning from Mexico to his home in Massachusetts, the veteran soldier happened to notice a dog on the opposite side of ihe street, whose jaws were very substantially and securely fastened together by a large leather strap which encircled his nose, thence passed over his forehead, u: der his throat, and then around the r."(.k somewhat resembling a hahor. 'J 'ie man in blue looked at the quadiutd lor a moment, and then inquired - "D'ye train dogs under the saddle here ? Fire at me from the rear, if there isn't a bull-dog with a bridle on.'" " Oh, nc," we replied, " it's only a muzzle, ananged in that manner to keep his mouth shut, so that he may injure no one; and also in obedience to the law." W ell," said the patriotic old soldier, after a moment's pause, " I'll be d if 1 don't think you had better take it off the dog, and put it upon Tom Corwin.': In Kentucky, Crittenden is no doubt elected Governor, by 6000 majority From the Tallahassee Floridian. " YOUIl OWTi riLUIOUE." Millard Fillmore refusing to censure Joshua R. Giddings for introducing treasonable and British resolutions into the House APPRO VI NG and JUSTIFYING mutiny and murder by Negroes, ' in terms shocking to all sense of law, order and humanity. The attention of every honest and impartial citizen is earnestly invoked to a consideration of the subjoined " facts from the record." These indisputable facts show conclusively, if other evi dence were wanting, that Fillmore sympathizes with the enemies of the South, and we' are not left in the dark as to what we may expect from him in case of his election to the Vice Presi dency, should ever the subject of slavery in ihe District of Columbia, or in the Territories, be placed in such a position that the catting vote of the President of the Sei at- would determine it for or a gainst llis S ;iilh. We knoto that Fill vwre is in favor of abolishing slavery in the District of Colombia we know that he is in favor of the Wilmot Proviso, and we know thai if he is consistent with his past life, his administration will be in opposition to Southern rights and inter ests. Let the people pause ere they commit themselves to the support of such a man i Some time in the year 1840 or 1, a brig named the Creole sailed from the Virginia coast bound to New Orleans, having on board a number of slaves. While at sea, ihe negroes mutinied, murdered some or the whole of the crew, and then escaped to one of ihe West In dia Islands, where they were oro'rted and sheltered by the aumorits. i t outrage called for the mterpositiou of ou Government, and ihe matter was tne si ject of i:egociation between the Brit is' iovcrnr.ient and our own. W hile t' ti.gs were in this condition, that enemy o p-?.jce and good order, Joshua H. Gildings, introduced in the House, on tN '21st of March, 1842, a siring of nine reto'u t:ons, justifying the rising of the m rots, approving the murder of the a iw, the escape of the slaves, and the refusal of the authorities of Nassau to .surrender the murderers on the demand cf our Government As might be ex pected, these reieniless and treasonable resolutions threw ttio House into the greatest excitement, and called for:h in dignant exclamations from Southern members. Nor were these expressions of abhor rence confined to Souther; -.embers. Mr. Horace Everett, a whig 'rom Ver mont, expressed " his utter abhorrence of the fire-brand course of ihe gentleman from Ohio," Mr. Giddings. Mr. Caleb Cushing, a whig from Massachusetts, denounced the resolutions as " treasona ble," and as containing " a British ar gument on a great public question be tween this country and Great Britain." Giddings became alarmed, on finding even Northern Whigs condemning him, and the resolutions being within his control, he withdrew them. This move did not quiet the excitement, and on the State of Virginia being called for reso lutions, Mr. Botts, then and now a distinguished whig member of Congress from Virginia, rose and said 44 the with drawal of the resolutions did not affect the motive or object with which ihey were presented." He then asked leave to offer a resolution, winch was read, for the information of the House. From the facis as grouped together by Mr. Botts, an unprejudiced mind would think there could be no opposition io ihe resolution. But not so. Those who sympathized with Giddings a mong whom was Fi llmore, altovn.ed to embarass the House by raising points of order, and appeals from the decision of :he Speaker. The tricks were resisted, and ihe House was finally brought to a direct vote on the subject, not, hovever, until after there had been a refusal by the House to suspend lire rules, and the resolution had been again offered by Mr. Welleb a democrat from Ohio, and now iho democratic candidate tor Gov ernor of that Slate. On the 22nd of March, ihe matter was taken up, and the quesu oemg on (he adoptiou of the reMJiU.,;;) as follows; Resolved, That this House holds ihe conduct ot the said member as altogeth er unwarranted and unwarrantable, and deserving the severe condemnation of the people of this country, and of this body in particular." It was carried by yeas 105 among whom was Wm. O. Butler and nays 69, Fillmore, Adams, Winthrop and Gates toting no ! The question was then upon the a doption of the preamble to the resolution above, as follows. Whereas, ihe Hon. Joshua Ii. Giddings, the member from the 16th Congressional district of the State t f O- hio, ha- this day presented to tbisJlouse a series of resolutions touching tV.e tw st impor" tut interest, ront.tcitd w:lh a large portion of ihe Union, now n sub ject of negotiation between the United States and Great Britain of the must delicate naiure, the result of which nmy eventually involve those naii n, and perhaps live whole civilized world, in war ; " And vtheras, it is the duty of every good citizen, and particularly every selected ajjent and represenia ive of the people, to discountenance til efforts to create excitement, dissatisfaction and divisioi.''org ihe peopl i ! e .United States atsuch a time ' ond'-r sji.i circumstances, w Lich i ih cnlv efiLct to be accomplished by -'ht :r.! roduction of sentiments before ihs itgii;.ve body of the country, hostile u ihe giound assumed by ihe high mm t.onarv having in charge this important and delicate trust: " And whereas, mutiny and murder are thereinjustifed and approved in terms shotki.tg to all sense ot late, order and humanity, therefore" Which was earned in the affirmative by yeas 119 among whom whs Wm. O. Butler and nvs 6G, Fillmore, Adams, Winthrop and Gates voting no ! -2d Sess. 21th Cong., p 342340. In these votes, our readers will per ceive the sympathizing spirit in (hose who refused io censure Giddings for his outrageous and inexcusable course. Treason against tlipGuvernment consists in aiding and abetting '.he enemy, and when our legislators give aid and comfort" to the, enemies of the South by standing between them and the just in Agnation of the insulted portion of the confederacy, they in effect become our enemies, and should receive from us no iroie quarter than the petty tools who aie thrust forward a the fice-dogs in the fight. A Rara Avis. rar h V r.-.r sen BronIow ihe Jonr? (Tenn.)W big. The Jot.ebot uph'1 true to no reiterated asse rtions, rt s to support General Taj lor as tr.t '-v "r candidate lor President, nmj k(sHl '!r peak the now deserted but lately popu lar flag of Henry Clay. In answer to an assertion of the Trenton Banner thai the "Whig done more mischief to the Whig cause than ten Locofoco stump orators could have done' Brownjow replies: "But why are we domg the Whig cause so much harm? Because we are not willing to abandon our principles, and with them the great Fathi'i f the H big or :ztion in the United Slates, ai.d .o 5r e no-parly, n k.rt.cijlo new iigiit at;i.i i . ary i. tin, of Louisia.-.;;, wi.o das iiiu- a: iii de clared that he would noi he ih candi ale ot any party vou!d ,-. no pled ges and would not abiJe by the deci sion of a National Convention. "We have advocated Whig principle! from our youth up and we are now old enough to make a right to land if we had any to convey to others. In pros-, perity and in adversity through evil and good report we have been ihe hum ble advocate of Whig: principles, as we still are, and intend to remain. Nor can an, nor all I he hungry exjecta.its ol offiro, who hang around and flatter GnT -lor, read us out of lb Whig rank, or drive U9 into the support of this perfectly ridiculous candidate." A Whig Prophet. General Leslie Coombs addressed a whig meeting in Buffalo, on Monday evening, aud made the following declarations : ' In 1844, at this lime i in- v ar.Mr Clav v.-.s e'ecu d Presiii , .. (jm. ted States by ovei a fr . ,; j ;.-.iuarid majority. In Novrr: ,-, w ;o.j;:d that James K. Polk had t )0 most voii g. "1 have traveled mtojgh ten S;at of the Union, ar;d iT the Wijig mriy do not aiouso themselves, Lwis Caaa will be the next President." ArchxlcHcon Fisher, having preached an old sermon i, .cf, which tie wag not aware that Cor.siJtble had heard il be fore, nsked In it how he hked i. "Ve ry much indeed, Fisher,' replied Cooia bie: I ahvavs liked U at sermon!" A ldyupton has excited tho alarm of her friends by declaring her intention to wear her lasi summer bonnet again this season. They hint about an insane asylum. A Negro minister once observed to his hearers at the close ot his ermont as follows: My obstiuaojous brethren, I find it is no more use to preach to you, than il is for a grass-hopper to wear knee-buckles. A