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v " ' fas -- - ... ,- . . , . ' t, -; i v" VOLUME LVl morning; ocrdBER 3; 18& NO. 49. 'I .'2 '? . .- i r . f . address "- r." - BEFORE THE UTtoESf ? fCTfrS; " or THE.- -v' . UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CARQHNA- Junk 8, 18oo, , . l BY GEO. DAVIS, ESQ., OF WILMINGTON. 1 iu"- '.- ory,4iiveIa yery tmportan lwring vqiaa 4hVt land ihiiiimSt iwuare, be. liSt ,tfif( HO tjf Shift AKtCU- ,Th eftrHn settlement vas made by a bawl of emig ami, principally from Massachusetts, about the ;eritd of trw Restoration. The 'precise date is tot known, but it wis m 1660 or ltftil.H They settled oil tlie weeteriT side Uic river, fm the iKinlers of OUi Town. Creek, or, as it is now cora- 014 Town Creek, at it iunctioa wiriv,.th( sHver. liine miles bcLuw. Wilniintou, ou te. plantaticit laonly cAilert, Ionviv Creek, about nine miles be- how owned by Thouuia Cowan, Ksa. Tlierebave ijiwing tamis. jJut the country was unsuitl to thslt urpoiYthc 1" lails uixn the river being fitted only for the cultivation of riee. which had not then been introditcctf into America ; and the iii!jh lands being" pfiucipnlly pine h;ffT?)s. Tlie settlers, to, ueglectetl to" secure the good will of tlielndiaiis ; and they soon fell into the greatest distress. Massachusetts, "the young mother of t"biii'e." hoard the cry of her children in the widcrnes! ' listened to their praj-er for some re lief in their distrensj-and unnistered to their wants Vy a general contribution through her aettle fneutw." One hundrwl and ten years afterwards, when the Boeton Fort Bill had spread a pall of ijloom and distitrtjver New England, the peo ple of live. Cape Fear rerhembcred the generous 5uecirof Masi;lusett. Witlr wie voice they declare! that ,; the cause of Boston, was the cause of all." Their Committees determined that all goodti, Import-! coirtrary to the revive of tiie Continental Cvngre, sltttuldbe seized; and sold; ami the proceeds. attiT deducting the first cmt, sh)uld be sent to the poor of Boston. They diTi nure. ' They chartered a vessel, loaded her with provisions at a cost of eight hundred putmds, and sent her to the relief of the Sitn'erers by the Bos ton Port Bill. ! It wore well if the people of New Knglaud would piuise in their career of fa naticism, ti .pnxler and rememlier things like these! . . The timely aid thus received from Massachu setts was.not sufficient, however, for the relief of the colouist s: and unable to endure their many difficulties and privations, they abandoned their settlement in a short time, and returned to New England.0 By the Great Charter of 1 6 C3, King Charles II, granted to the Lords Proprietors all the country Ironi the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, between the parallels of thirty-one-and tliirtv-six degrees ! of north latitude. Truly a most magnificent do j main. And-for what was it given ? We know well , his obligations to Monk. We might even nf Me rhilanttrojric awl Dialectic Societies : To -tiiii-l here as a teacher, while so profound N t', t-iinji how much I need to be taught to of ii lidit Horn my own darkness ami U attempt the ;ittis which have alrealy lieen imjiressed and ;,.!oracd " tbe footprints of Murphy, Oaston i;l"er, and so many other distitiguislietl mcu tlii- is the difficult tauk which your paruality kis j ;,M-ned to me. Aud if I had accepted it in a , iiiu-glori')iia spmt of self-e6teem, or irom'any in tivt but au h'jiest desire ttwards thoperfonn x ii duty, I could uot e;tily ha.ve anlotiel inv own nishiHss. But, lxrn a son of Norths Ciii'liua. nanxl a child of this noble old college, ami chcrii-hing the loudest affection for them U.tli aud the deepest iuterent ia ail which cJu- t vi na their welfare and advancement, I have not t. lt at liberty to'coasult my pwo iiKlinatioii. " And I have returned, at your bidding, to this Miriue of learning, as a child to ita motlier, bring ing my simple tribute with a loving heart ; and trusting to disarm your criticism by the ready candor with which its worthlessuess is acknowl edged. The historian of the Uniteil States0 has com plained of t he carelessuess with which the history 1. 1 North-Carolina has been written. The re proach is but too jtist. As Colony and State, not vet two centuries old, the story of her infancy and early progress is a sealed book to the many, and to the curious few is more imperfectly known tlian that of nations which flourished and decay e l thousands of years ago. . And if thin is true of the State at large, it is eminently bo of that sec tion of it in which I live. The Cape Fear coun try lias never had a historian. Ite public records, wire always'meagre and barren. Its private re- cords, once rich and fruitful sources of history, have become much muUilated and impaired in the lapse of time by accident, and by the division and emigration of families. Its traditions are perishing, and are bujied daily with our dead, as gappo,, in an excess of charity, that hevas un- ine oio are iusiiik mm mr uiuc which ; jrrateful t3 Ulareiulou for his Utielitv to his house, has been preserved by the pen of the historian t'i5lU wagwh the consideration ? The grant ex i scattered through volumes, most of winch are pfe that they hail manifested "a pious and rare aud some of them entirely out of print. I iaU4lable zeal for the propagation of the gr4el ;" have thought, therefore, that, instead of sermoni- the "careless, dissolute, profligate Charles, moved siing upou themes which were long ago thread- I y a pious an(i that .zeal emanating from tare, 1 could not better employ my alloted hmir, ' tbe covetous and kmg-worehippiug Clarendon tiisn in giving you a sketch, imperfect as it may the artlul flissinmlator. Monk "the passionate, le, of the early Tuuea and Men of the lower Cape iKnoranti a;ui not too honest Sir Cnwge Carter Fear. I shall uo aspire to the dignity of history. : et- ;Ur1 he f.icic Bhaftesburv, who, according My time an.l opportunities for research have been to pepvs "W.,uld not scruple t rob the devil or 1 K nnute.1, anu me suojecv is ux nut tonne com- tQP :,luir; I We are U'niptcfl to twlieve it a sol- , . i I 1 T .1. I - ! 1 1 twnt ttpe Apeeftt hottorrfhe reining, monarch.-MartinJ and CoTony."f To; thi gentleman, XkA.silwim f emigrants from New Bancrofts declare that the .ate of . this toiv-ia Moore, the oermahent settlement W eiflteatten still a matter ot uncertainty ; .but the doubt is i only with the historians. Tradkiou ha-iDied thev spot ueypuor dispute.. U is ou the potui aoeot uass 01 an orumarv auiress. 1 assume ine num- bler,, but still pious, duty of connecting recorded t.icK of perpetuating traditions, and of plucking iiway the unjsses which liave gathered on the tombs of some of our illustrious deaL In so do- iug. 1 may be accused of sectional pride. , But I can atford to brave such a charge ; for I feel that the motive is higher and purer; that it springs . from a loyal devotion to the honor of my whole State, and a sincere admiration for the character of her whole people, and especially of her good nd jrreat that are now no more. My single de- emn jest of tne witty monarch. But whatever we may think of the Proprie tors' zeal for the gospel, we cannot doubt the ex tent of their zeal for their private fortunes. They immediately began to devise measures for encour aging emigration. The civil wars in England and Ireland had broken down many ancient fam ilies, and ruined their estates. Numbers of these luul already gone to the new worlcfin the hope of bettering their fortunes, and many others were ready to follow. They spread everywhere the most glowing accounts of the splendors of their new bire is to awaken a new interest in her history, domain. They ofiered large bounties of land at by assuring you that you will hnd there her am- 1 triuing quit rents. They procured the celebra plest vindication from the taunts and aspersions Jobn Locke to devise a scheme of govern which are freely tlung against her. And I would msllt -1,1 thev deemed the perfection of hu- l'ain hope that I need offer 110 apology for mv subject, since I come to speak to North Carolin ians of tilings that touch nearly the fame of the good old State, aud the memory of her noble dead. 1 hegiu, now, my sketch with some passages fron. Euglish history, extracting first from Hume's account of the Irish Rebellion of lli il.f ''There a gentleman called Roger More, who though ef a narrow fortune, was desceuded from an au cient Irif-h family, and was much celebrated auioug his countrymen lor valor and capacity. This man first formed the project of expelling the Kugliah, and asserting the independency of liis native country, lie secretly went from chieftain the most powerful of the Irish. perfect man wisdom, and proudly decreed to be "sacred aud unalterable." With its higii-sounding titles of honor, aud its far more precious guaranty of religious freedom, it captivated the imaginations of men ; and they did not stop to question its a daptatiou to the condition of the people and the country it was to govern. Iu 1666 there was published by Robert Home, in Loudon, with" the approval, if not at the instigation of the Proprie tors, "A brief description of the province of Car olina, wherein is set forth' the healtlifubiess of the air. the fertility of the earth and waters, and i the great pleasure aud profit will accrue to those mat snau go iminer 10 enjoy tne same. vuer attractive colors the riches appeals thus to the youth there, therefore anv vounsrer By conversafwii, nrotLer who is born of Gentle blood, and. whose 10 uireiuuu, auu fuiuwt up c) iui puuciyit; ( Jib,Juy,u-r m the most of discoutent. He maintained a close correspon- ; ot- uew cauaan; it ueuce w un txjru .Magmre ana Mr t ueiini u .wttc, ..t by letters, by Ins euussanes, he represented to his ; ,jirit j eiCVated above the common sort, and yet vvuutrj men iue motives 01 a revolt, ore. -uy . tac ijo,.! of nnr fiomitrv- hath not allowed these considerations, More engaged all the heads fortune : he will not surely le afraid to if the native Insh iu the conspiracy. 1 leave his Native Soil to ad v-auee his Fortune equal It is not my puqiose to pursue the history ot , ttJ hiti BliMM and Spirit.' "If any MaidorSiugle Woman nave a aesire to go over, tney win ininn themselves in tlie Golden Age "when Men paid a Dowry for their Wives ; for if they be but Civil, this rebellion. It was disastrous te the Irish wild deservedly so, for they disgraced themselves bv barbarities which shock humanity. With these, however, it js certain that More and Ma- ! tiuire had nothing to do. For Maguire was ta- j ken iu the outset of the revolt at the unsuccessful attack upon the Castle of Dublin, aud was con demned and executed. And of More, Hume himself says The generous nature of More was shocked at the xecital of such enormous cru elties. He flew to O'Neal's Camp ; but found that his authority, which was sufficient to excite the Irish to iusurrection, was too feeble to re-" strain their inhumanity. Soon after he abandont ed a cause polluted by so many crimes ; and lte retired into Flanders." lie must have been a man of no ordinary char acter, aud justly entitled to the admiration of all lovers of freedon, who, though driven into exile, ri d branded as a rebel and a traitor, could yet tiraw forth language like the foregoing from the ml 1 igist and defender of the Stuarts! Fortu nately, the world will not now take its definition. oi treason from those who bow to the divine Tight of kings. Two years Later, another event occurred, of mi nor importance in English history, but worthy of notice here. In 1043, the city of Bristol was captured by the forces of the Parliament. - At that time Robert Yeoman, ot Yeamans, was sheriff, or, as some say, an alderman of the city, aud active and zealous in the service of the king ; and after its surrender, he was condemned and executed for his loyalty.tt It may not be amiss to add here, as a historical curiosity, the follow ing extract from the 7th volume of the Edinburg Annual Register: March 16th, 1814. On open ing a vault at St. Maryport Church, Bristol, the workmen discovered, very deeply concealed, a coffin of great antiquity. It is generally sup posed that the corpse it contained was that of Yeoman, sheriff of Bristol in 1643, when the city was surrendered to the parliamentary army by prince Rupert. Mr. Yeoman was hang ed in Wine-street, opposite his own house, by order of Fairfax, for his attachment to the royal cause. Tlie body was in the highest state of preservation, handsomely accoutred in the cos tume of the day, with gloves similar to those which the sheriffs at present wear. And there were considerable tumors visible in the neck, which inclined several medical gentlemen, who inspected the body, ft) be of opinion that they were occasioned by strangulation." It will appear hereafter how these two events the rebellion ami exile of More, and the execu tion of Yeaman so entirely disconnected in his- and uuder oO years of Age, some honesjt Man "or other will purchase them for wives. " Thus praised ' and painted, the Province of Carolina showed colden visions to all sorts of men. Pious Puritans, weary of persecution, and vearuihe for freedom of consciences sons of Ca valiers wlio had squandered thelf estates"' for the smiles of a worthless king adventurous mer- cliants, and humble artisajis-r-quiet Quakers, who loved the law of peace, and turbulent spirits who loved no law all looked to it alike as a land which was to bless them, eacb. with their peculiar desires, and all with a common wealthy The al- ready settled portionsof the new world first caught the infection ; as .men who have once abandonee tlie homes of their youth are ever, ready for fur ther change. Soon after the proposal of the Proprietors were first published, some gentlemen of liarbadoes, dissatistied with their condition and tempted by the liberal offers which those proposals held out, in September, lbbd, dispatch- I ed a vessel under command of Capt. Hilton to re connoitre the country along th Lape t ear nverr They explored both branches of the river for many miles ; and it is remarkable that two noted ilaces, named by them Stag Park, and. Rocky 'oint, are so called and known at this day. Re turning to Barbadoes in February, 1664,- tliey published an agreeable account of their voyage, and of the country which they had been sent to examine. Among the planters who had fitted out this expedition was Jolm Yeamans, eldest son of Robert Yeamans, the sheriff of Bristol, who bad been hanged at the taking of that city in 1643. He had emigrated to Barbadoes with the view of mending his fortunes ; and being pleased with the report of the expedition, he determined to remove to Carolina. He went , to England to negotiate with the Proprietors, and received -from them a grant of large tracts of land ; and . at the same tiin'alie was knighted by the king in reward for the loyalty and misfortunes of his family.f' Returning from England, in ihe autumti of 1C65. he led a baud of colonists worn liarbadoes to the Cape Fear, and, induced by the traces of civilizati-m wbich were left by the New England colony, be pitched upon the spot they had inhabi ted j and purchasing from the Indians a tract of 7 letter of AVm, Rill TTn. 0 Bancroft 2135. Note. , "' iHist. Eng., ch. 55, t Hist. Eng., ch. 55. Note K. Cnr. Coll, 162. 3. ttBcwit.in Banc. 2132 Mas. May. 1863. !U-Jone&Def. JNo. Ca. 126. Martin I 117: Banc: 2132 t Banc, 2 12fi. Pepys 1216. c Printed -iu Car r. Coll. f Martin 1130 Williamson 1 96. " 'Hewitin Carr. Coll. 152. X 1-142. 2137.-' 'IMartin Hanison 1 tOO. ' ' Williamson 1118. ' Martin 2 142 -l-143v UWii- not been any visible-traces of the town : within tne memory ot living men deed for this plantation extant, and which was a conveyance from the great grandson of Yeamans in 1761, it is called the Old Town Plantation. The colonj- was erected into a County, and called Clarendou; aud Sir John. Yeamaus ,wa appointed Governor, and managed its affairs with prudence and discretion. It prosperol for a time, and tlie emigration from Barbadoes was so great, that the legislature there found it necessary to pa.-san act to f)rljhetjiritiuif q'jiek orf'the is'v2)u!.' ; In 1666 the settlement is saw I b have numbered eight hundred inhabitants.') Iftit the same rest less, spirit of adventure which hud. -brought tlie colonists over soon induced .many, j them to wander lather, southward, aud sialic on the .lands aftag tUeOioper and Ashley rivers.' Upon the death of Gov. Kayle in iet.l,Sir John Y eamans was appointed Govermnr of Carteret G'mityy after ward Sfrtitli-Cai-olinaand in the saiue , year . he removed tWilier-fron! the. Cape Fvar and-rhany of the principal inhabitants went with him.- rrora that lime tlie settlement at OUviowji lan guished, until at length, before the year 1090, it was. completely abandoned, and the Indians were again sole masters of the suil. Thus failed he second well organized effort to settle the Cointy of Clarendon. And here the Cape Fear count y is dismissed from history. It is very remarkable that while these two early and ineffectual efforts to fix ciyilizuth 11 there are related by historians with some minuteness of de tail, uot one records when, how, or by whom, its permanent settlement was effected so many years afterwards. And so vague has even tradition become in the lapse of years, that though we know the manner and the men, we cannot now fix the time with any precision. After this second abandonment of the settle ments on the Gipe Fear, the country along that river fell for a time into-great disrepute. The Indians behaved with savage barbarity to all who, by shipwreck, or other accident, were thrown wilhiutheir reach. And the mouth of j the river became the harbor of the noted pirates. Steed Bonnet and Richard Worley. from whence they watched and prayed upon the commerce of Charleston and tlie West Indies, until thev were routed and destroyed by the ships under the Com mand of Gov. Robert Johnson and the brave William Rhett.t Iu the last decade of the seventeenth century a name appears in the history of South-C-arolina, destiued soon to be distinguished there, and near a century later to become still more illustrious in the auuals of Cape Fear. The head of this family was James Moore, tlie descendant, and it is believed the graudsou of Roger More, who led the Irislr rebellion in 1641. In the wreck of his family and fortunes he, too, like so many others, had looked towards the setting sun, and fixed his eyes upon the "summer laud"' of Carolina. 1 le had inherited all the rebellious blood of hisgraudsire, his love of freedom, his generous ambition, and his bold and turbulent spirit. He soon acquired great influence in the province, and upon the death of Gov. Blake iu 1700, he was elected Gover nor by the deputies of the Proprietors. His char acter is not free from reproach ; but his faults were those of the times, and of the country iu which he lived. ile is represented to have been capa ious; but in- the universal spirit of self-ag- grandizement which then prevailed, it would nave been wonderlul, it he alone had been hick lest and self-denying: Aud although his short adminis tration has been severely . censured, it is well to remember that thoso w ho speak of him iu the harshest terms professedly fouud their accounts upon the representations of his enemies, it he was ambitious and arbitrary, he was also active,. intelligent, brave, true to Ills lnends, and of great inllueitcc with the people. this Governor James Moore marnad the daugh ter of Sir John Yeamans ; and. thus, by a singular fortuue, these families, which had siulered from such opposite causes, in the old world,- became united in the new : and the blood of Robert Yea mans and of Roger More of the loyalist victim aud the exiled rebel iningled in Carina to breed some of the noblest champions of her free dom, aud the pioneers of permanent civilization upon tho Cape i ear. Ot this union there were porn ten eniiaren. The oldest, James, was a genuine scion of the stock from which he spruiig. His character, per haps, does not appropriately belong to North Carolina history. But it Is worthy trie contempla tion of all; and the people of tlie Cape Fear, es pecially, hold it in reverence, tie was pot pt them : but he was ol the blood 01 those wno suo- sequeutly becauie their shining exemplars of honor and self-sacrificing against the Indians ; but he is chiefly known and loved as the cham pion of the people, and the "zealous defender of their rights against the encroachments of arbitra ry power. In 1719, when the quarrel of the people with the government had proceeded to an open rupturer true to the instincts of his race, he was with the people, and against the government. And when they met in convention and resolved to have a governor of their own choosing, " they elected the brave James More, whom -all the country allowed to be the fittest person for undertaking its defence."0 "Ho was a man of turbulent disposition, and excellently qualified for being a popular leader iu perilous adventures. To Governor Johnsou he was no friend, having been by him removed from the command of the militia, for w-armly espousing the cause of the people; to the Proprietors he was art invetarate enemy. In every enterprise he had been a vol unteer, and 111 whatever he engaged be continued to Ins purpose, steady and inflexible. iJiey proclaimed him Governor; and, with the procla mation went up tlie expiring sigh of the Proprie tary government, and peacefully, and without bloodshed, palatines, landgraves, and caciques vanished from Carolina.! In 1711. 1712 and 1713, occurred the celebra ted Indian wars, which you will find fully detailed in history ; in the beginning ot which the hr3t histonan of iSorth UaroltnaT tell the earnest vic tim of savage cruelty. In 1 7 1 3 , the second J ames More commanded the forces which were sent by Gov. Craven to the succor of the North .Carolin ians ; and after a severe engagement near tlie site of the present village of Snow Hill, ' in Greene county , he succeeded m entjreiy ureaKing me power and 'subduing- the - spirit 01 tne warlike l uscaroras. He remained in iNorui Carolina seven months. History makes no mention of any of his family but himself in this expedition ; but tra . t . ..... i i 1 . dmon relates that he was aocompamcu oy ms younger brother, Maurice. And two years later. in 1715, this brother commanuea a troop 01 norse in the service of Gov. Eden, and marched to the t in"l717." Carr. Coll. 1209. X Johnson's Trad. andRem. of ihe Revolution, 230. Banc. 3329. . "Hewit ui Carr. Coll. 1238. t Banc. 3330. X Lawsou. Martin. 1261. Martin, 1274. H Old mixou in Carr. Coll., 2440. J ' Wiliiamsoii2 10 ; Mart'mh 1285. f Mar- 1 tin. 1264, I Carr-tJotl., Z 4-41. I II Banc.,- U. S., 2131 Martin, 1137 pu iu me . oiaest Jrt he noniwrn T'wrin t wu .first to the CTibivan. from tlie faet , the permanent settlement and eitftizatten of the Cape Fear 'are principally dueT He-had been favbly impressed" with the aspect -of the coHfltry m hia expedition against ' the Indians J auu pernaps ne cherished some pious regard for it a the first American home of his grandfather, Sir John Yeamrtua. And. soon after his return to South Car oh 1 ra ho determined to remove to he went that, in 118, threes yejirs alter his expedition against the Cape Fear ; Indians, he was concerned with' Mwahi'Mc&& and four or-five other gen Lh mau n" "thAtrpiecuict, the old adherents of Presklda Ctry, In 'forcibly taking, possession of i!,e u.hr i-fenrh 'in the office of John Lurick, the Deputy Htvary. and from tlie additional fact, That- wheii ieejnovel to the Gipe. Fear, his .ica nd dangf ire was then married to John Por ter, who had long bo:-ii a rcadent of Chowan. He is suppose'"! to lijite sett,lel upon the -Gti Fear a'oout thjyear 1723.1 His are the earliest grants for land 'upon ijhat river now extant ; and the first of them are elated in 1725. He came not alone, bitt brought with him-the gemtof a noble eolonyirl Hii IMifrllcr and 'Naibnif4, and the family rf. Itr? In-other .lohn, then dead Ins soh-irt-laHr. JoTm" Ptrter, ad liis mother,' Mr. Sarah' lrtrK fjie daughter Ma). Alexander LfflinobKist?:'Mr&. Oiffotd, wfw ha.1 for merly been th jvife of 'hW-father's staunch friend and supporter, "Job Howe,f and who was the grandnnither of; the afterwards celebrated Gen. Robert Howe tiis nephews Job and Joseph Howe artd the brave Col. Rob't. Daniel, his father's old cunrarW in arms-these, and others of a like stamp, came with him. They were no needy ad venturers." driven by necessity no unlettered loors, ill oBca:?in the haunts of civilization, and seeking their prjper sjihere amidst the barbarism of the savages. . j They were gentlemen of birth and education; bred in the refinements of polish ed society, and fringing with them ample for tunes, gentle maimers, andeultivated minds. Most fthein united ;hv the ties-of blood, and all by riiRiiiioRiEGiiTSR. PUBLISHED BY -SEATON GALES, , E D IT OE INI PROPKIETOB", AT $2 50 IN ADVANCE ; OR; f 3 00 AT ; THE END OF THE YEAR. R A LE lii 11, N. G. SATURDAY MORNING, SEPT. 29; 1855. those (frfi-iends'hip, they cirn as one household, sufficient to themselves, and reared their family altars iiVHove and peace. To the brothers Mau rice amf; R'tger M''ore. espeeiallv, I would here render nai-huTble tribute of respect and venera tion. Th ; ;r cbftrncters are unknown to history. R. gcr M 'hot nam''! iu the annals, of North Caro lina ; and Col Maurice Moore is mentioned, and only mentioned;!. is the father of his illustrious n, Judije Maiiric and General James Moore. If histoiy.iiiiTtvjrt siizes those who, with the can non and the Imyoni-t, through blood and carnage, etiillt--fi a dynastv or found a state, surely some thing mvre thji more oblivion is due to thos''. aim. lorsaiongau tiiat is attractive to the civi!i zel mind, le r'l colony, and plant it successfully i:i harmony ankl j)eace. amid the dangers of the wilderness, and under the war-whoop of the sav age. Every schoolboy has read of Cadmus, who thousand of ycaTs ago, brought lettersintoGreece. Few, very frw.-eveu of the intelligent men of the Cape Fear, have over hoard the names of those, to whom, but little more than a century since, they owe the civilization of their country. These brothers were not cast in the common mould of men. Thv v.-re of "the breed of noble bloods." Of kingly descent,0 and proud of their name which brave deeds h;kl made illustrious, tliey dwelt Upon eir magnificent estates of Rocky Point aiid Ort'Mi, with much of the dignity, and something of tji.. state f the ancient feudal bar on's surrounded by i heir sons and kinsmen, who looked up t'vtfcom for counsel, and were devoted to their will, j Proudly and stately, somewhat haughty anl ojverbearing perhaps, but honorable, brave, hig! -mji tided and generous, they lived for many years tlie fathers of the Cape Fear, dispen sing a noble hospitality to all the Worthy, and a terror to the nen aiid lawless. This picture may sefcm oydr trawn, ierhaps ; but it is trulv pahited from" thrr.ilv traditions. And Roger Moore is. to this" davj always called on the Cape Fear bv his' s.-r.rvi u'vl f "Old King Roger." They pos sessed the entire respect and confidence ol all and thfc early "books of the Register's Office ofNew Hanover coiinjty are full of letters of attorney from all sorts ot men, giving them an absolute discre tion in maaaajiMg the varied affairs of their many oons'tti''t.vt The Latk Elections. rln Texas, notwith standing the opposition of the " spoilsmen," - and of its infidel, agrarian and abolition German col onists, the result of the recent Election has really been cheering in the highest degree. By the latest newspaper advices, it is conoeded that one of the American candidates for .Congress Evans rand the American candidate - for lieutenant Governor JowEHit are certainly elected ; and the telegraph now: aunoances the election also of the 'American candidate ftr Governor, JDt.Dick sox, and a majority of Americans to the Legisla ture I This last news, we are afraid, is too good to be true ; but, wliether true or not, it is now plain that the American party has done wonders in Texas has virtually achieved a splendid tri umph, in a State where its opponents expected, and had a right to expect, a -majority of 10,000. Hurrah ! then, for Texas, in any event ! It should be borne 'in mind that in the Congressional elections, in the Southern Statos, the American party ties its opponents, having elected 19 out of 38. So, taking all tho circumstances into the ac count, the American party has made an exceed ing good fight in the elections that have just passed by. These elections show, and subsequent intelligence proves, that this great party is grow ing in strength and numbers with a rapidity with out precedent in political history. All the signs of the times foretoken the most brilliant success next year. Much of the i best patriotism and of the highest intelligence of the country are with it. There are even thousands of intelligent for eigner, who are with it, heart and soul. 1 hat it must eveutuaily, wviner or later, win to its stan dard nearly all of the conservative, independent, truly patriotic aud-republican men of the country, there is no earthly doubt. Such men must per J'orre come together upon a platform truly Cath die, lolerant and republican, like that of the -Amer ican partv. 1 hat they can long tarrv with a party so foul-mouthed, slanderous, and red-re publican as that called the anti-American or Pseudo-Progressive-Democratic, is impossible. Patriots aud freemen must flock together, just as party men, spoilsmen aud "collared slaves" must abide with " the flesh pots of Egypt " and kntw no higher aspiration than that of self and serf- lorn ! ity of the wliable and intelfigeui. wBrreppoutient of ffiePeburTnteJBgaticer that there kf a very .inatrial fabateJinemV in the1', epidemii in Norfolk iuMort4iti toil '- tne .number of deaths and in new cases; . God grant that this abatement may continue until the disease entirely disappear?!. ' .'i-.- Norfolk, Sept, 25th 185. "Although the deaths - since yesterday how a great falling off, there are numbered among them some cherished names ; such as Mrs, Eliza Tyler wife of our worthy townsman, Mr. W. F Tyler : Miss Fentress,sister .of Thoo. L. Fentress, recent ly deceased. There survives now but oe fister (Mrs. Franklin Moore) of a family of seven broth ers and sisters of this family, who were all alive only two years ago ; a daughter of Mr. Jos. C. Addington, aged 13 ; Mrs. Harley, 65. These are only up to 9 o'clock this morning. The fol lowing should beadded to tlie names sent you yesterday; Jos. Sykes, 20 ; Theodore Cherry, 20 ; Cliarles-Harvey, 21 ; James Whithust, 35 ; Thom- 4is Roberts, boarding'housc keeper in Little Water street. . , .3y- , - - There has been a verv. reat abatement in t-he siekhess;; and I bave heard -fiiere were oaly eight new cases yesterday. -Ine -weather continues quite cool, with alternate cloud and sunsliiiie. There will, however, daubtless be a great-many deaths amongthe vast number of cases lying over, as the fever docs not abate in malignity. ' T. . i. . Democrat! caunot fuse. Henderson (Ky.) Reporter. But they can confuse. They can play a dou ble game, and be abolitionist!; in the North and fire-eaters in the South. GREAT BATTLE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES TROOPS AND INDIANS: j St. IjOCIs, Sept. 24. A great battle took place on the 3d inst., at Sand Hills, near the North fork I of the Platte river, between the Sioux Indians and the entire force of U. S. troops, under Gen. I Harney, numbering about 450 men. Maj Cady 1 commanded the infantry, and Col. Cook the dra- ! goons, mounted infantry and artillery. The bat- j tie commenced early in the morning and lasted I several hours. The Indians fought desperately but were routed. A running fight for some ten miles followed, when the Indians made a stand and fought with much gallantry. They were, however, defeated with the loss of 80 men killed, and 50. women and children taken prisoners. The Indian women fought furiously. Gen. Har ney lost 6 killed and as many wounded.' No offi cers wore killed. The Indians engaged in this battle were the Brule and Sioux, the same that massacred Lieut. Grattan's command, and mur dered a mail party, the way bill of the mail hav ing been fouud with them. -tr? i;- ST. 28,i855.:'V . We hav another arrival from Etirope. Sttis TOpOl was TAKES, on the 8thV afte? jdjpfirate fighting..'; :. ',. : - . ; ,'..-' The Allies were repulsed six times, wititeTri ble loss iomejiffftn ortioentythpHSandmm f-.-- Malakoff was finally captured, wliereupon the ' Russians 'advanced to the North side of the Har bor, after blowing np their magazines, WQtka, &c ThAiussians ntill bold all the forts' on the North side. .When the Allies took possession f , the South .side, they f mad .nothing but ruins ! The Russians burnt the town 1 v. ..' Flour, dnll and" unchanged. Cotton dulh Con sols advanced. ' " :- ' . ' 1. -' Special Term. " STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA;GaAitmi.t . CouNtt, Superior Court of Law, .-Beptnbr Term 1 85-i. - .'..tt-i Cv-- XeSs : AtkreJ br jaoBWri.Jud(Cabiir. that Sp&tiX ai rx c-f Ttlus prtb tor County aforesaid, at U"e Court Hob? iaOxford on the. first Monday in : Deoember Bet7' and tkat the Cierk of said .Court give notioe therebif -The Suitors and Vrttnesses in Civil Caaes are hereby notified of the Order and required to at tend actfonlingly. As no SUte buainess .inlt be done, defendants and witnesses In prosecutions and indictments are not required to attend. ECGENB GRISSOM, C. 8. C. -Oxford. Sept. 22, 1855- - "" - v6w 78 standard copy. . SPLENDID LOTTERY-r-OCT., 1855. GREGORY MAURY, Manager t (Sueeestor to J. W.Maury f Co.) $50,000. V . Lottery for the benefit of the STATE OF DELAWARE. Class 231 fob 1855. ' Drawnat Wilmington, Del., Sat., Oot. 13, 18"5. 78 No. Lottery 14 drawn Ballots. 1 1 1 , 1 1 2 1 5 100 251 Prize do, do . do BRILLIANT SCHEME, of d..... do..... do. . do do ....$50,000 30,000 20,000 ......15,000 10,000 6,000 3,853 2,000 ...... 600 , 800 0 Leland Hi t. Ireland, savs their ancestor, Ro- was d'-wrended from the ancient Kings of irx. ''!', . "cQfC'l.L'um IN OCR NEXT. Jtei A year had elajised the 20th of this month since the-iuvaders of the Crimea met the enemy on the heights of Ai.ma, and, as their chronicles tell, achieved a brilliant victory. Sebastopol was then expcted to fall immeiliately before the im petuous prowess of the victors and so confident and elate was French ardor that the Emperor proclaimed at the head of his palace troops, Se bastojiol est prise" (Sebastopol is taken.) Twelve months have rolled by since that famous an nouncement twelve months of unexampled ef fort on the part of two of the mightiest Govern ments on earth and Sebastopol yet stands un- fallen, if not impregnable. Looking back to the eveuts of those months, it is impossible to. form any thing like an approsimate estimate of the stupendous loss of human life which has atten ded the efforts of the Allies to reduce this now historic fortress, built and defended by a people denominated rude and barbarous. If w-e were to say that half a million have been sacrificed by fire, and sword, and pestilence, and- ship-wreck, t The Wild Cherry, as prepared by Dr. Wi'stari is really a specific for throat and lung complaints. Coughs aud colds disappear as if by magic uuder its soothing influence. No family should be with out if at this season of the year. 8. MARRIED. In this City, on Wednesday evening last, by the Rev. Dr. Mason, J. A. Engelhard, Esq., of Mississippi, to Miss Mary Eliza, daughter of Mrs. Laura Cotton, of Raleigh. In this City, on the 19th, by Rev. Joseph M. Atkinson, Rev. John M. Sherwood, of Washing ton, N. C, to Miss Sarah M. Dewey. In Fayette ville, on the 26th inst., by the"Rev. Joseph C. Huske, Mr. George H. Haigh to Miss Sarah C. Hale, daughter of Edward J. Hale. DIED. 1 In Onslow county, on the 21st inst., after a very brief illness, of congestive fever, Mrs. Cyn thia A. Huggins, wife of Owen Huggins, Esq.,' aged 19 years. She was one of the best of women, benevo lent to all, within the range of her acquaintance, who needed help or comfort, and universally beloved by all who knew her. She'leftan infant child, several step-children, and a kind husband. Tickets, $16,00 Halves $7,50 Quarters $8,75 Eighths $1,87. -Certfs. of Pkg's of 26 whL tickets, $180 00 . do do 26 half do. 90 00 do do - 26. quarter do 45 00 do do 26 eighth " do 22 50 Orders for Tickets and shares and Certificates of Packages in the above splendid Lotteries will re ceive the most prompt attention, and an account of each "drawing will be sent immediately after it is . over to all who order from me. Address P. J, BUCKET, Agent. Wumingtoa Deb . KING'S MOUNTAIN. The Yorkville Enquirer, in its last issue, states that Gkoroe Bancroft, the Historian, has given notice of his acceptance of an invitation to attend the approaching celebration ol the anniversary of I and the horrors of a Crimean winter, it would cer- Kmg s Mountain, and takes occasion to signalize i,miv w below the real figure. And if a correct Mr. Bancroft as one on whom the South would rely especially for illustrating her heroic annals. Let Mr. Jiaucrott be invited and honored we do not objec t to that. He has worked hard at the mine ol American nistory, and has succeeded in admirably sefctiu forth, the thoughts, impulses and acts oi the " Pilgrim rathers. liut as his pubhsnetl Volumes bring us only to the verge of the Revolutionary coutest, ana as those volumes everywhere: make Massachusetts the heart and ceutre of the: JSorth American movement, we scarcely see on what ground the Yorkville En- ouirer could found its expectations that Mr. Ban- crolt would be the true annalist 01 the iiattle ot King's JIouHtain estimate of tle loss of life already sustained is impossible, how tmichmore so is it to fix any limit to the destruction of life which a reckless obstinacy, on the part of the besiegers , and a much more rational obstinacy on the part of the besiegod, will involve ! A daring coup de main on the part of the Allies might have overpowered its proportionately small moans of resistance when its battlements first came in sight. Now those means have been magnified perhaps ten fold ; and even the fiery valor of the Frenchman and the intrepidity of the Bflton pale and quail Publio Meeting. Raxeigh, N. C. Sept. 19th, 1855. Df.ak Sib : At a meeting of the "Executive Committee" of the "N. C. State Agricultural So ciety," I was appointed to 'confer with you, on the propriety of calling a meeting ot the citizens- oi Kaleigu, lor tne purpose of mating arrangements to entertain or accommodate the visitors to the Sate Fair" to be held at this place-in October. Tue time is not far off, and whatever is done, should be done soon, and notice given, that per sons at a distance may know wbat to rely on, in coming to the "Fair." Should you think fit to call a meeting, let it be at an early day, as we have no time to lose. Very truly 'yours, E. A. CRUDUP, . Chm'n. Ex. Com. N. C. Statt Agril. Soc. Hos. W. D. Haywood. Mayor of Raleigh, N. C. But what, j surprises us especially is, that the the tPrrific dangers 0f an assault Enquirer biases no allusion to the historian who for the first tane and within a lew years has giv en us. a faithful, graphic, and most carefully col lated history! of this brilliant aud decisive action which, of .all the, battles of the Revolution, de serves to be tiguahzed as the turning point in our fortunes. H it possible that Dr. Ramsey, of Tennessee, the author of the "Annals of that settlement,! ion identified with the achievement of Kings Mountain, was lorgotten on an occasion, of which h& excellent history has done so much to preserve the memory ? The omission is a very grave oue.'and, whether it comes from forgetful ness or dutm, is deeply to "be lamented. The pioneers of the Caroliuas had to fight their own battles, and! their annalists seem destined to en coifhtcr the same (hfiicultiesin winning a hearing to their lionest rehearsal of their deeds. No mau in the South deserves better to be re membered aind honored than Dr. Ramsey, of Ten nessee. . Hej has given his life; indeed, to the col lection and arrangement of the materials of. our early Western History, and his published volume of the Annals of Tennessee is'at the same time one of the ri lost interesting and one of the most authentic roo-.rd.i f the progress of American co- louization. LlMrleslon Mercury The fact seems to be conceded on all sides that the lapse of a year since the siege was undertaken has not appreciably improved the prospects of the prospects of the besiegers, even although their numerical force is increased fourfold. Sebastopol, in all probability, 8tpds on the 20th, of Septcm ber, I800, the same virgin fortress as she stood on the same date in 1854. There is 110 doubt of its being bettor fortified and garrisoned now than it was then, and it would seem that the important- works of defence are as scathloss as if they had never undergone the terrific bombardments to L which they have been subjected. Tlie' events which time may have in store in connection with it, it is not for man to predict. P. S. Just as we are going to press, it wil' lie seen, by reference to another column, the in formation comes of the fall of Sebastopd ! I Lord Brougham hoped to see the day "when evcrv man 111 the Umted Kingdom could read Bacon, 'fin would be much more to the pur pose," said Gobbet, "if his lordship could use his influence to see that every man in the kingdom could eat bacon. About Locating. The Lynchburgirginian . ..I til T .3 T 1 T 1 TT I announces inuc 11 on. ixxttoru jjrovvu lormeny w niteu. Oiaiies oeiiiuor iiuui i.viv.u vittoiiuii, aim Col, Bragg, of Buena Vista reputation, are'look- " The Union says that the report that the Pres ident has purchased a larui in Maryland is an un mitigated falsehood. TWas there anything wrong, in buying a'farm in Maryland, asks the New York Express, that the official should deny it with so much animos ity?. Raleigh & Gaston Railroad. WINT15R ARRANGEMENT. ON and after Monday, the first of October, the passenger Train wiil leave the Depot at Ral eigh, at precisely 15 minutes before 7 o'clock, A. M., and run to Franktinton by 8. when It will stop 25 minutes, allowing afnpie time for the Passen gers to teke. Breakfast at an excellent House. The Schedule otherwise will remain as at present. is. A. CRUDUP, President. fce R. & G. R. It. Raleigh, Sept 25th, 1855. tf 7J. A Cloaks and Mantillas. LARGE and commanding assortment of Cloaks nnd Maitillas, embracing every style and novelty each as Fine Velvet Mantles, - Velvet and Moire antique, (in combinations.) Cloth Mantles and Talmas, -Silk Mantles, with fringe and bice. Fine Merino Shawls and Scarfs, : Men's Traveling Shawls and Blankets. - W. H. &R. S. TUCKER. September, 28th, 185S. . . - .78 A For Sale. No. 1 Young Horse and Roctaway. to W. H. K. 8. Apn"y TUCKER. Mayor's OrriCE, Raleigh, Sept. 24 th, 1855 J Pursuant to the above, the citizens of Raleigh are invited to meet in the City Hall on Tuesday Evening. Use and day of October next, at 4 o clock, to take into consideration the communication of the Chairman of the Executive committee of the N. C. State Agricultural Society. WM. DALLAS HAYWOOD, Mayor. ' tlaieigk, Sept. 28th, 1856. 2t 78. TATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Gkaxville onrt of Pleas and Qn August Term, 1805. CocrfTY, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, others 1 The College of St. James, Mary -j land; fTHE next annual Session ottho CoUtge and of I the Grammar School opens on Monday, Octo ber, 1st. ,. THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL-" V receives pupils when not less tuan twelve years ef age and prepares them for the College .under In struction and discipline especially suited te their years, &e. Preparatory Students when sixteen years old, are placed under College discipline. THE COLLEGE, embraces the "usual classes and the full coarse of Collegiate training and education by reoltationa and lecture -. it has ita separate cusclpline and arrangements, suitable to the advanced years and standing of its students. The Rector has the con stant supervision otboth departments. For far ther information or for oopies of the Register, ap ply to Rev. JOHN B. KERFOOT, D. D. Rector &c (P. O.) College of St. James, Md. Aug 2. 1855. t td62 Splendid Lottery October, 1855. Petition to Sell Williamson, 1 95v ing attliedands in the vicinity of that place, with J 11 be large, scope in this field' the view of purchasing. - Vmost trenchant satire. Th acker AY .-This noted writer, having fin ished his "Newcomes," is riow it is stated, actively intent on bis forChcoming visit to America. He has four new lectures, which will be first deliver ed in this- country. His subjects are the four I Georges, assigning a lecture to each reign. There tot i.tttK;&.r'tt s Nancy Anderson and vs K.. , - .. . ! Jlicitmill itnc cuiu vuicis. J It' appearing to the. satisfaction of the Court that John Valentine, and -Parthena, his wife, two of the defendants in this cause, reside beyond the limits of this State; it is therefore, on motion, ordered by the Court, that advertisement be made for six weeks successively at the Court-Houae in Oxford, and at three other public places in Gran ville bounty, notifying the said defendants of the j filing of this Petition, and that unless they appear I at the next Term of this Court, and answer ths ; Petition, the same will be taken pro confesso and i heard ex parte as to them. . , j Witness Au&ustine Landis, Clerk of said Court, j at office in Oxford, the hrst Monday or Augu st, A. D., 1855. ' A. LANDIS, Cl'k, September 20. 1855. 76 w6w pd. WHITE BRANDY. JUST received at Ne. 13 Fayetteville St , two casks of 4th proof White -Brandy, for preserv- . Raleigh, Aug. 6th. 1855. ' 3. GREGORY $ ' MAURYj Managers (Successors to J. W. Maury & Co.) 40,0001 Lotfery for the benefit of th s State of Delaware, Class 225 for 1855 To be drawn at Wilmington, Del., Saturday, Oct. 6, 1855 " . 75 No. Lottery 19 Drawn Ballots. , MAGNIFICENT SCHEME. "TOTlCE There ,will be a meeting of the ehare-holders of the Heron Mining Company on the Second Monday of Octobermext, at the office ofthe Secretary, of the Company, at ,10 OdOC'aj i' " - By order of the President. - : 40,000 15,000 10,000 4,715 1,000 , 600 150 1 Priie of..., . 2 do.. 1 do .... 2o do I ...... 50 do,. ...... 205 do... &t- . -. to. &e. Tickets $10 dolla. Halves $5,00 Qu'r 2,50 Certfs. of Pkg's of 25 whl. tickets, $180 00 do do , 25 half do - 62"00 do " V do " .25 quarter de ' S2 60 Orders foif Tickets and shares and' Certificate of Blckages iii the above splendid Lotteries will' re ceive the most prompt attention, and an acoonat ef each drawing will be scut immediately after It is lover to all who order from me. ""-.r- Address P. J. 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