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1 ;. . -.'Si ; '--': . . ..... .....- -- - ; , ' . ... . , ... ... - . .. .i I I "- - p-p-nis.rTu-o Dollars per annr.i in advance 5 ijrertisenicits inserted at 1 per s juare for the first. 25 cents fpf eachj subsequent insertion. Court Or ,'.Lj.hr!red 23 per tent higher. - " V- A deduction jof 33$ per cent, will be made to those . . .j.,-rt;a bv the-ivear. . h- . . . - l - g; -. -1 ! .. , . ... - : - From the National Intelligencer-. ' -V FREMONT'S ' REPORT. r .. fl . CONTINUED. ' r-V. AVe are tempted to give the annexed extract, notwithstanding its lengtb, on ac count of the; graphic beautyof ihe descrip tion and thfi-fnteresting nature of the po sition and tKe scene described.; It notion ly gives a faf r specimen of Capt.. Fspow ers as a writer, but it does very great "cred- v , . ! ? ' ! - ' ,' . - ..- v--r- . L!m m o n m on L. .... a. I - i it io iu" " it iuc "'"J51 numanizeci and correctjfeelihgs capable of apprccia . tin the beautiful in Pfature and' the ele rated and dignified in moral conduct 1 August Early in th morning we left tbe camp, fm?cn in number, well armed, of course, aw j.jmijtu yiii wur (uesi muies.- ' A" jfacfc animaljcarried our provisions, with a cof fee pot and KeHle, nd three or four tin cups; Ererjr man had a blanket strapped over h is sad dle, to served hissed, a n the instruments were parried by turha on theirj backs. ' We entered directly" on' rptijih and rockv rrrnimfl 7flnf! ; Hcr crossing' the ridpje; had the geod fortune to Aoot an ante ntelppe. ( We .heard the roar and had ot dl watprfall as we rodc alonir i and j'impsft 'singia oqr Ava two pne'streanis, tributary ta tlie Colbraua. in about twn Vnnr1''rirt wp cached the.ttippf thelirpt row or range of the iniuntalns : ilcre, agaih,:a; viewbrjhe.ljiost rjmantic .beauty met our cycsIscemedas H, from the vast expanse; of uninteresting prai ne wo had passed over,; Nature , had collected ill her beauties' together in .one i chosen p'.acs. tTe were ovfrlpokiiojr adeep vallev. which! was ""'rely, occupied by thrqo lakes, and from the briiikjho surrounding ridges, rosfe nrecimtous!v ae nunureci and 'aj ltious indjeet, covered with .1 . Jl l. 1 r Ja " : .. kc uans grepn ot ine ba sampine, relieved on the border 'of theJike w th the liirbt foliaire of j&e aspen. ;fiipy ftJi communicated with each olber ; and tjho green of he watersomtrion to passabloobsJacles liddeijly barred our progress, jjroreiiJ that jh'were arjiong tbe5 hidden trea fc:ires of the fpiace, bnknqw'n even to the wan dering trappers Kwo retian,:Descendin"rthe jiil, we proceeded jto make our j way along ihe piargia to ttje;sputierli i 'extremity. vA narrow trrip of ftngWarfrgmeiit3Vof rock somelimes jifiwled a rfiugb 'pkfhwiiV. fbr or iriules, gpnerally wp rode iilong the shelvinr side. oc. ""casionally sfcranilrig urt at a considerable risk tf Jumbling back Lmto the' lake . . . . ill The sltibe was! frequentlv CO decrees 'i'Hhe pines grew densely tofftM her," and the 'ffrburid was covered wit h Ibe bianches and IfimlU' jof trees. Thd air was fragrant with tfce odor i of theitines; sj the it'easur e !o;f reath uu & i en.ti.L-u tuts utMiiniMi miirn nqf ng hatmountam ntr; theme of the hunter's ubicb makfls a cor siant I praise, and which now rriide i?s feel as if we bad loll bcefr drihking shine exhilarat n ffas. - The J drptlis f tills uiicxjplorecjl forest werea place to "delist tbeJieart of kbr tankt. : There wak a Ttfh undorgrduth df ptahtand numeronsay cim-rca uowers in iriMiant bloom; VV e reach- dlhfioutloatleigb, where some freshly bliik. ed wiliowsjhai Vine watershowed that beaver had bach rcfccntlviat work. There were wme smal Vrpw.ni squira-eis jumping '"about " in the pinesVa 1 k CMupte M la i gel ma I lard di'ckri wmming -About i.i the f t rea m. , ' ,Tl!e hills on inis-'sbhthert eii d were low. andlhe M locM d like a mimic sea, as1the aves hro'k o n ( h P satvdy' beach; in t he force of i itH.ng brebze. f There waspretty open spot, Mb hne grtiss frbur tnbles and vyc made our noon bait od the behcb, dhder the shade of some urge hcmlojeks. f We risumedMur journey af wrt bait of about an hour, making our way up we ridgo otifho wi?stcrn side 'of the lake, j; In jeaich of sdnoother grod m an, passing thrcuh gfpves Cof a'spen Jjon Und durVlves ng; in among the'pioes. emerging fioh)4Hse, wb struck, the summit ojT T ',uoc a,Pve into upper end ot the iake. v , e nati reached a verv elevated point t and. inilievalle below and among the hills, were Bomber of lakesjat different '.levels ; soirie two orllirce Lurdn-d fi-et above others, with which i Iufv T7 communicated by foaming torrents. Evea 10 our great height, nhri roar of the cataracts wme up, and we iould iee them leapioj; 'do'wii ""ines of snowy foaihJ ..From, this scene of ".waters'. vve It 7, waters,. we t imed abruptly into the still- "S 01 a tl)rest. vllifri tk'rt rwl nmnntr tht mon 1 ii - . r ot the bines, over ft lawn of verdant rr mss. L 1 I ! f ... - - '.' . strik UzW he aii of cullivated Wfotindfl I i . 1 . 7 , "VI U.SjAilpf R lima' amnrinr micn wssr a bad no ve( table ;arth but in hollows and JJco$. Jh Hi'ghTstill th pino forest continued.' We in the moliktains -" i v i iii in u iuuliu'u ii iifii.f. iir r:ii inr entirely shut m by dark: foccoverc rori A. smail strcam. Avith scarcelva nercentlb!e ; -;v" 'M .i'MKii icvci uouom oi nernan3 , t with .water. Into this the mules were turn panu were neitmer iioitiea nor picketed dur M J . ' '-l ' bit '. . . ? the nig! t, a he fine' pasturage took away i mnianen to Strav : and wo mado our hi: pines reallof rn n i e. While supper was i being rnood, accompanied by one ot.my men. We Idark, richlv renaid for our walk bv a ffsnW in off plarits, mafiy of them in full bloom. lending 4 pea to fid the place of our camp, ethat ty iftWM,fiI Jn AvI.Jrh'xvA W -"inumcated with' thd lotm jirceh: valley of Mrcarn:whibh' here locked bp.in the mounC It. 1 la ' ,1 ---'' 'M i away io tne sputti tound, its way. in to MIOUg 113 U pward course, it seemed the bead vhicb grad ual slopedi reef ly apprachea from long "consultation the mountain, we had deci ,c j. , jed Pleased for the next hero we upper. . v Uur table ser- .hanJ -U H1 nd w? held hmeat in. :vfcU ' T-ai "oc?s niade good platesrbn tie st. t ili )l,r maccaroni.- Among an eaCatn reP !acef on which we had occasion to Kxivu 1 wur long journey, none have left th;. mP H '12 the camp 3 nnz. i -Thc'diIu7deT6f7rT.i' HlrK 8Urr1undiu3-;:tho little hole through iiijf. r t' ! l,e Fiars overneaa ;-ine aark ll herc i WC klenl : land ifie 'rorks lit im witK n xv;uJur Prcsn!ade a riight picture of moaaiain-Jinxes ot great peptb, showed Jhat it would be j'mjjosf ij je-to" cross them. ' The sur nriwr iiiiiihtmihii li r inr iw 1 1 t a m i,k.r wgesi ot the .range.. , -.oifjovery of so fine a road irs'mh ohc; camp; u tr. j. .umc ior s PMER & "JAMES, ; .. f : Editors Proprietors. t- 't?"sl3.The morninr ua lirtrl!'al pleasant, jtf l.cooJ . , enough "io "make .'exercise r-"7 i-,T4""'--0UUH entcrea tne deme 1 had seenlhe preceding day.' It was smoothly car peted with ststft crrass; anri groups of, fl4wrs, of which yellow was the pre. dominant cppr Sometimes wewere forcedby an occasional occult pass, to pick our; way on a narrow ledgoalong the side ot the defileand the mules wre frequently n their knees ; f but these obstructions were rare, and we journeyed on n the swee morning. air, delightedTat pur good fortune jn laving found such a beautiful en. trance to thel mountains". Thia rnnrt AniSn..' for about three friles, when we suddenly feach ed its termination in oneof the grand views wjiicb, at evferyfturnmeet the traveller in this 1. V h ler1 fine asters in blpom, but Wft rj1!1! P i appeared . tock the j"wV Y f3 '"t-i ,t"u lo oPi lower growth lael Wjis if they loved the warmth of the mountains s w have represented them tn the nnnAr.l 4,! A... fill ,( n , n is not oy me spienoor ot tar ofr.yicws, Alhich- have lent such a glory to " the Alps, that tiejse-mpress the mind ; ' but by a ji gantic dTsolder If enormous masses and a sav. agetiblimty off naked rock, in" wonderful coti. trasT with ilnurrferable green spots of a rich flo ral beauty, hut I up in their ste rn recesses. wildness sem3 pell suited to the character of the people ho nhabit the country- r 4 " I deterijiine to leave bur animalsjhre and make t he ri'ou way oii J fo6u The 4 pea k" appeared bc neafc that there was' hb: doubt of oureturni nbere night ; "and a feiir men were le in charyofJthe. mules,vvvith our provisions and blanket. Ve tpok! with lis nothing but our arm3.atd instruments, and, as the day had become wamr the 'greater- parts left orcoats. .Having maie anjearly dinnerfwe started again; .y were'sion involved in the most raggeofpre. cipices, neaj inglhe central chain very-'slovvly, . . 41 mjm.-. i iw ursi .riuge niu a suc cession of others: and when; with irreat fiitimo ana auncuity, wi had climbed up five hundred feet, it wag but it other side ; fall ij make an equal descent on the ese intervening places were filled, with snall eep laiteSi which met the eye , descending from one level in every '' direct loj to another, omejimes under bridges firmed b' hu": frajrmlnts of' cranite. beneath whfih xn JJieard the rforM tho watcn These constantlv obstructed .djir path, f?rcing us to make long ife t4urs ; freqtpntl)l obliged to retrace' our steps, and ficqueny failing among the rocks. Max well -was prlcipiiited toward the face of a. pre cipice; and fivedl himself from going over by throwing hi ijiselflflat on the ground. ; We clam bered on, alvays: expecting with every ridge that we crossed, cr reach the foot of the peaks, and always isarJpointed, until about 4 o'clock, when, pretti well Worn out. - wp, YnnrhtA iK shore of a jitilej lake, in which there wag a rocky JalarioTanal tToni which we obtained the vie w given n th frontispiece. We j-emained here a shbrl time jo rest, andj continued - on ai ro'undthe like, vhich had jn sofne places a beachof whitblind, and in others Vas bound with rocks, ver jvhicirthe'way was difficult and dangerous, Is th vater fmm the innuniefable springs mad thefn very slippery - t.. I " Jy the tjrne we haoeached the further side b the lake, JL'e fuYifid ourselves all . exceedingly fafigiiedan6 much to the' satisfketion'of the xvhble party,ive .Incampedrhesppt ,we had chosen was t- breads flaCrbckJ interne measure protected frpa the winds by the. surrounding crags, anotlie t runks of fallen . pines afforded us bnbt'fircs. 1 Nelar by was a foaming torrent, ivhlch tumbled 3 into the little lake about' one Jundred anqj-fiftt feet .below us, arid which, by v'aof; distlictioh, we have called Island Lake. We. bad reahedtlie upper limit of the piney re gion ; a9,ablvetljispoint,no tree was to be seen, and patches f sikow lay every where around us on the cpld sdei)f the rocks. The flora of the region wo had traversed since leaving bur mules Was extremes V-rtt-lr: and. amnnir Inn r.hn. rafter. L istic plants, the starlet flowers of the dodecaihe- o:i dentatum where; met the eve in frreat abundance., A i mall green ravine, on the edge of which wejenc ainped, was filled witha pro fusion of alpine plants 5 inH full bloom. From ! birutnetricall observations, made during our. three days' sojourn at this place, its. elevation above tho Gu ofjllexico is 10.000 feeh During the day, we hlid-scen no sign of animal life ; but among the. rokslhe re, Ave heard what was sup posed to be te Ifleat of.a ybung goat, which we searched for Ivith hungry activity, and found to proceed from! a femall "animal of a gray color, with short ealsJndnotaiiDrobablv the Sibe rian squirrel.! We saw a considerable number! of them, andjwith Uie exception of a small bird like a sparrovv, ft is the onlv inhabitant of this elevated part of the mountains. On our return, we saw.belo this lake largo flocks of moun tain goat. ; Yepiad nothing to eat Jo-ni-htr Lajeunesse, WitH several others: took their funs' .and sallied out in search of a iroat ; but ntnm. ed unsuccessiul.3 At sunset, the barometer stood at 20.522: the jittached thermometer 50 deg.4 Here we hadhe misfortune to break our ther- meterVann now only that attached to the Iba rbrneter. ,i as taken ,.ill shortly, after we tiztie I had.'ittienrone. and want of finH. nnrf perhapsi also; injsome, measure,?by the rarity t)f the air; ,Thevmght was cold, as a'vjolent gale - fivim (no nrrlU HtiT finrtifirv tin n V,.k:.L iioiu v aw I u y 9 U IAS v. If uuli;U entirely blew jajvay. the5 heat of thefjSres..The cold, and our granite bedsrhad notbeen'favbr able'to-sleep; and wewere glad Jq'see the face: of th Tsun in ti morning. Nof being delayed 1 y any pre pari t Ion lor breakfast," weet but im mediately;' H - k:&.-fsii ?-''t' r " On every ide as.wo advanced was heard the roar of waters, and of. a torrent, which we. followed up a shortf distance; until it expanded into a lake aboit one mile in length. " On the northern side b the lake was a bank of ice," or rather of snovv fcoveed Avith;a crust'of .ice. Carson had bdri our guide into the mountains, and, arccablyito his advice, we - left this liitb magniiiceni region; Here the defile up which wf had ravlle opene ut into a- small lawn, tvhereVin; a Iittld lake, the stream had its source soil, and kept oijt of tliQ wayof the winds. Im mcuiaieiy ai oui teet a precipitous descended to rt confusion of defiles.;aod before us rose the had encampeq, and continued so until late in the night, with fhm vheadache and ryoraiting. This .was probably caused by the excessive faV 1 Li' 'JCeep A CHECX .CPO ALLVtOUX - IS SAFE." valley, and took to the 'rdges again ; wjlnrh we we found extremly broken, and where we were again involved among precipices. J Hiire were ice fields ; among Which we were all d spersed, seeking eaph the best'path'' t'asceiidfthe peak. MrvPreussj attempted to walk -along the upper edge of one of these fields,, which sloped away at aii angle of about twenty degrees but his feet slipped from under him, and he wept plung ing down the plane: ; A few hundred feet be low, at the bottom, were some" fragments of shaip rockj oh which he landed ; and hough he turned acouple of. somersets, fortunatWy he re ceived no injury beyond a tew bruisesi Two of the men, Clement Lambert and Descotfaux, had been taken ill, and lay down on the rocks a short distance bldw ; and at this poiut I wis attack ed wfth headache and 'giddiness accompanied by vomiting as on the day before. Finding my self unable to: proceed, 1 sent , the barometer 0eJf ,P Mri'Preuss, who was in a gap two' or three hundred yards distant, desirink him to reach fhe peak, if possible, and take Wobser vation there.f He found himself uhalje to pro ceed further in that direction, and tpokan obser vation whre; the barometer stood at ia;40l ; attached thermometer 50 deg. in the apj Car sonj who hid gone over to him, succeeded in reaching one of the":snpy summits of the main ridge, whehce he sawlhe peak towarrla whioh a.our effprts had been directed, tewering eight! or ten thousand feet into the air above him! Iajhe mean time, finding myself grjiw rather worsen than: better; and doubtful hov far 'my strength would carry me, I sent Basjl LajVu nesser, with four men. bar. the mntps hno lpnTr.rt -,-.'-r I ! - CAPTAIN VOORHEES r The subjoined Letter from the Secretary of the Navy promulgates the decision bf 'the' Na val Court Martial which was recently Convened in Washington for the trial of Ca'ptJ Phillip F. voorheesron a charge of disobedienfceJ of or. dersl t Thecharge, as well as other i nutter con. nected with the case, grew but of tl e proceed intra ijl XT: .L ! ...... -X, t - i,,63 u' vapi. f uoiuees in capturing Hne isuenos Ayrean squadron, in September last,jottthe port ot iMonteyideo, by the United States -frigate Congress; v -'.'..', i , . i Navy Depa3it3ihnt, Aug. l2, 1845. " Sir : The Naval General Cobrt' Martial of which Captain Charles Stewart was Presi dent, and before which you were ar -aiijned on a charge of disobedience, with fivd specifica tions, after a most careful and laboriou investi- gallon, did, on the 24th day of Jurie fast, find yocrguilty; of every spec ificat ion arjd guilty of the charge, and sentenced you to bejreprimand ed in general orders by the Secretary 6f the Navy and to be suspended for the fejrrrl of three years from that date. The officer Ordering the court has approved their verdict ant) cinfirmed their sentence. You are therefore! suspended from command. j J ; In carrying into effect the remainder of the sentence, I could desireHibt to add one word to the judgment of the court, with who Je members, you have been so long associated in the service ; but justice to our own Government, the relations of amity subsisting with the Argentine Repub lic, bur avowed policy of neutrality between foreign belligerents, respect for the frights of a foreign flag, a firm adhesion Jo tie humane principles of the modern code of maritime law, people, the determination to demand nothing but what is right especially fronji ti power weaker than our own compel meko disavow and reprove 3rour conduct, as set forth in the charge and specifications of which bu have been found guilt v. ! ? This letter-of reprimand will be published in a general order. ,I am, respect full yf Scc, - " GEORGE BAXCRbFT. Capt. F. Voohiif.es, " United States Natyi Mr. Y ise, our Minister to Brazil, $eiWs some contributions to the National InstituteJ, at Wash, injxton. .Among other things, the jfiu'it of an African tree, from the gardens near IUo. This tree, he says, was found on tho'Sanegambia, and grows in most parfs of African -It is of immense size among the largest species of trees in the world. It measures many feet in diameter, and grows to a. great heighf. The common name is boabah ; the botanical name is "Adamsonia digitata." -Tho stem of the fruit, in the green state, is from 5 to feet long, and has a long and strong hemp-like fibre. The flower is very large, white, and not unlike that of the centennial cactus ; its odor is had. TheTruit is similar to a gourd in shape nd size, and covered with a green felt.like ; rinc . , The substance of the rind is as hard, nearly, as the shell of the cocoa nut. But if you will cut off the stem, and ope u it at the stem end, you will find it to contain ti natural : cream hjf tartar, which, enclosing the seed, and strun g on fibres similar to those of the tamarind podi is used to make a delicious, coolinir.' acidulous rage, quite refreshing ina hot : climate;ltid similar in its medicinal effects to Jhat of the substance which it so much resembles;, Mr. Wise adds, !I never regretted the want of a knpyledge of botany until my residence here, where) almost every trunk. and branch; and flower, and. fruit of the carden and the wilderness, alike surprises and delights the senses ana ine mma. 1 KtEXAS has proved the Nessus shirt of the Whiff oartv." says the Washington lnion r Let us - hope that the day may not come, and soon, when the whole country snaiuwisn inai the Whigs had "succeeded in keeping this shirt from being put" on." Very ugly Tumors begin to reach us of Indian - wars, for which! wo shall have fo pay roundly in blood, and rapney. iV. f ; A minister in Vermont has forbidden any one to play a" N'Tolin in his church. He says, however serious his thoughts j - i rrtnv Lo thn mnmont hn' liP.irS W fiddle. he goes to thinking- hhwJelisedtodanct!l w r - : .; .Gnti.jinimm.-c REVOLUTIONARY LEGENDS. . : iWe;;fppyJnfo: tbis paper, from the " Washington tUn ion,'' a t Communication connected with the history of Nort h, Car olina, durirg the Revolution. . We do this" as an, act of Justice to the memory of one; of the most igallant spirits that ever fought and bled in'defence of bis country's cause. How the editorVof the "National Infelli ' gcncer'My o aYetso" attached to North1 Carolina; and so conversant with its history.-should have permitted such a libel' on the memory of a true Patriot to find a! place in itsfcolumns, as is contained in the sulyoined feitract frgm Ibeir paper of 1 ther 1st. instant, we can only account for, by supposing ivhat we have no doubt is the fact, that the article was inserted without the knowledge of the editors. ' And our confidence ' i n them is such, that we are certain thiit the moment their attention is drawn toHthis: matter theywiil -at-' once." relieve themselves from tho imputation of conniving jit any attempt to pluck the lau rels from the brow of a glorious old sol dier. But to the extract tIial. Jleg. " An aiionj'moui Subscriber' enclosed to us a little while back, some columns .o'mtnum'a ment paperl as authentic memorials of the Reyolution fn North Carolina.. Were this series'of Stories striking, w;e should still be scrupulous, of publishTngtbem as'bis torical. Dipr; friend has, wcT think, over rated? bothtjheir interest and their truth. Tlbbyqaiyow themselves to be taken from !the oml narrations off an ancient mid wife, bom the "author meets in his professional !abbrsasa Physician. The personal habits of fhis ancient dame and traits of her discourse her medical the oriesherjayersion to Indians her fond ness for her pigs, &c. make up a large part of these " Sketches of the Revolu tionary Wiar! in North Carolina." With these signally uniitstructive are mixed some adventures of one Jo Graham, who appears to have escaped the pursuit of Tarleton's dragoons, when they chased Col. Davie's men from Charlotte (N. C.) towards Salisbury, on the 25th of Septem ber, 1780V j Now thei historical value of " Aunt Suzie's stories is not entirely positive, in asmuch as we neither know thfe old lady's sources of information nor her name, nor that of him, yho holds the pen for her, nor his accuracy in regard to what (true or not) she told him. "Well: the "Sketches' relate beside the mishaps of Jo Graham (as mentioned) and the succor given him in his wounded state, by Aunt Suzie and her mother, the arrival and! " residence " at their farm house of sope other persons a little fam-. ous. Now,! history we" saw,; afforded no means of clearing up the facts concerning Jo Graham; inasmuch as that negligent Muse, Clioj has never given herself the slightest, thought of rescuing the deeds, and even the red coat and white clothes' of the puissint Jo from unmerited oblivion. They say at least Horace says that she! was quite in the1 habit tf treating great men so, before Agamemnon's day : Vixerq forte3 ante Agamemnona Multij sed oranes illacrymabile - Urgenjtur, ignotique Ionga Nbcte ca rent quia yate sacra. As to Joj Graham, therefore, we bad no hope of rhalfing the Muse and themidwife correct and; check each other's fables.- BuVwheji the grandame's tale ventured out of the Unknown into the known. We felt that it utauld need no Niebuhr to catch her tripping." Now,"rearl the subjoined Communica tion :' - -':" To the editor ojf the Union . THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, AND THE REVOLUTIONARY LEGENDS OF NORTH CAROLINA!. The Natibnal Intelligencer of Aug. 1st, under the bead of, " Revolutionary Le gends, con ains an editorial critique upon an article i n the " Union " of July 11th, entitled S ietches of the Kevolutionary War in North Carolina ;" to notice a part of which; I tnust request a brief space in your paper. I The individual now address ing you had! no.agency in the preparation of these sketches, nor anj knowledge that j such a publication had been made. or , was intended; until a day or two before the ap pearance of, the Intelligencer's remarks upon iu tj Itnay be proper further to add, that, although a subscriber and constant reader othe Intelligencer, he is not that subscriber who desired a republication of them in its columns. Nor, does'; he take any exception to its declaration that they are devoid ojf interest -JBut 'feeling a" na tural concern in "the fame of the person who is the subject of the first of the sketch es, and with! whose services and sufferings in the causej of the country, at the darkest period of .the warinthe Southvthe Jnteb lijrencer ; is - pleased wantonly to, triflerr l verv much to the amusement at: least of the crJitors-ne isconsiraineu.iu luicrpusc, not 'merely to assert the truth of history, but to Tepel f such gross and causeless in justice.' , i ' : . i r -. "I ? - These sketches purport io ne narraiives derived from a -matron eighty-fiye years 1 of are. IlOW JlVinC: in the VlCinitV Ot lhar- 1 NO r .- new series, 7 ' NUMBER 19; OF VOLUME II.! nominated by the writer Aunt Sdzy " and whose;famiIy name appearstoibeATex aPi'fr it. maye iTmemberedsby your readers, that . one of "them refers, Jo t he refuge (as is alleged) of t he family of General Jackson (then in his boyhood) at the house of th'is old lady's fatherrabout the. tiraVof 'the British invasion off ortK" Carolina ; and t he ot her, to t h esuccor and rejief afibrd ed by hersel f and her mot her to" Joseph Graham, an. officer who had fought under Ool, Charlotte, on theSGtb: of SeptembrrV 1780; who i had been badly wounded ituthe re-' treat, and 4 who came bleeding and 'disa bled to their dwelling on" the 'evening, of the same day. This individual is degcrib-, ed in theedjtorial remarks prefixet to the,, sketchesasljhe" be present' governor of that ' State, a nd 'is really re cognised by every one in the'least degree fa mi liar wi t h t be t radi ! ions of t he. section ' of the coun try where , t hiese e vents 1 hap-. The Intelligencer denoahces these sto- rics as entirtdy fabulous, so": far as they concern Jacksonfbecause contradicted by history ; and if not impossible, as they re late to Graham, altogether incapable.of having ibeir truth ascertained, sinceiis tory had not deigned to notice him at till. The editors then proceed in a vein of grent merriment to consign him to oblivion load ed w ith such, a weight of ridicule as prac tised pens.are enabled to educe from the familiar, contraction of his name in which the old matron indulges herself her de scription of his dress-and jfrbm the appli cation of epithets of sarclism. And being classiques, they conclude this strain with a derisive application of the hackneyed verse of Horace : , Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona Possibly it may turn out,,that the brave men who lived before Agamemnon had this advantage fyW,r their successors in 1780 that if thy have been doomed'to sleep unkuovvn. in the long.night of ages, for want of the sacert)atcs the truthful author to record ibeir deeds, they, have at least exempted from the persecutions of the buffoons of literature, vho, beyond the narrow circle in which thejy choose to minister as the dispensers of 'fame, will not suffer a violet to spring frdm the grave of a hero, without plucking it up and cast ing it in mockery away. ; All this is done, as the critique declares, according the most approved rules of historicarcriticism," with "great zeal for truth," and after a professed examination of the entire history of that period.- In-" deed, it Was to, have been presumed, in-j common chanty, that such a course of de rision and insult would hardly have been indulged in by those professing deliberate ly to give information to the public, with out having had recourse to the best sour ces of information, and rinding them, to justify it. " Its truth (says the editors) there was no ascertaining ; but, at least, we thought we might bp able to satisfy oursel ves of the possibility), though not the reality; of the facts ; so we considered, con suited, and remembered.? But they could find no trace of such a character in historv. Now, aPter this, those who bavo read the remarks ot the, editors wiff ream iV agree, that, if any such person as " Jo Graham " did in fact exist, fie was never in greater danger of annihiVtion from the sabresVf Tarleton's dragodns, than is his memory from the sneers df ihe critics of the. 4 Na tional Intelligence. , How much they considered t and ripmembered " . on. this matter, "there is no.ascertaining;" nor is it very apparent how either process would have helped them to facts which, it is very evident were neverwithin their knowledge; though, with their pretensions on the sub ject, they should have been. But they also consulted" irv search of the truth. Pray, with whom? Certainly, with no one hav ing the 'slightest acquaintance with the traditions of the revolution in western N; Carolina. The gallant defence of Char lotte by Davie, with but' few more" than two hundred men, against the approach of the whole British armyhis driving back their columns of horse in three sev eral charges which they madeand keep ing them at bay until Lord Cornwal us ad vanced in person to his cavalry, reproach ed them with cowardice, and, by reinforce ments of; overpowering numbers, atlast compelled our troops to retire from the un equal contest are remembered by the people of that region with a pride border ing on emhusiasm.' They boast bf it; as a " warm reception gi veh,to-his lordship in what, from that and likelattentions 1W Was pleased to style the " hornet's nesV? of America. Ana tne part Dome Dy Ura ham in that action, at the head of the vol unteers 'of' Mecklenburg his ; command of.'thcreseievcoyering thejretreat bis being! wounded; and left-fort dead about four miles from the village on the -Salis bury, road are as r, familiarly known to the whole people in , the western , part of the State; as the defeat of Ferguson at KinjSIbuntainf or the fall bf.Davidspji at the passage of the Catawba.'. It may be isafely affirmed that they are more ge nerally, known; ; The events occurred at his own home in defence of that village in vbich: five years before, while quite a A-outh. he had witnessed the declaration of pened, as the late- Uen. Joseph X.raham, tovvards,Charlottef Gen. Summer, vho had I " then of jMecUlenburg. but for the Jast forty, been encampe4tU,rovidenceretircd,;oa V O' years preceding hiseath (in;l 835) an in-; the nearest Road , to SalisburyUcav ng habitant of the adioiiiing county of Lin- Col. Davie strengthened iiv a4 few Volhn. ' ' r? ' :'. .. r'r yi independence by the. people of Mecklen- burg in a county which he often after wards represented in the - LVgislature of. the: State,' and Mn both thereon ventions I which deliberated on, the adoption of ihe S federal constitution by North Carblin-i in a vicinity where he ever after resided throughout a long life, and wore the scars ofthe wounds received there- and among a people whose militia he commanded in , the capacity of Brigadier Gene'ral in I8L1,-" , wnen iuey,co-operaieu wun ocnerai jacK- - son in ,the subjugationof tho, Creek Indi- . ans; It is to be regretted, for th sake of - r I peace to his ashesi 5 that; some portion' of r.' i his public service'.had not brought htm to r,-- '. the notice of the editors of the " National Intelligencer, ! It may be asking too much of those who discourse as flippantly ;of rmfses and poets, as loese jreyic were do, to r consult mils- , ter-rblls and:yecbrtrs for the reality of one whom they are determined to consider as . n mava nm.'fa:riiiiMwi Tint .,(,. . ? s an have they. consulted," who' furnishes a decent excuse for the. m'ocker; with which they have treated hisTrnemory ? ! Is thrre any who protesses-to giveihe details of' the action at Chatlotte: iiv which the narne - of GrahanYs nbtmeht ioned t VXep's Mr I inoirs.oi inc v aT in me : oouui,-; written- by a distinguisfied bffie'er, whoy joined the ' Southern service sooaaftcr the affair j at . . Charlotte, andjnviththislentic' tin- , m known'', of the rfie a well-fought field intbe.winterand spring of 1781, contain this statement in sub- stance:'44 Oh hepprpach- of' Cofnvrailis cdby teers under Major Graham, to observe tho movements of the eneni)v';. 1'v-'j";J ' " .r. " Davie, relying' bn Jthefirniribss fof his , troops, deterniined to giye'thbm (the Brit-j'. ish) an earnest of the spirit of the counv ' try in" which thejrhad' . enteedr v . . - . "His infantry alsofd'i Graham'volonteeiycr ; ' . V ty yards-i'n frohtVoneaci;'sidc. oCUie sti-cct co vered with the enclosures of the village.'' . 44 Lieutenant Locke t were killed and MajoriGrrahamanq iweve "'.v1 wounded."-- i f . :i X y- The account is' too long rftB(copjicd ; here at lengtb, but will repay; perusal by . : ; any one taking interest in theunject. It 'J, y i will show that the 44 mid1feti90Ugti pro- fessing no familiarity: with tbe musci' is ? . , far better sustained by;herah. ' tionaljtntelligencer, vvhichpr ; ly affects to speak in her name The jnis- .. .. "f. take of the venerable ; old amenheV, rank held by Graham at that time. 'gpes ' but to corroborate the general 'testimony, ui uuc wiiu uu.il known mm in cverj'graue. irom a sergeant; io me neaa oi. a oauai ion. . ' ". -. - - J Your present correspondent, never saw -: Mrs. Alexander, and knovN-B nothing of lier- " habits of life,' which are detailed with some minuteness, in connccHbn fwithJhjRse sketches of the re volution y:thonghTrDni 1 .his earliest recollection, he hasjjieardj of her kind mfnisferirigs to the vvbuhdedf offi cer who sought her aid on the 2Cth of Sep- V tember!789, and hasbeentauarhtto cher-s 11 ish for her an hereditary gratitude and af- t jfuuuoii.- ne wen rememoers-mai on tne 26th of Sept., 1 830, about a month befpro U the death of General ?Graham heJrecbr- red to the circumstances in which he ljad t I been on that day fifty-six years prccedibsr. good offices of these bene vclentJihd - pat-' riotic females," in terms aliogcther cbnfir- ' matory of that portion of the narrative! of theSketches. ';';; ;-. s .ff I'have ho information - con cernihlr authenticity of the" account in relation io n the visit of the Jackson fahifly W - of her father, but perceive no'gbod reason 5 . why it should bedoubted.IIer accuracy 'm, as to what she herself sawj in the part tof , th e story al ready conside red entit lesthe r s -tc be foirly treated as concerhs?tJie ;rtfsi-V due. There is 'ffzrty nothing in the' con-; " dition of things at th"aUimeo;9ri it 'J improbable, much less impossible as f "tho- 1 . ' reviewers suppose.' Thepeople of Wax haw and Mecklenburg in those" dayst of dread ahd trial, were united in the strong- est bonds of the patriotic sympathy and. V. grood neighborhood They were hot more man a aay s journey apart; ana n wouiu , . nave oeen noaimcuu uuuerinKiug, on any , occasion of alarm, for Mr. Jackson to have s-" sought protection under: tbeJ hospitable roof of Mr. Alexander, in the manner jrc-1 lated by his daughter Ileringlat ya-; riance with the dates of events inKn dalTs Lifeof Jackson cannot be regarded -as at all decisive against her credibility. Time is very often notjmateriar in deter-" 1 mining the actual occurrence of eyejhts. There was no" occasion - for fleeing " far , ttier and Taste r into" Guilford then, as' the . re viewers suppbser J They seem -not to bo J aware that Ird Corn w'allis proceeded rio . farther than Charlotte at that time : (but . that, upon hearing of the jdefeatof Ferjgu- son, he decamped from Charlotte in jtho night, after a staythere of fifteen or twjen ty days, and retreated to Camden ; indt; that he did hot aainihde North Caro Una until late in December following, j' It is no very violent conjecture, therefore, to suppose' that Mrs. J. may have lingered in . Mecklenburg a few , weqks before going v to Guilford. This, however, isdnere isus gestionl 1 go not into any dispute upon Aar I ha to ask 'the indulgence bf your:coumns, to rebel an unprovoked " attack Upon one ' whose military reputation is cherished ,'t -.with some pride by his. countrymen, and whose cuaracier js esteemeu aricner jit- f acy than any inheritance he has left to his -children. That done, my end is. accom- plisheH. l4"'."r ' ; : :-J - G . A Youthful Divine. The Liverpool pn pn slate that ayotith only thirteen years of age u preaching in that city, and that he shames many nf tkW Oxford and Cambridge men in holy or- dert by the powerful eloquenco he possesses.; ,r f - 1 i i :1f S .