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GEN, JACKS-UN'S SCHEME 01' A U N ITED SjTATES li A X It. We Cod ia tita Nashville Daily J'enc, tracing (lie leading feature f at Dank of ' tbfl U, ueU tut President Jackson, it , aeetus, avowed his readine to aecept if -adopted by Cengteas. - niy Demuer at ' le paper of the present time, and tho irtuAJwyfoi CiHwe believe, among hem, liaving deeiued it sufficient tu in Toke thetbade of Jackson in order to fright "down at lit bidding the very . (( tlipHg lit if reviving an iiiatitulijii lij which iie became in Hie end m JuMttilf, it nmv 4iot be uninteresting, and we hote it wl s...t ..-..v.. ..til,.l.l.. f,.r ll I.. 1..u r 1 ; .r , t t .11 - the project ot ,ucl. a bank a, would have iiict his approbation. In view of the lie - reditury deference which many consider due to the opinions of President Jackson, it need not perhaps he deemed surprising that those who remember only his later hostility to the Hank of the I'uited States, -tt juauaged- by -Mr. LiidJIe, JumU id;r that a procr respect for his memo-, ty demands of his surviviiig friends that j they should keep perpetual watch at the oi..1. tit wliii-li " iti'! moimii.r" un. n. signed by the vigorous blows of the war iiir-Tri.uiiliulL P.. U lu.ni.fit .J tnoh t.tvt a.llioronK'i a tlx. iu.)iti.-nl ..f l'r..Mid..i.( .lurk, on, we have already alluded to the act that, even in refusing to attach his ngna- turelo the pr..p.ed rcelmi ter of U,c I. States Hank in 1S.'W, he avowed lu pvr-1 keeping in the-o ii. i.ei.-, MUiwioli that "a liank of the 1'. Stan- i,'ther.-t..ri-ert,tlate!..it-dep. in iiisnv re"ct convenient fur tin J verniiiUnl and usefwl f"f the people.'' PfevioiJalj, to tills he had iiggeled t"i tVuigresK (in hi. annual message. of I h -ceoiher, HSH'J the propriety of in-iitii ting an inquiry whether, the advanta ge alfordfrd by the present U.ii.k of the Vuittd States lirghl not be seemed tliio' the agency of Jlanl nf tin f. Sti ;,'.., sit ifffty"? tt itfn mfij'l ' itH'l t'riirtuit iu Li iilirutir iitntititttittHt.! ami tth rth '..'W To which the President iiinm-i"' '"r M"ilU .1.1- ... il s..,- fl.l . lh" ! nn-i:il . ii- fuliowiiig elpiicit declaration : It 1. thonglit priieticahle to orKiur".' such a I'.ilik, I iiited States Hank, so liutlified as todhviute - tit 1 ! nt i m a I und tlrt?r ohjeet nli. I ltllllo" lleces:rv oH "eli, .1 hr.uirn o! the Trea'U'V Depart tllylll, bilse.1 nil thepuhlic and indlividu.il JKisits, without .mer to make I -.1 1 is or purcha'-e phopertv. which shall (emit t'.ie fuuds of tlie I I'lVi rillle II', lili'l the e pell es of which may be paid, if thought ad viable, hy ali'owii g its ol'Lcers to sell biiU of eicban'gu- to privutu individuals .at a pioderste pieioiimi " lo this geueiai idea ofsiu.'h a l'. ink as Would meet with hi. approval he a'ani took Occasion to allude III tlie he,,r .iim-ii-tioi'ied i'1-t'i message 4if li.'J"i, which eon tarns the foilnwiug passage : " That a ll ilik of the I uited States rnin jH'tent to all the dulies which tnav le rvjuired by the ( i ivtrntm lit might ! o organized a not to ;nli:i,'e or;r didegaed pnu-r. i,r the i,sied lights of the States; I do not entertain a d, ".1 !!. y.l tilt J:r.riiiil r If, It i;lli,il iij-ih In J.U ltkll ti' JTJ'll uf Ail-It lift Ulllt tit (I, llu: J'ltiy iT'iaid Las lj-m ilmrjvtly j'ir Joi'turJ. ' From this it will he pc revived that President .Jiieknon. so tar Ir .o discouu tenuneiug any and every hcioeol a Na tional Hlllk, lold arlliailv digested the details of a plan wjoch he was ready, i! rallt"! upon, to com in 11 11 ic Htc to ( 'on .t es. With the provisions ol'tliat plan the coun try was Hot made llivulv uepiaiuted at the time, hut it seems they were fireU stated by President Jacks.,11 to ,,ne a least anmng the curving fro nds, ulioi.ou reproduces them for p and 111I01 iiiatioii. An nr regard to a Natnu mar nispeetioii I that his views al Paper t unco cy are here ti'hlv and lailhfn 1 v em hod icd. the chaiaciAfc of the w riter and the very iuliiuate and coiitldeiitiul rehitioiis exist ing between himself and the 1'iesi lent luring (lie whole period nf tile d selis-i..ii of the Hank question altord the 1110-t sat isfaetory guarantee." We have thought, moreover, that these views of President Jackson nugiit possi bly .be of service to such of mi; lletno crulic coiitemjiuraiies us piouiise to nii gest a remedy for the "evils of our re dundant papur cm reiicy '' under the- 1111 cheeked sw ay of the State Banks. The Government journal having nl readv announced its intention.1 " in due time," to i.ropose a plan of relief which shall combine " the greatest advantages for all class of men nnd occupations in the eojintry," we take the greater pleas - tire in inviting its al.tciit.ioii to the declar ed preferences of. l'res idenf Jackson for such a blank of the United States as w ou ld at once meet the wants of the people and "obviate constitutional or other otjec lions." It is possible that the germs oflNMlm. controlling influence over the State , feasible ehime luay, be .found in -the : batiks with regaid to their issues as a Na suhjoiiied outTine of hi views under this timial !ank would or c.ui.1 have, and Jiead ; but at any ratethcy deserve to ( t,at jhu ecrtilicat. s "f d.-po-it, guarantied command the particular attention of all as th.-y would he hv tu.- (i .v.inirent. who profess an especial confidence in the -,-, coinmaTnl universal (.ui.'idence.aiid JK1 ideal and linaucud wmdoin of their M, more valuable every where than either author. For 'ourselves, we are free to con- ,,, ,,r silver. It might be advisable. less that, 'having of late yram -w itncssvfl tho gradual and partial acceptance mid partial acceptance- by -ertificales of d.-posite f.. n few only of the if .,(; trejWj it'has decayed, so as to be ic friends of Pertain among Agencies-say Huston New 1 oi k, Phil- , st ,it0 u,Mi whi,e it U cnHre, litical. issues ol the W lug adelplna, llaltiuiore, U ashiiigloii, Kich-f , ' - . .. . .Id willingly awaJJktliein!m.(UlL.!i;harJt"Mon, Xu-..UxLutua aud St.J s"!mJ at lu"d,x :c,"' a fuw 3;a' ur Democrat the. "dead polit parly, wesh.ni all llie praise they might 1csiTe iR.Uicv could now. bring lliemi"lveTiily i far to conquer their prejudijesiis lo a.l a ixatioiiui liank to the number ot the priu- ciles or measures-tor which they are manly indebted to the W lugs. In reviv-, iug that institution after the " lessons of Xierieneo taught fuce its decline, they jeni,.us would doubtless have been made to be developed trom this spuwi in found (of the extent and scveniv of the Wound. Would but iln it ate the example of the lie-1 ,y thse iu favor of a L. Suites Hank, or under tho oak trees, but nowhere teb-e,, , , lie vas.eonfincd for several m.oiilhs alter' publicans iu Mr. Madison's day and, as favorite theories ..I their own ; but iu an: It isjof a yellowish green color, aud has i tho battle, and when ho rose from his be h tliojr. profess lo be in the line of direct do- j,wi.r tu them all it might be said that the a .powurfui odbr, which is apparent in hs hair, which he wore long in a cue uc sceut frourtlie patriots of that school, we great public benefits -arising fioui it, if breaking" the . oil.- Mr. ll.ightoii tried leoidiiig to the? fashion of the times, form can but hope that they will ho as ready adopted by tho improved condition of the experiment of growing a fungus led a mat, in vhieh;-to use his ow n Ian .!V I).fa.('i' and utchauge. of the eoiin- ti.j.irifit ttmjxtri near ajuece .f gut- yjiiage, "every hair stood V.r itself." It heirspraisos. : Irv, would nio're than compensate for any la perchtt. and f.. nil. f that it desti.iyod became neccssaVy to remove it, and the' r i injuries or losses the li.iVernment'iiijght the insulating powers of the giitla. Mr. young, woman who personated l he barb, r Frnm iltillh. PilpN,vf AW: li. ihHtj,iti. It should be borne in mind, to.., Ilightoii also tutiuij that the w ires laid i(tii the occasion, clrppcd it oil' with her The following project is substantia1!- that the whole machinery of this scheme i Wiuslow in iron tubes 'were decayed, "scissors in a solid tleeciC ' Lee'and-Fggle.- ly the same which tieir. Jarksoii SaiiFlie was prepared to furnish tiadhe been calk- .!.! iijiii.ubv Congress'. He orteiu talked A i .: .i... ... - - . ..i ijju uu.ieisig.ivu nq.iou luv buojec.j gnrti to PlMr5, Urns, ajrifaUnrf, Jatrraal JapiwsKts, (tafrrxvJJf VOL. XIV. i . rl!and seemed anxious to Srinw whether ' " ' 1 ' e ! T , substitute for a I. nitcd States l'.iuk. pure-i Hy nattnnai-firits pharroter, could nor tie 7 u.viM., These c..vt!1i.ti..iH rea.dte.1 in : iti(, ,-,.,.i tf ,,t. wji , ,, ,,. V- '. .'known as tlieW j,'im a ng "l'ipia folh.u ,ng ontlme d a ! .nancal ( w.W, is U.ing to attract the atten- 'Tin chlllll' IH lil'iOJUed iLH ii MtlllMllI IllM turn XaihM.al I'nk : i I., .i... . i . v .: u u :, ' i , i i ' i . cies as i.laces of dn.oMt for i.uhlic mo-, ,K.vs. . ' . 'Hiere should he at leiwt one of these ilM...,L., : ,,d T.t. -ft.,., :.. f... ....... I. ... ritorv in the I'iiioii, at such points a would ,o m.Ht convenient nd suitable. : J. ti.r each agency there Hhouhl he ; . . . - . ' appointed one pi iiiciW oiheer. wit I fiis , i'liany HiiTialti-rns T's would be suilicicnt to ; ranBa.'t the busine,. ther.-oi. , 4- 1 "Vlltu mli villuals houhl ulso be, ' permittrd to de"n their I.iikIs for Kite Hid to receive" it in the shape if bank notes, pavahle 011 deiunii I (at the iijletietts where deposited 1 in gold or sil ver, or Mieii other 'I11111U ita would at isf.ictory to tj-iu holders of -.aid e-r; iTi'-aie. .". l 'T the dep.- !s nf onvnte nolivid uals the pr-'per ollii.-ers ot aid aencie should he d.r. eted to. i.ue as maiivcer titieu'es and of siicl. sie a might 'he re iiiured, plovjileil thev shall imi l,e ot less ileiioiiiiiuitioii thiin hltv nr 'lie hundred dollars. ( I he Sla'e haiiKs siioiihl h louk- llieers of the Jl'cl- Icies shouid le alltuoi i.i-.l t,. receive tor ' the'pnh'ic dues nnd tioiu pr.vat." d. p..si to st hesides gold and .:.UI. the le,!. s of shell sp eie-pav iug Stat.- h,.nks 11S they II. aV Col M.l.-r of nudouo'e.! . .Ivell'ev. 7. .The ccri.lii-ates of d. posite issued hy tin- pH'nr ulli -i-rs ol -.1 1 I agencies onoiini also he" le-.t'lM-d 1 rv ttlicle III pavnii nt of toe pul. lie due-, and at the land oliii es )..r pit lic lands. S. 'llu: i.lileel's of the .,r'e. . cies should he r ipiired to have Meekly or inoiitlily setlu inelits itii all toe Mate- hanks Imse Holes ale- leceiTahie at th- licences; and in ca-.- thev shad ul any t ine tail satis faeloi.iy to udjuit tin' h.i. allies stan.iii.' against then, it nti. tin-ir notes should no longer he T.-ci i ved on deposiie, and slut he instituted against tiirin 'forth with for the 111110 unt of their indebtedness to tiie Mud agencies. I. -.r llie pin pose of ntl'.rdiii ex- . change tiuioto-st,! llie lia-jin and itiei caiitile coiniiuiiiitres, the pr .per officers othe .. iicies should ii... on: v he au'.hor :Z' . I. but d.rected to furni-U drafts ujioii . dvfheivi.! sections of tio1 countrv, if"dt-s:r-e-i, a in lever tin; s.t aat ion of the -n-cics w ouhl ad 111 ; I of ,t, e.iaig: i.g siicli pre- 11 11 11 1 11 oniy us wuiild he sn!(i, 1, i,t tode trav the additional expenses occasioned 1 bv the 1 eeeivmg and paying out I lie loud ul pi .fad- individuals.' 10. i he oliicel s o! the aelici.si should he 1. -.pilled to ujiike e. sl, ni'.nihiv. .:.d 'p.arteiiv leliuiis to tlie S.-rretarv ot toe IrcisHi x , and 111 case of l.ul ire ot nvgleet to do -o I n- law e.iild ni.ike it tin- d.i'v of the I'm si ien". to ,i,s;niss theiii fioui i-tlice I.11 th'w ith. 11. llie Usual hon. Is ami surety should he n-ipiired of the oils. -. is .. -aid ageil- , Cie-s, alia 111 case of u. laicslioii m- an 1111 I proper lSaSie ol the money hy tiieiu. , pul. he or private, they sin, aid be deem to have comm. tic I a peniU'iiti.ti y oil, -in-,-, laud on convict. .hi there.. I he punished accord, 1. oly. j 1.'. llie ofiieers of said ai'Ucies should i he ap point.-i i , 1 a term ot t an- years, and shiiuid 11 't he removed I10111 ..I'J.-e witii- out the coiicnrieiice o llie Senate; b"1 f'oi alleged iinpioper conduct thev might 'lie sti-peiidud upon application ot the Se-i-retut v of the I u-a.oiry to llie Pre-nleul, who, 111 such cases, should he It-ipmed to report the lea-ohs !or sm-li su-peiisinns to the Senate f -u Ihwith, it' in session, it not, linn at the coiiiiiielieeJile'lil ol the I J.'., -rieasiiry age i vi ite, it w as -The stal.lisliiilellt of these r hraiii-ii.-s would oh- tholl- it, the constitutional ..bjeefioiis w Inch hi I been made lo a Ns-i ,lioial l!ahk; 'that they would alford t.ij the country a Sound paper circnlatingt 1 medium, iu the shape of bank certificates tor deposites ; that they would have the i.iwever, to resti ut. the issuing of tbese It was believed there c.vill.l be but one ije.-ii,.!. .oi mui'ii i-.rci! iini'ie ,.o inijt rM.iie. and that w as the t nit StatePi pri-jW(.rt. made the depositories of" privat funds, and res. slide for theirnafe keel .,11.1. disbursement. " Many other oh- i was" to be under ihe entire control, "direc- ; lion, iiiid.-snpervision oCofrprcss.and en - itirely bcyopj the reach 'of the Ecculive 1 - i- :.-..K ' " I ur r.xccuu.v v mii'iv i I -- - I osjr 'V-' V- V Ve. aTar ICllow I'iue Forest 01 llie Souljl. The rapid dinppirance of the pine f.net, Hiider tlje axe of the planter mm ti..n ..f'tli;. i. ill. tin !" This belt f fre.t runs east and soiitlr of u line drawn frour the Chesapeake l!iiv through Italcigh, in North Carolina ; I ( hl'r:,rt' C"l"ml"i' 1,1 h""ti L:Hf"Ti' j!V5 Angu.ta, Macon HiKl Loliimbin, nrUio liu,0 vinag0 0f Hillsborough," -a , 11 ."rr'u ' " JV . ;TI'' "y be said to bo the base of '7 ,. . .. , . ' ., 'he I'iue Kule. ,""'," "",e "reIC" " 'i'uary, s..,s, ..8Su B ss ;i t k 1:1 i'ij liver !i km 1 1 I ir rpr v ii n 1 1 1 1 it- ' , . ".-'. . . , 1 ,1-1 1- ' .1 . eti wiin ohk alio; incKory, lines una great lino lit It. I It's width, save that tongue Jutting into Florida, mav he estimated fmliii seventy- fivetooiie hundred and fifty utiles, hiit'6Carce on that portion touching thv Atlantic ami Gulf coasts, a width of from ihirtjy to forty miles, the pines are scattering!, and ol stinted growth, and almost worthless for commerce, save lor turpentine; so tnai it may he safely 1 stitnated that that por-t-i'm of tiie pine belt adapted tr the cut ting of timber, c.tnuot excecl an avernge of ihuic.thau aeventy-tive miles in width, and of this, probably hear one-half of the forest, since the first settlement of the country, has been deadened, and the soil put in cultivation. It is well known that the stronger and better the soil, the larger, longer, ioul slraigl.ifer are the pines, and thousands of acres of these pine forests are .-"iniially deadened by the platiteis for the purpose o! putting Ires! while the ti in her land into-cultivation,! jctters are culling and ! culling for coiiiine-rce that which is with in a cuii w nieiit distance for water car nage. N.-r will the planTcr desist from t.iis wholesale destruction of these forests until the value of the trees tdiall lie so enhanced as to make it an o'.ject for him I., hohi ih.-ui for their saiuc us lumber. linis Mill the forest confinae. rapidly to dis.ippeai, until it will lie loiind, perhaps too I.,:., that there is 'a scarcity ..f this valuable timber, and w incl., jf ever re placed, will re". jaire centuries. 1 or luoie than a quarter of a century the I'liltcd States Government has been guarding and protecting tue live oaks that gi.ov within a limited distance of the scab 11-d, and yet it is a well-establish-1 ed fact that the live oaks lire of much j more rapid g.owtu tuan the vciiow pine. It has been estimated bv the t in. her-i getters that a large June, sufficient for the spins or beams of a tiiat cuis.s ship, re- quii'v-s from two to three, hundred years lo crow. 'Ine pi he fores', of Virginia, .North and (.'iirolina, winch 10 within a con-1 lenient hauling distance to water nage, is already nearly exhausted. cur-1 In tieor that wide! nil. lb. prin cipal liiei's, has been culled lor. some mills on either side of toe slieaiiis, and ti.u.M-r i p'.w being hauled from' ten.tn ii.te-i-n miles to .n iiiiuah river lor sluji llc-llt. lue 1 reucii Govel tnneiit at the present tiu'ie is having its niders for timber tided bv trees cut 111 Georgia, upon the livers that flow into the Gulf 0.1' Mexico, and here the. rafting of limber for miles across the open bays lo the points where the shipping can come ' receive it, renders it exceedingiy troublesome and expen sive, and olleii attended wilh the entire loss . .t the rafts-. ,' With a knowledge of these facts, and doubtless startled by the rapid destruc tion f tiiese pine I. nests, ..iirGovernmciit has acted wisely iu withdrawing from r .' . i ' , I k ; i . . i sale uiow for tne first liinolici pine-hums which lie upon the Suwannee river in Florida, with the view of holding them , i , i . . .i .... i for their lumber for the future use of her navy ; and it may now be .seen and per haps too, late that th; wise piucaii- tion should hav bv withdrawing rid. i which is . that flow into the Jit i n to. Curintii fltfuttiiu ii.--Mr." ljighton lias recently made some curious reports i.1" tllu Untish-Llectric lelegraph .-oiiipa- ny upon tho condition of their wire-s.- tor the insolation ol these, when laid un der ground, gutta perciia is used as an enveloping material, and Us diiratiiHty is a matter of great importance. .Mr. Iligh loii, in e.a'iiiiliiiTg Ibcui, Tinds that whefev- er the wires have been laid near to roots ,. ,....,. "js-.-t I eiiiiuaui, anu uooui me same nine, neiii ty xnat puper to wiiicu.iiiey are sent. iiue i aiiKin, which nitercepiea tue unt-jyortn Cirolttin and didn't need them, those pine lamia m I lo- repeated conversations with Col. Polk in j The editors at FayettevnicfJrtii an hon- j ish after Greene's army had passed, on y,en onr urt'v and prisoners arrived in lualed ujioii the waters I relation to revolutionary events, and es-, o.-able exCeoli.,..." Thev search nut and the third of February. " i L. ... 'n r I ' , ,,. , :. ., . i ,. ... ,. - i, , . , , I . T . " ; . , ' J icauip, ine i.ngaue iiuiiie'Liiaieiv uioireu .vtlaiil.e. Ite Junes i penally with reference to Pyles defeat. ,'ive place to .c.i-ntlun.j thev can find re-1 P. f.,.l. w .t..t...l .1 .ir.,V.,.-.r. .'. . ..... .hje...:i A winiisti looKingpiani is.ieiecten in me.d from the body, and yet so. little did it "oil about the trough in which the wire affect the appearance of the erect and is laid, which is very much like the spawn I stalwart soldier, that it was never, until of the inns!, room. Vherevcr it f.mclu-s ) dotiiieiled w iiii Imi., during a visit to the ., ,, ,, i f i. i ! I iiivflsity m fs.IJ, when we 1' .und Iniil the wires, the gutta. percha is wunU to be l , ,o , - , , . ... , ' ' unable toput on his coat without assist- decayvd. A tungus, whjA t. -siipjioW : .JIlt.0, thatVmv suspicion was entertained white, those ifi wooden troughs W ere m :.erfcct order, llio decay, however, wasTtoiight w ith hi in at Kutaw ;biit no oncof I not from the same cause as that which i the trying scenes he .had witnessed, seeul- ....s r....'.;.l tl.. ..t. is' ' ...ia .yui.uy....uw Lav yii nevo, s . . . - - .1 f- SALISBURY, N. C DECEMBER 8, 1857. Fran the Caicrrtii) 31 iaxine. Tbc Tory Jlacre. PYLE'S DEFEAT, lTfrl. Tlie Fayetteville OlBerver of the 12th account of "Te Tory 'Mas.acre, , r . KvvrLJiJ tui to ca soluo uotii1 at ol,r 1,a"d,i The writer opens with the.reraar. two months ngo ho iimde a tour Southern States, "and tarried a while af ishort distance" Horn which "in his mem- .....i.i -.. V..-.I. r.... !.. L . .,.. 1 ...... .n..... k r , .1 1 ...iki.ru i rrtunut inn nn ins ninr , "'J VJ,V-"V' 11 v.. ,".,. f, 1,111..., . .w. i......,.,.,;,. i r.. ...... .;i. 1 ere ' gloll. lit me coin. iv 01 wrungc, nui neaier man eighteen miles to the ford of Haw liv er, ' eru,oe"d by Pickens and Lee in pursuit ot j larlton. Geuerli Grce..u 11. hisrapid re-1 treat, did not cross the river at all. Tiie i sceno of Pyle's disciimfiture is in the vi cinity of Graham, in the County of Ala iiiunee, distant some tweuly-tivo iinlrs fruin Hillsborough, s t The writer is not inure .recise irtniSs" curate in the statement i f the iiiniiher and character of the American forces who i.,ret..-i..!.t0,l in il... ,1. ,t than n. In. designation of the battlefield. '.'As a pre hiiiiioirv steii to tlie movement ..t the ,.r..,e I Ir... . S....I ( o! Heine I .... , with his legion ol cavalry, and to emu- names ot .Maryland inllitin to harra.-s the British force, mid disperse the hands of tories which wcru organising throughout ' the Carol inas." "Col. Lee had formed a squadron of cava rv. uintol med and nr-nic.l i-r.-eise'v 1 ' alter the fashion of larlton s celebrated rps, and no man in the American ser vice was more dreaded by the foe than lA-gion uarri . t 11 .ii Mr. Everett having thus state tiie ntini-' her and character of our forces, proceeds , with an interesting hut not very accurate' of tones by the Troopers of Lee's Le- "-nth, were never copied by any o our , -' . ' - - ,m.t KoMet, (ll5ll:llly caIle M i lld!sho,igh, our readers need XW'?J !l U-b,) and anotbei per- ly he iufo.ii.cd, is on the river Eno, we ,mvo tcri.iined to moduee them hi : of the army; forceof the CI.eruLees; route on. wl.oae.nai.ie ts not re...e.ibered.--.... .1 ..... ," . : .i.... . . : .. , . f : I he v u't-ri! direct ti-om 11 1 Is boro . ana ace . nut ot tlie circumstances linger which gosico 10 me uie p.au 01 n wora, wii.ci.i the tones were entrapped and vanquish- "ill execute if I live. It is a work on tilt ed. There is no intimation, however, ! history, soil, climate, legislation, civil iu that Genera! Pickens, at the head of thir- i st itutiotis, literature, .Vic, of this State. ty or forty gallant inch from Georgia and South Carolina, and im.re than six bun- ifre-tl mihtia ti 0111 Meckleiibiir ' and K-nv-1 an' were present and u lite as c uisi.ic'u-1 jouj it. the fray as the Virginia troops. ! Accidental" cireuuWa-'iecs to which we 1 feel ;d, libert y to refer, in connection w ith ; ! this narrative, have .rendered 11s peculiar- ' v sensitive to the in in -lice done bv this' writer. Lee was a brave man. a l... ished gentleman, skilful sold er. and an ele-ant - writer, lite union ot his and Pickens ( legierti presented 1111 array of leaders nnd . ..-..I... 1.1 ....... I it. I .... . I . . . ine.., i'i....,oi, w ue-i e eo uaoei. o ine f.aiue- number 111 any revolutioiiarv bat- tie-lleld ; and the foe whom thev pursued when the fortune of war placed Pvlc w ithiu their power, an I lost them. I'arl- , ton, was wnrthvof their steel. We think we are lully sustained, however, by the , evidence before us, 111 the opinion -that man lor man, .Pickens and his legion were 111010 than eoiial to the troopers led by either Lee or larlton. want magnanimity. Knowing nothing lu tbeautuinn of lS;)o wcspetit a few .!nvs'( of ourselves, we have nothing 111 our lns at the liouse of David Mebane, nine miles lory to which we can turn with feelings We-st of Hillsborough. 1 le died an oetn-: , " , -r' ",'Ki,,uT'l "" " Hill Iltiltl.1.1 U-here ho u-.i. l...r-. 11.. ....nil. . en tun 1110 road around t.io lann winch was taken by Pickens and L.-e in pursuit i.,f Tarlton, ii short time before thev en-. i t i . i . countered 1 yle, described minutely the, i - a'pt .earance of the troet.s as thev messed I'" ' T Il,c' ."'"""' l,L' l,ul,l'sl,i:a ""' t!'V ew ; it was not tlusher of water than is usual West of the Yadkin, no officers from the ly ot Col. I oik who particularly attract-: oi k papcis in all he papers of tin-! at that season of the year, until the rain. i, were reco.'iiize'J.but Genera! Pick ed bis attention. A tew weeks after this j State ; yet, if scut to lialeigh,'Hil!sboro', which fell on the evening of the first of i ellg unj Major -jwkson Fr we had . . ., . , . , ' . i , , , n.ie. v.e, spem a uuy wiin eienerai ( i.ia..iivvi.ie unit VTermautown, ana was with Gen. Nash when the thigh , of the ..uie-. wweiumicuitv a cannon nail, lie j . . , . ' . . . ; "" " ...... e-.M.,.eien u, u i.ius- . . - . . n . - . . Ms.. ......S.V., .... i. .....V ... . ne-ai . t iv iui in coieise ici. or ic.c iiiiiot, Col. I oik entered his revolutionary ar- spectn.g North Caro.iua. A man can 1 1 accounts are given, as to the part Gen. i and halted to forrt.'e, about mid afternoon, "y "'. 1 ' ' ".u WH8 1,1 tl,u b'lttles of write lor every paper, and no one puper' Pickens of S, C. acted, iu- the campaign, at a farm with l,i-h teWcs. bavin- left a Ket uaii, ami ainitl" the wounded and dy-! the cominiiiuty. We want some y troops, Xorth Carolina -Militia, on the iug, was the imiuVxIiate witness of the ', till nitlux to put us till in motioij, and in-! saute Ltv, hv Tarlton's Cavalry at T-.r-agoiiies endured by Nash during the ter- duce us to waive little jealousies and com- fence's i'ave-i'n, six miles easiwa'nl of ttic rioie iiigui which sucevvde.l the battle, lie was the ail ol (teiu,iavidsoii, and at : .. .. .... j . his side when lie loll beneath the -rille of; the toryHager at Cowan's ford. At Ku- taw, on the Mb of September, 171, while I rapitl pursuit of a torv ..Iheer, the lat-i jlevr suddeulv wheeled and planted a idle i- I ball in his left shoulder, which" disabled - Ijifiit tor lilot .The urui was alumst sever-! sT.injivliirweirrr TrntrhfjliTit l'vlis'sTteTiaTrii; ...r ... ..i ..... t .... i.. . . i . . eu ,1V m.uei i.i it. so ucepi y as luu icrn uie . . . ' It ii i " 'I 5' !t i 'if ' I It '.. . , . : ,il s: . ir i Lrts anDxirnfMlarfllit?, L 1,1 1 ' 1 lcarime of the deluded mid ' nreWtirig ! tones tinder 1 vie. (rrahiim mid" Polk never fought alone, Inrwl tlmir fnMiiu-pra were rueklc'iiblirk' mt.n Tjl(.ir own i,,,,,) )lowl.tj i i-opiou. Majiazine in ilav, l -v(J, found "its wav Tn to the North Carolina Argus and one of the .ali,Tjiiry papers, mid we believe, no others. The following letters from Judge Mnr phcy to Gen. Graham, which appeared : r . . . In Ihem her is.vt' .! in this ilaazme 111 :. 1 .... . 1 . 1.. 1 me letter iroui uen. uraiiam 10 d uugei lfr..l.i. ;.. tl. V of thn ,,roer.din.7 olir ow i,aoi-s. with the hobe. Peru ture, they may yet flud favor elsew here. I1au' I:,k- Jll,-V 2". 1S- Dkaii Gknmi.Vi.: O 1 yesterday P re- ceivei v. nr letter of tho 14:h Vour pardon l'..r not h iiist. 1 fore ae- III '1st III Kllowiclllig the receipt ol the rected to me, at Salishiirv. A iac k.-t di- ntinued series of atllicUon in my family, added to a great pressure of business, had with drawn 111 v mind until lutel v from the suh- 'J'1 0' your Bnmmuiiieatiou. inev now engage my attention almost exclusively. and w ill continue" to do for eig.it ten davs. 1 enti eat-voii to continue v. "r , ur I Ulirrat I V e, llhil ;iv to it all the det 111 your memory wnl enable you b give;) and notwithstanding voii have HM...I On sheets, till jo mure. 1 11111 in corre-pon-Ideliee with several, gentlemen 011 these I I subjects, as wel I as other parts of the his tory of North Carolina; but from none j , have 1 received coiiimutiicatioOs So eir-! """" en ...e-e,e.., u..u ooe.es., .i. , -ihffmBrBnd--cTcry-imtt " by swords drank blood 'prevail on vour brother to lend his aid . ttig creek and may join uie hy 10 o'clock 11 for , It is a little remarkable that while .hi, j $ mC .V , "'l? ,' -'""""" , S V narrative of Mr. Everett's seemed deslin-1 - - - . - iwuuiee.. w. " -r,y uo- m ... ...1, 1 : v,,i, (. 1: , and fr..m which you were ahsent. 1 hope H,le8 those ordered; bnt nonoof them were k tl,llt ,1 ,0 ;r .ol.i: a d uthen ic account bv providence will spare vour lift "till some-, ,,reMSIlt when the order, were given ot the i'..i i.;,.i. w. ,i ; ,1.;' ! thing can lc done for the honor anu gio-, lorij others 1 recollect Major Alicaiali ...veil-: as trom V...11. 1 wish you to progress! . -' , . a . , 1 . " 11 n lion, escaped the attention ot our revolu- throiigh the revolutionary war, and 1 w ill ' . ' ... , . , ,.".. . itioiiarv history, we are indented entirely sii on,. lii v on tt i'i 1 1 1 m lnr 11 lurrr.er -liarra-, . lu euioracing ine piomiueiu pomis 01 ollr '''story since liSJ. Your letter to Col. Cornier first Soon alter reading vour letter, I turned my attention to the subject, in the few j hours w hich 1 could siialcn-lroiii ntisiness, aiul I was surprised to find what abun- ' dai.t materials, coukl with care and dilli- gence, be Collected ; 'materials, which, if' well disposed, would furnish nuittex" for j one of the most interesting works that has j Its'0" published in thisebuntrv. We want such a Wul'U. H e neither know oursei ves, nor are we known to others. Such al , ,, . . 1111 ,1 I work well executed, would add very much , to our standing iu tiie Union, and niake'i 01. r St:i li. r..st .oi'ttil .1,. ill our , im-ii i-iiiu ' --.- . ss,sV,,.v. ... . . . A midst the- cures and anxieties which sur round lue, 1 cannot cherish . 1; pe, mat 1 couiu mi moie inau meic.v giiine 1110 111- III , 1 "1 . ooiirs 01 some man wuo would lane up . the v..rk alter 111c, an-d prosecute it to ' pel ie-eiioii. 1 love ..u in v. anuina, and l"Ve her tiie more, because so much in-' justice has been dui.e to her. We want ; "iride. We want independence. " Wel ot coi.sci uis pride. We know not.iiiig;r.i:trv, 17Sl.tliefatawburiverwassw.il- , . ... . : T t .... h ....... .. t 1. ....".. .n .... tl... siiuiect, that the iii iuleis of t.iis Mate are : su iiltlc iniiided, that one will not eopv from another, any article of public inter- est, which is vo,.,mHiuotU.t. . I: papers we ..ufor ..nhlieaiinn I.. e a- ,.rk.' - , -- - -- .. ' Salisbury, tve,, mey win oe lound in on- j has a general cnciuation iiiucii more would he w ritten, if all the papers would ! ' , , give it publicity, because more iiiloruia- neni Homu ueuieieo. uibii lumen loioiigu bine in eue geiierat march to our great purpose. ' -, , , , , . Will tiil a large octavo volume, and I witb. exert nivseif to c-omplet.e. "during tiie"i5:,."-s Condition ol attairs, wuile my caval-MiKiiitiir'wiittt-r. You ItaveenteiW "innh'T were beyond the Siratiow F-rd of the the suhiect with more- zeal than nnv "ofher- man, and 1 beg a continuance ol your la bors. Extracts" frrmr. the -wnrr, as first w ritten, without corrections, will be pub lished, iu the A'. .' tiii: i directed this paper to lie sent K you, arid 1 anl sorrv llie account of the battle nt liainsoin s" has hot re'acLed you. T'vill ".-! a l.aner c i . i -....I rtoiul it In' v.m. Hav.. v.... r i..l Ine papers eotiUihilig the remarks "oir'-.'was. (H'iU. Uriga.le Major. IK the histoi'V of N'orth Carol. naf This was '' "'"ve len'-ti Tts-nl.er ol Cnngivs, tt first puh'!o.f,,-,,iii January last... Hvc' ,..ii received the aecoiliit "of the firs! Uev -, iiitionarv mo vein. 'ids f" The printer iiia.ii"-a inislake" uhd said, I' nil, .dfoiiL't' 11c 1'- ir. ilai- l!v.- .ua.no win. :.l of llu, lli ti rs : tsi.tl i .1. In- i, r. "i I"- m'l ' i i. nils l. ahil s,ii,!i. rs. J u.l; -1 1 11 1 1 pru 1,1 in ,io' .'.,T n i n.nr.ii,. i..r l.an I l... l'l '. 'nit. u ii. Ill- inliiM l.il I'M rr v., iu. 1 .i iln- Scil Ii Ss n inv.Vtici ll. il. li,- ' hi- i. in.- i.i his df.ith. I ..I-.I.. I 1. i, is t'n- Urn" :il li.-'.I ' ir..-ff i.f lliv .Xiirtti.vt'Y..'..iia Inn--si.is-avl". w s '.ii.- j.T th;- unN '.r i'aswi'll ut -i sfn v . " - "i" -' Jtf.L On, Sui.lij ,a iujuiI.-u ljL&!i?J?lr NUMBER 28 ! MaUs, itOit of Mm this State." This win in March. . I will publish another paper shortly. retHr early ;n the morning! for they will It would give-we greMtldr jo,, froin tlf ttffwMfejits of pleasure to see yon, and I hope you will !,)e ei,u!ltj-j. If I inovetroVn this place, . I ry of North Uarobwa. Yours truly. A. D. ML'IiPIlEY. Gkn. Jos. Gk.viiam. Kequet your brother to give a minute detail of Rutherford's campaign against i'tlie Cberokees, in 177C. The number ot rim ron. ennuis tl, mus'i 1ST " , , " ;,. . ' " 1 Wie war with the wiorokees; iiw marcu kee towns taken and burnt ; anecdotes of' the campaign; the treaty; the Commis-' sione-rs, lioth on the part of the Indians and toe whites for .making the treaty; miscellaneous particulars ; return of the lioops ; their being disbanded ; where ami w hen ; bo paid, and how much, iVc; .us.., similar account ol 111c campaign mi h-rl 'asu.-M in ITTti" n niH sr him to ' t 1 .... 1 . .1. .1:.. tin. ooro road, anu when 11 vm imiv onrit. into every detail. -V. D. M. , t" "-' our pilot. If he is yet living, I 1 would refer yon to him for subsequent . We have now the pleasure of present- events. In the morning, when We ap ing in tii.e siii', .meJ letter, to rhe late pr-Mched the picket, their sentry fired ; Jud-e Miirpoev, a correction of various and a sergeant and file of men came im misstatements which have found a place :.. 1: , ..... ;,. s..i. ,,;.. ,., ..,-..i,t. u Kh-h . , o. , , ... tv ...i 10.. ...s-s...... s curred within our. borders, during the horses, the sergeant and party tired in memorable invasions of LorvLCoruwal. is. the direction of the noise, for they coold iu 17su-'5l. ; not ee us. Major Lewis, myself and Ax The fact that the tro.-ps which gained ' ot"ur! c'Msse.l into the road leading to so much distinction, under tue coiniiiaiid , Wil",U iL-bane s and charged down thit of General Pickens, were fro,,, North ; l ,tuf ,1,e ris'eant and party, who Carolina, and mainly from Mecklenburg ril"; '"'til we came within sight of the and U.e adjoining counties, had until very . I"ckfl" ,MaJ',r Lewis then suggested to Meeklem.ur Dedara- .itolhe careful te-il ol General tirahain. . . . - ' . . . ,.,.,,, , ,l. I,,,!,,,,, L.i.u,,, -hiid. .... L- ih history nf his sug-L,,,, eventful and useful life our read - ers may turn to the 2d vol, of Wheeler's olu, nL'l,). ahovrt where bmldmgs have Histuucul Sketches, p. 2s2. ",ce hwn erecte.l, in order to attract tlie I attention and tire of the enemy, nuttl the km vn s I'i knap j I riflemen should gain their destined posl 20th of December, 1827. j tion. .The .lan succeeded as we expect Dhak Siu : Some time past I forward- ed. Owing to the great distunce, the car ed vim certain sketches relative to occur- a!rv sustained 110 daiini"C froni the ene- renccs in the Iievolutionarv War- in the Western part of North Carolina 1 have since jK'rused Johnson's History, of the life of Gen. Greene, and strictures on it, bx-Lee, Jr., and would beg leave to cor- rect some errors into which they have fallen. 1. If is stated. Hot only bv these His- ' - s -. .iow, uoioisiiu siaies, uuiv vnis umit torians, but by most others, that aer- WttS H1,ll;r" ,10 commallj 0f Col..lInih Lrd Cornwallis arrived in Charlotte, he M'Call of South Carolina and was of .. I -..1 . : .. . . . . V . I : . I . .. ... T . ...!'. 1 . . . . ' . . ' ' . aiiein oie-o iiiaicionr, 10 .-aosiiiu . hi.i- ton's le-'i1.!!!. and a battalion of infantry. .. . ", ..... .... . " . after thev had dislodged dl. Davics s. . , ,, . coinnrHTid 111 the village, puisuc.l Six or seven iifHtiS tisafras fields, v(where I' ,,nude.lA and returned the Fame' evening. After this, no part of the l.nt- ish arniv w ent two miles on the Salisbury . .. , . road, until thP" retreated from Charlotte, upon hearing 01 uie disaster at Jvmg s Mountain. j 2. It is Stated, bv the historians rretier- allv, that about, and on, the first of Feb - ',en' ' T . ,,,u roam . " I..,-.! i -i-i. ,r ..1 u .1..I n..t .oir.m C..11 .Morgan more closelv. The statement is erroneous. During the fl.ree days inline - diatelv preceding tue 1st of February, mr ' .,i,,,r I, ' J ,"l, w 1 . j i - . ds ai'iiii;. m v.u uy iiicru iiiun n spec coiniiiaiid of cavalry or. portions oflt."utor ."several vet liviii" call vouch for crossed the river at different 1nUl ii.P.i :. ' vi-i '..'' i 5 s' . .... i . . ,. - -- - - - . reuruary.T inis uia occasion a rise in 1 he tacts are these : After the retreat fmrn ('nvr.in'o Vnr.l nn th. 1st ,.f V..l,rn. - - ...... . . - . . s . ary, tteti. Tickeus w.itiU five or six Soutir Carolina reliigees, was in the-rout ot our river tion Davidson tl cointn.l'ider there were of this force h.l fallen, and doii'msand di-n.ites am ih ti.-ld otli lr to NW o slioiil.l sue. i bmr. 1:. lkin, haiigmg tm tue rv of tin. wie- hy the field, inv, it was iiiii'ually ugree oilieer tit invest Geli. Pickens with t.he com maud of 1 hn n Ison - t -p-. amount, ing to six or .;. v,-n hundred men. '1 bis w..s about the 1 1 r ! i of i , ' : a . . and the S-.jjiith Carolina ivlugx-es n. g'.it tiien auiouiit ,to twenty i.rth.rtv uko. ;I lines" . d-lCK. n of the Georgia hue, a .Lieiitei.. Hid t ii.veruoi- o! that Sste. At.t.r lo.s-oi--gaioti.Mi. the l.ir.g..de proe.-e.ied. cross ug at the Shallow F.'.td of the Yadkin, gh Salem, loGuilfoi d Court I f. .Use. inti'lligeiiee was ' r. ceiv. d ot the nioieHielits of tic enemy to II nisboro' and we took that .ii'i.'on. nio.e c n deiiseii and camions th.iti bi-torc. lj.:h ertn, the maic-i had been re .related bv. li. v..tuf iytmr KiM. N. l-.'- S- aln-, le's iiiftn. aiufii-itiin;, ttr tin- rrrur, u-re tiorrrrifi!." " UlfV- 11 IB. N . i'.f . tf-'J. li.,:..L,, i j', in thi; evi;i;-:g .,f th,! i..' i c:'. let)., shortly' aiitfd'ti Irnd enettmped, the Prig idier . Major gave orders that dipt. Giuliani should furnisli twtiitty.dragoous, and Cpt. Siimuotts, jV lsuwar-av-lik nmuber of riflemen, Vv soon as these officers reported Jlieir mma in readiness, GcneraT Pickens niiiiseff came a.i J cafe ' I these two officer orders, as "follcrws, m; jVou wfll proceed down the road towards ' j Jlfttsborcr' with the- greatest caution and I c trcti iirepetiTditrf yba firtd any dctac b ! ment of the enoiriy out, .inferior to jonr own, attack them. It yon discover larger party beyond supporting distance) from their main army, and yon can keep yourselves concealed, give me notice, and 1 will come or send an additional force 1 1., aasint von But if you ascertain yon are discovered by a larger party f the ..ieneniy return i in mediately. In any event Ettwts, fa continental officer -wim wiw ki'll- jedn'few days afterwards at Dickey's,) and his brother Joel. But thongli of su iterior rank, neither Major Lewis nor any other, assumed any command over the detachment, or nio oracerg wiio naa re- ee.veu tt.e General s oruers. me parry I se ou uncmu wnm aim um. ainr .,-..t; ...il ,.r. TTtll .-0 """ Mi"'7 gave ns the first information of a picket at Hart's Mill, siioposc-d to be about thir ty m number., e determined to attack them at light ill the morning. Oen.' Pick ens certainly knew nothing of this picket being at the iniit w;hen he detached l, although it is otherwise stated by John sun. 1-ossetat fir it thought we were a party ot the enemy. We comiielied Ilim mediately to his support. Simmons and Ins ii lie. nen dismounting and tieino" their n n ; i lov ixiiilv, llie 1 IllUIJlxJll i 111 111, UBf by passing tu tlie right, under cover of the 1 1 1 1 i , until they should be masked by e out buildings, (I think a stable anil - siinthshop.j We instantly returned and f-';iVli Capt. Simmons-his instructions, and ! tl10 cV;lry moved off to the let" t, throngh 111 y's tire ; and as soon as the riflemen, at the distance of only fifty or stxtv yards, in their concealed position, had Jischarg- ed their pieces at the picket, the cavalry charged, and tho whole, consisting of twenty-seven men, were instantly killed or talCeh. v.... 1..1..., .i..t .1.:. -T 1 T In is, u'li.t 1 1 -. 1 1 Knun n-i t1i tii',11 at t a ! 1..... . ."'iiwinui'i iiiie-u.iiiiliaijvrBWoni 1', 1.. . ..... t ... nio.i i7esii.es iiiu ijt-nisca as Kuuvrj uiuu- : tinned j tinned, it Col. M Call was one of tliem, it is not reiiiembered bv me and others w ho were present, and of whom I hatre I made inquiry, since the appearance, of , .1.;, ,.,,.., .,lt ; 1,,, .mo D,u,i.ii.om on, .1 nu , ate, pi i. wsj . , ! certain I urn he had no part, either In ..u,,,.;,,., or j., tl... Hxeeni .. of th cars. ture of the picket referred to. Nordid we e.msillt t.-t.li,.,.tlM.r it u-ith nnt .tliA. njkflw , . .,..,,, r.,; 1 .:. ,.., ,,. L..I soldier.) His counsels were refeifred to ! by us, knowing, as we did, bis past ser- I . . n. . A. 1 '... ... ' t vice iin.l evii.ri.Ti.-i. l.nt I .aiif.iln Sim. 1 ,:'.!. .. .....i.'' ..f!.. :i -it... it vn mis. t nen uie uiigaue was orgamzeu , 1ver onr ,,riltrtimt of field officer from ' strong .-nanl in the rear. In half an hour, ,1,...,.. .1 i... ., (-... .. , ul t i n i.i ... ., i ti, o... ,1 ill ,41, i.viu im'M, who retwrted "Tarlton was- com- nig. It jieing two late to retreat, a dis position was made for battle by lining the tehees with men, and making gaps at suit aide places for cavalry tu move as cir cuuistauccs might nquire. Dy the time these arr iiigemeuts were tn.ujo a part of the L .ir guard and Col. Lee's legion bote in s:g ,r. I., e bud coroe upon our trail a few m back, :i:td we were most agreo-abtr-ifrwnnstfrttwi HtTrreetfn-rrb instead - .! Tar: ton. . '- " " , . .i ...... ., c . i am cotru.icnc inui mis was 1110 urs interview be! weeif Lee and Pickens, du r::ig tiie cam.-a:g"i. aud my impression always has been, that previously to this time neither t ivncr.il Greene or Colonel Lee knew any thing about w here Pickeus w as. or w i-.at was his toi cl:- nor did Geu. Pickefis kuw that any part of (treene's eomuiahd hud le-eioosed tue Dan. 4 A I the st?i t .liv ipated i r t the rtrtfridiictron i'cs i lariii'shed y.m, the llli at W ar hae -sreatlv. failed t! o do jijsiivv.t,, the troops ..f X'jvrtttCaru- iii. i. I'.-r example, 'every thing that was le by ieiieiar&juiUer.'(forcu Hang ng U i i.. U H'k.v Mlunt. iVc, while he oi.iii.iiii'ie.i Xoi'ii tVi-i-liiiians in f7S0. fnat of l'ickehs', while ho com- H-ah ''I' .v.iHbTsdrrit I'njmv, -ami a memw (ttnfie."G !' llie loGii .urn.tr Jcwif t rsttikliu, wbo a rnj ..I. I .IV I hllV.yt:jMiM ' II r.AVc, llhmgia ntrirtxctfti, u miU. rtt-.' j;iu.-d u ih pUnUtH itl VI JiiiaiKf. . . '4 4 f 7
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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