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Ilffi NORTH- GAIK)I4TAKI mi 3 " - V, ' From tbi Wiimington Journal MOORE'S CREEK CELEBRATION. ,v The eightieth anniversary of the battle of MoorVs Creek, was celebrated on the battle ground- on Fri day last, the 27th ult. ' :- ' r -" The multitude present on theoccasion. was con siderably greater than that assembled on the same spot last year. It is always difficult to estimate a meeting in the open air, and that fact is proven by the very different figures given by equally good judges. Not far from a thousand persons went up in boats from Wilmington ; and we think that about twice as many reached the ground in other ways, from this and other bounties. Perhaps we would not be far from the mark in saying that there were some three thousand persons on the ground among them, the very handsome Company of Lafayct.e Light Infantry from Fayetteville, under the com mand of Major John Cook; the L;ght InfoUry. the German Volunteers, the Rifle Cadets, and the Ca dets of Mr. Radciiff's School, from Wilmington; and though last, by no means least, the members of the Howard Engine Company, in their Firemen's cos tume, all adding to the interest of the occasion, and lending an imposing character to the di-play. The steamer Champion, with the Volunteer and Fire Companies from town ; the Magnolia, with the Fayetteville Company ; the Flora Macdonald, and the Spray, with the "citizens generally," reached the landing not much after eleven o'clock, and those on board started for the ground some two or three miles off in a procession, cons:sting of civil and military, pedestrians and equestrians, with all man ner of vehicles interspersed, these latUr iniinly filled by ladies, who; by the. way, turned out in far larger numbers than they did last year. After some time spent in viewing the ground, tracing out the lines of nearly defaced embank ments, marking the stump of what was a tree when McLeod fell by it pierced by several bullets, specu lating on the precise location of the spot consecrated by the blood of John Grady, the only martyr to independence who fell during the battle, and other wise deepening the impressions of the event, by dwelling on the remaining souvenirs which the scene afforded, the meeting gathered about the speakers stand, where the exercises of the day were opened by a solemn and impressive appeal to the throne of Grace, offere 1 up byjthe Rev. Mr. Grier, of Wilming ton, invoking the invine blessing and countenance upon those gathered together and upon the objects which had led to their assembling. It would be impossible for us, in the brief limits to which the necessities of our restricted space com pel us to confine our notice of Mr. Wright's addrcs, to do anything like justice to that able and eloquent effort We can only attempt a brief and inadequate synopsis ; but while regretting the briefness and in adequacy of our report, we are consoled by the re flection that so many, so very many of our readers enjoyed the privilege of hearing the orator himself, and want not our slight transcript to render more vivid the impression made by his glowing periods. Mr. Wright congratulated his hearers that they had again die privilege of meeting upon ground con secrated by the gallant deeds of their patriotic anccs tors, and upon the anniversary of a day illustrated by a feat of arms whose glory heralded the still greater glory of their country's Ireedom. He wel comed them to. the spot, and could only wish that it were in his power to do justice to the occasion. ;?JH ct and proper was it that they should assemble toJbonor to a day and a deed so eminently worthy of CoinSSLelnorative homage. Too long had that horn age beejQ jvithheld to long hal the fied consecrat ed to patriotism remained unmarked and unvisited too seldom had the deed which ha'lows it been the theme, jofrpatriotic enconium. It may be that the illustrious 'dead need no monument iheir glori ous deeds no formal commemoration that both are alike present to-our memories and enshrined in our hearts. But, whether they need it or not, it is due from us that they should be honored otherwise and elsewhere than in our hearts. This duty of the liv ing to their dead benefactors had been recognized in all ages and in every land, and the column and the cenotaph had been caused to ascend, and song and story, and formal celebration, had appealed to the hearts of the nations in honor of the great men and the great deeds of their history. Prompted by a kindred feeling, we had met together to indulge in grateful recollections of the men and the deed of the 27th of February, 1776. lie would open to them the volume of our coun try's history wherein is written the story of the tyrannies which were practised by England and en dured by us for ten 1 i g years, before, goaded by intolerable oppression, isorth-Carolina broke out in rebellion, after having in vain exhausted remon strance acd appeal. Tyrannous taxi a imposed, ap propriations refused for the relief of the colony, the courts of justice closed to her citizens, the asylum of her legislative rights violated, the sanctity of life mi proper y no onger respected, all these called f r redress, which all felt could now only be looked for from their own stout hearts and strong arms. The spirit of rebellion pervaded the province, it blazed out in the stamp act sedition in the streets of Wil mington, ifwas feit in every town and hamlet in the land.- But this was not the occasion, nor was his the duty to dwell longer upon a them which belonged more properly to the annalist. He would turn to the events bearing more strictly upon the subject then before him and more directly connect ed with the occasion of the meeting. In the month of January, 1773, a royal cruiser floated upon the Cape Fear, behind whose wooden walls Martin, the last royal Governor of Xorth-Car-olina, bad taken shelter. Driven from hisjpalace at Newbern, which he had vainly attempted to fortify, he had sought refuge under "the better protection which he supposed was to be found behind the guns of Fort Johnston. But the eagle eyes of the patri ots of the Cape Fear were npon him. They discov ered his plottings against their liberties his at tempts to arm and excite the slaves against their masters and they determined to dislodge hi.n. There re-appeared on the scene one who perhaps did more to kin 1 j and keep burning the fins of freedom than any other man of that perilous time. That man was Col. John Ashe, a mac of whom his native county and State should ever be proud, as" one of.the ablest, most eloquent and most gallant patriots of the Revolution. Holding the rank of Colonel under the Royal Governor, he instantly re signed his commission as soon as the machinations of Martin were discovered; he was immediately de rated to the same rank by popular election. Hold ing his commission from the people, he promptly led the regiment which he raised and for the support of which he had pledged his own private estate, against Fort Johnston, which was soon demolished, his own hand applying the torch. Gov. Martin sought re fuge on board the King's eloop of war, and from that last strdnghold of loyalty, issued his prorloma tion denouncing the rebellion and promising for giveness of all offences to such as would rally around the f tandnrd which he proposed to erect. Commissions issued to Allen Mcl'o aid, Donald McDonald, Alexander McLeod and other lcad n purpose of effecting n junction w ih Sir L'enry C.in ton and Lor.d Coruwa.is. Strangers to the soil, ig- norant of its language, their clannish feelings ap- u ingmanaers, survivors of the dark days of Culloden, whom experience had taught to dread the weight of the Royal power, while they were anxious to conciliate the royal favor, rallied promptly around the standard of King George. Called upon "to step forward and draw their broad swords as their forefathers had often done in dc fence of their King"-stired by the pibroch of their native land, they did step forward, with the martial enthusiasm of their race. They came, but they came not alone-the rascal tory tmi or to his nauve land, was with them. r.1Ivtft,i)aitri0tS Were, not idIe- As 80011 " rally of the clansmen and their allies at Cross Creek iford" tne":r0W""lherifegirded on tebJnn state, pressed forward to meet the enemies of his country with H the determination of mature years. MlL!iU.b7 ? ablfl nd eaUant General James wllr P'T10 ,or once moTed forward to was te rendezvous of the Royalists, and beine ?,E8.r.ned by Co,s- tnBngto AshTand Kenan! S rrTC8pectiTawniInds. they encamped at Bockfish, about eight miles from the enemy. lettP? r lnh 0bn"ftry. e, ore received a - I?S T n McDonald offering Ry clemency who jrooM w the Royal ,ndard, and de V9 Bosi TtDgCHt fMMt J1 b 9Wid men, to erect the Royal standard, ia!ly all loyal subjects under it, and meet him (Matt n) at Bruns wick on the loth of the follow i,ir February fur the net. The Royalist overtures were promptly reject ed. On the 20th the Highland army, two thousand strong left their position at Cross Creek, with th evident view of forcing Moore's position and contin uing their march to Wilmington, but finding it too strong to be forced, they retraced theii steps and crossed the river at Campbelton. On discovering this movement Moore sent an express to Col. Cas well who was coming up with about one hundred men, to take a position at Corbetl's Ferry on Black River, with, a view of intercepting the enemy. Cols. Lillington and Ashe were ordered to make a forced march, and if possible, reinforce Caswell; or, failing in that, take possession of Moore's Creek Bridge that field of -fame on which we stand. He himself at once proceeded with the remainder of his army, to cross the river at Elizabelhtown, in the hope of being able to aid in arresting the progress of the Royalists, who crossed three miles above Caswell's position on Black River. Meanwhile, Li lington, with his brave comrades, reached Moore's Creek Bridge on the 25th, where he was joined on the en suing day by Caswell, with his minute men. Soon as the junction was effected, preparations were made to receive the enemy, who had hurried up, and arrived on the 26th, confident, no doubt, of victorv, as was Ferguson at King's Mountain, when he said that all the rebels out of h II could not drive him from hia position. The main features of the scene then were veiy much as they arc now, and the eye glancing around, can easily appreciate the strength of the patriots' position, and admire the judgment which selected it. The night of the 26th passed in busy preparation. The morning came and brought with it the note of conflict the Highland b'ood was stirred by the bu gle and bag-pipe the Highland column presses on unbroken until it nears the American lines, where all is silent But that silence is broken by the roar of musketry the hot fire bursts from the lines, and the column sinks before it the cannon sweeps the crowded Bridge McLeod, the Highland leader, falls Campbell falls still the fight goes on, until a por tion of the American forces having crossed the Creek, take the enemy in the rear; bereft of the leaders, the clansmen are seized with panic the battle of Moore's Creek is won, and the standard of King George is in the dust. Thus was fought, and thus was won the battle which we commemorate. The immediate loss of the enemy was considerable the ultimate effect of his repulse would be difficult to es timate. Many men were, most probably, wounded on the American side ; but one is known to have been killed. That man was John Grady of Duplin, a private in Caswell's regiment of minute men, who won his death by an intrepidity which scorned the shield ot the breastworks. The troth es of the field were large quantities of arms, over eight hundred prisoners, and a box of English gold. Among the prisoners was General McDonald. But the great result was the breaking up of the concerted plan for the ini asion of the State the elevation of the hearts of the patriots, and the depression of their enemies. The State, if not the wkole'South, vi as saved. Tiie ranks of the royalists were thinned and broken, and the preponderance given to the patriot cause in the councils of the State, which it never subsequently lost The banner of liberty, before drooping, was never subsequently lowered. North-Carolina followed up the blow by the first legislative recommendation of a Declaration of Inde pendence by the Continental Congress, made on the American Continent. That blow, the first victory ever achieved over British power in America, was succeeded by other triumphs, until the crowning day at Yoiktown left our forefathers in undi.-puied po sessio.i of the precious liberties they had won, and which we now enjoy. But, it might be asked, who was the commander at the Battle of Moore's Ci cek. To Gen. Moore was due the stratagetical arrangement that indicated the point at which the stand was ?o be made; whether the immediate command at the battle rested with Caswell or Liilington, was a vexed question, which he regretted his inability to discuss fuily at this time, while he did not feel at liberty to totally pass over a question in which the claims of a favorite son of New Hanover were involved. He briefly reviewed the evidence of history, and the circumstancesof the case, which had 'led him to the conclusion that, how ever common report, and even ofEc a! action, had led to the impression that Caswell was in command, the truth was that the command on the occasion rested with Lillington, and that if to one man more than another could be awarded the title of " the hero of Moore's Creek," that man was Col. Lilling ton, of New Hanover. But the revolution had other fields, and the Cape Fear Country, justly termed the Gibralter of North Carolina, had other brave spirits, who struck many a gallant blow for their country. Time would not serve to blazon their names, or amplify their deeds. He would ask them. to go with him in imagination to but one of thoso fields of fame, where a battle was fought, only second in importance to that which we had met to commemorate. He alluded to the battle of Elizabethtown, fought by the gallant patri ots, among whom were Owen and Morchcad, and Robeson and others of Bladen county, uuder their chosen commander, Col. T. Brown, who marched with his forces against the stronghold of the Tories at E:izabeth, crossed the river noiselessly, and gave notice of their presence to the foe only by the wild war-cry of death or victory. The stronghold of the Tories was stormed, and his forces defeated. Thus was achieved a victory which shattered the strfncili of the Tories, thrilled through the heart of the Cape Fear with joy, and exhibited a degree of skill and valor only exceeded by the patriotism which called them into action. Such were the men and such the days of the Rev olution, days in wh'ch you had not only heroes in the camp, but aiso in the council your Hoopers and your Harnetts, as well as your Moores, and Lillingtons, and your Ashes. Men unsurpassed in valor or devotion by the proudest names of antiqui ty men whom we must hold in honor or be recre ant to all the feelings of gratitude and patriotism. Let us not be so recreant. Let us build high, at least, that monument, the found ition stone of which we this day lay in honor of a victory enoblcd by a noble cause. Let us ever hallow in our hearts the spot on which we stand let the monument we build on H ever be an altar to freedom, where we may relume the fires of patriotism, and hither, like H tmilcar of old, let us come with our children, and swear on such an altar undying hostility to the ene mies of their country. "We have thus briefly glanced at some of the points in an address, which was listened to with marked pleasure and enthusiasm by the vast audience as sembledmuch has been unavoidably omitted much merely hinted at rather than reported. After Mr. Wright had concluded, the ceremony of laying the corner stone of a monument commem orative of the event celebrated, was proceeded with under the direction of the committee of arrange ments. Dr. F. J. Hill of Wilmington, made a brief but highly appropriate address and proceeded to deposit a box containing the publications of the day all the remains of the patriotic Grady that could be found, etc., after which the stone was sealed up the benediction was pronounced by Rev. Mr. Grier) the military fired a salute and the ceremonies of the' day were at a close. Some little inconvenience was experienced from some of the arrangements not having been made in anticipation of so large a crowd, but these matters will always happen and cannot well be avoided The occasion upon the whole was a pleasant one, and passed off without any unpleasant incident to mar the enjoyment of those participating, if we except the unfortunate loss of a colored boy belonging to a gentleman in Fayetteville, who fell from the Magno lia on her way up and was drowned before assist ance could be rendered. Our military visitors from Fayetteville left us on Saturday, carrying with tbem our best wishes for their health and happiness the jubilation is over and we are once more at work, none the worse we trust for the brief relaxation none the less patriotic for the Associations of Moore's Creek. We might dwell upon the friends we met from va rious counties, the good feeling and harmony per vading the assemblage, etc., etc., but are not these things for each man to know and remember on his own hook T Major General Maretcller was present in the uniform of his rank, and looked better in health and spirits than we had seen him look for years, brigadier General Walters was also on the ground, and the sons and daughters of the Neuse and Cape Fear generally met together brim-full of patriotism. , Bo may jtajwaya U. From'TIe and Takings," by Bv. J. Watson. - ELDER BLUNT AND SISTER SCRUB. v In ono of the Eastern States there- is a settlement which has long been celebrated as a strong-bold of Methodism. It is an out of-the-way neighborhood, yet no placo in the whole country is better known, or more highly esteemed. In the centre of the Set tlement, just where two roads cut each other at right angles, making a " four corners," is the school bouse, painted red, and long familiar as the only place of public worship in the settlement The peo ple are weir off now, aiia have built a nice and com modious Church, on the opposite corner. A few rods up the road from the school-house lived Squire Scrub. You could tell, at first sicht that the " Squire '.'. was well to do " in this world, for every thing about him denoted it There was his picket fence all round his garden painted red, and the top tipped with white ; there was his house, a modest one story and a half, with a leaning to it in the rear, painted white all over ; there was the barn, a large, well filled barn ic was; there was a farm, a choice lot of one hundred acres, well cultivated ; and be sides all this, there were the honors and emoluments of the impoitant office of justice of the peace. The " Squire " was, of course, a man of note in his town. He had been a justice several terms in succession. He was a trustee of the school district, and he wa both class-leader and steward in the Methodist Church. I have no doubt he would have received other honors at the hands of his fellow -townsmen and brethren, had h'e been eligible. Still he was a quiet, unassuming man, and I verily believe he thought more of his religion than of all his ecclesi astical and civil honors. His house was the itiner ant's home ; and a right sweet, pleasant home it wou'd have been but for a certain unfortunate weak ness of the every other way excellent Sister Scrub. The weakness I allude to was, or at least it was sus pected to be, the loce of piaise. Now the good sis ter was really worthy of high praise, and she often received it; but she had a way of disparaging her self and her performances, which some people thought was intended to invite praise. No house-wife kept her floors looking so clean and her walls so well whitewashed as she. Every board was scrubbed and scoured till further scrubbing and scouring would have been labor wasted. No one could look on her white ash floor, and not admire the polish her industry gave it The "Squire" was a good pro vider, and Sister Scrub was an excellent cook; and so their table groaned under a burden of good things on all occasions when good cheer was demanded. And yet you could never enter the house and sit half an hour without being reminded that " Husband held court yesterday, and she couldn't keep the house decent" If you sat down to eat with them she was sorry she "hadn't anything fit 'to cat" She had been scrubbing, or washing, or ironing, or she had been half sick, and she hadn't got such and such thing', that she ought to have. Nor did it matter how bountiful or how well prepared the re past really was, there was always something defi cient, the want of which furnished a text for a dis paraging discourse on the occasion. I remember once, that we sat down to a table that a king might have been happy to enjoy. There was the light snow-white bread, there were the potatoes reeking in butter, there were the chickens swimming in gravy, there were the onions and the turnips, and 1 was sure Sister Scrub had gratified her amliition once. We sat down, and a blessing was asked. Instantly the ood sister began : she was afiaid her coffee was too much burned, or that the water had been smoked, or that she hadn't roasteil the chicken enough. There ought to have been some salad, and it was too bad that there was nothing nice to of fer t.- We, of course, endured these unjustifiable apolo gies as well as we could, simply remarking that everything was really nice, and proving by our acts that the repast was tempting to our appetites. 1 will now introduce another acior to the reader. It is Elder Blunt, the circuit preacher. Elder Blunt was a good man. His religion was of the most gen uine, experimental kind. He was a rery plain man. He, like Mr. Wesley, would no more dare preach a Jine seimon than wear a fine coat. He was celebra ted for his common-sense way of exhibiting the principles of religion. He would speak jut what he thought, and as he felt He somehow got the i.ame of being an eccentric preacher, as every man, 1 be lieve, does, who utter prevaricates and always nets and speaks as he thinks. Somehow or other. Elder Blunt had heard of Sister Scrub, and of that infirm ity of hers, and he resolved to cure her. On his first round he stopped at "Squire Scrub's," as all other itinerants had done before him. John, the young man, took the elder's horse and put him in the stable, and the preacher entered the house. He was shown into the best room, and soon felt very much at home. He expected to hear something in due time disparaging the domestic arrangements, but he hoard it sooner than he expected. This time, if Sister Scrub could be credited, her house was all upside down; it wasn't fit to s!ay in, and she was sadly mortified to be caught in such a plight. The elder looked all around the room, as if t ob serve ihc terrible disorder, but he said not a word. By and by the dinner was ready, and the cider sat down with the family to a well-spread table. Here, aain, Sister Scrub found everything faulty; the coffee wasn't fit to drink, and she hadn't anything fit to eat The cider lifted his dark eye to her face; for a moment he seemed to penetrate her very soul with his austere gaze ; then slowly rising from the table he said, " Brother Scrub, I want my horse im mediately ; I must leave." Why, Bi other Blunt, what is the matter?" "Matter? Why, sii, your house isn't fit to stay in, and you havn't anything fit to cat or drink, and l won t stay. Both the " Squire " and his lady were confounded. This was a piece of eccentricity entirely unlookcd for. They were stupefied. But the elder was gone. He wouldn't stay in a house not fit to stay in, and where there wasn't anything fit to eat and drink. Poor Sister Scrub ! She wept like a child at her folly. She " knew it would be all over town," she said, "and every body would be laughing at her." And then, how should she meet the blunt, honest elder again 1 " She hadn't meant anything by what she had said." Ah ! she never thought how wicked it was to say so much that didn't mean anything. The upshot of the whole matter was, that Sister Scrub " saw herself as others saw her." She ceased making apologies, and became a wiser and belter Christian. Elder Blunt always puts up thcie, al ways finds everything ns it should be, and with all his eccentricities, is thought by the family the mo?t agreeable, as he is acknowledged by every bod' to be the most consistent of men. Memory. In a lecture upon "The Wonders of Science Compared with the Wonders of Romance," we find the following illustration of the astonishing reten tiveness of memory, and the importance of stor ing its countless cells with a worthy immortal treas ure : "There is reason to believe, for instance, that no idea which ever existed in the mind can be lost It may seem to ourselves to bo gone, since we have no power to recall it ; as is the case with a vast majori ty of our thoughts. But numerous facts show that it needs only some change in our physical or intel lectual condition to restore the long-lost impression. A servant girl, for instance, twenty-four years old, who could neither read nor write, in the paroxyisms of a fever commenced repeating fluently and prom p tly passages of Latin, Greek and Hebrew ; and it afterwards appeared, that, in her early days, a learn ed clergyman with whom she lived, had been in the daily habit of walking through a passage in the bouse that opened into the kitchen, and repeating aloud the very passage which she uttered in her fe ver, How many interesting inferences crowd upon the mind .n view of such facts I What an amazing power do they prove to exist in soul 1 And what as tonishing developments will be made in this world or another, when the vast magazine of thoughts within us shall be unsealed 1 And who can avoid the in quiry, what kind of thoughts he is daily pouring in to this store-house 1" '' Curiotts Spectacle in a Court Room. A man named Knights on trial at Portland, Maine, charged with the murder of his wife. ' A letter giving an ac count of the trial says : . " Although the day has been stormy, the court room has been crowded, a very . large number of ' whom were ladies. The ladies, both old and young, bring knitting, crochet and sewing work with them, and the hall presents, (aside from the trial) quite a busy appearance." ' Oub Forbign Drinks. Secretary Guthrie arid his ; Subordinates in the United States rcasnry Dcfpart't mentmust be wonderful men. Looking over the volume called the "Report on the ;FinnceV with i its six hundredand seventy pages facti and fig-;' ores, we are perfectly amazed at the amount of in formation it gives, and we marvel at the industry and zeal, to say nothing of the aritnmetical skill, that must have been brought into exercise in the preparation of the book. The number of tables and the variety of information they give are perfectly bewildering. We wander among a maze of figures. . We learn all about our exports and imports, not only for one year, but for scores of years. We learn, all about population, wealth, cotton, iron, coal, coin- ' age, commerce and manufactures, and as we turn over page after page, we grow more and more sen sible of the dignity of figures the majesty of sta tistics. Among the tables spread before us by the Secre tary is one of some volume and detail, telling how much wine, spirits and malt liquor have been im ported into this country for a series of years. We have not room Tor the wbole ot it ; Out we give in a compact shape the number of gallons and their value imported during the year ending June 30, 1856. It is as follows : Gallons. Value. Madeira wine, 44,393 $32,031 Sherry wine, 398,892 270,317 Sicily wine, 184,104 61,954 Port wine, 264,816 158,729 Claret wine, 1,516,018 561,440 Other red wine, 697,334 285,111 Brandy, 1,715,717 2,859,312 Grain spirits, 1,582,135 772,276 Other spirits, 771,604 288,494 English ale, &c, 792,153 504,146 Scotch ale, &c, 359,486 193,000 Total, 8,843,370 $64176,939 This is a snug little table for Brother Jonathan to sit down to of a winter evening. How the glasses sparkle on that board, and how comfortable the old gentleman feels, as he stretches his legs under the mahogany, groaning with its 8,843,370 gallons, while his purse is groaning at the little bill of over six millions of dollars charged against him by his for eign cousins for the fluids -they furnished to him. We begin to fear that he is a pretty hard drinker, for besides all these wines, spirits and ales reported on his custom house books, he distils a fearful quan tity of Mouongahela and Bourbon ; manufactures a dreadful supply of "French brandy ;" brews beer, ale and porter enough to till everyday any quantity of great tuns of Ileidelburg ; and has lately taken to growing his own grapes and making his own champagne and other wines, so that he may soon be able to say that his country is a well-liquored as well as a well watered country. From the statistics furnished by Mr. Guthrie it do:s not appear thai our importation of all liquors is incrcaiug. We get scarcely one-fourth as much Madeira wine as we used to ; but this is owing to the failure of the vines in Madeira. The supply of Sicily wines is less than it was ten years ago. The Tort has fallen off materially, and would appear still less, if none but the genu:ne aiticle were reported. The CI iret is below the average of the past eight years ; the " other nd wines," as well as the "other white wines," are scarcely half whal they used to be. Brandy has fallen off in quantity more than one-half from what it was in 1850, but it has cost us much more. The "other g:ain spiiis" are in creasing, and so are the English and Scotch malt li quois, notwithstanding that we make such an a'.ing quantities of lager beei, ale ami porter, and notwith standing that our liquors of this kind are often as good and always far cheaper than the best we can import. The great increase of liquors imported is in Sherry wine, which ha been steadily advancing from 4,083 gollons in 1843, up to about 400,000 gallons in 1S5. It is phin. Indeed, that in spite of Temperance societies liquor laws and moral reforms of all kinds, we are still a hard drinking people, and likely to continue so. The only encouraging thing that we sec in Mr. Guthrie's figures is that there seems to be a growing taste for malt liquors and light wines, in preference to the pernicious spirits which we used to consume so lavishly. 1'hd. Bulletin. The Wife of Senator Douglas. The Washing ton correspondAit of the Cleveland PLiijidealer, thus notices the wife of Senator Douglas : "It was 'reception day' and Mrs. Douglas arose upon our entrance, and with a charming grace of manner and high bred courtesy, welcomed us to her home. A temporary lull in the rush of visitors gave us full leisure to examine her closely. Above the medium height in person, her form is large, ripe, el egant and striking. Indeed, it would oe difficult, if not impossible, to find another so faultless and per fect in its proportions. Her face is kindness and simplicity itself, with features regular and agreeable. Her eyes are dark, expressive, and. when lighted up with interest or pleasure, sparkle like diamonds in the sunlight. Her complexion might fairly outvie the lilly in purity, and her genial, hearty, childish laugh displays a line and beautiful set of snowy teeth, and makes the rooms echo with its clear and and silvery ringing. Her brown and luxuriant hair was parted in the middle, and drawn without orna ment across her forehead. "Add to this all the splendor of the most costly apparel silk embroiJery and exquisite laces, and all without vulgarity or seeming attempt at display, and you have Mrs. Douglas as she appeared to your humble servant on this memorable morning. Her mother, a 8ne looking, youthful and dignified lady, sat by her side, and the two without affectation or ostentation, entertained us with a truly republican simplicity. A negro man, whose shining teeth out shone the snowy linen he wore, handed us a cup of chocolate, on a silver salver, that can only be excel led at "Dolmonico's" itself and after refreshing our selves with this simple luxury, we bid our beautiful hostess good-day, an 1 left her in all the pride of youth, beauty, wealth and power. Long may she live to shed luster and dignity upon the home she ennobles, and iniy ambition never iemptji er to stray a moment into the crooked paths of intrigue and politics, and to wreck her present happiness in a struggle fur future glory. On the 23d ult, the Flag which waved over Com pany G. 12ih Regiment U. S. Infantiy, in the Mexi can war, was presented to the Wilmington Light In fantry Company. The presentation address was made lv Gen. Jones, of Iredell, the gallant comman der o C iu a y G. During his remarks he alluded to the Company's participation in the battle at the Na tional Bridge, and speaking of " this flajr," he said, that it " had been in the thickest of the fight, the shot holes in its sin face proved this eloquently. Major Clark had done good sei vice that day, and fell severely wounded. Your former Captain, Ed ward Cnntwel', snid Gen. Jones, addres'ng the Light Infantry, was the real hero of the occasion, and displayed the true courage of the soldier. "Passing, on, the General alluded to the return of his Company from the war, and its subsequent fate. Of that Company, said he, there are but three now left alive, Mr. Webster, of Pittsboro', Capt. Ed. Cantwell, and myself. the rest are dead. We are passing away, said he, hut this flag is a memento of the trying scenes we endured. There it is, riddled with shot holes a poor piece of bunting, insignificant i n itself, but precious from the recollections and as sociations connected with ir, and to you, fellow soldiers of the Wilmington Light I:.fin:ry, I now present it, confident that should occasion require, you will rally under it, with the m-nto, Victory or Death, and defend it to the last extremity." Age. Death of W. J. Alexander. We are pained to receive information of the sudden death of Col. Wm. J. Alexander, which took place at his resi dence in Lincoln ton, on Sunday the 15th of Febru ary. Col. Alexander resided for many years in this town, and was identified during that period with the people of the county.' ' He was an eminent member of the legal profession, and during a long period commanded an extensive piactice, not only in this county, but throughout the western" part of the State, - He represented the county in the General Assembly successively from the year . 1827 until 1834, and was for four or five years the Speaker of the House of Commons. He possessed, an under standing of unusual vigor and quickness in its ap prehensions, and was endowed with a benevolent heart and amiable manners, which attached to hlnr targe circle of friends. " Gkar. Democrat.? ft BY AUTHORITY. ' . rJ.AWS OF TxtBlJ5lTED STATES Patted at th third ' f-? Iv " ' -No. 4. An act more effectually, to enforce the at tendance of witnesses on the summons of either ' House of Congress, and to compel tbem to discover testimony. : ,;,;. . Be it enacted by the Senate an 2 House of Repre sentatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembled, That any person summoned as a witness by the authority of either House of Congress to give testimony or to produce papers upon: any matter before'either house, or any committee of either House of Congress, who shall wilfully make default or who, appearing, shall refuse to answer any ques-' tion penincnt to the matter of inqury in considera tion before . the House or committee by which he shall be examined, shall, in addition to the pains and penalties now existing, be liable to indictment as and for a misdemeaner in any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, and, on conviction, shall pay a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and not less than one hundred dollars, and suffer impri sonment in the common jail not less than one month nor more than twelve months. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That no'person examined and testifying before either House of Con gress, or any committee of either House, shall be held to answer criminally in any court of justice, or subject to any penalty or forfeiture for any fact or act touching which he shall be required to testify be fore either House of Congress or any committee of either House as to which he shall have testified, whether before or after the date of this act ; and that no statement made or paper pioduced by any witness before either House of Congress,' or before any.coromiltee of either House, shall be competent testimony in any criminal proceeding against such witness iu any court of justice, and no witness shall hereafter be allowed to refuse to testify to any fact or to produce any payer touching which he shall be examined by either House of Congress, or any com mittee of either house, for the reason that his testi mony touching such fact or the production of such paper may tend to disgrace him or otherwise render him infamous: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to exempt any witness from pro secution and punishment for prejury committed by him in testifying as aforesaid. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That when a witness shall fail to testify, as provided in the previ- j ous sections of this act, and the facts shall be report- ! cd to the House, it shall be the duty of the Speaker j of the House or the President of the Senate, to certi j fy the fact, under the seal of the House or Senate, l to the district attorney for the District of Columbia, whose duty it shall be to bring the matter before the I grand jury fir thei. action. Approved January 24, 18o7. No. 5. An net authorizing the establishment of a navy depot on Blythe Island, at Brunswick, on the coast of Georgia, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United Statei of America in Con gress assembled, That the President of the United States be and he is hereby authorized to purchase a site for a navy depot on Blythe Island, on the coast of Georgia, and to erect such buildings and make such improvements as may be necessary for tne re pair of United States vessels of war afid afford refuge therefor, and that the sum of two hundred thousand dollars be appropriated for eli'ecting that object out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro priated. Approved January 28, 18a7. No. 10. An act making appropriation for the sup port of the Military Academy for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty eight Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not ottierwise appropriated, for the sup port of the Military Academy, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty eight For pay of officers, instrnctors, cadets, and musi cians, ninety-one thousand one hundred and six dollars. For commutation of subsistence, two thousand and forty-four dollars. For forage for officers' horses, eight hundred and sixty-four dollars. For current and ordinary expenses, as follows : re pairs and improvements, fuel, apparatus, forage, postage, stationery, transportation, printing, clerks, miscellaneous and incidental expenses, and depart ments of instruction, thirty-five thousand two hun dred and seventy-five dollars. For gradual increase and expense of library, one thousand five hundred dollars. For expenses of the board of visitors, three thou sand dollars. For forage for artillery and cavalry horses, eight thousand six hundred anJ forty dollars. For supplying horses for cavalry and artillery practice, one thousand dollars. For barracks for dragoon detachment, five thou sand dollars. For purchase of a bell, and mounting the same with the clock on one of the public buildings, eight hundred dollars. To procure the balistic apparatus for gun pendu lum, five hundred dollars. For repairs to otlicers' quarters, five hundred dol lars. For models for the department of cavalry, one thousand d . liars. For extension of water pipes and increase of re servoir, two thousand dollars. For targets and batteries for artillery exercise, two hundred dollars. For gas pipes, gasometers, and retorts, seven thou sand five hundred dollars. 1 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed at Vie Military Academy, in ad dition to the professors authorized by the existing laws, a professor of Spanish, at a salary of two thousand dollars per annum. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the com pensation of the master of the sword be fifteen hun dred dollars per annum with fuel and quarters. Approved February 17, 1857. A Case in Point for Young Men. The Texas Civil inn, in a notice ol Hon. Jas. S. Green, recently elected Senator from Missouri, has the following: The son of extremely poor parents, in Fauquier county, Virginia, he removed to Missouri, about 1840, at the age of about 18. In 1842 lie was em ployed as keeper or a village bar. at $8 per month, his first entrance into town life i i that situation, a lawyer in the village made his acquaintance, discov ered his talent, and tendered him books and his own tutorage, if he would study law. Green readily ac ceded, and read for a year behind the bar, whenever the demands for drinks alio a ed him time. Within two years from that time he had taught a country school, attended a grammar school himself; made several speeches before a debating club, and receiv ed license as a lawyer. He then represented his county in a Democratic State Convention of 1843 4 and there made his debut as a politician, in a speech of astonishing beauty, elegn :e and power. His famu as a prodigy, was can ted to the extremes of the State by the returning delegates and he was placed on the electoral ticKet for Polk and Dallas. It was in that canvass that we first saw him. He was travel ing and debating with the most eloquent Whig of the State. Before a mixed crowd of two thousand people, wheiehis antagonist had tremendous pres tige, Green rose triumphantly above him, broke the magic spell of his fame, and carrried off the banners. As he descended from the stand the ladies threw boquets at his feet and the andience shook the build ing with shouts of rapturous applause. Hewassentto Congress in 1846, '43 '50, and by Mr. Pierce apoint ed Minister to New Granada. IU health rendered his stay short Last year he was again elected to Congress, but now, before taking bis seat, he is ele vated to the Senate; ; " --X.-- ' - The Bichmond Whig will make the public shiver by its announcement that Lieut. Maury, who has been prying into the mysteries of the seasons, gives us to expect some thirty or forty more winters as cold as the present and the last. - ' - Fools make feasts and wise, men eat them. , JJr. Franklin. ."' THE Jbrtji-Caroliiiu WILL I A M W ; HOLDER . f. - ' V ,., JtDlTOa AXD PBOPR1ETOB. : FRANK. I. WILSOff. Associate Editor? 7.TERMS OF THE WEEKLY Two DollanZ Invariably b advance. " "P'rannu TERMS OF THE SEMI-WEEKLY Fbur Dollar, cnaum, invariably in advance. tM,rpn " All paptrt art discontinued at Hit expiration of tk, ; , which they lav been paid. 7 M hmefr Terms of Advertising in the Semi.vP.n - ; . Standard. "eeui. Our regular rates of advertising are as follows One square, (14 lines or less) first insertion. -' ai iw Each subsequent-insertion, - - . . . Longer advertisements in proportion. Contract will be made with advertisers, at the h reyutar rates, for six or twelve months, and at the cIiT! the contract 83tf per cent, will be deducted from th, ot amount. uc gross Professional or business Cards, not exceeding fir.i-L will be inserted in either the Weeklv or Semi-WeK- , $6 for six montu,or 10 for twelve months : or in bV w ' pers for 10 for six months, or 15 for twelve months Terms of Advertising iq the Weekly Standard. One dollar per square for the first insertion and 25 't for each subsequent iusertiug. A'o deduction will bemal' on Weekly adctrtisement, no matter hint hug thru tmiur Only a limited number of advertisements will beadmii!!i!i into the Weekly. All advertisement, not otherwise dirnt ed, are inserted in the Semi-Weekly, and charged acc.rS ingly. When the number of insertions is notuwrked on the advertisement it is inserted until forbid. Money sent us by mail is at our risk. March 7, 1857. Ct jltaniutrii. RALEIGH. SATURDAY. MAR. 7. I857. The Register and the "Ides of March." The "ides of March" have brought trouble to our cotemporary of the Register. He speaks gloomily of the past and the present, he reviews John Ty. ler, who, he says, though "a good-hearted man, full of benevolence and kindly impulses," was "wrecked on the rock of his vanity," and he insists that Gen. Pierce was "ignorant, incompetent, and obscure" and was taken up on that account, and made Presi dent, "by an unscrupulous party." These are grave charges. Are they true ? John Tyler, true to his recorded opinion, vetoed the national bank scheme, and saved the country. That was enough for Wliig gery. All was "vanity" after that act. Whiggcrr, baffled as in the days of Jackson, made one more effort under Mr. Clay, and then dwindled until it shed its skin and became "Sum." The Taylor and Scott contests were but the throes that attend ed its death-struggle ; and our cotemporary, who would not support Scott, and who nevertheless did support him, was by and in at the death. So much for Tyler and Taylor, and Scott and " Sam." Though Gen. Pierce was this "ignorant, incom petent, and obscure" man, yet, says our contempo rary of the Register, his administration was no pa renthesis uit abounds in striking and memorable fiicU." Ah ! this "ignorance," this "incompeten cy," this "obscurity," blazed out did it? it struck itself deep into the records of history, and became "memorable?" How? Who did all this? Not Gen. Pierce, insisU our cotemporary, for "having no principles to maintain, he necessarily didn't carry out any principles." Sage conclusion I an unprin cipled administration, headed by an "ignorant, in competent, and obscure" man, "abounding in strik ing and memorable facts." Thank you for that, venerable cotemporary. We begin to understand your style of writing, and we shall wait patiently, as Oliver did, looking if not "asking for more." The tree is known by its fruits. We are content, as in American citizen, to leave the administration of Franklin Pierce to be judged by its acts and by the great results it has accomplished. Our cotem porary is not ignorant of these acts and results, though he affects to see nothing but "fire-swallowing friends, blood and vengeance," and the bombard ment of Greytown. The old Whig spirit looks up drowsily from its leaden couch, where it was tenderly laid by "Sam" in 1854, and turns its eyes on Washington City. A grand and exciting pageant is going forward there. It remembers what it has been, and it thinks of what it might have achieved, but for its surrender to "Sam." Never more will its choice, never will "Sam's" choice ascend the "capitoline hill" to take those oaths wtich Mr. Buchanan took on Wednes day. These are touching certainties. They throw their sombre shadow s over the pages of our cotem porary, they affect him, insomuch that he writes bitterly of Tyler, who dealt Whiggery so sad a blow in 1841, and of Pierce, who defeated his favorite, Scott, in 1852. One thing alone remains to console our worthy cotemporary, and that is, the hope he entertains of getting, some day or other, his "sheer of the public lands." Hope springs eternal in the human breast Man never is, but always to be blest." P. S. Fetch along the lands. Let every one have at least a section, and let us legislate ourselves rich. Why not? We have only to will it, and we shall have governments without taxes, railroads without number, and vast empires towards the set ting sun. Let us " dress the commonwealth, and turn it, and set.a new nap upon it." Let the good time come, and then "there shall be in England seven half penny loaves sold for a penny, and it shall be felony to drink small beer. All the realm shall be in common, and in Cheapside shall uiy pal frey go to grass." . Value of Crops per Acue. In the Report on Finances, l855-'6, is a statement exhibiting the number of acres employed in the production of the different crops in the States and Territories, their total product aud value, together with the product and value per acre, for the year 1850. We append the last column in this table, value of crops per acre, as an interesting piece of information to our agricul tural readers: Hemp $38.05; Tobacco $29.96; Irish Potatoes $26.80; Sweet do. $25.60; Rice $24.61; Sugar $23.71 ; Cotton $15.64; Orchards $15.45; Barley $12 20 ; Hay $10.62 ; Gardens $10.56; Indian Corn $9.55; Buckwheat $9; Rye $8.20; Wheat $8 21; Pens and Beans $6.90; Oats $6.82; Flax $6.25; Vineyards $1.77. v ' , In order to elucidate thtse figures, it is essential to know how much is the estimated product per acre of the crops valued. - We therefore give these esti mates also: Hemp 634 lbs.; Tobacco 499$ lbs., Trish Potatoes 65 J bushels; Sweet do. 51 bushels; Rice 1,230 2-5 lbs.; Coiton 195 1-5 lb. ; Orchards Barley 17 1-5 bushels; Hay 1 1-6 tons; Gardens ; In dian Corn 19 1-10 bushels ; Buckwheat 15 bushels ; Rye 11 4-5 bushels ; Wheat 9 1-8 bushels ; Peas and Beans 9 1-5 bushels ; Oats 191. bushels ; Flax 78 lbs.; Vineyards 3 quarts. . . .Federal Court House akd Postoffice Buildisg. We learn from, a friend that the Senate, on the night Of the 8d, passed an appropriation of fifty thousand dollars, to build a Court House and Postoffice in Re le gh. ' It was hoped that it might be passed through tlio House of Representatives before adjournment on tneitfi."