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¥ the it in this, to her the darkest hour the war, I cannot withhold the expression of my grat- ification, that through every line of the public statutes of Sr journals of the General Arombly and of the Board of War, there breathes the lofties as of defiance the enemy, and an unquailing determination to | eal forth every energy of the country to uphold its now | doubtful cause. It well consists with the resolutions of her popular assemblies and pro- vinelal co: of 1774, 5, and 6; but to the end of the contest her authorities, amid every trial and disas- ter, kept the standard of independence full high ad- Wiles’ abd calatucy pert Mere ioe wactame ive, and salu’ operation—' ane ‘nocum., unum e! iden tentien'ts senate” ig While the work of re-constructing the main army was Eee, forward with all possible expedition at Hills- ’, the command of Davidson a up a position on Rocky river, in Mecklenburg, which, in his correspon- dence, he styles ‘Camp M’Knite Alexander,” the name of an early and ardent patriot in that county, from whieh he kept ups system of observations on the British army and the disaffected districts of the country. Gen. Sumner, with another force of militia, occupied ‘Cam; Yadkin,” west of the river of that name. General Smallwood accepting the command, to which he by two hi regulars under nel ‘Morgan, who had now reached the ui wali t ries, ina handsome skirmish, by a detachment of his Sroops, under Major Lloyd, at 'Shallow Ford, on the Yad- kin, ina settlement, not far from which place Colonel had raixed and marched a regiment of loyalists, immediately after the surrender of Charleston, and joined the British in South Carolina, he advanced to {he frontier @f the State, on the Catawba, to watch the enemy and give meppees to General Sumpter, then manguyring against Tareton, in the upper districts of that State. General Gates, with the main army, subsequently took, ‘the same direetion, and had occupied Charlotte, aoertie was superseded in the command by General Greene. And Tadd that the appointment of thiy illustrious man, ap- proaching, in his characteristics, 18 much nearer to the great commander.in-chief than other officer in that war— to the head of the army of the South, filled all hearts with gladness and hape. The Board of War, in a corres- idence which was immediately opened, expressed to its great pleasure and satisfaction nnon this event. and engaged to draw forth all the forces of the Staite, nnd necessary resource in it, and to support him; “‘that | be add every everything—the command with which you are dignified— may be honorable to soawee as well as satisfactory tc the country.” The transfer of the command was an- nounced, in general orders, on the 3d of December. General Smallwood haying been promoted to a Major Generalship about this time. left the service in the South, and Colonel Davie, being out of military employment, by the expiration of the enlistment of his men, adcepted Imuseary General, made vacant by the feaguation of Col jeneral, le vacant @ Fes tion o! 1. Thomas Polk, and scoompanied, the army of General Greene in that capacity. Having thug Sccusion to mention the name of Colonel Polk, i deem it prover to correct an error into which Mr. Tossing has fallen, in his Field Book, upon the authority of the papers of General Gates, and which—unintention- ally, Thave no doubt—does great injustice to his memory. His an imputation of disaffection, at the very time he held the office of Superintendent Commissary General. Fortunately, the Journal of the Board of Warexplains the whole matter. There was some complaint of inattention to duty on his pert, in his important office, which he ex- ed upon the ground of a scarcity of supplies, and necessary attention to his family; and Colonel Martin, a member of the Board to which he was amenable, having visited the army in Mecklenburg, declared in a public let- invited by the General Assembly, accom- | undred Teho ore | triotic and | where ammunition, su! and reerui '\ His movement up the had thrown him nearer to the upper fords of the Dan river than Gen. Greene, and enabled him to cut him off from that mode of crossing; and trusting so to overcome the distance between them a8 toarrest his pa in boats, he urged on his march with all possible expedition. Greene, resting his wearied troops for three dsys at Guilford Gourt House, where many of them within a month were to find their last re- pore, and calmly surveying his condition, determined to veetinus hin seteses into irginia; and, with twenty-five miles the advantage in distance, set off in a new race | with the British General for the lower ferries of the Dan. | and appealing to Pok wader ¢ in its journals, that, in his opinion, Colonel | Polk, under the circumstances, had full his office as well as ciroumstances would admit. He was immediately afterwards entrusted, by General Greene, with the temporary command, a8 a Brigadier General o militla, and in all after time was regarded as a firm and “aurveying Mis tesopsand supplies, General Greene found s troopsand supplies, General Greene foun himself vibe heed of about to thoueand men, one-half of whom were militia, with provisions in hand but for ‘three days, gin an exhausted country, and but a scant supply of ammunition, which could not be replenis! short of Virginia. With the quick eye of o mili- tary genius, he determined to divide his force, small ‘as it was, by sending out Colonel Morgan, | othe | tiles from the Catawba. Reassembling, after the passage now promoted t rank of Brigadier General in the continental service, across the Catawba and Broad Bat tah a ladies eieyted xo) his Seay twoope—he himsel ing his chief force, to a point op- poslte Cheraw on the Pedee, where he was soon joined by jonery corps of Col. Henry Lee. By this his troops, intercepted communications between tish army and the loyalists, and put it out of the power wallig again to invade North Carolina, with- out first driving bick Morgan, or leaving him in his rear, Morgan, by concert, was strengthened by accessions of militia under Gen. Pickens, of South Carolina, and Majors M’Dorwell, of North Carolina, and Cunningham, of Geor- | ise reinforcements, under Gen. Leslie, having been weceived by Lord Cornwallis in his position at Winnsbo- wh, he despatched a superior force, under Lieut. Col. “Yarleton, to oppose Morgan, himself following with the main army in the same direction. The battle of the Cow- pens, which immediately followed, and in which Tarleton was triumphantly defeated Morgan, with the loss of one hundred killed, and more than five hundred prisoners, with arms, artillery, and military stores, being fought in South Carolina, some twenty miles beyond the border, is not within the immediate acope of our subject, but it a back the ene into North Carolina, maddened by th is humiliation of his arms, and eager for revenge. ‘orced to retreat from his first entrance into the State, with the sinecure royal Governor under his escort, by the | unexpected reverse at Kings Mountain ; and now thwart- ed by the sudden overthrow of the élite of his army by an inferior number of the republican troops, a great part of whom were militia, his Lordship resolved upon. vigorous pursuit, to rescue the prisoners of the Cowpens, and and destroy Morgan. In this manner commenced that thrilling series of military movements which was con- tinued with the activity of a steeple-chase for quite two months. The main British army lay at Turkey Creek, some twenty-five miles south of Cowpens, and Morgan may be considered to have had, by so much, the start of his lordship, in this trialof speed. The latter moved im- mediately, hoping to cut off Morgan, encumbered with Prisoners and baggage stores—the fruits of his victory— fore he should reach the fords of the Catawba, in North “arolina, for which it was presumed he would aim. Mor- Sa, however, vigilant and wary as his great adversary, ancfally comprehe: hi r, abandoned his cap- ture baggage, and leaving his wounded under the pro- ‘ection of a flag, on the very evening of the day of battle set outon his retreat—his prisoners in advance, esco: by his nuilitia, followed immediately by the regulare, wo command. This, it will be recollected, was on the 17th of January, 1781. For twelve weary days—me "a, me requies—the retreat and pursuit were continued wihout intermission. Near nightfall, on the evening of ti» 20th, the vanguard of the royal anny) under General’)'Hara, gained the island ford on the Ca- tawba, on the prsent road from Statesville to Morgan- ton, but discoverd that Morgan had crossed over with all his prisoners and forces about two hours before. Halting and encam: on the shore, with the purpose to renew the pursuit arly in the morning, the British General was tantalized\y the loss of his prize, at the mo- ment he sapposed he wi about to clutch it in his grasp. During the night, the riverwas swollen by heavy rains, was impaseable in the morning, and so remained for two days, at the expiration of which, Morgan’s militia, with his prisoners, were far on their march towards Virginia. fe, himself, with his regulars, passing down the left fork of the river, to Sherrill’s ford, tlere met Gen. Greene, who, having been advised of the meyement of the enemy from Winnsborough, and the victory of the Cowpens, bad hastened forward, with an aid-te-camp and a few militia attendants, from his camp on the Pedee, to con- cert measures to secure its fruits, and toact against the adversary as means and opportunity migat permit. The well in the Catawba, which the pious feeling of the coun- try could not but ascribe to providential Natarpouition, and the consequent interruption in the pursuit of the enemy, determined Gen. Greene to dispute his pasi across the river, and thus gain time for the arrival of his army at Salisbury, whither he had ordered it to hasten, under Gen. Huger, of South Carolina, and Col. Otto H. Williams, of Maryland, with the hope of there forming a junction with Morgan.’ In execution of this design, Mor- n'a light troops, joined by a few militia, were posted at sherrill’s ford. Gen. Davidson, who, in this critical pe- riod, was ever on the alert, had called out the militia | force under his command, and while watch was kept at va, ious fords on the river, with directions to give infor- mation of the approach of the enemy, a considerable body of his troops was placed at Beatie’s ford, he, him- salf, taking ition at Cowen’s ford, with about three hundred nad fifty men, on the evening of the 3lst o January. Lord Cornwallis in the meanwhile, foiled | in his’ pursuit, had encamped at Rawson's mill— the scene of the action between the whigs and loyalists. the preceding. summer; and having ex- yerienced delay in his late march, from the incum- brance of his baggage, he here destroyed all that could be regarded as superfluous, himself setting the ex- ample by casting into the flames the baggage of head quarters, and converted his whole army iuto light troops, with mview of renewing the pursuit of Morgan or forcing General Greene to an action. ment of the flood, and while a feint was made at Beatie’s Ford, the most puBlic and eligible pass, by a detachment under Lieutenant Colonel Webster, his’ lordship, moving with the main army, in the night, was at dawn of day at the private pass of Cowan's Ford, where he had been anticipated by the vigilance of Davidson. Plunging into this bold river. which is here a quarter of a mile wide, with waters not yet assuaged, the British troops waded through, and were received with a well directed fire from our militia, but succeeded in making good their landing, with the loss of about forty killed and wounded, ineluding Colonel Hill. inconsiderable, except in the fall son, who here sealed with his lif devotion aud duty to his country which he had made in the outset ef the struggle, and which he had zealously maintained by five years of service in the field. of the gallant David. ’s blood the vows of Our repulsed forces retired to Tevenoe’s tavern, six nviles distant, on Salisbury road, where they were joined by their comrades from Beatie’s Ford, who retreated on hearing of the loss of their general: aud halting there in confusion, and no individual assuming command, they were surprised by Tarlton’s cavalry, who ha been sent in pure and put to bat without serious loss ueral Greene now hastened east: ward to Salisbury with the troops under Morgan, and despatched orde rand Williams not to advance to that place, bu te with him me fifty miles further ly by the I en «miled on the the stream at midnight of infantry t few of their wag the boats were + rise in the river during the night arr and forced him to proe American ca he and a of Janding, ted the judicious | @isporition he secured abundant supplies of provisions for | e Bri- | Thus disencumbered, he | lost no time in approaching the Catawba upon the retire- the duties of | | | tions of Col. Carrington, | forming themse Long and weary was the marcb—keen and close the pur- suit, Organizing seven hundred suitable troops in alight corps, under the command of Col. Williams, subordinate to whom was Colonels Ho ‘and Lee, G Greene placed these in his rear, to watch and skirmish with the enemy, while the army, with ite ‘and stores, sould pursue itn way without molestation’ ‘The Brits General, with a like policy, sent forward a vanguard of similar ‘troops, under Gea. O'Hara, On their first ap- proximation ‘the skirmishing between these corps was risk and active; but experiencing no advantage in their results they were discontinued by the enemy, and often those columns of the two armies would be seen in the wide plantations moving forward at a quick step without | a sign of hostility, except where'a curve in the road or | thecrossing of a stream furnished the pursuers. With a single meal a day toeach army, and slight intervals for rest, the pursuit and retreat con- tinued three days and nights. 2y the masterly disposi- n, of Virginia, the Quartermaster General of the army, who had previously surveyed this river with a view to such a result of a campaign as the present, boats were in readiness at Irwin’s , and ‘the army of Greene passed over the Leon on the of February. ‘The division of Williams eluding the enemy, crossed Over the next day, swit the horses of cavalry, and pursued by G’Hara until within a short dis- tance of the river. Thus ended this celebrated retreat of two hundred and thirty miles from the Cowpens, wally across North Carolina into Virginia, and which composes one of the wort snteteting Chapters inall-n nulitary men Con- t roman: iedmont country throug! which it was made—its projecting mountains near at hand, and loftier ones in the distant view; its lovely vales and noble rivers swollen by floods—the battles and skir- mishes of the two armies, and Ele of the partisan corps and individuals—literally ‘‘hair breadth ’scapes and adventures by flood and field,” an imaginative mind could not attempt its description without bursting forth into song, and crowning ite heroes with wv ama- ranth. But it leaves the British General on the northern frontier of a third of the Southern States; shall that State led to his conquests? Frustrated in the object of his long and wearisome pursyit, he bad yet the éclat of a victor, in compelling his adversary to fee, and wisely concluded tomake the most effectual use of this attribute. After a single day’s repose he proceed- ed, unopposed, to Hillsborough, where we have seen the Legiclature and afterward the Board of War had been re- cently in session. It was, perhaps, fortunate for the State, at that time, that she had no great city to be struck al by the enemy as vital and. by impositions upon which general sybmission might have been exacted; but that her wealth and population were diffused oyer an ex- tensive territory, intersected by mountains, rivers, and morasses, the inhabitants of which were as little depend- ent on each other, except for good neighborhood and mu- tual defence, as they were upon the enemy. There was no permanent aid of goverament, and the Legislature rarely assembled in the same place twice in succession. The occupation of Hillsborough, the recent place of meet- ing ofthe General Assembly and the Governor, therefore, was, of itself, a circumstance of little importance. Lord Cornwallis, however, erected there the bake standard, and putting his printing press again in requisition, issued forth a proclamation assuming to himself the air of a conqueror, sting protection to persons and property, the liege subjects of his majesty toprove their loyalfy and duty by coming to the aid of his cause, and thus contributing to restore the blessings of order and good government. This appeal, accompanied by the most ri observance of ordér in the restraint of his troops from all trespass on person or property, was not without its effect upon the inhabitants of the country west of the Haw andnorth of Dan river, many of whom had been leaders in the resistance of the Regulation in 1771 and having been then overcome and forced to swear alle- giance to the crown, were now loyalists, as well from scruples of conscience as from dread of punishment. ‘The quiet of the conquorer did not long remain undis- turbed. After the fall of Gen. Davidson, on the Ist of February, we left his command, consisting of men from Mecklenburg and Rowan, routed and dispersed by a sur- prise from Tarleton’s cavalry, at Terrence’s Tavern, six of the British army, they collected. a force of seven hun- dred men, and followed the pursuing enemy. There being differences of opinion among the field officers, as to the chief command here, as in the case of cam peel at King’s Mountain, on the 11th of Februnry, they ¢ ted Gen. An- drew Pickens, of South Carolina, to the head of Davidson’s brigade. This distinguished partizan officer was at the surprize at Terrence’s, and had continued with these troops from that time, but without command, except of a few followers from South Cs Doubtless they could not have founda more skilful, gallant, and efficient leader. But the effect of this leadership has occasioned them to be mistaken by Lee and other historians for militia of South Carolina. Passing leisurely through the country after the British army, they effectually kept down the loyalists, and at dawn of day, on the morning of the 18th of Feb., a detachment of two comyanies of this force, by order of Gen. Pickens, aren and captured a picket stationed at Hart’s Mill, within a mile and a half of the head quar- ters of Cornwallis, at Hillsboro’. Retreating to a place of safety, in the direction of Stoney Creek, with,some five- and-twenty prisoners, Pickens had ordered “a halt, to allow those engaged in the night’s expedition te refresh themselv with tome breakfast, when an alarm was given of the approach of the enemy in force. Great was the joy of the cump, however, to learn that the advancing column was not Tarleton, with his famous cavalry, in quest of the captors of the picket, but Lieut. Col. Lee, at the head of his legion, who had been sent by Gen. Greene in advance,of ‘the main army, to keep an eye upon the enemy, and prevent, if possible, the jenctign of any loyalists to kis standard” This’ was the first meeting of these renowned leaders, who bgt ne rated so actively during the residue of the campaign. In- res correctly of the situation and move- ments of the enemy, and learning that Tarleton had been despatched westward, to encourage the loyalists beyond the How river, and escort to head-quarters any who de- sired to join the King’s army, they set out in pursuit, to cut off the communication, and, if possible, compel him to action. By a complete’ surprise on both sides, in the search for Tarleton, they came suddenly upon a body of six hundred loyalists, under Col. Pyles, who, inspirited by the apparent success of the British arms, and the pro- elaniationvor tity General, to take service under his flag, were on their march to Hillsboro’ with that object. Ex- pecting te meet Tarleton, they supposed the army of Lee and Pickens to be his, until they were overthrown, with terrible slaughter. Ninety lay dead upon the field, and nearly all the residue were wounded. Lee and Pickens, | hurrying forward, espied the camp of Tarleton in the | \ | Butler and Eaton, i On the American side the loss was | | evening, and were at the same time joined by Col. Preston, with three hundred men from the mountains of Virginia, who, having heard of the straits of Greene’s army on his retreat, were marching to join him, ignorant that he had paseed the Leon. But the united forces postponing their attack until the morning, Tarleton cluded their grasp, and made good his retreat to Hillsboro.’ General Greene having rested his wearied troops, and replenished his military supplies, and being reinforeed by 2 brigade of militia, under General Stevens, recrossed the Leon on the 23d of February, again to mancuvre with the enemy. At the same time, Cornwallis, filled with chagrin atthe disaster to Pyles, in the first considerable in- surrection in his favor since his entrance into the State, moved westward of Howe river, to be nearer to the settlement of the loyalists, and pre- vent the recurrence of a like casualty to his majesty’s faithful lieges. The British General, it must be noted, throughout the campaign, had two objects in view, after failing to overtake Morgan’s prisoners; the one to destroy Greene's army, the other to augment his own by recruits from among the loyalist inhabitants; and the aim of the American was as well to impress the loyalists by an exhi- Dition of his force and spirit, as the safety of his army and the annoyance of his adversary. ‘Taking position be- tween the upper branches of Haw river, General Greene re-established ‘his eoxpe of light troops, under the gul- lant and sagacious Williams, which he kept between the enemy and the main army. In a series of interestin; movements, assaults, skirmishes, and retreats, he bafil all the efforts of his opponent to bring either division of his army toa general engagement, until the arrival of a brigade of militia, under General Lawson, from Virginia, and two brigades from North Carolina, under Generals His army being now’ numerically au- perior to that of the enemy, he advanced to engage him in battle, and selected an eligible position at Guilford Court House. Lord Cornwallis, accepting the defiance, also moved forward to the conflict, which took place on the 25th of March, 1781, and became the assailant. Neither our limits nor your patience will allow an extend. ed description of this, perhaps, greatest battle of the seuthern war. It is well portrayed by Marshall, Lee, Johnson, and Lossing. Suffice it to remark ; that the order of battle, the sagacity, the calm self. possession, ready resource, and courage of both Gene rals was admirable ; that few engagements exhibit instances of greater daring and persevering bra- very than were manifested by individual officers and men, and whole corps—that rarely have militia with- stood the shock of veteran regulars, popicees by artillery, better than did those of Virginia, under Stevens, and Lawson, and Campbell, and never did veterans thn in any field better illustrate heroism and discipline the First Maryland regiment under Col. Gamby and Lieut. Col. Howard, and the Delaware troops under Capt. Rich- mond; and but for the panic which seized the two North Carolina btigades, under Gens. Butler and Eaton, who had recently joined the army, aud were posted in the front line of the battle, under he boomi of cannon, and an approaching charge of the Brillsh under Lieut. Col. Webster, and who broke and fled with only a desultory fire, and the wavering and flight of the Second Maryland regiment, under ‘ord, late in the action, Gen. Greene must have ach’ d a complete victory. At the com- mencement, his force numbered more than two toone of the enemy, and after the flight of the militia of Eaton and Butler, they yet stood in the proportion 0s 3,200 to 2,000. Well, therefore, has it been observed by Marshall, that no battle in the course of the war reflects inore honor on the British troops than that of Guilford, They, however, were nearly all veterans. Those of Greene’ contained about five hundred of this class. Though retiring from the carnage of the day northward across the Reedy fork of the Hew river to the iron works on Troubles he effee(ed his retreat good order and troops, leaving to his adversary a “ gory bed?’ and barren iumph on the field of battle. His loss, in killed and wounded, amounted in all toabout four hundred; while that of Lord Cornwallis, according to the official account, was five hundred and thirty-two, including Lieut, Col Webster, the Ajax of his army, a friend “whom he loved, ond who leaned upon his bosom.” He was mortally wounded, and died some days subsequently, in Bladen, on the march of the army to Wilmington. “The Memoirs of , that ina sharp action at Whitsell’s mill, on fork, which occurred with William's light troops, days before thi: bnttle, thirty-two rifle shots were iely fired at Cel. Webster, by some of the best n riflemen under ¢ 1, who were placed in a th instructions to fire only at “special ob led the British column across the stream; \. ermination of his live was re: proper care on the wounded, with his manity, he issued A pulven in me form of s,proclama- ion, anno ¢ triumphant success of his Majesty’s arms, and, promi forgiveness of a exhorted all loyal law and order. columns, and thinned and crippled which had sus- tained a loss of near one-t , he discovered that the “vietor was himself overcome,” and the scene immedi- ately Gop md Thus for, his heart’s desire had been a general action. To obtain it, he had strained nerve and sinew, and all the resources of military ingenuity, strate- gem, and skill—had marched and counter-marched, full five hundred miles, through deep rivers and broken’ and ruinous woods, in heayy rains, and in the depth of winter; denied himself and his army the usual comforts of the camp, by the destruction of his baggage: to give greater celerity to his movements; he ‘attained it; he had driven his adversary from a fairly fought field, and tasted the sweets of victory, but found them like ‘Dead sea fruits.” The loyalists had not risen to join him, as he expected, and, mortifying as must have been the fact, he discovered that the salvation of his army depended upon immediate retreat. ‘The indomitable Green, on the other hand, refreshing and arra ving his discomfited forces at his first camp, after leaving the field, advanced in three days, to renew the ne and now experiqnced the seeing his late exultant enem place of a and that he conquest, by his long suffering, patience, prudence, cou- rage, and the bravery and fortitude of his troops. We shall not pursue the retrent of Lord Cornwallis by way of Cross creek to Wilmington, nor his march thence, nearly with the line of the present railroad, into Virginia, where, months, he was to surrender to Generat Washington, nor General Green, in his subse- quent march to the relief of South Carolina. But there was another invasion, in a different quarter, ee brief allusion to which our task would be in- As a part of his plan for the subjugation of the Stat Lord Cornwallis, about the time of. breakin, up his pete at Winnsbu: sent from Charleston a fan and naval force, under jor Craig, to take and hold the towa of Wilmington as a conyenieng ppst through which supplies might be furnished to his own army, which he expected to bring into communication with it. The expedition succeeded, and the town was occupied on the first of February. The only advantage, however, that it afford- ed to the army of invasion by land, was a convenient re- treat and abundant refreshments after the disastrous battle at Guilford Court House. He reached it on the 7th of April; and on the 26:8 uf the same month set off to unite in the attempt to overcome Virginia. ‘The post at Wilmington, which was occnpied by about three hundred regular troops anda numerous but varyit force of horas, Xe great’ Mncouragement to the deat fected im that pet of the State. m the firmness with which the republican cause had been maintained, and the more than doubtful success of the British arms in the late campaign, they had brought to observe @ prudent neutrality; but after the departure oy Green’s army into South Carolina, they acquired new confidence, and became a formidable foe. A detachment of this mixed force, under the immediate command of Major Craig, traversed the country with occasional skirmishes with the militia as far ‘eastward as the valley ef Neuse river, and seized the town of Newbern, and the war between whigs and tories raged in the dis- trict between the Cape Fear and Pedee, with a firceness raiely surpassed in border contests. Generals Brown, Owen, Wade, Willis, and other patriot leaders in that re- gion, besides encountering this domestic enemy in skir- mishes and assaults without number, fought with them an unsuccessful battle at Beatie’s Bridge and pial 4 Creek, a branch of the , and General Butler, wit the militia of Orange county, metand repulsed them, but without a decisive result, at Linley’s mills, on Cave Creek, in the county of Chatham. The chief of the tory commanders, if not the head of their forces, was David Fanning, who in his correspon- dence styled himself “Colonel of the Royal. Militia,” and who has left a character in the traditions of the country associated with every crime savoring ofrapacity, revenge or cruelty. Always well mounted, and accompanied by a band of kindred spirits, he swept over the country like a Camanche chief, surprising parties of whigs when off their guard—he often gave no quarters. In lying in ambush or uncing upon them at their homes, be seized and mur- lered or tortured the obnoxious patriots, and then plun- dered and burnt their dwellings, By a series of bold ad- ventures, he took the {own of Cross Creek, now Fayette- ville, captnred the whig militia officers ot the county of Chatham, when sitging in court martial at Hillsboro’, and byte sudden descent on Hillaborough at dawn of day, ut the middle of September, seized and carried of tl Governor of the State. He outlived the war, and took re- fuge in the loyalist settlement of Nova Scotia. Mr. Sa- bine, whose sketch of Fanning, in his lives of the loy- alists, is exceedingly brief, in illustration of his charac- ter asan outlaw, relates that when General Marion of South Carolina admitted to terms, Major Gaines, a celebrated loyalist, and a party under him, Fan- ning was specially socion as excluded from the bene- fits of the arrangement, is quite corres; \s with the corsair name he has left to our times, in his old haunts, on the north side of the Carolina border; and caused him with two others only, to be specially excepted from the Tega of the act of pardon and oblivion passed by the roud satisfaction of fleeing before him, to a d_ delivered a State from isture at the conclusion of peace. fhe Governor who was so unfortunate as to become his prisoner, was His Excellency Thomas Burke, an Irish gentleman, bred to the profession of medicine in his na. ive country, but had renounced it for that of the law in this. @fa bold and impetuous temper, a ready writer and speaker, and ardently att to the ican cause, he had been one of the great conductors of the contest with the mother country in the colony, and had had a large share in the formation of the consiitution fur the government of the State. From this work he was immediately reinstated to the Continental Congress, 0 which he had been an active and conspicuows member, from Lecember, 1776, until his election to the office of Governor, in the first part of the year 1781. He appears to have left his seat in Congress, at Phfladelphia, and gone as an amateur to the battle of Brandywine; and his €lection to the chief magistracy of the State, in this crisis, is presumed to have been in some degree attribu table to to the energy and ardor of his nature, which might have rendered him a successful leader in the field, Being some forty miles distant from the nearest approach of these marauders heretofore, he was completely surprised, and without, military’ at tendants, in a small village, was carried off with- out difficulty. Hurried, by long and rapid marches, through forests and pathless tracts of intermingled san and swamp, threatened with nal violence, and pil- iegee of every thing except the clothes he wore, he was elivered 4 is savage captors to the custody of Major Craig, on the 23d of September; and, by an outrage on every principle of justice and public law, he was com- mitted toclose confinement, under pretence that he was a prisoner of state and not of war. Being transferred to Charleston, where General Leslie was in command, he was paroled, as a prisoner, to James Island. The island was, at this time, (Dec., 81 and Jan., ’82,) infested with lange numbers of tory refugees, driven to seek protection under the British arms by the recent success of Gen. Greene in recovering South Carolina, and driving in their forces to the garrison of Charleston. To these Governor Burke, from his past history and official station, was an object of such deep hostility as to endanger his personal safety. To an application for a parole to his own State, orsome other Southern State, or to be exchanged for an equivalent, or, ifall these should be refused, then that he might be transferred to some other place for his personal safety, no direct answer was made, but he was given to understand that none of his requests could be allowed, and that, at the solicitation of jor Craig, he was to be detained, indefinitely, to the end, that if the victorious Fanning, or any tory leader whom this British officer had employed, should be taken, and suffer Rp shment under the laws of the State, there might liation upon him. It was now the seventh year of the war, and the sixth after the national declara- ‘tion of independence; the American cause had recently acquired renewed confidence and stability from the sur- render of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, which occasioned the evacuation of Wilmington by Major Craig, from the resnlt of the battle at Kutaw Springs, and the consequent retirement of the British army to Charleston, and from the arrival of large reinforcements to Gen. Greene from the northward, under GeneralsSt. Clair and Wayne. The individual thus subjected to degradation and insult was a high spirited and urbane gentleman, accustomed to the observances of refined life, and the deference habitually yielded to his position. Officially, he was the first magis- trate of one of the thirteen independent States, and the third person in succession who had performed the func- tions of that station. In the outset of the war, Great Britain affected to treat all Americans as mere rebels without regard to their governmental organizations; and the dignified reply of Gen. Washington to the haughty note of Gen. Gage, at Boston, justifying such a course, in which he announces to the British commander-in-chief, “if your officers, our Prisoners receive from me a treat- ment different from what I wished to show them, they and you will remember the occasion of it,’? will readily occur to the reader of history upon the statement of this ques- tion. But in the progress of the contest, this pre- tension had been relaxed into the observance, for the most part, of the rules of civilized warfare ; and the duty of humanity to prisoners, and dgfer- ence to their rank among their countrymen, had been recognized, not only in not enforcing close con- finement, but in exchanges of rank for rank, or its equi- velent. But in this instance, chicanery was resorted to, and it was alleged that although continental officers were xo far respected] as to be subjects of exchange, a like character could not be extended to the militia ‘or State officers. The Continental Congress certainly had given no color to this attempted distinction; on the con- trary, upon the second invasion of South Carolina in 1778-0, when Richard Caswell, a soldier of renown, filled the executive chair of North Carolina, that body, at the urgent request of the delegates from South Caroline, had, by resolution, requested him to take command, in person, of the militia force he had ordered out to aid in her de: fence, with the rank of a Major General in the continen- tal line, and subordinate only to General Lincoln. And to negative, in the most unqualified manner, this weak pretension,’ Brigadier General Rotherford of the North ‘arolina militia, whom we well remember, was taken pri- soner at the defeat of Gates, had been recently exchanged, and returned to his own State, after a confinement of twelve months at St. Augustine, Florida, ‘The close confinement of Governor Burke, and his parol only to limits in which he was in constant danger of as- sassination, was therefore in contradiction of recent pre- cedent, as well as of all just principle, and could be vindi- cated only by that new version of public law, lately acted upon in the Carolinas, by which whole communities of eaceable ng were claimed as privonera, and each Eran forced to's parol of non-reslstanee, or clone confine. ment, and by virtue of which, the laménted Hayne had been’ recently put to an ignominious death, by a military order, without a trial. That it did not produce retaliation, in a summary and exemplary manner, ean only be accounted for by the near ap- proach of peace, and the determination’of his captivity Py the act of tho prisoner himeelf, Stung by the vant o¢ reazect with which he had been treated from the day of his seizure, and that he was detained without limit of time, as a hostage for the safety of bandits and outlaws who had forfeited their lives to the municipal laws, and whose depredations were still continued in the State. Under his government, he advised the most rigorous pan: ishment on those culprits, should they be apprehended, pout regard tohis own safety, and being , his own life was in jeopardy from th WY 5 made good his he two days afterwards General Lealie the following letter. January 18th, 1782. Sir—You will please to reeollect that I wrote to you en the 30th of last month, req American lines, and informing you that my person was in , fom the refugees who were exceedingly entious, and to whom persons of my political character are meenliariy chneziovs ; therefore, that if granting my pedient, it would be necessary to remove me to some place where my person might be safe. ‘@ parole, within the les, and whom I entire impunity. that these might design inst me, and knowing that fear of punishment ‘would not restrain men themeelyes secure even from discovery; I felt a if sperehensice, of presentation to you had not pro- cured your notice, so far as even to indude you to nian ‘me, | saw no pr of being relieved from my dange- roussituation, and I concluded such noglect of my per- sonal safety, would justify my withdrawing my person, But though I carried this resolution into effect. I do not thereby intend to deprive you of the advantage which my eer, by the rights of war, entitle you to. I purpose returning to my government, and there to expect an answer from you te the following proposition. I will en- deavor to procure for you a just and reasonable equiva- lent, inexchange for me, or if that cannot be affected, I will return within your lines on parole, provided you will pledge your honor that I shall not be treated in any man- ferent from the officers of the Continental army when prisoners of war. This proposition will, I hope, be sakaacior, and will leave you no doubt that in with- drawing I had no dishonorable intention. I am, &. THOMAS BURKE. To this letter no reply wae directly made, bat ina cor- respondence- which ensued between General Leslie and General Green, and the latter officer and Governor Burke. @ discussion was had on the propriety of his withdrawal under the circumstances of the ease, and his rights, as the first civil officer of a State, and the commander-in- chief of her militia, when in a state of captivity, which, had we leasure to parsue, it would be found to be among a mort Interesting chapters on public law, in the history of the Revolution. ret or stern casuistr; may pronounce upon a breach of le, in any ane all circumstances, there can be no doubt that the treatment to which he was ted was @ gross national indignity and wrong, for wl tonement was due, and perl should have been exacted; and that his ay prehensigns for his pereenal safety were not vain or idle, far Washi ton—who wag at this time a prisoner within the Bri lines, having beentaken at the battle of Eutaw Springs, and was familiar with the desperate character of the tory refugees on ea’ Island—to declare that he would sooner go into a dungeon than take a parole on that island, in its then situation. Governor Borke returned immediately to the State and resumed the Y Washipecpedaa but voluntarily retired from Es life at the next ensuing session of the Legislature. ‘con afterwards, in # cartel for the exchange of prisoners, between General Greene and the British commander, an equivalent was allowed-for his ransom, and he was re- lieved from the delicate and painful embarrassments in which he had been involved by his captivity. Having had occasion to refer to the Statute Book, that faithful and authentic source of instruction in the his- tory of all nations, and especially of free governments, in tinies of peril and revolution, I eannot omit to eall to yonr attention, in connection with a period of dread and loubt through which we have passed, an act of the Legis- lature at the first session after the proclamation of peace, held in April, 1783, respecting those citizens of the State who had espoused the cause of the enemy “ in the late unhappy, war.” It is entitled ‘An act of Pardon and oblivion,” and declares ‘‘that all and manners of treasons, misprisfon of treason, felony, or misdemeanor, committed as above, since the fourth day of July, seventeen hundrod and seventy-six, by any person or persons whatsoever, shall be pardoned, released, and put in total oblivion,” with the exception of certain notorious bandits and other criminals, those who had taken commissions and acted as officers under the British government, and those who had een named in confiscation laws passed during the war— an aet of grace and nimity worthy of the heroic, but Christian and forbearing, spirit, which bad triumphed in the struggle just ended. 1 am conscious‘of so tedious a narrative, that I shall not abuse your patience by the reflections to which it might naturally give rise. My object has been to present, in outline merely, but in chronological order, and natural connection and dependence, some of the leading events in the struggle for our common freedom; of which my native State was the theatre, after it had became a contest of arms. Although this hag been done with a prolixity and ‘a minuteness of reference to time and place, far exceeding the limits of good taste, ina discourse for the hour, be- fore an audience unfamiliar with the localities described, it is at best, I fear, but a peeve and defective presenta- tion of the subject. I trust, however, in the retrospect, it may not be whally unprofitable in the researches of the student of history. As the rapid course of time hurries us further and further and further from the e) of the revolution, filling up the intervening space with the great events of the two succeeding gencrations, its characters aud incidents and places are becoming more and more ob- jects of curiosity and interest. If I shall have contributed to unfold a leaf in a single book of {this great epic of the nation, I shall regard the occasion, allowed by the honored invitation of your society, as an opportunity for the ful- filment of a patriotic duty. I cannot, however, omit to remind you that while wede- ght, like the Athenians in the time~f Demosthenes, “to praise ourselves, and tell of their trophies,” that al- though the scenes which have been imperfectly present- ed to your view were enacted in a far distant part ofthe country, they, in their nay, excited sensations which vi- brated’ from Maine to Georgia—that every well aimed rifle on the banks of the Catawba, or Cape Fear, and every successful conflict of Greene, Morgan, Williams, Da- vidson, Devie, and their associates, aided so much in thinning the ranks and overcomi: commander-in-chief, who, at that ver time, held his heedquarters in the city of New York— You | the power of a British | “never found in New York. HITCHCOCK & LEADBEAT- thatthe foree there opposed to him was a joint | force of men of the Carolinas, Virginia, \ Ma. Marylrnd and Delaware, and that the general who ma. neuvered and marshalled it, in its more important and decisive operations, with a readiness of resource, a skill, | and valor, never suspected, was a citizen of Rhode Island. It was, therefore, a union of effort for » common end; the expulsion of ucommon enemy, and the establishment of a common liberty, which, under the Providence of God, yas nobly accomplished. Such is the lessen we darive foom our fathers. our children, and, in ages and generations to come, may they assemble in the same fraternal spirit in which we are met to-night, to mingle their sympathies and keep bright the recolleotion of a common glory, citizens of the same free, happy, and United States of America. A Splendid Toilet Article.—Dr. Debay’s Ni- oukrenoleo, or Medicated Compound, for restoring, pre- serving and beautifying the hair, is an acquisition te the toilet of ladies and gentlemen in which the utmost con- fidence may be placed, emanating as it does, from one of the most learned and’ indefatigable chemists im Europe, and from whom the recipes and processes of manufacture were obtained in 1848, on behalf of the present. proprie- tors, whose attention had been called to the article from its astonishing efficacy in restoring and_ beautifying the ir, in many cases heretofore unprecedented. It is, ia truth, Nature’s own remedy. That Debay’s Nioukreno- Jeols'a preparation of unequalled power we, have the most indubitable testimony. The constantly increasing demand for phe the most respectable families and in- | dividuals in the city,of New York and elsewhere, proves it to be the best article for the skin and hair the world has ever produced. It rouses the vegetative functions, which [ase fe, rand beauty to the fibres; it removes dan- | ir uff and all other impurities from the scalp and hair, be- stowing upon the one a snow-like whiteness, and upon the other a silkiness and lustre which has never been equal- led; and elthough, by improperly employing injurious em- brocations or greasy mixtures, the hair may have been rendered hars! (Preventing the appearance of having been recently curled with a hot iron) or turned gray, it will, by the use of Debay’s Nioukrenoleo, or Medicated Compound, become pliant, elastic and exceedingly beau- tiful. Debay’s Nioukrenoleo is a purely vegetable pre: paration, and positively free from any injurious or dele- terious substance. Those who purchase and use it will not be disappointed with the result. It does not stain the skin or soil the bonnet, and is delightfully fragran’. New York, Oct. 21, 1852.—A kind friend introduced to my notice Dr. Debay’s Nioukrenoleo, which has been used in my family with beneficial results. I consider it one of the most valuable preparations for the hair ever offered to the public, and cheerfully bear testimony to its sape- rior excellence and utility. William Currie, (of the firm of W. &J. Currie, Brokers, No. 45 Wall st.) No. 173 Twelfth street. For sale by E. French, Bookseller, No. May we improve and transmit it to- 185 Nassau street; T. J. Crowen, Bookseller, No. 599 | Broadway; Dewitt & Devenport, Booksellers, Tribune Buildings; Mrs. D. Sargent, No. 1 St. Mark’s place, and Booksellers generally; also in Brooklyn by Mrs. Hayes, No. 175 Fulton street, to Dr. E F. DEBAY, (care of F. French), No. 155 Nassau street. ‘Wigs and Toupecs.—Medhurst & Heard’s manufactory for these articles is celebrated in all parts of the world. “Persons wishing a light, elegant, and durable wig or toupee, warranted not to shrink or change color, can be surely suited. Also, braids of long hair, front braids, &c, 27 Maiden lane, ' Cut this out. ‘Wigs and Toupees.—Batchelor’s New Style of wigs are pronounced the most perfect imitation of na- ture ist invented. Those wanting a very superior article should ¢all at BATCHELOR’S celebrated wig factory, No. 4 Wall street, where can be found the largest and best assortment in the city. Copy the address. Hatr —Batchelor’s Celebrated Liqu! hair dye ii best yet discovered for coloring the hair or whiskers the moment it is applied. The wonderful ease and certainty with which this favorite and old esta- shed hair dye performs is astonishing. It is for sale, or applied, at BATCHELOR'S wig factory, No. 4 Wall street Tnyon’s Kathatron.—The most delightful tojlet article; and effective remedy for dandruff, nervous Neadache, loss or change of color of hair, in the world. It requires but one t: to natisfyall. Sold by the trade generally throughout North and South America, Europe, and the islands of the ocean, in large bottles, for 25 cents. Sold by Rushton, Clark & Co.; C. H. Ring, corner John street; Rice & Smith, 726 Broadway, New York; Mra. Hays, 146 Fulton street, and Radcliff & Brothers, 189 Atlantic street, Brooklyn. Wholesale depot, 161 Broadway. D. 8. BARNES. Ladies and Gentlemen suffering from Nor yous Debility, just step into Rushton & Clark's, 165 and 273 Broadway, or 10 Astor House, and obtain one bottle of Watts’ Nervous Antidote. It acts upon all diseases ie nee by any disorganization of the nervous system, ike magic. It is warranted vegetable and perfectly harmless. Gouraud’s Liquid Hatr Dye is, without ex- eeption or reservation, the very best ever invented. Be- ware of puffed dyes,’ Kqually’ celebrated is Gouraud’s Medicated Soap, for curing pimples, freckles, sallownoss, chaps, roughness, &e. Poudre Subtile uproots hair from any part of thehody, Liquid Ronee, Lily White, and Hair Vie) abs Wr Hakko Atrewl, Bear Mrumdway, N. B.—Letters must be addressed | I Trade in each Season's New Goods only. The surplus is sold off irrespective of cost, at any loss. Fine clothing, cloths, cassimeres, v 333 Broad- way, corner of Anthony street. GEORGE P. FOX, tailor and cloth importer. L. Braudies & Letters Tesucd September 16th, 1861.— Manufacturers of bronze ¢o- lors, gold, half gold, silver and metal leaf factory, corner of Bond and Pacifie streets, Brooklyn, office No. 11 Cedar street, New York, beg to publish their greatly reduced viz. :—No. 4,000, $6 ; 3,000, $5 50; 1,006 85 ; 800, ; 600, $3; 200,'81 60; lens ten per cent’ discount Eo on six months terms. Qur long and favorably | own bronze colors are extensively used for bronzing iron, brass and wooden ware, japanning, label printing, ete., ete., and will compare favorably with any Eeportel article, although far, far cheaper. New Yor, January 8, 1853. Engravings and Artists’ Materials.—The finest assortment of French, English, and German en- wings, plain and colored, together with superior lish canvas, oil colors, drawing materials, mathema- thical boxes, brushes, lettering pencils, and gilders’ tools, for sale, wholesale and retail, by W. SCHAUS, 303 Broadway, up stairs. Pench ind “ oc by the Grst'men of the country, for coughs, colds, }, sore throat, and other pulmonary com: its. Clay, Taylor, Benton, Van Buren, and other dis- Yoguished won, have secomtacnien thts really good safe meld bY Mrs. so em, No. 366 Broadway ; street, Chesnut, Philadelphia, and druggists generally. oa, 6 The Whole Secret.—As Green is juenth; asked to disclose the secret of his Seep aise waking business, he has determined to make it public, for the benefit of all whom it may concern. Listen! It con- sists of four w fite, invariable puictuality. For illustration, call at GREEN'S, Nov Aster House Gentlemen’s Three Ply Linen Collars.—All the latest patterns, of superior quality, are ready, whole- sale or retail. Our extensive assortment of winter gloves and brass! yg is now offered at retail — prices very low. PEREGO & SON, No. 61 Nassau street. Fine, Pure White Diamon: Four lots of fine diamonds, unsurpassed for quality or beauty, for sale, at market prices, in lots to suit, at 381 iway, up stairs, DAVID RAIT, Importer. Hecker & Brother wish Familes who use their self-raising patent flour, to observe that the best bread fs made by adding in the proportion of at least one quart of cold water or milk to three pounds of flour—the less mixing the better—just sufficient to thoroughly wet the four. Bake immediately, in a deep pan, not more than half full, and in a well heated oven. The flour should be weighed, and the water measured, for the sake of accuracy, which is important. ‘Wet Linens! Wet Linens!—The like were percarat.— ER, 347 Broadway, corner Leonard street, have just pur- chased a large lot of the celebrated Richardxon’s linens, slightly wet, but not injured, which they will sell for 25 cents a yard. If any of our Renders are troubled witha Sona sore throat, mumps, rheumatism, tooth or headache, we advise them to purchase a bottla of Dr. To- bias’ celebrated Venetian Liniment. It will certainly cure them. Should it fail, the doctor returns you the mo- ney, so there is no risk in purchasing this artisle. All Gruggists keep it. Depot, 240 Greenwich street. Elegant Wedding and Visiting Cards— Silver bordered and plain, beautifully engraved; splendid wedding envelopes, of the latest styles; fine silver door plates, a great variety of patterns; consular, notary, and society seals; heraldric devices of every description. EVERDELL, 302 Broadway. Cristadoro’s Celebrated Liquid cha the hair instantly to a beautiful black or brown, while ‘hts preservative and beautifier stimulates its growth, and Perpetuates its luxuriance to the latest period of lie. e dye is applied privately, and both sold at CRISTADO- RO’S, No. 6 Astor House, and by druggists generally. Superb and Magnificent 1s the Effect of a two shilling cake of JONES’ Chemical Soap on bad, coarse rough, or chapped skin, making it smooth, soft, an white, curing eruptions, freckles, salt rheum, and scurvy; and equally beautifulon the hair is Jones’ Coral Hair Restorative—it dresses the worst hair superbly, makes it grow, &c. Depot, 403 Broadway. Try these fine things. en ADVERTISEMENTS RENEWED EVERY DAY. aa SEE THIRD AND SEVENTH PAGES. -@a WANTS. “4 SITUATION WANTED, BY A LAD, SEVENTEEN years of age, from Bremen, Germany. He speaks peal nllah fluently; reads, writes, and translates the French and Spanish languages, Is satisfied with a small compen- sation the first year- The best of reference given, with security, if required. Address Harmann Fedeler, care of E, & D. H. Fitch & Co., Worcester, Mass. PARTNER WANTED—MUST BE AN ACTIVE BUSI- ness man, well recommended, with a capital of from three to five thousand dollars. Itis a drag business, of the latest and most approved order, and prospering. Ad- dress box 105 Broadway Post Office USTRALIAN .GOLD MINES.—THE SUBSCRIBER, who has had much experience in mining and smelt” ing in some of the principal mines and works in England, added to an experience of several years in the manage: ment and examination of mines and mineral landa in the United States, is now at liberty to treat with responsible houses or individuals for a situation, either on shares or ata fixed salary, (Cor one year or longer,) to visit Austra- lia, California, or other countries of mining celebrity. The subscriber (who is a member of the Sons of Tempe- rance) can produce the most res) ble references as to ability, &e., &c. Aires, pene Australia, care J. H. Ash, Be ‘ork. q., 396 Broad RESPECTABLE YOUNG MAN WANTS A SITUA. tion as groom and coachman; he perfectly under. nds his business in all its branches. 8 Ki city re- nd can be well recommended by the gentleman he Inst lived with. Address Thomas Irvine, 155 East Twenty- firet street, near Third avenue. Can be seen for two days. LADY WHO INTENDS LEAVING FOR EUROPE IN A May, wishes to engage, for a few weeks, a respecta- person, to cut and make dresses. No one need apply who does not perfectly understand dressmaking. Re- ferences will be required. Apply at 129th street, first house west of Fourth avenue, Harlem, this day. RESPECTABLE YOUNG GIRL WANTS A SITUA- tion as chambermaid and seamstress, or to mind Children; has no objeetion to go as waiter. Has good city reference. Can be seen for two days. Call at 93 Delanoy street, in the rear, a fi VERY RESPECTABLE YOUNG WOMAN WANTS A situation as cook. Is an excellent washer and iron- er. Would do the general housework of a small family. Has the best of city reference. Please call at 97 avenue A, first floor, front room. YOUNG WOMAN WANTS A SITUATION AS SEAM- stress. Understands dressmaking and family sew- ing. No objections to the country, or to take care of children. Can be seen for three days, at 89 Division street, in the store. N ACTIVE MAN, THAT HAS OF HIS OWN MONEY from $2,000 to'$3,000, and can keep a set of books By single entry, in a business of sixty thousand dollars per annum, can haye a good situation a short distance West, by addressing M. & D, Bucklin, 84 Duane street. RESPECTABLE GIRL WANTS A SITUATION AS seamstress in a respectable private family; can do ali kinds of sewing very neatly, also embroidery, and does faucy work; would have no objection to chamber- work. Apply at her present place, 116 Leonard strect. OY WANTED IN A BROKER'S OFFICE—ONE WHO is smart and intelligent, and can come well recom- mended for integrity and activity, may apply at 169 Chat- ham, corner of James street. OMPOSITORS WANTED—AT E. 0. JENKINS’ PRINT. ing office, 114 Nassau street, Bea eae TTT ‘ANTED—BY A VERY RESPECTABLE FNGLISH woman, @ situation as nurse; is capable of te- king the entire ebarge of an infant; has lived fourteen months in her last situation. The best of city reference given. Apply at 158 Weat Fifteenth street, between Seventh and Kighth avenues. Can be seen for two days. ANTED—BY A COLORED WOMAN, A SITUATION as cook; bent of reference for the three years. Can be seen at O4 High street, Brooklyn. in the a. Ww" 'TED—BY A RESPECTABLE. GIRL, A SITUATION a8 cook, washer and ironer, or to do the general housework in a small family. Good eity reference from her last employer. Please call at the corner of Hoyt and Baltic streets, South Brooklyn, second door, first floor, Can be seen for two da; ANTED—BY A RESPECTABLE PROTESTANT young woman, @ situation as chambermaid or Y is a first rate washer and ironer. Apply at 28 Madison street, first floor. WAxmay 4 RESPECTABLE YOUNG LADY, A sitaaiion as mamasizece and hair dresser, or would go as stewardess, or travel South with a lady; vo references given. Can be seen for two days. Ware A YOUNG, RESPECTABLE GERMAN dress 8. A., Broadway Post office. girl, a situation ax chambermaid and seamstress, in a respectable American or German family. Apply. to. morrow, between 11 and 12 o'clock, at the Ageney of the German Society, opposite 191 Reade street, ANTED—A @ITUATION, BY A PROTESTANT oung woman, as seamstress, for two months; the lady she is with will be from home during that time. Compensation expected, six dollars per month. Inquire at 164 Sixteenth street, between Seventh and Eighth ave- nues. ‘ANTED—BY A RESPECTABLE YOUNG WOMAN, A situation as cook ina private family or most re- spectable boarding house; ratands the business in all ite branches also, bread and pastry . The best of city reference furnished. Can be seen for two days, at 204 Elizabeth street, one door from Prince. NTED—BY A. RESPECTABLE SOOTCH GIRL, A ‘uation as chambermaid or waiter in a small family, and to do plain sewing. Can give sped city refer- ence. 'Can be seen for two days, at 204 one door from Prince. ANTED—A SITUATION, BY A PROTESTANT GIRL, W as chambermaid and waiter, or as general house servant. The very best of city reference as to and capability. Please call at 287 West Twenty-sevent street, all day Friday and Saturday, till 12 o’elock. ANTED—A SITUATION, AS CHAMBERMAID OR nurse, by a German girl, who speaks English. She has the best references recommending her as faithfal, amiable, and competent to please. May be seen at Mr. Banhardt’s, 157 Mott street. ‘ANTED — A SITUATION, BY A RESPECTABLE qfQuns Woman, as cook,’ washer and ironer; i ao- commodating, and a good baker. Can be seen for two days, at Ne. 137 West Thirteenth street, front basement. Has the best of city reference. 'ANTED—BY A RESPECTABLE YOUNG WOMAN, a situation as nurse and seamstress; is a shirt and dressmaker. Good city reference given. May be seen for two days, at No. 317 First avenue. ‘ANTED—BY A RESPECTABLE WOMAN, A SITUA- tion a8 good plain cook and good washer and iron- er, or to take full charge of an infant. Satisfactory refe- rence, Apply at 194 Varrick street. ‘ANTED—BY A RESPECTABLE PROTESTANT We etaatioa to general housework in a rivate family, or chambermaid, or to take charge of a Raby ‘and do plain work part of the time, or take ¢ of an old couple ; has no objection to travel Has best of city reference. Can be secn for three or four days. Please call at 100 Mulberry street, rear building second floor. ‘ANTED—A SITUATION, BY A_ RESPECTABLE young woman, as good cook; is a first rate washer andironer. Can give the best of city references. To be seen, for two days, at 146 First avenue, second floor, back room. ‘ANTFD—BY A RESPECTABLE YOUNG WOMAN, a situation as good cook, washer and ironor, in a small private family. Thorouglily understands her busi- ness, Is@ good baker. Good city reference. Please call at 71Seventh street, between First and Second avenues. Can be seen for two days. ANTED—SITUATIONS, BY TWO RESPECTABLE young women; one as chambermaid and laundress, the other todo plain sewing or take care of ehildren, oras waiter. The best of reference. Can be seen for two days at 57 Mott strect, in the front basement. ‘ANTED—BY A RESPECTABLE YOUNG WOMAN, W a situation as first rate cook, in « private § or a respectable private boarding house ; she thoroug] understands her business. ‘The: best of city” relerenge can be given. Can be seen for two days. Apply at No. 142 East Twentieth street, near Third avenue. ‘ANTED—A SITUATION, BY A RESPECTABLE GIRL, as cook, washer and ironer ; is a od baker, Has lived with one family for three yeurs. dest of city reference can be given. No objection to go in the coum- try. Can be seen for two days. Apply at 206 Division street, up xtairs. W 2 NIED_BY A RESPECTABLE GIRL, A SITUATION, She is a good plain cook, an excellent washer and ironer, understands general housework, and is highly re- commended. Apply at 62 Grove street, third story, rear, ‘ANTED—A SITUATION, BY A RESPECTABLE. young woman, as cook; understands baking and pastry; is an excellent washer and ironer. Best city refer- ence given. Inquire at 181 Ludlow street, front second floor. ‘ANTED—BY A RESPECTABLE YOUNG WOMAN, A W situation as cook, or to do general housework in = rivate family. Good elty reference given. Apply at 140 ulberry strect, second floor, in the rear. Can be seen for two days, if not engaged. WANTED—BY A RESPECTABLE YOUNG LADY, A situation. Understands ing perfe well; also has served her time at the millinery; wishes to work at the same. No objections to leave the city. Please to enquire, or address, M. C., No, 57 Madison street. ‘ANTED—BY A YOUNG MAN, A SITUATION AS salesman in a staple jobbing or commission house; has a 2 acquaintance South, and lived many years West. ry moderate, permanency most . Un- hes references given. 8 NERO., Herald office. ‘ANTED—A SITUATION AS PORTER IN A BANK or store, or to collect bills for any respectable mer- cantile establishment, or as private watchman. City re- ference given, and a deposit of from $800 to $600 will be made, as security for the faithful performance of any trust committed to his care. Please address a note to J. E. 8., Herald office. ‘ANTED—BY A YOUNG MAN, OF A GENTEEL and good address, and sober and industrious habits, a situation as porter eral man in a store; is willing to make himself generally useful. Can invest’ or accommodate his employer with fifty or one hundred dol- lars. Good city reference. Please address or call, for two or three days, at No. 38 Mulberry street, front. Warr SILKWINDERS AT 61 EXCHANGE ANTED—A COOK, WHO UNDERSTANDS FRENCH cookery perfectly. She must have good mendations. “Apply at 61 Tenth street, between Fifi Sixth avenues. U]7 ANTED—A SUPERIOR COOK. NONE OTHER NEED and apply. She must have the best of recommenda- tions. Protestant preferred. Apply at 110 Fifth avenue, at 10 o'clock. . ANTED—AN ENGLISH OR WELSH COOK. SHE must come well recommended as to capability and character, Nene fates wend cook need apply. Ad- dress A. B., Union aquare Post office. ANTED—AN EXPERIENCED FOREWOMAN FOR A laundry. She must have a thorough practical knowledge of the business, and be accustomed to the management of workers, Satisfactory testimonials ne- covsary. First rate hands only may a M. 8. D., He- rald office. RUG CLERK WANTED.—ONE FULLY COMPETENT D to take charge of ‘a retail drug store, and having ‘ood testimonials as regards capability, industry, and jonesty, may apply, before 10 o'clock A. M., at No. 71 Canal street. ANTED—A PERSON FULLY COMPETENT TO DO the general housework of a small private family; also, a middle-aged woman, to take charge of the and cook. The best city reference required. Apply at Mercer street. NGINFERS WANTED.—AN EFFICIENT ENGINEER ted, capable of taking charge of a railroad depot and machine chop. in the island of Cuba. Also, an engi- neer to run an engine on a sugar plantation. Apply to THOMAS OWEN & SON, 156 South street. QHIRT CUTTER WANTED.—ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS the business can get good wages and a permanent place. Apply at 79 William street, in the basement. \ALOON.—WANTED—A PERSON WHO IS COMPETENT © to take charge of a first class restaurant. None need apply who cannot give security in the amount of $500, with good and respectable reference for caysbility and in: tegrity. Inquire at the Museum Saloon, corner of Fulton and Orange streets, Brooklyn, from 10 to 12 A. M. REANS.—A LADY OF RESPECTABILITY and pleasing address, well qualified and ac- customed to ihe business, is desirous of a situation to at- tend a reeeption room, or would go into the business with a gentleman well qualified and of undoubted character. The advertiser has some money, and could furnish some Dauguerrean materials. Please address Proctor, Daguer- rean, Broadway Post Office, for one week, with real name and addvess. FA TRADE.—WA) ‘TED, A YOUNG MAN FOR A retail tea store—one who understands his business. Address ‘Tea Trade,’’ Herald office. NO WATCH CASE MAKERS.—WANTED.—A YOUNG man, thoroughly acquainted with the wateh case making, in all its varieties, to take charge of a shop, where an interest in the business will be given ng a compensa- tion. Une having a few hundred dollars preferred. Please address Mechanic, at the office of this paper, with real jai concerne nt fournir de bons rensei York, désirerait se placor S’adresser A Mr. re, Herald dans une may office, SALESMEN, ANTED~AT 114 NASSAU STREET, W clerks, porters, men on railroads And steamers, coachmen, waiters, and boys to learn trades. Places for ANTED—BY AN aoe HOUSE OF GENTLE- men’s furnishing is, an experienced clerk, as assistant in the wholesale line ; none other need apply. Also, a trustworthy, robust, and active young ac. nainted with the city, to act as porter. Please Post Office, box No. 3/8, in own handwriting, with name and references, stating the last place of em it. ANTED—A COLORED MAN, AS WAITER IN A Ww private family; one who thoroughly understands his business, and can bring the best of references. No others need ‘apply. Apply between 4and 5 P. M., at 40 Fast Fourteenth street, between Broadway and Univer- sity place. ANTED—A RESPECTABLE LAD, IN A LAWYER'S office. One who has had some experience will be preferred. Apply, with a specimen of handwriting, to 7 W SMITH & NOBLE, 111 Nassau ‘ANTED—A SWISS OR FRENCH MAN W, W who perfectly understands the service of the table, and who has good city reference, and who can speak Eng- lich, Callat 15 Bond street, from 10 to 11 A. M. ANTED—FOUR OR FIVE ACTIVE, INTELLIGENT men, of certified honesty, who have the gift of gab, to peddle a small sized, saleable article, in this city. Compensation moderate, Address 0. Herald office. rANT#D—A SMART, ACSIVE BOY, TO ASSIST AT the books—one wt writes a good band, and is quick at figures. Apply wt.Q0 Cadar street, up stairs. ANTED—A PORTER, WHO JS ACQUAINTED WITH his bisine.s, ina hovel. Inquire at the Claren- don, from three to six o'clock, this day. TANTED—IN A SHOE STORE, A YOUNG MAN. from sixteen to seventeen years of age, of address, None need apply bat (hose who gan give good Apply at 161 Auantio street, Brooklyn. » BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE city reference \ TANTED — AT THE 4 amart girls ready. Applicants enclosing one dollar, free of po tating particul AV addey oder, Agent, office, No. streot, Brooklyn, Protestant, Catholic~and colored girls, ax cooks, ehambermaide, nurses, n-tressos, general houseworkers, &, Apply early, with good recommendations, for good " this offi. pt