Carolina Watchman

              tu dollaks per aiinuin in advance j^uents inserted at«lper«qu»re for the first , nts for each subsequent insertion court or per cent higher _======= 0^3 at bemis hehjhts by j t mi-ai)i.i"v r took arnold's division from him dgave it to general lincoln so that the second hattie of the 7th of oc \, r occurred he the best and the brav | most successful general in the f.,v was without a command theout j was enough to madden a less stor re than his and he immediately jenianded a passport to washington it '. « wanted ; but on a second thought he 1 it would have an ugly look to the army on the eve of an impor . veiii'iit and resolved to remain iu vas in ihe camp when the cannonad the till of october commenced and our may guess with what feel the roar of battle which was ever to li stormy nature as the thun , 0 artillery shook the ground on which 1 followed by the sharp rattle of try hi impatience and excitement . do longer restrained he walk i about in the greatest agitation now n.'r to listen to the din of war and - _- the fiercely ascending vol smoke that told where the fight ah ! who can tell what and lierce purposes of were then and there born in his x mkj it is terrible to drive the despair the hero of quebec tin and ridgefield to whom the ge and perilous march were > panted like a war horse for was here doomed by an ineffi himander to remain inactive his i*ers were rushing on death ■ him and sudden resolves and o emotions kept up such atu his bosom that his excitement at . ted almost to madness unable l<<n__'-r to restrain his impulses be called like the helpless augereau for vaulting to the saddle he rode around thc camp in a tempest of a.i length a heavy explosion of ery making the earth tremble be n burst on his ear he paused nt and leaned over his saddle en plunging his rowels up to the bis horse launched like a thun away he was mounted on a in spanish mare named war r lhe hero of hunker llill worthy rider and which bore him like the ilo the battle - lold to gates that arnold had id and he immediately sent irong after him but arnold g this and determining not to be tck a had been done before spur msly amid the ranks and as the former approached him galloped into the and thus the chase was kept up an hour until at length armstrong p'ett up and the lierce chieftain had it way i loaded by rage and disap ent almost into insanity he evi w was resolved to throw away his mi ami end at once his troubles and his a'fer where the shot flew thickest bat black steed was seen plunging - i the smoke and where death lown the brave fastest there his as heard ringing over the tumult is no longer the cool and skilful of it the headlong warrior reckless his splendid horse was flecked :). and it seemed impossible that rider could long survive amid the fire which he so wildly galloped — the ollicers thought him intoxi tah so furious and vehement were his yemenis and so thrilling his shout as "■ nis sword sweeping in fiery circles bead he summoned his follow * to the charge once wishing to go wone extremity of the line to the oth ls'ead of passing behind his troops he cf'"i in front and galloped the whole '- mce through the cross fire of the com ;-':■. while a long huzza followed him e the highest rank on the field his *• ere obeyed except when too des nefor the bravest to fulfil and re ' n no orders himself he conducted t^k battle his frenzied manner , in appeals and fearful daring in ' w spirit into the troops and they -' ' alter him shouting like madmen fleetly beside himself was he with tltement that he dashed up to an ofli ho did not lead on his men as he " ed ind opened his head with his fl it i . n was every where present and le fust line of the enemy so vi .../_'}• ihat it at length gave way bur i moving up his left wing to cover )■ e hurled three regiments with rflble impetuosity upon it that it js°ke aqd fled while the british ere taking desperate efforts in 4on°f the ield 0 s,ay lhe revers ne ° battle he pressed on after bur over the batteries and , obstacle till at length he ***** the whole army back into the carolina watchman bruner & james ' editors df proprietors \ " keep a check vv all yovk s new^eriest rulers do this and liberty < j gen'l harrison ) number 5 of volume iv salisburytntc friday jvne4~l84^7 camp not satisfied with this he prepar ! ed to storm the camp also but once be j hind their entrenchments the british ral i lied and fought with the fury of men struggling for life the grape shot and i balls swept every inch ofthe ground and it rained an iron tempest on the american ranks but nothing could resist their fiery ! valor on on they swept in the track ofj their leader carrying every thing before j them the sun had now sunk in the west and ' the night was drawing its mantle over the scene arnold enraged at the obstinacy of the enemy and resolved to make one more desperate effort for a complete vie ! tory rallied a few ofhis bravest troops1 about him and rousing them by his en thusiastic appeals led them to a last charge on the camp itself m you said he to one '• was with*me at quebec you in the wil derness and you on champlain — follow me !" his sword was seen glancing like a beam of light along their serried array — the next moment he galloped in front and riding right gallantly at their head through the devouring fire broke with a clatter and a crash into the very sally port of the enemy where horse and rider sunk together in the earth — the good steed dead and arnold beneath him with his leg shattered to pieces the same leg that was broken at the storming of quebec this ended the fight and the wounded hero was borne pale and bleeding from | the field of his fame only to awaken to chagrin and disappointment there is but little doubt that when he violated his orders and galloped to the field he had | made up his mind to bury his sorrows and disappointment in a bloody grave — would that he had succeeded and saved himself from the curse of his countrymen and the scorn of the world ! from the n (). lice llth insl texas troops a company of ninety-five volunteers from shelby county raised under a special or der ofthe war department for service on i lhe texas frontier have arrived at aus j tin under capt m t johnson a company from red river county un ' der captain sims left austin for san an ! tonio about the 1st inst and a company of 85 under capt jas smith passed aus i tin with the same destination about the ' same time almost an entire regiment is now assembled at san antonio it is probable this force will be organized by colonel hays and will proceed at once j to mexico we understand says the galveston news that the long contested question relative to the landed estate of the late gen s f austin have been finally settled by the execution on the 5th instant ofthe act of partition by all parties concerned in ac cordance with the compromise made of record in the supreme court five years a go by this final settlement the title to three-fourths ofthe lands of gen austin is quieted iti#his sister mrs j f perry this settlement of title to a large amount of the choicest lands in texas is of great importance to the public the wacoe indians have recently for med a new settlement oh the clear fork of the brazos about 150 miles above tor rey's trading house the steamship yacht capt crane made the passage from this port to gal veston and back in the short time of 14g hours with full freight and passengers being the shortest passage that has been made with steam by two days the brig merrimack left galveston for this port on the morning of the 15th in stant woman — she is often the occasion of much trouble and mischief to man uor her he toils and slaves — for her he left paradise — for her he blows his brains out — and for her he makes a confounded fool of himself in a variety of ways notwith standing woman is a blessing her in fluence over our rough hewn sex is as mild as the moon ou the tides and twice as powerful the moral fragrance that surrounds her is as sweet as the odors lhat rises from a field of white clover and her beauty makes her one ofthe most in teresting living ornaments of society that wears either legs or wmgs i don't care whether you mention a bird of paradise a butterlly or a straddle bug — dow jr xlf the " albany evening journal says that gen scott gave santa anna a " hasty plate of soup at cerro gordo ; and if he had not been served with fleet hor ses he would also have honored him with a fire in the rear the hon jesse speight u s senator from mississippi died at his residence in lowndes county in that state on the 10th inst aged about 50 years mr speight was a native of north carolina it is supposed that the first of french steam ers hetween havre and xew york will leave havre on the first of june she is called the , l'lloa i from the holly springs miss gazette general taylor an officer of the regular army who has ! been on terms of intimate personal inter course with gen taylor for most of the time since he was ordered by the presi dent to march to the left bank of the rio grande was at memphis a few days ago and give the following as « fixed facts in regard to the old hero : 1st that although he looks upon a u states bank as an ' obsolete idea yet in all other respects he is a whig a clay whig — a whig all over 2d that he will not refuse to be president of the united stains if such should ap pear to be the wish of the american people — believing with the illustrious lowndes that th'e chief magistracy is an of fice which should neither be sought nor refused lieutenant moye of one of the edge combe companies and lieut andrews the wayne company have returned from mexico in consequence of their continued bad health they passed through here for their homes on thursday last their representatations of the extensive suf fering from sickness of the north caro lina volunteers are in coroboration of o ther accounts a good many have died the new hanover company has suffer ed as little as any other we understand if not less this company with one other ofthe regiment had gone from camargo to monterey to escort a wagon train the north carolinian ofsaturdaysays : we have just seen a letter from sergeant marsh of the cumberland and bladen company in which it is stated that seven of that corps have been cut off by lhe mexicans and taken prisoners their names are corporal askew a w thomp son james thames robert wilson reu ben jones robert mitchell wm r sikes wilmington chronicle from the raleigh register of may 18th the swamp lands — it is known that the state owns a large body of reclaimed swamp lands in hyde connty which have been drained at great expense are im mensely valuable and will eventually if not now yield a rich revenue the man agement of these lands is committed to the president and directors of the liter ary fund who were directed by the last legislature to dispose of the whole or such portion of said lands as them seem ed most advisable for the purpose of obeying this requisition ofthe legislature and with a view of ascertaining from per sonal observation the present condition of these lands the president of the board gov graham attended by ex-governor morehead and western r gales mem bers of the same left this city on satur day last to attend the sale of said lands advertised for the 20th inst the board will be absent obout a fortnight we understand says the union that mr thomas sully of philadelphia is now in washington engaged in painting the portraits of the president of the u stales of the secretary of the navy at the re quest and at t he expense of the t wo societies of chapel hill n c of which they are alumni mi polk was associated with the dialectic society — judge mason with the philadelphia society the portraits will be completed before the originals leave this city on friday next to attend the com mencement of chapel hill no praise from our pen can add anything to the re putation of mr sully his name alone is a sufficient guarantee of the portaits and the beauty of their execution mr pakenham — we learn from the union that this gentleman left washing ton on saturday afternoon in the cars for baltimore on leave of absence from his post as envoy extraordinary and min ister plenipotentiory in the united states the union understands that after visiting canada he will proceed to halifax and there embark lor liverpool in the steam er which is to leave boston on the 1st of july mr pakenham on saturday morn ing presented john f crampton esq to the secretary of state as charge d'af fairs ofthe legation during his absence " a nut for the abolitionists — the tal lahassee sentinel of the llth inst says — " there is now as we are most credi bly informed a young negro man living in jefferson co in ihis slate who unable to endure longer the condition of degra ded isolation poverty and destitution in which the northern free blacks drag out a miserable and precarious life actually effected his escape from pennsylvania came to st marks by sea and is now liv ing in contented servitude in the family ofa respectable resident of that county whig candidate for congress — in the edenton district the whig convention nominated david outlow as the candi date of that party for congress whig majority of the district nearly 800 asa biggs will be his locofoco competitor a whig candidate in this district — the last wilmington chronicle took us by surprise in announcing wm r hall esq of brunswick county as a candidate for congress in this district composed of the counties of new hanover onslow duplin sampson brunswick columbus bladen robeson and cumberland fayetteville observer • a quaker turned roman catholic — on the i 4ih of march hapiism according to the roman ritual was conferred by dr brown of wales and afterward confirmation upon mr jabez m gibson till then a member of a society of friends mr gibson has spent a considerable '' time in jeastern travel and brought with him j from the jordan the water which was used in his baptism two years since he met at the boose ofa common friend near rome the pre ! sent pope then cardinal archbishop bishop \ of imola and discussed with topics of religion n y observer capt louis d wilson the edgefield ad vertiser printed near lhe residence of gen bon ham recently appointed lieut col ofthe 12th regiment of infantry has been promoted to the rank ol colonel col wilson of norlh caro lina has declined the'eommand ofthe regiment to which gen b is attached " rough and ready bonnets the milli ners of new york have bought a now style of bonnets called " rough and ready — thev are represented as a regular overcoming affair and beat the famous " kiss me quicks carolina watchma x incidents of the revoll tion in xoi&l'li carojliifa for the watchman salisbury may 3 im.47 messrs editors il is greatly to be regret ted that so many of lhe stirring events ui out war of the revolution have not been recorded i mean those individual instances of heroism and desperate hiring wliich characterized the parly warfare between whig and tory ; and it is remarkable that so few of the many brave and intelligent officers of our army have writ ten of the events of lhat day lee and williams and perhaps a few others have left histories which are at best hut sketch es and scarcely touch upon the partizau warfare to which i allude many years ago the legislature of north carolina passed an act authorizing the late judge murphy lo write a history of the state and it is understood lhat he collected a mass of facts in relation to this subject that were inter esting in the highest degree ; and it is to he much deplored that the result of his labors has so long been withheld from the public should they ever be given lo the world i have no doubt lhat they will unfold many a tale of true patriotism and rescue many a name from oblivion lhat richly deserves a nich in the tem ple of fame would south carolina now cherish with such deep devotion lhe names of marion henrv and jasper if their fame had been left to lhe regular historian ? fortunately for them and the world weems has built them a temple that shall last so long as freedom is cherished ; and yet all their glory was won in this partizan warfare of which i speak north carolina was a field upon which some ofthe most striking events of ihis warfare took place the retreat of green and morgan from south carolina into virginia passing through north carolina hotly pursued by cornwal lis — the subsequent return of green into this state and consequent battle of guilford gave rise to a warfare between whig and tory apart from the grander operations ofthe opposing ar i mies that richly deserved a separate history in whatever direction the grand armies mov ed this partizan warfare was seen to arise ; and no where was it more fiercely waged than in lhe d norlh state but alas ! messrs edi tors the actors are no more and a meagre tra dition is all that is left and even this has near ly passed away occasionally however we meet an old man who still treasures a few anec dotes ofthe revolutionary war lhal he heard his father tell and this constitutes nearly all thai is left to north carolina but much is yet o he hoped for from he papers of judge murphv caruthers in his hf of caldwell and foote in his misnamed honk have ii is irue embodied a few incidents ofthis interesting warfare bul their meagre records only the more forcibly re minds us ol the immensity of lhe loss we have sustained by suffering even tradition to wear out i throw these remarks together as introduc tory to the publicalion of the following sketch of the doings and character ofthe notorious col fanning whose deeds of daring cruelty won for him a wide spread reputation for infamy second to none of lhe kindred spirits who followed in the train of the british army the sketch was furnished me hy the highly respectable and intelligent genlleman whose name is found attached to it ; and i publish it without authority offering to its author the sketch itself as an apology for giving it to lie world a m henderson randolph county n c ) march 30th 1847 $ dear sir : — in compliance with a promise i made to you at salisbury on our first acquaint ance to give you such sketches of the life aud character of the tory colonel i>i>i i fanning as i had or might be able to obtain ; this heing our court week i applied to several ot the oldest men i could find who resided in that section of this countv where fanning and his party were mostly sheltered and protected in the time of the revolutionary war bul could obtain from them very little more than a confirmation of what i had before heard which i now send you i re moved to randolph in 1792 which bein but a short time after the war and the facts stated be ing made to me by colonels collier clark dou gan and olher gentlemen of respectability who were often in pursuit and sometimes came in contact with fanning and his party that as lar ! as it goes i have no doubt of its correctness — i can obtain no information where fanning was raised or from whence he came ; bul believe he must have been a citizen of this county for soma time before he became a tory colonel bom the fact that he married a miss kerr in ! ibe b l corner of ihis county and had such influence over the people in ihat section that they almost to a man joined his standard or give him aid and assistance in such way as they could fanning took his brother-in-law william kerr with him frequently although only lb years ol age which brought him into some difficulties alter ihe close of the v:.v kerr became a respectable citizen and w~as much esteemed by all who were acquainted wttli inni until his death wiiich took place but a few years ince you will recollect that col wellborn said fan ning hired himself as a substitute fora man who had been dialled to go against lhe cherokee indians that he deserted returned lo randolph and became a tory wellborn is older than i am lived in lhe county at the time and of course ought to know more about those circumstances ihan i do : but he appeared nol to know where fanning was born raised or how he first came to the county : we are both now old and no doubt our recollections tire very imperfect the largest body of whigs in randolph re sided near the old court house and the guil ford line ; ihey were mostly all family connec jj<»ns of irish descent and had some vears be tore removed en mass from pennsylvania and settled together in that neighborhood they all professed the same religious opinions and politics for hey were all true presbyterians and true , whigs 1 hey consisted of the fami lies ot the clark's dougan's sharp's gray johnson s collier's bell and others m of whose posterity still live in this countv i was told by this patriotic band lhat they were sel dom able to raise more than 70 whigs at any one time in randolph to pursue fannin after he had been committing depredations upon them that colonel galaspie of guilford and his neighbors frequently came to iheir aid and was on all occasions able lo disperse fanning and his partisans for although a murderer house burner and plunderer fanning was not brave he usually retreated on the first fire and instead of retreating in regular order as is usu al in civilized troops ihey hed to the woods and squandered in every direction which made it dangerous for the whigs to seperale and go in pursuit on one occasion thomas dougan who was afterwards colonel of this county in pursuringa tory who he determined to kill or make his prisoner ventured so far from his company that he was surrounded by the tories and became their prisoner when taken to fanning he was sentenced to be immediately hung the rope was tied round his neck and a barrel provided for him to stand upon until the other end was tied to a limb of a tree don gan told me himself that he felt every thing that a man could feel except the pangs of death or he had no idea that fanning could be prevail ed on to revoke his sentence fanning's men who did not approve of ihis cheap and short method of disposing of prisoners called him a side and remonstrated with him on the cruelty ol treating prisoners in this inhuman manner and in setting the whigs so dangerous an ex ample which they would undoubtedly follow and string up every tory that fell into their hands those arguments had their effect and saved lhe life ofa worthy and intelligent whig who was much esteemed by every vvhig and dreaded by every tory who knew him on one occasion fanning and his troop call ed at a smithshop to get their horse shoes repair ed where he met with a young man of the name of bland who had for a time served under him but had withdrawn himself with a hope that he would be permitted to live at home iu peace ; fanning charged him with being a deserter stabbed him several times with his sword and then shot him and alter turning him over with his font to sec that ie was dead said the d — d rascal would never deceive him again at another time fanning and bis troop met a man who had staid the night before at mr bell's atid was on his way tn fa.yetfeville : the traveller had ik warned »< his danger by mr bell hut replied le was under no appre hension of l>cin_r interrupted by either party as he never had acted with either hot remain ed n«"«tral in the great political trite \'< ;' in tin's he was mistaken for when he till into fanning's hands he was hung slript l hi clothing horse baggage c and left lying naked in the road l;i the evening of that day on hearing lhat fanning atid hi iroop was in motion the whigs collected and went in pur suit ; on seeing the dead body of the traveller who was recognized hy beii with whom he staid ttie night before they pushed with ad speed in expectation that fanning was near fanning and his men after hanging the travel ler repaired to tie house of a frien i mr spinks and were amusing themselves with fiddling and dancing the whigs rame on them o unexpectedly that they and the lories before th'-y could mount were intermixed will each other some shots were interchanged on each side but i never heard lhat anv man on either side was killed or wounded the tories fled in evi-iy direction and fanning who was on the swifiesl nag kept ahead : he was pursued by john merrell who knew him and shot at him as his mare jumped down lhe ban ot foil creek wiiich occasioned mer rell to over shoot bim at a n ji lie r time he started on a sund iy morn ing lo make an excurtion on the w l.igs near randolph old courl house on his way he came lolbe house of coi bellhur a respecta ble gentleman who was silting in his door rea ding his bible one of fanning's company shot him through the shoulder his wife and sister seized him in iheir arms and while in this po sition fanning with a pistol shot him through the head and after plundering the house pro ceeded about ten miles further to the house of william millikin a staunch whig whom be no l.,uhl intended io treat in the .„„, way but mell.k.i being froin h(llli f jf h j\°_?an ho,:gll him9e,f gafe i »»* *-*• bou»e fanning burn he house and proceed ed three miles further to ihe house of colonel colvm a man whom he dreaded and had fre quently seen in his rear when on a reireat lie turned his wife and children out of doors and burnt the house afier travelling two miles further he came lo the house of one bryan who had a short lime served in his troop but was afterwards drafted and bad been out with our militia : he called bryan to lhe door and shot him down while surrounded by his wife and children fanning then proceeded with his iroop to the house of william bell on deep river on the road which leads from salisbury to raleigh : bell having for safely repaired to the ameri can camp leli none at home but his wife and negroes but fortunately aboul g or 8 of the neighbors armed as was usual came in : when be tories rode up wilhin 10 or 4 yards and made a halt the old lady who had the voice ofa stentor and a spirit like lhat of a washing ton or lee give orders so loud that fanning and his men could hear il to those within to throw open all the windows take good sight and not draw a trigger until thev were sure of bringing a man down this give fanning a fright which caused him to retreat wiih.nl do ing further mischief except burning hells barn he next went to the house of a mr dougan the father of col dougan before mentioned and as he was not at home conclude.4 •' ■ ■ • » . i i :. ■ iis ior a house and burnt it also 1 being now late in the nignl fanning and his men went two miles further to lhe house of me franklin who was said to be a tory refreshed themselves and horses and started early in the morning but not before lhe whig came in sight on lhe opposite side of the deep river tanning did not do them the honor to give them one tire but retreated with his host franklin '" e rea ho was shot down hv one of the b'gs tins was ihe greatest sabbath day's work banning ever did in randolph he com muted two murders burnt three houses one barn and was so much alarmed by the com mands given by an old woman mrs bell that he and his iroop hed in haste at another time some of fanning party brought in a prisoner of the nam f hunter whose residence was in south carolina at the time be was brought fanning and his troop had fed iheir horses with bolh bridles and gad dies on to be ready in case of an alarm which 1 nave been told was their usual custom he told his prisoner that as soon as dinner was over he would put him to death : ordered a maid tu attend to him and hunter who was permitted to walk a few paces backwards and forwards with his guard at his heels kept gradually ap proaching where their guns were stacked with an intention to snatch up one and shoot fanning which he thought would he some gratification should he have to leave his world the next min ute tanning observed his movements direc ted the guard to keep him further off lest he should snatch up a gun and kill some of them he was then removed near to where tbe horses were feeding passed several times near fan nmg s favorite mare the red doe which was known to be the fleetest nag ;„ the troop at ne spring hunter seated himself in ihe sad die and the red doe was off like a flash of lightning in full speed ; several guns were fired after him bul they shot high ibr fear of injur ing the line annual he was on and only ono ball reached him which passed through his shoulder without fracturing a b ne this whole troop mounted and followed in pursuit ; but hunter had lhe start and the red doe was able to beat lhe fastest nag they had at least ono hundred yards in a quarter ofa mile hunter soon was out of sight and feeling himself much exhausted by the loss of blood left the road to his pursurers and look lo the woods where in got water and bound up his wound lie was afterwards secreted amongst the whigs until he got well fanning regretted much the loss of his fine mare and circulated reports so that it might come to hunter's ears lhat if the mare was returned he would do hunter no further injury but if she was not he would destroy hunter's properly and hang him if he ever again fell in to his power hunter disregarded his threats retained the mare and fanning carried his threats into execution as far as he could by plun dering his property and burning his house : lie never had tho pleasure of getting 11 inter into his possession aud hanging him as be had promised those facts were related to me l.y hunter in about the year 170 1 or •"*_. at a time he brought suit in our court against william kerr fanning's brother-in-law to recover dam ages tor the injury ibej bad done in plundering and burning his house tli soil was at last compromised and dismissed fanning and his iroops committed several in irders and other a trocious acts on the easl side of deep river in th.it section of the county where col wellborn then lived of which he can iv you a more accurate accouul than i am aide to do win i have related above nearly all took place mi the we.-t side of deep river judge murphy when collecting materials fora history <■; norlh carolina frequently had some ol fan ning's men with him nearly every night during one of our courts no doubl ihey related ma ny circumstances that never came to my know ledge i'he judge's papers afier his death i think passed into the hands of judge rufiin about the close of the war fanning fled to nova scotia and nevei returned to tbis county in the sear 1783 an act of pardon and obliv ion was passed by our legislature exemptino all persons who bad committed offences against the citizens ol t'.i state in the war from pun ishment excepi i'eter mallette david fanning aud :•' imuel vudrews many ol fanning's men were living in this county tor some years after 1 removed to it and conducted themselves as good cilizens but i never recoiled lo have beard anv of ihem re lale any thing lhat look place whiu thev were in his service they are all dead that resided in this couniy you may rely with confidence in what i have herein stated and i onlv regret that i have tut been able to put it in a better dress old age and careless habits in writing subjects me to many blunders which are not much improved by blotting out am making interlineations yours respectfully alexander cray dk a m hi-m)i:i_so supreme court at morganton james it dodge baa been appointed by tbis court clerk and has been duly qual ified a ncro being asked how late it was by his watch replied — sixty three minutes past half arter twelve — why you no hab a watch your self