i*_^_*.-?*o dollars per ann ■ ; • a^rdsementsir^rtcaatflr^rsoaaref^henm 0*1.13 for each subscqaent insertion court ur derscharged j per cent hi the battle of dresden on the evening approach st cyr wrote to napoleon the following ict t6r dbbsde?r 23d aug 1813 ) ti a at night \ « k ivp this afternoon the enemy ap proached dresden after having driven in o\tcl\-!lr we expected an attack this evening but probably it will take place to-morrow your majesty knows better than 1 do what time it requires for heavy artillerv to beat down enclosures walls and palisades the next night at midnight be des patched another to him announcing an immediate attack and closing with " we are determined to do all in our power but i can answer for nothing more with such young soldiers immediate on the reception ofthe first letter napoleon sur rendered his command to macdonald and turned his face tow aids dresden mural was despatched in hot baste toannounce lis arrival and reassure the besieged in the middle of his guards which bad march ed nearly thirty miles a day since the com ment of the war he took the road to the city to revive his sinking troops he order ed twenty thousand bottles of wine to be distributed among them but not three nd could be procured he howev er marched all next day having dispatch ed a messenger to the besieged to ascer tain the exact amount of danger said napoleon to the messenger gourgaud " set out immediately for dresden ride as hard as you can and be there this eve ning — see st cyr the king of naples and the king of saxony encourage ev ery one tell them that i can be in dres den to-morrow with forty thousand men and the day following with my whole ar my at day-break visit the outposts and redoubts — consult the commander of en gineers as to whether they can hold out hurry back to me to-morrow at stolpen and bring a full report of st cyr's and murat's opinion as to the real state of things away dashed gourgaud in hot speed while the emperor hurried on his exhausted army gourgaud did not wail till day-break before he returned he found every thing on the verge of ruin — the allied army was slowly enveloping the devoted city and when at dark he issued forth from the gates the whole summer heavens were glowing with the light of their bivouac fires while a burning vil lage near by threw a still more baleful light over ihe scene spurring his pant ing steed through the gloom be at mid night durst in t fierce gallop into the squares ofthe old guard and was imme diately ushered into the presence of the anxious emperor the report confirmed ins worst fears at day-break the weary soldiers were roused from their repose and though they had marched a hundred and twenty miles in four days pressed cheerfully forward ; for already tbe dis tant sound of heavy cannonading was borne by on the morning breeze at eight in the morning napoleon and the whole advanced guard reached an elevation that overlooked he whole plain in which tbe city lav embosomed : and lo ! what a sublime yet terrific sight met their gaze the whole valley was filled with march ing columns preparing for an assault ; while the beams ofthe morning sun were sent back from countless helmets and bay onets that moved and shook in their light here and there volumes of smoke told where the batteries were firing while the heavy cannonading rolled like thunder over the hills there too the french ar my twenty thousand strong packed be hind the redoubis vet appearing like a single regiment in ihe midst of ihe host that enveloped them courier after cou rier riding as for life kept dashing into the presence ol the emperor bidding him make baste if he would save the city a few hours would settle its fate napole on leaving his guard to follow on drove away in a furious gallop while a cloud of dust along the road alone told where his carriage was whirling onward as he approached the gates the russian bat teries swept the road with such a deadly fire that he was compelled to leave his carriage and crawl along on his hands and knees over the ground while the can non balls whistled in an incessant shower above him suddenly and unannounced as it he had fallen from ihe clouds he appeared at the royal palace where the king of saxony was deliberating on the terms of capitulation waiting for no rest he took a single page so as not to attract the en em s fire and went forth to visit ihe out er works so near had ll\o enemy ap proached that the youth bv his side was struck down by a spent musjket ball having finished his inspection and settled his plans he returned to the palace and hurried off couriers to the different por tions ofthe army that were advancing by forced marches towards the city first the indomitable guards ami the brave cuirassiers eager for ihe onset came pour lng in furious haste over the bridge the overjoyed inhabitants stood by the streets and offered them food and drink ; but though weary hungry and thirsty the fellows refused to take either and urried onward towards the storm that as ready to burst on their companions at 10 o'clock the troops commenced en j e,|lns the city infantry cavalry and ar ifcry pouring forward with impetuous tott — tlil tll(jre appeai'e o be no end the rushing thousands thus without ration did t!ie steadv columns arrive lay long rmd were still hurrying in u\ht 4 c!ock the attack commenced ft * u encs that covered ihe heights a un<i the city opened with their terrible tij 17 f a dl^kl t1\t a wt a np^ttit ir a t%t lilii l/aiumjin a w a 1 j hm an bruner & james / ' *._-____. _ keep a check vfon all your editors of proprietors \ is safe rulers do thi ax liberty ) series genl harrison number 0 of volume iii salisbury n c friday september 11 1846 fire and in a moment dresden became the target of three hundred cannon all train ed upon her devoted buildings then commenced one ot war's wildest st cyr replied with his artillery and thun der answered thunder as if the hot au gust afternoon was ending in a real storm of heaven balls fell in an incessant show er in the city while the blazing bombs tra versing the sky hung for a moment like messengers of death over the streets and then dropped with an explosion that shook the ground among the frightened inhabi tants amid the shrieks of the wounded and the stein language of command was heard the heavy rumbling of the artillery and ammunition wagons through the streets and in the intervals the steady tramp ofthe marching columns still has tening to the work of deat,h — while over all as if to drown all ; like successive thunder-claps where the lightning falls nearest spoke the fierce batteries that were exploding on each other but the confusion and death and terror that reign ed through the city as the burning build ings shot their flames heavenward were not yet complete the inhabitants had fled to their cellars to escape the balls and shells that came rushing every mo ment through their dwellings and amid the hurry and bustle of the arriving ar mies and their hasty tread along the streets and the roll of drums and rattling of armour and clangor of trumpets and thunder of artillery the signal was given forthe assault — three cannon shots from the heights of raeicknitz the next mo ment six massive columns with 50 can non at their head began to move down the slopes — pressing straight for the city the muffled sound of their heavy mea sured tread was heard within the walls as in dead silence and awful majesty they moved forward upon the batteries it was a sight to strike terror to the heart of the boldest but st cyr marked their advance with the calmness of a fearless soul and firmly awaited the onset that e ven napoleon trembled to behold no sooner did ihey come within the range of artillery than the ominous silence was broken by its deafening roar la a mo ment the heights about the city were in a blaze ; and the fifty cannon at the head of these columns belched forth fire and smoke and amid the charging of infan try the bursting of shells tbe rolling lire of musketry and the explosion of hundreds of cannon st cyr received the shock for two hours did the battle rage with sanguinary ferocity the plain was cov ered with dead the suburbs overwhelm ed with assailants and ready to yield ev ery moment the enemy's batteries were playing within fifteen rods of the ram parts — the axes of the pioneers were heard on the gates and the shouts and yells and execrations rose over the walls of the city the last of st cyr's reserve were in the battle and had been for half an hour and napoleon began to tremble for his army but at half past six in the hot test of the fight ihe young guard arrived shouting as they came and were received in return with shouts by tbe army that for a moment drowned the roar of battle then napoleon's brow cleared up and st cyr for the first time drew a sigh of re lief the gates were thrown open and the impetuous ney with the invincible guard poured through one like a resistless tor rent on the foe followed soon by marat with his headlong cavalry mortier sal lied forth from another and the young though weary and travel worn burst with cheers on the chief redoubt — which after flowing in blood had been wrested from the french and svfept it like a tornado those six massive columns thinned and riddled through recoiled before the fierce onset like the waves when they meet a rock and slowly surged back from the walls in the mean time dark and heavy clouds began to roll up the scorchin hea vens and the distant roll of thunder min gled with the roll of artillery men had turned this hot august afternoon into a battle-storm and now the elements were to end it with a bght of their own in the midst of the deepening gloom the allies now for the first time aware that the em peror was in the city drew off their troops for the night the rain came down as if the clouds were falling drenching the liv ing and dead armies : yet napoleon heed less of the storm and knowing what great results depended upon the next day's ac tion was seen hurrying on foot through the streets to the bridge over which he expected the corps of marmont and vic tor to arrive with anxious heart he stood and listened till the heavy tread of their advancing columns through the darkness relieved his suspense ; and then as they began to pour over the bridge he hasten ed back and traversing the city passed out at the oilier side and visited the en tire lines that were formed without the walls the bivouac fins shed a lurid light over the ilcld and he came atevery step upon heaps of corpses vhi!e groans and lamentatiuns issued from the gloom m every direction for thousands of the wounded uncovered and unbui ied lay ex posed to the storm dragging out the weary night in pain early in the morning na poleon was on horseback and rode out to the army taking bis place beside a huge fire that was blazing and crackling in the centre ofthe old guard he issuedhis or ders for the day victor was on the right ; : ; the resistless ney on the left over the ■ j young guard whilst st cyr and mar '. mont were in the centre which napoleon i ! commanded in person ! the rain fell in torrents and the thick ! mist shrouded the field as if to shut out the ghastly spectacle its bosom exhibited \ the cannonading soon commenced but with little effect as the mist concealed the armies from each other a hundred and sixty thousand ofthe allies stretched in a huge semicircle along the heights while napoleon with a hundred and thirty thou sand in a plain below was waiting the favorable moment in which to commence i the attack at length the battle opened on the right where a fierce firing was heard as victor pressed firmly against an austrian battery suddenly napoleon beard a shock like a falling mountain — \\ bile victor was engaging the enemy in front murat unperceived in the thick mist bad stolen around to the rear and without a note of warning burst with twelve thou sand cavalry on the enemy he rode straight through their broken lines tram pling under foot tbe dead and dying ney was equally successful on the left and as the mists lifted it showed the allied wings both driven back the day wore away in blood — carts ioaded with the wounded moved in a constant stream into the city but the french were victorious at all points and when night again closed over the scene the allied armies had decided to retreat — headleys " napoleon caul his marshals from the richmond whig groans of the britons many years ago this was a favorite phrase in this country whenever it was deemed necessary to refer to the com plaints of the british presses upon the pol icy of the american government but it has now ceased to be applicable and will soon grow into disuse a more appropri ate exclamation indeed is the line of soul hey " joy ! joy in london now !" an english paper for example speaks in the following language : " the independence packet-ship captain allen which has so often brought important in elligence from the united states arrived in his port from new york on sunday last bring ing thrj best piece of news which she has ever junveyed to this country — namely that of the lassing of the new and liberal tariff of duties m imports founded on mr walker's report brough the american house of representa ives by a majority of 114 to 95 votes no one can be surprized at the gratifi ation thus expressed when he isifiform d that the immediate effect of the intel igence by which it was inspired was the lugrnentation in price of the products of british mines and looms and a cotempo aneous decline in the price of american noduce with which the people of this country who are hereafter expected to consume a larger quantity of foreign fab rics are to pay for them we have no doubt lhat when the news of the final pas sage of the bill reached great britain there was a general jubilee among the master manufacturers and their opera tives—that every factory in the great man ufacturing districts was illuminated and that bonfires blazed upon all the moun tain-lops of cornwall and wales sue an ebullition of feeling would be just as natural as that the law which leads to it should produce gloom and despondency and fearful forebodings among american capitalists and laborers whose profits and wages must necessarily be diminished by the same measure which swells the alrea dy bloated coffers of british manufactur ers and augments the wages of those in their employment is not the *' experimental tariff of 1846 appropriately christened " the bri tish tariff can any one doubt it af ter these evidences of british delight at its passage and of the depressing influ ence it has already exerted and which must necessarily be much more seriously felt hereafter when time shall have been afforded for a full development of its ef fects in our own country 1 with much more propriety indeed may the cloth weavers and the iron-masters of great britain erect a statue of gold in honor of secretary walker the great champion of foreign over american industry than the sugar makers of cuba who we were some time since informed had it in contempla tion to confer upon that gentleman a dis tinction which in our humble judgment will be a monument of his treachery to interests which it was his especial duty as an american statesman to protect a gainst foreign competition so far as the legitimate exercise of the powers confer red upon the government by the constitu tion would authorize if the american states were still colo nial appendages to the british empire and our legislators sat in st stephen's ; chapel we should have expected to see such an act passed as that which is greet ' ed with so much delight by the press and people o great britain but that an a ' merican congress should have deliberate : ly attempted to strike a death-blow at i ' great interests which have grown up un , tier the fostering influence of the legisia j lation of its predecessors and in violation , of all the experience of the past and of f all the maxims left for its guidance by the ( statesmen who framed our political sys c tern and shaped our national policy for t nearly half a century is as incomprehen sible as it is humiliating it ought not to be forgotten that the blow struck in 1776 was not for political independence exclu sively our wise and patriotic revolu tionary ancestors were not less desirous to break the yoke of commercial vassalage by which the enterprize of our people had been systematically fettered and the de velopment ofthe resources of the country retarded and yet that yoke has been fastened upon our necks by our own hand — wreathed with flowers it is true by those who have done the deed and who hope by beautiful dissertations upon the cosmopolitan influences of " free trade to induce the people to submit to its gall ing pressure this we beg leave to say is no new idea nor is it of whig paterni ty before vice president dallas had bartered thesettled convictionsof his judg ment for the second office in the gift of the people he had advanced a similar sentiment " how has the tariff become incorporatad almost inseparably in our code of legislation asked lhat gentle man in is in the same speech in which he asserted that bis opinions were in flexible but upon one subject and that was in favor of the protective policy " the answer he continued may seem to carry me somewhat farther than any of its advocates have yet gone ; — but my re flections lead me to the conviction that it the protective system is a legiti mate scion of the revolution — that the protection anil encouragement of | our own manufactures were objects contem i plated by the sages and soldiers of that great epoch as alike the proof i and security of our indepen dence the power to regulate com merce and thus to keep our industry and resources subservient to her continues mr dallas was conceded by the colo nies to the mother country it was how ever one ofthe leading powers of sover eignty the efficiency of which underwent frequent canvass and to the enjoyment and exercise of which they aimed the mo ment the word independence was j uttered the design ol great britain was to extort revenue on articles exported thence to the colonies here and which she prohibited the colonies from manufactur 1 ing for themselves hence independence resistencc to the revenue acts and the es tablishment of our own factories were si multaneous and associating ideas so speaks george m dallas in 1832 and yet we now see him in obedience to a • party decree and in opposition to his own convictions giving a vote as the presi ding officer of an american senate such j as might have been expected from a mem ber ol tbe british house of lords strik ing down that system which in 183 he ; solemnly and truly characterized as " a legitimate scion of the revolution and i was alike the proof and security of our independence !" we heard " the groans of the britons : in 177g and they have been familiar mu | sic to our cars with occasional intervals ever since but if the existing system is . to be maintained we shall hear them no more their shouts of joy will hencefor ward ring in our ears the groans will be heard at home ! from the montgomery ala journal poor old north carolina it has been the custom time immemorial to sneer at north carolina ii\\e has been always the moon fur the baying of puppies of every de gree she has been misused and aspersed from the date ofthe theft of her declaration of independence up to the present moment her " honest poverty " has excited the derision of the mean-hearted of every state — especially of those whose morals are as lax as their soil i fertile the last and most insolent ofthe news paper paragraphs attacking her appears in the locofoco news,1 published at marion in this state we give the article at length : poor old north carolina ! — this bee tea of the confederacy still wants the school master she sticks to her whiggery like her rosin to her pine irees we despair of ever seeing hei right herself until the late devises some means of educating her population won der if they have heard that gen harrison was dead yet and have not unwittingly voted fur tip and tyler too the wilmington jour nal ofthe 14th inst gives election returns from many of the counties in that state acknowl edges that the democrats are ' shamefully beat en and says that the article communicating this melancholy result is penned with mortifi cation and sorrow so doubt of it friend jour nal your columns display too much good sense and correct judgment in regard to the best in terest of our common country not to make the editor hang his head in shame to see his friends and neighbors voting to sustain men and meas ures at war with their best interests i sever say die however rub out and at em again see what happy results are flowing from the self-sacrificing labors of missionaries in ota heite and other heathen lands tin force ofthe first sentence of th at:icle , quoted we are compelled to admit is altogether ' ost to us as we do not remember to have heard if bcetea before it is doubtless some place of ad repute in south carolina to which our na ive state is assimilated but what are its fex 1 ict peculiarities i we wish to know that we n properly repel the charge ot insult if any , ouched in the comparison vv e confess iguor ince on the point ; and in order to induce the ditor of the news lo enlighten us and them . ve will admit as to this the ignorance of all our ' ellow citizens of north carolina a friend at ur elbow supposes that ourcotemporary inten led an allusion as classical as severe to biro ia impertinent as are the remarks of the e new we will not hint that he has committed so egregl0_3 a blunder " bo*tk.v !" v.01 carolina does adhere to her whiggery like her rosin to her pine trees her first blow in the cause was the meeklcnbi.r de claratton in 1776 her last is the re-election of graham in 1846 stick to it yes is always " honest and true we will admit that fully and we feel proud when we think ot it i hat she has devi^d no means of educa lion for her people is a libel she has a large location fund which will never be stolen bv locoioco-bank-robhcrs as has been ihe case in some mates ; and though poo she has no bonds or sale in wall street as the highly educated stale jackson county for instance of ala bama has at go cents in the dollar ! it is true she has no cast-iron statesman as little gascony has but while the names of gaston badger stanly and graham remain to her and while the least worthy and gifted of her sons furnish the materials lot presidents and foreign ambassadors and while she continues free from the taint of treason though in close contact wilh jt_whi!e her bonds are ood as sold i;i the market she will not avoid as she has never sought a comparison with any of her neighbors and one tiling is demonstrated she will never be turned from the even tenor ol her way by the barking of all the puppies in tne union whether from the kennel of mr calhoun or gen jack_o_-^r_ot eve will/old ritchie to lead the pack ii recession of alexandria to virginia it is with pride and pleasure ve an nounce that by a vote of the people of the town and county of alexandria taken under the provisions of an act of congress that portion of the district of columbia originally ceded to the general govern ment by the state of virginia lying south of the potomac river has been retro ceded to the parent state and will henceforth again become a componenl part of the old dominion the vote ta ken on this subject which will be founc in another column shows the slron feel ing entertained by those interested,°of he justice and policy of this measure and a degree of unanimity which is hardly evei obtained on questions of a public nature alexandria gazette vote ox retrocession for retrocession g3 against retrocession 222 majority 511 as the substance and not the form i material and retrl has beer effected by tbe vote of the people we dl not think it worth while to wait longei but adopt immediately tbe emblems ol state sovereignty and date from virgin ia — alex gaz senator westcott of florida — this gen tleman attracted no little attention durin ■ the late session of congress by his inde pendence of party this trait was par ticularly displayed in the progress of lh controversy between messrs yvebste and ingersoll — the latter of whom hi excoriated with very great and deserv ed severity we now learn from thf washington correspondent of the balti more patriot that in consequence of mr prestcott's manly course on that occasion a large number of distinguished gentle men of both political parties in boston addressed him a very flattering and com plimentary letter to which mr westcot has replied in a manner entirely charac teristic " he has no mercy for those blim devotees of party whether calling them selves whigs or democrats who scruph not fur parly ends to traduce and vilift the reputation and public character of thi truly great men of our country the cor respondence will of course be published richmond whig " the president of the united state has been often heard to remark since be has been president that all the institu tions of providence were wise but none of them more so than the institution ot a sabbath — union is it possible ! there is tlien we sup pose some hope for the institutions of providence and especially the sabbath now that the president of the u states who is a * working president — ' not a man of robust appearance and who ' always attends church — has been pleased to ex tend to them his gracious patronage we congratulate nil concerned — 2v _". con no licb.vse — a writer in the new york journal of commerce dating from slab city in the western part of the slate of new york says : i left avon on the evening of the bib with he expectation of staying the night at caiedo aa but c-n arriving at that place i tbund the bo < !; had been fenced in it was indeed a nov 1 sight to see a stout rail fence encircling those aiye hotels it seems lhat ihe inhabitants of he town voted no license and the tavern keepers feeling indignant at the measure de ermined to cut off every accommodation from he travelling community hence those fences o prevent them access to their sheds and these tavern-keepers being deprived of their ld privilege of surrounding their houses with ' yjrginia fence have enclosed their premis s with rails a decided improvement we hink if our taverns must be fenced in let it je done with ihe proper materials not with pla oons of staggering men ! the amount paid by companies in lowell ev ry month for wages amounts to 8177,600 the santa fe expedition the st louis papers of the 21st instant contains some accounts from gen ke-ir ney s command gen k was advancing steadily on his route to santa fe he marched from bent's fort on the 1st inst with several companies of united states dragoons the 1st regimentof missouri vol unteer under col doniphan and the bat aiian of volunteer artillery under major hlluc a troops wrrt i!1 lo exceuent health and spirits a sreneral stampede iiacl taken pluce arnoi r lh jo b r^ntl°me 1,ty f a chiefly belong ng to the volunteers were lost audit was feared would not be recovered capt moore ol the dragoons had captured three spies who had been sent out from santa e to ascertain the character ex tent c of the united states force fter eir capture and their purpose was as certained by the order 0 gen rear ney they were shown all over the army and after they bad seen even y thing the were dismissed and permitted to return to santa he from these men and from other sources it had been ascertained satisfactorily that there would he no ressi.*>tance made gen kearney's taking posses-ion ot santa fe in fact it is said that the mexicans were anxiously awaiting the arrival of the ar my believing that it would furnish them a harvest in the way of trade and protec tion from the troublesome indians in their vicinity there were no troops at santa fe nor in the upper provinces and none were expected gov armijo had issued a proclamation in which he states that the existing hostilities between the u states and mexico will not interrupt the trade between the united states and san ta fe ; that in all respects it shall be conducted as if the war did not exist it is said that cen kearney will stop at santa fe until col price's regiment ar rives tin-re that upon their arrival that regiment or a portion of it will be left to occupy santa fe and other important points in the vicinity and cen kearney wiili the residue of the force will proceed immediately to california the five hundred mormon infantry un der the command of lieut col allen were progressing rapidly they made thirty-eight miles in two days it was believed they would reach bent's fort nearly as soon as col price's regiment and quite as soon as the purpose of their enlistment required a great many traders and a very large imoimt of goods are going out they xre scattered all along the route tcffrom santa fe — mr samuel ra!i ton has recently returned to st louis in he extraordinary short space of thirty even days he made the whole journey o and from santa fe in eight days he tates that great alarm was exhibited at santa fe in conquence of the report that roops from this country were on the much thither the people were secur ng ihe cattle and effects in the best way hey could and provisions were expected o be very scarce ; for besides the effort it secretion the weather bad been such is to occasion a failure of the crops the governor of santa fe had intimated that he would make no resistance to a re spectable american force but should such an one present itself would retire south of the colerado lie had not more than 100 soldiers miserably clad and recruits were expected from no quarter col kearney and all tbe troops and traders bad passed up the arkansas to bent's fort the charlotte convention — the con vention which met at charlotte court house va on the 4th instant to take in to consideration the improvement of the roanoke navigation was well attended after deliberation the convention instead of agreeing upon a plan for improving tho roanoke with suitable recommendations to effect it to the great surprise of all look ers on has recommended the construction of a rail road i'ne.n danville to the city of richmond ! — the vote being lor the rail road 82 : for the improvement of the roanoke t we have but little doubt that the rail road will be ultimately a bandoned because of its impracticability notwithstanding its popularity in the con vention ; and we therefore regret the de cision which has temporarily at least frustrated tbe more practicable improve ment of the roanoke the friends of this latter work however are not dishearten ed and seem determined to push forward the enterprise another convention has been called to meet in ■ oxford in this state on the il of november next — ilillsboro recorder do""3 the new york correspondent of the charleston patriot states that it is/ear ed the vessel in which mr alley de cyp ry late charge from fiance to mexico took passage was lost on its passage irom new y'ork to liverpool he docs not mention the name oi ihe vessel the missouri legislature is strongly lo eotoco except e a . mail the members ofthe lower house are locos and oi the senate they have all but eight they have a majority on joint ballot of about ninety seven sufficient for all practical purposes the croton water — n ing ihe immense supplj of wt '- city by these works it is stated i ihe late hut weather ihe watei had a oil more rapidly than it run iu ami h nee the supply in the upper si rj ol many housi bas : mr mckay tl mablleo on ways and means - - - l the expense of congress . r mileage ana per diem are 717 555 fjr the se t intoxication in sweden — for the i'.nrih of fence a man is exposed in the parish church the following sunday deprived cf his elective fran hise and disqualified to app ar as a represen tative