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I'DIILISIIID I'.VLIty  WTDNLSDAY   AND SATUIfDAV AT YOVU    DOI.I.AI.'.s I'll! ANM'M.IN ADVANCE.
BY E. WATKKMA.f.
(ii(;oi-;;cto\vn, ^. C. Wednesday^  .FaDtiary 1. I§I5.
Vol.    IV '^Ho. 113
[The following biography was publish¬ ed in ibe .Naiioniil Ititellisicncer in 1S41' ll is iinportaiit tolhe hi-i(ii') oflheconn- trv that lhe meinory of such men as the | late (icni. .Niaconib, should be held up to |iiibli(' view.] I
The late Major Gen. Maeonib.    j
We have a inelanclioly pleasiire in j trans,erring to onrcoluuni* lhe fiillovvitig| Biography of .Majiir General Maciiinb, whose Funeral is this tb\y to be solcuin- ized, in whose di'alli the city bus to mourn the decease ofa virinons and bi^- liived liJllovv-(¦lti'^ell, ami iu wlioiii tin" Nation laments the loss oflbe distiusuish- ed and gallant Commander of its .Milita¬ ry forces.
Major (Ieneral Alexander Macomb was li'Mii at Detioil Ap.iil3, 1782. The city <if Di'iroit at that lime, was a garri¬ son 'own, and ainong the fil.'sl images that struck bis eyes vcre those ofthe cir- ciinisiances of war. These eaily iiiipres- sioiir^ iifieii fix lhe cliaractcr of the  man.
His fa.her was a lur tnerchant, re.s|iec- tably dfsceiidedand coiinccied. He rc- iiiiivcd to the ciiy of New York while AleKandci was yet an inf.inl. Wben he was eight \ears ol siie., he placed him at tSchiiol at iNi'Wiifk, in .\'ew .Jersey, under the cliaigi; Ol the l!<^Vcii't.'ii(l Dr. Ogilen, who was a tmn (if tiiiiid, beimigiog toa faniilv dislinoiiislied for talents.
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In I79S. while   Macomb   vvas   quite a youth, he was elecled into a select   com¬ pany, which was called  the " New-Yoik RangiH's.'"     The  name was  tnken h'oni n ."^j i.rli'.n   baud ol laigers sehcted Ironi the pioviiicials, who, liom 175''! to 1703, Avere the elite (dVvery   British coiniiian¬ der on Lake Geoige and the   borders of Canada.     At  the   time   he  enteied the corps*of New-York Rangers, Congress ¦ had passed a law receiving volunieers for' the defence of tliK   coimtiy,  as invasion i by   H French   army was soon  e.xpecied. i This patriotic band volunteered their ser- I vices to Covernment, vvbicb were accep-i ted, but  be soon left this corps, a,id ob¬ tained a cornetcy at the close of the year 179S,   and  coimnissinned   in   Janiiaiy. I 1790.     General    Noith,    then   adjutant j general ofthe  Northern army, soon saw the merits  of the   yonihl^id  soldier, and took hiin into''his stair,  as deputy   adju¬ tant general.    Undei such   a  master as' the inlellioeni and   accomplished Norlii, Macomb made great progress in his pro¬ fession, nnd in the afl'-ciions of his broth¬ er olbcers ol the army.     The } oting ol- : ficcr that IJatnilion noticed and North in- ¦ striictcd, would not fad lo  be   ambiiions' of disiiintioii.     He  visited   .Montreal  in order to observe the discipline and tactics I ofihe veteran coips   kept at that impor¬ tanl miliiary post, and did not tiegltct his! opporiuniiies.
The thick and dark rloi|d that hung over the countrv passed away—a great pin of lhe troops were ilisbanded, and mo«i of the officer.^ and men returned lo piivate Jile; among tiieia was Macoiub,,
who was cdininissioned as a second lieu- called the court on Col. Butler. He I^laitslinrg, and mei, for seveial days tenani ordtagoons, aud sent fdrihwith on iiddid lo his reniiiation in this case, wiih little ojiposition. Uis enor was de- the riHTuiting service, but it was not Ihen Wilkin.'.on was his fiiend. but .Macomb la)' ; bin he wished to move s:ilely, and necessary to pn.sli ill.; hnsiiie.-i';; an.l as he discharn;eij his duty with military exact-, saw iiothii!!; lo |ircvenl Id's progtess. was   statioticd   in   I'liilaiielpltia,   he had   ness. i Previous to  lhe   llth,   iheie   had   been
fine o|i|ioitiitiiiies to a.^socinle with the j At the lirenkitiir out ofthe war of 1S12. ; S"""-"''*"''"^ skirniisliing, in whicii the best inloriiied men ofi'ie city, and fonud jig [^.(^ (|,p ^^,.^^ f,f (iovernnieni, where liriiish found more courage aud efficien- easy access to the Franklin and other ex- he had discliaroed an ardnon.s diuv, in ''}''ban they expected, h-om troops so tensive lihr,It ies, of whicli advantages he .|j,^i^[|ii„ l„ ^.;^.,, |-|i|.i,, ^u,J i-cirnlaiily to : hastily called out. F.arly on the llth did not lail to iin|iriive. ' |||e   ;,,•,,ly  (i),,,,   'um |-ai.sed   bv order of  the Briiish gave battle by land and waler
When his body of lecrtiits was formed, (J,,,,g|.y^|j, A\\ sorts of ('onru'<ioti had j--fiheen huiidenxl of tbe regular army, he inaii lied with it to the Western h'on- p,yv; i|y,|^ froin the want ol a uuifonn I'l'he eneiiiy was fouiicen thousand strong tiers to join (Jen. W ilkinson, tin ofhcer ^^ g,,,,,, |,y |„i|j|!)ij' ir,cii(s: I.e was for-! The battle was ii decisive viciory on the who lia-l been left in service honi the ,|,||.,[y j,, hi« exertions. WIrii there i part of lhe American Ioices; Macdon- Uevoluiioniiry war. In lhe ( O'npatiy ol U^a^ ||„„|,r ible war, he could not be ; Ough captured lhe Briiish fieei, and Sir Wilkinson, and ol Col. W iirmms. the {j;,||j^f,^,,j ,,, i,,,,,,,,;,,, ;,s it weie, a cabinet j (ieorge returned to Canada the next engineer, he must have gailiered a mass „(jj .^^^ .,,,,1 ^vear a sword only to advise ' niglil. 'I'he viciorv v.as asbiilliant as iiii- of materials for ful nre use. W ilh him \vhiit should be done, w hicli seemed lo ! expected. Hoiiois were vi.te.l .Macomb he went iulo lhe (Jlieiokee country to j !,(. ,|„. ,.egul,itiotis of the Ar.ity in res-j in ( vety part of the couiiiiy. New Yoik aid in making a treaiy wiili iliai n.iiion. \ |^j.(.[ ^^y tngineer-'S. he tliereleie soli( iied ', and Ventiont were foieinosi in their iri- He was on thi.s tni-ision nearly a ye.ir, ¦ a com iiand in lhe ."oi ps of arlilleiy ihat ; bntes ol lespecl.—The I'resiJi-ni jiro» ,ind kcjil a joiiintd ofevery ihitio lie saw j j^.,^ ,,, b^. |-|,i,.^e,|, and was giatified by a ; moled liim to the rank of -iiajor seuiral, or heard. This was a good sclicnl lor ! p,,,,,,,, jj,,,^,, .,g (.„|,J„^^,| ,,f' i,,e tilud re-; daiiiig Ins coinmis.-ion on the d.iy ofhis one whose duty it iiiight hetearier be lo i gi,,,,,,,,^ duudjulv G. ISliii. The re-iMiiory, 'J'he event had a happy effect fin-Ill these ill (irsiines, and iii fact, these lessons of the wildiruess are not lost on any one (irmiiid and observalion. The corps to which he belonged vvas dislian- tb'd, and a   corps   ol   cngtiieeis foriiied ;
giinciil was to consist ol twenty coinpa-: on lhe negoii.iiions llicn going on at nies one bundled aud (fighieen each. (Jlieiii, and iiiupiesiionably paved the li was, in I'acI, lhe command of a divi- ¦. way for a treaiy of peace, sioii, e.vcejit in rank. His lepiitiiiioii | Aher the clo.-e oflbe war he com- assisied in raising this body of men, and j nianded at Detroit, his biiih-place. He m this he was attache.: its lirst nenienanl.   '„, i\.„en,Her of th'.it year he marched to   „-as  received   at this   miiiiary  po.sl with
tliit ft(iuiM«is   with   his   ('onimand.     .^la- coinb and his troops spent the  winter   al
He vvas iio.v .sent to Wesl I'oint, vvlu-re be wits, hy the code there establislii.'d, a pU|)il as well as an olTicer. Being ex¬ amined and declared coinpeient, he was appointed an adjttlatit ofthe corps at llial posl and discharged his duty vvitii so mueh spirit and intelligence, that when the first conrt martial, after his exaininu- ii( n, v.as convened, he vas ordered for the trial ofa distingui-bed officer for dis¬ obeying an arhilrary order for etilling off the hair. I'eier the Cieal conld not car¬ ry such an ordej- inlo execution, bnl our Re|jnbli('an country did ; and the veter¬ an Col. Butler was repiimaniled lor not throwing his white locks to the wind w lien ordered so to do by his superior. The talents aud arguments exhibited by .Maeoinb, as judge advocate on this court martial, b.ionglit him into very great no¬ tice as a man ol exalted intellect as well as a fine soldier. He was now called up¬ on to compile a treatise on rniuiiid law & the practice of courts martial, which, an a future day   of leisure,   he efFecied,   and
distiiignished honors; iiiaiiy remembered ; his person, nni! all had kept his repnta- .Sackeii's Hariior. iJe conieinplated an lion in view as reflecting honor upon tlip ailack ii^ion Kingsion, but was deleaied j lerritoiy in which he was born. He in Itis jiluii by the fears of some and continued at the post attentive to his the jealousies of others; hul he soon (lis-i dut}', and devising liberal ihings foi the liiignished himself at Niagara aud l''ort | people ofthat region, without confinittc (jeor''e ; at thf. same lime (Commodore - bis exertions to any pariicular |iortioii of Chauncey was endeavoring to bring the leiiiti.ry, until in IS 15, he was called to eneiuie's fleet to batlle on Lake Ontario. VVasbi.igion lo lake the oliice of chief The next service perloimed by Col. : of the engineer depariment. Ou the re'- Macoinb was under (ieneral Wilkinson jceipt ofthis informalion. he was addreS'- and ifthe campaign was not siiccessml, sed by all clas.sfcs of the people of Detroit .Macomb was not   chargeable wi'h   any I j,, the most exalted   language   oflri^-nd-
portion ofthe failure.
In January, 1814, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier geneial ; and was ap|ioinle(l lo a commani.' on the east side of Lake Cliain|ilaiti. Nothing of imporliince in the history of Gen Ma¬ comb Iraiispiied, although   he   was con-
ship and regard. On repniiing to VV^asbingion, he assumed the duties of the bureau he was died lo, and dischar¬ ged them to the satisfaction ofthe (jov- einment and Army, Or. the death of General Brown, commander-in-chief of the Army, Gen. Macomb was appoinied
his hook is nnvv the standard work   upon
.  , r    .1     V 1' I    T-  •    1   "^'" describe with any   miniileness,   bul
comts maiiial lor the .Ariny ol the Lulled i     „ ¦'
stintly on the  alert   in  the   discharge of to that station, which he   has ever  since his dill es, until the coional ef his  fune | held, and  in   vvliich he died.—Abridged was won at lhe defence   of I'lattsbnrg.— from Salional Port/ait Gallery. This defence our limits will   not   pei init
States. In l,S0-5 .Maeonib was piomoled to the rank of captain in the corps eiiiii- neers, and sent to the seaboard lo super¬ intend the fiiitifieations w hi.'li had been i ordeied hy an aci ol Congress. By ,liis service he became known tolhe inen in the country, his merits were duly iijipre- ciaie(J fiom New Himpsliire to the Flor- idas.
,   In 1803   he was promoted to ihe rank
r      • 1.1 '.I.f  the war,   am
of ina|iir, and acted as siipenniendeiit ol
loriifi.'iiiions  until jnst  before  ihe    war,
when he was   advanced   lo a   lieiilenatii
suffice it to say, thai, in the summer of |ISl-lr, Sir (jeorge Prevosi, (jovernor j Gevieral of tlte Canadas, had received a greal atigmentaiion ofhis legnlar fo ces, hy detachmenrs from the ariiiy which ha'l fought in .Snaiti and I'liiiuiral ini'ler
North  Caiolina Flour.
29RarreUN.C'  Klonr     Forsaleby
Nov. 23. JAME.S (i. IIKNNING.
All  Saints Academy.
SaMUKI. JoXKS, Lsq. Principal.
The firsl lerin of the year  184,') vvill conimence on Monday Jan. li the Duke of   Wellington.      These   were!     'I'lit; rUes of iniiion and board are a.s fo!!ovvg : . I For pnpils iinib-r 12 vearn of iijje jglO pr term.
aiiioim the best troops in the   World, and]       "        above      " -iO
For the Latin and Oreek laiigiiageK 'iO       "
1'2 per   month.
our frmuicrs dial should   be   (hicisive of  '/''r"-'''!"-'    - '     ••«pr month.
iiooks and slalioiijry are an extra ebiriji
Hoaidrs lire expeeled to  roine   fiirnished   wilh
bedding and elianiber fiirnitiire
Vpiilicaiioti bir ailniisslon iiinsi  be made tn  lhe
was considered superior lo  ihat of ours, ''^'¦"¦'¦'¦•' ;"'i''T ''"'"'" ," "Tl"' '.''"'."",*
I '   nii'ii'-einent ola  lerin aie charged  lor iho vvhul-
1 .       , ., ,, I For the Latin and Oreek
I e iidW (leterinined to strike a hlovv npon   p„r hoard, ai ibe rate of
iring our nation  lo terms at once.     His fleet, on Lake t/hampl.iin.
colonelcy.     He was noain detailed lo act ^
as ju Ige advocate una court martial for'"'"   'I'^ie    any   army  of  conseqiipnce
and he was well   inlormed  ihai vve   had , ^'""':.        .„
LvvD     iHos   iU'Rini. Thoj  I'lvcKvi, r .Vlston
the uial of Geo.   Wilkiuson, who bad , Early in September he pushed on towards
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Trustets.