The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-02-20
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IA Galrai AssemliS y N'~fk cnekaa; =
GExrIExKx:-ln ny mfs.sgs, @ he 7
beginning ol he session, called yosr al
lIenlion % various subjecis in eOnassioa
unh The history or lhs STATE. and spgges-
,ed lbe proprisly Of ssnd'nf 30 agent n
London. 10 procure from The psoPsf OH
res there, COPIES Of Doeumsnls. wiihasi
~hich. Il is.impossibls thar our Colonial
History can ever be correctly wri'lra.
SebseQutnl rehec,inn and examination
into The eondiuon 81 The records and pa
/. pess belonging 10 The eree8ive sBd r.
ei.Ialise Departments Of The goseIamsnt.
/ have satisfied me. that we have sofk
10 perform II homs. Of deeper in'srsst,
J and Of more immedisle necessity. ihan
that contemplated BY ths ioreign sgercs
; ~hich has been eonmsnded 70 yUuf con-
] sidersliun.
|, TIE Aei Of Assembly. requiring that
9 letter books shuuldbe kepl in Ibis Depart
i mint, vas passed 10 1854. shortly PEE
: ,ious 10 The close OF Gov. Marine admr
lnis,rsliel. On ihe retirement Of that
e gentleman from Office, be placed ~ Tie
n hands ol his successor. three well arranged
e manuscript volumes, containing his 1iii-
\ riI correspondence. during The years
\ l7s2, l7s3 and 1854. Ills example has
m been lsitihully followed; aad we have.
at consequently. an unbroken series OF Letter
ng Books. from 1882 10 The present nme.
nf Erow the close Of The resolution, so fsr
he As The Executive Department was con
lai tersed, Ne possess smIle materials ior
VI history. To what extent lhr files Of 'he
IN. t~o Houses. The Stale Department, and
other Offices, can contribute memorials Of
he that great Struggle, is an exceedingly in
ieses,ing inquiry, which no one Al present
is prepared 10 answer.
Governor Caswslrs FIRST adm nsrsiion
commenced Nth The sdoptIon uf the Stale
iie Constitution, December. 1875. and ex.
tended ihrough The years l777. l77ss
m 1873. A memorandum. in hls hsndwrit
hat ing, found among hls private papers,
,ay shows that, Of The expiration oil his term
Of service, be deposited the Fspers which
las had accumulated 10 his office. in chest
for preservation. The chest is not 10 b
w., food ). .i,ls urpsruneut. Inc Interest,"
ent ing papers il must have contsintd, srs
probably preserved in scattered files IL
on various Offices.
Gov. Nash, presided in the Executive
,ur- Department during The year 1850, ant
until the summer Of 1881. when he re
signed his Office. Oh tins brirf but mos
I he interesting period, memorials probsbl,
exist: bul none, il 10 believed, are 10 b
I he found in sny Department Of The Govern
ment. His correspondence, il II can b
buy traced and secured, will doubtless aflor
interesting information in relation 10 bot
the expeditions undertaken by Lord Corn
pro- wallis for ,he suhjugstion Of this State; hl
con- advance 10 Charlotte. The gallant defsnc
ing, of tha, village, the defeat Of Ferguson
.lop- at Kings Mountain, aud the conseqneI
sold retreat Of his Lordship toISouth Cafolin
IN a are events which crowd themselves mi
The the history Of few weeks. in the aatum
of 1850. The battle Of The Cowpens, u
hese fail of Gen. Davidson at Cowan's Fot'
The apl. aren't conquest Of The State, COZ
cor summ mated by the erection OF the Roy
Standard a, the seat OF Government Z
nina the 22ud F, bruary. 1851, The defeat
!, de- Pyles, the baule Of Gullford, aud The Z
sely, treat of Corn " allis 10 Wilmington, "a
loving in quick succession, are amo
re Of the mos, prominent events which q
character TO American history. u
one course of our TatIionc State, iron
earliest reriod, is imperfeeily known a
tons lightly appreciated; CORVALLIS and Tar
Ton had better opportunities to sscerts
u his the true character Of our people. Than q
American historian; and they have Dor
& sell bitter, bu, faithful testimony, oil our
bilious nature.
scrip Governor Nash was succeeded oy u
1t ar yernor Burke. i'll June. 1871. The u
own character Of This able, energetic. bu. m'
unfortunate Chief Magistrate, seems
vas have excited bu, slightly the attention
ON those most familiar with our hls'o'
Nothing in relation 10 him has been p
, to served i, any of the public offices;
,e lill- his entire correspondence, preserved
his only chald. an INTEL gent and anna
) tes!' daughter who still survives him, may
Fl safe obtained. and will shed Ugh, on The
dark bu, even,tul days, during which
he CT held the reigns of Government.
Few incidents of the Revolution are
okers, culated TO excite deeper interest," man
> circumstances connected with The desc
money upon Hd'sborough, then 'he sea. Of
vernment. by the Tories on the ]
e law September. 1881; the SEIZURE OF 'ne
so on v.ruor in the midst of his friends; his
livery IN eleven days thereafter 10 Nj
having C,aig at Wilmington; his close cont
subject men. a, Wilmington and Charleston
dark prisoner Of STATE; his escape irou
James Island, and return TO his ofic
the spring Of 1882; the duties Of viii
life de- the interim, had been discharged by
1t is Speaker Of the Senate. Alexander