The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-02-05
Charlotte and her RecOIlections.

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Besides the honor Of being the seat Of
the Convention in 1875, that issued the
| first Declaration of Independence. Charlotte
IN Mecklenburg, North Carolina, has claims
| upon posterity, both singular and meritori.
Gus. The centre of a fertile and populous
country, she was doomed TO see the blood
OF her sons shed and the Declaration of
Independence of all foreign dominion main.
tanned at the point of the British bayonet.
CORVALLIS called Charlotte the "hornet's
nest" and unwilling to pay for supplies
with so much English blood. after the fatal
battle at Kings Mountain became known
TO him, his lordship determined to leave
this vexatious post. To prevent ANNOYANCE.
he chose to depart suddenly, and in the
night. Mr. McCalfery, man of wealth
and standing, Scotchman, and resident in
Charlotte, was chosen as their guide to lead
them by the upper and nearest route to
South Carolina. After so bewiIJering the
army IN the swamps, that much of their
baggage was lost, he contrived to escape,
and leave the army to find their way by
the returning light of day.
Colonel Thomas Polk, so favorably men.
toned in the history of the Declaration.
owned property in and around Charlotte
Ills mil was between two and three miles
south OF the village and is now called Bis.
sells. lis body lies inferred in the grave
yard OF the village. Over his grave and
mat oil bis wife Susannah, his son William
Folk, late OF Raleigh, erected a marble
slab, memorial Of his resting place.
Ihe Polk family came early to Mecklen-
burg, and in the time of the Revolution
were numerous, and some of them very
wealthy. They resided. part of them, in
tho bounds of Sugar Creek congregation.
and part of them in Providence Among
them was Ezekiel Polk, the grandfather Of
James X. Polk, President of the United
States. The descendants have all emigra,
cd from the country, mostly 10 Tennessee,
or States further South.
Garden, in his anecdotes of the Ameri
can Revolution, says: "Nor were the ladies
IN Meck|enburg in any degree inferior in
enthusiasm to the male popultion. ! find
in the South Carolina and American Gen.
eral Gazette, from the 2d to the 9th of Fe.
oruaIy, the following paragraph:
The young ladies of the best families of
MeckIenburg county, North Carolina, have
entered into voluntary association, that
they Will not receive the addresses Of any
young gentleman at that place, except the
brave volunteers who served in the expedi-
ton to South Carolina, and assisted in sub.
dung the Scovalte insurgents. The ladies
beng OF opinion that such persons as stay
ioiteflng at home, when the important calls
! OF the Country demand their services abroad.
must certainly bo destitute of that noble
ness OF sentiment, that brave, manly spirit,
which would qualify them 10 be tue defen.
ders and guardians OF the fair SEX
The ladies of the adjoining county Of
Rowan have desired the plan of similar
association TO be drawn up and prepared for
signatures. es."-.Skefches OF North Carolina.
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lHE ErYMoLoGY OF LADY.-The state
ment of Col. Benton, that the word "lady"
is nowhere used in the Scriptures, is, so far
as the original is concerned, literally true.
The word itself is of Comparatively modern
invention, and there is no word in the ori
ginal OF the Scriptures that has any signifi
cation corresponding with that of the word
LADY" rs at present received. In view of
the subject, the following clip is from an
old Scotch publication called 1.-The Christian
| Teacher"
~ LADY.-'rhe word lady is an abbre
Walton of the Saxon Ladaay, which signi.
tes Breddgirer. The mistress of n manor
at time when affluent families resided
constantly nj their country mansions, was
accustomed once Il week, or oftener, 10 dis
tribute among tue poor a certain quantity
OF bread She bestowed the boon with her
| own hand, and made the hearts OF the needy
glad by the soft words and the gentle am
entities which accompanied her beneyolence
The widow and the orphan rose up. and
called her blessed'-the destitute and the
afflicted recounted her praises-all classes
OF the poor embalmed her in their affec
tons as the Lgfdoy-the gver of bread
and dispenser of comfort-a sort Of minis.
ieTing angel in world of sorrow. Who is
lady nowi Is it she who spends her
days IN seIfindulgence, and her nights i'm
the dissipation of follyl Is it she who ri
walls the gayety of the butterfly, but hates
the industrious hum of the busy beer Is
1t she who wastes, on Gaudy finery, what
would make many a widows heart sing for
JOY, and who, when the rags of the orphan
tintter before her in the wind. sighs for
place of refnge, as if the peslilence were in
the bTeelef This may be a woman OF
Iashion'-she may be an admired and an
admiring follower of the gay world"
-Ss.S-
The Pass IN LONDON AND IN New
ioRK-Three actions for libel have recent
ly been tried in London, and in each case
the defendants have been acquitted. Had
the cases been tried in New York, each Of
the defendants would have been convicted.
We have noticed repeatedly that English
Junes are the staunch and unhinching
friends of the Press, and that il is very di:-
hcut in any part Of Great Britain to ret