Wilmington journal., 1876-03-03

IN 'ErEaEo villa Mary Mcl!weaue. Sht
. died, leaving oDe son, William.
+ lie afterward5 married Sarah, th,
daught~r OF VIM. Heritage, an enli
2 nent attorney under whom he haG
t studied law. He had obtained :
| license and practce1 tho professio,
I with great success. Hi2 first appear.
anca on the pojiticel stage was rs mem
[ ber Of tina Colonial Assembly frQri
= Johnston county, in 1871
: So acceptable were his services that
he continued to represent the county
until 1771. In 1770 and 177t he v-ts
chosen speaker of the House of Com
mons.
He was also colonel of the militia
of his county, and as such commanded
the right wing Of Gsv. Tryon's forces
n the hattie of Aldnanca (Mav 10Th,
l77l. which was the first time that nc
experienced the conflict Of ms,
which Was 80 cong9nial to lis temper
and IL which he became SO distin-
guished.
When the attempt OF England to
subjugate the colouY became no longer
tonbtfut, Caswclt did not hesitate to
cho 'se between the rights of The peo-
pie and the opprcssions OF sovereign
~. In 1774 he was appointed one OF
the delegates to Congress, with VIM.
Hooper and John Hewes. He attended
as delegate &c the Continental Congress
at Philadelphia, in l774 SO, and re-
celved the thanks OF the Pravincial
Congress for his fidelity On being
appointed with Samuel Johrston On
! l715), one Of The trra4urers Of the
State. the q djsorderad finances Of which
| demanded his care, be resigned his
seat i'll the Continental Congress.
But his military spi,it was not mac
tive. In cOnj juIctiOo with Co. Lii
tcgton, 20 ass@mb!td tde Ininuta men
OF Dob cot which he was C,loneD
and the adjacent COUNTIES, t. prevent
| the junction OF the Tories under Gpn. /
NcDona'd with Gen. Clinton, in the |
Cape Fear, and il the battle II Moore's |
Creek, Ii New Htnover, on the 27tl. |
OF f. bruary, 1916, lie overcama and |
routed them, touk their general pris-
ouer, ard completely eubdued them.
Ia April, 1916, he was npoointrd by |
the Provincial Congress B7igot1,. ,.r |
General OF the Newborn District, and |
IL NoTenbac following took his seat |
a. ii sntIl ser of the Pruv:ncial Con
a.resa a. Halifax He VAS elected |
Preaidels of that body, unauil n 1Is}y,
whicn assembly formed cur present
State Con~titutiDn
C,,in,a.s fo, III ,r,iI.r,.,1,, ,t,.,.a,,.
Greek, Bv an nrd'g'anez. If +la l,-.,e,re so,oa
was elncfad Gov.rno, of +hn ST..
which he ba,d .Iurinr Ella stl,r,,,r7 -
Dorf,ou+ periods nf I776 ~ and /
l778. He refused apr c3n,1,a,,..eti,,a
for his services.
H conducted with singular fidelity,
the State tl.ronoh ria frr,,, ae chi..f
snazistratr. AiEEr hus tarm ns (4,,v-
ainor ha>t expired, lis acsiy. spirit
lr0.,ke4 no rtuosn f,r r-a fn1 ,,;,,
srcnml;1;cr tha f,ie..7. ~ l,I,-rt,, -,
the field of battle ard ,xos ,git!, th4
Norta {t.rniin. troons +l,o.,lan (IfF,
August I7sm xG;ci, aal not ta1,, ,,,:,,a
led so ,II,,s5r,,.I :, 4.,e,;o, anI
md rbe fam If Ganarai ft,tae had
si,e co,if,e;,i If Cas.,..!I o,,j De KIN
(yhn f.i!i in that tiii-fa.e.i ic,,G;,N hnan
headed II 17S3 he xv,s oliIz1 .,.I.,;,, -.
:l,e fntnc,al a. MT nf tbs
State. an; wa. elected I,mr,+rnIIz.~
General, at tho session of which
he was Speaker of the Senate.
lie continued the disa;,er.y, of I,,.tl,
duties ut.ti I7S.5, wi.ei: he WAS aoai3,
elected Governor of the Stale. :. cir
cum.tapca which prnye2 ye2tl,an,,Lo,,o,je,l
p,nuiaritv ,f C.su-A,! md fha orrta
faI estimate of his uatrintjr services
by The State.
The General Assembly Of 1877
alectsd him a dal...ata IN tbe 90 ven
tiou which wa, f., meet in Philadainhia
in Nav, ti.at year. T. form ,ha Fa,iara;
CONSTITUTIONS mi c,,.f.,ral ~, t,,,,
tr,a fx.ranr,ii'..,,y ,,.,,ynr -, (.a-, ,,f his
Inability r. sff.,,t In e.. 49, ms .,Ie,.as-
sor. This imnnrs,n- i'm was noe
accant,.I 5y him. h,?t T.. 1-I-oafel
Wm 3 .or1,fS. whose name Is appended
to fba. ,sfrumen5.
III To- be was -larted Senator rom
the c3nn,~ Of D,h,e f,a-. T.sr,-., a,11 i.,lti
Cireena) - the Gr1o7,si Assembly. and
also n member OF the State C.rvon
tion, which assc,ni,2e3 ia Favettrv;Ilr
90 fhe third Moul4v IN Novarla Der,
1889, which ratified the F~darat e;on-
srituiion (iS having been REJECTED by a
convention whjch me- at HItsboro' o..
the list of July, l7SSD
He attended the meeting o. she
General As7cnb'y in Fayetteville in
Npvem Der, a0d was elected Spoalle, OF
tie Senate. But his conrse as run
His exalted services aud patriotic ex-
ertions dii not exempt him from c,
!%mity and MISFORTUNE His Youngest
son we5 lost = sca,on his passage from
Charleston to HewGer1. This calamity
was heightened by the opinion that he
was captured by pirates and murder
Ell. This, and other events, threw a
c'oud over his mind. from which he
s emed never to have rocovered.-
Whlie presiding n tiie Senate on the
9th OF November, 1899, he was struck
with paralysis, and after lingering
specchless until the 10th, he expired,
in the aixheth year of his aga.
As a statesman, his DatrICtiom wa
quick, and his Judgment sound: as q