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DllHpiC. PLATFORM. 1 PUBLISHED BY V. ) TERMS: J In Advance, $2 At the rates of $3 When not in Advance. The Law of Newspapers. 1 Subscribers who do not give express aotioe to the contrary, are cousidered as wishing to continue their Subscription 2. If subscribers order the discontinus •nee of their newspapers, the publisher may continue to send them until all arrear ages are paid. 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to ake their newspapers from the offices to which they are di ected, they are held re sponsible until they have settled the bills and ordered thorps discontinued 4. If subscribers remove toother pi ices without informing the publisher s, and the newspapers are sent to the former irec tion, they are held responsible 5. TUe ■Courts have decided that i fus ing to take newspapers from the office, or removing and leaving them unc lied for, is prima fade evidence of intentional *rau 1. 6. 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All communication!', or such as are not of general {merest, when admitted n’ all,charged $2 per square for each inser tion, and the money required in advance Every change in advertisements, charged in proportion to the amount of new mailer set up, unless otherwise t agreed upon. Professional and Business Cards not exceeding 6 lines inserted at $5 per an num. Over 6, at the regular rates pet square, $lO. Advertisements for a less time than Three Months, inserted at the rate of $1 per square for the first, and 50 cents tor each additional in-eriioti. /ST These are our Teims. Read and undurst mil. % Advertisements not maiked with the number of insertions, will he ccntin ued until forbid, and charged for accord ingly. Merchants, Druggists and others, may contract for advertising by the year on reasonable terms. Legal Requirements. Sales of Land and Negroes, by Admin, istrators, Executors, or Guardians, are required by law to be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court heuse in the coun ty in which the property is situate. No tices of these sales must be given in a public gazette forty days previous to the day of sale. Notices for the sale of Personal property must be given at least ten days previous to the day es sale Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be pullished forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be published two months, Citations for Letters of Administration must be published thirty days- for Dis mission from Administration, monthly six months —for Dismission from Guardianship forty day 9. /Jules for Foreclosure of Mortgage must be published monthly for four months—for compelling titles from Executors or Ad. minUtrators. where a bond has been given by the deceased, the full space of three months Publications will always be continued according to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered. LEGAL RATES: Ejala of Land or Negroes, by Ad ministrators, Executors, and Guardians, per square, $5 00 Sale of Personal Propeity, by Ad ministrators, Executors, and Guargians, per square, 3 25 Notice lo Debtors and Creditors, 325 Notice lor leave to sell, 4 00 Citation for letters of Adtuitura tion, 2 75 Citation for let iers of Guardian'll, 2 75 Citation for letters of Dismission from Administration, 5 00 Citation for letters of Dismission from Guardian-lop. 3 25 jgjgrAll persons in want of good Blank Books, Ledgers, Journals, Dockets for Superior and Inferior Courts, Hotel Registers, &c., can be supplied at short notice by ap plving to the undersigned, W, V. WESTER, Agent. Oot. 14. 186®. . work neatly ex touted bore. THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. THE CONSTITUTION; THE PALLADIUM OF THE UNION; THE SHIELD OF THE foUTH; i\fA DEMOCR-VTIC PLATFORM WE STAND UPON THIS AGAINST ALL OPPOSING ELEMENTS- WE ..HAVE UNSHEATHED TH£I SWORJ ih’D THROWN THE SCABBARD AWAY.” ’ VOL. V. W. 11. DABNEY, attorney at law, CALHOUN, GA WILL practice in all the Courts of Law and Equity in the Cherokee Circuit. September 6, 1865. ‘ G. J. FAIN, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Calhoun, Geo., WILL practice in all the Courts of the Cherokee Circuit. TSept. 6. ‘55. Attorney at_ aw, CALHGUK, aA - B SIfEREn ces. COL. JAMES MILNER, COL. LEWIS TUMLIN. June 9th. 1859. void no4l ly JESSE A GLr NN,~ Attorney At Law, DALTOV • J. JUi\ I•*‘S< 46 i) \V M. v. yvestT li. Attorney at Law, CALHOUN, GA. OffiCC —Up stairs North-east orner Peeples’ old stand, adjoining ‘ Platform Office. n4sept9lßsß A L. SHEPPARD, Attorney at Law, CALHOUN, GEORGIA. aept2,lßsß.ly J.E. PARROTT, ATTORNEY AT LAW CALIIOUR , GA., WILL practice m all the Courts in the Cherokee Circuit. Prompt atten- i tion will be given to the collection ofNotes n13v013 ly. W. R. HALFORD, Attorney at Law, Calhoun, Gordon Couuty, Get. ,^6llsLite.>s ©Avecfcoiij l. w. w. RESIDENT AMBROTYPIST, FAN Y. SJGM AND PORTRAIT PAINTER, CALHOUN. GA. Call at the Gallery of Fine Arts, over Harkins a Cabot’s 8t and see for yourselves Sept. Ist, 1859. Sirs DR. J. L. RUoKEE, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, Having permanently located iu Calhoun, Ga., respectfully tenders his professional services to the citizens of the town and surrounding country. Office at the Drug Store. 3ept. Ist, 1b59. ly Washington Hall, BY E. R BAS EEN, (successor toj. j. thrasher.) ATLANTA, - * GEORGIA. E. R. SASSEEN. (< minr pmprieini of “Sasseen House,” at Dal'uii, Ga.; aiso, “ upper House,” at Cal houn, Ga. —Old trit lids, ake notice hereof, aim govern yourselves accordingly. June 16, 1859. v..|4i-42 1v Scott & Arthur, GENERVL GROCERY, Mmm AND Produce Merchants, CALHOUN, GA VJK r ILL give prompt and personal at ff tention to the purchase and ship ment 01 Karon, Lard, Grain. F'eur. Cotton, &c ,on orders- Aiso to the selling of all kinds of Merchandise consigned to them, always making quick sales ad prompt re turns. J. N. BCOTT, }■ { J. H. ARTHUR. Dec,l6, 1858. nlßvol4 lyear. New Book Bindery. J. P MASON & (0., ATLANTA, GA., A RE prepared to do all kinds of Ruling and Blank Hook Biuding. suitable fcr county Courts, with or w.thout printed ’ beadingn. Ledgers, Journals, Day-Books, 1 Hotel and Stable Registers. Magazines, Mueiu, Newspapers, to., neatly bound at sbor. notioe Terms moderate. Orders from any part es tha State will meet with prompt atten tion, and Books required to he sent by mail, Railroads, &c M oarefully enveloped ! ter transportation 1 I CALHOUN, GA., TJ|! RSDAY, SEPT. 8,1859. Miscellaneous . From the Crescent. A nittn tna|B be a first rate fellow, as Matt Peel used to say, and yet not know how to keep a hotel. If ability in hotel keeping be a test of a good fellow, there is one man for whom we can certainly vouch as all sorts nf a good fellow. He keeps a hotel, or county tavern, if you will, away up in the interior of Ar kansas, somewhere. The, way we happened- to bear of him was this: “"Several weeks ago two well known gentlemen of this e> f y went travel ing f "‘ t,>e benefit of their health, and concluded to try the famous Hot Springs of old “Rackensack.” There being neither river, railroad, nor canal to take a body to the springs, our travelers hired horses at their point of debarkation, to ride in that manner to their destin- i ation. They unluckily did not fol low the right road, or else there was no right road to follow; at any rate they got lost, and after a fatiguing | day’s ride, through a barren and inhospitable wilderness, they came 1 to a neat little building, standing tHone in the woods, with farming appendages around. Our travelers halted and hallooed. A great, tall, | raw boned giant of a fellow stepped Out, we get lodgings here to j night?” asked one of the horsemen. /“Well, gentlemen, I reckon ye j kin,” said the big one, ‘and welkin* to boot. This is a h**t< I,” The travelers, although ihey id not ‘ike the cu; of the landlord's jib, dismounted, were relieved of | their horses, and were soon regaling j themselves over a good country supper of corn dodgers, bacon, mitk, ■ fried chickens and coffee. It was a j regular country sapper, but with their whetted appetites our invalids enjoyed it amazingly. After supper the gigantic land lord sat on the porch with them talking laughing, cracking jokes, and treating occasionally to some good old rye. es which he appeared to have a plentiful stock. The in , vulids set-liiip down for j “brink,” and were still better pleas ed when lighted at last to nice ,-otf feather b.ds, with the whitest and sweetest of sheets. “I tell yon what it is. Bill,” said j Tom, as they we*e sinking gently into the embrace of Somnus, “this fellow keeps a nice place, if it is out here in the woods.” “That’s a fact,” replied Bill, “and I i-upt ose its a cheap place, too; but I like it, and I’m willing ] to pay the full city figure on it.” Next morning our travelers were ! aroused by thier ugly but affable landlord, and regaled with a break - fast, if possible, still more appetui zing than the last night’s supper had been. The horses were brought | round and it was evident that they j too had been well cared f r. One of the travelers pulled out his wal let, and said to the big entertainer: | “Well, landlord, you keep a first rate little hotel out here; better | than we expected to find. We are much pleased with it, and now want to know what the damage is.” The landlord drew himself up, and putting on a very solemn, look, said, “Gentlemen, I'm pleased to hear yer satisfied. The bill is two hundred and seventv'-five dollars.” “How much did you say, sir?” asked the travelers, both startled. The big <>nc, drawing himself up a little higher, and looking sull more solemn, replied distinctly and emphatically, “two hundred ard seventy-five dollars, gentlemen.” “Do I hear you right, sir? do you I really mean to charge us two hun dred and seventy-five dollars for two meals, and lodging, and horse teed? ’ “Gentlemen,’ said the landlord, with the most alarming sang Jroid, j “that’s no mistake. Two hundred and seventy-five dollars is the bill.” The invalids got scared. They did not feel strong enough to fight; and if they had, could never have hoped to moke anything out of the ! ungainly giant who stood so com ! posedly befoie them. Without say ing another word the traveler \vi:h the wallet squeezed it and peeled its different pockets, and succeeded in handing over the full amount re quired. M ’he landlord thanked his : guests politely, and hoped if they should over pass that way again, that th y would give him a call. The travelers were now on their horses, and prepared, like the fa mous cavaliers in James’ novels, to resume their solitary ride. Before getting far off, however, the travel er who had had to disgorge, turned in his saddle and hailed the landlord: “I say, landlord,” he shouted, “before I go, I’d just like to ask | you a question—a civil question— I which you can’t take offence at.” i “Fire ahiod, gentlemen,” was | the answer:‘“ye’ve paid yer bill, | and yer to ask anythin’, without Oife.rCc.” “V* ell, lio-yjn the name of heaven did you cojnii to charge us two hun dred and seventy-five dollars for f night’s k accommodation, | lo t worth more jban five or six dollars at the outside?” I “Certainly, gentlemen. I’ll tell yer, and WeHsfm. Yer‘see I keep a hotel; and sometimes 1 has custom I hasn’t, I X accordin’, and as yke- ,hrßt customeifs I’ve had wVTI nigh on to a year, yer bill was a little bigger’n it rnout ha’ bin otherwise. The hotel has to be keep’ up. gentlemen, and when cus tomers is sca’ce, I has to charge ac coi din.” “Good morning, landlord,” said both the travelers; and they rode off satisfied. They didn’t go on to the Springs, how ver They took the back track for the river, and returned to this city for more money, the big hotel keeper havirrg pretty well cleaned them out. Re-supplied with funds, they are now off to the Virginia Springs; being unwilling to trust themselves again am >ng the hotels of Arkansas interior They declare, though, that the big landlord who fleeced them is a I capita! fellow—all soils of a fellow | —and knows how to keep a hotel into tile bargain. OUR NATIONAL DEFENCES. The combat thickens between the nations of Europe—a war, of which no man can tell the end. after many delays which deluded with unfound ed hop s the lovers ot peace, has 1 been inaugurated by a battle. It is reasonably feared that pow : ers at present neutral, must be drawn into the contest. England is tiilis | gently arming, and only gives prom- I ise to remain neutral while the war lis confined to the imits of Italy Germany stands ready to second i Austria should heinri-ihts as a Gers man Slate be invaded. On her bor lei s Russia is I*paring ready to ! p -once -upon A<ri w*-ratio.* | giv s tlie -Tgnaf, o| Turkov when the Sultan’s delenfjtrs are fully e.n | gaged in their own Defence. Every i thing indicates that a gentra! Euros | pean war is hoped for by some and feareil by others. How will the United States fare in tlie melee of natio- s? Ought we not justly to apprehend evil conse quences ? Inferior sis we are, both in naval and military power to the weakest of the European combatants, we should not deceive ourselves with the supposition that our neutrality will be respected, or our interests be safe amid the anticipated combat, when treaties will be torn through i like cobwebs, and international law will be forgotten, or ibat our com merce will escape unscathed in the general conflagration. Among nations as am’ ng individ ual men, it is not the peaceful, the weak, the honest, or the inoffensive that are respected, but the strong, the arrogant, and the combative.— Are we, as a nation, prepared to en force respect? Boast at and blustei as we may, we are strong only in the arts and pursuits of peace —in all the essentials of a warlike nation our weakness is contemptible. With a more extended commerce and coast than any nation on the glob-(with one exception.) we have to defend them, a navy i.f some six y ships, half of them inefficient, while Aus tria, with but one important • capon, little commerce, and ranking only as a fifth rate maritime powc, has a navy nearly three titu-s -ts -f- ‘ as ours, and Orem Britain and France nearly ten times. V bat chance, we repeat it, have we for defence, should these powers, as has been whispered, adopt sucli offen sive and insuiting measures as bro’t j on the war of 1812 with Great Brits ain ? As to our military strength. Pres ident Buchanan is Commander in chief of an army so insignificant that Pellissier or Colin Campbell would almost disdain to pass ii in review. Gov. Brown is also Commander in chief of the array and navy of Geor gia; it would be the funniest sight the sun ever looked on to see him I range his aimy in the tented field. The fact is since steam has made us almost ootermmuos with Europe, that the British or French navy ■ could, in twenty days, land on our ! coast an army which could march from Florida to Maine without seri ous oppsition. Nut from lack of bravery or patriotism in our people, they are inferior to none on the face of the earth in those qualities, but undisciplined bravery, especi lly when unarmed as we arc, cannot contend with disciplined armies of inferior individual character - In i the forty yeurs, since we conttuded I with a civilized foe, with very dubi j ous success, some changes have ta ken place in the habits of oiir people not Very proinotive of soldierly qual ities. We tlii-.k that every one will ac knowledge that the United States is illy prepared to enforce respect or resist aggression, Millions it is true, have been spent ujn>n our na vy and army, butspent’to little pur pose. So flagrant has been theraS s cally political jobbery especially in I relation to the first, that it is not i Wonderful that e find int*l“*ve|a a ivT *j- c ftrmjf i Ifft hrgm-PT tAftfflvsa opposing airy appropriation even for its needs. An Englishman cheer fully submits to the heaviest taxes for his national defence, he knows that the money will be spent for the purpose to which it is appropriated. An English minister dare not use it to reward partisans, but in this Re- . public King Party—who is mor® despotic here than the Czar in Rus sin has no scruple in leaving onr shores and commerce defenceless, while, with ihe funds that should be devoted to that purpose he gorges the insatiate avarice of his foMowefS. We have a lesson to learn in the events of the future, let ns hope that it may not cost us too dear. Should the war continue, our government must unavoidably be drawn into complications on account of aggres sions on our commerce, which diplo macy may not be able to settle, then when the strong hand and the sword are the only safeguards for our rights we may, too late, discover that tiinupb there are millions- of ham’s, the weapons, and the skill to wield them are wanting. —Augusta Dispatch, June C th. AUTHORS OF POPULAR QUO TATIONS. “Entangling alliances.”—George Washington. “Where liberty dwells, there is my country Benjamin Franklin. “The post of honor is the private station.”—Thomas Jefferson. “Ebony and topaz ” —John Quin cy Adams. “The Uni’ n must and shall be —-r-r, <v-'..’ l —iA mVrijW JaCßson. “Better to be l ight than to be President.”—Henry Clay. “Union now and forever, one and inseparable.”—Daniel Webster. “Squattei sovereignty.”—Lewis Cass. “To the victors belong the spoils of office.”—Wm. L. Marcy. “ilint drops.”—Thomas 11. Ben ton. “The almighty dollar.”—Wash ington Irving. ‘•Face the music.”—James Fen tiimore Cooper. “The largest liberty.”—William : C Bryant, “The Bone and sinew of the coun try.”— William Leggett. “Don’t give up the ship.”—Cap tain Lawrence. “He’s got ati ax to grind.”—J. K. Paulding. “N iuable water prtvclege.”—G. P Morris. “Telegram.”—National Intelli gencer. “He’s not worth a row of pins. 0. A. Worth. “He’s as short as a rabbits tail.” Jacob Barker. ‘Bleeding Kansas.’-Horace Gree ly. “Border Ruffians.”—J. G. Ben nett. - Fift\ four forty or fight.”— Wes tern p per. k “R <i Wamuses.”—Wheeling In telligencer. “The Locofoco party.”— Charles Davis. “The Whig party ” —Philip Hon© “All’s fair in politics."—M. M. Noah. “lliippv as a clam at high water.” —W. Mitchell. “Cotton is king.”—John Ran dolph. “Handy as a pocket in a shirt.”— Southern paper. “Upper-tendcm.” —N. P NN illis. “Sirawsshow which way the wind blows ” —James Cheasbam. “The Empire States.”—John C. Calhoun. “All’s not gold that glitters.”— Portfolio. “A good man; but he can’t keep a hotel.”- Negro Minstrells. “All’s fish that comes to his net.” Old Mirror. “Northern fanatics and Southern fire-eaters.”—Tammany Hall. “Two of a trade can never agree.” Boston Journal. “United we stand—divided we fall.”—Watchword of the American Revolution. The Chariest n News says that the report for he week ending 27th inst., still shows the uninterrupted good health of the city. The whole number of deaths has been only 21, ot which there was not one death by fever. NO. 4. | REPORTED EARTHQUAKE IN I RENSELLAER CO., N. Y. The Troy (N. Y.) Times, of Au gust 11 th, says; Everybody who wa3 not in pro ! found slumber must have been star tled this morning by one of the most remarabie and thus far mysterious j occurrences that has, during a long : period of time, transpired in this j section of the country. At about seven o’clock, while the ; sky xaa perfectly cloudiest Arhile ihardlv a'isjeath of air wasyslif — 'i"” a m!i6- ™ fw uiigvc *.3lc'smbn pre vailed of ii. natural commotion of any sort vy hate ver, there was a ter rific, shocking, detonating report, accompanied apparently by two ; sharp echoes. It was as if the sound ■ had come from the 6ky —but there were no clouds, not a single indica tion of the prevalence of electricity, sand that explanation could not be | entertained. The force of the con- j i eussion was so great that houses were shaken; that persons walking | in the street felt the ground vibrate i | Underneath them, that men who had j I just commenced work upon build ings, instinctively dropped their | tools, and looked to see what was the matter; that little children were \ frightened, and asked many strange questions of their parents, After giving the various surmises | and rumors which pervaded the com munity, after the explosion, the Times goes on to say: So the mystery remained unex ; plained and evidently inexplicable. ; But there is a theory at hand, back ed up by personal observation. We do not assume to say it is correct, iwe simply give it as we get it, and | leave scientific men to explain or I dispose of it as they see fit. John P. Ball, County Clerk, as sures us that the noise heard was , the result of an explosion of a mete ;or in thosky. Mr. Ball resides in Pittstown, in this county, and is a j perfectly honorable and reliable I gentleman. He informs us that he had just finished his breakfast, and was standing in his yard door when j he observed a bright light'in a south erly direction from hi% over j the town of Grafton, and descend ing very rapidly to the ground in a Northwesterly course. This was about 7:20 A. M. Mr. Ball last saw it when about half a mile above the earth, when it disappeared, and in a moment or more he heard the explosion. It was very loud, and i resembled thunder. He had pre viously called his family to view the meteor, and they all observed the light, and heard the explosion.— Mrs. Ball insists that there were three separate explosions—one much j louder than the others; and in sup | port of her statement, Mr. Ball says ; he saw three distinct clouds of smoke in the track of the meteor, which appeared to be a mile or two apart, i The smoke was visible for some time, but was finally lost to sight.— The meteor appeared to be at a dis tance of about twenty miles from Mr. Ball’s residence, and looked j like a large sized sky-rocket. A correspondent suggests that it was a t.iunder clap: but the Times j disputes this theory; says the explo sion was heard a distance of fifty rni'es; and concludes that it was a slight shock of an earthquake. The Albany Argus, of August 18, says: “We are inclined to think, that it j was a gentle earthquake. Altho’ we cannot learn that it was felt in ! this city, we have been assured by two or three subscribers from the towns of Guilderland and New Scot land, who were in our countings room yesterday, that the same phes nomenon was experienced in those ; vicinities, soon after seven o’clock Thursday morning. The heavy rumbling sound and vibration of the earth continued, they say, for two j or three minutes, proceeding from the Southwest and dying away in the Northeast. When they gave us ! this information, they were igno \ rant that any such thing had been experienced anywhere else.” The subjoined sections of the schedule of the Constitution of Kan sas adopted on the 29th of last month, prescribe the time and mode in which that instrument shall be submitted to the people for their ratification or rejection: Sec. 9. For the purpose of tak ing the vote of the electors t)f this Territory for the ratification or re jection of this Constitution, an elec tion shall be held >n the several vo ting precincts in this Territory, on the first Tuesday in October, A. D. 1859. Sec. 10. Each elector shall ex press his assent or dissent by voting a written or printed ballot labelled “For the Constitution,’ or ‘Against the Constitution.’ Sec. 11. If a majority of all the votes cast at such election shall be OUR AGENTS. S. M. Pettengill & Cos., New-York snd Boston. John Neely, jr., & Cos., Augusta, Ga. J. W. Dorr, New Orleans, La.- Joy, Coe & Cos., Philadelphia, Pa.,- John Hooper, New-York, Ire oui July authorire l Agents to receira VdTertisemeuts and Subscriptions. All or ders through them will receira prompt at*’ ‘ention. in favor of the Constitution, then there shall be an election held in‘ the several voting precincts on the first Tuesday in December, A. D., 1859, for the election of members of the first legislature, of ill State, District and County officers provids ed for in this Constitution, and for a Representative in Congress. Sec. 12. All persons having the qualifications of electors, according to the provisions of this Cotta*'*®’ tion, at the data of each of •*i | ’ ydectionii, and ghg “hull bate haw Htfe’refJPW according lo"th# ! provisions of the registry law of this Territory, and nono others, shall be entitled to vote at each of said elections. The provisions of tha Constitu i tion in reference to the qualifies-’ tions of electors are as follows: Sec. 1. Every white male pereoif of twenty-one years and upwards,- belonging to either of the following classes—who shall have resided in Kansas six months next preceding any election, and in the township or ward in which he offers to vete,- at least thirty days next preceding, such election—shall be deemed a qualified elector. Ist. Citizens of the United States; 2d. Persons of foreign birth who shall have declared their intention to become citizens, conformably to the laws of the United States on the subject es naturalization. A GLORIOUS RECORD. A few days since we published the names and ages of such revolution ary soldiers as were living and pen sioners on the roll of the State of Georgia, and now give auch leading incidents connected with their ser vice as possess any interest. Micajah Brooks, sr., born in Chat ham county, North Carolina. As an orphan boy, was bound out to a widow. At the age of fourteen years, while on an errand to Ran som’s Mills, met with, and was in fluenced to accompany twenty to thirty others, then on thsir way to Wilkes, now Warien cosnfy, Geor gia. Was actively employed aa a_ scout against tiie'tories, and occasion a body of seven uundrTOTJi? eight hundred tories was discovered. Although a much larger force, they were pursued, and, under cover of the night, attacked by Col. Elijah Clark and defeated at the junction of Kettle creek and Little river.— He was also in South Carolina un der General Greene; with General Pickens in his march through the Cherokee country, to, and down th Tennessee river. At the siege of Augusta, then in possession of th* British, commanded by Gen. Gree son, saw that officer shot in a balco ny, by James Alexander, a whig in disguise. He also states that when Augusta surrendered, the British left the tories in the hands of the whigs, and were slaughtered by them without mercy. John McMillion entered the ser vice in 1777, in Pittsylvania county, Virginia, and immediately marched to Guilford, North Carolina, after the tories. In 1781, under Gener al Greene, was wounded in an en gagement with the enemy at Guil ford Court House, commanded by Lord Cornwallis, and followed in pursuit of him almost to Wilming ton; also, at a subsequent period Lord C. and his force* in Virginia. John Hames, sen., born in Meck lenburg, Ya., entered the service in 1776, in Union district, S. C.; was in several skirmishes and engage* ments with the Indians in the Cher okee country —at Blackstock when General Sumpter was wounded in the shoulder by a bullet; at the siege of Fort Granby; at the battle of Eutaw Springs, under Gen. Greene; at the Cowpenß when Tarleton was defeated; under General Greene, at Cambridge or Ninety-six—leading a very active life, well suited to his roving and audacious disposition.- | Colonel Henderson was severely wounded at Eutaw Springs, and i Humes carried him on his back from j the field to the camp. When on a scouting expedition, under Colonel Brandon, fell in with ; General Marion with his troops near Granby; unitedly followed and de feated a large body of tories camp ed on the Pedee river, pursuing them down Broad river, which was to be crosed by a bridge. Previous to passing over, General Marion or dered tho soldiers to spread their blankets on the bridge in order to prevent the tories (who were sup posed to be near) from hearing the tread of the horses. Before all had i passed over, the tories commenced an attack, but were repulsed, leav ing behind several prisoners, i [ Washington Constitution, Aug. 13. i. ■ J A late traveler in the northern part of Greenland, says it is so cold that it freezes the fire QUt.