Carolina Watchman

              the carolina watchman of iii da uo in hi . hut to , ulllltl l . lul had i ih iii ceil it for that ofthe li.i-i iu his ' i ii bolil ll tl lllp i a i'i ild writ rand | , ilk i and hid llll ali.,,1,,,1 t i in a icntl cllllse he had hi eu mi ul the greul coliduetoi • of thu conies with ihe un ill i country in tho colony and had i.a 1 a large sllllle iii the forilintloll of tlio cull ful ihn "... nl uf the state i'vom llu . uml h was iiiiiin hah ll lraii-l.,1 1 to il . oiitiiioiiliil con truss of which lm had been i i bruner editor jf proprietor i = d nnltimryi ul new series cftn'l'llarrlto'n " ( volumh i \ — m ' m i 1 iii 48 . h i uiil.lm « iti umax "''' ' ' , i |. ' t ,..,.. i ,„ ..,,„,'. i dullori . , '' i ,,,.,. ma nl 1 lai ih first iiiiii s3 eu ,' ict iiiuii c.„u i limn tin « a iii i ■ ''.'■"■' ' ■ jllisll l\vasi0>i_of n carolina \ lecture ,,.„ m.:,i,:ii tim new vmili iii rokical till'y ,„ nnu win a g milium i inilt'tl ,, .... f reeunstriicling tho main i lorwnrd with nil possible expo •: nniundofdiividson ■ hock kiver iu mecklen | in |, . corr ipondence in sti irs u k ■■ aliixnudi r ih iniui ol an ■ pnti'i •» i1 y ff , i ■ in a observation on tl : c disnll'ected districts of tho ij - ner with uno r force of i ■*,!„„,, vudkiu west of the t mime ,;,, anil i accepting tho uuan.1 to vited lu tho cenerul as i a,,',,iii|'iuii".l by two hundred regulars vn 1 1 ol morgan who hud now | thu su itln in nrmy proi led west ., coiniiinnd of both tin so brig iftei the retreat of lord corn in cli tte chastising the tories kiniii-h in a detachment nf , major i loyd al shallow i'm , a i si iii an ml not i.u limn ulnuli ... n ni hud rnised nnd nmrched a regi i -*.. i mn inn ly i.i't.i thestirrcii h a ami j 1 ila british in , ilinit in ndvunced to th f tier of . . a tin cut'iivba i watch the enemy ivl support l i i i inl siunpler then ma rin,fa*'iiiiist i ml inn in the upper district ll . uit with the main army bubse : i tl itiiit direction nml had occtl i/lmrlutti ivheu he was superseded in tho ' ,'„, by general ureene need 1 add ■ •■ a ni of tin illustrious man up i in i,i , iiaia.i ri.-iifs n much nearer a ni l'uiiniiaiitler-iu-chiof thun any other . : . a « a i tn th hind of lh armv f . ■ . filled all hearts nili gladness nnd | .■ i a i i war in a correspondence . a ,. iiinneiliatel o)ietied expressed iu him it fai lion upou ihi eveut 1111.1 engaged , ■ rtb nl ih powers uf the state nml iitosmiry resource in ii tu support him iil sii iiii ih command uith which : i ,|. mn he honorable to yourseltj 1 - a 1 tory t the country 1 he : in command was announced in gen , . u in 3d uf december , 11 sinullwood having been jnunioted to a li :. lal-lilp about illi tllll left the ser - mtli iiiid i'ul 1 uv iu being mil uf tart emploi ment by lln expiration ut the en io 110 11 accepti 1 li'uiii tin board uf ■ of superintendent commissary 1 . i ,■■ ia iiii by tli resignation uf col .. folk and necom|ianied the army uf ■•!"". i in ihat capacity through the ensuing taiga hiving thus occasion to mention the name uf i'ulk 1 deem it proper tu correct an er 11 a mr lossing bus fallen in his field : thi iiuthorit t the papers uf 1 lener . ii ai.i which — unintentionally 1 have no i does great injustice to his memory it in impututiou of disaffection at tie very time . i ;,■ ollice uf superintendent coiumis rj general fortunately the journal of the irj of war explains the whole matier there nipl ,.:,; 1 mutt nil rn tn duty uii bis important office miiiuii in explained an i ofa scarcity of supplies and tu hi family ; ami col mar i 1 ti ilourd tn which in was a ■ . . ll a a •.;-!!.-. i tii nrmy in meckli ii '. i . in -. in a public letter recorded it its js thai n lu opinion i'ul i'ulk under had 1 llltilcd the duties of lice as well us circumstances would admit ■ i immediately aflerwurds entrusted i.y greene with tin temporary command jl ...| general uf militia and in all after . a ' ine i regarded ua a linn and 1111 • i'i patriot . .,.- ',!,„. ],- and supplies gen greene ,; it th head ut about two thous i intil uf whom were militia uith :. hand imt lur three days iu an ox ■ uitry an.l but a scanty supply ofam ■ ould not i replenished hurt '. with tie quick eve of military gu ileteriuined to divide his force mall ua li ying u[iuti duvidsou's militia tu be 1 homes when th emergency . i ■■. a a central force in sent nut ,. pr t,,l tu tin rank uf brigadier ■ 11 a„i continental service across the 1 liruad ni while in himsell'led ■ irmj i a point n|,|„,-it cheraw mi . : i was nun afier joi i i.y ti n cor|is uf lieut col henry mtli a t the ** memoirs of tie war * itli subsequently governor uf v'ir ■ i'u ii nl panegyrist of washington at nf congress liv ihi ju i a ia „ cured abundant supplies i'oi his troops interrupted commti ii the lliin-h army ami tin lo ni j a ii mn f th power of lord corn tu invade north 1 larolina without *' .' bin i morgan or leaving him in his " m an hi concert un strengthened b 1 nnu r 1 lenoriil i'a kan nf mu und mi-dors m'dowellof north ■ * nmil i am of georgia ii iu under oen leslie hnv fw received hv lord cornwallis in his no * iu.sboroiigh,hodespntc i a superi or li a 1 tail „. tnupp.ist • if following with the main ninn clion lh haul ofthe cow ii ii ly followed ami in which ' miphiiutly , iff at i hi morgnn *-- i a hundred killed an.l moro '■ pri a .-, with urm artillery v m -. i an ibiighl in sonth 1 ni , 1 1 the border i imt with ipn of nur aubject hul il enemy into north i larolina itiim of his 111111 and : : '■ v nge i treed '.. n treat from his • hi the state mitli ih in iui ft la tl llli it kii m ■ .,". and non 1 ofthe ././. of ■ ■". inferior number oftho republican ' of nh un wei ... of the cowpens and destroy '" < 1 ■ ' - 1 1 1 * 1 1 1 1 1 . r commenced thnl thrillinc series "' inilltnry movements which was continued with ""• ctiv,ti,0f ■ i'l chase i'm quite tw0 1 »» htw army lay at turkey 1 7jjwm0t*™«y.flvemll™raoiitl,„fcowih..ns nml morgnn may be considered to have had l.v so much iho stnrl ofhis lordship in this trial of cl1 '';" l r"">v''d im.nedintely hoping " ''"' o morgan oncunib red with prisoners and baggnge nud stores fruiu of his victory bo j.'1 ""•'' ,! i the fords of th cntnwt.il in north citrohnii i'm which ii mu presumed i would niu i morgnn however vigilant nnd war ns his lrivai adversary and fully comoro iin lis danger nbimdoiied his captured baggage anil lenving lu wounded under thu protection of n flag on tho very evening nf tho l of battle bel t hi ri'trenl ; hi prisoners in advance escorted hv hi militia followed im luit.lv by iin regulars under in own , , """"•* i'.i it ill i recollected mi mi ll 17th of jnnunry 1781 for twelve wear days ""' """'"• ""' rcr/ies th retreat nnd pursuit wero continued without iiiterinissinii nenr nightfall mi th evening oftho 20th th nu guard ofthe royal armv under general i i'lliirn guiuud il isluiid ford on the catawba on tho present road from stntesvillo to morgnnton bul discovered tlmt morgnn had crossed ovor with all iiis prisoners nnd forces al u two hours bo fore uniting nnd encamping on the shore with lh purpose in renew ihu pursuit enrl in the morning the british general mi tantalized hy t'i lu of hi i at lh tu nl hu i sup 1 h a nboul tn clutch it in hia grasp during the night tliu river was swollen by heavy rain was impassnblo in th t iiing and -'. remained for tun days nl the expiration of which morgan's militia it in prisoners wero inr un their mai 1 towards virginia ii himself « itli in regulars passing down tho left bunk of tho river to sin nil ford tliere met gen i no ului having been advised of the move ment nf th ii any from winnsborough mid the victory of the cowpens hnd hastened for ward with nn aid de-camp nml a fen militia attendants from hi cninp mi th pedeo to concert measures to secure its fruits and to acl against the adversary as means and opportu nity might permit tli swell in tho cnuiwba which tin pious feeling of the i ntry could not imi ascribe in providential interposition ami the consequent interruption in tliu pursuit uf tin enemy determined gen greene to dispute his passage ncross tho river and thus gnin time for thc arrival nf his nnny t salisbury whither ho lm i ordered it to hasten under cen lln f smith cnrolinn and i 1 ( tho ii williams ,.!' maryland with lln hope uf there forming a junction iih morgan in execution uf this design morgan's light troops joined b a few mil tin wero posted at shcrrill's ford gen davidson who in this critical period ua ever mi ih alert had called mu tl militia force un der in command unl whilo watch was kept nt mui i funis uu th river with directions to give information nf tin approach ■ fthe oiieiny a considerable body nl his troops was placed at beattie's ford he himself taking position al cow an's ford with n ut tin hundred and fifty men on the evening uf tin il-t of january lord cornwallis in th meanwhile foiled in his pursuit had encamped nt ramsour's mill tin scene i tin action between th whi ami loy alists lln preceding summer | and having ex perienced delay in hi lute march frum the in cumbrance of his baggage in here destroyed nil thai nnl i !„■ regarded as superflous himself setting lln example by casting into the flames th baggnge of headquarters an.l converted his nh i army into liglit troops with a view of re newing the pursuit u morgan or forcing cen greene lu nn action thn diseucumbered he lost nu tiui in approaching th catawba upon the abatement of the flood ami ul.il a foint was mini nt beattie's ford tli t public and 1 igible pass by a detachment under lieutenant colonel webster hi lordship moving with the main army in ih night wa ni dawn of day al the pri int p.a-snfi lowon's ford where in i nnl been anticipated b the vigiln ot'davidson i'lung ing int this bold river which is hero the fourth of a inih iii.i ill its waters not yel assuaged the british troops waded through and were received by a well directed tire from our militia lm suc ceed 1 m makiiigg 1 their landing witb the loss of aboul forty killed nnd wounded including i hull ii tho american side the loss was incon siderable oxcepl in il full i'll gallant david son who here sealed wi i 111 hi 1 thu vows of devotion unl duty to his country which he luul mudein ih ii i of the struggle an.l which ho luul zealously inuiutained i.y live yeurs of service in the field ' iur repulsed forces retired to torre s tav ern i mil distant mi tin sulisbur road whero thev were joined hv tlieir comrades from beatties ford win retreated mi hearing of their general ami halting thero in confttsi and uo individual assuming command they wero sur prised l.v turletou's cavalry who had been senl iu pursuit nnd pul n rout imt without serious |,,„. hun greeno imw hast ned eastward to salisbun with tbo troops undur morgnn and de spatched orders to linger nml williams not u advance to thai pin imi to unite with him at ouilford mnl house some fifty miles further ewt crossing on pursued eagerly hy tho lint wb i crossed the v'udkin at the trading i ord enstwnrd of salisbury ami i ngnin lleuv n rmiledontheanicricuuchuso uis cuvnlry ford , ,.,| the stream at midiiightof tho 3d of 1'ebruary nd the-infuntry pa in bouts at dawn the nexl morning a few of their wngons being cut oil i.y t|,0 pursuers but thu bouts were secured at tho i f landing und a risu iu tho river during the night nrrested the passnge of the eiieiny nnd forced lum lo proceed up its western bunk - thirty miles to the shallow ford near the vlllagu f llunuville here lie received llit.ll tl , , nl j i i a of the two divisions o greene's nrun at guilford cuurl house nnil lo i i,!l hope rn attacking th.-tn in d tail lm being ,. i,j,.„t of his pownr to eneoiinti-rlhitli he moi wlforwnrd in tin nrdetitl r ofeunip i liattl before the i 1*1 reuch \ irgm ■'• »'"' ro am i.itioll suppliel lllld recruits uwllited thrill ii .„„,■„ ,„ nl up th '" irowu l.nii nearer to the in fords of the i an i'lverthan in off from ' ll moiluuf crossing und trusting bu to ovor | coiiiu llml ililali lflii n lh in ,,:, inarivsl iiis passngo in ittmi lm ma a ,,„ ja mm h uiiluiii | possiblu expedition greeno resting his wonrlod i inr tin days nt otiilforil court iiou«o hero niiiii of ilium within n month woro to find tin ii l.-t repose nml i'lilinh surveying iiis condi tion di'teniiinod to eontiiiuo hi i-otreul into v'ir it'iiin ; mid with twentj five mil thu ndvnntngo in distance s,t n i „ n w rnoo will tlio british general i'.u the lower ferries of tho dim long nnd wenrj wn tho ranrch keen an i close ihu purnuit urgnniking sevon hundred suitable troops inn light corps undur tho command of col w iiiiii ul nl ni to whom wero cols how ml wnshingtou mid l qon grcoiio plneed il in in ,',,,,'. to wutob niul skirmish with tho enemy whilo tho nnny with its baggnge and stores should pursue its way will nut molestation ii british genoral with a like policy soul for ward 11 vanguard ul siniil.ii troops under gon o'llnrn on their lit-i iipproxiiiiiition the skir mishing between theso corps was brisk nndactivo bul experiencing no ndvantagu in their results they wero discontinued l thc enemy and often theso colitmiia uf the two nrmies would lm scon in tho wide plantations bi tho way moving for wunl at a quick btop without bign of hostility oxoopl ivhoru i ourva ui th road or the orossin'g i n stream promised some advantage to th pur mr with n single menl a day to each nrmy and slighl intervals for rest the pursuit uml ro , tr ii continued three days mid nights liy the mini ilv disposition of col ( nrrington of vir ginia tho yunrturmastor general oftho nrmy who hud previously surveyed this river with n vievi to such n result of a campaign a tho pres i.i bouts wore iu ruiidiuess at irwin's ferry and the nrmy of groono passed over tho dim on the 1 3th of february the division of williams elu ding the enemy crossed ovor tho next dav swim ing the horses of tho cavalry and purs'ued lu < hum until within a short distaui f lln river thus ended this celebrated retreat of two lum j , dred and thirty miles from the cowpuns diugo null across xojth carolina into virginia nnd which composes one oftho sl interesting chap i ters in all military history contemplating tho romantic piedmont country through which it was iiuitli ; ite projecting mountains nenr ii hand and loftier s in tho distant view it lovely vales unl noble rivers swollen by ll is the bnt ': ties nnd skirmishes ofthe two nrmies mid exploits , uf ilif partisnn corps nnd individuals — literally i hairbreadth scapes and ndventuros by flood i and field nn imaginative mind could not at i tempt it description without bursting forth iuto • song tiuil crowning it heroes with unfading am s uranth but it leaves the llritish generalon the . imlii i-u frontier of a third oftho southern suites i shall that suite be added to his conquests : frustrated in th objectof his long and wenrisomo i pursuit ho had yet tho eclul of a victor in oom i polling his adversary to flee and wisely conelud i ed to make tho most effectual uso of this attri | l.utf after a single day's repose ho proc led : unopposed to llillsborotigh where wo hav seen i th legislature and afterwards the board of war i had i ii recently iu session it was perhaps a < fortune for tho stato at thnl time that she had i im greal city t 1 struck nt by the enemy as n 1 vital part niul lu impositions upon which goner . nl submission might huve bei n enact 1 : bul thai 1 her wealth and population wero diffused over mi i extensive territory intersected by mountains riv i ers mnl morasses the inhabitants of which were - as little dependent on each otlier except forg 1 * neighborl i and mutual defence a th,*v wero i upon the enemy there wns no permnnenl senl * of government and the legislature rarely assem 1 bled in the sum town twice in succession the i occupation of hillsborough the recent pin f . meeting of the general assembly and the gov | i ernor therefore was of itself a ciicumstance of ■ littlo importance lord cornwallis however i ere t 1 there tho royal standard and putting in i printing press again in requisition issued forth a < proclamation assuming to iiim if the air i a | conqueror offering protection to pcrsonsand prop j erty nnd appealing to tin li,-av subjects of his 1 majesty iu prove their loyalty and luly by com i ini to tho aid of hi cause nnd thus contributing '. to restore th blessings of order nnd g i govern i iiniil thi appeal accompanied by lln most ( rigid observance i order in th restraint of his s troops from nil trespass on person or property ( ivu it it i ith ait its ir t upon the inhabitants of i tho u until west ofthe haw and north of i p i river ninny uf whom had boon leaders in the re • sistuueo of tho regulation iu i 771 ami having < been then overcome and forced to swear ullegi mice to the crown were nuw loyalists ns much ' t from scruples f conscience ns nttiiclitnent to the ■ i eiieiny cause tho quiet of th inqueror « 1 i ■ 1 not long re ' uiiiui undisturbed after the fall of gon david ' son on iho 1st of februnry wo left his command con isting uf u frum m*,t u nluii aiul liownn | routed and dispersed by a surpriso fnun tarlo ' ton's cavtilry at torrenee's tnveru i mil from th catawba reassembling after tho passage uf tin british nrmy liny collected aforeeofsui | ,.,, imu i | men am i foilowud lli | ursuing * no mv there being differe - i pjiiiiion among ih field officers as to the chief nnnii.l here as in the enso of campbell ut king's mountain on tho i ith of fubrtinry they elected gen an j drew i'iekcns of smith cnrolinn to the liend of unvidsoii's lirigndo this distinguished pnrtisnn j officer wn ui ib surprise nl torrenee's nnd luul i continued with these troops from ihnt timo imi ' uuii an ,,,;, iiiiiii il excepl ul a fow followers from j south i an linn doubtless thoy could have \ found a in skilful gallant nnd efficient leader i'm tl ii ti nl ihi leadership has occasioned them i i mistaken l.v lee and other historians fur militia nf south cnrolinn passing leisurely through lli iiiiii at'i a tin british a i.v they ,. tl tu ik kepi down ilm loyalists nnd nl dawn , ,' uy ,',,, the morning of ihth nf february a j di'tlichnielll nf hm .*■.!.. | ies of this i'm lu ....!■■ of cen i'ickelis surprised an i captured a nickel stationed ai ii m's mill within nmil and ( ,, i|f 1'th i.i-i quarters of cornwullis.nl hills borough uetreating to n plnce i safetj'.in tho i i n of stoiiv creek m'h some iii nnd went pri oners ri.kens had ordered n hull to om il . , - i in lli night's expedition to with breakfast win n mi ilnrin wn given of lhe approach i il neinj in i i camp.h iwever to learn i i ndviinuiiigcoluiiiiiswiifi not tarleton wiih i famous cavalry in iinusl of tli enplors uf ihu picket imt 1 1 mt col lue nl lh in a i ofhis in ffion who had 1 11 senl hv li n i 11 u nui 1 ih niiiili nrmy to kuep an eye upon the oneiny and previ nt if possibln th junctii f mi loyalisl to hi tan laid thi ii t i 1 iim i tl renowned lenders who eu-ope rutad so actively during the residue of llm emu pnlgn informing thciiwelves correct i of the i"n li lllld 1 ill i'll 11 nil ilinl |, an in ihnl tarleton had 1 11 despntohed westward i iragotho loyalists beyond llio haw river ami "-"•• rl in in al qtllirtcrs any who lie ind i join tlio king's nrmy thoy s 1 oul in pursuit in out tl ih eu indention nml if possible i"'1 lii action liy a complu m-i ri , both id in ih benrch f,,r turlol they came sinh hi.lv upon a in di f iiili-t under col i'll who inspirited by tho appuronl juccuks of ih british arms nnd the procluiiintion nf thoir ionerid i take sorvico undur in hug were on their iiuireh to hillsborough with thai object expecting '" moot tarleton the supposed lli iniui of leu nnd pick iih to lie his until the wi re overthrown with terrible slnughter ninet lay dend upon lh field and nearly all tho residue wero wound 1 i an.l pickens hurrying i'm wnrd espied tho enmp of tnrleton in i'h oven ing and woro al lln mime timo j,,i i hv col preston with tin hundred imn'ii iho nioun lain f virginia who having heard oftho straits nf il nam's army mi hi retreat were miirehing to join him ignorant thut he had passed lhe dan hut lln unit i forces postponing their attack nn iil hi iiing turleton 1 hided iheir grasp und mad in hi retreat in hillsborough hen groono having rested hi wearied troops nnd replenished hi military supplies ami being reinforced lu n brigndu of militia under general stevens reel 1 the dim on the i!3d kebrunry ngnin 1.1 manoeuvre with tho enemy ai tho am nu cornwallis filled with chagrin nl the i-!isl,r 1.1 pyles in llm first considerable insur rection in hi favor since hi entrance iui tho slat moved westward of hnw river in 1 near er tn th settlement of lln loyalists nml prevent th recurrence nf a liko casualty to hi majestv's faithful lieges th british general it must bo noted throughout tho campaign luul two ob jects in view after failing to overtake morgan's i'ii a ; ih 1 tn destroy greene's army the other to augment his own lu recruits from among ih loyalist inhabitants and tin aim of the a iiniit'.iii wus as woll to impress the loyalists by an exhibition ofhis force and spirit ns the safety f hi nun army and the nunoyonce of his adver sary taking position betwei 11 th u per brunch es uf iiim river general greeno o-cstablii-hcd in corps t,i light troops under lln gnllanl and sngacious \\ illinms which ho kept between the enemy and tlio main nrmy in a series of interesting movements assaults skirmishes and and retreuts le baffled all th efforts of his op ponent t bring either division nf his nrmy t u u'"in*i*al engngemont until thonrrivnl nf a brigndo ul militia under general lawson from virginia ami two brigades from north carolina under generals butler ami kali 11 hi force being nuw numerically superior to thut of the enemy ho ndvunced tn engage him iu buttle nml select ed au eligible position ut guilford court house lord cornwallis nccepting th defiuuee also moved forward 1 thc conflict whicli took pluco 11 lie 15th 1'miuvh 1781 iiml been tin as sailnnt neither mi limit nm your putience uili ullon an extended description of ihi '■",•- imps greatest haul of th southern war it i well pourtaryed by marshall i johnson mil lossing siiffii •• it t remark that th order of haul th sagacity the aim self-poss imi rea dy ri ir ami courage of both genernls wns admirable that few engagements ' exhibit iu stai - i greater during und persovi ring bravery than wore manifested i.y individual officers and men nnd whole corps ; thai rarely hav militia withst 1 lie shock uf veteran iv.,ul,ir sup ported hy artillery bettor than did those of vir ginia under stevens nud luwson ami camp bell ami never did veterans in any field bettor illustrate heroism ami discipline than the first man laud regiment under cul 1 1 mil van 1 i.i mi cul unwind nnd tin delaware troops under capt ivirkwood ami imi i'm lh pnnic which seized the two north carolina brigades under cms hull r and eaton who hnd recently joined ih army wore i",l in the front li f the battle under tho 1 niing of cnnnoii ami an np iironchiiit charge m the llritish under lieut col webster ami who broko and fled with only a , |, mill a*i tiro ; and the wavering und flight of tho - i mini land regiment under col eoni , lat in lln action general greeno musl huve achieved acompluto victory ai the com nce 111 nt hi force number 1 moro than tun to tm of tlio enemy ami lifter tho flight oftho militia of hm • 11 and ito.tler they yel sl i in the pro porti i 3,2 2,000 well therefore ha il 1 11 observed hy marshall thai no haul in tl course of thu war reflects nim honor on tho british troops than tlmt uf 1 inill nl they how ever were neiirly all veterans hi of greeno , aiii,,l about lii hundred of this class i'l i retiring from llie curnngo i lb day northward ncross the p.ee.h eork of haw rivei to tho iron works on troublesome crock ho ef fected hisrotrenl in g 1 order uud safety to his troops lenving to hi ndvursnry a gury bed and barren triumph mi ilm held of haul his i as in killed ami wounded a nnted in all to about four hundred whilo that of lord corn wallis according in hi official account uns five hundred nml thirty-two including lieut col wobster the ajax ofhis army a friend whom ho loved and uln loaned upon his bosom 11 ua mortally wounded ami died boi lays sub sequently iii uluden mi thu march nf tho army to wilmington lh memoirs of i mention ihat i a sharp notion nl whn 11 mill on ll d fork which occurred ulil williams's light troops a f,u dm before ihi buttle thirt lu rl lint u.i-o.'l ll ni !*, liredatc11l.wel.ater of ih i 1 1 mtain i*ill"im m i r campbell who were | laced 11 a loghouse with instructions to lire only al " special objects whii he i d thellriti.d iiiinii iur.«s tli.-str.niii l all without etl'ect the termination of lu 1,1 un r vnd for probably a chance ihol nl ,,,, iford \ im i.r anecdote is related nl '■■ n 1 aiiiv who mad a lii ! . ,,„.. from tb li ul a : bod uf american riflemen with like duliberalu nim i receive hu deutli n i in ihu engng i hi nl all lh haul ,,( milium i in l 1,1 ,!„.,, ii ll 1 nf lh bllfllu al i mill id mnl ll wiih decisive li drovu laud cornwall's i li north i nm imu and led to liisultliuiilesiii , " l"1"1 hustowiiig proper car lm wounded i with in churncleristic hiimnnity lie issued n 1ml i tin in thu form ofn proclnmiitiun mu i ■ thc triuiujilimil success uf his mnj ly'sm'ius.und liromising forgiveness of pusl il nees ag •, 1 i nil loyal subjects to join him in re-e ml i i in i ih and order 11 il ul„m i surveyed hi shattered i-oh is and ihi 1 and crippled j lank whii h hnd sustained a loss nl la ar one third he discovered thnl thu » victor wi ii "*' " a and ||„. i in in la i li , ion ., ,|, tlm fm i heart's dosiro hud been n :■ i fiction to ul.tnin ii in had strained nnrvii nnd , sinew mid nil thu res ces of lllilitlll in fi i mn strnlllgi-m and skill ; had man h 1 full live hull b.'.l miles through deep rivers and broki it mid ruinous roilds in bran nun ami in the depth of winter and had denied himself and hi uilll he usuill ll'nlls 0f the clllllp hi tl destfuc tion f iii baggago to give greater celerif to l venieiils !„• hud ultailiud il ; ho hnd driven hi ndversury from a fuirlv f'oughl li id and tasted tin sweets of victory.bnl found them i.l " i al sunfruiu th loyitlists had uol ., ' a to ioin iiim n i expected uml mortifying a iiiu-t hai been thu filet in discovered lhat lh salvation of hi ami deponded upon immediate i treat hn imi itablu greene mi th otlier luu.,1 refreshing nnd nrruving his iliscimitilted forces nl ! his firstcuiup.niw wing the field ndvi 1 in ihn •■ ,| us i retien tin conflict nml lion "\]" i need ih proud satisfaction uf seeing hi lute ultaiit eueiii hoeing before him to a pla f '•■ fllge ami thai h had d liun d a mat from conquest i.y his long suffering patience prudence ' age n'ml lh braveri and fortitude nf his troops wc hall imt pursue the retreat of lord corn waliis by wny of cross creek to wilmington ■ bis march thence marly with the lino of tin pro sent railroad into virginia whore in less than is months ho was obliged to surrender to general washington nor general greeno in hi ul quenl march to th relief of south carolina hut thero was another invasion in a dill'erent qunrtcr without a brief allusion h wliich our task would be incomplete a a part nf hi plun i'm llm subjugation of ilu stnt lord cornwallis about ii ii f breaking up ids camp ni winnsborough had . sent from charleston a laud mid naval force un der major craig to take and hold tho t un f wilmington nsu convenient porl through which supplies might !„■ furnished to his own army in.l i xpected tn bring int communication with it thc expedition succeeded mid tho town was occupied on tho first of februnry tl nly advantage h wevor thnl it afforded to th army uf invasiou by land wa a convenient retr nt ami . ul hilda it refreshmouts nftor lh disastrous hm il ii guilford court lit use lie reach it on ' th 7th of april and ou th 2sth of ilm same im mih - t l t unit iii the attempt tn over comu virginia lh post ;,; wilmington wliich was occupied by aboul three liun in 1 regular troops ami a in rims but varying force of loyalists give great encouragement tn th disaffected in tlmt region nf th sim prom thu liriuii with which tin republican cnusebndb m ma * i ned and ih inmo than doubtful success of th llrit ish nrins iu tin lat cninpiiign they had been brought to observe n prudent neutrality but af ter tiie departure of greene's urn y into south cnrolinn they iiequired non confidence nnd be came a formidable foe a detachm nt f this mixed force under tho immediate command of major craig traversed tho country with occasion nl skirmishes with the militia iis'l'nr eastward as iho valley of neuse river and seized tho town of newborn : and the war between whigs and tories raged in the district between the cape in ar and pedeo with a fierceness rarely surpassed iu bor der contests generals uruwn cm n wn 1 willis and other patriot leaders in that region basides encountering this domestic enemy in skirmishes ami assaults without number ib'iighl with them an unsuccessful battle al ijeuttie's laid •*.. mi ill-owning creek a brunch ofthe iv 1 and g.-nerni uiiller with the militia uf or ange county mut and repulsed them bill with ' oul n decisive result al linlev's mills on cnno creek in thei ity of c'lintlinm < ne uf tin chiefs of the torv commanders if nol lie head of their forces was david punning : who in liis dence stvled himsi if colo uel of tho kun.l militia and who litis left n iniiii r in tlio traditions ofthe statu n with every crime snvoring of rapacity roveng ■ • cruelty always well moituted and ucc pn i uied by a bund of kindred spirits hu swept over i the cottntr liku n i aiiiauchu chief surprising i parties of whigs win n off thoir guard he i often gave no quarters ; or lying in ambush or ' pouncing upon ilium nl their homes hu - iz d > and murdered or tortured tl bit nnd tin u i hindered and burnt tlieir dw llin . i ii a icrii of bold adventures he took the town * 1'i'ia creeks now kuyettoville captured the i ivhig militia officers of the county of chatbain ' when sitting in court innrtiid nl i'm nnd by a sudd n descenl on hillsborough ul i dawn of dav about the iniddlo of september i seized and curried off llie governor of the stute * lie outlived the wnr mid i 4 refuge in the iny ■ nlist settlement ot'ni-n llrunswiek.or n'ovnscu ' na mr sabine whose sketch of punning in his liv of tho i al i exceeding hrief and , impurfecl in illilstruti if hi eliaraet r a all . oullnw n int - thai nhdi g n marion of soulh carolina admitted lo terms maj r '■ iin ebruted loviilist and a purl under him i in was special n ed us excluded from the h lit of the nrriing incut this quit corresponds t with the coi iii n in li ' hn l.-fl ur i i his old haunts the h side ofthe ' border mi 1 cans 1 him to be speci dlv execpli'd i'r in the | n ' lhe nci f paid n nin ' i hy the legislature at the . f peace i he . v a whu v i loll iii his pi , iiiii r was lil uui nn ll live and rnnspicuous inber from i '. coin i i 1770 iniui i , lectli a tn th , hi uf iim in it in tha tii-t purl ofthe your i7h1 lie up ll 11 in lluvl i 11 la " ill 1 , lou -. ill i'll ll.i dolphin nml golin a nilintvlir in lh halt nf hrutulywiii : nml in , lection in ilm thief ma i-i nf thi tai iii ilii cri is is pres d i hai l ii in mu ,| i,o iittliblllill.li in thu i i'g a'ol ill i i of hi lllillli whicli llll iii inn rendered him ll successful ',. uili i in the fit id i ua thirl nul distant li iii'ik-uitsi i'll i liiiiriuiders heretofore he ua , plcli iv urpri . 1 and without military nit mlnnts in a all village ua carried il ' uuh.mt dill uln hurried lu lung mid rn id iiuirehes through i p la i iiml |". ll.i l.ii.l f iu i iind and swilllip tliu in ia ,| with persolllll in leni.|.,nnilpilliigiilol'eicr\tliingexci'ptthoclothi'8 * in u r i was delivered hv he suvilgu cliptors in 111 , .. in.lv uf maim cr'llig oil lln 2.*lll uf scplcinber iind hi at outrage , very | rinci pl ■' justii-i nnd ublic inw liu ua committed i in ii mi fi li ill ll'l pn un llml i uns a pli mi of stute and la i f unl i '., in trail i'eri'ed i i i ah i ai ul ... ind loslio uns ... lllld he ua pnroled us a pli i lu li ' i land ihi island was at thi time 1 1 nihi-r i mid liuiuiirv v-'.t infested with llll " dn 1 of tor refugees who had soiiglll i ei-liiiii li r lln llritish ni'in by reason .,!' ih .*". ni nn - of general orei no in reeovi r illg soulh i an liun nml dii ing in their forcob tn ih garrison nf chiirleston in these goveri or uiirko iv hi pust history and official station un mi objecl of such deeji hostility as iniinlnii gel hi persolllll sufety i nn npplicittioil i'm a piirolu i hi own stato or sonic olhur soul born stale or to i xchnngidfor nu equivalent or if h'l 1 id i refused then llml in might i transferred to boiiio oth r place i'm hi person ill af ty in direct answer wus made imt ho was given i understand ihnl m of hi requests mid i allowed *, nml thnl nt lhe solicitation of major cniig he wns to be detained indefinitely to ll ml ihal if lh notorious panning or ani to ri lender whom tlu llritish officer had employed bhould h tak n nnd suffer punishment under tlio inns ofthe mat thero mighl 1 retaliation upon lum it ua imu lln seventh v iu uf tlm wnr and lh sixth alt r tin nutioiial declaration uf independence j the ainericnii cause had recently acquired renewed confidence and stnbility from thu surrender of lord cornwtdl'j'nl vorktown wliich occasioned tlio evneuntion of wilmington lu mnjor crnig from tho result ofthe bnttlo at i'litaw springs ami tho consoqueut retirement nf ih llritish nnny tu charleston and from the arrival of largo reinforcements to gen greene from tlio northward under generals st ( lair and wayne the individual thus subjected to degradation nnd insult was a high spirited and urbane gentlemnn iiccustoined to tlio observ ances of refi 1 life and tho deference habitually yielded to his position officially he was the l*'n*-t magistrate of ono of the thirteen indepen deiil states nml tho third person in succession who had performed ihu functions of that station in tin outset of the war greal uriliiin had af fected i tr nt all americans as rebels without regnrd to their governmental orgnuiziilioiis and tho dignified reply uf general washington to ih liutighty note uf general gage at hoston justifying such n course in which he announces n th llritish coinmnndi-r-in chief if your officers our prisoners receive from me n treat ment different from what i wished to show them iii v and you will n member t cciuiou of it wili readily occur to ihe rentier of history ujion the i ih un ill of ihis qui tion unl in tho pro gress ofthe contest this ] retciisioii hud been re laxed into ll bservaiice i'm the must part of rules of civilized ivurf'niv ; nnd lhe duty of hu manity in prison rs and di fcretice tu their rank milling ii iir countryim n had been recognized not unly in not , iilbn ing close coiitineineiit but in exehnng i rank for rank or iis cqtiival nt lint in this iiistunce cliiciiuerv wns resorted to and ii was nil ged lli il allliuugh continental of fic i w re so far n - pech 1 ris to bo subjects of exehnng n like chnrncti r could nol 1 sti nded lo lhe militia or state officers the c*oiitinoii i ! ' on rress certainly had given no color tothis alteiiipti d ilistiiii-tii.il : m he contrary ti nntho cm i invasion of smith carolina in 177s n when liicluird t'nswell a soldier of renoim filled the kxtculiie chair of nortli ( arolina thfbo.lv nl the urgent reqiiesl ofthe delegates from south curulina had lu resolution requested him to lakec maud iii person of lhe inilitin force he hnd ordered mil lo aid in her defence ill iho rank of major g ral iu thecoiiliin utul lino nnd suliiiriliiiiit'e only to g ueral lincoln and to ii galive in tlio nn t unqiialilii 1 manner this weak pri'tensinn lirigudier gem-rnl rutherford of the n'ortht'itruljiin mil tin v i we well re im ani r ivastaki n pri nil llio defeat of gates had lieen receiilh exchanged niul relumed to his owu state aft r a coiifineineiil ul in ive mouths at st augustine i'luiida th cl ,-" coiifinein ntof governor llurke nnd iiis parol ill tiiiiuiils in nhieh lie wus in con ;.;:,! ilangi !■ of assnssiiiutiuii was then fore in contravention of receiil pri c del i a well as of all ju-t princ'i !". and coultl be vimlicnteil only i.y thai neii version of public law intel acted upon in the ( aroliiias b whit it whole coininuni ties of pencenble citizen were claim nl n prison ers and each mail fore d in a • an ilo of non re sistance or close eonfim in nl and hv virtue of which ih laineiil.'.l lliiyiielmdls'i n reci'iilly pul i mi igu ■ iiiiiii ii l.nih.'l.i u military order with oul il trial thai il did imt produce retuliiitioli in a - innmiiry und exeni hnv inauuer can only i accotii i d fur b lhe nenr npprnacli of peace and lhe d termination of his enptivit by the acl f th prisoner him if stung hi thu want of respcel with whicli lie had been tretitid from llio - ; nre mid iii n l ction thut ho wns detain d without limit of time as a hostage for ih ai ti of hm ahl . ami outlaws who had forfeit ed iheir'lives to the iiiiiuicipiil laws mid whoso ms were slill cniilinui d in the stnti , ui dor hi govcriim in he udvis d thu in t rig i...i pllliislnilel these culprits la aid the il lo idsonn snfe tv and being well ui ii d thut bis nun life ua in jeapank lr il licentious lovnli is who . ii ■ lames l-!..ml ■,.,' nbom in north cnro : d b the . - ■ ' i in the llili i column frum his on ■ ■ 1 . . this pur u . !, • 11 ted on llm night i ' .-. ilnving ill i ivard i i her salisbury iv c thursday february 24 18.13