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"' 'hoaIktu IN SlOOp ~
war Tor Scotland. Mr.. Chambers in Ia,
admirable history of the Rebellion a
ito, records circumstance that &c.
CURED during the voyage Illustrative ot
her character. The sloop encountered
rcnch ship, and in the thickeSt @,
the battle, Flora was on deck. encour.
aging The crew until the contest ceased.
She afterwards philosophical. by sayins
,hat she had endangered her life r.,
pom the house of Stuart and the bouse
oil Hanover, but that she did not ,er.
ceive that she had protitcd by her eaer-
I ton.
There IS one anecdo,c connected with
the battle of Moorr's Greek. and viii,
Donald Macdonald, who was a lin
man OF Flora, the Highland chief
which deserves 10 be here recorded
lie was an old veteran I'm the art of war
having been engaged a. an officer IN
inc army of the young Pre,enIer. !,
IIio, IN which char-ctcr he appcared
IN the battle Of Cuiloicn. H., M.
sex at the moment of the battle AZ
Moore 5 Creek, AMI, committing the
ia'c oil ms coun:rymcn into the hands
oil ms aid-dc-camp, Col. Macleod. he
remained IN his camp. After his forces
had been entirely routed, the whig
commanders found him alone. seated ON
a stump, and, rs they walked un 10
hlm, he waived the parchment scroll
OF ms commission in the air, and sur
rendered Al into their hands.
The town of Fayetteville now cover
the spot formerly the metropolis Of the
highland clans. There lived Flora
Macdonald, and hoitof others. whose
names appear in the history of Scot
land rs brave and warlikc spirits. To
me 1t was beautiful spot, As seen in
1892, before its destruction b. fire
when the spring-time of the yelr CON
tributcd TO embclish the banks of the
small stream that winds its way THROUGH
the very streets of the town. rcmcrn-
BIER one view, which would have bee,
n INT spot even for the romantic ren;us
OF Flora Macdonald. There WAS n
small bridge that spanned the stream
connecting the COURTHOUSE and the e.
ty-hall, and standing on this bridge. Won
had the first Office OF Mr.. Eccles an
accomplished attorney, immediately
before you, suspended over the creel
ana then connected with the stree, bv
bridge; the stream then flowed on
through spacious and richly cuItiva-
tea garden, and then hid itself amid>,
4 proiusion of the richest shrubberry.
On the left was the Episcopal church.
and away down the creek. the hipb
ss'eep!e of the Presbyterian meeting
mousse shot up in the air. as If it had
been the monument of the spot. A
beautiful crystal stream, with embryi-
dered banks, winding It's way through,
the heart of n city-such an ornsmcn,
had the Cross Creek of the HiyhIan-
derS. There is another creek tina,
courses along the southern extremity
oi the town, and just below the CITY
inc two streams apparently cross n
rlght angles. The superstition was Of
old, that the waters actually cro..eJ
cach other, but by n little observa-
ton, You will perceive that the sire ans
nave, as II were, accidentiy touched
and without further conflict separated
and gone off quietly on their serpcn-
tine courses. Hence the name Of Cross
Creek.
The surrounding country is a sandy
barren with but little underground. and
but for the lofty pines that cover !, (
would pass for Lybian desert. In ,b,.
midst OF this wild waste of sand stands
tho American home Of Flora Macdon-
ada city in a wilderness: an oasis IN
a sand Y desert. The life Of no female
IN the history Of any country was ever
moro deserving the attention of the
historian. The adventurous deeds in
the service Of the unfortunate prince.
have been celebrated by almost every
poet OF the age, and have. more than
any single subject, infused a spirit oflovc
and war into the minsirclsy of her own
poctical country.