The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-07-12
Fron tie Assay ar=H''
BILL JOHNSON THE LAKE. isses
ssE.s CANCER.

lie "a q -E0tE8AAA&RANs -
1s.ire Of reEsnee or thsir tairsi ios plnD.
1s,.-gn,ess ar's sled hy the s'Eang aE'n Il
Ss,s y,yern.nsnss well anu speedily put
f,,,',. NAV h. gathered f.Om The is'l.m~"
ipr l.rss, - higa &C derive from sE'arn'
lie SOURCES
Early in tie Spring . party ef refugees
made a I.,isrneal ~ - Tie Thousand
I.lsDas,'' Ia lie -. Ls&IeRee. Tie
leader al this gang Is William J'hns"a
well knawn IN al thai region a. Ball
Jahn,lna--and ku"s a'sn - the lead'T
in the recent drs,rucion al tie SIR R1-
bfr, Peel. lie j. Canadian by birth, Is
shou. so wears ri sse. al powerful
frame, aaI If great iraTlrssness and sneE-
ey of csar.ssrg. lie las four sans who
n. lake 10 a considerable degree al tie
sn.r,r,sr nf the father. lie Mas en'Pl''s-
ell a. a spy IN tie American service d.
r,ns the lssi AT: ard IN the e''.Ese ui a.
p,ffarurA ,n.ny bl.I sna baEsriaus ex'
minis. lie had al las command siN-
oered barge, "a whi.'h he Easmed she liAe
and the rt,er, lasercep.ing dispatches, al
laekiag Iie small ersi'. se'z'as property
and harsssing the Bntsh settlements.
On one occasion he intercepted despatch
estuIce IN nnr DAY al Presqae l,le. On
anu.her. hIs to.l having been dFiVe' oa
the BRUSH share ~ g'iF. and las crs~
can,urri, h. eluivd las pgrsnrFs Tor
f,f,aishr, AMI liaaliy made his escape la
a bark canoe, crossing Tie lake l3j i::iles
in width alone is Iliai Trail vessel, aud
reached Sackea's IlaTbar in safety.
Since tie war lie has resided al FTrnc!'
creek in the double capacity ri trader aud
smuaelrr. II is sald that he boasts ui
having force under hIs Iamsdaaie com
uand Of $50 men: tat this Is probably
an exasreIal!on. although he has und'ii3i-
edly mute Than those who were viii him
in The capture Vi tie Sir Robert Peel. aud
could probably comma and. II necessary, a
much gresier number.
The principal Rendezvous and head
quarters Of Johnson aud his maraudsfs, l.
81 fastness called Fort Wallace, on an
island al the head Of Wells Island, and
,ciihin ihe British territory. IL is said
10 contain : lurnicall1n Oi much strength
of position; little u kEown, however, Ia
relation ID u, a. Johnston refuses ~ Isl
any one not belonging TO The gang VisI
II. lie boasts much % his strength aud
expresses The behei laal with dozen
men he could deleGd II against the attack
OF NO hundred. Tie has second ren-
devious on A5ei's Island immediately be-
low Wills leland, and opposite AIeXA"-
dri4 Bay. The thousand Islands are
said to number about seventeen hundred,
and 10 vary IN size from ten miles m
length - SINGLE rock loot square.
Nei's Island from whence the attack
was made Oh Tie ST. R"5er! Peel is lie
largest Of tie group, aLd Iorms what Is
de.lsn4ieJ by the sailors he CpP'r Mar
ToWs-lhe ps age bringing vessels ~I"-
in pistol shot oil iha Island. They ocru-
py mnre than twenty i've miles IN U.e III
yer whic.I IA some places Is more shan
ten miles wide. They are little else ihan
rock, wIsa occasional patches Of ie's'e
land. Their SIDES aye III many paris
perpendicular rocks, thui. Iect ln height,
with abrupt shores aud gress dcplh u!
wafer. They are geaeraiiy cUyeGd villa
dense forests and thick unIerbrush; aud
tie passages between Them are narrow.
winding and Often rocky, IL is scarcely
possible 10 conceive place better formed
by nature TO afford >scufe retreat lor
fFeeboOters than this cluster Of ISLANDS.
Johnson la. several boats, every way
adapted 10 has designs, Que ii which Is
iorly Ieel ia length, bat OF slight con-
sruc.on as be easily carried arrJss the
Islands, aad lis speed is said TO exceed
that OF i.e swil.esi boats OH the lshe.
Shortly aiter tie destruction OF lie o.r
Roben Peel, he proceeded in this bUaI
with lew oil ms men up the lake, mad
fteda!"Ty iucprsion upon an island near
ihe muu.a Of the Bay Ui Qnmia, aud plum
dersd tie Inhabnanis, returning un lie
hIgh; o. The Sab instant 10 tie Iastness Of
lac Ta14saad Islands" IL - mol
Known thai lie has teen o. the main land
sihce Tie burning Ui the ). X. j.. lie
has Ia" occasional interviews with some
Or citizens since Ihst event, bat iliry
have t.Ae" pia:e ON the waller. HE aud
th'se thai a:,end Lim on these occasions
are vel armrd. His own appearance.
viii s'X p'ss".s. dmk and bowie knlle
% his brn. ls su!iiclenlIy brliigefeat; and
Has "t'h L'm, II Is saii invariably, tie
co'ors Of 'lie >.rR 7. lie considers tie
Destruction OF lie vessel Is an act Of pi-l
raey. ana iIAi aIs lie las become there
by '"rie'ted, and says lie shall sell II a,
Tie dearest ta:r.
S"cti Is lie character Of Tie Buccaneer
oil lie LAKE. sulIirlent surely. with the |
natural Sid Culinary progress Of exssge-
ration TO be SIT Jrcl ri alarm To the bur
der m"abIiant'. An alarm not sltuge-
Their ground.ess from tie fac. that lie /
larger 'sl'''ds cf tl.ts NUMEROUS group are
Inhabited ty la"iess race of hall ban.
aiui' Who would scarcely scsupie Id iu,n