The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-08-24

Fs-a the Nnsirnsi les iirencef.
An APPEAL no N. CAROLINA.
Os Ike JIh 81 0siehe-. i777. he bamle
Il 6srm.htsws vas lovghi. General
! FRasels Nsal. af North Csrn,ias. COM
a,adsd De Frserss eussd. which uas
.<trs,eii inia srlian sbdiis I neni.hsd ilssl 4
lR,tie rlase II ne ba,lle n covering he
Ameliraa rsireas sud resi>tine she st'srk
81 Gen. GREY. General Nash vas NOR
tally uannde 4. !. is said. By The sane shal
shieh killed Msja wHh.t.Peoe. n the
Ns~ Jetsry brigade. ! he point ~here
this lssi and mast severe ssrngg,e occurred
ls yel pointed aa'. Geaersl Nssh was
csniei III re field and rrmnEeS IN he
ueishb~thood Il he Amsrirsn camp.
uhsIs. N few DAYS, be died. Gentf.l
Washington. in his dispatches. mentions
he eeaih uish IMPRESSIONS Of deep reg,e':
and. on The 4th Of No, en.ber. lit, Cen
gress passed The following resolution:
" Re.oirei. Thsi his Exeslleney &C.
vernon Caswell. Of North Csrolina. be
Ffqassl.d 70 erect monument ~ fire
bundled du.l,rs. Il lie expense II The
unit-d Sires. IN hnaor Of the aemary Of
Bfg.dIfr Gen.rsl Nash. y H. fell 10 lie
ba'Ile 81 GermahtsHn hr4vrly cohlendiug
l-r the Independence Of bis country"
On lie 81 Of August IS43. slxiy-six
years a'ieF this event. two gentleman
from Pail .deirh 4. being in the neigh bOr-
hood Of the eheampmeit he'll BY tie
American army alter The retreat Con Ger
maniosn. and taking N active Interest,"
IN such subjects. were inducedio a.cfrs,ln
the pace Of inlernehi nf this gailsni SOL
der Of the Revolution. They had no
difficulty IN doing 81. In the burial
ground attached +, the Meihodi.i meeting
house, about hall mile above Kulpsv IT,,
IN Towenensing townlhip. Montgomery
county. there are fur graves. three in
good preservation. with head and foot
stones, r aced there by the neighbas. by
shum the ua!;uon of The place Is sfs G.
ti"n,tply cherished. Tie La gest ard most
nor,ha ardiy grave is that OF General
Na-hi the others are those If Major
Whnr, # New Jersey, an aid 81 Gene,si
Snllira1. Crl,ntl Boyd, and lie other j.
unknown. They we're I'll differs Of
rank. who died Of wounds received ar
Gr,mautlan There are yei living mure
than one VIII whom We cnnversed who
dl>iinc,ly rtco!iect GenersI Na.h's fune
raa. aud sre pnsili,e - 10 his. grave.
The burial ground Is enirely secluded.
though quite accessible, at the distance a
sbnn,i1tniytour miles from Pnlladelpiia.
and spol 81 as much picinre. qre bsant,
az can be Iouni in lhai ueighbarhood.
The object rf this communication is
respectfully - rail- the attention 81 Norih
Carolina 10 The almost forgotten burial
place at her heroic son. Tie resolution
OF Congress, passed when grautldc a.
fresh and sciI,c, has never hefn acted on.
And h"w could It more appropriately b.
carrei into efH-ct than through The act.
vity AMI l,bersIIiy Of North CaroEnians.
10 build an appropriate monument on Tic
spnt where. a,mu.t within sound Of IN,
bavils where his marital wounds were re
ceired, The snl,iier Of the Revolution lies!
II Is not belle, esl The ntighbors vi leon
seht 70 part with these remains. Tie in
ttr-st they, pla'n German farmers 81
ano her gener,,ion, .e-med 10 take ~
Them, uas we 81 the most agreeable X
hibtnns winch nnr inqurers observed.
li- name nl the VII er Of this COM
mnq'caiinr. one Of the gentlemen who
made 'hr exam.natinn, l. LETT With III
Z lit"rs u The kntiligpuctr. IT. hoped
this appeal aill nj b. i, vain. Itisaaie
70 h"sntyislng rel tves nl General NI>I,.
aud If {, those il falls. then 10 his raliSe
STATE. OLD MORTALITY.