The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-06-13

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Guhan ~ss shinlsnt.
On M. l6lh n August. 1850. Cafes
.ss deferred near Camden and led 70
Hhlsbofpugh. The shnls eohafry .ss 10 |
slsr,a sbd distress. d sas time 70 Try |
nsas priRe,ples. =
Whrn IL aas endeniood that Corn
wallis vas on hn march towards Char
Iatls. that hot bed % rebslIisa. ard r.l. |
lying place 81 lhs lmenrsn partisan Tor
ees. and 90 bis i.asd.hip sflefssrds nam
ed il. The Hornsfs ne,f Of amsrica, Ora
han ~as ordered b, General Das,dsan 10
repair 10 chsrlolis. takr command of The
fness assembled there. and join Colonel
Dssis. pho sss sessrtly annoying The
Advance 81 The British army. The B,gh,
Cosnssllis ,os.k pns.essinh u Davies en-
eaapnsni on The Wsrhsw., DAVE en-
eanpsd u P,osieehcs sboS,25 mile. from
bis LosdsLip and sbouI tstisefiom Char.
ls,le. @''
u WOUNDED AND LETT ron DEAD.
On ,hs mnrning u The 26th Of }. Pifm-
be-. Cornwslls marched iou ards Char.
ips--,haI nlght shout midn,gh, DAVE
sllh his csy.lry ensred the iowu. On the
moinins OF The 26.h corn~sllis sppesf-
ed w,ih hIs loress approaching he Town.
Ts,llon's dragoons rushed i"r~ard and
we're repulssd--again rushed on, and
were again repulssd; a regiment being or.
drred 10 sustain their cba'se, they fusii-
ed on The third iinr end wefe iepulsed.
The regiment Of Inlanny drpioying on
their fank.. the forces under Dasis and
Graham, retired along The Salisbury road,
keeping up . well directed ere from the
Court House 10 The Gum Tree. @-
Al tie farm nov occupied by Mr
- they halted and checked the adj
vane. of lie pursuing forces. Here Ora
ham narrowly escaped injury from the
bursting Of gun in the hands Of soldier
who Stood nesr and wss himself much iu-
'iured. The forces again formed on Tie
hill BY Sugar Greek meeting hou.e. by
4 ,he,s celay here. which ~ss protrscted b.
the rsal al Major White. their rrirea. Wal
rendered dangerous BY q body of Dragons
~ho. hsd gone round their right and wer'
Q .aing down in.sresp. them ct The Cros
Roads Ii,lle beyond. This movemen
vas discovered in umefor the greater par
% escape. After Ito, pu,su,t, C"lane
Locke Of Rowan. was osertskeB and shO
da~n upon the margin oil the anal pom
near KenDsdy's lane, and Graham Wa
ove,tsken nesf The skirt Of the wood
some distance TO the night Of the road
cutdowh-seve,ely mansltd-and LEI, f.
dead. He received nine wound!
from sabre cuts and three from bullet.
IIis .trk buckle arrested one Of the "a
bre cuts aimed al hIs neck, and saved hi
lifr.
When the enemy LEFT him he erswle,
wi h difficulty To same wa;er nssr ant
slaked his raging thrst aud washed a
we'll a. he Vas able hts numerous sn'
painful Wounds. Having been separated
from HIS npani"ns. in the pursuit, b
ll.y for = time under the apprehension
rat he should be LETT to die unno,lced.
/ T"wsrd. nigh, GRAHAM ~as discover
ed by i'iends and c.rr'sd to The hous'
Of widow lady. The m 'ther oil Mrs. Su
tssnash Alexander nov living. Here d,
vas concesled in an upper room or LOT
and .tenled upon through the night b!
the widow and her daughter, aho expect
ed from the number and severity OF hi
wounds ,hst he must speedily die. Oac'
lie fell s.leep and brest" ed go quIrtl,
and looked so pale they thought be ira
dead.
The next day September 9th, The lad,
Of one Of the British officers with small
company o.! horesemen visited the house II
search Of fresh provisions. B, some mean,
che discovered that there was wounded
man 40 The hou.e. and on pressing tn
Inquiry ascer,ainsd that he sas M "fii
icer and his wounds severe. She oHere'
10 send surgeon irnm The army to s'ten'
} upon hun as s0on as shrc"uld rescl
the camp ia Charlotte. Alarmed a, 'hi
discovery, Graham made .hiI,. feeble n
he vas. I" get asay the next night, sn'
was carried on horseback To his mother q
aud from thence 81 the hnsp,tal, where h
vas confined TOR two m"n,hs BY hi
wounds aud weakness for The loss q
blond.
After the rencoun,er on the hill nes
Sugar Creek meeting house. and the cor
sequ. n, pursuit, The American iorces &c
treated wl,h"u, further opp"sr''on. l" FAC
! there had been no hope "f successful de
itenee oi the town, or Of eGectual res.stanc
10 the advancing enemy. Bur after Oh
massacre ut Buford's regiment in May
when The Presbyterian Church on III
= Wsxhaw became hospital. where ynUn
. Jackson fret s,~ the wound snd carnss
: and suffer,ugs Of ~sr-ani more parhc'
] lsrly after the deiea, oil Gates /" Angus
. the pauints were rxasperated, d'ivea
. madness by the cruehies Of the tories AZ
marsud,ng parties Of the B itsh. Armt
D Itotces Of the patriots. Wings as they we
4 rallied. ere constantly hoveS'ng rour
u The BRUSH camp 10 sntercsp' Their 80
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