The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-09-05


" yards IN 'front.' Oh eaen side OF The street,
covered with the enclosures Of the village
Lieutenant Locke and five prlvates
we're killed and Major Graham aud Twelve
wounded"
The account is too long TO be copied here
at length, but will repay perusal by any
one taking interest in the subject. 1t Will
show that the midwife" tho PROCESSING
no familiarity with the muse, is tar better
sustained by her than the National iuleI-
ligencer, which presumpluously affects 10
speak in her name. The mistake OF the
venerable old dame, IN the rank held by
Graham at that time, goes but TO corrobo.
rate the general testimony of one who had
known him in every grade, from u ser
seant 10 the head Of battalion.
Your present correspondent never saw
Mrs. Alexander, and knows nothing OF her
habits OF life, which are detailed with some
minuleness, in connection with these sketch
es Of the revolution; though, from his ear
Hest recollection, he has heard OF her kind
miDisterings to the wounded officer who
sought her aid on the Goth OF September,
isl, and has been taught to cherish Tor
her an hereditary gratitude and affection.
I He we'll remembers that on the 10Th OF
Sept, 1896, about a month before the
death of General Graham, he REQUIRED TO
the circumstances IN which he had been on
that day fifly.six years preceding, and &c.
knowledged the hospitality and Offices OF
these benevolent and patriotic females, IN
terms altogether contirmatory of that POI.
ton of the narrative of the Sketches.
have no information concerning the
nulhentlci OF the account IN relation IL
the vlsi, OF The jackson family to the house
Of her father, but perceive no good reason
why il should he doubted. Her accuracy a,
10 what she herself saw, 10 the part OF the
story already considered, entities her &c
be fairly treated as concerns the residue
There IS surely nothing in the condition o
things at that time TO render IL improba
Bile, much less impossible, as the review
ers suppose. The people Of Waxhaw ant
Mecklenburg, ~ those days of dread an'
trial, were united in the strongest bonds o
patriotic sympathy and good neighbor
: hood They we're not more than a day
Journey apart; and il would have been NJ
difficult undertaking, on any occasion o
alarm, for Mr.. Jackson to have sought pro
I lection under the hospitable roof Of Mr.
: Alexander, IN the manner related by hl
: daughter. Her beng at variance with th
; dates Of events ~ kendal's Life of Jack
$ son cannot be regarded as at all decisis
against her credlblliiy. Time IS very OF
: ten not material ia determining the nc,ua
occurrence Of events. There was no oc
caslon for fleeing farther and faster N
to Gullford then, as the reviewers suppose
, They seem not 10 be aware that Lor
, Cornwa lis proceeded no farther than Char
4. lote al thai time: but that. mon hearin
q Of the defeat Of Ferguson he decampe
I from Charlotte IN the night, after sta
there OF fifteen or tweuiy DAYS, and relres
I ted to Camden and that he did nos agai
t. invade North Carolina until late N Dcceu
u Der following. 1t Is no very violent cor
:, lecture, therefore, TO suppose that Mrs.
i. may have lagered N Mecklenburg a fe
:, weeks before going to Guillofd. Thu
however, Is mere suggestion. ! gor =
; 10 any dispute upon that | 'nse Jee
n forced reluctly to ask the indulgence
y your columns, TO repel an unproyoked a
= tack upon one whose military reputation
i Is cherished with some pride by his couI
+ trymen, and hose character is eslccme
), a richer legacy than any inheritance i
- has loft TO hrs children. That done, IN
= end IS accomplished. G..