The North-Carolina standard., 1845-09-03

peace TO his ashes, thatsomc portion OF hls pup,
lie service had not brought him to the notice OF
the edi,ors of the National Intelligencer.
Ii NAV be asking too much of those who dis
course as flippanlIy of muses. and poets as these
reviewers do, to "consuf" muster-roils and records
for the reality of one whom they are determined
to consider as mere nom de. .gHer1e: Bnt What
historian have they consulted, who furnishes
decent excuse for the mockery with which they
have treated his memofy2 Is there any VINO
nrofesses 10 give the details of the aetionat Char
iotte. in which the name of Graham IS not men
Etioned2 1 Lees MeTnoir the War in the South.
written by distinguished officer, who joined the
southern service after the affair at Charlotte,
and with this identical unknown" OF the review
ers served in MANY well-foaght tl"idIn the VIM
ter and spring of 1871, contain this statement IN
substance e On the approach of CornwnIis to-
wards Charlotte, Gen. Sumner, who had been en-
camppd at Providence, retired on the nearest road
to Salisbury, leaving Col Dhvie strengthened by a
few volunteers under Major Graham, to observe
the movements of the cnFmy.
% D,vir, relying nthe 6rrpness of his troops,
determined to give them (the Britlsh) an earnest
of the spirit of the country into which they had
entered
=. "His infantry, also dismonntrd, with Graham's
volunteers. were advanced eighty yards in front,
on each side of the street, covered with the enclo-
sures of the village"
"I1ieutenant Locke and FIVE privatcs were killed,
and Major Graham and twelve wounded"
The account is too long to be copied here ut
length, but will we'll repay perusal by any one
taking interest in the subject 1t will show that
the "midxife Though protesting no familiarity
with the muse, is far better sustained by her than
the National IntelIigencer which presumptuousiy
affects to speak in her name The mistake OF the
venerable old dame, in the rank held by Granam
at that time goes but to corroborate the general tes-
timony of one who had known him in every grade,
from a sergeant to the head of battalion.
Your present correspondent never saw Mrs Al
exander, and knows nothing of her habits OF life
which are detailed with some mnutenesS IN con-
nexion with these sketches of the revolution
though, from his earliest recollection, he has
heard of her kind mnisterings to The wounded ofh'
Ger who sought her aid on the 26th of September,
1870, and has been taught to cherish for her an
hereditary gratitude and affection. He we'll re-
members that, on the Goth Of September, 1886,
about month before the death of General Gra-
ham, he REQUIRED 10 the circumstances IN which
he had been on that day ify-six years preceding,
and acknowledged the hospitality and good Off
crs Of the benevolent and patriotic females: IN
terms altogether confrmaiory of that portion OF
the narrative of the Sketches.
Ihave no information concerning the authen-
tictv of the account in relation 10 the visit oil the
Jack son family to the house Of her father. but
perceive no good reason why it should be douot'd.
Her accuracy as to what she herself saw. IN the
part the story already considered entities her to
be fairly treated as concerns the residue. There
is surely nothing in the condition OF things at that
lime to render it improbable, much less impossible
rs the reviewers suppose The people of Wax
ha " and Mecklenburg in those days Of dread and
rial, were united in the strongest bonds OF pat
riortic sympathy and good neighborhood. They
we're not more than davis journey apart and
it would have been no difficult undertaking, OH
any OCCASION of alarm, for Mrs. Jackson to have
sought protection under the hospitable roof OF
Mr. Alexander, in the manner related by his
laughter Her being a: variance with the dates
of events in Kendars Life of Jackson, cannot be
regarded as at all decisive against her credibity
Time is very often not material in determining
he actual occurrence Of events. There was no
occasion for fleeing "fhrther and faster into
GuiIford then, as the reviewers suppose. They
seem not to be aware that Lord CORVALLIS pro-
creded no farther Than Charlotte at that time but
hat upon hearing of the defeat of Ferguson, he
from Charlotte in the night, after a
stav there of fifteen or twenty days. and rctretrd
% Camden; and that he did not again invade
North Carolina until late in December following.
Il is no very violent conjecture, therefore, to sup
pose that Mrs J. NAV have fingered in Mecklen
burg few weeks before going TO Gullford. This
however, is mere suggestion. | go not into any
dispute upon that Ihave been forced reluctantly
% ask the Indulgence of your columns TO repel
an unprovoked attack upon one whose military
reputation is cherished with some pride by his
conntrymen, and whose character is esteemed a
richer legacy than any inheritance he has left
to his children. That done,- my end is accom-
plished. G.
August 25, 1845