The Hillsborough recorder., 1853-06-01

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BY nos. David I. SWAIN
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Admiral Pafkefarrised abott tha / 5
OF May. On the 5th Sir Henry Gin
ton issued his proelsmstion, from OF
board the Pallas. declaring thAt a re
belIion exifed, denouncing al commir'
tees, and congresses. but Offering fres
pardon to all wh6would lay. down theil
arms and submit TO ihe laws, except,
ing only Cornelius Harnett and Robert
Howe
On the following SUNDAY, between
two and three O'Clock in the morning,
goo Troops underthe Command o. Lord
cornwsllis landed upon the plantation
Of General Howe, in the County Of
Brunswick, aud were ioiled in an at,
tempt to surprize Major Davis, station
ed at the mill at 0rton. With about $50
militia. They burned the mill, ravag.
ed General Hese's plantation. carried
of few bullocks. and returned to their
transports with lhe loss of two men
killed, prisoner and several wounded.
Gov. Martin was received on board the
flag ship of the squadron. and this pow
erful armament, from which so much
had been expected, was by the close ot
the month under way to experience
further disappointments and more sig
nal disasters in South Cafolina.t.
That the plan Of this campaign, in all
its details, had been prepared and sug-
gested BY Gov. Martin, may be fairly
inferred from the evidence before US.
The extent to which he mas justly be
considered responsible for its failure,
il is not, in the present state Of our his
torical information, so easy to deter-
mine. Why We're the Regulators re-
quired to traverse the State from the
mountains to the seaboard, and rendez-
yous with the Highlanders at Bruins
wicks With strong naval force al
the mouth Of the Cape Fear, the great
central river Of the State, Sir Henry
Clinton might have advanced into the
interior with an absolute certainty ol
receiving large accessions to his mum.
bers at every stage Of his progress
The Wings were comparatively hume
reus on the Roanoke, the Tar and ths
Neuse, and the counties between tn.
Catawba and the Yadkin were the mos
rebellious in America; but there is n,
doubt that, from this time down to tn,
close Of the Revolution, decided ma
jority OF the populat ation between tn,
Pedee and Cape Fear, in North and u
South Carolina, from the sea.board I,
the mountains, was disaffected.t TIL,
intimation OF Gov. Martin, of "a willing
kess, in any extremity, TO arm tn
slaves against their masters, excited |
storm Of Indignation which drove hin
from the palace to, seek shelter unde
the guns Of Fort Johnston. The ale
Cation OF similar threat, by Capt. Col
let, the commander of the garrison, re
duced both Of them to the necessity q
Fastening to an armed vessel in the ri
i yer, and they were scarcely ON boar,
when the dismantled fortress was re
duced to ashes.H The Governor ma
have supposed that some imposing de
monstratIon Of power was necessary t
redeem him from the obloquy inciden
to ignominious flight. A triumphan
, restoration to his authority upon th
, part of the citizens of the province
with squadron Of fiftysyessels on tn
coast,sin the presence Of the numerou
aud we'll appointed army commando
/ by Sir Henry Clinton, he may we
. have supposed. would exert gres
moral influence, not merely in Mort
|, Carolina, but throughout the continent
The defeat of Mcdonald dispelled thi
glorious illusion. The astounding fac
asserted by the Provincial Congres
. and admitted BY Burke, that the PR
i vince previously considered SO wea
and so divided, was able in less than
! fortnight to bring 10000 men into II
fields may have lost Gov. Martin ii
confidence Of Sir Henry Clinton an
Lord CORVALLIS, induced them to vie
> to the opportunities Of Lord Villa
Campbell, and direct their energies
: the sister province of South Carolil
as more promising field for adve
ture.
: Judge Martin, the historian of Nor
:. Carolina, computes the population
J the Province at this time at 10000
" one-fifth of whom were slaves and t
population Of Newbern, the most p
pulous town, at 60O.I 1t is evident
an under estimate. 1t has not be,
J usual for writer's, at home or abroad,
! I ancient or in modern times, to owe
!" rate US. Even the trainers Of the Co
. stitution, in 1897, assigned US Fl
!. members and gave the same number
e Idem. 5th series. vol. j, p. 4s7.
IS + Idem. 4th series, vol. vi, p. 432.
Univ. Mag. vol i, p. ls4.
HMartin's N. O. vol. ii, PIP. s54-6.
b San. Reg. ire, PIP. 1865.
syol. il, p. a95. 80