The Hillsborough recorder., 1853-06-01


Cambslion Wns "a rs roHer. s. ne ~
of SsPisnhsr hr dsissi.d Cd. We :
MeFall's Mills. Oa the l3sh Mcneil
and FsnniaE ls.s.k possession e Hlllsbs-
fosgh. ssizrd .{:as. Bake asd saiie. and
retiring ~ su.iisnly - lhes had zp.
preached. sdslisersd him 40 shl- cf1'z.
hy when he MAS eanlniilrd lsrisse eoa>
iinemsns IS prisoaer 81 stais.s ln'slsis
emergsaey, Aiexsndsr Marin. .shr speak.
sr al The Senate. sureeedrd 90. ilx 1,rlm
.sf Slale. shs third Gosesnsr dsflnk sI,s
DISASTROUS year. lie 4 u shs alisse an
"a lhe rrlsIa Of Cav. Bprkesfsasn rzpssl-
u IN February. lisa -.
Il is eAsiaHs lhaI dafinx she ecrupsn-
CIV OF wilmissFsn by MJ- tr.igs iis
power WAS dominant ffa,n giss Cape Fear
90 the Neuse. ffsn Bunsu uIrk 10 Orznrs.
Shortly sfler lhe)suueudes OF lcarn = slIis
u Yoskiawn. Gen. Rmt<ffona ~ith 400
men. $50 of ~ilnln wen cavalry. f1snh-
ell fIom. .Salisbusr 10 NE rsi,rfnf the G@p~
Fear. On ii,e 18Th nf Orioher hisssd>
ranced guard raui-d s.sm,h hand ol. tas
nes andre MeNriIl a. Rorkfixl,.. Aholn
The lslol November he rearae.l Winnings
lsn. and established his head quarless Al
ar. IIill's. whom he fnund 10 he ..sl,e
aaly srl.se Wing. wand who l,s.i suffer d
more Al the hands al llle enrmy than any
one ihea in tawn. Nj, Craig reiirrd
on Rulhsriord's approach. hi<rsessels
were sliIl visible on The fats hut on the
ssconddsy lliSrraher. they lrf. onrcnasls.f 4
Jhefe wss no loiiger an invading ene-
my. Thrre warsrisil war nevertheless.
wsged with hhlernsss. cruelty and de-
sirnriian To iiir. and property wi,I,"n a
parallel 10 anv olhrr.porIion of llie eon>
I'federsey. whal Auila and Ahiss hnrdrs
were 10 their day. were canning and his
reniederales Al This lime ils<Norih cafo-
Ina -lhe srodfge of tod rarlelon, who
lnokeduiih unusual rompo.u ure upon such
srenes. seems 10 have hren startled by the
STATE of things around him. = He copies
an sxiraci from letter written al Gen.
t;rerne's head quarters on Derpriver. d '
iel March 30h. 1881: . Naihing but
blood aud slaughter has prey.iled among
the wings and'nres. andthrir ,nvrlsrary
against,escll other must. IL il continues.
depepnIa,e Tins country ''tv The bulrh.
cry of t'ol. Ballnur and Others. accmapa.
MED by acis ol savage barbariiy towards
she lrrhler sex. was perpeiraied IN this
imme'lstf nrigbbo'h.oi jus. = year there
after, in March. l7s2*
The last act passed a; the Genera As
srmbIy. which adjnurnrd on the l2lh
May. 1892. lrhap. XVII. reriies that
"from the large number oi tlisafTecied
persons hiring ia The county of Rowan,
Joined by a considerable number oi ,ilsaf
frcIed persons from Snnih Carolina. il is
Dangerous for The cilizens of said county
tn attend public meetings without arms"
and ihesrG're requires all persous attend,
ing courts, elections. or other public meet
inss. in carry their guns, wiln AT least six
rounds Of ammunition. To- r6peI any sudden
attack Of The enemy.
! Times of da"gersarr inevitably times
Of scare " and priyaiion. The pages ol
farleion and Sirdn.n. abound in evi-
drnces oi the nal, dness whirh the devas-
,aiinns ol the invading army and the rnlh-
les. civil war had everywhere prndnce,l.
Carnw aliis'sd fence of his reiiring from
Ilillsbnrnugl in February, 1881. hefore
The day designated IN hi. proclamation. as
The last on winch 'lir friends Of The crowu
might find refuge fiitlrr The royal stan.
dard. tests upon the avergncni thai susie-
nance fnr his army could nnt be ohlaiIcd
al lhst pnlni. SIe,man.hihr ronmissa-
ryzand hisinrian. States that afirI sending
q grea, distance for cattle, AMI exi'ausling
the scan'y supply. mmh murmuring was
excited anuug the loyalis's. by slanghtrr-
ing the ,lraugii oxen. am, that he was al
Iasi re,inrrd 10 the necessity of prnviiling
means II Subsistence. N the head of i'll :
nf soldiers. by pnssessing himsell If sucl,
sailed beef and pork and live hogs as could
be found amen, The ipllahiIanls of The
lown.S@ 80
General Graham informs Us that Maj.
Craig. on taking p .ssession of W,Imng>
ton. ordered large supplies of sal. from
Charleston. Thisindi-prnsahle nrcessa
~ could he ob;ainc,l nnwheie else. and
100 many harlrred ille,r political principles
In obiain IT, In Rowan aud Merkleuhurg.
the prIce was from So Ia $40 per hnshcl.
or IN barIpr fnur wears old steer. When
Raihrrfor,l entered Wllmi g'nn. he seiz>
ed upon the supple. leil hy the enemy,
and The effects pf Ihr,llsatlpr,ed. When
his ieors-1were smusie,ed om of service.
his men wereall ,wrd Ia draw a bnshel
nf salt each, ami ihls. the same auihnrity
assures us, was Aof more value Than the
aaIltor's certificate, for all the services
rendered during the campaign.
& The Legislature ol l777. Ia meet the
expenses of The war. nnpnse.l lax "f
h,lf penny on the pnun,l value d lands,
hts, houses, slaves. money al interest.
stock in trade, HOSES aud ratiIe. aud
poll TAX ni for sh'llings n all persons
worth less Than gl00. ~ lieu of a proper.
" TAX. The range oftaxalinn. il will he
perceived, was more comprehensive llan
the sys.em adopted Ionr years agn. am.