The Hillsborough recorder., 1853-06-01

oApfF s1tu8uus or me>c Iusu0u ma
have been slaves. The.wmber OF IRE
riwliite males between the ages Of n
and SO, including tories, quskers, an,
other nonseombstants. twas less thai
5000 Sir Henry Clinton might vel
distrust the hopes Of Cow Martin, ant
retire cautiously from 1 people. who's,
committee. at Mecklenburg, had de.
clsred the entire dissolution of shs
Laws. government and constitution, IN
language surprising all the horrid and
reasonable publications that the in.
!. fiammators spirit Of the Continent had
yet produced whose Provincial Con-
gress. in anticipation OF all the other
I States, had declared for independence,
and NEARLY one.third of whose fighting
men were already in the field. flushed
withyictWy and ansious for more de-
cisive combat. q
i Gov. Martin probably availed. him
self most reluctantly Of Admiral Par
ker's invitation to accompany him in
the flag ship Of the retiring squadron.
However this may have been. train Of
subsequent events shows that he had
no idea Of yielding up his government
TO ungrateful rebels. A very brief re.
ference to the leading incidents in his
subsequent career, wall close our notice
Of him and.sf our subject. Where he
fvas. or how employed during the five
years which succeeded hiss departure
from our coast. about the last Of MAY,
1776, we have not at present the means
Of ascertaining. In the intervening
period a sad change had come over the
affairs Of Northt arolina and the entire
South.
At the very moment the enemy was
MANAGING US with invasion on sour
southern border, Howe, with one Of
our battalions, was,assisting in driving
Lord Dunmore from Virginia. The
very first letter received by Gov. Cas-
we'll, on his accession to Office, was a
very brief despatch from, Gov. sRut-
ledge, dated 9th Nov. l776, impIoring
immediate aid in behalf Of South Caro-
lina.s In the following year the heroic
Nash fell at Germantown. In March,
! l779, Gen. Ashe, at the head of large
body of our Militia, sustained disas-
trous defeat at Brier Creek in Georgia.
On the Goth If February, Gen. Lincoln
retired 'front.' the siege Of Savannah, and
on the 18th May, 1880, surrendered
our continental battaIions and thou.
, sand militia at Cbarleston.f The two
. great commercial marts in the South
. were now British garrisons, and the
states Of Georgia and South Carolins
, conquered provinces. Lord Cornwall.
, lis, at the head Of gallant army, bu
. inferior in numbers to tha, which ac
vcompanied him to our shores in l776
. now proceeded to the second invasion
, Of North Carolina. The premonitor,
|, symptoms of his approach soon begar
to be exhibitedswithin our borders.
0nsthe 9th Of June, as we learn from
Gen. Gralam's account of the battle o
Ramsour's Mills, John Moore, nativ,
/ Of the county Of Tryon, who had. lef
. the neighborhood the preceding winter
, returned and announced himself to hi
!. old friends as Lieutenant Colonel o
: the North Carolina regiment Of loyal
,. lists, commanded by Col. John Hamil
/ ton. A few days afterwards Nichola
! Welch made his appearance, clad il
! rich British uniform, and well supplied
; with British gold. They were direct
ed to enlist as many men as possible
. but not to embody them until afte
: harvest. Either because they we're to-
/ impetuous themselves, or unable to re
| strain the too gzealous loyalty Of tn
! neighborhood, by the 2Osh about l. so
1 tories were encamped at Ramsour'
mill, and ready to take the ield.t Far
: ther reference to their history is NO
necessary to our purpose.
= Col. Hamilton, whose original resi-
!. dence as we have seen, wasat Halifa,
| on the eth Of August, ,f777, solicite
: and obtained passport from Gov. Ca
: well to 60 from Hillsborough to Ne
) York; The next information we ha,
4 of him, he is at the head of Mort
4 Carolina regiment of loyalists sundt
!, = the command of Lord Cornwalli
. Where he had been in the mean tim,
: or where and when he had enlisted h
!, troops, we have no certain informs
ton.
i Tarleton states that the defeat
&C Moore at Ramsour's encouraged
4 spirit Of persecution, which made e.
- Bryan, another loyalist who had pr
!. missed to wait for orders, lose all p
/, tience, and forced him to move wi
!, :. 800 men, from the forks of the Yadk
II i towards the nearest British post. A
= = ter many difficulties he fortunate
!. reached the 7lst regiment stationed
= the Cheraws."
- Son the 10th August, Lord Cornw;
: lis informed Sir Henry Clinton tn
sCaswell's Letter Book, p. |.
I University Magazine, vol. ii, p. l0l. Z
wells Letter Book.
I'll Wheelers Hist. Sket. p. 227 to 232.
4 Caswells Letter-Book.
s Campaigns Of l7sO-'sl. P. lao.