The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-02-09

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she isiIer half Of shs year i7ao
nns. although The g-ogrsrhsral po<i.ion O
che Sisie. .srlhe milstau plsar "a he enemy
had thus hong drlzyrd his sisr. he nav
zane ~iih presssze Of sarrr-s whlsI,
shreairned rnGirs subjuzasian. S.,ush Caro-.
lima and Georgia had bren ovrsnn aud
eon4ueFr.i. and their pa'riostcu'ze< sin-
sen la r"areAimens, Exile. nr Submission
10 has ssrnrinus arms; Charleston had
fallen an 'he l2.h af My. I.prosing
his snrrrss with The skill of a veteran
rasn.naaJrr. I.ard GornwaIlls moved lnr-
9ard Al nnee to Ga ndens near The rrn,re
Of lhr State; and ION .llr 29li Of a, !,
mouth. bis light iraops. under Lieutenant
col- TafIrson. nvrrwheimrd. and mas
sarred : vsrgn,a Teeimcni under Co. Bu.
fnr'i. Al waxhaw creek. near the frontiers
OF Nnrsh CAmlma. Oa the l6h Of Aa-
gus,. ia pitched hattie NEAR Camden. he
had Ngnalss defeated and fon.el lie main
army. . luch had been rallied Cor lIse de-
frure of the South under General (;ales,
llir hero ef S,ra'oga. Aud although some
consolation was administered 10 the
wounded spirit Of The American General
Under This eru.hing zeal, by the sarress
OF Central Samler. in rapiuling. about the
same time. convoy Of The enemy. yri
this darIne and viglsam officer was hims,If
surprised by the dashing Tsrlelnn, and
his f'rre Of eight hundred men put 10 route
and dispersed. with The lnss nf his arsilIe-
ry,.arms. aud baggage. al Fishing creek,
iwa days Afterwards. /. Thus" says a
spirited writer. . The tragedy OF The I6h
closing with The catastrophe of The 18th.
The army 81 the Sunil herame a second
time nearly annihilaied." To.,his un-
broken succession nf reversrs 10 our
arms. u must he a,ldleI that the resources
ot Norih arolina To meet the impending
danger. had BEEN greatly impaired by the
events oil the war. A large number &C her
people, dispiriIrd and broken down in
health BY server. the Two preceding years.
~ the law ana insalubrinus secliuns of
South Carolina AMI Georgia; her treasury
and mllltaIy supplies exhausted in The
maintenance Of these and o,her expedI-
iions; all her continental troops. aud more
than a thousand ol her militia. made pri,
soners. al The surrender ur Charleston, and
paroled. or yei in the hands Of The enemy;
more ihin live hundred more, in nsiuding
some "f The mos, popular and influential
officers, taken al The battle af Camden, and
now ~ confinement y, 81. Augustine.
these are circumstances not To be over
l"oked IN esIina,ing The appalling nature
OF The crisis, and the mcrl, of a brave
resistance.
There was no impedlmeni 10 The on.
ward progress of I.ord CoInwallis, except
The van. Of supplies, which he impatient.
ly awaited al Camden. His road Ia
Charlotte, the ca. iial Of Merklrmburg
comfy. and The tirsi point of his tlcslina-
iion. Ia,d parallel 10 The great rivers of The
country, and crosses the State boundary
upon an imaginary line. In The absence
Of maps. so much Of geography as may be
necessary 10 comprehend the movements
which we shall describe. may he compris.
ed in a few words. The Broad aud Ca.
tawba rivers are The chief tributaries o
The Sanlee, and the Yadkin of the pe,lre,
parsle, streams rising ~ the monnlains. .ol
North Carolina, and running soulhwanlly
10 the ocean, in South Carulina. The
Cape Feai pursues a like course. but is
wholly IN Nolh Cariina. It's head waters
being The Deep aud llaw or Saxapahaw
rivers. The Dan is The heatl,lream of The
Roanoke, and al0ur points Of reference is
courslns IRON wrsl 10 east, fnearly with
The line Of division between North Caro-
lima and Virginia. l'u, there is an epi-
sole 10 our narrative, before pursuing the
march oI The inva,iing army. The dis
asnous ,ldings' OF The fall of Charleston
sped rapidly through the country, bring
i'g gloom 10 The heart "a the patriot. ci,eer-
tulness and Joy 10 The loyallsi, and inclin.
ing thes'waserng and irresoluie 10 the
cause Of royalty. Early in June. the
militia OF the c,unies Of M,ckltnburg
and kewan, comprehen,iing the region
between the Yadkln and Calawba. who
bad 50 early and so constantly signalized
their devo.ion loiiberiy. we're ordered oul
under Bligadier General Rutherford. Ia
oPrDse the iilumpla! marcl,o the British
General. Scarcely had ,hey assembled
al the place Of rendezvous. about ten miles
northeast ul Charlu,e. when intelligence
arrived OF an assemblags Of body Of
loyalIsls al Ramsour's mills, some forty
miles distant, beyond The Calawba. in the
county OF TyIon,. and within view Of the
presen. village Of Llnconlon. Unwilling
To weaken ilies iorce he had gathered TO
impede The advance Of The Brush army,
General Rutherford despatched orders 10
Col. Francis Locke, Of Rowan. aud other
faithful officers, 10 collect the available
torce Of Their several neighborhoods, and
suppress the insusreclion al the earliest
practicable moment. Il appeared lha, one
john Moore, of the comfy Of Tryon,
lnow l4incoln,) who had joined The enemy
10 South Carolina tie preceding winter,
had recently returned, dressed in ialiered
suit OF Brush uniform and sword, and
nnnounced himself lieutenant colonel in