The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-02-16

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mishing between these eurps Mas brisk
and active; bat experiencing no ad-
vantage in their rrsalls. they were dis
continued BY the enemy and often these
columns at The two armies would be
seen in the wide plantations By the way,
moving forward AT quick step without
sign u hostility. except where curve
in the road Or the crossing of a stream
promised some advantage To the pur-
suers. With . single meal dag To
eacharmy. and slight Intervals for rest.
the pursuit and retreat continued three
days and nights. By the masterly dis
position. OF Colonel carringtnn. OF Var
ginia. the QuaTfermaster General of the
army. who had previously surveyed
this river with a view TO such a result
Of a campaign as the present. boats
were in readiness al lrwin's ferry, and
the army Of Greene passed over the
Dan on the 18th Of February The
division Of Williams GLIDING the enc.
my. crossed over the next da,. swim
ming the horses Of the cavalry, and
pursued by O'fiara until within short
distance Of the river.
Thus ended this celebrated retreat of
twa hundred aud thirty miles from the
Cowpens. diagnnally across North Ia
rolins. into Virginia, and which compo-
sesame Of the must interesting chapters
in all military history. Contemplating
the romantic Piedmont country through
which it was made; its projecting
mountains near at hand, and ioitier
ones in the distant view; its lovely
wales and noble rivers swollen By floods
-theFbattles aud skirmishes Of the two
armies, and. exploits OF the partisan
corps aud individuals literally "hair
breadth soaps and adventures by
food and field, imaginative mind
could not attempt its description with
outbursting forth into song, and crown
ing its heroes with unfading amaranih.
But it leaves the British General ON the
northern frontier OF a third or the South
ern States; shall that State be added to
his conquests: Frustrated in the OBJ
ject Of his long and wearisone pursuit,
he had yet the ecldt Of q victor, in COM
pelling his adversary TO flee, and wisely
concluded TO make the most etfectual
use oil this attribute. After a single
days repose he proceeded unopposed
to Hillsboroush. where we have seen
the Legislature, aud afterward the
Board OF War, had been recently ia
session. 1t was, perhaps, fortune
for the State, at that time, that sh'
, had no great city to be struck at by tn,
enemy as vital part. and by iwposi
tons upon which general submission
might have been exacted; but that he
. wealth and population we're dIiluset
over an extensive territory, lntersectet
: BY mountains, rivers and morasses, th,
! inhabitants OF which were as little de
pendent on each other, except for goot
; neighborhood and mutual defence, al
they were upon the enemy. There
was no permanent seat Of government
and the Legislature rarely assembled
in the same town twice in succession
; The occupation of Hillsborough, the
recent place OF meeting Of the Genera
) Assembly and the Governor, therefore,
was of itself circumstance of little
Importance. Lord Cnrnwailis, however
erected there the royal standard, and
putting his printing press again in re-
QUESTION, issued forth proclamation
assuming to himself the AIR Of con-
queror, Offering protection to persons
and property, and appealing to the
liege subjects Of his majesty to prov,
their loyalty and duty BY coming to the
aid of his cause, and thus contributing
to restore the blessings Of order anJ
good government. THIS appeal, accom-.
panied by the most rigid observance ol
order in the restraint of his troops from
, all trespass on person or property
was not without its effect upon the in
; habtants of the country west of the
Haw aud north Of Deep river, many o.
whom had been leaders in the resist
: ance Of the Regulation in l7.l, and
udfitSz oCGu tHCii uNClIUiuC uuu iUiNCN
, to swear allegiance to the crown, were
now loyalists, as much from scruple'
: oil conscience as attachment to the en-
: emy's cause.
'Ihe quiet of the conqueror did no
long remain undisturbed. After tn,
I fall of Gen. Davidson, on the lst o
{ February, We left his command, con
r sisting Of men from Mecklenhurg ant
5 Rowan, routed and dispersed by sur
" prise from Taneton's cavalry, at Tor
rence's Tavern, six miles from the Ga
!, tawba. Reassemhling, after the pas
h sage Of the British army, they COLLECTED
e a force of seven hundred men, an,
b followed the pursuing enemy. Their
! being differences of opinion among tn
a field officers as to the chief command
!. here, as in the case of Campbell a
e Kings Mountain, on the llth OF Fe
!, bruary they elected General AndreS
:, Plckens, of South Carolina, to tn
head OF Davidson's brigade. This dis
tinguished partizan officer was at tn
/ surprise at ,rorrenc ce's, and had con
b tinued with these troops from that time
d but without command, except of a fe,
|. followers from South Carolina. Doubt