The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-12-09
No. 1918.

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appearance Of the erect and stalwart soldier,
that it was never, until domiciled with him,
during a visit to the University in 1889,
4 when we found him unable to put on his
coat without assistance, that any suspicion
was entertained Of the extent and severity
of the wound. He was confined for several
months after the battle, and when he rose
from his bed, his hair, which he wore long
4 in cue according to The fashion of the
times, formed mat, in which, TO use his
own language, (" every hair stood for ITSELF"
1t became necessary to remove it, and the
young woman who personated the barber on
the occasion, clipped it of with her scissors
in solid fleece. Lee and Eggleston, who
were with him at Pyie's defeat, fought with
him at Eutaw; but no one of the trying
scenes he had witnessed, seemed TO affect
him SO deeply as the terrible carnage of the
deluaed and unresisting tories under Pyle.#
/ Graham and Polk never fought alone, and
their followers were Mecklenburg men.
Their own blood flowed in copious streams,
and in every battlefield their swords drank
blood. a q
II IL little remarkable that while this
narrative Of Mr.. Everett's seems destined to
q wide circulation in North Carolina, the
graphic and authentic account BY Gen. Gra-
ham which appeared in this Magazine in
May, 1856, found its way into the North
Carolina Argus and one Of the Salisbury
papers, and we believe, no others. 81
The following letters from Judge Murphey
to Gen. Graham, which appeared in this
Magazine in December, 1854, and the letter
from Gen. Graham to Judge Murphey in
the number Of the preceding month, were
never copied by any of our newspaper edi-
tors; and as that volume of our Magazine is
nearly out Of print, we have determined to
reproduce them in our own pages, with the
hope, .peradyenture, they may yet find favor
elsewhere. t
7s.4 Hlw River, July 20, 1921. s.
Dear General :--0n yesterday received
your letter of the l4th inst. must beg your
pardon for not before acknowledging the re-
ceipt of the packet directed to me at Sails
bury. A continued series of Affections in
my family, added to a great pressure of bu-1
siness, had withdrawn my mind until lately
\ from the subject of your communication.
4 They now engage my attention almost exclu-
siyely, and will continue to do so, for eight
or ten days. Ientreat you to continue your
narrative, and give to it all the detail your
memory will enable you TO give; and not
withstanding you have filled twenty sheets,
fill twenty more. | am in correspondence
with several gentlemen on these subjects, as
well a. other parts Of tie history Of North
N Carolina; but from none have | received
communications so circumstantial, connect
ed, and interesting as from you. wish you
to progress through the revolutionary war,
aud will submit you heads for further
narrative, embracing the prominent points
Of our history since l7s5.
Your letter to Col. Conner first suggested
TO me the plan Of work, which viii exc
cute il live. 1t is work on the history,
soil, climate, legislation, civil institutions,
reading your letter, turned my attention
to the subject, in the few hours which could
snatch from business, and was surprised 10
find what abundant materials could with
| care and diligence, be collected materials
which, il well disposed, would furnish mat
ter for one Of the most interesting works
that has been published in this county. We
want such work. We neither know our
selves, nor are We known to others. Such a
work well executed, would add very much
, to our standing IN the Union, and make our
State respectable in our own eyes. Amidst
the cares aud anxieties which surround me,
] cannot cherish hope that can do more
, than merely guide the labors Of some man
i who would take up the work after me. aud
! prosecute II 70 perfection. | love North
, Carolina, and love her tie more, because 50
much injustice has been 10 done her. We
want pride. We want Independence. We
want magnanmity. Knowing nothing Of
ourselves, We have nothing iii our history to
which NE can turn with fcelingsO II conscious
! pride. we know nothing of our State, and
/ care nothing about il.
I Il adds to ones modification on this sub
iect, that the printers of this State are so
4 little minded, that one viii not copy from
> another any article uf public interest, which
i Is communicated lf papers were sent for
. publication 10 Niw York, they wnull BE-
i published from tie New York papers IN all
n the papers nf this State vet, IL sent to Raj
leigh. lIlI,boriugh, Salisbury, &C., they will
be found in only that paper to which they are
: sent. The editors at Fayetteville form an
i honorable exception. They search out and
:. give place to sUeryihiag they can fad re-
q specting North Carolina. A man can't
= write lor every paper, and no one paper has
!. general circulatiOn--mach more would be
1 written, il all the papers would give puDll-
!. city, because more Information would be
thereby distributed through the community.
. We want some gredt stimulus to put Us al.
!. in motion, and induce Us to waive little jeal-
!. ousies aud combine in one general march to
d our great purpose.
i The events Of the years 1850 aud 1881,
Z will fill large octave volume, and will ex-
y ert myself 70 complete il during the ensuing
Il winter. lou have entered upon the subject
II -
n 'PercciNng the surprise which the extent of bis
wound cccasoncd he remarked that when the first Act
n Uf Congress passed allowing pensions % woanJed
" and invalid soldiers Judge hgreascs propaed 10 make
out certifrate tpf him 'rhy ColoueI declined III