Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-08-15

/ fore they reached the western bank of the creek
There they had expected to find Caswell encamPeo
they entered the ground in three columns without
resistance for Caswell and all his force had taken
post on the opposite side The Scots were now
within less than twenty miles OF wilmington OF
ders were directly given to reduce the columns, ana
for the sake of concealment to form the line OF oat
tie within the verge of the wood; the raylng cry
was, king George and broadswOrds; the signal
for the attack three cheers, the drum to beat ana
the pipes to play. 1t still dark; Macleod, VINO
led the van of about forty, was challenged at the
bridge by the Carolina sentinels asking: who
goes there? ?" He answered: "A friend" IA friend
to whom?" "To the king" Upon this the senti-
nels bent themselves down with their faces towards
the ground Macleod then challenged them in Gael
ic, thinking they might be some of his own party
who had crossed the bridge; receiving no answer,
he fired his own piece, and ordered those with him
to fire. Of the bridge that separated the Scots and
the Carolinians, nothing had been left but the TWO
logs, which had served as seepers; only two per-
sons therefore could pass at a time. Donald Mac
leod and John Campbell rushed forward and sue
ceeded in getting over; Highlanders who followed
with broadswords, shot down on the logs TALL
ing into the deep and muddy water OF the creek
Macleod, who was greatly esteemed for his valor
and his worth, was MORALLY wounded; and yet he
was seen to rise repeatedly from the ground flourish
ing his sword and encouraging his men to come on,
till he received twenty-sx or as some say th'rty-slx
balls IN his body. Campbell also was shot dead
1t was impossible to furnish men for the deadly pass,
and in very few minutes the assailants fed IN ir
retrievable despair. The Americans ha! but three
wounded one only mortaly; of their opponents,
about thirty less than fifty at most were killed and
MORALLY wounded, most of them while passing the
bridge The routed fugitives could never be rallied;
during the following day the aged Macdonald, their
general, and many others of the chief men, were
taken prisoners; amongst the rest, Macdonald OF
Kingsborough and one of his sons, who were at
first confined in Halifax Jail and afterwards trans
ferred to Reading in Pennsylvania. Thirteen wag
ons, with complete sets of horses eighteen hundred
stand of arms, one hundred and fifty swords two
medicine chests just received from England, box
containing fifteen thousand pounds sterling in gold,
fell to the vctors; eight or nine hundred common
soldiers were taken, disarmed, and dismissed.
A generous zeal pervaded all ranks of people in
every part of North Carolina in less than fortngh
more than nine thousand four hundred men had
risen against the enemy and the coming of Clinton
inspired no terror. They knew well the difficulty
of moving from the sea into their back country, and
almost every man was ready to turn out at an
hours warning. Moore, under orders from the
| council, disarmed the Highandrrs and Regulators
of the back country, and sent the ringleaders to
Halifax jail Virginia offered assistance, and South
Carolina would gladly have contributed relief; but
North Carolina had men enough of her own to
crush the instruction and guard against invasion;
and as they marched in triumph through their pny
forests, they were persuaded that in their woods
they could easy victory over British regulars
Martin had promised the king to raise ten thousand
recruits; the storeship with their ten thousand
stands of arms and two millions of cartridges was
then butfeting the storms of the Atlantic; and he
could not supply sing lie company. North Carolina
remained confident secure, and tranquil the terrors
of fate like that Of Norfolk could not disnlay the
patriots of Wilmington; The people spoke more and
more Of independence; and the provincial Congress-
at its impending session, was expected to give an
authoritative form to the prevailing desire.
| JERUsALEN.-To the Jew, Christian and Moham-
mcdan, Jerusalem is the most sacred spot on earth
Here cluster the fonjest and purest remembrances
of our childhood. Here transpirel the most mo-
mentous events which recorded in the annals of
| sacred or profane history. Here contaminated
| by the voluntary sacrifice OF the Son of God, the
great plan of mans redemption; and here he shall
come again, not as the owly Nazarene but to take
vengeance on his enemies, and to be admired of his
friends, when his feet shall stand upon the Mount
of Olives" Here dwelt that king whose glory and
renown attracted the Queen of Sheia; and whose
wisdom and works of art so astounded her that she
was forced to exclan, 1.-THE half of the greatness
of his wisdom was not told her; for he exceeded
the fame that she had heard" To this goal the de-
pressed and the degraded Hebrews looked forward
when the chatting beneath the yoke of bondage i'm
posed upon them by that king who knew not Jo-
seph. And hither they CAME after long and weary
years of wandering in the desert The highest as
piraton of the "Great Lawgiver" conferred here :;
and most earnestly did he cntreat the Lord to let
him view this land of promise before he Was gath
cred to his fathers. Here lived the great king Mel
chizedek and here, for time, dwelt the "iriend
of God"
Every change that time and man can effect has
been wrought on this devoted city. Literally has
the dcnunciaton pronounced against it been fulfill
cd and we now see 1.-THE Accumulation Of desola-
ton, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing
where it ought not" Where the magnificent Tenn
pie of Solomon, erected in honor of the Unuttera-
| Mosque of Omar. And from this sacred spot peals
forth the Muzzms cry, five times during the twenty
four hours-at dawn of day, noon, three o'clock,
sunset, and two hours after sunSet-to call the
faithful to prayers. What heart rending emotions
| fill the breast of every Christian as these words
strike upon his ear: God is great--God is great
Mohammet is the prophet of God' This is first
| proclaimed from the minaret of the Temple enco-
sure, (the lIarem es Sharif) and then repeated by
cries from the mlnarets in different parts of the CITY,
| The cry at dawn of day is little modified, having
this addition: "Arisc from sleep and come to
prayers, for prayer is better than Sleep" When
| this summons is made-whch is done by blind men,
chosen for the Office, that they may not look down
upon the women the house-tops, or in the courts
beow-the devout Mohammedan, matter where
he is, or under what Observation-Disclosures Cos
slipping with his wives, promenading on the public
plain and in the fields, vending goods in the mar
ket-doffs his slippers and tarbush, washes the feet
head, face and hands--if they are in the fields wa
ter is omitted. and then after SPREADING rug prO
cceds with his genuAuxions: uttering at the same
time what has been proclaimed from the minalet
making no petition, expressing no gratitude. They
who are not so devout do not inconvenience them
selves to pray Immediately If they are engaged il
either business or pleasure they defer their prayer
for more convenient season. So they pray befor
the Muizzim sounds again, it is just acceptable
The women pray with the head covered.
Time has left unchanged the immutable hill
which still stand around about .Iernsaem in day