Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-08-11

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fore they reached tho western bank Of the creek
There they had expectedto find Caswell encamped;
thew 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, and
for the sake of concealmentsto form the line OF bat
tie within the verge of the wood; the raying cry
was, liking George and broadswords; the sigma,
for the attack, three cheers the drum to beat anu
the pipes to play. It was still dark; Macleoo' VINO
led the van Of about forty was challenged at tue
bridge by the Carolina sentinels asking Wu uS
goes there 2" He answered: !" A friend "A r'ehu
to whom 2" ITO the king" Upon tins tue sehtl-
nels bent themselves down with their faces towarGs
the ground. Macleod then challenged them m uael-
ic, thinking they might be some oil his own party
who had crossed the bridge; receiving no answer,
he fired his own piece and ordered those with nm
to FIRE Of the bridge that separated the Scots ana
the Carolinians nothing had been leh but the TWO
logs which had served as sleepers; only two per-
sons therefore could pass at time. Donald Mac
leod and John Campbell rushed forward and sue,
ceeded in getting over; Iighlanders who followed
with broadswords were shot down on the logs, iail-
ing into the deep and muddy water Of the creek
Macleod who was greatly esteemed for his yaior
and his worth, was MORALLY wounded; and yet ne
was seen to rise repeatedly from the ground flourish
ing his sword and encouraging his men TO come on,
till he received twenty-six some say thirtyslx
balls IN his body Campbell also was shot dead
II was impossible to furnish for the deadly pass,
and in very few minutes the assailants He'd IN IT.
retrievable despair The Americans hac but three
wounded, one only MORALLY Of their opponents,
about thirty, less than fifty at most were killed and
MORALLY wounded most of them while passing the
bridge The routed fugtves 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 victors; eight or nine hundred common
soldiers were TAKEN dsarmed, and dismissed.
A generous zeal pervaded all ranks of people in
every part of North Carolina in less than fortnight
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 into their back country, and
almost every man ready to turn out at an
hours warning Moore under orders from the
council, disarmcd the Highlanders and Regulators
Of the back country, and sent the rngleaders 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 persuaded that in their own woods
they could win 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 buffeting the storms of the Atlantic; and he
could not supply single company. North-Carolina
remained confident secure and tranquil the errors
of fate like that Of Norfolk could not dismay 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 forun to the prevailing desire.