New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-01
NJ kt KLtNBURG PATRIOTS.


NIw> or In BATTLE OF LfNIN0TuN.
(. ire Edtfor ~ The Tr'b"Re.
SIR: The Rev Dr. StOus, in his recent adj
dress before tho NcwYorE Historical society, IN roier-
VIM TO the c"cc lr'tuc Il in America 10y fbe c.ufict
at Concord auI Lexington on April H. 100. states ihai
hearing of it the "p'ogle ~ Nccklcn1urs, "u the
b. rd rs OF Virginia ana North Carolina" together
ana doolarcd their ndopculcnce Of the mother country
Now when the select ID orator Cor the anniversary
Of Historical S0citj, 81 such d..tn lion ant learning
t a. NcwlO.k falls into suUh AZ error. a Se,u' MOI
Inappropriate tat sketch 81 the hisio.ct event Z"
witch he -ofcrs shond he given. N'csicn'0rs i'
ami was on the h'rl 81 North Cirona anl south CIR
DINA md its county seat haii ties Town-'ho pres n'
thriving aul busy City Of Charo.tc-was tic scene u
tie ori nal Declaration % inlyPcnl' ncc II Is reach
by rail- from Washington in about - nouns thr"nfh %
country Interesting to the Anrricn c;ilcn ana pa
trot a. any othrr 81 equal cxicni on the comm ~
The route to Charlotte is patriotic pilgrimage The
name Of almost worry station Is m Of etrrns "i1h-
is.eurcs Every town aud village has ben ihr ia''f
o. heroic effort or some hs on, de.lc'th,H' ""
81 every Onu who rcyercS hc past
Tine tourist pas>in, down tne P'oin'c hst comes ''
shf o the grassy ~lopt Of Mount Vernon the nIH "''
r,ns in plain view although shaded 10y tie trees Then
you pass through s.a1,Id in Virginia arte the troops
of Burnside and Hooker wnlercd in i-Gj, to Frcd-
erioAsburg where Macyo's Ill., III sight % Inc fIA on
tcsthS 10 tho courage that drfcnl Il and the f~nI!
.t attacked It in December, lsG2 and Jew mics oe-
Z
IlA {, the baiueGo iof Charlottesville, iou5h m NM
l4G3 tween lee and Hooker - the side Of te road
l. the farm Aoiss where Sion wall Jackson Utd ana r
beyond ON the right g. the west. the hattcirl-' o.
Ryolt,lyauia CouitIIouso and the Wilderness iouS"
by the troops of Loo and Grant Along ulS
route marched the good Gov. Sroitswood On h'S
eNpedlt,n to cross lie Blue Ridge Of mOi uaiiS when
he discovered tho Shenandoah. ard named II the III
Ihratcs and Instituted the Order OF Irnn"'"n'
Knights the insignia Of which was golden hor'@h'e
hence in the local traditions they are known as me
mi ,hts Of the Golden Horse Shoe" At Richmond Non
are within reach Of the seat o. kn" P"Vhaian Nher'
Ont John Snith WIS rescued BY Pocahons, aud YORK
town The scene " the surrender OF CnnwuEs In the
suburbs Of Richmond you Will stone sci 20 marx IN"
SPOT where Benedict Arm Ids picket WAS pos ci WhcR
IN command Of British troops and Royaiiats ne Oo
cnpicd the town in 1880 Leaving Richmond by the
Duiyile route. yOu rass over tho ground over ""'h
Greene rercatcl and mauenveroi, an mlncnvcr"d AMI
icirt.d in the Spring Of 1874, in his effort 10 dii"
Cornwals further into the country. mill ne oonla &C.
snHecu force together 10 strike and crush the I!'1
General Al the beautiful and hourishins town ~ Greens
b,ro' y c. Won are within five miles o. the battlefield
O. Guldord Court Houae where tie ~ Regiment OF NC
MARYLAND line drove back the !Slt infantry o. tie
Guards the Jas.Is and the 33l Regiment, ana ihrn
l,lin. hlyon.ts with the Gronaiiera am second -'
Talon II the Guards routed thom. From Grccns'or"
Nou pass through RIGA and popuouo co@hilS h''' ."
I.Niastou and thence cross the iadbin to salisbury
ford wlore Morgan and Greene passed with tAe spo"
OF Cawpcns. ana whore the river rose 90 rapid!
T. hind Thorn that COrngals, IL pursuit wa ehecto"l!
barred Cyon tAC a,tOupt 0 passage To t'' cast r.
tho bltjlc0 Id Of AlamInce fol ;1t four years b'"'
Con nrI anl Lexington, bctw on tAc Kings troops "nd
80 Eo,ul.iors about which shall speak more Ia del
presently.
ATS bury You will be shown the Office whore An
drew jackson studied law aud tn, site Of Stcels ycin.
after the affair Of Beatties Foid asAtrd,
gucd, hungry, alone and pennleSs, nnd who're sh
live the endans Of that good anddy, who, hd'ih-
overheard this expression Of the worn-oht General came
g. l. APARTMENT with her small bag of com that She
messed him to take This bag was that time the only
military chest in the Department of the south Below
i,bury on the railroad, you VIII pass ConcQrl aHl
aud as Lord COTnwas said in letter to Cob BItour.
Charlotte il an agreeable village b1t in id rcbellous
country" Beyond Charlotte, the railroad to Atlanta.
you pass the battlefield Of Kings Mountain, ANA are
W I'm roach of Of CDwpcns IN each OF which batt,s
U.o.,o.ins British force was absolutely captured Of
d sd.
a...4 il the rouio ia Charlotte The people through
tllt mountain count OF that Sc0tc-lrsh Piesby
terrain stock whose settlements extend from Penusyl-
Vanii through ha Valley of Virginia, and through the
mountain country Of N0Tih Carolina and Nouih Carolina
II Is race that has always b5cn brave hardy, and
hJoTty-lOvny IL among taem in the mountains Ot
est Augusta that Washington proposed to make his last
stand and final effort for tne liberties Of the Colonies
ms neither man nor d''ii-tis race bos.t Andrew Jack
and st0nrwI JdcasJI They BEGAN The struggle Tor
liberty in before sgiuilol resistance met organ
izsd power In Massachusetts,. TLis hardy an brave
people had conquered the dern and the savage and
they were wng the laws provided those laws
enacted by their legislators bat with that jealousy
pow Inherent frGoon. th0y utterly refused pay
any except such accOr ding 10 law. AC
oordnsy on the 10th Of October. 1906. AT r-ctug
composed Of delegates from the different districts Of
Orange County, which then comprised large section %
TIE Province OF North CdrOlnI, resolution passed
" That pay taxes untp satisA ID they
ageeable to law and applied 50 the purposes therein
mentioned. uules. We Onnot help it or forced"
Tho contest thus b:sun by this assOcatIon, which
called seH the Regulators, eliminated W the battle OF
Alamlucc, which fought between The royal troops
under Gov Tryon slde aud Ito Regulators on |
the other the 10th Of August l77l westward Of the
AIamlnce Rivey on tao road from Hlsboro to Sails
bury. I.atOry yet only affords lyons report Of |
this hattie and ne gives his troops upwards OF
100 with two field pieces from Cen Gage AMI that
OF the ~ bells as 1000 The action lasted two hours
W hen the rebels took tree fchtiDs. and much
noyoi tie men who stood AZ the ans, which obliged me
g. use the artillery for snort tno AMI advance the
FIRST line the rebels from their covering" The
rcnlt was that pleased God to bless his Majestys
arms in this province with signal victory the
Regulators" The Kings troops lost 20 killed and
Noun led aud tho robss 20 killed, many wounded, aud
severa were taken prisoners GOV TryOn returned at
once TO HllsborO. where his judges were waiting
at an especial Court OF Oyer AMI Terniner 10 try the
prisoners taken in battle" Twelve weic |
caply convicted as traitors six executed the
10th OF the Town Of IIillSDOrO. and by the
solicitations OF the officers OF the suspended the
Noouiion of the other till his Mesy's pleasure
should he known" Srch IN brief the battle OF |
Aamance fought In organized resistance to the royal