Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-08-04

"CI<SOu, WIZ ditOl "dIu SalU.
went to London to be hanged, and
returned to Scotland in chaise and
four with Flora Macdonald
- =. Flora afterward married Allen,
son of the Laird Of Kingburg, and
became the mistress of the mansion
where Prince Charles Edward pass
ed in his last night in Scotland,
June 80, 1746. There she and her
husband entertained DR.. johnson
and Boswell when they visited the
Hebrides in 1773.t She had then
been a wife more f'ian twenty years
and was the mother Of numerous
children, yet she was still beautiful,
and full CT enthusiasm and abiding
loyalty to the British drown. Mis-
fortune caused Flora and her tarni-
ly to Join some of their kindred
Who had settled in North Carolina,
and she abode for a while at Cross
Creek (now FayettevillcJ. %"
In the winter of 1949 l started to
follow the line OF the retreat of
General Greene before Cornwallis
across North Carolina from the
Catawba to the Dan, in 1871, but
soon turned to eastward to Fayette-
vile where | arrived toward sunset.
In the evening l called OH Mrs.
McM--and aged and sprightly
Scotchlady, who, [ was told, re-
memberad Flora Macdonald. She
was enthusiastic in her praises of
that noble woman from the He
brides. She described her as mot
very tall; but very handsome and
dignified woman, with fair complex
ion, sparkling blue eyes, the finest
teeth ever seen, and her hair, part
ly covered with pretty lace cap,
was slightly stfeaked with gray.
Her kindly voice was sweetest mil
sic,' continued Mrs. MacL----,
sand oh, how the poor and the
church missed her when she went
home after seeing muei, trouble
here g
IS her dwelling here yet stand
ing 2 asked.
No; it was partly burned in the
great ire here abont twenty years
ago. As you pass from the Mar
ket- House to the Courthouse,
you may see the ruins of it near tie
creek she SAID.
Stepping to quaint chest of
drawers, Mrs. McL--.ook out a
diIigy-looking letter written by
Flora to her Mrs. McL--'sI ell
der sister, then maiden of twenty,
dated February 1, I776. 1t was a
brief note, but an exceedingly inter
esting one, as it was in the bold
handwriting OF the heroine of Skye.
1T was sent said the old lady;
sfrom her new home in the Barba-
cue Congregation; and, as you will
see, she wrote her name Flory.'
'Then she did not live here long?'
1 said.
No. She soor rf1oved to the
Barbecue Congregation. about
twenty miles north of here
On the day when the note was
written, the royal Govern.r OF
North Carolina issued proclalna-
.ion calling upon all friends Of THE
King to assemble, with arms; al
Cross Creek, ard join his standard
The Macdonalds were all loyalists
J and now the troubles Of Flora il
: North Carolina began. Her hns-
band and others, to the number o
abont fifteen hundred, mostly
Scotchmcn, readily obeyed the call
sFlora came with her HUSBAND
. and friends said Mrs. Mel
Il remember seeing hef riding
{ along the line on a large white
horse, and encouraging her coun-
, trymen to be faithful to the King
: Why, she looked like a queen. Blu
, she went no further than here, an'
when they marched away, she re-
f tithed to her hoine.'
:, Nearly month later tn IS
:. 0cotcn loyallsts were routed, us
: persed, made prisoners, or killed i
&. battle on Monre's Greek. Flora
J husband vas among the prisoners
c and was sent to Halifax Jail: Il
!. was soon atterward released, whe
Il he left North Carolina with hi
y family for Scotland in BIRTHS
|, sloop OF war. On the way the ves
o sci was attacked by a French vesst
i of war. The courage of the En-
g glish sailors appeared to desel
them, ard capture seemed inevlta
IS bic, when Flora assembled to til
e deck, and by words and deeds
d stimulated their spirits that the
J, tbeat. off the enemy, and the Mac
e donalds were landed safely on the
. native soil of Skye. During II
d engagement Flora was scvere'
d wounded in the hand. She sal
n sometimes, when speaking of tt
: popularity of her situation. i ha'
d hazarded my life both for the hon