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.' orTrnu);rVnirff;lvV . V ' ' "I Tr.n.ur. i Vrl I IiTl. llliaa L. DtrMson,- relr C.tr wio pr t UBel Locke, Jnlo5 tin.
iftW4wmrr .-rr.r?!,-l,n. vJJ!! IL'lr .t... iht 0UC.V. lD.Mtd. ..J th. -i. de.in LWcka to Uia Li. oa ika.l3ta.la tha .
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tfurcsaid, woo d moi to fupTcd lb neoeHiiyaf riT'
inr )v th utual iwitii of call utxxi them t ir
-Mra l Oii4 cur of- mn4iKt of Jut y, which
kiihetlo prT(i nn kM eowlwcir to the pvrtlie iuientfl,
thM ix th csUbliihmciK.of that kirh chu-cler, m
. nioe Olficcr, which ihy kv m dear rvedly kecjnlr.
el, d the public TrtMurci1 viD thetefcre oMidtf
b hM proptri tt) lted hirBMlf ltirdt alicoMCrnerf,
bci. W thill haw rc.inOd lheo, With U Urcby
IMant .vpcta't to M dMt. that lk nM J 1"
Jin4 when U, Moniet dm nd becomar (tiS io Ih4
' , , f" " ' . T'j " ,'i"".Ut, tr the current year, tmm TaxaUott ,t tery t5
t t pWfUii,oiuU.bU.ataraiaSutcA;W
I OrJvrcJ. tnt iulitutMvi U md i he W.Urih bur (or . JOltJi IIAVOOU, ruq. Trttire;r'.
i waarw to m huu 4tx uia aouiar
mart boe.M t.lih--iU tuVir - JlJt.lo '
Tto.Utr et aari ylraJ, awcr o rlimur, or jul4r.( ai
J.VeurrU wpOctl-a"- l;r' n tmuuj" '
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Jhiiitution, 'beim a aoue 15 ; M"tK" "forty ".feat
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"l'Hft.Coiwittea appointed (or the Utinveraiir olrN6rth
Carolina, iab M eoutratt ftr abrarlivg tWWliigf of tliut
aviJ, jid two nana. Wig,: wKh ibinpk pt iHr tar
oi4'V koalwWnfJ 4no.tr idtaai J-Ol M'
tliick at U.a, lut (obta tnuara amli, andTc ahe 41 Inch
to dte eaiUfc -f ' :.;''--' Ic
w fha .onraatsaUi M reqiitna ( foiah aMnylffa,
aii, aa.ffoHMr, aii cry tber Acrial aaaryf to a
jpomiiletioa, ft lli twork toi rrmova Uit old ' aliioglua.
atiHiJillnjC. an J to iiA.th and feeliter tb ort M r' befor
tlx?1(Hh y f JaaaryMt'- "w( ni,; U ;f . f :v
PropoaWor aha fffr of (jnu on hkhthi work mar
, ' 4 JOHN IIAYW
ltViJ!Vat IWr4:-.iu; tfl ..L'm
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WILLIAM iDtK.' ) AtJin tor lbrCa&.- J
UOO, 5 m-Uaaof appoiatmtai
is . a.
3VlKMeleal ieturea t5ireomfeneo')i the UoWfalty '
it MarylaAdDa the last MtdT,l OctubfllMl
dalmred by ibe follovbtg aatUontn,, a , t ,t .
-.laaniy iraa vilfe Sltaru fattjaon, C4. ,t,
r.' Mutena MeJica Samuel Baker, M. Wir?" L ,1
'ortct Richard N.Hnll, M. f"J t" - 4 j
i-twitetli4jjiaa-a.MaacU McDoTelVM,t.i
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BAT1LE AT tlAMSOUR'S-U
atVd pilucetl'Sii- lfehVV "Clintotf tit Virtfdl'the
A -f .'.'i Hn .y.'i j j.y .vm'..1.!! : P . ' ' f
a left 5est-
),icji , M.eM gt tno, ouo in
I' tcausoi iu revomtion .mera weteoore
ruf?? troops tabth' AeWaivlTt'OH,' to' ii'c
id a few .tvecki alter tht'tiirrecitlei' cfharlei.
ori,"detah'denta,'of BfitiiK troy bce'ujnttftl.e
44sn;teii a t 'col on ef "Bf o w tile" ma relied tip the S.
jc'ajD.bap river fn'd occ6pcd',Ait;iiita 'lieatcdaqt
lord Cornwallii 'nus
J 1 i tit L .11
an tae Waterec. ana lord Corowallia 'pUsltcU
4d;.taCmeiil.
woyeaienl'Jvta thyeefold I'tfAi, tq interctpt.ttie
ing WUU,! leirrConjtiAMital trpdp to 'the'Vejiel
,of gVnertl fdnd atChWIestott.i,; the ecnd,
to ip$a ad.eajr co'tifBonicion mm Ika ScV
tan NetAcinenti on'ie'l'tttlkiv f1rAitfiUrrVr.pb
ndCTknia.'ti'.arlr W.l rW'thtrd i1ii.'X,2k'i.
Ute Wig? or the Vii6a"i(ejt1einerit Vthi C
(aybav,nd 'of; . toe,;.ootVeteiVVb'iatiiti''
rAiiirut-varoiina.; , ettec iilch U'c'se mbvdJ
'enW were cilciUte'd to'pruduV ufbn "theub
tic i tnUi ai,iacreaa4 ly tbe deUat bf 'cefo
fid Pator4nd'the aVautitcVof h4 hiQh,,' The
atatea of.uuth Ca'rotiaa aoiT deof'sia'yieWcd
B.'oltfninsibn to the iya ''authorit.' aod tte corn.
Ihander fa eltW. Sir llchrv tlirvln trharl'.l
.with ttie nr.aln arm for New-York; leavifirf 6ri-
tnquanu troops qr ine lotiUiero aervUe.
erlt9. AUMSTliUXQ inform tha M.'mhrai nf
kl I "Ll . JiV. I L. I 4i..j ... I
1ig.tb.t ih H well prepared to aaeomooda hem will, l''f C9'1n(f dejeWaA lord Ctif nwaJlll.Mrho
hoation tba tuM reaaonabU terma. Her i-ooiua are laice ! tmittediateiy f enarrvd "to ChafleitoQ id'eitdbliali
wd aoaveuient and aiuiMod aaar the Ciairt-Hooae. . ... '"fjucll cpuiiiierclal, regulaU.b'a th acw atate at
"Hh aora, Raider. kai'.; .,;, m" ij
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iialaigh, Ang 30itf(it.fi
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WILL bo aokl h Frid-iy uit Slat day nt September next,
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perwoal a periihkble property belonging aeaid enato, co
fMnip or Eleven iikety Negoeai num wamin it, abiUli-ea,
boy aad gtrkt AlaO Uoublcl and Kitchen Furoitura; a
jiiooj which an elegant t'iltM S!iip,'a excellent eight day
. -alock, i-!o Uord, UioiosTable, btdiaud Furniturt, Vlate,
is Kt. lit. Alaa 6ne.lione,Co nd Te, Uohe
'Ternii4f Sl Niiie maulbtciedit for all tauma; ot"e
fnurdullari. IJw aad approved aucunoty will b rtuir-
i TOUNGtllenUentan who fUi obtaiiief tfi'e degree f
A M. and for ar yeara put hao aaiwriiilfcixled an
Aaaderoy tntbla atatei M ileairuiaa of eogpnj'-aa Teacliur:
In aoroa privet family lor, twelro tauntiia, eontiiaeitelag
tUa lat of Uetitier oesA . Teaiiraqiiiala of Rioil lieportmeiit
an be produoed. Lettera aiitlreued to the uuderagncd at
HllUborouffh, (iMMt paid) U be attended to. i- ii.
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uybjborMetwN.C. Aueoat IT, WU.' &5-0t.
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T KTERED tin the atray honk of Orange county,. a dork'
TU bay Marr. 4 feet riocbee high, l ight eye out, a apot
in tier lorheaii; had aoi e back, goea aumewliHt lama oa
the left bind Wm; Valued at g 0. ' V - -1
. Kterel by Jame Mordouk, Haw-Fieldi, a bar Horfci 4
icv 1 1 itiehua higli, aodilfe apota, bliod of the Wt eye. 13 or
. 14 yeara old Valued at S . :" ' W-'i ' . ' '"-
Knterud by thomaa Tate, Itaw.FieliU, a fcrcy Mare I dr
lyeai10ld,4ei7ineUeliijh, valued atgttl.'
, ,': B1KNAHAS O'FAlliilL, tlanaer."
L MiUsborOugli, Aug, i?3,,82t.
XQOK.:
I.OK k Xegrb Fellow who left me 60. the tfth f atareji
lant. by U.e mm of JIM, M dark or faUtok eowplex..
ion, rattier a high fondiead, aod t think a little Inclined to
bo bo.rn;eil i of Uia middle ttee, and about 85 or 26 yeara
. Bd but a few daya be('oio that tim pureUted
Imw of a Mr. W. Hijdoall ot KonhoroberhiiMl county. Tits
- .ginia who Watctio tne Uwt the aaid fellow but a frea
null Child in that eountr, where" it it moit probable hrwitl..
uc,.wl(vllo,- , uaTonuvouui ontuo wijl endeavor to
pat. 11 aln. nah( or deny bi cwo name aod Jim rbiia
t ,oo TljHiloiaoriliujitiite, North Caroliua ittMlVirtiiil,
are yccjoeMfd to cai'mine Uieirjblack priaoneii for Die deten
tion oi tlitr aid Mlow t artd if aecored iin4 n in the liifeo"
.uta, ao that faun agaia of Jo, Kbove
,. reward will be promjy jiaidv -.. i , -j
. lie anid fcIlo ,ia of a good oounteaanee, and would W
, 'eonalclered by any peraoo .1 beinrf very Bkely. 1 1 lannotf
sll dviei ihe U10 di4hlns In which ha mm 1 .
fevnlljjii, I. .l .- t. 7 . . : 4 "- -
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Uiiog riqutretl, and tu Arrange the cittt adioia
itratiqit yt the statcv leaving J.rrtt Rawtjoil iq
ooinirfand at Cato6dert,'Norlh.Curtrliiii hid not
yet heeiv tdtaded,' find the hdpea Juf thi revof 4,
tion jn he. foulh icemcd ( rtfettOnJi!ie fforU
which lliat ataie should hjake A. yfA
' ChArteston aurri-ndi.Vt.'d'.i'ii'ihk 4' ..fMli
mibiithattto'rtei
reaUd"col'on.1I3utarl in't
forty mi!c;.phth ittUr
tnontfiTaileiorUe
he WaXba aettUihent.
fgttetoNwth'CaVoH.
jTve. jUtiaJo. iasse, aa by the 5t1' 6f .liiiia
ncaily nittts . buadraa'tnea' artea.hled neaf CliiN
t 'nOi chat dar inteiLisence va . i r. I...J
TarftitviWaa vo hVrcturo id Carnhdeci
hn the best dar Hie militia. 'aftWtftibV...
lottc
that
ider lord IUwdoli'i'Jtd, Aya'xb-creelt thirty
ilea aofi.h of CiiirlatteViad i.aucd order. 'fir
tVi'if to repdexvwus oti the IO.H at Reea'a
deal at. th cliec at CIaiiott.'t.TP "d.-rf..c.
ed bj'gcriera! Ruthcr'rtrivitKWdera" t Ha v
their arias in goid rcpak iiitt'ba 'Jo reailtnc.a
,tvi, nuuiucr vat., t major uavie naving recov
ered (rora'the' wound reciv'iij.iiii-. at-Sto
no, again tOoK the Held, and barlfhia cavar.y
w.i.irrc .o rctoquoure oeiween Charlotte
i& po.hde d. '
tvn
.iafprm'tid of the Advance of, :narfof (he frbohs
41I-V4 14-4-1
anttea
the
pUota,tian, erehteen, milea n'ortneat' of inlra
Jolte.; ,T); militia, to llie numti. of eight hun
dred, prompt!? asuembled j and on the 12th,
haviqg .heard : that !;)oid; 5Rafiddn'had riitlred
to tho Hanging rock; general Rutherford' ad
vanced en iniitsa blallaid creek, v' On tlie
lith the troops under Ma comraaad acre organ
tyeJv" jThe jeavaWy, sixty-five; in uuinbe. ,doder
major Davie, "were ea uitnie-J a.4 'ilrnirnnn- ' an1
famed tt .m.trpopsndefcapaiBbbiinmoM
iod Martin j a battalion of'three haidicd ii -ht
. Sfnce, general Davla . t -1Tii;'':i' f f'i
X11? 4w" .teaehitda'AiW,
with hfa feuard of twenty fc.vairy, vlwted Catatv'
bi Indian town, wz or eipht uiilca distant from hit en.
g?$WW-ut&)u above the mouth
?f 'KfH'1 Wkon-he.eaat1..aaik'tif the Uataw
ba mer. Ilia Carrion, hei.dd by their general; Sew
lUverl bad lett their towna on the prbe4inCeven1nVtl.
join the troojpa under Renetil Huthtffdrd; f urlostty ai
lonj Beenvedto have induced lord ftawdon to vlait the
W-l l but bu'Mroacl;Wg IndLana. whii
ne4roTther houHt., irtaJcrdaliip duoovered two
lirh. Five (.indred remained end. r tlie nue-
diata Cffnmaridef generai rTuthfrfonl,' -lathe
evening ot the lith lie. received ieteltigeace
that the tone! were embody. ig in anas beyotid
tha Caiewba river, in Try en county f, sboet 40
mile's to tha ni-rtb west of his then position, its
itiUed orders to colonel Fiiwcie Lackc.t. Row
ho, and raijor Dtvi J WUIsonaf Meckleabarg,
to (antaint Fail Aod Brinddn. and also ta ether
officers, t- m k every effort to raise snea te
disperse the ?3.tV, It being deemed ittipolilic by
general Ra'herlord ta 'weakea bis vwa' -farce,
(Mitil the tbje(t of lord ftawdoAeHptJitian s.tf
Ultei.a8Cerule'd ' s '? 1" z' ai ;-,i-!
Ua tU 1 5th geaerat IlatXcr rrd dtsoced
ttVflfniles taies'atVf C1.Arlotle;i Oa tb
irth - ba war4t.forroed thalTlard- lUwdoa had
retired Towards Cembdeaj hd that the touet-i
were asttmbtcd in force at Rahiaour'tnUl, acoi
ti; kbtttb fork i-f (he CatawbA.' A aita by tbd
fianidof J.hn Moore, whose fatkeir 'and UmU
resided about six miles' froaif Rarnjofjr's ittill,
had joined the D.-ittst) arm j the preceding win
fer,a6d leaving the" Uetachmetit' ihdef Corn.
walliS bol the atarch i from tJharlea ton to CAtnb-
den, he arflT.dat his faW-er'aon the fihof lunej
wearins: a 4 word and aa aid tattered init of re.
gtianthls.- Utf a'dnodRead hirhsalf As lieutenant;
cotchel'tif the" regiment of NoVth tJarolma lot
auiii, comaanaeu oy coiouei joUtt iiamjltea I
Halifax county," He' save ta the Deoole of ihd
h'eigUbe. hood the firat particular Acccount wblctt
ihev had rtceived of '(h seigi and capturef af
cnene. too; : tue advacrce of tha Uritish troops
to CAkbdt.n. He appointed thsieth of June for
veoine . or wn the 93itt in the mornissj a.ftvf'
miles la advaoca. at tba- Ttitkaiegea furd
The ciprest was peKHgcotat4 2iJ oot reach to .
Iwoel Xjecke..Tlic mprniageftbe 19 was wrtt v
sod tha anes of general IUtheiord wen wexa ,
snot order. . At iuid dyhp.weAihej..clesrtl '
up, aad orders we.tj givse ta Iba men. jto, slia ,
charge Uieieguns,.- Thisdiicbiiga (f odectd SO !
aiarn to tbe.i.eigUiourhpod,., sad ,tht peopJd .
thinking the toriea. were, atttmpuog. tp croie
the river, many f thf re cAtntio wflh arras atl .
joined HutherlQrd ip the eteofng ba crossed :
k awtwakaa. M.I a.awMa.OM akA-l at . T PkAS f 4W1 lm ' f rrlM
avi pifcr mt, 'Vltl-aiNCUf ijkwv,jMvfc a viia -
lUmasi'. iVhtn Hatherford crossed Ua ri-f
ver,t vas believed. that he. youtd orch in iha
night aod atts-ck tha .tsriea oa oex(: raoroingi .
but exjiecUog that his express ksd reached" cpU
Locke, bp . waited; flipkVsrrival, Hi at ba "
mirnea ue-rtAay marca tni;;drcaroa :
atuclu jt At 10 'elockat nijlit colyel Jams . ..
JohmUm, ipjf Tryoa lcanijtyi refche J, Huthera
ford's camp, lie had be.en dtapAtched bj cp .
iaael Locke ta give notice of his i&teption ta at- -tack
the tories at 'uprla the .next corning, spd
requesting IUtUerrvrdVcopcratfoiv ..Hither
frd ib the canfidepC eipecUtjop that hip ex
press hadrtachsd.colonel Locke shortly pftef ,
(tplonel Jobn.saq hkti U-; m&4: tt niptp '
fasat potil fc next tnarnieg. j - fcV.j ii r. ' ir r. ' ,v
iIp pursuance pf; the prdeis given) tp j Rolontl .
Locke sod pthpr officers At .Ma-M' fffak pn -f
he Uth they severs lly callected as many tyiea ..'
4s they could i;a.d, pa the morning pf tha. 18 tb f
major Willson, with sixty-five me.n,fas5-pd the .
Catawba at Tpoi's ford and : jojped major ",M-' '
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snlsscmbliug of the peopleluthe Wpods.on Tal, 'Jppwtll, wltbtwenty.fiTa men -iTbey pasted
.l! t.l.i.Ji vtiJ. .1- ri.,- m 1 !..... t " j . . .1 i
diao creek; seven 4ni.es frsm Usmsour'i.1 Tor-i
ty men osstmMed, d Moere told'them it wis
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out mc tti-hi ui tura vvrnwaitifl mat tney SbOuia
embody it thft tfrner but thai thyi with alleth
er'ldyAl suject shdUd hold themselves in rea
diness1, ihd iM tha mesa tuna get fn their Jiar,
vest 1 thst hcAir thtTgetrjing pr the hirrcst.
tt.w-inlrl 1, .TjITI. . -k...44! ii' ..-".t '
i -viMbMi. w 'i vvqi 'i uviaiuns fur
the British army and that Its' soon as the cduo
try'Coahl ' furnish sphatstenca JtP the r6iy it
wduld pdVAAc IritaoUh CtWlina and gie
suppfirt ta the rayalhtsy s fa ,w a ; ij
vBefure this meattn broke Vpan expePs af
n ved to foforra them that taajor Joseph MD'w
eir.tjf Birrka ourttyv wilh' tweoty Tueiiai
wilkin'Cigkt Viitep of thent in search of soaiV'ot
the priitctpal'fteraetis'of their fcrrtv CiinfidAt
oMhclir strength they 'liesblvecr.te attack''
DTtreil f fVopsratiias beiita uecessi
. iti.i . ill I ik.i a. . . i at . .
.y, try touiu nvt murcn pntti'iiw feext morn
ing i when finding that be had retired, they pur
sued fuiii to (he lede of mountains which epi-.
rsie the eoaPtie's yf Lktcolrt ptkl Berkp, Pad not
bctng ' able , y ; overtAka him, M der'e d irected
tbem to .Return hpme and meet him on tha JSth
at ItAmsours.. .On that day two hand red men
met Moore", kftd they Warahihed 4m tha tjext
da Mfx mini pthers, amongvUvro wsNichplgs
VV elsh, a roijor- ip he regiment eummanded by
colonel IJAfnirton'.- Up had ii4tl fn that neiglu
borbood, and had joined tteJJrTtislf army eign
teen mooths betora, ; Hp was dictlv from the
L.U-.S -:.l;i. i, e - -i '
loriuaiuiq
or a rtcli
rnnatilar-.
bte number t! oipeas, by Which he'aooght to
allure' . pmeJ whilst he'etide.Vnril in
others aiti account of the puccess of' the BrV
tisfe army In all tlie operations of thesottth,and
uib idwi iDaotinypf tne wliigs to makp furthpr
d
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Pf VolobeTOora4 defest.iy
sun oi rrjnthetltals. and evhmida
vpposiuon.- rjis eouduct bsd tu dtsii ed fenect j
and much moreMconbdehca m'i Wspsd in ; i!in
thAn in ofpherMore;'FvThev rcm.iicd fed
campcd'u'ijtil th0tiiVdttf11rsr.ft'imVdb.
tachuient commanded by coloaeO WLpore made
an unsuctfessrur attempt to. ciptore colonia
Hugli' BreyartJ kDUr Wjpf'tfttp'eph-MtpaWyi,
eaciiatwhomwith a numticr :bf tvliigs, camp
trito the beighboibotid. to hart asp the tpritCs who
were ksleriibfifcg,, t; -Z
tiy;thpjih hparVy tltiVieen bVndred men Vsd
assemhfed at; RatrtfcopiVVric fourth Vt 'whom
U-ereVithotit Arms: General RuthPrford 'resolv
ed to concentrate his'forcp Arid Attack' ihem', as
sdoh as he Icarricd.that lofd Uawdoq had rctfr-
cd to CAmtden.ui ; With this viw! be m Arched,
on Sunday the" lath, froiri1 his camp s-mth of j
vnariotte, tothTUckascgee ford bnf the 5 Ca
Uw;ba; twelve miles iicarcr to Raasour's., Io
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'Afterwards brie-adie'ur P,iwitl navtrtn whn r.tt
. - " O ' owva-f w MV ve f
.theactton at Cohan's ftrd, on the Catawba. ; J-.;" ;;
"r " cuuniies oi uncoin ana huu)4
ertord. ,t t-. : , ....h . . , j
tl yeirVl, governor Trypiv iavlng'f defeated
the rulloruie .bauie6t AUamanee; douched gei
aeral Wt4dtp wUh a brigade w u,, weatet a countiei
alid directed btm to eauaa the people to- semble at
cerub itatiom and take the bUv of AUeinoe to hi a
mijeitf oieprfte the 3d. "? A part'of IVaddlpV oommawd
haa ItHltedat Itamabuifa- ami
adjoining ounirjt bad taken l,he oath, ,,Theeert
thought tbt Una oath impoied upon them 4n obligatM
.."- w ui vuango .oi circumitancei nor the con
duct of bis mjcstyS government tould impair,' Tbey
aoiiered to the royal cause' from PottMieatiouS motive,
toere were few Amonr them wbn h, .,i;h intvu..
matloa either tp puderatand or explain the true grounds
us the river. at rmht ang-cp with tha position pf
the toriei.tejoiu the dstachment of their frieods
wha were assambliai. st tha pnper fords, .'v At
f 4i , r.j lj.. :..:-,t l, t?.it.-
fF IVV Jiii u;i v,i. tin) . . i i j..
wtW lorty nr a.paucr niscoramanu, tpey-oi4 . ' . ' .
tiaved ItheirmHch p the. east side pf Motfpuin - ""' ',V"I
creek j and.on ltjriday 19th, they jotued xoIq- I
pel Locke captaip Brandop, and other; OfScerp, J
with lwx hpadfed an,i seventy men, The whol
fsreo united amouptcd ,to four hundreds Theyv
entampex,-cn -IVJopnt sin creeks sixtpeo )mil,-i
from Kamsour'sw .T'he officerp taet io paotnciL '
and tksy warp unanjmpas to the bpiaiotx that
wvpiu ob uqiiiic if jctniia to mac ostumn, ias ,
thp.tofieicould Attack ihf m after a oiArch Ia "
few,hpur$i nd frpta thcinleriority df tfieirffiirci1
thpy hadno douRthe tories Jweuld- toarchf joti, 7
them as soon as they learnpd where they )rrd v-:
. Itsvts first Arobosed thst the v .should tro l.
the Catawba It herills forth, six imiea .a-thefrff
reap, ana wait tar reipJorcereeats, believing that
with their fore they could prevent the . tones
irom croBins. to ibis it was Pbjeeted, that a i
retrogrpde novemacti would , embolden tha tb
rips, whose numbers were inqreasiiig as fast as
Drobablv thur own inmhkr, .-n-M -.-.-. r l
r 4f - 4.4,4, -vmu chviuicii .4. ,-;
tec they had recrokted tha'river snd no VHrli. " ".
Itional security, pould 'therefore be abtalned by
Lpucamovemeau-, birttithxbmJ ' ':-'- :V.
?ltpft'oaxt.prwerlulftt thaytbbaU toareV'C.-'? '
iltrtctly dpwhtiie riser and join general1 Ruth-" v
crfard, tvhP wPathea distaot fromv-thent about A- v
:thiH7.fiw'bklpy ... ttaa aaiil tWy-demeot''-''''''
could ha made- Without riskj at in I making it, i t
they tfutd na, ha&'earir tavlUiaiurrathan they V - ;
werai fTP this prudent propositioh It Was pb V,
jecud, that aearl all the effective whigY of thAt ' v v v
pectioa of the country ivere from' home, 'eithef f ':
. with' theat'-endraf i Ratherrortfand! sach' - v
oiovemepf would Uave their fpmiheSanprotectT '
ed and their houses e xpo.ed to pitlago t that rt
would be als a dipgeMus moremfent tV thpm
selves, tie the1 t6rieP might bp Ihti-PtioniandA ;
they might pneuht-ir thetpTip their1 marcb.' It
was insinuated tfiajt tli.se prcpoPiflons proceed
ed, if not from fear, At least Iroin an ucwiHing1
ness tonieet the tbries, and therefore, - , I:
H A, third preposition !wa;; made which wii, - ;
that DotwithstABdlng- thpir tlii parity of force, '
they should march durieg the night aod ' attack
4he tpr(iep.iO'tbetcBpje8k.y-iiext mpraipg"lfe' 5 "
was paid that the tpvltsj being ignorant of thcif i ?. "". ' ' ;
force and suddeoiyattPpked,: could ba easily 5
rputed.fi Thp. tnore "prudent memhere of th - '"''.",
council copld not brook the insinuation
ardice, apd trusting td thatfortute whichsome u A
tiroes crowns evem fathtress with success, (t '
wap4 unanimouslyvrtesoUed ? immediately to ' " -
ma;ch, and at day break attack the tories Ce-V
ipnei jpnnsan Deing well acquainted with the
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country,1 was inatApiI?'de8pAtched to, apprise U
general Rutherford of this, resolution,;: t
Mojttp in the eveuina taev commenced thefc-
mArphdrpm Mountain creek, and pAssibg dowa
tito south side of the mountain; they.halied i at : ;
the Wekt end of it About an hour in the night; 'v'
and the officers convened to determine oa the
p'laig jf; attack. It: Was agreed tht the com pa-
ies comtnandediy CAptams Hallj ?i M'Dowell,
and .Brandon shoald act n hersebpek and go '
(o front l. n other ! arrangemeotp were, made, ,
and it was loft to the diBcers to be governed :by t r
circumtan:eS after they- should reach tba ene
n.y.&They resumed Jlhelr march, and irtived
wtthiid mile oNhpfaemy -aamp atidsy ,
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