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He spread the alarm, which soon reached the Presbyterian church at Wiltown, where Archibald Stobo was preaching to a numerous congregation of planters in that quarter. By a law of the province all planters were obliged to carry their arms to church, which at this critical juncture proved a very useful and necessary regulation.
Thus accompanied, we steamed over the bar in safety, had a peaceful ascent, passed the island of Jehossee, the fine estate of Governor Aiken, then left undisturbed by both sides, and fired our first shell into the camp at Wiltown Bluff at four o'clock in the morning. The battery whether fixed or movable we knew not met us with a promptness that proved very shortlived.
But this immediate contest, sharp as it was, proved brief; a turn in the river enabled us to use our stern gun, and we soon glided into the comparative shelter of Wiltown Bluff. There, however, we were to encounter the danger of shipwreck, superadded to that of fight.
This point was known to be further protected by a battery of unknown strength, at Wiltown Bluff, a commanding and defensible situation. The obstructions consisted of a row of strong wooden piles across the river; but we convinced ourselves that these must now be much decayed, and that Captain Trowbridge, an excellent engineer officer, could remove them by the proper apparatus.
Leaving the John Adams to protect this point, we could then ascend the smaller stream with two light-draft boats, and perhaps burn the bridge, which was ten miles higher, before the enemy could bring sufficient force to make our position at Wiltown Bluff untenable. The expedition was organized essentially upon this plan.
Our proposition was to man the John Adams, an armed ferry-boat, which had before done us much service, and which has now reverted to the pursuits of peace, it is said, on the East Boston line, to ascend in this to Wiltown Bluff, silence the battery, and clear a passage through the obstructions.
The Presbyterians had already erected churches at Charlestown, Wiltown, and in three of the maritime islands, for the use of the people adhering to that form of religious worship. As the inhabitants multiplied, several more in different parts of the province afterwards joined them, and built churches, particularly at Jacksonburgh, Indian Town, Port-Royal, and Williamsburgh.
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