The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-07-11
THE DAILY UNION

hand wounds are not mortal, | know; nor hard tc
cure, il they are only flesh wounds"
| "Howeyer, he was severely cut upon his left arm
and upon his head; his horse had given out, and he
dropped from him to the ground senseless.
In pushing after the well-dressed officer, the ad
vanced British trooper had passed an American mol
so conspicuous in his appearance. The next dra.
COON, seeing the resistance of Graham, rode rapidly
by the other scout to the aid Of the foremost troop
err; but was shot dead as he passed by the Ameri.
can, who then dashed off TO swamp, where he
could not be followed. After Graham was cu
down, the British pursued after others Of the party
who were very much scattered; and some valuable
| lives were sacrificed.
"The British left Graham for dead; and he was
for some time insensible from loss Of blood, bu,
gradually came to before the British returned. He
heard them as they came back, but never let on, as
he lay on his side. The same man who cut him
down--he believed him to be Hessian, by his tone
and voice--cursed him, and swore he would have a
shot at him, any how One Of his comrades en-
deavored to dissuade him, saying that the Did
rebel was dead enough;' but the trooper drew pis-
to and shot him in the haunch. He took il with
out nching, and then lay quiet till he could hear
no more horses trot; when he sat up, took his
BREATH and started.
"They never took him to strip him, or they would
have found breath in him."
Aunt Suay then lived with her mother, at her
fathers house, about one mile from the main road,
near branch Of Sugar creek, and opposite to a
high wooded knoll, upon which some mining explo-
rations have since been made.
Her father, husband and brothers, were away
with the army. "My Oldest brother--a young
stripling-was in the battle Of Camden; and after
the defeat, was in the woods three days without
bread or water. All the apprentices made their
escape then, at sixteen or seventeen. The bound
boys all went into the army, and were nobody Is
else !" and none but women folk were about-and
not many of them, indeed, that could help them
selves!
'My mother was Just at the falling foot to have her
last baby, and all the trouble and management de-
volved upon me, who had my frst-born in my arms.
"We heard the shots, on calm evening about
8 o'clock, and knew what it was.
"That day., "a guard of many Americans passed
the house after they broke, with their swords drawn
in their hands, cleaning through the trees and their
horses pretty well jaded, making their escape every
which way they could.
Gin the eyening-ust about sunset saw a man
covered with blood, coming down a cow-path by
the meadow fence, passing by the bushes.
ale was without hat; his scabbard hanging at
him. but no sword. His clothes, all as if pggin
of blood had been thrown over him. blood dripping
from every hair of his head, and heap of blood in
his boots He had four or five very large cuts
across the top of his head, and several over
the backs Of his hands. My mother was sorely
frightened, and told me must go out to meet the
man. Are you British'' were the first words
said. mo, I am American answered he Don'i
you know mel | am Joe Graham. have been in
the scrape, and overset.' l then led him by the
| hand from the branch on to the house. We were
in dreadful terror. We thought, if he died, what
should we do! We helped him up stairs to pallet
| near window in the loft, for fear some one would
find him. and then sot down of each side the chin.
ney cheek, to think what we would do
81 went for an aunt of ours who lived close by
and she helped us scrape lint to dress his wounds.
"When we went up to see him during the night
he was out of his from loss of blood, and sud
den disturbance; but about the dawn he revived
and then l set to and cooked up some boiled fresh
milk, thickened with -four We had a COW with her
loin out of place. She was small, but had plenty
of milk; nobody would kill her, nobody would
drive her. So, we kept her in an out of.the-way
place, in the upper part of the meadow.
"We got him down stairs, set him on chair,
made fresh lint, and stopped his blood. He supped
the porridge pretty plentifuly, and was refreshed
and then we made him lie down stairs; for we
thought if he should die in the loft, how would we
poor women ever get him down again.
Graham was cut down in the main road leading
to Salisbury, between Martin Alexander's and
Amasi Houston's, on level piece Of ground, as he
described it to me- with no water near him. He told
me If would 60 there i would find his hat; it was
very grand hat. But never went near it. He had
rugged off that day, just to show himself know he
did; for there was little dressing among our folks
He wanted to look up little that day. as the adju.
tant had much to do. Folks thought it was his own
fault that his horse gave out, as he had rode about
more than was necessary; but would allow him 10
do so, upon so great an occasion,
| "The folks thought the British had thrown the
dead body Of one of our people down the WELL at the
crossroads; so they filled it up, and dug one
| one could depend upon haight they could hear
| unless they saw it with their own eyes I"
"a liberty-woman, named Beattie, with two
children and a beast, were making their escape from
below Charlottesville very day the British took pos
session; so she bargained with an English woman
to pass her through the pickets; and promised that
at the first house she came to, she would get her
belly full of milk To which she consented"
"The American woman had connexions she was
pushing to, but got off the track into scquestered
their road, and were benghted; and then got detan-
ed by shower of rain. The English woman was
on foot. She held on to get the milk; and she had
to hold on. The American woman sat down, with.
out coal or candle, at waste house. all nght-hold-
| ing her horse by the bride, and her baby in hei
laPl , i. ,. ~. !, H., H., l..
after the COW was MIXED, and found Graham lying
on the floor
| "We didn't like it bit
sThe woman said, sYou fell in the scrimage yes
terdayn
"We were al little, discencertedE"
"The American woman, however, began and tolt
| w thO whOtS Ntv. Wy way W huouuStioht
about the English woman's getting her through the
pickets, and bringing her to get milk. That was
the chat! So that we knew at once, from this
introduction all about their coming.
fThe English woman was six or sevenrand-twen
ty about-a straight, tall, good-ooking person
She had had remarkable lonesome sit Of il during
the night. She was eager to get her breakfast ant
eat heartily.-poor creature-for she was hungry
enough; and we gave her the real, sweet goot
milk, Just from the cows bag. We kept \ bite fo
every one; whatever we had, every other was wei
come to in those times--either in war or peace"
"Graham sat up when the English woman came
in. His dress was exactly that Of a British officer
He did not look so desperate. We had washed of
his clothes and boots, and dried them for him. Sc
the English woman told him, as soon as she go
back to Charlotte, she would send one of the bes
surgeons to him; and that he should not want fol
| good attention. So little more was said.
aShe then cithercted me to set her on the road L
Charlotte; and put her past all cowtracks, to keeT
her from getting lost. So | never heard more o
my woman. The British never got out further from
Charlotte in that direction again. They were bother
ed too much by the infantry that kept shooting Q