The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-11-21

vent near a.. Tie had rgged eft tina, dog %
4si TO show h,msc.J-l know he did; Tor n
there was ltIle dressing among cur folks u
He wanted 10 look rp ltt'e that dav, as
the adluiau, had much to %. Folks |
thought il vas h.s cwu iauIt that his horse a
gs,e GU, a. he had rode about more than
sas necessary bat ! would allow him 70 {
do so upon 50 great an OCCASION
+" i he folks thought The British lad
thrown lie dead body q one Of cur people
down the .e,i al the cross roads; 80 they
hIed il ~ aud iu. new one. There was
70 much terror and so much dread, 10 one
coad depend uyon haigh, hey could hear,
unless they saw It with their own eyes
4 liberty woman named Bealhe, with .
two children and beast, we're making their
escape from below Charlotte, the very day
the British touk possession; SO she bargain.
ed with an Eng sh woman 10 pass her
through the pockets, aud promised that al
the first house she came 10, she would gel
her a belly tuil Of m..h TO which she
consented
1.-The American woman had connexions
she was pushing 10, bat got of the tack
INTO sequesiefed, out oi.Ihe.way part o.
the world. They mislook their road, and
we're benighted aud then got detained by
a shower Of ruin The English woman
was on foot. She held on to get the mix !;
and she had 10 hold. The American We
man sat down, without coal or candle, al a
waste house, all mghl-holdiug her horse
BY the bride, and her baby 10 her lap
A, dayligh, the women came 10 our
house, lust after the COW was MIXED, and
found Graham Ism. on he floor.
We didn'l ike tia bt
" The woman sud, Yol fell IN the
scrnage yesterday Z"
We were li.tle Disconnected
The American woman, however, be-
Gan and told Us the wio.e story-by way
of introduction. hke-auou, the English
woman's getting her through the pIckets,
sud bringing her TO eel MIX, That was
the chat So that We knew al once, from
his introduction, oil about their coming.
"The English woman was SIX or seven
and.twen,y, aboul-a straight, tail, good
looking person. Size had had q Temarka'
bic lonesome sit Of il during the night
She was eager to &c; her breakfast, aud
cat heartily, poor creature, for she Wa
hungry enough: and we gave Der he real
sweet, good milk, Just from the cows bag.
We kept 4 bite fer every one whatever
we had, every other was welcome 10 10
those timas--eilher 10 war Or peace
Graham sal Up when The Eoglsh 40.
man came II. rs d,es- va= exactly that
of q BRUSH ofIicet. BE id not look SC
desperate We had washed Of nis clothes
and boots, ani dsed ,hem Iot blm. 5
The Eaglish woman told MIN, as soon as
she got b-ch 10 Charlotte, she would senc
one Of the best Surgeons 10 htn, and th1
he should 10, want r5F good affection. s
lille more was So j.
She .hen e0,relssj me % sci Der on tx
road 10 Charlotte and ! put her past al
COW tracks, TO keep her from geulng lost
So never heard more Of my woman, HI
British never got out further from Chariot
in that direction again. They we're both
cred too much b. the Infantry that keF
shooting at them, icing siTewed abot
thick in the woods. The British though
mighty hard Of this They said 4 our folk
would have stood 10 the battle, It woul
have done very well; bat they though
mighty hard to Js shot down ihat way
Graham had sleered bis course through lh
woods from the Place where he vas WOMB
ed, making for bis mothers house, ueE
Cspp's Hi on the Deal,e' s.lord road
"Wheu | cane back, he was waihin
over the house, aud saId, As long as
lad made a life. escape Of il, he would II
and get off. H. did nc, wan! any Of hi
Doctors and e.. said must show him b
road too. So wen, with him two Inlls
through the woads, On the way TO his INC
theirs. fle did not know tie nigh path
and tracks as well as did; end | coul
take HIN the shortest way. He had hy
miles to walk when left him. The ior
ger he walked, Tie better be walked an
! heard be got sale home, and atlerwafl
to headquarters. He never got The b9iit
out al he got 10 Gu!lfo'd, Twas aes
wound only.
81 never did have the luck to see hit
bl.eI' lie stIl Uc NOIu W L"ttlE ~ u
house, and he would make me q band-om
present but SAID, | did not work 10 tt
revolution for pay: | worked for The YER
thing of freedom When a body cou
get along without il, | though! It Des,
ge, along with paying other debts. Their
was the French to pay, and others-Oi
law There was wonLeriul deal Of lfg.
bic TO get through rs
The strong practical good sense snd 81
tive intelligence, the Old fashioned, guam
and decided language Of Aunt S-zy--abt
| found, was near uelghbot Of mloe-o
ten led me to her house. /! IS Q large 10
cabiu, formed OF tmbers her father ia
hewn before the reYoiulion, which she ha
removed 10 an eHneuce about The middI
Of her plantation, that she might be hal
way between each Of her married daugi
lers. E1cep, her grand child, gtrI Of /
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