The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1851-09-06

Incident relates 10 lady Of North Carroll
m, Mrs. Sl.cun,b. Her maiden name wal
Kooks she WAS lnrn ~ the county Of B~r
tie, In l7OO. She was present " one I"
the hlo.nii~At i.aitl~s II the revolution. where
the united regiments If Col. Ellington aud
Cxsw~ll encountered Mcdonald NJ Moore
Greek. We will give = part Of the story
il her own words
1.-The men MI leh On Sunday morning
M"rc than eighty went from this house
with my husband.
"And | slept soundly and quietly that
nigl.,r aud wo KID hnrd sll the next dry
but KEEP. hi king where they Ind got to =
how tnr whore aud how many 81 the reg.
uIars mnd tories they would meet, and
could not keep myself from the study.
w.n, 10 bed 1T III. usual time. but still con
tinu-d /" s,ud,. A. | lay whether WA
king or lie. ping knew not had u dream
Vet il was not all y dream. tshs used the
words Of n poet not then IN bri"g.) saw
distinctly ~ body wrapped IN my husbands
guard cloak --blw.dy--desd; and Others
drnd AMI wounded on the 4 ound about
him. I saw them plainly aud distinctly.
| altered n cry and slTang to MY feet IN
the f"or: and ." strong was the Impression
I'm NV mind that rushed !" the direction
the vision appeared. aud came up against
the sid. Of the h"use. The ffe i" the
room gave little light, aud gnzr'l IN every
direction to catrh another glimp.~ 81 the
sren-. rnised the light: every thing was
,t,n aud quiet. Nv child was sl-.ling, but
NV woman wxs awakened hy my CRYING out
or iunpinu IN the tloor. II ever l Islt fear
il wns At that moment. Seated on the bed.
| reflected "A lew moments aud said aloud, i
must o., 10 him. told the woman l coul,.
not .lr.n. and wouli ride down the road.
Sh. appeared in great alarm; but | merely
told her ~ lock the DOR after me aud look
a,t.r h. cLiLI. went To tL. stable, cad
died nv mare. n. fleet and easy u nag as
.v..r Travelled. ard In one minute we were
N.;ny dawn the road nj full s,~-d The cool
,,,,,I,, ...,,,d n,,.r IA mil. or twos GALLON To-
h., inp reflection with il ; and asked myself
.h,r. 1 w,. y,;,r. and for what purpose.
Av,;, mad ,v,;, was | ,euptcd 10 iur,
hark I'm, I wa, .oo,, ten miles from home,
,nd ms miuJ became stronger every nile |
rad. shoulj find NY husband dead or
Il, inc was as firmly my pres ointment and
cnnyir,ion n. any net IL NV lille When
div brok. 1 was some thirty mii.s from,
home. knew III. general route our little
army cxuc,rd 10 take. AID hnd followed
Then, wi,lou, hesitation. After sunrise |
came u,nu group % women and children.
Shading aud si,t.nv l,y the roadside. each
on, of Them shaving the same anxiety OF
mind | l.t. Stopping few mom.nts.
inquired if the battle had been fought.
They knew nothing.
Again was skinming over the ground
through n cuantry uialy settled. and very
,,nor and swan Nv hut neither my avn
spirits, nor nv icauiiiul nag's. failed IN The
lcn.i: we followed the we'll marked trail
of the troops.
"Ths sun must have been wall up. say
-isi, or nins o'clock. when l heard "a sound
like thunder. which knew nus. be cannon.
| stopped still, when presently the ca""o"
thunderrd u.nin The battle was then
fighting. What fooI. nv husband could
not b- dead las. night. and the battle ""l,
fighting now S,ill. As am so near. will
90 on and see how they come out 50
away we went again. taS;c- than ever, and
I found Nv the noise Of guns tina, was
near the fight. Again ! H"ri"d. c"."
hear mnske,s; | could hear rifles. aud
could hear shouting. ! spike I" my 'nsrr
aad dashed ''u in the direction "' the n0"s'
aud the shouts were t"u.i-r thar ever
The blind path had been following hr""g"
me i.to the Wilmington read. leading ron.
M""'es Creek bridge. lew hu""'r"
yards below the h'idse. 'ew y"r"s
li"m the road. under \ c'rsssr 81 trees
were Hing ls'h"ps twenty men 'nry
were the wounded. J knew the sr" =
the very trses; aud the i"s'''"', 4" u"e
men I knew rs il had see" u .'"uss"u
times. had ss-e" il nll night ! saw ~!
ut once hot !" u" instant my whole soul
was r.''"n-' !" one siHa; "sr '"e'e' ~F"i''
ped III his hl"'dy g"afd ri'"k. ~Ss my
husbands i.hy. How ] passs" ~ 'e"
ss'ds from tie saddle to the l'see ! aes~.
knew. | r~w,cmb"r ""r"vr''''1 Hsa bs~o
aud seeing = tsce cs"''ed with c"ee ''"" I.
dreadful wound Srr"ss the temple. put
my hand -" the h"'s'f i"cr' Twas ~"''"'
i .."",L, 4, ,s,.r,xi sn.s j. hi. mouth,
..s sh.I Nj. ,ac. md l~bold. IA was Frank
c'.''..i, wv
an..r ,,,a;,. y, the WIN, II sever.
II, ,,,,a;,,. her husband, WIN Ind been IN
..,'.';, =, ~. .u.,nv. c.,,,. vr. aud ".
,.,.s ,.,..,;,.. Nj. .ur,.isr !, seeing HI. wife.