Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-03-13
TIE YOUNG DRAGooN.
A STORY OF THE COWPENs.
by CHARLES ]. PETERSON.

IAN WOutG nave lrOIll lnce,
fain would have that gay, gold ring.
THE SPECTRE LADY.
The period of our revolutionary history
Immediately succeeding the defeat at
Camden, is still remembered in the Caro-
linas with horror. The British, elated
with their success, and regarding the
South as row conquered, proceeded III
the work of confscation and massacre
with pitiless severity. In that terrible
crisis many family was deprived of its
head, either by exile or by execution. Yet
larger numbers were shorn OF their pro-
perty and reduced to comparative indl-
gence. In word, terror reigncd para
mount. -,
But the common events of life still
went on. The transactions Of business,
the struggle for wealth, the tolls of the
husbandman, births, deaths, marriages,
cares, hopes, fears-all followed each othe'
down the deep current of existence. az =
most wholly unaffected by the stem OF
war which agitated the surface. II IS an
error to suppose that great :ohVu's,9ns
disturb the whole order of '1ciety. Men
will still hate, though the;e entire re nation be
turned into camp ), WI, .!I st!'i s.r.se io1
the dross of earth; III s''i,' !, young anu
generous, risk t'sir hearts happiness IN
T II woo lizards the close Of a winter
evening dat youth of noble mein and
baudst1e face stood at the foot of one of
tbo,s long avanues, of trees, which i'll
eouth Carolina, lead up from the road to
the mansions of the wealthy proprietors.
For nearly half an hour he had been there
as if awaiting the approach of some one
from the house now looking anxiously up
the long avenue, now restlessly walking to
and fro. During that interval but one
person had passed along the highway,
and the notice of this one the youth had
sk,lfully avoided by concealing himself
behind some dwarf trees within the PLAN
tation-fence. This act, rs we'll as his
whole demeanor, proved that he was
awaiting some secret interview.
At last, just when the dusk began to
deepen into night, the futter of a white
dress was seen coming down the avenue.
A minute more, and beautiful girl OF
eighteen summers appeared on the scene.
=" Albert" said the new conner, as the
youth, scizing her hand, passionately kiss
cd it. "I have not second to stay. Ii
was with difficulty could leave the house
unseen, and my absence has doubtless
been noticed before this; what we have
to say, therefore, must be said at once
why have you sought this interview
"I have sought it, Ellen" he replied,
stiil holding her hand, Z" "because, despair
ing of gaining your consent, have vol
unteered in Captain Washington's cavalry
corps, and tomorrow we set forth. Per-
haps you will never see me more. could
not leave the neighborhood without see.
ing you once more, and bidding you an
eternal farewell; and as your fathers
orders had banished me from the house,
there was no method Of giving you my
adieu, except by soliciting an interview" i"
The tears had started to the eyes of his
listener, but she turned away her head to
conceal them; and for some time neither
spoke.
ELLEN, dear Ellen" said the young
soldier, earnestly, "will you not now, in
this solemn moment, say you love me o.,
l once hoped you did, but since your fa.