The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-11-04
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eysias sloaat Story ri oustll}aed i, On Fact,
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,ssoft Motto, Eort CRANKY Fort
yYats6n, the Fort at 0rangeburg,,
aud every othes pest in South Caro-.
iinas except, Charleston and !Nincty-
Sixsslia.l yielded successfully to the
American, ,,arns. under the command
of Greene. Sumter, Marion and Leo;
and nov General Greene turned all
his energies to lthe reduction of
Ninety SiS, giving orders at the
same thnc. for General Sumter, to
remain In tho country South aud
West OF the Congaree, SO os4to cut
ofSall comm nunication between Lord
Rawiiop, who was at Charleston
@aitingS reiaffo rc cments from England,
and Colonel Cruger, who WAS in COM
nand at |Ninety-Six. ui.i
Day alter day the siege Of Ninety
SsSsYspt Oh, tho Americans slowly
approaching the fort BY g series Of
y y works: constructed under the super.
iptendsneesof Kosejusko, and Crnger
still holding ont in expectation Of re.
sinfers rsenents from Charleston, altho'
# not single word Of intelligence Lord
isa@apnsliaa reached him since the
investment pf the post, which had
held oSyst With so. much bravery aud
.peEse sl yeFtl ? ee .i538 \
GA tss 3ra OF june, the long ex.
,53, rcinfor nents from England
|ss och u Lord & ssaSs!on, and on the
a'e started & for the reliefsof Col.
\ with q portion of three Irish
st,ts, andsWas Joined soon after
sss Eonth Garoiila ~ yalsts, swelling.
force tssssyo thonsand men. But
ssj hts efforts to TRANSMITS Intelligence
sssfirsrssop at ~ Sis proved una
Wailing. His 5messcng q aere inter,
3 eeptett By Snmtcr aud .Mat5op, Who
s llsehi 5iiscsssseess sshc tiasasinedinte
On the It'll of JnDc, General
Greene received intelligence from
tGcnefa! Sumter Of the i approach Of
IlordtR tRaWdor. Directing Sumtcrito
keepinEfront of5 tie enemy, he rein
force him With all his cavalry under
Lieutenant COLONEL Washington. and
urge lhlmito, ,pscaepory means nshis
power to6ielay the advancing british
army, aptit he should ibe ablo to CON, CON,
,nlste the iisnvcsthic lent Of the fort Of
.NinetyfSix, ana compel siit .oisurrcn.
.der.t s!lhena with renewed diligence
depressed the essiege, hoping to ob.
tain d capituiation before Col. Crugc1
:shonM eceiIc5 p eWs Of the lapproach.
,ing suecor, and thus break up with
thesexceptipnzof Charleston, tile last
,faltsins point Of the enemy in South
Carolina But the commander Of
.ahe fort vas ever on the alert to
! inalse good his defences and to annoy
and retatd the sbesiegersE in every
possible way; and, though ignorant
of tho near; approach OF aid, he
would listen to no cYertprcs for a
eapitplation, ,s1s :: ,tlsf
One evening, While affairs retain
ed this aspect, q countryman rode
along the Americanlines, conyersina
.4aniliarly With the officers and sold
iers on duty. No particular notice
Was takenlof this, as from tho begin
.ningof gthe siege, tho friends ofou,
cause were permitted to ,cutor ,ths
camp and go wherever their c,uisiiosit,
happened to lead them. The indi
.yidnal here mentioned moved along
.seetningly much Interested With HI
had seen and heard, nntiphe arrived
,at tho great road leading directly te
;Fhe town, in which quarter wero only
some batteries thrown up for the bro
tectionef the guards. Pagsing here
for few moments, he glanced can
stiously around him, and then, sud
i!tenlys putting spurs to his horse, ht
dashed at full speed Ainto the town
Seeing thissthc guard and sentinel
,opcnA their Mfre upon him, Il,
escaped pnhptt, holding up d lette,
as sooiiz dshe was out d, danger. Th,
garrison, which hail observed thi.
movement understoo,lt ,ita meaning
ss and the gates we're INSTANTLY tbroWr
.oPcnIf t9 receive the y messenger, WIZ
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