Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-03-09

not IongsInce the Regulators met the Kings n
on the banks of the Alamancc and n
4 fearful contest WAS the result. The blood 0
Of my own brother that day run free from c.
his heart in Freedoms cause. ard it was Il
together with his cold corpse. into Il
the muddy Alamance, BY the eowardly Tories. t.
The blood Of my brother, Columbine, stained 0
its waters, and ere this it is spread and scat.Ls
tered throughoutthe wagcs{of the foalningf S
%~Sacsapahaw. That spilled blood cries out to a
me for REVENGE, and will have it, Column h
bine, WiU-the God OF Battles being my U
helper, | will yet be revcnGed tenfold." d
Z" know, Baptiste, that you will 90, and
it is useless for me TO demonstrate with you, {
indeed | wish not to restrain you from your +
duty as a man and a patriot. Believe me /
that, if possessed the strength of a man, Itoo {
would be found on the tented field and the -,
battle plain, lighting without fear for my coun- {
try. But, alas a dark day is ours for t
when it becomes known that you have per-
manently joined the wings, my father will
hate you moro than ever" I
Eyes, Columbine, | know your father is a
hot Tory and will now despise me forever,
but | am resolved to pursue my course ; for
| know | am right, and if fall by a coxAT<f
" foe, | shall die with the blest c0essTict;on of
bleeding in a glori0nS4es and With = firm
assurance ID Z t5s 4im Va' IS n n,lu far distant i
- - Il - ID tIl6 llDIC Is LOU IdI O1SldIiG
MHgia n1r5road and golden wing Of the Eagle
Us hallowed blessings these silent hills a
round u.s."
90 fear we shall never meet again,
Baptiete, but if we never do, remember that
Columbinc remained until death true to her
country and true to you. | must tell you ere
wo part, that there was a party Of Tories
lodged at fathers last night, and / overheard
their conversation. They resolved to sur
prise and massacre the party to which you
design attaching yourself as you pass the
g Maiden's Gap"-be on your guard"
In consequence of tho party Of Tories res
ting ut the young maiden's fathers the over
night, and she accidently hearing their plans
as they communicated them to their friend
and counsellor, Mr.. Greenwood, SIC was en-
abled to impart information of paramount
importance to Baptiste, and through him to
the Wings, and acting upon the knowledge
thus obtained they were enabled, on several
! different occasions, to successfully counteract
r the designs Of the Tories in a manner alto
gether unaccountablc to them. Some of the
more superstitious believed that some spirit
| ual and invisible agency directed their sagac-
I ious ! m~faagg99eyp5TGfrsso aud t Thy t TIL st theif hfsiG aps
peal Of Columbine, as she leaned upon the
~ OACtAOO ~ AA@& ALA ' " 2 uSI
warm breath perhaps for the last time there.
t " MnStyou go?" An what pathos of feeling
is concentrated IN that short yet momentous
e interrogation-her soul rather than her lips
made the enquiry.
s " Yes, dearest, | must go / have already
t told you that the blood Of my brother cries
out for revenge. | must go to the battlefield:
!, yet it is a sore trial not that | fear to face
d death and danger in the righteous cause Of
5 Freedom, but | know that when | am away
your cowardly enemy, Eastman, will plar
and execute some dnYilish device to efec-
your ruin. You know how much he hates yo,
how bitterly he despises me, and for a two
IS fold reason he will seek you out to satiat
n his brutal thirst for revenge upon us both
N II L could stay near You, continue in thes
O. mountains, should never fear for your safe
10 ty, for | could guard you from harm but
am forced by the stern demands of duty t
MS leave this cherished spot, to leave nv homo
ne to leave my all, to leave you, the v~orxhippe
Ike being of my soul, to tho mercies and reveng
he of a brutal monster, whose soul is prompte
wv by the devil to the basest %villainy. Woul
ed that could shield you from his venom, bu
Die | must away to the bloody field, where tn
lg, sharp sword offriend and foe cross in deadl
ed strife, and where the rife and musket ech
IN sharply in tho mortal combat. Protect YOU
IRE self the best you can from Eastman, and tru.
i'll God"
on IF turning on my heel, dear Baptist
Ter would secure the friendship ofthat base mil
Dis, ion, Robin Eastman, | would not do it. i
ug hates me with all his powers, | know, and h
cowardly meanness would prompt him to Il
nat preparation OF the most despicablc acts
ION render me miserable, all because Icould nc
es- nor would not love him and consent to uni
nO 1 ~ " HnctIpToc TrTLh h1c o-l L..
ind thirsts for your life, or rather your present Al
lily eternal happiness, because | choose to bestc
to my affections on you. l know, Baptiste, TIL
] am q poor, weak girl that all of woman
the weakness IS mine, but remember, that if til
gro villain ever lays his hands on me, he will r
ial- it to the amount of a lost soul in eternity
All! dear girl, there are fearful times il
ahead, and a great deal of blood will be
the quired for a sacrifice to appeaso the Dire
had strife that has long been silently gatheri
Ugh its elements, and has but Just now showed
is self. 4 fearful time is at hand and all. be
men and women, will be required to take
ste part IN the great sanguinary tragedy beft
the US. The blood of many hearts that are wa
Ice and full of life to-day, will be required
the may be mine-God forbid that it should
ird, yours,-but fl lose the astdrop in nv bod
nell if it all runs out among tho grass of the b
tie field and chills into a eliot and dies the
e Of it will not be lost for it will inscribo its
and in coiors ever fresh, as the morning, tho d,
nee word Freedom on the broad page of Tim
med and the names of those who fall a sacrifice
reen the rights of Freemen will all he recorded
ious like glowing c%oIors, and the blessings of
nur- born millions will ascend, like hallowed
ned cense, to their cherished memory Bewt
orth Of the Tory, Eastman-bo true to your CO..
the try and your God-Farc,ccU p
her, The parting scene was painful, and
She bright tears fell upon the mountain grass :
'ong flowers, like bright drops ofdew. They h
she'd each other in a long and fervent embrace.
uble when the young whig tore himself away Fl
her arms, she was left gazing eagerly a
the him, rs he bounded away soon coneealinp
ldier form from her view by the tangled brp
und- wood. She returned to her fathers colt
ring with her heart heavy and sad, and fonnd
rose Tories who lodged ;yith her father tho =;
niled before in the act of starting. and IN graot
with citement riding to and fro about tLa nIa,
ton. The War of independence. as Il
since its happy issue been called was
syou fully commenced. and Ill the Western ",
was soon ma blaze of enthnsso.-a.a