Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-07-30

"Ano;her occasion followed when Gen. Lin
coin, Withdrawing all the regular troops away
into Georgia, left it's (Soulh Carolina) whole
seaboard open, and its capital city llable TO
coup DE- main of Gen. Provost. What then Wa:
the course of the Carolinians? We find Mou'
trie rushing to the rescue, with twelve hundred
militia from one quarter, and Governor Rulledgt
with another body of native militia pressing
down for the same object from another quarter
of the interior; willie Lincoln, with similar
speed, was marching from third direction
(Simms.)
A second time were the British bafllcd in thcil
attempts.
A third attack was made, and it succeeded
but under what circumstances? General Ashe
with the Georgia coninenlals, and fifteen hun.
dred North Carolina militia, had been defeated
and dispersed by General Provost and this
disastrous event had been f"llowcd BY the still
more disastrous assault upon Savannah, in
which the combined forces Of D'EStaing and
Lincoln were defeated with great loss-a loss
falling heavily upon the Carolina iroors. whu
alone succeeded in planting their standard upon
the encmv's works-a barren but an honorable
achievement. (Smms.l In addition TO this
enfeebIement of onr forces, the smallpox ragged
in Charleston. Science had not Yet disarmIed
this enemy of our race of It's errors, and then
il smne more CONSERVATION into The hearts of
men than now. The Indians, Too. in the upper
portions of the Stale, were uneasy and restless.
and showed signs of an approaching outbreak.
The mounanrer. who left his home for the de-
fence Of lhe capital, fr! that the war-cry Of the
savage, and the shrieks Of his butclerrd family.
might companion him on his soldier pilgrimage.
But even then there was no lack of patriotism
or courage in the defence of Charleston.
In February. 1880. Charleston wa+ Il third
time approached. The force with which the
city was invested consisted ufabout twelve thou.
sand disciplined troops and Il fleet Of about fifty
sail Of vessels Of all classes, ranging from the
sloop.oi.war to the shp-vl-lhc-linc. Mcintosh
says:
"On ihc 18th Of April all the general officers
were called by General Lincoln to his quarters.
where he gave ns The first idea of the state Of
the garr<on-lhe mcn, provisions, stores, arii!r.
ry, &c.. in it the little hopes he had of succ"r
Of ANY consequences; and the opinion of The
engineers respecting our forIilicaiun-lliat they
were only iieldworks of lines, and could hoIi'
uui bu; il icw days more. With every information
he could obtain of the numbers strength of the
enemy, &c lie was compelled to take up the idea
of evacualing tie ri!y," &c.
The same writer says
Son the 10Th of April The council adjourned
in the evening TO General Lncoln's quarters.
when Cn!rneI Larnry. representing TIC INSULT
cheney of our Qualifications, Gf they were wor.
lhy 9f being callsd sn,l lhs iim9gQbabllily d
holding out many days longer, and the i:nprac.
Icabili,y Of making our retreat good lis The enr-
my were now situated, carried it for olirrin.
terms of honorable capitalization first. The Lieu.
lrnan: Governor, with four OF his cnhnri'.
(llcss:s. FrYguson. Hut son. Cattle. and DIR
3ams:sy) coming in Il litlc after, used the c"nn.
ell very rudely: the Lieutenant Governor d..
claring he woald protest against our proceed.
ings; that the militia were willing to live unnn
rice alone rather than give up the town upon aGy
terms; and that even the old woman were So
TO the cuemys shot nnw that they
travelled the streets without fear or dread"
Gen. Mourir was The only general officer
vino obirc;cd to 4 calu!aIion. lie WAS in the
service OF SuuiI CaroIiIm. Gcrvais says ti;a
the rumor Of Il capulaIiun Gccasiunrd greit
discomfort AS well arorl the regulars as militia.
vino wish TO defend the place 10 he lis: rXirt.
nifty, are in high spirits, and so resolved as 30
ntlcr to receive only hall raiuns Il day il urrrs
$ary." Gen. Muni!ric OF te 2G,h says: ''As
SOON as Gen. Dupor!aii (a FrcI.cl o.iitrr) cam"
into the garrison and 10 ,;rt! ut the rnr,ly ami
at our works, he declared That they were nn
tenablc, and that the British nigh; have taken
the tuwn tea days ago Gen M"u;rir alS,,
says that when the British saw The nnmdrr of
,L, r,,I Il
made L gallant defence" Col. Rorhfort sail.
" Sir, you have made Il gallan, defence" Char.
lesion was defended by five thousand troops.
and of these more than fifteen hundred were
Carolinilns. The supplies Of provisions aud
were insufficient; this was owing
to Gen. LincoIn's neglect The city fell more
through starvation than assault The British
it the 9th OF February; ii cariIaIa-
ted the ll;h May. Trnc, it might have been
defended better. but we will see whether lIa-sa-
chusetts has right to reproach South Carolina.
Mr.. Sabine admits that Soulh Carolina over
paid her proportion of The expenditures of the
war in tile sum Of Sl,2O5.978. Let US see the
Of men. South Carolina hrd 93,-
900 inhabitants; Massachusetts had 352.OO0.
Scybrrl's table, which vas laid before Congress
the 5lh December, 1911 shows that South Caro-
lima furnished 3j5O3 men during thu revolution.
ard that Massachusetts furnished IS lS3. TAX.
ing their respective populations rs Il basis, SunliI
Carolina should have furnished only 23.290
men, instead of 35,j03, or AlaSsachr srls should
have furnished l3l 37G, instead of SS.lS3.
South Carolina may challenge comparison
with Massachusetts on the musier.rnl: on the
pension lis: she yields 10 Eer Suprmcy The
citizens Of The laltef, Whllrver their achieve
mrnls may have been on the battlefield have
always fallen with aacriiy into hollow squares
before the treasury, and have been more formi-
dable to il than an army with banners
Now, sir. let us see something of the gallanlry
of Massachusetts in the war of the revolution
which has been so noi,ily vaunted here. The
following correspondence occurred while the
British were in possession Of Boston, and the
American forces unier General Washington
were bcleagurriny it. Gen. Washington in Il
letter to his brother, John Augustine Washing
ton, dated Camp at Cambridge, July 81, l775."
says:
:" found mixed multitude of people here
under very little discipline, order, or govern
nent."
In letter to the President Of the Council of
Massachusetts Bay, dated August 7, l775-a
month after he arrived therc-Gen. Washington
says
"By The general return made 10 me for last
week, find there are great numbers of soldiers
and commissioned officers who absent
themselves from duty, the greater part of whom,
| have reason to believe, are at their respective
homes, in different parts of the country some
employed by their officers on their farms, and
others drawing pay from the public, while they
are working on their own plantations or for