The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-05-14
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ANkcboTg Or THE REVOLUTION.


little band of volunteer troops, being in
tho immediate neighborhood, were in i'm.
minent danger When he heard the
dreadful tidings Of defeat, he rctrcated to
the woods, and ordering his company to
halt and form, he addressed them rs fol-
lows: Gentlemen, you are aware Of our
widely different from what
il once was. Once we were a happy people!
Liberty shone upon our land, bright as the
sun that gilds yon fields; and We aud our
fathers rejoiced in its beams, as gay as the
birds that enliven our forests.
But, alas those golden days have fled,
and the clouds Of war hang dark and low
cring above our heads. Our once peace
full land is filled with uproar and DEATH
Foreign ruflians invade our very firesides
and altars and leave us no alternative but
slavery or death. Two gallant armies
have marched to our assistance but both
arc lost. That under General Lincoln,
duped and buctchercd at Savannah and
that under Gen. Gates, imprudently over
marched, is now cut up at Camden. Thus
all our hopes from the north are at an end,
and poor Carolina is left to fight for her.
self. A sad alternative indeed, when her
own children are madly uniting with the
enemy, and not ono in thousand will
rise to take her part.
"My countrymcn 1 wish to know
your minds on this momentous subject
AS for myself, l consider my life but a
and to fill that moment with du-
ty is my all. To guard this innocent
country from the evils of slavery, seems
my greatest duty and am therefore de-
tcrmined that while live she shall never
be cnslaved. She may come to that
state; but these eyes shall never
behold it. She shall never clank her chains.
in my eyes, and pointing to the ignominious
badge, cxclaim, 1T ,cas your co,oardice
Mat atJrouyht nc to Mis.'"
One and all, they answered, awe will
for our country, Or die with
you!"
"Then, my brave friends" said he,
''draw your swords. Now for circle, en-
blematcal of our eternal union and point.
ing your blades to Heaven, the bright
throne Of Him who made us free, swear
you will never he the slaves of Britain !"
1t was all devoutly done.
Tile reader will be pleased 70 hear that
this brave man rose to a high rank in the
army, and lived to enjoy the peace and
prosperity Of the country he SO ably de-
Tended. Ills wife survived him; and as
long as she was able to ride, the poor reo-.
pie of Carolina used to press round her
carriage, and bless her, as they exclaimed,
"That is tho widow of our glorious old
Marionm
Occupations Of French IVomen.-Did
you ever see lady play on the fiddle,
reader? There is certainly no impropriety
in the employment. St. Cecilia doubtless
had favorite Straduarins yet there does
seem to be something indcfn !e, bizarre,
fantastic, out of place, in fair hands taking
up the the fiddle and the bow. But if a
feminine violinist be novelty, what would
you say to lady carpenter? Here arc
some hundreds of them hammerinc, saw
ing, chopping away, with tremendous vigor
and cclerity. These eyes have seen the
grandam of eighty polishing off a plank
with plane to a nicely. They have seen
trim little damsel Of seventeen with COL
ored handkerchief tied coquettishIy round
her head, busily fixing beams and grinders,
while great bearded, bIoused man, sat
majestically by, smoking his pipe, Or if he
to interfere in business mat
ters at all, unpacking dolls houses, or dab
bling with glue-pot. What labor will
not French women undertakeg They FOL.
Low the plough, :thsy keep boofs, they open
boxdoers, they take tickets at railways,
they drag your luggage to the Custom
House, they cut your chops and beefsteaks
90 S"o SesS'o' . euCy udbCS Ou VIC lISuL-
rope and on stills. they buy old clothes,
they keep shooting-galleries, they enter
lions dens, they measure you for boots,
they shave you.
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True Greatness.-Chief Justice Marshall
was in the habit of going to the market
himself and carrying home his purchases.
frequently he would be seen returning at
sunrise, with poultry in one hand and veg
cables in the other. On one occasion n
fashionable young man from the north who
had recently removed to Richmond, was
swearing violently because he could get no
one TO carry home his turkey.
Marshall stepped up and asking where
he lived said:
That is on my way: will take it for
YOU"
When they came to his house, the young
man said
What shall pay your