Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-03-04

OF this fast age. MAGNOLlA.
Major Henry Moore's Recollections, OF the
Revolutionary War in South Carolina and
Georgia, until the fall Of Charleston on the
18th OF May, 1850.
CONTINUED.
At this time their affairs in the South began to
wear but a gloomy appearance. By q cartel a
greed upon between General Greene and the Brit
ish commanders, what remained unchanged of
her prisoners at Haddrel's Point, were sent to
jamestown, Virginia, on parole, but to keep ut
twelve miles distance from any British post or
its ruins, and I, with a number of others, slept a.
mong them that night, or rather tried to Sleep
l lay down for that purpose, but sleep for q long
time closed not my eyes. The ruins and ~catastro,
phe Of many cities crowded into my mind, such as
the ancient cities of Babylon, Thebes, Tyre and
Palmyra and the still later ruins Of towns burned
in the present war by our revengeful and unre-
lenting foes, fixed melancholy ideas in my mind,
concerning the past, present and future destinies
Of man and his labors. The great Sir Walter
Raleigh who had procured a patent from Queen
Elizabeth to c~olonize Virginia, then passed in re-
view who had enriched his country, not with
mines Of gold and silver, but with the corn, wheat
and tobacco of Virginia. They certainly are more
profitable and beneficial to the human race, than
the richest ores that the earth produces, yet, death
by the public executioner was his reward. Next
in succession, was the brave and intrepid Captain
John Smith. the father of Virginia-its sword
and its shield-the successful and ~virtuous
champion of the cross, against the Mahomedan
crescent, and Indian tomahawk and arrow; and
in addition to this, it is possible l might be lying
warriors, or perhaps on the ashes of some family
murdered by the Indians, and their house burned
over them. Useful. and profitable thoughts. They
put me in mind of f%uturit.y, and all the transitory
scenes Of this life, and all its ~vanitics, when all
shall vanish away, as if they had never been.-
Even Washington himself, the great, the good, the
father and liberator Ofhis country and benefactor Of
many, with all the monuments raised by his coun-
try TO perpetuatc his fame, shall be SHOWED up
in the vortex of time and oblivion, vi'Lout even
o relict being left, to say ''hcre lies WASHINGTON"
A second inundation, of European Goths or fan
atics may at some future time, lay in ashes, our
proud and stately public buildings and populous
cities with all our improvements in the arts
and sciences. Nay, thos- dedicated to the wor-
ship of the Most High, may again be prOfaned by
unhallowed hands, and ovcrwh lined in final ruin.
Such were the thoughts that interrupted my re.
pose, amongst the ruins of jamestown. certain
ly think that there are times in the course of our
lives, when the soul-that ethereal spark, that
breath of divinity itself-when Invested of all its
earthly concerns, receives heavenly communica-
tons and flies off unfettcrcd and unres.rained to
the utmost limits of spacc-to the very confines OF
eternity, viewing in its progress, the wonderful
works of the Almighty Architect Of the universe,
and wishing to unite itself with its great original,
and to acknowledge its dependence on its maker
and creator.
From jamestown we went to Williamsburg
from that place the officers scattered in every d.
r~cction. Som to visit their friends and families
agreeable to their paroles some few, and myself,
went to Richmond, where we received some pay;
from thence / Travelled by land to Alexandria and
Baltimore, and went by water to Philadelphia. In
that city l was doomed to pass, what called an
arctic winter, in comparison with that of the
rL,,lo,to, ,r;pto,,- in tho uncomfortable opI
i'll provided barracks of that city, allotted to the
soldiers. l suffered, but was accustomed to suf-
fering, and my spirits did not sink under it,
While here stationed, I~lreceived six guincas, for
warded to me by an uncle living in Providence,
State of Rhode Island, by the hands of a member
of Congress, with an invitation to visit him. Now
my sufferings were at an end-this small supply
afforded me much relief, and enabled me to pro-
cure some Of the comforts of life, and furnished
me with the means Of visiting this kind friend
with whom l remained until peace was made,
(still n prisoner on parole) enjoying many of the
~luxuries of life, with the reiinemeuts of polished
society. This was an cru of real happiness to me,
for on the first of December, 1888, arrived Mt this
place, Captain Silas Deane, from London, with
the long-looked-fo treaty of peace. 1t was celc-
bratel with every ~effusion of joy, that the inhabi-
tants OF the town Of Providence could display
The military turned out with their music and col
ors {; the vessels in the h0rbor were adorned with
their colors; with cannon and m~usketry firing,
Joy was painted OH every face, anu congratula-
tions hung on every tongue. The temple Of ia
nus Was again shut i'll the United States, and the
Clergy solemnly rendered thanks to the Almighty
disposer Of all events. But who can express the
feelings Of the war-worn soldier on this occasion?
None but they, who like him, faithfully serv-
cd their country during the war, through every
vicissitulc and change of fortune-they who brave
ly presented their breasts to the bayonet; they
who stood firmly against the leaden storm, and
they who dyed the hostile steel with their preci-
Gus blood-these can feel if they cannot write.
They certainly merit the gratitude and thanks of
their country. and some reward to make their
setting sun go down clear.
A summary of the losses sustained by the Anne
ricans, in South Carolina and Georgia in the years
171S-9,-S0, until the capture of Charleston, on
18th May, 1880:
In the Florida Campaign, in l776, 800 men. At
Savannah, in December 177S, $50 men. With
shipping, stores, provisions of all kinds, cannon
&C., at General Ashes defeat al Bryan Creek,
Georgia, 1850. At the siege Of Savannah and
battle of Stone, -. At surrender of Charleston