The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-11-10
RELIC cF TME REyOLUT1og.CoL. TAgLE
TONS LETTkEs-..ESiIa nE i.n pIc III A arInr1

Tarle'on Of the British Legion, an officer
at the mention of whose name the whirs
OF Carolina trcmblcd. 1t was handed tc
us 10y Mr.. Rnhcrl G. Forsyth, of Cnnm
bus, granI son Of Col. M"igs of the Rev.
oluiion, and u son Of the lat" John FORSYTH
Secretary Of S:ate under General Jackson
Ii contains the terms of capi,uatiur; offered
10y iarirton TO Col. Bufprd ,rs jrcsune,
lust before the defeat Of the latter near the
Naxhaw settlements, in Sout!, Caro!ira
Col. BniorI had been scut with four hun
drr'i troops Of Tie Continental Army from
Virginia, to ;:asat the wings in their de-
fence Of Charleston. Teaching Camden
he ascertaine,l that Charleston had fallen
and beat Il Retreat. Tarlc;on WAS DISPATCHED
by EIrl Cornwallis 10 meet Bu:or,i with
seven hundred men. Coming IN with
him, Col. Tarletoa addressed Col. Buf,r,l
The following letter, which, no. being ro-
spondel To-, the Drmcr give battle to the
latter, routing hi: whole force, showing his
men Il" quarters, cutting down the Ameri.
can flag with his (rarIv'on') own sword,
and playing SAL havoc with the American
sol'lirrs. This letter is written on piece
of f'"'>cap twelve inches 10y eight, and in
Il long, bold land. 1t reads thus:
Nay oo:h, 1880.
Sir:-E.>is:ance lc;ns in vain, to pre-
Vent the E;i'v>ion Of Bioo,l. ,Aakc olly,s
Which ncver can be repeated.
You are now cncomp#s>ci bv Il G.r,s
consisting Of Artillery AMI Seven hundred!
l'@h, troops on h":achas; half Of which
nu,n!'cr are Cavalry, anl Earl C,;nwa.lis
Is within Il sl,'rl march with some Bl.lal-
Ions Of British.
| w"rn y"n Of tho Temc,;;y of further
:nl'nit;'l proceedings, e,r.:a|!y, when
hold oIt the t".!owin, conditions, which
are r""r'y tie same adopted by Charles
Town.
But il any Person of any Denomination
attempts to !ea"c your Army after this
Flag il wavrl, rest assured, that I've the
fus:'i"es of am E.nk or Dignity, they
shall experience hostile treatment.
1st art. al! o.iiccra to he Prisoners of
War, but admitted 20 Parole and allowed
to return to their haJit;:;:ous I'LL ex-
changed.
2l Art. Al Continental Soldiers to 90
to LaHpers Point or any neishLorin.
Post am! l.",n::in there Prisoners Of War
till exchanged. 10 be allowed Provisions
rs good rs British Soldiers.
3D. Ali Militia Soldiers to 1c permitted
TO Return to their !Ial.itatious upon Parole.
4th. Aii arms, Artillery, Ammunition,
Stores, Provisions, Wagons, Horses, &C., to
be faithfully delivered.
5:h. All Officers to be allowed their
Private Baggage AMI Horse, and TO have
their side arms Returned.
l expect an answer to these propositions
In half "n hour; if thcy are Excepted, YOU
will order every Person un.lcr your COM
mand to Pile his Arms in one hour il
you do not receive these Terms, the Blood
be upon your head.
have the Honor
to be
Sir, Wifi Proper Respect,
Your obt Servt,
BAN. TARLETON,
L Coll Comdl Brit. Leo'n.
This remarkable document has never
perhaps, been published bciorc.- Columbu.
Times.
A little girl, nine years old, having at
tended soirec, being asked hy her mother
n returning, how she enjnycd herself
answered, L am full of happiness;
couldn't be any happier unless 1 cout
grow.
The State Of Virginia contains NOR.
Baptists than any other State iii the Union
their number is 1875
| Common sense can accomplish mucl
without great talents. but all the talents j,
the world can accomplish very little wi.hou
common sense.
Describing singleness of aim and de
clsipn of character, in a recent Coler
address, Rev. J. Wilson thus illustrated hi
theme:
The Roman ships basked in pleasan
sunshine, but when, by means of his miro,
miles off, Arcl,imedes gathered. up tn
harmless rays, and threw them in focu
upon the ships, they burned them upss w
are not to trouble ourselves about the trat'
Of this story, orto carefully inquire wbe.l,e
Archinedes really burnt the Roman fee
or not. No ono, / believe, denies that !
is theoretically possible, at all ,sevents. s.
it is with tile Intellectual powers. Seat
tered over alupdred objects, they are sim
beetle. Concentrate them on one, an,