Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-04-23
AN Incldent of RevolptionarY History.

a correspondent of the Southern Chris
1tian Advocate relates the following inter
1esting incident in South Carolina Revolu.
tionary History. Tile heroine, Mrs Tram
mel, died several years since, an Alabama.
Mrs. Trammel was old enough to have
been familiar withmanyofthe bloody events
which occurred near the close of the Reyo-
luNonary War, in the Immediate neighbor,
hood of her hone, which gas near Kings
Mountain, in South Carolina. Her has
band, Thomas Tainmel, had unhcsitating-
ely identified iia fortunes with those Of
the Liberty Party" as they were fa1nil,
iarly calledJ nd,being a good shot and Of
Funninching courage, he was a terror to ali
the friends of, the King, as far as his name
was known. rlt. -,.s sq
AT the time of-which we write, that sec,
ton of country was oyerrun by-a band of
Tories, encampcd in large numbers at
Kings Mountain, under Gen. Ferguson
Fhere was in this command noted Tory,
| by the name of John Towns, who had long
been the neighbor and profcssed friend of
Irammc: Atthis time, Towns was scar
i'geant and INSTANTLY upon the scout for
the purpose # capturing men, horses, etc.
Young TrannIel could not feel much afraid
somehow of Towns. He thought, surely
he will not'iniure me; but in this he was
mistaken, as he afterwards had occasion
painfully to learn. He he'd been fol. some
! time hiding and keeping out of the way as
best he could, until one night he vcntured
to sleep in his own. house Just before
day, he was aroused by the heavy tramp of
horses, and on rising he found the house
surrounded by troop, which proved to be
Scargeant Towns and his band TanlueH
was at once seized and bound, and carried
out into the yard for execution Towns
produced his authority, executed in due
form, and foursbiDg it over TrammelPs
| head, pompously offered to free him if he
would take the oath Of allegiance to the
King, and'take mp arms against his own
countrymen. This proposition Tlanmell
met with hlcrited scorn, and said in reply,
" You can carry nc bound to the Kings
army, but you can never make me fight
against my countrymen"
After some consultation, they concluded
to try to get. hold of some of TrammeH's
horses, knowing that he owned some very
fine ones which were hid out, and they
knew not how to find them without using
him as guide.
So very anxious were they to get them,
that they proposed to relieve Trammcll
upon condition that he would 80 and drive
them up. He went and found them, but
rode and drove Them another way.
After whiting until all hopes of his,re-
turn had vanished, eating, drinking and
| 'pillaging everything thoy could turn to ac-
count, and feeling no little chagrin at their
disappointment, Sergeant Towns called on
Mrs. hammell for some clothing for his
men, or goods out of which to make some
| She replied, "Sir, you have already strip
! ped me of ALL i have nothing more for
! you, except your nephew there pointing
to his sisters son, an orphan boy, whom
they in charity had taken some time nj before
to keep from suffering, "!f !!fso has "a few
clothes, which have made for him; You
can take them if you will" But thoy did
not suit. ~ .c sy ~.
I About this time, his eyes rested upon a
strong box, which sat near the fire. place,
and he said; 4" What have you in that
| boX" F" She replied, Indignantly, ''jSir, it
is none of your business" Yel," said
he, "it is my business, and III sec what it
contains" "No, SIR" said she, " you
shall not look into that box" and seizing
a heavy iron poker, she placed herself be-
tween Towns and the box, and planted
| herself firmly, resolved to defend her little
treasure. The boS. contained few quilts
and counterpanes, the work Of her own
hands. Towns advanced and drew his
Esword to intinIidate her, but she maintained
her position without moving muscle. He
prcsentcd his sword, and sneeringly said,
4" Now, would youhit fellow? She said,
f." DO you advance aSstep further, and YOU
vii! see" lie. looked her in the eve, and
saw plainly What her determinations was,
land retired aud left her in possession of
her little treasurer -..,..>.,
+ AMARR9IMa WoMAN.--ThesN New Or
leans Crescent says; "The Marrying Wo+
man Is mated apg&in, Last sumner we einep-
TONED e,circunastanee of a German widow
lin the third district marrying her rffth.hus
band. a monthortwo afterward we pub
lishcd that the lady was again madc'a Wild
ow by The dcathof horfifth by yellow fever
We have aew to record that she is again a
wife, having taken her sixth lawful hus
band in due Gonm Welforbear repeating
the Jokes to.wbich this Wedding hae given
rise. The people around look upon tho
sixth fdsbahdasa a dead man sure before
thespmtners over, and say that the wed.
ding should have been prevented by the
police. Some Of the lady s Gcr1nun friends
say that she beried twoa husbands before
leaving the old country Ifthis be true,
the present hasbandis her eighth ~ .
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