The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1865-10-19
III.

Down CALAMITY and boldly
The British soldiers came.
When on their wall Of bristlng steel
We hurled our seerehing flame.
They paused single moment
And then they broke and fed:
But Ferguson reformed their ranks.
Proud riding at their head
They fell on us like panthers
In laurel roughs at bay,
And at their front compact and firm
The Cleveland men gave way.
But ere rod they drove them,
Sewer came back again,
And up the ridg, the Britons ran
Trimmed by the leaden rain.
Relieved by reinforcements.
They wheeled and charged again
Ger rock and hillocll, log and stone.
And through the heaps of slain.
On Shelby and on Campbell
They charged i'll wrath once more.
Though every step they made in front
Was in their comrades gore.
But Cleveland now had rallied
Sewer kept firing fierce,
And through our solid centre there,
They vainly strove to pierce.
Then first there rose our shouting.
And rang our wild hurra;
For well we knew that they would lose
And we would win the day.
1t reused the Briton's anger
Who babe his men stand fast;
And turning, tried another charge.
The fourth one and the last.
But now our blood had risen
The hour of fury came;
And driving them within their lines,
We hemmed them round with flame
The dead lay heaped around us,
The ground with blood was wet;
And gouts Of gore hung dripping there
From knife and bayonet.
: But still our hardy hunters
As when the fight began,
Kept plying trigger busily,
And no one missed his man.
Still smaller grew the circle
Around the loyal band;
Still fell our long-pent hate upon
The spoiler of our land.
HarlSl Ferguson is speaking.
His voice is stern and low
TO saddle, horsemenl Sabres draw,
And charge upon the foe!
All! deadly was that order
For, as upon his horse
Each horseman stroye to mount, he fell
Or wounded or a eerse.
But with his heart undaunted
The soldier of the crown,
Contrived to save one section there.
And babe it ride us down.
Down came the bold Dupoistre,
And down came Ferguson:
We held our fire for well we knew
Our work was nearly done.
Down came they like Il torrent
A stream of bold and brave;
We met them like the solid rock
That breaks to foam the wave.
The clinking of their households
Was only heard at first;
Then came a sound as sharp and loud
As though mine had burst:
Down falls both horse and rider,
Backward the charge rebounds.
4 And down falls gallant Ferguson
With seven mortal wounds.
The tide was spent and harmless;
Ere we could fire again,
Up went the white, appealing flag,
None raised to us in vain.
Up went cry for quarter,
And down their musket fell.
While rang our cry of victory,
Through nook, ravine and dell.
And so upon Kings Mountain,
From rise till set of sun,
By hardy western mountainecrs
The battlefield was won. (c)
N. y. Ledger.
(a.) Sewing pieces of leather i'll spots on tn
lies of the moccasin, to keep the feet from
ipping in climbing. the hills, is called by tn
misunderstanding or .'caulking'
(b.) The western hunter makes very cheal
I'D effective volunteer on an emergency. Ii
Of only brings his own horse, arms and aeeeu
ements, but he can always carry with hin
is own provisions for IL weeks march. So il
his case, the Americans We're not troubled wit
le commissariat.
(e.) .'Tic up ovcrcoats, pick touch-holes
'esh prime and be ready to fight, "-Ol.ie, O
se Day.
al Very nearly versified transcript of tn
lnguage used by the wife of William Levi:
n sending her boy Of thirteen along with hi
rothers, to prevent the passage of Tarleton, ,
,ockfsh Gap. The young Lewis returned
owever, safely from the fight.
(e.) l have been Mt some pains to get the d,
Ais Of this famous battle, which was to til
ountry in the South, what that of Trenton W,
n the North-the turning point in our favor
md it will be found, Think, that have give
IS faithful an account as could we'll be place
n metre and rhyme.
JOHN MINER Boris has accepted
for Congress in the Lyncl