The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-07-31

now: jo s:itssyoice was to her that of an inva-
der: Terror and fear mingled with its
notes. Was & it planted on5the< neck OF
southern liberty ostrate, or:should d:magg=
nianimous cong forbear to take from
their brethren that priceless jewel, never T
long forfeited BIZ the Anglo; Saxon race !!
These men men wei wef but marand ders and
they feared a gathering Of the people.
"a gain 1t was. the case attsher elder boy
could not Be restrained From the piaz-
"a he ventured into the street, and pres
emily brought back intelligence that a
young man well known nthat neighbor-
hood, Frederick -, ,hada been. taken
prisoner by Browns men the night be-
fore, and that they were about immedi-
:ately to hang him in the middle of the
village. Soon it was reported that if a
shot was fred by the citizens the village
would be burned In this conjuncture
the citizens selected asspokesman a ma
tive of the place, irregular Barnum where
fair words were required: Attended by
some citizens of more doubtful eloquence,
this gentleman called upon Gen. Brown.
/ He represented the citizens of Pendle-
ton to be- the most especially innocent
lambs which the glorious restored Union
could show. Frederick - he especially
precommended3a as more innocent, if posi-
/ ble,t than the rest,
But the passions of men were bitterly
reused at that time. These men had been
robbing, the whole country, and on their
return shots had: been repeatedly fired on
them from behind hedges and trees.
They were persuaded that Frederick -
was concerned in the matter, and they
sternly disregarded the representations Of
this embassy. The only grace which
could be obtained: for him. was that he
should not be hanged then and there
where his widowed mother and five young
sisters resided, actually in sight. Gene.
raj Brown permitted him final inter
view with them,
Still looking through the closed blinds
Pauline saw him pass to and from this
sad interview. Two men rode in front Of
him, two behind and one on each side. all
with loaded carbines, ready to shoot if an
escape should be attempted. 4,
Ithad been anunfav vorable circumstance
for him, when his friends were pleading
his lamblike innocence; that his look was
much more like that of the wolf.
His appearance was particularly sol
dier-Iike and manly Passing to the fare
we'll interview with the aged mother and
the young sisters, his bearing was no less
erect and manly: than usual; his eye die
not quail nor. his. cheek blanch.
Arrived at their dwelling, the soldiers
surrounded the house and permitted him
to enter. Two more brothers were there
resolute young men also. They proposed
to exchange dress with him. and to favor
his escape, OF. else to shoot the guard al
one door, while he should mount his horse
and dash off. Buthe considered himself
pledged to return, and he declined ibott
proposals. One sister, in the bitterness
of her heart, reproached the soldiers fol
cruelty, and that they thirsted for the
blood of an innocent man. The soldiers
listened to her reproaches and answered
her not.-
at. length the. interview terminated
the next brother was permitted to retain
a horse, and to accompany Frederick.
Pauline was afraid to open her window
or. to remove the scarlet ribbon while
these men remained. But alas, when they
left that. peaceful village they left worse
than themselves behind them, as the sub
iect of my next sketch will show, and YET
of the last she felt no apprehension.
The soldiers passed on with their pris
oner, and encamped, that night near 9
beautiful spring at a short distance.
For several days they continued tc
scatter over the country in small parties
The citizens and country people atlength
began to take heart, and finding that nc
band of three thousand men appeared
they began to collect in small parties tc
take prisoners and to cut off stragglers.
An old man Of seventy headed one o.
these parties, and some of the soldiers
having been several times at his house
he was recognized by them. After that
he was hotly pursued and obliged, with
several others, to betake himself entirely
to the woods. On one occasion he was
able only to keep his horses length in
front Of his pursuers, and yet he escaped
by leaping a ditch and bigh-barred fence
which some of the young men who fol
lowed him dared to attempt. Before bis
nearest pursuers could dismount and open
the gate, the brave old man had gained
the woods and was far out of sight.
Warned by some of these occurrences
Gen. Brown mustered his men and re-
.sumed his march, giving notice that wher
ever shots were fired at his band the
houses in the neighborhood should be
5urned. They passed the dwelling oi
one lady not much over twenty y-fve years
of age, yet surrounded with four helpless
Young children. Shots had been fred at
them that morning, and hers was the
next house.
In that part of the. country, passing be:
tween the villages, miles of woodland