Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1875-06-12
A Patriutic Girl.

Six, when lie had passed Broad river
lie was very desirous to send an order
to General Sumter who was on the
Watercs, to join him; that they might
attack Rawdon, who had divided his
fcrce. But the general could find no
man in that part of the State who
was Sola Len enough to undertake SO dan
gcrod mission. The country to be
passed 'slrough for many miles was
full ofklood- thirsty tories, who on cv-
cry occasion tina. offered i:nbrue their
hands - the blood of the wings.
At length Emily Geigcr presented
herself to General Green, and propo-
sed 10 act us his messenger; and the
general, both surprised and delighted,
G osc with her proposal. He accor
dinghy wrote a letter and delivered il,
and ut the same time communicated
the coEsents Of it verbally, to be told
TO Sumter i'll case Of accidents, Emily
was youhg, but MS to hcrpcrson or nd
ventures on the way we have no fur
ther information, except that she vas
mounte1 on hors, back upon side sad
die, and OH the second day Of her jour
ney shWwas inter opted BY Lord Raw
slon's scputs. Coming from The dircc
ton of|ircene's army, and not being
able to;tell an untru,h without blush
ing, Emily was suspected and consign-
ed 10 aEooD, and as the officer in com
mand Rad the modesty not TO search
her at Ylie time, he sent for an old to
~ mat3pn rs more fitting for that pur
pose. Hnily was not wanting in expo
dicnt, Rad rs soon as the door was
closed 5nd the bustlca little subsidcd,
she atss1|upthc letter, piece by piece.
After5aNhile the matrsn arrived, and,
upon sfirching carefully, nothing was
to be-t&pnd "a, of n suspicious nature
alouts sass prisoner, and she would dis
: i,ssa"S. ase ''ssea s .slks'gSo;- s,,,,ls
allaycd, the oinccr commanding Tic
scouts suffered Emily to depart With
er she was bound; but she took Il route
somewhat circuitous to avoid further
detention, and soor after struck into
the road to Snnter's camp, where she
arrived in safety. Emily told her id
venture, and delivered Cir EMS verbal
message to Sumter, who, in consc
quence soon after joined the main army
T. st. orangsburg. ~ A~A fsutnf
>sal" ! ! ES E5s{S5risSSSS iSSTdd5te IND: st1y = !
ssr eeeA,ss s.eK e't:.tf a,Syss2 $40;
TILE GROWTH OF THE GRAEi:-As-
ToSIsIIING rIIENoMENoN-wmA
IT?
a short time since mention was
made i'll the Gnton unti An,ericnn of a
mysterious hand that had grown from
grave in Gibsoa County. We got
our information from al article in the
Jackson Courier Lc,uld. We extract
from that nrticl" the following account
of this wonderful phenomenon:
"Mond..y our city was unusually
excited blythe exhibition iu the Cour-
io -LLc'"id Office Of hand Of wood
Which grew out of IL grave near York
vile, in Gibson County. 1t was
brought into our Office by Captain G..
;. Andrews of that county, who gives
us its history. \ man named vii
liam Heron was out walking with his
wife one Sunday evening not Ion.
since, and in passing al old neglected
graveyard, near TIC public road, she
saw u gum bush with i nch Of
msletoe on its top, and requested her
husband TO &c. it for her. He went
and cut the top off the bush, and COM
mcnccd breaking OFF the mislc,oc,
when, to his surprise and terror, lie
discovered that thewood underneath
presented the perfect form Of human
hand. Capt. Andrews, hearing oilhe
wonderful discovery, went to the
house Of Mr.. Heron, who, feeling
rather uncomfortable over the thought
that he cut it from Il grave, ana per-
li.ps having some theory as to lis
supernatural significance, very viii
linglY let Capt. Andrews have il.