Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-03-09

was sent, with few men, to defend Brewtons
Hill. Howe commanded the centre himself
About three clock, the British took possession
of Brewton's Hilland then formed, and advan-
ced to within seven or eight hundred yards Of
the Whig lines. Here they halted and SEEM
ed to be making preparations for attacking
the centre and left wing Of the Americans.
This, however, was only feint. Through
the swamp, on Howe's right there was an OBJ
scure path. The British learned this fact
from an old negro by the name Of Quamino
Dolly. Sir James Baird, with q considerable
force, was ordered to pass through theswamp,
and thus gain the Americans rear. Quamino
Dolly acted as guide, and the rear was gained.
Sir James Baird attacked Walton, both on
the rear and on the flank, and Colonel Camp
bell attacked Howe's forces in front. In q
moment the American forces were thrown into
confusion, and Howe ordered q retreat. The
troops had to pass over; Mpsgrove's swamp on
a acauseway. To keep this way open, Colonel
Roberts had hsstened with the artillery. The
enemy we're there in force as soon as Roberts.
The centre and right crossed, after suffering
severely but when the left, under Col. El-
bert, came up, they found the way blocked.
An attempt was made to escape through a
rice,6eld, but the creek was so deep that none
escaped except those who could swim. Mum
bers of the soldiers were drowned, and some
taken prisoners. The American loss was, in
killed, wounded and prisoners, five hundred
and thirty-eight; the British only twenty-six.
This was sad affair. The British had now,
to all appearances, a firm foothold in the
South, It was enough to dishearten the brave
patriots but it did not. io,. ly:ga
SELLING THE OLD FARM.-There is q con-
slant buying and selling of farms going on
from year to year in our country. This rest
lessness on the part of the farmer, ,,and this de.
sire to changea present location for another
one hundred miles of, is so frequently wit
messed in our day, that we cease to wonder at
it, In the time of our forefathers, when
man was settled on farm, he commonly con-
tinued through life, and then left it for his
son. In times gone by the same farm was
first occupied by the grandfather, sndsoon by
the son and grandson Then the good old
homestead was reverenced, and the occupancy
was esteemedsa privilege There was sat
isfaction felt by the successor, that his prede-
cessor was his relative, cultivated the same
fields, wandered by thesame brooks, traversed
the same hills, and ate of the fruit of the same
orchard. Then there, was a home feeling,
home associations, and home attachments.
Now the farmer looks more to his pecuniary
gains, and when offered q large price for his
land, hesitates not to sell. He quits his, beau.
tiful home, his we'll cultivated acres, and emil
CRATES to the far West, and commences a life
Of hardship thathe never dreamed Of Itcan
be safely said that where one man succeeds in
this undertaking, many fail. Ifhe could only
sell his new farm, how gladly would he HE
back to the old home now occupied by strang-
ers, and the enclosure containing the graves
Of his kindred going toruin. With the ad
vent ofspring many will dispose Of their farms
and remove to far off country to undergo
the privations and troubles incident upon es.
tablishing home in a new country. Our
advice is to remain where you are if you are
comfortably off, be content to remain SO; do
not exchange certainty for an: uncertainty,
unless powerful reasons are brought to bear
upon you to seek new settlement in. a distant
region. Stick to the old farm, for it has never
failed you in the time of need. s.ii.'.i +,