The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-03-08

Southern patriots, and forced CORVALLIS
to return e. Charleston diseem6tted and
cast %s ss sRsi have w rest HqES Ss patriots
said, after the battle. ferguson, the
dreaded isAeads MA ttlg dew tofies Yka
escaped with their wretched lives are not
stf6Hg e6o6glEf 70 d6 ds harm.
tlShslaii fhef Aherisans Btsathed Reet,
and the leyalistsin whose interest Fergu.
son had marched to his death, curbed
thsjs loysltnlis& in secrecy sworslre'
yenge.
B1tthasettlemepts, were soon TO- learn
that the victory of Kings Mountain had
a:,1ll ;aas:;s,111lls 'iad sia'KdalB;s' 81 |lil:|1'F s1 E|
The existence of the new terror was
discovered BY q boy one informing about a
fortnight aftet, the battle. He:found. the
family of Archibald Meltsop murdered
iretheif Own house, and to the corpses
had been pinned a paper bearing these
"This for the gallant ferguson
sry This aas tf'B sRS QUICKLY SssP
heightened by the finding of the body of
another murdered bhtriot. On the cold
breast which had, been,piereed by pistol
balkt ASS he ipsalIid ppaanoe kSud ist words
of terrible import, and the country knew
that fearful vengeaucs 'wo6ld be taken
for Kings Mountain.
During the week that followed the dis
coveries / have mentioned, the, work OF
tbSoiAveSSSfs cMas terrible. sTheyi fell
upon patriot houses atifhe dead of night,
and. LEFT tout the bpsomr Of their victims
the,fiye words which, had aireadysterror.
izedt the country, lItRas in70ain that
ssss :sssss',sss IL ssa e.
monss WfhicHI Is II had been discovered,
bo@ssssS bo!sssa Tbaf sans %s and vent Ike ghosts
buk. .alYsysn left hehind,,thefterribfa sem,
tence whicM had 9made their existence
exeerabte.r Attin9s theys fell upon their
hunters. and left them by the roadside
marked with the signs of vengeance.
Fear Egsnsm@A Aparalyzsy fhes EsYisi
nians many man abs6 d6ned ffeif fomes fof
thesake oftheirf families; and it Is ptob-
able that che entire district would have
been dapopt1atsd In d lsh6ft time had It
ssss.ss sssssss e. shs ssan.
1t was a daismgh in shs last week Of .f
November, when the heroine ofmy story
left theshNiss 6fafrieid:s ss Her own
house, which had been deserted foriseys
ersl days, Was not far away, fand she had
determined to return 10 it for the purpose
of securing an afticIe Of apparel left be-
hind III tie recent, fight. -, w. ,s.4
Before she set out on her journey, she
was warned of the dangers that environed
hPt Aba sRils5 asga asSlaEs4 s ,sAss s sss
house Observation-Disclosures in the rear,
find, the ,gaIpept without a light ,fnd,
return safety TO hef friends:
The nafh shJ Es,iI 6ffei, tfayersAd was
barely idiscernable, but she made good
headwaysa and reached herIhome without
incident.'SIhe: silence OF the grave hung
about the fofsaken place. audsthe lifting
young9itfsHsaaiik yc sns Through tie kitShen,
across tie deserted parlor and up the
stairsyshe crspt to- the room where she.
had left the object of her nocturnal
quest. The drawer of the old bureau
yielded HatE6hs n6ise5 and " Mice was
drawing forth the garment when the
voices Of men fell upon her ears. ~,
SIZE .Har. a. dipped her prize, and
with her Heart in her throat clept to the
window. that, Overlooked the porch in,
front of sthe houses!: Su;buay 10 i,ssisf:i w
She scould seernothing,' for the night
was 'tooSdafki but the voices of men
mingled with champing of bits, continued
to salute her ears. 49, a''
'ThAJBIyA a EBsauchepp9s.l house,
sa,d ssa aSs Ghs The aaa daeshters u frishtened @
the manner inr which wel treated her
fathsr;lhas 'fled somewhere for protec :.
'ioR %Ssss ] xo9; a,syss AM ssvsrv vestirs col.
or tom tSs sG iistsnsr's @ @ face thew told her
ha o. 1o H. NY ssn Sang ta we,s tho tbopeh OH she she
conIdsnot see eyen:the outlines Of their
Oosson. Uos Gne % weeE nrior TO their visit
hsrassnen hsroas w., found dead ig palmetto palmetto
] nrovs end the words of Ferpuson,s
@ Aysnsera SIS Law m his Brasst Then she
I'd Js.a,taj her boms tnow;nr that the
hauS hau ItIo t5at haS st1Ict iba fatbsr ' would
nat nats snare are tha dsnehter. -s-pf''1ar'i
y Wsa igst d. lone grltssnb3s ss 9s,ssss when
scorrges snv of the countirfiV ana sba did not
mo1a nnt;t shs heafs3 tha front door
nnanoJ MUsS.S H. q Fick and heavily booted
Sh fast - ths. ronno heiow = "' '''s
iesT Then -, 'a the . calm thought ofHer situation
aasn 81 from from her heart. and Alice
Reanchamne prepared to perform one Of
The most jarinp,deeds of the Revolution
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