Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-03-24
THE FAIR COURIER.

a copyrighted, lSSS, by FUNE Il VAGINAL.
he On a mild, hazy day in Jan'v, 1919.
s was at Orangcburg, 5. G., about s
" miles west oi Charleston. My purno,
was to visit the battle-ground Of Eu
- taw Spring, on the right bank of tn
l. Santee river. Al sunset | had ~travele,
80 miles. lodged at the house of
3 planter, some distance from Vance
y Ferry on the Sanicc, where | passet
the evening with an intelligent ant
; venerable woman, Mrs Buxton, eighty.
Tour years OF age. She was Il maiden
n OF IL when the armies of Greene and
RawdOn made lively times in the re-
glon OF the Upper Santec, Catawba,
Saluda aud Broad rivers, She knew
: Marion and Sumter and Horny, and
other less famous partisan leaders, who
were frequently ut her fathers house
on the verge OF a swamp not far from
the high hills of Santce.
I'VE were Whigs," she said, "but
the Tories were so thick and cruel a.
round us when ltawdon was at Cam.
den. that father had to pretend to b,a
kings man to save his life and proper
ty. Oh, those terrible times, when one
was not sure in going TO bed that the
house would not be burned before
morning!
Did You witness any exciting scenes
YOURSELF" | inquired.
Yes, many. One in particular so
stirred my young blood that | actually
resolved to put on my brother Bcn's
clothes, take our old fowling-picce and
join the swamp Fox, as the British
called Marion, and fight for freedom
to call my sou. my own"
What was that event /" | asked,
81 o II have read, maybe" said Mrs.
Buxton. how Lord Rawdon. after cha.
sing Gen. Greene far towards the Sa.
luda, suddenly turned back, abandoned
FORT Ninety-six, in Abbeville District.
and rctrcated toward Charleston
Greene sent Harry Lee with his ligh;.
morse to get in front of Rawdon be-
tore he should reach the ferry on the
Congaree at Camden. lie was apxiou us
to call Marion and Sumter to the same
point to help Lee. Sumter was then ,
,encamped a dozen miles south of our ,
!
The venerable woman's dark brown |
sparklcd with emotion as she pro.
with her story. She said her r
cousin. who was on Green's staff ut the :.
line, told her that when the General L
allied tor a volunteer messenger TO !
AIRY n letter to Sumter, not one of the [
soldiers offered 10 undertake the peri. il
Gus task, Tor the way was swarming ;,
Vlth Tories. Greene was perplexed. :,
'ravc and pretty Emily Geiger, the u
Dung daughter OF a German planter
II Fairfield district, had Just arrived S,
1 headquarters with important iufor. .,
nation for the General. She rode a
horse with the case and grace h
/ a dragon. Emily, aware of the h
csltatlon OF the soldiers and Grccue,s 10
nXlcty, earnestly but modcstly said to ~,
he General, May | carry the letter." y
Greene WAS astonishcd. He was uu- -
to expose her 10 the daupors 81
men ne knew awaited any mcssen.
or. tor the Tories we're vigilant. 70
They wont hurt a young girl, | am J..
and | know the way" said Emily. "
urcene's want was great, and he nc. III
'ptcd the protfcr OF the important m,
'rvice, but with many misgiyings.-
Emily might lose the letter on ,
C way, he informed her of its con, ="
nts, that she might deliver the mes. tn
&c orally. She mounted her fleet to
'rse, and with the Generals blessing an
IL cheerci by the admiring officers, 90,
c rode off on a brisk gallon. She '''
Ossed the Watcree river at Camden ce'
try and pressed on toward the high
Us of Santcc.
was riding at a rapid pace
rough an open, dry swamp, when
of the Tory scouts who we're ON
watch, seized her bride and badn
! matt. With perfect 0nposure and I
N voice she demanded bv what nm. mi
)rity she was arrested. The YOUNG -,
''t was confounded BY the anpeur. VI
&c and manner OF his prisoner. lie her
eased his hold upon The Bride, when eth
older companion, made of slcrncr s
seized the reins and led the horse ~,
IN nnoccupicd house on the edyc of o''
Wamp and babe her d:smount. Tho She
niger soldier gallantlv assisted her the
and she was taken into the y
lse' with proper delicacy the scout sbo
, Tor Mrs. Buxton's mother, living ~
nc distant, to search Emily, Mrs
l went with mother" said Mrs. II. OF Il
see a woman prisoner. The door that
house was guarded by the swo
niger scout, who was Peter Simons. "'
of a neighbor two miles away. and tie u
gallant young fellow he was. her
'r inc war he married my sister. or c
'hat yolng>tcr who took vour hos,
&c where You alighted is their
hen you.'aw the young prisoner" erytI
take,
cs. and helped mother search IIo
we were amazed when we saw. ~,
Ola brazen-faced, miodle-agcd huso
ian, as we supposed a spy must bc man,
eel young girl about my own AGE bite
as innocent as II pigeon. Our ho,o,
were with her. but mother o.0
'rIned her duty faithfully. We iul al
q nothing on her person that volet
y. 81" sur,Piclon That she was WAYS
: one was released by the scouts ,rih,
ollered her many apologies for dc. ',1'
ny her. She had been too smor, lie
mem. While alone in the house all.
ucu by Peter Sinons she had emf. and
p 'reeh's letter piece BY niece ready
ecurc rom detection, she willing. but II
omitted to our search, and told rs SO pa
'ly who she was. was S
Wy name is Geiger-Emily Gc,per, Ma,
alu. MY fntllcr is n planter near upon
lsDorohgh, in Fairfield, and I nm end 81
! way TO visit friends below the b,
asnt she smart!" said the old In. ing tc
.ohe ~as going to visit friends
sumter and his mcn-om
Is likewise, for tnat matter.
HIM CnsNa.s1 IL.