The age-herald., 1897-11-07

on the river bank and discovered by whom dt was occupied for the night. With sabres, bayonets and powder and ball the sleeping and walking inmates among the tories were all sladn except one, who for certain cause was spared. Thomas was released. Manderson and his companeon wene soon traced. Both were shot down. [Malnds rson escaped in the woods, however. His companion was left pinioned to the floor by a bayonet thrust through his body.
 When the rescuing party left he got the bayonet pulled out and survived long after the war closed. My fathsr's nome, at a later day, in the naighb ofhoo1 Of these events was, at their occurrence, owned and occupied by a widow, Mrs. Croly. Mrs. Croly lGalbitrally erte. .'tained at her home very obnoxious tories and d1ad been Intellectually warned to desist. Not needing, the discovery was made by young whigs of the country around that on a certain everfng tories congregated within. The houSa was attacked, the tories escaped but wiren Major Mikelll and Captain Mcintosh reached the scene lMrs. Croly weS alarmingily near the glib bet. The officers succeeded H- releasing her and she moved sfway.
 Col Francis Mer.o1 was bern aT1 r-ar- ed in the French Santee and h s activity there made tine tories more careful tMul- tiplied examples akin to those related occurred while Major McArthur was at ChsraW for a few motluhs.
 Gen. Andrew Pickenn. very brave and effective in his treatment of the Indians and Tories Col. Isaac Hayne MT. Earle and many others of their class of wings deemed it expedient to go to Capt. Rcib- ert Cunningham, a South Carol mian who was in the British army before the revo- luton and who remained there for "pro- tection' while the posts Lord CornwaIlis had planted all through the state were inSiigating the tories to outrage and devastaltlon of the country.
 Among South Carolinians who pre- ferred to flee from their state rather than compromise with the British was Col., Thomas Sumter. He was over forty yaars old, tall, robust and a horseman of rare skill By the congress of '76 he had been commissioned as colonel of the continental forces, but there is no evil dence that he entened the fisld before now. A party of co-exiles in North Car ofna made Sumter their lea der, resolved to go home and figh,t for tlhe privilege of remaining. He had with him 133 we'll mounted men, On tine border near the sTaileton ma ssacre ground, on July 12, 17S0, he struck body of British and to- nes, charged and routed them.
 In a few days 600 volunteers. oame to him. He promptly struck the ensmy again, finding them posted behind heavy logs fillad in with earth. The squirrel rifles were of no avail agairst tfhe for
 
 Rock he, the third time in quick su,- cesslon, struck 'thia British and tories. The Prince of Wales regiment went into fhe aletion with PTS rnuskets and came out with nine. Governor Rutledge now com m.sisoned Sumter brigadier general but the people named him Game Cock. /" AM through the state the patriotic feel ing took fiTie afnesh.
 Baron DeKaIb started from Washing tons army with troops for Souith a-oli- nst Gen HoraItbo Gates Lad bsen Wash ington's adjutaItt general for the first year of the war and had in that rank distinguished himself. Later he had been put dn coInand of the dead General Montgomery's army that fell back from Canada and at Saratoga had captured Burgoyne and all his forces then pur- suing the American army. Gates was or-