Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-09-08

blood girl, compared to that old
heather divinity? Cleopatra! Heaven!
little Bessie, that great black eyed
Egyptian queen? Delilah! Purity and
Innocence forgive the thought! No.
she Is none Of these. Her name caps
the climax of her perfections and is
q poem on affection; a household
word and a woman, all combined
Bessie. Bessie Craig. Did you ever
hear a sweeter?"
away with your nonsense. Try
and talk, II you can, of graver matters.
What carried Davie to the Mansion
House? ?"
"Ha! ha!' laughed the merry
youth, who possessed, in a great de-
gree, the vivacity and ardent temper
of his uncle. THE major has a way
Of his own Of resting from the tolls
Iof war. You may call Miss Ellen a
Venus If you will. She possesses a
thigh. cold beauty that would chise!
Itinely In marble"
/ "Ha! Is that Davies game? He has
been very sly about it,
"He has been very sure about It..
! ct any rate, I should Judge. I know
her heroism cheated Captain Hardy
of his. captive for some hours, and
gave Us a chance to trap him."
"Strange!. strange!" replied Sewer,
sraveiy. "How affection seems to
inspire woman. in the hour Of dan
ger, with a courage before which
| even mans pales, and leads her on
Ito accept any ordeal to shield or vim
Idicate her love. Give me a regiment
Iof such spirits. with muskets In
their hands and I will proclaim
Freedom through our whole western
continent; convulse Europe. and
cause kings to totter on their thrones
But what 4 IS the condition Of the
country you passed through"
"As usual, the path Of Ferguson
and his Tories, is marked by terror
and bloodshed. They are carrying
out Corvallis instructions In the
most vigorous manner. The order to
hang those who have borne arms
with the British. and afterward
Joined our forces. has been construed
Into a command to hang all who will
not fight against the Americans; and
these, with prisoners on parole, have
been literally murdered In cold
blood"
.The very surest way he could take
of rousing Carolinas spirit; but he
could not, with any show Of justice.
carry out such brutal policy in York
district, for the inhabitants never
have accepted protection as subjects,
nor were .parolled as prisoners"
"Yes, but British justice is now
stout rope and a strong limb. applied
to the. first whig they can catch: but
revenge and despair are working for
|us as steadily as zeal and patriotism In
more prosperous times. 1t Is sad'
though, to see the terror and distress
Iof the people"
Fiie shocking tales of brutality we
have heard Of are almost incredible.
|aridAseem to be more the cruelty and
hatred Of Rends than men," said the
colonel.
.You may believe all, and more than
|ali yep. hear. There may be some To-
'ries who Ore men OF principle and hti-
manity, but they are not In the upper
districts. These men. or devils. are a
set of horse thieves and outlaws; men
whose crimes have exiled them from
society: ignorant, unprincipled BAN
ditti, whose idleness and licentiousness
and deeds of violence find no parallel.
Ferguson himself. have heard, Is a
stout, fearless and efficient officer, but
constant communication with such
vile refuse has transformed him into
a cruel. staggering bully. and his ha-
tired to the Wings and the Whig cause
Is only equaled by his zeal and activity
in exterminating them." replied the
youth.
You think then that we will meet
with the cooperation Of the people"
said Sewer.
"They could not more effectually
drive them to u.s." replied the young
officer. land all they wait for Is oppor-
tunity."
(Which. by Heaven! they shall have
ere lorg," said Sewer. impetuously In
terrupting him. This confounded
waiting wears out my life-blood. l
would have pounced on the rascal be-
fore he shook the dust Of Gilbert Town
from his heels"
"And why did you not?" asked the
young ensign. as ardent as his uncle.
because" replied Sewer, laughing
at his own impetuosity. wiser heads
than yours or mine decreed differ
emily"
The next morning. a courier from
Williams apprised Campbell of Fer
guson's whereabouts, with full partic-
ulars of his force. The stratagem and
willy movements Of the partisans had
placed a distance Of 100 miles between
his army and Corvallis and Fergu-
son, was, at length, aroused to alarm.
He was now making a rapid retreat. In
order, If possible. to connect with the
main army. His efficient force con-
sisted Of about 1900 men. OF picked
regulars and the best Loyalists he
could muster: and though retreating.
1t was in incredulous scorn. that host
such as he had heard Of, could. so Sc
cretly and suddenly have arisen from
the heart Of the mountains. On the re-
ceipt Of this information. Campbell at
once put his men In marching order.
and moved toward the point at which
he proposed to meet Williams. This
was at the Cowpens: where the parti-
san was awaiting him with 400 follow
ers. On his arrival there on the Clh
Of October. he found that Ferguson
was still rapidly retreating and, be-
coming more alarmed as the immincn-
cy of the danger pressed upon him.
had crossed the Cherokee ford of
Broad river at night, and was urg-
ing his tired troops still on. With
the promptitude which characterized
Campbell, and with the courage Of his
daring character. he at once resolved