Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-03-20

All distant and faint were the sounds
of the battle;
With the breeZes they rise, with the
breezes they fall
Till the shout and the groan and the
conflicts dread rattle,
And the chase's wild clamor come load
ing the gale.
THE MAID OF ToRo.
In the confusion that ensued upon
the defeat of Innis, James Curry sue
ceeded In conducting Butler from the
field. His orders were to retreat with
the prisoner to Blackstock's; and he
had accordingly set out with about a
dozen troopers. by private path that
led towards a quarter secure from the
molestation Of the enemy. when the at
tack commenced. Butler was mounted
behind one of the men, and In this un-
easy condition was borne along the cir
cuitous by-way that had been chosen.
without a moments respite from the
severe motion of the horse, nearly at
high speed, until, having accomplished
three miles of the retreat, the party ar
rived at the main road that extended
between Innis' camp and Blackstock's.
Here Curry, conceiving himself to be
out Of danger Of pursuit, halted his
men, with a purpose to remain until he
could learn something of the combat.
Butler was in a state Of the most ex-
citing bewilderment as to the cause OF
this sudden change In his affairs. No
explanation was given to him by his
conductors; and although, from the
first, he was aware that an extraor-
dinary emergency had arisen from
some assault upon Innis' position, no
one dropped a word in his hearing to
give him the slightest clue to the ma
ture Of the attack. The troopers about
him preserved morose and ill-natured
silence, and even manifested towards
him a harsh and resentful demeanor.
He heard the firing, but what troops
were engaged, by whom led. or with
what chances of success were subjects
of the most painfully interesting
doubts. He could only conjecture that
this was a surprise accomplished by
the Wings. and that the assailants must
have come in sufficient force to justify
the boldness of the enterprise. That
Horse Shoe was connected with this
irruption he felt fully assured, and
from the circumstances he gathered the
consolatory and cheerful prognostic OF
lat, 90 hty aG tntt
in his late condition seemed even re-
motely possible. This hope grew
brighter as the din Of battle brought
the tidings OF the day to his ear. The
the confusion in which the combat was
begun. were, after an interval, succeed
ed by regular volleys Of musketry that
indicated an orderly and marshalled
resistance. Platoon after platoon fired
i'm MISUNDERSTANDING to the prac-
tised hearing of the soldier, that infan-
try was receiving the attacks OF cav
airy, and that as yet the first had not
faltered. Then the firing grew more
slack, and random shots were dis
charged from various quarters-but
amidst these were heard no embodied
volleys. 1t was the casual and nearly
ovor-powered resistance Of flying men,.
At this juncture there was a dark
frown on the brow of Curry. as he
looked at his comrades, and said, In a
low and muttered tone, THAT helter-
skelter shot CRATES cursedly on the ear
There's ill-luck in the sound of 1t.
Presently a few stragglers appeared
at a turn of the road, some quarter or
mile i'm the direction Of the battle,
urging their horses forward at the top
of their speed. These were followed
by groups both of infantry and cavalry
pressing onwards in the utmost disorder
those on horseback thrusting their
way through the throng OF foot-sol-
diers, seemingly regardless of life or
limb: the wounded with their wounds
bleeding afresh. or hastily bandaged
with such appliances as were at hand.
All hurried along amidst the oaths' re-
moastrances, and unheeded orders OF
the officers, who were endeavoring 10
resume their commands. 1t was the
flight of men beset by a panic, and
fearful of pursuit; and the clouds OF
dust raised by the press and hurry or
this career almost obscured the setting
sun.
During the first moments Of uncer-