Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-26
S0VFt& CAROLINA M
FHk RkR0AVFt0&
How the Spirit of Liberty Was Kept Alive BY an
UncOnquerable People.
By REV. ROBERT LATHAM, ID. ID.

surrender" asked Captain Barnwell
mo quarters to rebels was the an
swer. Barnwell then turned to his mer
and said, Defend yourselves to the
last" In a moment every gun was
cooked and leveled on the enemy. The
British fell back a few PAGES. A SER
geant Of the royal army then announced
to the Americans that IL they would
surrender they should have honorable
quarters. by what authority" inquir-
ed Captain Barnwell, do you make this
promise? What Is your rank?" II
was replied, II am but a sergeant ir
his majesty's service, but my word Is
as good as that Of any officer In the
army" This assurance having beer
given of their safety, Captain Barn
we'll and his men surrendered. Nc
sooner had they laid down their arms
than they were set upon by the British
with bayonets, and nearly all either
killed or severely wounded. Captain
Barnwel received seventeen bayoneF
wounds, and was left on the ground
supposed to be dead. He, however, af"
forwards recovered.
Connected with this affair Of Cap
tain Matthews with the British al
Johns Island, there are several little
interests which are not wholly without
interest. The name Of the second
,oot;naI with u,bop, tho Rritiqh "a ms
in contact, in their approach to the
camp of Captain Matthews, was Jas
Black. He was a brave man and die
his duty to his country faithfully. He
was a ship carpenter by trade and re-
sided in Beaufort. One of the many
wounds which he received was bay
onet stab in the fleshy part Of the
back, the point Of the bayonet going
towards the backbone. The wounds o1
the brave man were afterwards dress
ed and he was sent to Charleston. lr
order to keep the wound open the
surgeon, or whoever 1t was that dress
ed it, inserted a piece of gentian root
several inches long in the cavity made
by the bayonet. This was not discov-
cred for some time and the gentiar
root becoming saturated with blood
increased in size and tore the wound
asunder, causing great inflammation
and pain. The gentian root was TAX
en- out, but the Inflammation had
reached the spinal-marrow and James
Black died.
Robert Barnwell was, as we have al
ready stated, stabbed with seventeen
bayonet wounds and supposed to be
dead. He was taken up and removed
to the house Of Robert Gibbs and
kindly nursed by Mrs. Gibbs.
This suggests another noble deco
that occurred in the Gibbs family
During the stay Of the British or
Johns Island the family Of Robert
Gibbs, one dark night, were forced te
leave the house and seek a place OF
refuge. In their hurry to depart they
forgot an infant, a distant relation oi
the family, in the house. No one woulo
volunteer to go back for the child
The servants refused. Moved by a
kind and plying heart, Mary Ann
Gibbs, a child Of only thirteen, faceo
the darkness Of the night and went
back, more than a mile after the child
After being several times refused by
the occupants Of the house, she sue
ceeded, at last, in obtaining permission
to enter the room in which the CHILD
had been left. There she found the
little fellow sleeping soundly, uncon-
scious of the booming Of cannon anc
the clashing of arms. She took him
up in her arms and FASTENED to- joir
the other members of the family. This
child. thus rescued by Mary Ann Gibbs
was the gallant Lieutenant Colone
Fenwick, of the War Of 1872.
To RE CONTINUED.