The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-05

mandant) assured him would not com- init him to bearing arms against hts countrymen. Hayne was most unwill- ing and uneasy; but if he refused. the provost would receive him. and he could not abandon his dying wife. He other. which he left with his friend. pr. Ramsay. declaring that the sigma tufe had heen forced on him by hard necessity" "I never will bear arms against my country" He |. en returned to his family. and some time after h.s wife died.
 What advantage the British hoped to derive from such unwilling service it is hard to imagine. but they again threatened Imprisonment unless he joined the army. Indignant at this breach of faith. Hayne considered him. self relieved of obligation; accepted the rebel commission which had been pressed upon him: raised a company of his neishbors. and began a vigor- ous campaign.
 The Americans were anxious to take General Williamson. an English officer, and hearing that he was living beyond the lines. Hayne made bold dash and captured him within five miles of Charles Town. The British were fu- rious at the partisan daring to enter their territory and greatly annoyed at the loss of Williamson, who was cognizant of all their secrets. A res cuing party was soon fin the saddle, with Major Frazer in command, and Mad Archy Campbell leading the fore most troop. Hayne was making for his own camp on the Ashpeoo. and had he been we'll mounted would proba- bly have gained 1t in safety, but good living during his masters long home ct n,-t,. hnA hAAn tAH fine horse. King Herod." once the pride of the stable. He had grown fat and scant of breath, labored heav- fly in. the gallop. refused a gate. and finally stumbled and fell at a ditch. Before horse and rider could rise Mad Archy was upon them, and took the colonel prisoner with his own hand.
 Williamson was retaken, and the American troop dispersed. Hayne, talk en to Charles Town, was confined for some time in the provost, and as soon as Balfour could obtain the as- sent of Lord Rawdon (absent from. the town at the morneHt). he was brought to trial as a traitor. Tried by a court martial arranged by these unscrupu- lous men. a condemnation was the only thing to be expected; but when 1t was known, that sentence of death had been pronounced. the horror was ludCSCIlOdDlC- Luo CUuIb H1u DGGu most irregular; there was reason to suspect that the verdict had been tempered with; every effort was made to change or modify it, but all in vain. What the English really needed was an example! Many other off cers, Hampton. Pickens. etc. had, like Hayne. decided that the compact had been broken by the enemy and that they were at liberty to resume their n rFf1Q Vn the execution of Hayne was severely censured in England Rawdon endeav- ored to lay the blame on Balfour, who was then dead. e No effort was spared to convince the reason and soft. en the hearts of those two. men. . The ladies of Charles Town offered a petition signed by almost all, both Whig and Tory; numbers of the Loyal ist gentlemen interceded for him. His wtfe's sister, Mrs. Peronneau. and his little children, received In the large drawing room of the Brewton House knelt before Rawdon. imploring mer- cv To each and all Rawdon was obdurate. At, as he specially indicat- ed, the request of Governor Bull, he consanted to R short respite that the condemned might take leave of his children. This was the only favor shown. Many of the British officers aSAeq Indt t1ayue SnOuiu DC granted the. death of a soldier. not of a spy gad Archy. Campbell. who had capt tA ed him, declared that he would have sIain him with his own hand on the field, had he supposed that such ignomy could be the fate of so gallant sn offi- eer. This, also, was refused. At the close of the forty-e eight hours reprieve, Hayne. accompanied by several friends walked from the provost to the place of execution-what should be the man ner of his death he did not know until he had passed the town gates in King Street, between George and Liberty. Then the gibbet came in sight. For aR instant he, paused and colored. theP walked firmly on. A friend oxhorted him to die with courage. He said sim ply: ''I will try" then ascending tho cart without assistance, he prayed for few moments with the clergyman. shook hands with his friends, drew tho cap over his face. and himself gave the signal to the hangman, dying as gall lant gentleman, sans peur ct sans re- proche. sas One wonders if the clear vision, said to come at the moment ot death, showed him his name. as 1t still stands in the history of his State The Martyr Hayne."
 The ghastly effect produced on the popular mind by this tragic event was curiously shown by its giving rise TO inc only well-authenticated ghost story known in Charles Town. The house. which until ten years ago, stood at inc corner of Meeting and Atlantic streets. a solid brick structure with a beautiful mahogany-p -panelled drawing room, belonged at that time to Mrs. Arthur Peronneau, who had been Miss Hutson. sister to Colonel Haynes wife. She if was. who had gone with his chill dren to plead for their fathers life. and her anguish at his approaching death was great.
 On the day of the execution. he passed. Cthe story goes) through At isntic Street on the way to the gal lows. and she. standing st the north window cried in agony: Return. re- turn to us" He replied: T will if can" and walked on.
 Ever after. any one standing at the
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