Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-05

most beautiful love letters. In one he
thanks her for providing such neces-
saries as he had need Of" and to the
voluminous length of three closely
written sheets. IL by 16 inches, he
tells Of the excitement back home In
southwestern Virginia. where the In
dams had made a raid, and of trophy
which when he goes he will show her
"a scalp taken near his home-also
tells her that he has for her some pins
and needles which. however, he fears
will hardly prove suitable, as they are
Philadelphia make, and first attempts
at such things, do not succeed very
WELL" He Is living that week, he
says. in the house where he first met
her and cloves it on that account" and
he quotes to her almost the whole Of
Solomon's dissertation on a vlrtuous
woman.
But the year wore away, the SHOWS
of winter brought quiet to Williams
burg, and since his duties no longer
kept him there the young captain left
the Tidewater and brought his bride
home to Aspenvale, on the Holston.
from whence he was constantly called
to fight against the Tories and Indi-
ans, who were still. giving trouble
along the western border.
His Second Honeymoon.
Here began a second honeymoon of
idyllic sweetness. Stern, grave, harsh
and uncompromising with others, to
her he was all gentleness. considera-
.ion and affection. A look, word or
a smile from her would clear from
his face the clouding frown of anger,
and her presence subdued many a
harsh word. And truly much need
had he Of this kindly office in the
troublous times that quickly followed
on. Tories and doubtful minds he
hated with intense passion, and they
in turn made his life miserable. His
gates were placarded with threats to
property and life, bad as the Black
Hand letters of today. One man liv-
ing near began to fear his vengeance
and once when Campbell was away
went to beg Mrs. Campbelrs inter-
cession for him with her husband.
While he was pleading with her,
the door opened, revealing the angry
colonel on the Threshold. With a
spring the startled Tory made for a
back door, but not before Campbell
had whipped from its scabbard that
trusted old Andrea de Ferrara which
his grandfather-the immigrant John
had borne through the streets of
Philadelphia so grandly that spring
day long ago. With upraiscd arm he
sprang to strike, but the voice and
hand of his beloved Betsy saved him
from the shame Of killing a man in
his own house, and IN her presence.
The blow, though averted, was of such
terrific force as to bend the blade
| (Which shows to this day. and cut
an enormous cash in the hard oaken
Intel Of the door. This sword which
was the same one Campbell used at
Kings Mountain, and his grandson,
Gen. John s. Preston, used in the
War Between the Sections, Is now in
the possession of the latters daughters
in Columbia, and Is not to be con-
fused with the jeweled sword which
Virginia voted him after the battle Of
Kings Mountain, along with a horse
and trappings. During these same
months at home there occurred an
event typical of the man and the
times. One Sunday, as he and his
wife, with their little girl, and several
neighbors and servants were return
ing from the church some eight or ten
miles away, where the Rev. Chas.
Cummings-fighter of Indians and
devils-broke the bread Of life to the
Presbyterians Of the Holston settle
ments, noted counterfeiter ESCAPED
from PRISON., was seen In the trail
ahead. Handing mis- wife the baby
from his horse, he called his compan-
ions, galloped ahead, overlook the out
law, and after a brief and very i'm
promptu trial, by virtue of Campbelrs
authority both military and civil, they
hanged him to a convenient tree, with
bride rein. To her natural inquiry
as to the outcome Of the chase, Camp
bell only said: "Oh, we hung him,
Betsy, that's ALL"
Farmer and Magistrate.
In the years that followed-one or
two-he improved his farm, working
with his own hands, following the
plough through the mellow bottoms,
or chopping through the forests
primeval that clothed the hillsides all
about. He fulfilled his duties as a
magistrate-as patriot, drilled his
men--aided in the formation Of the
new county Of Washington, and en-
joyed the pleasant life of home as
much as Indians and Tories would
permit. And thus the simple life
flowed on a few months. A son was
-Charles-named for his grand
father-who only lived until a few
years after his fathers death. Then
in 1880 came a call from his superior
officer-a call to arms.
Arthur Campbell-colonel of mill
tia-and the colonel of what Is now
East Tennessee and Western North
Carolina, agreed to organize and equip
force to intercept and forstall Col.
Ferguson in his march through the
Carolnas to join CORVALLIS at Will
liamsburg. and there crush. the In
surgent Colonists." These men had
agreed to meet on the Watauga-a