The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1898-1913, October 09, 1901, Image 1

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| BOirm CAROLINA COUECTION rpTTtji p A ROT TTWA ai:>,\ "RHW ~\T * JL, ?JsL. ?< I -* L w ^ JL.^I ~Jl -A. . jL^^/ . jL_ ?JL^ JL?* Vol. 5S SPARTANBURG, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, Igor. No 41 If you want to know wh; will wear this se ST5IN-BL0CI All architects have at their out of which t?> construct their 1m any number of buildings in this t e iuu! cost, and you will tind one 1 rest. in beauty of design, excel lei; nv of details. The man who buil by the spark of genius. True Genius STEIN-BLOCl Their products form the ready-made clothes tries to rea want to spend $10.00, $15.00, $18.C for a Suit or Overcoat, look into t you buy any other sort. You \ glance, but their real worth will when you wear them. From bi ready-to-wear clothes will not be SU1T3 OVERCOATS FLOYD I ?* - - * ? * ? * 62-64 Morg It has b(*en pretty well established ! that Admiral Schley was in the tight ' at Santiago. ? < ( The brigands who captured Miss i Stone in Kuropenn Turkey demand ' $110,000 as a ransom. Miss Helen Long, daughter of Secretary of War Long, died at Hingham, Mass., last Friday. Detectives and secret service men have failed to implicate any anarchist with Czolgosz in the murder of President MeKiniey. The Constitutional convention of Virginia is a sort of chronic affair. It is a long-winded aff.;ir and no one has power to prorogue it. Tammany iJul 1 nominated Edward M. Shepurd for mayor of New York. He and President Low will make the race and it will be a lively one. The American Board of Missions have refused to pay the ransom demanded by the brigands of Turkey for Miss Stone, the captured missionary. Near Helena, Montana, James Ed wsrd Brady was lynched Weda^seuKi^g a- f> year-old girl. The same day two negro boys were lynched at Shelbyvilie, Ky., foi stoniuing a printer to death. . The colleges of the State hav< opened well. The South Carolinf College has 2tM) students. Limestoni has about all they have room for Furman University had a most satis factory opening. The female col leges of Greenville had large number of pupils the first day. The Schlev courtmartial is brinf ing out much evidence in regard t t!ic tight at Santiago. l"p to the clos of l is* week the general impressio was that Admiral Schley would nc be convicted of the grave charg* made against him. It isalsoevidei that there is much sherj rivalry at envy and meanness in the Unit* Stales navy. The company of the 1". S. Infant attacked by the insurgents at tl t * A11 of Hulangana, in the I'hili pus September 2D, consisted of officers ai d 72 men. Of these ail t ofic-^rs ;.iu forty men were kille Id wounded ; '? in's.-ing. '1 he atta w is made by about htKj boloiw w io completely stirj rised the inf? try. it Smartly Dressed Men ason, ask to see i CLOTHES ' command the same materials I lildiuirs, and stiil you can take own, all of which are of about [ that will be tlie superior of the ice of construction and harmo- t t that particular building was 1 It is I! i that Creates < i i* l 1 CLOTHES' I I t ideals which every maker of i lize and fails. Whether you ' J \ 10, $20.00, $22.00 $25.00 or more * he merits of our clothing before c vill see their superiority at a I only become apparent to you itton to lining their equal in , seen. 1 i I 1 $ 10.00 to $25-00 1 $10.00 to $30.00 ] u (J t , LILES C j, -*?_ % * y ;an Square ? t. \ c i ? Mrs. H K. Heicitsh gave a reeep- j tion Mondav afternoon in honor of lier father, Mr. A. G. Means' birth- 1 Jay. It was a most enjoyable occa- ' sion. Those present were warm personal friends of Mr. Means and his | children and their congratulations came from warm, loving hearts. Mr. Crawford Page and Miss Mary ? -? l- --V. I ill tlitt .Jacason were uappuj u?u<u bunds of wedlock ou the 2nd instant at the home of the bride near Welllord, Rev. J. E Freeman officiating A large crowd of relatives and friends witnessed the ceremony and participated in the joy of the occasion and | in eating the nice supper prepared by the parents of the bride. The happy couple left on the following day for their new home in the New Prospect community. J. T. Robertson, postmaster at Cowpens, has been arrested on the charge j of embezzlement. The charge is that jC. T. Narramore, of i'nion, sent a I money order to his wife at Cowpens and that Robertson deducted a certain amount owing him by Narramore. He was arrested and brought before Commissioner McGowan Thursday. The preliminary trial was set for next Thursday. Robertson gave a $1,000 bond for his appearance. The October Cosmopolitan is full of good things. There is not a dull page in it The illustrations are very fine. "A Painterof the Western Frontier," and "B^cvty on the Lohdon Stage" will attract artists. 'Actresses at l.elsure" gives pictures and poses of i many of the stage beauties. ' What . Women Like in Men,will interest all women. People of all moods and tempers, except bad ones, will find something in this number to please 5 and instruct them. i ? Street car employes in Nashvilh . were discharged because they joiner -1 the Amalgamated Association of rail -1 way employes. The company's ac s tion made the employes hustle, bu I it brought the cars to a stand still. ! W. D. Evans, president or tin o i State Fair Association, is now givin e I all his time to preparation for the ej njhibit. lie desires to make it one ( >t | the most attractive exhibits th js | State has ever had. It will begi it.' Monday, October the 2S. id I ?d The war in South Africa has bee going on two years. It was general! I believed that it would be finished i y twelve months, but it drags its slo lie length along. For the last s p-j months there has been very litt 3 i serious lighting. Hut Knglund lit* maintaining a large army and sm: d ; raiding parties of the Boers contin ek to annoy their outposts. It begi ?n, I to look us if gunpowder would ri in-1 bring about a termination of the lit 1 tilties for many days. s/'.i i; r i \;; i m; tus roi; r. The Spartan Ifryfiawnl ami 1 lie* Patriots <<i" tin* Spartan Dist riot. An address !>y Horace Uotnar at lilcndale Ma\ 11. liM'l : Mk. Cm a i km I >a i <ari la:.- A >ti:ui< an KiiVtn.r i i.>,\ . Ladies and < mm t lenieti:?This ocea?iou >hou!d Imi ? of pride as \ve!i as pleasure, im t pother as we are to '(tiinaeinnr.il ? t la viitia-sof our own orefatIu-r> I' 1 oo( 1 and struggles hallowed libs spot. Long ago would the historic places ike this have been marked, and the dory of their greatness told, had not he blighting hand of Civil War rol>ed our country of its resources and et our people to the primary task of >.nt?iug tread. But thank God. that i -1 Witlun the Kcaf v: i f > or ?-;i" . ii<e hum >>f nuirliin :y. which is lost lestoring pro?p rity o our stricken Southland and weavng into it tin* warp and woof of a lew industrial and social life, reminds is to delay no longer to revive the ast fading memories of those by '.hose glorious patriotism and .chievements this good day has heotne an inheritance for us. The year 17oo witnessed two im>ortant events in tiie history of South Carolina. One was the treaty of Jovernor Glenn with the Cherokee Cation by which a Nrge territory, mbracing thirteen of the present o tin ties in tiie middle and upper >ortionsof our State, including Sparanburg was ceded to the Province of loutli Carolina, and opened to settlers. The other event, hardly less mportant in its hearing upon this 'rovntce, mougn not euacieu ?imiu ts borders, wit- the defeat of General Jraddock in his rash attempt to take \?rt Duquesne. This disaster to the Jritish arms left the western froniers ol Pennsylvania, Maryland and ,'irginia ex .os.-il to tlie merey of the freneh and their treacherous Indian dlies. The result was that hundreds if families from these unprotected orders moved southward?many of hem becoming the pioneer settlers if Western North Carolina, and othirs passing still further southward oca ted themselves in the new section if country just acquired from the 'herokees, as if for their special acorn modat ion. .In th:? way the ffrst so*Cements if upper South Carolina were begun. Attracted Ly the lieauty and fer?il?ty >f this virgin <r luntry, so highly furored of Providence.other emigrants, luring tin' succeeding twenty years, rontinued to lind homes for themselves within its borders?soon transforming it from an Indian hunting jround into one '>f the most populous .listriots in the Province. These early settlers were mostly Scotch-Irish. Along with them came also not a few emigrants directly from the old world?mostly from Scotland, Ireland. Wales?and some, of noble blood ! ut broken fortune from England, too. fhey ware a sturdy stock?these border piom-ers, prepared by an un conquerable spirit to endure the tri als and privation* of frontier life Like the I'lymouth Fathers, movet l>y political and religious convictions many of them hud left their home: across the sea, and coins to tin wilds of an unknown American fores to carve out for themselves ai d thoi posterity a land of their own, wit 1 | freedom to worship (iod Others (through the mere love of advent tir ; and the spirit of enterprise which ha j always marked the spirit of th i Anglo Saxon race, wherever scutlereti found themselves daring the danger | of an unknown border pressing fui ther westward, ever conquering an and blazing the way for u higher eh ilization to follow. Thus it came about that the upp? portion of our State was settled by people differing in many respecl from tin only tl!? rs of Tort Hove I Charleston jiIj I Oeorgetow j. , nod \vi ! endunih sir*, ol tin in>e!vcs ,N<>r: ward and inward from the coas I These latter were mostly of Knglis French and German origin. ' When trouble with the Motn Country had been brought to a foe by the Battle of Lexington and t i resolutions of the Continental Co ' gress ami of the several Provinci * Congresses, Hon. Win. 11. I tray t " and llev. Win. Tennant were coi 1 missioned under authority from t Provincial Congress of South Carol! "to make progress into the ha ? country, and explain to the pcoj t? the causes of the present disputes 1 > tween Great Britain and the Aim 'I can colonies. " These gentlemen e gan their j- iii ne\ from Charleston t) the summer of 177"). It was no ei task before t hem Many of the w to-do planters mv.t the coast, hoi n by the warmest ties of blood and ly friendship to the land of their fatht in listened with cold attention to ; w argument for a course of action \vh ix might sever them. Further ink le j were found the Germans of the I>u is Fork unwilling to pledge their li ill and fort nm s the American cat ue | Good and i dn irious people t ns | were,but 11 :r p.itrotiMn lay too e ot ! to their p ei.rt - boo!.-. und it touk >s- stern refit--1 f Charleston merclu to trade with ihcui to arouse in t 'souls tin- thrifty love of liberty. Still j< further up were the Quakers of Bush Iiivor. who, on aeeount of religious ; I 'scruples. could not be expected to I bear arms. And worse still, when i ; the commissioners reached the plant- ' at ion of tlie Colonel of Xinetv Six ' i Pistriet ? Fletcher or Fletchall hv j' i naim?who was living on Fair Forest creek, in what is now the lower part < 'of Cnion county, they found him | headstrong loyalist-, harboring the! I | emissaries <>f t lis lloyul (iowruor, J ni.il i; Mcri't connection witli tneup | mat wring designs to spread loyulism > throughout the province, and engage i .the Cherokee Indians against the j American cause. J | At this time the province was di- I vjued into districts. .bach district J ! had its own regiment of militia and n through the commanding oificers of v : the several districts the peopi? I :hr.ughorit t!ie province could best t ! ' lvacheil ami instructed. Itesidi-- , ; ; his w.iicial position, the colonel was a j genemlly a man of strength and gieat personal influence. i No exception to this rule. Col. i Kietrhall was using his official posi- a t"k?n and popularity to make loyalists i of his men. How well ho succeeded, ? the bloodv vears that followed too 1j I * * j clearly attest. It was largely his in- a , liuencc and that of the Cunninghams i i that made the lower portion of the a district of Ninc-ty-six such a hot bed s of toryi.-m. . | At length tlio commissioners reach- "i 1 od still higher ground and came into a c clearer, purer atmosphere, in sight : (>f the everlasting hills, where the i spirit of enlightened liberty ever 1 loves to dwell. 1 Wn tliom ?f Wi ,tf. >r<] 'T roil t Works, on Lawson's Fork?the first !i j mention in history of the place where i we are h -Iding our celebration today, r A letter from here tells tliat that they had found a people where they could "do something." >'otice the potency i in those words?r. power,indeed, that I was not mistaken?for they were a i j people, as they were reported to be. a j "active an.1 spirited " and "staunch . j in our favor." "capable of forming a j ?'ood barrier against tlie Indians and of being a severe check upon Fletcb- I all's people, on whom they border." * { Truth is, the commissioners had struck the old Scotch-Iiish 1' res by- 1 terian stock?of which we have been r speaking, and as ever had come forth ( from their uncompromising souls the tree ring of liberty or trutli. it is of ihese people and the regi| ment into which they were organized : that I wish to speak to you today. The Spartan Regiment, it was call- < ed?a name probably given it by ! Drayton himself; and was, doubtless, suggested to him by the virtue and i valor of the men who formed it, so . akin to that of tlie worthy heroes, who centuries before, had made the name immortal by tln-ir individual i acts of heroism and in saving Europe j from the degradation and tyranny of ! an Eastern despot. These latter day < . Spartans?what a prophecy their . | r nine foretold?were destined to play no small part in the salvation 01 ' America. It was from the Spartan Regiment * | that the Spartan District, soon after wards formed, derived the name. 1 j '['he Spartan District was afterwards 1 ' divided, and a part of it called Spar- j s i lauburg county. ? Another fact, not generally considt cred. hut important to understaml' f| properly the history of these people > j?it was forty years after the organi/ation of the Spartan Regiment hee j fore the line dividing North from s South Carolina was definitely located, e Before 181") the Spartan District, or a I. large part of it, was often considered 's as embraced in Craven county. North Carolina. Recorded in the old record I d books of Craven county, at Raleigh, North Carolina, today, may be seen conveyances of lands in this neigh?r borhood.nnd even of some in the a lower part of the county, in Cross Is Anchor township. Rearing this in ? mind. we can appreciate more fully ?o i t!ie Ho?e bond that existed between h-1 the men who were organized into the >t. Spartan Regiment and their nt-ighh, bors of Mecklenburg county, who more than two months before this er time had soieinly assembled and deus; dared themselves a free and indeh<*: pendent people?leaving a pattern in n-1 their hold declaration of independialj,-ncefor Thomas Jefferson and the on j Continental Congress to follow. They m-1 were all the same Scotch-Irish Whigs he ?many of them kinsmen?and all na having common interests and dangers ck j to bind thein still more closely tuple j get her. be- We are told in Mrs. Eliot'? .-i. I 'VIV.mnn of the Rf Vol lltioti" thill Lie-1 upon tin.* refusal of Col. I'ietrha!! t( in accept a commission muler tin* nee isv i provincial government, at) c-lectiot ell-1 was held, and John Thomas, Senior md j was chosen Colonel of the Spartai of Kegiment. Whether chosen in thi *r-. j way or not, what stems more prob: my hie, appointed Colonel of an entire!, it'll! new regiment, which was to he organ mid ized and which soon included witlii tch j its number many of the Whig office: ves and privates who before had belong)* i<e. | to FletchaH's command?and in tiii hey way succeeding or rather supplant in lose him?the selection of Colonel Job the Thomas was a wise one. mts lie was a Welshman by birth; hi heir early in life had moved to Chestc ;iinly, lean. There lie lived for lit awio time Htnl married .Mist- .lane [^ll*- k, of Carlisle, I'enn., the sister of tli dev. John liiaek,who was the lirsl nc irAsiderit of Dickinson college. This fe "act gives us something of an insight D< nk. !*is personal character at thatjCi it^i Another giimpse of the mar. j-.i > y'i'jrde.i hy his old Welsh IJilde ! is md a conch slieli--used to call thrive lacds from their work to dinner? 11 of which were brought- by Col. I Ik mas from his old h- me across the ; Ik r, and no.v in the possession ot' hi of the descendants in Missis.?- pr or fifteen vears after marriage ,! f' |p Thomas removed to South Cam- ar ii^u.-id lived for a while in Chomr ; , HWpcf?a nnme which he und his| sJB'ates pi ?!>:iMy gave it . After- j ,jf ni-M'i d again and settled on j (vl . rest k, : fe.V iiliiewi auu^j; w ''rty <i w. r- Mreim crosses the jj-, -ei^Wt 'dividing fine between Union .ncidpartanburg ^ountiea. tj( Ai once he seems to KHf jr^ },c 111.1 n of prominence atid influence -m n tids community. We hear of hun jn s a magistrate and a captain of mil- (>1lia i-nder tlie Royal Province. The.se v j ointnission- he resigned upon the jj, legh.ning <>t trouble with Great Rrit-1 m in.?The first Provincial Congress jjM pp< intc-d him one of the cotnmis- frj iouers for the District of Ninety-1 \y iix, to act in conjunction with the ^ Icurcil of Safety, in upholding the o1 aw and firmly resisting any further if,} ncn'ucl:meats by Parliament upon j f0, 1?a liKor?t ioj i-*f A m. rii'.in f'itiZfiliS. ! :*. 4 i O MI/CU tVP V/ * . .vm.. ill* ha\ he had the respect and confi- p k iJt eneuof his whole community is atestf i by a letter from John Prince [n o the Council of Safety, urging that tj, iody.wO give him fuller and broader ,T;l uthr-ity- and better still, by the eudi iess with which the men of his1 ... i ?e omihand responded to duty. j9j( Wj.hout drafting a single man, .*)ie: the summons for service came, . _ , of ver. officer and private in his reg:-1 Sll nent answered the call?though j nanj of them were the only men on i ! ' I heiAtarms to protect ti t ir families ^ nd fcomes from danger. Tif first service of tlie Spartan! j tegip.ent was in the "Snow ('am-l j cc ?aigi." In consequence of the squire .r some ummanition, which was >ein! sent by the new Provincial auhor/,/ as a present to the Cherok<;es> 1 5ol.i*lliumson was dispatched into w he ry, with a force of m'rii- 11 iii. ii.non Cu.Xin&YiAW ^ Tin his band of t tries, wlio had thus >pen!y defied the new government. Vrriving at tlie town of Ninety Six, Jol. Williamson and his men were lardiy within their newly construct- _ ' d fortifications, when the}' were at- 111 'acked and the first blood of the revJuti >n in South Carolina was spilled. 1 Before, this siege was terminated 1 >y a most unusual agreement between >( he opposing forces, allowing both u .ides to disperse and go to the ir j ^ homes unmolested, another command r'* f miiitiu was started from Charles- ^ ion under Ool. Richardson. WLile Col. Richardson was on his 11 (i way into tlie up country he was join- ' I'd at McLnuren's store, in die 1 >utch Fork, by Col. Thomas and the Spar- s t I tan Regiment of two hundred mount-11 <d rangers. This number?'2 my?j" ?how., that the Spartan Regiment at d ; hat time was a small one; but I !oul>t not that they w<-rean impress- "l t . e of men as they rode into camp. * with their long rifles and stern faces. ' firm in their saddles as in the purnose they pursued." 1 Together, this army, augmented at ! 1 very turn by volunteer Whigs, pro- v needed to retrace the stepsover which ! the Spartan Regiment had come. Be- 11 fure them the scattered rebel forces, |; offered no organized resistance. The | greatest hardship they were called * j upon to endure was a heavy snow f storm, by which they were overtaken ( while encamped on Reedy river, near ; the jresent site offJreenville, the day 1 heMfr Ohri-'imus. In'). This storm 1 "avJthe expedition its name. ' 13 Z . \ Tie expedition hud a salutary of- ! i.-ct. It rid the up-country of many 4 H' isr loyalists, who were captured i and 8npri?orrd in Charleston?among the number Col. Fietchall. It also <erv*j to strengthen the adherents to I the new provincial government. Not long, however, was the tipi I country to remain in a -tateof peace. Iliirdiv had the soldiers of the Snow Campaign reached tlieir homes and related their experiences, when t!io > ; country all along the borders of the! j Cherokee Nation was shocked by a! i| serine of horrible ma>sa< res. At that , time a part of the line <>f division he-j lween the Cherokee Nation and the i Province of South Carolina w;i> the present dividing line between Civ u> ville and Spar'anbiirg. Kvcr sun e r | the commencement <if t r??; i h' e with 1,'ireat Britain h.-tli the Whigs and! J the loyalists had been seeking to <d>i tain the 1x0 <d will of tl.e Cherck< j ? s j This outbreak told for the first time - success of the emissaries of the' I , I v Crorti. -j Family after family along the oxn p'sec! frontier, without a moment's s ' warning, heard the horrible whoop of o ? d tlieb!oodihir->tv savages and felt the s murderous fall of their tomahawks, g to protect themselves and suppress 11 tlu.be outrages, several expeditions were soon organized. In one of these, it under command of Ool. Andrew Wil;r | Hanson, the Spartan Regiment en tnl. ami an invasion < i ill" (Jin ! >;e Nation was btyun. It was w 1.litis mission was in piayiv.-s that ws of Col. Moultrie's su vessful iet:so of Char! -1 >!i harbor ami o; ..laration of I ink-pen I !:< (> hy '-u : tinenfa! (' ingress rtMfht> 1 thamlry aijil .<-a: imatfil ' m m:' ti. of t he men n?? encampi I in iio ry hoara of t ho ( horukoe Nation. Several times :ri his rep ?rts t "> 'jnl(jtiartc*r> in Chir' \v'i 1 imson Men*, ions ['nonius * - - ...i ... ? ..I tarnu r.f 5 re^iuit'iii, una in n- ii.i- w. , uise. We should find it instructin.', no >ubt. to follow the mareli i ! Jo try and tell of the thrilling adv?-a,r -- to ; metered?the ambushes ?n?i ' w.iieii i < 1 ;liting I --. o'r < is ' ; i A o . -?b uk.'h the Spartan Ho* nbtyfci1 s ftill part?out tttne forbids. Following the successf.il tennin.v >n of this Indian war,?in which, iwever?be it said to th ir everl islg shame?many tories disguised as idian-a took part?came an interval peace to upper South Carolina, tieh lasted three or four year-, aring this time tlie Sp irt in Reg ent was not inactive. To it. was trusted a long line of forts on tinmtier of Western North Carolina, e hear of some garrisoning a fort at e foot of Hogback Mountain?of hers Ninety Six and others still rther down near Augusta?not a w of the more daring Spartan spirit were also engaged in the lights at i :-r Creek and around Savannah. Ir was during this interval of comrative quiet?probably in 177/"? at the Spartan Regiment was reornized. Col, John Thomas had now come too old for the most active rviee, and so resigned his comwisFor some reason, perhaps because1 increased numbers and better to it their convenience, the regiment j is divided in!t> two regiments?ealltlio First and Second Spartan ?giment. The terms *'I'pper" an 1 | Lower'' were probably derive ! from ie geograpical positions of the two nnmands. Of tlie I'pper Division John Thorni. Jr., was chosen colonel to succeed is father. He was probably living ith his father at the time, and^^c im was an ardent patriot full ol?P wml*" c-ed decision. w^fchr-iitso on urn from h's words and his actions. Of the same true .spirit was Thomas randon, who was chosen colour! of ie Lower or Second Division of the riartan Regiment. He is spoken <f i history as the masterspirit among ie Whigs in his community. IDs >me was on the west side of Broad ver in the lower portion of the pr*>nt county of I'nion. Like many aother in his regiment, he was of cotch-Irish blood and from Venn flvania. Both heand Col. Thomas, r., had been captured in the origi al Spartan Regiment, and at the nne of its reorganization Col. Branon was ranking as .Major. On May 12th, I7S0, Gen. Lincoln urrendered and Ciiarleston fell into lie hands of the British. Her fall larked the beginning of the darkes; ays South Carolina has ever seen, it once the State became the theatre nd our I'iedmont region the very tage upon which the tragedy oi American independence was enactc I. Hardly had the city come within lie grasp of the British arms, when Vrguson was dispatched into the up :ountry, with a regiment of dragoons o arouse the loyalists to his standird. and to smite with the sword oi engcance all who dared uphold tin: Ymerican cause. In a few days lie vas at Ninety Six, with a force in reusing each day from the loya :ountry through which lie passed Advancing still further, with a rap dity almost equal to that with whirl he news of Charleston's surreridc lad come, he left no (' n nattered men of the Spartun licgr ment to collect themselves and uile him resistance. But the effort was made. . As soo us Cols. Thomas. Brandon and J,yn were aware of Ferguson's approach they determine 1 to summon tliei men together and consider what \\a best to do for their^ufety and protct tier. The place selected for thei meeting was on Fair Forest creels about five mih s south of the presen city of I'nion. Being nearer tlie ce tre of Brunch>n - command his me were tiie lir.-?t to reach the spot leeted. They had in their eustod the supply of j ?wder f-.r the Spurt . Kcgiment, and this, a party of mei detailed forthespe iui duty. Were 0 at night in the neighboring foiv-! and sw. nips hiding, when the cam was surprised l y a detail of Tcr_: son's men and completely routed. Their powder, however, was sav< ?and the men who wcr hidit g it aothers from the camp who cscap capture and death soon informt , Cols. Thomas and I.yles of their di iaster in time to save them from ; similar fate. 1 In* whole Slate was now overrt 1 by tlie British an 1 Tories, and op: resistance by tiie scattered whigs .. j of the <iuestioti. Many who had f. inerly claimed to be nou-coiobutun; 1 now openly avowed their ullegiun to the king, and sought by acts cruelly and va'itonnces to atone for soi their former <-<.v.ar<iice. I?01 Confronted ,.y such a desperate in condition of\.ir? Thomas anil J J.v! - wisely deci "ied to let their )nl -'rh:^ quietly separate hoi i.cachi'. his own home or place old of id ling, an ; a few days later at- Mr i ?>... nif . ( nil who dared i fh r.iiiy t , the i ri.?t .-tundard at Bui- , not 1 ?ek - ( ;'t*t , diurdi. across Broad "'ix river in York district. I net At cording! it midnight of Jam j I'oi iT-it' ll pat riots assembled ut loai I lie app -int- : What a dis-1 lai > .- ii !,;. j j -jn-ci was la.-f.tre their mn .-tout Hearts. Tin whole province Jul was now (irmly within the grasp of ma : be I'i i i 1 Miere wn* lifMc ' r. of no!p from ot^or 3t.it e-i. ris< ! ' ... . Of Sir ; rv C'tn- '.or ij , v frl rx V 't.f7i a.; s, ind^ protection in tic the future, to all Americana who 1 would lay down their arms and ac- as opt it. was. greatly strengthening cot the Brithish or use nnd robbing the aq nritrio's of onn of their best com- far puoions. Tru y such a situation of in airairs was enough to dishearten and all u;-courage the launched friend of -los American freed >m. liai At length n young man arose and wa: addressed the meeting. He reviews f*et the situation. He recouutsthe toils. m ' lie dar gorsaml the sufferings through l^ie vbicli they I; d come. He states 'dearly the reasons which had led TUl them to cast t heir lots in the cause in ^0!i which they hie! been engaged. He tin reaches his climax with the questions. Shall wo now lay down our wai a-ins or ?trive like men for the noble anQ end for which we have already dared c'ie and suffered so much? Shall we de- me clare ourselves towards and trait rs an( or shall we fight for liberty as long * as we have iife? As for me'Give me ?'1' 'iberty or give rue death.' " ^'1( The speaker was no other than ^rc John Thomas, dr. Was there ever a braver speech o * a bolder stand? His ^ : words remind u-of the brave HoraU9 who, single-handed, or with two ^ I Mien beside him, would defy Lars 1 stc | l'orsena of Clusium and keep back ^ his invading host from beloved Rome. otl "For how cun man die better ,in Than facing fearful odds, j For the ashes of his fathers ^ And the temples of his Gods." Pillowing Col. Thomas his broth- gF er-in-law, Captain Joseph MeJunkin, 0t , .. ,.,i t?H, .-rotiae sentiments, and :>Hod upon ev"y man nresent whofj^i nought they J;;I ,o speak-. .< aur. I c0 . 1 .1 *Jc rw.wW.i I fa] The response was immediate. Re- bl< lumbering the broken treaty of Lim- <ju -lick, their Ir'-h blood would have ' ione of the Rritish protection, as rie viidly tossing their hats and hands, on i ?:.l_: .!,? ?1? Mn( a-!th tho lia lie IIJ1UU1?IIL nil 4VIIV ?. .v.. . t.. diouts of "Liberty or Death." foi What an altar of consecration was evi : here erected to the God of Libert}* th< i>y their heroic vows, under the si- th< lent stars?a picture worthy of the Co artist, the poet and the orator. wa There was no time for delay. The o\v little band or faithful men soon sep- Mi . rated?some to steal to their homes sp and bid adieu to loved ones?then Ai .tack again to j ?in the rest on their way to North Carolina to unite with pe j ion. Rutherford. tri On their way t fortunate meeting ur i with (ion. Sum or and his game little cli ! band occurred at the fording of the ba Catawba, and at once they chose him ur lor lheir leader. m | But the warfare such as the desper- ee 1 . te condition of their cause made it bi ; necessary for the patriots to wage, ar " < o;i!d not best be risked at this time, aj. I in one united force. Wisely did they ' consider that if once their full a| strength were pitted against either di * me of the superior British and To- tl ' rv armies in their midst and van- w * qtiished, a'l might be lost. T * j Thus, with no organized army II within her borders against which he si ? ? lib! march h s forces, we hoar Sir J t< 1 lb* r\ 'T " ?r ' . .. I ' : ::t lei least, doutii C'UiutiiiM. aaoju..ii ... r and within his supreme control, w Kchoing this sentiment, in the Con- o , Pontrrc-s itself, a resolution o s is introduced by Madison offering to f' treat with <rre*1 " Britain by surrend- p r , ering to litr lii rgia and South Caro- b -,!ina as hopelessly conquered prov- t i inces. t e Ah! little ili i Sir Henry Clinton or t l.' Madison know the unconquarable i -pirit of the li tie bard of faithful t :-! patriots who I.ere and there were n n! watching f'?r tlie opportunity to i i -trike a blow f- r the cause they loved -> y | so well. I'lio 1 .J they might con- t n qiicr, but nevtv her |<eople. Wlier- I' >, ever a Whia settlement needed t it ur? using. *he:\ a Thomas, or a Bran- c s pion, or some other brave spirit ii ; would be fout:? inspiring and enlist-Ui them. Wm never was borne to 1 In- ?urs news ?' a pi n bring band of 1 d' l'i rii s or of n ilars separated from t :d: their main command, upon them i d suddenly would fall the gallant de-il i . nd?Ts of Arm rican homes. - 11 >w like a dream the history of j j a I this period of our country seems. It t 1 I t'ouid anything be bloodier than the : it. o.'stardly deeds of the bloody scout. j< : o.imitted up un.dfending neigh-1' ot i oi.rs and former friends? Hardly >r-1 dared a Whig utter his lionest senti-j tsj ments, by !?is own (ireside. lest some! co pretending frwnd caught by the of | blandbhmenls of the clever Fergu- J i, or the threats of the cruel Tarlei should turn spy, und entrap him his own plans. 3ut the darkness of the hour serves 1 y to bring out more clearly the oism of the men and women of the Spartan District. We hear of s. Jane Thomas, wife of John omas, Sr.. visiting her husband, >v aged and imprisoned at Ninety ;. While there, by chance she irs of an a tack which a band of ries intends making upon a small ty of patriots rallying at the Oe Spring, tier decision is quickly de?for in that party are her son m Thomas, Jr., a son-in-law and my of her neighbors and friends. 8 niusfc warn tnem,nn<t to ao so th? whole distance of fifty miles more and >rep-?res tlv camp, by r nuihiy reoort, for a |)um recepn of the Tory band. Even before this, .Mrs. Jane Thornhad proved her extraordinary irage and daring. On one occasion uantity of arras and ammunition the Spartan Regiment was stored her house, and in the absence of its protect ?rs, bat her son-in-law, liah Culberson, her little son Wiln herself and daughters, the house s attacked by a band of Tories un Mooro?who demanded the imdiate surrender of themselves and sir coveted treasure. Hut no. By > aid of the brave assistants, who ckly reloaded the guns for him, iiah Culberson kept up such a conuous and effective fire from within it the Tories, believing the house s full of Whigs soon retired. The munition thus saved constituted i principal supply of Sumter's n in the battle of Rocky Mount 1 Fishing Creek. )eher instancss of the heroism of s brave woman might be given. i was from the same town that ludly boasts of being the birthplace Molly Pitcher of Monmouth, lat schoolboy does not know about illy Pitcher and how bravely she >k her husband's place and loaded >cannon. But do they know the iryofJane Thomas or Sarah Dild, or Kate Barry, or the many iers just as worthy of preservation v ' -' CUttiMA nrv/in lia if U'O u UL pruiac ; ouauiv uo ?. ?? v not tell the woridof their noble eds! The inspiring %ciory at OedM > rings was quickly followed by ap her at Gowan's Fort. Then the rb* at Ford o"> Xorth Paro- * ' r. Before the patriot bands uld be found their foes they >d disappeared to strike &Fiother )w Jn some new and uneipeoted arter Dol. Brandon has captured the Tos at Stallions and carried his prisers in safely to Charlotte. Has rticipated with Sumter in the hard lght battle at Hanging Rock. But ?n the Game Cock is too slow for e Spartan men, who now separate emselves, and with others under 1. Williams, mske their way toirds the enemy encamped i.i their n district .The battle and victory of usgrove's Mill is the result. A lendid success, too, it was, for the nerlcans. Victory, however, did not always rch upon the banners of the paots. On the same day the men xlftr Williams were successfully arging the King's forces on the .nks of the Enoree, their friends iderSumterat Fishing Creek were eeting defeat. But, by their sucsses over superior foes, the possility of effectuul resistance was born lew in their hearts, never to die jain. No?not even the news of Gates' jpalling defeat at Camden could unpen their ardor, compelling, lcugh it did, a hasty retreat northard to prevent being cut off by arleton now in their rear. But sometimes what seems a hardnip, when forced by circumstances > altar their plans, proves in the r; { 'In* b'?st. So it was with the vic' . >ji|!. Nirjf-ty Six as their destination, nod North Carlina. They lougeu to rescue their wn homes from their now victorious oes. Though diverted from tnispuriose. it should be only for the time eing, and into ar.d over the mouurinsof North Carolina they scattered hemselvcs, summoning everywhere ~ ni.t tlmir kinsmen and friends. U nivii am v..*, Even into Tennessee and Virginia hey bore or sent their unique sumuons. headed. "A Call co Arms! leef,Bread and Potatoes." A peculiar ummons?but a most inspiring one o men living, as they hud been so ong. without pay, and with nothing o eat save what could be snatched m their hasty marches in their sadiles, through a land laid waste and lesolate. Green corn without salt, uid too often been their only diet, ieef, bread and potatoes ? yes? hough prepared for the King's men inder Ferguson, they resolved should >e eaten by themselves. The ringing call was not unheeded, ind soon a crowd of patriots Ltgins o gather on the mountain sides? stnali at first, but growing as the iillerent clans arrive. To disperse them Ferguson advances r o thward to Gilbert Town, but falls back again not knowing what to expect. Something ominous was in the very condition of tiling-. We see him -? < king CONTIXITD ON Ir'oUKXH