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* % ' \ . r*1 ? _ , ^ , 1 ? . ^ ^ -?"' ?^ ' " ' ?lewis m. grist, Proprietor. | Jfniqpflitnt jfatitiltt MrtosfJaptr: tor tjjt |3r0moiion of l|t political, j&otial, ^gritnlfaral ani Commercial Jatmsts of fjjt jS>ont|. TERMS?$3.00 A YEAH, IN ADVANCE. VOL. 23. YORKVILLE, S; C., THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1877. HO. 9. . m -f""?a""'KATE KENNEDYS GHOST. BY MBS. HENRYDBAS. CHAPTER XVII. The Earl's recovery, owing to the oombined advantages of an "iron constitution," as Dr. Manning called it, and of the best of nursing, was much more rapid than, from the nature of his wooed, might reasonably been expected ; and in a far shorter time than his attendants had at all anticipated, he was about again, though obliged, of course, to use due precautions in regard to his health. As soon as his strength permitted, he drove over to the village to see the unfortunate Wilberton, who still lingered in a doubtful condition of both mind and body, at times appearing comparatively easy and collected, then again falling a prey to attacks of violent delirium, usually succeeded|by excessive prostration, from which it seemed almost impossi^ . bid for him to rally. He did not in the least m. recognise the Earl, whom he addressed, on B each occasion of seeing him, by a different B name. He spoke often of Peterson, accusing B him of having abandoned him in his need, W and would sometimes rave violently about the well in the orchard, from which, he said, an avenging spirit had rolled away the stone. Dr. Mantling declared that his only fit place of abode was a lunatic asylum, and that he ought to be removed to one as soon as bis bodily health should permit; bat he still required constant medical attendance,, and was far too weak at present to admit of such a removal being made. The man who had shot Lord Desborough, was all this time in custody in the parish jail. He obstinately refused to give his name, or answer any questions, but frequently asked to see the Earl, whom be was willing, he said, | to satisfy on every point The latter being equally desirous of an interview, made an ex1 pedition to the jail to see him, and was shown 1. mto.a dingy little cell where he was con6ned. I: The prisoner, who was lounging moodily in *? a corner on the floor, got up as his visitor enf tered, and stood regarding him with a defiant { air.- % i The close air of the cell oppressed the Earl, who had not yet recovered his usual strength, and turning to the jailor, he asked him if he could not be permitted to converse with the ^ - prisoner in some more open place. They " were accordingly conducted to a large empty apartment, opening on tne lower cumuur, where a guard was stationed, and there left to themselves, the guard remaining within call in case his services should be required. "Well," said Lord Desborough, looking attentively at the man, in whose face he fancied he saw something familiar, either in feature or expression, "I have come, you see, to find out your motive for attacking me as you did. You intended, I presume, to kill me?" "I did/' was the emphatic reply. "I wish I had taken better aim !" "So do not I," quietly rejoined the Earl. "But tell me the reason of your grudge against me. I de not remember ever having seen you before, and am, therefore, at a loss to understand what cause of offence I can have given you." "You have seen me before," said the man ; "though at the time you didn't think it worth youi while to look at me." "Where, and when ?" asked the Earl. "In Scotland, in Dumfreddie parish, near the minister's road, some fourteen years ago." "In Scotland !" repeated Lord Desborough with a start. In an instant it flashed over him who this man must be. "Is your name Kennedy ?" he asked, in an agitated voice. ^ "Ay, you've got it right," was the reply. "My name is Andrew Kennedy, and I am brother to Kate Kennedy?bonnie Katie Kennedy, whom you seduced and afterwards foully murdered. Do you want to know now what grudge I bear against you ?" "Good heavens! Of what do you accuse me?" cried the Earl, recoiling. "Jguilty of such crimes?" "Yes?you, you/" said the prisoner, advan. -J- -? _:.L - J:_.: CIDg a Step towarus nun, wtiu a viuuiuuve scowl. "I am not afraid of you, Earl of Desborougb,nor ofyour high-sounding name, nor of your power, in which I know I am placed? and I tell you to your face, you are a villain?a foul, black-dyed villain." "But hear me," replied the Earl. "I should indeed, be the villain you believe me, had I committed such deeds as those. I did your sister no wrong, Andrew Kennedy. I loved her truly, and took her away from her home with the intention of making her my wife. Another hand than mine i3 guilty of her deafh which I, too, have earnestly sought to avenge." "What!" exclaimed Kennedy in an incredulous tone. "Do you deny jhat you enticed her away secretly, deceiving her with false vows, and then, having wrought her ruin, and wearying of your toy, put au end to her poor blighted life and went your way, successfully concealing your crime ?" "I do most emphatically deny it," replied Wm Lord Desborough. "Who told you such a tale?" "I picked up it by fragments; here a bit and there a bit. Many long years I sought in r vain to unravel the mystery; but by degrees I got it cleared up, and then I made it the purpose of ray life to be ray sister's avenger. And you tell me now that I have been de ceived I What proof can you give me of this?" "Listen," said the Earl, "and I will tell yon the story from beginning to end ; and you will find that however I may have iujured you and yours in being the primary cause of your sister's unhappy fate, no one could afterwards have lamented it more bitterly than I, or felt a stronger desire to bring down deserved punishment on the destroyer's head." He then, as briefly as the subject permitted, but with a clearness and fidelity of detail that " carried conviction even to his hearer's mind, substantially related his story in connection with that of poor Katie, saying in conclusion? "And now that you know all, and understand the miserable remorse to which I have t^en a prey all these years, will you not forrgive me for ray fault, which I do not try to palliate, but of which the love I bore your sister was in truth the cause?" "Nay," said Kennedy in an humbled voice, "it is I who should ask your forgiveness for tny suspicions, and for the attempt I made upon your life; but you will acknowledge, my lord, that believing what I did, I had cuuse for the rash deed." "We will speak no more of that," replied the Earl. "You have my free forgiveness, and I shall give orders for your immediate release from confinement, as soon as I leave this place." "But one favor I have to ask you, my lord," continued the Scotchman, "and that is, that you will lend me your aid to seek out the real offender, whom I h ive sworn to call one day or another to account, even if I have to follow him to the ends of the earth." "Jt is my belief, Kennedy, that vengeance for his crime has been taken into higher hands than yours or mine," was the serious reply. "Even you would forego all desire of farther punishment, could you see him as he is now." 0 "14oo't know about that," muttered KenJ oedy. "He must be in a pretty bad condition for me to be willing to let him off. You know where he is i;hen ?" "I have but lateliy met him, and that purely by chance, after a vain search of years. His condition is as bad as this?-that bis mind A . I is totally gone, and his body so feeble that I doubt whether it will be many weeks before i he sinks into bis grave. I will take you to i see him, and you shall judge for yourself of i the truth of what I have told you. It is my belief that he has been brought to this state | by remorse for his crime; but I have had no < opportunity of arriving at the true state of his case, for he has had np iu d intervals at j all since I first saw him." After some farther conversation, the Earl i took his leave, having quite won the heart < as well as the respect of his quondam enemy. I The jailer was considerably surprised at being informed, by the noble visitor, that in a i few hours he would receive official orders for I the prisoner's release, as there was no cause < of offence against him, the whole matter hav- < ing been satisfactorily explained; and before i evening, Andrew Kennedy was once more a free man. 1 The parish was astounded, and. somewhat 1 scandalized, at this summary dismissal of an ' affair which had caused so great a stir in the 1 little community at the time of its occurrence; but the Earl was too great a man to have his wisdom or his judgmeut questioned, and his decision, of course, had to be accepted without demur. One day Dr. Manning rode over to Glen Cottage with important news. Wilberton's mind seemed suddenly to have regained its balance. He had spoken connectedly, discussing his situation in a lucid manner, and had expressed a wish to see Lord Desborough, to whom, he said, he had much to say, "And its my belief, my lord, that if you ' delay coming over, your chance will be lost," j said the little doctor. "He's sinking now, 1 pretty fast. I doubt very much if he'll last < more than a couple of days longer, or a week 1 at the farthest." < The Earl of course immediately obeyed the * summons. He found Wilberton, as the phy- 1 sician had described him, in a very feeble 1 condition. Indeed, his voice was so low and faint that at first, when he spoke, it was scarce ly possible to distinguish what he said. < "I did not think, Mortimer, that the day ( would ever come when I would voluntarily ; seek an interview with you," he muttered, as the Earl, touched with compassion at his forlorn appearance, offered to take his emaciated . hand. "But death is coming near, and I can- > not depart hence without unburdening my conscience of the load it has borne so long." He stopped to take breath, and with a shaking grasp conveyed a glass of some renova- ] ting mixture to his lips. "Speak to me freely," replied the Earl. ? ?? ? ? H rtn ft libn fKl'o , " X OU CauiiUL BUppuao buab aira uiu? hbb ?< ?, i I would cherish aoy feeling of anger against you, no matter how great the injury I may have sustained at your hands." "Betrayal of trust, destruction of your hopes," said Wilberton; "can all this be for* given ?" "This, and more too. There is a deeper offence than either of these, which you have left unnamed," said Lord Desborough gravely. "An offence, Wilberton, for which you must seek forgiveness elsewhere than from me." "Ay, I know what you mean," replied the other. "You believe that I murdered that poor girl, don't you ?" "And did you not?" asked the Earl with a searching look. j "Listen; I'll tell you how it was. Here, on my death-bed, you need not fear tha^ I shall ? not speak the ft-uth. I met her in the orch- i ard. I did not ask her to come there. She i was afraid of me, because I had been rough g to her once before. In those days I thought ( it no barm to take a liberty, if I could, with ( a girl of inferior rank, if. she would let me; j but she was not one of the common sort. I saw she had taken a sort of hatred to me? t and I wanted to plague her, out of revenge, t I'll swear to you, Mortimer, I had no worse ] thought than that" c He stopped again to take breath, for he i was desperately weak, and seemed exhausted ( even by these few sentences, which he spoke t nanfintrlv. with lone nauses between. I t r o'j? o < ? "As I was saying, i met her?quite unex- t pectedly?aud determined to amuse myself t at her expense. When she saw me, she turn- r ed and tried to go back, but I held her by i the arm and said she should not leave me. ( She threatened to tell you, when you came, i how I had treated her. And I said?God ' forgive me?that I .knew you did not mean to i .come." t "You told her that!" exclaimed the Earl.^ i "Yes?out of folly, yoa know. I wanted I to see how she would take it. She just laugh- ? ed at first, in a sort of quivering way?she i did not believe it; but when I repeated it, aud told her she had better let me take her I under my care now, since there would be noth- i ing else for her to do, she began to look wild < and pitiful. I can see that look now?and I t saw that I had made her doubt. I don't know { what made me go on?it was the fiend, I sup- ( pose. I was sorry for her, too, but I could J not help following up the beginning I had 1 made." i "Poor Katie," muttered Lord Desborough between, his clenched teeth. For the mo- i i raeot, pity for the dying man before him was < : lost in a more tender pity, at the memory of < the confiding, innocent girl so wantonly tor- < tured and deceived. I Wilberton's hollow eyes rested pleadingly i on his face. "You said you would forgive i me, Mortimer," he muttered in a broken tone, i "Remember how I have been punished ; re- i member how soon 1 shall be called to account \ in the next world." i "Go on," said Lord Desborough in a low I tone. "Let me hear all." I "Yes, I will. But I must rest for a minute l or two first. Oh ! this terrible sinking here." i He pressed his wasted hand upon bis chest, < closing his eyes as he did so ; and as he leaned i his bead back against the pillow which sup- i ported him?for he was propped up in an easy I chair?his face looked so white and corpse- ! like that it seemed hard to realize, but for his struggling breath, tbat he yet lived. Pres- ] ently he roused himself again, and went on. i "As I was saying, some devilish impulse ] prompted me to carry on my game. I in! vented a long rigmarole, pretending that the ' j summons you had received to go to your fathI er was all a hoax, and that you only wanted 1 a pretext to abandon her?and that I had | brought her here in your place, in order to ! persuade her to marry nle. "We were standing all this time just near that old well by the fence. It was uncovered, j and there were loose stones lying around the ' | edge. . She turned suddenly, and pointing to-1 i wards it said, 'if I believed that he were false | ! to me, I would throw myself down there and j ! end my life.' I laughed?I thought she whb j i only in jest. 'Tell me once more,' she said! ! looking in my face, 'are you in earnest?are I you speaking the truth ?' 'Yes, of course,' I . answered. All in a flash, she bounded to the j brink of the well. I seised her, and we strugI gled together. I don't knew how it > could ] ! have happened, but she found herself out of ray hold. She seemed to have gone mad ; with grief, or rage, and to be endowed with j i superhuman strength. 'Katie, it was all a I jest,' I cried ; but at that moment a stone slip- j ped from under her foot; I had hold of her ' dress, butit tore, and she lost her balance? and disappeared. I heard the splash?I could not believe it, for an instant?but she was j gone." The Earl, shuddering, covered bis eyes with his hand. There was another silence, longer than before. "There was not much water," Wilberton ] i resumed at length, "but she must have struck I her head in falling, and gone under without a struggle. When I looked, I could see nothing?not even a bit of her dre&s. I could do nothiDg. I was perfectly helpless?the well was out of use, the rope broken ; I could not go down?there was no one near. I felt that sverything was over. What ray sensations were I can't describe. I was perfectly stunned, as if I had received a blow. After standing stupidly there for a while, I started to go towards the house. I don't know what, motive I had, or anything about it. I remember picking up Katie's hat, which I found lying somewhere on the ground, and then throwing it down again, and turning to go back, then stopping awhile longer. I was dazed, I think. All of a sudden I spied the Did house-keeper coming. She had picked up the hat and had it in her hand. I knew she was coming after Katie, and a sort of fury took Hold of me. She asked me something, and I made some answer, and then when she began to storm at me, I just seized her and dragged her to the house. I wanted to get her Dut of the way, out of my sight?and I pushed ber into a closet and locked the door,, and Sung away the key. That night I worked bard at flinging stones down the well, as many is I could And, and as I knew would conceal her?if the water dried away. The next day [ left. I went off to Switzerland and hid in i little valley, far off from any inh&bitated Dlace. Onlv some rough goatherds lived ibout there, and I had no fear of being found aut." A violent fit of coughing here interrupted lis narrative, ending in a sudden and profuse hemorrhage. The Earl was obliged to seek immediate aid, and when the paroxysm was >ver, Wilberton lay in a death-like stupor, itterly prostrated for the time by the severity )f the attack. Lord Desborougb, after lingering a little while longer, took his jeave, inending to return as early as possible on the following day. [to be continued.] psrtfltg 0{ dtota. HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE : Early Settlement of South Carolina. by bev. bobebt lathan, BATTLE OF GUILFORD COURT HOUSE. Soon dfter the affair at Wetzell's mill, Comivallis, finding that by his constant marching md countermarching, he was wearing out lis army, exhausting his supplies and still mable to bring Greene to a general engagement, determined to abate the struggle, for a ;ime, for the purpose of giving his troops m m ..? 1 * . 1 _.A!' J J rest, to enect inis oojecc, ne renrea uowu Deep river, to Bell's mill, aboat fourteen niles south of the present Jamestown, and ibout the same distance east of High Point, jeneral Greene, with the main body of the Americans, was north east of Gnilford Court House, at Speedwell's iron works on Troublelome creek. The two armies were now about ;hirty miles apart. The movements of the British were closely watched by Williams. Dn the other hand, every movement of the A.mericanB was closely observed By Thrleton. The fight if! Wetzell's mill occurred on the lixth of March. Greene was anxiously awaitng the arrival of reinforcements. These renforcement8 now began to come in from Virginia under General Lawson; from North Carolina under Generals Butler and Eaton. Colonels Campbell, Preston and Lynch had >reviously joined Greene. The American Generalnow began to think hat he was able to meet the British in a gen;ral engagement. From the twenty-third of February up to the present moment, a period >f fifteen days, all had been excitement. A alse move on the part of either Greene or Dornwallis, would have been attended with he most disastrous consequences. During his period, the two forces were never more J han thirty miles apart?seldom more than wentv?and often within striking distance. y w The vidette corps of the two armies often met n bloody conflict, whilst the main forces were )nly permitted to be lookers on. Williams md Lee, of the Americans, were pitted against Tarleton and Webster, of the British. Cornvallis was anxious to test the strength of the ,wo armies and the valor of the troops by i general engagement. General Greene saw ihis, and determined to ward off a general mgagement until such time and place as was igreeable to his own judgment. Reinforced, as we have seen, Greene left lis fortifications at Speedwell's iron works in the twelfth of March, and encamped at juilford Court House,in battle array, on the hirteenth. His determination now was to ;ive the euemy battle. The infantry in Col>nel Williams corps was called in, whilst Li'eutenant-Colonel Lee, with his legion, was eft in front of the enemy to watch his movements. Cornwallis was not slow in'discovering the ntentions of Greene. Since the eighteenth )f January?near two mouths?he had been mdeavoring to meet the Americans. With>ut a moment's delay, he hastened to embrace ;he first opportunity. He left Bell's mill and noved all his forces toward New Garden meeting-house. This place is south of Guil ford Court House, and distant four or five miles. Ou the evening of the fourteenth, under an escort consisting of Hamilton's tory regiment, a detachment of one hundred and 5fty infantry and twenty cavalry, the British general sent back his wagons and baggage, together with his sick and wounded, to Bell's mill. The next morning, at early dawn, he determined to advance with his main body against Greene. His object was to free himself of every encumbrance. He was anxious Lo engage in the contest, but was by no means sanguine with regard to its results. Cornwall had confidently expected the larger number of the inhabitants of the country to declare boldly for the British, when he led his army into the region surrounding Hillsboro. In this he was sadly mistaken. The incursions of Williams and Lee filled those of the inhabitants, who were iuclined to favor the cause of the British, with'sorrow and sadness. Every skirmish, to their minds, rendered the final result doqbtful. The presence of Cornwallis was nothing. Before the timid loyalists and cowardly tories could be induced to respond to his call for volunteers, he must Btrike a blow which would clearly vindicate his superiority to Greene, In other words, so long as Cornwallis permitted General Greene to command an array which menaced the camp of the British Earl Ltrvwrnl? thn tnrlno on/1 1 /\xta 1 icfq /?ptprmintn IJlUIO^il) l/Uls ICO l?uu MVVV> ....MWV WW remaiu a8 neutral as possible. In order to vindicate his claims as an officer and to assert the majesty of the English government, he promptly respouded to the invitation to fight, given by Greene. The British greatly exaggerated the number of Greene's men. British historians say that Greene's army had been so increased that it pow amounted to between seven and ten thousand. This is a mistake ; but it is not difficult to discover how the mistake was made. The British obtained this information mostly from prisoners, who were not correctly informed with regard ?0 the real strength of Greene's arpjy. Another thing wlpph the British either did not know or did not take into consjderatjop jt) estimating the number of Greene's army, caused tl>em to e$aggeraf,e the number of the Americans. Shortly after PyJe's defeat, and on the arrival of Colonel William Campbell, General Pickens and the 1< corpe of Soatb Carolinians under his com- e maud, were relieved and returned to the n western part of South Carolina. No doubt, E the British, in estimating Greene's force, did tl not, as they did in their own case, deduct the ? sick and wounded. u The whole number of men in Greene's ri army, fit for active duty, was, on the eve of T the battle of Guilford Court House, four r< thousand four hundred and four. On the o day before the battle, he was joined by forty a horsemen, under the Marquis of Bretagne. A This made the force four thousand four huB^kti dred and forty-four. Of this number, only o one thousand four hundred and ninety were regulars. These consisted of seven hundred f< and seventy-eight, led by General Huger. f< The remaining six hundred and thirty regu- c lare were Williams' Maryland nrigaae, to ? which was attached one company from Dela- si ware, and eigbty-two infantry, belonging to 1< Lee's legion. There were two thousand seven c hundred and fifty-three militia?one thousand ci and sixty North Carolinians, and one thous- w and six. hundred and ninety-three Virginians, d The cavalry consisted of two hundred and S one. Eighty-six'oommonded .by Col. Wash- b ington; seventy-five by Lieutenant-Colonel t< Lee, and forty by the Marquis of Bretagne. k The exact number of men in the army of Corn wallis, that we are aware, is no where G stated. It was, in all probability, not less ri than two thousand nor more than two thous- tl and five hundred. So far as simple numbers n are concerned, the army of Greene was folly si twice as large as that of Cornwallis; bat the I latter had the decided advantage in that tl nearly, or ijuite, all his men were tried regu-. tl lars led by experienced officers. Nearly eve- ri ry man in the British army was a soldier by ri profession. He had been trained to arms, fi Less than two thousand of Greene's forces tl were regulars; and even these were not regu- o: lars in the sense that the soldiers in the army tl of Cornwallis were regulars. More than one C half of Greene's army was nothing but un- h drilled militia. No small amount of them 01 had fled to Greene's army for protection, it They were brave men and as true patriots as h ever lived, but it was utterly impossible that t< they could be good soldiers. a To make a good soldier, more is necessary w than.either physical or moral courage. The w first impulse of the new recruit, on going into G battle, is to run. He may be conscious that I the cause for which he is fighting is just and ti right, but the clash of the first onset is too b much for his nerves. To stand firm and re- n pell an advancingt&e, is a sore test for him ri who knows nothing of a battle but what he ? has learned from others. To advance Upon el his enemy is not so severe a test. In this a case, his own onward motion has the appear- ri ance of defeating the foe, and he continues to A advance without having bis nerves shocked, ti Cornwallis knew the character of Greene's troops. He knew that only a few of them gi were regulars that could be relied upon in e< the moment of extreme danger. Anxious as oi he was to meet Greene, that be might dispel w the gloom which hung over the cause of the b British government in the South, he never vi would have ventured nearer Guilford Court fc House than Bell's mill, had all Greene's for- C ces been regulars. Taking all things into ci consideration, the forces of Cornwallis, al- fii though only one half in numbers, were equal, ti in a pitched battle, to those of Greene. p< On the night uf the- fuirrteenth. the two ar- Vl mies lay encamped within eight miles of each C other. Both generals were preparing for B battle. The most sublime spectacle which ti mortal eyes can behold in this world is a con- ei test between two armies led by brave and ex- &i perienced officers. High physical and moral courage, in conjunction with a long course of w training and much experience, together with tl a sense of responsibility, may enable individ- "V uals to behold such a scene with composure, w but ntft with indifference. There are some di things which we never can gaze upon in the di character of idle spectators. The empty traveler may laugh in the face of a highway rob- ri ber, but he is forced to be solemn when he Ai sees the mighty oak shattered into a thousand tt pieces by the lightning. th Guilford Court House is situated about five ^ miles north east of the town of Greeuahoro, thp eanital of Guilford countv. The village th in which the Court House was situated, was originally called Martinsburg, in honor of tl Alexander Martin. Both Martinsburg and hi the old court house have crumbled into bi ruins. It was situated on the State road C leading from Salisbury to Virgiuia, Salisbury w being, at that time, the most important town in ^he western portion of North Carolina, in The battle ground was on a slope, near one m half mile in length, and inclining southward C in the direction of New Garden meeting- w house, where it was known the British were, te The slope terminated in a small valley, L through which flowed a small stream that al empties into the Haw. On the west side of ta the road and between the stream in the valley bi and the top of the hill, was a large field. On e( the east side of the road there were two small w fields, with a wood two hundred yards wide b' between them. p! On the fourteenth, Lieutenant-Colonel Lee w ^ ^ ? ? n .Ms ..j tf came into Ueneral lireene s camp at uuuiora Court House. He was immediately sent to a! take a post within three or four miles ofNew P1 Garden meeting-house, with instructions to watch the movements of the enemy. Lee PJ sent Lieutenant Heard, with a detachment of cavalry, still nearer .the British camp, in- a structing him to report every occurrence promptly. About two o'clock in the morning, " Heard sent a dispatch to Lee, stating that a large body of the enemy's horse was advan- ft cing in the direction of New Garden. Lee at once forwarded this intelligent to General ^ Greene. Lee instructed Heard to proceed no with a few men toward the flank of the ad- C vancing cavalry, that he might be able to learn whether the main bedy of the British re was advancing or not. Communication be- G tween Lee and Heard was kept up, at inter- 01 vals of every half hour. After a Beries of efforts, Heard reported that, on account of C the extent of the enemy's patrols, he was un- C able to gain the flank of the cavalry, but he si was confldent, from the rumbling of wheels r? which he beard, that the whole array of Corn- f? wallis was in motion. Lee ordered his men to arms, aud, at the same time, directed them K to eat their breakfast with dispatch, ft General Greene having been informed of T the supposed advance of Corn wallis, ordered 0 Lee to advance against the cavalry of the en- ^ emy, drive in his patrols, and learn, certain- I' ly, whether the enemy was advancing in force T or not. It was now about four o'clock in the w morning, Lee ordered bis horsemen to mount. J He at their head, at once advanced towards ai the enemy, directing the infantry to follow, ic I The cavalry had not gone more than two hi ! miles when thev met Lieutenant Heard and of his detachment, retiring before the enemy's tv cavalry. The British horsemen were not pur- re suing Heard and his men hotly, but simply cc advancing leisurely. Lee, not wishing to gl come in contact with the van of the British p< when their main forces were so near and he so distant from General Greene and his own ki infantry, ordered his men to retire in troops, pi The rea.-, which now became the front, under C Rudolph, dashed off at full gallop, The ni squad under Rudolph was followed by that hi under Eggleston, in the saiqe manner. hi Rieuteuant-Colqnel f^Ieton, who w&8 as fy truthful as he was hrave, was still liable tq be tt grossly mistaken. ifot (|iscerujng tjie mqye- a fpents of Lee, he supposed that the Africans A were panic strjekep! T^rleton and his yaq gl dashed forward upon Mark Armstrong, who I fo . , . 1 : ;d Lee's front, bat en account of the recent imp baoge in the movements of the legion, was tere ow in the rear. Although the squads under the Ludolph and Eggleston were retiring at can ie gallop, Armstrong, for the want of room, ? 'as forced to retire at a walk. Tarleton, not Cor nderstanding why Armstrong and his squad his stired so slowly, ordered his men to fire, ser'i 'heir pistols being emptied, Armstrong still Het emained as sullen as before. Tarleton now ordi rdered a charge. On came the British cav- the Iry. The front section had nearly reached the Lrmstrong, when Lee, who had been atten- was vely watching the movements of Tarleton, aga rdered bis men to right-a-bout and charge. Col Both parties were in a long lane with high gua mces on each side of the road, the fences lie; dlowing the windings of the road. Leo bati hose this place as favorable to the American ed 1 avalry. The horses in Lee's legion were arti irong and in good condition, whilst those be- and mging to Tarleton were inferior and in bad gua ondition. . Lee felt confident that could his dire avlklry meet Tarleton's in the lane, that be to \ ould be able to trample a large number to tior eath. Onjv one squad of each legion met. < o soon as Tarleton saw what Lee was doing, ing, a m mtrsat In fViia nkirnrnsh Tftrle- the V VlUVtVU M tVVIVHVi 4H mjmmmm WW? . ? >o lost a number of both men and horses fort illed. The Americans lost nothing. tain Lee now directed his course towards New In i rarden meeting-house. At this point he ar- adv ived just as the sun was rising. The van of inst lie British infantry, and Lee's cavalry, Hoi Mushed New Garden meeting-house at the wer ime moment Both parties prepared to fight app see ordered the cavalry to retreat, and whilst the le cavalry was retiring before the British, filir ie infantry attached to Lee's legion, and the The iflemen under Colonel William Campbell, We oshed up and poured in a most destructive but re upon the enemy. For a few moments mai lie conflict was sharp. Several were killed 1 n both sides. Either in this skirmish or in of ^ ie one which occurred a few hours previous, the lolonel Tarleton was wounded by a ball in com is right hand. exp The conflict between Lee and the British line ifantry at New Garden meeting house, was ord< eard by'General Greene, and he now began 1 i make the final disposition of his troops for firii ction. On the previous day he had sent his hun 'agons and baggage to Speedwell's iron- tani rorks, on Troublesome creek. This place As treene had fortified. since he recrossed the Hig )an, and, consequently, it afforded a safe-re- wer -eat from Guilford Court House, should he as e unsuccessful in the approaching engage- We lent Greene was by no means sanguine with com jgard to the results of a general engagement Wb Ie was willing to risk it, believing that van lould the Americans succeed, the British in a rmy, under Cornwallis, would be hopelessly kill lined and should the British succeed the soot Lmericans would only bo crippled for a short rusl me. - disc The road leading from Salisbury to Virinia, crossing the Dan at Boyd's ferry, pass- se^v 1 through Martinsburg to the right, or east raD f the Court House. The bearing of the road The as about fifteen degrees east of north. The ^D? earing of the stream which runs through the Vle~ alley south and east of the village, was about a m >rty-five degrees east of north. From the ?D<* ourt House, to the point at which the road 1 ossed the stream, was about two miles. The ble rat line of the Americans was placed across te road, a little more than a mile from the T Dint where the road crossed'the stream in the Am alley. This line was composed of the North evei arolina militia, commanded by Generals all < utler and Eaton.' It was a good position, cers te men being protected from the fire of the "bai lemy by the fences which enclosed the fields, the ad by a grove of trees. ? mar Captain Singleton, with two six-pounders, cut as placed in the road a few rods in front of A le first line. The second line, composed of the irginia militia under Stevens and Lawson, thei as placed across the road, about three hun- men red yards in the rear of the first line. The into ivision of Stevens was placed on the east of nel. le road; that of Lawson on the west. The be d ?LA. . l_* MMAti IaA /tarn gui iiuun ui otcvcua icsbcu upuu tun "??? ank of Lawson. This line was protected by men ie woods which lay between the fields around pom te Court House, and those farther down on that le slope near the valley. righ About four hundred yards in the rear of ?* 1 ie second line, near the court house, in the T eld and on the west of the road, was placed forv ie third line. It consisted of about fourteen Lav iindred and fifty Continental regulars, em- Lee raced in four regiments. The two Virginia Lesl ontinental regiments, under General Huger, slau ere commanded by Col. Greene and Lieuten- Nor it-Colonel Hawes. The two Maryland reg- advj nents, under Colonel Williams, were com- of t anded by Colonel Gunby and Lieutenant- forn olonel Ford. Colonel Greene's command was as stationed near the court house, and Lieu- the nant-Colonel Ford on the extreme left. Gen ieutenant-Colonel Washington, with hiscav- T ry, the company of Delawares under Cap- ry, tin Kirk wood, and Colonel Lynch, with a disc attalion of militia from Virginia, were post- der i on the right. Lieuten ant-Colonel Lae, men ith his legion, and Colonel William Camp- Roc all with his "back mountain men," were One laced on the left. Washington and Lee, cong ith the forces nnder them, were instructed blin > watch the flanks. In the rear of the whole graj: ad near the court house, were parked two in h ieces of artillery, all that General Greene T ad except the two six-pounders which were leav in front in charge of CaDtain Single- men >n. Such was the disposition Which Gener- in tl t Greene made of his forces in anticipation of tl : meeting, in a general engagement, the post irces under Cornwallis. ing The sun was just rising when the van of 'hoc le British army reached New Garden meet- Cole ig-house. Here, as we have seen, a sharp secu tirmish occurred between Campbell's rifle- doul en and the British infantry. Lieutenant- aQd olonel Lee perceiving that the enemy was Ivancing in force, called off his troops and raor itired from, before the enemy to General C reene's camp and took his place in battle hare *der. atta From the forks of the road, where Lee and 8ore ampbell encountered the enemy, to Guilford aQd ourt House, the distance is between five and dere x miles. The British took the Salisbury ty-tl >ad, and in solid column, advanced to Guil- aQd ird Court House. It was about noon when war< le van reached tbe valley south of Greene's UDa' ues. The army of Cornwallis marched in of tl le following order: The cavalry under Col. thos arleton, and the light infantry under Gen. to tl 'Hara were in front. Then followed Col. It Iebster's brigade, and the regiment of Bose. the i the rear of Bose was a brigade of guards, thro he artillery advanced with the divisions to but hich it belonged. tribi When the British van entered the valley D id approached in the direction of the Amer- the ^ ans, Captain Singleton opened upon it with Lee' is two six-pounders. Lieutenant McLeod, struj * the royal artillery, rushed forward with Cole ?o pieces, which he posted near where the Cam >ad crosses the stream in the valley, and cios< jmmenced returning the fire. Neither Sin- brou leton nor McLeod effecting anything of im- Ami irtance. Tl From the firing of Singleton, Comwallis were new that Greene's army was near by, pre- hope ired for batt|g and waiting for his arrival, and ornwallis knew that Greene had double the anxi umber of men that he had, and that Greene tals id leisurely chosen his ground and arranged tinei is rpeq for hattle. 'Still*, he determined to the i gbt- When Singleton oowmenced firing, the ie maji} forces of the British were more than the 1 mile in the rear, but iq fiill view of the and iqerioan lines, Their burnished arms Tl learned in the sun light, and the gay uni-' conq irras of th6 officers and men presented an one i losing eight, when contrasted with the tat- ster d uniforms of the American officers and com dirty and ragged garments of the Ameri- by I soldiers.* . tad laving determined to hazard a battle, ova nwallis made the following disposition of van forces: Major-General Leslie, with Fra- mai s Highland regiment (the 71st) and the den eian regiment, under Colonel Boee, was Cot ered to lie. to the right and advance*against first American left Colonel Webster, with Gui twenty-third and thirty-third regiments, fore instructed to file to the left and advance con inat the American right Lieutenant- wer onel Norton, with the first battalion of regi rds, was ordered to support General Les- pan and General O'Hara, with the second waj talion of guards and grenadiers, was direct- rav ;o Bupport Colonel Webster. The royal the llery, commanded by Lieutenant-McLeod, teni supported by the light infantry of the ion rds and Yagers, was Ordered to advance We ictly up the road. Tarleton was ordered nea ;eep his cavalry in reserve, with instruo- sec< i to act as circumstances might indicate, the )uring the time that the British were fir- ceal , and until the first division had reached ed 1 edge of the slope on which the American snp :es were drawn up in battle array, Cap- pon i Singleton kept up a brisk cannonade. a?% linn* PmifioK kn/yan f/\ 4 lUUUli uail ail uuulf vuo wvkwu w | ance for battle. Singleton, according to der ructions, retired to the rear near the Court wot use, where the other two pieces of artillery had e placed. Having crossed the stream and to c roached within a few hundred yards of terl field, the British began to deploy, Leslie astc ig to the right and Webster to the left der i left flank of Leslie and the right flank of foai bster rested on the road. Cornwallis had Stu one line. This being formed, the com* regi id was given to advance. the 'he left wing of Leslie and the right wing and ebster, had to cross an open field to meet Stui first line of the Americans. The men a d< imanded by both Leslie and Webster, were ton, erienced soldiers. Without a wave, the the moved forward, the supports in regular to a ar taking their proper places. E 'he North Carolina militia commenced cisc in at' raqdom, when the British Were one cut dred and fifty yards distant At this dis* One :e, no injury was inflicted upon the enemy, tnrc they approached nearer, many of the side [hlanders, who were in the British van, leg e mowed down by Campbell's men. Still, side if nothing was transpiring, Leslie and not bster, and the men in their commands, gua tinued to advance without firing a gun. Fra en the British came within about sixty thoi Is of the first American line, they threw one , fire which did no damage. No one was the ed, and not a single man wounded. So *"B t as the British delivered their fire, they gaol led forward with a shout, and to the utter hibi nov nf etroF? nn? thfl Nnrt.h fjftrolina mi- omm , threw down their guns, stripped them- cavi es of their knapsacks apd canteens, and jy, < through the woods in every direction, mid ir commanders, Butler and Eaton, Lieu- first iDt-Colonel Lee, Colonel William R. Da- his i -at that time commissary general?and- ken ultitude of other officers of every grade, ed. eavored to stop the fugitives, but in vain. S|UJ great were their fears and so ungoverna- fcilh was the panic, that they would have died ed t ler than gone back to meet the en$my. the he cowardly flight of the first line of tbe plac ericans, before the battle had begun, threw dra' ythiug into confusion and disconcerted ton the plfltos of General Greene and his offi- fire . Lee's legion and Colonel Campbell's Brit ck 'mountain men," were left to sustain effec Whole weight of General Leslie's com- lis. id. They were in danger of either being men off or utterly demolished. thei .8 an indication of what might have been bad results, had the North Carolinians stood Wai r ground and fought bravely, it-may be O'B tioned that Leslie was forced to order the line the support under Lieutenant-Colo- ty-fi Norton, before Lee and Campbell could wen lislodged. In fact, so soon as the British ingt e within range of the rifles of Campbell's ^ i, these hardy sons of the monnfains imei red in such a constant and 'effectual fire, and i it was thought, at one time, the British port t would not be able to reach the first line led \ he American's. men he British left, under Webster, pressed hacl rard and attacked the Virginians under Brit won. These stood their ground manfully, conf and Campbell, set upon by the whole of quai lie's division, was forced to give way or be On ghtered to a man. The base flight of the th Carolinians left the way open for the a res mce of the royal artillery. On the flight dnrL he first line of the Americans, a gap was led between Leslie and Webster. This appr soon closed by General O'Hara filing to to g right and resting his right? wing upon gj^ eral Leslie's left. his c he whole British force, except the caval- servi with determined courage and splendid ipline, now attacked the Virginians on- Hew Lawson and Stevens. The most of the foug under Stevens were Scotch-Irish, from kbridge and Augusta counties, Virginia, tint* company was principally members of the hisii jregation of the Rev. James Waddell, the d preacher, whose melting eloauenee is so ^jt ihically and tenderly described by Wirt whei is British Spy. o prevent any one in his brigade from tine, ing, Stevens had, before the batiile com- read ced, placed forty rifle-men, twenty paces Qrec te rear, with strict orders to shoot any one le brigade who should dare to leave his Lee; TT? A- lL.!. 1 i. . These Drave v irginians, w meir uwir uvu credit, stood like well tried veterans, aligb pressed by the whole British force. Qen< )oels Washington and Lee kept the flanks force re. The contest was hard and the result btful. Balls were flying thick as hail, men on both sides were filing thick and not as leaves from a forest tree in an autumn fining after a biting frost. forI1] olonel Washington, in order to succor the beha 1 pressed Lawson, sent Colonel Lynch.to wh.0J ck Webster's flank. Webster was already ly pressed. O'Hara, with the grenadiers skill second battalion of guards, were now or- mor| d into line to assist Webster. The thir- ?r00J lird regiment was turned upon Lynch, Hi Webster, with fixed bayonets, rushed for- theil 1 against Lawson. Overpowered, and ble, like most militia, to stand the sight the a be cold steel, Lawson's men, and soon ^ e under Stevens, gave way and fell back le line of the Continentals. h<e 1 the first conflict of the Virginians with British, the brave Stevens was shot ugh the thigh. He remained on the field, Th his efficiency was impaired. This con- man; jted no little to the success of the British. uring this conflict between Webster and Briti Virginians on the left, the infantry of vioto 8 legion and Campbell's "mountain men," j*cr^( ;gled with unremitting ardor against Ifores mel Bose's Hessian regiment. Lee and time, ipbell's riflemen kept Norton and Bose so jly pressed, that their forces could not be the : ght to bear upon the second line of the "wie jricans. ,.??! # if not be first and second line of the Americans abou i broken, but General Greene still had ^h01 > that the day was not lost. Washington Kirkwood were at their ppsts, ready and stuai ous to render support to the Continen- Gene under Huger and Williams. The Conital troops were not discouraged, but, on sevei sontrary, were full of vigor and ready for after conflict. General Greene passed along Tb line and exhorted his troops to stand firm do their duty like men. ^oui be Britisl^MMM^fbg; determined to not stop, for moiMPpl^B^^^^^orces. Web- wow , unsupported and with only a part of his imand, advanced over the ground occupied Stevens and Lawson at the outset, to att the American's third line. The ground , r which Webster's command had to adce was uneven, and hence part, of his comid fell behind. With more zeal than proce, he rushed to within close fire of the itinentals. He came in contact with the : Maryland regiment, commanded by Col. aby and Lieutenant-Colonel Howard. The see of Webster had been weakened in their flict with the Virginians, and when they e set upon by Gun by, supported by Hawes' iment of Virginians and Kirkflrood's comy 01 Delawaree, they were obliged to give r. Webster led his troops back across a ine, and on h fiivorable eminence awaited remainder of his command. Soon Lieuint-Colonel Stuart, with the first battalof guards, followed by the remainder of ibsters command, swept across the field r the Court House. Stuart discovered the, md Maryland regiment, under Ford, on left of the first uhder Gunby, mid conled from the first by agrove of trees, rushforward to attaek it Ford's regiment was hv rWaiii Pihlav. with two MIX- / nders. J t *' Jolonel Williams, being elated en account ? (he good conduct of his first regiment, unGunbj, had no doubt but that the second lid conduct itself as gallantly as the first ! done. With this expectation, he began oncentrate his forces for the purpose of nt* y annihilating Stuart's command. To the inishment of Williams, the regiment on* Ford gave way at the first shook and fied, ring the two six-pebnders to the enemy, art pushed forward in pursuit of Ford's ment. Gunby being left unemployed by departure of Webster over the ravine, seeing the flight of Ford and pursuit of art, turned his regiment upon Stuart, when aperate conflict ensued. CoL Wasbing, posted, after the Virginian's fell back, oh Wing of the Continentals, rushed forward id Gunby. fever did men fight more bravely. Frano, a brave Virginian, with a broad sword, down, in soocession, eleven of the enemy. ) of the British guards thrust Ids bayonet >ngh Francisco's - leg and into his horse's l The deadly weapon stock fast. - The of Francisco was pinned to his horse's and the gun of the British soldier could be used by its owner. Francisco and the rd united in drawing the bayonet^ from ncisco's 1%, when the latter, quick as . ight, grasped his broad sword, and, with hlnw. divided the noor fellow's head from crown to bis shoul<5ers. tuart and his veterans could not withstand / i desperate courage as the Americana exted. Hiey soon began to give way. With rd in hand, Colonel Washington and his ilry, followed by Howard and his infant* with fixed bayonets, charged into the very at of the enemy. Captain Smith^ of the Maryland regiment, lulled Stuart with sword. The two six pounders were re-taand multitudes of the enemy slaughter* The probability is that the whole of irt's command would have been either 3d or captured, had not Cornwallis resort* 0 a most extraordinary measure. Seeing imminent danger in which his trocps were ?d, he ordered Lieutenant' McLeod to W op the artillery and fire tipon Washing^.. and Howard, with grapiershot Every, from McLeod's artillery endangered the ish as much as the Americans. It was jtual, and showed the ability of Cbrnwal* Washington and Howard seeing a regiit of the enemy on their right; and one* on r left,, retired, leading their commends c to the line of the Continentals. After sbington and Howard fell balk, General Lara, although severely wounded, united remnant of Stuart's guard with the sevenrat and twenty-third regiments. These 1 the regiments that Howard and Wash? " ? ?? mftkt and lofk UU BAW UU bUVlI AI^Uw MWV* *W*. Webster, seeing Stuart putting Ford's regit to flight, advanced across the ravine attacked Haw?* Virginia regiment, sop ed by Kirk wood's Delawares. O'Hara the seventy-third and twenty-third regits and the remnant of Stuart's guards *'' i i&d closed up the interval between the ish. The centre was thus closed and the lict was renewed with great vigor in this rter. i the enemy's right, the oontest had cobtinfrom the begimng. with unabated energy, ipd Campbell haakept $ote and Norton at pectful distance from the American lines ngthewhole of the conflict. Each party kept bantly Inclining towards the flanks of the 1 forces -to which they belonged.. When they oacljcd the road, Norton, leaving CoL Boee rapple with the inftmtry 'under Lee and pbell, dashed off to join Eraser's regiment. x>n as Norton drew off his guards, Lee sent avaliy. which he liad been holding as a ree, to Join the flank of the Continental line, eana Campbell now renewed the attack upon regiment of Boee. with great energy. The liana under Colonel Bose and Major JDeBuy, ht bravely; but they-were forced to give way re Lee and Campbell and take refuge behind ion's guards. JLee, leaving Campbell to ton9 the oontest with Boee, hastened on to nnite afantry with his cavalry, which he had sent e left flank of the Continental line. On his , Lee found Norton, with his forces, upon the where Lawson's brigade had been posted a the battle begad. Lee attacked Norton, e him back and he and Campbell then cut ' way through the British and joined the Conltals near the Court House. Before Lee * tied the Court House, however, General me had determined to withdraw his troops, a reasons for coming to this conclusion were act that he did not know what had become of I the British were still in line; his am muniwas nearly exhausted, and it was his fixed ' rmination never to risk a total overthrow, ther circumstance had much to do in causing )ral Greene to decide on withdrawing his a. In the executions of all the plans that been devised respecting the.battle, much oon>n had sprung np. From a multitude of as General Greene did not know, and oould know, the real condition of either his own por that of the enemy. Many of his troops foaght with unexampled courage and ported deeds of unparalleled valor. Others had ved badly. The enemy had, during the \ej>t the engagement, foaght as brave men can fight In no conflict either before or ward, did the British officers show more , or the British soldiers better discipline or 3 oonrage. Under these circumstances, GenGreene thought it prudent to withdraw his 3s before itmight be too late, iger and Williams were ordered to draw off respective commands. The command was nted with promptness, and in good order the ? were lea from the field of battle, leaving rtillery to the enemy. Colonel Greene, with Virginia regiment, was directed to take a poll in the rear for the purpose of oovering the at. Three miles from the battle-field, Greene d for the purpose of giving the stragglers fugitives time to come In. From this point arched slowly to Speedwell's iron worts on blesome creek. e battle or uuiirora uonrc riouse was, jui y particulars, a very important one. It com- , jea about one o'clock on the fifteenth of ;h, 1781, and lasted about two hours. The sh held the battle ground and claimed the ry, but it was a dear bought victory. In it was no victory at all, ana never was read by British statesmen as any thing but a it Fox declared, in a speech made at the , that "another such a victory will ruin the sh army." The younger Pitt boldly declarat the farther prosecution of the war, by British ministry against the Americans, was ked, barbarous, unlust and diabolical." rnwallis lost, in killed and wounded, near, I; altogether one-fourth of bis men, besides t one hundred and fifty officers, many of n were the best in his army. The rank and ' it the British, in killed and wounded, inted to more than six hundred. Colonel rt and Lieutenant O'Hara, the brother of iral O'Hara, were killed. General O'Hara, tenant Colonel Webster, Captain Scbultz, ird, Wilmouski and Ensign DeTrott, were ely wounded, all of whom, except O'Hara, srards died. e American loss in killed and wounded was hundred and twenty-one, and fourteen offlOf these the Continentals lost, in killed and ided, three hundred and twelve, the Virginia ia one hundred, and the North Carolina minine. Major Anderson of the Mainland line killed, and General Huge*-?' Steven*, adod. ^