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* 1 lewis m. grist, proprietor, j %n fitbtptnbtni Jfantilg Dtetospiitr: Jf0r ijit ^rffmfftian af % political, facial, S,griralfnral anb Cammmial |n:tmsts of ljjt Siral^. j TERMS--$3.00 A TEAR, IN ADTANCE. "VOL. 35. YOEKVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1879. . NO. 35. - - ' ' * i JU Original .ftotg. Written for the Yorkville Enquirer. RACHEL RAY'S SECRET. CHAPTER XIV. Duke.?One of these men is genius to the other; Which is the the natural man, And which the spirit? Who deciphers them ? Shaksfeare. Alarmed at the result of his action, the supposed Murrell Vivian, with a quick glance around, hastily retreated from the corridor. The garden door stood open, and through this he hurried out into the grounds. A gardener's ladder had been inadvertantly left leaning against the wall which separated the doctor's domain from a vacant lot at the back. No one happened to be in sight, and with an agility inspired by fear, he sprung up this ladder and dropped himself over the wail, alighting in safety on the ground. "I have murdered her," he muttered. "There must have been murder in the very touch of my hand. God knows I bore her no ill-will, poor innocent young thing! I must escape ior my life. But I have no hat on ! how un-. fortunate! No matter; my purse is in my pocket and I can buy one." He scrambled over another fence, and found himself in a small street leading down to a wharf. Here a group of ragged boys were playing, and one of them exclaimed vociferously, "Say, mister, you've lost your hat!" "I know it, ray good lad," he composedly replied ; "I was chasing a little boy about as big as yourself who was trespassing in my garden and the wind has blown my hat away so far that I cannot find it. I must go now and buy another." "There's a shop just round the corner," promptly announced the boy, "gimme a quarter an' I'll show you the way." Mr. Vivian agreed to the proposal, and in five minutes more bad made bis purcnase. He paid bis conductor the quarter, and hurrying away, soon lost himself in one of the crowded streets of the metropolis, many blocks off from the asylum, where, as yet, he was not even missed. All through the day he wandered aimlessly about, keeping near the wharves where he believed himself in least clanger of being discovered. His anxious, unsettbd expression frequently attracted the notice of passers-by; but as there was nothing to excite suspicion in his general appearance, nobody questioned or interfered with him. Strolling down to one of the docks as evening came on, h6 noticed that a quantity of freight was being carried on board a vessel lying there, and was informed that she was a merchant ship albout to sail for Bremen. He asked what would be the price of a passage on board of her. "She don't take passengers," replied the man to whom he had addressed himsolf. "Hows'ever, there's the Cap'en. comin' this way if you want to ask him about it." The Captain, a good-natured, stout little German with a jolly red face, came bustling up at this instant. "Hurry up, Stevens, hurry up 1 We've got to finish loading iu an hour, you know! Mein Quit, we've no time for idling," he exclaimed. "I only stopped to give this gentleman a civil answer," said the man gruffly, as he wheeled off his handcar of goods. The Captwin hereupon turned to Mr. Vivian. "I was asking if I might get a passage, cheap, on your vessel, sir," said the latter. "I have very little money, and cannot afford to buy a ticket on a steamer." "This isn't a passenger ship," rejoined the captain. "Where do you want to go r "Anywhere, sir?it matters not to me," was the somewhat singular reply. The singularity of it struck his hearer at once. "That seems odd," he remarked, with a laugh. "You ain't bound on any particular business, then ?" "I want a sea-voyage for the benefit of my health," seriously replied the man, who had "method in his madness." He looked so earnestly and persuasively at the captain, that the latter was impressed. "You haven't a very robust appearance, I must admit," said he. "So your doctor has prescribed a sea-voyage, ha ?" "That is the state of the case, sir," replied Mr. Vivian, in the same grave tone. "How much money have you got about you ?" asked the captain. "Not more than twenty-five dollars," was the reply. "Pshaw, man, that wouldn't pay for your food across," said the captain. "Did you expect to buy a passage with that f" "Scarcely," rejoined the other. "In fact, it was absurd in me to broach the subject? excuse* my having troubled you." He was turning off, wheo the captain detained him. "Don't be in a hurry," he said. "Come on board the ship and we'll talk the matter over." Mr. Vivian agreed, and presently found himself in the Captain's cabin, seated at the table with a plate of biscuits and a bottle of sherry before him. Captain Heynemann was the most credulous, benevolent and liberal-minded of human beings. He listened with interest to an ingenious tale fabricated on the spur of the moment by the self-possessed lunatic, aud decided in his own mind that he would give him a passage, gratis, on the "Elsinore." That he was a gentleman was evident; that he was in weak health was equally evident; aud if he was needy, why should not he show him an act of kindness which he could easily afford, and which would inconvenience no one? First, however, he consulted in private with the mate. This individual, a shrewd Yankee, was not in favor of the measure. "The man "may be a swindler or a cutthroat," he suggested. "He might be a dangerous character to have aboard." "So might any passenger who pays his regular fare on a regular passenger-craft," rejoined the Captain. "It's only the money % that makes the difference." "And that, sir, is a very iroportant,difference," remarked the mate. "If a man comes for'ard and offers his pay like a gentleman, he's supposed to be all right. But if he comes tryiu' a sneakin' dodge like this?" "No dodge at all," said the honest Captain. "It's my own proposal to take him free. He's an invalid, as any one can see plainly enough ; and if he needs a wash of salt air and has not the coin to pay for it, I'm not going to be the man to deny it to him, iust for that. It won't hurt any of us for him to have a berth to sleep in and a seat at my table; and if you don't like his company you can keep clear of him, that's all." "Oh! I don't object to him, the least in life," said the Yankee, shrugging hia shoulders. "Have him and welcome, only take my advice and keep a sharp eye on him. I'm never easy in my mind about these freegratis-for-nothin' folks." The Captain had it his own way, and Mr. Vivian was offered a passage on the "Elsinore" without charge. It is needless to say that the offer was accepted ; and with the turn of the tide the "Elsinore" loosed her moorings and sailed out of New York harbor. For the first week all went well; but at the end of that time the passenger took a sudden fit of despondency, and when nobody was watching him (as he thought) tried to jump into the sea. Luckily a sailor happened, unseeu, to be at hand, and was just in time to lay hold of him as he was clambering over the ship's side. His odd behavior was reported to the Captain, who cross questioned him, and was horrified at his confession that i he was tired of life, and thought drowning i an easy way to get rid of it. ] "Good God, man, we don't want any sui- i cides on board our ship," said Capt. Heynemann. "If you act in that way I shall be 1 compelled to lock you up." I Mr. Vivian was afraid of being locked up. ] He feigned regret for his hasty impulse, and i promised not to repeat his rash experiment. 1 The Captain's suspicions were aroused, how- i ever. He did not carry out his threat of i locking him up, but he repented of having 1 taken him on board, and thenceforth follow- i ed the mate's advice and "kept a sharp eye | on him." f "I thought the Cap'en was puttin' his foot 1 into it," was the comment of the last named ] functionary. "He'll be sorry yet for bavin' i taken this queer cove aboard, or I'm mightily mistaken in my calkilations." i The Yankee-was right. For three weeks < the passenger's conduct was exemplary. Ho talked, walked and ate like other people, | * and gave no sign of any desire to pat an end to bis existence. In the mean time, tbe Beaair, and the good fare with which his host provided him, eaten with an appetite which be had not known for years past, were having amo6t beneficial effect upon bis health. His countenance lost its pale and haggard look, and the outlines of his thin features and spare form began to fill out. If Rachel could have seen him now she would have been more mystified than ever, so startling had become his likeness to the minature in Magdalen's possession, painted when in health. Notwithstanding his bodily improvement, the disorder of his mind increased ; and one day he played the madman so unmistakably that the Captain could no longer doubt the truth, and had him confined in a secure place, though humanely refusing to comply with the mate's charitable suggestion to put him 1U 11 uuo. "He can do no harm where he is ; but it's s an unpleasant scrape I've got into," said the captain. "I've a mind to bail the first American bound vessel I meet and put him on board of her. I'll pay his passage home for the privilege of getting rid of hira, though'I won't let him go into any other than good hands." "You'll not only have to pay his passage, but a right smart sum besides to anybody who'd undertake to look after him," said the mate. "I dare say I will," rejoined the captain ; "but I don't care. I'm willing to pay handsomely to get hira safe back to New York, and I'm Christian enough not to turn hira over to anybody who will ill-use him. As to keeping him here?mein Ootl! it takes away a my sleep, my appetite, my senses altogether. 8 I never had to deal with a lunatic in all my A life before." * Meantime, in his narrow retreat, Mr. Viv- (. ian raged and fumed in impotent wrath at the indignity to which he was subjected. From a peaceable, raelancholv individual, on- i i i ?L. L'.J u?Q iy dangerous 10 nimseii, ue jiuu ucuuujc ? *iolently unmanageable maniac, threatening death and destruction to every one and every- ; thing within reach ; and the captain, notwithstanding his kindness of heart, began to fear , that he would really have to hand-cuff him to prevent him from committing some fatal act. The poor little man was well-nigh distract ed, and no words can paint his relief when, a day or two later, a steamer bound for New York came in view. As soon as she was within signaling distance he made signs of distress, and a small boat was immediately launched to his aid. A written dispatch, which he had t already prepared, containing a statement of p the difficulty in which he found himself placed, g was sent to the surgeon of the steamship, J with the request that he would come and in- * epect the case. The surgeon came, gave his c professional opinion, and agreed to take the c insane man under his charge, and see him ,, safely bestowed in an asylum, or put him in ^ the care of those who would do so, after reach- i ing their destination. Thus Capt. Heynemann, 1 to his great satisfaction, got rid of his burden, 1 and Mr. Vivian, unhappily foiled in his cun- f ningly laid scheme, found himself on his way j.1 back whence he had come. * c But his adventure was not destined to end t thus. When they came in sight of New York, 1 his attendant brought him out of the state- 1 room where he had been confined, and suffered ? him to sit on deck and amuse himself watch- c ing the surrounding objects as they approach- I ed the shore. Suddenly, a tall gentleman? ( one of the passengers, who had kept himself very much aloof, during the voyage, from ev- ( ery one else on board?came forward, and with an exclamation, laid his hand on Mr. * Vivian's shoulder. < "Vfoiirino I" ho oripd Thp attendant made t a warning gesture. "This is the crazy man, sir, we took on board last Thursday," he said in a hasty undertone. "He is my brother," said the gentleman. "Good God, what a situation! Let me speak to the surgeon instantly. Where can I find him?" By this time some of the more curious of the bystanders had collected around. As the new actor in the singular drama hurried away, a simultaneous whisper went around among the group?"Did you ever see such a likeness? One could easily be mistaken for the other. It if remarkable!" This likeness alone was proof sufficient? without other proof which Murrell Vivian was ready to furnish?of the relationship to which he had laid claim. Maurice Vivian was his twin-brother, from whom he had been parted for four years. The surgeon yielded up his patient immediately to his guardianship; Maurice submitting quietly, and looking intently from time to time in his brother's face, though giving no other sign of recognition. We will now go back a little, and briefly relate the circumstances which were the cause of Murrell Vivian's return to America. We left him at the bedside of Albert Philipson, persuading him to have a message sent to his mother, informing her of the critical condition in which he lay. The message was sent, and resulted in the arrival, in due time, of Mrs. Philipson and Laura, who met the prodigal, from whom they had so long been separatedj with mingled sentiments of gratification and pain. The former, though a trifle worldlv. had a mother's heart, which went J w out warmly towards her first bom, unworthily ' as he had acted, aud accorded full and free forgiveness to his faults. Laura's pleasure at the re-union was more largely tempered by a ^ sense of shame at his misconduct, and the ( humiliation of knowing that the cause of his j present misfortune must be the talk of every- 1 body around. Still more, perhaps, the hu- 1 miliation of having it known that 60 near a 1 relationship existed between themselves and j him. This feeling weighed upon her the , more strongly, as, contrary to the predictions \ of the doctor, her brother had really begun ] to mend, and was in a fair w$y to recover < before long. Probably, had his life still been 1 in danger, a natural solicitude on this point would have lessened her mortification, and 1 fixed her thoughts more exclusively upon his ! situation. < Mr. Vivian, of course, resigned his office of ] attendant as soon as Albert's relatives were ready to assume the post. The wounded man's better nature hud been thorougly awakened by the kindness he had received at his hands; and though the expression of the novel emotions which it had it evoked came awkwardly enough from his lips, he did man age to assure him of his gratitude, and to add some confused words to the effect that iu the future he would try to lead a more deserving life. Mrs. Philipson was naturally anxious to become acquainted with one who had shown ber son such kindness; and to whom, for having unintentionally been the cause of his sufferings, no blame could of course, be attached. Albert informed her that Mr. Vivian was "no end of a brick," and had so strongly urged upon him his desire that be would allow Mrs. Philipson to express her acknowledgments to him in person, that he gave up his intention of leaving the baths as soon as the new-comers should have established themselves there, and consented to be presented to them, notwithstanding nis aversion to meeting strange faces. It fell out, by some unexpected chance, that in one of the conversations together, in alluiing to something which had happened in Drowsieville, Rachel Ray's name was quite iccidentally mentioned, and Murrell Viviin learned that they had known her; and by a few adroit questions, without at all betraying that he had any interest in her beyond i casual acquaintanceship, he learned all that they could tell him of her life there, and also ler sudden and unexplained disappearance, tie learned also that a gentleman bearing a i singular resemblance to himself had been leen in the town just about that time. "So nuch like him," said Mrs. Philipson, "that she lad fancied when she was first introduced to lim, that he was actually the same person, though of course she knew now that it could lot be so." v Connecting Rachel's sudden departure with he appearance of this person, who he doubted lot was his brother Maurice, he believed that ihe had fled in fear of meeting him, and a lew train of doubt, of bewildering speculaion, was started in his mind. Could it be hat his first, and not groundless, belief that ihe had fled with Maurice from his home and leartji, faithless to her marriage vow, had ieen rashly conceived and acted upon, and hat she was not guilty after all ? Or had Vfaurice, faithless to her in his turn, deserted ler, or aroused her fear or hatred of his pres? ;nce ? Whatever might be the truth, he felt hat he could endure no longer to remain at a listance from those upon whose conduct and notives depeuded his life-long weal and woe, iut that he must place himself within reach >f them, where he could assure himself peronally of their relative positions toward each ither, and toward him, and end, by some neans, the torturing suspense which he enlured. Thus it was that he embarked for America, rad by a coincidence, as fortunate as it was trange, found himself, before the close of his royage, in company with the very brother vhom he was on his way to seek. As to Ra:hel, he supposed her to be still at the Winields', where Benedict had traced her last. [to be continued.] gistoriral Sketch. From the Yorkvllle Enquirer?January 6,1876. HE BATTLE OF KING'S MOUNTAIN BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. "0, heaven!" they eald, "Our bleeding country ?ave! Is there no band on high toihleld the brave? What though deetruction sweep these lovely plains ! Else fellow-men! Our couutry yet remains ; lly that dread name we wave the sword on high, And swear for her to live ; for her to die." Campbell's Pleasure or Hope. The year seventeen hundred and eighty was he darkest period in the Revolutionary strug;le. From the mountains to the seaboard, a ;loom rested upon the whole country. For five ears the colonies, against fearful odds, had >een battling for freedom. The country was tverrun, its treasury was empty, and its solliers were hungry and naked. From the hills f Massachusetts to the savannahs of Georgia, i darkness that could be both seen and felt, enfeloped the laud. This was especially the case n South Carolina and Georgia. From the remise of Sir Peter Parker, on the 28th of June, .776, until the autumn of 1779, South Carolina, ilthough in open and determined rebellion igainst the mother country, enjoyed comparaive peace. Supplies of arms and munitions >f war, together with food and clothing for lie army, were landed by different nations of Surope, at Charleston. From this point, these hings, together with rice and other products >f the fields of South Carolina, were transport>d, by wagon trains, as far North as New Jeriey. During this period, South Carolina grew aid flourished, notwithstanding the existence if war. In the autumn of 1778, the scene began to :hange. Col. Campbell was sent from New ITork, by Sir Henry Clinton, to reduce Savanlah, the capital of Georgia. On the 29th of December, Gen. Howe was forced to capitulate, ieorgia fell into the hands of the enemy, and south Carolina now became a border State, ex)osed to the active military operations of the meniy. A bloody struggle was made near a 'ear arterwara ror ine recovery 01 oavauuuu, )ut it proved unsuccessful. It soon became ivident that the British were determined to sapture Charleston. Provost, in May. 1779, lad attempted to take the city by siege, out his dans were frustrated by the adroitness of Gov. slut-ledge and the military prowess of General Moultrie. On the 2Gth of December, 1779, Sir Henry Clinton, with the larger part of his army, sailed from New York for the South. In Janlary of the following year, he landed on. the ;oast of Georgia. He had but one object in dew, and that was the crushing of the rebelion in all the Southern colonies. His purpose vas to begin at the southern extremity and go lorthward, leaving the country in his rear in :omplete and absolute, if not willing, submission to the British government. The first shing to be done to effect his purpose, was the eduction of Charleston. On the 10th of Feb*uary, he set out from Savannah to accomplish the cherished purpose of his heart. He vas successful. Whether all was done that lould have been done to save the city, or not, ,ve will not here inquire. Perhaps it would lave been wise, under the existing circumstances, not to have attempted its defense. Hie attempt, however, was made. Sir Henry Clinton commenced and carried on the siege vith as much respect to the rules of military science, as if he had been conducting the siege if an old walled town. Reduced almost to starvation, and illy provided for every way to stand a siege, the defenders of the city, after a lose siecre of nearlv eicht weeks, capitulated >11 the 12th of May, 1780. The terms of the surrender were hard, and the conduct of the British commander afterward was calculated ;o cast a gloom over the patriots. The civil jovernment of Britain was established in the ;ity, and plans were laid for establishing it >vef the whole State. Everything was done ;hat could be done, to encourage the tories ind loyalists and dishearten the patriots. Early in June, Clinton and the fleet sailed "or New York, leaving Lord Cornwallis to jomplete the establishing of civil government n the State. He commenced his march northward. Parties were sent out in all directions :o disperse the patriots and gather up the toies and loyalists with which to swell his ranks. This was not enough. He determined ;o force those who, from the results of war, were resting quietly, to take up arms against their friends and against the cause which they oved. Lord Cornwallis soon found that the country still remained, and there were many who had sworn for it to live and for it to die. In the State, at this time, there was not a regularly organized army. There were small parties of men, in almost every section of the State, who disputed every inch of ground with Uornwallis. Still he pushed on. Tories and loyalists tloeked to his standard, and many who, heretofore, had been regarded as good Whigs, sought British protection. The country was full of tories and British. Property was destroyed, old men and children were abused and cursed, and women insulted. Many, in despondency, gave up the cause as hopeless. Calamity after calamity fell upon the afflicted country. On the 10th of August, General Gates, the hero of Saratoga, was de- ? feated and his army routed near Camden. Two i days after, the brave Sumter was surprised at c Fishing Creek, by Tarleton, and his command a scattered. . f Such was the general condition of things in e this State and in Georgia, that many brave 1 men had hid themselves l>eyond the mountains, t that, like Alfred of old, they might emerge r from these mountain fastnesses and rout the a invading foe. These voluntary exiles received 1 a welcome from the patriots of Watauga and a Nollichucky. There they met Isaac Shelby a and John Sevier. Amongst those refugees 1 was Colonel Clarke, of Georgia, with about t one hundred of his overjwwered, but not sub- t dued men. These refugees told the tale of sufferings which they had seen in the States of Georgia and South Carolina- Their etory aroused the patriotism and stirred the spirits of the hardy pioneers of the forest. After the defeat of Gates at Camden, Cornwallis, as had been done by his predecessor, Clinton, proceeded at once to establish a civil government in the upper section of the State. ' Tarleton and Ferguson were ordered to scour the State. The object was to beat up the tories and loyalists and disperse the Whigs. Ferguson had been in' the Ninety-Six District for some time, and portions of his command had been, on several occasions, badly cut up by the Whigs. Patrick Ferguson was a Major in the British army,"and Brigadier General of the Royal Militia of South Carolina. ' The second officer in his command was Captain DePeyster, a loyalist. The Whig colonels. McDowell, Sevier, Shelby, Williams ana Clarke, were known to frequent this section of the State. The fact that parties of Ferguson's men had, at Musgrove's Mill, at Cedar b ? ?... - - ? ' ? a 3 n Spring, and otner places, neen auacxea ana j routed by the bold partisans, greatly incensed I the British officer. Meetings of the tories and d loyalists were held throughout the Ninety- t Six Distnct. Those who claimed to be tories o or loyalists, were threatened with severe pun- v isliment if they did not take up arms and assist f his Majesty's troops in putting down the rebel- c lion. Ferguson now found that the rebellion, 1 which Clinton and his successor, Cornwalis, t thought was crushed out, was stalking over t the land like a giant. "VVhigs, tories and loyal- t ists, found that each party was in earnest, d and a desperate effort must be made, or all v would be lost. n On the 18th of August?the day on which 1 Sumter was surprised by Tarleton at Fishing fl Creek?Col. McDowell was encamped at p Smith's Ford on Broad river. He had learned that a party of tories, near five hundred Jin o number, were encamped at Musgrove's mill, g on the south side of Enoree river. Colonels t Williams, Shelby and Clarke, were detached v for the purpose of surprising them. It was a a dangerous undertaking, for Ferguson was en- h camped, with his whole force, midway be- o tween McDowell and the tories. At sun set. h the party set out, and by taking a right hand t road, passed Ferguson's camp in safety. The e tories were commanded by Col. Innis and t Major Frazer. Shelby, Wiiliams and Clarke, s arrived at the tory camp just at day-light, t The attack was made, and although the tories p had been reinforced by six hundred regulars c under Innis. a complete victory was gained, s Flushed witn victory, the conquerors deter- f ? - j 1? t\ milieu tu mane an attain. uyvn IHUCIJ-UIA. v Just at this moment a courier arrived, bring- \ ing the sad news that General Gates had been 3 defeated on-the 16th at Camden. They were a urged by McDowell to make no delay, lest I they should be captured by Ferguson. They v had more than two hundred prifioners. The men were tired, and so were their horses, e The prisoners were divided out amongst the e men, giving every three men two prisoners, t After they were completely out of the reach of d Ferguson, Shelby went home, leaving Clarke v and Williams in charge Of the prisoners. They p were taken to Hillsborough, North Corolina. 3 Governor Rutledge, of South Carolina, who, at c this time, was in Hillsborough, seeing Wil- i: liams in charge of so many prisoners and sup- t posing that he was the principal actor of the 1: affair, immediately gavehim a Brigadier Gener- c al's commission as a reward for his brave and I heroic exploit. McDowell, so soon as he heard that Gates ( was defeated, broke up his camp at Smith's a Ford and set out for the mountains. His e command was scattered. Some of his men I went home, whilst othe rs accompanied their a commander beyond the mountains. Ferguson t was left in full possession of the field. The '8 "Whigs were plundered of their property and t driven from their homes. Many of them were e forced to hide out in unfrequented spots, whilst C not a few were caught and cruelly murdered. \ The brave but cruel British officer pushed his i way as far as Gilbert Town, near the present i site of Rutlierfordton, in North Carolina. 1 South Carolina was now under the paw of the c British lion. Some crouched and begged for 1 quarters ; but there were a few noble spirits? i enough to save the country?who had sworn 1 for their country to live, and for her to die. 1 A'P 4-l?io fo of Tin o ICi^USUll y\rta UUl l?IlUliUll V/JL lino in^v* AAV M knevr' the history of those men who were beyond the mountains. He knew that their ancestors, for more than two hundred years, had been fighting for liberty, and he saw thai the wilds of America had strengthened the love of liberty in their children. He knew that they were Scotch-Irish and Huguenots, by descent. He knew that they could be crushed into the earth, that they could be torn limb from limb, that they could be buried beneath the earth ; but he feared their very dust. He had his spies in the mountain country, and from them he had learned what was going on in the valleys of Nollichucky and Watauga. These spies often brought him the startling news that their fellows were caught and hanged, while others were tarred and suffered to return to their champion leader. Ferguson raged. He cursed the rebels for their daring, and he cursed the tories and loyalists for their want of courage. Whilst Colonel Ferguson lay at Gilbert Town, he paroled Samuel Philips, a patriot, whom he held as a prisoner, and sent him witn a threatening message to the back mountain men. The purport of this message was, that if these patriots in Watauga and Nollichucky did not lay down their arms and return to obedience to the King of England, he would come over the mountain and hang the last one of them. This was not a mere boast. He contemplated doing what he said. Ferguson was no idle boaster. No sooner had Samuel Philips delivered his message, than the horrors of past generations loomed up before the eyes of the patriots of Watauga and Nollichucky. The blood of John Sevier and Isaac Shelby was stirred. Sevier was eloquent under the impulse of a holy resentmentj and the brow of Shelby was knit with indignation and his .whole countenance indicated stern defiance. These noble men at once concluded that they would thwart Fergu son in his bloody purpose, ana it there was any hanging to be done they would do it. The plan for raising a sufficient number of men to accomplish their purpose was soon devised. To Sevier was assigned the duty of communicating with McDowell and the other officers who were then in voluntary exile beyond the mountains. Shelby assumed as his part of the work the writing of a letter to Col. "William Campbell, o:t Washington county, Virginia. The letter was written. The threat of Ferguson was stated, and the plan for his destruction revealed. In this letter Campbell was earnestly requested to cooperate. This letter was placed in the hands of Moses Shelby, a brother of Isaac, and duly delivered. Colonel Campbell declined to render his assistance, stating that his intentions were to assist in preventing Coniwallis from reaching Virginia. This message was returned by Moses Shelby. Colonel Shelby immediately wrote another letter to Col. Campbell, in which he urged him, more strongly, to lend his assistance. Although Campbell was as firm and unyielding as the mountains, still he was not blind to reason or deaf to the calls of duty. He sent Shelby word that he would come and bring his whole command. This was more than was exacted. The place of general rendezvous was Sycamore Shoals on the Watauga ; the time the twentyfifth of September. At the apiKiinted time, the entire inhabitants of the back mountsi in region assembled :it Svcflmnre Slmnls. and Canmbell. with his Virginians, was there. Everybody was in ear- i nest. There were no gay uniforms; 110 costly t plumes; no long trains of baggage wagons; 1 110 ambulances; 110 surgeon ; 110 chaplain. < Officers and men were clad in suits made by t their wives, mothers and sisters, and each man 1 intended for the exi>edition was armed with a < faithful Deckhard rifle. 1 All assembled; but all dare not leave the < settlement. The Cherokee Indians were 011 < the borders watching an opportunity to de- 1 icend with the torch and tomahawk upon the leighborhood. On the morning of the 26th >f September, preparations were made for the tdvance. To victory or to d6ath, was the eeling of every breast. They were rough men ixternally, but they had brave and tender learts. Charles McDowell moved amongst lie multitude with all the grace and ease of lobility. John Sevier was full of impulse and in energy which never tired. Isaac Shelby lad little to say. His knit brow meant speedy iction. William Campbell showed^ by his tern dignity, that he was born to be free, die officers proposed, before they set out, that he company be called together and the divine ilessing be asked. A prayer, solemn and apiropriate, being offered up, the party designed or the expedition mounted their horses, and he rest returned to their homes. With anxous hearts did these wait until the result was leard. The troops left. Sycamore Shoals on the wenty-sixth. Tfyey were all mounted and unncumbered by baggage of any kind whatever. Chey expected to support themselves, on the vay, by their rifles, or by forcing the tories to eed them and their horses. The force conisted of one thousand and forty men, as folows: From Barke and Rutherford counties, forth Carolina. Col. McDowell. 160 men. rrom Washington county, North Carolina, now Tennessee) Col. John Sevier, 240 men. rrom Sullivan county. North Carolina, (now Fennessee) Col. Isaac Shelby, 240 men. From Vashington county, Virginia, Col. William /ampbeU, 400 men. The Sycamore Shoals is near the head of he Watauga. From this point/, they pursued iearly an eastern direction, across the Yellow fiountain; afterward it was nearly south. Che first night they spent at Matthew Toltert's mill. The second day, two of their men eserted and went ahead to the enemy. On he 30th of September they reached the foot f the mountain on the east side. Here they yere joined by three hundred and fifty men rom Wilkes and Surry counties, under the ommand of Colonel Benjamin Cleveland and /fainr .Tnnflnh Winstnn. Clavfiland and Wins on were keeping themselves concealed that hey might join in with any party going against he enemy. The first of October?the second ay after the junction with Cleveland?was so ret that it was thought advisable not to nove. Ferguson was thought to be at Gilbert, i'own, and as the guns in those days were all lint and steel locks, it was dangerous to aproach an enemy with wet jrunB. Up to this time there was no commanding fficer. Shelby perceived that there was a Teat defect in their organization, and, during he rain, called a council of the officers. They /ere now in Col. Charles McDowell's region, nd advancing against an enemy with which ie had lately been contending. He was, morever, the senior officer, and it was natural that ,e would be expected to take the command of he whole. No one doubted Charles McDowll's patriotism or bravery; but it was thought hat he was not the man to command a partian corps on an enterprise like that in which hey were at that time engaged. Shelby proceed William Campbell as commander-inhief for the present, and that a messenger be ent to headquarters, wherever that might be, or a commanding officer, who should take hjirge of the whole corps. This proposition /as readily assented to by all, and Col. Chas. IcDowell volunteered to go to headquarters ,fter a general officer, and his brother, Joseph IcDowell, took command of his men until he zould return. Here, for a time, let us leave these patriotic nountain men, until we can bring up the othr forces who were prominent actors in the tattle of King's Mountain. After Sumter's lefeat at Fishing Creek, on the 18th of Augist, he and Col. Edward Lacy, with a small ortion of Sumter's command, passed over into fecklenburg, North Carolina. They camped n Clem's Branch. Lacy was sent by Sumter "A/* V rvwlr nwxrl /^ItAn^AM AAlinf Ifl.O /Ml fllAV lin Utu JL U1A. OliU VUCDtCl WUU1I11CO, bU ^ClbUb/i U|/ he Irish of that region, who were known to e true "Whigs, and also to collect all that he ould of Sumter's army that was scattered at Wishing Creek. After Lacy's return to Sumter's camp, on Hera's Branch, Col. James Williams, who, & we have seen, was made a Brigadier Genral by Governor Rutledge shortly after the tattle of Musgrove's mill, arrived in camp, ,nd having shown his commission, claimed he authority to take command of all the louth Carolina troops, in that section. On he 8th of September Williams had been orderd, or rather "requested," by Abner Nash, Srovernor of North Carolina, "to go into Casvell county and such other counties as he eight think proper, and raise a body of volinteer horsemen, not to exceed one hundred." iVith these and a few other troops, Williams ame to Sumter's camp; on Clem's Branch. Che South Carolina soldiers of Sumter's comnand positively refused to submit to Wiliams as a general. They preferred Sumter. Che main objection that the soldiers had igainst Williams was that, having at one ime been the commissary of Sumter's comnand, he had acted in some way or other so as o gain the ill will and even the hatred of many >f the men. What the facts in the case were, t is impossible, at this late date, to learn with ufficient accuracy to warrant us in saying vho was to blame, Williams or the men. No loubt both were to some extent in the fault. 3e this as it may, a difficulty sprung up beween Sumter and Williams, and but for the >resence of the enemy, it might have ended in omething serious. Whilst the difficulty was pending, it was ? ? ? *? J TD n ti?/1 /\*> nn/l at* wifVi O cariitu 1/licit iiianuuii auu xaiicit/iij nivu i* arge force, were making preparations for atacking them. It was concluded by both paries, that they would cross the Catawba river it Bigger's ferry (now Wright's.) Having irossed the river, a council of officers was :alled to settle the difficulty. Col. William Jill, who was wounded at the battle of Hangng Rock, was made chairman of this council. Whilst the council was discussing the matter, lawdon and Tarleton ap]>eared on the oppoite bank of the river, and commenced firing at hem across the river. It was evident that he enemy would not allow them time to look nto the matter, and their existence depended lpon harmony among themselves. It was igreed to refer the whole matter, with all the 'acts in the case, to Governor Rutledge, then it Hillsborough, North Carolina. In the nean time, however. Sumter was to retire xom the army until the decision of Rutledge vas heard. Williams would remain in comnand of his North Carolina troops and Coloiels Hill and Lacy would take command of ;he South Carolina troops. Colonels Winn, Middleton, Thomas and tlampton, were sent as commissioners to Govirnor Rutlelge; and Lacy and Hill, in the hope )f forming a junction with General William Davidson, lfid the army up the Catawba, and irossed at Tuckaseege ford. Governor Nash, >f North Carolina, had instructed Colonel Wiliams (then General) to proceed in any direc;ion and operate against the enemy. His infractions were very general, leaving the whole natter to the discretion of Williams himself. Whilst the army, then under the command of [Till, Lacy and Williams, were on the east side >f Catawba river, in the neighborhood of Tuckiseege ford, Williams'scouts brought the infornation that a body of the back mountain men vere already on the east side of the mountain, \n thoir wnv tr? "Pftrcnsmi. Thev imme WIIV4<* J vv "O ? O v iiately crossed the Catawba, atBeattie's ford, yith the intention of going in pursuit of Ferjuson. Here they were joined by Majors Gra1am and Hambright, with about seventy-five nen, and not long afterward by Colonels Hamnond and Roebuck, and Majors Chronicle and Hawthorne. Williams had his scouts out watching Ferguson. He was the more prompt in doing this, i om the fact that his home was 011 Li ttle river, n what is now Laurens county. This territory was embraced in Ferguson's field of opera;ions. A consultation was held by Williams, Elill, Lacy, Roebuck, Graham, Hammond, Hambright. Braimon, Hawthorne and Chroni;le, as t o what should be done. It was at once letermined that a messenger should be sent to jommunicate with the back mountain men, to nform them with regard to Ferguson's movenents and his place of encampment, and to make arrangements for the cooperation of the two forces. Colonel Edward Lacy, whose home ,vas a few miles northwest of. the present town )f Chester, and who owned a large amount of the lands on which the town of Chester is built, tvas chosen as the messenger. It was a good jhoice. Lacy was recklessly brave, and although a rough man, still a man of good adIress. He was a sterling Whig. It turned jut that the two camps were, at that time, sixty miles apart; but Lacy never stopped a mo ment until, late at night, he reached the camp 1 of Campbell. This was on the night of the 4th of October. Lacy was seized by the patroling party, and, without ceremony, blindfolded. He begged to "be taken, without delay, to the commander's quarters. He was at first regarded as a spy by all, and had he not been a true Whig, and shown it by every word and action, he would have paid the penalty in a few minutes. That day "Campbell and his mountain men had reached Gilbert Town, and finding Ferguson had decamped, and learning that he was gone to Ninety-Six, which had lately been repaired and reinforced, a council of war had been held but a short time beftre Lacy arrived, and it was concluded to abandon the chase. Lacy then informed them that Ferguson was in the neighborhood of Cherokee ford?that he was not aiming to reach Ninety-Six ; but his point of destina tion was Charlotte. North Carolina. They wen) urged to annul the previ?"? n# Oio TiirrVif OnH m wit ftiA UUO 1COV1UV1VU Ui VUV uiguuj ? ??*. m^vw wmv trodps under Williams, Hill and other leaders 1 at a place called the Cowpens, on the sixth. c This was done, and after Lacy had fed his horse, eaten a supper of what the partisan y camp could afford, and enjoyed a few hours' t sleep on the ground, he was up and away to j join his command, which was now on its way ] to the Cowpens. J Let us leave the two armies and trace the i movements of Colonel Ferguson. On the 4th t of October?the day that Campbell and his c men arrived at Gilbert Town?Ferguson had i broken up his camp. The two deserters from Campbell's command had informed him of i what was going on. He knew the men he had g to' deal with. He had met some of them be- t fore. Wisely, he concluded that his safety de- i pended on getting out of their way. It would p not be true to say that Col. Ferguson was 1 frightened, for no braver man ever lived or a fought or died on a battle-field ; but he most r assuredly felt that he was in a critical situa- i tion. Corawallis had already perceived the t danger with which Ferguson was surrounded, r and had ordered him to join him at Charlotte, t Ferguson now saw that it would require all r his skill to reach that point. On breaking up his camp at Gilbert Town, he sent two tories? t Abe Collins and Peter Quinn?to Cornwallis t at Charlotte, to inform that officer of his criti- n cal situation and to request aid. The messen- e gers were hindered on the way by the presence i of the Whigs in the neighborhood, and did not I reach Charlotte until the 7th; consequently g the aid was not received. Ferguson, on leav- j ing Gilbert Town, made the impression that he was going to Ninety-Six, and when Campbell t and his party arrived at Gilbert Town, they were told that Ferguson was distant fifty r or sixty , miles. This was a feint. On the ^ 4th of October, Ferguson camped at the Cow- ^ pens, about twenty miies irom uruueri iuwu. ^ On the 5th, he crossed Broad river at Tate's (since Dear's or Adair's) Ferry, and spent the night about a mile above the ferry. On the 6th, he pushed on up the ridge road between King's Creek and Buffalo Creek, until he came to the fork. There he took the right prong, leading across King's Creek, through a pass in the mountain, and on in the direction of Yorkville. Here, a short distance after crossing King's Creek, on the right of the road, about two hundred and fifty yards from the pass in the mountain, on an eminence which he called King's Mountain, and which still retains the name, he encamped, determined to remain until his reinfbrcements from Cornwallis would arrive. From Gilbert Town to King's Mountain, he evidently was retreating.. He felt that he had a terrible foe to deal with. He begged, he entreated the tories and loyalists to turn out and render him assistance. Finding that gentle measures accomplished nothing, he threatened to hang them if they did not shoulder their muskets and march against the rebels. His threats were as unavailing as his entreaties. On arriving at King's Mountain, he granted some of the royalists and tories permission to go into the surrounding country for the purpose of beating up recruits. The inhabitants of the region surrounding King's Mountain, were, with a few exceptions, tories. These recruiting officers of Ferguson went to plundering their Whig neighbors. Instead of hunting up recruits for the King's army, they went to robbing the gardens and killing the hogs of the Whigs in the community. Here, strongly posted on'King's Mountain, let us, for a short time, leave Col. Ferguson. On the 6th of October, according to apnnintmPTif the trnrros under Williams. Lacy and Hill arrived at the Cowpens; and about sundown, the back-mountain men under Camp- i bell, came up. All the weak men and horses a belonging to each party had been left behind, e and only the best maTksmen and best rifles se- f lected for the occasion. The united forces, selected for this bold enterprise, amounted to e eighteen hundred and forty-three. Many of \ the officers were without commands, occupy- t ing simply the position of men in ranks. It f was raining and dark, but all were enthusias- r tic. They had set out to find Ferguson, and c find him they would. An hour was given the f troops to rest, during which time two beeves a were killed, but the time was so short that i some of the men did not get a mouthful pre- l pared. There were several bands of tories in \ the neighborhood, which they could have easi- t ly captured, but they were in search of Fergu- l son, and they let the tories alone, although it a was known that these tories were to join Ferguson the next day. By eight o'clock every } man was in the saddle and on the trail of Fer- a gmon. It rained all night, and was dark. The 1 guide got lost for a time. The men, in order t to keep their guns dry. wrapped them up with { their over-coats and blankets when they had them, and with their hunting shirts when t these were wanting. On the morning of the a 7th, just before sunrise, they reached Broad ? river, about a mile and a half below Cherokee a Ford, expecting to find Ferguson on the east $ bank. They crossed the river, and marched t up its bank, and soon came to Ferguson's \ camp of the night of the 5th. Here a halt was made, and those who had anything to eat, i eat it, and those who had nothing did without. ] The delay was only for a moment. AltBough t hungry, wet and tired, they pushed on with as a much zeal as if the search had just com- \ menced. Ferguson's trail was fresh, and they ( knew that they would soon see who would do i the hanging ! For a distance of twelve miles, < they saw no one but their own party, and i learned nothing of Ferguson's whereabouts, e When they had gone about twelve miles, after t crossing .Broad river, une aavanueu pai iy uiot i some persons coming from Ferguson's camp. At the same time, a boy about fourteen years old, by the name of Fonderin, was found in an old field. The boy said bis brother was in Ferguson's camp. The story of the men and boy agreed, and from them it was learned that Ferguson's camp was only three miles distant. The location was accurately described by these men and young Fonderin, and the intentions of Ferguson learned. A dispatch, which he had sent to Cornwallis for aid, was afterward intercepted. From this his force was learned, and also what he thought about being able to defend himself. In that dispatch he boastingly, or rather profanely, we should say, declared that such was the nature of the place he had chosen for a camp, "that .all the rebels out of hell could not drive him from it." This dispatch, with the exception of the statement of the number of Ferguson's force, was read aloud to the men. The oilicers held a consultation on horse-back, and concluded upon the mode of attack. It was agreed that since Campbell had come the greatest distance, and had brought the largest number of men, that he should be the commander-in-chief. It was now past twelve o'clock. The rain had ceased, the clouds had passed away, and the sun was shining brightly. The pursuers of Ferguson had followed his .. - -i^ _,_i?, tr&ll irom eiglll/ U ClUUK. UIl LUC picviuusmgin, and now they were within a mile of his camp. The order was given "to tie up over-coats and * blankets, throw priming out of pans, pick 1 touch holes, prime anew, examine bullets, and t see that everything is in readiness for battle." t They were now within a mile of the object for 3 which some of them had been in search for * nearly two weeks. They were fully aware of the kind of foe they had to encounter?a 8 brave man and a cool officer. They had to J face British regulars, who would rush j upon ? them with bayonets; and tories who knew it f was victory or death. On they went, deter- ] mined still to be free or die. They ascended an eminence on the western side of the mountain, and Ferguson's camp was in full . view. They dismounted and tied their hor- 1 ses and prepared for the conflict. The mode ^ of attack determined upon was to surround * the mountain and pour in a deadly fire upon e the enemy from all sides at the same time. King's Mountain, upon which Col. Ferguson was encamped, is a spur of the Blue Ridge. It is a narrow, oval shaped knoll, laving the general directiop of the Blue Ridge, and terminates abruptly at its northern sxtremity. It is covered with a kind of slate stone. The ridge, which is about one hun- # lred and twenty feet above the ravines by fvhich it is surrounded, and about a mile long, s not more than thirty yards wide, and the sides, especially on the north, are precipitous, [t is situated in York county, South Carolina, ibout a mile and a half from the North Car)lina line. Many of the men in Col. Wiliams' command were Whigs from the surrounding country. They had left their hiding ilaces when, in the language of an old Revoutionary war song, "Old Williams came from Hillsborough, they flocked to him amain." . nt. A *V? l iiKSt) men uuuubmmi wc imiiuio ui wo ground accurately. They had hunted deer )n the same place frequently. In view of ;his fact, theguides for the other troops were :hosen from Williams' men. When theexact location of Ferguson's camp vas learned, the army of pursuers inarched in 'our columns.' Col. Campbell's regiment, with >art of Cleveland's regiment, commanded by dajor Winston, formed the right centre; Col. Shelby's regiment, the left centre. CoL Sevier's egiment composed the right wing; and the ;roops under Col. Williams and the remainder >f Col. Cleveland's regiment, commanded by limself, formed the left wing. On arriving in full view of the enemy, and laving tied their horses and leaving a small juard to watch them, the troops, commanded >y Shelby, Sevier, McDowell, Campbell and Winston, were ordered to file to the right and >ass round the enemy's camp on the mountain, rhose under Cleveland, Chronicle, Hambright ind Williams, were to file to the left and pass ound. Both parties were to continue their narch, without firing, until they met. Then , he enemy's camp would be completely surounded. The order was then t4 face toward he enemy, raise the Indian war-whoop, and nsh forward upon the foe. It was near three o'clock on the 7th of October. The destiny of American liberty was in he hands of a few undisciplined militia. It over was in better hands than when it was ntrusted to those brave men who fough't and tied and died and won the victory over CoL Ferguson on King's Mountain. The order is ,-iven to march. On they go, with the steadi-less of veterans. Every order is executed pith as mpch promptness as if they had been rained regulars. The British commenced to fire upon Shelby's aen as the right wing passed round the mounain. McDowell returned the fire, and the acion became general. The keen crack of the leadly Deckhard rifle, and the Indian warrhoop, heard all round the enemy's camp, antounced that every man was in his place. Fer;uson ordered his regulars to charge upon the ight wing of the Whigs. * This droveMcDow- ' 11. Shelbv and Campbell back; but at this very noment Chronicle, Hambright, Cleveland and Villiams had ascended the opposite extremity >f the mountain and driven the British ana ories behind their wagons. Ferguson was lere himself. His men were falling on all sides, le immediadely sent for DePeyster who had edthe charge against McDowell, Shelby and Campbell. As DePeyster passed back along he ridge, the South Carolinians, under Wiliams, poured in a deadly fire upon him. His anks were soon thinned, and the regulars hrown into confusion. Tney, however, soon allied and made a dreadful push against Chroncle and Cleveland, driving them down the nountain. Here Chronicle was killed. The iharge of the British upon the left of the Whigs ras mistaken by the right under Shelby, McDowell and Campbell, for a retreat, and the houtwas raised, "Huzza, boys, they are rereating. Come on." On, on, the left-wing >f the Whigs, in solid phalanx, rushed upon he enemy. Ferguson was now forced to meet he right wing. The left-wing, as the right ving before had done, mistook ?he charge of he British for a retreat, faced about and ushed upon, as they thought, the retreating oe. Thus each charge of the enemy was misaken by the Whigs on the opposite side for a etreat. Ferguson galloped back and forth Jong his lines, encouraging his men with enreaties and with curses. In spite of all his kill and the desperate courage of his men, his [round was taken from him and he Was forced o occupy a small portion of the ridge near the lorthern extremity. He ordered ma cavalry o mount; but this move proved unavailing, ['he men were shot down as soon as they nounted. He prepared for a last and desperate charge. The tories were ordered to aharp!Q the handles of their butcher knives and listen them in the muzzles of their guns, and, viththe British regulars, charge upon the rebils. This also was of no avail. The Whigs rere all around them, and confusion was in he British camp. DePeyster hoisted a white lag. Ferguson pulled it do^n. DePeyster aised it at the other extremity of the Bcitish amp. Ferguson saw it and darted, at the nil gallop, and with his sword, cut it down, wearing that he would never surrender to nilitia. He had been wounded in the hand, >ut in this wounded hand he bore a silver vhistle, whose shrill sound inspired courage in lie already vanquished. A ball from some un:nown ride, threw the hero from his charger, md DePeyster again hoisted a white flag. The tories and British ceased firing, but the ("Hiigs either not understanding the import of l white flag, or knowing that it had been misted twice before and was pulled down, coninued to fire. The officer* ordered their men 0 cease firing; but the blood of the Whigs vps warm and fire they would. CoL 8helby lien ordered the British to lay down their irms, and the men would understand this as 1 sign that they surrendered. This was done, rad the British were ordered to leave their juns, most of which were loaded, and march ;o another place. The Whigs then marched lp and took possession of the enemy's camp. The victory was complete. Neither horse lor man escaped. The whole force of the British amounted to eleven hundred and twen;y-five men, of which number eleven hundred ind five fell into the hands of the Whigs. E'wenty were out on a plundering expedition. }f the eleven hundred and five taken by the iYhigs, five hundred and five were either dead >:r so badly wounded as not to be able to be noved. The Whig loss was twenty-eight killid and sixty wounded. Everything pertaining ;o the camp of Ferguson fell into the hands of lie Whigs. Besides his provisions and camp iquipage, the Whigs got a number of splendid lorses and fifteen hundred stand of arms, and i supply of powder and bullets. When the jutriots saw what they had achieved, they raised a shout which was heard for "seven niles on the plain." The Whigs slept on the battle-field the night ifter the fight. The next morning the dead vere hurriedly buried, the wounded Whigs :ared for, the enemy's wagons burned, and the >atriots departed. Lacy and Hill marched lown into *York county and encamped on Bullock's Creek. Campbell and the North Carolinians took the prisoners and hastened to jet beyond the mountains. As they had nore prisoners than men, and as it was imjortant to save thd captured guns, the flints vere all removed and the prisoners made to :arry them. At Bickerstaff's old field, a court martial vas held iu order to decide what should be lone with some notorious tories. Thirty were fn Vu? hancrAr) hnt all hut nine of /V11UVU1UVU wvr WV ) --? ? he most notorious were pardoned. No victory ever was more complete than ;hat of King's Mountain, and none was more imely for the interest of America, The Britsh, tories and loyalists were panic struck, and he "Whigs encouraged. 8?" The inventor of shoes for walking on he water gave an exhibition at Memphis. 3e stepped holdly off the levee, but the buoyincy of the shoes was not equal to expectaion, and he immediately sank into the river. 3e was so nearly drowned when rescued hat they rolled him on a barrel. No more uccesdful was the trial of a flying machine it San Francisco. The inventor started from i housetop, fluttered briefly in the air, and ell into a stream, where the apparatus neary caused his death by*sinking him. WoT Tubs and pails saturated with glycerne will not shrink and dry up, the hoops vill not fall off, and there will be no neceslity for keeping these articles soaked. So lays an exchange. . l \* -