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He we* rtiArafore nronarAa »a ATTMknt
HORSE-SHOE ROBINSON
the worst when, at the close of the
half hour. St. Jermyn entered his
chamber.
“I come, sir,” said the officer, “to
perform a melancholy duty. The
court have Just concluded their de
liberations.”
“And I am to be a sacrifice to their
vengeance. Well, so be It! There
was little need of deliberation in my
A TALE OF THE TORY ASCENDENCY
BY
JOHN P. KENNEDY
and the general unsympathizing de- th e events that followed It, the in-
meanor of the court Itself, only soke to * A
Butler heard the testimony with
the most painful sensations. There
was just enough truth 1° it to make
the tale plausible, and the falsehood
related to points which, as the*/ were
affirmed upon hearsay, he could not
repel by proof. There was a common
expression of opinion amongSi, the
bystanders—who ir general were in
clined to take the side of the priso
ner in reference to the charge which
was supposed to affect his life that
this accusation of Butler’s acting the
part of a spy was sustained by the
proof In vain did he protest against
the injustice of being condemned on
W hat was alleged to have been sa d
Jy some of Adair’s family: Jo vain
■did he denv that he had offered a
bribe to Adair for information res-
pectinc the Tories; and equally in
vain did he affirm that he nad asked
of Adair nothing more than the com
mon hospitality due to a travelier,
and for which he had made hirn ^
moderate requital—the only money
the woodman had received from him. charge.
Tile’current was now settinn violent- The court now
l y against him. and it seemed impos
sible to stem it. Q .
“It is but due. said Captain St.
Jermyn, a secoud time Interposing
in behalf of the prisoner to
rank tmtl character of Major Butler
terest of the bystanders was wound
up to the highest pitch. There was
a simplicity in her recital of this
strange and eventful story, that gave
it a force to which the most skilful
eloquence might in vain aspire; and
when she concluded, the court itself,
prejudiced as the members were
against the prisoner, could not help
manifesting an emotion of' satisfact
ion at the clear and unequivocal re
futation which this plain tale infer
red against the testimony of Haber-
shaw and his confederates. Innis
alone affected to treat it lightly, and
endeavored in some degree to abate
its edge, by suggesting doubts as to
the capacity of a young girl, in cir
cumstance so libely to confuse her,
to give a n exact narrative of such a
complicated train of events. Every
cross-examination, however, which
was directed to the accuracy of the
maiden’s story, only resulted in
producing a stronger conviction
of its entir e truth. This con
cluded the examination on the second
since a portion of Jf.
sucou.! MuU. to take W» own exami
nation on those aliened <«*'■
permi^ion therefore. I would ask
him a few questions.”
“The court, will not object, •*
Inni4 who throughout affected the
air of an impartial judge.
proceeded to the
third and last accusation against the
prisoner.
To this there was hut one witness
called—James Curry. In the course
of the examination this man showed
great address and knowledge of the
world He gave some short account
of himself. He had been a man born
to a better condition of life than i
it.” said Butler, with a bitter spirit, |
as he paced up and down his narrow \
chamber. “What favor have these, J
my impartial judges, vouchsafed to
me my last moment? Shall die as .
a common felon, on a gibbet, or am ;
I to meet a soldier’s doom?”
“That has been thought of,” said |
St. Jermyn. “The commanding of- i
ficer has no disposition to add un- j
necessary severity to your unhappy j
fate.”
“Thank God for that! and that the
flies detailed for this service are to
he drawn from the ranks of my ene
mies* I will face them as proudly
as I have ever done on the field of
battle. Heave me, sir; I have mat
ters in my thought that require I
should he alone.”
“Your time. I fear, is brief,” said j
St. Jermyn. “The'guard is already!
at. hand to conduct you to the court, j
w’ho only stay to pass sentence. I,
came before to break the unhappy 1
news to you.”
“It is no news to me,” interrupted
j Butler. “I could expect no other Is-!
su P to the wicked designs by which i
I have been seized. This solemn
show a trial was only got un to
give color to a murderous act which
has been long predetermined.”
At ibis moment, the heavy and
regular tap of the drum, struck at!
equal intervals, and a mournful note |
from a fife, reached the prisoner’s j
ear.
“I come!” exclaimed Butler. “These
fellows are practising their manual I
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life extremely various. It was to ne, j m p at j Gnt to ac t one would think, j
inferred from his own relation, that Captain st jp rrT1 vn,” he added, with
had fallen into some early indis- smllG of RCO rn; “that, they needed
•T? f i^Viie' ^Vtajor' Butler, that you I cretion which had thrown him into ^ ltttle practice to accomplish th^m
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The men who
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R'-yr »
vpnted him from ever rising above inerc jf u j arm GVPr provinoe,
them. He had served for many years , ^ rf) ^ to a familiar piP C e of mill-
concealment | in the army, and was present at^tne ■ Ur y punctilio.”
St. Jermyn hastily fled from the
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“And you !? 0 „ " Jl " j surrender oV Charleston, being at that
--rw? »*•«<> “- or ™ a -
undor a f. lsned nama, depart'
then sir?” inquired Innis, as
jermvn -eemed a little confounded by
the answer he had received.
“I was called Mr. Butler, sir: my
rank or station was not communica
ted.”
“Your dress?”
“Was an assumed one, to avoid
inquiry '
, Clinton. Upon
ure of that young nobleman | knaves*
rest of Sir Henry’s military family,
for New York, he had remained be
hind. and had taken a similar service
to that which he had left, witn
another officer of some repute.
room, and rushing out upon the
grass-plot where the guard was col
lected, cried out:
“Silence, you ba r '0 and wor r hless
Is it thus yon would insult
the sufferings of an unfortunate
onomv, bv drumming, under his very
f.ar, your' cursed death-notes? Strike
but one note upon that, drum again
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t , Hc ffontleman’s name could hftr £ a -” » jij x * » n for this last act, the court might have ; 0 f the morning had given him. to in-, “Tut, St. Jermyn!” interrupted the
.hv ike ^*” OTerloo1t **> »«•',»'<* pmMmM ..pop — '
they are a little ; 1
“This man. Horse Shoe Robinson. ’ not^ “ 0u Tb f^th^'month of July, o^iurip'! othe r trespasses. Upon this, how-! termed an
‘Well known.
one that he i officer, “you surely cannot be impoe-
audacious rebel. “The ed upon by such a device. Look at
chances jump well with us,” he said. 1 the scrawl again. In truth, are yon
Such being the state of facts as-1 “when they enable us to season the sure of it, man?” he inquired with
xx....- -. " , the 11 immediate vicinity °® c . or ’ ot ,. _ h aii! certained by this tribunal, its func- joy of thes e -ragged traitors, by so great surprise, as he perceived the
1 was- also represented a» kekmging ; a ^p n tieman’s residence, at a Another word, si , an 1 u • ; tlon ce ases with its certificate of the notable a deed as the execution of Increasing paleness of St. Jermyn’s
to that party. Adair Mmxelt led as ! he At : truth ot what has been proved before . of their shrewdest emissaries, brow.
at be was friendly to °' ir i n rivv m tiie design to ”d the prisoner. ^ ^ „ v _ it. Thd rest remains to me. With- This fellow’ Butler has consideration “My brother’s lif*' is in imminent
fortune too: at danger,” replied st. Jermyn, with In
to believe
cause.
th;
jjeff. several members of the court
smiled tloned before to seize upon me pet- —- --•> , , ' . . a . p x !a corps on oeiacnea service, aim \>y
•Had you met any parties ot lo> ; ■ e ’ rs G f Mr. Lindsay; that (With a mournful and heavy • iea virtue of special power conferred up-
alists." inquired innis, “in your jonr-1 mn > gons had actually ar-j though with a countenance that con-1 on m e, have made up a p'rivJite judge-
ney between Catawba and Broad. Jes ^ 0 > ^ eTn be gI)0ke of to;coaled his emotions under an air of ment in the cage j have forborne t o
“Wo had—more than one. rived at n e ationg That he bad proud defiance, he took his place in j do thati untllt by the panction of a
“How did you escape them. t s ! OVGr n eard them discussing the whole the ranks, and marched to tlie I verdict of my comrades, I might as-
By assuming feigned characters | overheard th ^ doubt lhey had where the court were yet assembled j! sure myself that I acted on the clear-
and names.” rl ,, rVp9 .. . a j u ^ at h and to assist in the scheme, % “A chair w j t v est proofs. These have been render-
tiieir design at the •■IwouM rather atand.” replted
this region on a mission of duty. My risk of his
nurnose w T as to act against the
my So far the charge is true and ^^^^ik wlth^ Mm at night to his foe in the field,
only to this extent. I ca ™* rb( . ma rgin of a small river near the “Mine Is a painful duty, Major But-
design= to pry into condition of t yer w here he accused him of the . i er> - sa id Innis, rising, as he address-
royal troops; I sought only * gd lreach e r ous design which he and his d the prisoner. “It is to announce
- conieshcu, t Liccxv-x. x rnnse- oft*
“My order, therefore, is, in accord-
execution, if he had an officious alacrity to serve him
rated their design at the “I would rather stand, J ei ?j a nee with the clear decision of the
s life. That, with the view B’ lt, o r - 11 1S ray .Pl m ; p - ■; ' court,—and, speaking to a soldier, I
iux^xwxxx wx - | interrupt i nK this enterprise, he bad the behests of my ^ m t ! use no unnecessary phrase of condo-
far thc-aa^ IB Sd Ifurld the eompaplop,of the ley, poldle^wopld chooee to meet | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
ful passage through a c ^irv ’ ; ’ comrade had i n view: that, in conse- to you t hat, after a full and most im-
though sadly overpowered c un . • j co ^ ^ Robinson had en- par( i a i trial, in which you have had
“You offered no money to^Adair.^ j ^ ^ his ufe which was the advantage of the freest examina-
as if insisting on ; deavored to
‘hut what I only saved by a
solemnly
given upon oath. Butler was for
home moments confounded with as-
most cogent reasons to
would have been easy to
St Jermyn again
this point, of exculpation, !’that, being 7hu“ discovered In their
you have already called a ' ar iose this man, Robinson, and the
requital d ent *^ a p rSer-“ex-1 prisoner had made a hasty retreat
cep^he added, “a guim a^ to ^ | to ^ 8 e^^the^rrativeof
“1* Twoir hlTad hpirap,^ Curry, wb.ch was
“It will not do,” said Colonel Innis.
shaking his head at St. Jermyn; and
the same opinion was indicated in
the looks of several of the court.
“I was at Watler Adair’s that night,
and saw the gentleman there, and
heard all that was said by him; ana
I am sure that he offered Watty no
money,” said our little apple-girl,
who had been listening with breatn-
less anxiety to the whole of this ex
amination, and who had now adva J? c *
ed to the table as she spoke tne
words “And I ca n tell more about
It. if I am asked.’ ttv
“And who are you, my pretty
maid?” inquired Colonel Innis. as he
lifted the bonnet from her head and
let loose a volume of ffaxe.i curls
down upon her neck.
“I am Mary Musgrove, the miller s
daughter.” said the damsel, with
great earnestness of manner, “and
Wattv Adair is my uncle, by my
■mother’s side—be married my aunt
Peggv and I was at his house when
Major Butler and Mr. Horse Shoe
Robinson Came there.”
“And what in the devil brougl t
you hefe?” said Habershaw gruffly
“Silence!” cried Innis, impatient at
obtrusive interruption of the
that has gone in
to better hands; and, to say truth,
he has a bold an mischievous spirit.
tense earnestness. “Colonel Innis,
as you value my happiness, i entreat
you, countermand the order for the
The devil has instigated him to cross prisoner’s execution. I implore you,
Time presses on us and forbids delay.
You will be conducted to immediate
execution Major Frazer,” he said,
turning to one of his officers, “to your
discretion I commit this unpleasant
duty.” Then, in a tone of private di
rection, he added, “Let it be done
without delay; pomp and ceremony
are out of place in such a matter. I
wish to have It despatched at once.”
“I would speak.” said Butler, repres-
the
gross captain. “What authority have
vou to ask questions? Begone, sir.
The heavv hulk of Hugh -Haber-
shaw, at this order, sneaked back
into the crowd.
“I came only to a apples,
said Mary. . . b ..
■‘Herfven has sent that girl to tne
rescue of my life.” said Butler un
der the impulse of a feeling which he
could not refrain from giving vent o
in words “Pray allow me, sir. toahk
her som e questions.”
“It is your privilege,” was the ans
wer from two or three of the court;
and the spectators pressed forward
to hear the examination.
Butler carefully interrogated the
maiden as to all the particulars o
his visit, and she, with the jnost
scrupulous fidelity, recounted the
Beenes to which she had been a wit
ness. When she came to detail the
conversation which she had over
heard between Adair and Lynch, and
severe struggle; and tion 0 f -witnesses, and every favor ac-
‘ ‘ corded to you which the usages and
customs of war allow, you have been
found guilty of two of the charges
Imputed to you in the list with which , j the agitation of his feelings, and
you were furnished addressing Innis with a stern solem-
Notwithstandmg the satisfactory t-S-; nity „ not to i mi) i 0 re your mercy, nor
timony which was £i\on in. your . ! !o deprecate your sentence: even if
s „, uc . .. . bait by the Bin M»P., could Btoon to such an act of sub-
tonishment at the audacity rriation to your conduct at tne house j know my appea i WO uld
falsehood. He urged to the court the of Adair, and however disposed Hk ears like the idle wind;
Improbability ol the whole story court were to abandon an acouaa.ion ’ ach allaim to speak
would have been easy,” he *ald if which thus seemed to be refuted it of
i hHd been hostile to Mr. Philip Lind- has occurred to tnem, upon subse- were better untold, sir,” in-
Lx_xvhir.Ti Cod knows, there arc reflection, that, by your own j t y d , nnis with a n affected air
disprove—-4t j confession—-given, sir. g ■ of indifference. “1 can listen to noth-
procure his say wlth t ], P frankness of a BoUier p her buglness r,
X _» O viol- tti»xx ,1.(0 rlintrif’l in disiniisp nun. " * “ . b and
are al-
Ai »
stand-
him as an object of suspicion, on ac-1 wronffP(l The simple, afTe ® li " s ' am |; !i 1 '"'‘nea°r him they conjure up use-
roum of his politics” He admitted, no doub t, true narrative made by the g ^ hi ’
“at he was at Mrs. Ulmock's at IteimniW. daughter produced a mortem - ^ ' 8ir ,- mterpuKd St.
time spoken of—that Robinson at-, tarv sf-nsation that was too powitul
tended him there; but all else that t() ’ be combated. That narrative,
h id been said relating to the visit, j ho wever, ( i 0P3 not relieve you from
h affirmed to b“ utterly false. He ; tbe of your own confession,
4vr. the particulars of the meeting gincc botb niay be true, and the charge
uxxtamen Horse Shoe and the witness, : gt j]] rP nuiin ur.intpaired against you.
and | .. Tbe offence of breaking your
parole and
the capitulation of
our path; he shall have the devil’s
comfort for it. The whole party tak
en did you say?"—
“Every man, sir,” replied the vid-
ette.
“How many men had this skulking
fellow. Sumpter, at his back?”
“They say about seven hundred.”
“And did the cowards strike to
seven hundred rebels?”
“They were tangled with the wag
ons,” said the soldier, “and were set
on unawares, 0 n the bank of the river,, guard, to communicate the new order,
at the lower ferry.” i ‘Whence comes this missive?” de-
“Ave, that’s the way! An ambus- 1 man ded Innis. “it has neither date
cade, no doubt—a piece of cowardly ; ^Who^brought
hush-flghting. Fresh men against 1
respect this letter; it is genuine, and
I dread the consequences. My poor
brother, the youngest of my family
and the special darling of his parents!
For heaven’s sak“, good colonel,
pause until we learn somethjng more
of this mysterious business.
“For your sake, my friend, and un
til we can investigate this mjj^er,”
said Innis, “let the execution be sus
pended.”
St. Jermyn instantly hurried to the
between Horse Shoe
as he had it from Robinson;
spoke also of his knowledge of the
visit of Tyrrel at the ^ >ve
“which person,” he said. he ha
reason to believe, came under a
name not bis own.
“How do you happen to be so t* 1 '
miliar,” inquired Innis. “with the af
fairs of Mr. Lindsay?”
“That question." replied Butter,
“as it refers to matters enirely pri-
v“ e and personal. 1 must decline to
answer **
Curry upon a second examination,
re affirmed all lie had said before, and
I pray
Jermyn.
•it is in vain, 1 cannot hear it,” ex
claimed the commander, evidently
struggling to shake from his mind an
uncomfortable weighh “These are
woman's requests! God’s mercy!
infringing he term's of' how does this differ from death upon
Charleston is ! the field of battle? a soldier is al-
open to a 1e*a. doubt, and
in tenderness to you. nas not been ; n \ L - .x. “
pressed; although the court think,
that the very circumstance of its
doubtful character should have incul- horseman
cated upon you the necessity of the " ' inform vou lba t yesterday, Sump-
most scrupulous avoidance of service ^ defpat ^ d thre ; hun dred of our
in the conquered pro; in e. ^pie on the Catawba, and has made
“The last charge against you is a j] tbat were a ii V e, prisoners, besides
fully proved. Not a word of counter j ( . an turing fifty or sixty wagons of
evidence has been offered. Strictly | Ktx ; rf . 8 wbicb tbe detachment had un-
speaking, by the usages of war, this der convoy f or Camden.”
The first inquiries that followed this
rode up to the group. “Where are
vou from? What news?”
“A vidette from Rocky Mount,”
I am sent
commented with a great deal of dex-j wou | d no ^ b ,x an offence for the no- ^ ^ ^ LUttl _
terity upon Butler’s statement, par- tico ()f a military tribunal. The P e ^' communication related^to Sumpter’s
ticularly in reference to fi ’i ch Pa^ | petrators of it would be liable to such rK>f ., lion , and especially whether he
of it as the prisoners repeated i vindictive measures as the policy of * *
fusa] to answer liad left in doubt, j tbp penqueror might choose to adopt.
After a protracted examination upon | Tbat we bav e given you, therefore,
this point, the trial was at length fbe 0 f an inquiry’, you must
this point, __ , , , ,
closed, and Butler was ordered back-
to his apartm* nt in t bf . farm-house.
Here he remained for the space of
half an hour, an interval that was
passed by him in the most distress
ing doubt and anxiety. Tim- whole
proceeding of the court boded ill to
him. The hast*, of his trial, the ex
traordinary nature of the charges,
his mind as evidences of a conceal
ed hostility, which sought to flind a
plausible pretext for making a «cri-
flee to some private malevolence.
was advancing towards this camp.
"He is still upon Catawba, tending
northwards,’’ replied the vidette.
n gard as an act of grace, springing “Then we are free from danger,
out of our sincere desire to do you I interrupted Innis. “I am stripping
ample justice. The nature of the of- the feathers from a bird to-day that
fence imputed and proved is such as,} is worth half of Sumpter** prize,” he
at this moment, every consideration added, with a revengeful smile, to an
of expediency demands should be
visited with exemplary punishment.
The friends of the royal cause, where-
ever they may reside, shall be pro
tected from the wrath of rebel gov
ernment; and we have, therefore, no
scruple in saying, that the attempt
upon the person of Ifr. Phillip Lind-
offleer who stood by him.
During this interval, in which the
commander of the poet was engaged
with the vidette, the guard had con
ducted tbe prisoner back to the
house, and Innis, freed from the ree*
tralnt of Butler’s presence, now gave
way to the expression of a savage ex
poor devils worn down by (long
marching! Well, well, I have a good
requital for the rascally trick. Major
Butler’s blood will weigh heavy in
the scale, or I am mistaken! Come,
gentlemen, let us to quarters—we
must hold a council.”
“Here is a letter,”’ said one of th e
officers of the court.” which I have
this moment found on the table, un
der my sword belt; it seems, from
its address, to contain matter of mo
ment. How it came here does not ap
pear.”
“ ‘To Colonel Innis. or any other
officer commanding a corps in his ma
jesty’s service,’ ” said Innis, reading
the superscription; ‘‘besides, here is
something significant, ‘for life or
death, with speed.’ What can this
mean?” h e added, as he broke open
the paper and ran his eyes hastily
over the contents. St. George! here
is something strange, gentlemen.
Listen!—
it? Did any on e see the bearer?” he
asked aloud of the bystanders.
No one answered except thP officer
who bad first discovered the paper.
“I know nothing more than what you
see. It was here upon the table. How
long it had been there I cannot tell.”
“It is strange.” continued Innis.
“Can this young St. Jermyn have fall
en in with Sumpter? Or, after all,
la it not an Ingenious forgery which
has deceived our friend the captain?
Still, who could have brought it
there?”
The letter was again examined by
every Individual present.
“It must be genuine,” ?a ld one of
the officers, shaking his head. “Cap
tain St. Jermyn was very much in
earnest, and it is not likely he could
bp deceived, jt has been mysterious-
ly deposited here by some agent of
the W?higs. The person should be
found, and compelled to give us more
specific information. This matter
must b<* looked Into; tbe ensign, I
doubt not. is in
. ‘By ill luck I have fallen into the |'™ p9 J 10t ,fi ,n pPril ®»« drenm-
Whigs. They have received intelli-! ‘ ’. . . .
might befal him, have constrained me
to inform you that my life will he
made answerable for any harsh treat
ment that he may receive at the
hands of our friends. They are reso
lute men, and will certainly make me
the victim of their retaliation.
Edgar St. Jermyn.
Ensign of the 71st, Reg*t.
P. S. For God’s sake respect this
paper, and be lenient to the prison
er.’ ”
“Treason and forgery, paltry for
gery!” exclaimed Innis, with a smile of
derision, as he finished reading the let
ter. “Wlhat ho! tell Frazer to lead
out the prisoner, and despatch him
wihout a moment’s delay. So much
for this shallow artifice!”
“A base forgery,” said one of the
officers in attendance, “and doubtless
tbe work of the rebel major himself.
He will die with this silly lie upon
his conscience. St Jermyn, here!”
cried out the same officer to the cap
tain, who was now at some distance,
“here Is an attempt to put a trick up
on us by a counterfeit of your broth
er’s hand, telling a most doleful and
Improbable falsehood. Look at it”
St. Jermyn read the letter, and
suddenly turning pale, exclaimed:
“Sir, this la no trick. It Is my broth
er’s own writing. He Is In the cos-
tody of the Whigs! How came this
here? Who brought it? When was
ure,” said Innis. “I would hot nut In
Jeopardy the young ensign’s life. A
reward of twenty guineas shall be
given to any one who brings me the
bearer of this letter. And you. Lieu
tenant Connelly, take thirty troopers,
and scour the country round to gain
Intelligence of this capture of Edgar
St. Jermyn. Be careful to examine
every man you meet, as to the pre
sence of Whig parties In this district.
Away Instantly, and do not return
without tidings of this singular
event.”
The camp, by these occurrences,
was thrown Into great bustle. The
prisoner was securely lodged in his
former quarters, and placed under n
double guard; consultations were
held amongst the officers; and Butler
himself was strictly Interrogated in
regard to the appearance of this mys-
terious letter, of the contents of which
he was yet ignorant. The examina
tion threw no light on the affair; and.
very soon afterwards, a troop of
horses were seen sallying beyond the
limits of the camp, under Lieutenant
Connelly, to seek information of the
fate of Ensign st Jwmyn.
(CONTINUED NEXT FRIDAY.)
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