Winyah Observer

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'¦^i E.  WATERMAiN, Jr.,
E.   WATEKMArv, Jr.,      )      „
.T.  VV. TARBOX, \     ^ «opitii=TORa
Devoted to News, GeilB^Jntelligeiice^ Miscellany, &c.
B. II. WILSON, Editor.
Vol. XI.
Georgetown, S. C, Saturday, A^rhsl2, 1851.
No. 59d
TRINTED AND PUnLISHED SEMI-lyr:ii;Kt.Y Hit
WATERtWAN   &,  TARBOX.
T.Tm'.~ Tico dollfir.i anrt ftfly rrnis per annum fpiid in advance, u»d Three Dollars a.i the end of he ye.1r.
said   the   vouno; : mililtirv
ufTiiirs, was second only to iliat j'TliiJM-iiered by his pursu't, could iiiake but ji     He tiire   away   the   gaimenis as ho
spoke, but ultereif a cry of jny as he e.t.
THE YOUNG DJiAGOON.
I     'Ellen, dear Ellen
I soldier earnesily, 'will you  not now  in | of ihe, fiiihoi of his country.' ¦' a  feebl^Stesistance.    Horse   and ruler
this solemn moment, say vou love >)ie ? | Aware that ;lie initiatory stepsfowani's , vvenl doWw before the imr>eUious clinrge I niicc liiipcd yoll dill, but since your ; redeeming the South, was lo arouse the . of the Americans, who for ti •.\iiile fiiriv ¦' father has forbidden me the hou-'c, yoti : confiilence of tlie people, he determined rtide down their foes.' Bm Briii.vh mu-I have been le.'^s kiiitl; and I fear that I j to (b'vide Iiis force. Wliile, ilierefore, lie i soon proved loo weak for fi-e combined || have lost your heart—iluit you, too, have    moved wiiii one porlion  ilown the Pee | palri(iii.sm and ctiiiraf^e of ^VaSfkington's \
censed to care lor me,  now  thai  I  am    Dee. he despalched Morgan with the re- ¦ cavalry ; nnd the   troops,   lurning >ln^ir j,
A STORY OF THE COWPENS.
begun reil— His   Ikmrer
bridles look to iirnomini(;us flight.
Iurri"(*   siuidenlv    round
¦On! on !" cried W'ashingtot), waving i, a g.>od turn.'
EV CIIAHLES J   PETERSON.
CHAPTER L
Tiiero il a tbing—there is a thing,
I fain Wniild have from thee; i fain   Would have tliat^.ly, pold ring. Tin; Spectre Ladv.
.'''he perio(!l (if our revolutionary hislo- tv iinm."'^''""''-^ ^licceeding ihe defeat at r'n,„.l..r   is s"''" remerrbeied in llie Car- olinaswilbhinV'""-    ^'''^ Bri^i«f'. elaie.l wiih  their success,   .^"^, '•^'g'''''^'"g   'he South as now conquere..'.   .'"•'.'ceederf  Ai the work ol connscalion   ain.   .""¦-"'-•i- wilh pitiless scveriiy.    lo   that tt,7'    *;. crisis many a  fjiViiily   was  drpiivetl  ul • its head either by exile or by execuiion. j Yet larger nuirtbers were shorn of their , properly and reduced lo coaipriralive in- j digeiicc.    In a word, leiror reigncti par¬ amount. I But die   common  evcnli; of life  Still ] weni'on.    The ti'aii.sticiii.ins of busiiie.^s, ; ihe sirupi;lei"iir wcdl h, nijls tif the  bus- ! bandmah,     births,    denihs,    mariia;;es, cai-'eS. hopes, fears—ail followed e.Tcii oth- ' itrdiiwn the tieep current   c>f existence, '' almost vvlioliy unafTeCied by the storm of < war which   figitafed  Ibe surfacn.    II is '\ an  crriif b> st'ifipose that  great  coilVui- ') kions dislul'b ihe whole drder bf society, ii Men  will still bate Ihouj^h the cHlii-e ha- i: tion be lurried into tj cafnp; will   strive ''¦
and cast upon him a look of tearful   re¬ proach, iliiit cut short his worils.
' Bless vou, Ellen, lor dial jnolt.' he said. Thousli my I'aiher's esl;ite is con¬ fiscated, iiiul he and I boih imligent. it is not Off tli.'it account vol! have  limked  so
: oi.'iiiider, west of ihe Ciilawbn, in order to
encottrago the inb.ibii.ints in that 'ciu.u-
ter. Mor(j;<in's corps wiis ticcompa.iiei! his sword for his riieti to follow, 'remftm- ' by Ctipi.nin VVushinj;ton's litrhi drag ions, die cruelties ol'ihese mvrmidons. Re-' j (if Which our hero hiid already become ,t : veii!j;e for our slauohtered countrymen.'
coiispicuous tiieniber. ;]     At die word, bis   fiien, thus renVmded
This division tif his army, in   the face    of ihe buichery of die Waxliaws, and of ofnnaclive foe, wouiil have  been a cap- ( die other ailrocilies perpetrated   under
poseo' ihe chest, for there, tight over ihu heal, lay a miniature, which had stopped the baih
Washington looked at the picture, and niuiterc.l:
'Iia! I have heard of this—and now I will see if I cannot do my 3'ouog friend
¥
ty^PTERIlI.
.At.irry nC'V(?r for hoiLseS-fv^or m.lrry for lands, rfor marry for auyiliiiig, i>uy*nly Iovk.
Fa.mily Gluipiit:!,r.
When our hero, ai''ter a long interval J coldly on ti'ie lately. Sny then, dearest, ! iial error, bul forihe pojiticti! advanl.-iges ; ''"^ pye of T.Tileton, .spurred their hoi. ' of unconsciousness, opened his ej-es, lie il rtnlv say ihiif I have been mistuken in it ofTered, and which overbalancied fhe \ "es on afresh, and dashed on in pursuit, i found himself lo his surprise, in a large ¦ ihiiikinj]; you at a!I altered. ;; military ones.    Cornwullis, then in com- ,j A complete panic had iww taken posses- j and eleoantly  furnished apartment, en-
Auotlier hmk, cqiia.''y clr.qucnl, tin-| mand of die roynl .Trmy, determined to j si"" of die royal civalry, who hurried j tirely strange to him. He pulled aside ; swered him ; bul slill she di:' not speak. '; frusirnte the success of Greene's plan hy ^ on at full gallop, each man ibitiking on- j the curtains of his bed vviib bis uninjured ,'      'Oi(X Ellen,' he  coiilinueo,   ' when I j cu fling ofT Morgan'.s detachment; and j. b'"f''i'liself.    Chjoe  on their heels fob i arlb, arid looked out.    An aged female
.tm faraway fightingmv country's   bat- ; accordingly ordered   Colonel   Tiirlelon, \ l"»ed the indignant Ainerican.s,  cutting | servant sat watching him. i lies, what bliss it would be to  kiio-.y ti'ui't a with his reninvned driigoons, accompa-'j do'-vn   mercilessly  every   red-coat   ihey
f     ' What mnssa want ?' she said. ' you someiimes think of ii\e ; and that ii'i nied by a competent force of infaiiiiy to |, "^'eilook,  until   the  road   was   si re wed ji      ' How did I get here? he asked. ;! should full, you would shed   a  fear for " i/ive pnr.suii. i'^''''   ''•''  ''*-''"'¦    Foremost  in this pur- |     'Captain Washington heself left you
me.' i(     j\' WHS on die I4ih of January, 1701, n ij sidl rode V/ashiiigion, a   precedence be J! here, massa, after Ihe great  battle,    lie
His lis'icncr n\ ihese words wept free- i day ei'tr to be remenibered in ihe annals , owed not only to his siiperior steed, but ; sjigeon staid to dress your arm, and den Iv, a.''^ "''"^" ^^''^' •''gilaiion bad some- '; of otir ciiiindy. lliat the heroic Morgnn 5 'ds eagerness to overtake an officer just ; f.illovv arter de Iroops, who had lick de ^.J,.„ .,^^3^.,;, spoke. I lonrriod iheifi'nger in   which  lie   stood. | Ji|u;iid,vylio  he judged to  be  Tarleton ; red-coals, dey say. all to pieces:'
'Albert'    shti   sa;!/,  'you   have con-ij He delefmin.'d iairnedialely lo give bai- quered.    Know then ibid 1 del love you.';; lie.    For lliis purpose be hailed at a place
Anhe.^e words the impetuous young |, caii'ed die CovVpens. niid having drawn man claspeil her in I.is arms, but slledis- | up bis ir.-'ops, awniied, though not with- cngaged herself, saying : I out anxiety, die iippe.-Vrance oflhe foe.
'Put while mv bilher oppo.sc.'? your !| I'lie allack o.f Tarlelon, as usitai, was suit, I ciiti never he vours. The con- ¦ ini|ietuous, and lli-r awhile iHe American sciousnessofhis iipproval has  made  nie ij niililia were driven lu-lplossly beh.-re it;
li himself, from his eflbrts lo rally the fugi- iJ     ' Yes, I kdow—then the ariiiy has pur- ''^t^s- \ sued its march to the Catawba ?'
Il hab, massa;   and you be to stay
The tremendous pace a! which Wash- ingion roiie, at length carried him so far ij here till vou well.' ahead of his inen, dial,   at a bend of the I     'But where am I ? road he found himself totally alone.    At {     The old negro woman smiled until sho
this moiTienf, fhe Briiish, looking back, perceived bis sitiiatiod and immediate¬ ly lurned on him ; bis principle assail¬ ants being Taileloti and two powerful dragoons.
showed all her teelh. ' You no know, massd.' 'I do not.'
'You forgit tne, massa Albert—me, f Missus lEllen's mama ?'
affect a coldness which mv iit-.Trt belied,;; but soon llley rallied, under cover of a in die hope that you vvotilil ihlnk of some | few conlinenlah belonging to Morgan',s ohe more worihv of vou—bui—but,' command, and in turn forced the Briiish she hesitated, then quickly, ad.led, 'in a j to give ground. Tiiese biciveseltliers of ;! Knowing, however, ihal assistance] ' Good God T cried our hero, scarcely word, if it will comf.;ri you, when away, ] ihe'line, led bv their Colonel, now charg- 1 "^"sl be close at hand, Washington res- believing bis senses, and.scrutinizingher loknovvihatlihink of" you,   and   prji)-J ed with ihe bayonet,   when  ,he route of || "'""-Iv''dvanced lo meei the ehemy, de-    tbatures, 'caii   it   IJe ?   You  are inr^eed
ternimed to seize Tarlelon lor his pris- she. And ihis is Mr. T/]ordlik«'s house.' oner. But, before he could reach the J He had starled up in bed, and was Colonel,   the Iwo  dragoons   dashed  at   how confronted by the figure of ihe own-
foryou, po forth  happy—the misery is jj the infantry vvas complete.
for the dro.ss of earth ; will Still, if yoitn'g, i j-,j|. ^^ „ ho  stiiy   behind, and   who  are ;|      Wiisbinglon,   with   his cavalry,   had generou.s, risk their heart's  hapiiincss iri ' f,n«|',sus for the fdle of the absent.' |j been waiting   impalienlly  a  chance  to
love.
It v\'as towards the close of a winter's
His iroops shaied bis enlhusi-    c''"-'^^ •''"' '^"^^¦" "'''^ ^ s'"Sle blow of his | last seen upon hini, smiled kincily upon
voting and already utihnppv beings  held    asm.    Com[)oseil chiefly of younu men ij
eachoiherina firsi enibrac^. \ <^f family, and mounted on thorough bred I      ^"bin the meanlime,  iHe  other dra-
!l was only  for   a iimmenl.  however, i| animals, they presented a ibrmidable ap-
ihal Ellen yielded to weakness. Rais¬ ing her head, and brushing the fears fiiim hereyes, she said, while crimson blushes overspread hei' f<i'3e—
'Anil now, farewell—perhaps nl! this is wrong—but I could nol see you leave me in anger.'
'God bless you for those kind words,' sa'd Albert. 'Bul, Ellen, before ymi j:o one more request. That mini.iture ilinl bangs iibotit yiDur neck—is it loo much to rii-ik fiir ii ?'
She hesiliiled ; then ;is sleps \yere heard on die road, suddenly gave it to him. He drew a heavy signet ring bom his finger, and said, tendering il in excliiini.e—
' Tiike this, and let us be true to each iitlicr, sii help us Goil!'
And with this afljuration,  be sprang, over the fence to conceal himself behind the bushwooil, white Ellen, liaslening up the avenue, was soon lost in the   obscu- ; riiy ofthe Imtir. '
The wind signed mour.ifutty  throii'gh i the pine woods as this belroihiil was cori- Stimmfiled,   and   ihe  dark, slailess   sky overhead, looked down with bis wearied ¦ and melancholy face. !
j pearance, as they stood awailing the Older lo engage, the horses, champing al the bit, find the riders nervously finger¬ ing their swfiid ; they saw die onset of iheBiiiish, the flight of die first line, and the pnriiiil [laiiic ihat extended ihrougb die foot solders with horror ; but Slill   their   leadei'    remained   unmoved.
The tears fell fast   as she spoke,   and, i participate in the fight ; bul having been |j ''i'".''"-'""^ "" 'he right, the other on   er of the mansion   himself, who entered . cbncluding.suffeied her bend lo bedrawn . stationed as a partial reserve, the   order || '''c 'eft.    He saw tmly iHe first of them,    al an opposite door ; bul who, instead of i;vening. ihat a youth of nible  mien and ; ,„ h,.,. |,,ver's shoulder, wiiile a deep and : for him to engage did not for some  time | li|'wever,  and   acct^rdingly  turned   on, | wearing the angry air which Albefl had handsome features, stolid at the  fixVt  of ij |„,[i..   £j|ence   suticceiled,   as   these  two    airive. one of ihose long avenues of trees, which in South Carolina, lead up from ihe roaij lo ihe mansions of the W-ealdiier pr.'orie- lors.    For nearlj' half an   hour   had  be been ihere as if awaiting the   approach of .som^ one from the house; now lo.ik¬ ing anxiously up llie long iiveiiues,  fiotv restlessly walking  lo anrl fro.    During thill iiiiervnl but one  person had p.'issed along ihe highway, and the notice of this ' one the viiuih  hnd   skill'iillv avoided   by '
¦* * ¦ ¦ ¦!
concealing himself behind Some dwarf;'
trees wiiliin ihe ptantaliim fence.    This«l
act, as   well    as   his   whole  demeanor,
proved that be was awaiting some secret
interview. [.
At last, just when th.e dusk   began   to
dripm iiiio tii;:lit, ihe fuller of a   "vhiie
dress was seen coming down ihe avenue.
A minute more, and a   beaiJiilul  giil of
eiRliteen     summers   appeared   on    llie scene.
'Albert,' said ihe new comer, as the youth, seizing her hanil passloiinlely ki:?- seil'.t. ' I have n<)t a second lo stay. It vvas wiih difliculiy I could leave ihe house unseen, antl my absence has doubt¬ less been noiiced before ibis; what we huve to say must therefore be said at ^nce ; why have you souf«ht ibis inler- View ?'
'I have soOphi it, Ellen,'he replied, still holding her hand, ' because, despair¬ ing of gaining your consent, I have vol- unteered in Captain Washington's cav¬ alry corps,and to-irmrrow set forth. Per¬ haps you will iieversee me more. I could nol leave ihe neigliborliood wiihout see¬ ing you once more, and   bidding you an
\ sabre, then rushed at TarJetbn himselt"'.   || him.
'I vvas passing along the corridor,' ho goon was advancing, totally disregitrc^ed f said, sealifig himself on the bed side fa- upon hini, and with uprai.'-ed blade j miiiarly, and taking the hand of. hi? would have cut him down, had nol our | wounded guest, 'and heat ingyour voice, hero, who had p'iessed cliise after his lea- | learned (br the first lime thai you were der, al this instant wheeled around ihe i awake. Accoidingly 1 made bold to en- corner of the wood. Al single glance | ter, in order to assure yoy of a welcome, he ibok in the whole scene. Albeit saw |; When we last parted, Mr. Scott,' ho that before be could come up Washing- j: s-jid, noticing our hei-o's look of aston- ton \vould be slam unless the fire arms :' ishment, 'il was with ill-feeling on both Many bad never been in battle before, j "^'""^ ^^'f'i'b'yed. In this emergency hij |; sides. Let it all be forgoiten. Whatever and such believed the day lost ; among ii ^'^ ""' ''''* '" disobey the orders u^ his |; I said t'leii I now recall. Jn saving lie these was Albert. " " | le^^der.    Jerking a pistol "from   i,)s hoi- ij life of Captain Wasliington, who is my
Al last the confusion became so great \ *''^''' ''^ "imed lull al the dragoon, just ' i^earest friend, yoii have laid me under around ibem, dial iroons soundisciplined, \ "^ '''^ sabre of ibe lat»,er was sweeping i infinite obligations, and at his reque.'Jt 1 if less brave, would have iiiken to igno-[j'^'"'^"'"^ ^^'''s''''''o''''n's head. The man have consented to overlook the past, miiiious flighi ; forihe delealed mililia j|'"*"'^''*''^ ''*-'"'""'',^: down from hbs saddle, I and to give you my daughter. 1 only were pouring down ujon iliein   from all j! '^'^ sw'oid bury mg itself in the dust. { make a single stipulation, vyhich is,  that
sides, almost compelling them to break ' ^^''' w-'no is dial ?' said Washington j'you will not ask her hand until this war ihei- ranks, orsee fugitives perish uniler s'eriily, so astonished to find his orders f is over, which,' he added, lowering his the   hoofs   of their   horses.    But   now ;'^'s'-^'oeyed, lliat he lurned, a movement ; voice,'cannot be long, no.v  that things
Washingion seemed lo   rouse from his i 'bai Tailelon took advantage of lo make
-you!'
have begun to go so auspiciously.
Our hero well understood the charac¬ ter of Mr. Thoidlike, who was noted for
imiclion.   Orileriiig his n first to cilow ii his escape.    ' You, Albert!
die Hying miliiia to gain iheir  rear,   he I      ' There was.no other way,' answered
then diiecied ihem, his sharp, quick I""''he"'-""^ ^e pointed lo the dead dra-|| his prudent adherence to which evtr tones, showing that ihe moment for ac- !¦ R"""; ''" S'»ve your life. His sabre was i side was uppermost, and he attributed lion hud come, to close up add prepare i "''ddn six inches of you when I fired.' ' this sudden change not only to Captain to charge. I     '^^ '^""''' ""' he helped, then. I sup- f Washington's intercession, biit also to
As be spoke, he pointed wiih his sword i; P''^^- »iisw»e4-ed Washinglbh, who now j, the prospect there now was ofthe tri- ahead, and iiur hero beheld ihe renowned J C"mp'ebeiided ibe even!, and saw that j; umph of the colonial cause, in which regiment of Tarleton coming down upon j he owed Fit-, life lo the cjuickness of |. case the confiscated estates of the elder upon them  at  full   gallop, and   amid   a    'h""Shl of his young friend ;   ' but stay. | Mr. Scott, would be restored.    He kept
ttoud ofdusl driving before them a mass : )'VB "';'^ yourse
If hu
this to himself, however, and expressed
CHAPTER IT.
Heariil ye '.he din of batde bray.
Lance to fance, and home to horse GbaT.
Iris well known that, after the defeat
i of dismayed fugitives. :'      ^^ he spoke, he saw die blood issuing ' hisihanksfor Mr. Tbordlike's hospitality.
The keen eye of Washington hieas-'j fri-in ihe sleeve of Alhert. and immedi-!, 'But I shall owe you even more,' ha urtdfor an instant ihe distance between ;i.«"ely aher the young soldier reeled and j; added, 'for the happiness with which Ihem, and then said— li'-^ell senseless lo \\m ground. ' your promise has filled me, and I cheer-
'I wanf no fire-arms u.-^ed to-day, my i ^wo pistol shois.had been discharged ^ fully accept your erms. Meanlime let eternal farewell; and as your father has of Gates, Congress hastened to supersede lads. Slick to die cold steel. And now ; '^"""'he enemy, Washington now re- ine rise, und pay my lespccts (o the fa- forbidden me from entering the house, that General and appoini Greene to sue- i for God and your—charge 1' collected, immediately aher Albert had :' dies in person—I am sure I am well there was no ineihod of givin|i you   nVy    ceed him.    At  the period of fhe  inci- i      Away went the troops, like a thunder- i fi'"^'^-    On  exaniinalion,   one  halt   was : enough.'
adieu, except by soliciiing an inierview.    dems relaied  in   die last chapter, the ; bolt suddenly loosed from a cloud, wiih j '"und in ihe firm of our hero.    The other ,      Our hero, however, was compelled to The tears had starled to the  eyes of   Commander-in-Chief had arrived in the j evtry scabbard jingling, every steed snor- j had   peiioraied   the   coal, immeiliately    keep his bed for two entire days, in con« his listener, but she   lurned  away   her    South and, was organizing bis forces.       (J ting wiih excitement, and the solid earih i "vc'he heart. : sequence of ifie  fever,   a period   which
head lo conceal ihem;   and   for some        His    very   first   proceedinfj*showed i shaking under Ihem.    In full career they        'He is dead !' cried the leader, 'that ^ appeared to him an age. time neither spoke. jj the resources of an intellect,  which,  in i burst upon the rank of the enemy, who, | second shot has touched a vital part.'      |     We shall not atltnipt  to describ* hit