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vol. i v.m9 !PEFjblood, his voice was smM heard urgingnr men for the-cue my, and giving way,them onward. As ihc lories fell l»w-ISdUBD EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING ^ fhe Dril;8f, r many of fhethey ictrented to thd tory camp.” Ev-j Tl* *whies rUstied oiTl meTTWfth1 to promise complete 1 Re piGeorgetown, S. C.'t*r\ thing-sremed _|yyilt;;rvii'i '7 fr -1' ' '*** ****' •—« r, Al- Vi' 'ory ulicn the alarm of the reinforce- rnnn'j ** ***i exander Walker hurrying along it h 'ir i*d) i occ »sipn.nl this retreat nil the opBY J. W. TAHBOX COtniiM, wn* a!out to fire on those blt;ftrp ! public silt;\PUBLISH! Rg AND PR OPRI ETOR 3..BCBSCRtPTION.—Two Dollars in advance., hhn. when one close him csught hisI i**• I h‘*se arc on «ur side ”* *' * ' v ‘ 1 * Ull 4GV»fc '*J * l'~ j• of the field from that of Dry- ; 17rtin’s g'oii id ; nor clt;*uld the skill of gef:- f Norlarm crying.calship, displaced by their command on ! remifen*. «iopu,d -trictiv the C1S. Mm nop.p« And lb-n. »s if '»truc|c wiih n midden , the «co.i..o, rally them uo.il they had ; circ.m. M . * mm — , _ . a ■ t 1 ^ ' 1 ■ a , IstV'picion, ask'*d. “What is the greenwill hereafter be mailed unless paid in advanej.ADVERTISLXG.—Advertisement'- will be in- j [eaf in vou* li it for ?reached Bryan’s ground, where they i U to made a final stand. The British soun. firstaerted as follows: One square of thirteen lines 01leas, first insertion 73 cents ; each subsequent inaer-Tho s\h*g' had token the precaution j ^f{^ ,,,el|ef*r and sent In a flag withsorvtion 50 eta.| to put ouch o leaf in their hats that rrmr* jOYettuies lor a truce, in w Inch they i'fiAll traflftlent advertisements must be accompanied j ning, h»*rorc going info bottle. Walker i show the same cure and iplen,fienruhitDr van’s groundvvas re* mmwivli the cAsn, nnd all contracts ono-lmlf in advance p,j]jRd out th*» token, but the discovery bon to the American dead and wnuuded 1 °*'ivand the bahiiice at tbo end of six montlis. 'nil a c ’• * as thmr own.. i was already made: one of the lories weir own.The number of insertions in«st be distinctly writ- ._____, .. . . . c ,ij seized Ins gun, and another run a bayo- j tamed until biers were made lor thei wounded, and thebeinretieat covered in 1tin*cordingly.POSTAOE ON THE PEE Df.K TlMES.ten by the advertiser on every ail vert isemelit, or ^ill be inserted until ordered out, and charged ac- ( net through his shir.*. Letting tile wen- . - ■ - - --------- — - r- — .pong.., he turned and fled lnek ; ho said ,() tlle ax haws bv night.i The engagement lasted three hours the'To all subscribers within this District Free.that it appeared P* Ijim that they firedTo all subscribers out of the District G J cents perotTguns nfter him. evorv leap he gave. 1 and 16 minutes bv the watch. McClure’s ;Quarter or 25 cents per annumHe thought h*» heard sumething full inI .mcommand sustained the largest sha e of! 1The Cattle of Itangin—■. . i ^He himself, thus strickthe leaves, wliich lie t«'k for h^°d, for | u ^1he believed himself badly wounded, and en dtnvn in the bloom of life, was borne 'Rockexpected soon to fill exhausted , he rec- a hi r from the fu-ld to Waxfmv i 'Vlt*^n.. ... j rf.. i. ii ,i i. i i •. 1 /Hollecttdiiie intoleiable thirst he had wit- '.Church, where ihe next day, his mother j m,1‘I have concluded to give a descrip- nested in those bleeding to death, and 1 came to nuiso her gallant son. Tins stl0r9tion of the ‘Hanging Rock.’an ! an pc-count of the battle fought near it. on the i had now reached ihr* branch nn 1 stoop.hi nmu'h liegnn to feel parched. He was thought to be one of the most spir*mai7th of August, 17S0. Tin Hanging ed d\vn .to lt;1 rit k. Major Nixon, uhi}ited and best fought battles bv our rawnunmilitn and vohintCers .against Briliidiet nR'*ck is in Lancaster District, nnd re ! was goingupfhe hi!! when 'In* t fi**s fir- regulars, during fhc Revolutionary war.seamarkahle not only h*fits association ! e.l on McClure’s line, had tripped on thewith that celebrated battle, hut as a nati“ -■ r • r. -- - -- • - - •’ -*w ‘ | rAnd altliiuigh American historians have-i»ural Curiositv. On the east side of theorcek many rocks are piled in an irrcg*sc.ihhard of his swmd, and thus, proha- not paid if due attention, it being a mere- notblv,escaped, The bullets whistling over military affair, vet a British writer hfis ! ??n5*his head H«* h id rushed on, in the con mu forgotten to u'y the subject justice. ! ^ular group along the declivity of » st*pp fu'-i *n, an ! s ring W dker turn, had al- Here I might clo^e. hut 1 cannot Wvehill. That called the Hanging U ck :s so turn d h ck. A- his c -miaide stbop- j the wounded p.«r some otber cfrcum-« single mass i worny feet in diameter.affe0 •».*% •«» lt;•#« *»■ lt;• ii» * I I MIedio the water he leaped over him. j stances unnoticed. The wounded wereiA •. k • I I I I u u 11which it gives its mmv, U sco- ped in o was ( -{ hurt but his powder horn vv-.8 ; the lfith August, Ccn. Gates was defenFouiHi he j a l carrjpu tb tt»p \\ axh »w Lhurcli, On i W!1iuda regular arch, un ler which sever d per-se veir! y v\.,gons might he sh'df * e 1.H. nunded, !». ii g pierced through t *d near Camden and theIts edges arc*! with a rfle ball, uliiclilost the gieat* rfingeo wiiii tni kc. wh'cn 'ssupp i-eu t«be caused by fin-s kin«H»*d 'here bv him%ters and by the Catawba Indians. f.»r 1p'Ut “fits cements. Tics was what liecontinually coming apd passing frommuIvthat disastrous firld. It is thought thathul ; l ! { «n the leaves, and j McClure’s death was hastened if notex'if rhad heard mv mother sav that she recollected si hen they used to camp underth tight vv *s his b! (d.' ~ . w ■ I ♦caused, by his excitement and anxiety to 1-\v*n in*ccinma tol McClure’s take the field again; for on ihe 18'hanit in travelling to Camden. Anotherd;v»P it, and ihe right and left lines sue- : contrary to the directions of the surgeon.froC'edcd in ll inking the enemy, who gave j he nro e nnd walked across theroorrrLbeibowlder is poised on the edge «»r n large | wav j,, ^verv direction, while the vie* j hut was stnldenlv t^tken worse. Hith;;rock, as if ry slight flt;»rce would hut I it in- jnrs with sh“Uts of triumph, took the deep seated wound.broke inwardly, andto the waters below.The battle ground isnear ihh spof, t jpground; but tlmv so-m saw from the ' he hied to death in a few'Ip-urif At th-Aines «n their right, towards time it was rep Tted that the Britisha!!weon «r near 'he road Lading bom Lnn- ( Colo’s o'd field, a part of the Prince of were olt; mirig, and nearly afl were o..neSV(caster to-Camden. Cen. Sumt-e was Wales’s regiment. This regiment «p- to Chnttotte. It was proposed to burTtencamped a’ Land-'ord in Chester Dis ! peared to tie part of the tcmh rtgi'menl j him without a coffin, but his motherhe(tirt and lt;vas joined bv Davie about thelt or 2nd of August. Then, on thefifhwf irh w ns Sqndav ah ut lt;unlt;et. G**nera! Suftitrr crossed the t iv*»r. mnreltedo1' thBritish army, as the number was would nofconsent, and he was decenilv• . —■ • . '' i' ' 1 * * A ■thes’ mj*ed upon the hultons which they interred. A fe,w men remained with her i * °wore on their uniforms. This! nrn in*■ H night, a-rd commenced the battle of■ *dueed t«* believe hum t1 e fact tiiat Ihive Ling on the table h**lore me aHanging Rock a little aher day-light o. | military buoon with *he number tenand performed iho last duty to the oead.18At the verv hour, probably, that Mc-dure drew his last breath his companions in arms under Sumter! fiffv milestmwiMonday, the 7'h of August. General stamped upon it. picked up on ih.** bat- ! b» |rxvv on Fishing Creek, were routed*OWSumter’s force was divided into three di- tie ground, in 1855. 75 years aftlt;-r the▼ and advanced n 1b** ramp ofjh»ttle whs fought, bv Mr. Alfred Anih* Tories under die command of !\f ,r- drews The Americans had no suchslain nnd flying. Sumter himself on theB1g«n Bryan, H:- Jines were p sted on numbers stamped on their buUons.rond. bareheaded, making his \vov-with ( l°^ all - peed to Charlotte, ns did Gen. G itest’wo days before ! The hope of libertythithe brow lt;\f a st«ep ht'l h-ynnd the crefk j The regiment fi ed and the ohirge of! was Qruhe«i to the earth, while the gal*; lin while the British camp lav nearly half j bayonets was oidcied. This was :i m-w 1 »nt o.Ticcr vvnu bad seemed ail eve C‘nrile distant, (icneral Sum'er s line, mode of Warfare to the undiM-ipuned j L-icl ngvei suflered surprise, but ofopposed t«* Brvan’s c^nfr#». cnnif* fir«t inAmerican troops, yet they b ddiy metsays; t he reinforcement. Again, to use Walk-Slid Stimti.GoodAt vonder point, I «ee I”er’s own words: “In the distance weten surpri?ea the eneiny—closed hiertntmortal career.MIn Liberty Hall, in the very room thatSoheaid the enemy’s drums and fifes ns Mecklenberg Deelaratr«n was penMcGinn replied, “Tliat is,the po?t For Rocky Creek and me.'’they marched towards us. We stlt;»od aed by the son of the widow Brevard,deHis command received the first fire.still to receive them. As the Prince ofWaltz’s regiment hpproached, Sumterhut as his men ascended the hill, the shot ga*o orders to keep cool, and wait forpaisod over, reaching onlv the Indent; the word to fire. They had come nearwhile on the right the fire did terribledied the son of the widow McClure.Ifow different is our condition t*rthntsicofthos- veterans whef strov# for liberty4blt;on this place! Tfiev had no lanyards, • UPand• . • ,.4 t . 'U' * ! a vno storehouses, no schools, no,churgh. s; jexecution. The cTtoitest ragod fo*rfti!fv; * was a firfe tliat did credit to the Revolu- | a^' wasconfusi «n in the land ; the rat- ^ 'bulietg EL-wcred fiko hail; AfcClnre l‘on* Only one of their officers—and ‘I‘-^nius, the squealing oi fite*. thiCat!was wounded in the thigh, but plugging he an inferior one—vvns llt;*ft standing on trouper’s buglo. the shouts of the vnetn\oilthe wound with wadding dashed on* in his feet, and one half their men were a(,d camm oids■«.. in** officers, with thefront Iris men. his voice urging them s,a*n or wounded. The British soldiers i ofsiwill anus, and thundering nfjlieforward, heard alove the din of battle *t°od petrified; and Colonel Davie, ol cannon, was all that was heard andweand ihe shtieks ofwounded. The 1 ^*c Eragotm*, Vng on tht* right fl ink ! thouglit of. Now, peac« ®nd prfsperii^l M'Jdirection :I of the Ime.in a voice like thunder, call- . « lieu cf *11 ihis bus*4e; and we have !! mi• neni mor»g ih«t tones makr mh Kuppiinni s*»e.’edout: Britons, ground vour arnfts! ' to fltivstk the Maker of the Uni-IY»u have hut one offer left; to the 'he manifold blessings we enjrtyshowed their hatred of the loy«lists. Af ground, if your lives are worth preserv* af? a naiioq. But is it po*«lt;jt)te th-»t thec» t i/.eus cH’ ill** District billet the roarter firing they clubbed their guns, rushing into the camp and grappling withthe foeanding!” It was done; the men of the^ , . .. , of ibU Iwrd foughibattle piss nfF and non-Dunen. wre our prwoner.; we tm* boo tcrd ... .h. memory ofd iin heaps. McClure fell, pierced withrounded lay j their muskets, armed our men wiih them those brave spirits who fell hero in thelAfDnil . VI' i I li an.! rxfAtinfAil * A tYlflllf f hd nnilfittf et in.trflp fiAl* !tfv«hi t X fNseveral wounds, while at the same timehis cousins, the four Gastons, lay bleed-I1H\and prepared tn meet the enemy. We J efruggjc for lihettyfO, fellow-citizens, can wc Lt t!ic mat I aning around him. Somehimto his relief, bat he ordered them hack tomet and fought them in the open field*.f' !*r re8,r*W of respect fp j ltCol. D.vie, in coming round on ifce j^y M w, ,r, ,t prweot. .....right flank to make a charge where we W R hn5but an accident frustfated our hones. I *fr re8,‘ aM ^ -now, when we are In such prosnothe fight; and as he lay weltering in had broken the ranks, was mistaken bv **%. I • L[ Luncitbt' r I,flirt/inL
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Georgetown Pee Dee Times
Georgetown, South Carolina, US
Wed, Aug 06, 1856
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