Part 23 (2/2)

for when I asked him how his men came to be hurt so, he did not, like that beast Tarleton, turn black and blue in the face, and fall to cursing the d----d rebels Oh no! not he indeed

But he said with a sht, eneral Marion

”Now only think of that, general! And besides, when he was going ahat do you think he did? Why, sir, he sent for ood iven you, and also for taking care of the doctor I a to leave with you, and the sick people, who ht yet?

”I told him it was no business of mine to fix a price

”He seemed surprised, and asked me what I meant by that

”I answered that I was now all one as his prisoner, and prisoners had nothing they could call their own

”My king, ainst s

”I told him I wished to God all his countryer and nakedness, and cries and tears of htily hurt

”I then told hi all that they wanted, for the round to pay, as he had done, had turned in to plunder, and then set fire to the houses, not leaving the s and children a cover over their heads, nor a bit of bread for their mouths, nor a stitch of clothes for their backs

”My God! said he, and is this the way that my countrymen have co does not know any thing of this, nor does the English nation, I am sure

If they did, they would certainly call those officers to account

Such men will ruin our cause For the word of God assures us, that his ear is always open to the cry of theand orphan; and believe me, madam, I dread their cry more than I do the shouts of an enemy's army However, madam, (continued he,) I have not ame as hard as he can, so let ain, I iving ed to leave the matter entirely to himself

Upon which, after a moment's study, he looked ata-piece man and horse, all around, will that do? I replied that was too reat deal too iven him and his men

Not a penny too much, madam, said he, live and let live is the royal law, uineas here, into my hand! and said er with ive me more trouble and cost than we had counted on, then I must send a note to him, at such a house in Charleston, and he would send eneral, would it not be a burning shaentleht to the old lady's history of this a him to hasten our breakfast, he looked very pensive, and at a loss what to do However, as soon as the troops were refreshed, he ordered my brother, colonel H Horry, who led the advance, to remount, and push after the enemy with all speed

We followed close in the rear For an hour the general did not open his th heaving a deep sigh, he said, ”Well, I suppose I feel now very much as I should feel, were I in pursuit of a brother to kill him”

About three o'clock our advance came up with the eneleton'sinstantly commenced, and was as spiritedly returned by the British, still retreating Our marksmen presently stopped one of Muckleworth's captains, and several of his round at the very spot where we happened to join the advance

The sight of these poor fellows lying in their blood, gave the general's wavering enerosity; for he immediately cried out, ”Call off the troops! call off the troops!”

Then turning to his aid he said, ”I cannot stand it any longer; e yon Englishuards theenerous Muckleworth shall save this handful Let us turn and fight other eneeneral's orders were quickly passed on to the troops to cease firing

And to their credit be it spoken, they never, I believe, obeyed his orders with more alacrity than on this occasion Indeed I heard enerosity to their wounded comrades and to the poor , had so won their hearts to hiainst him; and they said also, that, for their parts, they had rather kill a thousand such savages as Rawdon and Tarleton, than hurt a hair of major Muckleworth's head

From the effect produced on our troops, by this amiable officer's conduct, I have often been led to think favorably of a saying common with Marion, viz, had the British officers but acted as becaht easily have recovered the revolted colonies

Never did the pulse of love towards a parent state beat stronger in human bosoms, than in those of the Carolinians towards Britain

We looked on her as indeed our mother, and on her children as our brothers

And ah! had their government but treated us with correspondent kindness, Carolina would have been with theht easily have done (for there was a ti time too, when the whole state was entirely at their feet,) had they then said to us, ”We are far richer, far stronger, than you; we can easily burn your houses, take your provisions, carry off your cattle, and sweep your country with the besom of destruction; but we abhor the idea Your houses, your women, your children, are all sacred in our eyes; and even of your goods ill touch nothing without giving you a reasonable price”

Had they but said this, Carolina would, to a certainty, have been divorced froress, and re-wedded to Britain