Tenns of Publication «SgBSa?BMtS advance, . JUslntended If when the term for whiohhe; kjipaldehafi Wuiftfediby theScarce ontpeprintl tlabel onthfr' &*v Tb «^ r -t 9 fe i pped »*/. f«tk#t remittance be received %thle ur j# * e s, t no men ou be brought ib ,liSt to the 18 *b ; 0fflcl»l Paper $ ft& County, liree iind steadily increasing drtl bfon reach ‘ -very neighborhood in thtiConK I Itie rent: to any subscriber, with, t|e county, | most convenient post iffiiie may he : Gbtioty-. , t £. ’ ' * '’feesUVis, pot exceeding 5 libs# iager inclu igpryeu' •' : ' __i. ij - Di.R I L Jui o. .| ' \ ask« 4 ' Titi pleading eyes, ;% . • wiDear Charley, teach y°«, , S ' ik,worda-I haveheard yobr capww >iy|- ,hoeW so like to drill you.’? ' f . ; dWhat! little one, you take eominMi , ..Well, Amy,' I'm quite willing I ; aettcha company os yours , caa’l have top pinch drilling. | mstiid om there, and siog out clefs' ■ , Uke this —‘ Squad, standat ease., ~' ti nb, Charles, you’ll wake papa up s / -V 4/a’t shout like that, dear, please/* ; *1 stand at .ease, like .this you see ! " Aod then I need scarce mention Me next command you have to gire ,F g this one,,' 1 Sguadr-Attention. . Wo». Amy, smartly, after me, • J \ “fToa’re sore, dear, it don t bore yoo •IMrtrd !—Qdiok March—Halt ij H-'i | * TEere, naffj.l’w close before you, . V 2. ,«t Preset! term* —Well, look od' ,t--You dotft 5 .. {*; P We hold oar arms out.just like ttua, j! e - In aiill witKotSit£e'rifle. j ; j . ~ <CSow»ay,‘SaUita.yonr officer - j • “ Ohi Charles, for shame, how cap $ 17|, I thought that you (fere at some tnckj , You horrid cheating man, you. . i, , Chhrles “ordered arms,” without comj ;,53,. fit... smooth'd her rumpled hair, tii foam] frown’d, and blush d, and, iffi- Said softly—“As you wero., . • !,p ■ TfIEWOMAW WITH ABA fj|r. - Never ip my Kfe;did>l knows? gre? ii&hange Irouplit abort t by a babyas-ip tbfrtSaj | |f Han cer Jilnrier Ivins. The clergy,mal'vpqfo.,it AnnaMamEvans; huthewhaapuni histnhn, priding himself upon his scboiarahi! ,4nd up ciWa own responsibility spelt the na|- el-gf-hia parishioners after 1 , a fashion which ha Bo war-' rsntintheir pronunciation. 3tt'-ahj' rate.tbe juuDg lady, called hsr4effg;*od;lidr fjh 4ngings a lei her, Hanner Mirier Ivins, a»Vii,.not fishing to’appear peculiar, a(ways iil|jd~ Ulr' Dinner Marier too., Now thy land) *l|»s— fur tto sisters do me the honor of letting apart uents-diave living at a little villa called' If.: ,db the'Eastern Counties li ,|a bro ths who fuldlls iu his own person; ’ i£ funo tions of a small shoemaker and parid* jjunsta- He. His name : is , <seorge Badger. alt you bit no doubt seeirit in the newspap ;Sn con itction with aia'te famous event. ‘Gh" meonee iiptnred without assistance, andidej s|led in tltiock-op, aladwhum.be had take}/ rld-ban ced—hodidn’tweargloves—in tbe nc b|-sieep bg in the open afr—riot so muqhfH |ohoice u from a deliberate lack ,of the whrt (|jth to pjtor a bed ; arid so sensible weif ; iSrey of Mger’s spirited conduct, Were the Ij-tliligent aunty magistrates, that they sapient' lithe of feder to three weeks ‘'impnsonmhnt: jfft'was rtto be endured in a free country, S ; i|j they, iit iads should be homeless and-; ’i|hiless, ri Ik, under haystacks, and commit,*-. r |ffence. ifihey would, wander about the «try in Htch of woWkf’nhd is coat if cgidable atbose who-have no occasion , to' di* ki—sui m, rather than,give trouble: to the filers of tkoniqn, theymust tak*,the conse’t^oes — It is as! very well forgentlemen will vSieyin itir pockota to tramp about the coni «in Abe. unmet andnutnmmonth?.;and pass : 19 n fthti ; iioooks'of mountains'and nil sortS/Oft. 'tlof-the- j hr places; but vagabonds without hi flmeana J Bust he taught better manners. , In ti ,1 firmer ore, there ia no necessity for It, (end '' c-nse- ! penty looks hardy; in the latter,- here is ■ p:at, and-it therefore look* auapicirur, ijSuch, | tea, was Badger, a man with a ketftii} ape of ; propriety : 'he never omitted to touch ... s|pat to tgeaileman, and he 'never 1 foiled- it fercely at the hungry.- ■ His exploits v jpliJ nai billy much talked pftby my hmdln/|4; and hd reached the ears of Hanner Marie |||)T on Saturday, nights,-when foy’hhings’ cat vlpome, Swi.Hanher Marier who carrjed the iluiskat, ofibo and my landladies gossiped.', e||ly.— lh heroism ,of Badger baa excited, w- inn-her tern strange emotion ;so that when came u occasionally he did, lo paya visit 1 hi a ad rhiog sisters, great was the attentid ,ie ri sked from Hanner Marier; she offei t ht the hrineof Badger what she would hai : hailed ‘ii ‘huicense hof ’er. l’uf.s This.was* i fpbuh fat even Badger, though he wak rati tijhort «ghted. saw it distinctly, and/upon t ? , hi bint’ Vtpake.’ It was strange th&t be sbi) jahare ■pikeo.for he was usually a very taeiti ?'r| man, tsd I should have thought fae wquld k jvp ‘pro- W either by the medians of &. slate.’ iiM pen ®lor of the deaf and dumb alphabet; 1 nra |®ited, and that upon his own auth o) that ■tdidtpeak, and that the following sij'oit dia ! did the business.' ■’ ’ S.B.~‘Did you ever think o’nSarryi ,f Hait !»MetierV : ' • k, J r ■ B. 'Lor’, Mr. Badger/’ow cipn iqp ?’ C. E. -’Gw can 1 ’elp'Uf-■ Mr; took hold of -fher- ’-and,- and l .U|g se that conjußckion, continued:) j JWsay if! was.,to ask yon to ’aye ..jg-' ■- - B-11. (greatly agitated)—‘Well, | riißad- P, high—don’t—mind—hif— high—iv 5.?; ] . iod so the matter was settled.. ft 1 >,uat ■he Tarred in passing, that Hanner Marij-tk wheh.i at all agitated, invariably m id.a the personal pronoun-to sound like a I |djec hot why Mr. Badger used-, the ,p p|ai in interrogation, I am jiit» able than I am why retailiradefU hd •to Co. and no shopmen, and. nl}' dhe, in their selves jspon.the.'iii Raises, J“»e don’t keep theharticla.’ [I !( were somewhat vef' i Iwben heard ‘Uiht Mr, Badger had proi -ad and .for the yming lady’; iq>tune jdaot have exoeeded-five W. lit Mr. ff* 1 ' 'hoe-trade was not extensivef of was wary as constable a profose expen itihre of ie money. Huis-ever, with the e (doling that ‘he always vyos a fool,’ ~ .4 ‘she hussy, they sightingly ; eifuies whioh, they caluclated, n tjfvitb- Mason, that they could.,ml ttf.her uiefoiy an d they certainly nvited beri freqnentlrlb stay wi iltbem u!,’ te | d *Pgbadtaken^place,<at; tittar- : * -t* o - fonr-wbeele( mtbe \ ■ °- w * lat Bad been white Vi -gloves t!z - *od more gin and water { • VOK VIII. good, at any rate for Mr. Badger,) atid worked her unremittingly ; 'and whan it Wasfhnhd, at the end of the year, that she had not increased' the population, they redoubled their efforts to enlarge her sphere of usefulness, at the same time that they made ft quite plain by their manner they considered- sh« ought to be ashamed of herself. She made dresses for them; she ran errands for them; she cleaned furniture for them; she washed for them, and she swept doors - for them; in exchange for which, I suppose, she was allowed something to eat and drink {for she continued to live,), and I dare) afty she slept sotoewhere, but ns the regu lar servant slept (I am nearly "si re) in the back kitchen, and all the rooms in the h'onse were occupied by lodgers, I would rr ther leave it to; ingenious expounders of riddles toguess where/ 1 Butjas I have said poor Honneb Mainer’s ohn meads were scanty,-and her Busband'sinoome not {considerable; so they were {content to ac cept tbiS‘ inhospitable -hospitality, and were even grateful'(in outwrtrdappeiiranee) for the assistance she was allowed ,td render to the' accomodating sister?. 1/ ; i - ‘ About Banner Marier’a own dress—though shefiiade very becoming dresseu for the sisters. —-.the less said the belter; ind;ed, there-was very little to say anything abbot.- She had some, of course, and more thanjis worn io Af rica, bat not more, I should saypthan is abso lutely, necessary in a highly advanced state of civilization. She had a gown, for I have seen it ; J and may have had petticoats,for all I know; but if she bad all those’ articles of clothing,, they moat have been very muon thinner- than Is usual: her figure, in fact, was) as though she wefe clothed in a bathing-dress, and had re cently taken a “dip." But Banner Marier was to be avenged. In course of timje, she present ed hgr husband with a very fine | little Badger. Badger senior was apparently the person least moved; he looked a little troubled, as though he {didn’t know if he was quite justified -in be coming a father;. but beyond that, he confined hiihSfelf to smoking his pipe in gloomy silence, and doing whatever he was Iplq by the nurse without a murmur of remonstrance. ‘Cos o’ baby’ wnp Sn argument against vjrbich be knew there was no appeal. Had he been told to go and drbwn himself in the horse-pond ‘cos o’ baby,’ he would have done it; njr.d his friends wdre rather afraid he would do it without an invitation. He 'was certainly the person of least' account in his own cottage t all his pres- 1 tige was giine"; his sisters had transferred their homage'io hjisr whom they had before despised; and the/little’baby, whilst he bad unwittingly deposed his father, had elevated pis mother to a position of great dignity. ■ Onej of the sisters was always staying to look after Banner Merrier, and for the privilege of nursing baby, was willing to go through many men-1 ip! offices, and even to prepare Mr.' Budg ets refection. It was hin'tedJ however, to ■ that gentleman, that he might be out of the' cottage as much ns ever he- blaased, and allusions were made which justified him in supposing that if he chose to spepd his days at tHh public bouse, against which he had in for mer tiroes befin cautioned OVBr rtn|d over again byi tho uplifted voices of his sistprs, no otjee- | (ion in the world would be made. He might come | stated times-to see bis wife; but generally be [ would confer a favor by keepingojßt of the way.-{ At 1 length Mrs Badger became coriTiileseeftt‘;! the neigh hors - began to call; tjie baby was 1 found tn be‘of stopendoOs size ana weight; and 1 Mrs. Badger’s supremacy was a(r once estab- l Jished amongst her set. Rumors ! of the baby's - re iched those in high places; inaomudh t mt the squire’s wife come to seel it, and _de- 1 clared that it was a ‘monster,’ tphich froth angering seemed to gratify Mrs. Badger. 1 The rector’s -Wife, hearing "of the pondesension j •of the squire’s wife, and being of |a very mods I and pliable disposition immediately folJPwed ’ the example of her superior. Thejcurißets wife ! had 1 been already, and being ill able to afford it, had supplied Mrs. Badger with Iscvernl com forts ; and the doctor, finding what his most profitable -patients -were about, suggested to Mrs; Docter the propriety of doing likewise.— It soun occurred to these grand ladies, that so fine h baby's mother must need -a 1 sorts of lit tle delicacies, and -that so fine a t.iby’s fftthcf deserved encouragement; so that all kinds of presents were madelto Hanner Mirier; jobs of shoe-mending, and even orders far shoes and boots, were given to Mr. Badger, and arrange- - merits were made’ whereby bis copstaholar sal ary was increased. Morover.-thd sisters'saw clearly that so-fine a' baby’s mother (particu- Isrly when she was liable to barest hires* Wives, rectors’ wives, and curates’ wives, and doctors’- ypivee—all of whom were likely to‘-kaow peo- . pie who occasionally required lodgings—calling -upon her 0# desiring her to step up to their bouses do -show the-baby) should have a re pectable wardrode, or, as they expressed it, “shofild-be deconl,", and they-proceeded to act upon what-theyrsaw in * very liberal spirit.' They hod-some-of'their own apparel made'up to fit' Hanner Marier.. All this |- learned by 'I ' i#-Right 1, . ■ -" f degrees!, I had been -informed of ho more than the feet of Mrs. '‘Badger's maternity; one of my landladies had broken. the matter to me when-sbe brought my. bacon in it breakfast. I noticed she was in a state .of perturbation,’ and took the liberty ofinquiring the cause. “ Tou repollect Banner Marier, |sir-f ” i ‘‘Mrs,‘Badger, yon, mean?” • , “ Yes,.sir. Well, what do yon i " Upon my word, -I don’t know. “She’re gota baby! and Betsy « tq. W*—to do forher 1” • d) I; hope not,” eaid I*alluding pert of tbe.sentence. .' she ave, eir, and A'tetf .i Would you ha’ believed it t reach asshe wasl” “Oh, yes; I can .easily believe i depend on your'hight, I imagine," ... j “Woll.nosir; but l am surprised--Xabouldn’t ba’ thought it of herand eiittbeworthy dame in a state of admiration. Soßetey an 3 her sister oontißujed ftrsome time to go down alternately to W 4", tod. ‘do for* Mrs. Badger. and I heard no more upon tbesObjeat-; -stbto, one day, baring Mention to travel ontbe Eastern Counties line, ! its* returning ina seoond-oilaes naiut, and had arjirw};*tW when door ftas opened, ■ : - -; V 1 ~ -.J 1 '--'V In —~~ - ~ C- 1 . ■ : > r-i Sebotca irit&r ©jcttwfltow of gam m ht &eaUss l&tfom* WHILE THREE SHALL BE A WBONS DNBI9HTSD, AND OHTIL ‘‘MAN’R INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUB. WEUSBORO. TOGA COUNTY. tA„ WEDNESDAY MORMKO. MARCH 5, 1858. hink?" ;anadowa to the ‘latter neone.too. a little chit It doesn’t If'O T 0 ; II Jj 'f 2C and two persons enlered making a great fuss with a baby. I turned my 1 head away, and looked out ofthe not oaring to inter fere in matters that I didn’t understand ; bat the two persons, both of whom- were,engaged in a sort of hissing chorus supposed to be eoothihg to babes, sat down exactly opposite me, and one said: ‘Betsy,high ham-so ’ot; take Mm it little.’■ - ' * • Tea, a darling that I will,’ was the answer, in a voice familiar to hie, which, coupled with the user of the adjective for the-personal pro noun by the former speaker, induced me to look up, and there, sure enough, were Mrs. Betsy Blogg and Hanner Marier Ivins, or rather Badger. After mutual exclamations, strongly aspirated on the put of Mrs. Badger, we subsided into desultory conversation, and that thorough examination of one another’s .outfit which is usual under such circumstances;-' and I must say I was staggered by the change in Hanner Marier. She had evidently as many pettichats on now as most wottleh-—and bow many that ia, I leave to arithtoericians=-and they word stuck Out by some kind of median-: ism. - She had .washed her face • and. brushed her-hair, or somebody had done so for her. 1. don’t think she had yet been let into the mys teries of tooth-powder; but as for her 'ande, those parts/of speech were plain , surfaces to what they used to be, and the nails-were very nearly clean. She always had nice eyes, as I once remarked to Badger ; but though, be bod assented, >it was gruffly, and he didn’t seem in clineddo porsne thesubjeot. ’And she’d a pair of - kid boots on, ' tipped Vvitb shiny leath er, which migbt have-been smaller and fitted better, sewn with-lesscoarse threads; but I’ve np.doubt they were a labor of love on Badger's part, and had-been’ elaborated ‘coao’. baby.' f Altogether, Banner Marier, compared with yhat she used to be,' was gorgeous." But what surprised me most was the complete ascenden cy she had gained' over her sister-in-law. - She. ■ was a widow, who bad buried an only child.— Banner used to call. her Mrs. Blogg, bat now she called her simply BetseJ j -and Betsey seemed hot a whit offended, and quitq repaid for any little liberty taken with her by being allowed to nurse the baby ; perhaps she hoped somebody would thinkit.waahera; but even if it bud been, would there have been much to be proud of? I dare say Mrs; Badger couldn't help it. Bat so it was; Mrs. Badger was queen, > and Betsey was subject unto her. Consequent ly, as soon as Master Badger, disturbed .in'his slumbers by an unusually rough motion of the ’ train, opened eyes and mouth at the same time, and roared you as it, were any bull-calf, Betsy was content to undertake the task of quieting , him. This she.did inr-the usual fashion which, all women seem to understand by nature, insn-. much that I verily believe a woman'who bad never seen a Baby before, would at tire first at-, tempt hit upon the process by instinct,;- Then, when Master Badger’s more violent efforts to. choke himself bad-been appeased, Betsy went through that wonderful exercise in three move ments in which the baby is held—apparently in a sitting position—on the right arm, supported by the thumb and finger of the left band . placed against the waist—if a baby-has a waist—and. tossed forward* with cries ,of “ketch, ketcy, ketch," or “kiss, hissy, ktssy," (I have never been able to determine which;) and on this occasion I was the person to whom the obser vation wu addressed. Not knowing- exactly Vhat was expected.-of me, I; fell, to violently - blowiog my nese,- partly as a suggestion that Muster Badger woulden't be the worse fur a. Ijke operation, partly to cover my confusion; Mrs. Badger at the same time- demanding- of me, whether he wasen’t “a darling." I thought not, but didn't like to say so; and 1 was.averse to saying,/yes" froniij a regard for thle -truth; but I was fortunately spared any answer to the question by Betsy, who replied for me with ve hement affirmation ; “Yes, that he is, a darlin, a dartin’, a darlin’,” to the tune.of “Morrilly the keel row, the keell row, the-keel row;? and. bar statement was echoed by the other ladtCs, who joined in the chorua of “ketoby,” until vre arrived at the terminus. -■ . Here 1 had another proof of the - pro-enJi nenoa accorded to a woman'p ith a baby; ifor being of a retiring disposition, .1 was waiting, as is my wont, for everybody, else to get nut.of. the carriage, before I. did, when qnoof Ibethree who bad sung, voluntary “kqtcbies,” asked nte sharply why jf didn’t get out and.’elp put the lady with the binfant; whereupond dashed oat and did so,'Master Badger being,held by Betsy whilst bis. mother was getting oat, and alter be had been. into outcries by the three sym pathizers, transferred to Mrs; Badger. After this 1 saw. Mrs. Badger, and Betsy, and the ba by, into an omnibus, wherein were many other ladies, who .all exhibited good-will, in. making room for ‘‘the lady with the, baby.” When I. arrived at home, the, triumph of Mrs. Badger was more evident to me;than ever; the .first, floor lodger was away in the .country, and she was installed inhis bedroom; the Banner Ma nor who had slept I don’t know where,.reposed on the drawing-room floor in. a four-post bed; with curtains! jJlor.eo.ver,'both my landladies, vied with eaoh other in running up, and dov?n stairs with water and all ,sorts of things, “for baby 1” and 1 found that Mrs. Badgerwas expected to .‘‘save her strength,” and,‘‘not put herself about,” and bad a life of. com para tire luxury,-all ‘,‘pos o’ baby." His howling* dis turbed my restt.it is true, for-he wag rather more troublesome.than usual, in consequence Of an attack of what Mrs. Badger called the “dioramybut when {'reflect upon, the bane' fipial effects which be had wrought cn the con ilition of Ha&oer.M.aricr, I could nut'but think to myself, : ,“Qod bless-the little .babies!” Hut, tbgt I’ve roach _reason to thank them my self ; -indeed, I lost an appointment the other day, because, somebody else . bad a wife and and I hadn’t. I offered to remedy, that; disqualification to the best of my ability, hot it was Of no use; and I was left to wonder at ih,e inoonsteteoey which forbids you to have a wife and obildren until you can support them, and then refuses to give yon What would support them becauseyou haven't-^Pfasttys/oumal Anlrishman, on applying forreHef.and be-, ing told to work fo#hisliring,. replied. “if I bad all. the.erorlt in.4he wold.X dosldn't do it/’ t** ~' ! r ;Tv*'\ i ; ‘ ' i ». _ ; - 't \ ■feD?|fu Ve ®? i\. f : i( / FBOM THB TIOG-A SOYS Buckingham Ferry, S. C.,. Feb. 10,1862, Fbixnu Agitator. —Thinking that our friends at home would like to know something of bur doings since we landed •at Port Royal, Deo. 10th, I purpose to-give the a plain narrative of I can: - • Wben-we landed at Bay Point, we took the place; of the N. Y. 79th—Col. Cameron’s cele brated Highlanders—and celebrated they are for filthiness and drunkenness, if we may judge from what they left behind them, ibr I never' saw so filthy a place that had been * inhabited by men before.' : We found large quantities of empty buttles, bearing labels of various kinds, subh as choice old Bourbon whiskey,.choiee old Rye, best French Brandy, old London Dock" Gin, Monongaheia whiskey, &!., Ac. ' Qur first business was to clear away tfie rubbish' and filth, and fix things up so we could livedecent ly,-'which required about one week’s work, from alt the available men of three' companies.— When this was accomplished, the boys thought they would have a retting Spell, for there was but three CbinpanieStbSre, consequently battall iondriils would notbeapart of the order of theday, and there'Wag'iiot guard duty enough to occupy but a small portion of our time; But ou'r'officers knowing that it would be very de rogatory to our health, to lie in- the shade, a fewhours bocoaionally, and having our person al welfare always in view, were not long in de-' vising means by which so great a nuisance as rest-and. quiet to the soldier, could be abolished. The beach where we bad to land all our stores, was. low and sandy, and there isgenerally quite a heavy surf along the whole length: of the Island, wbiclfraade it very inconvenient launch ing the heavy boats, and landing loaded ones, as they would generally ground two or three times their length from the edge -of the water, and some one—awns one, I know .not wburr conceived the grand idea of constructing, a wharf for tbs benefit of ourselves and succes sors, that would stand for ages as a monument of the skill and enterprise of. the*bloody 45th. The plan of this stupendious work, was ns follows: - The piers were'to be Made of Pal metto logs, locked together like a log housed the bodies of them al but 10 to 12 feet on the inside, this space to be filled with barrels of sand' to prevent their'fioacing away daring the process of construction. They were about twentyFfeet apart, and were to be tied together-With heavy timbers and plonk. This work was lo be done by Ufo soldiers, and in order to have it reflect great honor np<ih its constructors, it must he done free of-charge. ' AIF-work in' camp, sudh as-cleaning quarters, clearing and grading pa rade -ground, and streets, is 'colled “polios wbrk,’’and is done by detailing a squad- of men from each company, the number depend ing‘upon the amout of work to’be done. ' How far the police license extends, I know not,' but the wharf mu»t be built-by police work. I have often seen it stated in different journals, daring the past year, that for alt labor done-on. fortifications, roads, bridges, or other public works, soldier swould receive extra pay, bur we have work many a day on the wharf, land other works of like importance, under tbe nkme of policing, when we deserved payrif ever Men did, but as we were detailed as a police equal, we had no right to claim it. We built about twenty -.piers, ranging in height, from three, ' to ten feet, and the logs, many of .them, had to be drawn"n'mile, and as there were no teams to do the work, the chief of police made horses, oxen: and mules, as the occasion required -of 1 those tinder his charge) and by hitching a drove of them to a pari of a gun-carriage, sooc- sided in drawing loads that would have done htinor to animals with longer ears than any of the Rangers claim topossess. The work progressed much faster than could have been expecredtun der the circumstances, but every log that was placed, received at least a curse from many of the men, for we.have some among us, that can, and will swear a. little, when the occasion re quires it.-- We bad’the pier nearly completed,' on Saturday night, and were to commence put ting on tbe stringers the.next Monday,-but.du ring the night, the wind blew very hard, and when we went Out to the'baach, Sunday morn ing,' a strange sight met our view., Not a vest age of pur piera was left, but the beach jwas lined for a milp with the logs, "with which they were, constructed.-’ I presume those whose; brains constructed tbs plan of the great work,, and,bad watched its growth from day to day,; with so much care.and pride, felt aomewhatdi appointed) at feast, at beholding its untimely destruction. But if there-was a day of rejoic- ' tng among those subject to police duty while they were there it was when they found tbst proceedings inf that direction, were effectually : quashed. With the destruction of the wharf, policing on so [large a scale, was brought to an cud. , .' i " . ■ About this t me, Government sent a feompa nyof men there to put up a water-condenser, for-the purpo: o .tif makin'g pure, wholesome water, froth th i sea, which was aa enterprise well-worthy th j attention of great men, for the water there is exceedingly poor, and in- the svprnner time, juufjt ha very loathsome. Prob- ably it will .always he necessary to garrison the fort with men from.'the North, in which case tha eppdenser i .'ill be of the greatest impor tance! anditw 11 also, he of great-value to ves sels going |to set, from this port, as it is situa ted where lit is >asy to reach with small boats, and is capable if running off water enuugh-to supply a vessel in very short tints.... Another enter arise, olosely conneoted with the condenser,and jet on foot about the earne time, was. tbs erection of a large bake-nven, which, will abolish the hard.crackers from-the rations qfthcosoupanls of that fort and supply them 1 with good- froth bread,.instead,.. We had to leave that'pltce before either of those;its-' provementswee completed, but we are.glad that we had a land in constructing .anything that would be <f so nmeh-knportanca to the Government, and add to the.bealth;snd ohtn&rt of onr, soooessa ra. Policing on such works will aver be oheetfu lly and willingly perf«rn»eii by - the Bangers, a jd there is not one among them, that regrets wlurt little they didiq-eonstrueting fhem. iuSow. tl uwthey are completed in cnnnec - tion .with tbe.fi tcellerit quarters, left us by! tho Totela, Bay Pc let ;e a paaitisr; that -will afford \ - 1 *r TOR. as much comfort to soldiers stationed there, as any fort I have seen. For the last two, weeks we were stationed there, oar company drilled on. heavy artillery, and-mdst of us learned the drill easily, and we soon got to be expert gunners, for we could load and fire the heaviest of . the guns five tiroes in ,three minutes and thirty seeopds. If wo ev er are lucky enough to get where il ls necessa ry to id’Su, 1 think we shall be able to do good execution with artillery; but we', of course, would much prefer our Harper’s Ferries, for we have become so used to them we (eel perfect ly atjhome with them in our, bands. r ■ We were ordered away from Bay Point, Jan. sth, and 'embarked" on the transport steamer Cosmopuliton, the same day. We did not get the bagage oil on board until about dark,' con sequently we lay at anchor until day light next morning, when we weighed anchor and bore off across the bay in a south-westerly direction, and in about one hour landed at a place called Seabrook Landing, on Skull Greek, about five miles! from the west end. of Hilton Head Island. We marched about three miles to our quarters, on a large r plantation, known as the •fitoney Place. We found a large and convenient house for oiir quarters," which we occupy : yet. -Perhaps I may inform you'of our 'operations here if~lhis letter meets with your appro bation—but enough at present. I We have no war news but what comes from the North, in papers that reach us occasionally. The boys are all well, so far as-1 know, and the company is in-the.best condition how it ev er has been, since it was formed., | Buckingham Guard. THE SOLDIERS’ AID SOCIETY. Mrl Editor.— Tbe'Sccretary of the Richmond Soldiejrs Aid Society, has received the follow ing letter.from the.President-juf the Philadel phia Ladles Aid—(acting under direction of the C.i S. Sanitary:,Commission.) I foward it. to you for publication, aifbeinga sufficient an swer to the many doubts and queries in regard to the .usefulness of our efforts in behalf of oar armies iooampand in the field. The depart ment (if Hospital, supplies being that to which we are devoting our endeavors. Philadelphia, Feb. 17th, 1862. , Bear Madam.—l hate delayed noknowledg ingthe receipt of the box, from the Ladies Aid Society of RibbrhOnd-Township until I could acquaint, you with the disposition made of it. (a-wasa .very nice, Complete box, and was sent on Saturday last, with three others, to the 51st Regiment Pa. Col. ilartraft, of Gen. Reno’s BrigadeJ Burnside Expedition, Roanoke, N. CaruliJft:. I hope we. shall have your cohtinaed'co-oper ntion, .for, as action succeeds action, the de mands upon us will be iHcre«sii>gly heavy." t (signed) Eliza P.L Jones,' President, PuladelphilkL idles Aid. , The box' sent, contained 15 Quilts; 6 Blan kets; 6 sheets; 13 Pillows; 24 pillow-cases; 14 Towels; 3 double' 5 shirts; 3 pair socks ; 3 double wrappers; 3 parcels old linen & muslin; 6 packages dried fruit; 9 hand books, lot of magazines and illustrated papers; 1 Box Dominoes. , We have now a second box undor-way, the Material for which was cheerfully procured with funds received from the Quarter Master of Pen nsylvania, in return for -'socks knit end for warded to his Department, at his.solicitation. The Charleston 1 Ladies’ Aid, have also sent a valuable box to the same address, Tlitr-la dies of:the original Soldiers Aid of Tioga, (or ganized l|ke ourselves for the Continuance of the war, and for Hospital supplies,) have also a box nearly randy. "There is also a society in Westfield!; and if (here are any, ethers in the. county, it would be gratifying if they would report themselves througVi your paper. Tbcdelay, of movement in our troops, has doubtless! caused a corresponding delay on the part nl many. who proposed to do something, if eteP there appeared to be any need, : The time has comejwhen we must “do quickly,” if,wo wioh-to aid in alleviating the sufferings of our brave ana nohle victims ofthis attro cious rebellion. BetnemheVing the many crow ded hospitals—the hard bed, the scanty-cover ing, the rude soldiers fare—tfie absence of oil the comforts of home for the sick and wounded —surely of our abundance, or even of our scanty means, we can contribute something to their needs, or we can “ Bring our patient faith, to nerve our eager hands.” To quote (rom Df. Bellows’, “The existence of 500,000 soldiers'in camp and in the field, in a country and under a government utterly un used to t her care of such numbers, will create wants which all the spontaneous liberality of all the wompn in the country, added to all that the best administration can 4°. will hot bo able' to prevent frirni becoming cruel in their pressing on the soldier ■ * 1 * * * * I ■ assert therefore, fealdcss of. contradiction from any competent authority, that the utmost the industry of our woinon c.sn do, will he re quired, under any circumstances of efficiency on the part of the Government, and I believe that thie ttecd will exist, just so long as the war exists.” , ! - - i , Wo send our boxes to Philadelphia Ladies’ Aid. " 1 . ; No. 701 Walnut Street -Gate of Charles B. Smith. . President of Beading Railroad. . We tend an invoice in the box, also a da plicate by mail. Through the' kind offices ut Mr. Smith, who himself takes great interest in Hospital work, our hot was carried free, by the Bail Roads. / ■ . •Sec. of Richmond LaduV Aid. ■ Mansfield Feb. 22d, 1862, PBOlt OABT. CALKING'S COMPANY. Camp Meecer, Feb, 17,1862. Me. Ediioe.—l have not the pleasure of •: personal acquaintance with you, but prosum ing that whatever relates to the-“ Grand Army’’ of the States,-will interest you one your.patriot readers, I venture to -write you ii ishortietter, Ido this the more readily, because your county has a.company iq our Bagiment. It is a von? good company, arm is destined to do good service under tbs command ,of thei ; nolle Captain. -ia a troa«an, with a heart. Advertisements will be charged $1 persqnare of 10 lines, one or three insertions, iond 25 cents for ever* subsequent insertion. Advertisements oi lets than 10 lines considered as a square. The subjoinedraUsyiJl be charged For Quarter];, Half-Teaxij sad Yearly ad* v WtJWßl,nt *' iuoxtaa. 6 awraa. 13 «««» Squat*, - - »»,00 | *•#> 3 do. - 5,00 | 0,00 «,00 , 8 do. • floO [ 0,40 10,00 | eolnms, • * 8/W , IS,W . * do. . 18,00 | 80,00 *o,®» Column, • • ‘ 38,00 i 86,00 .80,Of; Advertisement* not haring tienumber of Insertion a desired marked upon them, trill b* published until or dered out and charged accordingly. Posters, Handbills, .Bill-Heads, Latter-Heads andall kinds of Jobbing done,in country establishments, ex. eon ted neatly and promptly, 1 Justices VConitetlc’s, and other BLANKSconstantiyon hand. m. so. .as large as the world. Ha is s general 'favor ite amongths officers, field, staff and company, I and so far as I can ascertain, among the pri ! vates also. Ue is always pleasant and prompt in the discharge of all his duties. His mar tial bearing is -but an index to the qualities of’ bis mind. He is, in a word, an honor to the county which he represents in the field. Everywhere we have been, our regimeht bas been spoken of in terms of [high It is composed, generally, of able bodied men, and they are sober and orderly, and conduct themselves with propriety.! The fact that after pay-day, they sent home some fifteen thousand dollars of their wages, is a'favorable indication, of tbelr character.—Company D. I am told, sent home oyer $l9OO. Many regiments squander ail their wages, in- ways which are not only" useless, but absolutey pernicious. I trust, when the day. pf trial comes, our Regiment will not disappoint expectations, but will make their mark. Tfjat day may- soon come. We are now under marching orders,- and if nothing unforeseen occurs to prevent, wo will bid adieu to Camp Mercer tomorrow morning at six o’clock, and.take up out march for Gen. Hentzelman’s. Division, aeroas the Potomac. It is stationed some miles south of Alexandria.— - As the word-now is “onward,” we may soon have an opportunity to test our metal and skill-• The order to cross the Potomac, was hailed with joy by all our officers abd men. They are"; heartily tired of inaction, and are anxious to; engage in the work for which they left their, homes. Many of our men were beginning to;, entertain’ serious apprehensions that they would not be called into an engagement. Those fears., are, however, groundless, and the order to cross - the river has given new life to the men. i . O.'E op the 57th. THE 3 TAKING- OE POST DOKELSOH} ' DEN. grant’s OFFICIAL BSP9BT. - -. HsASQOABTEBI ABUT IS MS FUtO. ■ ) ; T - Foar Dosilsor, Sunday, Feh. If. 18®J. J On. G. W. Ccllox, Ckitfvf Staff, Deptfmntof Mo. r . General; I am-pleased to|announce to yon '■ the uneouditionalsorrender, this morning, of-' Fort Donelson, with 12,000 tel Is,oooprtBonsra,i at lea*t forty pieces of artillery, and a large amount of stores, horses, mules and other pub*.' lie property. I , jl 1 left Fort Henry on the 12th lost., - with A - foroerofabout 15.000 men, qivided into? tiro djvisiuris/ipnder the command [of Gene. MoLer- - nnhd and Smith. Six regifaentswdre sent * around liy water the day before, conveyed, by- 1 a gunboat, or rather started onie day-later than one of the gun boats; end with instructions f ' not td pass it. The troops made the “inarch in good order, the head of the column arived within two mile? '[ of the fort at 12 o’clock m. -At this point' the * enemy’s ptoketa were met and driven in. The fortifications of the oniony were froth" this'point gradnuatly approach idatld surroun ded, with occasional skirmishing on the line.—". The following day, owing to theTnon-arriv'al of" the gunboat and reenforceroentseentby water,*/ no attack Was made,-hut the investment waS ! extended on the flanks of the enemy, and drawn closer to his works, with- skirmishing all day. On the evening of the 13th, tbs gunboats and ' re-enforcements arrived. On the 14th; a gril-' ! lant attack was made by Flag-Officer, Foote tip on the enemy’s works with his fleet. The eri gdgeesen t lasted, probably, one hour and a half, „ . and bid fair to result favorable m the cause qf^ : the Union, when two unlucky snots disabled: thro of the armored gunboats, ko that they 1 were carried -back by the current; The re maining two were very modi disabled also, • having received a number of heavy shots about the pilot-houseand other parts of vessels.— After these mishaps, I concluded to make - the investment of Fort Don elsonaa perfect as pos- " sible, partially fortify and wait repairs to the ' gunboats. This plan was frustrated, however, by the enemy making the most vigorous attack ■* i upon our'right wing, commanded| by Gen. J. / A. McClernand, with a pi rt off of the furcehiri der Gen. L. Wallace. 'The enemy were re-*' polled after a closely contested battle-of "Several it"' hdnrsi in which our loss was very heavy. The ; i officers, and particularly field -officors, suffered • eoutof propin-tion, I have not the mean* for fie- - terminirig bur loss even approximately but it :T cannot fall far short-of 1,200 killeii, wounded -' rind missing. Of the latter 1 understand through Gen. Buckner about 250 were taken - "prisoners. I shall retain enough of the enemy to exchange for them as they were immediately shipped off, and nutTeft forrecaptslre, 1 i 1 - . About tho close of this action the rimmUni tion in the cartridge-boxes gave put, Which, with the loss of many of the field officers,' pro- i duoed great confusion in the ranks. SOeTrig' 1 that thb enemy did not fake' advantage of this' fact, f ordered a charge, upon the Idft (enemy’s ~, right) with the division under Gen-. C. F. Smith which was riioat brilliantly executed, end gave to our arms full assurance of victory. The"' battle lasted until dark, giving ut possession of part of tbeir intrehcouients. An lattack was ordered upon their other flank,'after the chafgd tiy Geti. Smith- was comhiencad, by the TDiv.*--' ims under-Gena. MeClcraand nnjd Wallace;:? which, notwithstanding the hours of exposure to a heavy fire in the fort part of thle day, was,, gallantly made, and life enemy furtherrepulsi d. > Ac the points thus gained, night having come on all the troops encamped for the night, feel- - ing that a complete victory would crown tbeir labors at an .early hour in the morning. Thi* morning at .a very early hour, Gen. S. B. Buck ner sept a message to our.camp under a fiagof trace,-promising an armistice, &c. j A copy oL the correspondence which ensued is herewith -transmitted, . .• j I cannot mention individuals who epacially,; distinguish themselves, but leave that to: dim-; nm and brigade officers, whose reports ..will be , forwarded os soon ns received. To division o«n-- manders, however, Gens. McClernind, Smith, - and Wa.l me, 1 must do the justice to say that' each of them were with their commands in the : midst of danger, and-were always ready to ex-, acute *ll orders, no matter what the exposure to. themselves.. ■ i : ■ .-At the hour the attack was made on (Son.* iliClernand'a Curomand f was ab. w ent, having received a'note irocr. T £ ''.‘Seer retjaep#^ Rates of Advertising.
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