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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,
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,«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
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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,
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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
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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/’
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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
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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*
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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#^
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