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JOHN W. WARD, EDITOR THE SOUTH IS OUR COUNTRY. « WARD-4 ALLLSON, PUBLISHERS.
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VOL. IL ’ . _" HAZLEHURST, MISS., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1861. . ' - ; ' NO. 9.
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O. P. MCDONALD,
RESIDENT DENTIST
IIAZLEHURST, MISS.
iSD>V. PARRISH.J. M. KERN.
PARRISH & KERN,
Ootton Factors
AND
General Commission Merchants,
124 Gravior street.NEW ORLEANS.
PROMPT attention given to the purchase
of- Plantation Supplies, and goods of
'every description.' junc 27.
U. ASKEW, JR.J. B. ASKEW.
VICKSBURG CLOTHING EMPORIUM.
ASKEW & BROTHER,
DEALERS in
Ready-Made Clothing,
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS,
HAT’S, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES,
Trunks, Carpet Bags, Valises,
(Two doors from the Washington Hotel,)
VICKSBURG. '
Clothing made to order on our premi
ses. under the supervision of an accomplish
ed artist. july 25. •
jacKsosar foxiwduy
—AND MACHINE SHOP—
IS now prepared to fiivnish STEAM SAW
MILLS. STEAM ENGINES, PREMIUM
HORSE POWERS, Hotchkiss Water Wheels,
RAILING for Graves and Verandahs, Col
umns and Sills. Sash Weights and Grate Bars
and all CASTINGS for building or machine
purposes, on as reasonable terms us they can
be had elsewhere. The irons for the Provost
‘ Colton Press will be furnished those owning
county rights, all work warranted.
Persons desiring information will please
address the Proprietor.
JAMES O. STEVENS.
— Jackson, Mis?,., oct. 3, 1860-ly.
VTII IT E ’"STIOTEJlT
IIAZLEHURST, MISS.
I RESPECTFULLY inform my friends and
the public, that I have purchased the
• Hotel in IIa?Tehufsl known us the “ Walker
House,” aud am prepared to accommodate
the public in a style unsurpassed by any
house in tijo interior. My table shall always
Ire supplied with the best the market affords,
my beds will be clean aud comfortable, and
■every attention paid ifiofo who mav patro
nise me. JAMES T. WHITE.
Jan. 23, 1861.
- DR. A. W. IiENLEY,
HAVING permanently located at Ilnzle
hut';-t. re.-.pectfully offers his profession
al services, in the practice of the various
departments of medical science, to the citi
zens of the town and surrounmng country.
Tlie advantages obtained from thorough col
legiate andjlospital instruction, besides the
indispensable information derived from sev
eral ye irs’ practice in Georgia with old and
•experienced physicians, will enable him, he
hopes, to give entira.-satisfactiou to his pa
trons and share at least a liberal portion of
■ -the public favor.
,E2f Ofiieu at tho residence.of W. G. Bush.
feb 13.
MARTIN, COIiiJ & CO.,
COMMISSI0X MEKCHANTS,
NEW ORLEANS.
Advances in cash and provisions on .cotton
to above house will be made by
COBB, MANIA)YE & CO., •
Vicksburg.
JOHN WATT & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
and Commission Merchants,
New Orleans, JLa.,
(3j Cnrondalet Street, near Canal Street.)
Refer to Drury J. Brown, Esq., Lin
den, Copiah Co., Miss. [Oct.31,!t>tt-ly.
T. NEELY. E. FEATHFRLY
J3. NEELY cfc 00.7
MANUFACTURERS OF
1F.IGO.VS, Carta, Plows,
~ AND
FARMING UTENSILS GENERALLY,
AT THEIR NEW
STEAM WAGON SHOP,
' RAYMOND, MISS.
ARB now prepared to furnish anything in
their line at short notice and of the best
quality. Having gone to a great expense in
•getting up machinery, so-as so be able to
compete with Northern .work (of as good
quality as ours) we hope to receive, as we
shall endeavor to merit, a continuance and
extension of the liberal patronage which has
already been bestowed upon us.
Having secured the services of a compe
tent workman, particular attention will be
.given to
PAINTING and repairing
Buggies and Carriages,
for which, except to regular customers, we
nball expect cash or its equivalent. And tor
.cash we'will offer new work so as to make it
jin inducement for purchasers to buy on those
terms.
.559* Country Wagon shops will be suppli
ed with our own manufacture of
HUBS, SPOKES, FELLOES, &C.,
,ef warranted excellence of material, and at
prices lower (tho quality of the timber con
sidered) than they can die furnished in the
southern country elsewhere.
Raymond, June, 1860.
B’lLEB B U STED!
JACK JOHNSTON vespectfnlly announces
to tlio balance of the world and the rest
of mankind that Pine Trees arc foiling, ajd
his high-pressure, last-running^
CIRCULAR SAW
has a most ravenous appetite for rosin, daily
decapitating the forest monarchs and giving
them back to the public In the shape of
FLOORING, •
CEILING,
WEATflERBOARDING,
and ©very, other variety of lumber needed
in tho country.
Orders from home and abroad respectfully
solicited, and promptly filled. Lumber will
be delivered at any point on any railroad.
A. JACK. JOHNSTON.
Hazlehurst, June 27, I860
E. V, SEUTTER, .
Practical Watchmaker, Jeweler,
—AND
PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST,
RAYMOND, MISS.
« DEALER IN
Gold and Silver Watches, Jewelry,
Clocks, Silver and Plated Ware,
Spectacles, Musical Instruments, Strings,.
' Guns, Pistols,
AND HUNTING REQUISITES.
Pocket and Table Cutlery, Portraonaies,
Fancy Goods, Ac.
EP A III IN G of Watches, Jewelry,
Ac. warranted. Engraving neatly done.
Ambrotypes, cfcc.,
TAKEN IN SUPERIOR STYLE.
Raymond, October 24, 1860.
A. G. MAYERS.ROBT. LOWRY.
MAYERS & LOWRY,
Attorneys atLaw
—AND—
SOLICITOUS IN CHANCERY,
BRANDON, MISS.
WILL practice in the several CourtS*of
Simpson, Smith Scott and Rankin coun
ties, and in all the Courts of Jackson.
Zi IT THE E B L U S ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
-BROOKHAVEN, MISS.
Will practiced the Courts of Lawrence,
Copiah, aud adjacent counties, and in the
Superior Courts at Jackson. sep 12
8. D. RAMSEY,
^uttornx©3r a/t ILja'W'
AND
Solicitor in Chancery,
. GALLATIN, MISS.
Will practice in ail the Courts at Gallatin,
and givonpecial attention to the collection
of claims at ail points on the New Orleans,
Jackson and Great Northern Railroad, in
Mississippi. Jan 23, 1861
Sira. Oatix darner,
HAVING permanently located at Hazle
hurst. for the purpose of practicing me
dicine and surgery, itt its various branches,
respectfully offer their professional services
to the public.
Specialities—Diseases peculiar to women,
diseases of the Chest and Urinary organs,
Hemorrhoids, Ac. Drs. O. A G. having been
engaged in an active practice of Trom fifteen
to eighteen years, flatter themselves that
they will be enabled to give general satis
faction to all who may favor them with their
patronage; and refer those who may feel in
terested to their numerous patrons in Law
rence, Covington, Marion and Pike counties.
Office one-door south of Drs. Lowe A
Nison's Drug $tore, where one or both of
them can always be found when not profes
sionally ^absent, or at their residences on the
oast side of the railroad. Dr. O.’s residence
the one formerly occupied by Mr. Fairchild:
Dr. G.?a residence theene formerly occupied
by Dr. Trawick. feb. 20.
HUTCHISON’S
S TE*i*lI S.i If* *1111. JL ,
HAZLEHURST, MISS.
fTUT THE undersigned takes this method
Ss£-to call the attention of the public to his
SAiV MILL at Hazlehurst, on the N. Orleans,
Jackson and Great Northern Railroad, where
he is manufacturing large quantities of
Superior Pine Lumber,
and will be happy to receive and fill all or
ders with which he may be favored.
He has every facility for shipping Lumber
to all parts of the road, and will give spe
cial attention to loading the ears.
lie hopes by careful and diligent attention
to his business, punctuality in filling orders,
and accuracy in bills, to merit a liberal por
tion of the public patronage.
JS&- Terms-invariably cash, or city accep
tances with interest added.
W. F. HUTCHISON.
Hazlehurst, November 7, 1880.
Dps. Stratum «& Rutherford
ASSOCIATES in the practice of Medicine
and Surgery, tender their professional
services to the people of Gallatin and vici
nity. march 20.
WM. '.SEERARD. JOHN RIGBY. .0.11. I’EKRY
SHEltARD, RIGBY & CO.,
Commission Merchants, and Dea^s in all
kinds of Western Produce, fine Brandies,
Whisky, Wines, Tobacco and Cigars, Corn,
Oats, Bran and Ilay, Lime and Cement, Plas
tering Hair, Plaster Paris, Tar, Pitch, Oak
um, Rosin, &c., Mulberry street, Vicksburg.
RICHMOND TY-PE FOUNDRY.
THE proprietors of the above eetablish
ment havq also united with their Found
ry a complete
PRINTERS’ FURNISHING WAREHOUSE,
havind on hand, or furnishing to order, ev
ery article requisite for a printibg office,
from a bodkin to a Ten Cylinder Press.
Type and Printing Material from any found
ry north furnished when required. We can
and will manufacture in Richmond as good
an article, and at the same specimen prices,
as any Northern Foundry. We respectfully
sdlicit the patronage of the south.
WALKER, PELOUSE & CO.
DR. W. M. DEASON,
RESPECTFULLY offers his-services to the
public in the various branches of his
profession. Can be found at his residence,
when not professionally engaged
Hazlehurst March 13, 1861. \
Steam Jfiill for Sale.
PRINCE & SELLMAN offer their Steam
Saw and Grist Mill near Hazlehurst, for
sale. The Mill is a new circular saw mill,
and the machinery in excellent condition:
The teams and wheels are also good. There
are seven hundred and forty acres of wejl
timbered pine land attached to the Mill,
and 400 acres of timbered land, suitable for
cultivation, 3 miles fr*om this Depot, on the
railroad.
For terms, apply at this office, or at the
mill. march 20,1861.
Tuttle’s Patent Cress Cut Saws.
JUST received and for sale by
sept26 R DUNNING.
s. H. JOHNSON,
Attorney at I* a.*r,
GALLATIN, MISS.
WILL attend, without charge, to the Pro
bate Court busiuess of any member of
the Gallatin bar, who is absent in the army,
and faithfully attend to any business entrus
ted to him in either Court, on his own ac
count.
June 12, 1861—ly.
NEGRO HUNTING.
THE undersigned respectfully informs the
public that he has an excellent pack of
NEGRO DOGS,
and is always ready, at a moment’s notice,
to go in" pursuit of fugitive black people.
His price for hunting is live dollars per day,
and for catching a runaway twenty-five dol
lars. lie may be found at E. L. Fairchild's
plantation, six miles from Ilazlehurst, on the
Georgetown road.
June 12. C. It. RIAL.
HAZLEH.URST & PORT GIBSON
TRI-WEEKLY ^||g|gg TRI-WEEKLY
S TAME MjIA'11.
1MIE public are respectfully informed that
a tri-weekly stage line is permanently
established between Ilazlehurst and Port
Gibson, connecting with the cars, both on
arrival at and departure from Ilazlehurst.
LEAVE HAZLEHURST
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
LEAVE PORT. GIBSON
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,
j ' Arriving at Ilazlehurst always in time for
the ears going north.
W. A. KILPATRICK.
Ilazlehurst, July 18,1860.
Fort Gitoson
SOUTHERN CARRIAGE FACTORY.
THE undersigned respectfully informs the
citizens of Copiah county that hie has
opened in Ilazlehurst, a
CARRIAGE RSPOSITORY.
For the purpose of selling work of his own
manufacture. His Carriages and Buggies
are made under his own Vye, of the best ma
terial and workmanship, and will challenge
comparison with any similar work in any
quarter. Mr. IV. A. Kilpatrick will act as
agent for the sale of my Carriages and Bug
gies at Ilazlehurst. JAMES WYLIE.
Nov.1-1,’60. Port Gibson.
GEORGE W. SMITH,
BOOT AND SHOEMAKER,
llAZUSHCRST.
THANKFUL for past favors, would
"Liannounce to his old customers and the
community generally, that ho continues his
business at the old stand, and is ready to
attend to further orders.
To one and all
1 sound a call,
To come and get your Shoes on;
From show and sleet
Protect your feet.
JJy putting strong new BOOTS on.
I’ll fit you neat,
Anjl make them cheap,
And very strong and nice, sir.
Don't think me rash,
I work for cash,
For times are plaguy hard, sir.
My bread and meat,
I'm bound to cat,
And they demand the dimes, sir.
-You may depend,
That in the end,
You’ll call my work quite cheap sir.
Valuable Land for Sale.
1 OFFER for sale 775 acres of land lying
on Bahala creek, fourhuudred and fifty of
which is bottom laud. There arc two dwell
ing houses on the place, good water, Ac.,
and a new Gin House, just completed, with
a true Sash Press attached.
The piny woods affords a fine Summer
range for stock. Address,
D. L. RAWLS.
Crystal Springs, Oct. 17, 1860.
"llAHSHALL’s
if if ria l Casket.
1M1IS is the most perfect Burial Casket that
has ever been gotten up. The outside
is made of galvanized sheet iron; the inside
is lined, first with India rubber, which makes
them air-tight, and with satin inside of the
India rubber, which makes the most complete
arrangement for the burial of the dead that
has ever been invented. This Casket is as
light as a wooden cofflu, and much cheaper
than the old Burial Caskets.
Wooden. Coffins of any kind furnish
ed at a few hours' notice.
ISAAC CLIFTON,
Crystal Springs, aug 22-6m. Agent
Provost Colton Press.
THE undersigned respectfully informs the
public that he has the right to construct
and sell this celebrated Press in Copiah,
Lawrence, Simpson, Marion, Perry, Greene,
Hancock, Harrison and Jacksod counties.
Experience has so amply established the me
rits of this Press, that it needs no recom
mendation from me. Onq^pf these Presses
is now in operation on the plantation of Mr.
IE F. Martin, near Bahala, who will certify
to its value. ,
JES*J will sell the individual right to
make and u?e this Press in any or all of the
above named counties.
' P. H. FAIRBANKS.
Hazlehurst, Jan. 0, 1861.
D. W. McRAE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, and Solicitor in
Chancery; office at Gallatin, Miss., will
practice his profession in all the Courts of
Law, Equity and Probate in Copiah and ad
joining counties. Prompt attention given to
all claipis intrusted to his care, and to all'
matters in Probate. [Dec, 5,’60-ly.
AXES—10 dozen Collins and other makers
just received and for sale low by
ocT 3 H. DUNNING.
Hardware.
GIN LANTERNS'globe
Fire Irons; Polished do; B. ass do
Dodge’s cow. and sBeep Bells
Brass hand Bells
Knife sharpeners and cleaners
Door, knob, desk, safe and mink locks
Shingling Hatchets; Claw do
Galvanized Wash Basins
Strap Hinges; Grindstone fixtures
oct 3 H. DUNNING.
India Rubber Currycombs.
ANEW article, and vastly superior to any
heretofore offered to the public,
oct 3 H. DUNNING.
Tea! Tea” Tea”*
BLACK AND GREEN TEA-Just received
from the C&meso Empire, by
nug22 E, F. LOWE A CO. 1
Cfl|ia|OT0imt5 ftdos
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING,
BY JOHN w. WAKD & A. L. ALLISON.
John W. Ward, Editor.
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Advertisements inserted at one.dollSr per
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tion; fifty cents per square for each vubSe
quent insertion.
Announcing candidates for office, five dol
lars in advance, always and immutably.
Marriage notices inserted for the privilege
of going to the wedding.
Obituary notices oT five or ten lines insert
ed gratis; if longer, charged at usual rates
for advertising. ■ ‘ .
Puffs administered from five dollars to a
fine suit of clothes—according to theinagni
tude of the ofi'ence.
The Eighth Georgia Regiment.
The following graphic description
of scenes on the battle field, and the
gallant conduct of the Eight Geor
gia Regiment, which we take from
the Va. Dispatch, was written by a
gentleman who participated in the
fierce conflict of the 21st of July :
On Thursday, the 18th inst., about
.2 P. M., this regiment left Winches
ter for Manassas, under command of
Lieutenant Colonel Montgomery
Gardner. Col. Bartow had been for
some weeks acting Brigadier Gen
eral of a Brigate, consisting of the
7th, 8th, Dth, and 11th Georgia
Regiments, and a battalion of Ken
tuckians.
The 8th marched 27 miles over
the mountains, fording the Shenan
doah, to Piedmont on the Manassas
Gap Railroad, arriving there, about
12 M., Friday. The march was
fatiguing in the extreme. After a
delay of a few hours they left for
Manassas on cars, and a slow, tedi
ous ride brought them to this -point
late Saturday morning. They march
ed three and a half miles to camp in
the woods, without tents, and with
out lood. Early next morning they
were ordered to the figlx, where they
arrived after^a circuitous wearisome,
and at tiirrMpfbuble-qulck tramp of
between ten and twelve miles.
Breathless, tired, faint and foot
sore, the gallant fellows were eager
for the fray.
They were first ordered to supponfl
Pendleton’s Virginia Battery, whiefi
they did amid a furious storm of
grape from the enemy'. Inactive as
they were, compelled to 'be under
this *fire, they stood cool and un
flurried.
They were finally ordered to
charge Sherman’s Battery. To do
this it was necessary to cross , an in
tervening hollow, covered by the
enemy’s fire, and establish them
selves in a thicket flanicing the ene
my’s battery. They charged in a
manner that elicited «the praise of
Gen. Johnston.
Gaining the thicket they opened
upon the enemy. The history of
\yarfare probably affords no instance
of more desperate fightuig than took
place now. From tfn'e'e sides a'
fierce, concentrated, murderous, un
ceasing volley poured in upon this
devoted and heroic “six hundred”
Georgians.
The enemy' appeared upon the hill
by the thousands. Between six and
.ten regiments were visible. It was
a hell of a bullet-rain in that fatal
grove. The ranks were cut down as
grain by' a <cythe. Whole platoons
melted aw’hy as if by Magic. Cool,
unflinching, and stubborn, each man
fought with gallantry, and a stern
determination to win or die. Not
one faltered. Col. Bartow’s horse
was shot under him. Adjutant
Branch fell, mortally wounded.
Lieut. Conlonel Gardnerdroppedi with
a shattered leg. The officers moved
from rank to rank, from man to man,
cheering and encouraging the brave
fellows. Som«T of them took the
muskets of the dead, and began
coolly firing at the enemy.
It was an appalling hour. The
shot whistled and tore" through trees
and bones. The ground became
literally paved with the fallen. Yet
the remnant stood composed and un
quailing,’ carefully loading, steadily
aiming, .unerring firing, and then
quidtly looking to see the effect of
their shots. Mere boys fought like,
veterans—unexcited, save with that
stem “white hdht,” flameless exbili
ration, that battle gives to brave
spirits. * .
After eight or ten rounds the re
giment appeared annilrjlated. The
order was given to cease firing and
retire. The stubborn fellows gave
no heed. It was repeated. Stiil no I
obedience. The battle spirit was
up. Again it was given! Three
volleys had been fired after the first
command. At length they retired,
walking and-, fighting. Owing to
the density of the. growth, a part of
the regiment were separated from
the colors.' The other pp,rt formed in
an open field behind the thicket. The
retreat continued over ground alter
nately wood and field. '-At every
open spot they would reform, poqr a
volley into the pursuing enemy and
again retire.
From the accounts of the enemy
who stopped to give water to the
wounded and rifle the dead, it seems
that the 8th cut to pieces the Ctb
Massachusetts, half demolised the
Rhode Islanders, and made deadly
havoc among-»tbe Regulars
But a horrible mistake occurred at
this point. Their own friends taking
them for the enemy, poured a fatal
fire upon their mutilated ranks.
At length they withdrew from the
fight. Their final rally was with
some -sixty men of the six hundred
they took in. Balaklava tells no
more heroic tale than this : “into
the valley of death marched the six
hundred.”
As they retired, they passed Gen.
Beauregard. He drew aside, fronted,
raised his hat, and said : “I salute
the 8th Georgia with my hat off.”
Of all the companies of the regi
ment, the Oglethorpe Light Infantry
suffered most. They were on the ex
treme right nearest the enemy, and
thus were more exposed. Composed
of the first young gentlemen of Sa
vannah, their terrible loss will throw
a gloom over their whole city.
An organization of five or six
years’ standing, they were the favo
rite corps of Savannah. Col. Bartow
had long been Captain, and was idol
ized by them, while he had a band of
sons in them. It is supposed that
his deep grief at the mutilation of
his boys caused him to expose his
life more recklessly than was neces
sary. He wished to die with them,
if he could not take them back home.
They fought with heroic, despera
tion. All young, all uamarried, all
gentlemen, there was not one of the
killed who was uot an ornament to
his community and freighted with
brilliant promise.
In sending them to Virginia, Sa
vannah sent her best to represent
her, arid their loss proves how well
that city was represented upon a field
where all were brave.
This company was the first one to
offer its services to President Davis
under the Confederate act authoriz
ing- hifh to receive independent com
panies, and had the honor of being
the first received. They left home in
disobedience to the orders of the
Governor, and brought away their
arms in defiance of his authority, eo
eager were they to go where our
country needed her best soldiers.
They were one of the two com
panies that took Fort Pulaski. When
there was a riot expected in Savan
nah, early in the year, they were
called out tB quell it, with another
corps.
Their whole history is one of hero
ism. First-to seek peril, they have
proved in their sad fate how nobly
they can endure it. ,
They will inevitably make their
mark during the continuance of this
holy virar. They have enlisted for
the itfhole war, and not one will turn
fcttpk who can go forward, until it is
maed, or they are completely anni
hilated.
After the gallant 8th had retired
with but a fragment, Col. Bartow, by
Gen. Beauregard’s order, brought up
the 7 th Georgia, exclaiming, in reply
to Col. Gartrell, of the 7th, who
asked him where they should go—
“Give me your flag, and I will tell
yOU.”
Leading'them to their stand amid
a terrific flic, he posted the regiment
fronting the enemy, and exclaimed
in those eloquent tones so full of
high feeling that his friends ever
expected from him : “Gen. Beaure
gard says you must hold this posi
tion, and, Georgians, I appeal to you
to hold it.”
Regardless of life, gallantly riding
amid the hottest fire, cheering the
men, inspiring them with his fervent
courage, he was shot in the heart,
and fell from his horse. They picked
him up. With both hands clasped
over his breast, be raised his head,
and with a God-like effort, his eye
glittered in its last gleam with a
blazing light, lie* said, with a last
heroic flash of his lofty spirit, “they
have killed me, but boys, never give
up the field”-emphasizing the
“never” in his peculiar, and stirring
manner, that all who knew him, will
so feelingly recall.
Thus perished as noble a soul as
ever breathed. He- will long live in
remembrance. He met the fate he
most wished—the martyred patriot’s
grave. He was a pure patriot, an
able statesman, a brilliant lawyer, a
chivalric soldier, a spotless gentle
man.. His imperious scorn of little
ness was one of his* leading charac
teristics. His lofty patriotism will
consign lys name to an immortal
page in this country’s history.
Dontbe in a great a hurry, girls, to
fall in love with the young men. It
often happens that your hearts are no
sooner theirs than tlieirs are no longer
yours.
Some men are indolent by nature,
the marrow works out of their bones
in infancy. Give them a streak of
sunshine, and an* empty barrel and
they will sleep at mid-day.
It is groundless fallacy to suppose
that a child, because he kicks up a
dust, is like a carpet, that requires to
be instantly pulled up, and thorough
ly beaten, before, it can be put down.
For the Copiah County News.
Not All a Dream.
Oh, what picture starts glowing
along the purple walls of sleep ? I
am standing upon a lofty peak. I
look around, all is silent, and it
seems that solitude alone reigns, but
casting rny eyes below, they res.t
upon a scene at once grand, gloomy
and picturesque.- ’Tie the soldiers’
encampment. “ Diana floats upoOj
her%ear at" ease *mid her
train.” The camp-fires are sprinkled
through the dark and the white tents
like angels’ brooding wings, sleep
in the distance. The soldiers sleep.
I am impressed strongly by the
scene, those thousands-lying still
and motionless, as if in the embrace
of death. Not a sound is heard
save the tread of the seutinels, as
they slowly march to and fro. I
gaze upon that sleeping multitude,
aud there behold familiar fuces, but
rny eyes rest upon that one with the
noble brow, lying apart from his fel
low soldiers. His is a “cold pillow
where the sweet stars keep their
golden watches o’er the battle plain.”
The zephyrs play among his locks,
and the dews drop their cool baptis
mal on his brow, yet still he sleeps.
I gaze above him, and u feeling of
mysterious awo creeps over tne, for
that bright, that beautiful being that
watches over him is not human. She
is one of heavenly birth, and in her
hands there is an extended scroll,
with a battle scene stamped upon it.
The most prominent figure in the
scene is that of a noble looking com
mander, his horse.failing under him,
and written above 1 sec the single
word “Beauregard.” I notice the
face of the horseman and glance at
the sleeping soldier. They are the
same. I know ’tia Beauregard then.
He sleeps all heedless of the angel
visitant.
Something whispers, “danger is
near those dreamers” yet I hare no
power to rouse them. On, on, they
sleep, till “the dark midnight to the
purple dawn goes, crowned with
jewels,” then my heart sickeus, for
danger is nearer still. I hear the
cannon’s roar. Ah ! the sentinels
hear the sound, and the hoarse drum
now breaks across the slumbers of
our braves. There is a sudden
awakening. Calmly, deliberately,
those valiant ones gird on their
armor, and there is a look on each
face, which seems to say, “victory or
death.” Now I see the enemy, and
I fain would look away—for they
seem innumerable—but a strange
power impels me to gaze on. I see
our army advancing to meet the foe.
I bear a shout, the clashing of steel,
and the roar of the cannon. Men
are falling on every side. Oh ! 'tis
a spectacle horrible to witness, but
I cannot look away! There is a des
perate struggle, and my hands grasp
each other in a paroxysm of dread
apprehension. But Oh ! I hear a cry
in one part, “all is lost, all is lost.”
Our men are falling back. Gloom
and despair crouch at my side, their
gaunt hands tugging at the anchor
of hope. A dizziness steals over me.
I seem sinking down, down, down,
lower, still lower. All seems dark
around me, and .1 eannot raise my
Scad, ‘until T. hear a voice pC*ar«
sweetness, sayirig, “look up.” I look,
and behold ! the scene is changed.
One not like unto man goes before
our army, bearing a banner all shin
ing and beautiful. I will fight your
battles for you.
“Onward for the truths of God
Onward for the right,”
is written upon it in letters of gold*
All eyes are turned upon the glori
ous standard-bearer. Hope with a
smile In her eye, glides once again
before the drooping soldiers. They
fight with renewed vigor. The faces
of the enemy turn pale. They trem
ble. They are panic-sticken and
run. I see the Southern braves pur
suing. I watch them while they are
no longer visible.
Then my heart is faint and sick, for
I gaze around me, , and behold a bat
tle-field covered with'the dead and
dying, Groans of agony greet my
ears. I behold those I know, lying
still and pale, and one I recognize as
a friend, lying senseless, and I Bee
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ib fancy, the grief-stricken mother,
wringing her hands in the bitterness
of woe. But, hark J a glad shout is
borne upon the breeze, and I hear a
strain of rejoicing. They are return*
iiyj victorious, and as the words :
"I£ the loved one* weep In sad new,
vigtory.soon will bring them gladnesa,
To arms ! to arms I in Dixie,”
fall from their lips, even the dying
soldier looks up and smiles.
|* They come nearer, and now they
Wop. With *bea4s uncovered ,thev
slant silent and thankful in the pres
ence of the God. of Brttles, and a
fervent prayer, goes up to His throne
from the heart of each one. Now
"they disperse.
The scene is changed. A few
stars are set upon the pale brow of
evening, and the winds are murmur
ing low. My heart is deeply touch
ed, tor mingled with the winds low
moan I hear a refrain sad and mourn
ful. ’Tis a dirge, solemn and t®ich
i^g for the dead. I notice one com
pany particularly, the Brown Rebels,
At the beat of the muffled drum,
“Softly they tread the silent wood,
’Mid the deep still solitude.”
Sadly they bear a lifeless comrbde
to his lonely grave.
“Mournfal zephyr glides along
Chanting low a dirge like song,
And all the wild-wood echoes moan
That one so brave and good is gone.”
’Tis a lonely spot deep in tho
forest, under the green peak where I
stand. There they lay him down to
rest. Stout hearts are melted. As
they march round bis grave the bravo
soldiers weep.
Now each one raises his gun to
discharge his- farewell shot. They
fire.' ’Tis a solemn scene, and as I
gaze the long pent-up feedings of my
heart break forth in a scream, and I
awake. I have been dreaming, but
1 think it is not all a dream, for is
not the glorious victory ours, and
did not the “one above” fight the
battle for us, and have not some of
our brave ones perish ? Ah ! it was
notail a dream. N**
Swung Ridge, August 12, 1861.
• “The Devoted Baud.”—The Rich
mond Whig of the 24th inst., has the
following
The shortest path, to peace is that
which curries havoc and desolatio®
to our invaders. It is believed that
there are five or ten thousand men in
the South ready and willing to share
the fate ol'Curtius, and devote them
selves to the salvation of their coun
try. It is proposed that all who are
willing to make this sacrifice, shall
arm themselves with a sword, two
five shooters and a carbine each, and
meet, on horseback, at some place
to be designated, convenient for the
great work in hand. Fire and sword
must be carried to the houses of
those who are visiting those bless
ings upon their neighbors. Phila
delphia, and even New York, is not
beyond the reach of a long and brave
arm. The moral people of these cit
ies cannot be better taught the vir
tues of invasion than by the blazing
light of their own dwellings.
None need apply for admission to
“THE DEVOTED BAND” but those
who arc prepared to take their life
in their hand, -and who would in
dulge not the least expectation of
ever returning. They dedicate their
lives to the destruction of their ene
mies!
A. S. B. D. B, .
Richmond.
All southern papers are requested
to give this notice a few insertions.
Horrible ! Horrible! Horrible !—
Wc learn, upon very good authority, •
that a gentleman from Petersburg,
now in this city, and who, previous
to the present difficulties, was a resi
dent of Alexandria, received a letter
from a highly esteemed lady of the
last named city, in which the state
ment is given, that she was applied
to for food by an officer of the Fed
eral army, shortly after the skirmish
at Vienna, who represented that he
had neither rest nor food for a num
ber of days and nights past, having
been busily engaged during that
time. In reply to an enquiry from
the lady as to what could have en
gaged him so earnestly, lie stated
that he had been burying the dead,
“and,” he added, “I am distressed to
state, madam, that I have beeit bury
ing the living, also 1”
What a picture is her© presented
to us ! Only think of the gathering
up of the unfortunate .wounded and
their consignment to the grave with*
their consciousness still remaining !
Horrible fate l They were in the ■
way, and must be disposed of, and
this- maqner of disposing of them is
chosen by the fiends who dishonor
the 19th century.—-Norfolk Day
Book.