The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-01-13

Unjust begin this chapte, with cor
rection, which will be explained in the
following letter:
sc DEPor SourH CAROLINA,
September 23d, 1857.
DEAR SIR: In your last sketch Of the
Palmetto Segiment-'new series-No.
4, you state that, 'on the second ,av of
January, the left wing under Major
GLADDEN., was conveyed on the cars to
Atlanta, Georgia. you are Mistaken
the left wing WAS placed under my com
mani at Augusta, and continued in
command until it reached LaGrange, at
which place Col. Butler himself resumed
the command.
1t VIC. Morangue, company D., was
the acting Qaarternas,er, and S Sumter
was the acllng A,ljutant. do not now
remember who was the acting Commits
sary.
Respectfully,
X. G. NJ. DUSNovASr.
To Mr.. b. Lane Posev. Marion.
You are correct. Captain, and thank
you tor the correction. The command
did devove upon you rs the Senior Cap
tan, 10 the absence Of Major Gadd.n-
Remember !. well now III should in
future make any Mistakes, beg an, Pal
metto to correct me.
The storm having subsided, our labors
were RESUMED. The lslaId WAS cleared
up for parade grounds for the dltfer.n,
regiments. Ships continued 10 arriv.
with additional volunteers, and the Island
Was covered with n city OF tents. There
were Oh the leland the two P.nnsylvsnla
regiments, the New York regiment, u
Louisiana regiment, n battalion from the
District Of CoInnhia, think. the P~lmet.
To regiment and perhaps other regiments.
But Col. Butter and 400 Of the Palm.t.
toes lad not yet arrived or been heard
from. They had left Mobne Bay IN com
T'any with us, hut We soon left them at
sea. Da! after day we looked for them,
aud hailed every sail IN sight as the old
A hsmbra, until Ne felt tho most painful
apprehens,ons for their fate. We benev
ed that they had been wrecked, unri a
numbering old ship WAS seen on the l4lh
OF February, which proved 10 he the Al.
ha,ubrs.
They had been II days out from Mo
b''e, and had narrowly escaped shipwreck.
"A lew days after, the )mpaDy from New
berry, under Capt. Williams, which had
been received rs the / lth company Of the
Palmetto regiment by tie Secretary Of
War. joined us, and increased the siren. til
OF 'he regiment 10 1000 men.
During our stay on Lobos. we were
drilled with great severity. We we're
under arms, and on drill six hours every
day, under broling sun. Otherwise
our soJourn on Lrbos was very pleasant.
lhe moonlight WAS soft aud bright xnd
AS soon as tue sun went down, the tenn.
Perature Of the Island WAS cool and bra.
eng. The cool, sweet breeze that blew
Ali night WAS bland aud refreshing. Ii
WAS the sweet South winds which,
breathing upon bank Of violets,
Stealing aud giving odor."
Lnllei by its fragrant Lieath, and the
soft inoonbeans, We sank TO sleep upon
soldiers bed-the hard ground covered
with one blanket. We sank TO sI.ep-
'perciance TO dream OF love, aud glory,
and home.
lu our leisure hours, we went fishing
and bathing. The sailors caught large
qualities of red fish, and sold them to Nv.
Our Sutier arrived with his groceries,
and beng flush of money, and having
credit with the Sutler, we Jared sun,ptn
ousIy every day More fully 10 occupy
the leisure hours, games Of short cards
were played. | was invited mo one 40
~ green horn TO be vIctimised, l.ut had
such run Of luck that won a hat ful!
OF silver or gold, but having such foolish
scruPIes about the matter, | gave it back
The Pslinettoes had begun to suffer
much from disease. Measles and mumps
had spread largely among them. Ii WAS
laughsb'e TO see some OF the companies,
when called out or parade. Half OF them
had their faces enormously swollen with
mumps, and other parts Of the body SD
s,mpaihlsed with their faces that thew
could hardly walk. Pneumonia and disr
rhoea were very prevalent, and almost sv
cry day, the sad notss Of the funeral
march announced that another soldier
had gone To his grave. We began TO
grow calous and reckless We followed
n brother soldier TO shallow grave has.
lilly lowered him in it, fred the formal IA.
Lutte rs his last requiem but no tear was
shed, no emotion evinced. and in a mo
ment II was altogether forgotten.
Death 10 terrible only st n distance
Those who have often looked the o.d
reaper IN the face. pluck his beard and
laugh in his face, wl:h the most reckless
defiance.
1t is the same with terrors as with pleas
ure and hopes,
distance lends enchantment to the view"
To pile Pelion upon The Ossa Of our sf.
ti'c'ions. small poY broke out upon US. 1,
WAS discovered among Pennsylvania
regiment, quartered not farther than $50
yards from us. Yet it created very little
eIc'isin"nL ] had given my Washing to
some women IN that regiment, and