, 1861-11-18

Letter frem RomEeY.
r. Indy IN this city permits u to publish
Ehc following highly Interesting letter from
her sou, soldier in the 5th Ohio regiment,
now At Romney, Virginia We omit certain
statemenh IS to the force at Romney, and pro
81 sny means comfoxting to the enemy. The
account given Of the people Of Romney, Is
full ;6f Information Of general interest. OF
c1ura8We al feel eoz!y for the gallant and
eoldterB Of: the 5th because. tho
Isss . 9he1 s 1M Il nos % ieok at at he % boys IS t6sy
march. We'll warrant, however, that tho
pretty little creatures see enough out Of the I
corners Of their eyes. even when their noses
are turned up terrible distortion to PICK
ont the finest looking kees.l-cf"cia''as'
Commercial 49,
Everything and everybody here Is eeceeh,
lie women especially, and they take great |
deal Of pains to insult the boys On every oc-
cation, By s1ee1s and EeznMks" f9E instance,
street, one Of them faye,; ssThera goes two Of
LaucoIn's pupa." r gave her an answer, bnt
viii not ssy what. She said no more, but
commenced einging something about the stars
and Bars and DHie's land, and Kept It up Is
men in jail here for poisoning some ofthe
boys It the 8th Ohio regiment. They sold
the boys pies containing poison.
The folks here don't pretend to be Union at
all, but say they are secesh and proud Of It.
We are under General Kelly, and sgsy
fine officer he Is too soldier al o7er; We
had grand review Of the whole force this af-
i We expect some II, 600 more
shortly. Then aOn to Winchester will be
the cry. We expect the 9Th, 9Th and 10th
regiments here soon. everything looks
III 1@1e COO a 1f n TFJ
drilling, there battery going up street, and
one cannot go one square without pass.
There is sentinel stationed st every corner,
and 1t is necessary, for you have no idea how
black the people look at soldiers, just a.
though they would like to kill any one Of
went over cur mountain march. We did rot
get cf the cars at Oak1aud, but kept On to
New Creek. We then got of and started on
march Of u miles. We had = good turnpike
ell the way, With the exception Of SIX miles.
The scenery on the road was splendid, and On
our right Was the grand old Allegheny noun
:tairs; On our left q beautiful valley. Splendid
farms lay along the whole route, and, in fact,
it looks like civilized country, though very
walk straight. When he came here there we're
some 1900 secesh, and they had batteries
planted, but what surprises me most, how our
trcops took the place. There WIS only one
Wsy to get here, and that was through mar
roE gap, which was only vide enough for two
WsgonB to paEs, and q man could no .nere
climb up the eides Of it than he could the side
ofa house, and they had cannon planted 80
| they could command the whole gap. TRo
| hundred Of our men, with battery theEe,
| could keep ont an army, but, as some Of the
| boys sent f:w shell amongst them, away
| munltioD, tents, provisions, wagons, horses,
| in fact eYerything-but did not ELL many or
tske many prisoners. There are some very
fine looking girls here, but bitter eecesh.
| A very pretty girl Was sitting at window
when the regiment WAS passing, and she
would not even look ont as we passed,
| although the band was playing at the time,
but she sat there and turned up her dainty
nose at NE. That Is the way they all do. If
| you meet one as Jou walk along the sire It,
She is sure to throw ont some slar, but We
cont care for that. think our going tn Ken.
on the Upper Potomac, only sixteen miles
| from the Big Potomac, 80 I would not be
surprised if We would see Washington yet.
Ne are about one hundred miles from Ha1per'e
Ferry, in sight Of the Blue Ridge on one side,
and the Aneghanies on the other.
The chsr1eaton 7eTeury on the Coast
| Expedition.
From the Charleston Mercury, 9th.1
| SOUTH CAROLINA AND HER INVADERS.
South Carolins began the war; and 1t is
Perhaps, fitting, in the nature Of things, thai
che should end it. The rage and late OF hel
enemles have precIpltated them on her coast
They came to punish her for daring to as5er
her liberties and independence. Hence, al
| General Butler Of Massachusetts says, Ths
War is to be Illuminated By her burning ci!ie
ard villages" We have foreseen, and hsy'
deprecated the wretehed policy which has in
duced the invasion Of the State. We haT'
wished that It could haye been otherwise
and that the redemption Of Maryland, aad th'
protection Of South Carolina, had been sc
eemrlished BY fighting On the banks Of tn
Potomac.
But since all our efforts to shield Soutl
| Carolina from invasion have failed, we awai
With cheerfulness, the fate which is upon u:
IEere are faw calamities without some r
defining advantages, to those who suffer. "
CAD, and we will, make this invasion anothe
! eceasion for illustrating the characteristics c
t Southern soldiers. " Let the invaders come,
; Is the unanimous feeling Of our people Ga
/ Yankee enemies will, sooner or later, learn t
e their cost, the difference between invaders 70
sPois and power, and defenders Of their lii
eIties, their homes, snd their native land.
they can tnke Charleston, with twenty.dv
i Thousand men, Let them have it. We are III
= worthy to possess it ; and it will be tittin
+ neMoria1-laid in ashez-of our imbeci1it
u and base degeneracy-
Q But if, on the contrary, we shall give
l. every one Of our invaders, Who shall RENAL
e on our soil, prison above 1t, or grave b
!. ne5th twill 1t not end the contest? Car
l. lirinls, the great Cause Of the Confederae
g rests on your arms. Strike for the indepens
} tree Of the Confederate States, your home
's znd your native land. 1t has pleased God
d place upon 3ou the responsibility Of closin
as he did that Of commencing, this glorio1
War. Free and far, let your names apre:
q amoIget the nations of the earth as one OF Il
freeet, bravest aud most enlightened peop
nj that bas lived in the tide of time. Let us q
With one heart, repeat the noble sentiment
;s enc Of her dead sons: It is better for Sou
"a Carolina to be the cemetery Of free men th
10 the home OF slaves.''