The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1861-11-20
VIRGINIA CORRESPONDENTS.
FOR TIE LANCASTER LEDGER.
McLEAN's Ford, Bui! Run, Va. !
November 6. 1861.


II any OF your readers have removed
their domicI's half dozen times, taking
with them their household furniture, lay.
gage, provisions, children, cats, chickens,
ducks, turkeys, geese, aud "such like"
they will understand and appreciate the
inconvenience of the breaking Up aud
getting fixed again. 'Tis said rolling
stone gathers no moss, a moving family
is sure TO loss by every move. We find
It true that moving camp is deprived
OF many comforts and cunveniences
which the exigencies and necessities Of
camp lie have suggested and produced.
When was a schoo! boy Gong ago" in
learning to write, one Of my copies was,
NECESSITY is the mother Of inventious."
have found that SO. II YOU wish
washs,and, drive some forks 10 the ground
and place Il few round polos or rails a.
cross it, and there il is. If you desire
bedstead, dc, likewise on a larger scale,
the poles, and there you have beGstead
with ma,rass-a table can be made 10
the same way, but you must ilatten the
poles to prev ent the coffee and gravey
from being upsel-a useful floor can be
made BY fiat puucheons--a comfortable
seat can be made by saving barrel
midway the slaves half across and then
putting piece of plank across. have
one Miss Betsey, and find it very useful
and convenient. II you desire ward.
robe in your tent, cut dogwood sapIng
with many limbs, cut those about one
foot from the stem, drive it in the ground,
and you can hang up hat, coat, pants,
boots, socks, towels, crayat, watch, pis,
tolls, sword, bride, saddle and spurs. A
dressing table can also be made with
forks and poles, and to give it nice mp.
pearance, cover il with newspaper and
place your comb, brush, glass, Of you
have one.} gloves, segars, books, tobacco,
pipes aud perfumery thereon. Rather
strange and ncoriguous arrangement for
a dressing table, but necessity is The mo-
ther of inventions. a good seat, rather
useful one can be made 10y using II fat
puncheon. with holes bored to put the
IeS' in. II you wish to grind your cof
fea and have no coffee mill, put the coffee
IN tin cup and beat it up with a pestle
stick. When we left Germantown We
had many such comfpr!s and convenien.
ces, all Of which we left behind. When
We settled down at our present camp, we
had to begin house keeping sor,er in the
new and had to fix up again. /, is true
we settled in the WOODS this time and the
raw material for making our furniture
was abundant. Our present locality is in
the woods North East side OF Bulls Run.
Gen. Bonham's Brigade is near BY
Where next, is more .han any Of us know.
This though is supposed bv many to lie
our quarters for some time.
The general falling back Of tue army
Of the Potomac has no doubt surprised
our friends a. home, they are at loss 10
account for it. In my last treated a
bout strategic points and grand strategic
movements. Bull Run presents many
strategic points; it proved to be so on
the 2lst OF July il has many improve.
ments since and they are going on daily.
The enemy it is ,houghA has discovered
some OF them, and viii pot come up to
,xamine them. A s,tateRic point cannot
FeIl be jescsibsd ~ nlasl be see" and