Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-02

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10 be put anew into order after the terri
BILE disarragement they had received, this
multitude of meu had to be fed, and stores
for 50 many retlOns at once brought ashore
no matter what else was neglected, eleven
| hundred horses were to be provided for
army Wagons to be put together heavy
seige guns and their carriages to be got
ont of the holds of vessels huff mile
| from land, and transported to the beach,
and the tents OF three brigades to be erect
ed. All this to be done in hostile coun-
try, where the possibility of an attack was
to be momeptarIly guarded against, and in
place unknown before to nearly every ln-
dividuul attached to the expedition. When
say all this mas been done, and, on the
whole, well and satisfactorily done, offer
the highest praise to all whose labOrs have
contributed to 50 desirable cOusnmnla-
ton.
The fact that most of the troops under
! 8sh. Sierman's command were volunteers
is II consideration not to be overlooked in
estimatiug the difficulties of his task, or of
the duties of his subOrdinates, officers and
men. Unused to such complicated and ar
duous work, unused to submission to dis
cipline, never having lived in camp until
three months ago, unfamiliar many of them
with the use not only of their military
weapons, but of the implements of labor
put into their hands, they yet have learned
quickly their Unwonted tasks. Some, uu-
der tue. instructions of engineers, have
thrown up batteries l3, 900 yards in length;
others, under the command of artillery Of
licers, have learned TO work heavy gunsi
Others have followed Typographical officers
on recOnnoissances-alI, duties to which
they were entirely uuaccustomed. All
I,,vn bnnr Oh IN 1paRO tbR 6ifficult
lesson of obedience, Some we're, mt first,
inclined to plumber, but this inclination
was speedily and sternly repressed, and
now, after the lapse of less than fort
night, the army is talerably well establish
ed on the shore of South Caroliua. / will
not rapeat the details of its deteneeS, lest
thew should reach those who might make
an i'll use of the knowledge; but ii will
not be amIss to state that the original for
tifications, strong as they were in construc-
tiou and armament, are now made only the
base of those enlarged defeuces which, by
the time this reaches you, will render our
troops absolutely secure against any at
tack. rg
To Capt. Gilmore, the Chief of Engineers,
on Gen. Shermhr's staff, will be due the
credit of these new works. His labors
since the moment of the victory have been
position of the Iiues and the character of
the Notifications, and his skill and energy,
ably assisted rs ne has been by LleutS.
Tardy aud O'Rourke. both of the regular
army, and attached to Gen. ShermAn's
Staff. have accomplished the results.
The troops are now setting down into
camp life in their new position. HNmtl-
TOMS light battery has the honor of an ad-
yanced position, as has has also Col. Per-
rvs New York regiment, Others are placed
along tho coast, or by tue side of creeks,
or otherwise, as the military discretion of
the commanders has dictated. Drills and
parndes occur daily, notwithstanding the
great amount of fatigue duty still required
of the soldiers. Religious services are
held on Sundays again. Attention is paid
once more to the cleanliness OF the men
and the police of the camps. The team
sters are assigned camp for themselves
and their horses the hospitals are under
excellent regulations the system of the
Quartermastcrs and CommissIriat Depart
meuts becomes more apparent; the men
are able to live with u greater degree OF
comfort. Some of the transports have LEFT
the harbor; few of the gunboats also
have disappeared. The beach does not
present AN aspect OF confusion, such as
greeted the eye il week ago and, altogeth-
or, u great orderly community is tnking
the place of the chaotic aud disturbed mob
of men and crowd of stores that were scat
tered, apparently pell-mell, upon Hilton
I Head a week ago.
One of the most remarkable features OF
the new life in South Carolina, is afforded
! by the negroes Black servants have been
Z hired by many OF the officers, MS walters
aud washermen and women. Black
gangs have worked on the shore, or been
/ used as uarsmen; blacks have served rs
scouts aud guides in the recOuuoissances.
I Crowds of the women and children may be
seen in various parts of the camps but es-
| pecinIly near headquarters, where they in
I habit their old hut5 still. There they re-
ceiye their rations, here they b1ild fires TO
+ cook their food or do their washing, and
cluster into old looking groups, pictures
( que for all their squalUr. The meu and
! boys join them mt night, and always, after
supper, in dilapidated Outhouse, is held a
prayer meeting. listened outside, last
uight, and heard ardent ejaculNtiOns OF
! thanksgiving for the favorable change God
I had given to "my cOlored bruddreu." The
] iargon was absurd, but it was earnest; the
! singing was out of tune aud time, but it
/ was ferVent. In some quarters the blacks
( are less religious, aud held a ball to cele-
brate the coming of the Yankees. have
talked with nearly half of those have
seen: and asked them which they preferred,
the new or the old order of things, and
though some few here aud there spoke
kindly of their old masters, Here tCGs no
mistGkiHg tie genuiHsHess Of their gratitude
for The change.
AT Beaufort, where not a few seemed
sad at the pillaging that had occurred, yet
even these declared that they mad long
prayed for our coming. They laughsd at
/ the idea of our iniuriug them, which all
declared their masters bad endeRyored to
/ instill The fact that they receive pay for
their labor, and US for comfort, they say
they never lived so well before. None
eyince vindictiSe spirit; evea those who
speak of being whipped often and severly,
ARE by no means indignant; but on the