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The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-15
How A Christian Soldier Died.

The following account Of the last hours OF
Cant Hedley Wears will be read with special
interest, now that thousands of our brethren
and friends are going FORTH liable at any time
to be called into positions of danger equal
to that in which he quailcd not, though his
life paid the forfeit. Probably no man ever
commended religion more faithfully to his
companions in arms than Hedley Wears
The night of the % OF March, 1855, was
dark and dreary. The wind rose high, and
swept 10 stormy gusts across the Crimea.
There was for time stiffness over the
three armies like the calm before tempest.
Soon after ten o'clock loud firing CON-
menccd, and was sustained in the direction OF
the Victoria redoubt, opposite the Malakolt
tower. Taking advantage of the darkness
of the night Russian force of 5000 issued
from Sebastopol. Preservlnga a sulIen silence,
they approached from the Mamelon under
cover of the fire Of their ambuscades, and
effected ausentrance into the French advan-
ced parallel, before any alarm could be given
by the scntries. After short but desperate
struggle the French were obliged to fall back
on their reserves.
The columns of the cnemy then marched
along parallel, and came up the ravino
on the right of the British lines, lor the
purprso of taking them in flank and rear
On their approach being observed, they
were supposed to be the French, as the ravlne
separated the allied armies. Hedley Wears
was the first to discover that they were hus-
slams.
With GOODNESS of Judgment which seems
to have called forth admiration from all
quarters, he ordered his men 10 lie down till
the Russians came within twenty PAGES.
Then with his first war shout, Now, 91th,
on your pins, and charge! himself foremost
in the conflict, he led on his gallant men to
victory, charging two thousand with force
of barely two hundred, A bayonet wound
in the breast only fired his courage the more
and again his voice rose high, Men OF the
9th follow me ! as he leaped that parapet
.ad so we'll defended and charged the
o.vny down the ravine. -,
One moment struggling moonbeam iell
upon his flashing sword: as he waved 1t
throuoh the air, with his last cheer tor his
men. This way, 9th" The next, the
strong arm which had been uplifted, hung
powcrless by his side, and he fell amidst his
enemies. But friends followed fast. His
men fought their way through the ranks OF
the Russians, to defend the parting life OF the
leader they loved. Noble, brave men to
whom all who loved Hedley Wears owe an
unforgotten debt of gratitude aud honor =,
In their arms they bore him back, amid
. | aLo,t, of 1;otoru on dearly bought,
An officer of the Royal Engineers stopped
them on their way, to ask whom they car
ried. The name brought back to him the
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-15
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days of lis boyhood. The early playmate
since unseen, who now lay dying before him,
was one whose fathers death.bed had been
attended and comforted by his own father as
minister and friend.
Capt. Browne found strctchcr, and pla-
cling his friend upon it, cooled his fevered
lips with draue eht of cold water That
cup of cold water shall in no wise lose It's
reward
To each inquiry HedIey Wears answered
cheerfully, that he believed his wound was
slig ght. But main artery had hecn severed
and the life blood flowed fast.
A few PAGES onward, and he family said
. Cover my face cover my face =
What need for covering under the shadow
Of that dark night Was it not sudden
consciousness that he was entering into the
presence Of that Holy God, before WHOM.
cherubim vail their faces
As the soldiers laid him down at the door
Of his tent, welcome from the armies OF
the sky sounded in his hearing. He had fell
asleep in Jesus to wake up after his likeness,
and be satisfied with it.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-15

roos with war.liko sons. For shed no tears
but proudly thought of the courage and new
.nanliness Of my boy, and gave him--a wld-
ows only child-io my endangered native
land, only praying that God might give him
courage in camp against temptation, courage
in the field against a traitorous foe, and a
glorious appearing in the peaceful realms
above, if He thoug int it well to take him, and
then for me a speedy reunion with HIM, my
son. and with that lost one, who in better
land, and among better company, saw us
both with loving and approving eyes,--m
husband in heaven.
Such thoughts as these consoled me, as l
sat opposite him at his hasty and almost un-
touched breakfast, and when | bade Jack
farewell at the door, and farewell among the
| busting crowd at the transport steamship.
Hard and harsh as is the conscriptlon IN
martial France, yet even in the times OF dl-
rest wars, widows son is not taken, but is
left to support her unprotected weakness, and
repay the unselish care q mother gave him
in his infant years. But yet | did not, nor
do complain. | indeed thank God that lie
made my boy so strong and healthy beyond
the most of his follows, to use him for SC
good work as that Of defending his coun-
try. i,
[ have worked since he left for other moth.
er's sons, and my hands have busiy scrapeed
perhaps the very lint that may staunch the
wounds of my Jack, but as have re1iected'
the ruling, triumphant thoughts have beer
those Of pride, of hope, of trust.
Jack writes me from the camp that he J:
brawnier than ever, that the pottcl meats
have sent 60 we'll but that he can enjoy
and be satisfied with only pork and peas. H'
tells me that he reads the little Bible that
gave him oftener than he did at home, tina
though it was kind Of hard the first nigh
or 50, he has kept up his prayers before golin!
to bed, and has succeed in inducing hi
,, friend and cassmate, K, to give u
drinking So it seems he is doing some goo
for his comrades, and am happy. -
May God give him strength to be faithful
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THE LOVED AND LosT.-How often as we
sit in sadness and alone, comes stealing o'cr
our minds the remembrance OF the loved ana
lost ? Those who were bound to us by the
nearest ties of kindred who mingled with
us in the home circle, and whose hearts beat
responsive to our own or those to whom
VIC were united by the sweet and sacred ties
of friendship, which time cannot sever and
death cannot change.
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" Not my Will but Thine be Done,

IsOI Ii w Ill UUO Aki14iC w ~ SiiO
by NELLIE.
Father, in the way OF life,
Mid its calmness and its strife,
Give ME, through Thy risen Son,
Grace in every passing day,
Like my dying Lord to say,
&C Not my W i'll but Thine be done.'
Thoughtess often do l stray,
From the strait and narrow way,
Seeking rest yet finding none
Let Thy terrors hedge my way
Till my heart has learned to say,
6 Not my will but Thine be done"
When above the path l tread
Storm clouds lower dark and dread,
Only Thee I'd lean upon;
Help me then with filial trust
Still to say Thy ways are just,
Not my will but thine be done.''
Nit. PalatIne, H.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-05-10
The Herald's Programme.

The New York Herald sharply lectures
the Times, Tribune, and Courier and En-
ouiirer, for their blood and thunder articles,
but is itself not much behind them in its
tone. In regard to these matters our peo'
ple feel but little interest, and we therefore
only copy the following from the Herald OF
Wednesday:
Baltimore is to be completely filled with
troops, and Maryland is to be compelled to
act like State still in the Union. All the
information which reached us up to lats'
hour last night, plainly indicated that this
is the policy of the Government at Wash
ington. Let us state the points of the
latest news in brief: The greatest activity
prevails in Southern Pennsylvania, 1900
troops being in the field there at the present
time. At Camp Scott, York, Pa, there
are 5000 men; at Camp Sifler, near Cham
bersburg, 1000; at Camp Curtain, near
Harrisburg, 1000; two regiments from
Ohio are quartered near Lancaster, and
1900 United States regulars at Carlisle
Scattered at different points between Phila'
delphia, Elkton and Perryville there are
5000 more.
Three thousand New Jersey troops arc
to march from Trenton to day, which will
constitute in all force of 10000 men in
that region, their destination being un-
doubtedly for Baltimore, to open the route
to the Federal Capital. On the south side
of Baltimore are stationed at Annoplis a
force of between four and five thousand
men, including the Providence Marine Ar
tillery, which left Perryville yesterday
The Sixth and Thirteenth, N. York Regl-
ments, occupy position directly opposite
Annapolis, and the Sizty.ninth are at the
Junction.
It will thus be seen that Baltimore is
completely hemmed in on both sides with an
effective force, which is to be Immediately
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employed in openings passage through that
city for the Federal troops, and restoring
free communication between the North and
the capital Of the Republic. a
With this purpose Major General Keim,
of Pennsylvania, was ordered to leave Phil
adelphia yesterday for the camn at York,
with instructions to advance at once with
an army of fifteen thousand meu on Balti-
more. If any resistance is offered, he will
issue proclamation announcing his inten'
ton to march his force through that city,
and warning the loyal citizens, the women
and children, to leave, and will then cut
his way through at all hazards. 1t is prob
able, however, that the threat of visiting
Baltimore with so severe a chastisement
will bring the resistants to their senses, and
thus save the effusion blood.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-05-10
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
CASTOR Guards.

Messrs. Editors On Saturday, the :4th
inst, the "Gaston Guards" a fine company
of volunteers, in Castor, N. G., met at the
parade ground near Olney Church. They
had received an order from the "War De-
partment" to repair to Raleigh, and the OBJ
iect of the meeting on Saturday, was to re-
ceive stand of colors presented by the
ladies of that section of the county, and to
partake of "a Pic Mic, prepared for them by
their friends previous to their departure
for the seat Of war, on Monday morning.
The day was fine one, and very large
number of friends, assembled on the parade
ground to witness the ceremony and do hon
or to the brave volunteers who were ready to
leopard their lives in defence of their coun-
try's rights, and of all that we hold dear as
freemen.
The Company paraded at 2 o'clock, and
after drilling for a short time were drawn
up in line, when Rev. W. W. Carothers,
on the behalf of the ladies, addressed the
company, and presented the flag. Capt.
E. NJ. Faris, the efficient commander Of the
Company, received the flag, which was salu.
ted by the Company, and handed it to their
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-05-10
Not all for War.

The New York Day Book says: The
papers received at our office, which are pub
lished in small cities and country towns,
are, for the most part, entirely free Of the
war spirit, which appears in the journals
published in the larger cities; Of thirty
two Northern country papers which we re-
ceive, twenty.six denounce the war spirit
as sure to lead to hopeless disunion and ma
tional ruin.
The New York Ne'rs says: The city is
full of individuals who condemn the war
measures of the Administration; repudiate
the false, insidious, treacherous policy 1t
has pursued, since the 4th Of March; are
alive to the dangers that menace the coun.
try from successful Abolitionism; view with
horror the Inauguration Of an epoch Of "fre,
rape and slaughter" and shudder from the
prospect of an internecine strife between
the slaveholdiug and non-slaveholding
States. Nay, more, they regard the excite
ment which has been gotten up, since the
bombardment of Fort Sumter, as to Q great
extent artificial and unnatural-the result
of the combined Vaccinations Of partisan
wire pullers, secret organizations, and venal
Office seekers; they have no doubt that
there will be a speedy and terrible reaction
that, in the desperate, unscrupulous game
Mr.. Lincoln and his advisers are playing
they will be the losers; and that a general
uprising of the masses of the people will,
eventually, drive them, bankrupted in char
acter and position, from the high positions
they hold.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-05-10

lieutenants, one sergeant-major, one quar-
ter master, four sergeants, eight corporals
and ninety privates to the regiment there
shall also be attached one adjutant and
quartermaster, to be selected from the
leuteuants. The officers pay shall be-
identical with that of officers of Infantry,
same in rank, and the allowances shall also
be the same. The privates will receive
eleven dollars per month, sergeants seven
teen and corporals thirteen dollars. No
Uniform is prescribed, though it; is under
stood that the genuine Tureo dress will be
established" = So. NJ
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-05-10

THE CONFEDERATE ZoUAvEs.-The
following are the provisions Of the bill pro-
vidins Tor regiment Of zouaves in the
Confederate Army:
s.The act ordains that one regiment OF
Zouaves, consisting of one Colonel, one
Lieutenant Colonel, one Major and ten
companies, shall be added to the military
esta tabisbment of the Confederate States
Each company shal! have one captain, two
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-05-10
YORKVLLLE MARKET.

Cotton.-Prices nominal. Very little
doing. In the absence of sales we quote
81 to 1850
Flour Our market for the past week
has been much excited and prices ruled as
high as s4.12a per sack. For the last
three days, prices have receeded. We now
quote S3.S5 to 81, extremes.
Bacon.-Country hog round, IA to l4t
sides and hams, Is cents.
Corn commands 81 per bushel. :
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-05-10
News from Fortress Monroe.

>. correspondent of Northern paper
gives the following rose colored picture OF
the state of affairs at this great stronghold
Over two thousand troops are in garrison:
and they are in the best of health and OF
spirits. They are we'll provisional, and
excepting milk, which they have been un'
able to obtain, since communication was
cut off with Hampton, have everything that
is needed. The volunteers from Massachu-
setts adapt themselves readily to the service.
There is daily practice with the large palx'
hans, constant drill, and the strictest main
tenance of discipline.
Inquiries are continually made whether
any batteries have been raised by the State
troops on the western side cf the fort. This
is the side nearest the land, on which there
is no classmates. Col. Dimick declared,
even before the secession of Virginia, that
he should regard any attempt to raise bat
teries there as an act of war, and, without
waiting for instructions from Washington,
should demolish them forthwith. Not a
single appearance Of ofaggression asyetbeen
made, however, nor do I believe that any
thing Of the kind is in prospect. There is
no movement of guns, mortars or ammunl'
tion possible from the interior, and the lit
tie steamer which makes daily passage from
Norfolk to Hampton, is so closely watched
that she could scarcely land percussion
cap without being detected. The surveil'
lance, in every direction, is incessant. Sen
tinels are posted at the bridge over The creek
and all communication from without is care
fully excluded, although this has been done
more for the purpose of preventing annoy
ance from fugitive slaves than as q measure
of precaution, or to keep out citizens Of
Hampton. :.
.AU of the barracks and eeoocworh IN
tie interior of Fort Monroe haze been
burned. Carroll Hall, brick building, is
the only edi6ce which has been allowed to
remain. Officers and soldiers are alike
quartered in the casemates. The trees
whose beauty and shade are among the CHIEF
attractions of the interior of the fortress.
have, of course, not been cut down. The
seveuty-fve acres included within the vas'
stronghold, would be bleak indeed, with
out their presence upon the parade
The widest, and most absurd rumors
prevail here, from time to time, with regard
to matters in the fortress. Shut up as it is
it constitutes Udolpho of mysterious, fear
full attractions. Gen. Gwynn, commander
of the Virginia forces, sent over flag O.
truce, a day or two since, with request tt
be informed whether it was true that mum
Der of Virginia officers, as had been cur
rently reported, were in irons, or otherwise
restrained at Fort Monroe or Calhoun -
He was Informed that DO such atrocity hae
been pcrpetrated.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-05-10

quipage. They have some thirty negroes
on the island at work; they were taken
from their owners at Key Westby force
The garrison of Fort Pickens have nothing
to eat but crackers and pork.
The hotels of Pensacola are still crowded
the war has been their salvation. How
they get edibles is mystery to me-but
they get them, and right good at that, too
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-05-10
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE
Tuesday Evening, May 7, 1861.

Tuesday Evening, May 7, 1861.
Dear Enquirer: Notwithstanding our
DAYS of grace have expired, and we are
henceforth to be regarded as rebels and
traitors, we all here on this Island, feel
perfectly secure from any Immediate harm
or molestation. The New York Tribune
has said that Monday was the day when
Mr. Lincoln would begin actively to pur-
sue the policy foreshadowed by his inaugu-
ral-thatis, to "hold, occupy, and possess"
the forts and other property of the United
States. In any efficient pursuance of this
policy, we might look for strong blocka'
ding fleet off the bar very soon, with militia
to land and cooperate in combined sea
and land fight for the re-possession of Sum-
ter and Moultrie. But it will be remem-
bered that Lincoln modified his warlike
programme with an if-if it be the SOW.
ereign will of the American people. We
opine that this little oif' will prove noun
tain obstacle in his way. There is still a
party at the North, if we may credit the
news, opposed to this insane and insolcn'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-05-10
DIVINE SERVICE.

We have been requested to announce
that Rev. Drury Scruggs will preach at the
Independent Presbyterian Church, on Sun
day next, at 8 o'clock, p. m.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-05-10
CHESTER CoRREsPoNDENCE.
CHESTER, S. c., May 8, 1851.


Editors of Yorkvllle Enquirer: RI.
Your Semi. eekly reached us in due
time. There is surely DO excuse now fora
refusal 70 subscribe. The most tempting
iuducement is held out in the neat and
we'll filed ENQUIRER, which offers itself to
its patrons for less than two cents for. each
pager. He must be a dull mortal who
fails to get the value Of two cents out OF
every number which comes to hand.
We have recently had. q gentle and co.
pious rain which has greatly revived vege'
tation. We are anticipating everything
good from our gardens, and q grand harvest
from our fields. The seasonable showers
will be invaluable in the bringing up ofcosn
and cotton. ::
We have long been expecting the North
ern mails to be cut of, but it seems that 10
old Abe's dominions they are as anxious to
hear from the South as we are to hear from
Yankee land J; and, hence, the papers and
letters from most Of the localities in that
region, still reach us. We are perfectly in
dependent, however, as our mail facilities,
so far as the South is especially concerned,
will be in our own hands soon, and we can
manage matters better than. they have been
conducted by the quoudam Union 1t is
greatly to be regretted that it has been
thought to be necessary to carry and open
the mails on Sunday in our Southern land.
At present this invasion Of the lsauctity of
the Lords day may, perhaps, BE- justified
on the score of necessity, but ordinarily it
must be regarded as a flagrant desecration.
From paper published in Charleston in
1926, I observe that at that time, in Lon
don, the centre of the Commerce Of the
world, no mail was opened or distributed
on the Sabbath. ...4 4. 49,, -. t.,
In North Carolina they have certainly
gone to work in good earnest, ! observe
that gun has been forwarded from Peters.
burg to Fort Macon which issaid to carry
ball of one hundred and sixty ponds, Or
bushel of grape and canister, more or
less I do not know the name Of the piece,
but would suggest that it be called THE
Sleeper. The Carolinas and some others
Of the Southern States, are certainly fortu-
nate in being free from the foot Of the in-
vader. ...l.. Ia. ..-.. ..-.s...
Our citizens are curious to know how the
Washington despot-what an association
! how sadly true the phrase! Washington
despot-we are curious to know how he will
blockade two thousand miles Of coast with
two or three dozen, or at most fifty, war
vessels! Poor South! she may look out
for starvation now! " ( s',.--,.'.
The next South Carolina Methodist Con.
ference, as you may have seen, is to meet in
Chester on the 18th of December next
The papers report that Bishop J. 0. An
drew, D. D., is to preside. ~,
MARKET Observation-Disclosures
almost at a stand. Extremes 7 @ 10.
: Bacon-Hog round, la4@l4; Hams,
16@17; Shoulders, 1871; Sides, 10
Corn, 81. Co6se-Rio, 17@lS. Flour
per bag, SO s5(@s3 90. Lard---l4. Mozasses.
Cuba, 40; N. O., 55@s0. Sugar
Brown, 9!@1O; Clarified, 113@l23;
Crushed, 131@l4. Sah-per sack, $2:25
, Z. = DAMON.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-05-10
The Mprkrille Grlq11irer.
YORkViLle, s. c..
FRIDAY MORNING, NAY 10, 1851.

-Mr. JOHN r. ALLEN, Post Master at Chester, Is our
authorized agrnt and fully empowered to receive money
for this office, and give receipts for the same.
-In where subscribers do not takr the ENQUIRER
from the postoice, PoaAasters are requested to notify s
immediately, ---E
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-04-24

be found wanting. Letnot the sacred
temple of Liberty be despoiled bv van-
dial hands. Sustain the majesty oeIdw
with word and acti n. aud, if need be,
with life blood. Far better die Gods
frremen, than live a tyrant's slaves
With un~faltering trust in Heaven, let
each soldiers step be firm. each heart
true, and raised to Him who sits above
the storm, for with truth and the God
of truth on II side, victory is sure.
Meet r they for slaves who cover
at such an hour. but the noble hearts
inspired by this holy trus,, even tho
temporary defeats might come. are
prepared to look throughIhc darkness.
Strive till the light breaks, for Divinity
hath spoken. His word is sure
When the centuries have passed and
their generations with them, some his
torian viii copy from Tunes monu-
ment our action here recorded for or
against the universal dominion of our
glorious christianity. May our i%nscrip
tion be for Truth and Freedom.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-04-24
Old and True.

The following appeal from the venerable
z 2. Thompson, captain of the Warner
Grays at the tine Of the organization q
that company in 1890. to his old csmpan.
ions in arms. will cause their blood tc
course swifter through their veins. and
arouse In the hearts Of younger men a de,
sire 20 emulate the patriotism of their e.
ders.
To the Survivors of the original organi-
cation in 1920. Of the Warren Riasmsn"
at Warren Ohio.
VENERABLE CoNPASIoSs:-Treascn
foul, unnatural treason stalks at MONDAY
over tie country Of Washington, our glOri-
ess home,
The Government calls on its loyal sons
e aid in the execution of its laws. and 70
suppress instruction.
One hundred and twenty good and true
men answered to the ''eall of the Roll"
Do ffty of the ,'old Guard survive.
and are they ready to take the field in re.
Spouse to the call Of the President Of the
United States?
An affirmative reply inviting me to lead
or to follow in the ranks as a private, shall
at once be caeerfully Obeyed by
Your old Commander.
z. r THOMPSON.
DrSKIEK. y. 7. April 18th, 1851.