Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-30
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HmToE HAP, 5. C., Nov. 20, 1851.
B1iis'i hisiisaeVi
here We an, q ths poet ,siih, "in the
Saady bottoms " Dine We walk on
( lA1d, sleep on sand. eat 1and, sand Is in
our eyes aud evsFyHhsfO alss. It's pretty
comfortable, 700, 10 macy respects, = son
bed and won't make mod, AID Il = decided
y superior kidd Of earth 70 shovel. We
are making sntreoshmssis = mile aud =
hall l0ug, twelve feet Wide and siH deep
Our night IL an iBpshetrAbls morass, our
( front the shtfenchmehlk a. above, Our len
lhieksl and woods i would puzzle n
Weatel 10 get through, and our rear "lhs
glad WatsFa Of the dark blue sea-" On
the last side IL the Quondam Fort Walker,
nov Fort Wsllss. Fort Seward, once Port
Bsauregard, froWuI grizzly on The opposite
shore. We guard the entrance TO Beaufort,
the New Port Of the chiVAlry. The United
States viii make It New Port for the
South 10 a different Henss. Charleston
has stopped her haFbOF up, add Uncle Sam
viii never AgRin lavish bis millions 10
bring Trade TO that nest Of UiPerE. The
Wabash, the heaviest vessel, can come 10
here.
A Gag Of truce came into Beaufort yes.
terdAy from SeeeSh, When asked Why
the Inhabitants did not CONE back And &C.
cupy, and assured Of security, the reply
was, "Ths war IL begun and We'll 6ghl il
out" The Snake iI seotehed not killed.
Sixty guns have been captured, Two Of
them spiked with rood. The c0ntrabands
say, "fuat de AlAbImaiAuS run, den de-
Georgia cavalry went SITTER them, aud dey
didnt come back, den de SOuf CaroliuianS
run, aud lef dc Dutch 70 be killed" The
Germans manned their guns. Their force
was 1900 infantry, 1850 artillery, and $50
cavalry. We are on an island some "a
nileJ long and II wide. The enemy have
even deserted the adjacent shore. Our life
here is ell picket and other guard duty and
dig, day about.
An English frigAle came in yesterday.
Her officers compliment our work and the
designed Notifications highly. 1.-THE Sc
eesh wish, we can play game Of ball here
even now, with pleasure. The weather
here is quite lroStd, Sorthcr blowing the
last three days, night in the chappAral,
cold metallic gun in hand, no sleep on pain
Of death, and this aforesaid Norther ma
king your clothes feel like mosquito bar,
on this exposed stretch Of sand, is rather
Arctic. Such spiVket duty. ln dAY time
tits "turn out the guard every Whip.stiteh
for some officer. Yesterday those circum.
stances surrounded your correspondent,
and speak feelingly. About dinner time
the melodious ehirp Of that enchant.
ing bird, the chicken was music to
the ears Of our hungry Sqnal. Chase was
promptly given. Result-somebody had
fowl for dinner, lift hadu't been long since
it was an egg.
One of our boys found rattlesnake in
his knApsAck the other day. Being Nn in
terloper, they kicked him out of the mess.
The health Of our corps is good. This
is life Of labor, and Of course, health
The devil finds no mischief here for idle
hands TO do, for there amt any. Some
chop wood, some dig some put up stone
hOnses, some picket and some drill, aud
altogether we have opr hands full,
Yesterday was payday. The "SpOuta-
neous" is not much account here though
For all this, those treasury notes are nice
to feel, aud have diIfuseda most genial hu
NOR over camp.
Talk abont yonr balmy airs OF the SUNNY
South, Ny fingers are so eoldI cant write
any longer. Q.