Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-08-28

pleasure Of peeping at the Brigade Head aba,fa,s .s
Gen. Whiting, who has comnishd Of our Br;asaoot
Curiosity Immediately asks, what kisA Of ,an
Where is he from1 What is his hissosys T,ha,!?
be glad to answer al these questions, but Ann oula
cognizant of tho facts in the case Brfgsd Ta. Es
quarters-wel, it must be considerable pja.s,u
In the edge ola wood With green old field in f,.n.
OF it you can see three unpreteDding tents arranua
IN triangular form, the one nearest the edoe ~
Whiting, who is in stature rather under ,nod;.
hze dressed in looSe blue sack coat with nass.".
upon tne soldiers, and standing deep in his ho",s
WIN WIN DIS other apparel nothing more than czsn.,;
oress square forehead, high and intel,ectm"I'
beautiful head of black hair, small hazel eva
Keen as an sagle4-whiskers all over hi, f,co -.
neatly trimmed and clever plain uDpretend Uus
lo0S that renders him very popular indeed with tbs
sola'ers. Taken all in all, he is a very handsoms
nahana one, too, Of decided intellectual suner;or
NY, wnle MS eageeye indicates the fiery imnetn.
Gsy "1,'In "ou'd mark his career in the battle.
neld II has been said that for Genero, =" ~.
successful, he must have not onlv tho oonsa " 20
his men, but their love alseif this he t.ra ~ VI
Whiting must have bright future: for ii, WIZ
come III contact with him, are very mucb n,o..aS
with the man, and he has won golden cn;n;np
his officers and men, and if ever We have ,S noa
luck to get into another SuDday.school WIS oIu
leads, and that will be in the thickest Of the fnh.
his men will follow. Asn'@
Ills AIDS.
Your correspondent has seen but tsso Of his staff
Lleuts Hill and Standby, who are certainly perfect
gentlemen and fully adequate to their stations Az
to the biography of the General and his a.a von s
correspondent knows nothing; only this mucb tI.t
on being ordered into line Of battle as VIC passed
his quarters, he remarked, Remember, BOYS. nv
wife is North-Carolina woman" which show, Inst
ne has had Partially in times gope BY, for tho
daughters of the Old North State, and knew wb.-s
to 60 to get good wife, for the Old North State has
always abounded in that commodity. 0
CAPT. WILSON
NY communication, to which Capt Wilson took
exception, did not do intentional injustice to his pa
liant company; but at the time wrote, only told
what knew: His Boys" fought like brave men
long and vel" and showed themselves to be noses
scd Of the fire and Esprit of TO-" and also omitted
to state that,
CAPT ". j. FREELAHD,
OF the Orange Greys was also one of those who
thrust, or tiled to do it-ther bayonets into orr
Yankee friends. His company led by him and his
officers, were among those who took the battery, and
| it was around the battery that he lost his men,
! DIR. CHAs. SKINNER,
| Who has been attending our wounded at Louisa r
paid US visit day or two ago, and our officers
and men were very happy to make the accquaint.
ance Of one Of whom we heard only to love. His
nane-coupled with that of our noble hearted Gov.
ernor-shall remain green in our hearts and be re-
membered with emotions of gratitude as long as We
remember the 21st of July, and our wounded com
rades who, with US barred their breasts to the leader
hail. -
| DIR. P. A. HOLT
Our Surgeon has just arrived, and though he has
been with us but short time, yet he is making
| quite favorable impression. He is said to be
most excellent physician and surgeon.
| JOSEPH BYNUM, ESQ.,,
Of Mississippi has visited your correspondent, ant
atrue and noble son is he of the Old North State
| He was formerly resident of Chatham county. N
c., hut removed to Mississippi some ten years ag
and has two sons in the army-2nd Miss. Regt-
and are in our brigade. He has subscribed two
thirds of his cotton crop to the Confederate loan ant
says he intends to do it every year as long as tn
| war lasts. North Carolina shows through her son
her determination to "fght to the last" He is
brother to Turner Bynum. Esq, member of tn
House of Commons from Chatham.
REV. JOHN A.. M'MANNEN.
The sermon. preached 80 our regiment the Sabbat
after the battle by this eloquent minister of the
E. Church, was from the following words: "For
aoil not trust in my bow neither shall my suor
SAGE me. But thou hast saced us from our enemie
and hast put them to shame that hated us"-P
Xiv, v.67
The services were solemn and impressive, in vie,
of the battlefield, where the Sabbath before ii
clash Of arms resounded. The sermon was one {
those eloquent efforts for which he is noted sha
not attempt to give sketch of the sermon, as
should do it injustice;. but if your church. gon
readers will read the Psalm they will at once pc
ceive the appropriateness Of the subject
OUR HEALTH
| The health of the reoimnnt is imnrov;np thouo
we have some measles; but we shall soon be a
right again. Y.
NORTH cAROrJNA 1vcrIrIrr,ou-