The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1861-09-26
From PensncOla.

luc ioioWiuS lteniS Ot recent events
have been furnished to us from reliable
source:
Brigadier Generals Ru.gles and Ander-
son, recently assigned to service on the
Florida coast, have arrived and taken their
respective commands. Gen. Rugslcs com
,mands the lst brigade of Missis> ippians.
the 9Th and 10th regiment of Mississip-
pians, and the 2d brigade, consisting OF
the lst aud 9TH regiments, and the Gcor-
sia battalion. His headquarters are near
Fort Barancas. Gen. Anderson commands
he 3d aud 18th brigade, consisting of the
Louisiana regulars, the battalion of ma.
rines, and the Georgia troops ut Pensaco.
Ia.
The enemy have exhibited much pugnac
ny recently. They fired cnnuou at u
schooner belonging to the harbor police.
tor approaching too near fort Pick ems
They also fired two shots ut one OF our
steamers, which went out to raise the dry
duck Shortly afterwards, 3i instant,
about midnight, they sent boats crew
aud set fire to the dry dock Its blaze IL
'umlnatcd the bay for miles around, aud
aroused all the army tu witness it. Ii con-
tinuHd TO burn Tor four days before it burn
ed down to the waters .dgc. Thus ha,
pcrished 4 valuable aud costly machine,
aud Il constantly soursc of apprehension
10 the enemy. Old Maj. Brown had an
/ nS apprehension that il would be con
vcr:ed into floating battery, rs indeed, in
our opinion, it ought to have been; SO he
got rid of it by burning it,
L Iere is a tale about that old dry dock
that will be told some OF these DAYS, but
mum must be the word now
Until recently soldiers were in the hab.
it of looking upon couris-ma:tials as far
ccS, and kicking their heels without the
proper fear OF military law before their
eyes. But they have learned better OF
late A recent courtmartial, composed
largely OF ''regulars," taught the volunteers
wholesome lesson-that there is but one
code OF military laws, and that applies TO
all soldiers, volunteers as well as regulars
IL sentenced two Mississippians to death
one for sleeping on his post, another for
striking his superior otlicer-and drummcd
another out of The service. Three OF Capt.
PoSeys C mpany, lst Alabama reg mert,
are awaiting sentence for desertion. Their
names are Depricste, Bolton and Pollard
The sentence is not yet published but they
will be shot or whipped
captain Poscy has great deal Of trou
bic with hls men when, as is often the
case, the get liquor into camp. A half
dozen OF them got drunk recently, and
raised nuss in another company lie
was called to restore order, and being alone
and unaided, they resisted his authority,
and gave him fight. lie broke some of their
heads, knocked several of them down, and
ran one OF them (Bancrott) through with
his sword. The latter wound is severe, but
viii not probably prove mortal His firm
ness, cooiness and seli-control throughout
this trying affair were greatly praised by
all who witnessed it, 1t was the general
opinion that he ought to have killed al the
inutineers on the spot.
MoJilc Register
THE CONFEDERATE ARMY--The Wash.
ington correspondent of the New York Ex
pIess writes:
"Ihe enemy continues to strengthen him
self Tn the river. 1t is unonestionable
that he Is about to be reinforced by Gen
Bragg with three regiments from the Flor.
ida wing OF the Confederate army, and two
or three regiments added to his command
on his way North and that Ben. McCul-
loch, with considerable force from Mis-.
souri aud Arkansas, is on the way to Vir-
ginia, | ha.e good reason to believe. 1t
would appear as through both sides were
now gathering their strength for decis We
trial on Virginia soil at no distant day
other points, in the meanwhile, by the Con
federates in particular are com paratively
uncared for. McCulloch's destination may
be Western Virginia, his purpose to sue
cor his friends Floyd and Wise He prob
ably reach Virginia ay Memphis, sad rail-
road FROM thence, in the lass Of this week
By that time, possibly, what sheald come
may have oome."