Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-02-22
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
SuLLIvAN's ISLAND, MouItrie House,
10 2tt, 1SGY

| February 18th, 1861.
DRAR Wilson: wrote you by last Monday,s
mail. and Trusting that my letter Of a forTIer
d"te had failed to reach you, I recapituIatei
various items. which were contained in III 40
letter. AS tha, letter has been received aud
publici'ed you will please put nv last in the
| fire, since il has been thus anticipa,e, Nv
! last two letters were sent over bv the atean,-r
which leaves the Island on Monday evening.
and Should have reached yuu by Tuesdays
ma For fear of detention | send YOU this
n: AT earlier hour.
ln your last issue you published n notice of
HAT sad event. the death Of young j. Cinrk
Allen. which hiss involved us all in pluur.-
The event Was 40 totally uLexpec, cd that wes
! long before T. could realize our loss TIE de-
ceased had just returned from ,h. crtv!i v!isnnd
w"s stan.ling in the piazza of the M0natri.
House. when he cav party Of his c.p,t>sn.
ions engaged III launching a small hoats from
the adjoining beach. Passin-: rapidly III, ,ourh
the adjacent room, he encountered the bayonet
Of a conrnde. who was just entering the ro62ihh,
and received..a wound which trrminntcd his1iife
| life III few moments What an impressive
lesson does this sad event convey of the unoer-
taInty Of life, and the frail tenure of its enjoy
ments! One moment buoyant with hope. and
indulging bright dreams Of the future, and the
next cold and silent in the embraces Of death
The deceased was noble spirit, the pride and
hope of his family, and endeared to us oil by
his manly and generous character. Our tears
and sympathy are with the bereave.l parents,
to whom this loss is a crushing blow to their
most cherished hopes.
Martial law now prevails throughout the Is-
lsnd. and the various pol; regulations are
very rigidly enforced. No boat is allowed to
land at the Island and no person to pass the
lines without the wrttcn permit of the com.
manding Officer; and thus you see our inter-
course with the outer world is very much res
tricted. We receive, however, daily supplies
Of the Charleston and New York papers, and
can obtain at any time, all necessary articles
from the City. The visits of King Alcohol are
absolutely interdcted. and the police are di-
reeted TO search closely for the contraband
liquors. and 10 make lawful prize of them
when found. Our Colonel thus hopes to main
stain the sobriety of his Camp, and to recruit
the ranks of the "cold wates army" But the
sagacity of some of the old offenders is too
much for him and his police, and we have
heard of several very amusing instances of the
successful evasion Of this "Maine Liquor Law. {"
The effect of it all has been very much to in
crease the lebors of standing sentinel; as in
addition to our regular guard. we have daily
two picked guards, detailed to the Eastern and
Western points of the leland. About l2 men
are thus detailed ZACH dayAor guard duty, and
thus each ones turn comes about once a week.
of the eleven companies which compose our
Regiment three companies. to wit: the Dar-
lington Guards the Newberry and the Will
Iiamsburg Companies were transferred to Nor
ria Island. few days since; and to day, three
additional companies follow: The Columbia
Rifles. he Fairfield and Union Companies.
Our company and four others remain in our
Presen, quarlere, and We are very we'll pleased
| in being suffered TO remain, as we learn that
the water on Morris Island is very had, and
the accommodations generally very insufficient
Our Colonel. Maxcy Gregg. goes over to the
Island. where he assumes the command The
companies here will be under the command of
| the Major
Sine" last wrote. the agns of the times
have been constantly becoming more and more
wurlike. and it would seem from, the opcnlv
nvo ed policy of Lincoln and his party or.
gans. that we can now expect no other result
than civil wal. A collision seems now to be
inevitable. few week. will now dptermin,
the matter, and whether the South ia to be
| offensive or defensive. Our Ilarhor defenc. y
are nearly con, rlete and our State will eoon lc
ready either for attack or defence !, visit
from the new President. Jefferson Davis, IL ex
rected during the present week. -
Farions changes have of late heen made in
the officers of our Regiment. Lieut.. COZ
GLADDEN. has resigned. and his place has been
! filled by the promotion Of Major D. n. Hnmii.
ton. Adjutant A. NJ Smith has been appointed
Major. and young Cadet, Furgurson. il now
the Adjutant. Surgeon Bland and Quarter.
ma ster Perrin have also resigned, but their
pluces have not been supplied.
| Mr.. w. I'll. White has been elected to the
Sd L'euten oncy Of our Company.
We are generally in very yood health.
Yours truly,