, 1862-11-19
Testimony IL Their Behalf by {!apt.
Budl aud Col. Beard

.i::i tN.a;s-s3. II more I,-u, Etro rgc5iv.a!
L. boa:a. With 'h;s c3aaD7;,y Of s!lz5-*.7o
O,l srr5vins .4,ve.in- Of II. ce!nrea .n=a
72s called to eSt2iu e,.iis.uen:s. Tbs large
.tut.M wrs cruE.54G5. Af.er .alses5cS had
,aln 1na:ie by The Nrissr and Gel. Beard, 100
i.en yc!ia::tecr:1 2. a4c::: and th. 1i;cntef
oau reached aoout 1:'5. Such, Eo:=c7:r. s-rc
IS demands 4. EGrs .cl;Ech AID ths GHarter-
t:,ae1et'5 department for l2bsrers, that Col |
Rich. ccmlnaEd5c:- the :crt. ceastated tnonl5 |
.weufy five ulen ttav:ng- This was q sad 11;s |
- .1illr ncut, ns':l one witch some iGte.miu3l
7at to bear. Ihr twenty-five nen sese care
fully selected troa, among t!ose: NOT Gu |
6sFa:l::en', aud pnt, on ho:-a. |
.1aid the fa71wG.!s a1d berad;eticn: Of bun |
.'Tyde Ct tErir itienjs ca shore 11z; toak their
dei,s'1ur7 70 Prove tee truth or f:l=ity q 80:
cLs1Gr. t'The G,.:k T:cE CiG ...Ger fight"
On calling The ri!. *,:w miles from port, :;
Was found our tH:sii y-':%e mS:l had increased
10 Gf1-1our. ne:esm5acd not tn be f3llad il,
thcsr purpose ef being s,i0:sr, it H1s f5un1
that thirty aner had Grietly tcuad their way
a., toa1!, jus: a. oI. u u day, and bad COZ
.eaEcd 1ta:nleeaves Il the Eeid Of tue aalp.
Wen leii:1 r7!l; Lhe- did Sd ti.it reply xss,
s'O!', lve:r i, s,:s: :or OF. 1i:ersy ::l fqe
t14e. 1;hi RITZ ri cur .eivrs Gi;d ci::ljrtE.'
st1;,it y :,uid :, ii 3t:2 ~ -acs yocT old 1;,as'
:t1z.''
".Yea. Ees, yc:; WY, tve would G:GAt &c
atssA 10 SSE Gts 3--htsASs. Nt:s eiS 4N"-A ts@
5,serte. No ors doubted their sineuci r.
1iusk:;S ssere Ec:'. III their nSG7, ant no lime
was Lost in drilling tnoao. OGT steamer, 4
very hail ore, had beesa harrieaaed aroIna III.
hos ,l:.i s*eT=, a::t3 ;tlss, provided With ::|c
iwt1yc-,;!.1lu[aT P.fIo: t;*ns. These gals had
n be :sorh's' By h9;ek Inca, uo'ier II. dirse-
:iGn IT TIT syt,ia u the sfeai.ia;- 0usA sht-
ny, Eren Gu.n3sled only aoo2t llo md
ii:sy CT I'm .+c:c r&v recruits. Tns cx2e1i-
:icn was rt,! very i:sff4idable Que, still all
e"ci::ed Il, isa72 e.. Ern-';al degree Of conf
ue3-9-r ny tll'i sGG1G'S
SY.as itsA b III d1n= the tia: previous, SID
Nlal had fn.en aco- aa,1j' lied c:s !l.c Gay ii
ea:;rs, is s3'eeli:,stt tollo rs :y Lis:-. Gjl.
Bard y lis 1@n>cz % {;ea s:s::scn.
ION A*n:.:2y, Nov. 5, with thc STEAMER
Da,j;5@,5oc, h.7i1g III board Capt. sroH-
.s,isc.:s cu.::, ,:ns, culor.:d troops (G5.) pro-
ce.t!sa 50 !i:si. iiiyer, Ei:,r:da. dr:,ye in tie
1:'5e; 1jiz!;tts ':.,.w Ccrt t;er, l:s:raFHI thsi1
l11cc ct tend. z1ts:ss, :hence Fr2cs.Sea zad
tt-5t:o;ed tke sa1:wcTss, and ali The s22tt, corn,
aEd TaG:;ns. @i12'a NC could not clrfy ssay:
b. side At1iiIE; at-e Eor-es. Thence VIC pro-
v~et..ss 10 JHlE g;ve: aid tsest'xs6 t'go SAT-
=cttsk= with s sc amDunt of Ealt ard ezra.
1Hh%rce proceeded to st. Af:r3 :'nJ l'r7,u{lS
II !Wo 1aEai]:es uT cn11 staass, afte- ,ltiT4Dg
in si:e enemy ri.Etts.
Ton Tues5-;. Nav. i, proceeded t., I.i:c's
3sT. Gee gia, destroyed a large =alt:;arl5 u q
l.>eE arcu. n1:ie iron tbe ia'7tiang, together
sitn Mi the property on the place. Here we
werc a.tackcd ty about ei:atg oi the enemy,
Il r;lu:a zEe killed tT,,''
This was tie first place Eilere the troops
Wsfe 5rc-gat under are- They had all, {ab'.u
shi'ty IN 1!uInhrr.} just got into tn. arna1l
bcata, when the cue;ny suddenly rushed out
Of tue thick woods and fired upon ttesn.
Tfeir conCitfoa Was q perilcus one, the eGe.
3;:1 being ni'4 over 1ea roii5 1i5:aa!, aad the
s1tan:er sill iur:ber iii. Notalu5 dlucsva,
the ua:n 1oaded and si7cl coo.ls :.ud iGcez.
sanity, till Eate on i,n2rd Il warm fire WIS
oIensd at once bT tie MEN from The steamer,
ard one Of our PARROTS PLAYED well its part.
| It was marvellous that under Eo heavy shew-
| CT ot bullets, not Q I;lan was wounded, thou II
nlaby balls were lodged in The stss.uer aud
| ba,ricad=s.
Nov G.-Thc f7st 1aud:2g this day was o.
6iIls,'s i5lano, from wtisa the troop:
s>ext landing was at Dtr,en, {;e., where two
| prisoners a.,d so'uc assns were taken. The
tickets :lrd ct the s2proac:. OF our troops
L1s:ut- Nslkcr, OF CA',t. Iro bridges c.;t4l.
i,a''y, who had been l*fr in charge of part ol
he con,pa NJ on ST. Siclonfi's Island, accom-.
::ai:icd l'y *wentg five men, hid crossed over
n snail noats dew days before orr arrival,
aEa laG captured, i. Dariln, the d ,s;staa
;'Tt '0St ai.4cshs1. Occ ct our ncw prisoners
stcutty cfjacted to being marched to ths
s; 81! beasa ny his negro captors Ue swore
= wilfe man Tas entitled to more rc:oect
hui the orerjo. I'd negrols could MT sse the
| !:aec q! his a!sainc1t OF profanity.
Vie -S.l:>cE :nd children (abOu: fl y izkau
f:e,p st. sj:nond on the day ,,7cyio35 were
new Landed 1or safety nj st. GATHERINGS rs !,
1nose h5zssonrS q WeTS was TO be undertaken
much OF tue right "as spent in getting, wood
| ard cooking meats, rice aud cora i1r
our women and children on shore, and
ic7 tha Nroocs. The :nsn for the s..ea ac.,
Killing tety'es needed no "t:r;ver'= lss'l'' K
ineise them to l=ocr. Sleep aad rest ws7.
l H}Y1FEf ma
10 go up Sapelo E.iver, along whose banks Oh
the nerutitul plantations, We're their t,shsrs,
mothers, brothers, sister6, wives aud child
rrn. Weeks and months before SONG OF tt,
men had LETT those loved ONES. witt, s. prom
i=e to return ''ii de good Lord jis open d
Way."
at ) O'clock on Friday morning, Nor. :. VI
| were under way Cept. Budl Of the gurbca
Potomska had kindly promised the tvca;..
before Ia accompany ,ls past thc most tiange:
Sonnte, we found bin ID rerdiae5s. Our lit:l
fleet, led By the Potomsl1a, and followed b
the darlington. sailed proudly up the wind
ing Sapelo, now through marshes, ana the,
past large and beautiful plantations. T. va
very affecting TO SIC ou7 so.dier-s Watching iu
terst'y the co]ortd forms on land, one sly;a
IN the asony of deepest anxiety, "Oh, masi1
my wife and cbiIlen lib dcro,'' and auoeac
singing out, *sderr, dcre my brodie1," q
"1ny sister, The earnest loceings OF thci
. poor, angnish-rivea hearts for landings, an
then the sad, inexpressiblc Except by sighs
regrets as the steamer passed, must be iu
} | agired-taey cannot be described.
. Ite iTst landipg w:is made st i picket ST.
, tlon on Charles Hopkins' plantat;on. tn
,, enemy was driven back; few sras aod
anchorage, for lack Of sufficient water, a fe
!; | miles above, at ktnben Kings plantetio,
Here ne witnessed rich scene. Som: iii:
; negroes appeared on the banks. about thi:t
: rocs distant from their masters house, an
scsne distance from the Darlington. The
: gsztd upon US with intense feeliag, ui.iu.:
. ~ turning their eyes toward 1hrir raastsr vii
: IVES watching thcin from his piazza, sad Il
, ward olr steamer which, as yet, had give
. 1nelu no ahsuraaca OF landing. Tile 10ne1
Sue Beaded to tue shore, taelr anco:s Vel
. dispsrsed, and thcy xaye us sEch 4 bowiu
weleo:ne as angels would he satisfied witt
SJMe Of the XeMaq.Vcrs- SO filled with il
, t.:&l4G ran, 1ARpeo, clipped tnair latl:i5, ,a1
csis.'s Glory ID God! Glory to Goi!"
. The Darlington rested directly in ireat
: we've formed il line Of battle ia Inc front yar
4 aIa an some thirty were employed as Scout
:. lhe mon were not all landed before TIC da,
> st'3xcts OK tht pntriarchal Institution VIC
:. : fnsmng ior re boa 1t only required abo
i Of "c3d auds-' AS they ware comins w
> bundles on their heads, children in their a.,
e and cn their shoulders, loaded also Nth -:
- geons. pots, trays, chickens, ducks. 3,
J. equealing little pIgs, Iyenturcd my uahallo
;. Cd feet upon the piazza, when met tae pl i,
T. er aud a widowed daughter, who was ioi
a owner Ct tie fleeing claa:tles.' Salatatio
'r bling exchanged, I remarked to the Lad
= "Th1a is a sad mornirg 10 you."
: "Yes," said 6be, "thts seems hard"
4 Inu may consider yourself fortunate In |
u irg thn5 providcntialsy relieved Of the respe
II h:}ity of going tn the Judgment with
q blood Of these people upon Jou.
ol I'll It we're the wish Of Providence, then
him take them BY DEATH" replied she. T
r their life is worth more than their death.
= is divine institu'iou.f
U. fit were divine, VIC replied. It would
orr 1ieye them of their rags and filth, renoy
"a their tark and loathsome CABINS. open
% school l,ouse to their children, aud cease
III et:i husbands and wives, parents and chitdr
You see how eagerly they rush to US, witt
thousand benedicGions, while they eKp1ess