The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1862-01-18
NV ,uuon Head Correspondence


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FAMILIES.
IlILroN llrtu, :. G., Jan. OH, tsc2.
In my last, rave you full sccouuts Of tho
laio N'.lo lotreon tn, rebels and our forces
undor Gen Stevens, and have but little or ic-
tofcst rotating TO ,ho brilliant affair to adj IN
this. a negro, whom | met ard who belongs
10 a Mis-. Chtplir, who was lho owner also Of oGo
oi tho houses which WcTo burned told mo that
the housc no was in was flown tn pi'ccl Iv our
sholls, ard that he WAS 20 thshtcnoi that ho
tnn out and fiuwCd hissUli doNn ou ds prru
ilGh' 'n Lis TIC nat; To my question as TO
how many etliirn tho'c wore thGro ho r,rloi
promptly and without hoititinr. that thoro
were d ,utO back in the woods in tents. KNOW
ine IcTuCs mithuotiC very liA 10 90 be 1t
fault, uucs' ioutd linn ol,sulv but could g.t
nOthirg more cchti'e cut a linn than that
tltrp Wc'o moro nor hc toi.d court, both
hVItyU.rg az II isuluyu and s, lic or de- yumuI fu
had d $50 viV,s 9l' On, Ia. Whom dem .hcl
Ccm'. "t.gin"s, NJ ..t, doy rur.-,as ir 'lUd
10y Iun Iho rll'h hId5-- indeed doy III = and
ltu deere wives too, ~ 80 wives ,al Co ti,iu tu
wuit-yas, i.d,cd bu. il want 10 u.c, d,y
Hvwdbt ttu d.y ,ry ON, dat it wsru't no
Time bttCy 10 study WUn'U dem iuds.l'
WUo jimmy talo true, C'ui II was given ia
! -u,h a straight forward banner that | aoifyr
know Wy | nj, ull u,uIt itl ail. 'ur Nh
| h'a7ttd Chivs ~ ci south Crolinl' lnfCtl.
l' lin 10 think TIA th.y are ~ hoie'--all
tdntsl oGCdc- all bUmlast and but little tfuo
plit IN tlom.
Soon a.tar tho occupation Of tho fort NY our
tool~, flag Of truce came in from tho reScls
I 10 obtain permission and time to romovo their
! dead and wounded. q moral ) oyons imm1di-
ately teut two OF his aids to grant iho'r request,
! but they could no where be found. llnvin.,
! probably made their way la k 20 their lines,
and reported a roiusal OF thoir request follow
\ ing u cir usuiI custom, and maxim; mss,ate-
| mont when II il possible 10 10 -.
GOToral Stevens throughout tho whole affair,
showed himself a thorough Conceal and mill
! tary man, by his prud' ncl ard indofltgabo
| energy. Every dotn'l Of his plan, was first
conntl and weighed boiorc entering upon tho
expedition, which accounts for iuccossiul
accompl lshmtnts with 80 it'll, loss Of life ~ us.
/ enclose you letter found in tho font at
Fort Royal Ferry. You may gather from this
that "tlmcs ~ very hard IN South Car lnoiv, ="
and that sauli and b ckcn' are very dear. The
spelling is 10th original and curious.
SoUTu CARoLISEY, AruvfiLE Df,TRcr,
November the2i, 1861
Dear lirother--l tick tho plcashor a optft up
ei riting you few lines tu lot you know that
Wear all well at this tim hoping Whom thos
Lines comes TO har Il TIA may iiad you Well Il
allso Bill A. ret BIZ 4 letter his day Week |
conclucd that wOd rit you 4 few lines As |
hav not ret you cny thing yet So you must ox-
Gus me for not rling 4 rite to me 4 Civ mo all
the nus ther | haven't much 10 rlt only times
is very hard hr Slult Is Worth / dollars per
Sack Bickcn Is Worth from % cts TO 10 cts
per lb corn 4 Wheat ia vory rcasnobI 81, corn IL
worth from 10 10 % c por bu And We git
Whiskey hear when We Went il for ono bu corn
for one cal Whiskoy or dollar per eal But
We had rather Civ the corn then pay tho dollar
per gal j Was herring latley that the yankeys
had port rOyl in pOscssien 4 had ther hands pick
irg out the Gotten JiuirS II onn the land how
tru il is caE ray the last tim | Was over At
fathers tho was All we'll that was som six or
eight days Ago tha had this fni i'hod halling
your corn was then sewing wheat | expect
to 80 over theI one day this Weak Mary Ann
received letter 20 day from Willhrun Burriss
he rot that tina Wer through ing up breot Wo rs
every day CxpsC.iDg A battle Eyury ridgmeut
as 70 en'Te, el ono nil then hc s,1 ic the enc
my don't Atyact them that he th,rks from the
taulk that the iLird Of every ridgmen viii Git
iwlOws 10 com LU IN In december thor is A COM
puey a going TO ltly OuI EeiSh chOod to NOR
row for Cta'lostor thcr is a good meny old mon
IN that compu,y thcr johsOu hall patcn burton.
JamCs hcnery Wilca Vi, stlard 4 several NOR
Old men too 'cia to m'u.'uy crops is lin in this
lection W, mad Abcu, 500 BI corn 4 VIII
max u bales CT on Bat cant scll cotton for
u oncy A'all. So must cl for this tim rit to
me ~ s on Us you git this So nothing NOR
But Gomaino- You're Bother Caupbell To
John L Campbell.