, 1862-01-17

and casualties arc about as follows: Major
Watson wounded In the thigh, one killed in
two wounded Zone has since died of his
wounds.) -Four other privates were wounded
two in company 7, before the ekirmish, and
one in company G, by shell; one in company
B received a musket ball through the hip.
The shots performed some queer tanfrems.
One man in company Breceiyed bali straight
through the top Of his cap, just brushing the
crown of his head. have told you Of the ball
which dented the exact centre Of his musket
barrel while he was holding it in the position
of t'load." One had his cartridge-box shot
through a ball struck the toe Of one, making
1t feel as if "somc one had trod OF it.''
There were no losses or casualties in any
other regiment.
feel very compassionate towards the men who !;
slept outdoors on I New Years night. But !
you will think second time and your sympa-
thy will Ego down" several degrees, for you |
will reflect that NC were in South Carolina. |
Still it was quite cool, and some Of the men |
who had got warmed up in the tight, and who /
sadly missed their warm coffee {for there WAS |
nothing for them but thin hard bread and |
pork, which they had brought in their haycr- |
Eacks)i such found it pretty chilly before |
bayersack lad an cstray Hardcc'' 0hc best
nickname for hard bread) in it, but nearly al1
were destitute; no coffee, but still they were
ready to go on, aud tue regiments were drawn
up Ill llLE EGt4t 4AS I4 5ApFO5EL5 ~ A0ftluEc
The gnnboats began brisk slclling Of the
woods in our front, directly back from the
| Ferry, throwing the shells directly over our
| heads. wish I could convey to you the exact
feelings and emotions excited by the sound Of
/ those large shells. They were most terrible.
They sound like the cry Of icnds. 1t is not
scream, nor whistle, nor a roar, nor exact
| II {: howl, but i most awful mixture Of all
| three-the most terrible, appalling sound
| +r, 7,rryn cTn11c 1fr hill
| hounds and the negroes compare their voice
as they pass through the air, Invisible, mystic
| rious, uneartlly, to the deep cry Of the blood
| hound. But such as hare never heard the flight
Of shell will not be enlightened by my de-
scription, and those who ever have, can never
The Smelling continued for about two hours
The destruction OF TIC enemy who had again
taken position in the woods, was very great.
One company Of the 18th South Carolina Reg
iment could, at their halt, after their iyc-nile
heat back towards the railroad, find only sir
nseu. So say Intelligent negroes. The cavalry
(of Col. Morton's regiment Of mounted men)
was badly used. Lieut.. Vallandiglam, Of the
12th South Carolina, taken prisoner by lls, and
since dead Of bis wounds, says that on5 Of our
large shells smashed up ut least twenty Of the
cay.llry, it having fallen in their midst. Some
were sillcd by tic falling Of tue limbs oftrees,
cut off BY the bursting Of the bombs.
Soon began q second edition Of the Hilton
horses and horses riderlcss. They left their
tents; they left their baggage they went with
out caps, some Of them; their commissary
stores they aIso bade farewell to. Their guns
sighed farewell to them Happy, thrice hap
~ WIS that gay and festive seccsh who, hay
r ipg no car 1oT the music, had Jet good foot
, for the race Well, they ran: If You could
see aud hear one Of the .tmaiu'' negroes telling
a company Of tie Island negroes about that
, | race! But it can't be painted It must be
, seen and heard TO be appreciated. The looG
Of interest, car on tic alert, every faculty
On the stretch, On the part Of the hearers
t while the narrator, not less earnest and excit
i. higher, Us hc explains how they cane iu froI
that plantation, and through this piece o
c woods, and calling this captains company b,
t name, and telling how these fell "dow11 tum
bic into dat ditch lle;sr -Ms,x Choplin's place,
> and winding up with all ni,nitable chuckle,
|: perfectly inimitable comic half groan and hal
i sigl} '.nd den, when dey got out in de bi!
), road, Laud Gaudy how dcy run towT'ds POGO
Is taliso."
But our troops did not follow them. Gen
l. Stevens ordered 4 return to the camps, AM
i this poor sketch Of the affair is being tinishe
r.. in Beaufort two days after thc battle. The II
i, turn was perfectly lcisurcly. The Roundhead
a took their old posts ut the ferry, the 47th an
If 18th New York returned to Hilton Head, eac
er to its old quarters,
do not presume to profess any knowlcds
l., Of the why's and Whcrctores, but it is probab]
~ that all orders had been vbeFed aud the objes
i'd Of the attack gained 1t was no object to 70
8. low the enemy across the railroad, for the o.
- ter from the front OF the railroad, and it
IT. well to be careful and saving Of troops. Bl
&C. the boys wanted to advance and growled SOM
IN but vi did best, no doubt.
-, spoke of Vallaudighan. He said, in rep
w to question of Col. Fenton, 18th Michigan
Eh 'My hume is Val!andigham; was Lieute
rs ant in the 18th South Carolina regiment.
he have Il cousin in the Federal Congress" Ce
~ F. said to him, II am sorry to see you und
80 these circumstances; VIC ought to be frien
Mt and brothers, He made no reply in word
of | but 4 sad shake Of the head seemed to imp
~ that hc wished that it might ha
VI been so. Before he died he thanked the Su
ic geon who lad attended him, and expressed
to deep gratitude at the kindness he had N
c.z with. "This is not as I had expected" sa
-. the poor dying man. He was a scholar.
III catalogue Of the South Carolina College W
rk, found in one Of his pockets, in which was
name. Yet lis clothes we're rough sheeI
At gray. He requested that lis family (wife Ii,
~ Two children, think, might be written t
'on which was solemnly promised. A shell h
led torn his abdomen and shattered his hips.
no vas tall, well built, athletic, and with d go
~, countc,ance There lie lly, another vict
er, saw him the afternoon before he died, .
rst- from, MY very soul did feel sorry for hi
,r;r He was not, to my mind, like our dead nj
~ ~, {Adans,)a IA dead patriot; bnt victim, che
as to stab the alma mater who had cherished hi
the But must close. The negroes bring ne
..s {they are coming over all the timc) that t
A4y rrbels who were on the field arc grumbli
B. badly among themselves, apparently becar
18th certain regiments are placed In the most d;
oils serous positions; and being nearly all II
~, 49,, Falsta1, with brave hearts but "cowart
out legs" the posts Of danger are posts of ho1
adj from Which each is willing to he cxcus.
hey The result has been that many Of the " era,
~ eEs'' in the regiments, {they call the pe
- piney woods men crslckers} swear most
rds tcrly that they flight no more.''
dge luuotc from the lips Of Syplax, one OF
r.d butchers in the camps across the ferry, n
=; came across Inst night at midnight, and II
III heard them talking among themselves.
,no. own own language: - ~ I'll flcir IT. souls. fhey ~
'us. ah got theff Plantations and their nisgers,
.ue they ride around and try to keep their nigg
lists together, and when The tight pinch con
md riages. What do We care about their niggc
AAN' What do We want TO fight for, any way, bo
one i'll be- if fight another lick. won't,
ned =" a rough chip, but it shows the q
ron ity Of the timber.
ornr am more than ever convinced, from scr
~ Of conversations that have had with all ss
aaAv Of negroes, that the poor whites groan Ut
utry a load Of servitudc, which is most grieVo
rti1. | fnaL tQcy nall our 10fances very many
49,. illcm, and shall not be surprised if, as
'hce- army advances aud opportunity offers,
,1Iey do not lay down their arms and welcome Z
/ the delivcrers. They fear the effect of mill
discipline, they fear t1eaehe1y, they are IL,
tain about everything, they are ignora1
rs OF the slaves arc not much more so-bnt the,
ex- most forcibly feel tie application Of the t
did Of The monkey, the cats paw aud the
chestnuts.
Is at shall close this long, disIointed lette
7ing} real specimen Of Horaces descta nse77abra,
mus piece Of information thai you had perl
:, - better keep as secret, for it m
Oh OCCASION 4 'row.' / know a col
said man, free man Of but very few days st:
Why ing, in short and to be brief, q South Care
, ont n1gger-st MY name Sam sir, belong to Mi
:: ~ Edwards, sir''-that is the one-got hold
secesh mueket which lay around The quart
: be- got hold of 4 few cartridges, and followed
who 4 company Of our men, dep1oyed out
nah; skirmisher, entirely unnoticcd, At time =
.em --well, please try skir1nizhing up I
It hit masked battery; you'll hardly stop
They | analyze coiors, or split hairs On the differ
r,na between races. The poor devil had
ane cheated al his life out Of his wages, out q
Lieu rights, out of himself, but he hsdn't beel
gun privcd Of fearlsssness. The boys first saw
min about hundred yards from the face o
I-,.7. battery, nearly directly in front, taking
Efuck level across tic corner Of fence, and he
Mt Of in siz rounds of "Minies' and powder, n
Mt in will, this " trusty' fellow did. He did